Shadows of Desire A Night With Him

"Harold, Allysia is coming home" Nola said excitedly, walking out of the kitchen.

"With your parents" She added.

"Yaaaaay" ivory squealed happily while Harold smiled.

"When will they be coming?" He asked.

"Next weekend" Nola said, dropping the tray on the dining table.

"Okay then, we would be gladly expecting them" Harold said.

"I can't wait to see them" Ivory grinned.

Irene smiled, not saying a word..

She can't actually wait to see nola's daughter and Harold's parents too.

"Let's eat" Harold said.

**

Irene made ivory have her nap after eating lunch.

She returned happily to her workshop to continue her work..

She should call Damien that she won't be coming home for the weekend.

There's so much to do here.

She sat on the chair and grabbed her phone.

*

📞Why won't you be coming home for the weekend!" Damien frowned over the phone.

📞Chill Dam, i have a lot to do.

📞A lot? Is the nanny work that stressful?

📞Not the nanny work" Irene smiled. "My own work" she added.

📞Your own?

📞Yes Dam, I'm going to send you a picture now and make sure you show it to mum too" Irene said before disconnecting the call.

She started taking pictures of her workshop.

*

📞Oh..my! Mr Harold did all that for you?" Damien nearly screamed over the phone.

"That's unbelievable..." Irene heard her mum said in the background.

📞Yes he did.

📞D..does he want something in return?" Damien asked curiously.

📞No, he doesn't" Irene said,moved to tears again. "He's just so nice" she added.

📞Can we come over to thank him?" Irene's stepmum asked.

📞No Mum, do not bother. I'll just send your greetings to him.

📞I'm so so grateful to him. I wish i can just see him and thank him profusely" Damien said.

📞This is so so surprising" Mrs Neave said.

📞 Yeah" Damien conceded.

📞We should leave you to work now"

📞 Okay, bye.

**

"The scissors is gonna hurt you Ivory" Irene warned for the third time.

They had both returned to her workshop after ivory woke up from her nap and she read to her in the library.

"What do you use this for Irene?" Ivory asked and Irene sighed.

She just can't count the amount of questions Ivory has asked during her stay here.

"Well that's tape measure, it's used to get people's measurements before sewing" Irene said.

"Ohh...so you went to their houses one after the other to take their measurements?" Ivory asked.

"No, they sent their measurements to me" Irene said.

"Ohh..." Ivory said.

"What should i help you with" She added.

"Absolutely nothing dear" Irene said.

"Are you sure?" Ivory asked.

"Yes, you can just watch me" Irene smiled.

"Okay"

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Days flew past and Irene was done with the orders.

She got more orders but she's yet to accept them.

She needed to finish the first set and now she's done.

When she's back from delivering this last one, she might start accepting the new orders.

She's so happy Daire fashions is getting known little by little.

She already opened a page for people to contact her.

She do post samples of her wears and she always got great reviews and recommendation.

Not only that, her bank account is getting fat.

She's just so grateful to God and Harold.

She has been working with him for few weeks now and she can't deny her feelings for him any longer.

She has feelings for Harold and she's afraid to admit it.

She hadn't planned this from the start,she didn't even see it coming,it just came and she can't stop it.

The feeling's good.

It had been so long she felt her heart race, so long she felt this good.

She always look forward to every night with him in the library.

Yeah..they still spent nights in the library and they've gotten so close than she would have ever imagined.

She now feels so comfortable around him,she feels so free to call him Harold.

Other workers do raise eyebrows when she does that but she doesn't care anymore.

She sighed before picking up the last wear she's to deliver.

It's well packed already.

She walked out of her workshop and closed the door behind her.

*

"I'll be right back Nola" she called out as she walked past the kitchen.

"Going to deliver?" Nola asked.

"Yeah, the last piece" Irene said.

"Ohh.. okay"

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"Let's go to your workshop" Ivory said to Irene after they were done with lunch.

"No, you'll need to take your nap. Besides I'm done with the orders and I'm gonna rest for few days before accepting the pending ones"

"Uh..huh" ivory pressed her lips together.

"I'll have my nap then" she said and Irene led her to her room.

She tucked her in bed and pecked her forehead before moving into her own room.

It's been long she had a nap and she decided to do so now.

She sighed softly as she fell on her bed.

She can't wait to go home for the weekend.

She misses Damien and her Mum.

Her mum's surgery bill is almost ready.

She can't wait to see her back on her two feets and her heart working perfectly again.

The huge pay she received from Harold and the money she received from the orders helped in almost completing the surgery bill.

Few months ago,she never believed she'll get more than half of her mum's surgery bills this soon .

Things are just so unpredictable.

She's so glad to have met Harold.

He's slowly making her dreams come true.

The dream she never thought would even be fulfilled.

___🍂

They laughed over dinner as Nola cracked jokes.

"Dad...table manners" Ivory reminded even though she had laughed too.

"Ohh...i got carried away i guess" Harold smiled.

Irene gulped water, still feeling the urge to laugh again.

"Such jokes shouldn't be cracked over meals, it almost choked me" Harold laughed and Irene followed.

Ivory also giggled while Nola smiled.

They continued with their meal in silence and they were almost done when a bodyguard came to whisper into Alex's ear.

He nodded and walked up to Harold.

"I apologise for interrupting your dinner Mr Harold but i was told now that a guy named Damien is here seeking to irene,his sister" Alex said.

"What!" Irene exclaimed rising to her feet.

"I'm so sorry Harold, Damien must be out of his mind to visit me here, I'm so sorry, I'll go chastise him immediately" She said about to make a move when Harold stopped her.

"He could be here to tell you something important" He said.

"That's why i have my phon.." Irene was saying when she realised she left her phone upstairs.

But still ..

"Even if he came on a visit,I'll gladly welcome him. Bring him in Alex" Harold ordered.

"Huh?" Alex asked.

"You heard me" Harold said and Alex quickly carried out his order.

Irene sat down slowly, unsettled.

The dining room door opened and Damien walked in.

Irene stood up quickly seeing the look on his face.

She knew something had gone wrong...

"What happened?" She asked in a shaky voice.

"It's Mum.." Damien said, stopping to catch his breath.

"What happened to mum?" Irene almost screamed.

"She..'s..not.. moving anymore" He bursted out crying.