Chapter 43: Chapter 43

~Third Person's POV ~

"I want to have an influential birthday this time around. I will leave you guys in charge of arranging for it." Richard says as he crosses his left leg over the other while sitting on the sofa opposite Lexis.

Lexis feigns a smile, "Of course, you do deserve the best father."

Richard nods, "Of course. And there's something else..." He looks at Lexis.

Lexis tilts his head,"What is it father?"

"There would be lots of people there and even most influential friends so l don't want you to appear there without a girl or a fiancée."

Lexis' fake smile fades and he looks away. "Please don't tell me to bring that Rahila girl. I don't even know her." He said already knowing what his father is going to say.

"That's what I'm saying. I hear she's back in Nigeria, so go find her and you can get to know each other. Have you even seen her?"

Lexis sighs, "I told you I'm not interested in anything that concerns Alhaji Bawa."

Richard shakes his head, "I have told you, Lexis. Invite her personally."

"I'll bring someone else."

Richard narrows his brows, "You have a girlfriend?" He asks in disbelief.

"Yes." Lexis says confidently as if he's telling the truth. Lexis is not one to date anyone and he finds it to be a waste of time. He doesn't believe in relationships or commitment and mostly marriage. He has always had the believe that marriage is like a lifetime bondage. Why would he want to be stuck with one woman for the rest of his life when he can choose to be alone or have sex with a random girl if he gets horny?

"A serious girlfriend? I'm not talking about one of your chicks you keep for sex, Lexis."

"Can't I just appear alone? I mean, William has a wife, is that not enough?"

Richard frowns, "William is William and you are you.." He sighs. "If you don't have a serious girlfriend, then bring Rahila to the party."

"I will prepare for her to be invited but that wouldn't have anything to do with me, father."

Richard sighs, he knows how difficult it is to argue with Lexis. "If you decide to come with someone other than Rahila, then she should be worthy enough because I will not accept trash."

Lexis sighs, "I hear you, father." He stands up. "I will go arrange for it." He says before exiting the room making up his mind to do what he wants. He would ask Erica to invite Rahila while he would be at the party without anyone. Easy peasy and his father would only yell and frown.

******

Meanwhile, Kemi brings in food for Patricia who stares at her with puzzled expression.

"Have some food." She says to her.

It's not been easy trying to take care of her but she has been doing her best. She doesn't know why she became like this nor her past but feels sorry for her and really wants her to become better.

She has not seen William after he told her he was traveling. She would sometimes wonder what he's doing or where he is and can't help but wonder if he was thinking about her too. She knows she's already starting to get attached which is not safe because she might end up getting hurt.

She arranges the dishes before sitting beside Patricia on the bed. "Won't you eat something?"

Patricia slowly turns to her, " Will Lexis get mad if l don't eat?" She asks looking at Kemi with fear in her eyes.

Kemi stares at her wondering why all she always talk about is Lexis. It makes her wonder what exactly Lexis has done and why Patricia never forgets him.

She shakes her head, "Lexis will not but your son, William, will."

"Lexis said William would kill me since I'm a burden." Patricia says like a little child who knows nothing.

Kemi stares at her not knowing what to say next. She wonders why Lexis is doing something like that. Filling a sick woman's head with nonsense? She finds it cruel but then again, Lexis is cruel.

"Your son loves you sooo much. He would not hurt his own mother, okay?" She tries to convince her.

Patricia nods before reaching out to the food on the table to start eating. "I would like to eat corn." Patricia says placing the food back on the table.

Kemi blinks at her,"Co...Corn?"

Patricia nods.

She stares at her wondering where she is going to get that from.

"Why don't you eat this first? I will get you corn later."

Patricia frowns, "No, I want to eat it now." She says.

Kemi sighs nods her head, "Fine fine, I will go and buy you corn.Wait here."

She says as she turns around to leave the room but then, she wonders where she's going to get corn from.She doesn't know who to ask as all the house servants only focuses on their job with serious faces on.

"Well, I guess I'll still ask them regardless of their serious expressions." She mutters to herself as she exits the room.

Just as she walks towards the staircase, she sees a familiar figure standing in front of the home elevator but she couldn't see clearly who the person is. She turns away and starts walking down the stairs.

Meanwhile, Lexis is the one standing in front of the elevator. He has already seen Kemi even before she did and he watches her leave with a puzzled expression on his face.

"How come she's here?" He mutters before he steps into the elevator as it slides open.

********

WILLIAM'S MANSION.

Ella sits in the Florida room with Khloe, wearing a deep frown on her face.

"But it doesn't guarantee that he's cheating. " Khloe says cautiously so as not to provoke her.

"He kissed the girl on the forehead Khloe, how can you say that?"

"I was just trying to say that there's a possibility that nothing is going on between them."

Ella rolls her eyes, "Have you done what I asked you? Her info, please." She urges her.

Khloe sighs, "There's no much I could get actually except that she was brought there by Sir William."

Ella looks through the glass in annoyance. "I need to get rid of her before it becomes something else."

Khloe nods, "Do you want me to do something?"

Ella shakes her head, "Don't worry, I will handle this myself."

Khloe sighs and nods. She knows Ella has been turning a blind eye to everything William has been doing and it makes her wonder why she is serious on finding out who this new girl of his, is.

"Just don't beat yourself over it." She says to her.

Ella sighs, "It's fine, I'm fine."

Then, a servant brings her phone to her. "You have a call ma."

Ella collects her phone from her before glancing at the caller. Her eyes widen in surprise as she sees William's name on the screen. She blinks at the phone in disbelief. She cannot recall the last time William had called her.

She slowly places the phone on her ear. "Hello babe."

"Hey...um...there would be a party for my father in two days so l want you to take care of the designs. You can do that right?"

The smile on her face fades as she realizes the reason her husband had called her.

"I can handle that." She says in a low voice.

"Okay." William says from the other side of the call.

"Is that all you have to tell me? Since you left for France, you couldn't even call me and when you do, this is all you tell me? Your brother is back already, when are you coming back?"

William sighs, "I'm busy with stuffs Ella. Let's talk later." And then the line goes dead.

Ella bit her lower lip before throwing the phone on the floor screaming out in anger.

"This is... This is getting so f**king hard!" She curses out in anger while Khloe moves over to caIm her down.

********"*

*The family mansion.*

Several cars move into the compound as different people steps out. Some walk into the house alone while others are escorted by their guards or assistants.

While in the hall, there is low music playing in the background with the guests familiarizing with one another.

Lexis is wearing a black suit which has no shirt underneath exposing a part of his chest. He walks over to Alhaji Amir, one of their most important guests and a family friend, who is walking into the party with his wife by his side, who wears a yellow-gold abaya dress and gold embroidered and bejeweled hijab.

"Alhaji Amir, I'm glad you could make it." Lexis says with a smile as he shakes the hand.

Alhaji Amir smiles, "Oh Alexander!.." He calls out with a broad smile."I wouldn't miss this for anything."

Lexis turns to his wife, "You're welcome Mrs. Nadia."

She nods and smiles at him.

Lexis grins and turns to Alhaji Amir, "Please make yourself comfor..." He pauses as he sees his father walking towards them. "Oh, and there's the celebrant." He says to Alhaji Amir who quickly turns around to look at Richard approaching.

He smiles broadly, "I was about going to look for you." He says to Richard.

Richard shakes his head as he walks over to give him a bro hug.

"I should be the one to find you. I see you already met Lexis." He says as they pull away.

Alhaji Amir nods with a smile on his face. "Of course, I couldn't even recognize him even after seeing him on video call when he called. He was just a kid when I last saw him."

Richard nods with pride before turning Mrs. Nadia. "It's good to have you, Mrs. Nadia."

"It's my pleasure." She smiles.

"He has become very handsome and I bet a man like him has a beautiful wife..." Alhaji Amir says referring to Lexis as he chuckles.

Richard's smile disappears and he frowns at Lexis. Lexis quickly looks away from his glare and smiles at Alhaji Amir.

"Um...Alhaji Amir, I do not..."

Richard quickly cuts him off, "His fiancée couldn't make it due to some circumstances but he will introduce her soon."

Alhaji Amir nods before smiling at Lexis, "You're doing a great job."

"We should go and meet with the other guests." Richard says.

"Oh, lest I forget, I haven't seen William." Alhaji Amir says looking around.

"He should be somewhere. There is time to meet everyone later, let's go."

Alhaji Amir and his wife walks away with Richard while lexis walks over to the bar to have a drink.

As the bartender pours him a drink, he raises the glass up and is about taking a sip before he pauses. His mind travels back to the day he saw Kemi in the mansion.

"How come she's here?" He sighs and drinks from wine before placing the glass on the table. He's not the type to ponder too much on things but likes to take his time and analyze things.

He stands up from the table taking the glass of wine with him before walking to meet other guests.

Meanwhile, Alhaji Bawa steps out of his car with his son, Aadhil, who stands beside him. They both majestically walks into the building. Aadhil stares at the event with a smile on his face before turning to his father.

"The Lawal family is really huge. So much affluence." He says to his father with a smirk on his face.

Alhaji Bawa nods, "Of course. That's why I want your sister to marry here. Both families will benefit big time."

Aadhil nods, "Of course." His eyes scans the people and also the girls who are serving drinks. His father turns to him and when he sees that he's already looking at the girls like he's about to devour them, he smacks his shoulder.

"You had better behave and don't do anything stupid. Am I clear?"

Aadhil frowns, "I'm 23 father, I'm no baby."

Alhaji Bawa face hardens, "Walai talai (I swear to God), if you provoke me, I will kill you."

"I'm sorry father,"

Just as Alhaji Bawa is about saying something, he sees Richard walking over to him alongside Alhaji Amir.

"Alhaji Bawa, you are here." Richard says with a smile on his face.

"Happy birthday sir." Aadhil says to Richard as he bows his head.

Richard turns to him, "Thank you Aadhil. How are you?"

Aadhil smiles, "I'm very fine Sir." He turns to his father, "l will go get a drink." And then he walks away.

"As-salamu alaikum." Alhaji Amir greets him with a smile in Muslim way.

"Wa-Alaikum-Salaam, Alhaji Amir." Alhaji Bawa replies smiling back at him.

Aadhil walks over to sit at the bar side. Give me a shot and mix it well." He says to the bartender who quickly nods and starts doing it. As he moves his eyes around, he sees a girl picking up the used glasses from the tables. He stares at her with his eyes glue to her butt. As she bends down to clean the pieces of broken glasses, his head follows the movement of her ass almost to the extent that he's almost falling from the chair.

And then, the girl starts walking away to the back exit while his eyes keeps following her until she is out of his sight. He gulps and comes down from the chair ready to follow her.

"Sir, your drink." The bartender calls out and he turns around to collect the glass of wine from the table before walking over to the same exit the girl had walked through. He walks through the passage way until he reaches a two way staircase in the house. As he climbs down the right stair case, he sees another girl climbing up through the other side and he pauses.

"Um...Excuse me, did you see any dark skinned girl wearing what seemed like a uniform pass by?" he asks her.

The girl stares at him puzzled, wondering who he is. She's a servant in the house and she has never seen him before so she takes it that he must be a guest from the party.

She shakes her head, "No I didn't." She says. Although, she did see one of the servant walking past her but she doesn't know if that's who he's looking for and besides, she cannot just tell a stranger, things. He could be dangerous; everyone in the house is dangerous and they are always on their toes.

He sighs and continues climbing down the stairs while the girl watches him leave.

As Aadhil keeps walking, he sees the girl he's looking for walk towards his direction carrying a small bowl and a towel. She pauses in her track as she sees him.

"Hey." He says to her with a mischievous smile on his face as he walks closer to her. She moves backwards cautiously as she stares at him.

"Good...Good day sir. May I be of any help?" She asks and lowers her head.

He smiles and shakes his head. "Oh, help?" He stares behind her. "That thing you're carrying behind would be of great help to me, I tell you."

She looks behind and quickly realizes he's talking about her ass. She gulps and starts moving backwards already knowing where Aadhil is going with this.

"I really have to go Sir, please pardon me." She says and tries to move pass him but he drags her back making the bowl in her hand fall off. She winces from his tight hold on her arm and tries to pull away but he tightens his hold.

"Let...let me go please! "She pleads as she panics but he didn't let her go. He drags her by the arm until he reaches inside a storeroom. He pins her against the wall and runs his hands over her thighs as he tries to kiss her neck but she keeps struggling with him. He groans in annoyance before he slaps her on the cheek, hard

She yelIs in pains and lowers her head but he lifts her chin up forcing her to look at him.

"Shut your mouth up! I could kill you here and nothing will happen, you hear me?"

Tears stream down the girl's cheek as she looks away from him.

He smirks, "Now, that's more like it." Then he starts kissing her neck down to her cleavage. He tears off her dress exposing her bra before he starts sucking her chest close to her breast. He grips her waist and pulls her closer to himself before squeezing her ass. She squirms in discomfort as she still tries to pull him away and just then, the door slides open revealing a figure who stares at them with a blank expression.

The person is wearing an elegant long red gown which has a slit on the right side exposing her thigh. Her smooth , spotless fair skin shows how she takes good care of her body. Her expensive wig she wears stops at her waistline slightly covering her exposed back. She is beautiful and she knows it.

Her gaze focuses on Aadhil ignoring the girl who is trembling under his hold.

She sighs and place her hands on her waist, "What are you doing here?" She asks Aadhil.

Aadhil lets go of the girl and walks over to her.

"Hey sis, I didn't know you would come."

Her eyes travel down to the girl who is sitting on the floor with her back against the wall.

"Get out." She says with a frown and the girl quickly stands up to her feet and rushes out.

She turns her gaze back to Aadhil. "I can't believe you cannot take care that thing of yours... " She says referring to his d**k. "Do you have to put it just anywhere? Don't you feel disgusted?"

"Oh come on sis, I just wanted to have a little fun."

She scoffs, "A little fun? Does this place look like your house to you? What if anyone other than me, had seen you?"

Aadhil doesn't say anything for a while. "And what about you? Why are you here?" He points out.

She glares at him. "Now f**king come with me." She says turning around.

"You will keep this a secret right?" Aadhil asks following her from behind.

"Keep what a secret?" She continues walking away twisting her waist from side to side as she sways her waist.

"Oh come on sis, this one time, hmm?"

She shakes her head, "I keep wondering how the two of us are siblings; you're just too useless."

Aadhil sighs, "I'm not useless, it was only a mistake. Don't act like you're perfect."

She turns to him with a darkened expression. "Don't even provoke me because walai(I swear), I will kill you."

He sighs and walks pass her, "You all just want to kill me in one day."

She watches him leave before heaving a sigh. She makes her way to the entrance of the event and enters looking around with a bored expression on her face.

As she stares at all the people with an uninterested look, her eyes stops at a figure who sits at the bar sipping from a glass of wine. His strikingly good looking face and the way he seem uninterested in everything, just like her; makes her suddenly attracted to him.

"Oh wow. "She mutters to herself as she bit her lower lip staring at him. She then starts walking over to him and then, she sits beside him at the table. He didn't even glance at her but simply keeps drinking as if not aware someone is sitting close to him.

"Mix me a shot." She says to the bartender who quickly nods.

"I like you..."She suddenly says with a smirk on her face. "And your lips." She whispers the last words and that's only when Lexis turns to her. He stares at her, his face not giving off any expressions still. It's as if he's not even listening to her.

"I don't like yours." He says curtly and she gapes at him blinking in shock as she tries to register what he said and then, she suddenly laughs.

She bit her lower lip with excitement,"Oh?I see. You wanna try it? I just ate grape."

"I don't eat grapes." He replies taking a sip from the wine.

She grins, "Well I don't care." With that, she leans towards him and smashes her lips against his as if trying to destroy and flatten his mouth. Then, she pulls away and slowly slides her tongue over the corner of his lips.

She smirks licking her lower lip seductively, "I'm Rahila, what's your name?"

XOXO