SCARLETTCaelum is supposed to be in his office, but instead I find Cassian there, with Caelum's slut of a secretary under his desk. For a moment I wonder if she's done this before with her boss, my husband but that's only a brief thought. As she wipes her mouth clean of Cassian's cock, I stare at her with revulsion. Especially how terrible her hair is, but then I smirk to myself, her hair is hazel brown, Caelum doesn't fuck brunettes, he hates that hair color, he's even asked me never to dye my hair that color or show up in a wig of that color.“Your turn,” Cassian mouths, watching the secretary, Amber flee from the office with her heels in hand.“Excuse you?” I shoot back.“You ran off my toy.”Rolling my eyes, I step closer to him. “Where is Caelum?”Cassian grins, lighting a cigar that I didn't see him fetch from the packet Caelum keeps in here. “Who?”“Cass, I don't have time.” I explain, “I'm sharing my driver with Eva today and she has a photo shoot in an hour so-”“No thanks B
CAELUMAurora still won't speak to me, our flight was delayed by thirty minutes which she tried to use to get away from me. I didn't tell her where I was taking her, nor did I tell my parents why I needed Gianna to come with me. My father may have an inkling because the look he gave me insinuated he was aware I'm going away with Aurora for the weekend, that too a day earlier than I should have left the country. Bishop and I were to travel together but he'll meet me in Sicily the night of our agenda, he's relived he gets to spend a day more with his girlfriend and I'm quite happy to travel with Aurora and the kids.Aurora makes a much better partner to travel with, although presently she's not in the highest spirits. I've been trying to talk to her but she continuously eludes me, our plans is set to land in two hours and she's still not talking to me. I thought being stuck with me, she'll have no choice but to listen to me but she's proven me wrong yet again. I've exchanged more words
AURORASicily brings out something in me, something fragile.Had I known Caelum was bringing me to Sicily, I would have stood my ground with firm disapproval. I shouldn't be here, I don't like it here, this makes my skin crawl, and not in a good way. From the moment I stepped out of the plane, coming face to face with the wretched private airport that the elite Mephistopheles of Sicily use, a gush of nausea rushed through me. I wanted to throw up so bad but I swallowed it down and tried to grasp some excitement oozing from the girls. Caelum has been sensible enough to keep out of my space, he did notice me jitter since our arrival and asked once, once and he didn't persist when I told him it was nothing. He rented us a house close to a few places considered as tourist attractions. The house is nice, a very large apartment and undoubtedly very expensive and worth the four days Caelum paid for. There's way too many rooms in the house, I've lost Layla playing hide and seek at least twice
AURORAChills run down my spine, Caelum is talking to someone while I nurse a glass of champagne, my third in thirty minutes we've been here. I pretend to be invested in a piece on the wall but I don't like being here, it's a nice exhibition but the people roaming the room make my stomach churn with raw unhinged bile. I'm on my toes tonight, my anxiety ticking so fast, one of my demons might spurt and run free with all these devil pets in sight.Francesca, Caelum's cousin did a very good job at styling me, the dress she put me in is very comfortable and unduly exquisite. The glances I've received from not only the men, but the woman has confirmed this dress will take the marketplace by storm when Francesca finally puts replica's of it in stores. The women gathered by the painting of a nude Adonis by a local artist, another shit endorsed mafia brat of an asshole. His painting is horrible, as opposed to the one I'm looking at. I was only staring at it to avoid socialization but now I fi
CAELUMI lost Aurora.She hadn't called me back in over thirty minutes so I called her, I called and texted her a few times with no response. Her phone went to voicemail and my texts were left on read, despite our understanding earlier. I went outside to call Gianna and ask her if Aurora had arrived but no, she wasn't there either. Her location was off, and that sent me into a bit of a panic. Massimo, our driver was my last hope, yet an afterthought. Massimo said he didn't take Aurora anywhere, but he had seen her walking to the liquor store a few blocks down. He spoke to her, and she barely said a word to him.I suppose she was angry with me because I said I loved her, a conversation I planned for her to hear under different circumstances. I fucked up, I know but she shouldn't be running off in a dangerous city like this one. I drove around the area like a mad man, searching for her and making calls to see if anyone had seen her. I was hell bent on finding her, I was going to spend t
CAELUM Leaning forward, I set my whiskey glass on the small table next to me and lean back into the seat once again, my gaze never leaving Aurora and Layla. Layla came in with a piece of paper and a pencil, for Aurora to help her. They've been writing a letter together for the past fifteen minutes, with Layla being the one to hold the pencil and Aurora spelling out the words she can't by herself. “Can I add I love you?” Layla pauses, looking up at Aurora. Aurora is focused on the paper of at least she wants me to believe she is. I see through her facade, the same way I see her watching me from underneath her lashes. The marks I left on her glisten in her flawless skin, I know they'll heal in three to four days but I hate that I did that to her. Under other circumstances I would have loved it but that wasn't her, she was different. “Mommy!” Layla whines, tapping her thigh this time. Aurora instantly nods, her eyes meeting Layla's questioning gaze. “Anything you want princess.” “Oka
EMELIASince Caelum dragged my best friend with him out of town, I've barely heard from her. He has conclusively stolen her from me, and as much as I hate to admit it, I love to see it. The entire situation is fucked up, Caelum shouldn't be adding her to the mess he calls his marriage but then here we are and I've not seen her this alive until now. I love that she's no longer burying her trauma with wine glasses, Aurora has a new zeal for life, a more spirited zest for life and if Caelum is where this convalescence comes from, so be it.Aurora and I spend an unhealthy amount of time talking to each other, we feed each other about the littlest details of our lives. It's our copying mechanism, one I didn't realize existed until my therapist pointed it out, my therapist being Aurora of course. We were all the other had and learned to be all we needed to hold on to the last twine of sanity left in the hell we resided. She's the first person I awakened eager to see, the first person I woul
AURORAMy phone has been pretty busy lately, beeping with not just orders but emails and calls. From time to time I check if Caelum texted because I don't want him showing up to my house unannounced simply because I didn't take his call. Shockingly, I've had a few messages from him, he's catching up on meetings he missed while with me and the children in Sicily. He's made it a habit to text me every one and a half hour to reply to my messages. I'm not thrilled to have to wait for a reply but complaining about it will only give him the wrong idea. Today has already been stressful, it's barely ten a.m but I've dropped a few tears when a hangover Olivia and I dropped Layla off at school. Today is her first day, I actually cried watching her go into the school. She didn't cry, she was very giddy and enthusiastic about her first day, my daughter. I love that for her, I wish I could be more like her but nope, I cried my eyes out when I dropped her off and refused to sign her up for the bu
CAELUMThere was a time when I was desperately pleading with Scarlett for a baby, and now that there's light of us having one? I'm not thrilled, I want to be thrilled, I want to be happy about it but I can't find one fatherly bone in my body to help me. Possibly its the wrong timing that hasn't sat with me but I'm having a hard time connecting with Scarlett on the news. Still, I have to consider her feelings, I shouldn't have reacted as irrational as I did because at the end of the day it takes two to make a baby.We made that baby, regardless of how drunk I was, it's time to face up to my actions. I was going to divorce her but now, I'm not sure what to do but I do know that I can't let another man raise my child and I don't want Aurora to further suffer.I'm drunk, and high as a kite, craving more because what I already took isn't doing the job, making me forget. My phone lights up with yet another message from Aurora, she's ecstatic planning for her store opening. I've given her a
CASSIANI've spent the last week with my fiancé and her family, as annoying as she is, we've got some common ground. She's not my ideal choice for a bribe but close enough, she'll have to do. My choice in a woman is near to Caelum's choice but less fiery, the kind of fire that Aurora exudes would scorch me a little bit. I've been in contact with Aurora throughout my trip, and her near death experience that rattled Caelum appears to have done the same to her too.I had ordered a few beers and texted my party people about the party I would be holding at my place tonight, to celebrate my return from my short trip but if I'm being entirely honest, it's to celebrate the misery that has not yet befallen me as I prepare for my marriage. Emelia and Aurora said they were not coming because they would be enjoying a night out in the city by themselves. Those two have formed what Ryker, Bishop, Caelum, and I had built the moment we met and it comes just as effortlessly. It's pure, my fiance will
EMELIANAI park my car outside a familiar neighborhood, I've been to it during my high school days I must say there's been major improvements made. I used to have a boyfriend that lived here and now I don't even remember his house. The feeling of nostalgia hits, but I ignore it and focus on my phone, checking the red dot until I see my location close in on a gated household. The gate is open, so I hurry inside, sure to close it behind me.Gianna called me an hour ago, she sounded hysterical and I couldn't catch what she said was happening so I decided to drive to her, using the tracker on her phone. She knows about it, which is why she insisted that I go and get her, minus her providing me with an address. I assume she just had an argument with one of her spoiled friends and now she wants her big sister to get her. This is nothing new there but it's usually Sienna's craft not mine. Hell, I'm just glad to be called.Knocking on the door, I wait for someone to open it for me but I get n
SCARLETTI've waited up for Caelum all night, he didn't respond to any of my text messages or calls, and eventually I couldn't get through to him. My parents are beyond mad at the way he stormed out, Mom was worried it could have been a family emergency so she called Caelum's mom and she said, according to her knowledge nothing alarming had transpired.It's seven in the morning, I have a magazine shoot at exactly 9 a.m and I'd be dammed if I breached the contract because my husband went MIA on me, again. Eva will be coming to pick me up, she already texted me to say she's on her way.I'm ready, trying to hide the bugs I have under my eyes from waiting up all night for Caelum to show up. I had spent the entire day decorating this room to surprise him, and now I want everything in this room gone, I don't want it taunting me to recall what I thought last night would be like vs what it actually went like. I'm about to open my bedroom door when it opens, the door slamming into me.“Fuck.”
CAELUMMy heart is racing, I just saw her this morning. How is she not okay? She was fine when I left her yesterday, ecstatic even. I'm speeding through traffic to get to her but I fear I might be too late. Bella called an ambulance to her apartment right before she called me. When I declined her call, she texted me saying Aurora wasn't feeling well, and from there, the messages got worse, alarming. I couldn't sit in that restaurant any longer, I wanted to get to her. Bella is no longer answering my calls, and I'm still far from Aurora's apartment. With Bella not responding to my messages, I fear the worst has happened and if so, I hardly believe in miracles but if anything happens to Aurora, God better perform one or get two for the calling of one. I don't know how it is that I stayed sane without Aurora, but I can't do it twice. I've had year's of therapy to get over Aurora, until I realized it wouldn't work and quit, I'm not ready for an eternity of therapy to cope with never bee
SCARLETTMy parents are in our city, and Caelum, and I to be having dinner with them, and after that Caelum is taking my mom to see her favorite opera while my father and I go to a twenty-four hour running amusement park. It's tradition, one we don't break but now, as I stare down at my phone it would seem like I've seen the last of this tradition.“Scarlett,” my mother calls out from across the table, her voice startling me.My phone slips out of my hand and drops to the floor beside me. My gaze instantly jerks up to meet my mother, “Sorry.” I blurt out, proceeding to pick my phone up.“Honey,” my mother squeezes my fathers hand but I know she's addressing me because her gaze doesn't leave mine. “Where is Caelum?”And there it is, I can't make up any more excuses for him, I don't know what lies to form for them. Caelum has been putting off dinner with my parents for the longest time now, and it's not like him. Caelum is punctual with his schedule but lately, his schedule means nothin
**************Fifteen minutes after Caelum rudely ended our call, Cassian's driver arrived to pick me up. I insisted on driving behind him because after whatever nonsense Caelum is wasting my time on, I will need to pick up three more little girls then go back to my parents house for Paulina. Cassian's driver left me ten minutes ago, he led me to a newly constructed yet famous shopping complex. I'm familiar enough with the place to know that his family owns a jewelry store here, one run by his other sister, Sienna. I've seen no sign of Cassian, despite seeing his BMW in the parking lot there's nothing else suggesting his presence. I've left him four unanswered messages and I'm just about pissed off by his temerity. Stymied, I fetch my phone and open his contact card, calling him one time before I follow through with my already made decision to leave this place. The phone rings and just when I thing it's going to die out, in the very second, he picks up. “Hey pretty girl.” I can a
AURORA“Paulina sweetie, did you get your backpack into the car?” I ask, seeing her run past me. Paulina, Everleah and Layla have a girls day party at my house tomorrow and to start, I'm having a sleepover for them tonight. I had to invite Layla's sister too because I want to grow up around her siblings seeing as I'm not planning on giving her any, perhaps I could adopt in a few years but right now, just Layla is fine.Paulina doesn't respond but a few seconds later she runs back, “Auntie?”“Did you put all your things in the car sweetie?”“Yes,” she nods. “I'll go double check to see if I didn't forget my fluffy bunny.“Okay, hurry up because we have to pick up Everleah too, and Sapphire.”“Aurora!” my mother yells from the kitchen, she's been confined to it for the last hour. I was starting to think she was simply avoiding me, and I would have thought it if she didn't order Chinese takeout specifically for me.Entering the kitchen, I see my mother in her apron, with prints of white
CAELUMThe hospital chose to keep me under observation under mom's request. I stayed to ease her worries, if not I would be back to work, or tinkering weak for Aurora's attention.“I love you.” I whisper to her, watching her sleep on the bed. It's been two days, I get minor headaches and my arm right hurts, I've been told to not overwork it but it's my favorite of late, I am both left and right handed but my right touched Aurora better. She came over as soon as she dropped Layla off at school, we had been talking nearly all night so I know she hardly slept. Looking at her now I feel contend, like I have my old Aurora back.The bed was swapped out for a bigger one by the physician because every time Aurora walks in, I want her laying next to me. The door to hospital room opens, revealing my sister on the other end, with a bouquet of flowers. “Hey,” she faintly smile, walking past me to set the flowers in a vase. “From mom.” she tells me, her gaze shifting to Aurora on the bed. I see a