CHAPTER 20

Julia went to her sewing machine and began to stitch some blouses and gowns.

Few seconds later, her phone rang, It was Sonia calling.

She answered it immediately and said.

" Hello Sonia? "

" Hey babe, what's up? "

Sonia asked.

" I'm good." Julia answered.

"Sorry I didn't call earlier, I was kinda busy with my photoshoot, anyways, give me the gist, how did you celebrate your birthday last night ? And oh, Did you meet Javino? "

Sonia asked.

" Yes I did. My birthday was fun, I had a nice time. But something bad happened"

Julia spoke in a sad tone.

" What happened? "

Sonia asked curiously.

" Javino put something in my drink and I became very drunk, so he drove me to his house, we kissed and almost had sex but he left me at a hotel. With some money in my purse and a note that says he hired a driver to take me home and a chef to cook me breakfast, I ignored his offers and ran straight to my apartment to get ready for work because I wasn't properly dressed for work, thankfully, I wasn't fired, I was pardoned for being two hours late. " Julia answered.

" Oh my goodness! "

Sonia exclaimed in Surprise.

"Are you serious girl?" She asked in shock mixed with disbelief.

" Yes Sonia, look, before you recommend guys to me, please do a background check on them, okay? Please, not only did he drug me, but he took me to his mansion, I could have been raped but luckily he just played with my body and left me at a hotel with a huge amount of money in my purse and a friendly note . " Julia says.

"I'm just glad he didn't do anything bad to me, I really lost my senses last night."

she sighed deeply.

"Wow! I never knew he was like that. Javino is not what most people think he is. " Sonia says, realising how wrong she was about him.

She paused and continued.

" Just reminded me of one married guy I used to date back then, in America, What was his name again? Aha! Kendrick maxdom, he owns a huge company, I used to work there, before I became his personal assistant and we started dating, I didn't last long with him though. Few months and we broke up, Sure he got me whatever I wanted but I couldn't meet up to his sexual fantasies. So he dumped me. And shortly after we split up, I heard that his wife filed for a divorce, accusing him of always cheating on her, oh well, it didn't concern me cause at that time, I was too busy trying to recover from the emotional trauma, he put me through. "

She says sadly.

"That's wild, so sorry you had to go through that. " Julia says in a sad tone.

Her tone changes to a mused one as she says.

" I didn't know you once dated a married man? You're like the baddest bitch on the planet. " Julia says, while laughing.

" Desperate times calls for desperate measures. "

Sonia says defensively.

Julia smiles thoughtfully.

" I really went wild last night, but I enjoyed my birthday, the good side is, Javino left me a huge amount of money in my purse and I'm gonna use it to pay part of my rent or maybe buy some things that I need. "

she says happily.

" See? He's a blessing in disguise. " Sonia suggested.

" I'm still not sure about him girl, I think he likes me but I'm not a fan of him, You can date him if you want. "

Julia suggested.

" I'm not interested in him. "

Sonia says and laughs.

" Sonia can we talk later? I'm kinda busy with work. "

Julia says.

" Allright, but wait, I just remembered. You didn't send those pictures I asked you to send yesterday. "

Sonia complained.

" Oh I forgot, so sorry I'll send it now, but hey, what about... ?"

" Don't, it's too late, your birthday has passed. " Sonia says, interrupting Julia's sentence.

"What happened to my old pictures ?" she asked.

"I used your previous pictures from last years photo shoot. " Sonia answered.

" Even better. " Julia says smiling.

"Didn't you see my post on Instagram?" Sonia asked.

"No I haven't been on social media Since last night."

Julia answered.

"Oh right I understand. "

Sonia replied.

"Ooh, I just remembered, guess what?" Sonia says with glee.

"What's that? You know I'm not good at guessing." Julia says.

"Next week Monday is my birthday, and I'm planning towards it, I wanna celebrate it at Dan Givoz club. The party's gonna start in the evening by five o'clock and you're invited."

Sonia says with glee.

"Oh wow, I can't wait till then "

Julia says with a smile.

" Yeah, by then I'll be twenty eight, gosh I'm old. " Sonia says jokerly and Julia laughs.

" Gotta go, bye dear. " Julia says.

"All right bye, we'll talk some other time" Sonia replies and the call ends.

Julia resumed her work. She sets aside some unfinished dresses and completes her collection for the fashion show next week.