Ralph?

Book:Mr CEO, Don't Love Me Published:2024-6-2

Next day.
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Jayden’s pov.
I stared at the pictures I and Diana took last night.
I swiped to a particular one where she was pecking my lips.
My hand slides to my mouth unconsciously.
I developed a crimson color on my cheeks.
“What are you doing?”I heard and I quickly locked my phone and gulped down.
“It seems that was something you didn’t want to see.”Frederick said, glancing at the phone in my hand.
“Hm?, of course not. Why would I hide anything from you.”I itched the nape of my neck, anxiously.
He narrowed his gaze at my phone and I hastily hide it.
“Whe.. when did you get here?”I stuttered while blinking my eyelashes.
“I guess that should be *we*. I came with Mike.”he answered while going to seat on the couch.
“Oh, Mike, I see. How has he been?”I placed my right leg over the other.
“Why asking me that.. he’s here also when not ask him.”he scoffed.
“Oh, right. You’ve grown to be quite a cute man.”I chuckled.
He sighed and looked at me.
“Are you sick?”He questioned.
“Why all of a sudden?. I’m not. I’m perfectly fine.”I responded.
“Ahh…”he mouthed with a nod, moving back to relax his back on the couch and removing his long stare from me.
“You sure about that?”he attacked all of a sudden.
My heart flew out of my chest and put my legs down.
“Hey! Don’t you dare attack me like that.”I exhaled heavily and point my finger at him.
“I’m i mistaken or you look awfully happy?”he tilted his head to the side.
“Really?”my inner mind asked.
“Perhaps he is like that because he is getting much closer to Helene.”Mike said while coming in.
“Oh, right! What’s your charm?, you have to agree. All my efforts to get close to that lady were futile. I was not even able to meet with her once. All my tactics failed.”Fred leaned out of the couch.
“Charm?.”I paused then grinned.
“I think this is my charm.”I rotated my finger around my mouth.
He snorted and picked up an apple from the bowl on the table.
“You seem to be the one with the ugliest smile among us tho.”he bite the apple.
I pressed my lips together and shook my head.
Mike plopped down on the couch.
“I’m not giving up now.”he uttered.
“Mama mercy!”Fred exclaimed with a smack on his own head.
“I can’t believe I almost forgot this. Let’s end this stupid bet or whatever we are doing. Let’s quit acting the playboy role also. I’m kind of sick about that and oh, guess who got a girlfriend?”
Mike and I only watched him.
“A girl friend.. I didn’t mean a play friend.. like my woman. I love her. No playing with her emotions whatever and she kind of knew about my past of being a playboy and of course, that made us stronger.”
“I think I agree. The moment I planted nails on the path she was going to pass, I didn’t know I was planting a flower in a garden and the flower has grown beautifully now.”I let’s out, absentmindedly.
“What a joke.”Mike scoffed.
“So, you both saying you want us to quit?”
“Hm.”we nodded.
*
Ralph’s pov.
“Here comes the lover boy.”Snow said as I entered the room.
“Oh, oi! Lover boy…”Duvall hollered.
“Will you guys just stop calling me that, please?.”I halted in my steps.
“Find your girl first then we can call you, Oi Aysel’s boyfriend! That sounds off, right?”he turned to Snow.
“I agree. How does *you’re Aysel’s boyfriend* sounds?”
Duvall looked at him with sad eyes.
“Oh, I forgot you’re an amateur when if comes to love. Just go on…. with your work.”he prodded.
I rolled my eyes.
“I feel so hot inside. I hope the snow starts falling soon.”I sighed.
“My name is Snowfall.”
“I know.”I replied.
“And, I can very well snow you in…”he stood up gently.
“I…”I stopped and diverged my stare to him.
He gave me a slow smile.
“Not a chance.”I muttered and walked to my desk hastily.
★★★
Diana’s pov.
I yawned hungrily before slipping my legs inside my flip flops.
“A responsible wife is suppose to wake up early and prepare breakfast for her husband.”John said.
I found him sitting on a chair by the window and sipping quietly out of his tea while reading a paper.
“If the wife failed in doing that, shouldn’t the husband fill in for her?. Whose story is that anyways.”
He chuckled.
“You always have the best reply.”
I rolled my eyes and went inside the restroom and saw that a bath has been prepared in the jacuzzi.
I opened the door and pooped my head out.
“You look like you already took your bath so whose bath is prepared in here?”
“It’s for the wife since last night was their first night together.”he replied without looking up.
“What?! First what?!”I almost lost it.
“It’s part of the story.”he looked up at me with a sily grin.
“Good, good story.”he added.
I stood, agape by his remark.
“Or, what do you think, wifey?. Your opinion matters.”
“Bad, bad story.”I mumbled.

Aysel’s pov.
#night.
I took a bottle of juice from the fridge and placed it down on the platter horizontally.
I grabbed a glass cup and put it beside it.
The queen had just left now after instructing me to come serve a drink to her guest.
I wonder why she couldn’t just take it with her on her way back.
I plan to reveal myself to her tonight but I don’t think that will be possible.
I carried the tray, ready to move out.
“Where are you taking that to?”the head of the maids stepped inside the kitchen.
She’s alaays had this bad look on her face.
It make it seems like she is always sulking or she’s always losing her loved ones.
I’ve never seen her smile.
Or maybe she could die without wrinkling her face up just like Ralph who dare not skip his daily water routine.
I didn’t know when I release a chuckle.
“Is that funny?”Mrs Buckley voice rang in my ears.
Oh, no.
I batted my lashes rapidly.
“No.”
“Go and return. Your punishment awaits you.”
Ugh. I’ve gotten myself into trouble again.
I nipped at my bottom lip before surging forward and walked out through the door.
I kept my head bowed when I got to the living room.
“Oh, Mr Ralph. Your juice is here.”
Mr Ralph?
I looked up and my eyes grew wide when I saw Ralph staring directly at me.
“New maid?”he asked and removed his eyes away from me and to the queen.
“Yes. She’s part of our new workers.”she responded.
My hands trembled and I tried to keep my calm but that seems almost impossible.
“Mo…”Juliet trailed off when she got to the room.
Of course, she was equally shocked to see Ralph right there.
Then, she sneezed.