The Billionaire’s Pretty Thief

Max breathing in as though he had been lacking air, spoke out like the whole world was on his shoulder.

” I do have a problem and that is my niece”, he let out.

Yes, Max has also noticed the weird behavior his niece had been putting up towards him and he was beginning to feel like he was pushing her so much.

“What had she done this time Max?”, his friend asked taking out a packet of cigarettes from the pocket of his jacket, putting it in between his lips, as he reached out for the cigarette lighter in his coat and lit his cigarette.

He placed himself in a comfortable position to better listen to Max narrate what the problem was with him.

Max looking at the ceiling of his office with a serious look, wallowed in anguish as he was going to be very sad if Crystal came to realize what he had been using her to do and eventually stopped doing it.

Bassey waited patiently for what he had to say while smoking his cigarette and tapping the ashes into the cigarette crock on Max’s table.

With a deep breath of exasperation, Max began to speak out about what was happening.

He explained to Bassey how Crystal had failed a task given to her for the first time in her life and that was very disturbing.

” What could have happened for her not to have carried out her complete task?”, Max continued to ask in total confusion as he looked at his friend in the eyes.

Bassey who had been listening to him asked what exactly had happened and Max narrated the last incident Crystal had with Blaze telling him that, she came with a briefcase filled with papers cut in the form of money and she had not even realized it full I had opened briefcase at home.

Bassey wore a worried look as he heard the words from his friend’s mouth.

“Maybe she has finally found out that, you are just using her for your selfish gains”, he said looking at his friend’s reaction.

Max blinking his eyes like he had not heard what his friend had said, placed his both hands on the table, and lowered his head to rest in between them, he responded,

” I do not think that she has found out about my schemes because if she had done so, she would have confronted me already as my niece is not someone to hide what she thinks or feels”.

Massey breathing in deeply to gather the courage to ask the next question that was going to fall out of his mouth asked Max if truly he had any plans of handing over Crystal’s inheritance someday.

Max was tongue-tight and could not answer him as he immediately changed the subject matter to something else asking what Bassey had come to see him for that day and whether there was a business he needed them both to do.

Blaze had excused himself from his meeting and taking Crystal by the hand, he pulled her passing in front of everyone to his office.

Reaching his office, he pushed Crystal on the couch that was at the side of his office closing his door, and turned to face her completely.

Crystal. was already trembling in fear as she had not thought that she would be faced with him alone at that moment.

Blaze rubbing his hair in anger and walking towards her, asked her what she was doing in his company and who had given her the right to interrupt his meeting with his investors

Crystal sweating profusely though there was an air conditioner in that office, made her start staggering as she was scared of what he might do to her

She looked at him in the face and standing up stressing her fears, told him to not question her in that manner because she was there to take back what was hers.

Blaze moving closer to her, making her move backward, asked to get what she meant by what she had just said, but Crystal’s heart could not stop beating in her chest for so many reasons that she could not understand herself.

Seeing an opening form beneath Blaze’s arms, she tilts herself under, passing to stand by the other side of the cottage.

“I am not scared of you so don’t even think that this act of yours is going to scare me one bit”, spoke out keeping a straight face and acting as though she was not scared of him, whereas deep down in her she was very afraid.

Blaze asked her what she wanted and why she had come to his office.

Crystal smiling like an apprentice hag told him that he was not going to get away with what he did to her and that she was there to take back the money that he duped her of.

Blaze who was overwhelmed by what she had just let out of his mouth, clapped his both hands in surprise as he walked around the office repeating,

“The money that I duped you off huh?”, he turned in her direction with a spiteful look.

Caressing his chin with his left hand and looking at her body again, he asked her whether she was very certain that it was just the money that she did not have in full that made her come to his office today to disturb his business transaction.

Crystal who was opening her mouth to speak but found it difficult to even release a word asked what he meant by the silly question he had just asked.

“You want to tell me that you did not understand my question?”, Blaze spoke as he approached her some more dorm where he was standing.

Crystal trembling already said with a lying face that she did not seem to. understand that he was blaming about and that all she came there was for her money else she was going to sue him for rape and tarnish his image.

Blaze on hearing this? Imitated her way of talking as he laughed boisterously.

” What on earth is making you laugh Mr. Blaze?”, she asked scowling already.

Blaze who kept on making a mockery of her words said that he did not know that her Majesty did not enjoy the little fun that they had that night.

“Was I so bad that bight that you want to call the cops on me?”, he inquired walking to his table and showing her the phone to call the authorities with.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

Crystal was shocked by his guts after what he did with her that night.

” You drugged me, Blaze, do you know that?”, she yelled out feeling all emotional she was not able to say what was happening to her but she was feeling hurt by his words and she could not hide it for long.

Blaze who was already feeling her pain decided to add more as she had robbed many of his friends and business associates.

“What makes you think that the authorities will believe that I actually rape you Ms. Crystal when everyone saw us leave the club together and you willingly followed me to my house”, he said walking behind her with a smile.

Crystal looking at him, held her heart as she felt a sharp pain that she could not control and her stamina was shaking.

Blaze who had noticed the silence between them turned to look at her and to his dismay he saw Crystal holding her heart, slowly reaching the floor as tears rolled down her eyes.

Rushing to hold her from falling, he took her into his arms carrying her like a father would carry her baby while putting her on his office couch.

Going back to his table, he called up his secretary giving her strict instructions not to let anyone in his office and also to let the others in the meeting room know that he was not going to be available anymore so the meeting would be rescheduled for another day.

His secretary confirmed his orders and he hung up.

Georgia was in her room reaching out to her friend but her phone was not connecting.

” What is wrong with this network my goodness, Crystal where are you?”, she asked as she cried out hoping for her phone to connect so that she could take it to her.

Georgia getting worried already as her friend could never see her calls without responding, decided to call at her house to check if everything was okay with her.

She dialed the fixed phone at the Taylors residence waiting patiently for someone to pick up.

Gina who had heard the phone ring from the kitchen wiped off her hands with the kitchen napkin and headed straight for the living room to answer the call.

picking up the call she said,

“Hello, this is Gina speaking from the Taylors’ Mansion”.

Georgia hearing Gina’s voice, greeted her saying she was the one calling and asking where her friend was as she had been trying to reach her all day.

Gina, with a polite and smooth voice, responded to Georgia’s question with a disturbing answer.

” Ms. Crystal left the house this morning in a hurry but she did not tell me where she was heading”, she narrated.

Georgia wondered where Crystal had gone without any possible answer as she had not made mention of having any program the previous day when they were together.

She thanked Gina and wished her a splendid day as she hung up the phone.

Thinking to herself, she was sad as the only person with whom she could explain her problems had disappeared into thin air just when she needed her the most.

Holding her head and thinking of the argument she had just had with her boyfriend, she cried even more.

Bassey giving his friend along and a sour look told him that he had two inklings to make to him though he might not like one of them.

Max gave Bassey a long side glance. He looked extremely serious with what he had in his mind.