?ATTITUDE
MEETS
ARROGANCE?
Episode 34
Ciara’s POV
There was something different with Jordan…The warmth in his eyes was no longer there…
I don’t know why but I just found myself helping out with the issue involving the minister…I didn’t want him ruined..He might be a j£rk but he is still my husband…
Did I say husband??? You losing it Ciara…
He did a very good job in convincing the minister that everything was good between us.. Once in a while he would place his hand on mine and i could have this weird feeling…
If not that he would say good things about me to the minister and that made me feel nice
. I know he didn’t mean them but they had a special effect on me…
“Mr Marcias, I am glad the situation is un-der control…” The minister stated as he stood from his seat..
“I am a Marcias and we always have everything un-der control…” Jordan smiled also standing up and i followed suit…
“Thank you Minister for hearing us out. This deal is very important to my husband…”
Why do I keep defending him??? Why can’t I control myself???
“Mrs Marcias you are indeed a very good wife, he is very lucky…I will get going, I have a lunch meeting with president…”
Jordan walked right beside me and wra-pped his arm around my w@!st, “No sir, I am the one lucky to have her…” He squ-atted and k!$$£d my belly, “And the being inside her is the best gift ever…”
He might think he was acting but there was this glow in his eyes when he k!$$£d my belly…It’s like he had this urge to be a father….
“I will leave you two now…”
We tried our best to be in our best behaviour but the moment the minister left, the real Jordan was back…
Ladies and gentleman, the cold arrogant man is back…
“Why did you come here???” He drew his hand back…
“Is it not obvious??? To save you from destruction…” I boasted but he didn’t care…
“I would have controlled the situation…” He shoved the hands in his pockets tending to pas-s me and get back to his seat but I stood in his way..
“Why was your secretary with your ring????” I don’t know why but I was kinda hurt when I saw the secretary trying his ring on her f!nger…
“I don’t answer to anyb©dy…” He tried to walk past me but I placed my hands on his shoulders, “Are we going back to this road??? I thought we were friends…”
“Ciara, leave my office…I have work to do…Unlike you I have a real business to run…”
He took a step back and looked away…
“I don’t know why but I can’t do this anymore…This marriage can’t work…..It’s useless trying to reason with you…”
I couldn’t take it anymore…I was the victim, I am the one the Marcias brothers are treating like a ball..
I didn’t have to choose him but I did and here he was acting all ungrateful…
He walked closer and closer to me and gr@bb£d my arms, “You are just my wife on paper…From today mind your business and I will mind mine…And you are right, it can never work…There is nothing special about you, you are a gold digger…”
It seemed his words had begun getting to me as slow tears trickled down my cheeks…
He then pushed me out of his office and slammed the door at my face…
“Mrs Marcias are you okay???” The personal as-sistant asked and I just nodded..
“I really hate you Jordan Marcias…” I said to myself as I walked out of the company..
If only I had a time machine I would go back in time and run away from the Marcias brothers as fast as I could…
I have been called names before but hearing Jordan call me a gold digger broke me..
More than ever, I was sure that leaving the Marcias mansion was not a good idea…
I walked into the mansion and directly went to the fashion studio to pick some of my things…It was time to look for a new job and maybe then I would have the courage to leave all this behind me…
I sat down and buried my head in my palms when I felt hands on my shoulders…The pressing on my shoulders was soothing…
“It feel good…” I let out a soft mo-an…
“You don’t have to live with him Ciara…We can always leave…”
Jaxon with his silly ideas again. When will he ever grow up…
“Leave me!!!” I sl@pped his hands off my shoulders…I stood up from the chair and turned around to face him..
“Jaxon, just grow up will you??? I can’t leave if not for myself then for my career…St©p being stubborn…” I snapped at him..
I was re-ady to walk away when he held my arm, “Are you falling for him Ciara????”
Me falling for Jordan??? Even if he was the last man on the planet, never…
“Jaxon, I don’t have to explain myself…” I tried to shake my hand off his grip but all in vain..
He pu-ll-ed me closer to him and wra-pped his arm around my w@!st, “What are you doing???” I stammered…
“Ssssh!!!!” He begun c*ressing my cheek, “Ciara you are like a drug that I can’t live without…
I was feeling weak on my knees…I hungrily wanted to k!ssthosel-ips…I was almost giving in…
“Jaxon, I am a married woman…” I cried out but he chose to ignore me and reached out for my dress lifting it up…
His hands moved up to my w@!st that I trembled and tried to pu-ll back but I couldn’t…
“Ciara, I want to remind you of whom you love…It’s me my love…” He whispered to my ear that I shivered…
Yes I loved him but this wasn’t the way to go…
“Jaxon, let me go…What if someone sees us???” I tried reasoning with him but all he did was trail k!sses down my collarbone….
“Jaxon I am begging you…” I sobbe-d but it feel on deaf ears…
He lifted me up and as a fool I wra-pped my legs around his w@!st..
“Now you are cooperating…” He beamed pinning me on the wall,” You nee-d to get pregnant if you want Jordan to leave us alone..”
Now this son of a mother had lost it…Did he want Jordan to bury both of us alive???
“Jaxon leave me!!!” I ordered and bit his ear that he had no choice than to drop me…
“Are you crazy???” He staggered back while tou-ching his ear…If that wasn’t enough, he didn’t see the sl@p coming…
For a moment I wasn’t sure if I loved him or felt disgusted…Instead of helping me out, he chose to make things worse…
“Jaxon, if you ever come an inch close to me I will kill you…” I warned and all he did was stare at me shockingly..
“Don’t look at me as if you have seen a ghost, I will pluck those eyes out
. If you loved me as you claim you would have st©pped the wedding..St©p acting all laviedavey right now…Fool…”
It actually felt right telling him those words…He wasn’t worth my love…Him and David on one side, he pushed me to this misery and I won’t let him to also ruin my life…
If I nee-d to survive in this house, I have to face my enemies head on…
I walked out of the Fashion studio and bu-mped into the mother of all snakes…
“Well well, if it’s not the most hated person in the country right now???”
I looked around to see if there was anyb©dy around there, Ooooh!!!She was speaking to me…
“Chloe, I don’t have the strength to argue with you right now…”
“How can you have the strength to argue while you looking for tactics to tra-p the Marcias brothers???”
She was beginning to get on my nerves..
“Lucky me, I have two…What about you, the only one you have is a pain in the n£¢k..Always drinking, coming home late..Poor girl, do you nee-d a hvg???”
She raised her hand to sl@p me but I held it in mid air..
“Chloe, don’t bite more than you can chew. I am watching you…” I brushed my shoulders with her and continued with my business…
I missed my family, girl talks with my mother and funny thing I also missed my big sister…I nee-ded a hvg, some motivation to keep going since all of this was draining me…
It had been long since I had a bubble bath in the bathtub…I nee-ded to sooth myself and let go of all negativity…
I re-moved my clothes and wra-pped a white towel on my b©dy when my phone begun ringing…
Truly the devil was at work, it was David…
“What do you want????” I yelled…
“Ciara Kimani ma-king the Marcias brothers turn against each other…How is my favourite ex doing???”.
His favourite ex??? My goodness what drug is this good for nothing high on???
“I don’t think it’s your business…Why did you call or you joined the gossip mongers as-sociation???”
“Don’t dare insult me Ciara…I made you…” He snarled..
“Who made who??? Nigga have a good look at yourself…i am now a Mrs Marcias and I just nee-d to make one phone call to ruin you…” I boasted..
“I don’t wanna fight with you…I just really miss you..Can we have coffee…..”
Before he completed his s£ntence, I hanged up..
I know he just nee-ded cheap publicity…
What kind of guys do I fall for like seriously???
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Jordan’s POV
I was falling for this girl, ha-rder than I ever imagined….
I was supposed to be mad at her but here I am thinking about her….
Her image flashed in my mind ma-king me smile like a fool… Abs£ntmindedly I found myself feeling my ring…
It’s ba-rely an year and she feels that this marriage won’t work…I expected her to fight ha-rder, I don’t want her to give up on us because she is my add!çtion…
No matter how much I try to hate her, I fall for her more…I have fallen in love with this woman…I don’t know what will be come of me if she ever leaves….
Remembering her confession earlier made my bones shatter, I couldn’t control the tears dropping from my face…
I wanted to disappear, get away from all of this but that was only possible in my dreams…
How was I to mind my business when she has become my business??? I felt bad remembering the look on her face when I called her a gold digger…
I crossed the limits but couldn’t help it.. Was it ha-rd for her to abstain not slee-ping with my brother??? Could she have not waited for me????
“Sir, Mr Kebira wants to see you???” The PA barged into my office again dragging me from my thoughts…Where are her manners???
“Can’t you knock????” I thun-dered…
“Sir are you crying???? You know….”
“I see you are beginning to poke your nose where it doesn’t belong
. Do you want to get fired???”
“No sir…” She shook her head, “Shall I let him in???”
“Does he have an appointment????” I asked in a tone full of arrogance..
“No sir, I thought….”
“You thought nothing…Get out of my office before I sl@p sanity in that empty round thing you call a head…”
“Yes sir….”
I had three very important meetings that day but all I could think about was Ciara…Let me hate you, let me learn to despise you..
Why after everything you have done, I love you more??? No one ever chose me but you did…I know I should be grateful but am mad…
Another man was inside my woman, how was I to recover from that???
I tiredly walked into the mansion as I loos£ned my tie around my n£¢k…
I walked to the living room and everyone was there ap@rt from Jaxon and Ciara..
“Where are the rest???” I yawned as I ru-bbe-d my n£¢k…
“By rest you mean your wife and her b©yfri£ndright???” Chloe asked…
“Chloe not now, can’t you see how tired he is???” Mason reprimanded her. How are we ever going to learn to control his woman if he can’t do it himself…
“It’s okay Mason…So where are they???”
“My Ciara is in your room and Jaxon I haven’t seen him since this afternoon and he is not picking his phone…” Granny explained…
I was worried about Jaxon but having him away from the house for a night wouldn’t hurt…
I got into our room and it was silent…
Granny lied to me, she ran away with him…She betrayed me once more, what happened to the I chose you speech???
“Ciara???” I called out looking for her everywhere and there she was slee-ping peacefully in the bathtub with a glas-s of red wine in her hand…
I ti-ptoed towards her and squ-atted infront of her…I stared at her face, c*ressing her face…
She was truly beautiful…
“Ciara, my love…” I t©uçhed herl-ips, “I want to k!ssyou so bad but I am afraid I wouldn’t st©p..”
I drew closer and closer to her when she woke up and I felt froze at the moment looking away…
“Get out of the bathtub, I want to have a bubble bath…” I ordered…
“Turn around so that I can wra-p myself with a towel…” She said calmly…
“Do you know how expensive that bathtub is??? First have you ever even being inside a bathtub???”
“Don’t worry Mr Marcias, I will never use your bathtub again…”
She wasnt the challenging Ciara anymore…She seemed hurt and calm…Her eyes were also red which is evident she has been crying for quite sometime now…
I turned around so as she can wra-p a towel around herself…
The floor seemed sli-ppery from the water which I bet splashed from the bathtub but how do I tell her to be careful when I said we both mind our businesses…
She is a smart girl, she will figure that out…
Just at that moment I heard her scream, I twirled around to face her and automatically she wra-pped her hands around my n£¢k and I ti-ghtly held her w@!st…
We stared both into each other’s eyes that I felt all my worries and anger been b!own away…It felt home in her eyes…
Jordan it’s a scam don’t fall for it…
I looked away and realised the towel was loose so I shut ti-ght my eyes…
“Next time learn to see a sli-ppery floor…” I dropped her softly on the floor and left…
“Did I do the right thing???” I asked myself the moment I sat on the be-d…
“I should have carried her, why did I have to drop her on the floor???” I scratched my head furiously….
She took a while in the bathroom that I got scared…Just as I was going to check up on her, she c@m£ out…
“I wondered what was keeping in you there…I was coming to throw you out…” I retorted…
“You can have the bathroom to yourself now Mr…”
“And there is alot of bathrobes in the bathroom, wouldn’t you have worn any of them???” I questioned…
Does she know how crazy i felt seeing her in a towel or how little Jordan was re-ady to stand at attention at the mere thought of seeing her beautiful b©dy???
“Okay…” She walked past me and into the closet…
I was restless…She had taken almost thirty minutes in there..
She is a crazy girl, maybe she was cutting my expensive suits into pieces or maybe she is dead…
Again I went to look on her and just as I reached for the closet knob, she c@m£ out…
“Do you also want to use the closet???” She asked and I felt embarras-sed…
Why was I acting so childishly???
“I am going to sleep with Sophie tonight…I don’t want you to kick me out of our own be-d…” She took one of the pillows and begun walking towards the door when I gr@bb£d her arm…
“plea-se stay….” I pleaded unknowingly…On realisation of what I had done, I dropped her hand…
“What did you say????” She asked as she stared me with wi-de eyes…
“I meant this…What will people say especially the maids?? That I threw my wife out of our room…I won’t let you leave here…” I folded my arms on my che-st…
“I don’t un-derstand you. I thought you said that I am only your wife on paper…” She hvgged the pillow she was holding…
“Yes and wives sleep beside their husbands…” I stammered..
“Jordan no one is watching, I will just go secretly to Sophie’s room…” She as-sured but didn’t wanna hear it…
“Why can’t you join the dots??? I am mad because I expected you not to sleep with him. How do you think I feel knowing my brother has been inside you???” I snapped and she just looked at me expressionlessly..
“I don’t want to argue with you right now…”
“Yes we will talk about this…” I gr@bb£d the pillow from her and hit it on the wall, “Yes we will talk about it right now..You said this marriage won’t work..Are you re-ady to fight for it??? No…What do you want???”
“Jordan I don’t want to talk about this…”
“Yes you will…” I gr@bb£d her arms, “Because I am dying inside..Do you think I want to be like this??? I don’t…I am falling for you and I hate it..You don’t deserve me…”
I was losing my grip…I couldn’t bottle it in..I wanted her to know what I was going throu-gh..
“Because of you I had a fight with my brother, because of you my brother hates me. Tell me do you think you deserve any of the Marcias brothers???” I pushed her and she fell on the floor.
I heard her gr0@nin pain and didn’t want to look at her…I was mad, mad at everything…Mad that I loved the way she smiled, her fruity smell, her weird looking hair..I loved it all..
I tried to resist her sobbing but I couldn’t…
I looked at her lying helplessly on the floor with a bleeding elbow…
“Are you okay???” I asked worriedly as I took hold of her arm…
She pu-ll-ed her arm away, “You said we should mind our own business…And yes you were right, you two brothers don’t deserve me. If i would go back in time, I would never have to meet you..My mistake was falling in love with a j£rk and marrying an as-s-hole..You said I am a wife on your paper right??? I will start acting like a wife on the paper…” She cussed out and stood from the floor…
She wiped the tears from her cheek with her f!nger and showed it to me,” This is the last time I will ever shed tears because of the Marcias brothers..I am not a ball you kick around…”
She took the pillow from the floor and limped out of the room..
I wanted to call out to her but words were stuck on my throat..
Congratulations Jordan, you have succeeded in pushing Ciara away from you..
You wanted her to be a wife on paper and now your wish has come true..
But why am I sad??? She should have fought ha-rder for us, She should have made me un-derstand to why she did it but she will always be that typical crazy mud girl…
The girl full of attitude….
I didn’t even feel like changing into my pyjamas..I just slumped on the be-d like that when Emma called me…
Should I pick or not??? No, she will just ru-b salt in my wound…
After she hanged up, Clara called.. I would have answered but I couldn’t stand her fake accent..
The room seemed lonely, it was a disprovable feeling and I hated it…
I felt like going for Ciara in Sophie’s room and gr-abbing her by the hair back here…
But that would have made everything worse..