Jesse's eyes widened in shock as he saw Olima's face and recognized her as the same young lady Justin had been asking about earlier when they were at the club. Now, she looked more battered than when he had first seen her.
Jesse couldn't believe she was the one Justin was seriously worrying about.
Olima was still unable to speak about who had hurt her as she cried and begged Justin, "Please, sir, help me get to the estate gate."
Justin asked her, "Why?"
He held her left hand closely, not wanting her to run away from him again, but his phone continued ringing in his black suit trouser pocket.
Jesse's phone also rang, and Justin knew that his parents were the ones calling him. Even though they sometimes acted blindly towards him, his mother always called to know where he was and if he was alright.
Justin said, "Wait a minute..."
He immediately took out his phone from his trouser pocket, and at the same time, Jesse's phone was ringing too.
Justin's mother had called his father to complain about Justin's absence from their mansion.
Jesse said, "Boss, your dad is calling me now; we need to leave here."
Jesse immediately took out his phone and answered the call while Justin answered his mother's call on his phone too.
Justin said, "Hello, Mom."
His mother asked him, "Justin, where are you?"
Justin replied, "I'm on my way home now, Mom. I'll be home soon."
Justin still didn't let go of Olima's soft left hand, which he held firmly, and his mother asked him, "Are you sure, son, or are you still at the clubhouse?"
Justin frowned and replied, "No, Mom, I'm honestly at the estate street now and approaching home."
Justin spoke in a deep male husky voice as he looked at Olima's face with care, while she immediately looked down and away from him, wondering what he was up to.
Olima continued to sob, and Mrs. Juliet said, "Okay, son, do hurry and come home fast. I'm still awake and waiting for you to return home first."
Justin answered, "Alright, Mom. I will be home soon with Jesse. Bye, and I love you."
Mrs. Juliet replied, "I love you too, son. I'll be expecting you at home on time."
Justin said, "Okay, Mom, bye."
Justin finally ended the call with his mother and put his phone back into his trouser pocket. He looked at Olima's face and asked her, "What happened to you? Tell me."
Justin's voice was serious, but Olima shook her head as she didn't want to involve him in her family matters. She begged, "Please, sir, just take me to the estate gate, that's all."
Justin sighed as he listened to her sweet voice before replying, "Alright, I'll help you get to the estate gate, but you still need to tell me who slapped your pretty face and who you are living with around here."
Justin looked serious as he met Olima's gaze and automatically became possessive of her.
However, Olima gulped hard, not expecting the stranger to care about her.
She shyly looked down after seeing that Justin didn't want to let her go and was still insisting on knowing who had hurt her.
Justin finally released Olima's soft hand as he could feel his muscles becoming hard, imagining what her soft body would feel like under his hard masculine body.
His bulge was already growing in his pants, and his s****l desires were awakening just by holding her soft hand.
Justin's mind ran wild with various thoughts of how he would lay with her in his bed, but he quickly waved off the crazy thoughts as he didn't want to scare her.
He was sweating at that late hour and heard her voice again, "Please, sir, I need to get to the estate gate."
Olima's tiny voice stirred something deeper in Justin's heart, making him sweat even more.
He finally replied, "Okay, I promise to help you get to the estate gate, but you need to tell me first what happened to you."
Olima looked up at Justin's face, wondering if she could trust him, and she heard him say, "Look, I don't mean any harm to you, okay? You shouldn't be afraid to share your problem with me. I'm Justin Robert, and my father owns this estate, even though most of the houses here are individually owned and bought from us."
Olima remained silent, staring at Justin's face. She felt her cheeks burning hot from his care and possessive nature, and she wasn't even listening to all his introductions, wondering how he could still look so handsome at that late hour.
Justin finally asked her, "Are you listening to me at all?"
Olima's big brown eyes moved upward, staring at Justin's thin lips and meeting his desirous eyes on her again.
She gulped hard and replied, "I am listening to you. My dad owns the other house down there, but after my parents were gone, my stepmother made my living there terrible. She threw me out tonight after her only daughter ruined the soup I had just finished cooking. Mia made the soup bitter."
Olima started sobbing again at the memory of how Mia had ruined the soup. Justin was silent for a while, knowing that he hadn't seen Olima before, as he usually kept late hours after succeeding his father's company as the new CEO two years ago when he turned 19.
Justin was still in school and hadn't fully resumed office since he returned home for vacation. He had only visited his father's construction company and knew he hadn't seen Olima around before.
But recently, he had been seeing her more frequently, and she looked like someone from a rich family background with her smooth skin, yet she kept running about like a maid and someone under fire.
Justin replied, "Okay, where's your home? Let me take you there. If I take you to the estate security now, they won't be able to follow you back home at this hour, as it's already late, and your stepmother might not even open the gate for them. Why not follow me to my parents' house tonight, and tomorrow morning, we can bring you back to your stepmother's house and try to talk to her."
Olima shakily replied, "No, sir..."
She looked away from Justin and moved back a bit, wanting to run away from him, not knowing his other intentions.
Olima looked at the estate gate that was still far ahead, and Justin took out his phone again as he saw it was his mother calling him again.
He picked up his phone and quickly replied, "I'm almost at the gate, Mom."
Mrs. Juliet asked, "Justin, it's already after 11 p.m. Where exactly are you now?"
Justin replied, "Mom, I'll be home now. Hang up the call first."
Justin looked at Olima's face again as he didn't want to leave her behind on the road, not after seeing how hurt she looked.
He knew there were no surveillance cameras around to record if anything bad happened to her, and the security men could also take advantage of her innocence, as it was already late.
Justin assured her, "You can trust me. I won't hurt you, okay."
Olima looked at Justin's face in silence first, not knowing if she could trust him or not.
After much hesitation, she finally accepted his right extended hand offered to her.
Justin finally walked back to his car with Olima, and they got into the back seat of his car together, while Jesse sighed as he sat in the driver's seat in silence, not interfering. He wondered how Mrs. Juliet would react upon seeing the beautiful young lady Justin brought home.
Jesse also saw that Olima looked hurt and brutally beaten as he saw her reddened face through the rearview mirror of the car.
The car's inner bulb automatically switched on, causing Jesse's grip on the steering wheel to tighten, wondering who had treated Olima so harshly.
Justin helped Olima sit beside him properly and fastened her seatbelt.
Her fruity scent filled his nostrils as he leaned closer to her, feeling more aroused than tempted, but he suppressed his urge, not wanting to scare her.
Justin ordered Jesse, "Start the car."
"Alright, Boss," replied Jesse.
Justin didn't bother to use his seatbelt again, knowing they were almost home, as he sat in silence while Jesse started the car engine and drove them home.
Olima was surprised to hear the driver refer to Justin as 'boss.'
She gulped hard and tried not to look at Justin's face again as he sat beside her on her right side, and she could feel his gaze on her too, as the car approached a huge black gate.
Olima had heard that the Emerson estate belonged to one Mr. Robert Emerson, but she didn't really know who the man was, as she mostly heard her parents discussing him.
Olima didn't know if she had seen the man either, but she had heard that his mansion was more heavily guarded with security men than any other mansion in the estate, and it was the most luxurious villa there.
Jesse parked at the front gate and honked the car horn while a security man walked up to open the gate.
The security man stepped out and looked at Justin's car to be sure who was there. Seeing his young boss in the car with a pretty young lady, and Jesse in the driver's seat, he walked back to the gate and remotely unlocked the electric gate.