The Billionaire I Fell In Love With

Jessica nodded again.

“You should be very careful around him, infact, i want you to stay away from him. He made Ethan yell at you for the first time” Mrs Gabrielle said and Irish’s eyes was once again laced with tears.

Mrs Gabrielle sighed and passed her her handkerchief.

She wiped her tears grumpily.

“Is he going to apologise for yelling at me?” Jessica asked her mum, hopefully.

“I can’t tell. He seems pissed” Mrs Gabrielle said truthfully.

Jessica blew her nose into the handkerchief. “It’s all because of those people, he never yelled at me when they weren’t here. Irish and her family has enchanted you all”

“Com’on! Don’t say that. Irish has a natural charm, she’s a very nice lady who had looked so forward to meet you, i wonder why you do not like her” Mrs Gabrielle said.

“Because she’s a gold digger Mum, she is. I’m so sure. Her niceness and smiles are all facade” Jessica said, like she was so sure of what she was saying.

Mrs Gabrielle sighed softly. ” She’s not, can’t you see Mrs Harlow is starting to like her too. That’s because she’s a great person. And Irish really likes you, if you had been nice to her, you would have gotten dozens of beautiful dresses”

“I don’t want anything from her! She can’t win me over with dresses” Jessica said even though she’s starting to imagine how terrific she would look in those dresses. Irish’s really good at what she does.

Gabrielle smiled, she hopes Jessica would see Irene for who she is soon.

“And how are you feeling?” She asked.

“Terrible! I can’t believe that nincompoop scarred my jaw!” Jessica blew out a shaky breath, she was pissed.

“No, your jaw isn’t gonna be scarred, the bruise is so little and once it heals, it’s gonna peel off. You’ll get back your smooth skin in no time” Mrs Gabrielle assured.

“Really?” Jessica was ecstatic.

“Yeah” Mrs Gabrielle said, the soup was ready and she brought it down from the cooker.

“Will you be able to go to school tomorrow?” Gabrielle asked.

“Yeah, i need to get something done” Jessica said and Gabrielle stared at her suspiciously. “I don’t want you to do anything to Arusha at school tomorrow, he apologized to you already” Mrs Gabrielle said, knowing what Jessy is capable of.

Jessica shrugged in response to what her Mum said.

She’s gonna do what she has in mind and no one can stop her.

“I want some soup Mum” Jessica said.

“Okay Jessy”

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Olivia almost jumped into Arusha’s arms when she saw him approach her.

She was waiting for him in the school hallway just after she alighted from her Roll Royce. It’s Monday morning and she had been excited all weekend because she got to speak to Irish who turned out to be a gem!

They spoke at length and it had felt like they had known each other for ages.

“Hey” Arusha smiled.

“Hi” She blinked warmly at him, his heart melted.

She was looking more beautiful this morning… he noticed.

“How was your weekend” Arusha asked as they headed to the class.

He felt happy, just being beside her.

“Great! And Irish is a gem! I totally enjoyed speaking to her” Olivia grinned .

“She had said the same” Arusha smiled “And she refused to tell me what you both talked about. She told me you both talked about my black ass.” Arusha groaned and Olivia bursted into laughter, she held him for support and Arusha smiled while he watched her laugh heartily.

Her beauty trapped him right on the spot, and he felt like he was on the air by just watching her laugh.

His heart danced to the rhythm of her laughter and he couldn’t even explain what he feels for her, he has never felt this way before.

Olivia stopped laughing and she blushed, seeing Arusha stare at her.

She got to study his face closely then and gasped when she saw his bruised forehead. She hadn’t even noticed it, out of excitement.

Arusha wondered what made her have this kind of expression.

“Oh.. my.. wh.. your forehead!” She exclaimed.

“Ohh” Arusha sighed.

“What happened?”Olivia asked worriedly, she gently caressed the wound and he tried not to wince in pain but she could tell it hurts.

The plaster had gotten wet this morning while he was taking his bath and he had to remove it and he totally forgot to use another one before leaving the house.

Mrs Helen hadn’t seen him leave the house or she would have reminded him.

“What happened?”Olivia repeated.

“I don’t want to lie to you. I’m not ready to talk about it now” Arusha said and Olivia nodded in understanding.

“We’re late for class, let’s hurry” Arusha took her hand and they both couldn’t ignore the feeling that swept through them.

It was too blissful to ignore.

They stared lovingly at each other for a while before running to class.

_____

The teacher was not in class when they walked in.

Jessica stared at Arusha with hatred as he walked to his seat with the buffoon beside him. She realised she hadn’t loved him after all, she only had a crush on him and now it has ended, she feels raw hate for him now.

She smiled, thinking about her plan.

Arusha and Olivia ignored the usual comments from the students as they walked to their seats. Some of the male students found Olivia attractive too but no one wants to go out with a girlwhose father is an ‘infamous safecracker’

Arusha turned his gaze to Olivia as he sat down and he could see the anger burning in her eyes, he felt disappointed she hasn’t forgiven him.

Irish had told him she found his apology letter in the thrash, shredded into pieces.

He’s gonna apologise to her again regardless.

Her jaw was still plastered and he felt bad, seeing it.

It’s so irresponsible to hurt a lady, he had lost control and he feels so bad now.

Olivia brought out her laptop and realised Arusha did not bring out his.

She noticed his gaze was focused on something and she traced it to see he was staring at Jessica.

She noticed the plaster on Jessica’s jaw and wondered what it was about though she was mad she had caught Arusha staring at her.

Mad?

Jealous should be the right word.

Does he find her attractive?

“I’ll be back Oli” Arusha said to Olivia and got to his feet.

He headed to Jessica’s seat and Olivia couldn’t believe how jealous she felt.

He was just her friend but what the heck is going on!?