Fall For Me

Carson’s POV

“She wants to leave, she wants to leave, she can leave for all I care.” I fumed as I walked to my room, shutting the door behind me loudly.

“I took her from that shithole, brought her to my mansion, and gave her the world, she didn’t have to work or struggle for anything and she wants to leave?” I threw a pillow at my window angrily. The disappointment in my chest, I’ve never felt this angry and helpless in a long time. No woman has ever rejected me, they always want to be around me but Valerie keeps pushing me away. Two months already and she is still so mean to me.

Benson opened the door and walked in breaking my chain of thoughts.

“I want to be left alone!” I commanded but he ignored me and walked up to me on the bed.

“Vent your frustrations at me but leave the poor pillow alone” He teased pointing at the pillow.

“It’s so sad man! She was so determined not to let me in. I’m Carson, every woman wants me” I boasted

“She’s a simple lady, she’s not impressed by luxury. Maybe you should spend more time with her, get to know her, show her you are a simple man as well,” Benson advised.

“She wouldn’t let me be around her. I told her to pack her things”

“You are letting her go? You’re giving up already?”

“Yeah, ours is not a fairytale like beauty and the beast. Maybe I’m not meant to have her”

“Ask her to give you one week to get to know you better”

“I’m not begging her for anything anymore, my ego is hurt. I’ve been good to her, I didn’t as much as go to bed with her or something yet she keeps yelling to let her go”

“You don’t mean what you just said, you’re just angry. You didn’t keep her all these while just to let her go so soon”

“Oh please Ben! Why are you so persistent? Someone would think you have a woman in your life” I teased

“Arrgh! Carson, let’s not go there, I’ll get a woman soon, you’ll see.”

“Yeah, go get a woman first then come talk to me” I concluded with a smile playing on my lips. Somehow, he had managed to ease the tension. I grabbed my Macbook and placed it on my lap. Work has always been a good distraction in emotional times.

“Shall I get you something hot for the cold?” Benson asked.

I chuckled at the sentence, “What figure of speech is that? Anyway, get me Whiskey”. He smiled before heading out of the room.

Benson has been the only thing close to family ever since my dad was killed. He has been a friend and a brother, I respect him so much. He’s such a cool guy, not arrogant or proud.

He returned with a bottle of whiskey, a cup of ice, and two glasses. “Voila!” He smiled.

“I don’t remember requesting for a drinking partner, what’s with the second cup” I made a straight face.

“Well, we’ll see” He poured out some whiskey into the two glasses before putting ice in it. He stretched out one glass to me.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“The firm is moving at a steady state this period, Mr. Abnor’s restaurant is doing really well thanks to your PR firm and Mr Lounge has been quiet with his threats for a while. You’ve some good thing going on for you”

“Hmm, thanks, man! Everyone needs a personal assistant that’s always calm and collected.” I drank the whiskey in the glass.”

“Do you want me to speak to Valerie on your behalf?”

“No, let her be”

“Do you love her?” Benson asked. The question came as a shock as I lifted my head slowly to his face. He had a serious expression.

“Of course, why else will I bring her here?”

“That’s not love, it’s Obsession! Love is not forceful” He blurted, my brows creased and a displeasing look sat on my face

“I want her and I get her and make her mine,” I emphasized.

“No, you want her and you hang around her enough to make her want you. You leave her as a free bird but show her so much love she’d want only you. That’s how it works”

“Whatever, I’m meeting with Nash Enterprise tomorrow. They look like they’d need our help a lot. Prepare a good proposal presentation for them. I am interested in 30% shares of their company and they can’t resist my offer”

“No one resists an offer from Carson” He celebrated, I stifled a smile before lowering my head to the system. Benson sat on the bed to check out what I was working on.

“Mr Lounge’s silence is suspicious, get the patrol team to monitor his movement”

“Copy that, boss”

“This upcoming firm looks like it’s really rising fast. They have a good online presence. I don’t want any competition at this point, I need more details on what they offer their client. We need to cut their feathers before they think of growing wings or flying”

“I’d get the marketing team to look into that” He assured. I showed him their site on my system, we explored it together for a while before he stood up to leave.

As soon as he left, my mind went back to Valerie. “Obsession, love! What does it really matter?” I searched for her on my phone and started scrolling through her pictures.

I admired one of the pictures, her dark brown hair complimented her skin and her green eyes glowed like emeralds. The same features that attracted me to her at first. “Do I really want to let her go? Maybe I should take Ben’s advice and ask her for one week to get to know me. No-no, Carson begs no woman. She’d stay here, I’m not letting her go”

“Wait a minute, she’s yet to show up to inform me she’s ready to leave” I thought to myself. I got up and walked briskly to the door.

As I opened the door, a beautiful figure was standing before me. My heart skipped a beat, my jaw dropped, I was speechless for a minute.