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A Merchant wanted to purchase a gorgeous camel in the market and after spotting one began to setlle for it with the seller!

There was a long bargain between the merchant and the camel seller, and finally the merchant bought the camel and took it home!

On reaching home, the merchant called his servant to take out the camel's kajave (saddle) ..!

Under the Kajave, the servant found a small velvet bag which upon opening revealed him to be full of precious diamond gems ..!

The servant shouted, "Boss, you bought a camel, but look what came with it for free!"

The Merchant was also surprised, he saw diamonds in his servant's hands which were shining and twinkling even more in the sunlight!

The merchant said: "I have bought a camel and not the diamonds, I should return it immediately!"

The servant was thinking in his mind "how stupid my boss is ...!"

He Said: "Nobody will know who the owner is!" However, the merchant did not listen to him and immediately reached the market and returned the velvet bag to the shopkeeper.

The camel seller was very happy and said, "I had forgotten that I had hidden my precious stones under the Kajavel".

Now you choose any one diamond as a reward!

The merchant said, "I have paid the right price for the camel so I do not need any gift and prizes!"

The more the merchant was refusing, the more the camel seller was insisting!

Finally, the merchant smiled and said: In fact, when I decided to bring back the bag, I had already kept two of the most precious diamonds with me!

After this confession, the camel seller was infuriated and he quickly emptied the bag and began to count his diamond gems!

But after he counted with a heavy sigh of relief, he said "These are all my diamonds, so what were the two most precious ones that you kept?"

The Merchant said: ... "My honesty and my self-respect."

The seller was dumb-struck!

We have to look within ourselves to find out if we possess any of these two diamonds.

Do you have these two precious diamonds Anymore?

Anyone who has these two diamonds, *_HONESTY AND SELF-RESPECT,_* is the richest person in the world.

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Welcome back on the journey of DANGEROUS ROMANCE

★DANGEROUS ROMANCE★

EPISODE 23
"Leo. I'm sorry, I really am, please I
want us together again, I missed you"
harmony cried on my shoulder.. I sighed heavily and dropped my hands from her
body and slowly and gently
pull her from my body,
I brought my face closer to hers and
said, "and what suddenly changed your
heart that you suddenly want us to get back together?"
"I was wrong" she breathed out.
"I didn't know why I broke up with you, I
was just so confused at that time 'cause,
there's this guy my mom wants me to
get married to instead of you, cause she doesn't like you but I told her I didn't
want to, but then the guy started being
sweet and all to me, and I foolishly fell
for him and broke up with you, but what
I feel for you is nothing compared to
what feel for him, breaking up with you would be the best thing, that's what I
thought before, breaking up with you, I
thought was the best thing and that's
what I regret now, the stupid guy my
mom brought home was just toying with
my feelings and I realised that, I suddenly missed you cause you'll never
toy with me.. I'm stupid and I'm sorry
you're unique in own way and that's
why you'll never be like any normal
person cause you're you and thats what
I love about you" Harmony explained and I held the urge to smile. "and what
makes you think I want to get back to
you?" I asked.
"w-well.. I-i d-don't ..because you love
me, you still love me I can feel it Leo"
she said and cleaned her tears making the mascara spread everywhere.. "you
can still feel it?, didn't you take my
girlfriend's scarf the last time you came
here, how can I still love you and have
another girlfriend." I said and folded my
hands standing straight. "Leo, you first said the scarf belonged to Penelope, and
I doubted that first, but
then I believed you after taking the scarf
and then I had second thoughts you and
Penelope can be really good friends, she
can come over to your place, she can accidentally, forget her scarf, hair pin,
pen or whatever, but she can never be
your girlfriend cause you can't date
someone like her" harmony narrated
and I sighed.
Her wanting me back is like a dream come true.. And I do want her back but I
have to make hesitations first.
"and what makes you think you're
different from her?" I asked
"because I am" she replied, "Leo, I'm
sorry, and I'll keep saying it till you tell me a better answer and then I'll stop,
I'm sorry am sorry am sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.
"okay enough" I smiled.
"what? Does this means you're not
angry with me anymore?" she asked and placed her hand Arvind my waist. "I
was never angry with you," I
breathed out.
"okay, then does this mean you've
accepted me back?" she asked with her
'harmony' smile. I nodded and she quickly jumped on me..
"that's what I wanted to hear," she said
and pulled away from the hug with a
smile which made me smile too .
"that's more like it, finally I can see your
smile again" she said and touched my cheeks. Being around harmony has
always been like this, I talk less and
smile so much. I think everything I need
in life is her..
"hope you didn't share your cute
dimples with anyone while I was gone." she said and placed her hand around my
neck this time.
"actually I did. Ever since you left I've
been sharing them to people around me
carelessly" I tell her and she hugged me
"I'm sorry..I'm just so stupid for leaving you" she said.
"no doubt in that one" I say and she hit
me playfully.
"I'm offended you know" she primped.
"sorry." I laughed.
"so have you eaten?" she asked. I shook my head and she gasped.
"oh my poor baby, don't worry I'll look
for something for the both of us" she
said and my eyes twitched at her.
"are you going to c-c-ook" I stutter.
She can't cook. "cook? Eww. I'm going to order us some
.zza's" she said bringing out her from
her jean shorts pocket, well to be frank
pizza's are kind-of better than her
cooking.
"before you order that pizza, you'll like to wash off those mascara on your face"
I tell her and cleaned some part of her
face to show her I was telling the truth
when the mascara stained,
"it was because I cried earlier" she
huffed. "I know." I said. We both kept quiet and just stared at
each other, I mean the girl I love is
staring in front of me. All of my first was
with her, my first love, my first kiss,..
and other things.. This is actually a
dream come true, my harmony Is back for real, I don't see anything breaking us
up this time. I leaned towards her and
slowly we both kissed.
After ending our makeup kiss, she
smiled and said. "thanks for having me
back I'll go make that phone call and get this off my face"
"okay." I muttered and she smiled and
walked away.. I sighed and moved to
the couch and set down and when I
looked out the living room window, I
finally noticed the sun was brighter than ever.
:
"okay the pizza will be here any minute
and I've gotten the mascara off my face,
so all we have to do is wait" Harmony
said coming down the stairs, How I missed her presence in here, and
how I missed her voice echoing through
the whole house and the sound of her
feet walking on floor and stairs. How I
missed her. "so you really haven't
change your house password, still my birthday. I
thought when I broken up with you, you
would have changed it or something"
harmony said walking up to me.
"yeah I'm not that kind of person" I said.
"I know, and that's why you'll always be my Leo and together we'll be
Harmonard" she said and sat down on
my thigh
"Harmonard?" I laughed
"yeah that's the most horrible pair of
couples name ever, just forget that" she laughed too.
"no, as long as it's coming from you, it's
the most amazing pair of couples name
ever. Harmonard" I tell her and she
shyly smiled. And believe me I've never
seen her like this before.. Getting deeply flushed by my words.. Just as we were
about to kiss we both heard the doorbell
and we stopped.
"must be the pizza guy, I'll go get it"
harmony said and got down from my
thighs and walked straight to the door.. She came back with the pizza box and
sat down beside me placing it on her
thigh, I took one slice and so did she and
we just stuffed our face with pizza
quietly until she said. "Why did Penelope
left her scarf here, did she come to see you or what?"
"didn't I mention it to you before,
Penelope's working here now" I tell her.
"no you didn't mention it to me before
and what and why is at working here."
Harmony seethe. Did I forget to mention she gets angry
easily.
"she works as my cook and nothing
else." I said.
"what about Beth Carly and Annie, they
were the only cooks I know in this house"
"oh those three? I fired them right after
you left and then later on Penelope
started looking for a job and I was just
suddenly there for her." "you were just
suddenly there for her? How close are you two?" my aggressive
girlfriend asked me aggressively.
"we're not that close actually, but to
think of it, we are pretty kind of close.." I
said honestly and she huffed. "but don't
worry I know where you're getting at, nothing is going on between
us and nothing will go on between us, so
don't worry you'll always be mine" I
said calmly and her angry face suddenly
softened and she sighed. "better live by
your words cause you know I get jealous easily, and you don't
want to make that jealous girlfriend
jealous." she huffed and I smiled.
"don't worry, you can never be
replaced" I said and kissed her forehead
while she smiled in return. We both ate our brunch in peace and turned on the
TV to make the moment more forgiving,.
This is how harmony and I spend our
day on normal days, instead of going to
dates we just sit back home, stuff our
faces in foods, talk , kiss and well lemme just leave that last detail out.

☜☆☞ Penelope's pov ☜☆☞
I was on my bed all day, doing nothing,
after meeting up with Richard and Olivia
I don't feel too good, I've been chatting with Kirana and Mason telling them
what happened today, and how I almost
lost the apartment because of the price
and if not for Leo I would have lost it
cause it had all the qualities a single lady
like me need and Mason made me stopped chatting when he wrote.
*are you sure, Leo's not doing this for
another reason?*
*what reason are you always talking
about* I texted back *nothing just ignore
that* he texted back and I angrily dropped my phone and
that's how the conversation ended even
with Kirana.
During dinnertime I went downstairs
and made myself dinner and eating
alone just pi**es me off cause I kept thinking of Richard and Olivia, even
though he said they're not dating I still
feel they are,
And I'm going to be staying in the same
building as Olivia, if he sees her
everyday that means he'll be seeing me too.
Ugh. This just got more complicated than
ever, I'm jealous and I hate it.
Well nighttime finally came and after
turning and tossing, I finally fell asleep,
and I don't think I'll start moving in my new apartment tomorrow, maybe the
day after tomorrow cause I feel pretty
confused and I have no idea why.
The next morning, I woke up before my
alarm and just stared at the ceiling, the
day has not begin yet but I'm already feeling gloomy. My alarm went on and I
just slowly took my phone and turned it
off.
I did my morning routine, before putting
on something casual and going to work.
I got to Leo's mansion and typed in his password. 4*1*1*9*9*4
The door opened and I walked in but
suddenly bumped into someone and hot
coffee was spilled on my body that I
yelp in terror. Cause the hot coffee
almost burned my cloth to my skin but thankfully it didn't, I looked up angrily to
glare at Leo but only to see a red haired
lady, wearing only her undergarments.
Harmony.
"oops! Did I spill that on you?" she said
like she enjoyed what just happened and I breathe in heavily to hold out my
anger.
What is she doing here anyway, it's like
they're back together or something or
are they? "I know you didn't
intentionally did that but a sorry would be nice" I said.
"sorry" she smiled
"don't worry I don't need your sorry,
since it's not coming from someone
who's alive" I seethe with anger. "take
what you said that back." harmony warned.
"or else what?" I asked sarcastically..
"or else --
She didn't complete her words when she
held my arm aggressively pricking her
finger nails into my skin, but I showed no sign of weakness.
"look, Penelope Leo is mine and mine
alone, I don't know what you two have
but you're never getting him, that's right
we're back together and nothing's
gonna break us up" she said strictly. "look here harmony" I said using the
same strict tone she used for me.
"I'm not here to steal your boyfriend, I
don't people's man you and I are totally
different.." I tell her and she gasped.
"are you saying that I st-- "Pen you're here" Leo suddenly
interrupted harmony as he walked
down the stairs, when he got closer and
saw our angry state. He asked.
"what happened?" And suddenly
harmony let's go of my arm, and yep one of her nails sliced my
skin to open a bit causing dropletskin to open a bit causing dropletskin to
open a bit causing dropletopen a bit causing droplets of
bloody to crawl out but I just ignored it.
"Leo, baby, I accidentally spilled the
coffee I made for you on Penelope and I was just directing her to the bathroom
upstairs

★DANGEROUS ROMANCE★

EPISODE 22
"Pen.." Richard called me lowly while I
just stood still and stared back at him.
Olivia looked back and forth between the two of us before saying.
"do you guys happen to know each
other before?"
"uhm.. Wh-what are you doing here"
Richard asked slowly and I snapped out
of my blank reverie. "i-i'm here to check out the apartment
for rent." I replied, like we knew each
other and nothing ever happened to us.
"what about you what are you doing
here?" I asked and tilt my head
suspiciously. "I'm he-- "he's here to see me" Olivia interrupted
him, and he glanced at her before
turning back to me,
Leo walked closer to me and whispers in
my ear. "i didn't know your boyfriend
has gotten another girlfriend's so fast" I turned to Leo and glared at him, but he
just smiled and looked away.
I turned back to Richard who was
currently glaring at Leo, but Leo just kept
smiling at him. "so, you said you're here
to check out the apartment for rent right?" Olivia asked and I faked smile
and nodded at her.
I'm not in the mood for smiling right now
cause I feel like my ex Fiance has either
be cheating on me before we got
married with this girl or has easily moved on after breaking the marriage
with this girl, but either way I'm jealous.
Because my heart still loves him. And I
hate that, but I can't let him see that, if
he's moved on, then I've moved on too.
"well what do you think, do you like the apartment?" Olivia asked.
"yeah" I breathed out.
"Yay! I hope you get it, cause we're
gonna be neighbors" Olivia said happily,
she's jovial and free spirited, so this is
the kind of girl Richard went for. "yeah I hope so too" I seethe.
The huge front door of the building
suddenly opened and a middle aged
woman walked in dressed in all red.
"Mrs. Aleksey," Olivia grinned at the
woman and waved her hand happily at her. The woman rolled her eyes and
turned to talk to a man who suddenly
called her.
"that's Mrs Aleksey, the owner of this
place" Olivia whisperered to me. Oh
she's the landlady. And Aleksey, Is she Russian or
something.
"well I better go talk with her, cause
she's actually here for me" I tell Leo and
Olivia and ignored Richard's Stare
towards me, his girlfriend is right beside him, he should stop looking at me that
way before she gets suspicious.
Just as I was about to walk away
Richard called me. Making me turn back
to him. "yes" I said boldly and sternly.
"can we talk?" he said lowly. Talk!??.. Talk about what???
"yeah, sure" I said calmly not wanting to
cause a commotion or let his new
'girlfriend' get suspicious. I turned to
walk to Mrs Aleksey but Richard called
me back. "Pen, can we talk like right now.?"
"I have to meet Mrs Aleksey first" I tell
him. "please." he said with pleading
eyes. "okay, but you better make it
quick
cause I'm not loosing this place" I said and he nods. I sighed and turn back to
glance at Mrs Aleksey, I hope she won't
be mad if I run a little late. Leo suddenly
place his hand on my shoulder and I
looked at him. "don't worry I'll help you
meet with Mrs Aleksey" he said and I smiled a little
"really?" I asked.
"yeah," he nods. "thanks, and please
while talking to her, If the apartment
price is bigger than
what I can afford please just cancel it" I said and he nods.
"got it." he said and walked away, bless
him for he is so nice. I turned to Richard
who watched as Leo walked away, and
sighed.
Richard snapped out of his glaring state and turned to Olivia .
"Olivia, can you please give us some
privacy" Richard said sweetly to her
"sure thing Richie" she said happily and
walked to me. Richard sighed and took a
step closer to me but not too close. "hi" he said breathlessly
"hi?" I repeated. Is this guy okay or what
. "okay spill whatever you want to say
to me, Leo can't really tell Mrs Aleksey
what's in my mind you know" I said and
fold my hands. "Leo? Oh that's his name" Richard
breathed out. "yeah, seriously are you
going to talk or waste my time" I asked
and tucked my
hair behind my ear,.. "okay fine, I've
seen you moved on" he started. So he doesn't want me to move on ?
"what are you talking about, you've
moved on too, Olivia's a sweet person" I
said calmly and he looked at me
awkwardly.
"Olivia?" he said, "yeah, aren't you two dating" I asked.
"no.. No Olivia and I are just friends". He
breathed out. "yeah right." I said
sarcastically, rolling
my eyes.
"no I'm serious, I met her like a week ago and she's been clinging to me since
then," Richard tells me and I sighed.
"look Richard, you don't have to explain
what she is to me okay! Nothing is going
on between us" I said and gesture my
hand back and forth between us. "I'm sorry.." he apologized.
What is he apologizing for?? "Rich. I don't
know what you're apologizing for, but
please for once can I
not get the word 'I'm sorry' from you
anymore, let's just be Normal people from Breek who happens to know each
other so well,. now if you excuse I'll be
going to Leo now" I said calmly and
turned.
"Pen.
He called and I paused and turned with a sigh,. "Leo. Is he your boyfriend" Richard
breathlessly asked,. "what do you
think?" I shrugged and walked away.
Just as I was getting close
to Leo and Mrs Aleksey, Mrs Aleksey
smiled at Leo before walking out of the building,.. Why is she living, what did Leo
said to her?, did she know that I'm the
one who wants to rent out the
apartment!!
I quickly walked briskly to Leo who
smiled seeing me. "oh finally you're here" he said.
"yeah. Why Is Mrs Aleksey leaving I
didn't have the chance to talk to her," I
said breathing heavily.
"calm down, I talked to her" he said..
"yeah I know I told you to do so, what did she say?, how much is the place?" I
asked inquisitively. Leo sighed and
brought a paper out of his pocket and
placed it in front of my
eyes, "this is the price of the apartment"
he said and my eyes almost burst out when I saw the price. "th-this is bigger
than me I can't afford this" I said still
looking at the paper he placed in my
hand.
"and this is your receipt" Leo said and
brought another paper out of his pocket placing it in my hands.
"a receipt for the apartment??" I blurted
out. "but I...
"don't worry the apartment's under your
name I just helped with the money" Leo
interrupted me and I gasped softly, Don't tell me he payed for my
apartment. "y-you payed??" I asked to
be sure.
"yeah" he replied sternly,
"but I can't afford this, and how can I
pay you back?" I said lowly, What if he deducts it from my salary,
then that's two months pay, I'm
doomed.
"you don't have to pay me back" he said
with a serious face.
"why?" I asked, even though it's cliche to ask why, I just can't help but know why.
"because I don't want you to, don't
friends help each other everyday?" he
said with an arched eyebrow.
"they do.. But Leo, this is two much, with
this kind of amount you payed for four years?" I said calmly cause this is crazy.
"Pen, this is no big deal, I've bought
houses and cars for some of my friends
so this is no big deal" he said and I
suddenly remained quiet.. This is not
only crazy, but awkward, he's way too nice and helpful and that just makes me
feel.., Ugh.. I don't even know how it
makes me feel but I know somehow I
should be described as, lost, confused,
pleased, and awkward right now.
"a thank you would be fine." he said suddenly breaking me and my inner
thought's conversation.. "oh sorry,..
Thank you" I breathed out
and he smiled. "that's more like it"
"Penelope!!" Olivia's voice called happily
behind me and I turned swiftly, "did you get it, did you get the
apartment?" she asked. "yeah" I smiled.
"we're gonna be neighbors" she
squeaked happily and pulled me into a
hug. She let's go of me and turned to
Richard, "heard that Richie?, she got the apartment" Olivia said happily. "I have to
go" Richard said to Olivia and
walled away..
"Richie, come back! You haven't tried the
cookies I made for you" Olivia yelled and
trailed behind him. "is it time to leave or are you waiting for
Richard to come back and kiss you or
what?" Leo asked and sighed.
"let's leave, I've seen and heard enough
today," I breathed out Leo and I walked
out of the building.. We got back into his car and he turned
on the ignition and start to drive,
"so.. When are you going to start moving
in?" he asked.
"I don't know, maybe tomorrow or the
day after, but Leo thank you. ..so much" I said lowly. "don't mention" he smiled,
I received a text from Mason and I
talked a while with him about getting
the apartment with the help of Leo and
what he said left me thinking. *are you
sure he's not doing all this for another reason* Mason texted.
*what reason?* I texted back.
*never mind* he sent back to me and
that's how our conversation ended.
What reason? I asked myself but shook
that outta my head. After being quiet with Leo in the car for a
while we finally got to my house and I
couldn't wait to get inside and throw
myself on the bed, cause I'm so
exhausted. And maybe a little heavy at
the heart for seeing Richard. I got down from Leo's car and thanked
him several times ..
"okay, I'll see you at work tomorrow" he
smiled. "okay" I smiled back and waved
a little
before he drove away.. And making me turn and walk inside.
*
——LEO'S POV——
I drove my car back to my car and just
kept sighing cause everything suddenly
feels empty and black as Penelope left, even if she was just focused on her
phone, I still felt the company she
occupied. During this past few days,
she's been the only one I've been with
and talk with and I've become really
fond of her, sometimes when she's at work it feel like she should just stay at
the mansion with me and not go home.
Not that I want or need her romantically
in my life, I just need someone, anyone
with me cause loneliness is a disease..
And getting her this apartment with my own money, is really nothing cause I can
do more for he than she can expect.
I got back to my mansion and before
entering inside I sighed like a zillion
times cause it seems like I'm about
living my disease.. I packed my car and got inside the
mansion, I was about typing my house
password, but it seems like my door
was a little bit open already. I opened
the door slowly and walked in, I think
someone broke into my house.. I walked close to the couch hearing light sobs
coming from there. And when I found a
red hair stiletto heels and over glossed
lips on my couch I called. "harmony?"
She quickly turned to me and I was
shocked to see tears crawl out of her eyes and her mascara was already
scattered by the tears which made
some of her face black,, "Leo." she cried
and flew into my body
and gave me a hug I stood still surprised
by her act, but slowly hugged her back, Incase she's looking for comfort.
"Leo. I'm sorry, I really am, please I
want us together again, I missed you"
she cried on my shoulder..

★DANGEROUS ROMANCE★

EPISODE 21
I made breakfast that morning, trying to
forget why Leo did that, why did he peck
me??. I just used my own excuse for him saying, it's his way of showing
appreciation but, he apologized for what
he did cause he knew he was wrong
and it wasn't his way of showing
appreciation. The first set of the
blueberry muffins I made was a little burnt since I wasn't my self but the rest
was okay.
Leo and I sat down at the table quietly
and for the first time in forever the
tension between us became awkward.
After eating and doing the dishes, I walked to the living room where I met
Leo sitting quietly on the couch.
"hey..." I said and sat down on the same
couch, he was sitting but not to close to
him.
"look I'm really sorry about earlier" he said and I smiled and rolled my eyes.
"you're still apologizing for what's in the
past already" I said cheerfully so he'll
snap out of his boring and quiet self and
be the more energetic Leo.
"you're not angry?" he asked and I shook my head negatively.
"why would I be... Also I want to ask for
a small permission tomorrow to leave" I
said immediately changing the subject.
"a permission to leave?" he repeated.
"well you know I've been looking for an apartment, and thankfully my dad, found
one I have to check it out with him,
before it's taken and I don't know if
you're willing to grant that" I said in a
calm and pleading tone.
"actually, you can take anyday off, I don't mind..." he said and I gasped.
"really?"
"yeah, I don't mind, and if you don't mind
yourself, I can come with you and check
it out too.. I have good eyes for things
people and places" be said and I smiled. "it's okay, my dad and I are already
going, so there's no need too, thanks
though" I assured him and he nods.
We both remained quiet, staring at the
floor and I suddenly sighed, naming him
sigh too and few minutes later we both sigh at the same time which made us
both laughed..
"that was funny" I laughed.
"that shows how bored we are" Leo
said.
"do you want to play a game?" I asked cheerfully.
"a game?" he asked again and I nod.
"er.. I don't have the strength for playing
some TV games" he said and rested his
head on the couch making his hair fall
backward and for the first time I noticed he's wearing an earring a black one.
"I'm not talking about TV games I'm
talking real life games, like scrabble,
solitaire, and maybe noughts and
crosses(X and O)" I said but he just
shook his head negatively. "those games make me sick" he said
with a smile.
"C'mon it'll be fun." I squeaked and he
sighed. "okay I've agreed to, but I don't
have the scrabble board or the entire
game equipment here, or even the solitaire cards" he said, and he's
somehow got a point.
"okay then let's play noughts and
crosses, it's actually called Xs and Os" I
said. "you don't need any equipments in
this one, just a pen and a sheet of paper, and I just happened to have a pen" I
added and dipped my hand into my
purse bringing out a black ball pen.
Leo sighed heavily and gave up,
After getting a small jotter, Leo asked
how the came was placed and I explained.
"Xs and Os is a paper-and-pencil game
for two players, X and O, who take turns
marking the spaces in a 3×3 grid. The
player who succeeds in placing three of
their marks in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row wins the game." We both
ended up playing noughts and
crosses, with me waning, three times in
a roll which just pi**es him off.
"dang it., I'm playing no more" he said
drooping the pen. "C'mon we just started." I said
"yeah, I know but how am I going to
enjoy the game if you keep winning" he
asked dryly.
"I dont know.. But in order to be the best,
you have to beat the best" I said and he rolled his eyes.
"so you're saying you're the best?" he
asked and I nodded.
"okay then, i don't like when people
brag about themselves, so just wait and
see as I crush that best. I'm going to win this time," he said and grabbed the pen
back.
We started to play again, and now it was
hard for me to win cause instead of him
trying to win, he was just blocking my
chances of wining,.. And it was kind of annoying. After playing and playing, we
both became tired and bored cause no
one was wining and which made us
both quit.
"that was the most boring game I've
ever played." Leo breathed out. "how could it be fun when you didn't want to
win, and didn't want to make
me win too" I tell him but he just
laughed.
"what's so funny?" I asked ..
"you.. Me.. The idea of paying this game with you.. It's just something I won't do
before" he said still smiling .."well that
was before, and now is now, people
change every single day, so it's not
new" I explained.
"well you're right, people do change and I'm not Just talking about myself, I'm
talking about you too" he said.
"me?" I laughed. And rested my head
and back on the couch like he did.
Making us stare at the ceiling
"yeah, when I first got to know you, you seemed pretty kind of mean and
ignorant" he tells me and I scoffed.
"I was never mean or ignorant, you
could have said, I was mean and
ignorant to you, and that was because I
didn't know you so well then," "well you have a point, maybe you
never changed, but I know I did" he
said.. And I sighed I'm starting to feel
sleepy and it's not nice for me to, but I
couldn't help it,
Leo was talking to me but everything sounded so far away I didn't hear what
he was saying, and through the sound of
his voice, slowly my eyes start to close,
and little by little his voice start to fade
away, I was falling asleep...
"Penn.." I heard my voice. "Penn!!" I heard my voice again, which suddenly
made my eyes open
immediately, and I quickly turn to my
right side where leo was seated and he
was looking at me strangely..
"do you feel sleepy?" he asked. "a little bit, I'm sorry for falling asleep" I
apologized lowly.
"oh no, it's okay, you can always sleep
in the guest room upstairs, if you're
tired" he said but I quickly shook my
head negatively. "no.. Thanks, but it's okay I'm not tired"
"okay whatever you say!" he said, stood
up and walked away.. I rested my
elbow on the arm of the chair and rested
my chin on my palm, Sleeping will just
make me look lazy and weak and he'll think I'm lazy and weak and I'm not. I'm
just bored and maybe doing something
interesting will just take that boredom
away. Just as I thought of something
interesting to do, my phone started to
ring, I quickly grabbed it which was beside my purse and turned it to look at
the screen.
And it was a video call from Mason.
Prefect timing.
I answered the call and after waiting for
like a second a two , it got connected and I saw Mason smiling happily on my
screen and he was shirtless..
No kidding.
"hi." I said and waved a bit.
"hi" he replied and immediately three
little heads popped out from nowhere and covered mason face,
"hi!!!" the three little boys shouted from
the other line and I remembered them
from last night when Mason sent me a
picture of him, they were the ones
around him. "okay get away from here!" mason
yelled at the boys making them, all
move out of the way, and I could see
Mason, but the three boys were still
behind him and they were so cute, their
eyes looking at me curiously wondering who I was.
"so how's things over there" he asked.
"things are fine actually." I replied,
"is everything still the same as usual" he
asked.
"yeah nothing changed and no-one changed, if that's what you're expecting,
oh and why are you always shirtless
over there, are you in Texas to be a
body model or a second parent to your
aunt's children" I said and he laughed.
"actually it hasn't been too long since we ate and one of this nugget brains,
poured hot tea on me," he said angrily
and glared at one of the boys at his left
side, Who quickly gave him an innocent
look. Mason rolled his eyes and turned
back to me. "anyway I'll be coming back home next
week..i don't know the particular day
but I know I'll be coming back home
next week" he said.
"okay well we'll be expecting you then,
so why didn't you put on another shirt when hot tea was spilled on your
clothes" I said seriously.
"cause I'm out of shirts, but thankfully,
their sister's actually helping me do my
laundry" Mason replied.
"which of them, the one having crush on you?" I asked.
"yeah, how did you know"
"cause she has a crush on you and will
probably do anything for you" I
pondered.
"wow.. Girls do understand girls, when I start dating I'll remember to come take
advice from you everyday" he said and I
smiled.
"she's pretty" one of the boys said and I
smiled at him... "awwn thanks" I
breathed out.. "what is your name?" I asked the boy
and he seemed like he's the littlest one..
"I'm Michael" he said happily. "well
Michael, I think you're pretty too" I said
and his eyes lit up in excitement.
"and I'm Jaden" one of the boys said quickly.
"and I'm Landon" who I think is the
eldest said,
"okay well, Jaden, Landon, I think you
guys are pretty too" I complimented
them since it seems like what they wanted and they all looked at each
other with a smile.
"who're you guys talking too" a voice
said behind Mason and the three boys,..
"we're taking to Mason's girlfriend"
Michael, the one who complimented me said and Michael laughed while I rolled
my eyes, a teenage, blonde mean
looking girl suddenly walked up to
Mason and looked into the phone, she
saw me and gave me an angry look
while I just smiled and waved at her, Teenage girls..
"Pen, this is Mavis, my cousin she's the
eldest, the one I keep telling you about"
Mason said and gave me a knowing
look.
"hey Mavis, Mason's told me a lot about you" I said with a smile but she just
rolled her eyes and walked away.
I totally expected that, since she's
crushing on mason, seeing him talk to
other girls will just p**s her off but girls
like her are easy to read, soon enough she'll drop the cursing of a thing and
finally see him as a cousin.
After talking for a while, we finally
ended the call and I smoked and
dropped my phone, that was one heck
of a video call, I really miss him though.. :
Well the day went by pretty fast, and
before I knew it, I was putting on my
shoes was easy to leave Leo's house.
"remember if you don't have anyone to
go with you tomorrow to check out the new apartment, you can always call
me," he said before I left and I just
nodded and walked out.
I got home feeling a little but exhausted,
I crashed on my bed and didn't even
remember to take a bath, but I was too tired to stand up so I just let myself fall
asleep without taking my shoes or
clothes off..
*
The next day, I woke up feeling strong,
likewise yesterday, I jolted up from my bed and pulled my shoes off my legs
before doing the same to my clothes, I
took a bath and brushed my teeth
before putting on something plain and
casual.
I'm just so glad Leo gave me a day off, he's too nice .
I walked downstairs and noticed neither
of my parents are around so I called my
dad, cause it was supposed to be me
and him checking out the apartment. My
dad picked up at the first ring and immediately he apologized.
"I'm sorry".
"seriously dad, it was supposed to be
me and you today" I said sadly into the
phone.
"I know Penny and I'm sorry. I thought we could both go there together, today,
but I couldn't fit it in my schedule, I'm
sorry dear, I think you'll go alone, I'll text
you the address I'm sorry" my dad said
and I sighed.
"oh well, it's okay, I guess I'll just go alone then" I said and hang up, my dad
sent me the address and I sighed sadly
and did the last thing I thought I'd do.
I called Leo.
"pen?" he said surprisingly.
"hi.. Leo I know you must be wondering why I called" I said lowly, "yeah.." he
breathed out
"well about the apartment, you said
you'd go with me if my da--
"you want me to go with you?" he
suddenly interrupted me. "y-yeah, well my dad kind of bail out on
me at the last minute, and instead of
going alone, I thought maybe we could
go together." I said slowly, cause calling
him was awakward for me
"okay, no to explain, I'll be there in a jiffy" Leo said and hanged up. I slowly
shove my phone inside the pocket of the
jacket I wore.. I straighten my dress and
tuck my hair behind my ears, apart from
the dress I wore to club zero-zix a
month ago, it's the first I'm actually wearing a dress of my own.. I month ago, it's the first I'm actually wearing a dress of my own.. I walked
month ago, it's the first I'm actually
wearing a dress of my own.. I walked to
the kitchen to brew green tea, for
myself, and after preparing it, just as I
was about to take a sip, I heard the doorbell ring.... I held my tea in my hand
and walked to the door. I opened it and
found Leo standing there, he looked the
same. In a good way actually. His hair
was packed up, his eyes had dark circle
lines around it, and he wore his black earring in both ears which made him get
his scary looks and he was dressed in all
black.. I have this strange feeling that if
we're walking together, people would
think he kidnapped me.
"wow that was fast" I said as I opened the door wider for him to come in,
"I wasn't doing anything so I came as
fast as I could cause I was bored." he
said and I finally took a sip out of my tea.
And goodness! it was hot.
"don't you go to work or something, Maxwell said you have so many
companies, but yet I don't see you
working or directing in anyone, you're a
rich guy but you don't seem like one" I
said sensitively while he smiled.
"I do have a lot of firm and companies but I have people working under it, and
yes I don't look like a rich guy, I kind of
look like a criminal cause people say
that to me all the time, but actually
money isn't everything, I just don't know
what to do with my life, I guess I was just lucky with money, I do have a lot
but I just don't need it" he said freely and
I shook my head negatively. This guy is
unbelievable, it's true some people are
lucky with money, and neither me nor
my parents are one of the lucky people. "anyway, I'm done with my tea, let's get
going instead of talking" I said and
dropped the cup I used on the living
room table beside me are grabbed my
purse.
"my dad sent me the address it's not that far, well maybe a little but far but
we can take a cab—no cab is to
expensive— or we'll just take the bus" I
said walking briskly to the door.
"don't worry, about a cab or bus, we'll
just use my car instead" he said and my eyes lit up in excitement.
He brought his car. "well then let's go" I
said cheerfully. Leo
and I walked out of my house and I
locked the door.. And turned to see him
beside his car, he opened the car door for me.
"lady's first" he said. "thanks" I tell him
and got in and
suddenly remembered my first date
with Richard, he did and said exactly the
same thing, I shook that out of my memory, I don't need every little detail
to make me remember him. . Leo started
to drive, while I just sat
down quietly and directed him of where
to go..
Finally we got to Bayn street, and I had to go over the message my dad sent for
me to know the number of the building..
After calling my dad and asking for the
house number and what the building
looked like even though I've seen the
house address I just don't want to be mistaken,.
Leo and I got there and we both went to
check out the apartment, the building
was a six storey and the rented
apartment was at the last floor,...
"the apartment's nice though" Leo said as we both walked around the empty
room, and it looks Like it hasn't been
long since the other tenant left this place
cause it was still neat and the furnitures
were still new and neat. "what do you
think?" Leo asked me. "I think it's nice, it has a great view from
the small balcony, and since it's at the
top of the building it absorbs lot of cool
breeze, and it's got a perfect space for
Just a single person, I like it." I breathed
out. "so you're getting it?" leo asked.
"yeah!.. I just need to call the landlord
and ask about the payment" I said and
moved to where a flyer was pasted on
the wall and brought out my phone
cause the landlord's phone number was written there. I called the 'landlord'
which happens to be a lady and we
talked about me getting an apartment in
her building and she said she'll be over
here in a few minutes to talk about the
price and all that.. I placed my phone back into my purse
and turned to find Leo at the open
balcony.
"Leo." I called and he turned.
"nice view right?" I said and he nods.
"so what did the landlord say" he asked. "it's actually a lady, and she said she'll
be here soon, in the mean time, let's
check around the building." I said and he
nods, and we both walked out of the
apartment,.. We got in the elevator and
started to go down, the two of us were quiet and I just kept sighing.
"what are you going to do if the price of
the apartment happens to be higher
than what you have" Leo asked as we
got the third floor.
"well I'll just keep looking till I see the one that won't cut off my budgets" I
replied and he nods and looked away,
We got to the first floor and the elevator
door opened and I quickly walked out
bumping into someone.
"oh my goodness, Penelope!" I heard a somewhat familiar voice said.
I looked up and saw a girl, and I tried to
remember where I met or saw her... I
quickly remembered her, the girl from
the bus, the other day who I helped
payed for the bus, who kept thanking me.
"Olivia." I smiled "Penelope, I can't
believe you're here
what are you doing here! I talk about
you all the time, what you did that day
was grateful, I won't stop thanking you, I talk about you to my Richy all the time"
she said happily and looked behind me
to see Leo..
"hi I'm olivia a friend of Penelope" she
said shook Leo's hand.
"olivia..!" I heard a very familiar voice call Olivia's voice and I looked behind
Olivia to see the person only for my jaw
to drop.
Richard
Olivia quickly smiled and ran t