Chapter 5
"Oh my God I am so sorry girl, here are you going to do now?", she asked but she's head was a mess and she could not think. She asked her friend for financial help but she told her that she could help but it was not going to be enough, told her something pertinent yet substantial.
" Why don't you ask for help from Ashlyn?". Her question made her feel somewhat awkward knowing all the advances that he was doing toward her but looking at her mother's condition, she could do anything for her.
Deciding to go to the company to meet with him, she went into the restroom to clean up her face. When she came out, she was already inside the room.
"Good morning there", she said feeling grateful for her presence.
" Good morning girl, how are you doing today?", she cross-examined and she told her that she was doing okay, begging her to stay with her mom as she has to get to the office to take permission. she was a good woman so she accepted without any further question.
"I love you mom", she placed a kiss on her forehead and smiled at her, she told her that everything was going to be okay.
She left the hospital not knowing what her conversation with Blaze was going to look like but she hoped that he could give her what she needed. Stopping a cab in front of the hospital, she boarded one that was just from dropping some people at the sanitarium.
Blaze was in his office but he could not stop looking at his desk, wondering what could be the problem. His heart was beating for her but he had not noticed it yet. Rising to his feet, he walked around his office waiting for the documents that he was to sign.
He replacement for the day was very slow in the secretariat domain but he had to do with her as he had no choice. Just when he was looking through his window and admiring the outside view, he heard a voice call out his name from behind. Blaze turned slowly not knowing whether he had listened too well. Indeed, he is the person standing behind him. He wanted to scream out with joy but as usual, his ego and arrogance could not let him do so.
" Why are you coming to work now?", he interrogated but he knew that he was a complicated person, and went directly to the point of why she was in his office.
"Hey, I apologize for not coming to work today, but it is because my mother had a crisis last night and I had to take her to the hospital where we spent the night. I need some money please, you can deduct it from my payment", she said.
" I have been asking you to have a night with me and you have been denying, for you to come and ask me such a thing now?", he let out a devilish smile. She knew that he was not going to make things easier for her so she pleaded with him to help her solve her mother's issue but Blaze looked at her with an untouched face.
Glimpsing that time was passing, she asked what he wanted her to do for him so that she could be able to get the money from him and Blaze gave her a long stare and asked whether she was certain about her question.
"Yes, I am so tell me".
" I need a one-night stand with you".
Was he going to be able to sell her dignity just to be able to save her mother?.
Her eyes illustrated how shocked she was by what Clark was asking of her but what else was she do but stand there and stare at him like some lost soul. In pain and confusion, she bit her lower lips and her hands shook as if she has been electrocuted.
"Mr. Hunter, what are you saying? Why will you want to have sex with me when I can work something out for the money that I will be owing you?". She asked with a heavy heart and seeing herself being caught up in between her dignity and her mother who was at the hospital.
" Are you taking the offer or not? I have other things to do with my to him." blaze spoke out harshly not minding anything else, but when he saw that she had no other alternatives and her mother's life was a stake, she had to do the needful, coupled with the pressure that he was mounting on her.
"Yes, I accept okay. Can I have the money now please?"
The desperate need for it, made him laugh at her loudly. He was being wicked and selfish nit above all, he was toiling with had emotions as well. He could see her dying need for the money, and it was an added advantage for him to do anything he wanted with her.
"Calm down okay, you do not need to be in a rush," he mumbled walking from behind the table to hers with his eyes looking all seductive but he did not like the delay in his voice, she was already pissed off with his childishness and wickedness and there he was playing Mr romantic while her mother was dying at the hospital.
"I can see that you will not keep to your words and me, my mother is the most important person in my life. So I won't stand here and watch you play with me when I can just go give myself to someone else and have the money. His tone was a bit elevated which made him feel the pressure and anger in her time.
" Fine, you do not have to make me look like a devil. My driver will drive you tonight to one of my safe houses and be great assured that you will enjoy it."
"When do I get the money okay, time is passing." She pressed on some more and he said,
"The moment you are there with me, I will release the money to your mom's doctor and he will give you the confirmation."
With that being said, he left his office with her face not being happy but she could not stand being around such a man. He was the worst human being she had ever met and in her heart, she hoped someday, he meets someone that will make him shed tears.
Stepping into the corridor, he did not want to cry or do anything that will make her be questioned and since it was a Friday, she knew that the next day was not a workday, hence her friend she had to help her by all means.
"Hey, Blaze, how did it go?" they both asked as soon as she saw him enter the piece but his lips were glued together and she had no idea of what to say to her.
"He is such a despicable human being here. I can not believe that I had to ask for help from someone like him." he let out in tears not being able to hold it anymore.
Taking her friend into her arms, she found it difficult to further ask her any questions and he not minding whether she was at the office or not, had to console her friend. Sitting her down and asking if she needed a mug of coffee, he nodded in acceptance and she left her there to go get one for her.
Rolling in his office, to him the amount was nothing as compared to the fun he was to have with him amd with a smile that did not seem like it was going to leave his mouth soon, he was praising himself saying,
"I knew that a day like this will eventually come, where she will either accept me wholeheartedly or by force, and now my money is making a way for me. Ah, Blaze, you are going to have all that beauty and softness to you alone this night, and better pray that her boyfriend doesn't send her away." He mused about the situation hysterically.
The day had commenced well for him and all he wanted to do was to relax while waiting for the hour to come when he was going to enjoy himself. Chuckling and wiping off his chin, Blaze heard someone come into his office and when he turned to see who it was, there was Brandon, his childhood friend amd business partner and he was surprised to see him smile so much when he was so mad at one of the employees some moments ago.
"You seem to be having mood swings these days eh!" He exclaimed looking all amazed as he dropped the file that he was holding on the table.
"Is it that obvious?"
"Spill it out, man. Which other babe are you meeting with tonight, because, we don't have any contracts for today." he inquired picking up the candy that was on the table and Blaze laughed out some more, he shook his head in shock, giving his friend that funny look that said,
"How can this man know me this much?"
"Will you speak or do you want me to come over there and choke the words out of your mouth?" he was eager to know what was going on and he knew that if he didn't talk in the next seconds, he was going to get busted so he began talking about his deal with his secretary Brandon opened his eyes and mouth widely, he asked,
"Did she finally give in to your proposals?"
"Yes, she did," Blaze responded with some kind of boldness and fulfillment which made his friend get up amd shake his hand in excitement.
"You are the man Blaze." he giggled in happiness. They were both happy in situations like that and he wanted to know everything.
"Man, her mother needs some sort of surgery and she needs money for it."
"What? No no no Blaze, I do support you on this one." his mood had suddenly changed and that made Blaze wonder what he meant by no.
He was getting better and she found it difficult to explain the deal she had gotten with him. Drinking from the mug of coffee that her friend had given to her, she had stopped crying and was feeling better.
"Why are you crying if you have gotten a deal with him?" She asked but she could not find anything tangible to tell her. Her head was all over the place and though she did not want to hide anything from her friend, that particular one was too big a bargain to be disclosed. It was not only shameful but it was also disgusting for any other ear to hear it.
"Hey? Where is your mind? The boss already said he will give you the money for the surgery so why are you still like this friend? Did he say he will deduct everything from your salary?" She asked wiping her face and him seeing it as a good reason, she nodded to it.
Ashlyn felt so sorry for her again but there was nothing she could do at that time since she did not have as well. Telling him not to be worried about anything and to focus on her mother's surgery for the moment, Blaze cleared her throat and with her lips trembling, she begged her friend if she could do her a little favor that night.
"Yes, I can dear. What do you want?" she inquired and him, biting her lips, said,
"Can you watch over my mother tonight?"
The alarm on her' face, showed that she had millions of questions running through her mind like a wildfire.