LIVING WITH MY TEACHER - CHAPTER 19&20
Pascal and Laurent started staring at each other but soon the stare turned into a hard glare.
Josephine immediately took notice of that and she started thinking of what to do to stop what was about to happen.
She finally got an idea and she spoke up.
“I will eat the two lunches” She said and they faced her.
Laurent frowned but he quickly smiled.
“Okay” He said.
Pascal didn’t say anything so Josephine faced him, she winked at him secretly and he got what she meant.
“Thank you Laurent” She smiled.
“It’s nothing, I will take my leave now” Laurent said and glared at Pascal before finally leaving.
Pascal looked at him till he left the office.
“Are you this bold? You were challenging your teacher, do you know what that means? You just disrespected Laurent” She said.
“I don’t regret since I did it because of you” He replied and she looked at him.
“What do you mean?” She asked.
“Nevermind, can you really finish the lunches?” He asked.
“I can manage, please don’t do this again, ok?” She uttered calmly.
“I can’t promise me that but I will try”
“You are gentle but you have another shocking side, is there more?” She asked and laughed.
He suddenly moved closer and she shifted and quickly touched her hair.
“My hair is down already” She quickly said and he chuckled.
“I love it that way” He smiled at her before leaving.
Josephine touched her cheeks slowly and started smiling before she could stop herself.
“What is he doing to me? Is he a wizard? ” She said and looked at the two bags on the table..
“Why do they dislike each other so much?” She wondered but her phone brought her out of the thinking as it started ringing on the table.
She took the phone and answered the call.
“Hello father” She said respectfully.
“Hello daughter” The chairman said.
“Can you come over to the mansion?” The chairman asked.
“Why?” She asked.
“Don’t you miss your parents? I have something to discuss with you” He said.
“Ok, I will, greet mum for me” She said.
“We will be waiting” The chairman said and hung up.
Josephine sighed and dropped her phone on the table, her mind quickly went to Pascal and she started staring into space.
Landon was cracking jokes with his female customers in his salon shop when his phone started ringing on the stand. He moved his eyes to the phone but when he saw it was Clara’s number he left the phone. He knowingly didn’t pick her calls yesterday, it’s not like he h@??s her but what she wants is something he can’t give to her so it’s better to start avoiding her to avoid hurting her in the future.
The phone stopped ringing but immediately I started ringing again. He took the phone and silenced the phone before dropping it.
“Is that your girlfriend?” A customer asked.
“I don’t have a girlfriend” He replied.
“Seriously? With this handsome face?” Another customer said teasingly.
“My face is not a guarantee to have a girlfriend” He said, focusing his attention on the lady he was fixing her nails.
He started painting the nails and the lady couldn’t stop staring at her, it got to a point that she couldn’t control her hand and it gently touched his cheek.
He looked up with a frown.
“What is that?” He asked.
“I love your face” She smiled.
“Don’t do that again” He said with an unfriendly look and she bit her lips.
A car suddenly stopped outside and a guard opened the door, Clara came out of the car and rushed into the salon.
“Clara” Landon called surprisingly.
👥The Minister’s daughter
👥 Clara
👥 She’s beautiful
👥 What’s she doing here?
👥Is she a customer here?
👥 I won’t be surprised Landon is too good and he got a handsome face too
“Landon” Clara called and tried walking to him but he quickly left the lady’s side and walked to her.
He grabbed her hand and took her outside.
They stopped beside her car outside.
He let go of her hand.
“What are you doing here?” He asked straight.
“Is that what you are going to ask me after ignoring my calls?” She snapped.
“I was so busy yesterday and today too”
“You could have drop a message, you didn’t even care to explain”
“I don’t have to do that, stop making it sound like we are dating or something, you are not my girlfriend” He said and Clara slowly took her lip in.
“So being harsh on me, I h@?? it” She shouted.
“Fine” He said and started going in but she ran after him and grabbed his arm. He turned and she took his hands..
“I’m sorry, can we eat dinner tonight?” She asked gently.
“I can’t really promise you that but I will give you a call if I can turn up, sorry but I’m keeping my customers waiting” He said and gently took his hands away from her.
“I can help you get a better job, stop working here” She said.
He looked at her and said nothing before entering the salon.
“He’s so hard” She muttered and entered the car.
“Are you dating Clara?”
“You are here to make your hair that should only be your concern stop poking your nose into things that don’t concern you” He replied.
“There’s this new Chris Brown song that just came out featuring two Nigerian superstars” Pascal said excitedly as he operated his phone.
Nathan said nothing and that got him looking at him.
“And now I’m getting worried and scared about your sudden dull mood, ever since you decided to quit music you haven’t been yourself, what is even eating you up?” Pascal asked worriedly.
Nathan smiled and faced him.
“I’m fine bro, I’m just thinking about something, is it possible for you to start missing someone you just met in a few days?” Nathan asked and Pascal gave him an intense look before replying.
“It’s possible, it doesn’t take days for that, are you talking about that new girl?” Pascal replied and he nodded.
“Are you having feelings for her?”
“Bro, we haven’t dated before so I can’t tell whether I’m having feelings for her”
“It might be possible but be careful to know what you feel exactly” Pascal said and he smiled.
Pascal sighted Josephine walking to her car and he quickly pulled Nathan to where she was.
Josephine was actually looking for him with her eyes. It’s funny that they are living in the same house and they don’t have each other’s phone number.
“Miss Josephine” Nathan said and she looked back.
“Nathaniel” She said and he nodded.
“You are brilliant just like Pascal” She said and Nathan smiled.
“Actually I’m more intelligent than him, he learns from me” Nathan said and Pascal hissed loudly.
“Sorry to say but packing your hair looks much better on you” Nathan said and she smiled.
“I know but someone I know won’t allow it” Josephine rolled eyes and Pascal coughed.
Nathan quickly looked at him and smiled secretly.
“Are you going home with us?” Josephine asked.
“No, not today, bye” Nathan said.
Nathan hugged Pascal before leaving.
Josephine entered the car and Pascal joined her in. She started the car and drove out.
“Why are you silent?” She asked when Pascal didn’t make any attempt to talk to her. He was looking out of the window.
“Do you miss my voice?” He asked.
“What?” She scoffed.
“Stop being full of yourself” She rolled eyes. He brought his head closer to her and she gasped.
“Kiddo!!” She shouted and he started laughing.
“Why did you shout? I didn’t do anything” He said innocently.
“You finished the whole lunch?” He asked.
“Yes” She replied.
“I know you force yourself” He scoffed.
“Are you jealous?” She teased.
“Hell no!!” He shouted and looked out again.
Josephine drove in silence afterwards till they got home.
He is standing before his reading table whilst holding his song book. He kept staring at the book with only one thing in his head.
He’s done with music and he meant it, there’s no need to have this book with him. He has given up on music.
Nathan went to the kitchen and got some matches, he came back and took the book. He walked out and started going to the backyard.
Camila came out of a taxi in front of his house and immediately she saw him, she started following him.
He told her his home address but she didn’t inform him she was coming over. She followed him to the backyard and she stopped a distance as she watched what he was about to do.
“I’m sorry but I can’t do this again, I got rejected many times by labels, I got humiliated, I got scammed by a promoter, music is not really meant for me, I’m done fighting, I’m done believing that things will be better tomorrow, it will end here, I’m done singing when there’s no one to listen to me” He said and dropped the book on the ground.
He looked at the book before lighting a match, he released it but before he could fall on the book a hand quickly took the book away.
Nathan looked down and his eyes widened when he saw Camila with the book.
“Cami…”
“So you really think doing this is the best? Giving up on your career because you were rejected?” She asked with disappointment in her eyes.
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TO BE CONTINUED