Amelia POV
It has been a week since the night of the party, the night when Dylan kissed me and the night I felt whole again after a long time. Dylan became nicer overnight and didn’t boss me around like before but he was still strict with his schedules and business plan.
He was also ignoring me because the only words we shared were few words and it’s always about business.
“You are early today,” Diana teased.
I could tell that she looked different because she wasn’t wearing heavy makeup.
“Wow Diana you look good,” I complimented her and for the first time since I started working at Blackstone, Diana smiled at me.
“Thank you. well I’ve decided to follow your advice,” she replied, smiling sweetly.
“Great,” I smiled back and headed towards the elevator but then she called my name and I turned back to face her. “Amelia, the boss is not in. He called in sick this morning. ”
“But he was fine yesterday,” I said.
How come he is sick? Is he ignoring me? I thought about the only possible ways Dylan could go in order to ignore me.
“Amelia, I think you should go see him. You are his assistant. nurture him back on his feet ” she winked at me making to raise my brows in confusion at what she meant by that.
“What?” I asked as she continued winking at me. ” Okay, I’ll go see him but I don’t have his address, ” I said.
Diana smiled and wrote on a piece of paper. “There it is,” she handed the paper to me.
“I’ll tell the manager you are sick,” she grinned at me. ” I got your back babe, ” she whispered, giving me a thumbs up.
I wondered why she changed but I love the new Diana. I waved at her and walked out of the company. I hailed a taxi and entered, then I showed the driver the address.
“Are you an heiress? ” he asked but I shook my head. ” you know someone in this part of the city? “he asked and I nodded
“Why are you asking mister? “Because I believed it was none of his business about who I was visiting.
“Because only the rich and powerful live there and like you said you are no heiress so what are you doing in a place like this?” He asked another question again, making me cuss at him silently.
“Can you focus more on driving sir? it is too early to have an accident,”I shouted and that shut him up because he didn’t say anything throughout the rest of the drive.
After thirty minutes of a silent ride, The driver stopped at the front of a large mansion. ” We are here ma’am,” he announced.
I paid him and got out of the car. “See you around lady,” The driver winked and drove away.
There was no way I was ever going to see a driver like him. I hated people who didn’t mind their business. I walked towards the mansion and stared at its beauty. There was a large black gate and the name Blackstone was engraved on top of it. Two securities walked to me as I neared the gate and asked for my business and identity.
“I’m here to see Mr. Blackstone, I’m his assistant and I need to see him ” I showed them my business ID but they still gave me some weird look as if I came there to steal.
“I’m here for business purposes,” I stated.
They spoke amongst themselves before letting me into the mansion. The mansion was beautifully painted in a white color. A fountain was at the front of the mansion. Guards positioned themselves around the mansion as if it was a royal castle. When I entered the mansion I lost my voice because the interior was beautifully decorated. I had thought a mansion like this existed only in movies and stories but yet it existed in real life and being inside one was a total blessing. The mansion screams wealth because I didn’t know how to describe its beauty. This must be their family home because it was traditionally decorated.
What am I doing here? I questioned myself and thought about Rebbeca’s warning. Even after she threatened me. I still came to meet him because I cared about him.
“What are you doing Amelia?” I questioned myself yet again as I walked to the grand stairs.
I could hear voices as I walked on the stairs. Voices belonging to an old woman and a young lady. What do I want here? I thought as I placed a hand on my forehead. Dylan hated me more than dirt. The kiss we shared does not mean anything to him. I should never have come to visit him in his family home when I was aware of how much they hated me. Realizing that I had no business there, I turned to leave.
“Amelia” Dylan’s voice sounded from the stairs but I didn’t turn and rushed to leave.”Amelia” he called again and walked down the stairs to meet up with me.
“I was just about to leave,”I turned to face him with my head lowered.
“Leave? Why will you leave when you are already here? Diana informed me the minutes you left the office and when you arrived here, the securities informed me of your presence. Why are you turning back? ” he asked me but I couldn’t give him an answer because I didn’t have one. “Amelia, I am talking to you”
“Yes,” I tucked my hair behind my ear and looked up to face him. ” I came to see you because I heard you were sick. What personal assistant would I’m I if I didn’t check up on my sick boss? But it appears you are not sick,” I chucked and pointed towards him.
He didn’t show any sign of sickness.
“Yes, that ‘s right. Diana didn’t get my message right. It my grandmother,” he said sadly, “she collapsed this morning and I had to rushed down here to meet her,” he explained
“Oh, how is she? “I asked, waiting for a positive result.
“She is doing fine, the doctor said she needs rest”. He said and I sighed in relief.
“Okay, I think that my cue to go”
“Why? Come meet my grandmother, she will be happy to see you. ”
“I don’t wanna intrude because it appears Anna is already with her,” I said, sounding a little bit jealous.
“Oh that, it doesn’t matter Amelia. My grandmother will be happy to see you,” he said but I wondered why his grandmother would be happy to see me. I broke Dylan’s heart years ago and I was sure that all his family hated me but I decided to see his grandmother not caring about their hate towards me.
Dylan led me to a bedroom that was painted in blue. The first thing I saw when I entered the room was a queen-sized bed and an old woman on it. Rebecca and Anna sat beside her on each side. When I entered all eyes were on me, I could see Rebecca glaring at me, Anna on the other hand sneered at me.
“What is she doing here”? Rebecca asked quickly as I walked in.
“She is here to see granny “Dylan explained to them.
“Why? She is not family. only family are allowed here” Anna scoffed and held grandmother’s hand.
“Stop it, Anna, she only cared,” Dylan scolded her like a little child.
“Oh really like she cared years ago, ” Anna retorted.
“I don’t want to be the cause of problems between families, I’ll just take my leave “I quickly said not wanting to witness fights and arguments.
“Please do. we will be happy ” Anna laughed.
Someone coughed and they all stopped talking and paid attention to the old woman in the room.
“Grandma, are you okay? ” Dylan asked her. The old woman sat up with Rebecca’s help and nodded at Dylan’s question.
“Come my child, let me see your face” she called for me and I walked to her. “Your face looks pretty” she touched my face and smiled. “It’s soft too, your eyes are unique,” she pointed out. ” you remind me of a girl I saw in a picture years ago in Dylan’s room” she blurted out and the room grew cold.
The granny knew about me.
I looked at Dylan and found him looking back at me. I smiled and held her hand.”It’s so good to meet you, Mrs. Blackstone. hope you are fine now? ” I asked.
The old woman laughed and patted my hand. “Mrs. Blackstone? “She laughed out loud as if she wasn’t sick. ” Really child? I lost that name years ago when my sweetheart died. Ramos, the love of my life, I missed him. ” she said sadly. “Call me grandmother child,” she implores. “What is your name? ”
“Amelia” I answered and she smiled.
“Sweet name for a beautiful girl” she complimented and I could feel my cheek turning red.
“Okay that’s enough,” Rebbeca said. ” She needs to rest right now, take away her Dylan and let your grandmother rest,” she stated.
“Goodbye grandmother and please get well quickly so you can tell me stories about your sweetheart,” I said sweetly and she smiled at me.
“Come visit me again child ” she replied.
I smiled and left her side. As I turned to leave, Anna quickly went to her and began to talk to her while Dylan and I left for the living room
” I think my granny likes you, she never talks about my grandfather to anyone. ” Dylan said.
“Well I’m special,” I jokingly said and we both laughed. We both looked at each other and when it was becoming awkward, I quickly looked away. “I should go,” I cleared my throat as Dylan was still staring at me.
“Why the rush?” He asked. ” Take today off Amelia and besides you can’t come to my house and not get the Blackstone hospitality, so tea? ” he asked grinning.
I wondered how God could create someone to be so perfect like Dylan. Even his smile was charming. ” Amelia! ” he called my name.
” tea is fine,” I smiled at him.
“Okay, I’ll go inform the maid. I’ll be back before you know it,” he said and walked away to the kitchen I presumed.
“So you are here Brown, after all the threats and warnings. Don’t you value your mother’s life?” Rebecca asked as she walked into the living room. ” Why are you so shameless? Clinging on a man that’s engaged, a man that doesn’t want you. Your mother must be ashamed of you. ” Her words inflicted emotional injuries on me but she didn’t stop, instead she continued. ” You think you can come here and bond with Stella. stop acting as if you care. How do you think Stella will feel when she learns about who you truly are?” She grinned wickedly. ” Leave while you still can or I’ll make sure your mother suffers for it,” she threatened and before I could reply to her Dylan walked in with a tray of tea.
” Is everything alright here?” he asked suspiciously.
“Yeah son, we were just talking. ” she said and looked at me ” right Amelia? ” she asked and I nodded, unable to say anything because if I do I’ll just cry. “Anna needs to see you, Dylan, she is in your room,” she said but I could see that Dylan didn’t want to leave me alone. ” Don’t worry I’ll keep her company until you come back” she assured him.
” Okay I’ll see you later Amelia,” he said and walked away leaving me with the evil witch.
“So Amelia, where were we? ” she chuckled and took a seat opposite me. ” Here take your tea,” she handed it over for me to take but I felt reluctant because she could have poisoned it with her words. “Don’t worry I didn’t poison it,” she said.
As I stretched my hand to take the tea, she deliberately let it go and the tea dropped to my hand. I screamed as the tea burned my hand. It was really hot and the pain was excruciating. Rebecca grinned and pretended as if nothing happened. I looked at my scalded hand and held back the tears that were threatening to fall. I stood up and faced her. I was so angry that I thought of doing the same thing to her but I’m not the kind that pays evil for evil.
“What are you so afraid of Rebecca? Are you afraid your son can’t get over me?” I asked her. “Look around Rebecca even after you tried to separate us, fate still brought us together. You can’t change something that is meant to happen. even after what you’ve done to my family, I never resent you for it, I never told Dylan about how evil you are. But now, I can see that you have no humanity in you!” I shouted. ” for this Rebecca you would be lonely and miserable for the rest of your life!” I said to her and turned to leave.
” Tell Dylan goodbye for me and tell Stella I’ll visit her soon. I can’t stand you like you can’t stand me cause sitting here with you is like drinking sand which is bad for the body. Have a good day Mrs. Blackstone,” I smirked at her and walked out of the mansion not looking back to see her reaction. She deserved it. she deserved more than my words because she had caused me pain, she separated Dylan and me, she made Dylan hate me. I wondered why she resented me.
I blew air on my scalded arm and I knew it was going to leave a big scar. A Reminder that Rebecca hated me.