TAMING
MR
j£rkFACE
Own by
An Overbearing billionaire
Written by: Racheal Dennis.
Chapter 17
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Writer’s POV
Andre’s office!!
Andre finished signing the last file and put it aside… He gently mas-sage his stuff n£¢k and glanced at his wrist watch.
A little frown appears on his forehead as he reaches for his phone.
He dials Debby’s number but it went straight to voicemail.
*Why haven’t she called me yet?* He wonders.
Just then someone knocks on the door.
“Mr Knight?” Phoebe called from the other side.
“Come in!” He invited her in.
Phoebe walks in cautiously.
“Sir, Mr Craig is here”
Andre frowns.
“Mr Craig?!” He sounds a bit confused…. like he doesn’t know whoever Mr Craig is.
“Yes… You fired him three days ago” she reminds him.
“Since I fired him, why is he still looking for me?” Andre simply said.
The truth is, he doesn’t even recall firing any Mr Craig…. Reasons are because he’s fired more than one person these past days.
And he has thousands of workers, knowing all of them by name is not his business.
“Sir?”
Andre sighed.
“Should I let him in?” she asked.
He nods and Phoebe walks out. Not up to five minutes, another knock comes. Andre invites the person in and frowns.
*Lucas?! So, he’s the Mr Craig?* He thinks.
“Sit!” He said gesturing to the chair in front of his desk.
Lucas sits down.
“Thank you, Mr Knight!”
Andre didn’t reply but questioned him instead.
“Why are you here?!”
Lucas cleared his throat.
“Mr Knight, do you remember me?” He asked.
Andre simply stared at him without saying a word, so he continues.
“I guess you don’t remember….I’m Lucas, Debby’s friend…..”
A ban-g on the desk cuts him off, Andre glares at him.
“In my company you don’t get to address my Angel with her first name!” He growled at him.
Lucas nods.
“I’m miss Ryan’s friend, I want to plead with you to plea-se give me my job back….I really nee-d this job, sir. My mother is in the hospital and this…..”
Andre tunes him off as he thinks of ways to chase him out of his office.
But he gave up that thought as he recalls Debby’s words.
*I can smile at hundred boys and discuss with them, but won’t love of them*
*I will love only you and be with you forever!*..
He closed his eyes and sighed. Since, his Angel has as-sured him, he’s got nothing to fear.
“Mr Knight?”
Andre opens his eyes.
“Fine! You can resume work on Monday!” He told Lucas.
Lucas smile and stretch forth his hand for a handshake….but Andre didn’t accept it just stares at his hand a few minutes and looked away.
Lucas awkwardly withdrew his hand and laughs nervously.
“I’ll get going now!” With that he rushed out.
Andre pressed the intercom bu-tton.
“Ms James, Lucas Craig is resuming work on Monday….see to it!”
“Yes, Mr Knight!” A lady’s voice said.
Andre reached for his phone and dialed Debby’s number again but it still went to voicemail.
He tossed the phone on his desk and loose his tie frustratingly…
On cue, his door open and Michael strolls in, he slumps on the chair Lucas was on.
“You are finally sober!” Andre states.
Michael ignores him and reaches for the coffee mug on the desk.
“Hey! Don’t let that mug get in your mouth or…..” He cuts himself off and glare at Michael.
He’s alre-ady drinking the coffee. Michael slams the empty mug on the desk and sighed de-eply.
“Whoo! I nee-ded that!”
“What the fv¢k man? That’s my coffee mug!” Andre complains.
“We are brothers and we share everything!”
Andre clench his jaw.
“Not everything!” He snaps but Michael chuckles lightly.
Within seconds his expression change and he leans on the desk, resting his chin on his hands.
“Thanks, Andre” he said.
“Thanks?”
“Yeah…for s£nding me home yesterday. I guess I was so wasted”
“Yes, you were! What happened between you and your wife?”
Michael stays silent a few minutes, then chuckles sadly.
“She ab-orted our baby!”
“Yeah, you told me that yesterday….why did she ab-ort it?”
“I don’t know….I don’t know why….now she’s getting divorce papers re-ady!”
Andre frowns. He wanted to console him and tell him all will be well….but he doesn’t know how to.
“What should I do? I don’t want her to leave!”
Andre clears his throat.
“Actually…I’m not good at comforting people and you know that. But I’ll speak with my Angel…get her to meet with your wife and they’ll have a good talk”
Michael gr-abs Andre’s hands on the desk.
“Really?! You’ll do that?!”
Andre withdrew his hands.
“Yes!”
“Thanks, man….I swear I love you!”
“No, plea-se don’t love me….only my Angel can love me”
Michael rolls his eyes.
“Your love is so stingy”
“Yes, to people that doesn’t nee-d it!”
“But I do nee-d it now”
“That’s why I lend you 1% of it!”
“Whatever you say, Andre” he gets up and head towards the room attached to Andre’s office.
“Hey! Hey! Where are you going?!”
“To get some sleep!”
“Then fv¢king go home!”
“This place is more comfortable than my home now” Michael said and slams the door shut.
“Bloody bastard!”
Andre close his eyes and begin to mas-sage his forehead.
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Debby’s POV
I burped loudly and Anna hits my shoulder…..we just finished eating.
“That’s not ladylike, you know!” She scolds me.
“Do I look like a lady to you?”
She looks at me, from head to toe…her eyes settled on my che-st and she tsk.
“Yeah…. looking at you carefully you don’t look like a lady….wait, is Andre blind? How can he fall in love with a man?”
We both bur-st into laughter. Anna got up and helped me up too…..I’m too tired to get up on my own.
“Let’s go get some coffee!” She said.
Just as she said that, two cu-p of coffee appears in front of us. We stared at each other…. surprised.
Then we traced the hands and our eyes land on a cute brown eyes boy….. he’s got a boyish grin on.
“Your coffee ladies!” He said.
“How did you know we want coffee?” Anna questioned him.
“Actually, I’ve been watching you girls from across….” He turns to me. “You specifically!”
I frown and looked at him properly.
“Me?!” I asked.
“Yeah….your smile caught my attention!”
Anna just continue staring at him strangely…. I guess she’s wondering if he’s ok.
I’m wondering that too.
“Coffee?” Anna and I glared at the coffee.
We exchange looks and I know she’s thinking what I’m thinking…..did someone s£nd him to give us spiked coffee?
Someone like….. Olivia Thompson!
I shake my head…. I’ll st©p watching movies.
“It’s not spiked!” He pours it on his hand and taste it.
“But we don’t know you and we can’t accept your coffee….sorry!” I told him.
“Fair point, I didn’t think about that!” He throws the coffee in a trash can besides us.
“Well, let me introduce myself….I’m Diego Peter Thompson! 19 years old”
19?! But he looks like he’s in his mid twenties….what does his parents feeds him?!.
“Nice to meet you, Diego. I’m Anna!”
He turns his gaze to me and smile.
“And you, beautiful?”
“Oh, I’m Debby…. Debby Ryan!”
“Debby… it’s a beautiful name”
“Thanks!” I told him.
I take Anna’s hand and tried to walk away but he c@m£ in front of me and blocked my way.
“Debby, can I have your number?” He asked.
Anna smiled and pu-ll-ed me closer, then whisper in my ear.
“I think he’s got a crush on you!”
I glared at her and turn to Diego.
“Why do you want my number?” I asked him.
His cheeks and ears suddenly turns red….is he blu-shing?
“I…I…I’m attra-cted to you….and I want us to be…..friends?”
I huffed mentally….this dude doesn’t know I’m older than him.
“Diego…. it’s not your fault that you’re attra-cted to me but you and I can’t work”
He frowns….kinda sadly.
“Why?”
I sighed.
“Cause I’m older than you!”
“Older than me? How old are you?”
“Old enough to be your elder sister” I replied.
He stays silent, thinking. Just as Anna and I are about to leave he block us again.
“But it doesn’t matter…. age doesn’t matter in love affairs”
Love affairs?! A 19years old talking about love affairs…. Kids his age are thinking of how to get good grades.
He’s lucky he’s not my brother… I’d have discipline him right here and right now!
“Your number, plea-se?” He pleads.
I opened my mouth to scold him but quic-kly closed it back when I feel something coming up my throat.
My stomach begin hurting me and I wra-pped my arms around it…. It’s not my time of month yet, so what’s happening?!
Diego raised his hands up.
“I just met you and held your hand…. It doesn’t mean I’m responsible for that, right?” He said pointing at my stomach.
Wait… Is he thinking I’m pregnant? Naive…. I haven’t done it yet how can I get pregnant.
“Debs, what’s wrong?!” Anna asked.
I opened my mouth to speak but couldn’t… before I knew it I’m alre-ady vomiting.
Anna ru-bs my back.
“Come on, I’ll take you to the hospital” she said.
I nod…. I really can’t bear this pain.
“Let’s go in my car, it’ll be fas-ter!” I hear Diego say.
I paused and stared at him with a shock expression… Anna also have that look.
“You have a car?” Anna asked.
“Yes” he replies casually.
“And a driver’s license?”
“Yes?”
“Wait…. How rich are your parents that they can afford to buy you a car at such an early age?” Anna asked.
Diego chuckled.
“Can’t say” he replied.
Anna scoffed.
“You must be a spoilt br@t”
“No, I’m not…. but you can say my elder sister is!”
I gr!pp£dAnna’s hand ti-ghtly.
“Can we go to the hospital now?” I whisper yelled at her.
“Oh! Right! Hospital… Let’s go!” She said.
Diego takes me from Anna and carried me in his arms and walk towards the exit….. I’m in too much pain to care about him carrying me.
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At the hospital….
The doctor did a few tests and placed a warm bag on my stomach to numb the pain.
“Doctor… what’s wrong with her?” Anna asked the doctor as he fli-ps throu-gh his cli-pboard.
“Nothing too serious, she have acute g@stroenteritis” the doctor turns to me. “What did you eat today?”
What did I eat today?
“Bre-ad and jam”
“Just bre-ad and jam?” She asked.
I nod but Anna hissed at me.
“Doctor, she ate a lot of things today… too many to remember” she said.
The doctor sighs.
“Thank God it’s nothing serious, she was brou-ght in, in time…. but she’ll be hospitalized tonight, we nee-d to be sure there won’t be any problem” she writes something on her cli-pboard and check the drip fixed on my hand.
She turns to Anna. “Come with me to get her drugs and plea-se make sure to pay the hospitalization bill at the front desk”
“No problem” Anna replies.
The doctor head out, Anna faces Diego.
“plea-se watch her until I’m back”
“Gladly!”
Anna s£nds me a wi-nk and head out too. Diego pu-lls out a chair next to my hospital be-d and sits down.
“Baby, are you feeling better now?”
I glared at him.
“I’m not your baby…. I might be the same age as your sister, so call me sister or mama”
“No! Since you don’t want to be in a relationsh!pwith me, why not be my baby mama?” He wag his eyebrows.
“In your dreams!”
He chuckled. “You occu-py my dreams”
“You….. ” My phone ringtone cuts me off.
I tried to reach for my phone on the table next to Diego but my short hands couldn’t.
Diego picks and hands it to me.
“Psychopath?!” He asked surprised.
I gestures him to shut up and he did… I pressed the answer bu-tton and brings it closer to my ear.
“Hello, honey?”
Diego stares at me with his mouth wi-de open… the look on his face says what he’s thinking… like from ‘psychopath to honey’
I wi-nk at him knowingly and he laughs silently.
“Angel, you finally picked…. Where are you? Why haven’t you called me?” Andre asked.
I cleared my throat.
“Er… Anna and I went to… the mall”
I can’t let him know I’m in a hospital or he’ll throw his tantrums.
“Mall? Are you lying? Why did you stutter?”
“I’m not lying”
“Then why haven’t you called me?”
“I was too busy and didn’t have time to call you. Anyways…… ”
“Debby! The doctor said you should take all these drugs and stay in the hospital tonight!” Anna interrupted me as she walks in… pouring out all the drugs on me.
I glared at her like I should strangle her…. I quic-kly moved the phone from my ear.
“HOSPITAL?! ANGEL, WHERE THE fv¢k ARE?! YOU SAID YOU’RE AT THE MALL, WHY DID I HEAR HER SAY HOSPITAL?! ARE YOU OK?! WHAT HAPPENED?!” Andre screamed into the phone….. though I can clearly hear worry in his words.
“Uh-oh!” Anna exclaimed…. They heard Andre clearly cause his voice was very loud.
I glared at her once more.
“Andre, honey, calm down… It’s nothing serious” I told him.
I hear him take a de-ep breath.
“Everything about you is serious, Angel… Tell me what happened?!”
“It’s nothing…. I just have g@stroenteritis
!” I told him.
“Tell me the name of the hospital you are… I’ll come there right away”
Come here?! No…. I don’t have the strength for his scoldings.
“Andre, don’t worry. I’m fine”
He stays silent for a few minutes and I hear shuffling.
“I’m alre-ady in my car, tell me the name of the hospital”
“No. Go home Andre, I’m really fine”
“I swear, Angel, if you don’t tell me the name right now… I’ll look for you in every hospital in this city until I find you!” He growled.
I sighed de-eply…. The Andre I know will do it, it’s best if I tell him the name.
“Fine! It’s L&J hospital”
“Good girl” with that he hangs up.
I turned back to Anna. “Annaaaaa!” I growled lowly.
“Sorry… Was that Andre?”
“You tell me!”
Diego’s laughter caught our attention.
“What are you laughing about?” I asked him.
“I can’t believe you saved someone’s name with psychopath!” He replied.
Anna pu-lls my ear.
“You saved your b©yfri£nd’s number with psychopath?”
“That’s what he is… Let go of my ear!”
She lets go and join Diego laughing….. They shouldn’t laugh now cause they can’t laugh anymore when Andre arrives.
They’ll answer to Andre how I ended up in the hospital…..hehehehe!
To be continued…..