He watched in silence as Antonia walked back out of the room, his mind whirring. He could feel his conscience being consumed till it died away in his chest into a state of nothingness.
For what felt like a while it quieted in his chest for the first time since all the Madness and jealousy, one would have expected that he would sigh relieved at the bit of silence, but he didn’t… and it made him uncomfortable.
He was becoming too invested in trying to learn the truth about the entire situation, he wanted to know why Laura was tricking him with the boy’s, at least that was the way he saw it.
He wouldn’t deny that he didn’t feel attached to them but at the same time, the entire drama was starting to cost him his life, his wife -He looked again at the door as he could hear her sobbing.
He frowned, a hand automatically coming up to rub his chest again as though to keep his heart in check before he does anything stupidly outrageous.
He didn’t like that in a way his soul was getting involved in his obsession. But then again, it probably wasn’t because it was Laura herself.
“I messed things up.”He muttered to himself before fisting the table.
He’d be this concerned over anyone in the type of mess he was in, Yeah. That was probably it- he was starting to melt into pity, both self pity and the others and it wasn’t doing him any good.
He didn’t notice the door open, nor the sound of the car from earlier… he didn’t even notice Damien till he was too close.
He flinched when Damien clapped a hand to his shoulder, resisting the urge to wince when he squeezed harder than necessary.
“Boss, are you fine?”He asked .
He turned to see him all dressed in suit, till that moment it had completely slipped his mind that there was going to be a party later that evening.
“I am fine.”He answers firmly.
“He could tell that he didn’t look fine but again it was useless arguing with him especially at a time like this-
“You don’t look at it with all due respect.”He answered.”I can see that you look stressed.”
He hadn’t thought that the stress would be so obvious still he wouldn’t agree with him.
“I’m not going to point out that you’ve known me your whole life. I’m not going to point
out you know me well enough to know that I wouldn’t be this worried over issues that I shouldn’t in the past, but I am … won’t deny it I am.”
Those felt like word’s that he would have said all he did was smile while keeping his emotions about the entire situation blank.
He sighed, and tugged at him, gesturing for Damien to follow him to the patio-
“It is obvious I won’t be there tonight so you’d be representing us.”
Damien a groan as he followed silently behind. So much for not wanting to go at first after he had disgraced himself a night ago.
While Walking inside with him, he had a hunch this wouldn’t be as he had planned it to be, he was still confused about the entire situation though, even as he walked with him to the patio, a lot of things appeared to be running through his mind first amidst it was why he was probably annoyed.
He had a hunch this wasn’t going to be their usual talk and leave, Christian most definitely needed him to do more that evening than just attending a party .
“Need to deliver this package to Rhys.”He handed him a manila envelope.
Damien stared at it for a while, his mind went back to what had happened day before and when he got to the part where they kissed –
“Are you even paying attention?”
He flinched but got back to the character.”Sorry, my mind was somewhere else.”
“Coming from a man who was asking if I was fine just moments ago.”
He deserved it, though, for basically calling his
boss character into question. But in his mind as well things were going out of control, he was running wild and while he needed to just let it all go and Continue to stay as far away as
possible from Riley, and stop watching her to see if she’d changed- he couldn’t.
But at some point, he had to let it go- Resolve filled him as he left for his car, he let out the icily feeling deep inside him at the thought that he would be facing a man he thought was his adversary, he took a deep breath as he drove off.
*******
“I won’t be coming, nothing serious… “he sighed.
Rhys had just called and it left him wondering how Damien was able to pull it off so fast –
He hated all having to explain things to anyone but at the rate people were calling it left him with little or no choice, he was still trying to figure out everything that was happening.
In his hands was the still shot that had fallen off her hands while she had walked away, why had she acted that way, he was trying to understand the entire situation but no matter how much he was trying to, he just couldn’t, it was made more difficult by the fact that she didn’t seem to want to understand any thing, he had tried speaking to her hoping she would but had been left disappointed each time.
There at the door that led to their bedroom he stopped, he looked in and could see her right there still deep In her thinking.
“Well.”Kane spoke, causing her to jump.
“First, I would like to apologize for this.”He pulled out a box and walked to where she was .
Immediately, she looked up at him to see what it was, her voice felt really sore but she muttered.
.
“Yes.”She wasn’t sure what else to say.
Silence stretched between them. Chris rubbed his neck and stared around the room. Did he find the situation as unnerving as she did?
She took the gift and muttered thank you, he addressed her again.”You do know that I love you.”
She could feel his gaze boring into her but she forced her gaze down.
She was about to leave but he tugged her back. He tried to keep her heart pace at a normal speed despite wanting to run from the room.
“Say something.”He begged.
Her stomach clenched again and once more she thought of escaping, but where?
She knew that it would be difficult for her to do anything at the moment, she couldn’t be without him- it was an unthinkable fate.
Besides, she’d have nowhere to live on her own.
Caution was drilled into her head as she muttered.”It is fine.”
She had walked a few meters away before she turned back to face him.”What to take a shower, will you come?”
He smirked hard, but he did leave where he was.
Staring at her reflection in the mirror, she got out of the nightie, her amble eyes seemed wider and a deeper shade than normal, as she stared at the man behind.
Faint lines of tension showed on either side of her mouth as her jaw tickled.
Hopping into the hot shower, she turned on the taps, and watched as he stripped and stepped into the stall With her.
The pounding water beat down on their body, the white noise and rising steam creating a
temporary cocoon round them, but none of that mattered. She closed her eyes and forced herself to relax, letting her mind drift back to him.
She moans, they shared pleasures
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She woke up with a start from her deep sleep, she turned and blinked in confusion as she looked around.
It all came back to her, she found herself relieving the night before and how everything had been.
Her attention was drawn to the foot of the bed where he stood naked as he looked out of his window, she appreciated the fact that she was greeted with the rear view of a very well-built and very naked male.
The past hours hadn’t been a bad dream, it was all reality and she was enjoying the same moment. She let her head sink back onto the pillow and silently studied the man who was getting dressed before her.
“Going out? She asked.
He was stunned to see she was awake. She stared around at his muscles rippled across his back and his taut buttocks.
As his lower anatomy disappeared from view after putting on hai trousers, he glanced her way and caught her still watching him.
“I need to take a run.”
“What time is it?”Her voice was raspy, her throat still held a bit of deception as though not believing him.
“Almost Eight.”He turned to grab a shirt as he struggled to get up.
She recalled the night before as she came up to kiss him.
“What happened to staying the whole day? ”
Christian barely glanced down at her, he Knew it was all her way to get him to stay for the night. He shrugged as if to dismiss the matter and stepped into his shoes.
He stopped to kiss her quickly on her lips.”I will be back soon, he assured me.”
Soon, he stepped out to the room letting out a deep sigh at the lie he just told.