Chapter 36Chad could feel Calista's gaze on him but he told himself to ignore it and her. Stopping midway was killing him even more than she could imagine but he knew he was making the right decision regardless of how he was feeling.There was nothing he wanted more than to straddle her on that bed and plunge his very hard length deep into her till his balls hit her pelvis. But he couldn't do it even though it was all he was thinking of as he shrugged on his trouser. He could only imagine what was going through her mind as she kept her eyes steady on him. “Are you alright?” Chad asked softly, moving to stand at the foot of the bed. Calista nodded slightly but he could clearly see she was fighting back tears.In two long strides, Chad made his way to the side of the bed where she was laying. “Did I hurt you?” he almost whispered to her and this time, she shook her head. “Are you angry at me?” the question was out of his mouth before he could stop himself and he saw a glint in her eye
Nobody liked being woken up from their sweet slumber and Cameron was no exception. Letting out a groan, he reached for his phone, tapping the power button to silent the song that was blaring out of the speaker.More than anything, he wanted to put the phone back on the bed rest and allow it to ring till the call ended. But as a businessman, he was obliged to answer any and every call. It didn't matter what state he was in, every call was important.Grudgingly, Cameron brought the phone close to his face and clicked on answer. His secretary's voice floated out of the speaker as soon as the phone got to his ear. “Good morning, Mr Axford.” she spoke politely and in a clear voice.Cameron propped himself up on the bed and responded gruffly, “Is there a problem?” he didn't ignore the greeting, he just wasn't in the mood to exchange unnecessary pleasantries. He was more concerned with the information she had to share with him.The secretary instantly got the memo. “I wanted to let you know
Chapter 38What could his surprise be? Cameron wasn't known to pull off surprises, so, Calista's confusion was actually justified. If there was anyone in the family who did such a thing, it was neither of the Axford twins. None of them had the patience for it.Emily on the other hand, was quite skilled in the area. Her level of expertise was unmatched and Calista found herself thinking about her younger sister once again. It was hard to believe Emily was half way across the world and they only got to see each other twice a year.Thinking about Emily, Calista reached for her phone—with the intention of calling her sister—when the phone started ringing. Hudson's name popped up on the screen and she quickly tapped on the answer icon. “Hey, Hudson. What's up?” she dragged a deep breath.Hudson's rich voice floated out of the speaker, “Good morning, Calista. How are you doing this morning?” I could hear rustling in the background and he sounded out of breath. My eyes moved to the clock on
Motherhood, they say, always came with some exciting changes but to Liza, they were more terrifying than fun. She couldn't deny the fact that she used to enjoy it but with Annie growing older with each passing day, Liza found herself questioning her sanity, along with a good number of things.“Mum, you know the bus leaves in ten minutes, right?!” Annie called out to her mum as she hurriedly packed up her paintings. They never went early to anything at all and even though Liza detested tardiness, she had unconsciously become an ambassador of it.Breathlessly, Liza rushed into the living room, hauling her purse along with Annie's art equipments. That was the name for Annie's art supplies because she felt 'supplies' was a mundane word. The eight year old had put up quite a lengthy explanation —afterwards—and Liza had been forced to go along with it.Ignoring her very sweaty mother, Annie quickly grabbed the materials from Liza and started stuffing them into her carrier. The school had od
Chad's first thought was to kill Jason for going behind his back and selling off the painting but when he had been told who the purchaser was, he had wanted to kill himself instead. There was no other way around it, he just had to get to Calista first.As Chad rode his bike to the gallery, he realized he had no idea what to say to her. His initial plan had been to show her the portrait at the exhibition and then have her take it home as a present. But that would have been after Chad had revealed his identity as her anonymous artist.It was a simple plan, it should have worked. Only that it didn't work at all. Infact, it had gone terribly wrong. They had been too occupied—kissing in the balcony—and Calista had ended up leaving without seeing the portrait. Then, the potrait had ended up in Cameron's possession.I will just have to let her know that I am Hell's Demon and apologize for not telling her sooner, Chad concluded in his head as he pulled into the street that led to the gallery.
Driving to Liza's place, Cameron found himself entertaining the same thoughts as Chad. Forever didn't look bad at all but how was he going to get there? How was he going to show this defensive single mother that he was ready to lend her a helping hand for a long time?Cameron was brainstorming when his phone started ringing, snatching his attention back to the present. He quickly turned off the radio—that no one was actually listening to—and picked up the call. Stephanie's voice echoed in the car, claiming even Annie's attention.“Good day, Sir,” she greeted politely, “I wanted to let you know that the contract has been drawn out for the deal but it requires your signature, sir.” there was urgency in her voice, it made Cameron feel uneasy. Usually, deals of this magnitude didn't require much stress.“Didn't we already do that in the meeting?” he inquired flatly, flashing Annie a quick smile. For some unknown reason, he felt she could sense his unease. “Alright then,” he said in resign
“Are you sure you don't want me to accompany you to the hospital? It does'nt seem like thats the only place you'd be visiting today, though.” Emily spoke under her breath, watching her sister turn the wardrobe in and out, looking for an outfit to wear to her doctor's appointment. No, it wasn't weird at all that Calista suddenly wanted to put an effort into her choice of clothing. Weird was not the word, surprising was. Emily felt something was going on with her sister but she wanted Calista to spill the beans herself. It didn't make waiting for the reveal an easy task.Calista could barely see her sister's suspicious stare, her head had been in the wardrobe for what seemed like an eternity. Pulling herself out for a second, she shot Emily a blank stare, “What do you mean by that?” her question was as confused as the look she had plastered on her face.“I am not a child, Cali,” Emily retorted, moving towards the wardrobe. “I know something is up with you, something sweet and most like
Waking up didn't seem as tiresome as it used to be anymore for Chad, infact, the start of a new day excited him–especially this day. It was the day he was finally going back home but that wasn't what was exciting to him. Just the thought of introducing a woman like Calista Axford to his family was thrilling. There was a chance that his enthusiasm would be shared but Chad was past caring. Calista was his and that was all that mattered to him. His father had always been a critically judgemental man and if anyone could thaw his ice cold heart, Chad was sure Calista was the perfect candidate for the job. Wasn't he proof enough of her skills?Chad couldn't believe he had walked into a random gallery and had met tye woman or his dreams. It was even more dreamy because he had never envisioned the kind of life he was now getting accustomed to. In his case, seeing really was believing. Calista's love was something he had to experience to believe it could happen to him. Standing up with a sm