Laura felt a light touch on her lower back and turned to see who it was.
She found herself looking up at dark, piercing eyes in a strong, tanned and handsome face then stiffened when she recognised him."Sorry I took long in getting the drink my dear, here you go." Greg smiled charmingly at her confused face as he gave her the drink, with a glint in his eyes that hypnotized her into doing what he wanted."Uh, thanks...for the drink." She replied, collecting the glass from him but didn't drink the content."Oh, you have company," he commented, finally acknowledging Ronald's presence. "How's your life, Daniels?""I'm always good, as you know." Ronald replied with a smirk. "And how's yours, Williams?""Never better." Greg answered drily and turned to face a confused Laura. He offered her an arm which she automatically accepted and he smiled triumphantly when Ronald scowled."Have a good night, Daniels." He said and left immediately with Laura.Ronald's scowl deepened.How dare he? How dare Gregory Williams indirectly embarrass him like that? They had never liked each other, even if they greeted when they met on occasions.He wondered if the beautiful Laura was his woman. A woman that had quite intrigued him, Daniels. A woman that when he had set his eyes on her, he couldn't wait to have her naked body beneath him on his bed.So if Williams was really interested in her, then he might be up for another competition because he, Ronald Daniels would do all it took to get and have the girl. He would make her fall and become obsessed with him and might even decide to keep her for himself alone if he pleased and there would be nothing Williams would be able to do about it.Since everyone wanted the newly discovered star, he thought, noticing the other men that were staring at her with lust, everyone would have to fight to get it. Everyone, including Gregory Williams. ❤❤❤"I still don't understand why you did what you did." Laura said wide eyed. Wide innocent eyes, he noted.He had led her to a corner with few people in it."I wanted a bit of your company."He said directly and Laura frowned. She thought he was enjoying her stepsister's company."But you don't know me and I don't know you as well.""But you know my name and I know yours." He said smoothly. She was really an adorable kid. "And I am a friend of your father's.""But I've never seen you in the house before." She replied innocently.She's a smart one too. "We meet mainly in the office and we have lunch together at times.""To discuss business." She said.He smiled. A very seductive smile that had her breath caught in her throat. His smile faded a little and his gaze went down to her bare creamy neck and shoulders. He felt like burying his face in them and ravish them with his mouth. His eyes travelled lower, down to her breasts, they were not small neither were they too big, just the right size he liked, a moderate amount. Her slim waist and flat tummy curved out to full, trimmed hips and slender thighs.She was perfection, he thought.She watched him as his eyes roamed over her body. She was supposed to be offended she thought, but rather she felt pleased and a feminine pride as his eyes showed admiration of her body."You are right," He said softly in answer to her question. "To discuss business.""Laura!"Laura rolled her eyes at the sound of Mirabel's voice behind her. "Yes?""Mom has been looking for you." Mirabel said, her eyes on Greg."But...""You've wasted enough time already."Mirabel cut in."Uh, okay." She turned to Greg. "I have to go."But as she made to leave, Greg caught her wrist."She'll be with you later."He said to Mirabel and both she and Laura stared at him with wide eyes."But...""This is a party," Greg cut in. "Allow her to enjoy herself.""Laura!" Mirabel almost screamed."Sorry Mr Williams... ""Greg.""Uh, Greg, I have to go." Laura said with pleading eyes as Greg didn't release her hand."We were having a discussion right?"He asked and she nodded. "We are not done yet.""I...I'll come back." Laura said and Mirabel scoffed."You know mum is an impatient woman, Laura." Mirabel said, putting fear in her.She turned pleading eyes to him."Please I need to go." She would have removed her hand but his grip on her was strong. "Please."He saw the fear in her eyes and wondered why she was so afraid of her stepmother. Slowly and reluctantly, he let go of her soft hand and she muttered a "Thank you" before she took off. He only hoped she'll return as she had promised. Right now, he wasn't even listening to what Mirabel was saying. He only had the urge to follow her to wherever she was going, but held himself.Fuck! What was wrong with him? He had to stop behaving like a schoolboy.She was just like every other woman he had met, he didn't know what was so special about her.Excusing himself from Mirabel, he went to the bar to get a drink, then later engaged in a conversation with two men, his eyes involuntarily scanning the place from time to time. But when she didn't show up again after forty minutes, he gave up hope and all he wanted to do was to leave the place, go home and take a nice shower, then hop into bed, before he gave in to the urge to go upstairs and look for her.After appreciating West with a gift, he left the party for home.❤❤❤She watched him from her window as he drove away with Samantha, then a lone tear trickled down her cheek.She didn't know why she was sad, she couldn't tell if it was because her stepmother called her upstairs to her room and locked her in, or because he was leaving with her stepsister, after she had told him that she would be back. Well, he might have waited for her and then gave up when he didn't see her.But why was he going home with Samantha when he didn't seem too interested in her?Some men could be deceitful. And she needed to stay away from such men. He was very handsome, yes, but he had just crushed the crush she had on him by taking her stepsister to spend the night with him. Men like him weren't in her league and they couldn't even date a girl like her when they saw classier women like her sisters, everyday and she believed men like him couldn't be satisfied with one woman, with all those looks and money he had. She knew he was rich, judging from the car he came with and he had also said he did businesses with her father.If she ever had the opportunity of encountering him again, she would pretend she didn't know him, since he belonged to her stepsister already.Sighing deeply, she stood up and walked to her bed, then she heard the turning in the lock and the door opened to reveal her stepmother's pretty but evil face. She was smirking."You can come out now."She said simply, then turned and walked out of the room.That was when it hit her, the real reason why her stepmother had locked her in was because of.....Greg.But why...? ❤❤❤Greg glanced at Samantha who had been shamelessly staring at him since he started driving her back home.When he was leaving, Mrs West and her daughter had approached him and asked him to give the girl a lift to the ATM machine so she could withdraw some money. He didn't want to seem rude, especially to Mrs West, so he agreed to take Samantha and even waited for her to withdraw the money and was now taking her home."I was thinking," She said. "Why don't we go to your place?"He smirked. His place! Was she kidding? Didn't she know that all he wanted right now was his bed to himself? All he wanted to do was sleep and forget about a certain light skinned beauty with the sexiest body that has refused to leave his head."I don't think that's a good idea at the moment." He replied."Why not?" He could sense shock and disappointment in her voice."Because your father is having a party and you're supposed to be there.""He won't even notice my absence.""But that would be a disrespect to him," Greg pointed out. "Taking his daughter away during his own party wouldn't sound nice and I'm sure your mother would be waiting for you.""She's not!" Samantha almost shouted. "And I assure you that my father won't find anything wrong with it, I know my father." Samantha persuaded.Greg sighed tiredly. She sure was persuasive."Some other time, my dear." He said softly and didn't miss the look of horror on her face before he focused back on his driving.When he bade Samantha a goodnight, he thought of going in with her to see if his angel was back in the party but decided against it since he had already told West that he was leaving.But he would definitely see her again.He turned and took the road to his house. And when he got home, he went straight to his room and then into the shower after he shed his clothing.Damn, he really needed a cold shower but when the water trickled down his body, all he could think of was Laura's soft hands on his body slowly and sensually caressing all part of it and he, doing the same to her own goddess body.Snapping out of his thoughts, he angrily got out of the shower and dried his body with his white towel.Even the cold shower hadn't helped. What the fuck was wrong with him? He thought. He was behaving like a sex starved teenage boy and he didn't like it one bit. He had never felt this way about any woman before, this overwhelming urge to possess a woman and make her his and his alone.He hopped into his bed, taking deep, slow breaths and prayed for sleep to envelope him but he knew sleep wasn't ready to grace his eyes yet and he cursed himself for feeling this high over a woman that probably wasn't even thinking about him in the same way.Then a thought suddenly occurred to him and he sat up sharply.No, no no, no, no, he was the biggest fool of the century.How could he? How could he have forgotten that Ronald Daniels was probably still at the party. What if his angel had returned and Ronald found her alone?He tried not to think about it but it was impossible. The girl was messing with his head.He couldn't allow Ronald get close to her and he wouldn't allow it. Not just Ronald, but any man that may try to. And he knew there would be many of them, he just hoped she wouldn't give in to them, especially Ronald. She was too innocent for him.He laughed out at his words. Innocent for Ronald? She was too innocent for him, Greg, as well! He knew he wasn't a saint but he would never hurt her. Pure angels like her were not meant to be hurt but treated as the delicate beings that they were.He would surely make her his and his alone. And no man would stand in his way. ❤❤❤Laura was surprised when she saw Samantha at breakfast. She wondered whether she hadn't spent the night with Greg after all. But it couldn't be, because she didn't see her stepsister throughout last night, so that could only mean that she had spent the night with him and returned early that morning, though she hadn't expected the Samantha she knew to return this early. Maybe she had the decency to fear their father and returned home before he woke up from sleep.When they were done with their breakfast, her father broke her heart by announcing that he would be leaving the country again in three days time and wasn't comforted even when he said he would only be spending a week. A whole one week of fresh maltreatment on her.She prayed for strength as she tried to push away the picture of a dark handsome face smiling seductively at her.It had been more than a month since Chief West's birthday party. More than a month since he last saw his curvy beauty. He wondered if he had affected her that night. He wondered if she thought of him the way he thought of her. He knew he was rich and attractive and could get any woman he wanted, but from the look of things, he knew that getting this particular girl would require more work than with other women he had had. Though she seemed to like him that night but he wasn't sure because he didn't get to spend much time with her, thanks to her stepmother and sisters. He paused. But what did he really want from her? To have a one night stand with her, get her out of his system and forget about her? Or to keep her for a little while longer than he kept the other women he had had. He didn't know. All he knew was that he wanted her and wouldn't stop until he claimed that elegant body. He snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of the intercom. "Sir, should I bring over the files f
"You won't do that!" She exclaimed in horror, not believing what she just heard. "Watch me." He took a step toward her and she froze, realizing he was serious, then automatically took a step backward. "Alright, alright!" She exclaimed breathlessly and he smiled in triumph and went over to the other side of the car, opening the door for her. "But this is kidnapping!""Whatever you call it." He said in a bored tone. She reluctantly went into the car and crossed her hands over her chest. She scoffed. He was more annoying than she thought. He went back to the other side, entered the car and closed the door, then zoomed off. The close confines of the car giving a kind of intimacy that Laura felt uncomfortable in. "Will you slow down a little?" She cried when he swerved the car too harshly. "Am not ready to die yet."He chuckled, a husky, nice and relaxing sound. "But you want to go to heaven.""Of course I want to go to heaven."She answered like a child earning another amused
"Hello Lizzy." "Lau!" Elizabeth Michaels' cheerful high pitched voice came on the line. "Don't tell me you're still awake at this hour or did I wake you up?" Lizzy, as she was called for short, was her best friend. Her only friend in fact. They met in their first year at the university and just like Laura, she was also from a rich family. Her father owned hotels and her mother was a lawyer, while her elder brother assisted their father in controlling the family business. She was studying the same course with Laura in school and was the only one that stood up for Laura against her step family and bullies, the girl could use her mouth to put someone in their place and on many occasions, she had been Laura's hero and was fiercely protective of her. "Not...really." Laura answered softly trying not to sniff and Lizzy chuckled. "That's a lie. From the dullness of your voice, I can tell that I was the one that woke you up. Sorry, couldn't sleep, so I decided to disturb a few people." L
"Hello my sweet coconut." A familiar husky voice came on the line and Laura gasped. "G-Greg?"Laura immediately felt Lizzy's excited gaze on her as she listened with ardour with her hand tucked beneath her jaw. "The very one, baby." Greg replied, his voice laced with amusement. "H-how did you get my number?"Laura asked. "I have my ways darling, how are you?""I'm...fine?" She voiced out, still shocked that he called her. He chuckled. "You're not sure if you are?""I'm fine...fine thank you.""I promised to call you the next day.""Why tonight then?" She asked regaining her composure. "This is almost 1am, Miss. I made that promise yesterday." He replied triumphantly and she said nothing, in embarrassment. "And I didn't expect you'd be up at this hour. Or did my call wake you from your beauty sleep?"She rolled her eyes. First Lizzy, now Greg. "No I am not sleeping yet." She replied quietly. "Mm, someone is missing me."Greg purred. "What? No way! There's nothing there to miss
"Your father called this morning to tell me to permit you to go to a dinner date with a man." The two girls froze as they looked at each other, eyes wide as a result of the just uttered words that came from Celina."Hello? Are you there?" Celina asked from the other end of the line. "Yes, yes I am." Laura replied breathlessly. "Who is this man, Laura?" Celina asked in a creepily low voice. "I...I don't know what you are talking about." Laura muttered. "Don't play games with me, child!"Celina exclaimed harshly. "I'm not playing any game with you!" Laura exclaimed as well. "Then tell me who he is!""I just told you, I don't know!""You are a liar!""I don't know why you are saying this but dad didn't even call me!"She heard Celina take a deep breath. "Get back to the house immediately."Celina said. "But...""Now!"And the call ended. "That witch." Lizzy commented. "Now she's been all bossy.""And it seems I have no choice but to obey the boss." Laura said with a grimace.
Laura stood before the full length mirror gaping at the reflection that gaped back at her. She couldn't believe her eyes. The ordinary Laura had been transformed into a very glamorous and gorgeous Laura. Lizzy had always been a good makeup artiste. "I look..."She was lost for words. "Extremely beautiful, I know," Lizzy finished for her. "Gorgeous, sumptuous, delicious, luscious, glorious, lustrous-""Lizzy!" Laura rolled her eyes. "You sure have a way with words."Lizzy grinned. "I know, right? But really baby gurl, you look extremely...hawt!""Thanks." Laura smiled warmly. "And all thanks to you my love, your handwork made me look this way.""You're always welcome sweetie, just make sure you do more than just slaying him with your looks."Lizzy winked. "Lizzy! Oh my God, how did I ever end up with you?"Lizzy grinned foolishly and pretended to be in thought. "Because you love me, and can't do without me, and..."Laura rolled her eyes. "Yea right."She turned to the mirror once m
Laura didn't want the night to end. She was having a great time with Greg who was very good company and was, surprisingly funny. She had been laughing her heart out as their dinner progressed and she had wished she didn't have a family to go back to, that she lived alone, so that she could go back home whenever she liked. After they finished their meal, they went out to the large balcony with their drinks and stood, taking in the wonderful view of the city in comfortable silence. "Beautiful, isn't it?" She asked softly, gazing down at the vibrant lights coming from various beautiful buildings in the city, as well as the cars on the road that looked like moving light bulbs and the street lights adding more to the view. "Yes, beautiful." He murmured and she turned to him. He was looking at her and then it was obvious that he wasn't referring to the city's view as beautiful. Blushing, she looked away and cleared her throat. "You know," he continued and she looked up at him. "I've a
"It's Greg, Lizzy."Laura stared at her phone like it had suddenly grown a face. "Then what are you waiting for? Pick it up!" Lizzy squealed. "No!""What?""No!""Are you crazy?""Yes! I mean no! I - Oh God, Lizzy stop it!"Laura buried her face in her hands in frustration. "But why Lau?" Lizzy asked softly, this time. "Why don't you want to talk to him?""I can't." She replied. "I don't even know what to say to him. I...""It's not as hard as you think, Lau."Lizzy reasoned. "Just take a deep breath and talk to the guy.""I can't see him again, Lizzy." Laura whispered. "I can't. It's bad enough that we went that far last night. For God's sake if Sam ever found out...""You don't owe Samantha no explanation." Lizzy snapped. "You don't even know if they're really dating.""But you know my step family, especially Samantha. Even if they aren't dating, the fact that she likes and wants him is enough reason for her to do something rash and stupid."Lizzy sighed. "I understand that you