Alexander smirked and started the car as he drove heading to their destination and Katherine looked away from him.She knew he had sharp eyes. If he had observed all that in just staying a few hours in that event, then he could have caught her soon in her lies, and that thought terrified her."Don't be curious about anything!" She immediately spoke up and Alexander glanced at her."Why shouldn't I be? You are my wife." He said simply and Katherine curled her hand into fist as tears clustered in her eyes.To hear those words was awesome, but the weight that comes with those words terrifies her. "Stop saying that!" She yelled and Alexander glanced at her suddenly confused at her outburst. "I want to go back to the time when we didn't care about anything about each other." She told him."I can't help but be curious about you, Katherine---""Don't be curious, what does it change?" She asked in anger. "It changes nothing!" She said out loud, tears rolled down her cheek and Alexander was p
Marcus pulled over at the Jonas apartment and turned to Vivian who unfastened her seatbelt."Good night Marcus." Vivian told him and tried to step out of the car, but Marcus held her hand."Vivian, did I do something to offend you?" He raised the corner of his brows, fear gripped him."No, Marcus, I am just tired." She said softly."Then why can't you look into my eyes when you speak?" He asked her and she glanced at him. "The spark in your eyes is suddenly gone, tell me if I did something wrong and I will try to correct it."Vivian swallowed hard. "I am just tired Marcus, I had to prepare for a huge event and also had to face my brother and Katherine, so I just need to rest, I will call you later." She forced a smile and pulled her hand from him as she pushed the car door open and stepped out of the car, Marcus also did."It's not about Alexander, is it?" Marcus quickly asked and Vivian halted, she swallowed hard and clenched her jaw.She slowly turned her eyes to him. "What are you
Katherine swallowed hard at his closeness and quickly placed her hand on the towel and her hand touched his as she moved back, touching his hand sent a shiver down her spine."You should worry about yourself." She told him. "You are still wearing your wet clothes." She added glancing at him.He glanced at himself and then at her as he forced a smile. "You shouldn't worry about me, I don't get sick easily." He said and pointed at the dressing mirror. "I plugged in the hair dryer already, you should dry your hair and wear something warm." He told her.Katherine glanced at the hair dryer and her eyes clustered in tears, it has been a while someone did that for her, the last person to ever plug the hair dryer for her was her mom, and seeing him do it made those memories flood back.She didn't look at him, rather she walked to the hair dryer. "I will, so go take your bath, I already prepared a warm bath for you too." She informed him and picked up the dryer."Thank you." Alexander smiled,
He walked back to the chair with the glass and bottle of whiskey, he sat down and sniffled."I tried to kill myself." He told her and Katherine gasped, clasping her lips with her hand.Alexander was the last person she thought would try to commit suicide, even when she lost everything, suicide never crossed her mind, she thought her story was pitiful, but his story was worst."I cut my wrist with the thought that if I should bleed, I will be rushed out of that confinement, that I would have a chance to see the outside world before I die..." Tears rolled down his cheek as he drank again."I was stupid to think that way, I never imagined my parents would bring the best surgeon into that place to heal me before I die, she would rather save me there than send me out..." His lips trembled, the memories stabbed his heart.Katherine's eyes were blurred in tears, she had heard he was sent away as a kid, but no one knew what he had suffered.She wished to stop him from saying more, but she fel
Katherine's eyes fluttered open, wincing as the bright morning light filtered through the curtains and seared into her throbbing head. A sharp pain shot through her temples, and she groaned, placing her hand on her head, as she tried to remember the events of the previous night. The vague memory of Alexander sharing his painful story, how she raised the glass of whiskey to her lips , and the smoky aroma of whiskey lingered in her mind.Her grogginess lifted, she felt pain underneath her legs and panic set in as she realised she was lying in bed. She slowly raised the quilt and gasped, the sheets were tangled around her naked body, and the realisation hit her like a sledgehammer. Her thoughts turned back to how she had walked over to Alexander and cupped his face with her palm, and how she had initiated the first kiss.The memory of their intense kiss rushed into her mind like a wave and she knew she wasn't alone on the bed.As her bleary eyes focused on the figure beside her, her
Vivian sat in her room laying on her bed and staring at the ceiling, her mind was filled with thoughts of the previous evening.Her lips curved up into a smile when she recalled the figure that walked in through the door of her boutique, but slowly a line appeared between her brows as she recalled how the man placed his hand around Katherine's waist."Shit!" She frowned and hit her hand on the bed with a humph.She grinded her teeth and her phone rang beside her, she turned her eyes to it and then she picked the phone up only to roll her eyes at the name that flashed on her screen.It was Marcus calling for the tenth time that afternoon, she had left his calls unanswered and his messages unread.She couldn't brush away the comparison she had after seeing Alexander and him.Marcus has been the love of her life, but he was still below, his looks were nothing compared to that of Alexander's and she was envious to see Alexander see no one else on that boutique but Katherine, and that was
Vivian began her explanation and Rita listened to her."I will meet with Katherine and hear what her plan is, she never wanted the marriage as much as I didn't want it, so she would be excited that I will want to take her place, so I will have to tell them a partial truth, and if Katherine agrees, then our family would be okay, and everything about the contract will be set right, that way we won't be frightened about getting caught since we will all be at our rightful place and I would be your only daughter again and Katherine would leave our family be for!" She shrugged with a grin.Rita was tired, she knew that was an absurd plan, she wanted to tell Vivian, but then she decided to let her face her father with it.She needs Jonas' help and she knew Jonas would be angry if he heard Vivian say this, whereas, she has other things like Celeb to worry about, she was tired of having Vivian ruin the family because of her selfish desires.Rita got to her feet, exhaling softly, she looked at
Vivian took her bath and dressed up before walking down the stairs ready to speak to her father about her plans.She glanced at her mother with a smile as she made her way to the living room.Jonas was going through the latest newspaper, he was ready to reestablish his business and start the company again.He knew there were a lot of people who still remembered him as a failure in business, but he has decided to prove that he was a better man now."Dad, can I speak with you?" Vivian called out sitting on the chair across her father's.Jonas glanced at her, he saw that her expression was serious and decided to give her a chance to speak with him sensing it was a bit urgent.It has been a while Vivian asked to speak with him, that had happened when their relationship was still whole, and his company hadn't run bankrupt and Rita was also in the living room and he knew her wish was to make their family whole again.Although Celeb was not back, Celeb had come to Vivian's boutique and it se