In the Fords Clan hotel, one of the biggest hotels and most expensive in town, Finn and some of his friends were gathered for a cocktail party. The chairs were arranged in cocktail style. The hall was sophisticated, it had shiny chandeliers hanging down from the ceilings and the walls were made in French style. The floors were extra shiny that the reflections of the light could be seen on them clearly. The hall was booming with classical music and small chit-chats of sophisticated people.
Finn was standing together with Ava and Emma around a round cocktail table, giggling and chit-chatting. When Darla entered the hall. She was dressed in a silver tail gown with a thigh slit, she was wearing heels and her hair was packed in a loose bun. Her make-up was light, it accentuated her already beautiful face. Finn couldn't get his eyes off her. 'Today was the day he gets Darla, if it was the last thing he did.' He had been courting her for a long time, with no progress. Every time he thinks she likes him, it was always the opposite. So he decided to look for help from Ava and Emma this time around. Since they were friends. She waved at Ava and Emma cheerfully as they were her friends. They gestured for her to come to where they were standing. Smiling she walked hurriedly to meet up with them.
Back when they were all in the university, almost all the girls were jealous of Mahina's poise and beauty. Being the heiress of her uncle's company Lourdes fashion world and the face of his company, she was very popular and had many admirers. Darla was one of those girls who envied Mahina back in the days. She did all she could to make her life difficult back in school. When Mahina and Finn were dating, she loved Finn, and she did all she could within her power to come in between them. While staging as Mahina's friend. Despite her popularity Mahina was only known as Finn's girlfriend, although other capable and handsome men had approached her severally. She rejected all their advances and stuck to her boyfriend Finn. He was her world and she loved him whole heartedly.
Mahina arrived at Fords clan hotel in a taxi. She hurried to the door and introduced herself to the door man, she told him who she was having an acquaintance with first, before she was allowed to enter. When Mahina entered she was taken aback with the beauty of the hotel. She remembered what life use be like for her before, but soon enough those thought shattered as she remembered what brought her there in the first place. She looked around and saw a hall way, she followed it but somehow winded up in the parking lot. Realizing, she was in the wrong place, she turned to leave, when she heard the voices of a man talking and a woman crying', she followed the sound by taking silent steps to where it was coming from. Then she saw the duo engaged in a conversation;
"Mr. Alba I really love you!!!" a woman's shrill voice echoed in the brightly lit parking lot. Mahina's heart dropped in fear. She covered her mouth with both her hands, and wagged her head.
"What did you say?" Alba asked nonchalantly. His voice was devoid of any form of emotion.
"I love you Alba, ... I tried! I told my heart not to love you, but I didn't even know when I fell in love with you" the lady was emotional and her voice sounded brittle. Mahina's heart tightened as she waited for the man's response it felt to her like she was watching a film opera;
"I told you before, I don't do love but only friends with benefit and also that the moment you start catching feelings, our friendship will be over." The man's voice was blank. Mahina was frightened by him. she looked at the lady pitifully. 'fuck men they are losers, don't worry... he is not worthy of you' she murmured under her voice. The brittle voice spoke again';
"I know... but... you can't tell your heart who to love right?" the lady persisted, Mahina turned to look at him hoping he will accept the lady, who was obviously head over heels for him but his response shocked her.
"Is that all you wanted" Mahina gasped in disbelieve. Then she noticed the lady's face very well and realized that it was Helen Garcia. The famous model of Glitz shoes and Bags. She was surprised. 'Even successful ladies like Helen Garcia gets dumped...I shouldn't feel bad then, that I got dumped because my family's business shattered. I am sorry... but I feel consoled... I know it's wrong for me to feel better at another's misfortune but... I am sorry' she thought to herself
"Men! escort Helen back to her condo unit." Some men dressed in black suit came out of a Mercedes Benz and lead Helen to the car. She was crying as she followed the men to the car.
"If you treasure your career you won't talk to me about love again Miss Helen... and I don't ever want to see you again" Alba warned Helen. Mahina was disappointed at Helen. How could she have allowed a 'no good' like that man to treat her that way. She was a model for goodness sake. One of the must well paid and famous model for that matter. Mahina gasped in frustration and turned to leave.
Helen got into the car sadly and she was driven away. Mahina made her silent signature move to exit the parking lot when she heard the Menacing voice again';
"Hey! You! Come out of there, right now!" The blank voice commanded with so much authority. Mahina's legs grew cold. She trembled. Her cheeks felt warm. 'Did I just get caught eavesdropping? Fuck! Am I a child?' She suddenly had a rush of adrenaline and she ran out of the Parking lot as fast as she could, without turning back. Alba smiled at her reaction. After Mahina left there, she decided to ask for directions, she wasn't going to allow herself get caught in a situation like that twice.
She asked one of the workers for directions and she was directed to her destination. Mahina could hear the soft music from the entrance of the hall. She was happy as she approached there. She was finally going to meet Darla. They became friends at their final year in the university. After graduation Darla moved to Florida, so they were not able to keep in touch, until Mahina got a message from her earlier saying';
"Hey dear it's Darla. I am in town, let's meet up girl. I have a lot of goss for you." She was so excited as she entered, but as she lifted her eyes to look around, she saw Finn kneeling down on one leg asking Darla to be his wife. She was confused by the whole scene. 'Didn't the fucker say he was dying? Or was I imaging things' realizing what was going on she wagged her head sadly. Life is really like the four seasons spring, summer, fall and winter. This has to be the winter of my life.
As her presence became noticeable everyone's eyes got fixated on her and the spot-light was positioned on her. It was as if the whole charade was put up just to see her reaction and for them to mock her misery. 'What will it profit them to see me down?' She thought to herself.
Mahina didn't even know she had any more tears left, until she felt something warm trailing down her cheeks. She wiped it with her fingers and laughed. Everyone was looking at her like she was a clown or something, they all thought she had gone crazy out of heart break. They were wallowing in her misery. The crowd of people there were made up of people she knew, her past colleagues in school. She swallowed hard at her present dilemma as she walked backwards.
Mahina turned and ran away from there hurriedly. Ava, Emma, Finn and Darla followed her, together with some of the crowd. They were all looking at her and laughing at her misery. Her eyes were teary, but she was still smiling. She promised herself not to allow anyone feed on her pain again. As she was about to exit the hall, she bombed into something that felt like a strong wall. No! It wasn't a wall but a chest, she realized. She looked directly at it, it was strong and dependable. She raised her eyes gradually to see it was the doctor who treated her in Elites Health center:
"Doctor!" She looked at him with teary eyes.
Creation is hard, cheer me up!
His sea green eyes were looking at her silver eyes nonstop. Her eyes felt like they were pulling him towards her without words. He creased his browse when he saw her tears, it affected him deeply to the point he gently wiped the tears away from her face. While they were lost looking into each other's eyes, she tipped toed to increase her height but even then she was still petit compared to his towering height, without even realizing what she was doing, she kissed him. Alba's eyes widened in shock at the feeling of her tender lips on his. Breaking away from the kiss, She whispered in a brittle voice to him before they continued kissing;
"I am sorry!..." but before she could say more he bit her lips and she moaned, then he sucked on her lips and ran his tongue round hers passionately. Everyone was awed, they thought she was desperate, but that didn't look like the case. Rather it was the other way round, Alba was the one looking desperate for her. Alba himself was confused by his own reaction to Mahina's touch, 'what is wrong with me? what is this feeling?' he thought to himself, but he loved the taste of her soft pink lips, so he delved into kissing her more passionately. 'Oh! What a rare feeling, this girl has, she's interesting!' he thought to himself. Ava, Emma and Darla where embarrassed suddenly. Their victim was kissing the hottest, wealthiest and the most desirable bachelor in town. 'What the heck was going on' they wondered. They looked away from the passionate kiss going on between the duo.
Alba held her tightly, his hands moving from her hair to her back passionately, he drew her closer to him as she was quite petite in nature. He lifted her up a bit with his hands around her back and hers around his neck, so that he could get enough access to kiss her even more passionately, but she surprised him, she raised herself up and wrapped her legs around his waist. This time around he was the one to whisper excitedly';
"You are in trouble now girl!" low voices of people could be heard around but the duo couldn't be bothered;
"Isn't that Alba? The CEO of Elites Corp, how does he know Mahina. When did a relationship start between them?" the guest at the cocktail party took pictures of them. Alba didn't even care one bit. He was consumed by Mahina's tenderness.
After the passionate kiss between the duo they walked out of the floor where the cocktail party was happening, looking at each other all lovey dovely. Alba had his hands around her waist and a smug smile was written on his face. He had his own motives all planed out, but so did Mahina. She was silent all the while, planning and scheming how to escape the man. As they walked out of the hotel to the streets Mahina saw her chance. A cab stopped in front of the hotel to drop someone, she swiftly releases herself from his grip and called out to the cab hastily. She ran away from Alba and entered the Cab. She yelled at the top of her voice;
"I am sorry Mister! But I don't even think we will meet again and thank you for your assistance." Alba smiled at her indifference and murmured under his voice;
"Interesting!" he smiled and added
"we will certainly meet again... miss silky."
A fancy car stopped in front of the hotel and Alba hopped in. He was driven away, by his driver. Alba smiled as he stared at the hands he grabbed her with. He wagged his head at his actions. His feelings about this girl was new to him and he was curious what it was all about.
When Mahina arrived at their apartment, she hurriedly ran inside the house. She was flushed and Dora noticed her face;
"Hey Mahina I have found out about your CEO..." Dora said but Mahina ran passed her into her room, her face was flushed;
'Why is she blushing this much?... what could have happened' Dora picked up her novel and continued taking her tea while reading.
"Oh well… I will just wait for you to tell me why you are blushing this much… Hina!"
***** ***** *****
Mahina woke up to Dora banging on her door. She grumpily woke up and walked to open the door';
"Girl what is wrong with you?... you have an interview today don't you?" Dora nagged her.
"Honestly though! I have an interview, but I still don't know who the fuck I am interviewing" Mahina answered her all flustered
"Well, lucky you. I was able to get information about the CEO you are interviewing"
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah... give me a second I will go get my Laptop" Dora ran to get her Laptop while Mahina swiftly ran into the Bathroom and brushed her teeth before Dora returned.
Dora sat on Mahina's bed with her computer on her laps. She was humming to Arlo's song as she awaited Mahina. When Mahina came out of the bathroom, Dora raised the laptop with the CEO's picture and information on it, closer to Mahina's face. Mahina squinted to get a clearer view of the CEO's face. Her facial expression slowly changed as she got a clearer view of the man's face';
"Aaaarh" Mahina screamed. She looked worried
"Yeah! I know right? My sentiment exactly, the guy is so hot! And handsome" Dora answered her excitedly, thinking they were talking about the same thing.
"What! That's not what I am talking about." Dora looked at her quizzically
"I fecking kissed him randomly yesterday!" She buried her face in her palms.
"What!" Dora was surprised, she couldn't stop looking at Mahina. It wasn't because she was disappointed at her or anything. She just couldn't believe that Mahina could kiss a person randomly.
"I lost a job, before I could even start it" she faced palmed herself.
"How did that happen." Dora asked concerned.
"I don't know!" Mahina's cheeks suddenly grew flushed.
"Alright! Stop! Don't panic. How did he react to your kiss?
"He kissed me be back..." Mahina blushed, again. Dora smiled at her cute reaction
"Well there you go! You have nothing to stress about." Dora assured her, that the interview would go well.
Mahina stood still staring at Dora for a while and thinking to herself if her friend was being honest or trying to make fun of her. Although she remained smiling while looking at Mahina back. She pinched her cheeks and asked;
"When have I ever lied to you?" Mahina's face brightened up at Dora's words.