{He looks at me with disgust}
Author POV
21:30 pm
Zoey walked inside her matrimonial bedroom after making Ann to bed. She went straight to the bed, beside her husband. She had so much fun this afternoon, all thanks to Calvin and Ann. She could feel his breath at her neck, his arms wrapping her waist slowly, he brought her closer to him and dropped a kiss on her neck.
“I love you.. ” He whispered with a silent voice.
“I love you too… ” She mumbled and adjusted her body in his arms.
“Hmmm .. She cleared her throat. ”
“Anything wrong. ” He asked, staring at the window.
“Can you turn off the lamps? ” She asked with her eyes wide open. The room became dark in seconds and silence descended.
“Ann revealed something to me this morning but I thought it would be cool to tell you at night, since you were a little bit busy. ” She uttered with a tense breath.
“She said something about her coming from an agency and having a sister—”
“What sister? What agency? Calvin asked calmly but the tone he used was louder than his normal voice.
“Just calm and listen to my explanation… ” She mumbled and started explaining. .
EXPLANATION ENDS..
Calvin was sitting already and the lights are turn on again. His facial expressions aren’t words that can be used to explain how he was feeling at that moment.
“How do you expect me to keep someone that kept something so huge in her when you took her in. ” Calvin was raising his voice already.
“Don’t you see she’s scared of telling? She’s scared, she’s even fast with her family issue by telling us. If she wants to keep it she will, just try and understand what she met of doing—”
“Doing what? Hiding the truth from you. What else is hse not saying about telling you she doesn’t have anybody and now, she has families… ” Calvin uttered softly but his breath was fast.
“Don’t you want me to be happy? ” Zoey suddenly asked if and he sighed.
“Of course, I have always wanted to see you happy with those killer smiles on your lips. ” He mumbled and ran his fingers through his hair.
“You should have say something like this tomorrow— ”
“Calvin, she’s saying the truth, she’s not a threat—”
“I will accept your words only if my secret investigator comes back with something different about the assignment. But if he finds out something suspicious then she’s out. ” He mumbled and arranged the bed to rest his head. Zoey released the breath she was holding and lay back to sleep.
*****
Cali’s today appointment was stressful, not really stressful but to a pregnant woman it is. Camila and Andrew went home already and the twins left after Andrew and Camila left for their home. Leaving her, Crystal and Nova with them.
Crystal and Nova arrange the dining table and take their seats while waiting for Cali to have dinner with them. Cali was seen coming down the stairs after keeping waiting for three minutes.
“I’m sorry for keeping you waiting. Cali apologized and smiled as she took her seat.
“The aroma makes me crave for more. Cali giggled and took a bite of the potato. Crystal and Nova looked at her weirdly and focused on their food.
“Have you been talking to Landon? ” Cali asked as she gulped down the cup of wine at once.
“No, he refused to apologize and I didn’t bother to talk to him. ” She mumbled, not taking her eyes off her food.
“Oh! Really!! Cali uttered, emphasizing her words. It made Crystal look at the two an chuckled.
“I guess you aren’t telling the real truth. ” Crystal said as she poured herself a chilled water into the glass cup.
“Real truth of what?? ” She stuttered and Cali coughed.
“You know something, Cali paused as she rested her back on the chair. I will tell you to follow your heart. He called me when Andrew took me to the hospital, we were actually on our way there when he called. He called me to give you the phone since you decided to ignore him for three days. He said he kept texting you but you aren’t responding including your line. I told him to call Camila but she was also ignoring his calls. ” She said, staring at him for answers.
“I just want him to ignore me—”
“Why? ” She interrupted her words…
Cali POV..
“Because, I want to understand how I will feel if he’s not around for a while but he keeps texting. ” I replied and glanced at Crystal staring at me with so much interest.
“You want to understand your feelings for him, without knowing much about him. ” She mumbled and dropped her fork, she wiped her lips and looked at me deeply.
“Spend time with him and try to understand those sudden and strange feelings you feel around him.. ” Sis Cali uttered and took my hand. I look down to it.
“I was planning to reply to his texts tonight and settle things. But-” I paused and looked at sis Cali, then I looked at Crystal.
“I don’t want him to take advantage of my love for him, I fell in love with him at your college graduation but he wasn’t aware. I could remember how he acts normal with me then but now that he realizes I’m in love with him, he acts somehow. ” I paused to inhale and exhale. Crystal and Sis Cali listen to me with kin interest. It’s so good to have someone I can share my words and feelings with.
“On a normal day before I decided to act as if I don’t care, I will be one to beg him to reply my messages, he will read them and still ignore every fucking thing I say to him. Camila decided to come up with a plan to ignore him,,, I should let him be the one doing what I was doing but I didn’t give her words that day a second thought. I just wash it away from my ear and kept begging Landon the egocentric id*ot keep ignoring me. ” I stopped talking when I realized I’m already in tears.
“When and how did you decide to take Camila’s advice?? ” Crystal asked curiously… I chuckled and sniffed in.
“When a waiter saw how I was sending Landon messages seconds after seconds and she asked me “Are you begging a man to love you because you love him???. ” I burst into tears when she said that to me.
She looked at me with disgust… My mind told me, actually my mind picture Landon looking at me with disgust. My head made me understand how Landon looks at me, he looks at me with disgust, ignoring me because I disgust him…
TBC.