????Journey To The
Beauty Land????
(Once upon a kingdom…)
CHAPTER 29&30
By: Tofunmi Nikky
★★★★★
Roselia made to grab Luciano by the collar once he’s entered and closed the door, but as if having the knowledge of her impressions, he fli-pped out a penknife from his pocket, causing Roselia’s smile to drop off her face as she brou-ght up her two hands above her head and surrendered.
He edged closer to her and she also shifts backward until her back met with the wall.
“Tell me what the hell you wanted me here for before I’ll have to use this knife on you. It’s so little but can do the deeds.”he said, the little edge of his li-ps curling up into a smirk as brou-ght up the knife to her neck, causing her to flinch back in horror, her two hands still above her head.
“What the fuc-k ?!”Sabrina gasped aloud as the door went opened, screeching her to a suddenly stop. Ronald also stepped closer and peeked a look inside, his jaw dropping at the not so good sight.
“What’s happening here?”Ronald was the first person to speak, causing Luciano to reluctantly back away from Roselia. And even though she was relieved, she still rolled her eyes at the invited presences.
Luciano ignored Ronald’s question and turned back to face Roselia, his gaze on her not even the least pleasing.
“The fact that I’d receive your text and came here to meet you doesn’t mean you can go about tolling with me. I’m going to leave now but if I ever happened to sight you anywhere near me or even far away from me regardless of the circu-mstances, I won’t have a choice than to press charges against you.”Luciano spoke so coldly that even Roselia felt a little panic resolving her heart. Now, how was she going to convince him to go back to their world with her?
Luciano turned away from her and started walking for the door.
“Let’s get out of here.”Sabrina got a hold of Ronald’s hand and pulled him out of the lounge with her.
Before Luciano finally left, he stopped halfway and got closer to her, before he then pointed a finger at her, his grip on the penknife tightening against his palm.
Leaning closer, he whispered to her hearing,”And know this, never in a million years would I go to wherever world you’re planning to take me with you to. So, I’d be better if you stop wasting your precious time stalking me because when I say something, am never changing my mind.”
Roselia gulped uneasily as he walked back to the door.
He let himself out and gave her a fake smile.
“And, what you did together to Sabrina, I’ll let it sli-p and wait till you try it with her again. Then, you’ll get to know how it feels like to be thrown into hell.”After giving her the bitter warning, he didn’t bother shutting the door behind him as he left.
“Damn it!!”she stomped to the door and let it close, before she began pounding repeatedly on it so hysterically, her hairs tousling all over her head as she puffed so loud in anger.
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“Lucian.”Sabrina held unto Ronald’s hand as she approached Luciano who was just coming out of the lounge. Luciano looked down at Sabrina’s hand that was joined with Ronald’s as he made a stop before them and they behind his car.
“What are you doing with him? Moreover, I don’t understand the reason why you had to follow me here.”Luciano asked, raising a brow at her while going leaning against his car, now facing them.
“He gave me the ride here.”she replied, and noticing how Luciano glanced down at their hands before looking back up at her, she gave a nervous slight laugh before dropping Ronald’s hand, causing Ronald to scoff inaudibly from beside her.
“And…?”Luciano urged her to continue.
“I had to follow you because you seems so nervous when you left me, and thinking something is definitely wrong, I decided to come after you.”she answered, tucking the little strand of hair at her face behind her ear nervously.
“To…?”he pressed further, and Ronald shook his head, disregarding the urge to grab Sabrina’s hand and drag her away from here.
“To come and save you, of course.”she replied, shrugging. She knew something is up with him as he asked further but knew not to ask about it in Ronald’s presence.
Luciano looked between her and Ronald before sighing and rubbing his forehead, pushing back the anger that had started heightening in him. He looked back up at her.
“I’ll get going. You can take the ride back with him to wherever it is you two are to head.”he spoke feebly tensed at his words to leave Sabrina to him. But nevertheless, he shrugged off his unwillingness and walked round his car, climbing behind the wheels.
Sabrina turned to Ronald with a sly smile.
“Sorry for bothering you and perhaps wasting your gas to convey me here. You can head back to school without me, bye Ronald.”she patted his left shoulder and swirled away from him.
As Luciano ignited the car’s engine, Sabrina opened the car’s door and sli-pped into the pa-ssenger’s seat.
“What are you doing here…?”he snapped his face away from the road to look at her.
“No questions Lucian, I’m taking the ride with you.”she interrupted him from talking further which earned her a sarcastic scoff from him. She laughed and nudged him playfully by the arm, causing a smile to pull up on his face as he started driving them off.
Ronald watched Luciano’s Limousine racing away with a glare. He pressed his fists together, shutting his eyes angrily.
“Did she just dumped me for him?”he didn’t know of when he started gritting his teeth together, running a hand into his hair.
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WOOD’S COMPANY★★
“Okay, now tell me what it is you said you needed?”Mr Woods, Anita’s father put aside the rest of the docu-ments before him with a resolution to tend to it later, giving his laptop’s screen a short glance before turning his office chair towards where his daughter was seated on the couch and asking.
“Yes father. I need your help and I don’t know what I’ll do if you refuse to help me on this.”Anita said, her visible frown on her face.
“Go ahead and speak with me, Anita. I need to get back to work immediately am done attending to you.”her father replied.
She looked down at her knew phone she just bought on the way before coming over to her father’s office, her eyes looking throu-ghit on expectance of a text message from one of her friends.
“There’s this girl in my school who has been making school a tough place for me. Her name is…”she paused and luckily for her, a text message popped up on her phone.
Brittany: I just did a research, and I was told her name is Roselia. I couldn’t get her last name but since she’s the only one with the name in school, it will be easy to know her.
“Uhm- Her name is Roselia and I would really love it if by the use of your authority you can send her out of my school. I want her away, father. Only God knows what she’ll do next to me, so…”she looked up from her phone and muttered, stopping abruptly when her father chirped in.
Roselia is a pain in the neck and she can’t wait to get her out.
“Is that what you want?”her father asked.
“Yes, Daddy.”Anita replied, nodding with a big smile.
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Luciano dropped Sabrina off at school and drove back home. He needed to get some works off the table and since the day at school is almost over, he saw that as the best decision.
He walked up the stairs, stopping when he saw Seth descending the stairs all decked up on a white shirt, a black design around its neck, a black well fitted trouser, his hair well styled and a jacket in his hand.
“Where to?”he found himself asking.
“I’ll be back, Lucian. Just wish me luck.”Seth replied, walking out of the palace
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Sabrina made for her next cla-ss, only to be stopped by a black BMW stopping by her side and obstructing her way. A man who looked to be a driver hopped out of the car and approached her.
“Prince Luciano told me to pick you up and bring you to where he is.”the driver informed her.
Sabrina furrowed her brows confusingly.
“He just left just now, what could he possibly want?”she thought to herself.
“Ma’am?”the driver spoke up, and looking back up at his face, she nodded and got into the car with him.
Sabrina was soon bulged with suspicion when it was talking longer than necessary to get to wherever it is the driver is taking her. Sabrina wanted to question his identity but seeing the imprinted tag on his shirt that he works at the palace, she decided against it.
Fifty minutes later, they arrived at huge restaurant, spiking Sabrina’s curiosity as she stepped out of the car, following behind the driver.
The entered the restaurant and she couldn’t help frowning when she saw their was no body in the restaurant. A restaurant as huge as that with customer?
Then she saw the female works who are possibly the chefs walking here and there with dishes.
“Come on, ma’am.”the driver ushered her into a flowery garden, right inside the same restaurant.
“Since it’s Luciano am meeting here, could it be that he was the one who booked this place?”she thought, also stopping when the driver stopped.
“He’s coming, I’ll leave now.”the driver said, giving her a little bow before leaving.
Checking her phone, she saw it’s 4:27, an indication that school was over. Plus, it was starting to get dark.
A figure appeared from somewhere which she didn’t know because she wasn’t watching. Her face glimmered only to turn into a frown when she saw it’s Seth. Seth stopped before her with a brightened face.
“Hi Sabrina.”he smiled at her and she nodded.
“Hi Seth.”she said back with a smile.
“It’s been a while have been wanting to get this out of my chest but I think now is the time.”he said, a little nervous before deciding to su-ckit up and go on.
“I don’t know what made me so interested in you from the very start. You just happened to spike my interest so am going to say this…”he started.
“Will you be my girlfriend?”Seth suddenly knelt down on one knee, pulling out a diamond ring from his pocket and stretching it towards her.
TBc