Chapter 9

"What had changed, what did the other ladies do to the seductive and forbearing man I use to play with?", she inquired scampering to him in complete nakedness.
Blaze admired her body and swallowed some saliva but something was off about him and he couldn't explain why he started thinking of the pretty thief after seeing Miranda naked.
He wasn't having the urge to continue anymore the moment he started seeing her face and her body lying next to him that night.
" You need to leave now", he spoke as he got up.
Miranda covered with complete confusion couldn't understand what was happening so she tried asking if she had done anything wrong, but Blaze wouldn't answer her.
He got down from his bed and opened his briefcase in the wardrobe, he handed some cash to Miranda and asked her to leave politely.
"Did I do anything wrong to you, I will apologies if that's the case", she asked in a dilemma.
" You have done nothing wrong I just need some time alone to think properly", he responded walking into his bathroom.
He could not explain what was going on with him as he had never had that kind of feeling before.
"How can I be thinking of a lady that I have nothing to do with to the point of seeing her when I look at another woman", that question flooded his head.
" Are you falling in love with that thief of a girl?", a voice asked him and he opened his eyes astonished.
"I doubt it, you are Blaze Jadiel Lewis and you can have any woman you want just with the toasting of your tiny finger so you can't be falling for her", another voice contradicted the first one.
Blaze washed his face and left his bathroom. Miranda was still there and had not left looked like she had something at the back of her mind.
Stills seeing her there, Blaze got pissed and yelled at her to leave his house that minute.
" You want me to leave?", she asked like someone who had hearing problems.
"Yes I said it the first time not so?", Blaze repeated.
She picked up her bag and heading to the door she turned to him and with a dreadful stare she said,
" I hope that you will not regret this act of yours", and she left.
Blaze was dazed by how low some ladies maybe just to be with a wealthy man. Well she was gone and all he had to do was to lay down on his bed and think about the pretty thief that had been stealing away from men but in his case, she did not steal any money but stole his heart away.
It was night and Miranda had left his house but he wasn't worried as she was a street girl so nothing bad could happen to her out there.
Blaze glared at his watch and it was already late and it was time to go to bed.
He started at the ceiling and imagined all the things he did on Crystal's body throughout that night and his fantasies that were been accomplished.
He did not notice when the sweet wind of sleep had blown into his eyes as he saw darkness all around and his eyes closed up.
Knocks on the door and a voice calling out her name to come and open were what woke up Crystal from her dreamland as she was finally able to get some sleep from yesterday's nightmare.
Her head bumped up as though she was been knocked down by a car or beaten by an angry mob.
The only thing she could remember was Georgia calling for Gina the maid to make a glass of warm milk for her to drink so as to be able to sleep.
After the milk was brought up to her room, her friend helped her to drink it all up and she decided to take her to leave so that she could rest from crying all day long.
Georgia left her room hugging her tightly and promised that she will be back the next day to check up on her.
She closed the door behind her and her friend left while she went back and laid down on her bed waiting for sleep.
As she was remembering all that, another knock followed again and this time she decided to get down from her bed and walk to her door to open up.
There she was all afraid as she had been knocking for some minutes but Crystal wasn't opening.
Gina, all sweaty in a panic state pushed out a large smile of happiness as she finally realized that her mistress was just sleeping and there was no cause for alarm.
She asked Crystal if there was anything she wanted for breakfast, but her response was negative as she just wanted to slide in her bed in order not to be reminded of the unfortunate scene she was living in her life.
Crystal told Gina that she needed some more rest and also asked about the whereabouts of his uncle but Gina replied that her uncle had been very busy for some days now.
With a shallow smile that was as fake as that of an unsatisfied kid, she good Gina to excuse her and that if she needed anything else, she will call in her right away without any hesitation.
Gina nodded and left to her post in the kitchen and Crystal went back to Juno in her bed.
She stayed in bed avoiding thinking about the unfruitful incident but rather decided to focus on a new plan of attack to get back what she wanted.
Turning on her bed as she couldn't find sleep anymore and with her heart beating in her chest, she could only think of one thing and which was to reflect on her goals and achievement in life.
And if doing that task was going to guarantee her total reinstating into her late father's company, she was going to do it again and again.
Turning from side to side with a weary soul, she went into her room and sat down on her bed, stretching her body as though she had been beaten by an evil spirit in her dream.
The seconds ticked as Crystal sat up on her bed holding her head in her hands thinking of another strategy and the only one that could come to her head at that moment was to go to Blaze's house to meet and confront time.
He had played dirty and that was killing Crustal in the deepest part of her heart.
Crystal passed by the mirror and noticed how swollen her face had turned into, her eyes narrowed slightly as she stared at the mirror looking at herself in the mirror as her eyes had changed their color and size.
They were now very big and her face was rough from crying too much. Her head asked so much though she was claiming to be strong.
When she had finished checking up all the parts of her face and body that had changed either inside, texture, or color, she walked into the bathroom to brush her teeth and shower.
As she got into the bathroom, her phone began to ring and she was forced to come out again to find out who it was that was calling.
Georgia her friend was the person who was calling her so she picked up the phone and answered,
"Hello?", he voice was not that good, but it was clearer than the previous day when she could not talk and whenever she did, her friend could barely hear what she was saying.
Georgia responded on the other side of the phone asking her friend how her night had been and if she wanted her to bring her anything when coming to see her that day.
Crystal with a smile as though she was a child, she told her friend to bring whatever she found interesting.
Her friend said she will be at her house in some minutes and Crystal approved it.
She walked back into the bathroom to have her bath before actually going down to wait for her friend.
She opened up the shower and before she could batch her breath the water had already started flowing on her back. It was very cold and she could not withstand d the cold.
Only then did she realize that she had not regulated the shower to have warm water.
Crystal immediately did so as she was not a fan of cold water.
She took her bath and went for her towel to wipe off her body so as not to leave water all over her room when she comes out.
Afterward, she took out her brush and while brushing her teeth, she could not help but stare at the mirror that was in front of her in her bathroom.
She looked at herself again in it as though she was hoping to see some other person and not just her.
Her grip tightened to her brush so much that she began brushing her teeth with force wounding her gums out of the pressure she was applying on the brush.
She twists herself to spit up the dirty she had brushed from her mouth and then blood was amongst it.
Crystal rushed out her mouth with water and lined up her brush with the other washroom things, she stepped out of her lavatory and went into her room.
Her room was immense for a 23 years old lady but she has always grown up in luxury.
Crouching on her little chair in front of her embellishing table and her mirror just in front of her, she opened her first lotion set and rubbed her body nicely as it was her routine to always do.
The day had somehow begun better at least better than the prior day as the birds on the hedges sang symphonies from outside her room and her temperament as getting better as she had gotten over trudging herself and obtaining a result real sharp.
When she was done applying her motions and skincare products, with not many efforts standing up from the stool, she strolled through her room and to the other side where her wardrobe was and she began searching for an outfit for the day.
Crystal had in mind that she was going to pay an unfriendly visit to Blaze Jadiel later that day and she was not going to be nice.
A knock was heard on her door and she supposed it was Georgia who had arrived.
" Come in the door is open", she spoke from inside.
Georgia pushed the door to her right and entered her friend's room.
She was happy seeing that her friend was getting over what it was that had put her in that unpleasant spot that she had met her yesterday.
Crystal had found something light and free to out on for the day as it was occasional wear and she could go out with it or stay home with it too.
Walking closer to Crystal, Georgia with a hug, embraced her friend with happiness.
"I am happy that you are better today than yesterday", She spoke out as she walked across the room to Crystal's table, dropping her bag on it.
" Where is my parcel that you said you will bring for me?". Crystal asked in wonder as she did not seem to find Georgia with any shopping bag or anything similar to that.
Georgia gave her a funny look and said,
"I stopped at the supermarket and got you fruits and I also got your favorite cherries", Georgia related.
She had brought some fruits for her friend and she left them downstairs in the kitchen to Gina the maid.
Crystal was happy when her friend told her that she had kept her cherries as cherries were her favorite fruits.
As the girls were chatting, another knock was heard on Crystal's door again, and she thought that it was Gina that had brought her fruits.
She hastily went for her door and when she opened it, Uncle Max was standing at her door with a shabby peek.
At the sight of her uncle that she had not seen for almost thirty hours, a lump formed on her throat making swallowing Difficult.
Crystal did not know what to say as even salutations were more than her to utter from her mouth.
" Good morning Crystal my niece, how are you doing today?", Uncle max asked as though he was concerned about her.
Georgia who was inside had heard Max's voice and she immediately stood up and raised to the door with a smile.
"Good morning Uncle Max", she said with a smile.
Max ridge a little to look at the person who had greeted him from Crystal's room with such a sweet voice.
" Georgia"! he called out after seeing her standing behind Crystal.
Georgia was the daughter of one of Max's business associates and he barely saw her coming to the house since he was always busy at work.
"Come give uncle Max a hug dear", he enunciates as he moved to enter Crystal's room.
Georgia came out from standing behind Crystal and hugged Max and while they hugged each other, Max gave a threatening glimpse to Crystal as a sign of warning and she understood what that meant.
Max's look was very deep as he was making sure that in Crystal's weakness, she had not said anything that she did not have to say to her friend.
Due to the effect of looking at Crystal with such a repulsive look, Max tightened Georgia a little more than he had to do with his extra pound and big tummy, causing her to choke as she began gulping for air.
Crystal drew her friend from him and Georgia breathing in, could not understand what had just happened.
Uncle Max apologized to her for that and he left them both to enjoy their day.
" What just happened Crystal?", Georgia asked in a confused state as she could not explain why Max had done such a thing.
Crystal let her friend sit on her bed apologizing on her uncle's behalf and reassuring Georgia that it was just out of emotions.
Georgia did not make a fuss about it so she let it sly but what had just taken place was not too clear to her.
Crystal proposed that they go shopping later in the day and Georgia was so happy with the idea that she could not wait for them both to leave.
Blaze was already awake so early as it was a Monday and he had to get to his office.
His company always had executive meetings every Monday and Friday which is to discuss the strategies on how to manufacture more products, sell them to their customers, and the profits made.
Also, there were other things discussed during meetings like that which is to make the company for more.
His breakfast was always set every work morning even before he could come downstairs to ask for it as his maids took seriously into consideration his do's and don'ts for it as his maids took seriously into consideration the things that made him pleased and the ones that irritated him.
He arrived downstairs and his warden took his briefcase to his car while Blaze looking at the well-set table, had an appetite that morning.
His eggs were made just like he always loved them and his cup of tea and sliced bread were finely placed so he took his breakfast and left for work.
He entered his car and headed to his office without stopping on the way for anything whatsoever.
The security guards already knew when he was to arrive at work every morning so they waited for him to arrive so that they could get his car and station it well in the parking lodge.
"Good morning Mr. Blaze and happy to see you today", the guard said as he dropped down from his car handing him his car keys.
" How are you today Fred", Blaze asked as he took his briefcase out of the car.
Blaze went in through the normal procedure everyone entering the building goes through, meaning he was scanned and his briefcase as well.
After that, he walked through the reception receiving greetings from all the personnel there while going to board the lifter going to his office floor.
The day had begun pretty well as his office was well cleaned when he got into it and the freshener that was put there smelled good.
His office was made of expensive pieces of furniture brought from abroad and his office was spacious so much that the other part could be used for another office plus a bathroom.
His shelf was well arranged with business books and magazines.
At the corner of the office, there was a sofa made for visitors or business partners waiting their turn to talk with Blaze as there was a table too in front of the sofa with magazines.
In front of his main table were two chairs facing him directly. The air condition in his office was harsh and cold and most clients who went in there always came out white as snow.
The other section was an additional part that served as a resting room whenever he worked overnight at the office as it has a bathroom and all apparatus
apparatus.
The curtains in his room were so bright that he uses them to shed the sun from entering so much into his office.
Knocks at his office door and Blaze looks from his glass mirror to see who it was knocking,
"Come on in", he spoke looking through the documents on his glass table.
Mary walked in with a smile on her lips.
Mary is Blazes Personal Assistant she has been working with his company for such a long time.