The Billionaire’s Pretty Thief

Blaze had arrived at the restaurant looking all sharp and handsome as always, with the bouquet in his hands and he wore an elegant smile knowing that he was going to speak his mind to Crystal tonight.

While waiting for her, he called on the waiter, soliciting him to come as he would love to order the most costly wine that the restaurant has.

Walking closer to Blaze, the waiter left a smile on his face as he approached him,

“Yes, Sir how may I be of to help you?”, he let out as he patiently waits for Blaze to speak up. Conserving eye contact with the server, he asked for a bottle of the most expensive wine in that restaurant and the waiter nodded in understanding and went inside to get it.

With so much happiness, Blaze could not wait for his pretty thief to arrive as he kept on looking at his wristwatch.

Thinking back in time, Crystal remembered how she always lived with her family and how happy they were. Crying out bitterly she asked herself several questions on what had happened to her uncle for him to treat her like that. Crystal lost in her thoughts, shook at the opening of her door as she saw Gina walk in with the guard. Noticing that Gina was carrying an outfit in her hands, she squeezed her face in confusion as she wondered what was going on.

Rising from her bed and with a disgusting look on the guard that was in her room, she asked Gina why she had to enter her room like that without knocking and what the gown was for. Gina answering back told Crystal that her spare keys had been given to them so that they could always check on her to see whether she had any escape.

Crystal could not believe her ears and tears ran down her cheeks as she asked,

” I am on a third-floor story building for crying out loud, how can I even escape with guards all over?”, she murmured but Gina could not talk much as the guard behind her was watching her every move.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Giving Crystal a moment for herself, she spoke out in difficulty as she announced,

“This is the dress you are to put on for the dinner downstairs Ms. Crystal”.

Crystal who did not believe what her uncle had said to her before, burst out laughing as she asked what kind of joke was. Raising her gaze to look at the guard standing by her, Gina felt sorry for Crustal but there was not much she could do as she feared for her life.

” You have to get up from your bed and get dressed for the dinner downstairs ma’am or else I will have to drag you down by force”, the guard spoke out. Crystal taking offense to his manner of speaking to her, stood on her feet and asked him to repeat what he had just said, and before the guard could utter another word, a sound went out like a knockout, and Gina lifted her head, she saw Crystal’s hand on the guard’s jaw.

Panicking for Crystal, she could see the guard raising his hand to hit her back when she intervened asking him to stop. Crystal who had not yet accepted the reality asked the guard what he was about to do,

“You yearned to knock me back you low-life animal”, Crystal spoke out and the guard losing his self-control, said things straight to Crystal’s face without blinking his eyes. Walking closer to her as he pushed Gina to one side, he asked Crystal what she thinks she is when her uncle has given strict others for her to be treated like a prisoner in her own house.

Not believing what she was listening to, Crystal walked back to her bed and sat on it. The guard continued with his talks and laughing at her, he informed her that Max her uncle was downstairs waiting for a suitor to come to marry her so that she could leave his life.

That was the last straw that made Crystal almost pass out and Gina had to rush to her to hold her hot to faint as she was getting weak. The guard was not even concerned about her so he yelled at Gina to hurry up with her outfit and also her make-up as she was waiting downstairs.

While he spoke up, the sound of a car was given attention as it drove into the compound. Rolling his eyes, the guard laughed saying,

” I am certain that is Prince Charming who has come to get his princess Crystal”. Gina was so mad at him for being such a blabbermouth and she had never seen any man talk that much.

Walking out of Crystal’s room as he gave them 10 minutes for Gina to get ready, the sentry warned Crystal never to repeat what she had just done or be faced with the consequences. He slammed the door behind him.

Crystal had never been that insulted in her life before and she trembled cuz of over crying. Turning to Gina, she asked her whether she was aware of the fact that her uncle was planning to marry her off and Gina lowering her gaze apologized to Crystal saying that she was not aware till that evening when her uncle came back and asked her to make dinner for three persons. Extending her hands to hold Crystal’s, she told her not to worry as they were going to find a way out of there.

“But now when the whole house is covered with guards Gina?”, she asked with swollen eyes but Gina, promising that she would help her out because of her kindness and also because she knew that her uncle was not good to her, was going to bear the risk.

Crystal hugged her and for the first time, she felt someone who was her friend genuinely care for her Smiling at her, Gina asked her to get up so that they could do her make-up to hide the swollen eyes.

Crystal got up mad went to get her dress that was newly bought for the occasion. Reaching her table, she looked at the outfit and all she had in her mind was anger but there was not much she could do to help herself out as she was stuck in her own house.

Georgia getting worried as she had been making an effort to connect with her former but her phone had been switched off for some time. Scratching her strand and wondering what could be wrong with Crystal, she decided to call her house number hoping that Gina would pick up the call and explain to her what was going on with her friend.

Blaze too on his side has been calling her phone countless times again but she was not picking up her phone. He got angry thinking that Crystal had intentionally stood him up as he had been waiting for almost an hour, but he decided to give her an extra 30 minutes just to be sure that she was coming.

Taking a look at his phone that was ringing thinking that it was Crystal, Blaze felt disappointed after catching a glimpse of the caller. He hung up the call and sat there looking at the door hoping that Crystal was going to walk into the door.

Knocking on the door, the lookout came into Crystal’s room to ask whether they were not done yet and Gina told him to give her some time to complete her makeup. The phone had been ringing downstairs and Gina not being around to answer it, Max left his office excusing himself to the guy he chartered to get married to his niece.

Walking to the living room to get the ringing phone, he picked up the call and answered it he spoke out,

” Hello, and who am I speaking with?”.

Georgia found it strange that Max was the one to pick up the phone as Gina was the person to always take the calls, so clearing her throat, she let out,

“Hi Sir, it’s Georgia your niece’s friend, and”.

Max changed his voice as he asked how she was doing and her mom too, and Georgia said that they were all doing okay. Without wasting time, she raised an issue saying that she had been calling her friend since morning and her line was not connecting.

Max who had been listening to her carefully, freed his throat and holding his stomach, he informed Georgia that, Crystal had an emergency so she had to leave town for some days. Georgia finding that information strange asked Max what the matter was as she had spoken with Crystal that morning and she did not say anything like that to her.

Max not knowing what to say anymore, asked Georgia to keep on trying her line till she finally picked up, and wishing her goodnight, he hung up the phone.

” Hello, Mr. Max…”, Georgia spoke alone noticing that the line had been cut. Dropping down her phone, she supported her cheek with her left hand, and thinking of the mystery that was turning around, she could sense something fishy, and Crystal would never leave town without telling her.

Going down from her bed, Georgia could feel a twist and she could tell that something was wrong but what could it be that was what she was going to find out.

“Just keep your composure and trust me everything will be fine in no time”, Gina whispered in Crystal’s ear as she went downstairs to inform Max that she was done with Crystal.

Sitting in front of her mirror, she could not figure out what had happened in the space of just some hours as her uncle had decided to turn her life into a living hell. Looking at her cheek though covered with makeup, she could still make out the traits of redness under it, and holding up her tears not to ruin everything, she took in a deep breath and exhaled saying to herself that all these would end soon.