Chapter 37

It was as though Crystal had disappeared from the surface of the earth, leaving no traces of her. Just as he was wallowing in his situation alone, his phone that has been ringing, went out again, and turning his head, he gazed at the caller and his mood changed from bad to worst. Picking up the call, he said,
"I have told you to. be patient, your payment will reach you".
" And when will that be?. I honored my part of the contract so it is not my fault that your niece did not show up for the wedding Mr. Max. I need my payment else I will tell everyone who you are and what you have been doing to your niece just to keep her heritage to yourself", Nathan threatened Max but not knowing that head playing with fire, Max asked him to wait for a call from his employee the next day, and he will receive his money at the appointed place.
"I will be waiting then, and please I need it in cash, as I do not trust someone like you who could suffer his niece, to do the same to me".
Nathan hung up the call feeling glad that he had finally landed himself some good cash. Max fixed his gaze on one position, called out his guard on the phone asking him to report into his office as he has another job for him.
Georgia could not find any sleep after what had happened during the day. Her thoughts narrowly went through Simon's words and actions and not being able to focus on what she was supposed to think of at that moment, she was imagining things that might bit be real.
" Georgia come back to earth, you must have mistakenly what the Pope guy was trying to say and thinking that he loves you, here you are fantasizing about things that are not real", she murmured alone. Georgia got up from her bed and walked out of her room, heading to the kitchen to have a glass of water. Walking through the corridors of the house, she could not help herself from thinking about the possibility that what she was assuming could be real.
Holding her cheeks in her hands, she gave out a smile that made Mirabel feel that her mistress had gone mad. Coming out of the kitchen, she saw Georgia coming down the stairs and talking alone.
"Is she okay?", she wondered but did not dare to ask her. Almost reaching the kitchen, Georgia screamed out at the sight of Mirabel deducing that she was a ghost.
" Miracle why are you still awake?", she asked panting as though she was been chased but Mirabel telling her that she came to check whether everything was in place as she always does, inquired from Georgia why she was talking alone. Not having Crystal to share her things with anymore and knowing Mirabel to be a faithful servant, she pulled her back into the kitchen and told her that she wanted to ad her something very important.
"Now Mirabel, what does it means if a guy suddenly becomes overprotective over you and strangely looks at you?", she asked but Mirabel not fully understanding what she meant by that, asked her to phrase her question.
Georgia taking in a deep breath asked her the same question but in another form, and Mirabel told her that it simply means that the guy has feelings for her, Georgia became more confused because she had thought that she was hallucinating.
" It is impossible though because the guy in question has always been In love with my best friend Crystal right from our school days, so it is just absurd that he will have feelings for me now", she explained.
"Meaning he is Ms. Crystals' boyfriend?", Mirabel who had been following her story keenly asked.
" No, he is not she has never loved Simon", Georgia related. This means that something must have happened for him to look at you differently then.
"If you both have known each other for quite some time and he was not interested in you but rather in your friend who did not love him, this means that either he has developed feelings for you genuinely or he wants to use you to make Ms. Crystal jealous", Mirabel talked.
" You think so?", Georgia consulted and Mirabel noting her head positively, left Georgia silent for some minutes.
"Ms. Georgia, I do not know this guy personally, but I want you to know this, peoples taste for things change and I will just advice you to watch him closely, in order not to make hasty decisions", Mirabel whispered as she tried her best to be thoughtful.
Georgia was very happy to have spoken to her about it as she may be right, Simon could be feeling miserable, and knowing that Georgia was Crystals' best friend, he was certainly beholding Crystal in her.
" Ms. Georgia, I will be going to bed now", Mirabel said as she excused herself leaving Georgia alone in the kitchen. Her smiles had vanished and her head had become stable on her shoulders, telling her to think properly before concluding.
Her friend Crystal was nowhere to be found and she was usually the one to tell her what to do with it comes to romances. How funny it was for someone who had never been involved in an affair, to reproach a person who has been having a series of love affairs.
When she thought about that, she let out a tiny laughter slip through her lips, and turning to get a bottle of water from the fridge, she returned to her room not wanting to make any noise so as not to wake her mother up.
Crystal was eating heavily like someone who had slept in prison for some days. Blaze looked at her with a smile and enjoyed the energy that she had, he could not still believe that she was his girlfriend now, how lucky of him he thought.
"Babe", he called out and Crystal without putting her head up, responded to him and Blaze asked,
"Do you still want some more food, I believe that you are really hungry?". Feeling shame over what he had just said, Crystal halts for a moment the noodles that she was eating and gives him a stare, Blaze told her not to be embarrassed as he just loved the way that she was eating and that was all.
" I think that this is fine Blaze", she muttered taking the glass of juice that was on the table and drinking from it. Her stomach was almost filled with so much food and she had not been eating for some days now. The sex helped her as it opened up her stomach for food to get in.
Blaze clearing his throat and telling her that they needed to discuss something very important when there were done eating, freaked Crystal out as she was thinking that he wanted to tell her something negative.
"What if he wants to dump me before we had even started? what if he has finally taken his pound of flesh? or maybe he wants to send me out?", she asked with her appetite slowly reducing and her countenance changing.
Noticing her sudden quietness, he wondered what she could be thinking in her head that was making her so sympathetic.
" Are you okay?", he raised a question but Crystal not being able to respond to him anymore, kept her head lowered with her gaze on the plate of food that she was eating. He could not make out what had happened all of her sudden but seeing a tear fall off her eye, he understood that something was wrong.
"Hey, girl what is the matter?, is it his use of something that I said?", he asked rising from where he was sitting to hers. Crystal was not talking anymore, looked away but Blaze not knowing what he had done tried holding her but she got up angry at him saying that he should not dare touch him.
" You said that you have something to tell me right just go ahead and break up with me", she said, leaving Blaze in a state of shock. Not knowing what she was talking about, he rose to his feet and walked slowly towards her to get what she was saying but Crystal went into the bathroom to rinse her hand and mouth, she came back saying that she wanted to leave the resort.
"What are you even saying babes what is the matter?", Blaze asked all confused and lost but Crystal not wanting to listen to him, started shedding tears. Blaze stared at her for a moment, asked her what the matter was and Crystal asked him whether he wanted to know, he nodded,
" You just said that you wanted us to discuss something right?", she asked and Blaze confirmed what she had just asked, he further asked what the matter was and why she was reacting in that manner, and Crystal hitting his chest yelled out saying that she knows that he wants to end everything with her.
"I did not give you the pleasure you were expecting to have right? I was not woman enough and that is what you want to tell me that we can't be right? I saw the expression on your face and I am sorry that I did not meet your standard in bed", she pressed her hands on his chest, hurting her wrist in the process.
Crying herself out Blaze noticed that she had hurt herself but not being able to understand why she was having such a thought, he made an effort to console her but Crystal being stubborn, only craved to fight back, and Blaze having taken enough of her insanity, he yelled out at her to stop while grabbing her by the shoulder.
" You have to calm down and listen to me, these imaginations of yours will not help either you or me in this relationship. And who told you that I was not satisfied with you, huh?", he asked raising his voice.
His manly nature and authority had overpowered Crystal's insensitive mood and made her realize that all that she was thinking about was false. Taking her into his arms, he could feel his heart beating in her chest and whispering in her ears, he told her that she was the only woman in his life and nothing was going to change that.
"I thought you wanted to break up with me, I thought I did not do things like you wanted so you wanted to leave me", she related.
" No way, I will not be that stupid to have a treasure like you and want to lose her, what will that make of me?", his question put smoke on her face as she felt secure.
Taking her to sit down on the bed, he pushed the little table where they were having their meals on one side while taking a look at her keenly, Crystal was a sweet girl who just needed the attention that could be given to her and it was normal for her to be skeptical about everyone around her.
"Here is something I will do so that you will never get to doubt my love for you okay?", he spoke out taking off the necklace that was on his neck. Telling her that the necklace was very special to him as it was the only piece in the whole wide world and on its pendant was the face of his mom.
" Here take it, I am giving you this so that you will always have a look at it whenever you think about me or about the fact that I do not love you".
Tears cropped upon Crystals' eyes as he put the chain around her neck, sealing it with a sweet kiss on her forehead. She felt so special after that and equally apologized to him for her behavior. She hugged Blaze telling him how much she loves him and thanking him as well for not giving you on her.