CAPTIVE OF LOVE - CHAPTER 25&26
CHAPTER 25💞26
★ THE PLAN ★
“Are you okay? Take my hand”
The three men said at once and Pearl looked up at the three of them wondering what sort of circumstance led her into this situation.
“Take my hand” the three of them said again jolting Pearl back to reality and immediately, she stood up herself, dusting off the sand.
“Am okay” she said and force a smile on her face.
She turn to leave wanting to escape but her leg decided to act up.
The fall earlier had made her sprain it, she began limping off only for her to lifted off the ground.
“Stay still” Jerome said as he carried her back to his tent.
On the other hand, Max flash Sebastian a h@??ful look and was about to leave when Sebastian spoke.
“I believe you are also interested in Pearl”
“And there’s no doubt that you are too, right?” Max said in return.
“I will be lying if I deny it”
“A piece of advice for you dude, look else where. I already have to compete with Jerome, you shouldn’t add to it or you will regret it” Max said and left.
“That won’t do” Sebastian muttered to himself even as a devilish smirk appeared on his face.
As soon as he got to his tent, Jerome told everyone to leave and gently place her on his chair.
“There’s no need for this, I can take….” She stopped talking when she saw the look on Jerome face.
“Where does it hurt?” He asked and knelt in front of her.
“Right here but you should let me do it” she insisted wanting to take the ointment he had witt him but he refuse.
“Having to hide the fact that am your husband is hard enough already. Don’t make it harder by refusing my help, it’s the least I can do for you” he said as he put the ointment on her foot.
“People will talk” she let out softly.
“Let them, it’s not like I care anyway. If it were up to me, everyone will know by now that you are my wife”
“But we…”
“We did agree to keep quiet about it and am going to stick to it no matter what but at least….do me a favour and stay away from other men. I don’t like them being around you ” he said.
“If you are talking about Max then the problem lies with you since he hasn’t been….”
“Am not talking about Max but about that other guy. Apart from being handsome, he keeps starring at you like he wants you” Jerome said referring to Sebastian.
“But I just met him a couple of minutes ago”
“That doesn’t stop him from falling for you” he countered just as Opal walk in.
“Sir, it’s time for the filming ” she said and reluctantly, he stood up.
“Under no circumstance must you leave this tent with your injured foot. Your friend Cassie can handle every other thing, she’s also your colleague after all”
“But I…” Her persistence got stopped when he kissed her.
“Why did you do that?” She said trying her best to stop her cheeks from reddening.
“It’s the only way I can get you to shut up” Jerome said and gave her another kiss.
“I can’t resist ” he added and left the tent with a smirk on his face leaving a still blushing Pearl alone.
*****
<< MEXICO >>
“Are you sure?” Alexander, Pearl biological father asked his guest who kept nodding in return.
“Am very sure sir. Jerome married your daughter just to get back at my family. I can’t tell you the detail but what I can tell is that Jerome isn’t a good guy and he’s hell bent on ruining Pearl’s life” Devon said, fabricating all her lies.
“And what about Pearl? Does she knows about this?” Alexander asked.
“She does but Pearl is in love with him and she’s willing to let him use her even when I told her everything” Devon said and Alexander kept quiet for a while, deep in thought.
“You do believe me right?” Devon asked hoping he would believe her lies.
Her goal is to get Pearl father to separate them so she can get a chance with him again.
She has been hatching up this plan a long time ago and it’s the reason why she searched for Pearl father, the reason why she told him about Pearl existence when it’s the last thing she wanted to do.
There’s no way in hell she’s gonna leave Jerome to be with Pearl.
“I do believe you. To be sincere I never liked that Jerome guy and he’s the last guy I would want for my daughter” Alexander spoke, earning her attention and she couldn’t help but to smile while hearing this.
“So?” She prompt.
“It’s time to break off wh@??ver is happening between them and the earlier that happens, the better for everyone” Alexander replied.
*****
<< LONDON~ ZEUS HOTEL>>
Opal was heading to one of the suite when she notice someone was following her.
She made a turn wanting to be sure if the stalker is indeed following her and she was right.
She made another turn and hid against the wall waiting for whoever her stalker is to appear and when he did, she elbowed him on the face which got him kneeling on the floor while holding onto his broken nose.
“You!” Opal said starring down at Charlie In shock.
“You just broke my nose” Charlie cried out while his nose kept bleeding.
“Am sorry, I thought you were a stalker” Opal quickly apologise and quickly, she help him up and pulled him into the suite she had booked for Jerome.
Charlie sat holding up his broken nose to prevent the blood from spilling while watching Opal search around until she found the first aid kit.
“Let me help you” She said holding his cheek clean the blood.
Charlie kept starring at Opal whose rigid look had disappeared to be replaced by a worried one.
It’s the first time he has seen her wear another facial expression and that made him smile.
“Did I perhaps hit your head rather than your nose cause I don’t know what’s funny” Opal said watching him.
“You are funny” he replied grimly even as he took hold of her hand.
“You always have this ‘Don’t Come Close To Me Look’ but today I finally see a beautiful side of yours which am very sure no one has seen” he added as Opal look away, hating the fact that he could see through her.
“I think it’s best that you clean up your nose yourself” she said and pull away from him.
“I definitely will since it will give you time to wear that mask on your face again but don’t think it will work on me ” he said and slowly, she turned to stare at him.
“What do you mean by that?”
“I had my doubts, wondering if I should go for it or not but seeing you now…seeing that expression on your face, I realise that I want to see you smile, I want to see you do a lot of things but most importantly, I want to make you fall in love with me” Charlie added while her eyes widen in shock.
*****
“Finally! ” Larry kept breathing hard when he got to Jerome who was still preparing for the $h00t.
“Why on earth did you ask me to come? If you hadn’t then I wouldn’t have met that psycho!” Larry half yelled.
“Psycho?”
“Yes! A girl I met at the swimming pool, she kept saying crazy things like am the man for her and that I… gosh, I don’t even want to remember” Larry said referring to Cassie.
“At least you’ve got a girl crazy for you whereas I…” Jerome stopped, starring at Pearl who was having a chat with a female colleague.
“Don’t tell that you are still trying to earn her love but I thought…I thought…never mind” Larry said waving it off.
“Do you want my help?” Larry asked instead.
” If you are sure it’s gonna work”
“It definitely will. Now listen, it’s a sort of plan that I….”
❣️ TBC❣️