The rich girlfriend*
*_Chapter 8_&_9*
“You’re quitting? nee-d I remind you that it’s stated in your by-laws that you can only quit if there’s a conflict of interest and if there’s one, I can decide to waive it for you”, she said to him.
“Oh God, how do you get to be so smart?” He asked, sm-irking.
“How do you think I got to where I am?” She asked, folding her arms.
“Then you got to let me and Lilian be”, he said to her.
“I just want to get something straight, first you were hitting on me and then your jump to my friend the minute you see her. You do know that this kind of things spoil friendsh!ps”.
“It only spoils friendsh!ps if the two women involved both like me. In this case it’s just Lilian, am I right?”
“Ross!! If you’re indeed doing all this to get me to want you, then you’ve got a big thing coming to you because I’m very protective of my friends!!”
“Do you want me?”
“You got be kidding me. You want to hurt Lilian like that?”
“He’s not hurting me Sasha”, she said, walking in.
“What?”
“I’m really grateful for how you’re looking out for me Sasha. I always knew that you cared for me but there’s nothing going on between us”, Lilian said to her.
“Wait I’m confused”.
“The other day you met Ross and I laughing and talking, we were actually talking about you. You know I’ve always rooted for you to finally be happy. And my love radar pointed me to him the minute I saw him. And I walked in to have a chat with him to see if his radar was opened and he actually told me that’s he met you before and he likes you and that was when we concocted our plan”, Lilian said, wiggling her brows and Sasha was confused and she thought about all the moments she and Lilian spoke about Ross.
“Wait, was Rachel and the others in on this?”
“No, it was just Alicia and I”.
“Lilian I’m so going to kill you”, Sasha said to her.
“The question still stands, do I quit or not?” Ross asked, staring at her and for the first time, Sasha felt shy and she looked away.
“You can quit Ross”, she said, trying to hide her smile.
“So what do you say to us getting dinner tonight”, he said, taking her hands in his.
“We’ll see about that”, she said, smiling.
“She means yes!” Lilian said to him.
“Alright, I’ll go with what Lilian says. I’ll see you tonight”, he said and he left.
“Oh my God, Lilian. He could be the one. He reminds me so much of Phili-p. He’s c0cky, he’s smart, he’s caring and he listens”, Sasha said in excitement.
“I know I know but don’t rush things. I would hate to be the one to set you up for another heartbreak”, Lilian said.
“Oh with Ben, you were just looking out for me”.
“But at the end he hurt you and I wanted to make up for it”, Lilian said to her.
“Thank you so much Lillian”, Sasha said, hvgging her.
“Anytime Sash”.
“I’ll get back to you and set you up with a dream come true”.
“No no. I want to find my man myself”.
“Oh but you are here finding a man for others?”
“It’s different. If we don’t give you a push, you wouldn’t move an inch into a relationsh!p”, Lilian said and they both laughed and left the conference room.
*****
Rachel and Lilian were arguing in Sasha’s office over what happened with Ross.
“You know she isn’t re-ady for a relationsh!pand you set her up for this?” Rachel exclaimed.
“What makes her not re-ady?”
“Are you really asking that? She nee-ds to him herself and fix her relationsh!pwith everyone around her before she can find the one to move on with”.
“Hey Dr counselor Rachel. Just so you know, I’m here okay. You two should st©p arguing about this. I’m a grown woman and I know what I want and I can work on myself along that”.
“Hmm. This is a terrible idea. I just feel it”, Rachel said to her.
“Ross knows how Sasha can get and I’m sure he can help her to work it out”, Lilian said.
“I’m done talking about this. When something goes wrong, it’s on your head”, Rachel said to Lilian.
“Whatever”, Lilian said and she walked away.
*****
Sasha was in her room, picking out a dress for her dinner when Sally walked in, in tears.
“Sasha…”, she said, walking up to her.
Sasha was surprised to see her in tears.
“Sally, is everything okay?” She asked, engulfing her in a hvg.
“I scre-wed up!”
“What happened?” Sasha said, re-leasing her hands and they both sat on her be-d.
“My b©yfri£ndbroke up with me”.
“Kenny?”
“No. Kenny is my ex. I’m talking about Justin”.
“Oh yeah. Sorry. Justin. What happened?”
“I was too busy trying to get Kenny not to move on and still want me and I ended up slee-ping with Kenny and it kept on going on for days till Justin found out and he broke up with me. And it made me realize that it’s Justin I want”, she said, crying.
“Oh Sally. I would have reprimanded you right now but it’s happened alre-ady. The only thing you can do is apologize and hope that he forgives you. But you’re not the type to cheat. What happened this time?”
“I don’t know Sasha. I don’t know. Kenny got to me and I couldn’t resist”.
“Hmmm. Have you apologized to Justin?”
“Yeah and now he’s blocked me everywhere and he’s changed his house key card. So I can’t even get into his place”.
“He’s hurt Sally. Just wait it out”.
“I can’t. I’m hurting so much and I just want him to talk to me”.
“Sally, he’s the one hurting more. And you’re in the wrong. If you really care about him, then you’ll give him space till he’s re-ady to talk to you again”.
“What if he moves on? I don’t think I can stand it”.
“It’s not about you anymore. It’s about him. So just wait it out. I know it’s difficult but you have to do that”.
“Hmmm”.
“Promise me that you won’t do anything stupid”.
“I can’t promise that”.
“Sally it’s for his own good and for yours too”.
“Okay okay”, she said, wiping her tears. “Do you have a d@t£?” She asked looking at the dresses on the be-d.
“Yeah, I do”.
“Is he h0t?!”
“Extremely”, Sasha said, wi-nking at her.
“Oh, then you should wear this dress”, Sally said, pointing at a grey s£dûçt!vedress.
“I don’t plan on s£dûç!ng anyone tonight”, Sasha said, laughing.
“It’s not to s£dûç£him. It’s to b!ow his mind”, she said, smiling.
“I alre-ady did that. It’s Sasha you’re talking to”, she said, sm-irking.
“For a minute I forgot how proud you are”.
“See who’s talking”, she said and they both laughed.
*******
Ross was at the drive way of his house, about to get into his car. When his mum drove in.
He got off his car and walked towards her.
“Mum, What are you doing here?” He asked, surprised.
“I’ve got some good news to share with you but it looks like you’ve also got some good news to share with me”, she said, smiling.
“Oh, I’m just going on a d@t£”, he said, smiling at her.
“With how wi-de your smile is I can tell that you really like the woman”.
“Yes mum. I do”.
“Who is it? Do I know her?”
“Yeah. It’s Sasha”.
“Fredrick’s daughter?”
“Yes”.
“Ohh”, she said, frowning.
“What is it mum?”
“She’s going to be your step sister”.
“What do you mean?” He asked, frowning.
The goodnews I had was that Fred and I are getting married”, she said to him.
“Shoot!!!” He exclaimed, kicking the tyre of the car.
*_Chapter 9_*
“Getting married? I thought you said you were taking things slowly and it wasn’t too serious”, Ross said to her and she got out of her car and leaned on it.
“I really like him and he really likes me. So we decided to take it further by getting married”, she said to him.
“Don’t you think you’re moving too fast. You just started d@t!nghim not too long ago”.
“Ross, we’re too old to do all that you the millennials do”.
“Hmm. Are you sure you really like him and want to do this?”
“Yes Ross. I’m sorry that this affects whatever you have with Sasha”, she said , placing her hand around him.
“Come to think of it, I don’t think it affects it. We’re not related by blood”, Ross said, smiling.
“I know that but things would be weird and a fight between either the two of you or me and Fred or even me and her mum could make things more difficult and weird and if things go far and you get married and give birth, what would your kids think?”
“Hmm. I’ll talk it out with Sasha and we’ll see where that leaves us”.
“My advice is to get out before it becomes too difficult to do so”, she said to him and he nodded.
“I’ll see you later, mum”, he said, pe-cking her and he drove off.
********
Sasha was in her room, waiting for Ross when her mum knocked and walked in.
“Oh my God, you look so beautiful”, she said to her.
“Thank you mum”.
“Is this all for the young fine man waiting downstairs?”
“He’s in? I have to go”.
“Wait, wait. What’s his name and who is he?”
“Mum, I’ll give you all the details later. I have to go now”.
“Alright. It seems I’m next in line since everyone is finally getting their second half”.
“Mum, this is our first d@t£. Don’t start imagining our wedding, you might jinx it”,
“Aww, you don’t want to jinx. What did this man do to my daughter?!”
“I’m leaving now”, she said, getting off her be-d.
“Aww, I love how excited you are. At least this will be the one marriage that brings joy to me and not your dad’s annoying wedding”, she said to her and Sasha st©pped in her tracks.
“Mum, what did you just say?”
“I’m sorry, I know you said I shouldn’t imagine you and your new man getting….”
“No mum. Not that. I mean what you just said about dad”?
“His wedding? Oh my God you didn’t know?”
“I didn’t know”.
“Just go and when you come back we’ll talk about it”.
“Mum, the man I have a d@t£ with is the son of the woman he’s going to wed or whatever it is he’s doing”.
“What? How did that happen?” She asked and Sasha walked to her bad and sat down. She told her mum everything, right from when they met till how Lilian set her up with him.
“Oh wow. This is such a lovely story and I wish for it to end well. Your dad can’t marry her then”.
“Mum, we can’t interfere with his love life”.
“I can. If you truly like this guy and you feel he’s the one. I can do something about your dad and his mum”.
“Mum, I can’t tell if he’s the one yet. We have to d@t£ for a longer time for me to be sure of that and I don’t want you to do anything to ruin dad’s happiness. I know he’s not my favorite person right now but I just want him to be finally happy and not be with girls my age”.
“Hmm he c@m£ to me yesterday for me to talk him out of the wedding. I think he still wants me back”.
“No mum! I hope you’re not considering it. He cheated on you. Not once but a whole year!! That’s insane and I wouldn’t want you to go back to someone like that”.
“If it’s going to give you a chance with your new man, I will. Besides I still love your dad and that’s why I’ve not been able to move on”.
“No mum. Don’t do anything yet. When I come home, we’ll talk about it. Okay?”
“Sure. Do you think he knows about it?”
“I don’t know. I guess I’ll have to find out”.
“Okay. Enjoy your night and I’m rooting for you”, her mum said and Sasha rushed out.
When she got to the hallway, she saw Ross sitting over there and she was captivated by his looks.
“Hey”, she said, interrupting him from his thoughts.
“Wow”, he said, observing her and he was also captivated by her looks.
“What did I do to deserve such a beauty”, he said, getting on his feet.
“My Queen can you do my the honors of letting me k!ssyour hands?”
“Sure my king”, she said smiling and she stretched out her hands and he k!$$£d it.
“Let’s go my queen”, he said, holding her hands as he walked her to his car.
“Wow, is that the new Lamborghini truck?” She asked as she got into the car.
“Yeah it is”.
“Are you trying to impress me?” She asked him.
“To impress you, I would have to give you a tour of my house and all my cars”, he said, sm-irking and he got into the car and drove off.
“Who knew that lawyers made this much?” She said and he laughed.
“I’m not just a lawyer. I own a lot of businesses around. I’m an all round guy who just happens to love law”, he said to her.
“Oh I see”, she said, smiling.
******
Ross took Sasha to one of the most expensive restaurants outside their city and she was enjoying every bit of it.
“This place is really lovely and their food is amazing!”
“I know, I come here often and I knew you would also love it here”.
“I do. Thank you Ross”.
“Mmm, a Queen is thanking me. I must be doing something right”, he said, wiggling his eye brows and she pushed him.
They talked for a while till Sasha brou-ght up their parent’s wedding.
“So has your mum spoken to you about my dad?” She asked.
“Yeah”, he said and the hvge smile on his face turned to a worried face.
“Hmm. So what do we do about it?”
“Hmm. When we talked about it, I told her that it doesn’t affect us since we’re not related by blood”.
“I was thinking the same thing too”.
“Mmm but she told me how weird it was going to be and how our kids might be confused and a whole lot of things”.
“Hmm, I see”.
“What did your dad say about it?”
“I’ve not spoken to him yet just my mum”.
“And what did she say?”
“Nothing really, she was just re-ady to put a st©p to it”.
“Put a st©p? Like how?”
“Hmm. I don’t know”, Sasha said, shrugging.
“Don’t lie to me Sasha. Is there something you’re not telling me?”
“If your mum truly wants this, then it doesn’t matter”.
“Are you saying that your dad doesn’t want this?”
“What? I didn’t say that and I’ve not even spoken to him about it”.
“Hmm. So what did your mum mean by putting a st©p to it”.
“Fine. She’s thinking of getting back with my dad so that we can have our way”.
“No. That’ll be selfish of us. Would you want to hurt your dad like that?”
“Oh plea-se it wouldn’t hurt him. He… you know what, let change this conversation”.
“No. He wouldn’t what?”
“Ross I think we should stay out of this and let them figure out their things”.
“No. I want to know. I don’t want my mum getting her heart broken”.
“My dad wanted my mum back and my mum was considering it for our sake”.
“What? And you couldn’t talk her out of it and if he wants her, why is he getting married to my mum. Is my mum his second choice?”
“Ross, I’m honestly not enjoying this conversation anymore”.
“I’m also not enjoying this and what you and your family are planning to do to my mum”.
“Excuse me? What did you just say?”
“You heard me Sasha”.
“How dare you say that to me? When my mum brou-ght it up, I shut it down because I don’t want to hurt your mum or my dad or anyone. And my mum doesn’t even know your mum and if she’s doing anything, it’s for my sake and not to hurt anyone. At least my mum is willing to sat her happiness to be with my dad unlike your mum who is not re-ady to sacrifice hers! You know what? I’m going home now and would not spend any minute with you and your disrespect!” Sasha said, walking away.
“Sasha said”, Ross said, running after her.
“I’m just so upset and I’m sorry for saying that. I didn’t mean it”, he said to her.
“Just leave me alone Ross”.
“Hmm, let me drop you home atleast”.
“No. I’m good. I can handle myself”.
“Sasha plea-se. Let me just drop you off”.
“Leave me alone Ross! Just leave me!” She said to him and he stood there watching her.
She took out her phone and requested an Uber within few minutes it arrived and she got in and left.
******
Ann was in be-d fast asleep when her phone kept ringing out loud. She opened her eyes and took her phone out. It was Fred.
“Why is he calling me at this time?!” She said to herself and she picked up that call.
“Fred. Why are you calling me at 5 in the morning?”
“What did you tell Victoria?”
“Who’s that?”
“You snake. Don’t act like you don’t know who I’m talking about”.
“Fred. I won’t let you insult me this morning. Who the hell is Victoria?”
“My wife to be and thanks to you she’s not anymore!”
“What are you even talking about?”
“You told her that I still want you?”
“What? I don’t even know her?”
“First you reject me and then you mess up my life. You’re a snake Ann and I don’t want to ever see you or talk to your ever in my life. Enjoy your sad life”, he said and he hanged up
Tbc