BINDED IN FAKE LOVE

Contract signed at gun point

She keeps quiet behind in the store. They give up and just get back in their gigantic cars living a lot of dust behind.

She believes she has survived the day but that was not the case. She leaves work as usual this time very terrified,she got home grabbed a bowl due to starvation so that she could make something to eat.

She finishes and sits on her bed to start eating, while sited on her bed eating and scooping her noodles .

Her phone buzzed, it was a message from a powerful collector it read” your work is stolen property and it belongs to someone else.”

This meant even the little effort she was left with was about to disappear.

The message further read you either meet me or I reveal that you forged a valuable art work, besides I am watching you.

A loud bang came once before she could even finish processing the message as she flinched, breathing heavily.

Who could that be? She wondered.

Chapter two

She tiptoed into her bed, pressing herself against the floor with her barefeet that barely made a sound to her bed.

She reached for the duvet and covered her head as she gasped for breath.

Only her eyes peeked out with her ears focused at the door .

The sudden crash with the wall persisted until the loud bang dissapeared and retreated into silence.

She eventually slept off forgetting what was on earth.

A bright light passed through the white curtains,she blinked against it.

Eyes still heavy with sleep,she sat her legs swung on the side of her bed,arms pressed together ready to pray.

The bathroom tiles were filled with cold water,her feet felt cold as she stood under the shower.

The hot water hit her making the remain sleep run out of her body.

She grabbed her pair of jeans and t-shirt on and her sketch book so that she could go to Cornerstone gardens since her gallery had been vandalized.

Her second hustle at the cafe had also laid her off so she moved and boarded the train .

Doors burst open,passengers spilled in ,she squeezed through and grabbed the centre rail trying not to fall asthe crowd surged around her.

Immediately it moved to Cornerstone complex gardens which was it's final destination where she was actually stopping.

She moved down the train to the the famous Cornerstone gardens around.

She arrived looking confused not even checking if the table she sat on was the right one and sat on the low wall table area.

Immediately she pulled out her sketches from her bag to start sketching.

Probably it could help her forget and relieve herself abit . For about an hour while sitting on the low wall with a table on which she spread her sketches she was sketching.

She sketched a line , pencil pausing boots tapped the floor .A man passed by walking closer to her.

Chest lifted ,head high , Stephanie pulling eyes towards him.Each step deliberate enough that people made way without thinking.

It seems the table number belongs to the man and she could be probably sitted on a wrong table.

She realized she was on the wrong table .

‘’oops sorry….. “said embarassed Stephanie’’

‘’Dont be stupid. ,why are you here,why did you sit on my table.”said the arrogant billionaire.

They looked at each other as they judged themselves and carrying away people's attention from what they were doing to themselves.

wow who is the arrogant man? Some people stared in amusement

The man was the famous rich Sebastian who was in a mess to save himself and his company .He was not sympathetic at all because he had a lot on his mind.

He was frustrated with the fast running months and he was only left with a few months to show his grand father his fiancee so that he could take over inheritance.

Sebastian had just had his heartbreak and was drinking himself now to a serious drunkard for the past two years.

Being so annoyed ,he walked hitting his sharp oxford shoe on the ground as it left the sound of a rich man behind .

He decided to just leave and go back home as he had lost his appetite and morale to be there anymore.

He drove off off at a terrible speed ,reached home where he lay in the swinging chair in his posh mansion very drunk as his life had always been everyday till he slept off.

He was then awaken by the vibration that came from his table,it was his phone ,grand pa calling,he struggled to open his eyes that were filled with sleep so that he could see.

He then stretched to get hold of his phone, he realized it was grand pa, he first hesitated to pick

‘’Ohhh my grand pa again”……..”muttered Sebastian

‘’Hello Sebastian I will be coming there in a few minutes . ‘’ Grand pa said

Sebastian had not gone to work that day He rushed for his suits that he had already taken off and pretended like he was going for work.

Before he could actually step out ,his grand father was already at the door.”Sebastian we need to talk”

Sebastian moved to the chair lowered his back abit slowly with his hand rubbing his face despite being very drunk .

He tried to hide the situation from his dad so that he doesn't notice it.He cleaned and the mess and took away the glass and the wines.

‘’ If you want to take over the inheritance you must first rescucitate one of the companies to prove you can manage.

You must also get married to take over the biggest gallery company.’’ said his grand pa

He just kept silent and his face frowned immediately.

Arrogant as he was he couldn't imagine how rich he would look before his friends and was not ready for the poor lifestyle that would befall him if he didn't fulfill his grandfather ‘s wishes.

Being so annoyed about his grand father's talk he stood up in alot of anger ,very tense, panicking and his hand folded into a fist as if he was going to fight someone.

How can i get married in this short time or else the company will be taken over by a stranger with good skills in art better than him yet Sebastian did not like that.

He couldn't imagine a life being dominated and controlled .Remembering this , he drank to the fullest.

Grandfather stood up and left immediately.

Meanwhile at the gardens where Sebastian left Stephanie she was now sitted lost in thoughts .

She was left with a few days to redeem herself before she could be revealed which was even false allegations.

Her aim was to kill the false allegation before it's revealed ,she wondered whether to reply to the message or not because the message read the person was watching her,she thought to herself could the person be watching me even right now.

She adjusted her neck looked left,right and then front backward to ensure no one was monitoring her.But who knows who this person could be who was spreading these false allegations and what their intention was.

It was now coming to 6:00 pm it was now time for her to leave for home, knowing and very scared that someone was watching her she reached for her hoodie to cover her head and face with her hands in her pockets and started to walk home.

she moved looking behind and Infront to ensure she is safe.While she moved a reminder on her phone poped of an event she was supposed to attend in the next three days.

The event was to happen in a few days where people with Art portfolios would go show and exhibit their portfolio.

She first hesitated and feared that may be the people looking for her would get her there but she thought , I have done nothing wrong ,what will they do to me?

It was not something to stop her from doing something she loved with all her heart.

Being very strong and confident she dressed up .

She reached the room was filled with slow instrumental background jazz music ,men and women dressed to kill .

She displayed her portfolio on the table she was assigned to display which was table 67B ,next to hers was table 68C which was not yet filled with stuff ,the owner was not yet there.

The rule at the event was that the table next to you is the one you work with to pitch your idea to investors.

The owner of 68C she had to work with suddenly appears and it's Sebastian again.

She looked widening her eyes, “you again.” she shouted in disbelief.

She got annoyed grabbed her bags and decided to leave.

She walked down the steps that led her out the gate to a lonely tunnel road where she caught up with a black drone that started to follow her she realised and ran while screaming but they were almost catching up with her.

A car appeared out of no where she reached for the door and ran inside it.

It was Sebastian.

Fate again.

The enemies meet again now for the third time.

“Haha Haha ,I told you you can't live without me.”Sebastian said bragging and laughing very loud

Very hurtless as you are,replied Stephanie

“ooh okay let me leave you here .”said Sebastian

Okay I have a condition for you here is my address if you want me to help you .You know I have authority.” He bragged again.

Sebastian drops her off looks at her small house looks at it and tells her see you tomorrow.

Think about it, you either come tomorrow or I give you away to that person looking for you,

Sebastian spoke with alot of confidence and command to a lady because he knew they all needed something.It wasn't Sebastian’s thing to speak to women properly.

But he was very sure Stephanie was desperate to protect herself from the media embarrassment and to get money to improve her leaking vandalized studio in the small town neighbouring Solarest.

She immediately takes off her broken heels to get started with her chores, she gets her clothes ,puts them into the washing machine ,switches it on immediately.

While the machine runs the clothes ,this time it's a phone call from an unknown number,she picks and the person says” that was just the beginning .”in a loud voice .

By the time she got home she was still very hesitant to go to the billionaires house but she just decides to go after the threatening message she had just received.

She calls her childhood and best friend Jonah telling him about the issue who tells her to go ahead and that he has her back.

She moves to Sebastian’s house following the address given to her .She started to see a black armoured gate with a long fence from a far , that must be it.

What if they kill me, a random thought popped up. She rings the bell at the gate.

Sebastian sees her from the camera and responds via his camera box voice responder, “glad you came around knowing am the only one with the solution to your problem.”