One Night With Mr Braxton

” I don’t even know why I bothered engaging in this stupidity. Give me the keys to my studio.” Emma demanded, sporting a disgusted countenance.

” What studio?” Colton tried to understand what she was getting at but came up blank.

” Oh help me God, I’m about to kill some” Emma grumbled underneath her breath before being cut off by him.

” You meet the apartment I funded so you could go about your little business? ” He asked with a knowing smirk, happy that he could finally regain his stand. He had almost forgotten that little piece of information.

” Yes.. I believe you have a spare key belonging to me, so kindly hand it over while I’m being nice.”

” Now why would I do that? Last I checked you had a copy of the keys too. ” Colton inserted his hands in his pockets. He was getting tired of their exchange.

” Because giving you those keys isn’t safe anymore. Your, dare I say, adorable fiance is getting her hands on by designs and I need it to stop.” She said with clenched teeth and wondering if he was doing all of this to rile her up. If that was the case, he was succeeding and she was at the verge of losing it.

She just wanted to head over there and retire for the day before thinking about her next course of action. She was finally of age and was legally in control of her life. One of the perks she was happy to explore about her new age.

” I’m sorry to disappoint you but I lost those keys a while ago. Believe me, I have nothing to do with the supposed leaked designs. ”

” You lost them?! How could you lose them?!” Emma was growing berserk. For both their sakes, she hoped she’d heard wrongly.

” Are you seriously going to make me keep apologizing? I’m a busy man, Emma. I can’t keep up with these back and forths with you.”

Emma resisted the urge to laugh at his face. Apparently, he thought she was throwing a fit- which she was but he interpreted for wrong reasons. She was about to set him straight though.

” It’s either you produce that key or they get to know about your extracurricular activities. And believe me when I say I’ve got evidence.”

Colton was caught off guard by the sudden change of events. Emma. Little, kind and lovely Emma was actually threatening…him?

He never imagined such a day coming. They were always in tune and the sudden change was honestly mind blowing. Could she have actually fallen out of love for him? Was it as a result of Talia? Could she really make do on her threats or was she just being vindictive?

Millions of thoughts swirled through Colton’s mind space which got him confused and disoriented. A feeling he detested with everything. He enjoyed being in control. He needed to be in control but in this case, he saw himself gradually losing control.

And to who? To the very girl he’d managed to train into becoming a part time submissive. She was cornering him and he didn’t appreciate the feeling. It was only a moment before he exploded himself.

” You don’t mean that, baby. We both know that.” He reiterated, reached out to her but was so scornfully rejected. Angered, he began. ” What is your problem?! I’ve done everything and yet you have refused to see reason with me! What? I’m engaged to Talia and so what? You have no right whatsoever to meddle in my affairs.”

” Your affairs? Finally some truth in that forsaken mouth of yours! Try again now, this time around, about the key card so I can be on my merry way out.”

Colton was furious. He hated women who were stubborn. So far Emma had successfully been incorporated into the sort of people who he was desperate to neutralize. Desperate to demoralize and set in motion the little ways he performed exorcism from such uncouth behaviours. She was no doubt becoming too hot to handle and it wasn’t sitting well with him.

” You want some truth? Here it is! Talia is carrying my unborn child! Yes. She gave me what you couldn’t and it was so good I’m desperate to marry her.” He goaded, aiming to wound. ” You know what Emma? Maybe if you actually let loose and gave me what I needed, we wouldn’t be in this situation and I wouldn’t need to get out in search of it! ”

” She definitely didn’t satiate you if you’re still busy whoring around! Are you even satiable? I still don’t understand what business my design’s got to do with all of your bullshit.”

” Oh it has a lot to do with it. It was obvious you wouldn’t amount to anything so why not hand it over to my darling wife to make proper use of it?”

Emma was struggling. Word after word she saw herself at the verge of losing her sanity. Talia was carrying his child?

” She isn’t your wife yet.” She gritted, choosing not to say a word as regards to his other statement. ” Hand over the keys or she would never be.”

” You must think you have some sort of power. What makes you think she’ll believe you over me? And just so you know, I don’t have it with me, I haven’t had it for a long time.”

Emma was short of words. She hadn’t thought of the fact that she might be turned away and probably bullied to death if she dealt such accusations on him.

Regardless of how real the truth was, she knew her words would hold nothing while standing side by side with Colton’s but she wanted to at least try. Not for anyone’s sake but for herself. No one deserved to go through what she did in his hands forever.

” Maybe she wouldn’t. But the world would and that alone is able to put off the wedding and expose your terrible character. I have wasted my time.”

Emma immediately headed to the door and out of the apartment. There wasn’t any more time to waste with him as things were pretty clear. He had given her out to the very people she thought he saved her from. She needed to get her designs out as soon as possible. Before they got their dirty hands on more of hers and her mother’s work.

One thing was clear. Colton was a cheat and betrayer from the beginning. She just chose to ignore the signs. She didn’t want to ponder on the news she just received or the insinuation of the fact that she was the reason for his terrible acts.

She just wanted to retire somewhere and plan her next step. Somewhere away from the intrusive eyes of her family. She was going to sleep in her studio, change the locks and restrategize on how she’d get her designs back and secure the rest before they were taken away.

Meanwhile, Colton, having watched Emma leave with such blazing last words, couldn’t find peace. He wondered if there was something she had against him which informed her last words to expose him to the world.

He was an important personality and his face meant a lot to him and his family. He couldn’t afford to have a scandal to his name and he sure as hell knew his future in-laws wouldn’t want that as well.

For the first time ever, he couldn’t tell or discern the thoughts of Emma. She was no doubt a walking time bomb, ready to explode and wreak havoc. She needed to be stopped and that on time.

Hurriedly, Colton picked up his phone and dialed Talia. He figured it was best she heard from him first and together figured out the best way to deal with the situation at hand.

” Hey babes! How are you doing?” Talia’s excited voice spoke first.

” I’m not fine, sweetie. Something just came up. Can you talk?” He said hurriedly, successfully grabbing the total and undivided attention of Talia.

” What is it? Something the matter?”

” It’s Emma. And please just hear me out. She came around my place and threatened to destroy my name if I didn’t call it quits with you. She seemed so upset about us and I don’t know what to say anymore.” He lied.

” What? How dare she?! You mean she went over to you?! ” Talia was at the verge of exploding and needed the attention of her mother.

” Calm down sweetie. We need to stop her before she ruins us. Who knows what she’s up to? I’m so distressed right now, I can’t even think properly.”

” It’s alright. I’ll handle this. Let me get back to you.”

Two beeps sounded and Colton heaved a sigh of relief. One thing about Talia, she knew how to handle everything. Not only was she good at ‘ you know what ‘ but she was a great mastermind.

She had helped him advance his career in ways he couldn’t describe. That was why it was only fitting she received access to the damned designs. Emma wouldn’t know what to do with them anyway!

Meanwhile, on the other side of things, Talia was out for blood. She rushed to her mother, telling her every single detail and throwing a tantrum of just how terribly she’d deal with her sister.

Mrs Steele on the other hand remained silent. Ever since Emma’s earlier departure from the company, she had an intuitive feeling to stop her. It was obvious that Emma was beginning to show and in such sensitive times, she couldn’t be bothered about her.

She was contemplating the best way to keep her away for sometime until she was ready but none seemed applicable until now. It was time to make that call.