His Cure

He moved his eyes up from her head and down to her legs then scoffs.

Beatrice’s heart sunk and her hands shook beside her.

How did he finds her out?.

Was it Melinda?.

Is that the reason she was acting so nice to her when she came inside?.

She took a breath in and exhaled heavily.

“You’ve got no words?”he chuckled.

“Where did you go?”

She batted her lashes and nipped at her bottom lip.

“I was with my friend.”she uttered the same thing she told Melinda.

This time around, it wasn’t a lie since she and Zack had become friends.

“Friend?”he scratched his brow.

“Male or female?”he frowned.

“Well.. why should I tell you that?.”she looked into his eyes fiercely.

She wouldn’t cower back in fear anymore. She would face him head on henceforth.

Gregory seems to read her mind and he chuckled again.

“Just make sure your slutty life wouldn’t affect our relationship. I would make you miserable if anything goes wrong again.”he warned before stomping out of her room.

Tears glistened in her eyes but she blinked them back and balled her fists.

Slutty life?

She scowled and bit her upper lip.

She went to freshen up then retired to bed.

She shut her eyes, deciding to sleep early when her phone rings beside her.

She opened her eyes and picked the phone up.

She gazed at the screen and scoffs.

Unknown number?

She received the call but remained silent.

“Beatrice?”she heard Zack’s voice.

Her face which was cold a while ago now lights up with smiles.

“Zack, hey, what’s up?”she grinned, propping up a pillow under her head.

“I’m.. good, you?. I just wants to check up on you.”

“Well, thanks. You called at the right time. You literally brightened my mood.”

“Huh?. But, we departed not up to an hour ago and you’ve been sad in such short period of time?.”Zack was surprised.

“So, I got caught. I didn’t tell Gregory that I was going out and he got a bit vexed and you know,”she breathed out.

She wanted to open up to him. Tell him that this was all fake but she couldn’t bring herself to say that.

Especially when that man just threatens her that he is going to make her life miserable should anything goes wrong again.

But, Zack is a lawyer, maybe he could help her in getting her freedom back from him.

“Beatrice, are you okay?”Zack’s voice rang in her ears.

“Uhm?. Yeah, I am.”she chuckled.

“So, what are you up to now?”

“I was just about to sleep. You?”she played with the hem of her top.

Zack went silent on the other end as he was bereft of words.

He has been thinking about her.

How the hell is he supposed to tell her that?

“I was just about to get some sleep too.”he said.

“Oh, okay. We will talk tomorrow’s morning.”

“Yeah, sure. Tomorrow. Good night, sweet dreams. Bye.”he replied then hung up.

Beatrice placed the phone on her chest then shuts her eyes before drifting off to sleep.

**

The hen squawks, ushering in another day.

Beatrice tossed on the bed and pulled the cloth over her head.

She heard a loud thud and following after was a,

“Beatrice!”

Hun??

She took the duvet away from her head and saw Gregory coming inside her room.

Her heart started beating rapidly and she gulped down nervously.

Oh, God.

What is the problem again?

She didn’t miss the fury in his eyes.

His hard stare tore her apart like that of a tiger’s.

He threw the phone in his hand down beside her.

“What explanation do you have for this?. I told you not to fvcking mess things up.”he gritted his teeth in rage.

Her brows furrowed up in discombobulation.

She stared at the phone and saw a picture of her and Zack.

Zack’s face was blurred out and only her’s was visibly shown.

Wait.. someone was taking their pictures?.

She grabbed the phone and swiped to the right.

It was another picture of when they stood together by the window of the tower smiling at each other.

She swiped the screen again and it was a picture of when he dropped her off at home.

Beatrice couldn’t belief all these.

Who took those pictures?.

“You said it was with a friend. Now.. what do you have to say about this?. This is storming the internet! What the heck do you think you’re doing! I understand it must be hard to abandon your slutty life but you should have kept it discreet! You’re fucking insane!”he yells.

She grinded her teeth together.

“We are friends, nothing more.”she responded defiantly which annoys him the more.

“Friends?”he scoffs.

He stared at the ceiling and scoffs again.

He was seriously trying to keep his exasperation in check.

He took his phone and walked out of the room.

She inhaled a sharp breath and brushed her face down.

Her phone’s ringtone filled the air.

She grabbed it and on seeing who it was, she didn’t hesitate to pick it up.

“Zack.”she suppressed a cry.

“Who.. who took those pictures?”

“It seems someone was tailing us and taking our pictures secretly last night. Don’t worry about this. It’s my fault. I will clear the air, just don’t fret out too much, okay?”

She wiped the tears that streamed down her face off and sniffs.

“I.. okay. Thank you.”

..

Zack ended the call and walked out of his room.

“What’s all these I am seeing, Zack?. Aren’t you the one I’m seeing in these pictures?”he collided into his father on his way downstairs.

Zack nodded and Derrick scoffs.

“Zack..”he called but paused.

“Is she the one that has been occupying your mind lately?. But Zack, she has a fianceè already, why would you do that?. What if your face wasn’t blurred out?”

Derrick is an outstanding lawyer in the city.

He knows literally all the secrets of these rich people so the reporter that took this is probably someone under them and it’s only normal that they would ask him or her to blur out his son’s face.

Even if everybody doesn’t recognize him, he, his father would surely do.

“Yes, dad. She is the one. But, trust me, dad. I wasn’t trying to force things. It.. it was.. after all, she is my first love and I just couldn’t get over her but believe me, it was just a friendly stuff. We even became friends. Who would think that a reporter would be after us?”

Derrick sighed and slapped his forehead.

“I’ll take care of this.”

“No, dad. I would take care of this myself.”

“You’re not gonna reveal your identity, are you?”Derrick’s brows perked up.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“I.. will try to.. I’ll take care of it and if I have to reveal my identity, I will.”

“Zack..”Derrick called.

‘Worried’ was written all over his face.

“Dad, let me handle this, okay?. This is the woman I love and even though I can not get the feelings reciprocated, she would still be my first love. Wouldn’t I be an idiot to chicken out?”