HOUSE OF CRAWFORD: CONRAD'S LEGACY.

Payback Time!

Laura placed her hands softly on her gentleman's chest as they both lay on the bed but from the silence she was receiving from his end, she knew someone wasn't right. 

“Why are you acting so cold all of a sudden?” She dragged herself up to the bed pulling the duvet up to her chest. 

The young man rolled himself over to the other edge of the bed without saying anything to her. The only thing he was feeding her as a response was the inhaling and exhaling of his breath. 

“Please don't give me this cold response, Peter. If you want to keep acting cold towards me then I might as well get myself out of this bed and use the door.” 

He chuckled out loud mockingly, “You want to use the door so you can go back to your babe, right?”

“Hell no! Peter, how dare you belittle me in such a manner?” she dragged the duvet that was on her chest and sprang to her feet. 

“Spare me those cock and bull stories, Laura. What do you take me for? Huh?” He clenched his fist so tight holding back himself from going overboard. 

“Do you think you can keep on fooling me with the fake love you have for me, Laura?” 

“Babe, I'm not fooling you at all. You are the only one I love and you know that.” She dropped the duvet that clung on her body to the ground while running to stand right at his front so he might get carried away by the thickness of her body. 

Peter shook his head in dismay, his lips licking each corner of his lips, “If I had known that you are the cheapest who're I've ever come across then I wouldn't have anything to do with you.”

Laura got pissed off with his diminishing words and gave him a resounding slap, “How dare you talk down on me?”

She stretched her index finger towards his face with her hands dangling right in front of his face giving him a stern warning, “If you know that you are tired of me then you should just tell me to my face rather than going through corners.”

“Did you just slap me, Laura?” His hands rested on his cheeks in shock. 

“Yes, Peter!” She shoved closer to him, raising her chest over to his face. 

“I'm going to slap you over and over again since you've lost your sense and morals.” She hissed hysterically, her eyes looking at him from his head down to his toes. 

“No, you won't dare do that to me anymore because this is the last time I’ll set my eyes on you.” he turned his back away from her and went over to the bed to pick up his clothes so he could put them on. 

“What! Are you trying to break up..” She stuttered with her words. 

Peter flapped his trouser up in the air twice before putting it on, “I'm done with you, Laura. And, don't you ever come crawling back to me with your two legs.” 

 She grabbed him from his arms giving him a serious stare, “Babe, are you being serious right now?”

“Get your filthy hands off me, Laura.” He pushed her off watching her land on the bed. 

“Conrad! Conrad! Conrad!” He voiced out the name repeatedly into her ears while buckling up his belt. 

“Peter, I swear with my name that there is nothing going on between me and Conrad. We've both moved on with our lives. You are the only one I love and you know it.” she broke down in hot tears as her tears streamed from her eyes down to her cheeks. 

“His quite funny how his name sounds familiar to my ears.” He chuckled out loud hilariously ignoring the tears gushing out of Laura’s eyes. 

“I just hope it's not the Conrad I know but until then have a good life, Laura.” He picked up his suitcase and banged the door right in front of her face. 

“No! You can't do this to me at all, Peter.” she cried out loud in so much pain. 

Laura and Peter I've been in a closed relationship for about a year and six months. The first time they both stumbled across each other was at the airport and from the first glance they had they both knew they were meant to be lovers. 

She never for once opened herself to Peter by being vulnerable to him about her relationship with Conrad, not until he showed up in the hotel room on the day of their anniversary unexpectedly. 

“Conrad, you are going to fucking pay for this and I mean my words.” She sprang up to her feet, biting her lips and clenching her fist simultaneously. 

“I don't know how it's going to happen but have it in mind that I'll make sure you don't get a dime or get to work anywhere since you've succeeded in ruining my happiness.” 

She angrily pulled off her dress from the bed and floor where it was all scattered and started putting them on angrily. 

“Conrad, it's payback time for me.” She spoke her words into the air boiling in agitation. 

She was ready to go extra miles just to see Conrad go down with her since he has succeeded in ruining things for her. She doesn't really care if it's going to take her blood, sweat and tears as long as Conrad doesn't get to move forward in life she is okay with it 

Laura picked up her three favourite fragrances on her desk and sprayed it on her skin without further hesitation before reaching for the door. 

She flung the door open and was beyond surprised to see a young masculine man standing right in front of her, “Excuse you? How may I help you Mr. Man?” Her eyes ran through his masculine features from his head down to his toes. 

“I'm Xander by name and you are?”

“What the hell do I need your name for? Can you please get out of my way?” She yelled at him pushing him off her front but he kept on sidelining her. 

“I know that you don't know me but I can be of best interest to you. Like, I earlier said my name is Xander and..”

“And what?” She leaned a part of her body on the door, wrapping her arms together to give him the attention he had been waiting for. 

“And, I'm the owner of this hotel and restaurant.” 

Her eyes and mouth dropped dead in shock, “You are… the.. owner..of this…building.” she stutters with her speech as she tries to process all what she had just heard from him. 

He nodded his head in confirmation, licking his lips seductively, “Yes!”

She extended her hands towards him for a handshake, “My name is Laura.”

“It’s nice meeting you, Laura.” a warm smile etched on his lips as he extended his hands to her. 

“I heard you mentioning Conrad's name a while ago, do you mind telling me what he did to you?” His  voice was a little bit subtle. 

“Please, don't take it as if I was eavesdropping on your conversation. It wasn't my intention to eavesdrop. I was only wondering why a beautiful lady like you would be lamenting about…”

“He blackmailed me!” She didn't even wait for him to be done before lying to his face

Small tears trickled down from her eyes, “Conrad, lied to my face and blackmailed me. After everything I've done for him he still jilted me.” She rested her head on his chest wailing in a loud outcry. 

Xander brushed his hands through her hair,bringing his mouth closer to her ears he whispered, “Do you mind taking me to his place? I want us to pay him a surprise visit.”