Daphne woke up the following morning to see Griffin standing in front of the mirror,knotting his tie.Seeing that she was awake,he turned around and pressed a kiss on her forehead.“Good morning,beautiful.”He said,softly.“Good morning.”Daphne replied.”Will you have the chance of attending the opening party?”Daphne asked,her eyes rekindling the memories of the previous night.Griffin beamed at her.”Of course.But there is a trial I must attend though.I may arrive a tad late but is it okay if I come by at eight or nine in the evening?Would that be too disappointing?”He asked,tentatively.She shook her head and smiled.”It’s okay.I understand that your schedule’s tight and I’ll be happy if you can come by at eight or nine.”He stared at her,dotingly.She was so understanding.The duvet moved a bit lower,exposing her left boob to him.He swallowed hard.If time had permitted,he would have gotten into that back and suck that nipple into his mouth but he was running late already.He kissed D
The bitter and painful realization dawned on Daphne now.A lot of times,she had been at war with herself trying to tell herself that she might have a chance of spending her life with him.A lot of times, she had also held onto a glimmer of hope that she meant something to him.But that hope shattered now and she finally had an answer now.He did not love her.He could never love her.After last night,she had wanted him to meet her parents,she had wanted to proudly introduce him to her parents as her boyfriend.Well, she should be glad now that he didn’t show up at the party.She should be glad that she was witnessing this scene right now.At least,she would finally stop being delusional and accept her reality.Her lips quivered because she felt so hurt,so heartbroken.The sight of them hugging in the rain was too unbearable to watch.She couldn’t endure witnessing it anymore so she clutched the steering wheel tightly.Even if she knew it was dangerous to drive,she just wanted to get awa
Daphne felt they really needed to talk.They needed an end to whatever they had.She stepped aside and allowed him in.Wordlessly,she got a towel and handed it to him.Griffin wiped his face with the towel and then he reached for her hand.She moved away before he could hold her.“You want to give an explanation,right?While I’m willing to listen,please do and if you do not want to explain your actions tonight, then you can get out.”Griffin swallowed knowing how upset she was.Having spent time living with her, he knew that if he didn’t explain himself and made her feel special to him again,she would remain mad for quite some time.He moved closer to her and spoke in a soft tone.“I swear.I didn’t go to see Renee tonight nor did I ever want to see her.Mr Smith called and said he had something urgent to tell me.You know very well how much I respect that man so I couldn’t say no.My plan was to quickly stop by his house and then go to your party but on getting to his house, he told me he
Griffin’s fist clenched,hard.Would it be so easy for her to forget about him?He yearned to hold her,to beg her to just stay by his side but he couldn’t bruise his ego any more than this.So he stormed off.As he left,he slammed the door hard in his wake.Daphne blinked,a feeling of unhappiness washing over her as she tried to accept that this was truly the end between her and Griffin.Sighing,she quietly got on the bed and covered herself with a duvet.It was extremely hard to fall asleep that night and she had no idea when she eventually did.Walking up,she found herself clutching onto something.Almost instinctively,she murmured.”Griffin…”Suddenly,her eyes opened in surprise thinking he had come back to her but there was no sign of Griffin.She was holding onto a pillow.Daphne looked around,warily as she recalled that they had broken up the previous night.She sat up and rubbed her eyes which felt sore and heavy.Just as she was about to freshen up,her cellphone rang out.It was
“Daphne.”Jacob called,softly as if he was afraid that she would disappear forever.Daphne forcefully released her hand from his grip and warned.“Jacob,behave yourself.”A bitter smile formed on Jacob’s lips.“You know that I can never behave myself when it comes to you.Please have a seat at the reception area.I’ll inform my secretary to prepare a cup of coffee for you.There are a lot of people around,Daphne.Simply do what I ask or I’ll cause a scene.”Daphne glanced around, there was a lot of employees stealing glances at them.The last thing she wanted was to be on the headlines with Jacob.Few minutes later,Daphne found herself seated with Jacob in the tea room of the reception area.Jacob was personally brewing a cup of coffee for Daphne.“How many sugar cubes would you like?”He asked,calmly.“One.”Daphne bit out.Placing the sugar cube delicately into the cup,Jacob handed the coffee to Daphne,taking a seat opposite her.Daphne glanced at him and looked away.She noticed that he ha
“I did say that but…”“No but.You can’t take that back.Afterall, you’re indebted to me.”Daphne shut her eyes, briefly.He really wanted to make this difficult for her.“We’ve spent quite some time together.Doesn’t that make up for the debt?Haven’t you had enough of me?”“I haven’t.”He drawled.Clenching her fists,she choked out.”Very well then,you can call me when you need me.”He smirked.”Miss Howard, your professionalism is truly commendable.”Daphne’s anger surged,leading her to kick him on the leg.Griffin,writhing in pain presented Daphne an opportunity to leave the bedroom.As she hurried out,Griffin made after her.Just as she was about to open the main entrance door of the house,Griffin grabbed her hand,turning her around to face him.“Are you really leaving me?”Daphne looked away from him.She strongly refused to be swayed by him.“Let me go,Griffin.”His teeth clenched and his hand tightened around hers.“My…my mother sent us some food.You can’t possibly refuse it.Come on,l
The house was so quiet.The silence felt too depressing for Griffin.Sighing,he got all the dishes and unceremoniously dumped them into a trash bag.After changing his clothes,he descended the stairs and carelessly discarded the bag into a nearby bin.She was just a woman.Sure,he had been madly attracted to her but he believed he could do without her!*************With her luggage in tow,Daphne drove to her newly rented apartment.The cozy abode was fully furnished.She briefly tidied up and restocked essential supplies.For the next few days,she didn’t hear from Griffin.He didn’t call or text her and she didn’t reach out to him either.She tried to be positive,always assuring herself that it was better this way.Gradually,she started to get used to living alone.Every day,she immersed herself in the music studio, her time consumed with work.She went to work very early and got home late.She was doing all she could so as not to think about Griffin and how she missed him.A week late
As Daphne got out of the car,she saw some girls hover around Griffin.As the girls passed by, attempting to capture his attention with sexy smiled,Griffin’s gaze remained fixed on Daphne.Daphne stood by her car for a moment taking in his striking looks.And then,she shook her head,willing herself not to be moved by him.She decided to ignore him and she headed for the main door of the apartment complex.She wasn’t surprised when her hand was grabbed and she was twirled around.She knew he had come here to see her.“What do you want,Mr Reyes?”She asked,coldly.“Were you seriously going to pretend you didn’t see me?”“Yes.”Daphne replied.He let go of her hand and informed her.”You said I can have still sex with you whenever I want it so that is why I’m here.”Daphne glared at him.Just how cruel could it be?He knew she had feelings for him and since he couldn’t reciprocate then,the least he could do was to let her go.But no!He still wanted to be intimate with her.Even if that would