Chapter 67

*RINA*

"Six, five, four, three, two, one, Stand up!" The coach shouted as we kept jogging on a spot.

"Whew" I sat lazily on the floor and turned to see Pearl sitting on a bench and smiling at me. I smiled back and lazily stood up and walked up to her.

"You're not used to exercising," She said as I sat close to her.

I nodded and emptied my water bottle in about two gulps.

"I'm tired" I took a deep breath. "Would this be all for today?".

"No, you just did a few exercises." She pushed her hair to the back of her ear.

I felt like crying on hearing that. I've been doing this so-called workout for about thirty minutes. That should be enough, please.

I was about to say something when the Coach walked up to us. I remembered him saying his name was Carlos.

"Hey ladies" He smiled.

"Hi"Pear and I smiled.

"How's she doing?" Pearl asked.

"Great, she's actually very strong." He complimented me. "I guess she would have to continue tomorrow or next" He cleaned his sweat with his towel.

"Thanks Carlos," Pearl smiled.

"How about we have lunch together?" He raised a brow.

I was about to object when Pearl said "sure, why not?"

"Go get dressed," She added, tapping my lap.

I guess I practically rolled my eyes. What's up with these people?

I went to the bathroom, showered up and got dressed.

When we got to the restaurant, Carlos was being really nice and funny. I wasn't enjoying any of it. I just wanted to go home, tell Damien about my day and then sleep.

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*PEARL*

Carlos was my coach and well I felt he would be the right person to teach Rina. Rina didn't seem to like the idea of accepting to have lunch with him.

I mean he was just being nice and considerate. Come to think of it, we're hungry. If she's not, then my baby and I are hungry.

When we were done with the meal, Rina and I went shopping for clothes with matching bags and shoes. We mainly bought limited editions. Most things we bought were the same.

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I crashed on my bed, I kept thinking of what Erickson would be doing and how he's coping with dealing with the affairs of the park.

"I really miss you" I mumbled under my breath.

I didn't even know when I drifted to sleep.

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*DRAKE*

I was walking through the hallway when I discovered that Jewel's room was open, maids were rearranging the room and Pearl's grandmother wasn't there either.

"Where's Pearl?" I piped standing at the entrance of the room.

"She left sir" They said and bowed.

"Where did she go?" I said with a hint of anger in my voice.

"The airport sir she—" A maid tried to say but I wasn't ready to listen to them, I picked up my car keys and ran blindly to the garage and drove out of the compound briskly to the airport.

On getting there, I was told that the last flight left about an hour ago. I felt broken. I was walking out of the airport sluggishly with my head lowered, I didn't know when I bumped into someone.

"What's wrong with you?" The person yelled.

"I'm sorry" I apologized without glancing at the person.

I bumped into someone else again.

"I'm sorry"I apologize quickly.

"It's okay" A familiar voice said I turned immediately to see who it was.

"Jewel?" My eyes widened.

She smiled.

I pulled her into a tight hug, pushed my hand into her hair and caressed it. My eyes were already teary.

Her alarm rang, making her pull out the hug in shock.

"I need to go now I need to catch a flight in less than five—" She tried to say when I pulled her closer with her hand,raised her head slightly with her jaw with my other hand still across her waist, I pressed my lips on her lips and kissed her passionately.

"Don't go" I pulled away.

"Huh?"Her eyes widened.

"Please don't go, I actually have feelings for you, I was just confused. I just realized that I had a soft spot for you, I'm actually very scared to lose you. Trust me I'm addicted to you." It seemed as if she wasn't convinced by what I said. What should I say next?!.

"Jewel I love you I really d—" I tried to say when she kissed me.

"I love you too," She smiled.

She grabbed her luggage and followed me to the car.

"Where's your grandma?" I asked as soon as I remembered that both of them ought to have left together.

"She booked the flight before me. I didn't want to leave at first but when I discovered that there was no us I made up my mind to leave as well." She fiddled with her fingers and kissed her lips.

I stretched my hands towards hers and wrapped her hand with mine. "I was just to stupid to understand that there's us".

She blushed and looked outside the window. It seemed she didn't know what to say next.

*JEWEL*

Grandma left about an hour ago. My flight was in less than ten minutes. I was afraid of not seeing Drake again, in fact I felt he was not going to come over.

I'm so glad he showed up. I wish I would never leave his side any longer.

"You're no longer coming to my house as a maid rather you're coming as my girlfriend" Drake smiled as he pulled over in the compound.

I nodded and blushed.

When we got down from the car, he brought out my luggage from the car and sent for a maid to help me with it. They reluctantly did it.

"I got to my room to find it empty. Where did things go?" I asked.

"My room" He smirked and continued reading.

What the —.

"Your room?" My eyes widened.

"Sure?, Or are you feeling hot already?" He narrowed his gaze and bit the corner of his lip sexually.

"Hmm?" I turned and ran out of his study.

"What does he mean?" I asked under my breath.

I entered his room, it was way bigger than mine. It was luxurious and the theme was black and blue.

The maids had arranged my stuff on the other side of the wardrobe.

I hurried to the bathroom, took my bath and got dressed and sank into the bed.

I wasn't feeling sleepy so I kept rolling on the bed. When I heard the door opening I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep.

"Honey, are you sleeping?" He asked as he entered the room.

I didn't reply. He entered the bathroom, showered up and got dressed for the night.

I opened my eyes a bit to see what he was doing or should I say where he was going.

He climbed the bed and laid beside me. I felt my heart racing, I took a deep breath.

He came a bit closer and wrapped his hands around my waist and spooned me.

"Good night dear" He kissed my hair.

When I was sure that he was sleeping, I turned around to look at him. Damn! This man is hot. I smiled and kissed his forehead.

"Good night" I smiled and went back to the position we were at first.

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TBC