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THE KINGS MANSION, 6PM**
Bluey met the whole family in the dinning room when he got home, it’s unusual to see everyone in the dinning room at once because such gatherings ends with fights.
Maybe the man of the house has something to say over dinner again.
He made to walk to his room but as he was expecting, chairman Kings talked.
“Come here and sit” he said.
“I’ve eaten out with my friends” he replied and started walking again.
“Dad just ordered, it’s not a request” Lavender said.
She’s her stepsister from Kiki, his stepmother.
Bluey and Lavender are same age though.
“You’re not dad so shush” Bluey glared.
“Come here and sit!” Chairman Kings ordered.
Bluey grunted as he walked to the dinning room.
He sat beside Primrose.
Primrose is his senior sister from same mother.
Lorraine is their mum.
“Say wh@ťěver you have to say” he said
“Is that the right way to speak to your father!” Chairman Kings yelled.
Bluey made to reply with same tone but Lorraine held his hand under the table.
He looked at her and relented.
Everyone resumed eating except Bluey.
“Dad, what’s this all about?” Primrose asked.
“Bluey you need to start taking business classes soon, you’re my only heir and you need to learn how to manage Kings group” chairman Kings said.
“How many times will I say it that I’m not interested in the company?” Bluey replied.
“You don’t get to decide that, I do” chairman Kings replied.
“Did you make us come alive so you could live our lives for us?, Sister Primrose couldn’t even get married to the man he loves but you forced her into marrying the heir of Morris group” Bluey replied.
“Must you always talk back?, Huh?, Brat” Kiki finally spoke with a sneer.
“Hey stepmom, I wasn’t talking to you!” He replied hotly.
“Are you snapping at my mum like that?” Lavender stood.
“What?, Are you gonna beat me up?” Bluey said, standing too.
“Bluey stop” Lorraine said.
“No mum, they should know their place” Bluey replied.
“I’ll get you a teacher and you’ll start the home classes soon” chairman Kings said.
“And I’m not interested, Lavender can take over the companies, not me” he replied.
“Then should I withdraw you from your useless music school and send you on an exile abroad?” Chairman Kings said.
“What!” Bluey said shockingly.
“Attend management classes after school everyday or go on an exile abroad” chairman Kings said and left the dinning.
“Bluey, you know he’s always like this” Primrose said.
“Bluey just do it ok?” Lorraine said.
“Not like he has a choice” Lavender laughed.
Bluey left the room, bumping his shoulder on Lavender’s, she almost fell ..
“Idiot!” She shot after him and went into her room too.
Kiki smiled slowly.
“I’ll speak to chairman myself, he should rather make my Lavender the heiress, not a useless heir like your son” she said.
“Did i just hear you say useless?” Primrose said, stepping forward.
“Of course, are your ears now defective?” Kiki laughed.
“You’re here cos of chairman’s money, so I won’t blame you, paupers tend to behave like fools when they see wealth, you’re a good example” Lorraine said and Primrose giggled before going in with her.
“Those witches” Kiki muttered in defeat.
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Bluey started pacing around his room immediately he entered, thinking about what just happened.
His dad is a persistent monster when it comes to things like this, he’ll do everything to make anyone succumb.
“I don’t want to get exiled, I don’t want to leave my friends and if I agree to tutoring, I won’t have time to hang out with my friends after school anymore, gosh Bluey I’m dead!” He said loudly, jumping on his bed.
“Why was a born into a family of lions…. f_ck them!!!” He screamed again and Starr’s call made him stop.
He picked the call and screamed first.
“I didn’t sign up for this” Starr said.
“Guess what?”
“You’re getting married?, Contract marriage just like Primrose?” Starr replied.
“I’m starting management classes soon, dad insisted, I h@ťě him!!” He shouted and Starr laughed.
“I knew it, chairman Kings is a fraud, what did he get you with?”
“My school, he thr_@tened to make me stop and exile me” Bluey replied and Starr laughed again.
“It’s not funny”
“Sorry but embrace it, you should be thankful it wasn’t arranged marriage, imagine getting an arranged marriage with Enolla” Starr laughed.
“Stop ok?” Bluey replied.
“Ok just let the teacher come first, then we the three musketeers will hatch a plan to eliminate her” Starr said.
“That’s what I wanna hear” Bluey smiled.
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LOTUS’S MANSION**
“When you haven’t discovered the pool, you don’t swim and you’re always fine, so how come you slept off just because you didn’t swim this morning” Anita said worriedly.
“I’m not sure, I’ll find out when the goddess appears again” Lotus replied.
“So…what are you gonna do now?, What if it keeps happening?”
“It won’t, believe me” she replied.
“How sure are you?”
Lotus started sniffing the air.
“You can smell him?” Anita asked.
She rushed out and saw a red limo, not far from the house.
As she walked closer and closer to the limo, his scent got stronger.
She got to it and opened the door, it’s indeed him.
Starr is in the car, sleeping soundly.
“Why is he here?, And why is he sleeping?” She wondered.
“I think I understand what it means” Anita said.
“What?”
“You know your soulmate but you’re refusing to seal the bond, this might be the repercussion and it’s affecting both of you, look he’s sleeping, I think the car broke down here on his way home…fate made it break down in front of your house” Anita winked and Lotus looked at Starr again.
“I’m tired of fate, but where’s his driver” she wondered.
“He might be looking for means to leave here right now, he’ll be back anytime” Anita replied.
Lotus inhaled and entered the car, sitting beside him.
She slowly raised his head and held his face.
He opened his eyes slightly and smiled.
“Lotus…” He whispered.
“Can you see me?” She asked.
“No, I have night blindness but I feel it’s you” he replied and she smiled.
“He’s still sleeping, he must be thinking he’s in a dream right now” she said.
His eyes closed and she touched his lips slightly.
She bit her own and closed her eyes.
She started leaning in but few inches to his lips, she opened her eyes and bent her head, aiming for his neck.
She kissed his neck and he hugged her sleepily.
“Big sis, it’s his lips, not his neck” Anita said.
“I can’t seal it without his consent, I don’t want to take advantage” she replied and Starr hugged her tighter.
“Are you…the girl in my…. dreams?” He asked.
Lotus kissed his eyes before replying.
“Yes, it’s me”
TBC.