CHAPTER 5

A soft knock on the door woke me up, the little sleep I had managed to get had been interrupted by the same repeated soft knock on the door of where I was shown was my room.

I stood up and walked to the door, opening it to see the maid outside, at this rate, I could call her the housekeeper.

"Good morning,is there a problem?" I yawned.

"Good morning Ma, the young master left earlier,he instructed I let you know that you have an interview by 11AM and you should be ready before then because he would be sending his driver to pick you up."

"Where did he go to?"

"Office."

I nodded but I had not missed the disgust at the end of her statements, I had a lot on my plate already and having to wonder why his housekeeper was looking at me with contempt, wasn't what I would fix my mind on this morning.

"Your breakfast will be served on the dinner table,come downstairs when you're done." She said before I could tell her I had no appetite.

I closed the door and sat down on my bed, I knew he would be a nutcase from the first conversation in the car but inviting me to the sex session he was having with those girls? That was enough to admit a man like him in an asylum, I won't let thoughts about him spoil my day.

The only reason why I was still here was because of the contract and the only reason I signed the contract was to get my revenge,that should be my major focus,not him or his housekeeper or the girls he was with last night that saw me as an intruder.

I walked into the bathroom to have my bath,I stared into the mirror while brushing my teeth,my reflection was still as it looked,the only difference was my eyes,I needed long hours of sleep to clear the tiredness that stared back at me.

I brushed my hands down my face, when I got to my lips,I remembered the kiss,it wasn't long, didn't have that want from someone that loved you but then,it was enough to send butterflies in my stomach.

"Focus Elena." I scolded myself as I splashed the running water on my face to bring me back to reality –the reality that what we had was a sham written in papers.

I walked down the stairs to see the housemaids whispering, they stopped when they noticed me.

"Good morning." I greeted as i walked to the door.

"The young master insists you eat something before leaving." The housekeeper said walking to the dining table.

"He said the interview will take long and you both have somewhere else to go to." She added.

I walked to the dining table and sat down, the food looked good but I also had no appetite.

But I needed to eat if he meant what he said, I shoved the food down my throat as I tried to enjoy it a bit and failed woefully.

I finally stood up when I was done torturing myself.

"The driver is here to pick you." One of the housemaids announced.

I walked to the door and true to her words,the driver was outside with his back resting on the car. He stood straight and opened the door for me when I came close.

I sat at the back, clutching my handbag tightly, this was the beginning of a ride that could either make or mar me.

~•~

"Hi" I said to him as we walked into the the news station office, I figured I would be granting the interview that would change people's opinion on his father here.

"Welcome, I'll take you inside." The reception said as she escorted us inside.

He didn't give me a single glance or acknowledge my greetings, I didn't care either or maybe I did because I was already tired of the constant disrespect.

"Thank you for coming, please take your seat,the interview will start in a minute." The direction said as he turned to give instructions to the reporter and the camera crew.

Thank you for coming or Thank you for calling to use our show? these people would make you look stupid for the simplest reasons.

I'll explain,his dad had called to do the interview here,why? It was the biggest news channel and had large numbers of listeners and followers. What does the news channel stand to gain? Clout.

"Just stick to correcting people's narrative and I'll answer all the questions regarding our marriage." He said adjusting his tie.

"Okay, 1..2..3.., Action."the director yelled,his eyes Almost pulling out from their sockets.

"We have with us here two important guest, please welcome Mr and Mrs Jamil Manson, the newly Weds who have decided to come on here to answer our questions."

"Thank you for having us here, it's a pleasure." He said holding my hands,the movement was so abrupt and unexpected that it had my heart slamming hard against my chest.

"Well, Firstly Mrs Elena Manson."

The name sounded weird and it would take a very long time to get used to.

"We saw a video of you talking about your now in-law,you had a lot of things to say about his political career and now you're married to his son,can you enlighten us on what's going on?"

"Before I begin, I would like to issue an apology to everyone affected by my choice of words in that video, especially my father-in-law,I had a lot to say and I'm coming out here to apologize. I had no idea the video would reach the places it reached and I said everything out of anger. My husband and I were going through a rough patch in our relationship,I was so heartbroken that I acted out of character."

"So you're saying you didn't mean any of what you said? But those words sounded really personal."she asked.

I knew that tactics , one word wasn't enough to convince me,I didn't have to be told that it would take more than I had said.

"Yes, I needed to hit him somewhere by that would hurt him. I know I acted illogically and I take back my words. I have apologized to Jamil and we've moved past it, I also apologized to his father and we've all settled it, that's the reason why I'm here to apologize to the general public,I made a mistake and I'm here to apologize."

"Do you have anything to say Mr Jamil?"

I turned to look at him, he had this bored look on his face and I hated the fact that I had to do this in front of him.

"Well, she has tendered an apology and that's the most important part."

"Recently,you both held your wedding ceremony and I most say it was the talk of town, Congratulations."

"Thank you." We both said in Unison.

"There has been comments on your relationship and people are saying the whole thing looks strategic, what do you have to say about that?"

They were right though, it was strategic.

"That's rubbish,I love this woman here and there would have been no better time to marry her, she's even carrying my child."

Child? Was I hearing right?

I turned to looking at him again and just expression was still stoic,how could he lie this much with a straight face? Was this part of the package of being a politician's son?

"Oh really?" The reporter asked obviously now more interested in the clout her show would make.

"I love Elena more than anyone could imagine, this is a for life thing." He said.

"Mrs Elena Manson, do you have anything to say?"

"Well I don't know about–"

His lips was already pressed against mine before I could say anything, clouding my senses.

For a minute I lost it and pulled him closer.