###Chapter 74

Chapter 74



The door opened and the maid came in with the letter in hand.

"Here it is, ma'am" The maid said, stretching forward the letter to Sapphire.

Sapphire looked at the letter for a while before she collected it and asked her maid to leave so that she could check the letter. She had a feeling it would be something that would piss her off again but why was her heart beating with excitement as she held the letter?
"Thanks, you may leave." she told her maid

The maid nodded and bowed before leaving the room.

"What the hell does the great Mr Rowan want from me early this morning?"she mumbled as she unsealed the beautifully decorated envelope to see the content.

« Dear, Miss sapphire ,
Wish to have a rendezvous with you at street 4 in five stars restaurant today at 5:00pm.
Will be glad if you can spare me few minutes out of your busy schedule.
Your dear handsome, Mr Rowan. »

"What makes him sure I'll be in attendance,we can never work things out if he doesn't learn to watch the hole he calls a mouth"She said with a scoff immediately after reading the letter but then, something clicked in her head and she widened her eyes.
" My dear Handsome? My dear Handsome?" She asked herself as if she was being pressed with hot iron and she chuckled before kissing the letter.

She had her bath as quick as possible as she could no longer concentrate with what she was doing after the reading the letter from Rowan and then, she proceeded downstairs to have her breakfast.
The maids were serving her as she stared blankly at a flower vase opposite her .

"Should I attend his rendezvous or not? there's nothing more to talk about if he will keep on acting like a jerk. He keeps annoying me whenever we meet.
He won't even look at me no matter how beautiful I dress." She kept mumbling to herself and lamenting.
" Maybe he has something meaningful to say or he is ready to talk like a normal opponent. I should just go and hear him out~"
She thought.

"Ma'am, your food is served"the maid said jolting her back to reality.

"Oh thanks "she replied, facing her food and ready to eat.
Her mind drifted back to Rowan and his perfect body,his body was so appealing and perfect while his character was so disgusting.

"Snap out of this+ I can't be thinking about Rowan in this manner. He's my opponent and a jerk also" she said to herself and sighed .

"I should go and hear what he says and if he says anything annoying, I promise to teach him a big lesson". She added and took her mind off him.

She finished with her breakfast and decided to stay at home since she had nothing doing before Rowan's rendezvous but her mind just wouldn't calm down and it was giving her serious headache!.

" I should do something to keep myself busy." She said to herself and decided to spend her time talking to Nancy since she hasn't call her in a long time.

She dragged herself up and picked her phone from the nearest table to her. She searched for her best friend, Nancy's number and gave her a call.

"Hello Nancy!"she said with a smile.

"Hey baby girl! what are you doing?" Nancy asked in an extremely surprised tone because sapphire hardly call her nowadays.

"I was just less busy and I decided to check up on you you" Sapphire replied, resting in her bed.

"Wow that's new!" Nancy said excitedly. "Did anything interesting happen?oh wait! did Rowan ask you out?"she said with so much excitement in her voice that one would think she was just proposed to by her biggest crush.

"Eeeeww No!. I can never be in a relationship with that jerk" Sapphire mumbled with disdain in her voice.

"Why do you hate him that much?" Nancy asked even though she knew her best friend was only pretending.

"I don't hate him,he's just always on my nerves telling me to step down because I am a woman and Stand no chance against him"she said with her voice full of frustration.

Nancy was silent for a while. "Just calm down girl. Take things slow and don't push yourself too hard. if it's really what you want, I trust you and I know you'll get it" Nancy tried to encourage her.


"Thanks for the encouragement baby but I got to admit Rowan is actually a worthy opponent. It's going to be hard to defeat him.
Loosing is not a word in his vocabulary"she said .
"Wow he's such an angel! I see no reason you shouldn't like such a big win like him!" Nancy cheered, teasing her friend.

"Angel? No, he's not! he's like a devil, so stubborn and very cold guy"she said like she knew Rowan in and out.

"I'm sure you just don't understand him,maybe he has worked so hard for years and he's supposed to head the conglomerate but then you came into the picture to compete with him,it's not that easy sapphire. He must be really mad that you disrupt his plan and made him start from the very start again. " Nancy said what she thought and Sapphire's face lit up!

"Wow! I never thought of it that way but can't he just tell me nicely?"she said defending herself.

"Not everyone is touchy feeling and can express their emotions. some people prefer to be cold and that's the way they express themselves. Then again, would you have agreed if he had told you to step down even after explaining to you? You won't, my dear." Nancy kept correcting her best friend and defending Rowan.

"I guess so."she said in a sad voice,she never imagined this is what Rowan must be going through but why should she care?


"Just think this through and make sure your decision isn't affecting someone else and make sure you don't step down for him, okay? Even if you love him, you still must show him you ain't like any other woman and you are strong..."

Nancy muttered over the phone with vigor in her voice and Sapphire nodded.
"Thanks for the advice, Nancy. But, I have a meeting by 5 so I have to go now. I'll call you when I get back, okay?" Sapphire said lazily, ready to end the call. She thought she would get better after calling her best friend but she only got more confused about her feelings for Rowan.

"Okay then, don't forget everything I discussed with you." Nancy said finally.

"Okay ... I won't" Sapphire replied and and ended the call.

"What shall I wear?I want something beautiful and at the same time casual... I need to put on something very good and elegant.." She kept mumbling to herself while looking at the mirror.

She opened her closet, searched through her best of gowns and she picked the best outfit for the evening. It was a very expensive short red gown she just got for an interview she did a month ago. It was so expensive that old lan nearly went crazy when he heard about it and but she was so glad she got it then because it came in handy right now.

She put it on and moved to check herself in the mirror but it wasn't good enough in her eyes... "Nah... too short!" she said and pulled it off.

She put on a white middle length gown again and shook her head in disagreement.
"Nope, too innocent. I'll look innocent and gentle. He won't even look at me if I have this on. " she mumbled to herself and put off the gown for the fourth time.

She rummaged her closets and put on a short belted red gown,, it had normal and high end designs and it screamed of wealth!.
"Perfect! Its just the aura I need. this is just right! "she said, admiring herself . She truly looked beautiful!.

She combed her curly black hair till it was all bouncy and fell on her shoulders, giving her the rich elegant look of a royal princess!.

She put on a pair of red shoes and a black bag to compliment her hair.
She looked so beautiful and sharp,a powerful aura that followed her anywhere she went but still she looked so delicate. She was sure to capture every heart she met with today!.

She went down stairs, ready to go for the rendezvous but she saw old lan in the living room reading some papers and she stopped in her track..

"I'm going for a meeting, I won't stay long"she said and rolled her eyes secretly as she made for the door. Old lan still continued to doubt her that she slept with Rowan to release him.

"A meeting?"old Lan asked, looking up at her.

"Yes, A meeting. Any problems with that?"she questioned back, not wanting to continue the conversation.

"Of course not, but don't you think your dressing is too...." he wanted to complain that her dressing was too much but she was quick to cut him off.

"You have no right to tell me what and what I can wear! besides I've gotten a new assistant and he'll be resuming on Monday so I don't need your assistance! " Sapphire flared up and left the house, slamming the door.

" He still thinks he can talk with me after making a fool of me and even doubting me?!" She lamented as she stormed toward her car.

Old lan was so shocked to hear Sapphire talk to him that way and he couldn't utter a word as he just stared at the closed door in awe.

"My services are no longer needed"he mumbled sadly and sighed bitterly. It was a sad evening for him after all!.

Sapphire drove straight down to the location and stopped at the restaurant's car park. She entered the restaurant but she realized it was empty and she noticed Rowan immediately as he was sitting in the vip section.


She walked toward him elegantly and proudly...
"Hello, Mr Rowan!"she greeted as she took a seat opposite him.

Rowan looked up at her and was shocked by her looks
"Wow, you look different today. what's the occasion? Are you visiting your boyfriend today or do you have a date?" Rowan said, teasingly.

"Enough of this, what do you want us to talk about?" she asked, acting like she had something doing and was really busy when she wasn't.

Rowan shrugged and decided to start the conversation. "Well..."he was cut short by the sound of a bullet which flew directly over his head.

"What the hell! "he mumbled , looking around to see who shot it but there was no one at all!.

"What's happening? "sapphire asked panicking..

Immediately, Ray ran in with Rowan's bodyguards.

"What happened?! we heard a gunshot! Are you okay, Rowan?! " Ray asked, looking so flushed and scared as he searched his friend over and over again with concern filled eyes.

Rowan searched his pocket and found his gun " I'm coming! He shouted and ran off!.

" where are you going?!" Sapphire shouted worriedly but Rowan didn't even bother to look back as he ran like a thunderbolt toward a room.
Sapphire clenched her fist tightly...

" Is someone after Rowan's life?"she thought to herself. She knew about it before but she never thought it was this worst.

"I'm so sorry, Miss sapphire, for the disturbance. we'll fix another date for the rendezvous and my guard will escort you home so your mind can be at peace.."
Ray muttered and he walked out of the restaurant with some of his guards and the remaining were to escort her home. He was going to search the environment to see where the silly men hid themselves.

She stood up and the guards followed her,opened her car for her and drove her home. She wanted to protest! She wanted to stay and find those men with them but she couldn't afford to be an hindrance to their search.

Immediately she got, home she went up to her room.
"What's going on?is Rowan in danger? that bullet could have killed him?"she said worriedly.

She picked up her phone to call if he was alright, this was her first time calling Rowan and it was because their ego was always ahead of them.