Ronaldo's wife to be.

Chapter 9.

" Breakfast is served and my Father needs her lady ship presence in the dining area," The tall boy who had worn clothes made of straws, spoke with confidence.

" Boy didn't they teach you how to greet a person in the mornings," Fayez asked, " And who is your father?".

" Good Morning ma'am, Mr Mandani is my father not biologically but he brought me up," He smiled realizing his manners.

" Tell them we will be there shortly, is it not almost lunchtime?" Fayez asked.

" They saved it from breakfast time, it's 10 o'clock tea ma'am," The boy said and run towards the staircases.

" Wake up sleepy head, the host asks for your attention," Fayez said, and noted the bed was empty, she could hear water splashing all over in the bathroom.

A few minutes later, Charlotte briskly entered the hall full of glamour, beautiful a's the morning star.

Before she even sat down, Jack was at her again, " Charlotte why can't you come and live here with us, aren't you lonely, running that Empire on your own".

Charlotte gave him a look which he met with alarm, " You forget my status in the society wherein come from?".

" Your Father tried that with Uncle George and they never succeeded, I will take a husband of my choice and none of you has the privilege to choose for me," Charlotte's expression grew stern, her blackish-greenish eyes were burning, flaming her anger rising.

" I know but you need not be stubborn, time is running out," Jack replied.

Charlotte was glad that Ronaldo was not present, only Mandani and Jack who were seated, sipping their white coffee.

" Grandmother does not think so, you will be surprised if what she is planning but let's wait and hear what's on the wall," Charlotte sat across Mandani.

" So you know what's inside the will?" Mandani asked.

" Nope, a clue or two, nothing much and it might be something I don't want, but you all know I live under my grandmother's wishes, she is my mentor," Charlotte picked up her fork and knife and started with the potato wedges.

" I got no idea of what's inside but I plan to do it sooner, My son here thinks his name is in it," Mandani smiled.

" Come on, Jack is too sensitive to be, the lady's husband, Grandma would never think of him as my suitor," Charlotte clicked.

" Sensitive how?".

" You are weak Jack there is no way I would like your help inside the empire, we will be fighting every day no offence," Charlotte said.

" When the will is read you will abide by it, no matter how weak you think I am, am the only available guy for you I keep telling my father so," Jack let out a loud laugh.

" Almost missed the get-together," Ronaldo interrupted And sat next to Charlotte.

" Just a late morning chat with our lady," Mandani quickly replied.

Ronald shot them glances, one at a time and rapidly looked away. Charlotte was seated not wavering showing no signs of a connection between them, you wouldn't say they slept together last night.

Ronald returned his gaze to her, and studied her, the strong lady of the Idris Empire, her authority remarkable, nobody would waiver her from what she wanted, and no matter how Jack tried to be in her life even if the will said to do, she will still reject it,

" You can be powerful and anything, but once you are in my hands you are a woman like any other, warm and pliant," Ronaldo murmured inaudibly.

" What are you saying Atkins, have you started speaking to yourself," Jack laughed foolishly.

Charlotte Side glanced at him, faint surprise in her eyes, the excitement was no longer there, and he seemed alright too, she was no longer having those distractions in her body. My Grannie has won, she won't torment me with love again.

" Oh, the feeling is mutual, have not much to say, how about a cup of coffee," Ronaldo muttered and made a sound like an unhappy laugh.

" I can see you are not pleased with me, I just wish you never came to this will reading, But am not my father," Jack screeched.

" Stop talking Jack, you live in my house and I think if you need Charlotte to respect you, you should start acting like a man," Mandani shouted banging on the table.

" Are you threatened by my presence, you think I chose this expedition, I have lots of tractors to repair back in my Empire, I was summoned comrade," Ronaldo curled his lips and twitched, unshaken by his outburst.

" Possibly, am also here waiting on that reading, Jenny will serve you your late breakfast," Jack hissed.

" Keep your expectations low, to avoid being hurt, Mark you nobody summoned you, everybody you see present was written on that list," Mandani quoted.

" No problem, am not mad at you for nothing, I woke up a few hours before dawn and decided to roam the stairs, I ascended half awake to your corridor, Then I saw a shape of a woman walking briskly, with only silkies on, entangled hair and she got inside Charlotte's room, I never saw her well where she was coming from but I suspect it's from your room," Jack pointed at Ronaldo.

" you are so obsessed with me in such a manner that you think you're seeing me walking before dawn on corridors? what is happening to you, Jack?" Charlotte defended her dignity she wouldn't like anyone to know that he spent the night with Ronaldo!

" I don't think I'm the person you should be fighting with, after all, she has her Empire to lead and I have my Empire to lead, we cannot sacrifice our jobs as leaders and live with each other so just relax and wait maybe you're just counting your chicks before they hatch," Ronaldo replied.

" Am not counting chicks, I have the chicks, " Jack said.

"Snap out of that Dream and stop hating me for nothing we went to school together for god sake don't put bad blood between us because of a woman," Ronaldo started, looking hard at Charlotte who was unbothered by their conversation.

" I am not any other woman, I am a leader and I will tell you this for free I would not want you also to be my husband when it comes to my Empire I choose, I give orders, I rule," Charlotte replied her eyes Flaming and her anger simmering. she didn't like the tone Ronaldo used to describe her as 'any woman' it's like she was despising her or talking about someone without the strength, of which she could not sit down and give him a chance to smoulder her name with mud.

"That's exactly what I declared, we have jobs to do, we cannot be together," Ronaldo returned her anger with anger, this time it came out arrogantly and ruthlessly, as the owner himself that devilish smile was replaced by sharp eyes with a no-nonsense scowl on his forehead.

"You calm down I think I am the only person who has a clue on what is on the will, anybody else here is just guessing and speculating, why can't we talk about something else," Charlotte Said, she was not meek, her confidence, her presence was noticed and when everyone on the table looked at her they were assured of her self confidence and she looked more intriguing most challenging for both the men.

" Jack you are not going to make me look like a woman In this woman's presence, I am a man and for your information, I rule with strength and I hate sitting with fools, I'm sorry but I cannot sit here a minute longer if that Will is not read by tonight, I'm out of this place but I will not have the hosts disrespecting my presence by undermining my skills and abusing my dignity!" Ronaldo made a few strides, beckoned on Rocky to join him on a separate table.

" What's happening again?" Rocky asked worriedly.

" Am a threat to the Mandani boy, he wants to marry Charlotte and thinks she is favouring me over him," He chuckled.

" And how does that make you feel threatened, or undermined or are you just angry?" Rocky asked deliberately, it was hard to read him mostly when he laughs like that.

"Yesterday I must have felt like protecting her but after what happened last night I do not feel anything about her anymore, in fact, I don't care whether she ends up with Jack or not to me she's just my fellow leader," Ronaldo said and his brows rose.

" I came around to confirm, whether she stayed or not, the kind of noise and entanglement that I found you two in were like those of young lovers, how come you feel like this? this morning didn't you enjoy yourself? was she not what you expected? what happened to that beauty that you kept on praising?" Rocky wondered out loudly.

" That woman is complicated, we started as humans and we climaxed as spirits, the energy was too much we could not get enough of each other, we rolled, we crawled, we stood, we ran without getting exhausted, just as it was getting to dawn that energy left us, I could not even stand on my own, I do not understand how I am walking at this moment after what I encountered last night, " Ronaldo whined.

" My God, " Rocky exclaimed

" And if that's how it's going to be then I do not want it, I want to be myself, I want to feel in control, I want to be a man not some energized robot," Ronaldo seethed with anger.

" And what did the beautiful lady say," Rocky inquired, he was still in shock he could not believe what his boss was saying in his whole life since he met him he has never complained about s*x meaning this one was special and different.

"what can she say? she doesn't know anything about s*x, it was her first time maybe she thinks that's how it should be and I cannot meet such high expectations, after that, we ate all the food that was in that house, you could have seen her eating not like a lady at all I thought I was seeing a ghost, " Ronaldo threw Charlotte a wild look, from a distance.

" I just hope he's not the type that discusses their lives with their servants because most probably the way he is shooting glances at me he might be telling him about last night this was supposed to be me and him, our little secrets our servants should not be involved I might warn him on that," Charlotte thought.

" I keep asking myself why exactly did I find her that night? she was so appealing, a goddess when I first saw her, she was the most beautiful woman I have ever laid my eyes on which is true, she was more powerfully attractive than she is at the moment, what is happening to me," Ronaldo thought to himself.

" Maybe the spell is broken, you told me that night that something was calling you to remember you rejected the waitress because you needed something else and you said if you saw it you will know, so stop bothering yourself too much, it is already done there is nothing else we can do, we move forward and wait for whatever happens after this," Rocky advised him.

'"you will always be my good friend and my servant my mind is crowded with regrets of sleeping with that woman my conscience told me to stop but I insisted because I was in pain now I cannot stop thinking about her but this time she is hurting me cuz it is not in a positive way, " Ronaldo confessed.

" And it's making you angry? ".

" Yes? ".

" Why is that? ".

" Cause I no longer care, I don't want her, but I feel it's not over it's gonna happen again and again, though I don't know how " Ronaldo said and laughed sheepishly.

" Keep your worries down, " Rocky said.

" The first woman that has ever made me worried, I change them like my briefs, any woman I want has never said no to me but guess what this one acts weird, said it loud and clear that she is not interested in me! " Ronaldo let out.

" You confuse me, I don't understand you currently, " Rocky shook his head, my boss is suffering from an inferiority complex, how am gonna tell him that? He is in pain or in love, and hated Jack for what he was doing, was it insecurities? was he mad for being rejected?

" I hate that woman and I know I can't escape her, anyway let's wait for today, tomorrow I have a job of going back home," Ronaldo said.

"Let's go to the bar, you need a few tots of whiskey," Rocky suggested.

When he stood, a hand touched him from behind and he thought he had been struck by lightning, his body shuddered and when he turned around, he was eye to eye with----.