All Chapters of No Longer A Nobody : Chapter 51
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Chapter 51
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE“Please, Daddy. I made a promise! Don’t make me look like a fool.” Maya pleaded with her father but the look on the man’s face clearly indicated that he was not going to agree to her request. “If he thinks he deserves any other thing for doing his job apart from the money which I was willing to give to him, then I don’t think that is possible.” Mr. Jones barked not eager to go back on his decision. Maya turned her gaze towards Novan and seeing the disappointment glaring on his face made her heart sink. Not only was she sad that she wasn’t going to be keeping her promise, she was also sad that she could lose her friendship with him. “Mum? Say something.” Maya turned to her money in search of support but the woman only hissed and rolled her eyes at Novan. “Please Dad. Just do this for me and I promise, I won’t bother you for any other favor.” Mr Jones was silent and from his stillness, one would really think he didn’t hear the words spoken by his daughter. He comp
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CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO “Do you think the Patron could have any business with this man?” Said one of the guards standing at a corner right in front of the building. “Nonsense! Arrant nonsense! How can you even compose such thought in your head. Have you seen the patron? Even the greatest of men in the city are afraid to speak to her.” The guests standing next to him retorted, he seemed upset with what his partner said. “Then why was she running him?” “You can as well go and as her or maybe wait till she is done talking so that you don’t appear rude.” He said again in response to his partners question, then he turned his gaze towards his left away from the duo and walked away leaving his partner speechless. “Please Novan, you don’t have to leave this way.” “No need to apologize Miss Maya, I understand that your father doesn’t see the need to give out your family heirloom to someone like me.” Novan said after a few seconds. “Someone like you? Do you think so lowly of yourself too?” May
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CHAPTER FIFTY-THREEAmidst the stillness in the hall was rising tension that steamed up into the atmosphere, even the air could feel it.“I can’t believe this! He could Novan embarrass me that way?” Alexia said aloud pacing from one end to the other. Her fist clutched together in a tightened grip. She was fuming and each step she took increased the anger inside of her.“Alexia! Alexia!” The female voice called out from the other room, but Alexia was too annoyed to respond.Lady Rock rushed into the room almost tripping to the floor with her smartphone in her right hand.“Alexia!”“Not now mum! Not now.” Alexia said to her mother with an obvious tune that pointed out that she wasn’t in the mood to listen to whatever she had to say.“You should see this! This is really bad!” Lady Rock said approaching her daughter gradually.“What is it mum?” Alexia asked, suddenly developing some interest to what her mother came to speak to her about.“This!” Lady Rock said and placed the screen of he
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CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR“Why is no one talking about Novan? Why do we seem to be the only victims here?”“Exactly my sentiments, exactly!” Alexia said immediately she heard those words from Festus.“I will so deal with him that he would have not strength to beg me to stop.”Festus threatened with a rising temper stomping his right food on the marble floor.“We really need to do something about this Leo. This is bad for our image, it is bad for business too.” Alexia said trying to catch her breath.Festus looked at her, then he walked up to her and held her hands with a smile he managed to let out of his face.“Don’t worry dear, I will find a solution to this. First I have to find this poster and get him or her to take down that post, especially before it gets seen by the wrong people.”“I know someone who can make that post disappear.” Festus said again, then he took out his phone from his pocket. He dialed a number and put the phone on his right ear.“He is not taking his call.” Festus s
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CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE“So the poster was dumb enough to leave her email address on her page and it bears her full name. Who even uses their full name for their email address?” Festus said with a scoff. His finger pointed at the email address on the profile as he spoke.“Ok? What do we do now?” Lady Rock asked still anxious of how best they were to resolve the issue.“I will send her an email but I would have to use another an email address that is not related to me, maybe create one so that she doesn’t get suspicious, then I would find a way to lure her to see me.”“Won’t that take too long?” Alexia asked adjusting herself from the couch with a frown on her face.“This is the only way Alexia. It’s either we get someone to take down the post or we get the poster to take it down.”Kelvin sighed loudly and leaned backwards on the couch. He placed his hand on his chest and sighed again without saying any word.“Novan is going to pay for this I swear! He won’t do this to me and just go Scot f
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CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX“Oh!” Alexia said, then she gradually pulled out her phone from her pocket and looked to see the caller. The look on her face grew darker as she looked at the screen.“Who is it?” Festus asked trying to look into the screen of the phone but it was blurry from his angle.“This is not good at all!” She said showing the screen to Festus.“Is that the Courthouse?” Festus asked when he saw the caller ID. His eyes widened and his heart skipped a few beats. This feeling was shared between him and Alexia who held on to the phone with a shaky hand.“Yes.” Alexia responded in a low tune followed by a slight nod.“Don’t take that! I am sure it’s about the post, just ignore it.” Festus said with an imperative voice.“What do they want? I mean what’s their business about the post!” Lady Rock questioned but as usual, her questions didn’t meet any answers but this time she was persistent as she saw the looks on the faces of both Alexia and Festus.“What did you guys do? Why are the
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CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVENWalking along the road and filled with the sensation of the disappointment that he had faced, Novan bent his face and dragged his feet through the lonely road. It was almost nightfall and the weakness that invaded his bones made him yawn with so much eagerness to sleep.“I can’t go back to Alexia, that would be a no no for me.” Novan said and sighed releasing some tension that had been building up in his body.All through his marriage to Alexia, he had been living with her, helping her build up her family business because he loved her. He was very much aware that going back to her house would mean another chapter of humiliation and this he didn’t want.“She really shouldn’t have shown up. She has ruined everything!” He groaned with a heightened breath.“Where do I sleep tonight? The darkness already hovers over the earth.” He thought to himself, then he stopped right in the middle of the road and sighed with his left hand on his waist and his right hand holding on
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CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT“Who? Me?” Novan asked trying to be sure if it was really him that the driver was referring to.“Yeah sure!” Said the man with a slight nod, then he turned his face towards the road and lifted his head a bit in a gesture that showed that he was still listening to Novan.“Novan Sir, my name is Novan.” Novan said slowly still wondering why the man asked him for his name in the middle of the road. He looked above his shoulders to be sure that he wasn’t in for some trouble.“Oh Novan. You are from around here?”“Oh no Sir, I just came around to see someone.” Novan replied still gazing at the man to know why he really cared so much about his identity.“I see. I bet they didn’t let you sleep in.” The man said with a smirk on his face.“Who gives such a noble name to this tacky looking fellow?” The driver mumbled to himself, then he shuddered gently still paying attention to the road while he steered.Novan wasn’t sure, but he felt that the man was really cocky for asking
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CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE“What an unruly fellow.” Novan said with a frown on his face as he watched the yellow car zoom off into the road until it fazed into the darkness.“I really have to get something to eat. He is right after all.” He said to himself, then he sighed and turned around to face the entrance of the hotel, after he had adjusted his cloths as they were rumpled from the right grip of the taxi driver.“What a beauty!” He exclaimed with a smile that erased the memories of the past event almost immediately. With a heavy sigh of relief, Novan took one bold step after another and walked right towards the entrance of the hotel.As he pushed glass doors of the hotel framed with golden borders, he was met with the large hall of the hotel with an exquisite décor. The interior was more amazing than the wonders he thought he saw outside.“Wow!” He exclaimed as he saw the exquisite chandeliers shining brightly and even sending glittery sparkles to to the fine marble on the floor.At sever
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CHAPTER SIXTY“Isn’t it obvious babe? He has never been into this kind of place in his life. Look at the way his shoes are pointed upwards.” The tall handsome man said to his girlfriend.Not sure of the reason behind the constant long stares and gossip from some of the people he came across as he walked towards the reception, Novan decided to hasten up his steps to avoid any other person stopping him. He just wanted to get a room and hopefully find something to eat.“Hi there can I get a room please?” Novan said to the female receptionist seated at the counter and looking really smart. Her black bow tie rested perfectly on his neck and her well fitted black beret complemented her white shirt and her blue skirt.Raising her head almost immediately from the screen of the desktop computer she was operating to attend to a customer, the receptionist with a pony tail hairstyle and pointed nose immediately discarded the smile she had on her face and replaced it with a frown, a look of disapp