Raymond stared at me with questions in his eyes. “Thank you so much sir" Andrew and his colleague sang gratitude with sweat and air bubbles from their nose. “I will have your sack letters sent to your mail before dawn. You are to clear up your offices before 7am tomorrow morning!" I ordered. They kept pleading for me to reconsider but my mind was already made up. I signaled Albert to lose their hands and their legs before blindfolding them and leading them out of the warehouse. He drove them to a familiar bus station before zooming off. He came back to the warehouse and we drove back to the mansion together. I was exhausted and tired. I walked upstairs at 10:11pm. I checked Chole's room and she was fast asleep. I opened the door to my room and found it almost empty. It felt strange at first glance. I checked the closet and noticed some of Irene's belongings were missing. I was shocked and almost called the security team to report a robbery when Irene and two maids walked in
I got to the office and tried to take my mind off Damien and it worked. It has been a while since I was at work hence I had loads of paperwork waiting for me. I switched on my computer and started work immediately. It was almost mid day before Madison came to the office. She opened the door and was shocked to see me. “Hey….. hi I thought you wouldn't be at work “ she stuttered. I looked at her and returned my attention to the files in front of me. " You came really early to work ma'am “ I said, without looking away from the files in front of me. Madison sat down on the chair in front of me and apologized. I sensed something wrong but I couldn't place my head around it. “I am sorry ma'am, I overslept and I almost forgot about work. I have been feeling weak lately" she sighed. I nodded and handed her the files containing new clients and their orders. “See that it gets delivered" I sounded almost like an order. Madison nodded and walked out. My phone beeped an hour later
Damien's POV. For the first time in my life, I was scared of a woman. Irene's words were like sharp arrows shot at me. It was more painful to see her act like she didn't need me too. “I don't know what I feel for you", was the line that punctured all my hopes. I stared at myself in the bathroom mirror and splashed water on my face again. I was breathing heavily, my chest was tight all of a sudden. I have fallen in love with Irene. I stood under the shower and memories of our passionate moments in the bathroom flushed through my mind. I leaned on the wall with my hands and hissed weakly. I finally got out of the bathroom and tried to concentrate on the stock market but I couldn't stop thinking about Irene. ‘How could she stay that strong? Will she leave me after seven months?’, different thoughts aligned themselves in my head. I walked to the bar for the first time since Sylvia's death and held a bottle of french vodka. “Boss", Raymond sounded surprised to see me. I
I got to my office in an hour and got ready for my meeting with the tax board. Rita ushered them in and we began our meeting. It was nothing strange except for the fact that they demanded a 0.9% increase of my company's tax. I agreed without any hesitation because I was not in any mood to entertain their endless reasons. They left and I had the entire office to myself. I finished up paperwork and got into the stock market. Unlike the last time, I was able to place a trade correctly. As I monitored my trade, I suddenly remembered Irene's first experience in trading. I laughed out from the memory and sighed after. I missed her already. I drove to Chole's school and waited till her closing hours. I picked her up and drove down to the ice cream shop. “Daddy?" Chole called from the back seat. “You aren't home why?" She asked, taking a scoop full of her Ice cream. I had no answers and definitely no words to justify my actions. “Baby, daddy has so much work to do this week, t
He nodded and asked to see the jewelry of choice. “Wow! That's quite …. Expensive” he collected the watch from her. " It is beautiful Ma'am". He turned on a lamp and carefully examined and pointed out important places we could customize. “A date can be customized on the bracelet, here" he pointed to a smooth surface before the lock on the bracelet. “I can inscribe your initials and that of your husband's on top of the bracelet here” he pointed to another place. " The watch can have a pet name only you call him, I can inscribe it beautifully here” he pointed out with a tiny tool. I cracked by head and discovered Damien had no pet name I call him. I sighed and tried to think of one but my head was blank. Madison understood and quickly came to my rescue. She handed me her phone with a list of sweet names I could pick from.BunnySugarBabyMineHoneyDearestMy loveKing of my heartBFGSweetBabeDaddySweetheartCupcakeMuffinPumpkin piePookieHunk. There were so many name
I lost words and chased after Irene as she walked out of the company. I ordered the security guard to clear up the mess at my floor as I got to my car. I realized I had left my keys and my phones upstairs. I rushed back to my office to get my keys and my phones. Rushing back to the garage, Irene was gone. I drove like a madman till I got to the mansion. I was relaxed when I saw the car Irene drove packed outside. I rushed inside and met the biggest surprise of my life. I stood at the door,sweating in awe. The interiors were changed, decorated in celebrating colors and the most beautiful portraits of Irene and I. I hissed at how stupid Monica was to stop me while I was on my way home, few minutes ago. I had promised Chole to have dinner with her and Irene when she called to wish me a happy birthday. Monica came from nowhere and ruined everything. I had to work extra time because I wanted to spend the rest of the week home. I had missed the warmth there. I also missed
I opened the dish and it was my favorite. “Thank you so much babe “ I smiled, serving our plates. Irene smiled sweetly at me and blushed as our hands met. “We should take a picture, “ she suggested, looking around. I agreed immediately and went to my bedroom to use the telecom. I called the maids and asked for Raymond. In a few minutes, he joined us. “We need pictures, Ray,” I said, smiling sweetly at Irene. Raymond left and came back with his camera. He asked Irene and I to exit the scene for a while as he took pictures of the beautiful decorations. He asked Irene and I to strike a pose together . We stood at the rosé podium decorated beautifully. I stood behind Irene beaming happily as I held her waist and tried to tickle her playfully. Irene giggled and laughed, turning to smack my chest playfully. The flashes from Raymond’s camera distracted us. We did other poses before returning back to the table. Raymond excused us after taking more shots of us. I stared at I
“Damien, you go everywhere with guns?" She was curious and I loved it. “Yes honey". I led her out of the closet after I locked my safe. Irene was not comfortable with the idea and I could not blame her. “Babe, you really need to calm down. I don't kill people, although not yet" I smiled. She nodded, stylishly pushing Raymond's gift away from her. “They remind me of my kidnap. Guns are scary" she sighed. “I am sorry Irene. We can practice sometime, anytime you are comfortable babe. You need to" I patted her head. I kept my gifts away and walked back to the room with my pajamas. I quickly got into bed to meet Irene,who had changed into her nighty. " Have you opened Chole's present? “ Irene asked, as I tried to cuddle. '' Chole got me a present? “ I raised my head, in surprise. Irene nodded, smiling. “Calm down," Irene laughed as I turned up the lamp, trying to search everywhere. “She was probably still asleep when you came. Tomorrow morning you will get it” she chuckled. I go