WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 41 – 50
EPISODE 42
“Vivian gave you two million naira just so you can tell the media we were engaged? Why would she do something like that? I don’t get it. Wait, just how broke are you?”
“It’s not easy out there and without my parents’ full support, things haven’t been same for me, and I don’t know why Vivian asked me to do it, it sounded like a good idea to me”
“It sounded like a good idea? Someone contacts you out of the blue asking you to go to the media and claim you are still engaged to someone which you are no longer with. And you didn’t think it wise to ask why she asked you to do it? Tania can you hear yourself at all?”
“I was broke, what was I supposed to do?”
“Get a job, you were supposed to get a dmn job. That’s what normal people do to earn a living for themselves”
“I have never been the working type and you know it Jeffery. Asking me to go get a job is just insulting”
“You make me sick Tania, I’m glad I never ended up marrying you, that would have been my worst mistake. Please just go”
“Jeffery are you kicking me out?” Tania asked in disbelief.
“You should be lucky it’s not the security throwing you out, now leave before I changed my mind and ask them to throw you out”
“Okay” Tania stood up “will leave you but at least keep to your own part of your bargain and not tell my parents about my expulsion?”
“Get out Tania, now!”
“Okay, okay I’m leaving already no need to bite my head off”
After Tania left, Jeffery was fuming with rage, he couldn’t believe Vivian would stoop so low as to do something like this. He held that woman in high esteem. That was why he allowed her company handle almost all the interior decorations for the homes he acquired for his real estate business. They have both known each other for over 5 years and he never knew her to be capable of something of this magnitude.
Jeffery knew he needed to take out his anger on something or else he was going to go crazy. So he wore his gym clothes and decided to go to the hotel’s gym. The punching bag would be useful to him right now.
By the time Jeffery was done exercising, it was already 12 midnight. He was still angry but too exhausted from taking it out on the pun¢hing bag. He showered, put on some fresh clothes and sat down to think of what he was going to do about Vivian. Her husband was running for the gubernatorial position in the upcoming elections in Lagos State and if his opponents got to know something like this, it could ruin his good chances with the people. No one wants a manipulative first lady.
Jeffery decided he was going to pay her a visit and confront her. He decided to get some rest and for the first time in a long while he was able to sleep without having to wake up at intervals. He has been battling with insomnia since Jane broke things off with him.
First thing the next morning, Jeffery put a call across to Vivian and booked a meeting with her by 2pm at The Royal Palace restaurant.
Before 2pm, Jeffery was already seated at a corner of the restaurant waiting patiently for Vivian to arrive. She didn’t arrive until twenty minutes later.
“Hello Jeffery, sorry I’m a bit late, didn’t close from church on time it’s as if my pastor knew I had somewhere to be and refused to end the sermon” she took a seat opposite Jeffery.
“It’s fine, I haven’t been here for too long anyway. You look nice by the way”
“Oh you think so? Well you know I need to look good for the glam with my husband running for the gubernatorial position and all”
“Yeah I can understand, you always have to put up appearances even if you don’t feel like it”
“You are very correct, your father was once a deputy governor so you should know this”
“Yes, he was”
“Enough about me, I’m sure you didn’t call for this meeting only to have me blab about my husband’s elections” Vivian laughed as she took a sip of water, a waiter had offered her when she arrived the table.
“Actually I did, I would like to know how are the campaigns going?”
“Oh really? Are you serious? That would be so nice, with your position in the society having your support is going to go a long way. My husband would be so excited to hear this” Vivian said as she grinned from ear to ear.
“Yeah and also remember to tell him about your little manipulative game”
“What? What game are you talking about?”
“Oh come on Vivian, no need for pretenses I’m very sure you know what I’m talking about”
“No I don’t know what you are talking about Jeffery, Please do tell?”
“Oh so now you have suddenly forgotten?”
“Jeffery please tell me what you are talking about, because I don’t understand”
“How about you start by explaining to me why you asked my ex to go public with our engagement even though she told you we were no longer together?”
The registered shock on Vivian’s face gave her away, Jeffery knew immediately that she actually she did it.
“Um….mm…. What are you ..talking about?” She was stuttering, gone was the confident Vivian who was priding in her husband’s gubernatorial only a while ago.
“Don’t even think about denying it because I have Tania’s confession recorded.
“That snitch” Vivian said angrily
“Yeah I would agree with you on that, you chose the wrong person to do your dirty job for you. So you had better start talking Vivian, because Tania already sold you out. Unless of course you want me to go to your husband with the recording of Tania’s confession?”
“No please don’t, I can explain I .. emm…the thing is I wanted..” Vivian couldn’t get herself to tell Jeffery why she did what she did, she never thought a day like this would come because according to her plans Tania wasn’t supposed to tell Jeffery about their plans.
“Go on Vivian, I don’t have all day”
“I’m sorry Jeffery, I didn’t mean to cause you harm or anything I was just trying to help you and..”
“Wait a minute” Jeffery raised his hand to stop her “did you just say you were trying to help me? How please? How exactly were you trying to help me?”
Vivian was silent, she was shaking from fear but Jeffery wasn’t going to go easy on her, if she has the nerve to pull a stunt like that then she should as well have the nerve to face the consequences.
“Go on I’m listening”
“I.. was trying to save you from making A mistake by dating Jane, she doesn’t deserve to be with someone like you, she doesn’t belong in your class, you deserve someone better Jeffery. Someone from same class as yourself”
“And who is this person? If I may ask?”
“Katherine” Vivian said smiling
“What? Who is that?”
“Well you know Katherine, the beautiful girl who brought the final documents of our contract for you to sign, when you insisted on having Jane bring them to you instead?”
“What? That girl? You want me to date that girl? Wait what is your interest in all of these? Is she your daughter?”
“No my niece”.
“Hahahahahaha you must be joking, so because you want me to date your niece, you decided to sabotage my relationship with Jane? You offered someone to go to the media and lie about me because of your selfish reasons?”
“Jeffery it’s not like…”
“Wait didn’t it ever occurr to you that I was going to find out? Or were you thinking I would just break things off with Jane and then come marry your niece? Because if we had gone with your plans then that would still wouldn’t be possible”
The truth was that Vivian was planning on paying Tania more money so she could come publicly again and break up her engagement with Jeffery. Then she would set him up with Katherine and they would eventually start dating. But what she failed to think about was what she would do when Jeffery gets to hear about it, she failed to factor in the fact that he would react as it was his name that was being dragged about by the media.
It was right then Vivian knew her well conceived plans weren’t so will conceived after all. She wanted Jeffery to date her niece Katherine for her own selfish reasons. Having someone as influential as Jeffery in the family meant a lot, first it will make her becoming a first lady much easier because as he would pull his weight behind them and they will have more people supporting her husband. And her company would gain exposure and eventually they could expand.
“Jeffery I’m truly sorry” Vivian pleaded.
“Vivian do you know what you have cost me? Do you know what I have been through because of your selfish act? And you sit there to tell me you are sorry?”
“What can I do to make things right?”
“How about you start by apologizing to Jane?”
“Alright Jeffery I will apologize to Jane, but please don’t tell my husband, he mustn’t hear about this please” Vivian pleaded.
“Who is talking about telling your husband? I’m actually thinking of what your opposing party will do, once they caught wind of this”
“No, no please don’t do that I beg you, I know you are a good man Jeffery”
“now listen, I’m going to say this just once, you are going to apologize to Jane for the pain you have caused her, and you would stop making work unbearable for her, I know you have been doing that lately but it must stops immediately!”
“Yes yes… I will be nicer to her I promise” Vivian was nodding rapidly as she spoke, who would have ever thought that the fearless Vivian could be this scared?
“And if I hear that you have been up to anything fishy or trying to sabotage my relationship with Jane, then be sure to kss your dreams of ever becoming a first lady goodbye, I’m sure you wouldn’t want to mess with me”
“I…I… understand, I would never try it again”
Jeffery stood up and left a shaky Vivian at the table. Now that he has dealt with Vivian and Tania, there was just one more thing he needed to do, and that was to get back his woman. This past weeks without her in his life has been traumatic for him and he was done torturing himself or her. They both made mistakes and it was high time they corrected it and moved on.
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 41 – 50
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