had asked Grey if I could borrow one of his car to work since I hadn't gotten mine from my house yet and he shrugged.
I smiled as I pulled up in front of my fashion plaza
" The Bella's place"
Shone brightly in front of the tall building.
I hadn't been to work for almost two weeks because of the whole marriage thingie and in as much as it was stressful and all ,I just needed to leave the house because I felt an uneasy tension build up between us now that Mrs Benson had left.
I walked into the building and from different angles I heard:
" Good morning Miss Bella,
Good morning ma'am
It's been a while ma'am
How was your weekend ma'am
Hope you had a nice trip ma'am"
They probably thought I traveled for business reasons,they didn't know that I was busy planning my hell life with Grey.
I answered them warmly and headed towards the elevator that led to my office.
In few seconds I reached the top, slide in my card and walked into my office.
Suzie was on my chair on a phone call;
"... We are not expecting anything less than 70 thousand dollars for a single photo shoot Mr Stanley, if you don't agree go ahead and drag your obese daughter to do the picture for you.." then she cut the call soon as she saw me.
" Heyyy girlfriend" she said grinning.
" Why would you tell him that,it was so mean" I said
She shrugged," he deserved it, I mean can you imagine he was saying we should take a hundred dollar for the entire pictures all together, I mean what does he want to take, a passport? " I shook my head and laughed.
"You're so mean"
She continued grinning and wiggling her eye brows at me and I know where she was heading to.
"Sooo, tell me all about it" she sing song
I rolled my eyes and settled on my seat
You know it was funny how she dislikes Grey because of his weird attitude , but she's so interested in hearing recent development between both of us.
"Nothing happened,we barely speak to each other, his nanny just left this morning and he's still sulking over it" I stated plainly.
She looked at me as if she wanted to laugh.
" Stop messing with me"
"I'm serious I said grinning" although it was sounding normal to me but I was imagining how Suzie is going to take it.
" So you're telling me that Grey as in the almighty Grey Hampton is sulking over his nanny, what is he , four?? " She said laughing
" 24 to be specific" I said joining her to laugh.
" But seriously, just give me details of everything that happened" she insisted.
Then I told her everything that happened.
She really seemed touched by Mrs Benson's parting words
" Let's just hope things get better alright,I'm hear for you.
And if he's giving you hard time, you can count on me to destroy his balls for you"
She promised jokingly.
I was about to speak when she said," oh wait that'll be me destroying your children" she teased.
"Hey!" I said laughing and threw something at her which she luckily dodged .
" How about I follow you home today so we could chill out a little" she suggested
" Oh my God I'll be so happy, cuz I'm just imagining how I'm gonna survive today in the house with him alone and no one to talk to"
" He'll eventually start talking to you when he gets bored, trust me, he will".
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Later in the afternoon Suzie and I went back to my house.
Yes, Suzie was also taken aback by the building but quickly shrugged as she remembered his father owned an airline.
After we bought some food on the way back, we ate and went to the pool side to relax while sipping coconut water from the coconut.
" Honestly,I'll like to marry someone this rich, but then if there's no love, I rather marry a carpenter" Suzie stated
" Same thing I thought when I met Jacob" I muttered in the straw
" Hey..stop talking about that dick head, infact I can't compare him to a dick head because dick heads are lovely"
I bursted into laughter.
Sometimes I honestly wonder how we became best friends because she was the complete opposite of me.
Just as we were about to continue our conversation, Grey walked in and took of his shirt.
My mouth unconsciously dropped open and so did Suzie's.
Damm, this was too much for my eyes.
Wait...he had tattoos??
No waayyyyyy... and it was so hot the was it spread down the side of his well built abs
He has a gym in this building you idiot
He turned to look at me only realizing I was there and with company.
"Who's she?" He asked
It was very funny how Grey had forgotten the bridesmaids and the girl I was with when he walked in on me that morning of our wedding.
" This is Suzie she's my best friend and manager"
I turned to Suzie- who was still drooling over his body.
I snapped my fingers and she snapped out of it.
He ran his hands through his hair," can't you guys like...I don't know take this somewhere else? I wanna be alone right now"
" Uhh , no I was here first"I replied firmly
" Well I'm in the mood for swimming, that's why I came home early"
"There's a Jacuzzi inside"
He sighed defeated.
" Forget it" he murmured and got into the water.
Suzie dragged me," your husband is hot" she whispered
" But mean" I replied again laughing.
" Fuck the cute ones are always annoying.
It's just like one book I read about the quiet reserved bad boy that was mean but then fell in love with the good girl who changed him" she whispered
" Haven't I told you to stop watching k drama Suzie"
" But what if it actually happens, like Grey being the handsome bad boy who's gonna fall in love with you and then you'll change him"
I laughed," first of all, Grey is not a bad boy he had a nanny at 24. Second of all, that kinda thing only happens in Story books and Zee world, in reality, never"
Grey's phone started ringing so he got out of the water and walked to the table where it was an picked the call.
" Yeah what is it...yes I'm at home... just wanted to come home early".then he looked over to my direction
..." Yeah she's home.... what??? The fuck no !! Don't come inside get the fuck out!! Dude I'm serious dude..."
Then a guy walked into the scene grinning" too late"
I knew the guy, that was his bestman on our wedding day.
Suzie gasped and whispered excitedly," it's him,it's that other guy I was drooling over the other day,oh my God imagine the bestman and bridesmaid together, it'll be sooooo awesome"
I chuckled
Grey groaned," the fuck dude I told you not to come, I wanna be alone"
" Hey, I just came to say hello to the new wedded couples" he said with a wink and walked over to my direction.
" Hi , my name is Martins Adam, I'm Grey's bestfriend and also his personal assistant" he said with a bright smile on his face
"Bella Marise" that was my official name with or without the Hampton name in it.
Then I took his hands for a friendly shake.
I continued," and this is my best friend and manager Suzie Maxwell ."
I turned to Suzie and as expected, she had gone into shock stage 3000 where her eyes hang out, her lips press tight together and she starts breathing weirdly.
It usually happens when she's around hot guys
" Uhhh....is your friend ok?" Martins asked as he noticed Suzie's shock stage
"Bella, he's talking to me" she whispered without even looking at me knowing fully well that Martins heard her.
I threw a slap across her face and she snapped out of it
" Hey...hi ...my name is Suzie Maxwell, nice to meet you" she said smiling
" Ok dude you can leave now" Grey groaned
" Leave?? Dude the others haven't even arrived"
" What?? The others??"
And then in less than a second, about six guys breezed into the scene.
" Hey Grey, we heard you got married and decided to say Hi hope we ain't disturbing your honeymoon" one of the guy said winking at him and grinning.
Grey looked like he was going to cry.
" Yeah man, and how could you get married without telling us" another said settling in one of the seat.
" Just wait till I tell Kenzie, she'll freak out." Another said
" What??! ,Wait now listen to me, there is no honeymoon , the marriage was supposed to be quite, and most importantly, Do NOT TELL KENZIE!!!".
" Geez man chill out , we came to say hello to the bride" another guy said and walked up to me.
" Hi, I'm kaybee" he said
" Bella Marise" I replied.
" Shouldn't it be more like
' Bella Hampton' " he said grinning
" Naa, Marise is my work name, so I go with it" I replied.
Then I noticed that Martins and Suzie were talking uuuuuuuu I gave her the eye and she blushed.
" Ok that's enough, thanks for coming, please go home I came here to have some peace and quiet" Grey groaned frustrated.
" C'mon bro, let's interact a little, how many rounds have you guys gone so far" one of his friends said and I choked on my drink.
" That's it I'm out" Grey said and walked back into the house and his friends laughed.
At least he even has friends
Truth was, I didn't have friends because the people that came around to befriend me only did it because I had become famous.
Suzie was my only true friend,we met in highschool and most times when I didn't have anything to eat,. She would tell her mother to pack extra food for me and her.
She didn't bully or discriminate me, most of the time she would beat up guys that bullied me.
When I got adopted by Mr Peters and people found out, every one wanted to hangout with me, be my friend.
That was when I knew that people were fake and never completely honest.
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About few minutes past six, Grey's friends and Suzie left leaving the house completely empty with just Grey and I in it.
I dragged myself to the kitchen to see if there was anything I could do.
I opened the cupboards and found most of them filled with cereals junk food, he can't even cook real food.
Then I opened one of the cupboards and found some carrots and cabbage, I then found frozen chicken in the fridge.
I decided to make chicken salad.
I knew very well that I was a good cook , right from when I was a kid and so cooking wasn't going to be a problem.
Although he lacked a lot of spices and groceries, I wrote a list of things I would get the next day.
When I was done cooking,I set the table and went to look for Grey.
I went to our room but he wasn't there, I checked the bathroom, gym, Jacuzzi, garage, basement, I didn't find him.
I sighed and went back to the kitchen.
When he's hungry he knows where to find food.
I ate, went back to the room, had a long shower, and then grabbed my laptop and started doing some work on my bed.
About few minutes to midnight, the door slowly opened and Grey came in wearing clothes,so I assumed he went out...but why return this late?
" Where have you been?"I asked calmly
" Away from you that's for sure" he muttered under his breath
"Am I some kind of virus?"
He shrugged and went into his closet.
Moments later he came out wearing something more comfortable to sleep in.
"Anyways, if you're hungry I cooked and it's in the kitchen"
" Okay" he said and then left the room.
And until I fell asleep, he didn't come back to the room.
I woke up the next morning, took a shower, took my time to apply my skin Care, ornaments and beauty routine on my body.
After that, I wore some normal clothes and walked down to the kitchen.
The food I left for him wasn't there so that meant he ate it. Yaaaaayyyy
I walked to the fridge to get some water and I saw it in there, the smile on my face disappeared.
I sighed and got some flour and made pancakes, as I was setting the table, he walked in
" Good morning" I said trying hard to at least be nice..
" Mmmmm" he muttered and sat down.
I wanted to ask him why he didn't eat the chicken salad I cooked for him but I decided not too.
We ate in total silence and he fiddled with his phone as usual.
" How's the food" I asked trying to start a conversation
"Normal" he replied
Normal??
That was the least comment I ever got from someone who tasted my food.
I always got things like awesome and fantabulous but normal??????
That was just an insult to me.
He barely ate up to 3 pancakes, he stood up and walked away.
This was someone that ate a full stack of pancake the other day and was still hungry for More, it only meant one thing.....he didn't like the food.
That or he just didn't like me 😔
A/N:
Honestly,I'm really thankful to all of you that are reading this book.
It means a lot to me.
Feel free to express your thoughts on the characters.
And please if you notice any grammatical blunder of any kind, do well to draw my notice to it, after all , we learn every day.
Love from ceejhay ❤️