He was sitting on his swivel chair inside his office, thinking about his wife as always. What would she be doing right now? That was the question he asked himself for the hundredth time maybe. He wanted to call her but his pride would not let him do that. He sighed. It was lunch time now and he wanted to eat with her, feed her with his own hands. Then wipe the corners of her mouth and then kiss her, passionately. 'Stop it, Cain. You are mad at her.' He told himself. But did she really do that? He still could not believe that. 'Maybe, there was some technical issue?' He thought to himself. Yes, that could be. He knew how sweet and kind she was. She could never do such a thing. And on that day, she was too worried and stressed as well just as much as he was, for his father. 'No, she could not have done that. God! I should have talked with her to clear things between us rather than shunning her like that. Now, she must be pissed. Oh God, what have I done?' He mentally cursed himself.
"Am I disturbing you two in your precious little moment?" Cali jumped as soon as she heard that cold voice which belonged to her husband. She looked at him while he stood at the threshold of their bedroom door with his hands clenched by his sides and with a plastic bag in his right hand. She looked back at Horace, and he was glaring at Cain. Though she knew why he was angry but what was with that behavior of his a moment ago? What was he even thinking? Never had he kissed her anywhere before apart from her forehead. Then, what about that...kiss on the cheek? Oh, did he already get to know that Cain had arrived and was trying to provoke him like the last time he did? She could not think of any other reason as of why he did that. Cain was giving him death warnings through his cold eyes that shone with a dangerous glint. He went further inside and flung the plastic bag onto the nightstand and stood infront of both of them who were still sitting down. He was quite excited about coming ba
"Have you had your breakfast?" He asked looking at her with stern and narrowed eyes and she avoided his eyes by looking everywhere but at him. She was sure that he had asked Mrs. Carter about if she had her breakfast and she would have told him that she had ordered her to bring her some packed food. And she was aware that Cain did not like it a bit when she ate junk food, but whatever. She had not even eaten those. She was hungry but she would not tell that to him. "Y..yes, I had." She cursed herself for stuttering infront of him. His eyes narrowed into slits now. He was not looking convinced at all. She was praying mentally that he would not question anymore. He was just looking at her and then he nodded. "Okay, if you say so. Tell me what did you have for dinner?" He asked and that question caught her off guard. "Uh.." She trailed off, trying hard to remember what she had told Mrs. Carter to bring her earlier. Now, she wanted to open the drawer to see what all she had ordered. But
"I thought that finally I could have a love life but..." Jasmine could not complete her sentence as she continued to sob. Cali rubbed her back soothingly. "Can you tell me what actually happened?" She asked very softly. Jasmine nodded while trying to control her tears. "When I first met Damien, it felt like we had a connection and we started spending time together. Then after a month, he proposed that we should go on a vacation to spend some time together. So, I agreed. I had started falling for him. (Sobbing again) But during that vacation, I came to his reality. He...he is married, Cali. He is fucking married and he has a son." She explained still in tears. Cali's eyes widened. She was shocked. She did not know what else to say. Then Jasmine continued. "And he is such a jerk. He had the audacity to tell me that I could still be his mistress and that I should not tell anything about this to his wife." She had angry tears in her eyes when she finished. Cali had also tears in her eyes
"So, now tell me, where were you and what were you doing that you are two hours late for the office?" He asked her in a low and absolutely calm tone. Though his voice held serenity, his clenched jaw showed her that he was anything but calm right now. She kept on staring at him for a while, then sighed."Sir, I am sorry for being late but I already wrote an undertaking about not being late again and I also mentioned there that I have had some personal issue for which I could not reach to the office on time. But it would not happen again, I swear." She explained. While saying this, her heart was crying remembering how her mother was looking laying on the hospital bed. She took a deep breathe in to control her emotions and looked up to see that his eyes were searching for her soul and she immediately held her head down, not being able to lock eyes with him. He lifted her face up with his fingers holding her chin ever so gently and made her look at him in the eyes. She did not even resist
(FLASHBACK continues...) "I know about your mother." He said and she was shocked on hearing that. How did he know when she did not even opened her mouth. She slowly looked up and gulped when she found that he was already looking at her in the eyes. He was trying to search for the confirmation in her eyes that what he had just said was true. And he found it. Her eyes became teary in an instant. His heart felt heavy seeing her like that. He got up from his seat and hugged her tightly and she did not resist him. She put her head against his stomach while her arms were snaked around his torso and she cried. She cried for her mother whom she did not wish to lose. She was her only light in this dark world. Though she was not her biological mother, she still loved her no less than her own. And she even told her about her being an orphan because she did not want her to find out on her own from others. Her heart was clenching thinking about her mother being in such a bad condition. Her kind, b
It was now showing eleven in the clock and he was still struggling to concentrate in his current work. His mind always kept drifting to his wife whom he had not seen for once since the morning. So, he decided to go see her during the lunch. But for now, he could not concentrate in his work at all. He stood up and went near his wall length window to relax his mind a bit but what he saw made him even more agitated. There stood the boy whose name was...whatever, whom his wife called her so-called brother. He was there just outside the office leaning against his car. Was he waiting for someone? But for whom? 'For your wife, idiot.' His consciousness replied making him go all the more crazy. But why would he wait for her? She was in the office, working. Then he must not be waiting for her. He argued with himself. Yeah right, he must be waiting for someone else then. But what he saw next, made his blood boil in his veins. His wife came out of the office and searched around the area, then wh
Cain reached his parents' mansion. When he got into the garage, he noticed another car already parked there. His brows knitted together. Who else was there in the mansion? Normally, his parents did not have any guest coming over to the mansion, instead they always met any of their business associates in a restaurant. And today his father had called him to discuss something. He was becoming more and more curious. So, he went inside and was welcomed by the warm hug of his mom. "My baby! Welcome home. Finally, after so long you are here. I have missed you being in this mansion. You should come here to meet us often. And definitely, should have some sleepovers here." She gushed ushering him in. "Sure mom, I will." He replied casually. He never showed much emotions to anyone, not even to his parents but he cared for them. "Now come on, let us go inside. Your father is waiting for you and you know, I have prepared your favourite roasted cottage cheese with gravy." She said excitedly. "Mo