One More Night episode 23

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Owned and written by:- Racheal Dennis.

Episode twenty three 🎄

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Authoress Racheal’s pov ☃️🎄

Veronica’s teahouse.

Vero was getting ready to start her morning, today’s Tuesday and it’s most of her staff’s off day.

She have only two staffs around right now, the cook and a waitress.. which meant more work for her today.

Though she initially choose this day as an off day for them, because there weren’t any rush every tues.

But most customers have noticed she’s personally serving at the cafe on Tuesdays, so they recently flock in every Tuesday to get a glimpse of her now.

“Soon those old, pot belly, bearded perverted customers are gonna flock in and get on my nerves” she grumbled as she wiped a table.

After a few minutes she’s done wiping all the tables, she headed towards the storage room to check out the newly arrived stocks.

“Miss Mars” the cook approached her halfway.

“Yeah?”

“The beefs aren’t here yet, we’ll be needing them very soon” he complained.

“What? I paid for them already and asked Jennifer to have them delivered today, it’s 10:28am and the beefs are still not delivered yet?”

“No, miss Mars”

Veronica closed her eyes, she wanted to yell at someone, but unfortunately the person she’s planning on yelling at wasn’t here.

She snapped her eyes opened, her eyes moved towards the storage room that’s just a few steps away.

She balled her fists beside her, took deep breaths and told herself to calm down..he put on a smile and faced him.

“Let’s check the freezer first, if there are any there, you’ll use it and I’ll contact Jennifer later to bring the beefs right away”

The cook wanted to tell her he’s searched there before, but decided against, he’d prefer her to see for herself.

Veronica’s got a hot temper some times, who knows if she might strangle him, if he tells her he’s checked before but found none.

“Alright” he said and followed her towards the storage room.

Veronica quickly opened a freezer and checked in,side, but to her disappointment, there are no beefs.

She sighed.

“What exactly is wrong with Jennifer? What the f**k is her problem?!”

Veronica finally exploded, she couldn’t keep her cool any more. She ran her fingers through her hair and pulled it very hærd, it’s very obvious she’s getting frustrated right now.

She easily gets frustrated.

“What are we gonna do now?” the cook asked.

Veronica quickly reached for her phone, she began scrolling on it as if she’s searching for something.

“Customers are gonna start coming in, what if they order for a beefsteak? Are we gonna wait for Jennifer?”

“No”

Veronica reached in her apron, she pulled out some cash and handed it to him.

“Go to the nearest grocery store, get some beef and I’ll try contacting Jennifer”

“Yes, Miss Mars” he said and hurried off.

Veronica headed out of the storage room, she headed straight for the counter, while dialing Jennifer’s number.

A frown appeared on her face, when Jennifer’s phone was ringing and no one’s answering the phone.. she redialed and redialed and redialed, but there still wasn’t any response.

She frowned even more.

“Have I been scammed?”

That was the first question that came to her mind, but she quickly shook her head in disagreement.

“No, that’s not possible, Jennifer isn’t as greedy as that.. we’ve been doing business together for ages” she said to herself.

Then redialed the number again, but it’s still the same thing.

“Or could it be something has happened to her?” she questioned herself.

But thought about her words, then shook her head as she disagreed with her thought.

“I shouldn’t jinx her” she said.

Just then she heard the bell at the entrance jingled, indicating a customer just came in, she sprang off her stool and turned with a smile to greet her customer.

“Good morning, sir, welco….”

Her words got stuck in her throat and her smile faltered at once, when she saw who it was.

She rolled her eyeballs and sat back on her chair, she hugged her apron tightly as she recalled how she had duped him yesterday.

“W-what are you doing here again?” she stuttered slightly.

“To have a cup of cappuccino” he replied.

He pulled out a stool and sat next to her, she stylishly moved her stool a little farther from him.

“A.. a cup of cappuccino?” she asked, as if she didn’t hear him the first time.

“Yes, a cup of cappuccino made by you” he replied.

Veronica laughed shortly, she stared at him straight in the eyes.

“You really want me to make a cup of cappuccino for you?”

He nodded.

“Well, you know how expensive if it’s personally made by me, right?”

“I’m not complaining” he said.

“Oh, well, it’s payment before service” she said.

He smirked, he dipped his hand in his pockets and pulled out his wallet..he shoved it in her hands.

“Is that enough?” he asked her.

Veronica looked at the wallet in her hands, it’s very heavy (that means, it’s filled with money), she looked at him.

Her mouth fell opened in shock, like she’s wondering what’s going on.

“Y-you wanna pay all these… for a cup of cappuccino?” she asked.

“Yes, now get working” he said.

Veronica eyed him for a moment, before jumping off her stool, she quickly shoved his wallet in her apron and patted it fondly..then gave him her sweetest smile.

“I’ll be right back” she said.

“I’ll be here waiting” he replied.

★★★★

♪♪ I am ri~ch ♪♪
♪♪ I am ri~ch ♪♪
♪♪ I am ri~ch ♪♪
♪♪ I am ri~ch ♪♪

Veronica sang as she made the cappuccino, she kept patting her apron every now and then, as if to confirm if the wallet was still there.

Who knows if Stephen knows some magic tricks, he might just do some voodoo and his wallet would return back to his pocket.

Her phone suddenly started ringing, she reached for it and saw it’s Cassandra calling.

With a smile, she quickly answered it.

“Hey, Cinderella! I’m rich!!!” she shouted into the phone.

“Alright, happy girl, what happened?” Cassandra asked from the other end.

Veronica started telling her (Cassandra) how Jayden’s friend barged into her cafe yesterday, she narrated everything that transpired between them since yesterday till this morning.

“… it’s not my fault he’s been stubborn, besides, I didn’t force him to hand over his wallet..that isn’t stealing” she concluded her words.

“Yeah, you’re right, but be careful so he’s not gonna set you up” Cassandra advised.

“I know, you gotta trust your babe”

They both laughed briefly.

“So, why did you call me?” Veronica asked.

“Yeah, I want you to give me ideas on how to escape”

“Escape? Escape from where?”

“From….”

Veronica toned her off when she heard Stephen (Jayden’s friend), yelling for her.

“I’ll call you later, Cinderella, I have a very important customer to attend to”

“I…”

Without letting Cassandra speak, Veronica quickly hanged up, carried the cappuccino and rushed off.

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Cassandra’s pov 🎋🎄

Oh my goodness!

I feel like I’m in an action movie right now, with so many men on black suit flocking after Jayden and I.

Ok, I was really exaggerating things here, they are not many at all, they’re just two security men and one is walking ahead of us, while the other is walking kinda far behind us.

No one would even know they’re following us, but I just don’t feel comfortable having them with us.

I leaned closer to Jayden, I grabbed his arm and pulled him back. He lowered his head and gave me his attention.

“Jayden, we don’t really need these bodyguards” I said.

He lifted his head and glanced briefly at the one ahead us, he grinned at me.

“Of course, we do, baby” he replied, making me frown and pout.

“What?”

He wrapped his arm around my wa-ist, pulled me closer to him sideways.

“You only have yourself to blame on that, mrs Grassi” he said.

“But I didn’t do anything” I gave him an innocent look.

He chuckled lightly and pulled my nose.

“Have you forgotten? You were planning on running away…”

I twisted my mouth and started whistling, as I recalled how he had caught me talking to Vero on phone in the toilet.

“…I can’t chase after you if you really do run away, because I don’t have the stamina right now, but…”

He trailed off as his eyes flickered towards the security guy ahead, he’s (the security guy) has arrived at the entrance of the mall already.

Jayden turned back to me, then chuckled lightly.

“..they do, they have enough stamina to chase you even if you wanna run to the end of the world”

I scoffed and elbowed his ribcage, he gro-ned quietly and unwrapped his arm from my wa-ist.

“You’re making me feel like a prisoner” I told him.

“You’re not a prisoner, let’s head in and give you a new look” he said.

I scoffed again, turned my face away from him as if his words made no sense.

★★★★

“Welcome, Mr Grassi”

A lady in her late thirties or early forties, greeted Jayden immediately we stepped in a stall.

“Thanks, Melody” he replied.

Melody? Why does it sounded like they are kinda acquainted? Don’t tell me he brings every girl he’s gone out with here.

I turned to face him and narrowed my eyes at him questioning, not knowing what I meant, he curved his brows at me instead.

“Please, do come in” Melody said, leading the way for us.

“Let’s go, Mrs Grassi” he said, put his hand on the small of my back and we followed Melody.

“We have new products this week, luckily for you guys, you’re the first to see them” she said as she led us around.

I leaned closer to Jayden.

“You seem familiar with this woman, how many of your girlfriends have you brought here?” I asked him.

He shook his head in denial.

“None” he replied.

I stared at him for a moment, then snickered at his words, he blinked at me.

“Why are you snickering? You don’t believe me?”

“I don’t know if I do”

“What?” He cleared his throat. “Since my wife left, I haven’t been acquainted to any female species.. unless it’s work related” he said.

“Hm” I hummed.

He wanted to say something more, but Melody interrupted him.

“How about you check these out?” she suggested, gesturing towards some clothes.

“Thank you” I told her.

Jayden faced me.

“I’ll be sitting on that couch, you can pick whatever dress you like and try it on, I’ll tell you if it’s ok or not” he said.

“Hm” I hummed again.

He smiled, leaned forward to place a k-ss on my forehead but I moved away, he bite his lower lip and nodded.

“I’ll be right over there” he said and walked towards the couch.

Melody smiled at me.

“Should I recommend some dresses?” she asked.

I nodded quickly.

“Yes, please”

Actually, I’m not so good at fashion stuff, though I’m a novice either…but Vero normally help me out.

“Alright, let’s start from here”

We started picking out different dresses, it’s kinda hærd for me to choose, they all look beautiful and mere looking at them, I could already tell they’re gonna look good on me.

Ok, I’m kinda confident they are gonna look good on me because of my curves…yeah, I’m pretty proud of them.

Seeing how filled both our hands are already, I stopped picking and faced her.

“Melody, I think these are enough, I should try ’em out” I said.

“Alright” she replied. “Let’s go to the dressing room” she said.

“Ok” then she led me there.

We entered the dressing room, I quickly striped off my clothes and picked a peach color gown, I first tested it with my skin tone before wearing it.

I turned towards the mirror and checked it out, it’s a little bit tight, but I think it’s ok.

“Oh my God! Bless me with this body so I can drive men crazy!” Melody exclaimed.

“Er.. thanks?”

I don’t know what to say, I mean, she’s got a unique way of complimenting people.

“You killed this gown, are you sure you wanna try the rest on?” she asked.

“Yeah”

“This one looks good on you, like it was made for you… I don’t think there’s any reason to try the others” she said.

“That’s what I was thinking, but Mr Grassi outside might have a different opinion”

“Right” she agreed.

“Ok, I’ll go show this to him” I told her and headed out.

He was still sitting on the couch, his eyes were just fixed on the dressing room door, as if he’s keeping an eye on me.. in case I wanna run away.

He adjusted on himself when he saw me walking towards him, his l-ips curved up in a smile but unfortunately, he shook his head.

“No?” I asked.

“It’s perfect on you, but the color is kinda… I don’t like it on you” he said.

“Wait, I hope you ain’t planning on making me try out all those dresses in there”

He smirked.

“That’s my plan, baby, you’re my private model today” he said.

“But you…”

I swallowed my words, a frown appeared on my face, when I saw Kelvin approaching us in long str-de.

He also had a very deep frown on his face, he looked as if he’s greatly worried about something.

“Miss Maldonado” he greeted me with a nod, when he got to us.

I smiled in return, then he turned to Jayden.

“Mr Grassi, we must return to the company” he said in a panicked voice.

Jayden raised his brows slightly.

“I’m shopping with my wife right now, we can go back later”

“I’m afraid it’s gonna be too late, sir” Kelvin said.

“Too late?” Jayden asked. “What do you mean?”

Kelvin wanted to say it, but shut his mouth and shook his head when he glanced at me.

Hold on a sec, is he regarding me as an outsider?

“Say it, Cassandra is my personal assistant” Jayden told him.

Kelvin nodded.

“Sir, something happened at the company and there’s a commotion”

“Call Pearl, tell her to sort it out”

“I’m afraid, sir, Pearl couldn’t handle this, it demands your presence”

“Oh? What’s that, that even Pearl couldn’t handle?”

Kelvin gulped, but spoke quickly.

“A customer that’s been buying our brand, is complaining about having rashes after using our it recently”

Oh, don’t be confused.

JJ construction has different departments, I believe Kelvin is talking about the cosmetics department right.

“What? How’s that possible?”

“I don’t know, sir, she’s creating a very big scene outside the company… a lot of crowd is forming up and it doesn’t look good, it’s destroying our company’s reputation”

Jayden sprang off the couch, he raised his hand and called Melody over.

“I’ll leave her in your hands, take good care of her and give her a natural look”

“Yes, Mr Grassi”

I faced Jayden with a frown.

“Are you leaving me here?” I asked him.

“Yeah, you need to get ready, remember I’m taking you somewhere”

I checked my wrist watch, I don’t understand why, but I’m suddenly worried hearing there’s problem in his company.

“But it’s not yet time, I can come with you”

“No, you shouldn’t, just stay here and be a good girl.. Melody is gonna take care of you”

“But… ”

He crashed his l-ips on mine, making me swallow my words. I pushed him away gently.

“What’s…. ”

He placed his finger on my l-ips, stared in my eyes and smiled.

“Your l-ips were moving too fast, I just bite it on instincts” he said.

I glared at him.

“That’s so lame and… cliche”

He chuckled, car-ssed my cheek softly.

“I’ll be back in a bit, just snap yourself in each dress and send it to me… I’ll pick the perfect one for you”

Without waiting for my reply, he leaned down, k-ssed my forehead and hurried off.

I watched him leave until he’s out of sight, my heart don’t seem to be at rest but I can’t act rashly and make things worse for him.

It’s best I stay here.

“Melody, let’s go try out the others”

“Alright, this way please”

To be continued.

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