Chapter 153 so talkative
With Zara gone to bring me coffee, I collected the tray of cookies and walked out of the room. I walked slowly while looking everywhere in the house. Even though I was allowed to walk around the house, I still couldn't escape. Bodyguards were all around in the house and had their eyes on me. Silently I made my way downstairs straight to the kitchen.
Zara was on a stool on the kitchen island doing something on her phone with a smile on her face. "Hi", I said hesitantly. "Come over here", she waved me over and showed me a bunch of old men in speedo bathing suits with some silly caption below it. I didn't even read the caption, I just forced a smile on my face.
"They are really funny", she cackled all the way to the single serve coffee maker. "I forgot to bring it for you", she went on as she brewed a cup for me. "It's fine", I retorted as I watched her put two spoons of sugar. Yes the weaning had started because two spoons of sugar were not for me.
"Here it is", she smiled and passed it to me. "Today am going to grocery store, anything you fancy and I will add it to my list, tell me what you like to eat", she began to talk as she watched me sip my coffee. "What else do you want for breakfast today?", she went on. "Nothing I'm not hungry", I replied without any smile. I honestly didn't want to have this conversation. This would only mean that I was settling in here, the thing which was impossible. I didn't like everything in here including her.
"I will get you cereal so that you do have something in your stomach, huh wait what are your favorite foods what do you like to eat in mornings?", she asked again.
She was so talkative and I hated it to the core.
Her phone rang before I could respond and inwardly felt happy for that. "What now?", I backed away from her when I heard her respond to the person who had called her.
I didn't want to eavesdrop to her conversation so I walked through the kitchen to the dining room where there were patio doors. I took my coffee out to the patio and sipped it slowly while looking around. Though the coffee was good, it still didn't lighten up my moods. A moment later she came out and made her way to me. "He has said that I should bring you grocery shopping", she murmured but I didn't even turn to look at her.
"We will go after your coffee and breakfast", she continued and at that I turned to her. "Go?", I asked in total disbelief. "Yes with me, my own decision, he had this delivered for you", she passed me an Apple iPhone phone. The shrink wrap was loose. Without saying anything, I put it on the table and kept my lips tight.
"What do you want to eat?, I will make you something, at least have something to eat and open the phone there is a message", she spoke and when I didn't respond sooner, she disappeared into the house. Left alone, I began to unwrap the shrink. There was a red iPhone and when I turned it on, there was a text message alert which said it was from I.
"Keep this phone with you at all times I need to reach you, I will be home 10–11pm behave", I rolled my eyes in anger and immediately shut it off. I didn't care whether it was iPhone, I loved my Samsung phone more. I wanted to throw it accidentally in the pool but Zara arrived in time.
She came out with a bowl of cereal for me. "Sugar crisp?", I asked. "Is that okay?", she smiled. I returned her smile. I hadn't had a bowl of sugar crisp ever since I was sold to Idris. Amanda used to prepare it on weekends. She was the only person who cared about me but then unfortunately she betrayed me.
At the thought of my baby, I started to cry... Like ugly cry. I tried to stop myself but every time I recalled the good moments I had with Amanda tears fell more down my face. Getting betrayed by her was one of last things I did expect to happen.
At the sight of me, Zara silently sat down and wrapped her arms around me then let me howl it out. "I know how you feel but am with you Raelynn dear", she just let me. She just sat with me and patted my back and stroked my hair while whispering sweet words. I cried without stopping. The memory of her just gotten worse with every minute that passed. She would have at least thought about our friendship before betraying me.
JADEN'S POV
My phone rang interrupting a meeting that was dragging on enough as it was and I didn't want anything slowing it down. It was Zara. I declined the call then went on with the meeting. I got a sickening feeling about Karen but still I shrugged it off then continued to listen to the staff's suggestions.
Still I didn't focus in the meeting. I was about to call Zara to ask her what was wrong but then she called me again. "Excuse me", I said to my beta and the three men, I was sitting with, brokering a deal for a very lucrative upcoming construction project.
I answered and stepped away. "What is it?", I asked. "Karen has spent twenty five minutes crying on my shoulder like her life was over", she responded. "She isn't talking anything, what the fuck are you doing to her you Jaden son of a bitch", I immediately ended the call without a word. Few people in the world dared to talk to me in that way. Unfortunately Zara was one of them.
My head was barely in the rest of meeting, I didn't like anything pissing me off but it happened. Thankfully my beta picked up the slack. By the time it was over, I knew it that Zara and Karen would be out shopping. She took her and I failed to stop her. I called Mark to check in and make sure that everything was okay but I had it in my mind that things weren't going to be fine.