Chapter ThirteenCamilla ~~~~I’d already made up my mind that I was going to sign papers. It was clear right now that he didn’t love or respect me. I already knew the first part but this just confirmed everything.“So you’re keeping it?” Skye asked.“Yes. I mean it was a hard decision. I was conflicted on if I wanted to be reminded of him every day or just forget about him.”“You made a good decision Cammy. I want you to know that I’ll always be there for you.”“Thank you, Skye. I don’t know what I would do without you.”“So you’re not going to tell him?”“No, he doesn’t deserve to know. After the way he’s been treating me for the past three years and knowing that I know now. Nothing’s going to change anyways.”“You’ve signed the papers already?”“Yes. I just have to give them to him.”“What about the press conference that’s already scheduled?”“He should have a chance to clear his name. We’ll just say we weren’t compatible anymore and we decided to get divorced.”“So what’s the pla
Chapter FourteenCamilla~~~~“Raffael? What’s she talking about?” My grandpa asked.“I-I don’t know.” He stuttered.“What? Cat’s got your tongue?” I mocked.“Camilla, what are you talking about?” My grandpa asked.“Tori came to me, she said she wanted to talk. She told me how two months ago when he went on a business trip they ran into each other.”“Whatever she told you was a lie.” Raffael interrupted. He was already sweating.“Shut up and let me finish.” I retorted. “ She told me about how they slept with each other that night.”“Raffael.” My grandpa stood up. “Is what she’s saying true?”“I promise it’s all a misunderstanding.”“Everything’s a misunderstanding when it comes to you.” My grandpa said.“Is that why you gave me the divorce papers?” I asked standing up. “You felt guilty didn’t you?”“We didn’t sleep with each other, I promise.” He stood up also.“Shut up, you did. That’s why when you came home you were all over me. You felt guilty didn’t you?”“If you would just let me
Chapter FifteenRaffael ~~~~I left the house with my mouth wide open. I was still in shock after what just happened. I couldn’t believe she signed the papers.I got in the car by myself leaving behind the others. To think straight, I needed to be alone. This was my life now. I knew I shouldn’t have let Tori leave like that. She went to run her mouth to Tori.I took the divorce papers with me. Thinking about it now, I didn’t want to get divorced now.I drove to the house and circled the neighborhood for a few minutes. So many thoughts were running through my head. What would happen to the company now? Things were already bad right now. Confirmation of our divorce would only bring more damage. I couldn’t believe the power Camilla and her family held over my company.I finally drove into the compound and parked. I thought of ways to convince Camilla to change her mind. It couldn’t end like this.I went into the house and went to the bathroom to wash my face. I removed my tie because
Chapter SixteenRaffael ~~~~“That was you? You’re sick.” I spat.“Don’t act so self-righteous.”“Oh my fucking God. You’re so pathetic that you had to do that.”“I helped you Raffael. You should be thanking me. That woman is now out of your life. We can finally be together.”“Be together? Us? In your dreams. Get out.”“What?”“I said leave. I don’t ever want to see you again.” I dragged her outside.“You know that’s not possible.”“Stay away from me.”“I’ll tell the media.”“Do whatever you want. I don’t give a fuck.” I closed the door in her face.I went upstairs and hopped in the shower. I took a long hot bath. I came out feeling refreshed and got ready for bed. I tried my best to get a good sleep. I hadn’t had one in a long time. The next morning, I woke up early, got ready, and headed to the office. When I walked in, all the staff were giving me weird looks. Some were shaking their heads acting disappointed and walking away.I went into the elevator and went to my office. My a
Chapter SeventeenCamilla~~~~After Raffael left the house, it was just me and my grandpa.“Don’t you think he deserves to know about the pregnancy?” He asked.“Don’t judge me but I think it’s best I keep it from him.”“He’s the father, Camilla.” “He doesn’t care about me, Grandpa. He certainly won’t care about the baby.”“You’re an adult. I’ll leave you to make decisions by yourself.”“Thank you.”“Have you made up your mind on where you’re going to?”“I think I’ll move to California. I have some friends there. It’ll be easier to start my life up there.”“That’s good.”I stayed at the house for a few hours then I left. I sent someone over to the house to go get my things.Before I went to the hotel, I went to see Martha.“How are you doing?”“Ms Edwards, I’m doing good as always. What brings you here?”“I have a job offer for you.” I said. When I dismissed the staff, I found new jobs for them but Martha had told me she wanted to retire. She had been working for us for almost 30 yea
Chapter EighteenRaffael ~~~I’d signed the papers when they came and sent them back to the lawyer. It was truly over now. I spent the last week over-working to save the reputation of my company.I worked long hours to try and close deals that were threatening to fail. I hadn’t worked this hard in a long time. Maybe that’s one of the reasons my company wasn’t doing well.We were also going over the final proceedings for the divorce. The last day we appeared in court was the day the divorce was finalized.We both walked out of the courtroom. “Camilla, can we see tomorrow?”“Why?”“My mum and sister want to see you.”“Oh, okay. Sure.”“I’ll text you the time.”“Ok. Goodbye.” She said and walked out of the building with her lawyer.We also had to release official statements to announce our divorce. Most people weren’t shocked about it given the recent happenings.To be sincere, I felt ashamed that we had to end like this. Even though we gave the cause of our divorce as incompatibility,
Chapter NineteenCamilla~~~~Five years later“Rory.” I called out. “We’re going to be late. Get your shoes and come out now.”“I’m coming mummy.” She said and ran out of the room with her shoes.I carried her onto the chair and helped her wear her shoes.“Mummy, when are we going to see Pops again? I miss him.”“Very soon. He’s really busy right now.”“Awnnn.” She said and pouted.“You can call him this night and talk to him.”“Yay.” She said, a smile returning to her face.“Come on, let’s go.” We went out of the house quickly and went into the car. We were running a little bit late on time as I had woken up at 7:30 instead of 6:00.I drove out of the compound quickly to Rory’s school and dropped her off.“I love you okay?”“I love you too mummy. Bye.” She said and waved at me.“Bye, baby.” I said and walked back to the car.I drove quickly to the office because we had a lot to do at the office. I got there in no time and went into my office.My assistant was there waiting for me.“
Chapter TwentyRaffael ~~~~I had to fly in from New York to California. I was coming to visit, Sam. He also needed my help with a project he was currently working on. He was busy so he couldn’t come pick me up so I had to Uber from the airport to the hotel I would be staying at.When he was done with what he was busy doing and I had unpacked, he came to pick me up to go for a meeting with an interior designing company.His architectural company in California had grown and he was working on a project in New York. That was the reason I was here. His company, Dippers was going for a meeting with an interior designing company that had risen to fame in less than five years.We arrived at the company building in no time and went inside. It was time for the meeting and other people from his company arrived. We headed into the meeting room and the meeting commenced.It was an easy meeting, we understood each other really quickly and came to an agreement.“They said there’s a woman behind th
Chapter Forty-SevenWe all woke up pretty excited for the day, especially Rory because she was happy to be going to an aquarium.We got ready for the day, had our breakfast, and headed out. Our first stop was at work because I needed to pick up some files.Martha stayed in the car with Rory while I went to collect the files. I got the files and we were on our way to the aquarium. We got there, bought our tickets, and went inside. We started by seeing the smaller fish. Rory was so amazed by everything that was happening.The place was kind of dark with light illuminating the waters. Rory kept staring in awe at the fish. “Can we take one home, Mommy? I want that one.” She said and pointed to one of the bigger fishes.“No, baby. We can’t. This is their home.” I laughed.“Awwnnn.” She pouted. “I really wanted one.”“When we get home, we’ll talk about getting a fish.”“Okay.” She said bouncing to see the other fishes.After almost thirty minutes inside, we decided to go to the poolside t
Chapter Forty-SixRaphael's POVI and Emily had been texting for the past week. She was a pretty interesting girl who made it clear that she was into me. I also found out that she is a model. One of the top models. Her father was also a successful businessman.We had made plans to go out tonight because it was a Friday night. I arranged for my son to stay at my mum’s house. I went to drop him off at school that morning and then went to work.After working for seven hours, I called it a day. I went to see Jason first before heading over to my house to get ready for my date with Emily.By six, I was ready and I texted her to inform her that I would be arriving to pick her up. I went to the car and drove to her house.“Hi, handsome.” She said when she opened the door.“You look stunning.” I said.“Thank you. You’re not looking too bad yourself.”“Ready to go?” I asked.“Yes.”We walked back to my car and I opened the door for her and walked to the other side to get in.I buckled up and d
Chapter Forty-FiveCamilla’s POVAfter a week of working on Alexander’s house, we were finally done. I was going over every day and me and Alex were having some conversations.I told him about what happened with me and Raphael because he asked. I found myself telling him about what happened recently too. We were back to being friends like before.“We’re finally done. That’s good.” He said.“It looks great doesn’t it?”“It sure does. Exactly what I asked for. You guys did a great job.”“Thank you.”“Want to go out for coffee? You haven’t repaid me for taking you home that day.”“Fine.” I said.There was a coffee shop five minutes away from the house so we decided to walk there instead of driving.“So do you have any new projects planned?” He asked while we were waiting for our coffee to be ready.“I have quite a few.” I replied.“I wanted to invite you to a party next week. If you’re free that’s it.”“What day?”“Friday.” “Sure I’ll be there.”“Great.”We got our coffee and sat back d
Chapter Forty-FourRaphael’s POVI dropped Jason off at school and left for work. I had a meeting with a new client before I went to the project site.I spent the whole day at the site, I had some serious work to do. It was getting late and I had to call it a day and go home. I had to go to my mom's place because that was where Jason was. He was asleep when I got there so I decided to let him be.“So when can I meet my granddaughter?” My mum asked.“Slow down ma.”“Slow down for what? I was only asking a question.”“We’re still trying to navigate how we’re going to parent from different cities.”“Let her move back. That’s not a problem.”“You’re reaching. I can’t ask her to pack up her life and move to New York because of me. I was the reason she left in the first place.”She sighed and then went to the kitchen leaving me with my sister.“How is Camilla?” My sister asked.“She’s doing good. She runs a company with her partner. The company we’re currently working with.”“That’s nice.
Chapter Forty-ThreeCamilla’s POVMartha had arrived the day before and we were all excited. We didn’t talk much about what had happened while she was gone. It was a Monday and she got Rory ready for school and then I dropped her off and returned to the house.I didn’t have to go to work until 10am so I had a lot of time to get ready. I finished getting ready and I had a lot of time left so I decided to chat with Martha.“So he wants to be a part of her life?” She asked.“Yes.” I answered.“How would that work? You live in different cities.”“I really don’t know but we’ll figure that out.”We chatted for a while tge I looked at tge time and realized it was time for me to leave for work. “I’ll be on my way now. See you later.” I said and left the house.For the first few hours, I was at work, and for the remains part of the day, I went to visit the site we were working on.I was about to turn into the kitchen when I got hit by someone and got coffee spilled on my shirt.“What the hel
Chapter Forty-TwoRaphael's POVThe next morning, Jason and I got ready for the day and I dropped him off at my mom's house before going to work. I didn’t have much to do at work so I finished up pretty early. I then told Anthony to take me to the hotel Tori was staying at.We got there and went up to the room. I knocked on the door several times but I didn’t get an answer. I had a key but I wanted her to open the door herself.After about three minutes, I was still waiting for her to open it so I decided to use the key I had. I walked in and closed the door behind me. “Tori.” I called out. “Are you in here?” I didn’t get a reply back.It was a suite so I checked the room and the kitchen but I couldn’t find her. The receptionist said that she hadn’t checked out.I remembered that I hadn’t checked the bathroom so I went there and I saw her passed out on the floor.I bent down beside her. “Tori.” I said shaking her.I looked around and saw a bottle of pills lying on the floor. I tried
Chapter Forty-One Camilla's POV The night Raphael left was pretty rough. After he was gone, Rory resumed crying. We managed to calm her down, get her ready for bed, and put her to sleep. She woke up in the middle of the night crying for him. I couldn’t understand how she had gotten attached in such a short time. I put her back to sleep and stayed with her the rest of the night. The next morning we woke up and prepared for Skye and my Grandpa to leave. I had to tell her that they were going to leave and she started crying again. She went for a walk with my Grandpa while Skye and I were making some last-minute arrangements. “Rory’s pretty devastated.” Skye said while we were packing her suitcase. “I know. And I can’t understand it. I understand her crying cause you guys are leaving but I didn’t expect her to cry for Raphael. She got so attached to him in a short amount of time.” “She’s never felt how it was to have a dad and she finally got it. She’s a little girl but she’s als
Chapter FortyRaphael's POVAfter six hours, we finally landed in New York and I went to pick up my luggage and waited for the driver to arrive.After a few minutes, he arrived and I got in the car. My assistant was there too.“How are you doing?” I asked.“I'm good, sir.” He replied. “There's a problem.”“What is it?”“Tori is in police custody.”“What? Why?”“She was caught stealing from a mall. She called me and asked me to relay the message to you.”I sighed. “Take me to where she is.”He instructed the driver to take us to the station. I couldn't believe that she was arrested. What a disappointment. I turned on my phone and of course, it was all over the news.Everybody was making mention of Jason, our son, and how they felt sorry for him. After I left her, she became more of a mess than she already was. She started using and got addicted. I've tried to get her help but she doesn't want it.We reached the station and we were led inside. We talked to the policemen and then bailed
Chapter Thirty-NineCamilla's POVAfter Raphael and Rory left, I and Skye went to do some shopping. She and my Grandpa will be going back to New York tomorrow.We first went to the mall to get some clothes and random things that Skye wanted to take back to New York. We also got some things for my Grandpa and Rory. I knew Raphael was going to leave today. I was thinking of getting him something but I didn’t want to do too much.After we were done shopping, we went to get food. We just ordered regular burgers and went to find a place to sit.We were on our phones while waiting for our order to arrive me Skye let out a gasp.“What is it?” I asked. She didn’t reply to me immediately but kept scrolling on her phone and her mouth opened in shock. “Skye, what is it?”“It’s about Tori.”“What about her?”“You won’t believe this. She was caught stealing.”“Stealing? That’s a lie. From where?”“From a mall. She got caught with a dress in her bag.”“Oh my God. That’s awful.” I said and Skye gav