Bared To You

chapter 4

When his housekeeper John brought the essentials, Xan left and I quickly entered the bathroom and changed my uhmm..'stuff', thankfully the housekeeper brought me a change of clothes too.
   "Get it out"; I heard Xan's voice as soon as I came out of the bathroom. Xan was throwing out his sheets and apparently his mattress too. "Burn it all"; his cold voice again flooded my ears. "Burn everything she touched and call the interior designer to change that room" and then he pointed in my direction since I was still standing in front of the bathroom.
    I pulled every strength and bit of self-control in me to stop my tears from falling as I mumbled a "thank you" and ran out of the house not minding the time.

XAN

   I continuously punched the wall with my fist until it bled as I repeated everything that took place and how I let Elle leave the house by 3am. The pain I feel is nothing compared to what I've made her feel. This reminds me of what happened that night five years ago and I couldn't help but feel my heart ache over and over again.

CHANTELLE

   When I reached home, I looked at the grandfather clock on the wall and saw that it was already 5am. Rach was not home so I assumed it was one of her late nights at work. I was so tired I immediately went to bed setting an alarm for 7am.
   I kept on turning in bed and couldn't sleep. Xan's voice kept replaying in my head" burn it all","burn it all" was all I heard until my alarm clock rang. I felt something wet on my face, I touched my face and realized I was crying. I quickly cleaned my face thinking "no matter how much I love him, he's not worth my tears".
   With that as my motivation, I stood up and was determined to make my day go as smoothly as possible. I took a shower, got dressed and went to the office.

OFFICE (CHANTELLE)

Things were actually going smoothly and I was happy with that.
   "It's lunch break, come let's go down  to the cafeteria"; Tasha, my colleague said. "Okay, but go ahead with the others"; "I need to finish going through this file"; I said. "Don't waste much time up here, though"; she said. "Okay"; I replied, engrossed in the file.
  On my way to the cafeteria, a weird looking man entered into the elevator with me. Weird because;his whole face was covered with the face cap and mask he was putting on. He asked" where's the boss's office"?
   Sensing nothing wrong with the question, I answered; "the last floor" and then got out the elevator. The man was going back up and since he did not come out with me and when I turned to ask who he is, I saw a sinister smile on his face and then the elevator shut. Fear gripped me and I don't know why but I felt the need to inform Xan about this person, so not minding our differences, I ran to the reception hall.
    "Please can you put a call to the boss's office"? "It's important"; I told Clara, the receptionist. "And why should I"? She retorted. "It's urgent"; I said or "just put a call to him and tell him that".... I told her everything about the man but still she said " you are lying". "You are one of those gold diggers trying to get close to the boss".
   "I am serious"; I said exasperatedly and as soon as I said that,  multiple gunshots were heard.
     Multiple gunshots were heard and I could hear myself whisper "Xan". Two bodyguards rushed into the company and straight to the elevator.
   Employees had gathered beside the elevator waiting for what would happen and as soon as the "ding" of the elevator was heard, the two bodyguards came out dragging a body by the leg and a trail of blood followed them. Everybody turned their faces away.
   Soon the other elevator that was meant for only Xan alone opened and Xan came out fuming. His aura alone made the hairs at the back of everyone's neck rise. He was on a phone call but a gun was in his right hand.
  Everyone gasped seeing the blood.
Xan walked by us all as if we were invisible and went straight to the garage. Work hours ended early for that day.

XAN

Immediately I left the office,I went straight to the basement fuming. These Black Mamba guys were getting too brave for their own good. As I went to the third floor where my men were training, I stood in front of them and said authoritatively; "Get ready and go to the main site, from there we are going for an attack against the mambas and I'll lead the attack.
     My men were elated since it's been a long time we've gone on attack and also because I've not led an attack for so long now.