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THE rays of the early morning sun filtered through the glass bay windows and into Jeremy’s eyes, they twitched and he stirred, then turned over. His right arms wrapped over something and he opened his left eye, then followed by the right.
A huge smile played on his lips the instant he saw who it was, it was his beautiful lady. He raised up his head to admire her.
Her beautiful face was calm, her red thin lips invited him over for a kiss, her breasts moved up and down rhythmically to the sound of her breath as she slept, she was so beautiful, the lady beside him on the bed was so beautiful.
Without ado, he brought his head down and kissed her lightly on the lips, then he turned over and grabbed his phone which laid on the bedside table, then he sat up.
Jasira stirred and he turned to her, not bothering to wake her up. I mean, she had been working since the yesterday, he knew, working to make sure he was okay, so he would let her rest.
He was still on his phone when a knock came on the door.
“Come in,” he replied and the door opened, Nathan entered.
“Good morning Boss,” he greeted with a slight bow of the head.
Jeremy looked up at him.
“Morning,” he replied.
“Ugh, no work today?” He asked.
Jeremy shook his head.
“I can’t make it today, tell Carrie to take care of the company, let me recuperate,” he said.
Nathan nodded.
“Okay Boss,”.
“How is the site?” Jeremy asked.
“Ugh, still the same, no other thing happened -.”
“Are the workers still around?” He almost interrupted.
“Yes Boss, they haven’t gone yet, they are actually waiting to hear words from you,” he explained.
Jeremy sighed.
“It is fine, they would hear from me later today. Was there any emails or letters in respect to the mess at the site huh?”
“No Boss, we waited and got nothing.”
Jeremy scoffed.
“Hmm, they are still taking their time. Let them bring it on, I am waiting. I hope it hasn’t gotten outside though?”
He shook his head.
“No Boss, we got it all covered.”
“Good. It shouldn’t, not even my parents should get to know about it,” he dismissed him.
“Noted,” and with that, he walked out of the room.
Jeremy sighed deeply and dropped his phone back on the bedside table and he scrambled out of the bed, trying hard not to wake Jasira up.
As soon as he got down, he headed straight into the bathroom and had his teeth brushed.
Having done that, he returned to the room, walked straight to the couch and began working on the laptop on the center table.
He had worked for like fifty minutes when he decided that everywhere seemed quiet and dead, he decided to make it lively. He walked up to the stereo and played on one of Ali Gatie’s musics.
Then he went back to the couch and continued his work. It wasn’t up to five minutes the song had played on that Jasira stirred again, and then this time, she woke up.
The soft music filtered into her ears and she yawned silently. She turned over to behold Jeremy already awake, sitting and working on his laptop. She sat up instantly.
“Jeremy?” She called.
He quickly looked up from his laptop and at her, smiles laced his face.
“Don’t tell me you are already well to the extent of working?” She spoke up immediately, “you should be resting,” she added and he chuckled.
“Sleeping beauty, good morning,” he greeted.
She smiled, rubbing her eyes with the back of her left palm.
“Babes, good morning. You need to rest,” she said and he laughed.
“I’m strong now baby, all thanks to you. Now, it is you who needs to rest, you have been up for me throughout yesterday,” he said.
She shook her head in disagreement.
“I disagree, you are not fine. Yesterday, you had drunk yourself to stupor… okay you first passed out, and when you revived, you drank yourself to stupor, when I tried taking the alcohol from you, you pushed me and I hit my head on the -.”
“You… I what? Oh my!” He exclaimed laughing, and then he got up and walked up to her.
“I hit my head on the edge of the bed and also, you refused to eat, I -.”
A kiss from him arrested her remaining words, and she closed her eyes, reciprocating the kiss.
“Shush,” he whispered softly, “it is enough, I’m fine now,” he added and continued the kiss, rolling their tongues against each other in ecstacy.
Her hands were on the bed, and when she got no stamina anymore she had to wrap them around him, his were already wrapped around her, romancing her bare back as the nightie she wore bared open her back.
The kissing became so intense that they began slipping into their clothes. As if stung by an ant, Jeremy suddenly stopped, Jasira was surprised and she opened her eyes.
“Anything?” She asked softly, looking at him in the eyes.
He sighed.
“Nothing,” he replied.
“Why then did you stop?” She asked, searching his face for an answer.
He sighed again and sat up, picking up his shirt which had already been taken off and dropped on the bed.
“I respect you Jasira, you do not want this, I can sense it,” he said.
She sighed.
“Is that what you think?” She asked.
“I know, I have seen it. There is no problem, whenever you are ready, I am ready,” he said and walked back to the couch to continue his work.
Jasira just sat there and watched him walk to the couch and sat, there were no words in her mouth, nothing to say.
Jeremy was right anyway, not that she was not ready, but this was going to be the first time she would be doing this with the first person she had fallen in love with, not the usual ‘johns’, not by force, but with the man that had captured her whole heart.
“It is fine,” was all she could finally say, then she scrambled out of the bed.
“Jokes apart, are you truly okay now?” She asked and stopped to look at him.
He nodded.
“You can see that for yourself. Thank you so much for yesterday,” he looked up from his laptop to stare at her.
She blushed.
“That was nothing, it was my duty.”
He laughed.
“I see,” and he turned back to his work.
“I will be moving some of my stuffs to the house today,” she announced as she headed for the dressing table.
“Okay, you need help?”
“Nah, when I need help I will call you,” she said and winked, he laughed and then she dashed into the bathroom.
***
Lucas was in his study, Boogie standing beside him, their faces filled with anxiety. They had been discussing the matter the whole time, Lucas had taken time to tell him the threat Jasira had brought.
“To hell with her and her threat,” Boogie shouted, “don’t tell me you want to believe that My Lord,” he said.
Lucas winced.
“I have little doubts though, just little,” he said.
“She isn’t gonna do a thing, let’s go on with our plans, we are almost gaining the upper hand,” he said.
Lucas sighed.
“Hmmm,” he muttered.
“Yes, we are almost there. You can’t let that useless threat make you back off now, now that we have gotten him already, now that he is just going to surrender.”
Lucas scoffed.
“I hope so.”
“I know so My Lord, let’s get on with it.”
“Do you think they have something together?” Lucas suddenly digressed.
“Huh?”
“I have always wanted her you know, but she has always vehemently refused me, she even came up here to threaten me to stop chasing her, and now she’s threatening me to leave our target. I think they are dating, and I think that is the damn reason she wants to quit the organization,” he concluded.
Boogie made a face.
“Well, I don’t care. What I’m after now is to finish up what we have started, let’s get on with it please,” he said.
“Hmmm,” Lucas growled lowly. He doesn’t care as well, whether Jasira and Jeremy are now an item, he doesn’t care.
“Get on with the next step, send for Crowbath,” he instructed and Boogie smiled broadly.
“Straightaway My Lord,” he said and turned around.
He came in a few minutes later with the guy, and Zach. He had just arrived a few seconds ago.
“Here we are”, Boogie announced as soon as they all entered.
Lucas’phone beeped the moment they entered, and he shifted his attention to it.
He picked up the phone and opened the message that had just come in, and he froze instantly.
They were pictures of his twin kids at the balcony in front of the penthouse where he had hidden them, far in the city. From all indications, they were unaware pictures and had been taken from a clear vintage.
A text came with the pictures.
**Are you still on it? Back off or face it**
The text read.