BECOMING MRS KING

Levi's pov: Pulling up in the driveway, I turned off the ignition of my Bugatti Divo. Annoyed would not even begin to cut it because tell me why my father would summon me to his house by eleven p.m. Not that it's late but come on we are not competing with age, I have things to do and this house is not one of my favorite places and he knows that but then again it is my father always looking for ways to spoil my day. I open the car door and step down not wanting to spend any more time than necessary. I quickly made my way in and headed straight for his office only greeted by a few servants. “Come on in son, “ he says, and I take a seat. “Now I'm sure you're wondering why I called you here so I won't waste both of our time, you're a grown man already and have done incredulously well for yourself but you need to settle down now.” I don't know where this is going. “I'll cut to the chase. You need to get married as soon as possible and by that, I mean before you clock thirty-five. Levi the stunt with thatDominican model has already done a lot to our family reputation”. “Is this one of your schemes again, I'm done with them please, or did your wife put you up to this so that her son can have all that my mother worked hard for “. “Perla has nothing to do with this Levi, you are getting out of control and you are not getting any younger”. “Well if this is all you called to tell me, I know the way out “. I stood up and when I was at the door I heard him. “ Levi if you do not get married before next year I will give King's estate to Liam as well as your trust fund. You know better than to test my patience”. “ you can not do this to me, to her, you can't just give it all away to that bastard. My mother's blood, sweat, and tears are what is keeping this family name alive ”. “That bastard as you call him is your step bro……”. “No. I don't want to hear it “. And with that, I left. “You have to finally settle down you know “I heard my father scream, as I zoomed off. How could my father do this to me, not like he has been the best father but this betrayal was on another level. He knew that money was not my problem but that I would never allow my stepbrother Liam to take what is rightfully mine. My mother was the reason my father is what he is today but now she isn't even here to reap the fruit of her labor, but here he is eager to give everything to that cheap a** wh***. I quickly placed a call to Juan, my assistant “Juan, tell Ruby to get my room ready I'm coming to Florida”. A few hours later I got back to my apartment. So much for a family meeting. I chose to come to this apartment because I could think here. Plus the view from my room was amazing I needed the distraction. Ruby was waiting for me by the door when I arrived. “Welcome sir, you look very stressed I'll get you a cup of tea”. “ Thank you Ruby but what I need right now is a drink”. “ Alright then sir, but there's some recent development I need to let you know about “. “Did someone die? “ “No sir but…..”. “Then I'm sure it can wait till tomorrow then”. “Alright, sir. Have a good night “. I nodded in return. I went up to my room and downed the whole bottle, the next thing I knew it was morning. It was Sunday so I didn't have to go to work, getting out of bed was a struggle on its own. I brushed my teeth, had my bath, and went to the kitchen. Ruby usually takes Sundays off, I had to force her to actually. But in getting to the kitchen I realized I was not alone, but this wasn't Ruby. Her back was facing me and that luscious brown hair was something else, plus she was curvy too, not bad at all but the most important thing was who the hell was she and what was she doing in my kitchen. The last time I was in this apartment was six months ago, that is because work mainly keeps me in New York so I hardly come here and only three people had access to this penthouse, me, Ruby, and Juan. She still hadn't heard me come in so I gave a little cough. “G..g… good m..morning sir”. She was beautiful, and that mouth, those lips I could think of a thousand ways to put them to use I'd have to admit not a bad package at all but right now I had bigger problems. “Who are you and what are you doing in my house “. “ I'm Sophia, ruby hired me to help around the house “. I remembered asking Ruby to get someone to help her with taking care of the house, she was getting old and I wasn't comfortable with the amount of chores she did by herself but I completely forgot about that. That must be what she wanted to tell me last night. I wasn't in the mood for chit-chat this morning. “ get me coffee and bring it to my office and I hope you know how I like it “. Sophia's pov: My alarm woke me up at exactly six a.m in the morning. immediately got up and entered the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and took a warm shower, then dressed in a peach floral top and white shorts, for my hair, I just brushed it back and let it fall, applied some mascara and lipgloss, and my perfume. Getting this job was not something I took for granted because around six months ago when Ruby offered me this job I was beyond heartbroken as being a household was not something I ever saw myself doing. But then life had already thrown a heavy blow at me by taking our parents away. Ruby is a dear friend of my grandmother who is still battling with diabetes. And when she heard of what we were going through she gave me the offer and when she told me the pay I was more than ready to accept. “Don't worry darling, Mr king is barely ever around, you just have to make sure the house is always clean and then you have the remaining day to yourself “. That sounded fair as I could take an online course or two in my free time and still afford to send Dominic back to school. “ Thank you, Ruby, I will not let you down “. “Who knows, you might just bring a little light into Mr King” she smiled. Today was Sunday so I knew Ruby wouldn't be coming in till the evening, I wasn't planning on cooking. I was just going to heat some leftover pasta in the kitchen and have some cake as well, I made a mental note to get ingredients for cookies the next day as Ruby loves my cookies. I put my earpod in my ear and started vibing to Ed Sheeran's The Shape of You while cleaning the countertops and then I heard a cough. “ g..g…good m..morning sir”. I greeted already startled. This had to be Mr King because Rubytold me only three people had access to this penthouse and I had met Mr Juan before but the man standing before me did not look anything like what I had heard of him instead he looked like he just stepped out from a fashion magazine. I gave him the best smile I could muster and then he asked. “Who are you and what the hell are you doing in my house”. How rude, he didn't even return my greeting. “I'm Sophia, ruby hired me to help around the house”. I told him and it seemed he remembered something. “Hm” he was sizing me, The nerve of him.” get me my coffee and bring it up to my study, and I hope you know how I like it “ ruby had not prepared me for this. I was going to ask how he liked his coffee but he just turned and left. I then got to work. He looked like the black coffee type you know it goes with the attitude. No sugar or milk so I went with my instincts and crossed my fingers. The coffee was ready and then I proceeded to his office, placing the tray in one hand I knocked and pushed the door open. He was sitting in his chair and going through some files as I dropped the tray. As soon as he saw the coffee he looked up at me and I knew my instincts had let me down. “Why is my coffee black Samantha?”. Samantha? Does this guy have short-term memory or something? “My name is Sophia, Mr. Kin….”. “ still doesn't answer my question, Sarah” Now he's just toying with me but I won't toy with my job as well. “I'm sorry my king, but Ruby didn't tell me how you like your coffee”. “I'll let this slide for today, can you at least get me a decent breakfast or did Ruby not teach you that as well?”. Lord help me….