TRAPPED WITH THE BILLIONAIRE – Episode 5
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Chapter 5
By : Kebby NG
EMILY POV
I woke up feel!ng bad.I had slept late last night because I kept on th!nk!ng ab©vt what to do.
Wh£n my mom had been conf!ned !n th£ hospital, need!ng a large fee for th£ surgery, I didn’t know who to go to for h£lp.
But Rose had offered me h£lp and $h£ had made it clear to me that $h£ will get th£ money from me wh£n I can pay !n fvll.
If I hadn’t been pay!ng for th£ house bills and all,I wouldn’t be !n th*s predicament.
I would have paid h*r th£ money I owed h*r.
Rose can be very scary wh£n it comes to gett!ng h*r money from someone.
Have seen h*r be!ng ruthless to someone j√$t because th£ person couldn’t pay h*r b@¢k.
I won’t be an exception ,I thought as I used th£ covers to cover myself.
j√$t th£n th£ door opened and my mom ru$h£d !n.
“Emily, you have got to see th*s”$h£ said as $h£ gave me a $h£et of paper.
I took it from h*r and wh£n I read it,I stared at h*r aga!n.
“Eviction notice? But how come?”I asked
“That’s what I want to ask you too,haven’t we been pay!ng our house bills?”$h£ asked
“Of course we have! I j√$t paid h*r last month”I said
“Th£n we ought to pay h*r a visit,What’s with th*s sudden eviction notice?”$h£ said angrily
“No mom don’t! I will go to h*r myself,Let me talk to h*r myself” I said
“But why don’t you want me to come with you?”$h£ asked
“I have to talk to h*r alone,let me face h*r myself”I said as I got ©vt of b£d.
Quickly I changed !nto a short Jean and !nto an orange crop top.Brush!ng my disarrayed hair,I left th£ house and went !nto th£ house of our landlady.
It wasn’t that far and so $h£ and I got th*re quite quickly.
I knocked severally before $h£ f!nally answered.
“Oh! it’s you?”$h£ said
“Yes it’s me? What’s th*s eviction notice?”I asked
“It’s what it is, i want you ©vt of my house as soon as possible”$h£ said
“But that’s not right,we never owe you money for rent and you j√$t can’t evict us with©vt proper warn!ng !”I said
“Well, I have given you th£ proper warn!ng you need, Have given you two days’ warn!ng,So if I were you,I would start pack!ng,”$h£ said.
“We aren’t go!ng to leave,I pay you every month, have never owed you a cent !n my life,you don’t have th£ right to kick us ©vt”I said
“Well if you choose not to leave th£n so be it, once th£ new owner of th£ house arrives, you will surely be thrown ©vt”$h£ said.
“You sold our house?”I asked shocked by h*r news
“Yes I sold it and th£ owner wants immediate eviction”
“Who? Who did you sell it to, give me h*s or h*r number and let me speak to th£m”I said
“Do you really th!nk I will do that? Well am sorry, i won’t be giv!ng you any number”$h£ said
“Madam N!na! You can’t do th*s to us, you j√$t can’t evict us”I said !n frustration.
“We can and we will, Madam Rose made me promise h*r that I will………..”$h£ stopped wh£n $h£ realised h*r mistake.
“Madam Rose?”I asked
“It’s not what I meant to say”$h£ denied quickly
“My boss bought our house from you?”I asked aga!n.
“Look, all I can tell you is to vacate soon or else you will regret it”$h£ said and went b@¢k !nto h*r house.
Feel!ng sad,I began to h£ad home.
Rose had bought th£ house and it’s all for me to choose !n h£lp!ng h*r get th£ contract or !n return!ng h*r money b@¢k to h*r.
I would rath*r die than to go b@¢k to that horrible man, I thought.
Turn!ng to th£ oth*r street,I went to th£ nearest ATM mach!ne and withdrew all of my sav!ngs.
Even though it’s not all that I owe Rose,I will give h*r th£se and ask h*r to give us m©r£ time,I thought as I h£aded b@¢k home.
“Mom I’m home”I said as I opened th£ door with my own Key and walked !nto our own house.
“Come !n my child”I h£ard h*r call from th£ kitch£n.
“You have a guest”$h£ called ©vt aga!n and I knew that it must be Gracie or Mich£al.
Th£y
were th£ only friends I have !n th£ city, we three went to college togeth*r and we also got a job !n th£ same company but that will end now cause I plan to resign from Rose company.
I walked furth*r !n only to stop !n my tracks wh£n I saw who th£ visitor was.
It was none oth*r than Cade Callaghan h*mself.
“h*re is your visitor my child, h£ says h£ is a very good friend of yours that was why I let h*m !n”my mom said as $h£ served h*m h*s tea
“Really ! It’s a surprise to see you h*re Mr Callaghan”I said as I went to sit on one of th£ empty chairs.
“I had to come see you, we still have to talk ab©vt th£ conversation we were hav!ng yesterday”h£ said
“But have f!ni$h£d discuss!ng it with you”I said
“But I haven’t that is why I came h*re to see you”h£ said
“I would leave you two alone,once you are done my dear,Come tell me what happened with th£ eviction notice”$h£ said as $h£ walked off..
“Eviction? Are th£y evict!ng you!”h£ asked
“It’s none of your bus!ness,Common we are go!ng to speak somewh*re else” I said as I ₱v||ed h*m by h*s h@nds and went ©vtside with h*m.
As soon as I got ©vtside I dropped h*s h@nd and gave h*m an angry glare
“Why th£ h£.ll are you h*re?”
“To see you!”
“Why?”
“To know if you have changed your m!nd”
“Look Mr Callaghan I told you what my decision was yesterday and I won’t change my m!nd”
“Not even wh£n you are gett!ng evicted?”
“I told you it’s none of your bus!ness”I said
“But I can make it my bus!ness, I can h£lp you Emily , j√$t accept my deal and what ever you want will be yours” h£ said
“No! No Mr Callaghan,I won’t do it”I said
“Why!
Why do you even want me to do it, am not !n your Caliber,am not one of those brunette you take @r0vnd,Can’t you even choose th£m “I yelled at h*m
“That’s because I f!nd you !ntrigu!ng and you are th£ only girl who haven’t jump on me for my money,You will make a perfect bride for me and you will do th£ part easily”h£ said
“j√$t accept my deal Emily and all your problems will be solved,I promise you that!”h£ said, hav!ng a mischievous look on h*s face.
“I can’t do it, it’s aga!nst my pr!nciple, you ly!ng to your parents is someth!ng easy for you but I won’t be able to look at th£ir faces and pretend right through”I said
“Am not ask!ng you to do th*s for a lifetime Emily, it’s j√$t for th£ time that I will be return!ng to my island”h£ said
“It’s still a no Mr Callaghan, have you even thought that we wouldn’t be compatible togeth*r”
“You don’t suit me and I certa!nly don’t suit you, how will we make your parents believe our lies if we can’t stand each oth*r”I f!ni$h£d
“We can start from somewh*re Emily, we can start by gett!ng to know each oth*r and am sure that we will ₱v|| it off togeth*r”h£ said
“Mr Callaghan……..”
“j√$t call me Cade, am already address!ng you by your first name, can’t you do th£ same with me”h£ asked
“We aren’t that close for me to address you by your name”I said
“But we can be if only you will agree”h£ said
“Look Mr Callaghan, Am not one of those bimbo that you do your dirty stuff with ……..”
“And that’s th£ ma!n reason why I chose you Emily, I want you to be my pretend bride, We won’t have to get married, we will j√$t pretend to th£m and am done with my bus!ness, we will return to th£ city and you will have th£ contract while I go b@¢k to liv!ng my life with my bimbo as you call it ”
“What do you say Emily?” h£ asked, wait!ng for me to give h*m an answer.
I stood th!nk!ng ab©vt h*s proposition, I j√$t had to pretend and noth!ng else, h£ wouldn’t go far with me and am sure that h£ can be a gentle man if h£ chooses to be.
And I have to th!nk ab©vt my parents be!ng evicted, th£ money I have with me will certa!nly rent us anoth*r apartment but I know that it won’t last us and I will still have Rose as a threat !n my life.
$h£
won’t stop until $h£ makes me suffer because I didn’t go with what $h£ asked me and $h£ will f!nd a way to collect h*r money !n fvll.
I stole a quick glance at Cade and saw h*m watch!ng me.
Should I j√$t accept h*s deal, I thought as I kept on star!ng at h*m.