Since his plans to bring the family back together fell through because of his crazy secretary,who sent her nude pictures to their business partner,Noah was hoping to he could change the situation before the bachelor's night.
Renee had been avoiding him ever since the incident, she even went as far as sleeping in the store house anytime he tried to talk to her.
He wasn't sure he could get the sisters to go back to being best of friends, since he couldn't get through to Renee,he could at least make Rose happy.
He picked up his phone and dialed Shaan's number. Their last call ended too fast and that was because he was too nervous to continue the conversation.
"Kellob?" came the sweet, lisping voice of a baby from the other end.
Noah blinked and checked the ID of the number he dialed....it was Shaan's.
"Shaan?"
"Dadyp...eeee"The voice squeaked.
"Ouu...my li'l assistant, here's your pay" A string of playful raspberries crackled over the line followed by a fit of giggles filled Noah's ear and he grinned.
"What's up man?"Shaan finally replied.
"It's a beautiful thing you've got going....i can't wait to have a child too"
"This is just the fun part.... what's the situation at work like?"
"Ahh... don't get me started on that. Finally managed to calm Nick down after agreeing to split the profit 50-50...can you imagine?"
"I can " Shaan chuckled.
"It's not like the bastard didn't jerk off to the nudes"
"Hey.... let's hope he's not like that. Heard his ex wife was a pastor"
"For real life now?"
"Ṣaddiqnī"
"Funny....that is funny. And to top it off , my soon to be bride is having this massive beef with everybody"
"Why... thought you guys were locked in. Like the ultimate power couple"
"I thought so too.... she had a huge fight with Rose and Bea. Slaps were in order."
"What happened!?" There was concern in his voice.
"Well,she said some nasty things to Rose. I feel bad for both of them...but I don't know if i want to get married to someone who is holding so much anger inside her. I tried talking to her , multiple times but she'd just go to the store house"
Shaan paused for a while , he wanted to ask what nasty things did Renee say
but that didn't really matter did it?
"Huh...so you only called me the night before because you needed best -friending " He said.
"That too...but i had to apologize,what i did to you was unforgivable "
"Don't beat yourself up... I'd throw you down a pit for Ros"
"And just like that....you broke our code"
"You broke it first... don't you think you should still try to talk to Renee or you can try talking to Bea or Gina?"
"Aunt Bea isn't talking to anyone except Uncle Sean. And y'know my mom's too much of a chicken to want to get caught in the tensio-OWWWW!-" Noah sucked his teeth.
"-Mom!"
Shaan heard Gina's voice in the background saying "That's for calling me a chicken"
He smiled.
"Anyways....and I don't want Renee getting even more upset if i tell her mom about her attitude."
"The other siblings?"
"They'll be arriving later before the bn .Keisha is the only one around now... she tried talking to them but Rose is the only one responding . "
My girl
Shaan smiled then cleared his throat
" Then you're in a pickle"
"I know,....and i dunno if I'm getting cold feet but i don't feel like getting married tomorrow. It's-"
"Then cancel the wedding! " Like a sound from a horror movie , Renee's voice filled the room.
"That's not what i mean, Ren. I'm allowed to be scared if you're acting like this." Noah said, it was clear that he was struggling to control his voice.
"You're so insensitive, can't you see that I'm hurting?. You know what happened!"
"Yes-" he sighed "-yes i know what happened, that's why i need you to talk to me. We're supposed to be partners, husband and wife. And that is going to become our reality soon, don't make me regret my decisions"
"Regret...so you hate me too?" Her eyes glistened with tears.
"Darling...i can never" He inched forward and hugged her.
"But you were so comfortable talking about our private matter with an outsider"
"Shaan is family....."
She didn't say anything, she stared into his eyes as if searching for something.
"Okay" She loosened his grip on her arms and left the room.
When Noah was sure that she was going down the stairs ,he went back to his phone.
"Glad you didn't hang up...do you know why she doesn't like you?"
"I can't think of anything."
But that was a lie, he could think of two to three reasons why Renee hated his guts.
*. *. *.
Renee bit her nails as she marched to the store house. The place she had fallen in love with Shaan, the place she had practically begged him ,in the most disgusting way ,to love her and the place she was rejected.She had been caught by him, the very next day after he rejected her, giving the maid's son, Kevin, a blowjob.
Goodness, did she feel like a slut.
Story time!
Renee held Sebastian's hand and led him to the store house. Sebastian Monroe was Nolan's classmate and the hottest guy she'd met this summer and he was good with his fingers, Catherine had said. She was at her rebellious age and she was happy to have this secret life all to herself, being in the shadow of her twin sister and younger sister was depressing enough and pretending to be a goody two shoes was tiring. But, holidays at the Campbell's was the highlight of her year because she could be "wild and naughty Nee" , that's the name her sport teacher's assistant,Lucky ,called her after she slept with him. He told her , she was powerful and she liked the feeling.
"What're we doing here?"Sebastian said pretending like he didn't know. Renee sized him and thought to herself that he wasn't all that. His golden hair and amber eyes were his saving grace.
"Cut the crap...how old are you?"
"Uh...16"A boyish grin spread across his face
She hissed, she was a year older.She eyed him, she didn't like having sexual relations with younger males because they always get too attached and she didn't need love. She flattered herself, it made her feel like she had the upper hand.
Suddenly, he bent her over the table in the store house and held her down, then used one hand to raise her skirt.
"No panties huh?" His voice shaky with excitement.
Pig
She thought, she winced when he slid in but it wasn't as exciting as the intercourse she had with her senior.
The life of an older female
Renee sighed and rolled her eyes, as he was shaking with excitement and whispering nasty words into her ear. Then the door creaked, Renee went white with fear. Fortunately for her and Sebastian who already pulled out and was struggling to put his groin back in his pants, the person at the door wasn't someone they recognized.
"Sorry for interrupting,please continue" came the silky yet deep voice. There was a hint of an accent in his voice, his hair was bound to the back of his head and he had studs on his ear lobes,his golden brown skin made the tiny diamonds on his studs even better. His muscles flexed as he reached for broom sticks on the shelf by the door. He was completely unbothered by their presence and even more uninterested in whatever was going on. When he got what he was there for, he left without even giving them a second look.
It was in that moment,Renee felt something bigger than herself, something she knew she wanted. She straightened her skirt and left Sebastian in the store room.
Later that evening,she found out from Catherine that he was Noah's friend and his name was Shaan.She was even more surprised when she found out he was Arabian, that explained the accent. She thought he faked it because he embarrassed that he walked in on her lustful ride with Seb.
Renee had a thing for Noah but it was clear that Noah liked Rosaline so she had protected her heart by telling herself that she liked Noah because he was like her older brother.
Renee spent the entire summer trying to get close to Shaan but failed. When the holiday was over, she spent her time counting the days till summer and callling Catherine if Shaan was also coming for the holiday.
Catherine threatened to not pick her calls but she answered the phone eitherways, then the both of them will spend hours talking about boys and how she played her role of pretending to be her little sister's best gal.
Finally,she was back to the Campbell's and the next day ,Shaan was also there.
Renee decided that she didn't want to spend the rest of the year pining for Shaan, she was going to confess her love for him.... to him!. Renee felt so happy she drafted out a plan to get him to the store house, she didn't tell Catherine about it , because Catherine was a rival.
As if the universe was her biggest supporter, Gina decided to host a party so she went out with her friends to prepare for the party, even if she didn't like Beatrice, she asked her to tag along.
Jonathan and Sean went to play golf , the kids were instructed to pick up the trash by the stream and in the stream. The water was shallow so it wasn't a dangerous chore.
After removing a lot of nylon wraps from the river, there was more trash than trash bags.
"We need more trashbags!" Kenneth yelled....Noah, Rose and Shaan were more invested in the clean up than any of them were.
Seeing that Nolan wasn't going to get it even though he was the only one that wasn't doing anything.
"I'll get it..." Renee groaned as she got out of the water. She cursed under her breath and eyed Nolan who was chuckling.
At this time,Renee felt like everything couldn't get more wrong than it was.
"I'm stuck with this stupid chore when will i get my chance to-"
"Noah said to bring a basket too for the toys and shells" The voice came from behind her like a light at the end of the tunnel as Shaan's slender figure leaned on the door as he informed her, then he turned to go.
"Um , yo-you are- you expect me to carry the trashbag and the basket alone ?"
"Is that a problem?"
Stupid stupid stupid stupid
"Yea-um-No, what i mean is can i talk to you for a few?" She closed her eyes waiting to get a No.
"Sure... what's up?"
"So... uh, i know you see me as a whor-no , as a wild and naughty young girl but i promise I'm not like that. I just , y'know- "
"If this is about the other day..no worries, you're good. My lips are sealed "He smiled.
"Yeah...i know that. What i want to say is i....hmm....i luke you....Like!. I like you and I want to be closer to you, like a girlfriend or something"
"That's not going to be possible "
"Why..... is it because of what you saw?"
"No...i just don't like you like that. You're like my best friend's sister and I don't think-" Her lips descended upon his so suddenly,he jolted and pushed her away.
"Do i disgust you that much?"
"No, you don't disgust me at all" He didn't sound flustered, he was just calm like this was all in the day's work.
There was something in eyes, that she hated, it was Pity. He looked at her like she was crazy but she scoffed because she knew what guys his age liked.
She walked slowly to the table and sat on it, as usual she had no panties on. She spread her legs,revealing her womanhood.
"Y'know you want this" She touched herself.
The light in his eyes died and she'd never felt so uninteresting,so useless in her entire life.
"Now ,you disgust me" He said and walked out of the store house.
Renee couldn't face him after what happened so she went to her room and stayed until dinner. To her relief, Shaan had gone to the hotel his family was.
After dinner, she sat in the darkness of her room for an hour and relived the memory of what happened in the storeroom earlier, then fantasied about what would've happened if Shaan was just another guy she slept with.
A sense of shame washed over her as she thought about how Shaan looked at her ,about how she used to be growing up and how shameless and sexually driven she was now.
Before the beads of tears fell, she literally caught it, removing some of her lashes along with it.
She didn't need Shaan or pity or emotions, she needed sex. And thanking the universe once again, Kevin was around, he was her boy toy ,even though he was older.
The next morning,she got out of bed, freshened up and made her way downstairs. She was happy to see that everyone was busy ,she marched happily to the kitchen. Kevin was surrounded , she swallowed. Did they know that they were hooking up?!
"Happpy Birthday, Kevin" Everyone cheered.
Kevin smiled and blinked profusely, Johnathan gave him an envelope so did Sean.
"It's from the family.....and we hope you'll take good care of Kenneth and Rudy in school as usual" Johnathan said and everyone laughed.
Gifts were given , happy birthdays were said. Everyone busied themselves with the preparation for the party.She and Kevin were left in the kitchen.
"Big 22"
"So you still remember.... whatever happened to" i have a boyfriend"?"
Renee rolled her eyes at the excuse she had given because she wanted to keep herself clean for Shaan.
"We broke up"
"Huh" He clearly wasn't buying her lie but he wasn't going to press further.
"Happy birthday"
"Thanks"
"You're a lucky one y'know"
"Why?"
Renee bit her bottom lip "I don't give birthday presents but i have one for you
..meet me in the storehouse in 10"
"That's badass"
"I know" She sashayed out of the kitchen.
Of course, Kevin didn't wait ten minutes he practically followed her immediately. They quickly went down to business,the sex was hot ,rough...there was no strings of emotion. Renee felt wanted again. Kevin wasn't a long hour type of guy, he was done under few minutes but she wanted more so she decided to arouse him again.
His groin filled her throat, his sac slapped her jaw. She felt uncomfortable,like deja vu the door opened, there he was standing staring at her. Disappointment spelled on his expression.
"I apologize for treating your feelings like they didn't matter and walking out on you yesterday." With that he left and didn't look back
Then she started to choke ,the vein on her head and throat potruded,her eyes was red and filled with a type of salty fluid she couldn't call tears,it stung so bad she couldn't blink.
The End
That was the last time she saw Shaan until few months ago.She recognized him immediately and she surprised herself by staying calm and pretending not to remember him. She decided to go for therapy after that summer because she took a test for sex addicts and passed as an addict, she wanted to make herself better. Finally she felt healed, she and Kevin were close friends now. She had the love of her life, Noah.
But why was she angry that Shaan and Rosaline were married?
She finally got the answer, he hurt her pride and she had suffered since then, trying to become someone he approved only for him to go for something beneath her. She would've been happy to let him go if he had showed up with a hot lady ,who had a ton of money , the attitude and aura to match his. But he chose her freckle faced,short sister who would give him another man's child. He could have any sister, but not Rosaline. Rosaline was the only family she had who refused to see what was beneath her mask.