Chapter 5 I AM CURSED

Chapter 5

The next morning

HOWARD'S MANSION

Desmond's pov

"Daddy, wake up ! I want you to drop me off at school today, " Pamela's loud voice boomed into my ears .

"Pamela let's go , Daddy is not ready yet , '' Trisha's annoyed voice followed, causing me to open my eyes.

"Daddy ! You're awake ,see mommy, daddy is awake so leave , Pamela says rudely with a scowl on her cute little face .

She's a mini me ,she got nothing from her mother except her rude and arrogant nature .

"Pamela ! what did I tell you about being rude to your mother ,I say to her yawning .

"Daddy get up already ,I am getting late ," she whines, almost throwing a tantrum .

So much for a one night stand .

"Don't worry Trisha ,I will take her to school , I wave her off while she just huffs and walks off .

*B*itch .

"Hurry up daddy ,I don't wanna be late , Pamela whines again ,I groan inwardly wondering why she chose to let me take her today , Trisha takes her to school not me .

"Well you should have just left with your mother ,'' I retorted , getting out of bed .

The time was just 7:06 ,I wonder how early she usually got to school ,guess I am not the best father .

I walked into my large spacious bathroom , containing two shower stands and a jacuzzi. I had to hurry up for Pamela ,so I used the shower and had a cold quick bath .

I took out a spare boxer and wore my robe , exiting the bathroom ,I find the maids already cleaning up my room ,but Pamela isn't amongst them .

"Where's my daughter ?" I ask, staring around.

"She's in the dressing room sir ,'' one of them replied .

*What the hell is she doing there now? I thought, walking into my closet to find her tiny hands rummaging around my shoes lined up on different shelves .

"Pamela, what are you doing here ? ,I ask, staring at the little devil I have for a daughter .

"I want to pick your outfit for today ,but I can't get through ,my hands are too short ,'' she complains, showing her tiny hands to me .

"No way Pamela ,now excuse me I need to change ,'' I tell her, opening my wardrobe filled with my office clothes.I had different wardrobes for my clothes , casual , office ,holidays , and special occasions ,same for my shoes.

I took out a complete set of my suit and trousers and noticed Pamela was still there .

"Pamela what are you still doing here ,I question placing my outfit on the table present in the room .

"Why don't you love me ,'' she suddenly asked , taking me off guard .

"Pamela what do you mean by that ,of course I love you ,why would you say something like that ,I ask, lifting her up .

She wraps her small soft hands around my neck and buried her face on my shoulder sniffing.

Gosh I hate it when she cries .

"Pamela, look at me , please don't cry, daddy doesn't like it when you cry , and daddy loves you very much ,'' I say to her, patting her hair.

"You don't love me daddy ,you don't like taking me to school ,you don't like spending time with me ,all you do is work , and I don't like that ,'' she sniffs, trying to clean her tears .

I felt a pang of guilt rush through me ,of course I loved her but I guess it was no secret I didn't want to get attached ,I have been such a fool,but it's not my fault , growing up I didn't get attached to my father ,he never had time, only my mom cared for me .

"Look at me Pamela , I cupped her little face in my hands , wiping off her tears ,"I love you very much , and I am sorry I only work and not spend time with you ,but I will from now on ,I promise ,I say to her and her dull eyes brightened up .

"Pinky promise ? She asks to showing her little pinky .

"Pinky promise! I replied, capturing her tiny Pinky into mine ,she giggled and hugged me tight .

I kissed her forehead and gently placed her down .

"So you still want to pick daddy's outfit for today ,I ask and she nods with giddy eyes,she walks to my other wardrobe and opens it .

"This one ,and this one, and this one ," she says pointing to my blue turtle neck shirt ,a blue blazer trouser , and a blue jacket .

"I am guessing your favorite color is blue ?

"Yes daddy ,how did you know ?

"Magic ,I pinched her cheek softly making her giggle,she reminds me of Regina so much ,it's a shame I grew stupid feelings for her .

"Alright angel ,excuse daddy ,he wants to change ,I tell her and she nods and walks out .

I changed immediately and figured out she didn't pick a shoe for me ,so I picked randomly and wore it as fast as I could. I can't believe I am going to get my daughter late for school .

I came out all dressed up to see her pacing about .

"Daddy, I'm late ,'' she yelled as soon as her eyes landed on me .

"Sorry princess ,let's go ,'' I carried her in my arms and hurried out , forgetting to take her lunch .

I placed her in the backseat and fixed her seat belt before getting into the front.I started my car and drove off immediately .

"Daddy I am hungry ,'' she cried out and I groaned .

"How can you be hungry? I thought you already had breakfast before coming to me ,'' I said to her. She shook her head negatively while I stared at the mirror.

"Geez ,why princess ,why didn't you have breakfast today ,'' I asked, eye searching a nearby restaurant ,so I could grab her something to eat .

"I don't eat breakfast at home daddy, mommy doesn't know how to cook ,she snarls and I screeched to a halt .

"What !

"Yes daddy ,I don't eat breakfast at home , mommy buys me breakfast at Mcdonald's , that's why I said I was late ..

"For breakfast ? I ask in disbelief .

"Yes daddy ,she replied and I balled my hands into a fist ,my knuckles turned white ,what has Trisha done to my daughter .

"Don't worry darling I will get you breakfast ,'' I tell her, starting the car.I drove off to the restaurant Gina and I visited yesterday,I had to be security conscious so I used the drive thru.

"Would you like some extra fries ,I ask her and she nods .

"Extra fries please ,I say to the lady behind the counter ,it took three minutes for our order to arrive ,I didn't fail to see how the lady kept drooling at me ,I have always wished Regina would do the same ,but that would be impossible ,she must be crushing on those hot teenage boys her age and definitely not someone like me .

Finally I got my order ,but there were three bags instead of two ,"I asked for two not three ,I said to her and she gasped and quickly apologized for the mistake. Having no time ,I paid and drove off.

"Here princess ,I handed one of the bags to Pamela so she could eat before we got to her school. It was on the same street as my college which Regina attends and an idea struck me. I would just give her the third bag .

I got to Pamela's school 40 minutes later,she was officially late and I could see the restlessness in her class teacher's face when I arrived at her school .

"Good...good morning sir Desmond ,she stutters after setting her eyes on me ,she had a long face seconds ago,she was expecting to see Trisha and lash at her .

"Morning , sorry for arriving this late , something came up ,'' I told her, handing Pamela to her .

"No problem sir Desmond ,'' she says with a large smile on her face .

I smile back and nod , before bending low to place a kiss on Pamela's cheek ,"I will pick you up later okay, expect daddy ,I love you .

"I love you too daddy ,'' she replies, placing a small kiss on my cheek .

"Bye be a good girl ,'' I waved at her and got into my car , before driving off .

The drive to college was just a few minutes away.I picked up the bag and exited my car. No doubt I was late for work but who would question me when I owned the company.

"Good morning Mr Desmond ,the security man Gabriel greeted .

"Morning Gabriel ,'' I replied walking in ,the place was filled with students wandering around,it was going to be hard finding Regina .

I took my phone out to place a call across from her but I stopped immediately hearing a familiar laughter ,it had to be Regina's .

It was coming from The parking lot ,I had to follow it to confirm and then her voice followed.

"No way , your mom let you guys drive to school ," she sounded amused.

She was standing in the midst of her twin best friends , Jessica and Jennifer, they leaned on a black Ferrari, talking and giggling .

"Oh my Gosh ! It's Desmond Howard !!! Someone squealed from behind and all the attention I was trying to avoid diverted to me.

Almost every student rushed towards me , and it got me tenced ,I have always hated so much attention all my life ,I had no idea paparazzi were also in school ,or was it just curious students.

Gabriel rushed in to guide me , while he made a phone call ,few other security guards and lecturers came out to help get the tons of students away from me ,the bell suddenly rang out like an emergency ,the students scampered away , obviously going to class ,I breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Gabriel and the rest who just saved me .

I sighs knowing she must have also left for her class ,so I turned to leave ,"Desmond !

"Regina ,why are you still here ? I was surprised to see her.

"Urm nothing ,'' she replies awkwardly, staring at me with shock evident in her eyes. Is there something wrong with my clothes?

My watch beeps and I checked it to see I was getting late for my board meeting .

"Here ,I got you breakfast ," I say to her, showing her the bag. Her jaws dropped open but she was quick to get rid of her somewhat shocked expression.

"Tha...thanks ,she grabbed it from me and ran off without another word.

I returned back to my car and drove off to work , keeping in mind that I had to confront Trisha on how nonchalant she's been taking care of my daughter.

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BRIGHT FUTURE COLLEGE

Regina's pov

No freaking way ,this has to be a dream ,none of that happened right ,it's just a dream ,I will wake up from .

Desmond didn't dress handsomely in blue ,no he didn't bring me breakfast ,it's my mind playing tricks ,he can't be my soulmate ,oh Regina why are you ignoring ,this isn't a dream ,it's real , Desmond is my soulmate.

*I am cursed *I subconsciously tightened my hold on the poor pencil wrecking it ,it drew me out of my thoughts but not just me but the whole class .

"Miss Jones ,is there something you would like to share with the class?" Miss Donna, the financial accounting teacher asked with a smug smile on her face .

She's a beautiful young vibrant lady in her late twenties ,she has a really hard face and it scares me .

"No ma'am , sorry for distracting others ," I apologized and clamped my head down to my book and focused on what Miss Donna was saying .

"Mr Cole won't be attending class today for Business strategy so he has assigned me to drop this assignment for you all ," she says passing around a blue booklet .

Immediately she placed it on my table ,I opened it and scanned through ,it wasn't something hard anyways ,but the last request made my stomach rumble to my hearing .

"An interview with a popular business tycoon ,I blurted out and Miss Donna turned to me .

"Yes, an interview with a popular business tycoon. Have a problem with that ,Miss Jones ,she asked and I shook my head. It would be embarrassing if I said yes .

"You submit it on my desk by next Monday , leaving you guys with five days , sorry it's the little Mr Cole could get ,'' she says, arranging her books before exiting the class. The students went wild , dividing in groups to talk about who they wanted to interview and ways to go about it,since it was a free period .

Worry filled my soul ,dad was out of the country this freaking morning and wouldn't be back in two weeks time ,who was I supposed to run to now .

Desmond ,of course not ,I have no idea how I am even going to face him knowing he is my soulmate,but on a second note he hasn't kissed me yet which means I still have hope.

"Hmm looks like someone is going to have a problem with the assignment ",that annoying bitchy voice rang in my ears and I looked up to see Vera Howard ,I hate this girl,hate is an understatement .

Vera Howard , she's Desmond's cousin , and a two faced bitch , always been rude to me since highschool and pretends to be nice at family gatherings,now she attends the same college as me ,I would have thought she was doing this to pester my life ,but her cousin owns it ,it's a better explanation for her to be here, she's clearly a dumb brain and a big bully .

"And who told you so ,"I retorted, glaring at her .

"Oh don't get aggressive little kitty ",she says in a fake calm voice trying to touch me but I slap her hand away .

"Why don't you just f*ck off b*tch ,"I cursed and the class gasped ,not like I care , that's what she loves doing , making me look bad in front of everyone at every given opportunity.

"Calm down Gina ,see everyone I told you she's a psychopath hiding under the shade of her father ",she says, making my blood boil.

"Ooooooh ,ahhhhhhhh!!!! ",the stupid students exclaimed, causing her to laugh triumphantly.

She turned to me and smiled ,"Now that daddy is out of town who's going to help the little kitty get her assignments done ,it would be a shame if she has to fail ,'' she mocked and everyone laughed .

I got up and left the class angrily ,else I would have to smashed her empty head on all the desk ,but she was right ,who would help me with my assignment now that dad was overseas , Desmond wasn't even an option anymore ,I was pretty sure Vera would run to him for assistance ,but I also had to try my luck ,it would be a good comeback if Desmond helped me at the end of the day ,it a 20% chance that I am willing to take...