A LIST STARS PARTIES HARD AT LADY GAGA 30TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

The club No Name in Hollywood was the place to be on Saturday night as Lady Gaga turns 30

The pop star  celebrated with fiancé and Chicago Fire actor Taylor Kinney 34, as well as a few A list  celebrity friends. Gaga, who turns 30 on Monday, wore a glittering gold boat neck mini dress with puffed up short sleeves and thick black belt, paired with black strappy platform peep-toe pumps and a sparkling Lorraine Schwartz choker.

The guest list included big names such as Taylor Swift26Kate Hudson 36,  Suki Waterhouse  24,  Lana Del Rey  and a whole host of others

To crown the night, Gaga performed at the party, which many guests said was the best part of the night.

AMBER ROMANCE

EVERY WAKING MOMENT

CHAPTER ELVEVEN

Helen saw Nma and Tessy out in front waiting for them. From the loud sound of music she realized that the party had already begun. Chuck was still holding her hands, the way they walked together one would think they were a couple with their children. She closed her eyes and let herself dream, relying on the man leading her for direction. She wondered if her dreams would ever come true, if the day would come when she would become Mrs. Obi. She smiled at the thought and opened her eyes.

‘The questions in their eyes is incredible’ Chuck observed

‘I would be curious too’ she laughed

‘Think we should assuage their curiosity?’

‘You wouldn’t dare’ she said in mock horror but still moved away from him because she knew how fast he could be when he had the mind to.

He smiled and drew her back to him. ‘I was only teasing’

‘With you it is difficult to know’ she whispered as they reached Nma.

‘Hey you two’ Tessy greeted as she took her daughter from Helen

‘I didn’t realize I gave you child minding duty too’ Nma teased Chuck

Chuck laughed ‘would you believe me if I said I wanted to see my nephew?’

‘Hmmm no’

‘Okay then, there you have your answer’ he laughed and kissed her forehead

‘You are beautiful’ he said to Nma and smiled at Tessy ‘you know I have a crush on you’

Tessy laughed ‘is no woman safe with you?’

He smiled ‘Oh it is the other way round honey but for you. Anytime you get tired of grumpy Felix, my offer still stands’

Tessy smiled and blew him kiss ‘your charms are wasted on me and besides all the charms in the world wouldn’t save you from grumpy Felix if he overhears’

Helen watched the exchange with something akin to jealousy. But she knew better, she knew it was all words and nothing more. She knew he would never betray his friends and for that she loved him even more. It was not possible that a human could love so much, so much that her body quaked with it. How she wished that he would love her back then it wouldn’t matter, nothing would. Not her amnesia, not her past.

‘You two look cute together’ Tessy observed winking at Helen

Helen looked down shyly. And wondered what he thought about that. Chuck chuckled ‘Do we?’ he asked and smiled at her.

‘Yes she is everything a smart man would want to have and keep forever’ Nma rejoined

Chuck suddenly looked at her and she looked up at him and the world stood still. There was no Nma or Tessy or the outside world. Helen was lost in his green eyes and in the emotion he couldn’t hide. She took step towards him drawn by a power more powerful than anything she had ever felt. And so powerless it rendered her that all she wanted at that instant was to be wrapped in his hands, to hold and be held, to touch and be touched.

Chuck knew he had to look away but he couldn’t, he was floundering and looking for something to hold onto before he fell into the whirlpool that was her brown eyes. Such power, such hold was more than anything earthly and somehow he believed in that moment that this was the woman for him. He had to have her, he had to know, he had to explore.

So caught were they in each other and the intense feeling they could easily invoke in each other that they  didn’t hear her at first.

‘Hi Chuck darling’ she repeated

If Nma and Tessy could, they would have banished former most beautiful girl in Nigeria, Chuck’s ex girl friend to oblivion and beyond because in that  moment they realized what before had not being certain that Chuck and Helen needed each other and together they would find the most precious of all, love.

Helen was the first to turn and her heart skipped several beats when she saw the most beautiful in Nigeria looking breathtaking like an Amazon queen smiling at Chuck. Chuck turned and the spell was broken. The feeling suspended though both could still feel the after quakes of it. Her body vibrated with it and she felt energized and weakened at the same time. How was it possible, how could it be? No human had the right to have this kind of feeling over another human.

Chuck could have kissed Rissa for choosing that moment to interrupt what he couldn’t even begin to fathom. He became angry when he saw that his hands shook. What was going on, what power is this, what feeling. He needed heavy dose of reality and distraction and it presented itself in the person of his ex and he couldn’t have been happier seeing another human being.

“Rissa’ he called and she practically flew into his hands

Helen watched with raging jealousy, she felt like scratching the beauty queen’s eyes out but instead she took a deep breath and was about to leave before she gave in to the raging intentions and embarrassed herself.

‘Everyone this is Rissa’

‘Rissa this is Nma’

‘She needs no introduction, we are good friends. She is my designer’ Rissa said jovially

Nma forced a smile, being a lucrative client didn’t stop her from wishing for a whirlpool to carry the beauty queen  away’

Chuck turned to Tessy ‘And I have had a crush on this one since I met her but she happily married and won’t leave her husband, Tessy’ Tessy smiled at the girl

‘Her loss, my gain’ Rissa laughed

Helen wanted to sucker punch her even her laugh was sexy and nice to listen to. No wonder Chuck fell for her, briefly her mind reminded her, if Rissa with all her beauty and charms could only hold his interest for a very short period then she didn’t have a chance that she could and would hold his.

Helen smiled at the girl coolly when she heard her name. She was curious to hear what he would introduce her as.

‘And this beauty here is Helen, she is... I am still figuring that out’

This time around Rissa didn’t smile. She dismissed Helen with a look and turned to Chuck

‘I was wondering if you could do me a favor’ she said to him

‘I am afraid my gift to your son is rather heavy, I will need your muscles Chuck’

 Rissa smiled that pure innocent smile of hers that won her the crown.

Chuck turned to the Helen and She watched him go but not before he turned back, starring at her intensely for a moment and Helen was lost in the sea green of his eyes but in this sea it didn’t matter if you could swim, a woman would willing drown in its tempting depth and alluring whispers and then he smiled at her. ‘Later’ he mouthed to her and winked. Helen heaved a sigh. How I love him, she said to herself, but it was useless because she was no beauty queen. .

Helen turned to her friends and tried to go inside

‘You are mistaken Tessy, they look cute together’

‘Don’t sell yourself short’ Nma said

‘I don’t want to talk about Chuck and his many women and why I could suddenly become the one he would choose’ she smiled at then ‘What happened is proof enough. He didn’t have to hug her, touch her, smile like she was the most beautiful woman on earth and his heart desire. I have been kidding myself’

 ‘Not so fast Helen’ Nma said

‘Are you going to tell us what is going on or not?’

Helen looked at them ‘I don’t know what is going on’ how could she tell them what she didn’t know, where did one begin to explain what she didn’t understand. She loved and wanted nothing like she wanted him and yet she was afraid, afraid of what would happen if it wasn’t enough, if he made her give him her all and didn’t give anything back in return, she would die, she thought with so much sorrow at the sadness of the finality of her thoughts. Loving him was a journey she could never return from for good or bad, for happiness or sadness, loving him would change her but what could she do, she had already begun the journey. She prayed he would meet her half way bearing some light to chase away the darkness of her thoughts.

Feeling down and tired she turned to her friends  ‘but this I can tell you here and now that I am irrevocably in love with a man that has nothing more than a holiday affair to offer me’ she didn’t know she was crying until she felt the tears roll down her cheeks

Nma pulled her close smiling

‘Helen love is a beautiful thing, it is not something you cry about or shoot me, this is the first of the many tears you would shed for him and over him and about him if you truly love him’

Helen heaved a sigh and cleaned her tears ‘I thought love made you feel beautiful and happy but all I feel is this incredible fear, confusion and pain’

‘yes and it doesn’t stop but it gets better when he finally realizes that he can’t live without you, when he finally speaks those three special words to you, then your happiness will be immeasurable’ Tessy said

‘So till then I am to remain miserable?’

‘till then you are to love him and be there for him but the truth is I know he feels something for you, it scares him to the point of denial but for how long if you know how to you can get him to see that you are meant for each other’

Helen nods ‘that’s sounds easy but how do you make a man like him see… don’t mind me. You saw the way he was with her, he totally forgot about the rest of us and about me.’ She heaved a sigh, she didn’t want to talk about this not now, not here. ‘The guests are here and the celebrant is not ready’

They laughed ‘haven’t you heard of fashionably late’ Nma laughed as they went in.

Chuck walked towards his room, after helping Rissa with her gift, a tricycle he was sure she could have handled alone. He chuckled it seemed that the news that he was single again was giving a lot of his exes hope anew. He shook his head at the casual way she had asked him about his relationship status. Rissa was beautiful and smart but whatever he felt for her ended when he couldn’t take how spoilt and demanding she was.  The only woman he wanted for now was Helen. He missed her already; he wanted her close to him. He needed one last kiss before the party began. This kind of need was foreign to him he thought as he opened the door and entered. Shouldn’t he check it, did he need this kind of distraction? He would soon go back to his base, could he go back and still be relevant in his club if he was hung up over a girl. A girl he didn’t want to have forever, he had nothing to offer but the moment. His friends didn’t know but he had sworn he would never marry. He had sworn he would never pass down his mother’s genes to the next generation. He didn’t kid himself that he was so different from his mother. A look at his lifestyle could tell. So what in essence was he offering her? Everyone believed she was the kind of girl you marry and he was not the marrying kind.

He closed his door as if he could close off his mind by doing that.

‘Been waiting for a long time for you’ startled he turned and stared at Star.

He recovered fast thanking God that Helen hadn’t come back with him or else how would he have explained this situation. He smiled at her ‘You could have called me’

She moved from the wall she was leaning on ‘I didn’t think about it’

‘So now I am here, what’s up?’

‘You and Helen I didn’t see that coming’

He grinned ‘Don’t Star’

‘Don’t what, don’t ask, don’t feel betrayed, and don’t get mad’

‘I am sorry if I hurt you but I don’t understand, we have not been anything but friends’

‘Of course that is because I would wait for you to act on your promises but each time you come home there is a different girl hanging on your hands and I would forget all the conversations we had on the phone. You go back to your base and then you remember me. It is merry go round but this time you hurt me. Helen is my friend you bastard!’

He heaved a sigh ‘I am sorry but I don’t get what I am being accused of. I never made any promises to you. So don’t put this on me, I teased and you teased me back. Yes we may have flirted a time or two but deep inside we are more friends than any other way’

‘You don’t tell your friends you want to kiss them; you don’t kiss your friends’

 ‘I didn’t realize you meant any of what you said over the phone, it was all game to me Star and then most times when I am back there is someone in your life how am I supposed to believe what you say when you never lack for male company whether I am around or not’

‘So you decided that Helen should be your next conquest since she never dates’

‘Helen is as much surprise to me as she is to you. I don’t know what I am doing with her but I am willing to see it to the end.’

Star looked at him, wiped her tears and straightened her clothes ‘well I guess it is as much my fault as it is yours, I was a stupid dreamer which is strange because I don’t believe in dreams.’

Chuck felt like kicking himself, he didn’t realize that she had built so much hope around their word game and he felt like an ogre. ‘I am sorry Star’ he said lamely for lack of nothing else to say

‘You should be’ then she smiled ‘this time around I hope you have a ring waiting somewhere for her. If you hurt her, your friends are going to come after you and maybe ostracize you’ she laughed with satisfaction. ‘Karma is a bitch’ she left with that.

Chuck sat down on the bed and heaved a sighed. Wouldn’t it be better to cut this off now that much had not transpired between them, no promises have been made yet? No hope built because the truth was, he was going to end up hurting her. It was a part of him he inherited from his mother. A part of him he had sworn would die with him.

Helen having resolved a way to handle Chuck hesitated at his door indecisive whether to enter or not, suddenly Star came out from the room, and their eyes met and held. Helen’s eyes narrowed with temper not at Star but at Chuck. What game was he playing? Did he think he could play two of them against each other, what about Rissa. Right timing Helen said to herself. Here she was thinking that she could make it work, that she could make him more than care for her, even love her enough to marry her. Here she was deciding that she would leave first thing tomorrow morning so she could get started on remembering her past. Here she was being faced with the reality that the man was nothing but a world class liar and womanizer.

‘Sheath your claws; he is all yours now if you know what the heck to do with a man of that caliber’

Helen stared at Star silently, determined that she would not fight her friend over a man who cared nothing for either of them.

‘Hey’ they both heard behind them. They both turned to find Rissa standing behind them.

‘This is becoming interesting’ Star smiled sweetly at Rissa

‘Does Chuck still use this room?’

Helen was too shocked to even answer the girl.

‘Yes he does’

Thank you’ Rissa said and began walking to his room.

‘But he is dressing up’ Rissa stopped to smile at Star

‘Perfect’ she said and winked at them as she knocked slightly and entered.

Star turned to Helen. Helen swore that she was not going to give her the satisfaction of seeing her angry. She walked away, moving on to her room.

‘Helen’ Star called to her

She turned ‘that is the man Chuck is. Women are forever after him, whether he wants them or not. If you are going to date him, you have to develop a thick back’

‘What happened now has nothing to do with a thick back or other women. What you did was low even for you’ she opened her door entered leaving Star staring after her.

She didn’t care to make sense out what Star said, all she cared was to leave here, to leave Chuck before she found herself roped in too tight that she could never get away without the ropes cutting her. She would endure the party and then she would leave. Either Star or Rissa was welcomed to him. They both could have him for all she cared. Helen slammed the door shut, shutting the stinging feeling that was spreading all over her heart.

Helen decided she was going to look sexy and alluring and drive his libido to the sky and then flirt with Dave all day long. It was more than he deserved. So she put on a white body suit and wore red and white checkered short flay skirt over it. She sat down and applied her makeup. When she finished and brushed out her waist length hair. She couldn’t believe that the sophisticated woman looking back at her was her. She refused to compare herself to Rissa or to Star both voluptuous beauties. She was only going to concentrate on enhancing her best features. She might not be as beautiful as her rivals but she had her charms. Rivals, was that what she was calling them now. She laughed bitterly. She was no one’s rival because she was no longer among those vying for his attention. She turned back to her makeup, she smiled genuinely she was caught up in her thoughts that she did not pay attention to what she was doing and it turned out magnificent. Wow she exclaimed, Yes Nma had given her a few pointer on applying makeup but this, this was more than a few pointers. Was she a makeup artist? She laughed and slipped her feet in white flat sandals. Eat your heart out Chuck she murmured and left the room.

When she got to the garden, there were children everywhere running around and parents were standing in groups sipping from their wine glass and chatting. Uniformed Waiters passed wine and fruit juice in trays. She smiled. Trust the Nma to do everything different. She saw Tessy and the others standing on the pavement chatting, she went to join them.

‘Wow’ Amber exclaimed ‘You look amazing’

Helen smiled ‘I decided on a good experiment with my makeup purse’

‘It becomes you. Always apply it this way’ Eva said

‘Thanks’ Helen smiled and looked around for Chuck she didn’t want to miss the look on his face when he would see  her nor did she want to miss the look on his face when he would see her with Dave.

‘Where is the celebrant?’ Helen asked

‘The last I saw his mother was chasing him all over the room trying to put some clothes on him’

‘Just like his father, when he was young, I could hardly get him to wear his clothes and when I do, he promptly removed them’ Rose said.

‘He must have been a handful’ Helen murmured absentmindedly.

Chuck stood at the door hidden by the dwarf trees. He was raging mad and feeling murderous. He couldn’t understand how Rissa ended up in his room. Was there no one to stop her? He was angry with the whole occupant of the house and especially with Uche’s security, which he was told was beefed up for today. It was more than alarming to come out from the bathroom to find Rissa on his bed and then to make matters worse she had smiled that her infuriating smile. How had he ever thought that smile was charming before? With only a towel round his waist there was so little he could but ask her nicely to get out oh but that had only given her the effrontery to walk up to him and tug at his towel.  Remembering was making him angrier by the minute. He needed to calm down before he approached anyone.

His eyes landed on the group he was going to join but he didn’t want to go to Nma and the rest with his temper hanging in balance. He saw her come out and he watched her smile at everyone.. Something deep and powerful tugged at his heart and he rubbed his chest. He made a move towards her but stopped. Did he not just promise himself he would leave her alone before he hurt her? Did he not just conclude that he would ignore the feelings she could so easily invoke in him. Fat good his pep talk to himself did if one look at her sent him on over drive, made him forget his temper. How could he resist her when she looked so slender, so achingly beautiful and so fragile with those huge brown eyes and heart stopping smile, long legs that seemed to go on for miles? How could she wear that short skirt, did she not realize what thought every man in the room would be having about her. Feeling possessive and suddenly angry when he noticed the admiring glances she was receiving from other men, pep talk be damned, he said and went to claim his woman.

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EVERY WAKING MOMENT

AMBER ROMANCE 

EVERY WAKING MOMENT

CHAPTER TEN

Helen sat on one of the magnificent garden benches and watched Junior and Skye, Tessy’s daughter play with the beautiful flowers that the garden was so proud of. It was a breathtaking place and she smiled fondly at the children’s antics. Then she heaved a sigh because as magnificent as the garden was her mind was too muddled up to enjoy or appreciate its beauty. Her thoughts were darkened by her predicament. What was she going to do about Chuck, about Dave and most importantly about her memory? She picked up her phone and opened the browser to Google. There must be someone, somewhere she could go to get professional help, because if she didn’t solve this problem. She would stay confused for the rest of her life or till she remembered. She will not ever get the chance to be with Chuck.

Then she laughed ironically startling the children. They looked at her oddly

‘Sorry darling, aunty was just musing’ they went back to their play.

Helen sighed, when it came to Chuck she was the most confused. Sometimes it seemed as if there was a force greater than anything earthly calling a tune for them to dance and dance, they were. It seemed almost incredible that they ended up together last night. What was the odd that among all the people gathered, they had to fall in love with the same room spend the night together. There was more to what tune fate seemed to be calling that meets the eye and she felt that only by dancing together would they find the perfect rhythm created for just the two of them. Maybe she shouldn’t throw away this chance. Now that he seemed into her maybe she should stop fighting it. Who knew where it would lead if they started dating. To marriage perhaps she laughed then stopped. Who said it couldn’t lead to marriage. She might just be the one he would give his heart to. After all he would fall in love and get married one day, why not with her. Because you have amnesia that you have hidden from the people who love you and if you do this, he would find out and they will all feel betrayed by you, her mind whispered

Helen heaved another sigh. There was only one solution to it, to be happy, to have the chance of a life time with the only man she could ever love.  it was very vital that she regained her memory. And she must do this in a way that no one especially Nma would feel betrayed by her silence on the matter.

‘That bad huh’

Helen started out of her thoughts looked up and saw Ij standing over her

‘Excuse me’

‘I have been watching you daydream’ she smiled ‘and no doubt about Chuck. Girlfriend you got it bad for him’

‘This is not a discussion I am willing to have with you’

‘Listen, he is hot, sexy and wealthy, I don’t you blame I would have snagged him before now if I could’

‘I thought you already have a hot, sexy and wealthy man’

‘Don’t unsheathe those claws yet. Yes I do but what warm blooded girl wouldn’t daydream about Chuck’ she laughed

Helen had nothing to say so she kept quiet, silently agreeing with her

‘You and I should be the closest in this bunch’

‘How so?’ Helen asked. The last thing she wanted was a friend like Ij. A conscienceless being who was greedily taking from a man who cares for her without a thought or two about his feelings

‘We are the least popular and the most hated of the group’ Ij replied

‘Speak for yourself’

‘They hate me because they can’t imagine how a Miss Nobody like me could snatch the second richest man in Africa right from under their noses’

‘Hate is a strong word. I think they are weary of you and they think you don’t love him enough and you certainly act like you are there for all you could get’

‘Yes I demand the glitters, the designers, vacations and five star treatment everywhere I go but do you think I don’t offer anything in return’

Helen looked at her a bit confused

‘You are right, I’d expect love, loyalty and trust if I were him’ Helen mused

‘Wake up darling! It is hypocritical of the lot of them to judge me for getting paid by him. I offer him my body to do as he likes, I clean up after him, I cook for him, play his hostess, do all the wifely duties without the benefit of marriage and they think I should do it for free so that when he goes on to marry a debutante like Rose would want for him I would be left stranded and back to square one? I don’t kid myself. I take what I am offered and give what I am asked. What is relationship if not give and take?’

‘When you put it like that, it makes a little sense. But there is much more to a man and a woman being together than material things and sex. You make it sound like high class prostitution. You sell yourself short thinking that he will never have more use for you than a bedmate and a housekeeper’

‘It’s called reality Helen so if I were you, I would take whatever Chuck offers and invest in myself.’

‘So if you meet a man who is ready to offer more than what Stanley is offering in material things, would leave him?’

Ij laughed

‘Let’s just say that man is married to Nma but there are lots of eye candies around for the fun of it’ Ij got up I would leave you to your daydream but it is better to live in reality so open your eyes babe’

Helen heaved a sigh of relief and watched her go, more confused than ever. She should hate the girl like the rest but somehow she could understand where she was coming from. Somehow she could relate and she wondered how that was even possible that she could relate with a high class prostitute. Maybe it stemmed from the fact that she was not the one to judge after all here she was hiding from them a secret that could destroy their trust for her. How could she judge Ij when she did not know if her past was darker than Ij’s weird present?

Suddenly she heard some voices arguing, she watched to see if the children were alright and went to investigate.

Chuck was standing with Ij and she was talking in her usual seductive way of half laugh

‘One day darling you would take what I freely offer, come to think of it, how long can you resist all these?’ she struck a seductive pose

Helen gasped as the realization of what Ij’s superfluous visit was dawned on her. She also wanted Chuck and came to find out what was up with them. Did she not realize that Stanley and Chuck are like brothers?

Helen stopped to listen when she heard Chuck speaking

‘I just have this to say, stay away from Helen and be very careful there is only so much of your disgusting persistence that I can take’

Chuck moved on and began walking to her and Helen quickly ran to sit on the bench, no one the wiser of what she had seen and heard. Then a strange kind of respect began to grow in her heart for Chuck. He wasn’t the heartless womanizer he has been termed by the world. A heartless womanizer would take what Ij offered regardless of friendship and certainly not caring whom they hurt. Her admiration and respect for him grew in that instant so much that she genuinely smiled when he came into her view.

‘Wow! That smile’ he said and came to sit beside her

‘Did you get child minding duty too’ Helen asked

‘No I wanted to see you’

‘What for?’

‘I believe I didn’t handle this morning well. I came to apologize’

Helen was momentarily struck dumb. Was this not the same man they said couldn’t care less about how he treated women and certainly not about how often he broke their hearts.

‘I am surprised’ was all Helen could say

Chuck grinned at her and her heart missed several bits. He was so handsome and she almost forgot that he said he came to apologize but had not yet apologized.

‘Well get on with it’

‘With what’ he asked tucking a stray hair from her face ‘Get on with kissing you because that is absolutely what I feel like doing right this minute’

She slapped his hands away ‘Get on with your apology’

He laughed ‘so that I came to apologize is not enough’

She nods ‘something tells me I am about to witness a rare occurrence I have the inclination to record it for history sake’

He laughed and then kissed her. He was fast, she didn’t see that coming, one minute he was talking, he next, he was claiming her lips in soul searing kiss. And she couldn’t help but melt against him. He was everything she wanted in a man and more. She wished that she could just remember her past this instant and become free to give him her all. She could tell that Chuck would demand nothing but all from a woman he cared about. And she was sure he cared about her or he wouldn’t come to apologize. An apology he has not rendered yet. Helen this is not an apology. He knows of your weakness for him and is only exploring, her mind intensely reminded her.

‘If we don’t stop now…’ Chuck groaned

‘Your style of apology beat all’

He laughed

‘Before I do I want you to know that I am not apologizing that we shared a bed or kissed. Holding you throughout the night was beautiful’

Helen stared dumbfounded but her mind racing. What did he mean by that? Was this a confession of love or did he care about her and how she made him feel? Certainly she was not the only woman he had shared a bed with and theirs was innocent. What should she make out of what he said to her? She had to force herself to focus on what he was saying.

‘But... I am sorry for what I said afterwards, I let my temper get the better of me. It has been a long time I lost my temper over a woman.’

Helen heaved a sigh ‘okay I too said things I am not proud of. I guess I was running scared and confused finding you beside me and not knowing what went on while I was asleep. And then I was really ashamed not of being with you but of myself that we were found like that, as if we were…

‘stop there before I lose my top over again’ he smiled ‘I get you but if we had done more than sleep together I promise you, you  wouldn’t have slept through it’ he told her

She looked down suddenly shy and suddenly so in love with him.

‘Something about you… I can’t put my finger on it but I determined to find out what Helen’

She could only stare at him, falling in love with him was stupid and the intensity of her feeling was scary especially knowing he was not offering more than a holiday affair. How would she survive if he left after his holiday and after wards pictures of him and beauty queens from around the globe start appearing on the magazines and blogs? She needed a leverage no she needed to be saved from herself.

‘I do not deny I am attracted to you in a way I have not been attracted to any woman before and I know you do too. Tell me does Dave’s kiss make you feel the way mine makes you feel’

‘It doesn’t matter’ Helen said floundering, trying to organize her thoughts ‘I am with him and I can’t leave him for a holiday affair or isn’t that what you are offering?’

‘I have not offered anything yet Helen’ he was suddenly angry that she could resist him that she could put Dave before him. He knew he was being conceited but he didn’t care.

‘Then what is this conversation all about Chuck?’ Helen was tired; she just wanted to be far away from him and from all the confusion crowding her mind.

‘Have dinner with me and maybe we will figure it out’

‘I don’t think that is a good idea, me and you in a dim lighted room doing nothing but staring at each other, the restaurant might throw us out for indecent behavior instead.’

She smiled and he laughed, Helen realized that this was the first time she was hearing him laugh for the pure fun of it. He had laughed with sarcasm or mockery but not like this and  she loved the husky sound of it.

‘Don’t get confused about what I said; we might fight like crazy like we often do’

‘ … or we might kiss like crazy and if I am lucky you would wear low cut dress so when I can’t take the depth of your eyes anymore I would have something else to look at’ he smiled and she smiled back at him. No wonder women flocked around him, it wasn’t just for the money or good looks but he has a way with words and a woman cannot help but drown in it.

‘You are beautiful’ he said to her

Helen was startled, she knew she wasn’t ugly but she also knew she was not beautiful

‘Now you are lying’

‘If Dave doesn’t think you are beautiful then he is a fool’

‘I have never seen myself as beautiful’

Suddenly he jerked her towards him and kissed her hungry and fast, ‘your naivety is quite alluring you have a beauty that grows on a man when he is not looking. You have grown on me Helen’

She smiled ‘we should be heading back’ they stared at each other chest heaving and lost, slowly he drew her to him, this time around, the kiss was soft and sweet and he made her feel as beautiful as he saw her. Helen could then believe that she was beautiful because this magnificent man found her so. She drew closer to him and gave her all in the kiss. ‘I love this man’ she whispered to herself. So she was going to do all in her power to make sure she remembered her past, because he was all that mattered to her and she couldn’t live without this… without his sarcasm, his kiss, his laugh, his touch, his words, his quick temper.

Suddenly her phone rang and they reluctantly let go of each other. Helen answered the phone

She turned to him ‘Time to go’ he helped to her feet and called to the children. Shawn rushed to him while Skye shyly walked over to Helen; together they left the garden hand in hand with the children. And he thought he wanted this, a wife and children. Then stopped himself. That thought he couldn’t deal with. He didn’t know if he was fit to be a father, thanks to his mom.

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EVERY WAKING MOMENT (SECOND IN THE BILLIONAIRE BAD BOYS SERIES)

CHAPTER NINE

Helen woke up feeling very warm and well rested. The day was just breaking, the light blue dawn was pouring in from the slight opening of the window drapes. She stretched languorously and yawned. She felt light and glorious; she had never had this kind of restful sleep in a while. She smiled and thought of all that happened last night and her smile broadened. There was definitely some kind of feeling between her and Chuck no matter how hard he tried to deny it. And it was her desire to make sure the feeling grew. Then she sighed as she remembered that she was not free to return his feeling. No she said to herself, she wasn’t going to think of that today. She tried to turn as if by doing that, she could turn away the ugly thoughts threatening to engulf her, only for her to meet a hard wall obstructing her movement. Becoming alarmed, she gently touched the wall and found it soft like human flesh only hard and muscular.

Helen sat up and rubbed her eyes, her heart skidding and her mind reeling she peeked and saw some shadowy figure of a man lying next to her. She had gone to bed alone or had she? She did also go to the right room or didn’t she? With mounting dread, she gently turned to take a clearer look at the man sleeping on the bed with her.

‘Quite moving about for goodness sake a rough voice said in British ascent.

Helen eyes widened in an indefinable shock

‘Chuck! What are you…’ she sat up and at the same time, he sat up rubbing his eyes. First he assaulted her senses with the Heavenly view of his naked chest and she stared shamelessly and couldn’t look away. Had she slept beside this beauty all night and didn’t know it? She wanted to kick herself for missing this fantastic opportunity, for not even waking for once to… to. Helen stopped, trying to rein in her thoughts.  Then he looked her and she was lost, she  lost her ire at that moment when his eyes like the sea early in the morning poured all over her, she knew there was no power stronger than the hold he had on her.

‘What is the meaning of this, how did you get in here?’ he asked looking around confused and breaking into her thoughts

‘Oh no that is not going work, it is definitely not going to work, are you crazy stalking me to this extent?” she asked trying to recover her balance

‘I am still trying to wrap my head around this one, this is my room’ he looked around the room ‘I am not mistaken, this is definitely my room’

‘How is this your room, I got here before you and this is the room I usually pick when I have an occasion to spend the night here’

He relaxed back on the bed and laughed

‘I am really glad that you find sneaking into my room funny’ she tried sarcasm since nothing else seemed to be working

‘I am surprised you are complaining, I have been told I make a heaven on earth bed partner’

Helen wanted to hit him but she didn’t want to dignify his action by getting violent, instead she sat up. Too late she was just in her bikini briefs and didn’t even know it until he mentioned it. But she was past caring besides this was more than she wore to the beach.

‘I am going to tell Nma this… I am going to make them aware that they have a pervert as a friend’

He laughed again. ‘If I wanted a female company for the night, I wouldn’t have chosen you for the world.’ He winked and tried to get up

Helen stared at him trying to understand why his confession hurt her so much. ‘Yet here you are... in my bed’ she smiled sweetly at him

‘I chose this room before this house was built, I made changes in the blue print when I saw it. I bought all these furniture in this room. I don’t see how you think can get away with lying about how you got in here but I am beginning to think I am the one being stalked’ he answered wondering why he didn’t notice that he wasn’t alone. He didn’t even want to understand why he felt so peaceful and energized; he hadn’t felt this way in a long while. What was it about her? He thought as his confusion and dread rose.

‘Even if I am obsessed with you which I am not, I wouldn’t choose this way to make it known to you’

What was happening, she was losing the control of the conversation, when did the table turn when did she become the stalker, what was happening?

‘Did you really come for your purse yesterday; was that another excuse to get into my bed?”

‘How dare you think…?’

‘…because no one in this house will give you the use of this room especially when I am in town and visiting at the same time’

Helen became speechless and could only stare as the meaning of what he was saying dawned on him. Nma had never questioned her choosing to stay in this room of all other rooms the castle could boast of. If Uche knew she stayed in this room, he never gave any indication. Was he right, was this an honest mistake? If it were, would he believe her?

 He sat up and faced her ‘What kind of a woman are you, how come you are very desperate to cheat on your boyfriend… you think I would offer you more, pay higher for your services…’

She slapped him for an answer and afterwards stared at the red angry marks of her finger with shock and unbelief as he slightly touched his cheek. Suddenly she became afraid, very afraid of his reaction and made a quick move to run from the violence she could see clearly erupting from him but he was quicker and caught her by the waist

‘If you ever try something like that again I promise I would hit back’

Helen knew the terror engulfing her was of something far more dangerous from her foggy past than from any threat Chuck could utter or pose at that moment and she couldn’t help drowning in it

‘I am sorry please don’t hit me’

Shocked Chuck stared at her, of course he would never hit her but she was behaving like he was a monster about to devour her, she was shaking and her mouth was quivering. Not knowing what to do, he hugged her to offer the little comfort he could and reassure her that he would never hit a woman least ways her but when he gathered her in his arm. He found out why he slept like a baby last night. Their bodies were meant for each other and he kissed her forehead,

‘I don’t know why I feel this volcanic hunger for you all of a sudden, it scares me but I would never hurt you, never physically…’ he swooped and began to kiss her.

As he kissed her, Helen could feel herself rising from the dark abyss she found herself in. and she circled her hands around his neck. He was the light and she couldn’t help reaching out for it.

Suddenly the door opened Stanley, and Uche burst into the room.

‘Hey buddy, how about some beach football’

The two of them stopped at the same time noticing Chuck and Helen who had just heard voices. Helen sprang away from him guiltily but Chuck was slower in letting her go

‘Be with you in a moment’ he said lazily and watched the two leave.

Helen wanted die of the shame that engulfed her.

‘Oh my goodness!’ Helen exclaimed in shock

‘Helen…’

‘Stay away from me’ she said to him. She got up from the bed and began to look around for her clothes

‘I get this is an innocent mistake, both of us ending up in the same bedroom and not knowing it till now’ she stopped to look at him ‘but what happened, what they just saw, wasn’t innocent’

‘No it was not but it is none of their business

‘Those are people whose respect I have earned but no thanks to you all that is in the gutter’

He smiled and got up from the bed and stood before her

‘So kissing me is equivalent to losing respect…’

‘Look... I have to leave; I will come for my stuffs later’

‘Helen you lost respect when you entertained the thoughts of cheating on Dave with me… if you are looking for who to blame, look into the mirror.’

Helen stared at him. They stared at each other. At the moment she hated him more than any human in the whole world. She wanted to hurt him but there was nothing she could say or do at that moment that would satisfy the rage inside her.

As she stood in her bikini briefs and him in his boxers staring at each other, chest heaving trying to control their respective temper and fight the urge to dive at each other and satisfy the other hunger that had been gnawing at them since they woke up together, the door opened the second time. This time around so engulfed were they in each other that they didn’t care who came in until they heard a gasp.

‘Unbelievable’ Star said

‘Sorry Helen, thought you were alone’ Nma said and slowly closed the door.

Helen refused to think about what her friends would think and drew her chiffon gown over her head and left.

Chuck sat back feeling like he had been dragged butt naked across the desert and back. He heaved a sigh and slowly pulled on his jeans and T shirts.

Helen got to the kitchen door; where most of the women were and stood back watching them. She could clearly see the tension what they witnessed was causing. She heaved a sigh, she had to face it, face them. Like Chuck said it was really no one’s business who she decided to sleep with. Chuck was a grown man and so was she. Nma she knew would not out rightly condemn her but she knew she needed to explain to her. She didn’t owe Star any particular explanation.

‘Isn’t that the latest slut in town’ Star said coming to stop in front of Helen

‘Star come on!’ Eva said then she turned to Helen and smiled ‘Good morning’

Best to get it out of the way Helen thought.

‘I am sorry about what you had to see… it was not my intention for you to…’

‘…to catch you with him, okay fine but tell us what was your intention?’ Star rudely interrupted

Helen turned to her ‘Actually I owe you no explanation Star, don’t think I care about what you think…’

‘I guess not so you are telling us only Dave deserves your explanation oops! Forgot all about him didn’t you?

‘Stop it Star, please… it is really none of our business what two consenting adults choose to do’

‘Really’ Star turned to Amber ‘Everyone present here knows what is between I and Chuck’

‘With the exception of me’ IJ said ‘Are you guys dating?”

‘Shut up!’ Star commanded Ij.

‘Whatever it is existed only in your mind, Chuck doesn’t waste time when he wants a woman, as we can obviously see’

Helen sensing trouble quickly thought of way to avert it

‘Nothing happened between us’ she interjected

They all turned to look at her

Eva laughed ‘Okay, you spent the night with the number one bachelor in the country, the sexiest man alive in the world and nothing happened’

‘It was an honest mistake. I didn’t know the room I picked was his, so I went to bed early and he came in sometime in the night and we both didn’t realize we had company till we woke up this morning’

‘Seriously you expect us to believe that story’ Star asked angrily

‘I don’t expect anything from you Star. This explanation is for my friends. I couldn’t care less what you think’

‘It’s my fault, I am sorry Helen…’ Nma who had been silently watching said. ‘I have been meaning to tell you about that room, actually... I am sorry’

‘Okay hmm! Strange that you took to that room the same way he did... do I sense a connection there’

‘Not if it means the rage I feel now for the pig headed man’

They laugh…

Helen heaved a sigh of relief.

‘What can I do help Nma’

‘Could you mind the children, take them to the garden and out of our way’

‘Done… where are they?”

‘Their rooms for now’ Nma smiled and Helen left.

‘She is lying’ Star said

Nma turned to her eyes blazing ‘I do not appreciate you coming into my home and insulting my friend. I don’t appreciate the condescending way you speak to her…’

Star opens her mouth to say something but Nma waves her off.

‘Helen may not be in your league but she is a sweet girl. If she says they didn’t do anything, I believe her and if that does not satisfy you then go to Chuck and find out and while you are at it ask him to define what is it that is between the two of you because I sense you are confused and uncertain’

‘Okay… lets tiptoe out of that territory and go back to preparing for my sweet nephew birthday party’ Eva said pleadingly.

Nma reluctantly turned away from Star and went to the fridge and threw it open, trying to calm herself.

Meanwhile Chuck now dressed jogged down to the beach, where his friends were just standing around instead of playing ball like they said. Chuck knew they were not just waiting for him, he also felt that they were not going to slap each other’s back and joke about what they saw with mild curiosity. He doesn’t understand it but Helen seemed to be important to his friends.

‘Hey, why are you standing around like a club already beaten’ he tried to joke

‘Helen, really, of all the women…’ Stanley started

‘I am sorry I thought your girl friend is supposed to be IJ did I mix things up’

‘Both of you stop it’ Uche said

‘Of course you didn’t mix things up but Helen is not your kind’

‘Fantastic, I have a kind now pray tell what is it?’

‘She is not the one night stand kind of a girl Chuck… what is with you?’

‘I am sorry you didn’t hear her kicking and screaming when I dragged her into my lair last night. I think you should pay better attention Mr. Knight in shining amour or maybe you should forget about other women and pay more attention to the one you call yours’

‘Chuck!’ Uche warned but it was too late Stanley was already reacting

‘What do you mean by that?’

‘just reminding you how not long ago you told me to mind my business and that the only woman I need to worry about is the one I am sleeping with, back at you bro’ he picked the ball and left

‘If you hurt her I will come for you’

Chuck turned eye blazing ‘funny how I said the same exact word to your girlfriend few days back’

There is silence everywhere.

‘Do something’ Eva’s husband pleaded with Uche

‘The only way to end this, is with a few blows and I don’t feel getting like punched at today, it’s my son’s birthday’

‘They will come to blows’

‘Yep, and it will calm them down and my father is looking forward to it. He has not grounded anyone in a while’ Uche laughed and they both saw where Uche’s father was rubbing his hands together in anticipation and they began to laugh but turned to Chuck and Stanley

‘I don’t want to believe it of you but if you go after IJ…’

‘Not even if she is water and I am in a desert dying of thirst but like I tried to tell you, I am not the one you should be worried about’

‘How dare you?’ Stanley took a swing at Chuck and his blow connected with his jaw. Chuck caught his next punch and swung but Uche caught his fist.

‘Enough!’ they all stop at Uche’s father’s booming voice

‘I came here to play football and hang out with the guys, but all I have done so far is listen to gossip and then this?’

‘I am sorry sir’ Chuck apologized with shoulders stooped

‘You two girls go over there and sit for a while I play ball with the men… will deal with you after that’

Uche laughed but one look from his father had him shutting up, he picked the ball and followed his father but not before grinning at Chuck and Stanley.

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EVERY WAKING MOMENT

CHAPTER EIGHT

             

Helen walked slowly to the beach; already she could hear the gleeful laughter of people already enjoying themselves. It sharply contrasted the feeling of disappointment and pain in her heart. She stopped as she came in view of the beach, maybe it was all for the best. Chuck was a distraction she couldn’t afford at this point in her life. There were important things she needed to do before she could settle down to the barest form of relationship. She needed to remember who she was. She needed to know if she was free to love another man. So if somehow she had lost Chuck, maybe it was for the best, she thought

She watched as Dave spotted her and she managed a smile and began walking towards him. Chuck was a first class womanizer, she might have held his fantasy briefly, but who could tell how long she would have held it before he got bored and looked for someone else. So this would be a good thing in a long run. With Dave she could have harmless fun, she would be in control but Chuck was a different story. She didn’t need the kind of feeling he aroused in her. She didn’t need that kind emotional upheaval.

‘Come let’s find a space, everyone is having fun’ she allowed Dave to draw into the mood. She smiled at him

‘I would love somewhere a little far from everyone’ she told him with a smile.

‘Why, we will miss all the fun’ Dave said

‘Maybe but we will have a measure of privacy to talk. You know we need to’ she hoped she looked convincing enough. She hoped that he couldn’t see that as what it was a ruse to hide from Chuck.

‘You have a point, okay’

They got to a place which didn’t put them so far from the party but it was a place where they necessary wouldn’t have to be a part of the whole fun if they chose. She could see the disappointment on Dave’s face when she picked the place but she was beyond caring. From now on she only cared about one thing, figuring out who she was. And that meant she put herself preservation first.

‘Will this place do?” she asked just to be polite

‘We will manage’ he replied and spread the mat Nma had given her.

‘I will get us something to drink’ Dave said and left

She smiled and looked around. Uche and Stanley were arguing over the grill. Paul, Nma’s father in law and Charles were setting up a kind of fire. Chuck she saw was helping them while chatting up Star who seemed to hanging to his every word.

Well that didn’t take long, she thought. Now she was convinced that whatever feeling he had for her was more imagined than real. Maybe he thought if he made her believe they had a chance at something different she would fall into his bed begging. Well wasn’t she the lucky one to see right through him. He was welcomed to Star. Star had always had eyes for him, always talking and joking about what and how she was going to seduce him or get him to the altar. She didn’t know how much of her chatter were serious but they were a perfect match for each other. Star wouldn’t feel he was too good for her. She had got her own charm, exceptional beauty and charisma to compete with his every day.

She heaved a sigh and looked around for Dave when she didn’t see him; she stood up, deciding to take a walk. Walking down the beach would do her some good, it would help clear her mind of all that is Chuck and probably put her in the party mood.

Chuck watched her leave the safe distance she must have chosen to get away from him. He chuckled and bent down to hand Charles another wood for the bon fire they were building.  If he was honest with himself he would admit that recently he had been longing for something similar to what Uche and Nma had, something strong and steady. He thought he found it with Kim and tried more than he had ever done to make it work but when he realized he was forcing on himself something he was not feeling anymore, he broke it off. He was sad that it didn’t work out and had somehow blamed himself. He was damaged, thanks to his mother. Only a few people knew just how damaged he was. That was why it was difficult for him to trust any woman.

But what he felt for Helen in just a short period was new and gave him hope that there might actually be someone out there who could make him believe in love but it took only the same short period of time for her to prove him wrong and to confirm to him that he was right all women were the same. With the exception of Rose and Nma but finding women like them was like searching for needle in hay sac.

‘Hey handsome’ Eva said

Chuck smiled as heavily pregnant Eva waddled to his side

‘Whoever she is must be real important’

‘Who, she, and what are you talking about’

‘I have been watching you for a while now, if I didn’t know better I would say you have it hot for Helen. You were staring at her so intensely’ Eva laughed

Chuck was startled. He had to do better; he had to be more careful before people started reading too much into nothing.

‘Pleased to know that you know better’

‘So who is she?”

‘Not she, just figuring some things out’ he said ‘So is it triplets or what? Whoever thought you have this kind of fat in you’

‘Once you find the right woman and it would be my turn to tease’ she walked over and kissed Charles

‘I don’t know what I am doing here, everywhere I turn, someone is kissing someone, here hand this over to him’ he handed the last wood to Charles and made his escape. He needed a drink anyway.

Chuck got his drink and began walking, he needed a little air, and the spontaneous laughter that occasionally rang out was getting to him and worsening his mood. The last thing he wanted was to spoil Nma’s party with his ever increasing black mood.

Helen decided to head back, it was a good walk, what one needed to shake of a bad mood was a sound and sight of rolling ocean being peeped at by the moon, the heavy wind that threatened to uproot the coconut trees and the star light winking mischievously. Helen smiled, here was paradise but it belonged to Nma. She wanted her own brand of paradise.

‘I see you are enjoying this party as much as I am doing’

Helen stopped at the voice as excitement began to seep into her body but she couldn’t find the source of the voice at first. Then she heard the slight thud of feet as someone jumped down from one of the boulder. She saw her dream come true emerged from the darkness and sauntered towards her

‘I just needed to see this beauty first’

He shrugged

‘What’s your excuse?’ she asked

‘I have a lot on my mind’

‘Good luck figuring them out’ she walked past him but he caught her hands

‘Have you told him yet?’

‘…told who what?”

‘Your boyfriend, have you told him you cheated’

‘What happened can hardly be called cheating; a few kisses don’t qualify as cheating’

‘you are right we had a few kisses but in our mind and hearts it was more, we wanted more and if I had not stopped it could have been more and that by my definition  is cheating’

‘As far as I am concerned nothing happened, whatever kisses we had I have forgotten. I call that momentary madness and not cheating’ she told him firmly

‘Let go of me’ she demanded

‘I find it odd that you would forget so soon, I was there remember’

‘I know it might sound impossible to Mr. sexiest man alive but there are actually some women around who don’t think you walk on water’

‘Would you care to test that theory?’

‘Let go of me Chuck, I need to get back to my boyfriend’

‘Of course but when you do ask him this question’

‘What question? She asked

And he kissed her, she should protest, she should push him off, he was holding her but lightly, she could push him away if she so wished but she didn’t. Instead she drew him nearer. How could she not when she felt like she was drunk and swaying. How could she when she felt like one with the strong wind, like she could push all obstacles aside, like the moon, she could ignite and light up whatever darkness that threatened, when she felt like the billions of stars, like a happiness from a distant echo. She moved closer to him and in that moment she could believe that loving this man was not wrong and was the only right thing in the world to do.

This was magic, thought Chuck, as frightened as he was by the overflow of feeling he was experiencing, he knew without a doubt that he wasn’t letting go, he was going to find out what it was about Helen that set his blood boiling, what made kissing her different, what made him loose control when she was near, why this sudden volcanic feeling, why didn’t he notice her before? Why now that he had couldn’t he get enough of her? He had his answer, he thought. Maybe all he needed was to sleep with her to his heart satisfaction, get her out of his blood. After all it was obvious from the way they started that this was nothing more than lust.

Feeling relieved and seeming in control once more, he ended the kiss

‘Ask him why you feel like the moon and stars are within your reach by another man’s kisses

With that he walked away.

No, this shouldn’t happen again, kissing her; turning her body upside-down then walking away and making it look like she was the evil one. She didn’t asked to be kissed by him, she only responded because she couldn’t help it

‘Stop!’ she said before she could stop herself.

‘There were two of us just now, I didn’t tell you how it felt kissing you, and so you must be talking about your own feeling. So I suggest you ask you super model girlfriend the same question but if you ask me I would say it is nothing but lust and unfortunately I have never been the one to give in mere animal satisfaction of the body’

She walked past him ‘It has to mean more for me’ she added to herself silently as she walked with her head held high. It was high time some woman put him in his place. It was time he found out the kind of girl she was, that she was not a cheat or a foolish brainless girl, who thought the moon and stars depended on him for their shine.

Helen got back and found Dave back and looking around for her. He smiled when he saw her and she smiled back.

‘For a moment there I thought you have been kidnapped.

“And who could carry out such fit in this place’ she laughed

‘I don’t know maybe some deity’ he handed a drink

‘Are you superstitious?’ Helen asked jovially as she sat down.

‘When you have the great fortune of being with a very beautiful woman in a magical place fit only for goddesses, you have to know that some god somewhere is definitely your competitor’

Helen stared at him amazed ‘wow that is definitely a great angle for nollywood’

‘I am doing my film next quarter and it is an epic’

‘Really, great, I am already your number one fan’

‘So where did you go?”

Helen slowly lowered the bottle and stared at him. Did he know? Did he suspect?

‘Oh sorry, I am not supposed to ask?”

Helen laughed ‘this place is magical, I just took walk and explored’

‘I am guessing you don’t want to do that again, I thought I could lure to a very far place and search for fairies and neck’

Helen remembering what happened when she took a walk smiled at the memories.

‘Would you settle to slow dancing to that Celin Dion song instead’ she asked

‘Would you mind me showing you off, that we dance where others would envy me?’

She nodded and offered him her hands.

Chuck sat with Star who was trying to chat him up and failing. He couldn’t stop starring at her. The smile that never left her face as she talked with him. The easy way they touched it each other. It nearly killed him when her voice rang out in shocking laughter.

‘Uche tells me you are single again’ he heard Star say

He turned to her and smiled

‘Not exactly’

‘You are getting back together?’ Star asked smiling

Chuck knew she wanted to know and he wished he could give her a straight answer but he wasn’t talking about Kim when he said not exactly. He was referring to this silly feeling he was developing for a girl he didn’t care about until a few hours ago.

‘You know how things go Star, you can never tell what the heart would want’ he smiled at her.

From the corner of his eyes he saw Helen and her boyfriend stopping at the middle of the dance area and started dancing to a really slow song. The pain he felt was real, it felt like someone just pierced his heart with sword. He stopped himself before he could rub his heart.

‘You feel like dancing?’ he turned to Star and she smiled her consent.

Nma walked up to Tessy who was standing still and watching or observing like Tessy would put it. Nma thought

‘What’s so interesting? Nma asked stopping at Tessy’s side.

‘shhhh!’ Tessy replied

Nma silently looked around for something of interest but only Helen dancing with Dave which was amazing because they make a very cute couple and maybe Chuck and Star who were coming to dance floor.

Tessy turned to her and laughed happily ‘Amazing’

‘Amazing, what’s amazing?’ Nma asked

‘Chuck and Helen are on their way to falling love with each other’

Nma turned back to the dance floor and saw nothing to that effect. ‘Are you sure because they are not even dancing with each other’

‘Amazing isn’t it? How we yearn and pray for love, only to fight it when it comes because you are afraid of falling, not knowing if he will catch you. It happened to me and to you and I believe that is the phase those two are in now’ she laughed and hugged Nma.

‘Maybe they need a little nudge into the right direction’

‘How can you tell, Star... Dave…’

‘Pay a little attention honey’ Tessy told her, leaving

Helen missed a step just as Star and Chuck joined them on the dance floor. She found herself gripping Dave tighter.

She dared a look at Chuck and their eyes met and held. Suddenly she was not dancing with Dave anymore, she was dancing with Chuck he drew her closer. And whispered to her ‘I wish we could stay here forever, just the two of us, the rolling ocean, the weaving coconut trees, the winking stars and smiling moon and this serene white sand and no one else. Helen was lost and kissed him… on the shoulders. If Dave was surprised he didn’t show it, only hugged her tightly.

‘Switch partners?’ she heard Chuck say and Helen was startled out of her day dream and she looked up at Dave but he was smiling easily as he took Star’s hands and delivered her up to the one man who could destroy her and her world as she had come to know it.

‘What are you playing at?’ Helen hissed at him. Somehow she knew he had one up his sleeve and she was not going to like it

‘Nothing’ he whispered in his husky voice and she found herself falling

‘Like I would be foolish enough to believe that’

‘You are right, there are a lot of scenario playing in mind but there is not a thing I could do about it with all these people milling about’ he whispered

‘It doesn’t matter, whatever you have in mind would take two to accomplish I have sworn that nothing like what happened before would ever happen again’

He laughed softly ‘Be careful of what you wish for darling I might decide to help your vow along’

‘And I would be the happiest woman on earth’

‘No honey, you would end up the bitterest woman on earth from having to wonder for the rest of life what it could have been like’

Feeling frustrated, she stepped on his toe and he jumped she smiled ‘be careful of what you are playing at, you really need those toes to be sexy’

‘You….’

She stepped out of his hands and turned to Star ‘I would have him back now’ still smiling. She took just one step back and saw him starring at her and smiling like the devil himself. That startled her because that wasn’t what she expected.

‘I would be leaving soon’

She turned to Dave ‘why, the party is getting started’

‘I don’t want to be getting back late my friend’s house, he is married’

‘Okay…, I think I should go to bed too, we would have an early start tomorrow’

‘Why you just started enjoying yourself’

Helen laughed ‘It wouldn’t be the same without you’

‘Now I feel guilty for leaving’

She smiled and touched his brows ‘don’t, I really am feeling very sleepy’

‘You are exceptional’ he smiled and they stopped dancing ‘No matter what happened from here you will have a part of me’

‘That’s the sweetest thing I have ever heard’

He held her by the hand and they left.

Chuck watched them leave and felt murderous. He couldn’t help the image of the two of them together. It was obvious from the way they couldn’t stop touching each other what they were going to do.

Slowly he smiled at Star and kissed her, anything, just about anything to stop him from following and ending up a murderer.

He broke off the kiss when he realized he could actually hurt Star. He shouldn’t take advantage of her. When did he become so insensitive that he would use a friend so callously because he couldn’t decipher what was wrong with him? Feeling like a monster he let go of her and led her out of the dance floor. He was going to fight this feeling, it was not right that a woman should have this strong hold on him and he was going to win no matter what.

HELLO DEAR READERS

SO MUCH APOLOGIES

BUT NEW YEAR NEW BEGINNING RIGHT

I HOPE YOU WOULD FORGIVE ME