Love Against Odds

"What kind of a mother are you, Mom?!" Kiara retorted hitting the dining table "You don't have the right to talk to me like that you ungrateful child"! Mrs. Justine retorted also looking angry as well.

Both mother and daughter sat there staring at each other then Kiara suddenly stood up picking her handbag and left her mom at the dining table and drove out of the house angry at her Mom.

She doesn't understand why her mom keeps pressuring her to get married just because she wants their so-called family business to keep reigning.

She's already working there as the CEO so what else does her mom want from her again?.

The more she thinks about it, the more she gets angry with herself and also regrets being born into a wealthy family.

The only thing her family thinks of is how the family businesses and other companies keep growing and also being put at a higher standard apart from that, putting one's feelings and what he or she wants is no man's business.

Kiara increased her speed and kept driving not knowing where she was heading to.

She finally stopped at a pub and parked her car at the garage before entering the pub to have a glass of drink and also put those annoying thoughts aside for a while.

She sat down quietly with her eyes closed with her mind somewhere else..... "Miss, what can I offer you?" A voice said gently to her.

Kiara opened her eyes slowly and looks in the direction the voice came from.

One of the attendants stood by her beaming with smiles with a tray in his hand.

He was surprised to see such a good-looking lady in their pub and from the look of things, the lady sitting in Infront of him looked like someone from a well-to-do family because her appearance could tell it all.

"What can I offer you please"? He asked again and smiled at Kiara but Kiara sat there looking at the attendant who stood there waiting patiently to take her order...

"Get me a bottle of red wine" Kiara finally said after keeping the attendant waiting. "Okay," he said and left Kiara's table to get the red wine she ordered for.

Kiara sat there staring at the man who just turned his back to her... "Since when did I start behaving like this Kiara?!" She asked herself and shook her head severally and took her eyes off him.

The man came back within a few minutes holding the red wine along with a glass on the tray he held earlier...

he placed the wine and the glass down and asked "you mind if I pour it out for you?" and Kiara nodded with her eyes fixed on him. "Am done.. please if you need anything else please call.

I will attend to you" he said and smiled at Kiara again and left... "What on earth!... Who is he?" She whispered to herself and took the glass of wine and sip a little.

She realized how good it taste so she quickly poured it all into her mouth and poured out another glass again then did the same as she did to the first one.

She finished the bottle of wine within a few minutes and then ordered another one again.

Not knowing, the bar attendant stood afar and watched Kiara finishing all the bottles of wine she/he sent to her.

He wondered what was going on with her and which made her drink that much.

"Why am I thinking about a total stranger who just walked in today? Besides whatever that is bothering her, am sure she will sort it out" ...

he whispered to himself and kept doing what he was doing earlier..... It was already past eight late in the evening and Kiara was still at the pub looking drunk and helpless also.

Everyone has left the pub and just a few people were left still drinking.

The attendant was done for the day and ready to walk out from the pub then saw the lady he attended to earlier was still around looking drunk.

At first, he didn't want to approach her and ask her to leave since the pub will be closed soon but looking at the state in which she is, he wondered if the lady will be able to go home by herself.

"Miss, the pub will be closed soon why don't you go home and return tomorrow? he asked but Kiara didn't mind him then tried getting up but couldn't.

She tried getting up again and was about to fall then the guy held her tightly "careful" he warned then Kiara started laughing suddenly...

"Do you know who I am before you hold me that way?" Kiara asked him then pulled herself away from him "I can walk?"

She said again and started walking towards the door while he followed her from behind...

Kiara managed to get to her car and brought out her car keys and opened the door and sat down while starting the engine of the car but he quickly took the car keys from her getting Kiara pissed off.

"What the hell are you doing?.. give me my car keys!" Kiara demanded "it's not safe to drink and drive lady and looking at how drunk you are, you can't drive," he said to her.

Kiara became stunned by what he said but that didn't change her mind rather got more pissed off "who the hell are you to tell me what to do?..give me my keys now!" She demanded again getting out of the car...

"Don't mess around with me here...if you don't want to get into my list of hates, just handle back the car keys to me!" Kiara retorted again but he stood there looking at Kiara who was getting angry...

He maintained standing there looking at Kiara with a smirk on his face.

He wondered why a beautiful, elegant lady will be having such an aura around her even tho she was drunk.

"Okay fine.. I will only give the car keys to you when you are better from this drunk state so.. am gonna drive you home deal?".

He said looking at Kiara waiting for how she will react to what he just said to her. " who the hell are you to strike a deal with me huh.. do you know who I am? Kiara asked angrily

"I can buy your stupid bar in Just a twinkle of an eye, okay so stop messing around with me"...

she added but the bar attendant ignored all that she said and place her in the back seat and sat down before starting the engine of the car and saying "we will talk about that when you get home safely Miss".

He drove out of the garage asking "where do you live?" he asked Kiara "I don't know stranger!" Kiara answered and laughed as if she jus saw something funny " I thought you know where I stay that's why you boldly took the keys from me!" she added and closed her eyes pretending to be sleeping.

"if you don't tell me where you live how do I take you home?" he asked her but no reply came.

he looks through the mirror and saw her fast asleep " oh god... what kind of lady is this.. she's so arrogant!" she/he whispered to himself and kept driving.

After driving for a while he decided to check through Kiara's bag and then found her phone in it.

he took it and went through the contact and decided to call the number saved 'homie'... "Hey, babes what's up with you" Erica yield as soon as she answered the call. " umm... sorry this is not her.." He answered, "who are you and how come you are the one answering Kiara's call?"

Erica asked worriedly " please there's no time for that... I called because I don't know where your friend's house is so I need you to assist me with it so that I can take her home," he said, " what!? I hope she's fine?"...

Erica asked again "yes she is but she's drunk so I need to take her to bed so kindly give me directions to her house" he added waiting patiently for her to give her the address to Kiara's house...

Erica gave the address to him and ask him to send Kiara home safely as soon as possible...

After an hour of driving, the bar attendant arrived in Infront of a big mansion and looking at the address he was given, that's where he needs to take Kiara to...

The mansion was made of glass decor and everything about the mansion was just beautiful...

he drove silently inside the mansion and packed the car in the garage and to his amazement, other expensive cars were packed there...

"This is a wealthy home from the look of things" he whispered to himself bringing out Kiara from the car.

A maid came out of the mansion and went to the garage to help the person who brought their boss home... one of the maids in the living room led them to Kiara's room so that she can be put to bed before anything else was done.

The bar attendant placed Kiara on the bed gently and took off her shoes before pulling the cover clothes on her.

Tardily he was done, he looked around the room and admired the luxurious things in it before going out of Kiara's room.

He went downstairs and handled the keys to the maid who came out to meet them and asked to leave since his job was done.

As soon as he asked to leave, Erica arrived also to check on her bestie and see who also brought her home " you must be the one who brought her home"

Erica said as soon as she saw him "yeah... I got to leave now am already late she's fine so don't worry about her" he added and turned to leave "thanks for bringing her home safely..I hope she didn't drink too much".....

Erica asked " well she took four bottles of wine just this afternoon and from the way she was behaving I think she's going through something so you need to keep an eye on her else she will do worse"

he said "okay thanks again... one of the maids will see you off," Erica said and headed towards Kiara's room.

The bar attendant smiled and then left also... Erica came into Kiara's room and saw her fast asleep so she decided not to disturb her.

she place her bag down and went to the washroom to get a wet towel to wipe Kiara's face with it. "why will she have so much wine I hope all is well with her"

Erica whispered to herself and went back to the Washroom to dumb the towel...

she decided to spend the night there so that she can keep a close watch on Kiara when she came around.

Kiara woke up the following morning and realized she was in bed and also at her house.

she can't remember coming home last night so how did she get home and also on her bed?

She tried remembering what happened to her but she could only remember having some argument with a stranger and that gave her a headache.

she stood up from the bed and went to her washroom to wash down...

Erica entered Kiara's room and realized she was already awake so she left the cup of coffee on the table and sat down to sip hers.

Kiara came out from the washroom and saw her bestie sitting in her room while sipping coffee ...

"what on earth are you doing here this morning," Kiara asked her throwing her towel on the bed "taking care of a drunk lady who couldn't drive home last night"

she said and continued sipping her coffee knowing perfectly well what she just said was going to raise some argument between them "Are you now trolling at me really" she said putting her hand at her waist

" I'm not trolling at you..telling you the fact" Erica clapped back at her waiting for the worse to come "oh I see.. my headaches so I won't waste my time arguing with you"...

"How did I get home yesterday?" Kiara asked and took the coffee from the table " You're now asking me how you got home? I wished you were sold out for getting drunk like you don't have a head on your body"

Erica said with a smirk on her face "shut the crap you dummy" Kiara retorted "who was that guy who brought you home?" Erica asked her looking curious "what! a guy?"

Kiara retorted again "yeah you heard me" " oh I even forgot you were so drunk even driving became a problem for you so how will you know who brought you home?" ...

Erica scolded "so from what are you saying if you were not the one who brought me home who did?" "your father you dumb sell"...

Erica said to her and stood up "I can remember I argued with a guy last night but... no wait did that person bring me home?"...

She suddenly remembered looking amazed "oh yeah he did... he even brought you to your room that's why you ended up on your bed" Erica answered "what the heck does he think he is to come to my house and even enter my room without my permission"

Kiara said getting pissed off already "Relax... nothing happened okay. that kind stranger brought you home safely when you got drunk last night so there's no need to panic"...

"oh god, I can't believe some filthy hands touched me ewwww so disgusting" Kiara blurted out looking carefully at herself "Kiara really?... is that how to talk ill about someone who just helped you out?"...

Erica asked not looking pleased with Kiara's words "oh please spare that... how could you allow some classless person to hold me"

Kiara retorted getting Erica speechless "don't be an ungrateful bitch girlfriend... you better go out there and thank that stranger"

Erica told her heading towards the washroom " hell no.

I ain't doing such thing" she said while standing in front of the mirror to check if everything was okay with her "thank God nothing happened to me"

she whispered and left herself on the bed not knowing Erica saw what she did "You're such a crazy fellow" she told her Kiara took one of her pillows and throw it at Erica but she was quick to avoid the pillow from hitting her ...

"I hate you" Kiara spilled out " I know girlfriend but you know what, I love you as hell," Erica said and laughed "ahh so annoying"...

Erica left for work after spending time with her bestie to take care of some matters at the office since Kiara couldn't do that.

Kiara also stayed in bed all day looking bored and tired at the same time.

Her food was brought to her in her room but she couldn't eat much because her mom's words were eating her up and needed to find solutions to stop all this drama that was going on between them.

she needed time for herself before venturing into anything that will be stressing her cause she wouldn't want to argue with her mother again.

"I'm tired of everything. why can't I live in peace?" she asked herself and took in a deep breathe "well it is what it is so I just have to handle it my way"

she added and stood up from the bed and went downstairs. " mam, please your car keys" one of the maids who was keeping her car key brought it to her and left.

Kiara looked at the car keys for a while and dropped them on the table close to her and left without taking them along with her "I must look for that stranger tonight and pump some sense into his head.

who the hell does he think he is to drive my car to the extent of entering my home?"

Kiara became furious all of a sudden as soon as she remembered all that happened last night at the bar... Erica came back from work and asked one of the maids where Kiara was and she was informed Kiara was in her study room.

she thank the maid and went straight to the study room to see how she was doing "Hey little dumbbell..." Erica said as soon as she entered the study room while leaving herself on the sofa "oh gosh am so tired.

I feel I need some massages" she said and giggled "Go get one" Kiara answered with a straight face "geez, what's up with that look on your face"

Erica said when she saw the face Kiara made "Nothing" "Nothing? you don't look cheerful what's bothering you" She said sitting straight "It's nothing just some slight headache" Kiara answered...