CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER ONE
Lucas's POV
“Hey you!” Lucas Kenneth thundered,leaving Flora trembling uncontrollable.
“I…I…I'm very sorry sir.” Flora murmured,but not for Lucas's ear not to catch up with it.
“You should be sorry for yourself. Who's going to clean up this s**t you made?” I asked, pointing to the coffee that spilled when Flora bumped into me earlier.
Flora rushed to get the mopping stick and mopped the floor sparking clean, shivering.
“And for my clothes?” I roared again, looking directly into her eyes which sent shivers down her spine.
“What else does he want me to do?” Flora said to herself as she buried her head on the ground, shivering.
“Hey,let's get out of here.” I said, signaling to my secretary as I walked out of the cafe where I had wanted to have coffee before going to the office.
I got into the car infuriated as I slammed the door of the car. “Take me to the nearest boutique here,I need to change my clothes.” I said , talking to my driver.
My driver nodded in agreement as he ignited the engine and zoomed off to the boutique which is about a 20 minutes journey from the cafe.
“I'll definitely make this lady regret what she did this morning.” I said, looking at my shirt and pants that were stained by the coffee as I held tight onto my fist.
They got to the boutique and the driver stopped the car. His secretary, Jude,got down from the front seat he was sitting in and opened the door for Lucas to get down as we both walked through the walkway into the boutique.
After several attempts from trying several clothes, I later picked a black shirt with brownish pants together with a suit that compliments each other. I walked out immediately and Jude followed me as we walked back to the car.
“Take me back to the house.” I said to my driver and I entered the car.
“B…but, there's…” Jude was about to talk when I snapped at him.
“This is my business and I have every right to decide not to go when I don't feel like going.” I said, bringing out my phone from my pocket.
“Cancel all appointments for today and reschedule them to another day you feel will be okay with me.” I added, talking to Jude who is already working on his laptop.
“I'm on it, already.” He responded as he continued with what he was doing on the laptop.
Lucas has always been the only thorn in Mr. Kenneth's flesh. His father has tried all that he could to make him see reasons why he should never joke with businesses but he was never ready to buy that from him.
“Why are you back home by this time of the day,son?” Mr. Kenneth asked,puzzled as he saw his son walk back into the house a few hours after he had left.
“I'm not going to work today,dad.” He responded as he walked towards the nearest couch in the living room to sit.
“You're supposed to meet with Mr. Hardin's company today and we need to have them on our sides.” my father said, walking closer to him.
“I know we need them closer and that is why I rescheduled our meeting with them to be tomorrow.” He said, nonchalantly.
“Lucas!, does this look like I'm joking with you right now?” my father yelled out in annoyance.
“I'm not joking either. I'm not in the mood to go to work today and you don't have to force me to because it's definitely not going to work.” I said and stood up from the couch where I was sitting and walked up to his room.
I got into my room and plunged myself into my bed as I dabbled on my lower lips thinking of what had happened earlier at the cafe. “I'll definitely go back to the cafe tomorrow and make her pay for what she did to me.” I said to himself, smirking.
“Lucas!” I can hear my father screaming my name as he walks towards my room. He slammed the door open which revealed him fuming with anger when he entered.
“How dare you walk out on me, Lucas!” He cursed,walking closer to me.
“I need to rest,Dad.” I said, trying to make him go back but he definitely didn't buy that from me.
“I'm still talking to you,son.” He said, looking directly into my eyes.
“Okay okay, fine. I'll go back to work but can you please give me an hour to rest?” I requested after giving in to him.
“Nothing more than an hour,young man.” He responded as he walked out of my room.
After minutes of laying down on the bed, I decided to put a call through to Jude for him to meet me at the hotel as I was already getting out of bed and heading there. The hotel is one of my corporations and my favorite place when I need somewhere to rest without being disturbed. I was on my way out of the house when I saw my father sitting in the living room. “I'm off to work.” I said to him without looking back to see his reactions or listen to what he has to say but I can hear him smiling.
I walked towards my car and I can see the driver is already waiting there for me. One of the security guards standing at the entrance of the house rushed to the door and opened it for me to enter the car which I did. “Drive me to the hotel.” I said to my driver before he fired the engine and drove off.
I got to the hotel and I could see Jude waiting for me from afar. I walked towards his direction and we both walked into my private room. We got to the room and I sat on the couch with my legs crossed, I pointed to the other couch in front of me and asked him to sit on it which he did.
“I'd like you to find out who that girl from earlier is.” I said to him,
“On it,sir.” He responded, bringing out his iPad and started working on it.
“She's Flora Matthew. She lost her parents when she was young and she lived with her grandma who is now I'll and in the hospital. She grew up in the countryside and had her education here in the city.” He said.
“And?” I wanted to hear more about her from him.
“That's all.” He responded.
“She will be useful.” I said, smiling broadly.
“What do you mean?” He asked me, confusingly.
“You will understand me soon.” I responded to him.
My father has been pestering me to get married for a very long time and has been bringing different girls for me to go on blind dates with but they're not just the one for me. I want someone I will have under my armpit and won't have any other choice than to get married to me.
“Now,I got what I've been looking for and expecting.” I said as I stood up and walked up to the bed to have a rest. I signaled to Jude to go and that was all for the day.
I still can't get her off my head while thinking. No lady has given me that impression and that's why I really want to know what's special about her. I was still in my thoughts when I slept off.
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I woke up at midnight and checked my phone to see missed calls from my father. I couldn't call him back right away since it was already late. I'll have to wait till it's morning. It's 3am already, I was still feeling sleepy and I went back to sleep.
The alarm woke me up at 6am and I called on my driver already as I walked down from my room to the entrance of the hotel. He was already outside with the car when I got out and I walked directly to the car. I entered and asked him to take me home immediately.
We got home and I met my father waiting in the living room. He probably was waiting for my arrival.
“Why were my calls unattended to?” He said with an angry face.
“My phone was on silent when I was at work and I forgot to put it back to normal till I got to the hotel and slept off.” I lied.
“Mr. Kelvin's daughter is back in town and I'll want you to meet up with her and have conversations with her.” He said.
I knew where his talks were heading and I quickly replied to him. “You don't have to worry about that,I already got someone for myself.” I said to him, leaving him astonished.
“Who is she and how wealthy is her family?” He asked, looking at me.
“You will get to know her soon.” I responded,giving him a broad smile as I walked up to my room to freshen up and go back to work.