A woman's dilemma - Episode 19

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Daniel Obi POV:

"Put me down you jerk!" Claudia snaps when I throw her over my shoulder again once my driver pulls over to the new hotel I'm lodging for now. I ignore her protests and the looks we are getting as I carry her all the way into the elevator. I smirk when I see some people clicking on their phone. We are making more headlines on blogs right about now if I'm not mistaken.
"Get me down. Now!" Claudia reasserts as soon as the elevator's door closes up.
"Fine." I grin as I squeeze her ass before letting her slip down my body.
"Pig!" Her long fingers surprises me as they make hard contact with my cheek. Both of our eyes clash as she growls and before I can register her next move, she pushes me to the back of the elevator and plaster her lips to mine in a bruising kiss that I have no control over. Her soft tongue teases its way into my mouth and I groan as my tongue comes out to play but she bites down hard on my tongue.
"Jeez woman!" My hand comes up to trace up her back as I pull her closer to me. I barely hear the elevator's door open but the audible gasp from outside the door pulls Claudia away from me. My eyes lazily stray from Claudia's flushed face to meet Tina, my sister standing awkwardly in front of the elevator.
"You guys sorted it out then?" She asks, gesturing to Claudia who doesn't say a word but gets out of the elevator. I follow behind her with Tina on our tail.
"Where's your room?" Claudia barks at me. Tina quickly overtakes me and points to the open door of my suite. Claudia nods and walks into the room.
"She looks angry. What did you do now?" Tina whispers to me before she brushes past me to follow Claudia into the room. Like I'm not the one who got molested by Claudia in the elevator. I don't want to linger on the feel of those firm lips on mine. Or the coppery taste of blood on my tongue. The woman actually bit my tongue. I groan in frustration as I let myself into the suite to find Claudia downing a glass of water.
"You don't mind me drinking from your fridge do you?" She asks. I start to shake my head but she turns her eyes to my sister.
"I was talking to her." She points to Tina. I raise my hands in surrender.
"Sure. Help yourself to anything." Tina says and position her small figure in a chair. We both wait for Claudia to finish off her drink before Tina speaks.
"I'm Tina. His manager. And sister." Claudia shakes Tina's hand and sits in the chair beside her.
"I believe I've been brought here for a reason." Claudia points out and Tina nods. She looks to me to take over.
"I believe you've seen the pictures of us on the tabloids and magazines." I say to Claudia who frowns at me.
"It's hard not to see it when those reporters kept pushing it into my face." She says.
"I should have at least punched that particular reporter before you grabbed me." She pouts and I have to elbow Tina to get her to stop giggling.
"What's this all about, Daniel?" I think this is the first time she's said my name. Why does it sound right on her lips. She doesn't say it like she's starstruck like the other women I've been in contact with, except my mom and sister of course.
"You threw me over your shoulder like I'm your play thing when the cameras were all focused on us. Then you kiss me in the elevator-"
"No, you kissed me." I point to her.
"I didn't!" She says like she's appalled by the notion.
"What my brother here wants to tell you is, this scandal is set up on purpose on our end." Tina says to stop both of us from tearing each other apart.
"What?!" Claudia focus her murderous glare at my sister who backs down and shrinks into the chair she's sitting.
"This isn't her fault. It's mine." I defend Tina. Claudia stands and starts to pace the room.
"Of course it's your fault! Is this your ploy to tap my ass?" She points at me.
"Calm down, Claudia. Believe me this isn't what I wanted from the start but I need you to cover for me for some time." I say as meekly as I can.
"Cover for you? You want me to go along with this? Why will I let you use me for a press stunt?" She snaps. I go to say something but Tina interrupts.
"Because you'll be saving a life." She tells Claudia.
"Forgive me if I say I have no desire to save his life." She points to me.
"It won't be his you'll be saving. It'll be--"
"Tina. Don't." I stop Tina before she spills the beans.
"No. She needs to know. We can't keep her in the dark. This is my mess after all." Tina argues.
"What is she talking about?" Claudia turns to me for answers. I clamp my mouth shut. The less people who know about this the better it will be to keep this a secret.
"I'm pregnant." Tina drops the news and Claudia gapes at her, clearly confused.
"She doesn't want this to get out. We don't want this to get out." I can feel my anger rising again. My little sister shouldn't be going through this shitstorm! This is my fault. I shouldn't have sent her to that party instead of me.
"I don't understand. What has this got to do with me?" Claudia asks after a moment's silence. I stand and grab a bottle of Heineken from the fridge. I down almost half the bottle in a swig. The weird taste rushes down my system and I nearly gag. Tina is by my side in seconds grabbing the bottle from my hand.
"You don't drink." She says. She's right. I don't but I find myself wanting the vile liquid these days.
"Can someone fill me in on what's happening?" Claudia interrupts us.
"Her pregnancy test kit was found in my trash days ago. The press thinks it's mine." I tell Claudia.
"Well, just release your statement and correct their misjudgement."
"I can't!" I snap.
"Why? Is it because she isn't married? There are single mothers everywhere these days if the father doesn't want to take responsibility. You have enough money to take care of your sister don't you?" I shake my head at Claudia's mindset.
"It's not that easy." I don't know how to get the truth out.
"What's hard there? You can't support your own sister? Then you're a worse man than I think." She chastises.
"You don't understand." I snap at her. Her jibe about me being worse than she thinks hurts for some unknown reason.
"What's there to understand?!" She snaps back.
"I was raped!" Tina's outburst silences the room.
"Wh--wh--what?" Claudia's voice is small. Tina doubles over and sobs into her hands. I walk over to her and pull her into my arms. I level Claudia with a hard look. She looks so guilty. She should.
"I--I." She hangs her head in shame. I shake my head slowly at her.
"Don't go anywhere." I tell her before carrying my sister away to my room. Sometimes I forget how young she really is. Right now she looks smaller than her 24 years.

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