?THE
BILLIONAIRE’S
OBSESSION?
(Craving for the whole of her….)
CHAPTER 71&72
By, Ca-ssie B.
‼️COPY AND GO TO HELL‼️
★★★★★
Stephanie at that moment has never felt humiliated in her life the way she felt at that moment. She was just compared to a beggar, like the fuc-k !
The guards cackled at their Boss’s joke and that added more to Stephanie’s humiliation.
She clutched the hem of her dress tightly as rage flowed throu-ghher blood
Charles smirked as he continued staring at her. He faced one of the guards.
“Give her some money and throw her out” he ordered.
“Yes Boss” two boys tried to grab Stephanie’s arm but she stopped them.
“Don’t touch me” she glared.
She stared at Charles, her eyes lingering on his arm around Hailey’s wai-st. Her eyes went to Hailey’s and she found herself growing angrier.
She could recognize her as the lady she saw him with at the Gala.
Hailey noticed the way Stephanie was staring at her and she smirked inwardly.
“Sunshine,” she called slowly
Charles turned to her.
“Can you take me back to the room? I can’t seem to feel my legs anymore” she pouts.
Charles chuckled and swept her off as he carried her bridal style.
“Sure, Cara Mia” he winked.
“I don’t want to meet her here again or else I’ll kill you” he warned the guards.
He ki-ssed Hailey briefly before walking back to the house.
“Grab her and throw her out,” a guy yelled.
Two guys grabbed Stephanie by the arm and hauled her out of the house rou-ghly.
“Let go of me, don’t touch me with your filthy hands!” Stephanie screamed till they finally got outside. They threw her to the floor rou-ghly and threw some cash at her.
“Use it to fend for yourself, you should be thankful that the Boss is nice to give you some money,” one of the guards said before entering the mansion.
The gate got locked immediately and Stephanie scoffed loudly in disbelief.
“Did Charles just do that to me?” She asked no one in particular.
“fuc-k , I won’t give up. That bit-ch will surely pay” she screamed out in frustration.
She stood up and dusted her gown, she carried her bag and was about to walk away when she suddenly stopped.
She glanced at the money on the floor and smirked.
“This might as well be useful,” she said to herself. She bent and picked up the money before walking away.
***
Charles got to his room and dropped Hailey on her feet gently. Hailey moved away from him and gave him a questioning gaze.
“I know what you’re thinking, Cara,” he muttered.
“Glad you know that. So, who’s she? She can’t just come into your house anyhow. And see, turns out to be the lady who was gawking at you at the Gala” Hailey said.
“Who’s she, Charles? You guys seem to know each other” she added.
“She’s my Ex, but believe me Cara, she’s my past. I don’t have anything to do with her anymore” Charles quickly said.
“Your Ex? And I didn’t even know about her” she muttered, biting her li-ps.
“Cara,”
“Tell me everything about her, your relationship with her. How it ended, don’t leave any single thing out” Hailey said, staring at him with a serious expression.
****
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL***
Wyatt stood outside the gate, stretching his head whenever he sees any student entering the school.
He sighed loudly and his shoulders fell flat when he saw no traces of Layla.
“Is she still mad at me?” He mumbled.
He was about to walk back to the clas-swhen he saw Jaime walking into the school. He rushed to him.
“What do you want this time around?” Jaime asked.
“I’m not here for trouble, but have you heard from Layla? She’s been absent from school for some days now and I’m so worried, it’s so unlike her” Wyatt said.
“And why are you telling me this?” Jaime asked.
“Because… She’s in love with you” Wyatt suddenly said.
Jaime was shocked.
“She told me herself. Look here, I know we’re not on good terms, but can you please let me know her whereabouts? Please Jaime, I’m begging you” Wyatt pleaded.
Jaime was silent for a while.
“Layla is currently in the hospital” he muttered.
“What?”
“She had an accident and…” He suddenly stopped and shut his eyes tight.
“She’s suffering from amnesia” he completed.
Wyatt staggered back in shock, staring at Jaime with his eyes wide open.
***
RUSSIA***
Alexa entered the house and Cecilia stood up, staring at her curiously.
“Any news?” She asked.
“Master has his boys combing the whole city for us,” Alexa said.
Cecilia’s shoulder slumped down and she sighed heavily.
“Erm, Ma’am?”
She faced Alexa.
“Heard Master is planning on going to Washington DC today”
Cecilia’s eyes wide-ned.
“What?” Her eyes dilated and she could feel her heart thumping hard.
“That can’t be, oh no” she panicked silently.
“What’s wrong, Ma’am?” Alexa asked.
“Is there any way we can also go back to Washington?” Cecilia suddenly asked.
“Please this is urgent, help me and I promise to pay you back in any way I can” she pleaded.
Alexa stared at her.
****
MONTERIO’S INVESTMENT***
Jace stared at his phone in disbelief. He couldn’t believe Charles didn’t pick up any of his calls. Worse still, he didn’t call back.
“Can’t believe he tossed me aside this way after everything I did for him” he muttered. He was the one who instructed the security to open the gate for Hailey if she came to Charles’ house.
He knew she was going to come so he already planned everything.
“Guess I’m invading their privacy after all” he mumbled, placing his phone back in his pocket.
He brou-ght out his other phone whose screen was cracked and smiled as he remembered Sunny.
“I’d love to see her again” he muttered to himself.
“But how?” He sighed exasperatedly. This was the first time his heart was ever gonna beat for a lady.
****
CHARLES’ MANSON***
“I was eighteen when I met Stephanie” Charles began and Hailey listened attentively. They were both sitting on the bed.
“Then, we were poor. We had nothing, my Mom abandoned us when I was eleven, Lilian was still a year old then” he suddenly stopped.
“Life was ha-rd for us then, we hardly ate, and almost every day I was always unhappy till I met her, Stephanie. She lit my world, she was also poor but we were fine with it. I just got admitted into college, I was a freshman student then”
Hailey pinched her nails ha-rd as she listened to him.
“We both fell in love and we started our relationship not too long after we met each other. My Dad was in approval of our relationship since she was the one who makes me happy a lot… That was in the past then, don’t misquote me, Cara” he suddenly said.
“Continue” Hailey simply muttered.
Charles sighed before he continued.
“While we were both in the relationship, Stephanie got pregnant for me though she hid from me….”
****
FLASHBACK, EIGHT YEARS AGO***
Charles knocked on Stephanie’s door but there wasn’t any response. He opened the door and luckily for him, it opened.
He entered the house and went straight to the bed, searching for his handout. He actually forgot it in her place.
He went to the drawer and opened it, and he smiled in relief when he saw his book lying peacefully there.
He picked the book and to his surprise, a paper fell out from the middle.
“What’s this?” He muttered, picking the paper up.
His eyes scanned throu-ghthe contents and they suddenly grew to the size of an orange.
“Stephanie is pregnant?” His breath caught up in his throat and beads of sweats started forming in his head.
“How….”
The door opened and Stephanie entered. Her eyes wide-ned when she saw a paper with him and by the look of things, she already knew what the paper was about.
She walked to him and snatched it away from him, tearing the paper into pieces.
“What’s the meaning of this?” Charles asked slowly.
“You’re pregnant? And I didn’t know about this?”
“That’s because I already got rid of the baby!” She fired at him.
“What?”
“How could I get pregnant for a poor rat like you? Do you expect me to give birth to your useless child so I can suffer for the rest of my life? Capital NO!”
At that moment, a guy showed up with a pan-ty in his hand.
“Babe, you forgot this” he smiled, stretching the pan-ty towards Stephanie.
Stephanie giggled and collected it from him shamelessly.
“Thanks boo”
“What the hell is going on here? Who’s this guy and what the fuc-k is this?!” Charles yelled.
“Sorry boo, he’s that guy I told you about earlier. The one who keeps disturbing me but don’t worry, I already got rid of him” Stephanie said.
Tears trickled down Charles’ cheeks as he stared at her in disbelief. This was the girl that he had come to love with his whole heart! This was the girl he was already planning his future with!
“Oh really? Then chase him out, or would he like to watch live porn?” The guy smirked.
“I’m sure he wouldn’t mind,” Stephanie grinned.
Charles rushed out of the room, running with all his might as he kept crying profusely. This was a dream to him and his wish that moment was to wake up from the horrible nightmare.
***
FLASHBACK ENDS***
Charles chuckled as he recalled the memories.
“Whenever I think of the past, I laugh at my foolishness. I couldn’t believe I tried to kill myself just because of her” he muttered.
All throu-gh, Hailey’s gaze was on him. With his explanation, that Stephanie of a girl must be the one Joanna told her about.
“She doesn’t deserve me, she’s only a bit-ch who’s after rich men and their money. Her life is so pathetic right now”
“I really don’t know why you asked me to talk about this” he muttered and stood up, walking towards the door.
Hailey suddenly rushed to him, hugging him from behind.
“I’m sorry” she whispered.
“You had to go throu-ghall those, it must have hurt a lot,” she said.
“I promise I won’t be like her, I’ll love you till eternity, I swear. I won’t break your heart”
Charles smiled and held her hand which was on his stomach. He broke the hug before turning to look at her, cupping her cheeks.
“Do you know why I fell in love with you?” He asked softly.
“Because you’re different. You’re different from every other girl, you’re naive, you’re fragile like an egg and lastly, because you’re mine” he said.
Hailey smiled widely.
“Don’t worry Sunshine, if I ever see her any close to you, I will break her bones and send her back to her creator” she said.
Charles laughed and pulled her to a hug.
“I love you, Cara,” he mumbled.
“I love you more, Sunshine,” she whispered.
He smiled and held her tighter to him.
“Stay with me forever please, I can’t imagine my future without you in it” he said to himself.
****
DEL ROSA’S MANSION***
Stephanie entered the house and met Alberto in the living room, she rolled her eyes before walking to him.
“How did it go?” He asked.
“He fuc-k ing humiliated me! I’ve never felt like that in my entire life!” She screamed.
Alberto smiled before getting to his feet, he took slow steps towards her.
“So?”
“I don’t think I can do this anymore, Alberto,” she said and tried to walk away.
“Don’t” he stopped.
“Do you think I don’t know?” He asked and she turned to face him.
“What are you talking about?” She asked.
“Charles Monterio was once your lover, right?” He smirked.
“And right now, you’re planning on going back to him” he shook his head and laughed.
“So foolish,” he mumbled.
“How did you…”
“Have you forgotten who I am? I’m Dragon and I don’t let myself get swayed with that stinking word LOVE!” he suddenly yelled.
Stephanie shivered.
“You wanna go back to him, right? Then do that and you get killed!”
He went closer to her and suddenly pinned her to the nearest wall, his hand pressing on her neck.
“Right from this moment, you’re going to be a toy in destroying Charles and if you ever think of betraying me, then you find yourself in hell where you belong” he growled, his eyes turning darker at each second.
Stephanie panicked under his hold. What had she just gotten herself into?
****
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL***
School throu-ghout that day was boring to Jaime, his mind wasn’t even in the cla-ss. Thankfully, they only did one subject in school that day.
Lilian walked to his seat and sat beside him.
“Are you still worried about her?” She asked softly.
“Do you want me to come along with you to the hospital?”
Jaime looked at her.
“She’s my best friend’s crush, I need to visit her too” she smiled.
“Lilian,”
“Don’t worry Jaime, I’m getting over you already” she muttered.
Jaime smiled and patted her hair slowly.
“That’s more like you,” he said.
Lilian frowned and removed his hand from her hair.
“Stop treating me like a kid, I’m not one” she said.
Jaime chuckled. Mickey joined them, sitting on the desk.
“What are you both discussing without me?” He asked.
“We’re busy planning your death” Lilian replied sharply.
“What? Oh my, you just broke my heart. Can’t believe the girl I love would say this to me” he touched his heart, feigning a hurt look.
Jaime and Lilian exchanged glances before staring at him.
“What? Why are you staring at me that way?” Mickey asked. His eyes wide-ned when he realized what he just uttered out.
“Erm,I…” The bell jingled at that time, signifying that school was over.
“I need to go now, bye!” He carried his bag and rushed out of the cla-ss.
Jaime stared at Lilian who was suddenly feeling uneasy before laughing.
“What’s funny?”
“Nothing” he muttered and laughed again..
“Stop! That’s not funny!” She frowned, hitting his shoulder.
Wyatt appeared at that time and Jaime stopped laughing.
“Can we go now? I’m fuc-k ing eager to see her” he said.
Jaime sighed.
****
HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL***
Jaime, Lilian and Wyatt entered the ward Layla was in and Mrs. Rogers stood up from where she was sitting.
“Layla!” Wyatt screamed and rushed to hug her tightly.
“I was so worried about you, I know I did wrong but please don’t leave without any word again” he said.
Layla rolled her eyes before breaking the hug, she pushed him away.
“You guys are just weird, coming in here and then hugging me just the way you like… So annoying” she said.
“I’ll excuse you guys” Mrs. Rogers said and left the ward.
“Hey” Layla waved at Lilian.
Lilian pointed at her ch-est before glancing at Jaime.
“I’m greeting you” Layla pouts.
“Oh, hi”
“You’re beautiful. Come here, tell me about you” she nudged the space close to her.
Lilian walked to her in confusion and sat beside her.
“We’re friends, right? Tell me more about you and my school. I just can’t seem to remember anything” Layla said.
Wyatt stared at Jaime and he(Jaime) shrugged.
“I’m Lilian,” Lilian introduced.
“Your name is cute,” Layla smiled.
Lilian was surprised at her behavior. The Layla she knows will never act that way towards her.
“Tell me more. Who are they?”
“Erm… He’s Wyatt and this is Jaime”
Once again, Layla’s gaze lingered on Jaime’s and her head started hurting her.
“Oh no,” she gasped, holding her head tight.
Both Jaime and Wyatt rushed to her, holding her hand at the same time.
“Are you okay?” They chorused.
They stare at themselves for a while before looking away.
“Who are you?” Layla asked, staring at Jaime.
“Why does my head hurt whenever I hear your name?” She whispered.
“Argh!” She gro-aned, shutting her eyes very tight and tears began rushing out of her eyes.
“My head,” she whispered before blacking out.
“Layla!!!!”
TBC