Austin
I left the house and went to a bar to cool off things as I remembered today’s Nicole’s birthday.
I ordered a bottle of vodka and was taking it slowly when a girl, in a short, tight mini skirt and a crop top walked to where I was.
She also ordered a vodka and tried to strike up a conversation with me.
“Hello, handsome” She said seductively.
I wanted to ignore her but knew she would be a bother if I didn’t reply.
“Hello” I said dryly praying she would leave when she gets bored.
“You need a nightstand because you look like you could use a good night fuck” She flirted.
“No, I’ll pass” I said uninterested and she poured her drink on my shit and muttered “asshole” and walked past me.
Feeling unbothered, I continued drinking and remembering Nicole. If she hadn’t died I wouldn’t be this way.
Being drunk already, I wobbled as I rose from my barstool and pushed my way amidst the many dancers and people in the club.
Occasionally, a girl would try to stop me but I would shove her hand roughly.
At last, I got outside and walked sluggishly towards my car in the dimly lit parking lot.
I tried opening my car but failed as my eyelids felt heavy. I muttered some inaudible curses as I tried to open the door but couldn’t.
I opened the door and got in. I closed my eyes for a few seconds, trying to calm my nerves.
I ignited the car and drove roughly out of the parking lot. Driving, I spat out curses at the vehicles I passed by.
Getting home, I parked my car and staggered out heading for the door.
ARIANA’S POINT OF VIEW
It has been a long time since my boss left and he hadn’t returned. I made dinner and left his on the table and waited in the sitting room.
Hearing the car sound, I ran outside to see him staggering toward the door. I ran to help him and my nostrils were filled with the smell of alcohol.
“Get away from me, I don’t need your help” He shouted as he fell.
He rose slowly and was about to fall a ton when I held his hand. He let me put his hand on my neck as I held his waist and slowly we both walked inside.
I dropped him on the couch and removed his shoes and went to the kitchen to get a towel and bowl of water. I was about to remove his shirt when he protested.
“I need to remove your shirt, it reeks of Alcohol” I said calmly.
“You mean I’m drunk?. How dare you call me drunk?” He said harshly.
“No sir, I meant alcohol got spilt on your clothes” I said trying to calm him down.
He let me remove his top and I tried to concentrate as I used the towel to clean his rockhard sexy abs.
My hand quivered when I touched his chest. “Drunk yet so sexy” I muttered.
After cleaning his chest, I stood up And was about to leave when he held my hand.
“Please stay”. He said with a restless face.
Funny what alcohol can do to a man.
“I’ll be back soon” I said and he released my hand.
I came back and met him looking pained. “Let’s play a game” He whispered drunkenly with a sly smile.
“What game?” I asked, playing along.
“I’ll ask you a question, you fail and I kiss you” He said playfully, falling from the couch.
I rushed to help him up. Squeezing my face, I agreed to his weird request.
“When is my birthday Nicole?” He asked and I realised he mistook me for someone else.
“Probably his past girlfriend or lover” I thought.
“Hmmm….. In three months” I answered having no reasonable date in my head.
“Wrong, now you owe me a kiss” Austin said and he held my face, he moved his pink lips closer to mine.
With nervousness, I closed my eyes and waited but opened them after a few seconds. He had passed out on the couch and just held my face.
Damn, my face turned red with embarrassment, can’t believe I wanted him to kiss me.
I contemplated ing him to his room but then it feels almost impossible.
Remembering the problem I faced the day he went unconscious, I was discouraged.
“What kind of problem have I gotten myself into?” I muttered as I resigned to faith.
Carrying his hand I tried to wake him up but he didn’t budge. I raised him slowly and was frightened when he moved his hand.
He rose slowly and smiled before laughing loudly and muttering some words.
I held him and we both staggered toward his room taking long minutes before I was able to open his room.
Lurching, we walked towards his bed as he continued muttering some inaudible words.
I laid him on his bed and used the duvet to cover his body, starting at his face.
I turned back to leave but he held my hand.
“Please stay Nicole” He said with a voice filled with so much hurt.
I couldn’t resist feeling sad. Damn the Nicole that ditched him.
I tried to withdraw my hand but he held on tight and continued pleading.
“Stay with me just this once Nicole” He pleaded as he closed his eyes and moaned with pain.
I laid beside him on the bed and caressed his hair as he closed his eyes and slept off.
I watched as he breathed and looked at his chest rising and falling with his hair covering a portion of his face.
“He looks so sexy in a dishevelled manner, even his drunken state is appealing” I thought and drifted to sleep.
THE NEXT MORNING
Austin woke up opening his heavy eyelids slowly and closing them back when the light showed brightly.
He sat up feeling a throbbing headache in his head.
Glancing around the room, he noticed a figure curled up on his bed. He looked closely and saw Ariana sleeping so peacefully like a baby.
“Even when asleep she looks so cute” He thought removing the hair on her face and withdrawing his hand when she stirred
He left the bed and wore a top then stepped out of the heading for the kitchen where he made coffee.
Coming back to his room with a mug in his hand, he stared at her face for some seconds and with a sigh concluded that they both skipped school.
Glancing at the clock, the time was 9:45 am. He took his towel and went to the bathroom where he had a long bath.
Coming out of the bathroom, he combed his hair and used another towel to clean the water dripping from his hair.
He walked to his wardrobe and brought out a pair of joggers and went back to the bathroom where he changed into his clothes.
He jogged downstairs and jogged around the house twice, trying to ease the dull ache he feels.
His mood dropped when he remembered what he said last night.
“Shockingly, Brooklyn didn’t come to taunt me” He thought as he remembered how Brooklyn would throw insults at him.
I walked back to the house, using a towel to cleanly face and was amazed when I opened the door to see Ariana standing on her tiptoe, trying to escape after spending the night on my bed.
“Funny she’s trying to escape after spending the night on my bed” I thought.
“Go.. good morning si.. sir” She stuttered turning to face me with her eyes on the floor.
I nodded and entered my room while she ran out immediately making me feel the urge to smile at her silly acts.
ARIANA
“Shit!” I cursed for the tenth time as I checked the time.
”I’m late for school, he’s so cruel, couldn’t he wake me up?” I muttered.
“Why did I fall asleep on his bed?” I complained hitting my head. I hurriedly had a bath and walked downstairs to make breakfast.
I made spaghetti and meatballs, ran upstairs and got my backpack. Walking fast and lightly, I didn’t want him to ask me questions as I made my way towards the door.
“Where are you going to?” He asked lifting his head to look at me.
“Sc… school” I replied nervously.
“I told Bradley, you won’t be at school today” He said taking his gaze back to the newspaper in his hand.
“Si…. sir?” I asked not believing my ears.
“Don’t get me wrong, you’re going to the market and you’ll make amendments in the house and also do my laundry today” He said hurting my bubbles and making my shoulder slump
I walked to my room, dropped my backpack and went to ask for his laundry.
I followed him to his room and was surprised to see a heap of clothes in a basket.
I’ve been here for just a week, how could he use so many clothes. I grumbled and carried the large basket to the laundry room he showed me.
I found a large washing machine and started the strenuous work of repeating his clothes.
The scent from his cloth was so alluring, that that I had to hold one of his tops and breathe in his scent.
With closed eyes, I relished the pleasure of holding his cloth and got scared when I heard a cough.
“When you finish with the laundry, get the house cleaned then come for more instructions. Lastly, I hate the smell of girls on my shirt, throw that in the bin” He said pointing at the shirt I held.
“You hate girls but love alcohol” I was tempted to say but clamped my mouth shut and nodded.
I looked at the orange will top and was displeased at the idea of throwing away such an expensive cloth. I’ll keep it for myself.
I spent a few hours and was done with sweat dripping from my whole body. All the clothes I checked had no signs of being dirty but he gave me a punishment for sleeping in his bedroom.
With aching limbs, I dragged myself to the sitting room and was astonished to see some girls holding some clothes and shoes with Austin speaking with the one who seemed like their leader.
I walked to my room and slumped on my bed to get some rest before my boss assigns another job to me.
The door flung open making me sit up as the girls filed in and headed for the wardrobe where they stacked new sets of clothing and shoes on the rack.
Sitting still, I was gobsmacked, does this mean I would change my room or was someone important coming?. But there are other empty rooms, why this one?.
With different thoughts in my head, I tried to strike up a conversation with one of those girls. ”Hi” I said and shut my mouth when they all ignored me.
I headed downstairs, and saw some men bringing in foodstuffs.
“I was supposed to go to the market right?” I thought as I became more confused.
I’m getting fired. Horror filled my face as I tried to think of the offence I had made.
I ran to his room and knelt. “Please forgive me for sleeping on your bed and pretending to be Nicole” I pleaded and got shocked when I saw him with only a towel covering his lower body and water dripping from his body.
Right there words flew from my brain as I admired the masterpiece before me. His whole body was dripping with so much handsomeness and I felt a tingly sensation between my legs as I stared at his body.
I wanted nothing more than to use my hand to roam his chest.
”Haven’t you drooled enough?” He questioned jolting me out of my thoughts.
“Sorry” I apologised and walked out immediately after glancing at his chest again.
After he was dressed, he came downstairs looking so handsome and I swallowed my saliva as I stared at him.
“Sir, please if I have done anything you find offensive please forgive me. Don’t fire me” I pleaded while he looked at me with an amused face.
“So you think I’m trying to relieve you of your job?” He asked trying to get things straight and I nodded my head vigorously indicating my approval.
He burst into laughter making me confused. Being fired doesn’t seem funny to me.
I felt like slapping the handsome smile out of his face and shaking his whole body till he realised how important this job is to me.
“You… you’re stacking my wardrobe with clothes and I was supposed to be at the market but you have men doing my job. Sir please don’t fire me, I’ll do anything to keep this job” I blurted out as I pleaded with Austin who sat on the sofa and crossed his legs.
“So you’re saying you would do anything to keep this job?” He asked finding everything amusing.
“Yes, anything” I replied without thinking.
“So you mean you’re desperate for this job and would do anything?”nHe asked stressing the word desperate and anything.
“Yes… no I mean not everything. No, everything that has to do with this job” I replied.
“The clothes in your wardrobe belong to you. There’s a phone on your bed and it has my number saved on it. Don’t call me if it’s not an emergency” He warned before leaving with his keys.
I was surprised. The clothes belong to me!!. Why would he give me clothes?.
Still in shock, I walked to my wardrobe and inhaled when I saw the countless beautiful dresses.
“But why would he give me dresses” I wondered aloud.