JACE
Like what? Is it a bad feeling? I press knowing fully well what she feels but hearing it from her will feel better, right?
No! Not a bad feeling. Hmm actually it's like really exciting
I tend to feel really tingly around you... Like my brain refuses to respond....more like shuts down... You make me nervous Jace! She rambles in one go taking a deep breathe after
I feel like I am floating knowing she reciprocates my feelings without knowing it
Gosh isn't she just perfect, huh???
The feeling is mutual Kim! I smile reassuringly
Really? She meets my eyes with those mesmerizing eyes of hers
Yeah! I smile
She blushes taking a stand of hair behind her ear
Sexy.....
Can I know more about the woman that owns my world? I whisper gaining her attention
The way she manages to get serious when necessary makes me see what a blessing I have as mine
Well... I am Kimberly Lyra Steve Woodswork
The first daughter of Mr Steve Woodswork and only daughter of her late mom
How old were you when she passed away? I ask curiously
Barely a month! She smiles
What? Yeah! That explains why Kaila is twenty too, right?
Yeah! Her mum got pregnant during Dad's mourning period as he just lost his dear wife and was in his weakest state
He married her so I could have a mother but.... She trails off.
She was never one! I finish off with her nodding her head
I'm sorry! I console not knowing how to grow up without one
It's fine.she smiles brightly
Hmm at the age of five, Dad was devoting all attention and time to the business because he almost lost it. Ciara did really mean things
I automatically became Kaila's maid in my home
His frequent travelling did not make him see all that till I stopped going to school
She claims we were bankrupt and don't have enough to send us both
I felt cheated because I did all her homework and even drop off her lunch
She gave herself out when she forced me out of my room because Kaila wanted it
I would be fine with any room but wasn't because it was my mother's room and there is this huge painting of hers on the wall
Dad came home when we least expected of him to see me taking out the laundry.
KIMBERLY
Baby! Dad raises me up making me drop the laundry
What are you doing at home? You should be in school! He smiles walking inside still carrying me
And have you been eating? Why so skinny and weightless? He adds placing me on his bed
Gosh! Your clothes are dirty; he picks me yet again going to my room
He notices Kaila things in the room and asks if we got so close that we now share a room but things soon dawn on him when he doesn't find nothing of mine in the room
Where are your stuff baby? He asks looking at me
I felt so bad that I burst into tears, tired of the mal-treatment and all
Oh no! Talk to me baby. He quickly takes me to his room, sits and places me on his lap
I am at home because I no longer go to school
I haven't been eating because Aunt Ciara says there is no food for a lazy child even though I do all the work
She gave Kaila my room because she wants it
Why do I always have to give her everything, Dad?
Why do I have to do all her homework when I don't go to school just to see the painting of my mom?
Why have you been gone so long that you missed my birthday, Daddy??? I cry out my frustrations
I notice Dad also crying apologizing and promising to fix it
I sleep off in his room to awake a while later to see my luggages all packed up
Dad fed me dinner in the room not bothering to take me downstairs
He gives me a photo of my mother which I slept with
And the next day, I leave the country in Dad's private jet to my maternal relatives
She smiles after telling me her story; how could people be so mean? She was only a child!
I am at a loss of words not knowing how to console her
Angel are you ok? I ask cautiously
Yeah! It's fine now right? No one will ever walk all over me ever again; She smiles brightly
I got alot of love in England
My cousins are the best, my uncle's and aunties are superb.
They helped me heal and forget about all I passed through and... here I am! She grins
Tell me I fell in love with a foreigner, huh? I teasingly raise a brow
Yup! She giggles
My strong Angel...
So tell me about you? She asks blushing
I proceed to tell her everything about me excluding the dangerous me of course!
I don't think she is ready to know about all of me...
Fernandez huh? She smiles teasingly
Lyra huh? I play along making her laugh forgetting all boundaries
Her laughter is magical
You will make a beautiful bride, Angel! I comment
Hmm we are late for the meeting, Jace! Everyone must be waiting in the boardroom; she walks to her desk picking the file she will be needing
We walk to the boardroom together as Stacy wasn't on seat obviously gone
She halts on getting to the door of the boardroom turning around to face me
Man was I enjoying that back view
Hmm it won't be proper walking in together after being late... It is going to give rise to gossips and... She tries explaining
And I wasn't proposing so you do not need to run so far Angel! I cut her off watching as color comes on her face
Flush
After you! I whisper opening the door while we walk in together with no care in the world.....
God of distraction!!!!!!!!