I was looking at my reflection in the mirror after having a cold long shower before bed.

Yesterday was a long day and to be honest I was happy it was a brand new day, I hope today is better.

I observed the visible dark rings that were forming around my eyes.I applied some of my skincare products that'd take care of the after effects of stress that were showing on my face.

I moved my attention to my hair which I haven't given any hair treatment for a while now. My hair was now tangling and breaking off as I trailed my hands through it.

Maybe I should get them braided or make any protective hairstyle to prevent the breakage,I thought to myself as I applied a leave-in conditioner into my hair.

I walked out of the bathroom with my towel firmly tied around my chest,I was about loosening it when I saw Drake sitting on my bed.

He was dressed and ready for work. He was wearing a fitted grey suit that hugged his muscles, his hairline was sharp like he just had a haircut.

It's hard staying mad at him when he's looking a like a supermodel. I haven't spoke to him since last night and I guess he came here to make amends.

"You need to excuse me, I need to dress up." I said as I turned to my dresser.

"I don't even get why you're annoyed." He shrugged as he walked behind me.

"Oh really ?!" I rolled my eyes at him as he looked at me through the mirror.

"No I don't, tell me." He chuckled as he rested his both hands on the dresser, caging me between his arms.

"You were so angry yesterday and when I tried to calm you down you shoved me aside." I spat my words at him as I put on some dangling earrings.

"You get angry all the time and I can't calm you down. You don't see me making a fuss about it ?" He arched one of his brows while he grinned at our reflection.

I pursed my lips in defeat because he was right. We are both uncontrollable when we are angry, maybe that's why we are drawn to ourselves.

"But you shouldn't be the angry one, you should be calm and gentle." I waved his hands off as I walked away from the dresser.

"Oh so you get to be all sparky and fierce while I get to be the dull and gentle one ?" He cocked his head to his side as he gave me an unbelievable look.

"Y-yes." I stuttered because I knew I sounded unfair but I was just joking around with him.

"And why is that Miss Skai ?" He leaned his back against the dresser as he itched the side of his head.

"Because you're the guy, you should be calm so when I'm angry you'd calm me down." I shrugged one of my elbow at him before opening my wardrobe.

"You do know how childish you sound right ?" He smirked as he walked towards where I stood.

"I'm just telling you what you should do for this relationship to work." I told him as I brought out two dresses, I was unsure of which to wear.

"Okay I'm gonna tell you what you should do." I turned around to look at him with one of my brows arched.

"This is what you're going to do, when you see me angry or beating a guy or anybody because they tryna mess with you, you cheer me on, you support me and... " He took tiny steps towards me as he spoke and our faces were now few inches apart.

"And what ?" I asked him as I lowered my hands that were holding the dresses.

"And you love me more because I'm fighting for you. I don't want no who knows who messing with you. Okay ?!" He looked into my eyes and his dark brown eyes were sparkling than usual.

"Okay." I smiled sheepishly at him as I fondled with the ends of my towel.

"Now come give me some of those hugs." He wrapped his arms around me while I put my arms around his neck.

"Okay okay, I gotta get ready now." I said as I broke the hug while he let out a huge groan.

"I'd be downstairs waiting for you." He said as his arms left my body.

"Why ?!" I asked as I picked one of the dresses and tossed it on the bed.

"I'd be dropping you off at the office before going to mine, you can ditch your driver." He said as he retreated towards the door.

"That means you'd also come pick me up after work ." I tilted my head to the side giving him a sassy look.

"Of course that's the plan, we'd be going for dinner tonight." He winked at me as he rushed out of the door, he didn't want me to speak or object to his crazy idea.

How would I go for dinner in squeezed work clothes after the long day at work. I rushed back to my closet and picked a plum flare gown that ended right on my knees.

The gown looked chic and formal at the same time and it'd be nice for dinner and work, I looked at myself in the mirror once more before stepping out.

My hair was looking dry and weak as I combed it, I dropped the comb out of annoyance and grabbed my bag off the dresser and stormed out of the room.

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After using the whole morning to brainstorm a new idea on how I could get the company back on schedule,I was working on my the presentations that I'd use to pitch my solutions to the workers.

It was my lunch break but I decided to stay back and work on the projects, I finally came up with the solution to our problems and I can't wait to put it into action.

"Miss Skai, you have a visitor." Melody said peeking her head as she opened the door.

"You all should come in." I answered with my face still on my laptop.

"Hello Skai." I put my pen down and rose my head to look at Thelma who walked in with Melody.

I had been expecting her to come to the office, she wanted to interrogate Melody as to who dropped the photos.

"Hey Thelma, please sit down." I motioned for them to take their seats in front of my desk.

"Thanks, is everything okay ?" Melody asked me giving us a charming smile.

"Everything is fine. She just need to ask you some questions about those photos you gave to me the other day." I assured Melody as I gestured for Thelma to speak up.

"Melody right ?" Melody nodded in agreement to her name before Thelma continued to speak. "Good, can you remember who dropped the photos for Miss Skai the other day ?" She asked in a low and calm voice.

Melody squinted her eyes as she tried to remember what the face of the person in question looked like.

"Well,he was young and lanky in stature. But I do know he's one of the workers for the postal services." She said all in one breath with here pitch varying from high to low which is how Melody speaks all the time.

"Is that the only postal service this company use ?" Thelma asked her as she wrote some things on her note.

"Yes, we have a record of the men that usually drop our packages, I could show you if you don't mind." I nodded my head in agreement alongside with eagerness to know who it was.

"Okay let's go, Melody." I said as I stood up from my seat with full force.

"Not so fast, Melody please wait outside for me." Thelma excused Melody while I gave her a clueless look.

I waited for Melody to walk out the door before saying anything. "What was that for ?" I asked her with an annoyed expression on my face.

"Have you seen yourself in the mirror ?" She motioned her hands from my head to toe and I knew what she was driving at.

"I know I'm not in my best shape but that's least of my priority now, as soon as we get the bad guys, I'd get my glow up back." I itched the back of my head nervously as I trudged towards where she stood.

"Skai, you don't look good and I'm not just talking about physical looks, your inner state of mind is troubled."She walked closer to me and enveloped my hands in hers.

"Your shoes." I looked down at my shoes which I wore wrongly,my left was on the right and vice versa.

That explains why Drake was laughing hard when he drove me to the office, I can't believe he didn't tell me.

"That's just a usual mistake. It can happen to anyone." I waved her off as I removed my hands from hers and sat on my desk to fix up my shoes.

"Yes for a toddler." She pouted her mouth as she shook her head at me. "Look, Skai you need to take your mind off things for a while. You need to get your stable frame of mind. We got this, just take some days off." She advised me as she pat one of my shoulders.

"It's our job and Darius and I would work on this case tirelessly, just take some time off and get yourself. Skai please." She urged me with a simple smile on her a face.

She was right, I've been thinking about the whole trauma for a long time and I'm losing track of my emotional state, I can't go a day without feeling angry and end up crying.

"Okay." I sighed heavily as I dropped my shoulders in defeat.

"Thank you, we'd keep you posted." She winked at me as she strode towards the door.

I turned around to seat in my chair, I slumped into it and began massaging my temples with my fingers.

My door was flung open making it bang hard on the wall due to the force that was used to open it.

"How could you detain my brother !" A angry Becky snarled at me as she stomped into my office while I rolled my eyes because today is one of those days where the drama unfolds.

"Becky, calm down." I tried to calm her down but she angrily held her palm against me.

"Don't you sweet talk me. It's bad enough Drake put him in a hospital and now you're charging him for harassment !" She seethed as she gripped the edge of my desk.

"The police came to take him away when he was receiving treatment in the hospital and now they are detaining him when he's still in a bad condition..." She put her hands on her head as she paced to and fro.

I wanted to say something but I decided it was best for me to let her finish before saying anything.

"Skai, it's just the two of us. You both know our parents are gone. Why are you being heartless to him ?" Her eyes looked bloodshot due to the fact that she's been crying.

"Oh Becky." I rushed to her, she immediately broke down as she finished speaking.

"It's not what you think and I'd never hurt you on purpose." I told her as I gave her a hug patting her head that rested on the crook of my neck.

"Explain to me then." She sobbed as she wiped her tears with her fingers.

I pulled away from the hug and walked her to the cushions where we could talk.

We both shared a cushion, I stroke her hair backwards as I waited for her to calm her nerves so she could stop sobbing.

"Becky, I love you so much. I'd not do anything that'd hurt you. I didn't know Drake would be coming over that day much more did I know he'd find out about my whereabouts." I tucked her long strands of hair away from her face.

"He just showed up and pushed Mike off me because you know... he was forcing himself on me, well that's not the issue on ground. The thing is what Drake did was harsh but he was just trying to protect me." I explained to her as I slowly trail my hands through her hair.

"As for the interrogation that was out of my power, the detectives saw him as a suspect and ..." I paused as I watched her stand up from where she sat with so much annoyance.

"I know, I know. Darius or whatever his name is told me how everything unfolded." She pinned her fingertips against her brows.

"We could go bail him out right now, so I could make it up to you." I got up from where I sat and walked towards her.

"I've done that." She rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms.

"Becky I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm so sorry." I apologized with my hands tightly clasped in front of me.

"Skai, I know things are complicated between you and my brother but you two should learn to keep things in check. I mean he caused what Drake did to him and that's his fault but putting him as the suspect and charging him was just..." She was out of words as she shook her head in a disapproving manner.

"That fell out of my hands, that was not in my hands to control. You know me well, I won't do something to hurt someone intentionally much more you." I took her hands in mine as I smiled at her face.

Her expressionless face gradually evolved into a smile. She drew me into a hug and I quickly returned the gesture.

"I guess I just have a crazy brother." She said as he rested her head on my neck.

"And I have a crazy boyfriend." We both laughed as we rested our heads on the crook of each other's neck.

"Okay I know exactly how to make it up to you !" I said with excitement as I broke the hug.

"So Drake and I are planning a family vacay annnnndddd I decided to bring you along." She had her eyes widened with her hands over her mouth.

"Oh wow! Where is it gonna be ?" She asked with excitement before letting out a gasp.

"I don't know, Drake hasn't told me yet but I have a feeling it's an exotic place." I did a small dance as I cupped her cheeks.

"Well I guess you two owe me for the stress you put me through." She rolled her eyes as she put her hands in her pocket.

"Yeah yeah. I love you so much !" I exclaimed as I engulfed her in a tight hug.

"I don't know what it is but I can't stay mad at you for more than an hour." She chuckled to herself. She's also forgiving like Sekani, I guess that's one of the reasons she became my best friend.

"Okay that's enough." Becky groaned as she let go of me. I rolled my eyes at her as I stepped away from her.

She looked at me with a warm smile as her eyes travelled around my face but when her eyes looked up at my hair, a nasty frown came up on her face and I knew why.

"Girl, where did your glossy hair go ?" She said as she picked out some dry strands of hair.

"I don't wanna talk about this hair,just pretend like you didn't see it." I said as I walked back to my table shaking my head in annoyance.

"No babe, I can't watch you lose your finest gift." She said as she trudged behind me.

"I'd fix it up later besides my hair isn't my finest gift." I chuckled as I powered up my system.

"Okay tell you what, we're gonna have a ladies day for the whole of tomorrow. You need to get your glow back." She gave me a stern look as she rested her hands on the edge of the desk.

"No I can't, I have.." she put out her hands to stop me from talking.

"It wasn't a request,it was an order and you're gonna get your dried headed self to the salon with me." She turned around swiftly with her hair flying in the air.

A small part of me was now jealous of her because right now my hair was a total mess and she was just flaunting hers.

"Bye girl, tomorrow 10am." She winked at me before shutting the door. I know she left abruptly to avoid further objections, typical Becky.

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So the whole burden of the cost would be minimal on our own end as we continue to render services." I tiredly demonstrated on the board where my presentation was projected.

The meeting has been going on for about 3 hours now and the workers didn't want it to end because they keep bringing different objections which would incure changes to the solution I have.

"So with that I guess that satisfies your worries, right ?" I asked them as I threw my hands in the air in an exhausted manner.

"Okay how about the projects for next month ?" I turned my head to look at the direction where the question was coming from.

"It's under next month for a reason, so let's leave that for next month." I told the lady who was wearing a thick lens, I guess she can't see that I'm exhausted behind those lenses.

"Melody is there any other thing we haven't addressed ?" I turned my head to Melody who was staring down at the tablet in her hands.

"I think we've handled all of them." She smiled at me because she knew how exhausted I was.

"Okay good. So that'd be all for today, if there's any challenge just inform me through an email." I watched as everyone nodded their heads as they noted things down.

"Meeting dismissed. Melody follow me so I could dictate some memo to you." I ordered as I paced out of the meeting,I couldn't pick up my documents, I had to let Melody do that.

I guess I'm slowly turning into a workaholic,the stress for just today is unbearable and I just wanted it to stop. I pushed my door open as I waited for Melody to arrive.

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You look tired, I guess it was a long day." Drake said as he sleeked my hair back with his fingers.

His hands got caught in the roots of my tangled hair and he struggled to let his hands out.

"Oww!" I winced as Drake's hand was pulling my brains out. I removed his hands slowly as I retreated to the other end of the car.

"Sorry, what happened to..." I gave him a deadly glare which made him to pause.

"Enough of people talking about my hair today, I know it's unkept, I'd fix it." I threw my back against the seat as I crossed my hands around me.

"I think you had a rough day, don't worry this dinner would make it up to you." He smiled at me as he tapped my leg.

We arrived at the restaurant and I couldn't get a grip of myself because it was a fancy place and the people who were in it were dressed to oppress.

I looked down at my clothes then returned my gaze back to the people who were seated in the restaurant.

"You look good, don't stress." Drake winked at me as he led me to our table.

We settled in our table and we gave our orders to the neatly dressed waiter who was standing beside our table.

"Okay that'd be all." He dismissed the waiter as he focused his attention on me.

"How are you feeling now ?" He rose one of his eyebrows as he gave me a knowing look.

"The beauty of this place removed the tardiness in me..." I chuckled as I played with the fork on the table."I'm sorry for how I reacted in the car, I was stressed up." I pouted my lips as I apologized.

"Oh I'm supposed to be the dull and emotionless one and you should be the ever hot headed one, so we doing our parts." I rolled my eyes at him as I shook my head at him.

He laughed at me as he reached for my hands on the table. "Just relax, okay ?" He cocked his heads towards me giving me a warm smile.

"Yes and thanks for bringing me to dinner." I smirked as I squeezed his hands tightly.

Our food came and as soon as it was dropped on our table, we started eating. I guess we were both hungry and tired from the day's work.

We were quiet as we ate but we gave each other sheepish looks as we enjoyed our meal.

"That was one heck of a meal." Drake said as he shoved his empty plate aside.

"Yeah they have good food here." I nodded as I looked around the place.

"Do you like the place ?" He asked me as he gave me a scrutinizing look,I nodded my head in reply to his question.

"On a scale of 1 to 10, what would you give it ?" I looked around again and observed the chandeliers that were dangling from the ceiling, the warm smiles on the waiters face and other mesmerizing features of the place.

"9.5 approximately 10." I winked at him as I leaned back into my chair.

"I made a good choice then." He smiled to himself as he dusted his shoulder with pride.

"Yeah, we could have all our dates here." I chuckled as I ate the last piece of chicken on my plate.

"Yes but I wasn't referring to the choice for our dinner." I furrowed my brows in confusion as I shoved my plate aside.

"I bought this place." The reflection of the lights made his eyes sparkle more as he looked down at me.

"What ?! How did you get it?! Why ?!" I threw questions at him as I leaned closer to get a response.