CHAPTER 117IRENEI watched through my window as he stood for about a minute, clearly wondering what the hell just happened. I myself was wondering why on earth I did that.We might not be on good terms with James but we both try as much as possible to act civilized in the presence of each other or better yet we tried to just avoid each other totally. While seeing him in Declan’s place today was a mere coincidence I know he would think I did that on purpose whereas I never even knew they were friends.I shouldn’t have overreacted cause what I did out there was clearly an overreaction but how was I to be blamed when I just had to deal with Frank’s bullshit before driving home now.We had an altercation and it was a very big one. Frank kept bugging me about getting back with him, threatening me with things that really scared the shit out of me. I tried to act strong but he was so much of a creep that whatever I did to keep him away, he did a double of that to see that he moved closer to
CHAPTER 118JAMESThey say when life gives you lemons, you make lemonades. This should be one of those moments.I was about to accept that fate had alot to play in my life.Perhaps, it was written in the star that I and Irene won't be together at the end as it turned out a lot of things had been happening that was letting me believe the wheel of fate was involved with all of this, to start with it wasn't really one to what to believe in fate.As a matter of fact I had stopped believing in it from the moment I was left alone as a child by my mother.Yet certain norms had played out in my life making me believe that Indeed fate was in existence.First among it all was finding my way to riches from the slum, it might have started off rough at the start of it all but Slowly I had become what I set out to be.As if that was not enough, Addie's pregnancy was right there—A bitter twist just when I thought I was over with her.Irene popping back to the picture having a lover …sigh.The list w
CHAPTER 119IRENE.You have three day to make a decision —It was the exact text I got from Frank the Son, as I stared down at it it my mind went diverse at the moment as I thought about different things that was racing through my mind at the moment.For some reason Frank appeared to always find me no matter where I hid my self, I couldn't say for sure but it looked as though he always had always had his eyes on me no matter the circumstances.I scrolled down as I stared down at the text he l had sent me four days ago when I had just gotten back from talking with him .In a way it looked as though, he was one thing I wouldn't forgive my Mother for as she was the only reason why he was in my life.The mere thought of him was in a way provocative—Filthy, bruised, sore, and a gambler. Those were the only memories I had of him.While, James as well had started in that pattern it looked as though the best part of my life had been with him and I couldn't say less, I wanted him more than I
CHAPTER 120IRENE“It’s good to hear your voice too,” I responded dryly, even though my mind was on something different at the moment.Though I’d only been gone for a few hours—In my mind, There was a lot that was going through it still the tiniest bit of amusement rose in me.I was still Confused on if I wanted to go there . I kept wondering in my heart if he wanted me to be there at the moment.I didn't know how to deal with the matter that was in my heart at that moment…I called him one more time to be certain of what he was talking about and if it would be a good idea for me to show up there at the moment.I felt the need to just go ahead and not make this a very big deal, moreover I wasn't doing anything bad I just wanted a moment to talk to him again about everything.Moreover, if I really Wanted to get my revenge as much as I wanted I had to be close to him.I wanted so badly to stop myself from seeing him, but it seemed impossible.I was certain he wouldn't be expecting me
CHAPTER 121JAMES POVThis could be a tiring time for me but amidst all of this was time to smile, life might not be a bed of roses but times like this were out of the norm.A song played from somewhere in the room as rain dripped down the glasses, and silverware glinted that night. It was merely a shower but it was better than the heat that had been rampant.Steady breeze blew into the room in a musical manner that was musical.First, I thought that whoever I was bringing her had to be someone close to me, as I spent a little more time observing the event that had been going on— It was looking certain that I must come to the fact that I was going to be a father.I looked tense when he stood close to me.With my hands tucked in my pockets, I walked towards the posh building I had just acquired for the whooping sum of Three million.Beside me was my friend, Marcus.I had brought him along so that he could take a look at my newest acquisition.A few minutes later, we got to the entran
CHAPTER 122IRENEHe walked toward me, as he did I could not withstand the look that was on his face,I could see all of it,I could see the affection that was buried in his eyes as he kissed me.It was not the right thing to do but I couldn't stop him regardless as it was wanted, I couldn't deny that I wanted to be claimed by him, I wanted to steal his soul from the cleft of his lips.My eyes widened, my heart fluttered as it beat faster, adrenaline bolted through me…I soon realized I wanted more than the kiss.It was as though we had a lot unsettled.While I tried to hold back, he gave the kiss his everything till soon he was infecting me with his passion."Fuck, Irene." He muttered during his break for air.He swallowed whatever word I wanted to mutter out with a kiss ."Fuck" he rasped. “I can’t fuck you way over here.” He cupped me between the legs, as I moaned into his lips .He had me, I could feel the tension as it recoils in Me—a spike of heat ran through my veins as he kissed m
CHAPTER 123IRENEI felt like a fool, I couldn't still get over the embarrassment I faced with Addie.I had cried my eyes out while coming, wishing all of this was a kind of dream that I might soon wake up from. Turns out this was far from the case, the thought of him was still in my mind still.Yet it hard to forget that she was actually carrying his child, I was moved to anger.Never felt more bitter —It was the buzzing of my phone that brought me out of my thoughts, I hoped it wasn't James.Letting out a low hiss, I reached out for it to check the caller's ID.I wasn't in the mood to speak to anyone at the moment, but if the caller turns out to be someone that I can't ignore, I would have no choice but to receive the call.“Declan” I read out the name blaring on my screen.I was about to receive the call when the lines disconnected.Before I could think of dialing his number, my phone had resumed buzzing and he was the caller.“Hey” I said with a dry voice“You okay?” He asked at
CHAPTER 124JAMESIt was difficult to deal with thoughts that were in my mind at the moment, all thoughts of settling things between us were right there in the mud and as it looked there was nothing I could do about it.I still had a bad feeling about all of this, a bad feeling that something was going to happen that would change the way things were between us.The feeling wouldn't depart despite trying to put it out of my mind, it was right there like a shift …The fact that I couldn’t think of a less idiotic response to tell to her yet made her speak and assumed the worst about me, in a way I wished I could take back the hands of time maybe I would have been able to change this as wellIt looked uncertain, if I had a little bit of hope it most certainly under the fact that we couldn't be together, I had seen the way she looked at me the last time I was in her house and came down to that conclusion quickly.There was nothing left for me to do, nothing left to take this away, it hun
CHAPTER 135JAMES.I wouldn't have been this worried if I didn't get her text that looked to be in distress, it was hardly twenty minutes that she walked out when suddenly I got a notification on my phone beeping in an emergency.She had been complaining about having weird calls and texts and it was Marcus' idea that we set the safety app up, so we would be able to track ourselves.I was still on the phone talking to Marcus and telling him about the sudden appearance of my mother when the notification came in.As I made my way down the stairs, as fast as I could an awful squeak cut through theair and somehow settled under my skin.I made my way out and saw that she was nowhere around the garage.My phone beeped again with a live location this time, slowly I could see the red round indicator moving away and hitting the main road.At first I thought she might have been going with my mother to heaven knows where,but looking around I saw her purse laying in the ground. My heart skipped ma
CHAPTER 134JAMESIt was still hard for me to believe everything that was happening, well that doesn't matter. I was prepared to make sure she spent the rest of her years behind bars for how she acted out toward me.I couldn't believe that I had been dragged into all of this and was naive all along.It was only two months since I got out of my accident and things had been almost perfect between us.It looked as though we've come to a mutual understanding in fixing anything that was going on between us.We just had to fight it — We just had to fight the fact that we were two people not willing to give into admitting flaws.It was hard to ignore her. Whenever she was near, an invisible string pulled me toward her in a way that we couldn't resist. Gradually we were building back what looked to be broken. It was the only sane thing at that moment as it was impossible for us to just get ourselves back immediately.The feel of having do close left a vibrating feeling behind with the promis
CHAPTER 133JAMESThe first thing I noticed when I fluttered my eyes open was the fact that I was in an empty room which I did not seem to recognise. I winced at the harsh light coming through the window and instantly closed my eyes back up.For some reason I couldn’t turn my head an inch. Even the thought of doing that made me wince in pain. A frustrated grumble escaped my throat at the fact that I was clearly clueless and oblivious of my surroundings and there was nothing I could do to change that except to wait for aid which didn't seem to be coming.Judging by the stiffness of the bed I laid on and the feeling of Iv on my hand, I came to the conclusion that I was in a hospital bed. If that didn’t confirm it then the terrible headache I was having and the pain I felt all over my body definitely did.“For how many hours have I been laying down here” I wondered in silence. Giving up on all attempts to get myself up and waiting for anyone to walk into the room. Judging by the light co
CHAPTER 132IRENEThere was just one wish in my heart and at the tip of my tongue. That all these was a dream and I will wake up back in my apartment but I knew it wasn’t. This was real, this was my reality and I will have to face it no matter how cruel it might seem.I sighed for the umpteenth time watching as the nurses did their job. I had been sitting here for the past hours, waiting for some form of miracle to happen and James to wake up, I just refused to let the fact that he was going to die into my heart. I just refused to agree that I am going to lose him forever.“No! Absolutely not!” I chanted to myself, shaking my head vigorously in the process. James is strong, he is going to survive this. There is no way in hell he was going to die after all he had gone through. It just wasn’t meant to be like this. James is not supposed to die. NoI stared down at his face, his calm and peaceful face and I realized just how much I missed him. How much I missed looking into his eyes and
CHAPTER 131IRENEMarcus stared at me intensely from his side of the table, swirling his spoon around the plate of food in front of him. His gaze seemed to be directed at me but in reality he was deep in thought with his hand supporting his chin.I was still a bit sick but it was not as severe as it used to be so I had no trouble just sitting down and watching him think, waiting for him to spit out whatever was taking up most of our time together.After a long moment of silence, he sighed heavily, dropping the spoon from his hand and turning to face me completely now. “Irene?” He called.I did not honor that with a reply, instead I just looked at him to tell him I was present and listening to whatever he had to say.“How are you doing?” He inquired. It might sound like it was just a normal question but I could feel all the underlying questions from just looking into his eyes. The unspoken question was actually “how are you dealing with everything? How is your sanity now that James is
CHAPTER 130IRENE“I’m tired of everything, I want James back and I can’t leave without him and I feel like I’m dying.” I said almost choking on my own tears.Marcus was so comforting as he was quiet as he let me rant all I want in his embrace. It’s been so long since I had someone to hug like this and now that I got someone I didn’t want to let go.“I want him back, I can’t let Addie have him forever because I won’t be able to live without him.” I said crying deeply as gently wiped off the tears from my eyes.I finally released myself from my self bondage grip and it was then I remembered the blood of Marcus' body.He looked at me worriedly which made me shiver as I had a very unusual feeling inside of me.“W…what happened to you? Why are you covered up in blood?” I asked, looking at his hands which were covered in blood. His white shirt was also covered in blood but I couldn’t spot any injury on his body.“It’s not me, something happened to.” He said calmly holding my two hands like
CHAPTER 129IRENEI felt like screaming my lungs out to ease the intense pain I was currently feeling in my head but looking at it logically, screaming might only increase the pain so I refrained from doing so.Instead, I squirted my eyes to reduce the amount of light entering into it which in some weird way is only adding to my pain. My heart kept pounding in a way it had never done before, at least not when I am fine.I clutched onto my duvet for dear life, still shivering and gritting my teeth despite the fact that I was under layers of bed coverings. My throat felt so dry and the thought of passing anything through it at the moment made me gagged, but considering the fact that I had vomited more than I could count during this short period nothing came out but air.Overall I felt terrible and after a long moment of denial and thinking it was probably stress which would be gone if I just rested, I finally reached the conclusion that I was sick and I would need to see a doctor in or
CHAPTER 128IRENEI looked around lazily and picked up my phone to check the time. It was already evening and I groaned wishing I woke up the next morning.Now I had to Dave the burden of actually being in this life which was enough of a burden on its own. Everyday I wished it was the next because I wanted to get over everything.By now James would have been engaged and my heart ached as I thought about it. I sniffled hard because I didn’t want to start crying again.The love of my life was getting engaged to someone and it wasn’t me, he was the only one I wanted and now he belonged to someone else and there was nothing I could do.It became hard for me to stop myself from crying so I undressed and went into the shower.I turned on the warm water and gently scrubbed my body like there was no life left in me again.Everything felt so slow and I felt there was no use for anything again, it was all useless now.I got out of the shower and got dressed into a big top and walked out of the
CHAPTER 127JAMESI looked around and the sight of everyone cheering all in my name was so disgusting to me, especially since I didn’t want any of this to begin with.Everyone who walked past me would wave at me but Ignored most of them anyway as I was trying my best not to flare up because I was very upset.My sister noticed this from across the room and our eyes met, I looked away but I knew she was still going to come over anyways.She smiled at me and walked gently approaching me.“Why aren’t you putting on a smile? It’s your happy day. You should be happier than anyone here.” My sister said gently patting my suit like she was about to dust something off it.I looked around the crowd in the area and now the whole hall was jeering with noises from each corner of the hall.“When is this going to end?” I scoffed with a big frown pasted on my face.I didn’t even care about all of these arrangements and all the guests here because I was not happy with any of it.“Look over at your beau