Chapter 17: WRONG DECISION

I finally made a deal with Alexander and it's not even been ten minutes but I am already regretting it

'well it doesn't matter' I comforted myself knowing fully well it was all a lie.

It does matter especially when Daisy is boring holes in my head as I walk on the hallway to leave for work.

I almost fell off down twice already just because of all the bullets, petrol, fire and then continuous fuel burning and hitting me right now.

I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder which made me alert and at that time all the memories came flooding in.

For a moment I was back in Nigeria until the sharp pain in my wrist brought me back to reality.

"Ma'am, I only brought your bag" someone muttered as he was gasping for breath and only then did I realize that my knees were on Davis or is it Dave's neck.

How could I???

Why now?

"You forgot your bag in the conference room" he repeated.

"Sorry" I faltered and immediately I snatched my bag back and stood up from his neck while removing my hands from his shoulder.

Now the whole school watched another drama where I tackled Alex's best friend to the ground without any reasonable reason.

I continued my walk out of the school but this time I was running and I tuned out of every of their gossip.

Out of the first gate and down the lonely road of memories with cars making all forms of noise. I decided to indulge myself in the painful memories I tried running from.

"Make her suffer before you kill her and ensure you leave no trace. Sell her organs out and bury her remains" someone whom I know ordered over the phone.

"Agbara,what are you doing there?" he questioned and puzzled me I froze without a proper answer.

"Speak and you know what happens" he threatened and I nodded running off to meet HER.

The hooting of a car behind me jolted me back into reality and instead of looking back I marched forward faster than ever.

"Can you at least stop" someone called out and after hearing that accent adrenaline kicked in and I zoomed off.

"Get in the car" I heard again and this time I walked even faster but come on he was driving a freaking Ferrari

How could I be any faster?

The car was right in my front and that caused me to stop.

"What do you want boss" I groaned and gave him a daring look.

"It's simple GET IN THE CAR" he commanded and I gave him the obvious 'are you crazy look'

"Just to remind you fifteen minutes ago you were after my whole life and my future. You were bent on making me suffer and now because the sun is setting in the south you want to help me?"

"COME ON ALEXANDER POWERS" I barked raising my hand up in the air and dropping it immediately causing me to whimper.

My WRIST!!!!

"Are you ok?" he asked in the mist uncaring tone.

I faked a smile and looked at him" I would be ok if you get out of my life the same way you came in without permission. You are ALEXANDER POWERS,owner of the whole universe,master of it all"I paused and took a deep breath for the umpteenth time in a week.

"Can you do me a favor?" I pleaded joining my hand together despite the pain in both my shoulder and wrist now.

"Get out of my life and leave Grace alone" I begged stretching my hand to the way forward as I continued my walk.

He continued trailing beside me and when I stopped he stopped.

"It's funny how you think I want anything to do with you" he declared and I was shocked.

I couldn't hide it. I had my hands over my chest.

"We are on a contract black girl and I can easily sue you for breach of contract which cost you nothing less than 10 million dollars" he assured and my eyes flew back to the contract.

I remember seeing that but OH MY GOODNESS.

"Black girl" he called

"It's my rules so you get in the car and let's BOND" he declared and since I had no choice I decided to get in.

I have two choices

(1) make life unbearable for him OR

(2)leave him to make life unbearable for me.

"you know things could be easier if you shut your mouth most times.Do you understand?"

I continued looking outside through the tinted windows.

"And why don't you have a phone?" he asked and for the first time I laughed because I can have him off my back but how does he know

"I have no idea" I deadpanned

"I will have to send a postcard then whenever I need your service" he confirmed

"You have to get down here,reporters are in front of Powers Corporation" he said looking tensed but I didn't give him a second glance instead I thanked him and got down.

I walked to the coffee shop which was just 7 minutes from where I dropped off

I carried Kat from her crib despite the pain in my shoulder and wrist and I went ahead to meet Grace who was beaming.

"Did I miss something" I asked and she jumped up from her chair and ran to hug me.

"The debts, mortgage and loans have been cleared" she yelled and I looked at her surprised.

He was quick to change it all.

"Well it wasn't exactly cleared off but it's better cause I just have to pay all the money back in 6 months with nothing on the line if not met" she completed and I was shocked.

"Nothing on the line" I questioned and she nodded.

We both took a seat and I handed Kat over to her as I picked up the letter on her table.

"He owns the banks" I inquired shocked at the new discoveries.

"Yes I guess he just acquired them...I am not sure and he mentioned a breach of contract there but I guess it could be a mistake cause there is no contract" she said and my eyes immediately scanned the whole thing.

"If the stipulated date isn't met it would be considered a breach of contract" I read aloud and immediately my eyes wandered to the contract I signed.

"There is something on the line" I informed Grace and she gave me the 'confused look' which made me take time to explain the whole thing to her leaving out my slavery to him.

"10 million dollars in exchange for debts not worth a million" she yelled and I nodded.

I think I left her in a bigger problem instead of helping her.

"It doesn't make sense but still we need a plan to get the business back on its feet"

"I want to hear the whole story" she commanded and I looked at her expressing my shock through my demeanor

"You can't tell me that's the whole story. I am not stupid. He is Alexander Powers and he won't give you anything for free even if he might be getting 10 million at the end"

"Well you are right but it's not a big deal" I informed her and she pulled me into a tight hug muttering a 'thank you' into my ear.

"So what's the plan" I finally asked after pulling away from her tight hug which was more of painful than calming because of my right hand.

"What if we improve our menu" she said amused by her own idea

"and maybe a touch to the interiors of the shop wouldn't kill" I added and she nodded frantically.

"Well Caleb can take your shifts for a while till we have gotten everything in place"

"Let's add spaghetti Bolognese to our menu" she mentioned after coming back with a bunch of A4 papers.

"I might disagree with that because I feel it's a popular dish in many American restaurant"

"Let's just go ahead and check out few interiors online" I added and she stood up picking both her bag and keys.

"Let's go have a nice time"

We left Katrina with Amy and got into the car driving pass the herds of reporters and security in front of Powers Corporation.

"That's the great and mighty ADRIAN POWERS" Grace muttered making me look at the mirror to find a man standing amongst the reporters surrounded by some guards.

"Alexander's father?" I questioned and she nodded in agreement.

I wanted to question her further but she looked like the man was the least person she had any interest in.

We stopped at a restaurant not too far away from the coffee shop and while I took pictures with Grace's phone she checked the menu out.

We both took a seat and scanned the whole restaurant and found most people seated to be older people.

After ordering a drink we both stood up and went to the next restaurant and the next and the next after that.

We are now seated in a lovely restaurant and eating chocolate cake and I could hear the silent moans from Grace.

We finally left the restaurant to one last destination after trying out a few other Nigerian restaurants.

All weren't offering good Nigerian services but Grace was so persistent on tasting and adding it to the menu.

Getting into the buka I could feel the familiar feeling of home. This was the only restaurant with just the mild feeling of our culture.

"Welcome back ma'am, nice to have you back" The waiter welcomed smiling at Grace and I.

Grace finally decided to try out two wraps of Eba and Efo elegusi. Quite a local delicacy while I ordered a bowl of yam porridge.

"No palm wine" he asked and Grace nodded obviously embarrassed by his question.

"We need to pick Kat up so let's be quick" I said to Grace who was busy taking photos of the restaurant.

"Hi" she greeted someone and I lifted my eyes from scanning the menu to find Dami staring at her with a crooked face.

"Hi" he managed to respond but to me he doesn't sound happy neither do his looks give such impression.

I apparently greeted him and tuned out of the conversation he was having with Grace until the food was brought and he left.

"This is glorious" she said eating a handful and I smiled because it felt weird knowing how much she loved the food and I felt it was just a normal meal.

I snatched her phone and took videos and pictures of her which she totally didn't care about.

I could hear her moans and I only managed to take few spoons of my food since I wasn't feeling hungry but lightheaded instead.

"Can I help you with that" she asked after finishing 2 wraps of EBA.

I nodded and she grabbed my plate in such a haste that she almost spilled the food.

"I love the food and I just feel like eating more and it just brings back memories"

"well take it slowly because I don't want to choking" I mumbled smiling at the obvious smirk on her face.

It makes her look so much like ALEXAN....

Stop thinking of that guy come on.

"What do you know about Alexander" I asked and she choked on the juice she was currently sipping.

"sorry sorry about that" she apologized letting out soft chuckles.

"What do you want to know about him. How does he look"

Yes how does he look cause I didn't get a good look earlier. I was clouded by my anger and I just didn't think of scanning him enough to register how he looked.

"I am currently enslaved to him so why not know more about the boss" I said and she looked quite shocked at my outburst but quickly covered it with a fake smile.

"I am sorry about this sis" she apologized and I smiled at her because this was my fault and only I can solve it.

"I really didn't want to tell you this because I don't want you worrying or feeling guilty so back to the topic"

"Everything I know about Alex is everything the media has to give. He has a sister.... Racheal I think is her name and she is a top model. I have heard rumors that she is wicked and rebellious but however she and Daisy alongside Alex are very good friends since childhood but rumours say that Daisy Sanders and Alexander have a relationship"

"All that might just be to tighten the grip of the Powers Corporation on the Asian continent since that was mostly where the Sanders get their wealth from. Alex is a multibillionaire based on the worth of his fathers assets and businesses which he has been trained to maintain."

"He is pretty much the richest teenager though he never claimed the title but everyone believes with the number of deals he sealed at a young age he should be and his IQ is way higher than any average kid......so that's all I know" Grace finally concluded and all I did was nod because that was quite the info.