BILLIONAIRE HEART THROB - CHAPTER 7&8
✿ LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT✿
^ ROLAND’S MANSION ^
“Am here boss, I left the office as soon as I got your call but there was so much traffic on… What’s wrong sir?” James asked on seeing Roland seated mildly on the chair, deep in thought.
“She was crying” Roland muttered.
“Who was?” James asked again as he sat down beside him.
“Amber” he let out softly.
“Was she crying because she didn’t want to see you or….”
“She was, turns out that I did some thing bad to her in the past and no matter how much I think about it, I just can’t remember”
“Have dated a lot of girls, girls whom I hardly recognize but none of them have ever stared at me with so much h@?? neither have they ever cried due to me breaking up with them” Roland added.
“So…”
“So, my conclusion In this is that have really hurt Amber in the past and I doubt if she will ever forgive me for it” Roland finished slowly.
“Do you intend to give up on her cause you….”
“I don’t intend to. When I saw her crying earlier it made me feel sad and…and hurt. I wanted to console her, to hold her in my arms and whisper to her that every thing will be fine but there was so much h@?? in her eyes. I really want to know what I did wrong and you’ve got to help me with it” Roland added.
“Me? How do I do that?” James asked.
“By talking to that private investigator of yours. Just make sure he returns to me with every thing, he shouldn’t miss a little bit of information” Roland bark out his orders and that got James nodding.
“What do you intend to do about the working thing. You already payed for her to be come your body guard” James said.
“Don’t worry, I will handle that myself” Roland answered having a look of purpose in his eyes.
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^ D.N BODYGUARD AGENCY ^
“It 🤕!” Amber let out when Marco help her with her injured lips.
“Why get into a fight if you are this scared to get it treated?” Marcos asked.
“I didn’t start the fight, Roxanne did!” Amber replied, defending herself.
“I know Roxanne has been a ?îtçh towards you for a long time but she wouldn’t dare raise her hand on you first if you didn’t do some thing”
“Well I….I refused my current assignment and told the director to give it to some one else. I mentioned Roxanne and she must have overheard which got her angry” Amber replied.
“Why are you refusing this assignment? You’ve never done that before or don’t you like the person you’ve been assigned to?” Marco asked.
“It’s just that I….”
“Wh@??ver it is, you should know that the agency is having a set back. Darren didn’t want any of us to know and have been shouldering it all by himself and when he got this commission, he was excited about it since he can use the money he gets to pay his debts but you are refusing to work…..
“I think you’ve said enough, Marco” Darren call at the door way which got them both getting up.
“Go back to training those newbies” Darren ordered which got Marco leaving the infirmary.
“Is Marco telling the truth? Are we really having a setback?” Amber asked.
“That isn’t what you should be concerned about instead, you should try to put on some make up or your bursted lips won’t make you attractive” Darren teased but Amber wasn’t in the mood.
“Director” she called softly.
“Don’t worry about it, Amber. It is true that we are suffering a mild set back but it will all go back to normal. So just focus on your work while I deal with this set back” he said as he gently ruffled her hair.
“Remember to put on a lip gloss preferably red” he added before sauntering off.
Amber didn’t know why she felt more unease after what he told her.
Wanting to get to the bottom of the matter, she left the infirmary and went after Darren.
He had gotten back to his office and was talking to some one on the phone.
“Amber doesn’t want to work for you so I can help you find other competent guards who will….”
“Refund? A refund isn’t possible”
“Suing us won’t make a difference. If one of my employee doesn’t feel like working for some one, I don’t force them and you don’t have a right to force me either. So, let’s meet in court” Darren added before ending the call.
Amber who had been listening didn’t need some one to tell her who Darren had been talking to.
The company is suffering financially and if they were to go to court everything will be much worse.
Deciding on what to do, Amber left the agency heading to Roland’s place of work.
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^ LINCOLN ENTERPRISE ^
“Who’s here to see me?” Roland asked as soon as his secretary told him of his current visitor.
“She said she’s Amber Reyes and…”
“Let her in, hurry!” Roland ordered and she quickly left to do his bidding.
“This as far as you can go!” She said as soon as she walk into the room.
“Judging by your attitude you must have heard about the suit from Darren” Roland let out softly.
“He didn’t have to tell me. I already know the kind of person you are and I know how far you are willing to go just to get what you want ” she replied her gaze filled with the hatred he saw from it earlier.
“I had to do it just so you would agree. You yourself saw it that day that some one is after my life and you are the only one am willing to have by my side to protect me”
“Why? Why must it be me? There are other people you can find and yet, you chose me!” Amber yelled at him in return.
“Since you want the truth, I will be straight forward with you. Working for me is an excuse I made, my real motive is that I want you by my side. I don’t know how you did it but you’ve been driving me nuts that I can’t think of anything else but you!”
“So, you owe it to me to stay by my side and give me the chance to love you!” Roland added and that left Amber speechless for a while.
“You really are a jerk!” She said as she head to the door but Roland got to her before she could leave.
“Let go of me! Let me go” she said trying to pull her hand off and instead he held her by the shoulder and push her against the wall.
“Am serious here, Amber. Am….in love with you” he admitted starring down at her while she glared up at him.
“Then you should know that I don’t feel the same and I never will” Amber responded fiercely.
“This is all due to what happened in the past right? I still don’t remember but I intend to find out. If am to spend the rest of my life with you have got to know what I did wrong, how I hurt you” he countered.
“And who told you that we will be spending the rest of our life together?” Amber asked which got a smile escaping his lips.
“I do. The first moment I set my eyes on you, I knew you were the woman for me, the girl I intend to spend the rest of my life. I don’t know how or what I did to hurt you in the past but am willing to make up for it, am willing to do anything just to have you in my life” He said.
“It’s easy for you to say since you aren’t the one who got hurt”
“I must have really hurt you a lot” He muttered.
“You didn’t only hurt me, you shattered my life. I had to…. It’s all in the past now. Just don’t ever show your face to me again” Amber said wanting to move past him but he pulled her into his arms.
“I won’t leave you alone, I don’t intend to and I never will. Am a part of your life now whether you like it or not” He declared and gave her a kiss on the lips.
Amber manage to pull away from him and when she threw a punch his way, he successfully held her hand and push her against the wall.
Starring down at her, he kissed her again and Amber could do nothing to release her self this time.
His bit softly on her closed lips and when she opened up, he plunge in feeling satisfied with the kiss.
They kept kissing and didn’t notice that some one else present in the room.
“Is she the reason why you broke things off with Evelyn!”
On hearing that Roland pulled away from Amber to stare at his mom who was glaring at him.
“I can’t believe you Roland! Just how far will you go with this nonsense act of yours?” Winter Lincoln snapped.
“You didn’t tell me that you are coming and am glad you are here since I have some one to introduce to you” Roland said as he pulled Amber forward.
“She’s Amber Reyes. The girl I plan to spend the rest of my life with” Roland announced which got Winter starring closely at Amber who had her head down.
“You must be kidding me right cause if it isn’t a joke then you won’t be roaming around with her!” Winter yelled at her son.
“I can’t believe that you dared to show your face after the warning I gave you years ago. Isn’t my thr_@t worth listening to?” Winter said to Amber.
Instead of giving a reply, Amber took to her heels leaving mother and son starring after her.
“Do you know Amber?”
“How stupid you are! You were mad about her in the past and now that you’ve met again you are still doing the same thing”
“I don’t know what happened between us in the past but…”
“Are you kidding me! That girl is Rose, the Rose you were crazy about in the past, the one you were willing to do every thing for but ended up being hurt by her. She’s the girl who played with your heart!” Winter said to Roland who stood still in shock.
“So that thing about spending the rest of your life with her will happen over my dead body! I won’t let you get involved with her a second time, never!” Winter declared.
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^ AMBER’S HOME ^
“Am home!” Sarah announce cheerfully as she walk into the room and on seeing Amber curled up on the sofa, she quickly went to her.
“Are you okay, Amber. You are crying?” Sarah let out as she gave the sobbing Amber a hug.
“What’s wrong?” Sarah asked.
“I met him again. I met him again, Sarah” Amber said still sobbing.
“If it’s the him am thinking of then it must be….”
“Yes. The same man who caused me so much pain in the past” Amber replied as she wipe off her tears.
“Would you like to tell me now. Have been meaning to know but I didn’t want to pry but it seems like you need to get it out of your system” Sarah said and that got Amber seating properly on the sofa.
“It all began eight years ago. My story with Roland isn’t one of him being a playboy or him betting on me, it was love at first sight”
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^ FLASH BACK ~ EIGHT YEARS BACK ~ LINCOLN RESIDENCE ^
A eighteen year old Amber could be seen running towards a mansion.
She stood in front of the mansion and was about to go in when she changed her mind.
She went round the house and began the task of climbing over the wall.
She was still trying to get over the wall when she heard some one ask behind her.
“Are you a thief?”
Turning around she saw a boy around her age watching her and he isn’t just any boy but an extremely handsome one.
“Am not a thief, I just want to go in with out using the main gate” she replied.
“And why is that?” He asked in return.
“Turns out the madam’s son is arriving today and all employees have been told to be around for this but I ended up coming late” she said as she let out a sigh.
“And are you a worker here?”
“Not exactly. My Mother is the one working here and I don’t want to put her in trouble which is why am going over the wall. Just pretend that you didn’t see me, okay!” She said as she turn to the wall again.
“Need my help?” He offered.
“No, I can handle this myself” she said as she kept trying but all to no avail.
Just then she was lifted up by the waist, she turned to stare at the stranger who had decided to help.
The two stared at each other for a while and it wasn’t until he spoke that she came back to reality.
“Am I that handsome?” He asked.
“I wasn’t thinking that, I just….I just…”
“Never mind, can you reach the top now?” He asked and with his help Amber got into the Lincoln premises.
“Am in. Thanks a lot” she said over the wall.
“If you are that grateful then tell me your name when we meet again” he said over the wall too.
“I doubt we will meet again,Thanks anyway” she said before running off.
Luckily for her when she joined the other employees including her mom there was no sign of Mrs Winter and her son who just arrived from Australia.
“What took you so long?” Brittany Reyes asked her daughter who sent a nervous smile her way.
“Class took longer than necessary” she replied just as someone drove in.
“The madam son is here, we will continue our discussion later” Brittany said as they all did a bow when the person in the car got out of it.
“Welcome home young boss” they all said aloud.
Amber didn’t dare raise her head up, all she could see was his shoe which told her just how rich the Lincoln are.
She was starring at her own battered shoe when someone came to stand in front of her.
She lifted her head to see who it was and on seeing him, she let out a gasp.
“We meet again” the boy from earlier said.
“I believe you owe me some thing which is your name” he added when she stood just starring at him with out saying a thing.
“Are you….”
“I am. I am the one you’ve all been waiting for but don’t deter, I want to know your name” he said the last part more softly.
“Well it’s…Rose…Amberose” she replied
To be continued ✌️✌️✌️