The Rivals

Patrick stared to Loveth as she tried to stood up even as her right foot was bandaged.

"Ah!" She groaned in pained and he stared away from her and to his mother as he obviously didn't knew who employed her into their mansion either.

"I don't know if she can manage it, but is fine, if she wants to stay. Isabel wouldn't be happy if she found out that I sent her home in this state" His mother replied and he stared back to Doctor Timothy Suleiman.

"Doctor, you heard my mother. I don't have a say in the women's affairs and am not the one who employed her here either. I have to be on my way now." Patrick turned to leave their living room and his mother immediately called him back.

"No son, wait!."

Patrick frowned already knowing why his mother called him again as she wouldn't asked him any other thing apart from when the marriage date will be fixed and he replied.

"Mom, I will be back and we will discuss about it."

"Okay son." Mrs Eleanor sighed as she watched Patrick exited their crowdy living room. Patrick stepped out and stared to Jeff whom rushed up to meet him.

"Boss."

"Attend to Doc Timothy first and bring my briefcase and suit jacket on the couch outside as I cannot stand mother intense disturbance about marriage." Patrick murmured and walked away, while Jeff understood him and immediately walked up to meet Doctor Timothy whom stepped out too

"I will visit the clinic later in the day doctor" Jeff informed.

"Okay sir" Doctor Timothy responded and he left while Jeff immediately darted into the living room to get Patrick's briefcase and blue suit jacket and he stared to the beautiful lady seated on the executive milk colored couch.

He picked up the blue suit jacket and carried Patrick's briefcase along with him and he bowed to Mrs Eleanor, avoiding Willow's gaze on him before he rushed outside.

He walked up to the red Toyota Venza made available and the security guards already opened the door for Patrick whom entered, while he walked to the driving seat and entered too at the front seat, before placing Patrick's coat and briefcase in the second front seat

Patrick was quiet all thru the drive as images from the hot bang with the mysterious woman started flashing in his mind.

He didn't want to believed the woman was the new maid but he kept on remembering how he had rushed to her and carried her up in his arms and it made him restless, as he hadn't planned on touching a maid, let alone carrying her like a jewelry.

She scented to nice and her feminine scent seemed to relaxed all his previous anger seeing Willow after he had carried her.

"Who let that bitchy into the premises?." He finally asked Jeff whom drove the Venza towards their company as Jeff slowed down due to the traffic.

"Kelvin Austin boss, The head security."

"Hmm, that lunatic wouldn't asked first before permitting anyone into the premises." Patrick murmured and stared out thru the window

"He did boss, he asked Madam and she ordered him to allow Willow inside" Jeff replied.

"Mother was outside by then?" Patrick asked surprisingly to heard that his mother was already downstairs, by that early hour.

"Yes boss, she has been downstairs for an hour before I came upstairs to check on you" Jeff responded.

"It's okay. Focus on your driving."

Patrick stared to the road while Jeff drove to their company, The Anderson luxury hotel in the states

Jeff parked and Patrick stepped down not waiting for his bodyguards to approached and opened the door.

He walked towards the magnificent 10-storey building and Tony Miles immediately stepped out from his black SUV and smirked to him.

Patrick didn't even took noticed of the bodyguards around and he stared backwards to about four of Tony's bodyguards standing around.

"I told you I will get Willow Albert, Didn't I?." Tony smirked.

"Good morning Master Patrick Anderson!" A female interviewer rushed up to Patrick to interview him and the photographers began taken shoots and photos of him as his hotel is among the biggest in the states.

Patrick ignored responding to the interviewer's greeting and he stared back to Tony while his guards finally chased the interviews out of the hotel premises.

"I don't care if you marry Willow Albert or get her either, Now excuse me." Patrick walked passed Tony and stepped into the first grand hall as he had a meeting by 10am to catch up with and to cover up for the passed 10pm late night meeting he missed.

Tony stared to Patrick's retreating back and he laughed and walked back to his Black Honda Pilot, as his guards had opened the door down for him.

He sat in and wondered what changed in Patrick as he knew how Patrick so wanted to marry Willow and they even had an official engagement that was the sole talk of the town as Willow's father was a billionaire and oil mogul too.

"I will find out what changed. Start the car!" Tony ordered his driver and the driver quickly ignited on the car's engine and drove out from the Anderson's hotel and going back to Miles Hotel.

Patrick walked into the elevator that took him upstairs to the six floor of his exquisite hotel where the meeting would be held.

He walked out and walked straight to the meeting hall as he had about twelve top members to meet with. The meeting was a coded brief about his partnership with them and by far he has gotten to work with them thru his father that was the former CEO and was now on leave as his father travelled out for treatment under the care of his elder sister, Isabel Anderson Owen as she was married to a politician in the state.

Patrick walked into the conference room and the meeting was brief.

He took his seat in the long meeting table and about twelve of their top members were already seated round the table and waiting.

They wanted to brief him on the new changes and things to add to the hotel, does and don't and sponsorship plans.

Patrick calmly sat staring to the elderly men seated, as most are the account manager, the PR, the sales manager and other top staffs working under him.

The meeting was brief and quick and he listened silently. Thru he stood up and shook hands with the head in managing the hotel's records, Mr Samuel Kingston as he was his father's closet friend in the hotel.

The meeting ended peacefully and Patrick finally walked out and took the elevator going back upstairs to the 8th were his office was.

He stepped out, and his mind was still filled with thought of what happened between him and the new maid the previous night and more likely what Willow was doing in their home again.

"Am so sure she travelled out with Tony, how did she appeared out from nowhere and in our home today?.." Patrick walked into his office that was wide and painted in ash-grey colour as he walked passed the four set couches placed around and to his main office seat behind his desk.

His office was like a room as it was wider and more spacious and he used the four purple colored couches to relaxed and host some hot model whenever he was bored.

He was the boss and he did whatever he liked and wanted. He had repented from his sinful ways after he fell in love with Willow but she never repented.

He shook his head and walked to his black executive seat and sat down, just then he heard a knocked on his office door and his secretary, Miss Ava Adams, a hot blonde beauty walked into his office and greeted him. "Good afternoon boss."

She was dressed in a white turtle shirt, and deep red skirt with black shoes as she had her black tie around her neck.

Patrick stared to her in silence as she looked liked his mother's new maid but her eyes was brown and he felt haunted with blurry images from his previous night escapade.

"What do you want?" he asked her coldly, not remembering he sent for her either.

"Sir, Is the documentation of the new magazine covers. Some has been published and am here to show it to you" Ava said.

"Hmm" Patrick remained silent and stared to his computer on his desk that he hadn't switched on and he stared back to her.

"Drop it on the center table and exit my office, I didn't sent for you!." His voice was colder and she shuddered and immediately did as she was told and she exited his office.

Ava wondered what angered him again as every morning and days with him in office, seemed like his anger kept arising. She had thought he would change after he engaged Willow last month March, thinking he has found happiness but he only got worsen.

She shook her head and walked back to her own office to continue with her job on handling his affairs as he hardly responded and only flexed with the new models whenever he had the chance too.