Yours, Never Again

Eloise’s pov

Right now, I should not think of this contract as a writer, I am a businesswoman before I am a writer if not before but I need to think like a businesswoman now. Victor can’t be too serious about having sex with me as payment.

I have never had sex before, he probably doesn’t know about this, I even doubt if the girls know. Sam and I were not close enough to that. We were just normal friends before his proposal, nothing more.

I am happy I didn’t sleep with him, I would be sadder if he took advantage of me to that extent. He put my company in jeopardy, and took all the money in the business account, imagine if he slept with me too.

I have not dated any other guy, I dated Victor for like an hour. Don’t laugh at me please, it counts.

FLASHBACK

Rose hired a therapist for me so I could overcome my addiction and she was quite supportive. That made us bridge our gap. Tory knew Rose could not handle me on her own, so she handed me over to David when she was going.

I got over everything all thanks to Tory, Rose, David, Leslie, and Victoria. I buried myself in work and got promoted to an editor after three months. I worked as an editor in charge of the temporary freelance writers for another three months before I quit.

Just then Sam left Hills magazine too, so I scouted him since he was a senior editor at the Hills. The two of us started Silverberg with my investments and I was paying him for his services. Leslie graduated from college already and she joined us.

The three of us were determined to make Silverberg the best. Victoria and David were always throwing parties and I wonder how their grades are perfect.

They invited me and Leslie to a mini slumber party they were throwing. After we closed the office, Sam asked us where we were heading and we told him.

He asked if he could tag along and we agreed. He followed us to David’s place. I put in the passcode to the door and we got in. Victoria and David were already in their costumes.

“Understanding you guys is difficult,” I said to them and I hugged Victoria and I did a bro shake with David.

“Don’t try to.” David laughed. “Hi Leslie, I just talked to your man. Who is the guy behind you?”

“Oh him, he is Sam. The chief editor at my company, Sam these are my friends, Victoria and David,” I introduced them.

“It’s nice to meet you,’ He said to them.

“Same here bruv, try to be casual around us,” David encouraged him.

“I think you boys should do some bonding while you get the sleeping bags,” Victoria suggested but that sounded like a command.

“What do you girls get to do then?” David whined.

“We will set the snacks, now get going and take your time,” Victoria chased them away.

“I don’t see Chan and Faith here, why?” I asked them.

“Faith is pregnant, she is close to childbirth that’s why they didn’t come,” Leslie replied.

“How am I just knowing this now?” I cried.

“I thought you knew, don’t you read texts from the group chats? We didn’t know she was pregnant, we found out recently,” Victoria said. “She went abroad immediately she knew she was pregnant,”

“I have never seen her use her phone for anything except to receive calls. She always uses her laptop for all she does, weird soul,” Leslie said.

“We are going to meet Anderson and Victor for summer, do you guys want to tag along?”

“I will pass. I am actually very busy, aren’t we?” I asked Leslie. I don’t think I can face Victor.

“I have not seen my boyfriend in a year, I need to tag along,” She replied to me.

“If I asked you not to go then I will be a wicked boss,” I said to Leslie and I faced Victoria. “How long are you guys spending?”

“A month,”

“I will be sure to get you guys birth control pills, studying while being pregnant is hard, I had a pregnant course mate, it wasn’t easy for her, and don’t act like you and David don’t have sex,”

“How did you know that?” I guess my knowledge about it took her surprise but trust me they were so obvious.

“Leslie isn’t it obvious?” I asked Leslie.

“Yes, it is. The only reason David is still alive is that your brother doesn’t know,” Leslie told her.

“Are you saying my brother would be against us?”

“Whose brother likes to see his sister shag his wildest friend? I made Anderson ask him what would be his reaction if David was sleeping with you,”

“You did a good job hinting him,”

“My Anderson told me he said, it can’t happen but if it happens he is sure going to kill David,”

“That’s enough girls, just make sure you guys don’t get caught and don’t get pregnant, not just yet,” I said to them.

“Yes ma’am,” They chorused and we all laughed.

“Let’s arrange the snacks before the boys come here,” Victoria said and we arranged it.

***

I went to the bathroom to do my routine, then I made some food for myself. I picked up my phone while I saw eating, I saw that I missed Victor’s call ten times.

What does he want this time? I called him back and he picked up the call on the first ring.

“Why do you have a godamn phone when you won’t be using it?” He yelled.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Why are you yelling at me?”

“What if it was an emergency?” He was practically yelling again.

“I was in the bathroom and I don’t understand why you are still yelling at me. I am hanging up if you don’t have anything to say,”

“Wait!,”

“What?”

“Chan told me that Sam’s movement has been spotted,”

“Has he been caught?”

“No, but his chances of leaving this city are Zero. He might come looking for you, lock your doors well, change your passcode and put my number on speed dial so you can call me immediately, Incase anything happens.”

“Why should I do all of these?”

“You are a stubborn woman. Please do as I say. It’s for your sake and stops questioning me,”

“Drop the sexual payment clause in the contract first,”

“Fine, be sure to text me,” I hung up immediately and said that. I won’t text him, if he wants to text he should text me first.

Victor’s pov

I asked the housekeepers to come in today to clean my house. I have been so busy that I didn’t call them in, my mom’s ball is tonight.

How did that skip my mind? The wine I took. My mom’s a good drinker and it was the same for dad. Joseph, Jacob, and Victoria are good drinkers too. I will get to see Joe and Jake tonight. Joe is my first brother, Joseph and Jake is my second brother Jacob.

Jacob is married to Cecilia already and they have two girls. The rest of us are single. Eloise is going to the ball with me tonight whether she likes it or not.

My phone rang and I picked it up. My phone has been ringing too many times this week.

“What’s up, man?”

“We have got leads on El’s fiancé, he’s no ordinary guy. He is a wanted con artist, who doesn’t get scared of getting caught because he always escapes. Sam Owens.”

“Thanks, man,” How did she get involved with this guy? She is not gullible, this Owens guy just has his ways.

“Warn El, we are blocking his ways to leave the state, he could return to harm her if he notices that we are obstructing him,”

“I will just do that,” He hung up and I called Eloise to inform her and as usual she acted like I was disturbing her and she got me to cancel a clause on the contract.

I forgot to remind her about the ball again, I ordered a dress plus shoes and I put a note in it. What did I write in the note?

“Miss Keys, Tonight is the ball, since we canceled the sexual payment we agreed on, I didn’t send the lingerie and the dress I had in mind. I doubt you will need any underwear in the dress I sent,

Love, Victor,”

I wrote that in my finest handwriting and I attached it to the boxed dress and shoes, then I called in a courier service to deliver it to her place. Brilliant right, I know. I can’t wait to see her tonight.