Chapter 49

When Olivia met with Mike that evening, it was supposed to be a meeting where she would keep him company thereby lightening his mood. But it ended up being a meeting for exposition of what they want from each other, thereby opening up somethings about them. Mike had made reservation, which was a table for two, as soon as Olivia arrived, the waitress brought the menu and they both made their order. The food was delicious and they had their full. It was after the food that Mike took time to confess all that he felt for Olivia once again, he made Olivia feel guilty of the action she took, as his thoughts and entire gesture was to leave the company and possibly Afrca and travel to another country to start all over. He was literally pleading with Olivia to go with him. Olivia was dumbfounded, as she heard she was the only reason he was still in the country. She had never heard such from a man before, it meant a lot to her. Olivia had got into many relationships, but out of them all, two stood out as though most promising, but ended up most disappointing. Those experiences contributed in no small measure to her cautious and careful behaviour towards Mike. She was beginning to trust Mike, as he had in a little time they shared proven he was for real, but she wanted more commitment. He was a hard-working man, full of life and also good in bed. He made her feel complete as a woman, but the fear of disappointment at a time she had thrown all she got into the relationship made her restrain herself. Mike had taken time to wonder why she wasn't coming forth to accept his various proposals and the entire attitude was gradually getting to his nerves. 

While they ate and drank, he thought of the name and made bold to confront Olivia with the question.

Are you Olivia Hart? He asked watching her carefully

Olivia was so smart not to flinch, neither did any hair on her head shook, she only took the cup of drink on the table and gulped down some of the content, then slowly dropped the cup. While she did, she was filled with thoughts of the best possible answer. She had got to a point that she wouldn't deny whom she was, she thought. It was better he knew now, since he asked. She felt he asked rather too late, as she wouldn't have ventured into stopping and swapping him in that company deal.

Yes I am Olivia Hart. She answered simply

Mike adjusted himself on the seat, he couldn't believe it, he wanted to be very sure of everything now that Olivia was giving him answers.

Who is Ben Hart to you? He asked, still watching her.

Olivia did not delay the time, as she gave him the answer immediately.

He is my father.

Mike didn't talk again, he knew and had also heard a lot about the Hart family, meanwhile he never knew that right under his nose and the lady he was in love with, was the daughter of the multi billionaire, whose words meant power. He remembered Pat, such a lower and average person in life, but presented herself in such an arrogant and proud manner, when compared to Olivia. He couldn't believe that such person like Olivia existed in the world. Her humility made him love her the more. He thought of the swapping of his name for the deal with her company, she may not be aware he told himself, would it be wrong to ask her, he shrugged that off. Having known her true identity meant a lot more than the representation. He was in love with the Director of the company that his office was dealing with, and they do not know. While he was thinking, Olivia who expected a response from him became confused too, she couldn't tell what the finding had caused, may be she would have denied so that they continued enjoying their hang out. 

Olivia's phone rang, and she picked, the voice that came through was that of Uncle Sam, he told her their representative in the name of Lucy, was on her way to see her. So he called to know where she would meet her. Olivia told him Hotel De la Cruise and told him, she should call when she got to the Hotel. She understood why Lucy had to come to her, Mike would have also done same as her signature was needed for the permission to import any thing that would be supplied to government. She told Mike that they were not going home, and that he should let Pat know if need be. She had instantly decided to take charge and operate in the capacity of her real self since Mike had known her true identity. She would use their stay in the hotel to make sure he does not reveal her identity to anyone, at least not yet. Mike did not see the need to call Pat, he only sent a massage to her that he wasn't coming home for the night. 

Olivia excused herself, went to the reception desk and booked a room for their stay. She came back to Mike and informed him they were having a lady coming in from Paris for a deal. What she did not tell him was the name, and Mike was not aware of what was coming. He was much more carried away with the excitement of his discovery and what it meant to him. He was also thinking of how not to mess up his chances now that he had known her. He would rather kill to have her and that included Pat, if anyone tried coming in between him and Olivia. He ordered for more dinks as the sat, each of them working on their phone and iPad respectively, calls were answered intermittently too, only few words were said. Olivia felt sleepy, she asked Mike to excuse her as she would love to rest her head a little on the bed, Mike accepted and she left,but not without telling Mike that their room number was 100.

Lucy boarded the flight to Africa, it was her first trip to that continent, she had heard so much about it, eventhough this was a business trip and she wouldn't have that time to explore a little, there was one thing she felt she must do, and that was to reach out to Mike and possibly have him once more. The moment she had known she was going to Africa, her mind went straight to Mike, and her body reacted too, it changed automatically into an uncontrollable yearning and desire for his touch. She would have loved to let him know she was visiting, but she wanted it to be a suprise and a huge one at that. Sam had told her to spend few days, but that she should make sure she scanned the copy of the letter signed by Olivia to his email box. She was to spend three days. The moment Olivia told Sam Lucy was to meet her at Hotel de la Cruise, Sam made a room reservation via online for Lucy to stay. The flight was scheduled to take 3 hours, Lucy had quite a interesting time on-board. The cabin crew loved and commended her figure, sense of dress and they accorded so much respect to her. A young man she was sittings with asked her the privilege to take a picture with her, which she obliged and got a copy too. 

They landed at the International airport and she alighted, since she had only a hand luggage, it didn't take her time to get through the checkout and came to the arrival gate where a driver was holding a white cardboard paper with her name boldly written on it. She walked to him and he confirmed with the picture that was sent to him from from his office through Sam. The driver welcomed her and took her to where the Lexus Jeep Lx570 was packed. He put the little box in the trunk and opened the rear door for Lucy, she stepped in and comfortably sat down. The man then turned around and went behind he wheel. He drove at rather a slower pace allowing Lucy see the beautiful natural environment, which includes the hills, ye high mountains, and the thick shrubs. She had to take pictures of them with her phone. She observed that the airport was really off the city, hence the reason for the bushes. It wasn't quite long that she saw that they were approaching the main city. The high rising buildings, the signposts tht indicated businesses some of which she couldn't pronounce. They navigated through various roads some were spacious, while others were narrow, but in all the driver knew his way. She saw some women hawking goods, they were carrying them on their heads, it was suprise to her, she asked the driver, and he explained to her that it was so as the people she saw had no other means of survival than that. He also pointed and called her attention to some little children who were doing same, there were some beggars too. It was more of an adventure for her and she was deeply touched emotionally as she felt a huge sympathy for those poor people. It made her recall what led to her going into hooker job, she had no option than to survive and she felt it was the same for those women and children. 

The next few places they passed, she noticed was more of the heart of the city as there weren't any of those things, rather the places had semblance of what she was used to in Paris, the traffic lights, the street lights, the beautiful structures and the neatness that accompanied a developed city. Within few minutes, the driver negotiated a bend and she noticed he was entering a gate, she looked at her right and there it was on the side wall that looked like a fence, carved into the wall Hotel de la Cruise. The driver located a parking space and parked the car. Meanwhile, Mike had stayed a little and felt so lonely that he felt he needed a cool breeze, he decided to go down to the ground floor where they had the water spring. It was built with stones and little flower trees planted around it that made it cool all the time. He got into the lift and got the the ground floor lobby, coincidentally, the driver had just dropped Lucy's luggage and left, she was alone awaiting the receptionist who was scribbling something on the paper. Mike looked at her the second time, he would always identify her whenever or wherever he saw her, but he never expected her to be in Africa, unless she wanted to give him a suprise. A suprise? No he thought to himself, Lucy wouldn't be able to afford the hotel, unless otherwise there was a client she came to meet. That meant she had gone international with this prostitution. He waited a little for her to turn, as soon as she turned, she saw him and she rushed and grabbed him. They hugged and she pecked him, but she noticed he was cold to her. She felt it might be the shock of seeing her. 

What are you doing here? He asked

Lucy was about to answer when her phone rang, she had called Olivias lineany times while she was waiting for the receptionist, but she wasn't picking, hence the returned call. She excused herself from Mike and picked, all Mike could hear was " I am at the lobby" then the call dropped.

I am here for business, it's a business trip. Came her response.

What are you doing here? She asked.

Mike thought for a while what he would answer, he didn't know if he should come out staright with her or keep her in the dark. He was still contemplating on what to say when Olivia stepped out to the lobby and walked staright to where he and Lucy were standing. She didn't look at him rather she welcomed Lucy and asked if she could see the document, Lucy unzipped the side of her box and brought out an envelope, she handed it over to her. Olivia asked where she was putting up, and Lucy told her she had a reservation on the hotel, and she was staying in room 101. That was when Olivia turned to Mike.

I was looking for you everywhere. She said, rolling her eyes, and showing her disappointment.

Mike stuttered a bit and finally found a thin voice

I just stepped down for a fresh air. 

As he was saying it, Olivia and Lucy were already walking into the lift, so he joined them. In the lift, Lucy looked at Olivia, and then to Mike, she winked to Mike and smiled. She suspected that Olivia might be Mike's wife and thought it wise to keep to herself eventhough she would miss him. She understood that men would always be men and that Olivia was suspicious of her. Who wouldn't be, she thought, every woman would cheat on their husband with Mike. The lift got to their flirt, they alighted and walked to room 100, Olivia told Lucy that they weren 100, and since she was in 101, she would call her after her rest so they would sit and talk. Lucy was grateful and walked to her door, turned back and caught Mike staring, she winked at him again before entering her room. Olivia entered and Mike followed. 

Lucy got into her room, she felt sad, this was bad luck she thought, when she saw Mike, she had thought that her prayer was answered, her spirit, body and soul leaped up with joy. She felt nature had given her what she truly desired. All that had become short-lived with the appearance of the wife ( she thought). She had always known from the way Mike took care of her, that he was rich, who would have thought that it was the wife the man whom she was sleeping with that was in charge of all foriegn contracts? She couldn't believe it. She was also jealous of Olivia as Mine was a man to have and guard jealously. She shrugged off all thoughts and called Sam, he picked and was happy arrived safely, and that she had met with Olivia. He told her he had spoken to her, and that she would need to go through the paperwork before signing, the implication being that she would likely spend three days or more, but whatever she needed, she should use the Silver card. Lucy was happy and thanked him. She then pulled off her clothes and took a warm bath, relaxing herself in the jacuzzi, thinking of Mike, inside with her, rubbing his hands on her shoulders muscles as he does, and making her feel relaxed and sleepy. The more she thought of Mike, the more her body yearned for him. Her boobs were getting heavy and her nipples becoming sensitive and hard. She had to force her mind to stop as she came out of the jacuzzi and dried her body with the towel. She then changed to a lighter wear and lay down on her bed rest.In room 100, the mood was that of a mixture of cold and tensed.