Chapter 77: My Safe Haven
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'Giselle, are you sure that you are okay with going through that again?" Hanna asked and Giselle nodded.
'It is not the first time that she has done and if I don't do this to make it the final time, it would not be the last either, Venita had always had a problem with me since I came to the company, I had a score higher than hers when the company first tested us and that is the first time since a long time, I broke the streak she had, it was a big discussion when I joined but it wasn't much of a talk when other trainee started doing it too because I was the first.
Unfortunately, I had to be under her, even though she smiled at the directors, managers and me when the news was brought to her, she had a big problem with it, it became a major blow to her ego when she found out that I am from one of those below average families, so since then she had always made my life hell," Giselle explained.
'Is this the first time she went to the director and asked him to send you away?" Hanna asked and Giselle nodded.
'I guess Tina's words really hit a different spot, so she was like fuck Giselle!" She explained and they both nodded.
'Use these sunglasses and go near her, they would think that it is because of your red eyes, intentionally get on Nita's nerve in a way that they won't suspect what it is that you are doing," Hanna instructed and Giselle nodded.
'Should I do it tomorrow? Venita left as soon as the director refused her proposal, she said something about contacting the Grays," Giselle said.
'I wonder what her relationship with Oliver is, I guess that she models for his company and they had some kind of dealings three years ago, but this is over confidence," Hanna said and Tina handed the sunglasses to Giselle.
'Would the Grays have time for her? I heard that they have been nominated for the award of the best gentleman and the most loyal woman," Giselle said and both Hanna and Tina scoffed at the same time.
'Best gentleman and loyal woman my foot, thinking of how they got it since all these days makes me want to hurl," Tina said and Giselle stared at them confused, as far as she knew, Heather may be really rude sometimes but Oliver Gray is the perfect portrait of the men straight of romance novels.
Hanna's phone rang and she saw that it was Luci calling her, her brows knitted in surprise, Luci is so crazy that she only remembers to call you on the phone when there is something you need to do for her or together with her.
'Hi Luci," Hanna said to the receiver.
'Would you be interested in wreaking havoc at this year's Danavivie Award Ceremony?" Luci asked and Hanna felt her eyes widen.
'Of course," she replied and the call was disconnected, which means that they would have a discussion later. 'Since we are done here, I have got to go," Hanna said to them and started walking away but Tina quickly grabbed her hand, a curious expression on her face, it was clear that she wanted to gossip.
'What came up? You are leaving in quite the rush, you told me that you don't have anything to do today and just a call got you running," Tina said and Hanna stared at her for a while before nodding, she guess that it would be okay to share the information with her since she is Sapphire's Ally.
'Would you be interested in causing chaos at the Danavivie Award Ceremony?" She asked and they stared at her with wide eyes.
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Sapphire was chatting with Alyssa, Alicia and the kids, Luci was out to congratulate Oliver for the nomination he got for the award all the while getting inside information, Oliver and Heather were calm with each other since the video she posted didn't backfired on them.
Sapphire almost found their way of thinking funny, they caused ruckus and got no backlashes and they still remained calm but they must probably be busy with mocking the Conrads and preparing for the award.
'So no matter what, we must put ourselves before others?" Andrea asked and Alyssa shook her head.
'Not exactly like that but like, not every time but you must put yourself first in some situation that requires it and if you put other people first, they would take advantage of you," Alyssa explained and the kids nodded in understanding.
The door opened and Alexander entered, he changed his shoes and loosened his tie. He looked tired, stressed, angry and irritated all at once. Sapphire guessed that it must have been a long day at work.
'Hi, dad!" Andrea exclaimed, rushing to hug the man's legs, the man squatted down and hugged them to himself.
'How was your date, cuties?" Alexander asked and Sapphire was more than shocked when the kids started blushing.
They usually go psycho when someone calls them cute, but she guesses that Alexander is pretty special to them.
'I would just go to my room, why don't you talk with Alyssa tonight? She seems energetic," Alexander told them after ruffling their hair and they nodded.
He started walking away to their room but stopped and stared at Sapphire. He looked like he wanted to say something , but turned and went away instead.
Sapphire stared at him, Alexander isn't the kind of man to hesitate about something, when he does it is always about her.
'I would go see Alexander in his room," Sapphire said and Alyssa wriggled her brows at her which made her scoff in amusement.
She opened the man's door and entered the room. It was as clean as she left it in the afternoon. She could hear the shower running so he was in the bathroom.
She sat on the bed tentatively and the water stopped running, the bathroom door opened and the man came into the room.
He didn't know that she was there, more focused and n drying his hair, Sapphire had thought of it before and she would admit to herself once again that the man is handsome.
He looked sexy in the robe that was wrapped around his body and Sapphire couldn't help but gulp at the sight in front of her, he had this body that you would want to worship every time you lay your eyes on it.
She felt like reaching out her hand and running it through those abs, it has been long since she did something like that.
He paused when he saw Sapphire sitting there and called her name which made the woman snap out of her daydream.
'Uh?" Sapphire said and the man raised a brow at her. 'Uhm ... .what did you hear about me today?" She blurted out straightforwardly and he stopped drying his hair and moved closer to her.
'Wow, you have started to know me more, would it get to a stage where you can read me like a book?" Alexander asked, bent over her and stared straight into her eyes, occasionally moving over every single feature of her, lingering on the lips before moving back to her eyes.
'Would you like that?" She asked in a whisper and he raised his eyes which had been glued in her lips to her eyes. There was a lot of emotion in his eyes but they were all shadowed by the lust that was the most potent.
The air around both of them turned hotter, the tension between them was sizzling and it was like they would be consumed alive by their own feelings.
'You had no idea how much I wanted it to be like that, you being able to read me like a book and me knowing you like the lyrics of my favorite songs," he said and Sapphire smiled, a happy glint in her eyes.
She moved her face closer to his and their lips were barely inches from touching, Sapphire felt like she could see another shade of gray she had never seen before in his eyes.
'So what did you hear about me?"
'A little bit of things among the things they did to you?"
'Was it bad?" she asked with a smirk.
'You are a queen," he said and a small smile appeared on her face.
'What part of the things were you informed of?"
'The fact that you had a slow dance on a stage with your prince and princess before they went to paradise, you had a tinted wine before the dance," he said and tears welled up in her eyes, hanging there but refusing to fall.
'Is that how you thought of it?" she asked, her voice still low.
'I could give you many other thoughts, different from these but conveying the same messages," he said in the same low voice that screamed the loudest emotions she needed.
'You are my safe haven in a human body,"
'I am honored that you consider me that," he said with a smile and she moved him closer to her, hooking her hand behind his neck and pushed his lips to meet hers in a steamy embrace.
