CHAPTER 2
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HIS CEO BOSS, BARBIE'S NUMBER ONE NEMESIS.
Barbie stepped down from her dad's car and moved annoyingly towards the doorknob. She gave Jessica a sullen look as she walked past her. Jessica could know how well Barbie hated her as she saw her fierce eyes behind her trimmed glasses.
And just a few steps for Barbie to turn the doorknob she was forced to talk. " Barbie, don't you see me?"
Barbie hissed, turned deaf ears to Jessica, and opened the door indignantly.
Jessica was about to take angry steps at Barbie. She swirled her blonde hair to the back, ready to beat Barbie to a stupor before Dennis's hand gripped her wrist.
" She is a little child" Dennis raised one corner of his lip and said in a tone that sounded more like a plea.
" What have I done to your child? I love her so much but she never for once wanted to see me alive" Jessica raised her voice and show a pitiful face.
" I will talk to her, she loves you too, Jessica" Dennis warranted, took the branded pizza on the tiled floor, and moved inside unhappily.
All Dennis wanted was a happy family. He wanted Barbie to love Jessica. He wanted them to be best of friends since nobody could stand as a mother for her but rather, Barbie kept hating her daily.
Dennis walked in and froze in place as he glanced at Barbie in the sitting room. She was watching Tom & Jerry alone. He looked at Barbie releasing a smile that was always shared with her late mum. The memory of him coming back from work and seeing his late wife and Barbie laughing at the Tom & Jerry cartoons flashed back to his memory.
" Here is your pizza, Barbie" Dennis moved to her and dropped it by her side. Barbie shunned his words and focused more on her cartoons.
The door squeaked and Jessica came into view. She walked into dilly-dally as she shot an annoyed glance at Barbie. Jessica cared for Barbie. She was ready to fit into a mother's role in her life. The only person Jessica hated was her mum, Cynthia.
Cynthia and Jessica were best friends right since high school. They worked hard in life to achieve their dream. Boss lady. That was their aim. Luckily, they hit the jackpot and became one of the richest CEOs in Miami City.
One day, just one day, Jessica began to generate affection for Dennis, her best friend's husband. The only thing Cynthia had that Jessica didn't have was a sexy guy, her type of man, Dennis. She began to seduce Dennis to the point where she got his attention. Cynthia saw it, they hinted to her but she didn't believe that Jessica could be such a coward.
Cynthia went to pick up Barbie in school on a Monday and finally caught them having s€x in their room, on their matrimonial bed. Cynthia blew hot. She was almost mad to see her husband screwing her best friend.
Dennis made the first mistake of his life. He beat Cynthia. He wounded her. He insulted her forgetting that his little girl was right there by the door watching him with tears all over her face. Since then, Barbie had developed a hatred for Jessica and her dad. Funnily, Jessica and Dennis loved her so much.
" Barbie, can you please take your pizza? Let's settle things, we can be friends" Jessica sat down closer to her on the chair and said.
" Jessica, I wanted to eat it with my mum but my dad didn't allow me" Barbie turned to Jessica and Said.
" Your mum?" Jessica faced Dennis and asked confusingly.
Jessica stood up stylishly from her and whispered in Dennis's ear while one corner of her eye scanned through Barbie's face. " She is not okay. Her traumatic experience still haunts after her"
" No, she saw a beggar who looks exactly like Cynthia at the restaurant closer to her school" Dennis turned his face away from Jessica and said.
" A beggar? She is just a mere beggar? Her mum is dead so how is she connected to the beggar?" Jessica spoke aggressively, leaving multiple questions in Dennis's head.
" I don't know, Jessica!" Dennis uttered ostentatiously and hummed. His face was flushed with depression and one could say he was tired of everything.
" Well, I think I have tried my best for you and your daughter, Dennis. And I am freaking tired of you guys' drama. All I want to tell you is that the Party at Sheraton Villa would start at 7 PM and you must not be late. I will be waiting for you" Jessica said and curled her lips. She rolled her eyes in disgust at Dennis and walked towards the door.
" And one more thing, don't come with Barbie" Jessica turned at Dennis and instructed before she turned the doorknob. Barbie turned at Jessica with a lukewarm glimpse but all Jessica left behind was a sharp hiss in the air.
Jessica had control over Dennis. He didn't dare to joke with her command else he would be sacked as the assistant secretary of YUMI tech Limited and probably became homeless just like the beggar at the restaurant because all his net worth is attached to Jessica.
A year ago, Dennis was the assistant CEO of the Melotonics Accessories company, a company that sells electronics to all most everywhere across the globe.
It belongs to Cynthia, his late wife. She was the CEO. Dennis was sacked by his wife after she caught him cheating with her best friend, Jessica. She sacked him because she felt her future would not be bright with someone who doesn't value her. And most of all, Cynthia changed her will in the court, and will it for somebody who nobody knew.
Dennis didn't feel it. He left her company simply because Jessica was ready to take him in as the assistant manager of her company. YUMI Tech Limited was richer, bigger, and more popular than Melatonics so he taught he had made the best choice ever.
Following the death of Cynthia, Jessica got what she wanted, her type of man, and controlled him like remotes since he had no other option. Dennis seemed to have realized his mistakes but how would he have fed his daughter if he had chosen to go against her will?
Dennis looked at Barbie regretfully and moved into the bathroom to get a quick shower because it was a few minutes after 6 PM already.
He took his bath and wore his turtle neck top on his blue jeans. He slid his legs into his canvas and made use of his mirror.
He walked out to the sitting room and saw Barbie asleep. He carried her on his shoulder to her room and covered her with a thick blanket. He dropped the pizza by her side and dropped two kisses on her forehead before he exited the room to Sheraton Vill
a where the party would be held.
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