She realized she pushed him to the door already and he still wouldn't budge.
"I just want you. I want to be with you forever. I will never hurt you. I do not need your money or assets. I just want you for myself." Olu wishes he could tell her all of this but he knows she would never believe all of what he truly feels. He already ran a background check on her. Being an orphan whom his parents left alone in the world with nothing but their names, he wanted to make a living for himself so he started farming and met with Beulah who just wanted a puppet to make her father stay clear of her.
He fell for Beulah's hidden attributes and unmatched kindness that she showed to no one at the company except those she kept in close proximity when he got closer to her and got paid for the first few months but he never spent any money given to him by her. He got more customers due to his association with Beulah and she came over to help on his farm once in a while. Even if she called it just "PR", he saw her take it seriously like her whole being depended on it.
Beulah stared at him with so much disgust. Her eyes turned red getting her teary but she held out reminding herself she would never cry for a guy and Olu being the seventh guy she has upheld a contract with and the only one who lasted for two years without having sex with her or demanding for much, she knew it was going to be her loss but she couldn't bring herself to trust anyone or fall for anyone any longer especially now that she obtained almost 70% of the company's and its subsidiaries' shares under an hidden name whilst her step siblings created chaos for the company that she had to constantly fix.
She immediately rushed down to her table to get her secretary to do the needful which turned out to be in a little while, two hefty men who politely asked Olu to leave. He turned to leave but he knows deep down he still couldn't let her go. He hated his heart, he wished he could feel otherwise so it was easy for him to move on but he just couldn't. He turned around and hugged Beulah so tightly with hopes that she would reconcile but she still didn't allow herself to feel a thing for him. She whispered into his ears, "Let go of me. All your balance will be sent to you in due time. Our contract is null and void from today. You breached it."
Exchanging looks with the security men, they dragged Olu off her and out of the office, they didn't let him be until they got to where his car was parked. They watched as Olu drove off with so much pain and anger. About to get to his farm, Olu got into a fatal accident whilst trying to avoid hitting a young child who rushed to the tiled road to pick her teddy bear and immediately gave up the ghost.
"I can't do this anymore! I can't do this anymore! The pressure is too much for me. I can't cope with this any longer" Beulah shouted at the top of her voice to make it known to her father that she doesn't want to be with anyone and she is more than capable to head his company without a man.
"B (her father addressed her as that whenever he wanted to express in a manipulative manner which is quite evident to Beulah), you don't get to say what happens in your life. I am the one who brought you to this life and you have avoided me for four years now. If you do not have a decent man as your fiance in a week, you have to step down for your younger sister and I know you do not want that, do you?" Mr Sesa placed his hands on her shoulders side by side staring deep into her eyes.
Beulah felt her whole world crumble at her feet. She stepped away from her father's hands on her shoulders. Her shoulders hunched and she wrapped her arms around herself, her eyes widened. Trembling, she opened her mouth to speak even if She knew her father's words were not just mere threats.
"Give me some time, Papa. I have never failed you. You know I have brought you decent guys but they ended up cheating on me. So, I need more time to get a good guy to spend the rest of my life with. This is not too much to ask. My whole life can not be placed on a bounty. Are you willing to give me out to a man who is an avid womanizer? Someone who constantly covets my younger sister but you never reprimand my younger sister? You are also willing to give it to her, my mother's sweat, blood and time? The whole company? (Beulah hoped this would get him to feel some kind of guilt) Please let me do it my own way and please...…please stop frustrating me." Beulah thought she managed to deliver all she had in her without getting on his bad side but her father wasn't having it.
He has been influenced by her step mother who says giving Beulah an ultimatum, making her work continuously whilst her daughter waits to inherit part of the company will make her a better leader for the company. Yet she took steps to go against the plan by encouraging her daughter to go seduce whoever Beulah's father chooses for Beulah so she doesn't get a happy ending and get to lead the company. Unfortunately, all three men chosen by Beulah's Father proved to be womanizers who lacked self control.
"B, you are going to be engaged to Atima Godson in a month and be married to him in three months. Get prepared, my daughter. This is not just about you. It is about your future, that of your kids. Trust me when I say this is the best decision for you. Endeavor to forgive him and move on. He will be a good plus to the company's assets and I am sure we need not debate on this matter any longer. It is said and it is going to be the case whether you accept it or not" Mr Sesa left Beulah's office in the Castle and headed down to his.
Beulah covered her face with her hands, hit her leg on the floor before pondering on what next she had to do. "I can't let go of what my mother worked so hard for. This is beyond me but I will not let go of this so easily. Never….. He has another mediocre company, it does well to an extent. Kate can head that company, not this. This is my mother's, so this is mine. I will do everything in my power to prove to him that I, alone, deserve the right to lead the company to a much better place, height " Beulah scowled while she ran her fingers through her 12 inch curly brown hair.
Kate, Beulah's step sister, ran down to her mother's quarters after eavesdropping on Beulah's and her father's conversation to inform her of the new situation in play. She could tell her father was very serious about his intentions and this time Beulah is going to be married to Atima Godson in no time who cheated on her also after they dated for about three months despite how much she seduced, served and satisfied him as much as he demanded her body.