Billionaire Toxic Love

CHAPTER 16

(Now let's rewind two hours back)

“You are amazing Claire” Joshua stared into Claire's eyes and lips intensely as she lay asleep cuddled, onto him. They had just been through two hours of exotic love-making, romance and s*x.

It was the best Claire had experienced in her life. She hadn't even done that to an extent with Richard, the man she's supposedly going to marry. That two-hour inexhaustible desire had kept her asleep, forgetting she meant to meetup with Richard, for their surprise date.

Joshua gently pulled away from Claire's embrace, carefully not waking her up. He got up and put on his pants, taking a second look at Claire. “I won't wake you up, you need this sleep”.

He walked out of the room still shirtless and walked towards the security man's post outside the mansion.

“James, James… it's me Joshua, where are you?” knocking at his door repeatedly.

“Oga I-I I am coming” stammered James, who hurriedly stepped out of his bathroom where he had been easing himself. “I'm sorry chief, I was making use of the toilet at the time” with a smile on his face as he spoke to Joshua.

James had loved Joshua ever since he helped him pay for his son's tuition fee abroad to complete the scholarship his son had gotten.

“Your son is smart, and he deserves to learn in the best learning environment possible. Financial factors shouldn't restrain him.”

James hadn't forgotten those words Joshua said to him in the past, as he funded the money when Richard couldn't.

He and Richard aren't always on good terms right from the start, but for some reason, Richard still keeps him. He's the oldest employee still working for Richard, though, as usual, he was threatened with getting sacked on the second day of his work at the mansion.

“It's okay, I didn't wait at your door for a minute though.”

“Ah chief, why are you not putting on a shirt? You are not taking madam to meet Oga again?”

“Well, James, that is why I came to meet you.”

“Okay, now I'm curious. What's it?”

“I want you to lie to Richard for me.”

“Lie?..”

“Yes. I want you to tell him you never saw me this evening. I didn't drive in here… I wasn't near this house. You understand me, right?”

“Okay, but why sir? James asked curiously, which was followed by an absolute silence as Joshua didn't say a word to his question but stared at him with no emotion visible on his face.

“You know how meticulous Oga is, he will want to get to the details of this. He might even ask for CCTV footage, Sir”

“What will we do when it gets to that?”

Joshua smiled when he heard that “I have handed it all over. I put a pause to all the CCTVs around the house the moment I drove in, and I erased it 10 minutes back.”

“Wait a minute, you knew you weren't going to drive Claire to meet Richard right along!”

“You planned it all?!?”

They both began laughing at that moment.

“I must say, Sir Joshua, you're a bad man… a very bad man” James said in between his laughter.

“Well, that aside, I hope you understand what you are doing to help me. Also, don't worry about the expenses you have this whole month, I'll cover them for you”, Joshua added. The laughter in the air died down.

“Chief, chief, you are very wonderful sir. Just know everything is going to be covered. You have nothing to worry about. I'm going to do my part well” hailed James with excitement.

Joshua was a co-founder of the biggest multinational conglomerate Richard owned. They both founded the company from childhood together. Although Richard was wealthier than Joshua because he invested in a lot of real estate properties, which made him the most sought out billionaire bachelor in town, whereas Joshua was only a multi-millionaire bachelor.

Money wasn't a problem for Joshua as well, and since he and James were on good terms, James benefited a lot from him. How could he dare not accept Richard's request?

“Okay then James, I guess it's all settled. I'm going back inside to dress up and leave”

“What of Madam Claire, Sir?”

“Need not worry about that, James” Joshua replied as he walked back into the mansion humbly.

Joshua tore out a piece of paper from a pair of magazines sitting on top of the bedside table when he got into the room.

“I hope she understands and acts accordingly” he muttered as he scribbled words on the piece of paper. He quickly dressed up afterward, looked at the exhausted Claire sleeping like a baby goddess, her dark long blonde hair packed upwards revealing a good portion of her seamless attractive face; her sexy lips inviting Joshua to stay for another minute, but he couldn't risk that.

He leaned towards her, giving her a peck “I will always be here for you Claire.”

With that, he turned, placed his piece of paper carefully on the handle knob of the cloth rack and walked out hurriedly.

“Bye chief…safe drive” James said as he opened the gate for Joshua to drive out.

“Thanks James. Remember to act accordingly”

“Yes sir” Joshua had already driven off, not waiting to hear James’ response.

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“CLAIRE, I HOPE THIS LETTER REACHES YOU WELL. I'M SORRY I COULDN'T WAIT TILL YOU WOKE UP. I AM SURE THAT BY THE TIME YOU'RE READING THIS LETTER, RICHARD SHOULD ALREADY BE NEARBY TOWARDS YOU.

IF YOU LOOK OVER TO YOUR LEFT-hand SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE NIGHT GOWN I HUNG FOR YOU. QUICKLY PUT THAT ON, AS I KNOW YOUR MAGNIFICENT BODY IS STILL NAKED AS A RESULT OF OUR ROMANTIC EVENING…IT WAS PERFECT BY THE WAY, I ENJOYED EVERY BIT OF OUR TIME TOGETHER.

…AND THAT IS WHY I AM TELLING YOU THIS… ‘TELL RICHARD YOU GOT ALL DRESSED UP, THEN YOUR HEAD STARTED ACHING YOU AS A RESULT OF THE NEWS CONCERT LAST NIGHT…, YOU THEN TRIED CALLING HIM TO INFORM HIM OF YOUR CURRENT SITUATION, BUT THAT YOUR HEAD COULDN'T CONVEY THE TASK. SO YOU JUST WENT TO BED AND FELL INTO A DEEP SLUMBER' JUST DO THIS PROFESSIONALLY CLAIRE AND FEIGN A BIT SICK.

I WILL HANDLE THE REST.

YOUR PARTNER IN CRIME,

JOSHUA.”

A bright smile appeared on Claire's face as she viewed the contents of the letter Joshua had written for her. A moment ago, she was disappointed, thinking Joshua had deserted her and ran off even before she could wake up. She knew now she was mistaken.

Hurriedly she paced off to where Joshua had hung the night gown. She put it on with such speed that it marveled her. Excited to know how the events of things will turn out.

Will smart, authoritative billionaire Richard Reins be outsmarted by this? Claire was so excited to find out as she shut her eyes on the bed, pretending to be asleep.

The door handle to the room turned open and in came fuming Richard.