Chapter 76 Xavier’s Curiosity

Victoria walked into a café. She had thrown on some sunglasses that perfectly frame her face. People could not help but marvel at her beauty as she took the escalator to the second floor of the café. When she reached the top, she looked around the sea of people settled on the different tables.

A fair slender hand from one table waved and Victoria grinned as she waved back before walking over. The person stood and exchanged cheek-to-cheek kisses with Victoria before they settled.

"Hi!" Victoria had a wide smile as she took in the young woman. The girl was wearing a simple long sleeved dressed falling to her knees and matching stilettos and purse.

"Hi! You look beautiful", Nicole beamed as she took in the older woman. If she didn't know she was Mrs. Frost, Nicole would think Victoria was a woman in her late thirties.

"Thank you, dear", Victoria blushed from feeling embarrassed. 'Zach is never wrong', she mused. "And so do you. Have you ordered yet?"

"No, I was waiting for you", Nicole responded.

Victoria waved for the waiter who came and took their order. Once he was gone, the older woman rested her hands on the table and focused on the young woman.

"So how are you feeling? What did the doctor say?"

"I'm fine. Besides my wound which is healing nicely, there wasn't any severe damage. I'm in the clear. Don't worry yourself Victoria", Nicole gave her a comforting gaze.

Victoria shook her head with guilt heavy on her face. "I'm really sorry for that. But I'm glad to hear you're doing fine. I really thought it was the end for me when I met your best friend."

Nicole laughed when she remembered Neela's antics and waved a hand of dismissal. "Don't mind her. She can be a little too dramatic." Nicole leaned forward and beckoned Victoria to do the same. "Between you and me, Neela thinks it's Kris who did it, she just doesn't have proof since I told her I didn't see who hit me."

Victoria gasped in shock. The two stared at each other. Nicole thought her joke had gone wrong and too far. Victoria leaned back in her seat seeming in thought. Nicole was ready to apologize seeing the expression on Victoria's face.

"You know what Nicole? Neela has a point! Kris has the face for it, right?" Victoria smiled.

Nicole let out a relieved chuckle as she patted her chest. "For a moment there, I thought you'd be upset!"

"Me? Upset over dissing Kris? Did I lose my mind or something?"

"Then shall we have a 'dissing Kris session' over tea and snacks some time?"

"I think you and I are going to be good friends!"

The two were laughing when Victoria's phone started to ring. She excused herself and answered the call. "Yes Xavier?"

While Victoria spoke to her son, she failed to notice the flash in Nicole's eyes. Her stomach twisted into a knot and she wiped her sweaty palms against her thighs.

"I don't remember seeing any file. Maybe you must have forgotten it at your brother's?... Okay, bye."

Once the call ended, she smiled at Nicole. "Sorry about that."

"Don't worry about. Is it just me or does it seem like they're taking too long to bring out the food?" Nicole rubbed her stomach.

Victoria gasped. "You didn't eat either?"

"I was that nervous to meet you I couldn't stomach anything", Nicole said with a sheepish smile.

"Don't be nervous. I'm har-" Her phone started to ring again and she gave the young woman an apologetic smile before she answered the phone. "Xavier.... I didn't take your car keys, you left before I did..."

The call ended and she stared at her phone with an exasperated expression. 'Whats going on with him?'

She did not know what came over her son but she shrugged it off and redirected her focus on Nicole. The waiter came with their order and served it to them. Both the ladies' eyes sparkled when their food arrived. It seemed they were both starving.

"This looks good", Victoria hummed in approval.

"Thank you for this", Nicole said politely.

Victoria waved her off and gestured with her hand as she said, "Dig in, dear."

The café offered a breakfast combo that had different fillings and sauces one could use to make a sandwich. It was like a mini breakfast buffet served in their respective little dishes and the customers could assemble their own sandwich and enjoy it with a beverage of their choice.

Victoria had just assembled hers and was about to take a bite when her phone rung again. Even if she wanted to, she could not suppress her annoyance completely as she answered the phone.

"Xavier Alison Frost!..... I don't remember what color your tie was! Didn't you check in the mirror before you left?.... I swear to God, call me one more time, one more time", she spoke through gritted teeth as she spat out her warning like it was venom.

Even Nicole could not help the terrible shiver she felt down her spine when she took in Victoria's maniacal expression at the moment. The latter cut the call and gave a wide eyed and mouth open Nicole a sheepish smile.

At Frost Corporation

"Did she just block me?" He looked a his phone in disbelief. He had just tried to call her again soon after she cut the call.

He slouched back in his seat and spun it to face the window. 'What am I doing?'

All thanks to Zach, he could not help his curiosity even when he thought the woman meeting his mother can't be that Nicole. He called and spun a few lies in hopes he would hear the woman's voice whilst he spoke to his mother. But he got nothing except his mother's wrath.

He run his hand over his face and sighed. Why was he suddenly curious about some woman he met once? He was a freaking one nighter! Should anyone else come through he would quickly forget about Nicole. So why is he doing something foreign to him? That's not who he is. She knows who he is and probably forgot about him like he would expect her to.

"Sir, your ten o'clock appointment is here." His assistant spoke over the intercom of his phone.

"Send them in", he responded.

The door soon opened and a beautiful woman walked into his office. She had on a trench coat and matching stilettos. She locked the door behind her and walked on when Xavier spun his chair to face her. With his fixed gaze on the sway of her hips, she knew that he could guess what was inside that coat: Nothing.