Dealing with a maniac

(Sterling’s POV)

“Son,”

Please Lord, don’t let it be him. I turn to see who it is and there he is, staring at me with a faint smile on his face. Oh well, he looks considerably pale and if one doesn’t look closely, they won’t see it.

“Mr. Damien, how can I help you?”

“Sterling, you can’t obviously still be referring to me by that name, can you?”

“Well, you lost the right to the word ‘father or dad’ a long time ago. Now, as you can see, I was on my way out, what do you want?”

“What I want? What I want is to talk to my son, is that too much to ask for?’

“Yes, that is too much to ask for; anyway, you have outdone yourself this time,”

“You didn’t even bother to introduce me to your guest,” my dad said, and looked at Phoenix.

“I don’t think that there is a need for that but I will let her be the judge of that. Phoenix, go ahead,”

“Good evening sir, my name is Phoenix Mills, CEO of PHOENIX CORP. but I’m already sure you know that. Anyway, it is nice to meet you, sir. Sterling talks about you a lot,”

“Does he now? Well, I am sure that it is not in a good way,”

“Oh well, I can’t comment on that; you’d have to ask him,” Phoenix said, smilingly lightly.

“Mr. Damien, it’s been nice meeting you again but we have got to go. We have something important to do right now. Goodbye.”

“I will call you sometime so we can have a talk,” my dad said, trying to cozy up to me. Tsk, such a pathetic attempt.

“Don’t even bother,” I gave him a stern look that said ‘back off’ and left with Phoenix.

On the way back to my house, a lot went through my mind and how best to deal with the situation at hand. Should I just put an end to her or something? Immediately I parked my car, I became livid with this so called Brianna of a girl. I didn’t even wait for Phoenix to get down from the car before entering the house and looking for the she-devil.

“Brianna!! Where are you?” I called and called but no one was answering. I was about calling her name again when Rex came walking down the stairs.

“Oh, boss, you are back,”

“Where is she?”

“She is in the nursery?”

“What did you say?”

“The nursery, that’s where she is,”

“And you let her in there?”

“I tried to stop her but she threatened to post about the pregnancy online and I knew how huge of a problem that will be and so I let; and I let her in just now,”

“She said this and you didn’t think it wise or necessary to call me?”

“I’m sorry boss; I will accept my punishment,”

“Oh you will; after I’m done fixing this mess. Get out of my way immediately!”

For pete’s sake, can’t he just do something or anything right? I left Rex standing there like a stranded puppy and went into the nursery and there she was—hugging the teddy bear while ransacking the cabinets for whatever it was.

“Stop whatever it is you are doing right now,”

“And who will stop me, you?” she said, sizing me from top down to the bottom—the audacity.

“You have a very limited time before your truth is exposed for the whole world to see and you see that stunt you pulled earlier, never try it again. Now, hand over the phone,” I am sure my veins are popping out of my head right now because I am livid.

“And why should I do that, huh; just because you said so. You may be the big bad wolf out there and yes, I am well aware of the things you are capable of but that doesn’t mean you get to treat I and our unborn child with utter disrespect,”

“You still have the nerves to talk back at me? What do you think you are trying to do, give me moral lessons?” I was about slapping her when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to see who it and it was none other than Phoenix, looking at me with a blank expression and behind her was Denzel and Olivia. I looked at Phoenix again before calming down a bit and then stared hard at Brianna like some predator and I could see that under all that tough façade, she was scared of me and that is exactly what I wanted. I heaved a sigh and took a step back.

This woman will not be the reason why the devil in me is let loosed this evening—this is just a petty matter to let it escalate.

(Phoenix POV)

All the way back home, I could see that Sterling wasn’t in a good mood. Starting from seeing Allen, his dad and then this strange woman—it was hard on him and all through the ride home, I didn’t utter a word and it was evident that he was indeed mad with anger when he got and left me behind without looking back to see if I was coming or not.

Now, looking at him talk to this strange woman, I realized that the big bad wolf in him that everyone feared could have done something drastic without even saying a word to her because of that stunt she pulled earlier. So him standing here and talking to her was a sign that he was trying so hard to control himself from doing anything damaging to his reputation and I had to step in quickly. I wasn’t done thinking within me when I caught a slight movement in his hands and I knew that he was either going to slap her or punch the baby out of her—I am not even sure that there is even a baby in there.

I looked at him with a blank expression on my face and sighed inwardly before walking up to the strange Brianna of a woman.

“Brianna darling, if I were you, I wouldn’t risk a gadget I could get anytime to my life. This is not a threat but if you want to see it as such, you are free to think whatever you want and I won’t stop you. Now, quietly hand over the phone to me without putting up a fight. Look, I’m not as very lenient as Sterling is to give you several warnings,” I looked at her intently without so much as an expression on my face. Still looking at her, I spoke to Denzel,“ Denzel, please, get the phone from her and if she struggles, handle her,”

If she has any regards for the life in her, she won’t struggle and surprising enough, she didn’t struggle with Denzel.

“I don’t know how you are going to do it, Denzel but I want that post taken down immediately, I also want her phone thoroughly searched and when you are done, return the phone to me and I will give it back to her. And as for you, you are doing great, Brianna, we just have a few things to run over so we can get this long night over with,” I said, but this time around with an evil smirk on my face.

“What more do you want from me?”

“You will leave this house tonight and you will stay in a place I will provide for you. You will be guarded 24/7 until you give birth and no, your guards won’t be people you can easily distract. Trust me, your remaining 2 months will be a living hell if you don’t cooperate before you give birth. I am telling you, it is either you confess willingly as to who set you up or you face the consequences of your actions and if by any means you do give birth and the child doesn’t belong to Sterling, you’ll be slammed with a lot of law suits and I for one really hope that if it gets to that stage, you have enough money to attend to those law suits but if Sterling is responsible for the baby, I will make sure that he pays for all the damages caused. Now, while I make arrangements for your new home for the next 2 months, I’d like you to leave this room and stay in the guest room provided for you,” I said, while watching her contemplate on what to do.

“Why are you threatening me and what makes you think that all I have said here are lies?”

“I won’t say anymore but I will say just this one thing; think whatever you want, it will be your own cross to bear. Kindly leave this room,”

I watched her leave and then turn to Sterling with my poker expression still on.

“Damn, talking too much these days makes me hungry. I need food and I need it urgently and I also need to get out of this dress,” I said, leaving his gawking at me like an alien. I know that he is surprise by my sudden change of moods but who cares; I am exhausted and need a warm bathe ASAP!

(Denzel POV)

Watching Phoenix handle the situation was so hot! Apart from Olivia, I don’t think I have witness anything as hot and intense as this—she really is a badass and she totally compliments Sterling. Deleting the post won’t be hard and it will make the netizens reason with two options in mind; either she lied about the pregnancy and being in Sterling’s house or she was forced by Sterling to rake it down because she is telling the truth.

I’m not bothered about this whole scandal and what not because I know the truth and I just have to watch this Brianna of a girl like a hawk until she gives birth and I can’t wait to slam her with law suits.

I deleted the post. Check her contacts for everything evidence I could find and found deleted call logs to Lisa Myers. Whoever this Lisa was, she could be anyone to her and seeing that the calls were deleted, re-tasking the cell towers and getting the recordings of the calls will be almost impossible if not impossible but I am most happy that we have some form of evidence.

I will have to call Olivia right now to get the apartment ready as soon as possible. I dialed her number and she picked up almost immediately.

“Babe, where are you? I couldn’t find you in the house,”

“Oh, really? I just stepped out to take a breather; nothing serious, what’s up?”

“Yeah, I need you to make some quick apartment arrangements for the strange lady right now,”

“And this was approved by Phoenix?”

“Yeah; we need to move the lady there and keep her there until she gives birth,”

“Okay then, I will make arrangements for one of Phoenix apartment in the B-Class area. It is pretty decent too,”

“Yeah and make sure to get someone do the necessary grocery shopping. As for her outfits, I am sure she came along with some outfits but if she didn’t, then we will do some last minute shopping for her,”

“Sure thing; I will get on it right away,”

“You are a lifesaver. Don’t worry; I’ll repay the favor in kind,”

“Stop being such a pervert, Dee,”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, I hear you. I love you. Bye,”

“I love you too, asshole,”