The billionaire's desire

EPISODE 001

“Getting married to a married man?”

This kept running through Emilia's mind as she marched forcefully to her house as was angered when she heard she would get married soon, worst of all, a man she doesn't know or love.

Emilia was very angry that evening as she moved fiercely into the house, she discovered the front door was open. Though surprised, she didn't bother as that wasn't what was on her mind. She hurriedly went in but didn't see her Mom in the living room.

“Mom! Mom!” She yelled. Her eyes lurked around the Parlour as stood, her head moving left and right around her neck. With her eyes, she kept searching for any trace of her Mom. She then shouted again, this time louder.

“Mom! Mom!” she said. This time, she heard a faint voice upstairs, it was her Mom. So she hurried up the stairs towards her room. When she was close to the door, she called out again, this time in a lesser tone, “Mom!”. Her Mom was arranging her clothes and on hearing her voice coming closer, she had to stop.

“Yes, Emy, what's the issue? What happened? You have been shouting since you came into the house, did something bad happen?” She asked, some of her clothes still in her hand.

“Yes Mom, something bad really happened” Emilia replied, this time her hands were folded beneath her breasts. Her face was still fierce and squeezed and her voice was loud.

“Emy, calm down okay, tell me what's wrong, what have I done?” She wondered.

“How could you Mom? How could you?” She asked, her voice cracking like she was going to break into tears.

“What have I done? I am confused?” Her Mom said this time her face was perplexed. She dropped the clothes she was holding.

“Mom, why did you accept John's offer of me getting married to him when you know that I do not love him”. She said

“Ohh, Mr John? You actually scared me, I thought something really bad had happened” she said this time trying to pick up her clothes again.

“It's not fair, I don't love him, I am already in love with someone else,” she replied.

Her Mom knew this was going to happen. She knew her daughter would come back shouting when she discovered she was getting married to Mr John without her consent. She knew she had to convince her daughter about this marriage but she was still unsure how to go about it.

“Have a seat dear” Her Mom said, pointing towards the bed at the edge of the room. This time around, she knew she had to calmly persuade her daughter to accept it. The bed stand had wooden springs which were a bit shaky though as it had been used for a very long time.

“Emy love” she continued this time putting up a smile as they sat on the bed but Emilia wasn't looking at her. “ You know I love you so much and I really want what's best for you”. She paused if Emilia would respond but she didn't, so she continued.

“Mr John is a good man who has promised to take care of your dad's hospital bills if you would accept to marry him”.

“I don't care, and I don't love him. I don't even know him too well to marry him” she replied, this time facing her mom.

“I know Mr John very well, he's a good and hardworking man, he'll make a good husband for you dear,” her Mom said.

“Why are you so selfish Mom, can't you at least listen to what I have to say? Must it always be about you and Dad, not about me?” Emilia said, almost breaking into tears as her pitch started increasing. “I love Thomas and it's him I'll ma….”

“That wretched fellow?” Her Mom interrupted.

“Mom, stop! Thomas isn't wretched” she replied as she stood up. “And it's him I'll marry, whether you or dad likes it or not!”

“That can't happen, you must marry Mr John, final!” Her Mom yelled.

“Noo, I love Thomas” she kept shouting in a crying tone as she walked out of her mom's room. She quickly ran down the stairs to the front door when her Mom replied, “ Don't you come back to this house till you've made up your mind on marrying John”. She left.

The weather outside was a bit cold as it was drizzling. However, that wasn't bothering her as she was sad, angry and disappointed in her Mom. She couldn't believe her Mom would do such a thing. On the way, she kept crying and talking to herself, she kept muttering “How could she? How could she do this to me? After all I have done for her”. Then she heard the horn from a car behind her, Puuuuuummmmmm.

“Can't you watch where you're going?” The man in the car said.

“Am so sorry” She said in shock as she quickly left the road and the car zoomed.

She was heading towards Thomas’ place which was just a stone's throw away from her place. She needed someone to talk to and Thomas was the only person she believed would be of help to her. She liked going to his place because he always makes her happy and that's all that mattered to her.

She didn't mind if he wasn't rich or influential, the happiness he gave her was what counted. While heading towards his house, she hoped Thomas was around and planned to spend the night at his place.

“Baby” she shouted from outside with tears still in her eyes and her voice getting weak and Thomas wasn't outside. It was when she was outside his compound she started feeling the cold as it had started to rain and needed to take something to warm her up. As she moved closer to the door she called out again.

“Baby, are you home?” She said, her voice a bit fainter, she was feeling cold as the rain kept falling.

“Yes love” Thomas said as he rushed out. He was surprised to see her coming to his place under the rain. “What happened, is everything alright?” He asked as he moved his hands across her hair.

“Let's go in first, I need a cup of coffee,” she said as hurried into the house. Thomas then looked outside for a while as though he was expecting someone else. He then moved in and shut the door.