"Hello, Mrs. Williams." Said Cali while fiddling with her fingers nervously. "Hello, my dear. And please call me Raven. It makes me feel more old." Said the elderly woman with a sweet smile on her face. She smiled at her."Okay." "How was your journey? You must be feeling tired." Raven shook her head at her giving her a bright smile."No, my sweet. I am feeling just fine. You know, I was so excited to meet you from the day he told me about you two and finally I am meeting you." She said excitedly. Harold looked at them both in the mirror of the car as he was driving. Cali just managed to give her a tight lipped smile when she mentioned them two. They were now in the car going back to the mansion after picking up Harold's mother from the airport. "Mom, I think you should let your mouth rest a bit now. You are talking ever since you came. And that way, Cali's ears could rest too." He said and chuckled lightly. His mother clicked her tongue and glared at him."You keep quiet, boy. You
"By the way, what are you still doing here?" Asked Cali as she squinted her eyes at him. Cain raised one of his eyebrows at her as if giving her a look that said, 'What the hell with that question?' "I mean, were you not supposed to be to out of station for some days? Then why are you still here having this meeting with me?" She asked him clearly. He nodded his head slowly with his chin planted on his palm as he propped his arm on his elbow leaning forward on the table. "About that...I was all ready to go but then the meeting there suddenly got canceled at the last moment. So, here I am having this meeting with you. I hope that answers your question?" He stared at her as she nodded at him. A lie, a complete lie was what it was. He had never planned to go anywhere in the first place. He had said that to her just because he wanted to spend time with her. And he would do it again if he needed to. 'I sure have become shameless.' He suddenly chuckled out loud at that thought. She gave him
The sun was up and its light was coming into his room through the undraped curtains of the opened windows. Cain woke up because of it. He squinted his eyes closed and blinked away a few times and then opened them fully again slowly after a while. Streching out a little, a toothy grin made its way to his beautiful lips as he reminisced yesternight's activities. His hands went to the other side of the bed only to find it cold and empty. He frowned when he did not find Cali sleeping beside him. His gaze then fell on the wall clock and it read six in the morning. Maybe she was in the bathroom, or closet. She must be there. He thought for a while and then made his way out of the bed. "Cali, are you inside?" He called out softly as he turned the doorknob of the bathroom. When nothing came in return, he opened the door and found no one inside. "Cali? Where are you?" He called for her out loud. But in vain. She was nowhere in the house. She was gone. He plopped on the couch in the living roo
"Cali, do you want to go out? Come on, let us go out for some fresh air. You are in there for the whole day now. Open up! Do you need me to call a doctor?" Came in Harold's voice from the other side of her room's door which was locked from the inside. Cali sighed in frustration. "No, Harold. I will be alright. It is just a headache. Please, I just need some rest. That is all." She replied from inside. "Okay, but call me if you need anything, yeah?" She replied with a quick yes and he left her be afterwards. Cali sighed as she heard footsteps retreating from outside her room and plopped down on her bed. She looked at her mobile phone which was now switched off. She had to switch it off because of a certain someone who was blowing up her phone with calls and text messages since the morning. She did not want to respond to him yet, so she just turned her phone off. It was now six in the evening and she was getting bored. Since she had nothing else to do right now other than just layi
"Because you have proved that nine months ago. You chose to stay with her and have fun in your bedroom rather than being with me when I cooked lunch for you." Her voice broke and his eyes widened. "What?" He let out a mere whisper. She huffed and averted her eyes away from his as she felt them burn. He strode towards her and grabbed her jaw making her look directly in his eyes. "What do you mean by 'have fun in my bedroom'?" His jaw clenched with anger but his hold on her did not get hard so as to not hurt her. She tried to get out of his hold but in vain. Her tears started to leak out of her eyes. She was desperate to get away from him as she knew that she could not resist him for that long but she would not allow herself to fall for him again. "You know exactly what I mean. Now let go of me." She gritted out. But he did not faze. "You don't know what you saying. You don't know anything." He said darkly. "Oh! You mean to say that I am wrong in what I am saying?" She asked hi
Five days later.... Sitting inside her office cabin, Cali was trying to focus on her work but everytime her mind was drifting to the one and only man who was invading her dreams every night. Everyday in the office, she was anticipating his arrival. But he never came back once to see her after that day when she lied to him about being a gold digger five days ago. Five days, it had been five days since she had seen him. She even contacted his secretary two days back to remind him that they were to discuss the changes in that contract. She thought that he would come to the office even if just for the sake of that contract. But how wrong she was! He sent his secretary to her office instead and did not come there himself. She was getting vexed now. She wanted to use the boss card by demanding that his presence was needed here but refrained from doing so because if she did something like that, he would get the idea that he affected her which was true to some extent. She shook those though
"Dad, actually I need to talk to you." Said Cali while playing with her food on the plate. It was the next morning and they were now sitting at the dining table having breakfast. Mr. Russells stopped eating and looked at his daughter with a concerned look. "Wait, don't tell me you are pregnant already?" He blurted out making her choke on her saliva. "What? No, dad. I am not...pregnant. Why would you think like that?" She asked as she gulped some water from her glass. "You know, I just don't trust that boy, what is his name again, Harold?" She nodded. "Yes, Harold. I don't trust him around you at all. He seems like a playboy to me." He grumbled. Cali laughed at her father. "Oh, dad. I don't know what you are saying but that is not true though. He is a real gentleman." She said trying to convince him otherwise. He shook his head. "Sweetheart, tell me one thing. Do you love that boy?" Her face lost all the look of laughter at that question. "Uh...dad..." She stuttered but could
"Yes, Harold. I am fine. I just called you to let you know that I am back here. And right now I am heading to my penthouse. Are you home?" Asked Cali. "What? But you did not even tell me that you were coming beforehand. I would have received you at the airport." Harold said from the other end. "No worries, Harold. And I am sorry that I could not tell you that I am coming. Well, it was just last night that I decided to come here and now here I am." She sighed after explaining to him. "Okay. Go home for now. I will be there with dinner and we will eat together." She smiled at that. "Thank you so much, Harold. You are so sweet." She said and he chuckled. "That I sure am." He replied cockily. She giggled. "Alright, see you." ....... "Home sweet home!" She sighed tiredly when she reached home. The house was clean and all because of the workers assigned there by her father. She went into her room and plopped on her bed. It was a hasty decision. She knew but she had to leave.