Chapter 15

Bassey breathing in deeply to gather the courage to ask the next question that was going to fall out of his mouth asked Max if truly he had any plans of handing over Crystal's inheritance someday.
Max was tongue-tight and could not answer him as he immediately change the subject matter to something else asking what Bassey had come to see him for that day and whether there was a business he needed them both to do.
Blaze had excused himself from his meeting and taking Crystal by the hand, he pulled her passing in front of everyone to his office.
Reaching his office, he pushed Crystal on the couch that was at the side of his office closing his door and turning to face her completely.
Crystal was already trembling in fear as she had not thought that she will be faced with him alone like that moment.
Blaze rubbing his hair in anger and walking towards her, asked her what she was doing in his company and who had given her the right to interrupt his meeting with his investors in such a stupid manner and Crystals eyes opened widely like she has swallowed a hot piece of food, she stood there mute like a time.
Crystal sweating profusely though there was an air conditioner in that office, made her start staggering as she was scared of what he might do to her
She looked at him in the face and standing up stressing her fears, told him to not question her in that manner because she was there to take back what was hers.
Blaze moving closer to her, making her move backward, asked to get what she meant by what she had just said, but Crystal's heart could not stop beating in her chest for so many reasons that she could not understand herself.
Seeing an opening form beneath Blaze's arms, she tilts herself under, passing to go stand by the other side of the cottage.
"I am not scared of you so don't even think that this act of yours is going to scare me one bit", spoke out keeping a straight face and acting as though she was not scared of him, whereas deep down in her she was very afraid.
Blaze asked her what she wanted and why she had come to his office.
Crystal smiling like an apprentice hag told him that he was not going to get away with what he did to her and that she was there to take back the money that he duped her of.
Blaze who was overwhelmed by what she had just let out of his mouth, clapped his both hands in surprise as he walked around the office repeating,
"The money that I duped you off huh?", he turned in her direction with a spiteful look.
Caressing his chin with his left hand and looking at her body again, he asked her whether she was very certain that it is just the money that she did not have in full that made her come to his office today to disturb his business transaction.
Crystal who was opening her mouth to speak but found it difficult to even release a word asked what he meant by the silly question he had just asked.
"You want to tell me that you did not understand my question?", Blaze spoke as he approached her some more dorm where he was standing.
Crystal trembling already said with a lying face that she did not seem to. understand what he was blaming about and that all she came there was for her money else she was going to sue him for rape and tarnish his image.
Blaze on hearing this?, Imitated her way to talk as he laughed out boisterous.
" What on earth is making you laugh Mr. Blaze?", she asked scowling already.
Blaze who kept on making a mockery of her words said that he did not know that her Majesty did not enjoy the little fun that they had that night.
"Was I so bad that bight that you want to call the cops on me?", he inquired walking to his table and showing her the phone to call the authorities with.
Crystal was shocked by his guts after what he did with her that night.
" You drugged me, Blaze, do you know that?", she yelled out feeling all emotional and she was not able to say what was happening to her but she was feeling hurt by his words and she could not hide it for long.
Blaze who was already feeling her pain decided to add more as she had robbed many of his friends and business associates.
"What makes you think that the authorities will believe that I actually rape you Ms. Crystal when everyone saw us leave the club together and you willingly followed me to my house", he said walking behind her with a smile.
Crystal looking at him, held her heart as she felt a sharp pain that she could not control and her stamina was shaking.
Blaze who had noticed the silence between them turned to look at her and to his dismay he saw Crystal holding her heart, slowly reaching the floor as tears rolled down her eyes.
Rushing to hold her from falling, he took her into his arms carrying her like a father will carry her baby while putting her on his office couch.
Going back to his table, he called up his secretary giving her strict instructions not to let anyone in his office and also to let the others in the meeting room know that he was not going to be available anymore so the meeting will be rescheduled for another day.
His secretary confirmed his orders and he hung up.
Georgia was in her room reaching out to her friend but her phone was not connecting.
" What is wrong with this network my goodness, Crystal where are you?", she asked as she cried out hoping for her phone to connect so that she could take it to her.
Georgia getting worried already as her friend could never see her calls without responding, decided to call at her house to check if everything was okay with her.
She dialed the fixed phone at the Taylors residence waiting patiently for someone to pick up.
Gina who had heard the phone ring from the kitchen wiped off her hands with the kitchen napkin and headed straight fob the living room to answer the call.
picking up the call she said,
"Hello, this is Gina speaking from the Taylors Mansion".
Georgia hearing Gina's voice, greeted her saying she was the one calling and asking where her friend was as she had been trying to reach her all day.
Gina, with a polite and smooth voice, responded to Georgia's question with a disturbing answer.
" Ms. Crystal left the house this morning in a hurry but she did not tell me where she was heading to", she narrated.
Georgia wondered where Crystal had gone without any possible answer as she had not made mention of having any program the previous day when they were together.
She thanked Gina and wished her a splendid day as she hung up the phone.
Thinking to herself, she was sad as the only person with whom she could explain her problems to was had disappeared into thin air just when she needed her the most.
Holding her head and thinking of the argument she had just had with her boyfriend, she cried even more.
Bassey giving his friend along and a sour look told him that he has two inklings to make to him though he might not like one of them.
Max gave Bassey a long side glance. He looked extremely serious with what he had in his mind.
Bassey getting up from his seat and arranging his coat as he smoked another round of cigarettes said,
"The options I want to suggest to you are very simple and you have to think about them carefully", he said roaming around the office, and Max's patience was slipping through his fingers as he waited for his friend to talk.
" It's either you finally make up your mind to give your niece all of her inheritance which I know for sure that you are not ready to do that is why you have been making her do all sorts of things, or you do something else which is the second option", Basset spoke out leaving his friend in suspense.
Max waiting to hear his second option as he was running out of patience from the first option which was not something he could ever do, he yelled out in outrage asking Bassey to say what he had in mind or keep it to himself.
Bassey pushing out a peal of devilish laughter seeing his friend in such a desperate situation asked him to calm down and let him finish.
"Now the second option will be for you to find a suitor for her so that she could take her mind off her infer with his business anymore", he continued looking at the expression on Max's face.
Max had not thought about giving her daughter away for marriage but now was time for him to do so.
" How will I achieve this goal Bassey when I have never seen my niece with any man before talk more of having a boyfriend", he spoke up in total confusion.
Once he had heard this, he could not believe what his friend had just said as he stared at him in the face asking in surprise,
"So you mean to say that Crystal is a virgin?".
His question fell on Maxs ears like lightning as he had never thought about it till his friend had asked him in his office.
Max opening his eyes and looking up at his friend in shock, said that it could be possible as Crystal never keeps late nights except when it has to do with her mission.
Bassey walked back to his seat, asking his friend if he could have Crystal instead, Max gave him a spiteful look telling him never to think about going for her.
He was worried as to what greed was giving rise to in his mind but he has always seen her as a woman and what her late father had left for her was to be controlled by him as he was the man.
"Moreover, I have sacrificed a lot for her since she was small and this is the only way she can repay me for all I have done for her", he consoles himself with those words as he was lost in his thoughts.
His friend had realized that he was not with him again, so smacking his fingers in his face, woke Max from his slumber as he wiped off his face.
Asking his friend how he was going to make her get a man to get married, Bassey laughed out loud as he told Max not to behave like a child.
" You know how this game roll Max thinks with your head", he advised Max asking him if he had no bottle of whiskey in his office as he had been thirsty for a while now.
Max telling him to get it from the little wine bar at the back of the shelf, further asked,
"I can it force her to bring a man home if she does not have one or if she does not feel ready yet", he mumbled.
Bassey who had gotten the bottle of whiskey and a glass, came back to his seat opening the crock and pouring it out into the glass while he relaxed on his seat.
"I love how smart you are with more dangerous things but a little girl keeps on giving you so much headache", he chuckles.
Max was already getting tired of Bassey's mood as he got up as well and took his glass to get whiskey too.
" You do not honestly need her to bring you a man to introduce to you as you can do the deal for her. Take up any guy, pay him a good amount of money and tell him just what he needs to do to make her fall madly in love with him", he continued with his suggestion.
Max who had not thought of such a thing, was happy with the idea that his friend had just given to him as it was just what will make her forget all her little worries that she can not tell him.
Max took up his office phone and called his secretary telling her to come into his office immediately.
In less than 10 seconds, she was in his office,
"Yes, sir, you said you had new information to give out?", she asked holding her notebook.
Max told her to put up a job offer as soon as conceivable and the offer ends in 3 days understood?.
His secretary took that up and pointed out everything her boss had said.
Looking at Max, she asked if that was all that he wanted and he asserted that it was for now.
When his secretary had left his office, Max and Bassey looked at each other raising their brows in fulfillment and Bassey said,
" Let the search for a convenient suitor for our lovely Crystal Begin".
They both took up their glasses toasting them as they drank up laughing but Mac was not too comfortable with hurting his niece as he was aware that Crystal takes him as a father.
"I have to select the best for her as I do not want anyone to make her suffer", he mumbled in his mind as he slipped from his glass.
Blaze went into his office washroom, soaked a towel, and brought it out with him as he wiped Crystal's face with it looking at how pretty and innocent she looks like.
" Why did you have to choose this kind of life, when I hear you talk you sound so intelligent and you have all the potentials to make an honest living, so why do this?", Blaze asked as he placed the towel on her head and sat by her on the couch.
He admired her as she was unconscious and knowing that she will eventually get up, he went to his table and continued sorting out some documents that he had not finished.
His phone rang up and he picked,
"Yes, I am listening", he spoke up as it was his secretary calling up.
" Sir, the receptionist, and some security agents are here saying that a woman passed them downstairs as she was insisting that she wanted to meet with you, and she ran into the building", she explained.
Blaze already knew the person they were talking about as he liked at Crystal sleeping on the couch unconscious and he told her not to bother and to tell the receptionist and the security agents to go back to their different stations.
Crystal had coughed from where she was lying down and Blaze had turned immediately walking towards her.
"Are you okay?", he asked trying to help her sit up.
Crystal looking around her, asked what had happened to her as she noticed that she was still inside Blazes office.
Blaze taking off the towel on her head and arranging her back on the chair, asked her not to move to do much as she had fallen.
Crystal was worried as to what had happened to her in Blazes office and with a sad face, she lowered her gaze not knowing what to say.
Blaze rose to his feet and went into.his privy soaking the towel again and coming out of the bathroom with it.
Crystal on seeing him come out with the wet towel tried to wake up as she searched for her bag, but Blaze rushed to her as she was still weak mad could fall again.
" You do not need to be nice to me Mr. Blaze as I can take very good care of myself", she said forcing her way to her bag that was on the table.
Blaze holding her both hands firmly, yelled out at her,
"Stop proving to be so stubborn young girl and let me help you", he said so sitting her down again.
Crystal's eyes flared up open as she could feel Blazes Masculinity opposing her feminine character and making her succumb to his authority.
She sat down again on the couch and Blaze took up the sacked towel to her face, touching her head and noticing that she was burning with fever.
" You have a fever, let me take you to the doctor", Blaze suggested waiting to see her reaction he knew that she was going to reject his offer.
"I am fine, I just need to go hike and have some rest", she asserted dodging his stares every time he tried to have eye contact with her.
Crystal's heart began to beat again but this time it was stronger than all the ones she had felt before as tears rolled down her eyes.
Blaze felt uncomfortable seeing her tears so he stood up and sat by her asking what the matter was but Crystal could not believe that a man like Blaze could be that caring towards anyone talk more to someone like her who had tried to hurt him.
Crystal said she wanted to leave but Blaze stopped her saying,
" I know that you are a good person, I felt it in my heart the very first time I met you and spent the evening with you so if you are going through any difficulty, do let me know and I will help you out", Blaze spoke out and his words were so touching as Crystal could feel them deep down in her heart.
She stood like a statue looking at Blaze and shedding tears as she did not trust him one bit but a part of her was saying the contrary.