Mummy, Daddy is on his knees

After much contemplation, the two made their way up to Damien’s room, with each step they took, their heart beats only increased..

Alexa drew in a deep breath as they stood before his door..

“Wait right here.. I’ll call you in when everything is settled”

Rihanna gave a nod as she watched Alexa knock twice on Damien’s door before pushing the door open gently..

Meanwhile…

Damien stretched the hangover soup bowl to Olivia who was still seated on his bed, he heard the door opening and took a side glance at it..

He had originally thought that it was the head maid coming in to deliver Olivia’s clothes, but he was wrong, he was the most surprised to see his younger sister gawking at him in disbelief..

“What are you doing here?” Damien inquired handing the bowl over to Olivia who was now red in embarrassment..

Alexa was bewildered, she took turns to stare both at Damien who was approaching her, and Olivia who buried her face into the bowl..

“I asked you a question Alexa!.. what are you doing here?”

She pulled her gaze off Olivia to her brother who looked very displeased about her presence, she gulped down nervously..

“I wanted to talk to you big bro”

Damien inserted both hands into his pants pocket with a blank expression on his face..

“To talk about your cards.. your punishment isn’t over yet Alexa.. so why don’t you just go back home, and if you feel that you’ve been wronged by me.. then I guess you should come clean before everyone about what you did”

The door widened as Rihanna stepped in with her hands clasped together in a pleading pose…..

“Please Damien.. unblock her cards, she really needs it”

A frown settled upon his forehead, he had no idea that she had been standing right outside the door, he snorted, does she really think that she’d be able to change his mind by coming along with Alexa?

The only woman who had the power to do that was sitting on his bed, he sneaked a glance at her and she did the same, the only difference was that, she wasn’t staring directly at him, but Rihanna..

Rihanna’s breath hung up, she felt the huge bile rising up her throat..

What was she doing in Damien’s room? on his bed?? and why was she on his polo?!

Olivia smirked at Rihanna’s horrified expression, she wondered how much lower the latter could go to pursue Damien..

“You may leave now as you both know, I hate univited guests the most”

Alexa stepped out of the room seething in rage, just when she thought that the both of them would be drifted apart due to the scandal they seemed to be bonding well..

Damien glared down at Rihanna who wasn’t making an attempt to leave the room, he cleared his throat to get back her attention..

“Do you need any special invitation to get out?!”

Rihanna shuddered at the harshness of his words, she blinked her eyes multiple times just to be sure she wasn’t seeing things..

Did Damien really propose to Olivia? if not, why then was she putting on the Sterling’s heirloom? that diamond ring has been passed down from Old Sterling’s mother down to Anita..

She had always envisioned herself putting that on someday..

Rihanna snapped out of her daze after a hand reached out to her arm pulling her out of the room..

***

Meanwhile….

Bianca rolled her eyes hard at the two women who were giggling and whispering something between themselves while also staring down at a camera..

“You’re so bad Anita..”

The latter giggled softly, she had to do this to get those two stubborn souls on the right track, they really had no idea what they were missing staying apart from each other..

“This is a great start.. I just can’t wait for them to be together” She pouted at the end of her speech..

“Yeah.. the scandal helped a little bit, Damien is really trying his best but as always my stubborn egoistic daughter has refused to give him a chance” Sandy imputed, her gaze fell on Bianca who sat on the dining eating nonchalantly..

She leaned next to Anita with a meaningful expression on her face..

“What should we do about her? do you have any recommendations?”

Anita’s eyes widened “Of course! Xander Gray!.. he’s good too”

Series of chokes and loud coughs ensued from the other end of the room, Bianca raised the glass of water to her lips taking a mouthful..

She snapped her gaze back to the two for them to pull their attention elsewhere..

“Hold on a second you both… I hope you’re not plotting against me?”

“Exactly! but guess what? she doesn’t want to give him a chance! I have a feeling that she and Olivia are in cohorts! with each other” Sandy murmured ignoring Bianca’s outburst..

Anita’s phone made a beeping sound, she gasped staring intently at the screen..

“I’ll be on my way.. something urgent just popped up.. my husband just sent me a crying emoji.. I’m sure he misses me”

Sandy giggled, she bade Anita goodbye as the latter’s hurried back disappeared through the closed door..

***

Alexa’s hands around the steering wheel tightened as Rihanna’s sobs and sniffs reached her ears..

She rolled her eyes hard at the latter while taking out her phone from her black red Gucci purse sitting on her laps.. immediately she saw the caller’s id she tossed her phone to the back seat of the car…

“Stupid! he’s been calling nonstop..” She gritted taking a swerve to the left..

Rihanna’s phone rang out next bringing her out of her thoughts..

She took it out staring at the screen, sighing she relaxed back on her seat..ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“He’s calling me too.. we need to get that money as soon as possible.. otherwise that bloody fool will expose us”

“We have to do this Rihanna.. you can pay him off, forget about the debit alerts your parents might receive, they’ve never complained about our reckless spending at the mall, so you’re to make them believe that we really went shopping with that huge amount” She reasoned with a glee of hope in her brown orbs..

Rihanna digested Alexa’s words, she did have a point there.. but regardless, they needed to be careful since Damien was still searching for the culprit..

“I can help with a fair amount… mum and Asher placed a monthly limit on my card”

Alexa’s face fell, there really wasn’t a different between her mum and Mrs Brown..

“Just do it! make this little sacrifice for us… long beard wasn’t joking when he said he’d expose us to our families! he’s a criminal! and he could pin the blame on us.. who knows?!”

She bellowed frustratingly, this was a win win situation for the both of them..

“Fine..”

***

Damien’s car pulled over in front of Olivia’s apartment, the journey here was a quiet and quick one..

She made an attempt to push open the door when her eyes fell on the ring on her finger, she sighed frustratingly wondering why it skipped her mind to pull it off earlier…

Damien’s brows knotted as she tried to take the ring off..

“Careful.. you’ll hurt yourself”

“It’s not coming off..” She groaned out helplessly trying to yank the ornament off her finger..

Damien held her hand stopping her from taking it off, she met his intense gaze feeling the warmth from his palm on hers spreading over her body rapidly..

Her heart made a weird thumping sound, she felt that he might hear the sound of her increased heart beat..

“I guess it chose its rightful owner” he murmured meaningfully with a small smile spreading on his face with a mischievous glint in his grey orbs..