DAMIENWithout wanting to, my eyes are back to the Givenchy watch on my wrist as I check the time again, I don't understand why I'm doing thatFinally, the nanny stood up from the chair as she took the kids away since they were done with their food.“Daddy, will you come and read bedtime stories to me??” Thompson said to me with his ever-beaming eyes that beg you for something, and you cannot but accept it.“Of course sweetheart” I placed a kiss on his forehead as he smiled more and stepped towards his nanny Sarah and then stopped “Will mommy be telling me the story with you, Daddy?” The guilelessness in his eyes, the hope that glares at me so brightly slammed a door right through my chest.This is the same reason I've wanted her distance from them, she has no single mother figure inside of her and the pretense is killing me so much especially knowing the kids are easily attached“We will talk about that later, now go ahead with your nanny." I shushed him off, and without appealing
Minutes later, we still sat down there staring at each other, I grabbed the duvet holding it tightly to my chest as I stared back at him“What are you doing on my bed??” I eyed him accusingly while not taking my eyes away from him.He scoffed and then sat upright, not minding that his chest was bare as he dragged a shirt over his body. I couldn't look away“Sweetheart if you look very well you will know who came to whose room,” he remarked, and then with a single move he stood up from the bedWait, my eyes weigh the room and yes, this place is fucking masculine with all the dark shades of green that are happening, it isn't the place I have been sleeping“What am I doing here, then??” I stood up from the bed and looked at myself, realizing that I am still glammed up in what I wore yesterday.“You should ask yourself that question, particularly when you stink of alcohol so badly” he gave me a mean lookI looked down at myself and without showing too much inhaled and yes, I fucking smell
DAMIENKatherine doesn't show the littlest emotions, she is one of the people that I know that doesn't hide the fact that everything is to her detest, and that emotion is a weakling to a personSo imagine how surprised I was standing not far away from her as she hugs Bluey.When she looks up and our eyes meet, I can see the sincerity in her eyes, the way the emotions she is enacting to her little girl are more than sincere and that threw me off the road“I love you, Mommy,” Bluey said to her and then pulled out from her body before she gave her a deep kiss on the cheeks, and then she is running back to her roomMy eyes follow my daughter, the delight that fills her, the way she and her siblings have been yearning for their mother's attention, and then finally she has it, it means a lot to her“I was just leaving your room” In all my thinking and non-attentiveness, I can see that she has moved away from the spot and is now standing close to meOf course, she still reeks of the alcoho
KATHERINEI've been despised a lot, I have spent all my life weighed down with the hatred that I have felt from different individuals, but never have I ever seen this sort of hatred beforeThe hostility that shines in the eyes, that makes your irises turn a different shade when speaking with someone, and yet, there is something thereSomething that is being hidden despite all the spiteful words that left off his mouthI'm standing motionless as he walks away with the kid, my hands are still left open from the way he dragged the baby away from meSo many things going on at the same time and yet so many things not happeningFinally, recollecting myself, I turned around to see him take the exit. His posture is straight and his strides long, but the anger can be traced to the back of his shoulder.The stiffness that cannot be underemphasized, so many words that are left unspokenFeeling my legs shaky, I held the seat that he just stood up from and set my ass downI'm confused, so many th
“I'm sorry what??” I heard a loud shout from the bed I'm presently laying on, this was the voice of Damien's sister, “Are you crazy? I said I wanted to take this room” she shrieked again, to whoever was standing with her.I could hear more murmuring and the words that ensued before a swift knock sounded on the doorAfter leaving both of them in the living room because my day was officially ruined, I came into this room to have serene peace. Now this?I resolved to ignore it, but she wasn't having a field day as the knock stretched out again, more irritated and insistent this time aroundSighing, I stood up from the bed and sauntered to the door, shut my sights and opened them with a profound sigh, and then I unlocked the doorShe is standing at the other side of the door, her hand raised for another knock. She put her hands down and did her lopsided smile.“I'm sure you weren't sleeping, which means you heard the sound of the door the first thing” She rushed out“What do you want?” Th
DAMIEN Out from the craziness that happens in that home of mine, the bar is someplace I come to relax from all the work and the stiffness of the dayEspecially bars that have no name and where I can sit in a corner and just drink and not have to worry about someone identifying who I was.“Here you are” I raise my head to see Franklin standing in front of me “Hey man” I stood up, and we shook hands and hugged before he settled down on the opposite side of the chair“You look shit ass tired,” Frank said with a little chuckle as he reviewed me, accessing the level of tirednessI've known Franklin forever, with his tall frame and the moles on his face and the tattoos that are everywhere on his body, and the way he wears his long hairFranklin is someone I've worked with all through the process of developing my company, and he has basically been my best friendHe is really tall and while I might not be the lady's man, Frank is the opposite.“I still don't get, why you choose to sit in b
KATHERINE“Oh my god, who are you??” I scurried backward with fear threatening to spill out of my body as the man materialized.He has a tremendous mustache on his face, the roughness of his face and the black and jet outfit he wore, and the fact that he is inside this place I just found“Woah take it easy, or you might harm yourself,” He said, still advancing toward me“Please don't come close to me” I warned off my eyes scouring through the place, I had to find somethingMy eyes flash to the lantern that is sitting on the next table, I have to get thatJust moving my feet, his voice came again.“You might have to avoid that Katie” He is still advancing towards me and I need to fucking get that thingMy eyes on him, I kept taking slow steps toward the place“Do not come close to me, I dare you” Leaving out the lantern, I'm walking back to the door where I had come from “Do not come close to me please”My body is shaking, what the fuck is happening? Who is he and what the fuck is thi
DAMIENI badge into the room as I have been knocking and there wasn't any answer from there, and there she was standing in the middle of the room flexing her handI sighed and turned to the person behind me“You can go now” I Once he nodded, he went awayGosh, why did I think something was wrong with her? Knocking over there is this fear that seized me and I had to push that door over, only to see that she was perfectly still.“Umm I'm sorry I didn't hear you knocking” Finally she opened her mouth and said“Of course, I just wanted to know something, but you can forget it,” I said to herShe nodded, and her hand moved to her neck. I followed the trail of that hand and my eyes spotted something immediately.I took a step towards her, and she must have noticed that I saw it because next her hands have moved completely to cover the red mark on her neck.“I'm fine now as you can see,” she said and almost looked too distraught as I kept walking towards herThen this fear suddenly filled he
EPILOGUE (DAISY)My favorite time of the day is waking up snuggled into his arms. He always holds me so hard to his body that I can barely move and once I try to escape from his hold he will push me back to himself. That always brings so much smile to my face, so much happiness that I can't begin to mention. “Are you awake?” His sleepy voice asked, and I tried to pretend I was still sleeping as I closed my eyes tight.“I could hear your thoughts so wild, and you know….”Laughter bubbled out of me as he tickled me “Stop it” I yelled, pushing his hands away from me as he got a hold of me and was still tickling me so badly. “Say please,” he said while still tickling me so hard that my chest hurt. “Never” I pushed his hand away, trying to stand from the bed, but he was so strong, and he caught me before I even escaped. “Okay, please Damien, please” His hand softened as he held me to himself. We are still on the bed now and panting a little from the play that we had just engaged i
I hated that smell, which was the first thing that hit me. Groaning, I am turning around as I hear a sharp noise and my attention is on the faces that are looking at me. They are so familiar. Someone with white rushed to where I was lying down on a bed, and the rest of the faces looked like they were waiting for a verdict from him. He said something and the rest of them disappeared. He was the only one in the room as he examined me. Furthermore, he held my eyes open and searched inside, bringing out a touch of light as he scanned inside my eyes. I wish I could see what he is doing, I wish I knew what the hell I am doing here. Finally, the sounds that rang in my head went away, and now I am staring into his face. “Are you okay? Do I feel pain anywhere? Mr. Anderson” He said, looking into my eyes. This man knew me, am I, Mr. Anderson?I couldn't seem to think of anything else as I just looked at him. He motioned to someone, and they came to where he was standing. He took a syr
DAISYWhat are they up to? I was left alone for a while in my solitude when the door opened, and he was the only one who came back inside. Not a noise was heard on my part as I let him walk to where I was still tied. He looked at me without saying a word. His eyes were unpleasant, they almost reminded me of the Kenny that I had seen before, the one I went somewhere in my mind.“I see you are proving stubborn,” he said as his eyes went down to the food that lay beside me. I would rather not have a taste of even water from this place, I didn’t want to take anything that was theirs.“You are going to remain here for a very, very long time, so you better get used to it” he regarded me sternly before turning around.As he walked away, my eyes were fixed on his back, they were stiff.The last time my eyes held him, they were hiding something, his stiff back was hiding something.Now I wonder what this is about. It is very much obvious that he isn’t working alone, he neither has the money
My eyes bulged in shock at the person who stood there. I wasn't expecting to see him, I wasn't expecting to look at him right now as he stood there and gazed heartily at me. Of course, it was a fake smile, nothing was real about the fact that he had me locked here and now smiling at me. “Well well it seems I have finally had that audience with you” he grinned as he came closer. I tried saying something as anger welled up inside of me. My mouth was gagged, I could not say a word and even when I tried moving, of course, I was tied up. He walked closer and then stood meters away from me as I shrieked and made noises wanting to move away from here. I wanted to smack my hand right across his face, Kenny, why will Kenny keep me locked here? “I mean, why are you looking so shocked? You think I was going to let you off like that? You embarrassed me with that divorce letter and what? You are going off another person almost immediately” He laughed again and nodded to the person beside me.
DAMIENI checked the time again and again, but there was no still sight of her, and it was getting so late. Walking outside, I stood in front of the door and looked at the gate, hoping for it to open and for her to walk towards me, but as I stood, there was not a sign of her, this has me so worried. Not only have I been standing here, but I have tried the phone a thousand times, and it keeps going to voicemail, and I am legit worried. Calling my assistant, I demanded her friend's number as I had tried to search for it but didn't see it. She picked at the second ring. “Is Daisy there with you?” Once the greetings were over, I asked her.“No, she went back home like three hours ago, she said she wanted to get some groceries on her way home, and then I waited for her call but she still hadn't answered me. Is everything alright?”I have to tell her things are good before ending the call. She went to get groceries three hours ago and isn't back yet. There was only one place where she
Katherine“It can’t be.” The same widened eyes and gasp that came from Juanita was the same on my face as soon as I had seen the name.“How does that even make sense? They are not fucking married” I yelled so loud into the air like that was where my anger was, and I was directing it at that.This was so painful and annoying at the same time, this wasn’t how it was supposed to be.It was meant to be one of my children and in that way, I can claim every single thing he ever owned, but now it isn’t. I turned to Bluey who looked at us with widened eyes and I walked to where she was seated.“I have called someone that will take you back to your father, you and each one of you I don’t need in my life, now when they are here, you get out of this house because you are so very useless to me” I could see the tears that began forming in her eyes, but that has and would never be a concern of mine.I wasn’t interested in marriage or even kids until he came and proclaimed thousands of love and wi
DAISY“She can't be here.” I looked outside again and yes, the person who was grinning tightly as she cracked her head on the door was her, how dare she step into this place?I knew it wasn't my place to let her stand outside, especially when she was with Thompson, so I unlocked the door, and she let him in first. He hugged me tightly before running off to find his siblings. The door was still half open when she stepped inside. “Look who we have here, the new mother.” Her eyes twinkled from what she had just said as she stepped inside and looked around first, “Seems the father isn't here yet.” Thinking it was some funny joke that had just been told, she laughed. My face is still tightened, and my lips are pressed into thin lines as I refuse even the slightest expression to drop from my face. “What do you want?” I asked her to step more into the house, and she closed the door and followed me. I sat down on the couch, and she didn't, obviously preferring to stand. “I don't care h
DAISYA month and I am still pissed at Damien for what he did, he had assured me he knew exactly what he was doing. Today is the day that we get to see Thompson again. I was excited as I walked around the kitchen preparing his food. The others are in the kitchen as well, making the place very lively. The sweet thing about spending all the time in Damien's place is that Bluey had gotten to trust me. She likes me so very much now and always wants to be in the same space with me. “I want to know how to cook like you, Daisy,” she said from the kitchen table where I had placed her and Kai as they played. “That is easy" I grinned at her while continuing the cooking. “Wow here smells amazing” Damien walked into the kitchen looking at the mess that we had created. He laughed before dropping his bag on the table and walked to where the kids were. “My lovelies” He blessed them with thousands of kisses before walking up to me. My whole body tingled as he stood at my back. “You there,
DAMIENI was sitting in the office checking out all the work that I had missed plus thinking about the meeting and how it didn't go to my favor when the door banged open. “I said that you should.....” My assistant stood in front of the door as she tried to stop someone from getting inside, but she pushed her aside, and it was Katherine. “I have told you already that you will not stop me from seeing him, quite all this shit,” She said as she pushed herself inside and then looked at me. The weather was hot plus the whole place was sweaty and seeing her here already made the day worse than it already was. “She is already inside, you can go now,” I said to my assistant, who gave Katherine the longest of the eye stare before she pushed the door and left. Katherine smirked as she walked to the seats and pushed it open, settling down. “What do we have here? You seem to be in the wrong mood today” She grinned as she couldn't keep the fake smile away from her face. I had a terrible morn