CAPTIVE OF LOVE - CHAPTER 37&38
CHAPTER 37💞38
★ AT LONG LAST ★
<< KING COSMETIC COMPANY >>
She decided to let it be just as the door open, the smile that brighten her face vanish the moment she saw the scene in front of her.
There was Jerome holding a lady In his arms and the lady seemed very happy being in his arms.
She swallowed hard as she stared at Jerome and the lady and by then, they’ve also noticed her in the lift.
“Pearl” Jerome called, looking surprise.
“Pearl? I finally get to meet your wife” as soon as the lady spoke, Pearl recalled the wh-_-re that had pick up Jerome phone the other night.
And there’s no doubt that that wh-_-re is the lady standing In front of her.
Immediately, she push a button praying the lift door will slid shut before Jerome could stop her and it did.
“Pearl!” Jerome called and quickly push the lift button to go after her but Genova stopped him.
“Let her be”
“How do you expect me to when she misunderstood the whole thing” Jerome said.
“She certainly would since she recognized my voice” Genova suddenly said.
“Recognized your voice?”
“The other night. Your wife had called and I answered and introduce myself as your wh-_-re”
“You did what! How could you?” Jerome yelled at her.
“Am sorry but after listening to your story, I lied to get back at her for you”
“You only made things worse” Jerome let out in frustration.
“No, I made things better” Genova said and he gave her a puzzle look.
“You should be glad that am a married woman or I would have snag you up” Genova tease and when he gave her a frown, she began to talk.
“You said she wanted a divorce but from a female intuition I don’t think she does on the contrary. Your wife is very much In love with you, she just haven’t realise it”
“She loves me?”
“Trust me. I have seen a lot of couple wanting a divorce mainly because they don’t believe themselves to be in love and you guys are one of it”
“Talk to her and settle everything instead of regretting the whole thing after a divorce” Genova said.
“You sound more like a counsellor than a lawyer” Jerome tease.
“For you I can be your counsellor and also your lawyer” Genova added and that got them both laughing.
“Hurry and go home to your husband, I will take it from here” Jerome said as he escort her to the lift.
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<< PR DEPARTMENT >
“How did it go?”Cassie asked as soon as Pearl got back.
“Bad. Can you please cover for me, I need to go out” Pearl said trying to stop herself from bursting into tears.
“What happen?”
“Can l tell you later?” Pearl asked and when Cassie shook her head, Pearl quickly left the office.
Never have she felt so hurt before, even when Devon and her parents were mean to her, it didn’t hurt as much as seeing Jerome with that wh-_-re.
She stood outside the company trying to highjack a taxi when she got a call.
Composing herself, she answered the call after the third ring.
“Hello dad”
“Sure, I can come see you now. I wanted to even check on Sebastian, how is he?” She asked as she got into the taxi.
“Am glad it’s not that serious, I will there soon ” she said and end the call.
She hopes that seeing her father and Sebastian will distract her for a while.
*****
Charlie kept whistling as the lift whisk him to the rooftop.
When it slid open, he saw Opal waiting for him with the bouquet of flower he got her that morning.
“Hello beautiful” Charlie greeted.
“Don’t call me that” Opal return steely.
“But I like it” Charlie tease trying to make her laugh but her frown deepen.
“Take this, I don’t want you sending me more gifts”
“Don’t you like them?”
“I don’t and it’s annoying. You claim you like me but you keep forcing yourself on me, I don’t like it and I feel uncomfortable. So please kindly stop this and leave me alone” Opal added and turn to leave.
“I won’t” Charlie said suddenly and she turn to stare at him.
“I won’t leave you alone. For the first time in my life have fallen for someone and I will make sure you fall for me too”
“Charlie you… ”
“I love you”Charlie said cutting her off.
“I love you and I don’t think it will stop now or next month or in a few years. You will learn to accept me,Opal. I can assure you of that” Charlie said and left.
*****
Pearl got to her father’s home and push the door bell but it made no sound.
“Is it spoilt” she muttered and push the door bell again and still, it made no sound.
She knock the door only for it to open slightly.
“That’s odd” she muttered again and went in.
There was no sign of her father or Sebastian in the house.
She was about calling out when she heard laughter coming from the garden.
She went to kitchen and was about to open the door when she heard their conversation.
“It’s a good thing you baited him last night. Am sure it’s cause a rift between them ” Alexander said as Sebastian let out a smile.
“I told you that my plan to pull those two apart will work. Now, we just need to get Pearl to h@?? Jerome for good” Sebastian added.
“Knowing how smart you are am sure you will come up with a very good plan and so I will leave it to you. But put some ointment on your face, you look like a beat up bear”
“That’s because I had to let Jerome hit me so Pearl will be angry and it work. I don’t care if I look like a beat up bear as long as Pearl treat it for me”Sebastian replied.
“Speaking of Pearl, she might be here already. Let’s go back in” Alexander said and open the door only to let out a scream when he saw Pearl there.
“P…Pearl” he stammered.
“I can’t believe that everything that happened last night was your doing ” Pearl said fiercely.
“Pearl, I can explain” Alexander said quickly.
“Explain what? That you had Sebastian plot those things just to separate Jerome and I and like a fool….like a fool I trusted you two and got angry at my husband” Pearl yelled.
“Pearl, your father has nothing to do with it. I can explain it to you” Sebastian butt him only to recieve a angry glare from her.
“I h@?? you both” she said and ran off before they could stop her.
She manage to get a taxi before they caught up with her.
Searching her bag, she took out her phone and dialled Jerome’s number.
It kept ringing for a while and when he pick, she was surprise to hear a female voice.
“Why are you with my husband phone?”
“Am glad someone finally called. This is from Saint Mark hospital, your husband has been brought to hospital after getting involve in an accident and….”
“Am on my way” Pearl said and end the call, she quickly told the driver to change route and head straight to the hospital.
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As soon as she got to the hospital, she asked the nurses by the desk for a Jerome King but they had no idea of who or where he is.
A worried looking Pearl began her search until she made it to a room which had his name as the patient.
She was about going in when two male nurses came out, bringing a corpse along with them.
On seeing this, Pearl stop them and held onto the stretcher.
The corpse had his face covered but ok his wrist was Jerome’s favourite watch.
“This can’t be true” Pearl said as she began to cry.
“You can’t be gone, I haven’t told you yet how much I love you”
“Am sorry, am sorry for being a bad wife, am sorry for ignoring your feeling, am sorry for not being able to reciprocate them back on time. I now know how I feel, I love you and I want you in my life, so wake up, please wake up” Pearl kept crying as she held onto the corpse hand.
“Am sorry Mrs, but we need to take the corpse away” one of the nurses said.
“You can’t! You can’t take him away from me, not yet” Pearl cried out and held the stretcher tightly but one of the male nurses pulled her away.
“Don’t take him away, don’t take my Jerome away. Bring him back, Please” Pearl kept crying as she knelt on the floor watching them wheel the corpse away.
“Am sorry, Jerome. Am so sorry” She kept saying in between tears.
“Pearl”
On hearing that voice, Pearl thought it to be a dream at first but then she turn around and saw him standing there.
“Jerome” she called in relief and ran into his arms to give him a tight hug.
“Thank God you are alive, thank God” She kept sobbing In his arms.
“What you said now, do you mean it all?”Jerome asked and tear face Pearl looked up at him.
“I do. I do mean it, I love you Jerome, I love you so much” As soon as she said that, Jerome pulled her back into his arms and hugged her like his life depend on it.
“At long last” he muttered in sheer joy…..
❣️ TBC❣️