YOU ARE IT FOR ME

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Ryan P.O.V

Earlier today in my excitement to meet up with Stacey I had mistakenly left the tap running in my bathroom sink, I didn't know that the sink was clogged which had resulted to the flood. My house keeper had called me when I was in a meeting with a client. My fashion show was in a weeks time and everything has been set and ready.

After having lunch with Stacey I had gone to meet up with this client and when my phone rang I had been surprised to see her call cause she will never call me without a purpose. She told me that she had come to do her cleaning for the weekend and realised that there was water every where on the floor and when she investigated she found out that I had left my bathroom tap on. That was when it dawned on me that I had made a blunder.

I had rushed home and found that she was indeed saying the truth. Fortunately my documents were unharmed cause they were in my safe and every other things that were damaged could easily be replaced. I thanked my house keeper and asked her to leave cause she couldn't handle the cleaning of the house and removal of all the wet items alone.

As soon as she left I contacted the cleaning agency but due to the fact that it was already getting late I asked them to come clean the house the next day but then I needed a place to crash for the night and I didn't feel like going to the hotel so I called Stacey to tell her about my situation before heading to her place.

Even though she was my best friend it was the reasonable thing to do and if she accepts I can then go over to her place, but she wasn't picking up for a long time so I got worried and decided to go to her place.

Her two cars were parked in her parking lot but when I went to press the door bell there was no response, thankfully I have her spare key which was attached to my car key. I also got worried when I entered her house and she was no where to be seen, I kept trying her number and she didn't pick up. The house looked neat as usual and there was no sign of struggle whatsoever so I wouldn't conclude that she has been abducted or hurt in anyway but where the f**k was she I was really worried that something bad might have happened to her and it was already getting late.

 I went to the kitchen to get a drink of water, after taking a few sips of water I decided to try her number again and that was when I heard 'hey', I got startled and when I looked up I saw her standing by the kitchen entrance, I quickly stood and went towards her, I felt so much relief that she was alright and nothing bad had happend to her, I tried to ask where she had been and that was when I looked at her outfit and she looked like she had just returned from the beach.

I couldn't believe that she went to the beach without me, considering that she and I always went together, have I become so irrelevant to her now that she was dating Donovan that she has decided to exclude me from her life, I felt angry and hurt, how can she relegate me to the background just because she found a man she claims to love. I tried to control my emotions but it seamed like I am doing a bad job at it cause I know that the hurt was clearly written on my face. And when I asked her why she didn't tell me that she was going to the beach today despite being together today she broke my heart further by telling me that she went on a date with that asshole Donovan.

I sighed, well if she was that happy with him I have no choice but to support her that's how much I love her, I will never be an obstacle to her happiness, I can only protect her but then she still have to make the last decisions regarding her life, afterall I am only her best friend but I think that it was time I have a one on one chat with Donovan and if he was lieing about his feelings for her I will definately find out, cause I know that right now my best friend was in cloud nine to think rationally.

They say that it was useless to give advice to someone who is inlove, maybe when she sees his true colours she will begin to see clearly. I went ahead to ask her how the date went and I could see how happy she was about the whole date, she looked like she had alot of fun and I felt this slight pang of jealousy but I masked my emotions and told myself not to ruin things by showing how upset I was.

So why were you calling me incessantly she asked me making me realise that she had deliberately changed the subject well I had no choice but to respond to her. My house got flooded mistakenly I say going to sit at the kitchen island.



Oh my gush Ry! how did that happen? are you alright?she kept on asking me questions with worry written all over her face. I chuckled, calm down babe first of all I am alright, I had forgotten to turn off the tap in my sink and that was what caused the flood. She folded her hands over her chest then stared at me intently with narrowed eyes. What? I asked, anytime she looked at me like that I just know that she was suspecting me of something.

Ry, you and I know that you are a very meticulous person and never forgets to do anything more or less forgeting to turn off a tap?, you are one guy who remembers everything including all my class schedules when we were in college how then did you forget to turn off the tap in your bathroom?.

She suddenly grabbed my arms with tears in her eyes, tell me Ry what is going on with you these days? are you so worried about me or is it stress from work that made you forget? she asked. I was dumb founded when I heard what she said, I quickly hugged her.

Believe me princess I am fine, I am not perfect and as a human with so many imperfections I tend to forget things sometimes maybe you didn't notice because I hardly forget things. I cupped her face then wiped the tears that were threatening to slide down her face. Don't be such a cry baby, I am completely fine and the house will be cleaned by tomorrow I only came here to spend the night I say grinning, I hope you are fine with it.

She hit my arms lightly while glaring at me, do you need my permission before coming here, tch.. you talk as if most of your stuff isn't in my house already she replied walking away from me towards the refridgerator, I was laughing as I slid off the stool. Well would you blame me, now that you have a boyfriend perhaps he would get upset seeing another man sleeping on the same bed with his girlfriend.

She scoffed, why would he be upset, he already knows we are best friends and how important you are to me she replied taking a bottled water and drinking it directly from the bottle. I stared at her back and couldn't help but notice how lovely she looked in her dress, I also felt warmth inside me when I heard her say how important I am to her. Because she had her back towards me she didn't see the wide grin on my face, when I didn't reply she turned to look at me.

You don't have to be flusttered by what I said, you mean alot to me Ry and even though I am dating someone now, it doesn't mean that I will toss away our friendship and you know it, then she turned away and continued drinking her water.

I sighed, I honestly thought that you wouldn't need me anymore I replied in a soft voice, teasing her to see her reactions, she turned and glared at me then threw her empty bottle in a trash can. That means you don't truly know me that well Ry and I am so dissapointed she replied moving away as she tried to walk out of the kitchen.

I laughed loudly hugging her from behind, damn she smelt so nice, I inhaled deeply. Come on babe I was just messing with you, then I turned her around facing me, I know what we mean to each other and no matter what happens we will always be best friends.

You are an i***t Ry I thought you meant what you said she retorted. That means you also don't know me that well I say making her roll her eyes, f**k off she said laughing, I missed you babe I drawled tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

I missed you alot too like alot she replied hugging me while laying her head on my chest with her hands around my waist. I rubbed her back slowly while we stayed that way just enjoying each others warmth.

You look very lovely in this dress I say trying to control my heart that was beating very fast, at this rate I am sure she will notice how fast my heart was beating.

Babe?

Hmm ... she replied quietly with her head still on my chest, let's go and sleep it's almost mid-night I say chuckling. You are right she said I am so tired, let's go take a bath first before we sleep.

Are we bathing together? I asked teasing her. She smiled, you wish she replied then stuck her tongue out at me. I laughed, a man can only wish right? I say making her shake her head.

We went to take our shower, offcourse seperately, she went in first before I did and by the time I was done with my shower she was already fast asleep. I stared at her beautiful form that was sleeping on her queen sized bed. She must be pretty tired and I wondered what type of fun they had at the beach that made her this tired. I sighed, then traced my finger gently on her full lips that felt soft with her lip balm.

They felt so soft and inviting, if only I could have a taste of this lips then I will die a happy man but unfortunately for now only Donovan will have the priviledge to taste them. Thinking about that alone left a bitter taste in my mouth.

My sweet and innocent Stacey, I wondered if they had f****d already, knowing Donovan's history with women, I know he wouldn't spare her, by now he must have gotten a taste of that honey pot. Gush, why am I even thinking about this at this time of the night, besides it's her personal matter and her body and she alone will decide whom she wanna share her body with even if it was with that jerk Donovan.

I frowned, some men just have all the luck I muttered, here I am a down to earth man, a great lover and an honest man but still am yet to have any woman who will love me genuinely and the only woman that I have learnt to love with all my heart after the death of my girlfriend loves someone else.

I only wish that someday I will get over this unrequitted love of mine and find someone else who will love me as much as I love her. I stared one more time at the sleeping form of the woman I love then laid down behind her, I drew closer to her then spooned her. I inhaled that sweet scent of her strawberry scented hair, it calmed me down in a way I don't understand.

Just being close to her like this was enough for me, If all I got as her best friend was to spoon her like this some nights, holding her in my arms and spending some nights with her on her bed then I will never complain because I wouldn't know what I will do if she is not in my life.

Fiona P.O.V

What the f**k was going on and just when I thought that Catherine was the only problem I needed to remove from Donovan's life, more bitches have to crawl out and become a competition for me. I gave a chuckle, then they have a surprise coming their way because I will not share Donovan with any b***h. He is mine alone.

The guy whom I had asked to follow Donovan had given me a call this night that he had followed Donovan to a condo and he had waited patiently for him to come out and when he did he was with a woman whom he couldn't recognise cause she had this f*****g big beach hat on her head. He had also discreetly followed behind them and they had headed to a beach where it seamed like Donovan had planned a romantic date for the both of them. He couldn't see the girl face cause it was already getting dark.

The bastard only had to give me this information when they both had left the beach together, why didn't he inform me as soon as they were at the beach why wait till they left before informing me. I was so furious that I felt like shooting him if he was close to me. And the cocky bastard didn't even have a picture of the b***h Donovan had a date with, incompetent fool.

What was Donovan even playing at, he was already into that stupid nerd Catherine and now he has a new b***h. I had created this cold casanova, if I hadn't cheated on him maybe I would still be by his side sharing his wealth and fame. I would have actualised all those dreams that I had to trade my body for.

Donovan would have still be mine alone I am sure of it cause he loved me alot but I was too ambitious to be patient with him after he lost his father and was struggling with his business. Well, what is done is done, I can't change the past even if I wanted to but at least I can certainly change my future and that is to remove all these weeds surrounding my Donovan and make him see how much I love him and want to be with him.

Well that feeling called love is still something I am trying to get used to, but am I truly inlove with Donovan? offcourse why would I waste my resources and time chasing after him.

I am already rich so why the f**k not wouldn't I go for the only man that had actually loved me whole heartedly in the past. Every other men I had been with in the past were after my beauty or my body, only Donovan loved me unconditionally and I will have him at all cost even if I have to die trying.

But this tiny voice inside me is telling me that I am lieing to myself about loving Donovan, I sure have my reasons and motives but whatever, whatsoever I want is what I will definately go for and I will not rest until I have finally actualized it.

Well, the only good thing about these whole new discovery about Donovan having another female lover was that at least I got the address of the woman's house and I will know the identity of the woman in no time. With that in mind I planned my next move on how to get rid of both women from Donovan's life.

It was almost mid-night when I was still pacing about my room while smoking before I finally concluded on how to go about my plans. Firstly I will get rid of Catherine then I will take care of the other woman.

But something seams to bother me about these whole situation with the second woman, if she was just a fling why would Donovan take the time to plan a romantic date with her and on a beach for that matter, to some peoplpe it might look like a normal thing a man would do for the woman he was dating but not in the case of Donovan cause the man has never been this romantic with any of the women he had been with in the past.

I have taken my time to keep tab of all his previous relationships in the past ten years and not once has Donovan gone out of his way to show these women that he was really into them. It was mostly the usual dates in an expensive restuarants or trips abroad but never had he done anything excessively romantic. He had always been a cold lover but then why now would he go out of his way for this woman which can only mean one thing, and that is this woman mean more to him than the others.



This means that the main person I should focus on is this mysterious woman and I will be damned if I would allow this relationship to continue between them.

Could it be that Donovan has finally fallen inlove with this person after all these years of being a player? does it mean that he has finally gotten over me and moved on with his life. I had my hopes up that as long as he was still playing around then I had a chance that I could still win him over but from the look of things the game has changed and if I don't do anything about it I will lose him forever and I cannot let that happen cause I will resort to any length to have him back into my life.

I only cheated on him I didn't take anyones life and besides alot of people cheat in their relationships and some are still together how then is Donovan taking this whole thing so seriously, I had given him space what else does he want.

I am burning with rage about this whole situation, after a while I threw away the last stick of my cigarrette, I had smoked a full packet of cigarrettes since that evening. My eyes were already red and I am getting restless, I realised that smoking continously all through the night will not help me but I needed a clear head to be able to think properly.

I went and took a cold shower before making my way to the bed, I picked up my phone and opened it to my gallery and opened one of the photos which was the photo of Donovan, I stared at the handsome blue eyed man and smirked, you will be mine soon Donovan and no one will take you away from me I promise. I was still holding my phone to my chest when I drifted off to sleep and with only one thing in mind eradicating the second leach. The first leach being Catherine and the second leach the mysterious woman....

Donovan P.O.V

I feel so happy right now, after all these years of wallowing in loneliness and sadness, finally, I have a reason to be happy. I can't believe that after all these years I have finally found a woman I could love. With Stacey I always feel complete unlike before when I always feel like something was missing in my life. I had used s*x as a gateway to distract myself from boredom and it hadn't work cause after I fulfilled my canal needs I still felt hollow inside and all those women were only after two things money and fame so being with me was their ticket to living a luxurious life but I am no fool I always know their motive and I play along.

Well, that has finally come to an end cause I have Stacey in my life and even though she has made it clear to me from her actions that she neither cared about my wealth nor fame I am willing to do anything for her to make her happy.

Who will believe that Stacey has the great Donovan Green wrapped around her fingers even without she being aware of it. I was smiling widely while sipping my morning coffee as I tried to read the morning paper. Mind you I tried to read the morning paper but my mind was not into it cause my thoughts were filled with Stacey thus making me keep smiling like I have suddenly lost my mind.

Is there something very interesting in the paper Mr. Green? Racheal my chef suddenly asked as she stared suspiciously at me with her hands folded over her chest. I chuckled, nothing much just the usual I replied looking up at her. She smiled and took a seat close to me. Its been ages since I saw this genuine smile on your face, did something good happen to you she asked wriggling her brows at me making me laugh out loud.

You see what I am saying, you don't laugh out loud like this, which means something special happened to you she added making me grin widely at her. You can say that again Ray I feel happy this morning.

Hmmm... what's with the endearment, you have never ever called me Ray before, so who is she that has brought such happiness into your life, she must me out of this world to make you be like this.

I stared at her, how did you know it was a woman responsible for my happiness I asked surprised at her words, she laughed, come on Donovan you and I know that you never laugh like this and there is this glow on your face and you are radiating with happiness and when you see a person acting the way that you do, it can only mean one thing that the person has fallen inlove. You have never been this happy even after you made all those billions. She must be really special.

Yes she is I replied out mindedly then realising myself, well I guess she is I say looking away from her. She laughed and stood up, you deserve to be happy mr. Green and if she makes you happy then she really deserves you cause I have seen your struggles in all these years and all those women you were with didn't manage to make you happy and now that you have found the one who brings this much happiness into your life, I could finally feel at peace.

I laughed come on why being so serious you are acting like I am about to get married. She rolled her eyes, any woman who is able to melt your cold heart must be an angel, for a long time now no woman has been capable of doing what she has done, I tell you she must be out of this world Racheal said grinning.

You are right it wasn't difficult to fall for her she made it so easy for me I replied putting aside my morning papers and staring into space, I am in cloud nine already, my heart is already bursting with love for her and I can't wait to see her tomorrow, I would have met up with her today but she had told me that she will be visiting her parents later today after a long time. I also need to end this charade with Catherine today, I won't let this pretend relationship ruin my true relationship with the woman I love.

You know what Racheal? I am a very lucky man, I got the best woman in the whole world I say standing up while grining from ear to ear. I turned to go upstairs when I saw Frank with his hands folded over is chest staring at us silently. Oh Frank what are you doing over there? come have coffee pal I say, see you guys later and with that I ascended the stairs to prepare for my meeting with Catherine.

I was whistling happily as I began to dial Stacey's number, behind me I could hear Frank asking Racheal quietly whatsup with me and Rachel replied by saying that I was just in a very happy mood, I turned and saw her walking away towards the kitchen's direction leaving a shocked Frank behind.

I shoke my head, he must be surprised to see me in this kind of mood which was very rare to see but I know that with time he will figure it out.

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I walked with unhurried steps as I made my way towards Catherine who was patiently waiting for me to arrive, I had gone briefly to visit Stacey before coming here, she was already getting ready to go visit her parents.

When I arrived at Stacey's place and pressed the door bell, it was her best friend Ryan who answered the door, he had glared at me immediately he saw me standing by the door, sometimes I wondered what his problem was with me. I mean he is only her friend and nothing more but why do I feel like there is more to his dislike for me, and this happens all the time he and I see each other. Anyways he can go f**k himself, the only person whose opinion matters to me is Stacey and perhaps her parents also cause they gave birth to her. But because that jerk Ryan means alot to her I am willing to put up with his bullshit.

After glaring at me like I killed his pet he had reluctantly let me in and called out to Stacey that I had come to see her as if she wasn't already expecting my arrival, after excusing himself I had quickly captured her lips in mine not that I couldn't have done it with him looking on but then I didn't wanna scar the fucker. After sharing a passionate kiss we both had come up for air and I had placed my forehead on hers. I have missed you so much baby I say, she giggled but we had been together just yesterday she replied pecking my nose.

I whined, but it's not enough baby I want more of you, and I don't seam to get enough of you, how about you move in with me and that way I can see you anytime that I want I say teasing her.

She laughed hmmm... aren't you moving too fast huh, and next you will want us to have a baby together she gasped with widened eyes while placing her hands on her chest.

I caught on her act, but there is nothing wrong with us having babies right?, we will both have that some day don't you think so I say winking at her.

She giggled offcourse I love kids but I wanna wait till later for that, so don't push your luck too far she retorted hitting me lightly on the chest. I encircled my arms around her waist drawing her more closer to me, I sniffed her neck and dropped a sweet kiss there.

I just came in briefly to see you babe, I couldn't wait till tomorrow, she embraced me and then pulled away from me, I am glad you came around babe but I gotta finish getting ready, my parents are already waiting for me she said giving me a sweet smile.

Offcourse I say quietly I wish she and I will just cuddle or something but I have to let her go meet her folks while I go to meet up with Catherine. Suddenly my phone beeped I checked it and it was a message from Catherine telling me she was already waiting for me at the place we had scheduled to meet.

I also have to scram too babe, take care and be safe I say kissing her lips lightly, she smiled and then nodded, I will see you tomorrow she said giving me a small wave.

As I turned to leave she held my wrist and pulled me towards her with a little force making me gasp she held my neck and crashed our lips together. After we broke the kiss I smirked at her, being forceful now are we? I like that I say.

She winked at me and smiled off you go handsome. I laughed then rubbed her lips gently with my thumb, see you tommorow babe I say, bye baby and with that I left.

Walking towards Catherine I gave her a sweet smile, afterall I am feeling happy today and I hope that nothing will spoil my mood today. When I got to her table she rose from her seat and we embraced each other and I gave her a peck on both cheeks after we both sat down a waiter approached us but I wasn't in the mood to eat anything I only wanna get this done and over with that's it so I requested for only a bottle of wine.

Would you like to order anything Cat I asked as I saw she was already drinking juice. She shoke her head, I have to get home for dinner, father and I are expecting guests later tonight.