Chapter 1

Chapter 1

“I’m not running an orphanage for you, is that clear? How dare you think you can stay in my house free of charge, huh asshole?” The Landlord sneered his nose at Pharrell. It’s been over three months since he last paid his rent.

“Me?” Pharrell widened his eyes at his landlord. He just got sacked and was not ready to receive another blow, certainly not from his landlord.

His landlord’s question called his attention since he had given the money to Alessia; his one and only true love. This morning before leaving for work, he gave the money and asked her to pass it over to him whenever he arrives.

“Did my girlfriend not give you the money?” His question caused his landlord’s lips to edge up in a brilliant smile.

“Do you mean rags of your type can also afford to have girlfriends?” He snapped, “Anyway, that’s none of my business. I haven’t received money from anyone. And if this is a cheap joke, you better get off your high horse, for if your bills aren’t paid, you ain’t gonna spend the night in this dorm.” Those were the last words the landlord uttered before closing his door before his eyes.

Not giving a fuck of about his landlord’s words, he rearranged his collar as he knew this was o l’y a mistake and things were going to come back to their normal state.

He glared at his wristwatch only to discover that it was past 8 PM and Alessia was nowhere to be found. He tried her line several times but she won’t pick.

“Why the hell is she is not picking my call nor returning home?” He called her many times but she didn’t pick up. She didn’t even mind returning his call

He then decided to pay her a visit to her office to check if she had a problem.

As he reached near her cabin, he heard a moaning voice. He was confused and frowned at what sound was coming from inside.

The moment he took his first step inside her cabin, he felt like his world had come to an end. He couldn’t believe what he just saw. Alessia and her boss were making out. This made him look like a fool, because not only did the man stopped kissing her melodious lips, but he also scanned his whole body.

“Alessia, what is going on here?” He asked with an authoritative tone, making her lower her head. Without waiting for a reply, he bombarded again.

“Alessia, How could you betrayal to me this way?”Pharrell voice broke out, almost bringing the building down.

Alessia’s head was still lowered and her arms folded, but that wasn’t for long. She raised her head and sighed at him before parting her lips.

“What did you just see? Of course we were making out.” She responded harshly.

Surprised by her response, Pharrell’s mouth formed an O. This is a woman he was ready to go an extra mile for. A woman he had envisaged his life with. A woman he was ready to risk his whole salary just to make her happy.

“Baby girl, who is this local dude? What does he want and how did he get to know your name?” The boss interrupted the two. His countenance was void of emotion as he was trying to understand what was going on.

“Don’t mind him, baby. He is just some ash hole who has been harassing me.” She said, making sure to watch Pharrell’s reaction. The look on his face was everything she wanted.

“Hey, you, walk out of my office, we don’t attend to your type in our bank.” After gazing at him from head to toe, the man barked, causing Pharrell to gasp.

Pharrell only widened his eyes as he was trying to process what just happened before him. He gathered his hands together and watched the bulky man say.

“Didn’t you get me?” The man barked again. “I asked you to get out of my office. What are you still doing here?” Pharrell gasped from the man’s question.

“I-I…” He started talking, but the look on the man’s face made him keep quiet.

“Shut up and walk out of my office.”

Devastated, shocked, betrayed and heartbroken was an understatement compared to all that Pharrell had been feeling. His girlfriend of almost two years referred to him as an ass hole. How was he supposed to gulped that down.

Another disappointment was the fact that he just lost job. A delivery job he got just one month ago. Although there was nothing to be proud about, at least Alessia’s comfort and touch were going to go a long way to revive him.

His relationship with Alessia wasn’t the one he could be proud of, but at least he was trying to better off. Just when he thought he had it figured out, he was hit with the reality.

He turned his head and was about to leave. Only when he remembered what he came for, he turned his head only to find them kissing again. He cleared his throat, making them grab his attention.

“Before I take my leave, I would like to know what you did with the money I gave you to pay my rent.” He asked, his voice shattering.

“Oh that,” her lips edged up in a smile, “I used it to buy a new cloth. It wasn’t even enough though.” She said to his face.

“Do you mean you bought a cloth with my money?” His brows furrowed at this question. No wonder why his landlord didn’t want to hear anything.

“Why not? What did you do for me? You should be thankful I didn’t even sell your remaining stuff to complete the payment. Now go out there and make some money, poverty sticking boy.” She said, causing a tear to roll down from his eyes. She again mocked him so much so that he left without uttering a word.

Running in the middle of the night, he began picturing himself with Alessia. How she mocked him and how that caused his life to change. He was frustrated so much so that he didn’t realize when a tear strolled down his eye. He wiped it and said to himself, “Pharrell, you are a grown-up man, you aren’t going to cry because of what you just saw. Put yourself together and handle this shit.”

“Host detected!!! System activated in 1%…” A voice spat out.

“5%… 20%… 90%… System uploaded”

“Any one around?” Pharrell whirled around. He finally realized that the voice came from his head.