THE HIDDEN LOVE - CHAPTER 7&8

At home, Andrew didn’t find anything that he could use to prove his beloved sister innocent, he decided to call her, the phone rang and then she picked up “hello Andes” mehrabel said, “hello sis, how have you been coping up, I have heard what dad did to you, am so sorry, just take heart, I will find a way to get some money from him, I will send it all to you, I know those things online are all lies, I believe you” Andrew said trying so hard to console her as he knew she might be sad and feeling down after what their father had done.

Mehrabel felt touched, at least her beloved brother trusted her, she explained everything that happened to Andrew and he was touched and showed sympathy, after the brother-sister chat, mehrabel was now stronger and more confident than before, she made up her mind to go and explain things to her dad the next day. She started preparing everything so that it would be more convenient for her to head out tomorrow.
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Stephanie in her room has checked the school group more that ten times and saw that immediately the picture of mehrabel was uploaded it will be pulled away by some kind of invincible force, it seems like it was making sure that the pics won’t be in existence. She was now fuming with anger, “mehrabel, who the hell do you think you are? You have no one now who is doing this?” she asked the thin air with anger. She didn’t want to believe that mehrabel slept with some rich dude. How could mehrabel get all the good things. No she was sure that mehrabel did not sleep with a rich man. A rich man wouldn’t sleep with a virgin girl and not take responsibility. Stephanie thought trying so hard to convince herself that mehrabel had no backer, thinking of this, she also smiled as she realised that even if it is a rich man, he would dump her sooner, maybe not letting her pictures go viral was his payment for taking her virginity.

She remembered she sent the photo to the dude called James who said he liked mehrabel, he must really be disgusted at her. Now she could have everything and everyone that mehrabel would have had. She smiled satisfactorily.

She got a call from her sister rejoice saying that she overhead Andrew and mehrabel’s conversation over the phone and mehrabel said she would be coming back to apologise to their step dad. Stephanie disconnected the call after rejoice finished speaking with her hands clenched tight, no, she couldn’t let her step dad forgive mehrabel’s. She thought of something and then let out a mischievous laughter, “you wanna go apologise huh? Well let us go together then” she said
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Mehravel was done packing her luggages and arranging her lodge as she heard a knock on the door, she went to open it and she saw a young man, he looked so handsome with a light chocolate skin and Hazel eyes but she didn’t know why she felt strange about him, like she had known him for too long, she felt this domineering aura she felt that day. But she brushed the feeling off as she thought that she was feeling this way as a result of the trauma it has caused her.

James looked at her meaningfully waiting to see some reaction from her but did not notice any, so she didn’t recognise him, he thought as he was relieved too “can come in?” he asked….

At the ceo’s office, Daniel has been trying to reach James, there was a problem as his uncles were trying to get the whole employees to take them as a perfect role model for the company while the make the young master look like a juvenile who didn’t have what it takes to run a company “where the hell is he, I thought I told him to try to come by but he waited for weeks still he hasn’t come to check on he company” he said to himself.

He was pacing around trying to come up with something that could clear the employee’s ill perspective of James. He wanted to call the patriarch of the business which was master Sunday okpara, James father but last time he called, the man said that he won’t handle anything, that he should call James but young dude’s phone wasn’t reachable. He was frustrated as he slumped on the sofa still thinking of what to do.

Meanwhile, James had switched off his phone and was still facing mehravel who had some difficulties letting him in, “you don’t need to worry, I have no ill intentions” he reassured. Mehrabel smiled but she felt that he was too familiar, she was scared of letting him in but the reason she knew nothing about, “I don’t know why, but I think am scared of you” Mehrabel said a little hesitant. James heart sank but he forced a smile “it is not wrong to be scared but if I wanted to hurt you considering that there is no one here and your door is open, I would have over powered you and did what I wanted to do, right?” he said and continued ” but am here to talk about a profitable business regarding your talents ” Mehrabel looked directly into his eyes as if searching for something, then she heaved a sigh” come in “she said…

” I want to help you with your studies but on one condition ” James said not looking at Mehrabel.” why would I agree to your request and who the hell told you that I cannot afford my studies “Mehrabel said fiercely. James looked at her face and chuckled <not bad > he thought

” I saw your own tutor chase you away and I overheard your conversations ” James said, the truth of the matter was that someone else overhead the conversation and told him and that step sister of hers which was Stephanie was like an informant as she keeps trying to curry favour from him while saying all sorts of bad stuffs about Mehrabel.

On hearing him, Mehrabel’s face fell, “I refuse to be trampled upon, my dad won’t abandon me, I don’t need your help, did you come here to mock me” Mehrabel said aggrieved. James was suddenly silent not knowing what to say looking at her fierce face, he finally said ” I will give you my number just incase you are interested” he kept his number on her bed and turned around not wanting to look at her face fearing he might wanna console her……….

TBC..