Chapter 3 Got Engaged

Katherine's POV

I was in the kitchen preparing Fufu and Egwusi soup, a very sumptuous and delicious African delicacy for a client of mine that serene evening, when suddenly, Chioma screamed out loud, from the sitting room, forcing me to run out of the kitchen, with a spatula in my right hand.

"What is it?", I asked as soon as I got into the sitting room, I'm very sure my eyes were widened in shock, the scream was loud enough to cause panicking, and probably heart failures for people with heart issues.

Chioma turned back to look at me and then back to the television. Apparently, she was watching the television, a programme was going on, an entertainment programme.

I sighed deeply, it was a sigh of relief when I found out, nothing had gone wrong.

"Have you gone nuts? Why would you scream out that way?", I asked, looking at her, not even minding whatever that was going on in the television.

Chioma ignored my question and just glued her eyes to the television, her hands were cupped over her mouth.

"Come on, aren't you seeing that?", she finally asked, pointing at the television and slowly, I turned my gaze towards it.

*** ... has today at the Lagos Bar Beach, proposed to his sweetheart and hearthrob, the talented fast rising actress, Belinda Nzeike.

"Oh my! Can you see that Sister Kathie? My two idols just got engaged. I love them both together, I love them", she said and began blowing them kisses.

I snorted, then bursted into laughter. What kind of a... should I say maniac or freak is this? That is Chioma for you, she is just too obsessed with these so called idols of hers, Kelly and Belinda.

Well, as for me, I can never be obsessed with a human, I can only appreciate and admit the fact that you are good at what you do, but to be obsessed with you, calling you my idol, nah, it's a no no for me.

Yeah, Kelly is one hell of a handsome actor, promising and talented, and so is Belinda, well, if the world says they are good together, then they are good together. Who am I to oppose it?

"Woah! Sis, it seems Elena didn't tell you about this", Chioma said, trying so very hard to divert her full attention from the television, to me.

I frowned, disrespect, this was a total disrespect to me, but anyways, I didn't mind.

"Tell me what?", I asked, adjusting my apron.

"About the proposal huh. She is your friend you know, your closest friend", she said.

I rolled my eyes.

"Thank God you said closest friend, and not best friend", I said and made to leave.

"Well, I know Elena to always feed you with stuffs concerning her brother, things I'm sure she tells no other except you. I expected she should have told you about the proposal", Chioma said and finally looked away from the television, she was now looking at me.

I sighed, this sister of mine must be too pork nosing, and meddling into people's affairs.

Well, Elena Gregg is my friend in college, same department, same course, and she is also the one and only sibling to Kelly, the handsome actor.

Chioma is actually right, Elena tells me virtually everything that goes on with her brother, which she never tell to others. We aren't best friends though, but we are very close, and Elena, she is a kind of a humble girl, despite being a celebrity's sister, she really doesn't show off.

Actually I didn't even know she was his sister at the first time our friendship clicked, she told me and I didn't believe, not until she showed me pictures and videos of them together, and not only that, they shared the same surname, I then had to believe.

Since then, she has been telling me things concerning him, things he plans to do, movies he is shooting or working on, and even the way he flirts with the older ladies in the industry, but not until he met Belinda.

Hahaha, I remember she even told me about them, he and Belinda, when their relationship newly started, but seriously as for this proposal part, I was never aware, she didn't tell me.

I sighed deeply.

"Well, she told me nothing, and it's none of your business whether she did or not", I replied her and began walking away.

"Hmmm", she mouthed.

"Do not scream out like that again, or I break that little head of yours with this spatula", I called back at her and she laughed.

I hurried into the kitchen, hoping my food hasn't burnt up.

Well, I am a medical student and a chef, I make deliveries to people who are interested in patronizing me, and hey, it isn't weird, I am doing that to support myself in school.

Jasmine's POV

I was kind of shocked to the bones seeing the internet buzzing, and going haywired with this proposal something, Belinda's. Ahhh, I felt pained although, a little pained, everyone, virtually everyone was talking about it.

"Hmm, like I can't believe this. So Kelly is very much in love with her, to the extent of engaging her?", I wondered aloud, still looking into my phone and Cynthia, a colleague sitting next to me, turned to look at me, then she bursted into laughter.

"What do you mean by very much in love with her?", she asked, "he loves her and that was why he went into a relationship with her in the first place", she said.

I made a face, that was an illusion to me.

"You think so?", I asked and she snorted.

"I know so, come on".

I shook my head in disagreement.

"Cynthia, don't you think he can go into a relationship with her not for the sake of love, but just to flirt?", I asked.

"Well, think ok? Not that that was what he did anyway, we only think", she grimaced.

I sighed deeply and drifted into thinking. Like seriously, why must Kelly engage her now, like why now? Look the way everyone is gushing about it, like is she the only celebrity to be so much talked about? Ahh!

Cynthia turned to me, noticing how deeply I sat thinking.

"Thinking of what next to do?", she asked and I hissed out loudly.

"Jasmine, don't you think you should slow down a bit with the way you go about this? You just joined the industry you know? You possibly can't outdo her", she said and I instantly went green with anger.

"Is that jealousy speaking through you?", I asked and she shook her head in befuddlement.

"What do you mean?", her eyes flickering as she asked.

"Ok old hag in the industry, I think it's time for you to leave my house", I said, ignoring her question.

"What? Old hag?", she questioned in disbelief.

"Yes, you heard me right. Cynthia or whatever you are called, are you jealous I only just joined the industry and I'm already making waves more than you are?", I asked and she was so astonished, it was written all over her.

"Are you referring to me?", she bawled and got up.

"No, I'm referring to your ass. Yeah, everyone keeps on telling me I only just joined the industry, I only just joined the industry. What is it? Yeah, I joined and so? Aren't I already taking the carpet off the feet of old hags like you?...".

"Jasmine?", Cynthia interrupted, her eyes were filled with so much astonishment.

"All you old ladies know how to do is flirt around with the big guys and hot bodies", I continued lambasting her.

"You bitch", she said walking up to me, and in a flash raised up her hand to land a slap on my cheek, I immediately got up and caught her hand mid air.

"You dare not, you are in my house", I said to her.

She fumed and forcefully released her hand from my grip.

"You would pay for this", she growled, grabbed her bag from the sofa and walked away.

I derogatorily watched her as she left, then I hissed and sat down.

"Hmm, Belinda, always trying to outdo me", I murmured to myself.

Well, that was true. I joined the industry about a year ago, I started partnering with Belinda, always starring together in movies and that was how I became known.

But inspite of everything, I noticed Belinda would never let me do things a celebrity would ordinarily do, she was always coming in my way and spoiling my chances to shine, always in a competition with me, now, it's her stupid engagement with Kelly, this is the biggest blow and has been bursting my brain since I found out. I didn't know what to do.

I sat up and decided to go get myself a glass of juice from the kitchen. I got to the kitchen and straight to the refrigerator, opened it and took out a pack of Exotic juice, I got a glass and poured a little into it.

I was about transferring the juice into my mouth when suddenly it struck, an idea came in and I smiled mischievously.