"She'll be here soon." Ma Lucy said and placed a cup of hot brewed herbal tea on the wooden n table in the living room. "Granny, this isn't necessary." Skylar protested and Granny urged her to drink it " It's a must to take hot beverages every morning to warm up the stomach,even though that brat called Anna strongly rejects it." Ma Lucy said with displeasure and walked away.
After some while, Gianna stepped into the living room and greeted Skylar. "Wow..you look gorgeous!" Skylar commended. "Really?" Gianna said as she looked herself. She was dressed in a fitted Jean britches ,a white cropped hoodie and a white sneaker to match. "But my appearance looks simple.." She said again and Skylar smiled. "Come on, let's go, we gat a lot to tick off our bucket list." Skylar said and got up from the couch. "You plan on wasting that?" Gianna asked and pointed to the cup of brewed tea on the table. "That? I took a sip of it and couldn't anymore because it tastes bad."
"Let's hurry up out or else granny will never let you out of here if you don't finish that thing!"
"Take that and finish it now!" Ma Lucy said as she stood at the kitchen door. The ladies were startled and stopped in there tracks. "I'm in for it, seriously." Skylar lamented quietly. "I'll give you some candies and prepare you cookies when next you come." Ma Lucy added. Skylar's eyes brightened immediately. "Granny, she ain't a kid, why luring her with candies and cookies?" Gianna said.
Within the a blink of an eye, Skylar had gulped down the contents of the cup. "Thank you so much granny, I look forward to some delicious cookies and candies!" She said excitedly.
"What's wrong with her?" Gianna murmured.
"So you agreed to drink the herbal tea because of candies why?" Gianna asked curiously. "I love candies!" Skylar replied and opened the safe below the dashboard...it was full of lolly and chocolate bars. Gianna gasped "Hey don't you know that too much of sugar in your system is bad?" She nagged. "I know I know, that's why I take eat them occasionally" Skylar retorted and Gianna relaxed.
"Where are we heading to?" Gia asked. "A fast food cafe, you haven't had breakfast yet." Skylar replied. Some metres away from the cafe, Skylar's phone rang and the screen displayed 'Little jerk' with a purple love emoji at the back. Gianna seemed to catch the name and she found Skylar really weird. 'Why put a love emoji at back of an offensive word. As Skylar placed the phone on her ear, she heard Dylan's loud and deafening yell "You better bring my car right away unless you have a death wish!" "But it's rendering it's service right now." Skylar said. "And I also want to make use of it now!" "You can just take other cars,there are tens of cars in the garage, why bothering me?" "Look it's not my fault that your account got frozen, so sort yourself out, don't make me repeat myself." "" Fine fine, I'm on my way." Skylar said and turned to Gianna "Seems plans will change."
Gianna was really stunned when they got to Dylan's house. The mansion looked beautiful and exceptional, it was really quiet there. 'Her brother must be really rich'. She thought. As they walked into the exquisite ground living room, Dylan was also descending the stairs. On seeing each other, Gia and Dylan suddenly stopped in their tracks. It seemed like time stopped for both of them and they stared into each other's eyes directly. "-the beauty from the concert. -the idol from the concert." Their inner minds stated at the same time. Gianna was the first to get out of their -out-of-time-world and she turned to Skylar "I thought you said we are here to meet your brother." "Yeah, that's him. I never told you? that pretty jerk is my brother. How does it feel to meet him in person?" Skylar asked rhetorically. "It feels crazy..." Gianna replied unknowingly.
Her manners suddenly traveled back from nowhere and she bowed her head a little in greeting to Dylan. "Hello, I'm Gianna Adams." She said, smiling. "Dylan, that's friend,the one I told you about." Skylar said. "Oh..." 'So she was pretty after all...' He thought. Gia was trying hard to overcome the shock in her. Meeting a celebrity? Not even in her dreams.
"Let's talk privately.." Dylan said to Skylar and dragged her along with him to
the Kitchen. "Did yo bring the car?" He asked. "Of course...I couldn't stand being hassled because of a car. I'll just find a way to talk mum out of my castigation. Bye!" She said and made an attempt to leave but he stopped her. "I didn't know you were using it..." He said. "Huh? I clearly stated it,we were on our way to a cafe then you said you wanted to use it also. You are just being selfish and -" "-Fine!" He cut her off. "You can the Lamborghini, the key is in my room."
"Really? I can really have it?" She asked and he nodded. "Thank you!!" She screamed and was about to leave when her mood suddenly cut off again. "What is it this time?" He asked as he crossed his arms on his cheat. "Can I..get some cash?" "I knew it! You're broke." He mocked.
"Forget it! I'll get going." She said and turned around to leave. "I'll give you one of my black cards.." He said and Skylar stopped to turn around. "Are you serious right now?" She asked and he nodded.
"Oh my! you are the best brother ever,forgive me for calling you a jerk...I love you so-" "-On a condition!" He cut her off again and her excitement vanished. "I knew it,he'll never do a thing without a charge, such a jerk!" She murmured audibly for him to hear. "So, what is the condition?"
"Have breakfast here." He said. "Just that?" She asked unbelievably and he nodded. "You gat to be kidding me right now, Just that? No problem. You want...an hour? or two? three? or probably the whole 24 hours?" "Thirty minutes is okay for me." He replied.
"Thanks for the meal, it was really nice." Gianna said to Dylan. "You're welcome." He said and smiled. "Yeah..let me go find my new baby." Skylar said and ran off to the garage to get the Lamborghini. Gianna smiled at Skylar's childishness and Dylan watched her intensely. Watching her smile like that gave him exhilaration.
"The performance at the concert was great!" Gianna commended Dylan and he smiled as a form of 'Thank you.'
Skylar finally came around and parked the car in front of them. Dylan walked over to her side and whispered into her ear "I beg you in the name of our savior, don't wreck that car, i just got it." He said, more like an order. "I promise..." She replied and winked at him before driving off.
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"I see you know my sister.." Mateo said and Mila nodded. "How?" he asked curiously. "I just do.." She replied wittily.
Mateo was beginning to get frustrated, Gianna and Mila are keeping something, how come they know each other.
After a while of silence, he asked "How did you end up here?.... I'm sure we aren't related and granny told me you are not a maid." Mila's stopped knitting 'cause she didn't expect that question. Her expression changed for a moment and she suddenly covered it up with a broad smile. "I just happen to end up here. Brother, will you like some black berries? I'll go get you some." She said and left for the kitchen.
Mateo wasn't a fool to not to know that she was hiding something. But he decided to let her off, he wasn't going to force it out.
As soon as she got to the kitchen,she supported herself with the kitchen basin. Her legs were wobbling and she felt a drain in her body. She had tried so hard to act up in from of him, she wasn't ready to talk about it...-Her past.
"Hurry up Skylar, we're running late!" Mrs Noelle shouted. "I'm here already." She replied as she stepped on the last staircase.
They were soon on their way to the Campbell's Villa, to celebrate Dylan.
After an hour and some minutes drive, they got to the sumptuous and fancy Villa.
The Villa's butler met them halfway and welcomed them. "Is Dylan in?" Mrs Noelle asked. "No mistress, he hasn't been here in the past few days." The old butler replied.
They drove to Dylan's owned mansion and he wasn't home also. Then they decided to go to one of his penthouses - the one he is assumed to usually be in.
"Why should I be concerned with that?" He asked. "Common Dylan,your fans are here to wish you and gift you, why shouldn't you be concerned. By the way,the first lady sent a bouquet and birthday wishes." His manager replied.
"You've replied her right? Thank you." He said.
"What should I do about the gifts?" The manager asked. "Are you really asking me? You are my manger, just get rid of them." He said icily and hung up the phone.
Then the doorbell rang and he refused to attend to who ever the ringer was 'cause he believed it was some of his crazy and stalker fans. The bell didn't some ringing and he was forced to make his way out of the many gift boxes and bouquets on the floor. He kicked every single item out of his way and he checked *******. He was shocked to see his aunt and his cousin.
He opened the door and the family walked in and Skylar started by nagging "Where the heck did you put your phone, it was unreachable." "I had to switch it off, fans has been sending messages unstoppably."
"So I'm insignificant to get a greeting?" Mrs Noelle cut in. He pulled her into a hug and muttered "I'm sorry.." She patted his back and said "It's okay."
*"I'll get your present delivered to you okay?" Mrs Noelle said and he nodded. "You'll really be stunned by the time I present my own gift." Skylar said proudly. "Really?Let's hear it." He said with curious eyes. There was silence for a while and Skylar suddenly bursted "I organized a party for you tonight!!!" She shouted and Dylan's shoulders dropped "I'm not attending!"
"Why? it was organized for you!" She said. Dylan ignored her and went on to sit on a couch. "I don't feel like stepping outta here." He replied. "But I already informed people." She said. "Then uninform them!" He retorted.
Skylar suddenly faked a sad mood and tone "I invited Gianna also,then I have to call her..." She said - acting like she was talking to herself. Hearing the name Gianna made tiredness vanish from his system, he almost sprang on his feet but was able to control himself. He cleared his throat awkwardly "Don't bother..I'll attend the party." He said. "All of a sudden? I thought you said I should uninform all the invitees." She said. "I just..I just..felt like it'd be rude to cancel the party like that. I mean,they might reduced their scheduled 'cause of the party...I should honor them." He said.
"Ohhh..." Skylar oh(ed) and Dylan excused himself from the living room.
As soon as he left, Skylar and Mrs Noelle burst into laughter. "He should become an actor." "I know right.. hahahaha."
Hours later,Skylar suddenly yelled out Dylan's name and the latter came running down to the living room and looked around. "Did you burn something?" He asked and she replied with a 'No'. "Then why did you call me in that manner?It's really exhausting to have you around. By the way,where is aunt Elle?." "She left minutes ago for an important meeting. I need to be somewhere right now and I promised to pick Gianna up by six. It's almost six and I don't think I can make it. So, I need you to pick her up and bring her to the party. Thank you!" She said,dropped a short note on the table and ran out without giving him a space to protest. He picked up the note and saw Gianna's house address and a grand club's address - where the party will take place.
When it was exactly six o clock,Gianna was done dressing up. Uh...she was forced to put on makeup by her granny after putting on black britches with white top and a black knee - length coat. She left her hair unpacked and she brushed it neatly. She heard a knock on the door and went to open it. She was dazed when she saw Dylan standing in front of the door instead of Skylar.
"Mr Campbell?" "Why are you here?"
"Skylar told me to pick you up,she had some things to attend to." "Oh..I see."
After they parked in the club premises, Gianna was dazed. She hasn't toured around the state so she didn't really know much about the influential buildings in the city. This club is definitely one of those influential buildings, she thought. The manager suddenly came to where their was parked and Dylan rolled down the window. "I'm going in there and I don't want attention." He said to the manager and he left.
After a while, the manager came out again and reported to Dylan "I've gotten rid of them all, you can go in now." He said and bowed his head. "Here..put this on." Dylan said to Gia as he stretched out a black sheet nose mask to her. He also placed his black face cap on her head by himself and made 'Let's go' gesture to her. She held him back and Dylan wondered why she did that. "Happy birthday Mr Campbell." She said with a smile.
When they got to the ground floor of the building, it was really empty and quiet. Only the bar attendant was there and he had already been told to zip up his mouth. The door to the VIP club room opened and Dylan with Gianna walked in majestically. Everyone in the room turned to look at them and they wowed.
Dylan's expression changed when he sighted Mrs Noelle and Skylar in the room. "Skylar said you had some important business to attend to." Dylan said to Mrs Noelle. "Yes,the business ended faster than I expected." She said with a creepy smile. 'That's weird...' He thought. The invitees at the party wished him happy birthday and with the last string of energy in him,he replied them. Suddenly the door opened again and a Lady called 'Kira' walked in. "That bitch...why's she here?" Skylar said to herself and her eyes suddenly moved to Dylan. She shook her head immediately because she knew what Dylan was thinking. - He thinks she invited the bitch. Kira walked to Dylan's seat and sat beside him "Happy birthday Dylan." She said with an enticing smile. Dylan was forced to mutter a 'thank you' by his manager who was sitting opposite him.
Kira kept clinging to Dylan and he tried his best to shake her off. He would have ignored her and let her be but Gianna was there, he can't let her get wrong impression.
Skylar on the other hand felt the strong urge to pull out that bitch's hair, she was really irritating. One of the invitees suddenly brought the idea of playing a game - truth and dare. Almost everyone counted themselves in,including Kira. Dylan said he wasn't interested but the moment he saw Gianna raise up her hand,he counted himself in also.
The game started and it went on and on until the bottle spin turned to Dylan. He was already getting bored as everyone kept choosing truth and not dare. He chose the 'dare' and a man took it.
"I dare you to kiss Kira lip to lip." The man dropped. Skylar almost attacked the man out of anger but Mrs Noelle stopped her. Kira smirked and waited for Dylan to do the dare.
"I'm afraid I'll throw up after the kiss." Dylan said and everywhere went silent.
Kira's expression changed to that of anger. "What's the alternative?" Dylan asked again. The man who asked sighed and said "10 thousand dollars and 3 shots of spirit." Dylan signaled to his manager and the latter dropped 10 thousand dollars (in cash) on the table.
Dylan drank all the shots without a pulse and finally banged the last glass on the table. "Wow..that was so cool." Skylar said. Gianna found him pretty cool also and he couldn't help but stare. The he went on again and the bottle turned to him, once again. He couldn't choose truth because he wasn't ready to publicize any of his private stuffs.
He chose dare again and this time,Skylar took it. She looked at Dylan with challenging eyes and smirked,then she said "I dare you to date Gianna Adams for a month!" It dropped like a bomb. The people didn't know who Gianna Adams was but they were sure she was amongst them. They all knew themselves and there was only one unfamiliar face...the lady in the black coat.
Gianna couldn't believe her ears,she wanted to believe Skylar wasn't referring to her but Yes! She was the only Adams there. Dylan didn't bat an eye,he was really expressionless. Now it was Kira's turn to burn with rage. She glared at Skylar and the latter just smirked at her and ignored her. Everyone kept staring at Gianna, but in their minds,one thing is certain....Dylan was going to turn down the dare and go for the alternative,just like he did the other time.
Little did they know that this man was feeling joy inside of him for this big opportunity but it wasn't displayed.
Everyone waited for Dylan's response and Kira badly hoped that Dylan rejects the dare. Even his manager kept winking his eye at him to reject the dare but a big sorry to him, this handsome dude made up his mind already. "I'll do it!" He said coldly and everyone in room couldn't believe their ears. Did Dylan just agree to date a stranger for a month?
Skylar winked at Mrs Noelle again and Kira seemed to catch that one. 'So this was planned...' She thought angrily. "I'll like to be excused." Kira said to Dylan. "You're free." He replied wittily and Kira marched angrily out of the room. 'How could he choose that girl over her!'.
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