The Wedding Night

“Love is unexplainable…”

Oluwatosin melody

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Giovanni POV

“Mr yuan, you cannot break the contract because of what you heard. We’ve been in this business together for a long time now and you should know that all I wanted is the best for both of us,” I said to Mr yuan over the phone but he didn’t agree with my proposition.

“If miss melody is not in charge of the new brand then I must let you know that xians company will pull out of the contract.”

“But Mr yuan…” Mr yuan didn’t let me finished as he had hung up on me. This was the fault of that short woman called melody. How dare she tries to destroy all I have worked for?

It’s been five days since she left my company and I didn’t expect her to go to such an extent of calling the Chinese investors. She was playing with fire and I was going to let her burn but first, I needed her to fully trust me and what I meant by trusting me is to make sure I get her to be in charge of the brand.

The Chinese investors were important stockholders in my company and losing them was going to be a great loss to my company. I wasn’t ready yet to let a deranged woman get in between us. I thought of what to do and when I found the perfect plan, I decided to go for it.

I drove straight to where I figured melody was staying. She was staying in a motel. I found out when I proposed that she become my assistant. I didn’t want to follow her that day but my instincts made me tell Dennis to follow her that day. If I hadn’t followed her then maybe I wouldn’t know that she stays in a freaking motel.

When I got to the motel, I parked in front of it and walked to the receptionist who was a woman.  The woman eyed me and gave me a flirty look but I was not interested in whatever look she was giving me and, I also hated women with no class and the receptionist had shown signs that she was one of them.

“Hello, sir. How may I help you? Do you need a room? We have lovely rooms here and it only goes for $1000 per week. We also have a lovely…”

I didn’t let the woman finished as I cut her off from talking. I didn’t come here to listen to the prices of rooms or get flirty looks from her.

“That’s enough, ” I said and she stopped talking. “I’m not here for any of those things. I’m here for something else, someone in particular.”

“Oooooh, you should have said that mister.” She winked at me and began to talk again about how she could arrange girls for me to sleep with.

“Stop!” I shouted. “Stop talking!” I shouted again. ” I didn’t come for prostitutes alright, I came to meet someone,” I explained to her but the looks she was giving to me made me blame myself for coming to a place like this. ” I’m here to see melody, ” I told her and gave her a full description of melody.

“Oh!” She exclaimed and began to laugh. “You should have just said that. I didn’t know that melody had a boyfriend and you are a handsome man I must say, ”  she commented and eyed me from my head down to my shoes.

I hated the looks she was giving me and I wanted to leave the place but when I remembered why I came, I decided to accept that I needed to be in the motel for something.

“Is melody still staying here?” I asked.

“Yes, she is. Her room number is 307 by the left.” She informed me and then she began to talk but I didn’t wait to hear what she was saying as I have walked away from her. How could someone not know how to stop talking?

I walked to room 307 and when I got there, I knocked on the door of the room. At first, no one answered. I bought my hand to knock on the door again but the door opened and a woman who wasn’t melody opened the door.

“How can I help you?” She asked and I could hear a bit of an Italian accent in her tone.

I cleared my throat before answering her. “I’m here to see Melody”

“And you are?” She folded her arms and gave me a suspicious look.

Not another weird look.

“I’m… I…” I stuttered and she raised her brows at me. I didn’t know how I was going to tell her who I was.

“If you do not have anything to say, sir, I’m afraid that you have the wrong room.” The woman said and slammed the door on my face.

I knocked again and this time it was melody who opened the door. I couldn’t help myself but stare at her small figure and how she looked in her short black jumpsuit.

“When Lorena told me a man was looking for me, I didn’t have to think twice before I know it was you. What are you doing here Mr. Aderemi or should I say Ex boss?” Melody sneered.

“Can we speak somewhere else? Maybe in a cafe?” I offered because I didn’t like the smell coming from the corridor of the motel. It was a nauseating smell and if I spent another minute standing in the corridor, I might collapse from the offensive smell.

“Okay, give me a minute.” Melody said and closed the door.

Soon, we were both inside my car and heading to a cafe melody suggested. When we got to the cafe, it was empty and we were the only customers inside the cafe.  It was serene and just the kind of place I needed to think. I ordered a cappuccino and she didn’t order for anything.

“So ex-boss, what is it you wanted to tell me?”

“Just call me Giovanni,” I said because I hated the way she calls me. It was not appealing to my ear.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Alright, Giovanni. ” The way she said my name makes me feel a surge of emotions in my body. It was like a shock of electricity and I liked it. ” what do you have to tell me?”

“Right. The Chinese investors called, ” I said and I saw the amusing look on her face.

“And why does this concern me?”

“Don’t pretend melody. I know you called them.”

“And what if I called them? What does this have to do with me?”

I ran a hand through my head and sighed briefly. ” it has everything to do with you. The Chinese investors said I have to make sure you are in charge of the project else they will pull off from the deal.”

“So what?”

“So what? Is that all you have to say? You are close to ruining my company and all this is all you could say?” I balled my hand into a fist to suppress the anger that I was feeling.

“What do you expect me to do Giovanni? It was my job and you ruined it for me.”

“And it is my company!” I shouted.

“I know it is your company but it was my project..” She argued. “You humiliated me in front of everyone.”

“And you insulted me too.”

“I didn’t not, ” she yelled.

“You did”

“I didn’t”

“Okay, okay. I’m sorry” I didn’t know when I said that but it just came out. Although I already planned this the apology was genuine.

“Sorry? Did I just hear you right?” She scoffed and then burst into laughter.

“Do you find this amusing?” I asked while staring at her. She didn’t reply to me instead she continued to laugh at me and soon, I found myself laughing with her.

“Oh!” She exclaimed and pointed to me. “You are also laughing, ” she said.

I quickly change my countenance and soon I was frowning.

“So are we cool?”

“Tell me you are sorry again and I’ll believe you.”

“But I already said that, ” I told her but she rolled her eyes at me. “Alright, I’m sorry,” I said and she smiled at me.

Now that my plan A had worked out, it was time for plan B…