The time slowed down and she was grateful for it because she could stare into his eyes longer. His smile, those beautiful green orbs he called eyes, his everything! How could she not stare?She was always the kind to stop and appreciate a work of art. “So do you… do you need me to come with you?” His honey tone made her sway. She blinked. “Huh? Oh sure! Yeah, I mean… I could use the company. I didn't tell anyone back at home it was today because I knew they would flood the place and make a scene.”“Good choice.” He responded then let out a soft laugh. “Let's go.”With a nod, she closed the door and followed him. While inside his car, she kept tugging at her dress to somehow make it longer and cover up her legs. She felt uncomfortable revealing so much– too much even!-- but sadly, her dress didn't become any longer. Romeo smiled softly. Putting his BMW on autopilot, he took off his jacket and covered her legs without saying anything. She was surprised but more ashamed. She had hop
The event didn't take too long, all they had to do was sign a few papers and they were done. The one month waiting period of course still stood and they would have to come back then to finalize their divorce but this stage had been completed.“Carina,” Romeo called her name tenderly. “Now that you are officially single, what do you say we finally go on that trip we have been postponing?”She gave him a weak smile. “Okay. But let's leave tomorrow.”“No problem. So I was thinking maybe we could use this as an opportunity to celebrate your divorce. You have been set free from the shackles of your marriage so let's celebrate–”“Cara!” Chris called out her name. “Wait right there.” He ordered.Cara sighed and crossed her arms below her breast. She had covered herself up with Romeo's jacket and the only meaning Chris had read to it was that they were head over heels for each other which did nothing but infuriate him.“Isn't this all too soon?” His voice burnt with rage. “You're not even goi
Cara remained quiet all through the ride. She held back on her tears as they kept threatening to fall. It was a lot of work to keep those waters from pouring down her face.Arriving at her complex building, she got out of the car and Romeo saw her off to her apartment. She still had to fake being okay even though it was very evident on her face that she was not.Her legs trembled as she walked but anytime it happened, Romeo held her up with a gentle smile, knowing well what she was going through and not asking any questions.It had hurt him– even though the words weren't directed at him– when Chris had talked about her inability to have children. It wasn't her fault and he wished he could tell that to her.At the entrance of her apartment, she stopped and turned to him with a soft smile. “Thank you for today. You are always so helpful.” Her voice was empty of life.Romeo felt so heartbroken looking at her like that. She was too shattered to be put back together by a few words but he s
Her eyes widened for an instant before anger dawned upon her. Her day had been going perfectly well until the universe threw such a bad luck at her.Chris’ eyes widened. “Cara…” he muttered.She frowned. “Will your insurance cover the damages? It is quite much.” She ignored any attempt at a friendly conversation or even exchanging pleasantries.There was nothing pleasant about the situation.“What? Oh, yes, yes they will.” He responded with a half smile. “Where are you– where are you going?”“And why should that be your concern?” Her thin brow arched.“Cara, we haven't seen each other in a while, it's been almost year–”“--and I hoped it would be longer.” She interrupted him with a stern look on her face.He sighed. “It's been almost a year since we went back to finalize our divorce after the waiting period. You can't even be like, ‘long time no see’?”She scoffed a laugh and planted her hands on her hips. “And why do you think I would say that? Hello? We are like strangers to each ot
Cara's eyes locked with Romeo’s gentle gaze. She wondered if she was the only one being affected by their closeness.His eyes went back to her injury as he continued to tend to it and she was grateful he had looked away.She found herself wishing he hadn't though. If looking away was that easy for him then didn't it mean that he didn't feel any sort of connection whatsoever with her? A whole year and she was the only one feeling like that.“If you don't want to tell me what happened then it's fine,” he started with his eyes on her injury but then he suddenly stared into her eyes. “But next time, try not to visit the board with a bloody forehead, okay?”“I…” she stared into his green orbs. Clearing her throat, her senses finally washed in and she could complete her sentence. “I had an accident today.”His eyes widened. “Oh my goodness, are you okay? Why didn't you check in at the hospital? You should have called me.”“I was too distracted to even feel the pain from the cut.” She plainl
Later that night, after Cara went home for a change of clothes into something sexy that fit for a club, she got into Romeo’s car and they both drove down to SA club.A club known for big and influential people. There were several floors and vvip wards and surprisingly, Romeo had access to every room in the entire building. According to his confession.Sitting at the bar of the club, they both ordered whiskey neat and drank next to each other.“Okay,” Cara started. “To be honest, I'm so glad we had the lobsters instead. It was so amazing, like I had never had a lobster before.”“I feel you.” Romeo responded. “That place is top notch. I went there with my mom one time and I fell in love with the place. Everything they serve is amazing.”“It's beyond amazing.” She emphasized before letting out a chuckle.“Let's go there again soon.” His voice was gentle.Even with the crazy lights, she could still make out his handsome features and intoxicating smile. Boy would she love to get drunk on h
The wailing of a baby echoed through the house and Jessica sighed tiredly. She looked up at the time and realized it was already past twelve yet her husband was not back home.She went to her baby's room to attend to him while thinking about where he could be this time.Ever since she delivered, Chris had become ever so distant. While she was still pregnant, he had already started growing distant but not like ignoring her existence in the house completely like he was doing now.The way he treated her was like a slave who was only around to take care of the baby. Their own baby!He slept in a separate room and was never home. When he got home most nights, he was always drunk and ignored her.He hadn't touched her in months! She found herself worrying why she even married him. Maybe Cara didn't have a baby for him not because she couldn't but because she knew he would become like that.Cara's words came back to haunt every night for the past five months straight.Cara had always mention
Cara was silent. The drive to her apartment seemed longer than she thought. Yet the deafening silence prevailed without competition.On arriving at the entrance of her complex building, Romeo pulled the car to a stop and made to open the door to come down but Cara didn't budge.He stopped and turned to look at her, hands still clinging on to his seatbelt. “Carina?” He called her name softly. “Are you alright?”She turned to look at him, her eyes staring into the magic green orbs he called eyes. “Are you alright?” She threw the question back at him.His thick brow arched skyward. “What? What do you mean?”“Back there, you seemed… angry.” She hesitantly responded, not knowing the words to use and how to put them carefully with each other.His hands finally slipped away from his seatbelt as he relaxed into his seat with a silent sigh. “How could I be alright when he talked trash about you? And besides, what does he know about me to say that nonsense he said? Does he think everyone is lik
Cara blinked. "Ma--marriage?""Seriously Andrew?" Rick arched his brow. "They just got together and you're already asking them about marriage?""I mean they aren't kids anymore and we are all aware of how much Romeo loves kids and wants to settle down and start his own family." Andrew stated."Let's just skip to the drinking part please? This questioning is boring." Jastrow added.Andrew scoffed. "Alright, alcoholic drunk. Drink till you drop."Just like that, the question was averted.They spent the rest of the day having casual conversations then sometimes it slipped into work talks but only briefly.They drank, danced and partied but Cara was not as free and happy as she was before. She would fake a smile whenever Romeo was around so he wouldn't ask her what the problem was but once he was out of sight, her worry came back to eat at her.'Romeo loves kids and wants to start his own family? That future is impossible with me!' The words haunted her brain.What about his friends, they
Chris let out a sigh as he slammed the door to his bedroom shut. Why was he having such a terrible day? Why wasn't one thing going according to his plan?Sure, he too had deleted the pictures from his wall but only because Jessica asked him to. He would have left it there if he had the choice.Thinking about it now, it was wrong that he let Jessica control his every thought and move back then. It was like he was nothing but a puppet to her and he let her control him but not anymore.He was the puppeteer, not the puppet. And no one would control him like that ever again. Not his parents or Jessica.His mind was set on one thing now and that one thing was bringing Cara back into his home. That was the only thing he wanted and he would make sure he did it.Jessica? She could go to hell for all he cared, she wasn't supposed to be in his life in the first place. Not her or their son. It was always meant to be Cara.Sure, it took him a year to realize that, but his eyes were opened now and
Several minutes passed by, Jessica laid in bed as if she were dead. Staring at the tall ceiling of her room and being unable to piece her thoughts together.Her own husband had held a knife at her and threatened her to kill herself or he would do it for her.It didn't make any sense at all! How could a man change so drastically over the period of a year? Just one year! He used to love her and cherish her and even worship her just a year ago but now he didn't mind if she lived or not.He would even help speed up her death!For the first time since she was laid to bed by the maids, Jessica turned to lay on her side, looking away from the ceiling for once.Her room was large and richly decorated with all the treasuries she had hoped for once she married him. She had married Chris for his money, the fame and power that came with being a Knowles woman but did she ever really stop to think about what it was like on the inside?Were these the things Cara had to tolerate while being Chris' wi
"Cheers!"Andrew Malhotra exclaimed in a cheery tone as they all clinked their drinking glasses together."Okay, now, it's time to play our decent and fun games. Later at night, we'll get a little slutty." He grinned."Okay, okay, let me stop you there." Rick stated. "Decent and fun, sure but slutty? Dude, there are only two women here and one's mine and the other is Romeo's girl. How the hell are things supposed to be slutty because I will not even let you watch Camilla give me a lap dance.""Maybe Jastrow will give him a lap dance." Romeo remarked and they laughed."Come on, come on," Andrew motioned with his hand for them to tone their laughs down. "We all know I am one thousand percent straight and even if I decided to be gay overnight, Jastrow isn't my type.""I don't even want to be your type." Jastrow commented."Whatever." Andrew let his eyes roll skyward. "Okay and don't worry, over possessive Rick, I got a few girls on the ship to dance for us.""Wait," Romeo sat up in his s
Chris threw on his jacket and stormed off in his car. Arriving at his favorite club, early as it was in the morning, he went and sat down in the vvip room where he always was. He had reserved the place for life. It was practically his home.His girlfriend-- one of his many girlfriends-+ was already there and waiting after receiving a call from him.Sitting on the couch, he took out his phone and began scrolling through all of the pictures."You look quite pissed." His girlfriend commented. "Are you okay?"He sighed. "Just do what you came here for." He rudely responded.She slid her arm across his body and unzipped his pants as she went down on her knees. Taking out his member, she slid it into her mouth and got down to business.Chris heaved a sigh in relief. He kept scrolling through the recent pictures, his eyes refused to believe it when he saw Cara in one of Andrew's posts. She really did know him. He couldn't believe it.Even he had not been invited to party with Andrew though t
Jessica stared at the knife in her hand and the one in Chris' hand. Frightened out of her wits. Droplets of sweat trickled down the side of her face and her forehead.She wanted to open her mouth to speak, to tell him she would actually do it. Maybe then he would have been frightened. But fear's grip around her throat made it impossible for her to speak even a single word."Chris!" Michael exclaimed. "J*sus! Put the god damn knife away this instant!""No dad! She said she wants to kill herself, this is what she wants. I can't stand idle and watch her suffer when I can just help her out now can I?" There was a psychotic twist to his tone."Use your god damn words!" Michael yelled. He wanted to approach his son, but even he was scared of the knife in his hand. He turned to look at his wife. "Say something! Your son is about to commit murder!""Murder?" She turned to look at him, her expression was of someone that was surprised but in a bad way. "Oh dear God! Do not use such words in my
"Okay, okay, everybody calm down," Andrew rose to his feet with a glass of whiskey in his hand. "Finally, everyone is here and the mood is f*cking right!" He sighed. "I couldn't be happier."They all chorused a laugh.Cara had gone back to her room, after her conversation with Romeo, to change into something sexy but befitting of the cold weather.She noticed Camilla putting on a lengthy dress that reached all the way down and a pair of black heels. Then her long black hair was left to fall loose over her shoulder and a big jacket was around her shoulders to keep out the cold.So she ruffled through her own clothes and took out a baby pink long sleeved floor length dress that had a slit all the way to her thigh on one side and a few openings around the waist area at the back.Her heels were the same shade of pink as well and so was the small purse in her hand. She had wondered if it needed or not to carry a purse but Camilla was carrying a small black bag and she thought, why not?She
After forcing two portions of their breakfast down her throat even though she wasn't hungry, Jessica was asked to oversee the maids and assist them in washing the dishes even though she didn't have to.Yet she smiled at Michael and said; "yes dad, I will do just that.""If they break a single plate, Sarah make sure to use the shards to imprint on your face and I won't do anything to stop her because I already warned you." Michael nonchalantly spat out.She nodded with a forced smile. "Yes dad, I understand. You are truly so kind towards me."Michael grunted and walked away, sparing one last glance at her like she was a sight that highly disgusted him.Jessica let out a heavy sigh. She glared at the maids standing behind her. "What are you waiting for? Pack the god damn dishes and go wash them!"They bowed their heads and hurriedly carried the dishes."Break one and I'll not only imprint on your skin, I'll slit your throat with it!" She spat out angrily.They all made sure to be carefu
Chris stared irritatedly at the food that sat on his plate. Ever since he had told Cara about the car he got her and she obviously wasn't pleased by it, he had been trying to reach her but her number was not connecting.She couldn't have... Blocked him? Could She?He couldn't stop asking himself different questions. Was she really on a cruiser with the CEO and founder of Breeze motors? How did she even meet him in the first place? Through Romeo?His brow creased.Dropping his fork, he reached for his phone and clicked on Instagram. He was tired of all the unanswered questions and if it meant he had to stalk around for a little for answers then he was more than willing to do it.The first person he searched for was Andrew Malhotra. Everyone knew that the man and social media were five and six. He liked to post updates and he did so every day.About his outings, new cars, relationships, and friendships. He tended to post a lot.Chris was not all too surprised when he saw a few pictures