CREST
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They did not! I thought waking up in the car seat, they left me to sleep and I played the part; nonsense.
I got up pissed and opened the car door, the key was around so I gave it to the valet, I stood outside for a while to arrange my thoughts because I felt a little disoriented, and I saw Vivian walk past I'm sure of it, but then I let her go
The first thing I did was call my manager to report the harassment I faced with Shawn and how he drugged my drink, I told him I was coming up to meet him, and that's where I went to first
"Dainty baby forget about it, I will increase your pay, you girls don't know when to let go," Mr. June said, he was the manager of the club, he had a woman-like demeanor, was bulky, did make-up, and wore boot heels, he looked like he could rape a man, and I know his no innocent person, I looked at him and said with poison in my tone
"Let go? Let go! that day he could've raped me and no one would say anything, you'll probably dismiss me, telling me I have no evidence and all that bullshit, and you dare tell me to let him go? June, are you fucking out of your senses!" I said my voice gradually increasing
"I did say I would increase your pay"
"I didn't know getting drugged was part of my job description; June I want his fucking head on a platter not damn money"
"Reduce your Voice Dainty!" he said, his accent sounding like something from Britain
"Or should I call the police myself" I asked
"Dainty, do you even know your father can't afford an all-out war with Shawn, so this is probably the best thing to do," he said turning his face away
"If you call the police, it would all be over before it started, let it go; I'll handle it, and don't raise your damn voice at me anymore" he looked venomous when he said that, but I was a stubborn individual, nobody could look down on me.
"Oh, it's because of my father now," I say and suck my teeth "I'll be sure to be back, and Shawn? Forget about him, I'll get him myself"
"Do well to give him to me when you get him" June said, he sounded sarcastic but in the way that said, he'd like to have Shawn in the palm of his hands
"You anyway, increase the damn pay," I said turning and walking to the door
"You've got some balls, Ines," He said and I heard his chair shift from his position, I was facing the door so I didn't see what he did, I turned back and looked at him, he was in front of a glass jar getting some whiskey
"June, I am no push over, you probably regard yourself as a bigshot, but my dad can still bring you down, then again you're torn between Shawn and Me, but I don't expect justice in a strip club that's fucking stupid, I will show you, and Oh Shawn! You say I should let it go? Two months ago, my life flashed before my eyes and you want to compensate me with money? And I know June, you know I got shot, right here in this club"
"You think who shot you can be trifled with, don't add him to your list of enemies,"
"Who was that man June" I said, and he drank his whiskey ignoring me "Who was it, five" I started counting down demanding an answer and he creased his brows
"Are you ordering me?"
"Yes, who is the man; 4," I said dialing my dad's number, I knew this man would be dead and he knew if that call went through, he'd be dead too because I didn't miss the amount of workers my dad had who were present in the club at the moment, I could escape any kind of death if June suddenly acted out; I knew that little self-defense so all was set. "3" "2"
"You know what, we've set a battle line here," he said and I cut the call knowing he was going to talk "He is in the club, that is all I would say to you, don't screw him over, and I swear Ines, hopefully you don't fall in my hands, because I am mad!"
"Yes, you are, mad people cannot protect their artiste! nice to know he is here, and do your worst June, and then hope you don't fall in my hands too, June I know if you set your mind on something you would eventually get it, you could've gotten Shawn, I am not even saying the whole Lionel's family, you wouldn't let this case go if it were you, but you expect me to? Hmm"
"Ines, your daddy is going to die soon, you're going to be spineless and your haughtiness will be gone, I hope you're ready then, cause you may end up in the hands of Shawn, hopefully, you end up in mine, I would treat you better, or let's say you shout bloody murder and mention the tycoon's name... ha ha" he chuckled "Girl bye" he drank the whiskey,
I opened the door and left. Once I shut the door behind me, I immediately regretted being on June's bad side, not because he was scary but because he would've come in handy, I could still use him because power commands, and with or without my father, I have power but I don't know how yet, at least I have the confidence of someone in power.
I thought and went to the stage where I first saw the man, I scanned through the crowd and he wasn't there, I went back to where Shawn drugged me, a few people were there, I went to the same door wondering, would it be unlocked? I pushed the door open carefully, if I remembered this place right, this door was very obvious in the next room, if there was someone in there having sex, then I'd pretend it was a mistake, if it was Mr. Sharpshooter who was having sex; I'd be hurt.
I entered the room.
"I expected you"
"You're really here"
"Come, have a sit," he said inviting me in with a little life to his face, while I shut the door behind me and walked in carefully
"So you'll shoot me again?" I quizzed, my heart was racing a little perhaps in excitement, and I hoped not to shake
"I was just on edge that day, have a sit here," he said taking off the round glasses on his face, he really looked good with those glasses, and his voice was deep too, I was right, this guy was even more good-looking than Damien, just like I was prettier than Vivian, that's what I thought
"That's all you're going to say for shooting me in the leg, I thought I was going to die," I said walking up to the side of the bed and sitting there, he was sitting right across me on a couch, we were so close our knees could've touched.
When I sat I looked round the room then at his side view because he wasn't looking at me but reaching for the drawer, he opened it and put his glasses in there, then looked up finding out that I was looking at him, I did not look away though, I always wanted to look at him like this, from the moment I danced on stage for Shawn but was looking in his eyes instead.
"I'm sorry," he said and I smiled, I was also stunned, this was not like it for a so-called tycoon "I'm Christian Crest, and you?"
"Ines Crest" I joke, I think I'll have his babies; he chuckled
"You seem to be a free-spirited person, you're too brave"
"Thank you, I get that a lot, so what's with that door always being opened" I pointed to my back, above my shoulders with my thumb.
"Ah, I just found that out recently, I've only been here for a while"
"Do you like the place?"
"I come here for business, and once in a while pleasure," he said and smiled
"well, it's a pleasure to meet you Christian, you're so good looking"
"I get that a lot," he said and I smiled "Since I know you now, I have to take my leave, by the way, you're an incredible dancer, and I like your mindset a little"
"you talk like you know much about me"
"You should at least know," he said getting up and taking his glasses from the drawer, he put them back on and walked to the door "That I saw the video with you and Samantha in my room dancing and talking"
I gasped, and covered my forehead "I'm not even sorry" I laughed and he watched me smiling small, he looked pleased with my company "C- can, you, I mean umm..." I stammered by mistake and chuckled as he watched me "Can you please drop me off, at my school, it's not far off" I wondered why I even asked, but I'd rather not go home with Damien and Vivian
"Come with me," he said and I got up to follow, we said nothing, and then he led me to where Damien and Vivian were and I was skeptical
"Hello sir" Vivian greeted first "Isn't this your friend Damien?" Vivian asked Damien and he responded
"Yes, and he is my boss; Mr. Crest"
"Ines?" Vivian looked at me questioning, the same way I looked at her
"Oh, I see what's going on here, so Damien, you knew who shot me all along" I said and Vivian looked at Damien
"Well, in the end, everyone was going to know everyone, so don't look at me like I shot her baby," Damien said taking the focus back to Crest
"It was an honest mistake," he said and I said nothing
"Oh, you're going to say that like you didn't just shoot a person; who almost DIED" She didn't shout, but she emphasized that Died
"I took care of it, and she wasn't at the brink of death, she just had never experienced that amount of pain before, Damien, Ines, and I will take our leave, rest assured Vivian, I'm not going to kill her," he said and turned to me "Let's go"
"Okay," I said "Bye Viv, bye Damien"
"Bye Oliver" Damien responded and Vivian started laughing, I gave him a death glare and left with Christian
"By the way Christian, you smell so good"
"I know that," he said
"omniknowest," I said
"It's omniscient Ines"
"I knew that" I did not. "I am a medicine student"
"I didn't ask," he said, we were out of the club and he opened the back door to his Rolls Royce for me, he wasn't the one on the wheels, it was the lady I saw him with the last time; I greeted her
"Hi"
"Good evening," she said politely and I had no more conversations with a woman, I sat opposite Christian looking at him for a while before I started getting heady with sleep
"Say, Christian, when can I see you again, and probably my nurse Samantha"
"You'd better sleep"
"But who will take me out?"
"You'd have to walk out like that," he said and I yawned
"You're so mean," I said and rested my head on my palms "All the school work I have to complete thanks to you Christian, all that reading heaped up for me, I don't even know where to start"
"The hospital had your every need attended to, if you were academically minded you would have requested for a book, but you were pole dancing in my room"
"Oh please, save it," I said taking off my shoes, I laid diagonally on the car seat, some people would cry so much if someone misbehaved in their car, but not the truly wealthy, I turned to face Christian and his face was expressionless, but not stoic, he just stared back and with an eyebrow raised, I was waiting for him to react about his car, but seems this man is old money rich, and that, I like.
"We are at your university, guide Candice to your dormitory"
"how about I stay in your place?" I said to him smiling goofy
"I'll pass," he said and I smirked, I direct Candy to my lodge and when she reached, I said
"Thanks for the ride"; I was talking to Candy
"You're welcome" she responded
"Carry me in," I said stretching my hand to Christian, I wondered why I was this cringe, he sighed
"I feel some pain in my thighs" I continued
"Don't patronize me Ines" he said "Get out of my car" he said and the door opened automatically, he stepped out and lent me his hand and I smiled
"You talk like you're mean, but you're so soft," I said and a flashback of him shooting me came into my mind, looking at me he smirked like saying 'I didn't know him at all', I took his hand and get up from my seat, trying to get down he didn't shift from the door, I raise my brow at him then turn to look at Candice, I turned just in time to catch her hands squeeze the steering wheel
I just made her a third wheel, lol
"What?" I ask him looking away from her
"Come on," he said with no explanation, that's when I wrapped my hands around his shoulder as he held my waist, and then I wrapped my legs around his waist, I looked at his face and smiled
"I meant you should take your shoes with you," he said and then I remembered I was not in my flats, If I weren't dark skinned my whole face would've been red with embarrassment, I buried my face in his neck and I feel his movements, I don't know what he's doing
"But it's okay," He says then starts moving, I can see his going to my lodge, I just met this man today, what am I doing?, I unlean from his neck when he reaches my threshold
"Thanks for today" I hoped to see him again
"Nothing much to thank me for," he says as I loosen my feet and step down, my hand still on his neck and his hands on my waist
"Well..." I started but was cut short by a loud familiar voice
"You've been absent from school for two months, and now you're with a man, see me in my office tomorrow, you've got a lot of catching up!"
"Mrs. Patty?"