The Perfect One – Episode 41 & 42

THE PERFECT ONE 
( Lovestruck
with you…)

Chapter 41✰42

By, Bloom H.

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[ PSYCHO ]

Chloe didn’t bother looking back, she focused on the pasta oblivious of the glare she was getting at the back of her head from Rania.

“What are you doing here?” Adam asked, looking over her shoulder. He hoped to see Tasha but to his dismay, she didn’t come along

He sighed sadly

Rania quickly smoothed her hair and slanted in an attempt to make a sexy pose which failed woefully as Adam was rather irked

He’d hated her the first time they met, she was nothing more than an opportunist to him and he knew she’d contributed massively to his and Tasha’s breakup.

To think she was here to seduce him, disgusted him terribly

“Is she still here?” Chloe asked herself as she saw Adam’s displeased face staring behind her

“Adam can we talk for a minute?” Rania asked sweetly and he sighed getting up.

He maneuvered away from her reach when she tried holding his hand and walked away. Rania clicked her tongue and licked her lips sexily

“Ouch!” She thought and followed him till they got outside. Rania was not appealed with the turnout of things, she thought he was taking her to a table where they could talk but why was he outside instead

Anyway..

“What do you want to talk about Rania?” Adam stressed with a pointed stare

“First, I’m really sorry about Tasha. I don’t know what to say about her. She’s…”

“What do you want to say Rania, I don’t have all the time in the world with you. Speak!” He ordered and she pouted moving to stand in front of him

“I…She doesn’t deserve you Adam. Someone who is quick to judge and malign you is not worth the love you give. You’re a fine man and you deserve better Adam.. Tasha is not worth it, I am. Give me a chance to love you Adam” Adam burst into a hysterical laughter that amused her

“What’s funny…haha…Adam stop laughing..” She chuckled

Adam was holding his stomach when he stopped

” You… deserve…my…love?” He laughed again confusing her, she was starting to feel grateful he brought her outside away from public eye

Still, she felt uncomfortable, did she say anything funny?

“That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard this year. You’re good at cracking jokes Rania, why don’t you become a strip comedian instead. You f*ck men and make them laugh at the same time” He mocked and her face fell

” What are you saying Adam..I’m serious with my proposal, it took me a long time to get myself together and…”

” Backstab Tasha? And what were you expecting that when you put your self on display, I’d jump into your arms like a fool? Well I’m not one to love sour pussies like yours.” He spat on the floor

“What?” Rania was shocked

” You heard me Rania…I don’t do community pussies, especially not one as wide as yours. Yunno what? I don’t care what you and Tasha have planned. You girls can go f*ck yourselves for all I care” He smirked pocketing his hands in his pants

” How dare you Adam! You shouldn’t talk to me in that manner…” Rania flared feeling embarrassed as hell

“That’s how we speak to prostitutes, they have no say…so deal with it or leave ugly bash of trash!” He said and she felt her lips quiver

” You and Tasha will never get back together, I’ll make sure of it…. you’ll be mine Adam, just wait and see” She threatened and sauntered off fuming angrily

” b***h!!! Tasha…I warned you..” He shut his eyes and exhaled

” Mehn…that was intense” He turned quickly when he heard someone speak behind him and it turned out to be Chloe

She looked amused especially after hearing their long cuss filled conversation

“What are you doing here?” He asked sighing

“It’s a free world dude…I came out here for some fresh air after eating such a delicious pasta…I got fresh air and free drama..I love my life” She grinned and he rolled his eyes looking away

He was damn tired and heartbroken

“Soooo…” Chloe drawled rubbing her arms, “Was that your girlfriend…”

“I thought you heard everything” He sighed

“I wanna know everything, I might be able to help. I’ve been in a toxic relationship myself and I know a lot of self help ideas” She suggested with a shrug then began walking away

Adam’s eyes twinkled with hope, he ran after her

“Well before we start…” Chloe faced him with a mischievous grin

“No no..no..”

“I didn’t say anything yet” She whined

“No free food for you ma’am, you either help or let me be”

“Gosh. And it’s Chloe, ma’am makes me feel old…start talking boy, and walk faster too, I’ve got a train to board” She commanded increasing her pace

Adam followed closely narrating his relationship story to her while at intervals she would tease heaven out of him

“So she broke it off? Wow… I’d love to meet that sweetheart but then she’s so stupid, I’d die to have you to myself… You can cook and that’s perfect…just perfecto” Chloe laughed shortly and punched his shoulder lightly

He smiled too, in a short while, she’s managed to get him to laugh a lot.

They stood near the subway terminal

“Well give her the silent treatment for a week… Like you’ve been doing. She’ll come around, I’m sure”

” Really? ”

” Oh chef… Girls love attention and if she truly ever valued you like you claim then give her a week… She’ll come begging to have you back till then act like you don’t care.. ”

” Oh.. ”

” Yeah… Goodnight chef Adam? ” She tilted her head and he nodded waving back at her

She was hurrying to get on the train

“Chloe. Thanks”

“Now I prefer ma’am” She joked and he laughed cutely

“Goodnight ma’am” He smiled and watched her settle in one of the seats before turning to leave

“Will this work? I hope so” He thought and started sprinting back to the restaurant

••••

< SAME NIGHT~BRANDON’S MANSION >

Brandon had a knee down on the bed caressing Asher’s hair as he talked with Liam over the phone

He hung up and dropped the phone on the drawer beside the bed, then pecked Asher’s hair tenderly

His mind suddenly drifted to the day, Emma died and he gulped as every detail came washing him over

He was so scared and when she gave up the ghost, he almost ran mad. To think he even left Asher there, he’d blamed the little boy for his mom’s death that for a while, he despised his own son

Brandon sighed and got up from the bed, he went to the closet and returned with a scrap book with pictures of him and Emma

She was the calmest person in the world, she was shy and very cautious. She didn’t even speak much, and her smile was enough to illuminate dark hearts.

‘Unlike some devil’ His mind sneered and he scoffed suddenly thinking about a certain someone who’s the complete opposite of his late wife

She’s so devious, sassy, and badmouthed… She doesn’t have a filter to her words. It’s boom!! Like a nuclear bomb

“Of all people on earth, I had to get into a mess with her and now Asher keeps singing her praise around me” He seethed tiresomely and glanced at Asher

“Miss P. This… Miss P that… Gosh!” He smirked and laid back on the bed faced up

Soon he slept off smiling

••••

< MORNING ~~ ROYCE’S ROOM >

The two adults in the sheets were asleep peacefully in each other’s arms. They slept like there was no issues in the world

Royce’s arms were tightly wrapped around Sierra’s waist, he held her that way through the night like his life depended on it.

His eyelids flew open and he groggily looked around. A smile spread on his face when he saw her sleeping cutely beside him

“This is the best way to wake up. She looks like she dropped her attitude somewhere” He chuckled softly and took his time to stare at her face

Everything about her face was small and cute, she looked like a baby. He was tempted to touch her long lashes and when he did, they went apart

“Good morning… Nurse?” He smiled, Sierra heaved a deep breath and wiggled out of his hold

“Good morning” She mumbled pushing the covers off her legs, as she tried getting down, he held her back and pinned her to the bed

“Let’s sleep some more” He kissed her cheek causing her to blush and lose senses for a minute

“No, pervert. I know you’re happy to have touched me..” She frowned and a shameless grin appeared on his face

” Your body is really soft and comfy, how about..” He found himself on the floor before he could complete his statement

“Ouch!”

“Pervert!” She shouted and got down from the bed

“Okay let’s talk about how you covered the bed with drool and how much of a snoring pig you are” Royce smirked and she gasped

” What… I didn’t do anything like that” She threw her flip flop at him but he ducked jumping on the bed, unhappy with the result, she ran back and pounced on him

Royce covered his face as she continued hitting him, “Just accept the truth… Piggy”

“I know you’re trying to annoy me Royce, it worked cos I’m really annoyed. You’re so childish, what will you gain from this anyway, just more headache after I’ve smacked sense into your head”

“And this sexy lady straddling me.. with her a$$ on my crotch” He winked and she froze, slowly looking down at the position they were in

Her face reddened immediately and she shut her eyes

“What’s wrong?”

“I hate you Royce…” She sniffed dramatically

“Someone said hate is a strong word” Royce teased pulling her down so she laid on his chest

“I’m so embarrassed… I can’t move” She whined against his chest and he burst into laughter while stroking her hair

“Good morning…. Oh my… My holy eyes!” Jason ran out when he saw them cuddling

Sierra gasped and jumped off him, before he could stop her she dashed out covering her face shyly

“Jason!!!!” Royce yelled frustratedly

“Good morning bro” Jason innocently propped his head into the room

“Knock, you could have knocked… why the f*ck didn’t you knock, idiot!! ” He seethed and got out of the bed chasing him around the house

“I had no idea you were having a moment…”

“Well I was having one and you ruined it..” Royce blurted not realizing he said it

“I’m sorry… Oww” Royce’s phone hit the back of his head, he held the spot and dashed into the pool house

Without thinking he jumped into the water

“I must get you” Royce jumped after him and they began swimming in circles

“Somebody help me…” Jason screamed swimming as fast as he could

< MINUTES LATER >

The three were seated in the dining room, having breakfast. Jason and Royce kept glaring at each other while Sierra ate feeling awkward

She recalled what happened earlier and she closed her eyes squealing out of embarrassment

“Sierra?” Royce tapped her and she opened her eyes to see them staring inquisitively at her

“Are you okay?” Jason asked and she nodded glancing at Royce who was looking keenly at her with a smirk

She blinked and faced her meal. Never in her life with a man has she felt so helpless and shy.

But he effortlessly made her turn to a big tomato with just few words. Who is this man?

“Kelsey quit?” His harsh voice broke into her thoughts and that’s when she noticed he was with the envelope containing Kelsey’s leave notice

Huh? How did he get it. She’d placed it in a safe place– maybe

She took in her lips when Royce looked at her

“You knew? When did this happen and why didn’t you tell me?” Royce squeezed the paper angrily. Kelsey wouldn’t just quit, or would she?

“I gave her a holiday then she left permanently without my permission.. how dare she?” He whined and they laughed

Sierra forced a smile, she didn’t want to just say the reason out of the blue but…

“I.. I’m full” She stuttered and marched upstairs to her room

“She’s cute” Jason commented

“F*ck you!” Royce snapped feeling pained at his sudden compliment

” Jealous are we? ” Jason teased and Royce scoffed

“I’m not jealous. I just don’t trust you.”

“Really?”

“Hmm”

“Okay, I’m thinking of taking her out for lunch in an open space…

“No, she’s here to stay with me and not go on dates… She’s mine…” Royce blinked when he realized what he just said

“Possessive are we?” Jason wiggled his brows and got a fork stuck in his hair in return

“Owwwch” He cried

Royce ignored him and ascended the stairs to his room still wondering why he spoke so vaguely back there

“She’s mine?.. WTF!” He cussed heading to the bathroom

••••

< CONNOR’S LAW FIRM >

Presley was deeply going through some files when her phone rang. It was from an unknown number

She squinted her brows and folded her lips before picking the call

“Hello this is Presley Martinez speaking” She answered and after a few seconds, her eyes widened and she smiled

” Yeah, sure… I’ll be there” She ended the call and stood up, she picked her handbag and rushed out

She met Rosie, a paralegal that would assist her in court on her way out. She was holding a sheet of paper

“Ma’am, here is the…”

“We’ll meet in court, okay? I gotta be somewhere” Presley said walking off

“K… See ya in court” Rosie waved, she then entered Presley’s office and started getting the files needed later on

••••

Tasha smiled satisfied with her looks, she wore a fitting blue dress on white sandals. She did a bit of make up on her face too. She looked pretty.

“Nice” She commented and sprayed herself with her body spray.

“Adam bought this, hmm. I didn’t mean to break up sweetie pie…” She muttered feeling stupid for breaking up with him out of her impulsiveness, though she hates to admit it, she knew Rania wasn’t giving her the best advice but…

She’s her very good friend right?

Tasha rubbed her hair and struck a pose in front of the mirror, she smiled then picked her purse ready to leave

“I wonder how her date went” She thought since Rania didn’t come home last night

“Maybe she went to her apartment or…they had s*x?” She giggled and opened the door coming face to face with Rania and she wasn’t looking her best

She looked furious and kinda evil, Tasha blinked when she noticed the quick change in Rania’s expression

She was now smiling, huh?

“Hey, was just about to text you. So how was your date?” Tasha asked, Rania rolled her eyes angrily and looked her up

“Where are you going?”

“To Adam. I miss him and I know I shouldn’t have trusted you blindly…I wanna get my boify back” Tasha said seriously and Rania chuckled pushing her way into the apartment

“Okay”

“Thank you. So how was your date?”

“I cancelled”

“Why?” Tasha gasped and Rania sighed

“That’s why I’m angry right now and disappointed. And you? Are ready to run back into his arms?”

Tasha was confused, she raised a brow

“I saw Adam last night at the venue of my date and you don’t wanna know…oh well I’ll tell you, he was with a girl and he claimed not to know me when I confronted him. Girl, I’m sorry for you…your life is sad” Rania lied skillfully, Tasha staggered a bit and gulped

Rania eyed her while haboring a sinister smirk, when Tasha turned to look at her, she made a sad face

“H..how?”

“I got mad and left the place so I’m officially dateless. Thanks. I’m hungry, bye” Rania said and went to the kitchen, when she got there, she rolled her eyes and clicked her tongue

Tasha stood by the door at the verge of tears, she pressed her lips together and swallowed hard

“I need to see him…he never really loved me, Adam” She sniffed, “Why?” She shut the door and stormed out of the apartment

••••

< RAINBOW KIDDIES SCHOOL >

Brandon heaved a deep sigh when he got out of his car then looked at the Rolex on his wrist and his face fell dejectedly

He was a whole hour late. Damn traffic!

Brandon felt bad, this was the first time he’d be missing Asher’s Parent-teacher meeting and he knew how sad that kid would be especially knowing other kids parents came

He shook his head, if only he left the meeting earlier. Brandon walked into the building going in the direction of the hall when some guy ran up to him gasping for air

“Mr. Campbell..please come with me to the principal’s office…” He rushed his words and Brandon’s eyes darkened

Principal’s office?

In no time at all, they were standing in front of the office and Brandon impatiently pushed the door open, stepped into the office ready to lash out at the old principal but halted when he saw…

“Ms Martinez?”

“Hi Daddy” Asher beamed waving with a donut in his little hand

He smiled at his son and looked at Presley again, she was sitting legs crossed beside Asher on the only leather couch available carefreely blowing her manicured nails. He then returned his gaze to the principal who seemed relieved to see him

Brandon almost laughed when he saw another lady – a mother probably – she looked like she walked through hell and beside her was a boy almost Asher’s age whimpering softly

Brandon smirked, what type of a situation was this…he’d already guessed bits of what had happened but how?

“Can someone tell me what is going on here?” He thundered and everyone in the room shivered apart from the fostered mother-son duo who just looked at him like he was losing his mind

Asher suddenly started giggling and Presley smirked

“This woman has influenced my son negatively. He’s not even scared of me anymore” He thought, frowning slightly

” Sir, sir…it’s good you came. Please take the miss here and your son with you.. we’ve had enough to deal with in one day, as you can see the meeting has been cancelled” The principal begged shakily

” Oh really?” Presley asked and she gulped shaking her head

“Please…”

Brandon leaned on the wall to watch..since that’s all he could at the moment

“No child has to be bullied for not having a support system and she..” Presley pointed at the tattered lady “Messed with the wrong kid. My kid!”

“But he pushed my son first” The lady said bravely in her defense then hugged her kid

“Are you lying right now…I see a future breed of serial killers in your house already. I watched the security footage from that time and it turns out your son started it and when sweet cute Asher here retaliated, you used your d**k cleansing hand to slap him across the face…he fell and bruised his billion dollar knee” Presley said and the lady scoffed

Brandon stood upright when he heard Asher got hurt, “What?” His eyes darted to Asher’s band-aid knee

“And Mrs principal here wanted to cover up for her so guess who fought a b***h…me! and now that you’re here…” She faced Brandon

“Take out your funds from this school. They ain’t worth it” She sassed and the principal came flying from her chair on her knees in front of Asher, Brandon’s money was what kept the school standing, she can’t risk it

“We’re sorry… please don’t let him do it. Dear Asher, where does it hurt, we’ll get another knee for you, anything you want…”

Asher covered his mouth as he laughed, he had no idea what was happening but the wicked woman looked funny kneeling in front of him soo.. Brandon couldn’t help it too, he looked away and chuckled

“I see how well you’ve raised him..” the lady spat and Presley smiled wickedly

” You still have the guts to speak, huh?”

“Sir please don’t stop funding the school…” The principal’s loud wails was getting irritating

“Asher” Presley opened her hands and he jumped on her still giggling, “Any kid who bullies him deserves to be beheaded” She deadpanned and the office went quiet as the adults were shocked

“Yes, be- be, be-headed…yes!!” Asher called the word successfully and Presley smiled

“See? Even the kid wants people’s heads flying about” She said and Brandon shook his head, he glared at the principal before opening the door

“I suggest you take her to the psychiatrist, she needs one.” The unrelenting lady mocked and Presley halted

” What do you mean?”

” You’re a psycho, you need special care that would only be found in the psychiatric hospital. You don’t scare me, unlike you I respect my kid’s presence that’s why I decided not to fight you…” The lady continued

Presley nodded slowly and dropped Asher, she dropped her handbag then did her hair properly

“So you said I’m a psychopath… that’s true hunny. I am, and I’ll show you what kind. I’m that one who teaches children that mummy is a d**k rider and will always remain one when facing off with me” She picked her handbag and in front of the woman’s son

Bang!!!

“Ahhh…get off me…”

The principal dragged the boy away on Brandon’s signal, he kept crying for his mom. Brandon and Asher stood by the door watching with Asher his mom’s own cheer squad

“Haha, mommy, mommy is winning” He giggled jumping about happily
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TBC..