THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART - CHAPTER 7&8
Two months later
💌Jesse💌
“dude you’ve lost focus. How can you mix up the files from two different contracts?” Sanjay said and I palmed my face and felt my temperature. My head was hot
“are you feeling feverish?” he asked
I removed my palms from my face
“no” I replied and rested my back on my chair
“thank God I quickly realized your mistakes and I corrected them for you”
“thank you” I appreciated
“so who are you gonna bring to the anniversary next week?”
“my friend… Louisa” I replied
“from what agency cause we don’t have a Louisa here”
“she’s not a model” I stated and stood up to get water. Images of the hug wouldn’t release me of their grip. She had hugged me after I gave her a bracelet.
Thoughts of Louisa is getting me into so much trouble already. I didn’t bargain for this. I never expected this to happen. What in the world is making me fall for her? I’ve been hiding my feelings for months now and it’s ki||ing me slowly
“an actress?” Sanjay asked
“no. She’s a university student”
“whoa whoa whoa. You want something fresher and original that night then” he cooed and I chuckled
“I wish” I mumbled and sat down then gulped down the whole bottle of water.
“well, it’s time for closure. Do you wanna grab a bite before heading home?” he asked and stood up adjusting his watch
“no. I’ll be going home straight. I really need a long warm bath. I need to think” I said and began to pack my things
“Jesse, is it me or you’re beginning to behave like a poor secondary school boy who has a crush on the hottest and richest girl in school”
“the only difference with what’s wrong with me now is that I am not in secondary school, and she’s not the richest but definitely the hottest”
“whoa…. So you’ve got a crush? Who is it? I know it’s definitely not Alyson”
“Alyson’s just a bed mate bruh and I never renewed my contract since two months ago”
“yeah but she’s pretty good though”
“what? You’ve…?”
“who hasn’t Jesse? You’re not the only one okay”
I chuckled and stood up with my suitcase.
“we’ll see tomorrow okay?” I said and shook his hand
“yeah” he replied and we walked out of the office together
As I passed, my secretary gave me that ‘flirty look’. I shook my head and continued walking
“hey Jesse!” she called out and I groaned.
“what is it?” I asked as I turned
“did I do anything wrong to you?” she asked
“no” I gently replied
“then why do you keep avoiding me?”
“I’ve been quite busy lately” I said
“but you’ve always been busy, yet you create time for me. Why the change?”
“nothing” I simply said though I wanted to tell her Louisa happened. Because I just can’t stare at another lady and not think of her. I see her face everywhere.
“I really have to go OK? I’m tired” I said and turned to walk away but she pulled me back and began to kiss me. She ran her hands all over me and before I could decide to say no, I was already in her house, in her bed and having her lying naked in my arms.
I was too tired to say no and I couldn’t help but drive her to her house and have segz with her. I’m even glad the drive was successful without an accident because she was all over me in the car.
“why don’t you spend the night here Jesse? Spend the night with me” she said and I shook my head
“I need to go home” I replied
“but it’s late already. It’s almost midnight” she stated and kissed my chest
“what? Midnight?” I asked and looked at the clock
“oh my God!” I exclaimed. How did the time run so fast? From 4pm to 11:45pm? What in the world have I been doing with this lady?
“we can have more rounds. Come on I’m all yours tonight baby” she said and sat on me.
“hell no. I gotta go home now!” I said and shoved her off from me. I rushed down from the bed and quickly wore my underwear.
“where are my clothes?” I asked
“I don’t know. We both ripped our clothes off before we even got to the room” she replied and sat up
“oh jeez!” I said and quickly left the room. I began to pick anything I see that’s mine on the way. I got to the living room and saw my trousers and suit. I looked at the time again, it’s already ten minutes to midnight and I haven’t even seen my phone.
I began to look for it everywhere. My secretary came out and met me turning her things upside down
“what are you doing?” she asked
“looking for my phone” I replied and removed a cushion pillow from a cushion chair. I threw it on the floor when I didn’t see my phone under it
“you didn’t bring it in here. It’s in the car!” she yelled out and I stood still
“oh God” I said and palmed my forehead
“well, I’m off. See you tomorrow at the office” I yelled as I ran off with my trousers and suit in my hand. I got outside and it was raining. I entered without even thinking and I ran to my car. I removed my keys from my trousers’ pocket and opened my car. I got in and quickly drove to my house.
It was still raining and I didn’t care. I got into the rain leaving my suitcase in the car. I quickly rung my door bell and hoped Louisa was gonna hear because I didn’t have my spare key with me
💌Louisa💌
I was so worried when it was already 7pm and Jesse didn’t arrive from work yet. I had prepared Tisimuru in large amounts for dinner since he loved it and he didn’t come during dinner. I’m so worried. I dialed his number numerous times after it was past 9pm and he didn’t pick up.
Finally, the doorbell rang. I was lying down on the couch sleeping. I stood up and checked the time, it was few minutes past 12am.
My heart began to race. What if it was some sort of monster? What if it’s a police man who’s come to inform me that something terrible happened to Jesse.
It was the monster part that scared me most. I slowly walked to the door and looked through the pinhole. I heaved a relief sigh and quickly opened the door
💌Jesse💌
I rung the bell about three times before she finally opened.
“Jesse!” she exclaimed and tried to hug me but she stopped
“you’re in your underwear.” she said
“I… Uhm”
“oh my God! What happened to you? Were you abducted? Are you hurt?” she said all these while either touching my face, or my chest or my arms.
“sweetheart I’m okay. I’m fine. Nothing happened to me” I said and held her arms
She sighed in relief and hugged me tight. I hugged her back and closed my eyes, this is pure heaven baby.
“I was so worried. I thought you had an accident. Or something worse and you weren’t even picking your calls Jesse” she said
“I’m sorry about that. Some things came up”
“I’m still wondering why you’re in your underwear only” she said and disengaged from me but I still held her waist
“long story. But I’m home now, aren’t I?”
She chuckled and freed herself. She took my suit and trousers and led me inside.
“I made dinner but you can’t eat now. It’s too late for food. But you can take Hot Coco. I’ll make it for you” she said
“I’ll just go upstairs. Let me have those” I said and she handed me the suit and trousers. She went into the kitchen and I went to my room. I took a warm shower and came back downstairs.
“hey, have this” she handed me the red cup.
“thank you” I replied and sat on a dinning chair
“you should go to sleep now. It’s pretty late” I said after I took the first sip.
“okay. Good night Jesse”
“good night”
I watched her as she walked away. When she went upstairs, I smirked and ruffled my hair.
d@mn I love this girl!
💌Louisa💌
During breakfast Jesse wouldn’t stop stealing glances at me. I felt uncomfortable. Maybe something bad happened to him last night and he didn’t want me to know about it. Or he wants to try and tell me about it.
“Louisa” he finally called out
“finally you want to tell me what’s on your mind now” I said and he chuckled
“you can’t take in what’s on my mind Louisa. However, I’ll still tell you what I want to tell you” he stated
“I’m listening”
“our company’s 20th anniversary is coming next week Thursday” he said and took a munch of the cake in his hand
“okay…”
“would you be my date?”
“your date? Like, accompany you to your company for…”
“the party”
“party? Oh I’m not the party type”
He held my hand
“Louisa, please. I don’t wanna go with a model everybody knows”
“what if I don’t fit in?”
“with this ki||er beauty of yours? Trust me, you’d still the show”
“steal the show huh?”
“still… S-T-I-L-L.” he spelled out
“oh you mean still the show? Like pause the show?”
“yeah. You’d make everyone pause” he cooed and I laughed
“I still don’t want to go”
“I’m begging you”
“I’ll get nervous”
“I’ll be with you”
“okay. I’ll be your date but… I don’t have any party outfit. The dresses I have are in Italy. I didn’t bring them since I didn’t think I’d use any. I usually wear them to weddings”
“how about we go shopping tonight? We’d get your shoes, dress and a matching purse”
“uhmm… Okay” I said with a smile. He smiled and soothed my hand then let go of it
“I’ll come back home early. We can have dinner out too”
“okay then”
💌Jesse💌
I opened the door for her and she sat in. We just bought a pretty flowing gown. Purple in colour.
Her heels were white and so was her purse
I also bought a few makeup and cosmetics for her. I wanted to buy a pretty and big earrings but she just decided on studs.
She would look really beautiful and I’ll try all I can to keep her from the sight of my boss
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💌Louisa💌
I fanned myself with my hands and blew out air from my mouth nervously. I was standing before the mirror and I was quite nervous. I knew I was looking good already but that wasn’t my problem. My problem was that I was going to a large party, I don’t even like attending small parties that I knew everyone. But this particular party, I don’t know another person apart Jesse… And Alyson who doesn’t like me neither do I like her.
I heaved a sigh when I heard a knock on the door. I knew it was Jesse
“come in” I yelled
He opened the door and stepped in. I was looking at him through the mirror
He was wearing a well fitted blazers suit. His hair was stretched and gelled to the right. He looked good too.
“hey” he said and I turned
“hey” I replied
“wow”
He began to walk towards me
“how do I look?”
“you look like my Cinderella. So pretty” he cooed and wrapped his hands around my waist.
My hands rested on his shoulders and that was quite an uncomfortable position for me.
“are you okay?” he asked
“I’m nervous”
“oh come on, you need not be” he said
“don’t worry, I’ll be right beside you okay?” he assured
I nodded and breathed out. He smiled at me
“we should go now”
“okay, let me get my purse”
He released me and I went to take my purse from the bed
“let’s go” I said and walked in front of him, out of the room and the house. We got to the car and he opened the door for me. I got in and so did he. He drove off to his company where the party was taking place.
When we arrived, he made me tuck my arm in his and we slowly walked into the hall. It was a bright place with people standing and talking in groups. Stewards and stewardess’ walked around with drinks.
“wow” I muttered as I saw the beautiful outfits each person wore. And the way the obviously ‘models’ paraded every corner with their half-naked outfits was quite amusing.
“Jesse” someone called out. It was a short lady, wearing a red dress. She was putting on heels but she still was shorter.
“hey” Jesse said. She looked at me
“hello” I greeted. She just smiled, obviously a fake one. She looked at Jesse again. Probably she needs introduction
“well uhm, Louisa… This is my secretary” he said
“it’s nice to meet you” I said to her
“nice to meet you too… Louisa… So are you his sister cause you really look alike. And you’re Italian, you must be his sister” she said
“oh I’m just his…”
“—girlfriend. She’s my girlfriend” Jesse butted in
The lady’s face changed and Jesse looked at me with a ‘play along’ kind of look
“ohh. So you’re his girl?” she asked
I smiled and flapped my lashes.
“uhm please excuse Louisa and I, we have to go greet some other people” Jesse said and pulled me gently. We moved away from the lady and he chuckled quietly
“your secretary is pretty” I said and he chuckled again
“yeah… Artificial..” he muttered
“so you brought me here to make me pretend to be your girlfriend?”
“no. That was just for her. She’s a pain in my @zz” he said and I laughed
“why didn’t you tell me her name?”
“I call her secretary. Nothing more nothing less”
We went ahead to greet other people. And the party was actually getting interesting.
I felt freer and Jesse never let go of my arm.
People were still coming in. The CEO of the company came upstage and there was a loud applause. I couldn’t clap because Jesse held my arm and the other was holding a glass of champagne.
The CEO announced that some people were being promoted because of their hard work and diligence to the company. Jesse was amongst them. He was promoted to a higher level with a better pay. He was still the treasurer but he now had other treasurers under him. In fact he had his own department in the company now. The Treasury. And he was the director.
When he came down from the stage after his recognition and award-giving, I hugged him happily
“I’m so happy for you” I said and he smiled.
“you know you’re my good luck charm” he said and I laughed and hugged him again. I was so glad.
When the CEO left the podium, I saw some of the people who were promoted going to the CEO to probably thank him with their partners
“Jesse aren’t we going to talk to the CEO like the others are doing?”
He looked towards his direction for a long time.
“Jesse” I called out and he looked at me
“I’ll go alone. You be careful and stay at that corner” he said and pointed to a corner which was a little scanty of people
“why? Why can’t I go with you?” I asked
“cause you’re like the prettiest lady here tonight” he said and I rolled my eyes. He should quit flattering me already. It’s becoming unnecessary.
“that’s not the reason Jesse”
“sincerely, it is. The CEO doesn’t see pretty women. He’s a freak. Don’t worry I’ll be right back” he said and kissed my cheek then winked at me and left.
I sighed and began to walk to the corner. A steward was passing and I took another glass of champagne. That should be my third glass tonight.
I stood at the corner for just few minutes before I heard my name
“Louisa… Louisa the perfect cook. What is the cook doing here? Or did you miss your way to the kitchen? Let me help you, the kitchen is that way”
I rolled my eyes and decided to ignore her. I sipped my drink and she chuckled
“you really got people talking tonight. The way you screamed and hugged Jesse was so native and embarrassing. Did you have to do that? Plus your native Roman accent that totally blew your cover, why didn’t you just lay low”
“don’t talk to me that way Alyson” I said and she gave the most hideous laugh I’ve ever listened to.
“I know where you study. I’m hoping to give you a surprise visit someday after or during your class” she said and turned to walk away. Then she stopped and looked at me again
“you see those ladies over there? Just so you’d know, they’re mocking you” she said and left
I looked at the direction she pointed to and truly about four ladies were talking and staring at me. When they saw I was also looking at them, they quickly looked away.
I felt bad all of a sudden. Did people really see my action towards Jesse as naive? No wonder Jesse didn’t really react back. He was acting quite cool. Did I embarrass him?
Oh God! What have I done?
I gulped down all my drink in one shot and just then another steward passed. I quickly dropped the glass on his tray and grabbed another glass. I gulped it down and dropped it on the high table beside me.
My eyes were closing and I held the table for support
“why’s the prettiest lady here without a guard huh?” someone said beside me
I opened my eyes and stared at him without even knowing what he looked like. My vision was blurry
“hi” I managed to say
“hey” he said and held me. I staggered and leaned on him
“hey easy baby” he said and I leaned back on the table and touched my forehead
“what’s your name beauty?” he asked
“Louisa” I replied
“Louisa… Did you come with Jesse Mariano?” he asked
“yeah I did” I replied and coughed a little
“uhm, you seem pretty tipsy. I’ll go get him for you” he said and I saw his image going.
I opened my eyes wider and saw another steward
“hey I need drinks” I said to him and he lowered the tray. I took two glasses and gulped down the both of them in seconds
I dropped the glasses and he left
💌Jesse💌
Sanjay came to tell me that Louisa was waiting for me and that she was getting drunk.
I never knew she could drink much. I excused myself from the CEO and went to the corner I asked her to stay. She was holding a guy and getting too close to him
“oh my God!” I exclaimed and ran there
“what’s happening here?” I asked with a coarse voice
The guy just looked at me
“get the bloody hell out of here! Now!” I scolded and Louisa flinched. The guy just looked at me and at her then left
“Jesse” she said and threw her arms around my neck
“where have you been?” she asked
“Louisa you’re drunk” I said and she began to kiss me
I was surprised. So surprised.
I kissed her back and placed my hands on her waist then pulled her to me.
She ran her fingers through my hair and suddenly disengaged from me
“I want you” she said
“what?”
She rubbed her hands seductively on my chest
“I want you” she repeated and started kissing me again. She began to unbutton my suit.
“hey, hey Louisa be careful. We’re in the public” I whispered
“I don’t care” she whispered back and held my face in her palms, planting kisses all over my face. I wouldn’t deny the fact that I was turned on.
“let’s… Let’s leave here. Let’s go home” I said and held her. We walked out of the hall and entered the elevator.
Louisa wouldn’t stay inches away from me. She kept kissing and touching me in all the wrong places. I seriously didn’t want to do wh@??ver was going to happen but this is what I would say, the spirit is weak and the flesh is willing. Because my spirit can’t do anything, but my flesh is willing to do everything.
I took Louisa to the car and began to drive.
When we arrived home, I carried her and took her to the living room. I dropped her on the couch
“are you okay?” I asked. She just stood up and tried to kiss me again
“no, no, stop. Louisa you’re not the one doing this. You’re not doing this Louisa” I protested and pushed her down.
She gasped and suddenly began to cry
“Louisa. Louisa stop crying” I said and walked to her. I pulled her up
“go upstairs and shower, okay?”
I let go of her and she staggered and fell on the floor.
“God” I mumbled and picked her up. This girl is a terrible drunk
“take me up. I can’t see clearly” she said and I pulled her up on my shoulder and took her to her room. I dropped her on the bed and looked her over.
I sighed and turned to go but she pulled me and I fell on the bed. She sat on me and kissed me again.
Well this time, I’m not saying no to her
But I hope I don’t regret this because this lady right here isn’t Louisa.
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To Be Continued
Written by Hossy