"What in the world are you doing in Mr Orchard's office ?" Becky asked me as she stormed into my office with two cups of coffee in her hands.

"Just come here ." I said as I took a cup of coffee from her and ushered her to where the cushions and coffee table were.

"I understand the man's dead but what I don't understand is what you're doing in here dressed up like that. " She gave off a sassy tone as she looked at my outfit before settling in one of the cushions.

"That's why I called you, would you just be calm for a minute." I told her as I stood in front of her staring at her confused face.

"Okay tell me what.... wait a sec, you're the new boss !" She got up immediately as she stumped heavily to where I stood. I rolled my eyes at her before making a reply

"Yes I am the boss." I shrugged at her as I took a sip from the coffee in my hands.

"Whoaa! That's some real shocker, oh wow! I'm seriously happy for you but my confusion is getting the best of me." She shook her head as she gave me a wide smile.

"He put the company in my name before he died. He could have given it to his son but his son is sick, he has dyslexia." I rushed my words as I took my seat in one of the cushion.

"Whaat ?! You took over the company just like that. Babe you see why I tell you that you're one heck of a fortunate child ." She exclaimed as she rushed over to me and engulfed me in a tight hug.

"Becky you're literally squeezing me!" I yelped because I couldn't feel my lungs anymore.

"I'm squeezing out the fortune from you so I could get some ." We both laughed loud as she let go of me.

"We need to go out and celebrate this." She said as she gulped the coffee from from her cup.

"No sis, the last time we went out to celebrate we both know what happened." I chuckled as I got up from my seat and walked towards my desk.

I turned around and Becky was stiff in her position. She didn't turn or say anything, it was like she saw a ghost.

"Becky ?!" I called her to get her attention as I settled in my seat.

"Yeah. Uhm Skai... has Drake told you anything ?" She had her eyebrows furrowed with her eyes narrowed as she walked towards where I stood.

"Anything like ?" I asked her in confusion as I sat upright in my seat.

"Oh I guess he hasn't told you yet." She rolled her eyes as she slumped into one of the seats in front of the desk.

"What are you taking about ? "I leaned forward in other to hear what she had to say.

"Do you know Drake has feelings for you ?" Relief flooded my face as I relaxed back into my seat while laughing loud.

"Babe ! Yes he told me and is that why you are acting like you saw a ghost ?" I waved her off as I chuckled at how over dramatic she could be sometimes.

"Skai, that's not what I wanted to say." My smile slowly faded as I turned to look at her,she now had a stern look.

"Wha-wha-what is it then ?" I stuttered because I knew whatever she had to tell me was very serious because Becky never gave a stern look but whenever she does,it doesn't end up well.

"Drake adores you much more than you could imagine. He's not just protecting you because of what happened to him in his past, he's also protecting you because he doesn't want to lose you. " She stood up from her seat and sat in front of me on my desk.

"Where are you going with this ?" I've known all of this and I was anxious to know what she had to say.

"Well,he really wants you around him all the time so he wanted to make it official." She had a smirk on her face as she cocked her head to the side.

"What ?! You can't be serious ! He wanted to marry me ?!" I got up from my seat and gave Becky a nasty scowl.

"Heck no ! That's not what I meant sis, why do you love jumping into conclusions uhn ?" She chuckled as she took one of my hands in hers and fondled with my fingers.

"He wanted you two to run his company, he wanted you to be his second hand in the company." My eyes grew larger in size as I heard Becky's words. I removed my hands from hers and pinned my fingers against my temples.

"Ho-how do you know this ?" I turned my back against Becky as I looked outside the glass wall.

"He told me himself. Remember that night you came home with Mike ?" I nodded slowly still feeling surprised that Drake would actually talk to Becky about this.

"Well when he was panicking and unnecessarily furious about the whole thing, I was there calming his nerves coz he looked like he wanted to stab himself and I wasn't ready to lose my boss before pay day." She chuckled as she walked to where I stood and wrapped her arms around my shoulders from behind.

"So being in a vulnerable state and me being his shoulder to cry on, he told me how he felt about you and all his plans for you to run the company alongside with him." I turned around to face Becky with a gasp escaping from my mouth.

"That explains everything. Seeing me with Mike that night made him think all his plans for me has failed because he thought I was in a relationship with him" I covered my face in sadness as I walked over to the cushions while Becky trailed behind me.

"Ouch! That's my brother you know ?" I didn't expect her to take offence because she was aware that I didn't have feelings towards her brother.

"Sorry,no offense." I said coldly as I processed what she had said earlier.

"None taken, doesn't mean because you're my best friend you also have to date my brother." She smiled at me as she stopped beside where I sat.

"Oh, that was why when he found out I was not with Mike,he felt his plan back in motion that was why he became loving till the extent he kissed me." I said as I slumped into the cushion ignoring the surprised expression on Becky's face.

"You guys kissed ?!"She slapped my arm as she sat on the handle of the cushion.

"Yeah at his.....oh my God!" I docked my head into my hands after realizing why Drake mood changed last night.

"What is it ?!" Becky removed my arms from my face as I looked at her with eyes that were tearing up.

"Drake and I had dinner with Sarah last night and she revealed to him that I was going to be the new owner of the company." I dabbed my eyes to do away with the tears that were bubbling in my eyes.

"Oh God, then his plans has been totally shattered. He can't have you working with him while you're here running a whole company." Becky rubbed my shoulder back and forth to sooth me.

"That's why he is so sad and withdrawn." I shook my head as my eyes were now opened to things I didn't know.

Becky got up from where she sat and walked away from me as she let out a sigh.

"Wait a sec,you guys are just silly. Do you two have to run a company to be together ?" She rolled her eyes as she turned to look at me.

"Yes, that's the only way we could spend time together and..." Becky put out a finger to stop me from talking as she walked towards me.

"Why do you want to be around him ?" She gave me a suspicious look as she settled in the cushion opposite me.

"So he could protect me." I looked down at my hands knowing that was a big lie. I wanted to be around him so I could feel happy, safe and see his smile everyday.

"Oh there's a reason you have bodyguards, you know ?" I docked my head to hide my face from her because she knew the truth.

"Girl,you like this guy !" She exclaimed as she walked over to where I sat.

I didn't say anything,I just kept my head down as I took out the band that was holding my hair in a bun. My hair fell on my shoulders as I let it loose.

"If you have feelings for him and since he already does,the only way you two could see each other all the time and be together is to have a stable and serious relationship." I turned my head swiftly to look at her, she was right but I wasn't ready to admit that just yet so I rolled my eyes at her.

"Don't give me that look. If you don't have a relationship with him then all the holding of hands, kissing,staying in the same house with him and getting annoyed over each other's action has to stop coz honestly it's all nonsense !" She folded her hands across her abdomen and gave me a sassy look.

She was annoyed and truth be told she made sense. Drake and I weren't in a relationship,which means there's no valid or moral basis for what both of us were doing.

So there could be only one reasonable and valid way to make things work out and I have come to accept it.

"So what's it gonna be ? You start a relationship with Drake and still get all the attention you have from him or you reduce all ties with him and remain single." I walked up to her and gave her a nod as I put my hands on her shoulders.

"I think I'd be going fishing." I smiled at her as I walked towards my desk to get my bag.

"What do you mean, fishing ?!" She looked at me with an annoyed look.

I put my hand bag over my arm and walked towards the door then I turned around to look at her.

"I am going to catch my man." She smiled widely at me as I walked out of the office. I nodded at the guard who followed me immediately.

I walked down the aisle to the elevator with a smile on my face that refused to go away. I knew what I was going to do and I was ready to face it.

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I walked into the living room and I could spot Drake's laptop opened up at the dining table but he was no where to be found.

I dropped my bag in one of the couches and climbed up the stairs. I stopped in front of his room thinking he was in there. After letting out a huge sigh,I knocked on the door.

To my dismay,it was James who came out of the door. He was wearing a sad and worried face, I didn't know what was going on or what had happened but whatever it was,it wasn't good.

"James, what's the problem ?" I asked him as he closed the door behind him.

"Drake's not feeling too well,he thinks it's just a cold but I know it's more than that." My eyebrows furrowed after hearing his words.

"What do you think it is ?" He sighed softly before he answered my question.

"I think is has to do with his emotional health." He stuffed his hands into his pockets as he gave me a stern look.

"Why ?! What do you mean by that ? Is that why he didn't go to work today ?" My eyes began to narrow as I threw those questions at James.

"You know he's right behind this door,you could go in and ask him all these questions." He smirked at me before he walked away from where I stood.

I rolled my eyes at him with a grin on my face as I knocked on the door. I waited for a while but I got no response so I decided to open the door.

My eyes wandered around the room, it's paintings and furniture spelt money as I walked in. The room was really cold probably because of the air conditioner.

My eyes fell on Drake who was sitting on his king size bed. He was looking out through the glass wall of his room,I wonder why all billionaires love to have glass walls around them.

"For someone who has cold,this room is highly chilled." I said as I stopped in front of the bed.

He turned around to face me,his face was pale and he gave me a straight face which was emotionless.

"You're back early, I thought you'd come home late." He said as he rose one of his leg and rested it on the bed.

"It's just orientation,I haven't resumed fully." I said as I walked towards him and took my seat in front of him.

"Speaking of which,I have the papers here." He got up from the bed and picked a folder from the top of a bedside table.

"What papers ?" I decided to play dumb because I wasn't ready to face that issue.

"The papers to dilute the contract before the due date." He said as he dropped it in the bed while he stood crossing his arms looking down at me.

I picked up the folder and took them in my hands, I held the pen which I found inside the folder. I stole a glimpse at Drake's face and he looked sore and weak.

I pretended to scan through the paper work while I took another glimpse at his face,his face looking more sad each time I looked up at him.

"Okay screw this !" I said as I flung the files on the bed alongside the pen. Drake had a shocked expression on his face.

"What are you doing ?!" He said as he gathered the files that were scattered on his bed.

"Stopping both of us from making the most stupid decision of our lives." I said as I stood up from his bed and walked closer to the glass wall.

"What's the mistake here ?" His voice was cranky and low which tells me he had done some crying, I turned around to face him and his pale bulgy eyes tell me me my suspicions are correct.

"Look at you,you're broken and sad about this ! You don't want this and so do I." I shouted at him as I gestured towards the papers in his hands.

"But you have a new job now,so stop being childish and sign the papers." He handed the papers over to me with his eyes peering into mine.

"You know you're a coward." He narrowed his eyes at me as he wakes closer to where I stood.

"Coward ?!" He pointed his fingers at himself in an offensive manner.

"Yes Drake. You thing I wouldn't find out about your feelings for me uhn ? You couldn't even tell me in a proper setting." I lashed out on him as I took a step back because he was taking close steps towards me.

"I told you about how I felt and sorry I didn't take you under the moonlight and kiss your hands severally inside my car telling you how much I love you." I clenched my teeth realizing how sarcastic he was as he referred to the incidence with Mike.

"Are we going back to that ?! We've been over that stage and you gave me a kiss to stamp that , remember ?" I poked his chest with my index finger as I looked straight into his bulgy eyes.

"Look any of this doesn't matter now because you have a company waiting for you and you can't stay in my house forever besides I just invested my feelings in something that wouldn't work. Skai,please just sigh the paper." He looked at me with a tired expression and I could see his once perfectly firm set of eyes were now dull with dropping eye bags.

"Why does everything have to be about you ?! Did you care to hear what I had to say ?" I walked away from his front and took my seat on the bed.

"You never made a response, and that kiss that night was something I forced, it wasn't mutual so..." He stopped talking immediately he saw how I immediately stood up from where I sat with a nasty scowl on my face.

"What if it was mutual ? What if I wanted it ? What if my response is that I feel the same way about you, that I don't want to run the company all my myself knowing I don't have anyone to come home and share my day with ?! What if I told you that you're the strength behind all my battle ?! Uh ?! What would you say ?" The tears that I've been trying to avoid flooded down my cheeks as I poured out my mind to Drake.

He tried to come close to me to comfort me but I stop him, he needed to hear all that I had to say.

"No let me finish!" I put out my palms to prevent him from trying to touch me.

"Why are you always scared to live life ?! I understand you're carrying out your brother's duties but that doesn't mean you have suck in your real self and put in the character of another person." He shut his eye lids tightly as he clenched his teeth,I knew topic about his twin affected him but I had to proceed with my words.

"You can fulfill your duties but be yourself. You're funny, smart,kind, cheerful and most importantly..." I took a step towards him for each quality that I mentioned.

I paused for a while as I stood face to face with him,I cupped his face with both of my hands which made him look down at me.

"Most importantly you're my Drake, you're the guy I fell for at the bar that night. You're not cold, mean and arrogant neither are you a coward. All you have to do is to relieve yourself of the burden of your brother that you've been carrying on your shoulders." My eyes wandered around his face like I was looking for something.

"But how Skai ? How do I do all that ?!" His eyes were glassy because if the tears that were finding it's way into his eyes.

"That's why I'm here, we are going to go through this phase together. You've been fighting all your problems alone,let me fight them with you." I wiped away a stray tear drop from his cheek with my thumb.

I smiled at him my head tilted to the side as I looked at his red face, he was filled with emotions that he needed to express.

"Let it out Drake,you can cry in front of me." I assured him as I stroked his arms back and forth.

"What if you leave me, would you tell people you saw Drake Johnson cry ?" He asked me with a cracked voice due to the tears he was holding back.

"I'd never leave you, Drake." I said before I engulfed him in a hug, immediately he opened up the floodgates for his tears to flow freely.

He wrapped his arms around me tightly as he cried profusely on my shoulder, I could feel the hot tears dropping on my jacket.

After a while of sobbing,I ushered him to his bed so we could both sit on it and I could calm him down from crying.

"Skai, did you really mean all that you told me ?" His red eyes were having a tint of hope mixed with joy as I crawled to where he sat.

I knelt beside him and trailed my hand through his hair as I looked into his eyes.

"Yes,I meant every bit of it." I smiled widely at him as I took my hands out from his hair.

He didn't give me any facial expression but before I could process what was going on, I could feel his lips pressing against mine as he wrapped his arms around me.

This is it. This is when I finally admitted my feelings to Drake and made whatever we had official. This was nothing similar to how Andre and I started our relationship, I can actually feel the love Drake had for me with every touch and kiss he bestowed on me and I had a feeling this would last longer than I envisioned.