Chapter 46

As it was in the life style of the rich in the society, Olivia's family was not devoid of that, she and her sister grew up without pressure of any kind and that had somehow affected their life in the area of relationships with opposite sex. Their father had wanted them to settle with people of their class and status. So he was of the expectation that some of his friends children would marry his daughters. That mentality was however short-lived when Olivia and Mira left house after their high school career and proceeded to college. Olivia especially was the first to argue it out with her father, as she made him see reasons why their choice if a man should be of great consideration since they were to live with such. There father finally accepted but not without a clause, that the said man or men must be responsible. This somehow contributed to the supposed delay in their settling down marritally. Most men that had come for their hands in marriage had one area of short coming or the other. Especially those they figured out that they came because of their family status and wealth. Some even came, initially flaunting their riches, but became embarrassed when they discovered the size and level of wealth exposure the ladies were enjoying.

These and many more were the reason for the twins efforts in making sure they kept Brains and Mike. Although they were operating in isolation and in different geographical locations, but the zeal and wisdom they applied, goes a long way to shoe that blood indeed is thicker than water. They had kept their relationship from their parents and even from themselves. Their mother had on told told them how he met their father, who was not rich then. She made them understand that her reason for accepting his friendship and proposal, was because he was a graduate and she knew that his chances of survival was high in the society. They had also got similar story from their aunt Mary who married her husband while he was still in college. 

That evening, after cooking, Pat and Olivia had served the food on the dinning table where they and Mike ate together. It was more like a family reunion, as for the first time after so long a time, Mike and Pat were able to converse, though on general political and governmental topics raised by Olivia. The two ladies informed Make they would be hanging out that evening and would be coming in later. They took their shower and left the house in Pats car. While Pat drove, Olivia was trying to figure out why Pat wanted them to have a chat somewhere. She had noticed her restlessness in the midst of their discussions while in her room checking the the things Mike bought and in the kitchen while they cooked. She was not able to ask her what the problem was, because she felt it might be something private. They arrived the shopping mall and Pat found a space where she parked the car, as they both came down from the car and while Olivia expected they walked into the mall, Pat took her to the small built out bar section outside the mall. She ordered drinks for both of them, and then started with the story. She was infuriated as she spoke, the whole story was centred on Nelly, Olivia could not tell why she felt the way she did, but all she could sense was that all was not going on well with the two love birds. Pat had gone through Nellys phone without her knowledge, and what she saw got her angry. Nelly had pictures of some top politicians, wealthy business men and some clergy having sexual intercourse with ladies in her phone. She was able to view few of them while some others were locked with password. She had thought about and fear gripped her. She felt that their was possibility that one of those videos may also include the ones she had with her. The more she tried disabusing her mind as she wouldn't be covering herself in the act, the more her mind kept asking what she was doing with those videos of those men. She could recall most of the calls she made, while they were together, it was always a chat on provision of video evidence or picture evidence and money to be paid. She also noticed she was always getting credit alerts and the way she spends money, both on herself and on her, kept her thinking. While she was narrating the story, Olivia was making up her mind that it was time to seal whatever was remaing of her relationship with Mike, to avoid a change of mind from Pat. She had two options to choose from, either she took in for him and rush her wedding to avoid scandal, which is near impossible, or she elope with him as he proposed. She was at lost on what to tell her friend concerning her finding, she only took excuse from her and went to the ladies to think. Stood there looking herself in the mirror, she would be shooting herself on the feet if she tried pulling Pat out of Nellys arms now, she wasn't ready for any drama in the house, as that would mean her staying in the house pending when another suitor comes her way, hence making Mike very uncomfortable and reducing her chances of sealing whatever was pending as regards Mike and herself. She splashed water on herself to calm her nerves then wiped it with the handkerchief. Then she walked back to the seat, where Pat was waiting. Luckily for her, Pat switched the topic as she talked about how she had decided to focus on delivering on her supply contracts that were pending. Olivia jumped into that, congratulated her and asked question to know more about her business which she was so happy to lecture her on. They drank to their satisfaction, paid and left back to the house. 

Meanwhile when they left, Mike went inside, carried his laptop to check his mails, he was going through the mails when he saw one that was tagged urgent. He clicked on it and it opened. It was sent by his office, they wanted him to handle a crude oil shipment deal between his office and another Oil company that was based in Bulgaria. It was a multi billion dollars deal. He took time to read through the memorandum of understanding, and the other attached documents. It was a long list of documents. He finally read through all and decided he would sort out the rest while in the office the next day. He was about shutting down when he had a feeling to Google the said company so he would know their capacity. He then opened Google search and typed METROPOLITAN OIL CORPORATION. He waited for a while for it as it searched, then came the result, then he chose one of the options and the website opened. He went straight to the board of directors, he paused as soon as he saw Olivia Hart as a member of the board of directors. He remembered he saw a platinum card that bore Hart in Olivia's hand, but what he wouldn't know, was Olivia's surname. He thought for a while, and decided not to border much as he was in charge of the deal and had all it takes to find out who Olivia Hart was and her relationship with the Hart he knew. 

Olivia and Pat walked into the house when he has closed his laptop and was watching the news on CNN. They greeted each other and Olivia left them to her room. She had checked her phone and there was an alert indicating a mail for her from MOC. She quickly pulled off her clothes, rushed into the bathroom and had her shower, then changed to her night wear. She out in her WiFi and logged into her mail on her iPad, there was the mail, she and other director were adviced of the recent oil deal with the Horizon oil consults and that one Mr Mike Zoro was spearheading the deal on their behalf. She dropped the iPad and rushed her hand bag, took a pile of compliment cards and searched through with speed, she saw it, the card Mike handed over to her the first time he met her, it was her Mike that would be at the forefront of the deal. That meant that Mike would become aware that her family owns MOC and that she was a director, not just a director, but the highest shareholder in the coming, making her the owner. This was bad for their relationship as she felt Mike might not love her for real, rather he might be looking at the wealth just like the few others that had come in the past. She thought of the best possible way to handle it, then she got a plan and immediately sent a message to the Contract department, asking them to demand the profile of the representative of Horizon oil consults, and as soon as they got it, they should find a reason to decline him asking the company to send a female representative. As soon as she sent the mail, she put a call through to the admin in charge of contract, intimating him on the mail she sent and demanding that they do the needful in the morning and revert back to her. The admin promised to handle it as she had said, she dropped the call and took a deep breath, then shut down her iPad and lay her head on the pillow to rest.

Lucy woke up, looked around, she was alone in the room. She could not see Sam anywhere, fear gripped her. She wasn't sure if he had abandoned her there, she heard a knock on the door, stood up covering herelf with the blanket, she walked to the door, opened and a lady greeted her, she was carrying a tray with cups of coffee and some slices toasted bread on it. She gave her room to enter which she took and got in carefully dropped the tray on the table. She noticed her total respect for her, as she bowed out from the room. That was when she heard his voice, he was answering a call in the bathroom. She allowed him as he believed he needed silence. In few minutes, Sam came out and she greeted him, he resonded and took a cup of coffee and some bread from the tray, and began to eat, Lucy had no option than to join as she took he remaining and did justice to it. They ate silently and after that, Sam was first to break the silence.

Hope you are not leaving today? He asked 

Ehm I.. I, Lucy stuttered 

Sam didn't allow her to say whatever she had wanted to say,

You are not leaving, if there is anywhere you want to go, one of my drivers would take you there and bring you back, if you need a change of clothing, he would drive you to the nearest boutique so you make your choice. He said, while he picked a key, opened a drawer near the bed, brought out a bundle of money and slammed it om the bed,

Here's for your spending today. He added.

Lucy couldn't find her voice, she was already intimidated into acceptance. She had only one choice and she took a dive to it, that was to meet with Mary that morning.

I have only one appointment to keep by nine then I would be back. She said it half confident and half pleading.

Sam took the intercom, and called the receptionist, he told him to call any driver that was not engaged. Lucy quickly ran to the bathroom, brushed her mouth and took a quick shower, thencame out by then the driver had come up, took instruction from Sam and went down to the car lot awaiting Lucy. Lucy did not waste time in dressing up as she hadn't any other cloth with her, so she wore the one she came with. She would stop by a boutique as suggested by Sam and get herself a change of dress. She need not go to Mary in what she was putting on. She took the money and walked to Sam, held him and kissed him, then she walked out to the front lobby, where the receptionist directed her to the driver who was to take drive her. She was shocked when the driver pressed the remote button and the tail light of a Rolls Royce phantom flashed twice. The driver stepped to the rear side and opened the door and held it for her to enter. She entered and he shut the door and got behind the wheels, he then reversed and asked where they were headed. She mentioned the place and the driver typed it in on the Google drive which was showing in the screen positioned on the electronic dashboard of the car. Lucy could not believe her eyes, she had never entered such luxury car, neither was she dreaming such. She reminded the driver that they were to stop by any boutique on their way so that she would have a change of dress. As the car moved, Lucy felt more relaxed, she loved the interior, it was Asif she was in a private jet, although she hadn't been in one, but she could feel so as she had seen some in movies. The first stop was at a very big boutique, the driver came down and opened the door for her,she got another shocker of her life as the owner of the boutique came out with few of her girls who welcomed her and took her purse as they ushered her in. She noticed the owner as she beckoned on them and they answered an responded with the word 'Madam'. The lady asked what she needed or if she wouldnt mind her giving her a little tour round the shop to check what they got. It was done on Lucy what privilege the rich enjoyed, she then decided to change her mentality, she got money and could afford to pay whatever she took, so why behave otherwise. It wasn't as if someone would be making the payment as that would affect her choice and attitude. She told the lady she wanted something formal for a business meeting. They hurriedly picked some few collections and brought them. She was shown where she would check them out. She did and made her choice, the bill was brought to her she paid cash. The lady then took a bottle of wine and her compliment card and followed her, as soon as the driver opened the door and held it for her, she entered, the lady handed them over to the driver and thanked Lucy for her patronage. The drive to Mary's office was more of heaven for her, she had a feeling of someone who won a jackpot of millions of dollars in Las Vegas. She had brought out her phone and took some selfie and some pictures which she sent to her Instagram and other social media, and they were already getting comments. Her friend started calling her on video calls and as she picked, they were tripping at the environment they saw her. She also used the opportunity to showcase the interior of the car. The driver was filled with smiles as he noticed her excitement. It did not take much time for them to arrive at the building housing Mary's office.