š„ATTITUDE
MEETS
ARROGANCEš„
Episode 9
Ciara’s POV
I couldn’t unsee what I had seen. It was torture to the soul but not the eyes…
My eyes were dancing around there in their own rhythm. Damn it was big, so big…Ulalala!!!!
“Don’t you have shame???Are you literally looking at me right now????”
What have I done???How do i get myself out of this one…Why do my eyes love to embarras-s me???
“Where is Jaxon’s room???” I looked away avoiding his eyes.
“Do you want to also see him n-ked???”
“I would love too…” I mumbled beneath my nose but I guess he heard it.
“You are a shameless woman.” He begun walking towards me ignoring the fact he was n-ked…
He looked like a male model. Unusually for a male model he had a manly Samson physique. His features seemed to be folded from granite…
His hair was we-t on his face..
. He really looked handsome…
“So you like seeing handsome men n-ked???” He asked nose to nose and the only thing I thought of doing was close my eyes….
“Move aside!!!”I stammered…
“Will you kick me on the ba-lls again???” His minty rushy breath made me feel dizzy…
“You insulted me….”
“You started it first….”
He took my trembling hand and placed it on his che-st,”Do you wanna feel it too???”
“I just wanna go to Jaxon’s room….”
I turned around to walk away when he pu-ll-ed me back this time leaving no inches between us and placed my hand there that I begun to scream….
“You are despicable….” A h0t sl@p landed on his face.
“You are a fool to think I want you…I was just teasing you but the look on your face is priceless…” He begun laughing at me when we heard a knock on the door..
“Brother, are you okay????I heard girly screams…” My Jaxon asked from the other side…
Jordan quic-kly gr@bbĀ£d me and placed his hand on my mouth,”Yes brother..Those screams are from me. You know I always wanted to be a screamer…”
Wait what????A screamer…That’s the lamest excuse ever…When I was sure the coast was clear I bit his hand…
“Ouch!!!!That hurts…”
“I know….”
“You know what, I am sick and tired of you always having your way. I am gonna give you some time to think about what you have done…” He took me by the hand, pushed me in the bathroom and locked me up..
“Jordan, I nee-d to work????”
“No, what you nee-d is to learn a lesson…”
He went silent for some minutes, I bet he was getting dressed…
I looked around the bathroom, smelt his shower gels, took bathroom selfies, danced around until I got bored.
“Jordan, get me out of here!!!!It’s Sunday and I have work to do…” He didn’t respond.
“Jordan, I am hungry….” No respond….
“Why are you doing this to me????”I begun crying on the bathroom sink. “I am only an innocent girl who you want to make her life a living hell. What did she do to you????What do you want from her????”
Yes it worked, he opened the door…
“Are you seriously crying????” He walked towards me, his hand on my shoulder…
” No I am getting my revenge…” I gave him a quic-k kick on the groin and locked him in…
“You will pay for this….”
“Can’t hear you….” I ran out of the door and bu-mped into this elegant lady…
I guess everyone who meet her first got the impression she was a really clas-sy lady…
“Hello dear, why are you in a hurry????” She asked.
“I was….I was….” I begun stammering not knowing what to say…
“It’s okay…I know you are here to see Jordan, my son…”
“No, yes, yes, no…”
“I mean I am Jaxon’s designer and I had come to take measurements for Jordan’s surprise suit. Ssssh!!!!Don’t tell him, it’s a secret…”
“Okay, so what’s your name???I haven’t seen you around. I have only meet Natalie…”
“I am Ciara Kimani, a celebrity designer…”
“Yes, I have seen you on the magazines. I wondered where i have seen you from. Nice to meet you…” And she hvgged me..
“plea-sure is all mine I guess…” I really felt awkward.
” You made Mrs Agotte her 25th wedding anniversary go-wn right???”
I nodded.
“I would love a dress from you. It was so beautiful…”
“That can be arranged. I nee-d to go now…”
This woman looked clas-sy and sophisticated. Her looks shouted more of an white woman..
. Unlike other moms I know. By this I mean the one who gave birth to me, her and clas-siness are like two parallel lines. She is over dramatic about anything and when she is mad she can hit you with anything especially a h0t cooking pan with food…Typical African mother…
I was tensed that the old fool would start screaming but he was the wise kind. Those who think before they act…
In the fashion studio, I couldn’t concentrate. I only wanted to see Jason my honey bunny…I was lost in the world of dirty thoughts when Brian called me…
“Hello??” I pressed the phone to my ear resting my feet on the table…
“Have you re-ad today’s newspaper and the trending blog???”
“Nope, why???”
“The news out there is that David dumped you yesterday in the p@rty and there is pictures of you talking….”
“I knew it…Those cheap bloggers would pu-ll such a stupid stunt…”
“Anyway how was the fashion show???”
“You weren’t there but it was good. Is it that bad???I mean the gossip.”
“People will shut up, eventually…”
“Okay, see you soon…” I hanged up…
“rou-gh Sunday???” Jaxon asked behind me…
“I am used to that…How are you???”
“I have a splitting headache…” He ru-bbe-d his forehead, sitting beside me..
“It’s called a hangover. I have your wallet….” I took it from my handbag and placed it on the table.
“I didn’t notice it wasn’t there but thanks….”
“Okay…”
“About yesterday????”
“Let’s not talk about it…” I bu-tted in,”I guess you can’t remember anything…”
“I had fun, I always wanted to be myself without being judged and yesterday I had the opportunity to be myself.Thank you..” He hvgged me so ti-ght that I would disappear in a moment notice…
“I am glad you did…”
I pu-ll-ed back and for a moment we got lost into each other’s eyes before I pressed myl-ips on his softly and surprisingly he k!$$Ā£d me back sĀ£nding a million electrical volts throu-gh my entire bĀ©dy…
“Do you wanna come over tonight???” I couldn’t hold back the question.
“Yes, I will see you there at 9pm….” He wanted us to continue with the k!ss!ngthen I remembered it had been an hour since I locked up that fool in the bathroom…
“I almost forgot, Jordan was looking for you earlier…You should probably check on him…”
“Yeah, maybe he nee-ds something. Shall we go and check???”
“Yeah…”
I couldn’t wait to see the priceless angry loom on his face…
“Jordan!!!!” Jaxon called him out.
“I am in the bathroom brother…”
When Jaxon got him out he was all smiley until he saw me… His face was red with anger as he clenched his fists…
“What is she doing here???”
“How did you get locked up in the bathroom in the first place???” Jaxon asked diverting his question.
“I just got in the bathroom and when I tried opening the door, it was locked…”
“You should have the locks checked…” I suggested tucking myl-ips in not to laugh since he was also limping.
“Can you two get out of my room now???I nee-d to rest.” He yelled and we nodded getting out of his room…
“We meet again outside my son’s be-droom. Does he nee-d another suit my dear???” The clas-sy lady asked. The questions written on Jaxon’s face had me wishing the floor would swallow me whole…
And that’s when you realise the devil is always at work…How was I to get myself out of this one??
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š„ATTITUDE
MEETS
ARROGANCEš„
Episode 10
Ciara’s POV
“Hey beautiful madam, are you sure you saw me???”
“Yes, dear. I never forget faces….”
“You win….It was me but everything has an explanation…” I tried defending myself…
“It’s okay,” She cu-mpped my face, “You owe no one an explanation….”
I nodded slowly avoiding Jaxon’s eyes which were stuck between me and his mother…
“Jaxon dear, your sister and sister in law are arriving in a few minutes so you are nee-ded downstairs and plea-se get Jordan too…” She smiled and walked down stairs…
“You don’t believe your mother about me being in your brother’s room right???” I asked him haltingly…
“I don’t know. You two ba-rely get along….”
“I didn’t want to tell you this but Clara was here. Clara with the C. The girl people say we look alike….”
“The model??? The girl who Jordan d@tĀ£d for two weeks…”
“Yeah that one….”
“Now I un-derstand why Jordan was locked up in the bathroom. She is one hell crazy woman…” Jaxon shook his head and that’s when I knew I had taken control over the situation…
“And for the record, you are more beautiful than Clara with the C….” My face flamed up with the compliment.
“Thank you…”
He called out for Jordan in his room who went ahead leaving us there..
“Have you re-ad the latest blog and today’s newspaper????” He asked.
“No but I know it had alot to say about my break up with David…”
“Sh-t, I tried so ha-rd for you not to find out by throwing away today’s newspaper and forbidding anyone from talking about it but I guess I had to try ha-rder I am sorry about what they are saying…” He took my hand up hisl-ips and k!$$Ā£d it,”I will always be here if you nee-d anything…”
“Thank you biggest fan…” I whispered, encaged in his arms…
“Anytime…”
He took my hand in his and walked me downstairs but the moment we arrived at the hallway I don’t know who let the other go…
“They are here…” Carol said running towards the gathered family.
“Okay Carol, get the table re-ady…” Mrs Marcias ordered and Carol nodded running towards the kitchen…
“Hey family, did you miss me???” A girl got into the house, her arms outstretched re-ady for a hvg… She had some Latin looks, high cheek bones, the kindest pair of coffee eyes trimmed by long gorgeous lashes and a confident s-xy strut that screamed to the world I am beautiful…
She hvgged everyone smiling but when she got to me, she first did a full scan and then hvgged me..
“You look familiar, are you Jaxon’s girlfriend???”
I shook my head in disapproval…
“She is Ciara, the fashion designer….”
“Oooooh!!!! My gawd….Ciara you are more beautiful in person…” She hvgged me again and this time ti-ghter that I could ba-rely breath…
“Wow!!!! At 23 and you are taking the fashion world to the next level. You know like I re-ad all your blogs. You and fashion are just, I don’t know. It’s like you un-derstand fashion and it un-derstands you….” She continued..
I loved meeting my fans but not when they are all crazy and clingy…
“We should have coffee sometime???”
“She is actually working for me, so little sister calm down you will be with her everyday…”
“Yeeeei!!!” She wanted to hvg me again but I held her back.
“Dear, enough with the hvgging…”
She had succeeded in ma-king that about me and I didn’t like it one beat… The other lady was busy talking with Mrs Marcias with Mason’s hand on her shoulder…
She had the African kind of beauty.The kind in which the boys would trip over themselves.Mason really had some good taste…. The beauty was complimented with An Amazonian figure which sat well on her wafer-thin bĀ©dy and her ebony black hair… In her arms she had a little girl who looked much like Mason….
“Ciara????” Mason beckoned me..
“Yes???” I answered when I got to where they were standing….
“This is my beautiful wife Chloe Marcias and our daughter Pashmina Marcias…And this my wife is Ciara my friend, Jaxon’s designer….” He introduced us….
“I thought so, she is so pretty. Nice to meet you Ciara, I would love to sit and chat but I am so tired. I hope to see you around….” She shook my hand and walked upstairs. I guess she was a woman of a few words….
I looked around and saw how happy everyone was even Jordan who never even shows me his teeth…. He looked so handsome smiling that he should make it a duty of his…
Him and the twins were busy teasing their little sister who seemed to loved it…
Indeed they were lucky to be there for each other. Unlike my family where we never check up on each other, me and my big sister never get along and I was recently disowned…
“Ciara, I nee-d you to help me unpack???”
Wait what??? Was this girl serious???
“Girl, I am a designer. Thats all…Mason and Jaxon see you tomorrow….” I hvgged them and when I turned to walk away, Jaxon held my hand.
“I will take you home……”
“But the lunch with your family???”
“That can’t wait….”
I could see Jordan wanted to say something but he chose to shut it….
In the car, there was a comfortable silence…Jaxon was focused on the road and I was lost in thoughts.
“Sorry about my small sister, she can be clingy…”
“Yeah, she is…”
“But thank you, you didn’t tell her off rudely…”
“Trust me, I wanted to but didn’t want to embarras-s her….”
After that short conversation, everyone went silent again till we got to my ap@rtment… On the balcony, Max and Brian were busying working on the barbeque and Jane was in the kitchen ma-king her signature punch….
“What’s going on guys???” I was surprised that instead of them being in their room ma-king out they were out here having a little p@rty.
“We wanna have fun girlfriend….”
“Okay…”
“Hey Brian???” I hvgged him who couldn’t even stand upright.
“Friend, I have missed you. Go check what I brou-ght you from South Africa in your room. Trust me you will love it….”
“Thanks dear….”
I left the boys talking and went to help Jane out when my big sister called….
“What???” I asked….
“Ciara, when will you grow up??? Scandals front, back, right, left and centre….”
“It’s my life Alice and leave me alone…”
“I am a doctor and you…….”
“I am a fashion designer which lack of direction. I know what you gonna say so just don’t ruin my day…” I hanged up…
Just because she was a doctor, she didn’t have the right to step on me. I may not be the perfect daughter but I nee-ded my sister’s support…
“What has Alice done now???” Jane asked after she noticed my face was heated with rage….
“I don’t wanna talk about it….” I hurriedly walked to my room and slammed it shut…
I tried so ha-rd not to cry but I couldn’t hold back. It didn’t feel right for her to always be on my case. Sisters are supposed to be each other’s strength but to me Alice was more of an enemy of progress…..
I heard the door flung open, “I dont wanna see anyone right now….” I whispered..
“Even me???” Jaxon asked…
“I don’t want you to see me like this…” I wiped my tears with the back of my hand….
“I said, I will always be there for you…” He as-sured, holding out his hand…I took it and he pu-ll-ed me to sit beside him on my be-d…
“Do you wanna talk about it???”
That question was like a catalyst to my tears…
“All I want is my sister to support me. I have no one else since my dad disowned me,my mother doesn’t pick up and my sister just got more reason to make me feel like a loser…..”
“Ciara, you are a strong found lady who is taking over the fashion world… Just give them time and they will un-derstand you…”
“You think so???”
“I know so….Come here….”
I rested my head on his che-st as he wra-pped his arms around me. I felt safe and I loved it…
“Isn’t your sister gonna be mad at you???”
“I would rather be here, at home people will just talk business and other boring stuffs…”
I chuckled and pressed myl-ips on his but he pu-ll-ed back, “I want to be here for you. And k!ss!ngis not helping….”
We walked back to the living room to the rest and dug into the barbeque…After that we had Jane’s signature punch, talking about the latest gossip…
Jaxon’s didn’t talk much but he seemed comfortable… He loved our company and that was all that mattered….
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Jordan’s POV
I hate Mondays but I had to work very ha-rd or else my competitors would take advantage of that.
Jaxon c@mĀ£ home late so I went to check on him in his room. It was 7am and he still looked like he had been ran over by a truck… I covered him up and went to the kitchen where i found Ciara slee-ping on the counter.
She too looked like she had been ran over by a truck. Where we these two yesterday???I hope Jaxon wasn’t falling for this crazy mud girl…
I always loved to prepare my breakfast
. I had the mentality that no one would un-derstand my stomach more than me…
I tried ma-king noise with the cooking pans while I was cooking but she didn’t wake up… I even placed a piece of bacon on herl-ips but she just bit it and continued slee-ping…
Damn!!!She was indeed a heavy sleeper….
I didn’t want to ruin her beauty sleep but I hated people who were unprofessional…
“Wake up!!!” I screamed in her ears and she woke up screaming that she fell off the stool…
“Why are you slee-ping in the kitchen???? Don’t you have a be-d back home???”
“Did you have to scream in my ears…I would have woken up you know….” She struggled standing up…
“Yeah, you should not be slee-ping in my kitchen…”
“Okay Mr Perfect…” She staggered away…
The fact that she didn’t argue or insult me was a guarantee that she was having a rou-gh morning and I had made it worse…
I felt a little guilty but she deserved it for locking me up in the bathroom. I quic-kly ate my breakfast and got re-ady for work…
When I walked inside the company everyone went silent and got back to work
. Yes sometimes I felt awkward when I saw the fear on people’s faces when they saw me but that fear has made me the most respected CEO in the country.
I wasn’t re-ady to lose my father’s legacy….He had high hopes of me and it was my duty to always keep the Marcias real estate developers company blazing….
“Sir, we nee-d to go throu-gh the proposal that I will represĀ£nt before the board…” My project manager ran after me the moment I got out of the elevator…
“Okay but first i nee-d to see the financial manager then I will call you…”
I had alot of work to do from Thursday since I was busy doing things that didn’t make s-en-se. Like planning to crazy mud girl’s life a living hell…
After I had the meeting with the financial manager, I approved the budget which was to be used in the construction of the county as-sistance offices at the capital…
Then called in for the project manager to oversee the workflow of the ongoing project to ensure we were still running on the budget and on time…
“Good, I love the work you are doing there. About the proposal, I believe it’s okay…Just leave a copy here and I will go throu-gh it before the 4p.m meeting…”
“Yes sir…”
When the project manager was walking out of my office, my new personal as-sistant c@mĀ£ in.
“Excuse me Sir, the minister wants to see you in one hour’s time. He has something crucial to discuss with you…”
“Okay cancel all my appointments until 1pm…”
“Yes Sir…”
Due to the misusing of funds, the ministry of lands and physical planning decided to give the contract in which we are to build affordable houses for the common mwananchi around the slums…
That was a very big milestone for our company and I wouldn’t want anything to ruin it…It was gonna open many doors of opportunities..
I was busy going throu-gh the proposals before submitting them to the ministry of lands when Sophie called me…
“Yes, what do you want Soph??? I am a busy man…”
“Ciara is coming to your office to take measurements of your new suit…”
“But I have many suits???”
“I am throwing a welcome back p@rty for myself and I nee-d my brothers to look fantastic…”
“But.. ”
“No buts…..”And she hanged up. Being the only girl in our family, the twins and I always agreed to what she wanted and she took advantage of that…
But truth be told, she had won the most influential person award due to the clas-sy p@rties she hosted…
“Sir, the minister is here….”
“Let him in…”
I stood up, adjusted my tie and was re-ady to speak to the minister…
“Good morning Minister, welcome to my office… Do you care for anything???”
“No, I am afraid this is a business visit…”
“What happened???” I could feel a drop of sweat roll down my back…
“The board of directors wants to take the contract back. We have done our investigation and confirmed that the young bachelors we have worked with have a thirst of power and so they don’t do their work well.
. We are done working with young bachelors…”
” But Minister, I am known for my diligence and professionalism. I wouldn’t misuse the government funds…”
“I know Mr Marcias, but this is a housing project and we nee-d someone who has a family and un-derstands the concept of being a family man…”
“But I have little siblings and run our company well since my father died. I even do I better job than him…”
I could feel my blood boiling at 450 degrees….
I wanted to hold him by the collar and remind of everything I have done for this project but chose to remain calm…
This was an injustice of the highest criteria…
“You can’t get in. The boss is in a meeting…” I could hear commotions outside the office.
“I don’t care…”
Ciara slammed the door open into my office.
“Jordan….I nee-d your measurements…” She said ignoring the fact I was busy.
“I am busy Ciara….”
“I will sit and wait…”
She got in, greeted the minister and sat at the sofa by the window… I was sure I would have convinced the minister but after Ciara’s rude behaviour I wasn’t sure he would even listen to me…
“This must be your girlfriend…” The minister commented and we both asked in unison,”What???”
“What we mean is why do you say so??” I clarified myself…
“Like nobĀ©dy would have the guts to enter Jordan’s office like that if it weren’t someone close to you…”
I faked a laugh,”Yeah, she is my girlfriend. Actually we are getting married in a month’s time…”
“What???” Ciara asked and my throat constricted with nervousness…..
“Love,” I walked to where she was, “Sorry that I had to propose to you like this but the circu-mtances I am in f0rƧĀ£d me…” I placed my hand around her shoulder…
“I am sorry to have caught you by surprise but I nee-ded the minister to know…And about the measurements my love, I am sorry I kept you waiting….” I k!$$Ā£d her and walked back to my seat…
All that while, Ciara was in shock.. She neither moved nor talked… She just stared at me, her eyebrows raised questionably….
“This is good news Mr Marcias…If you getting married in one month’s time there is no nee-d for us to take the contract from you. That’s a guarantee….”
It seems the crazy mud girl was my lucky charm after all but the question is how was I to implement the lie???
“That’s good news. Kindly Mr Minister let this be between us since my girlfriend doesn’t like the media attention and paparazzis….”
“That’s okay…”
Ciara stood up from the sofa and walked to my seat.
“Baby, I will come back later…” She k!$$Ā£d my cheek and walked out getting me by surprise of how good she pla-yed along…
“She is a very beautiful woman, who would have thought Jordan Marcias would settle down??”
“Minister, I wanna be a family man…That’s why you gave me the contract in the first place because you saw the potential….”
“Very smart man…Let me get going and kindly remember the ministry doesn’t love to be kept waiting…”
“I will keep that in mind Sir….”
I walked him out and when I got back in the office my mind was still processing what had happened earlier…
I was selfish and without thinking I dragged Ciara into my mess…She probably hates me more than the devil right now…
How could be so stupid to k!ssher??? I am so scre-wed.. My bĀ©dy slumped in misery….