ATHENAI slammed the door and sat inside waiting for him to come around and drive. I could see him from the window completely frozen in place, the slap had taken him completely by surprise. It had taken me by surprise as well because I had no idea where it had come from. I was not even sure that I had it in me. Even now as I sat in the car thinking back on everything, I had no idea where it had come from. The only thing I knew at that moment was that I was severely pissed.My hands kept on vibrating even though I tried my best to steady it but it was very obvious it wasn’t working. I could feel the tears roll down my cheeks as I silently sobbed. I couldn't hold back the tears like I normally was able to, everything was very overwhelming for me.My mind was a mixture of anger, resentment, disappointment and embarrassment. There were so many emotions running through it and I couldn’t understand half of it. I clutched my head in my hands in a vague attempt at containing the overflowing t
RAFAEL“What happened?” Hernandez’s voice snapped me out of the thoughts I was having in the car.He was standing in the living room and I wondered what he was doing here for a brief second but then that was how he always was, popping in without prior announcement. It was obvious he wanted to know what was going on and what had happened at lunch but then I wasn’t in the right frame of mind to think of that now.For some strange reason, the only thought that was in my mind was the thought of her. It was the only thing I could think of throughout the whole car ride here. I felt this deep urge to talk to her ever since she ran out of the restaurant. It was very obvious that the whole conversation and scene had gotten to her deeply. For the first time ever, I had seen her cry and I had no idea how to feel about that.There was a part of me which felt anger at myself for even being this concerned about her. The fact that I found myself stealing glances at her all through the ride and wanti
Hermes continued pacing around the room, his phone in hand. Everywhere he scrolled it was there, the video of what had happened in the restaurant. He had thought it was handled and there was no way it was going to get out but suddenly it was on the front page of every news and blog outlet out there. This pissed him off totally as he continued pacing around thinking about what to do.“Fucking stupid!” he yelled out, in frustration, “I have surrounded myself with imbeciles. Do I really need to do everything by myself?”The fact that it was trending meant that whatever the guard he had sent to make sure this did not happen didn't work. He definitely had to have a word with that incompetent fool and he summoned him.It took him a while to get there and all this time Hermes kept on watching the video which was taken from the back of Rafael. It showed Athena with her ass hanging out completely naked and Rafael had his hands around her waist.Did she really think she was dressed, wearing tha
ATHENAI had tried my best to remove my mind from everything and not think about it but it felt like the more I tried to do this, the more I thought about it. I hated the fact that all of this was bothering me so much, it was not fair to me because it honestly didn’t concern me. This war or whatever was going on between Rafael and my father was between them, I didn’t see the need why I was being dragged into the matter. It made no sense to me at all.My anger had reached an all time high and it was majorly directed at Rafael. At first I had thought he cared about me which was why we were together. Now finding out that every single thing from the beginning had been a lie was proving too much for me to bear. It had not yet been confirmed by him if he knew who I was when we met and had sex but it was safe to assume he did.All of this was my fault at the end of the day. I was the one who had allowed him in and I was the one who was stupid enough to get pregnant for a stranger. A stranger
RAFAELMy eyes trailed her all the way to the top of the stairs as she went to get dressed. I wondered why she didn’t remind me of the appointment sooner, but then I had already set up multiple alarms and reminders so I wouldn’t forget. The health of her baby was very important to me, it was a key part of everything and I couldn’t afford anything happening to either one of them.I could feel the anger in me rising even now as I watched her. The face of her father kept on appearing in my head and I could picture him clearly on the blank screen of the tv. All what he had said kept on ringing in my head. Calling me an abuser, saying I raped his daughter and emotionally manipulated her. That was all insane talk to me and he knew it was insane. He knew exactly what he was doing when he went on tv to say all of that.He wants a reaction out of the general public, a reaction which he is most likely to get if I do not take care of things fast. Seeing how popular he is with the media and the p
Hermes was parading around the whole room as he tried to keep his nerves in check. The meeting with the investors was about to start and he already knew that this particular meeting was going to be quite a tough one. His reemergence into society had come with a lot of heavy costs, costs which he had not completely thought out and now had to bear the consequences.When he had taken his break, he had cut off a lot of people including a lot of the investors. He had disappeared without reaching out to them, he had only told them he was going away for a couple of months for a bit to conduct a solo research which would in turn help the business grow more. He couldn’t possibly tell them that he was running away because he had gotten a tip that people were after him. There was no way in hell the investors would keep up their trust in him if they knew there was any heat on him at all, given how sensitive the work which they were involved in was.These men which he worked for were very dangerou
ATHENAThe sounds of voices woke me up from the deep sleep I was in. It was the first time I was sleeping properly in days and the only reason I could successfully achieve this was because I had gotten a prescription for some sleeping pills from the doctor. I needed some rest and every time I tried to get it, I found myself drifting more and more into thoughts that I shouldn’t have been having. Sleep had become a myth for me but that had changed when I took the drugs.I still felt sleepy even now that I woke up and looked around. If I had my way I could sleep all day but the voices which I could hear from outside had broken that fragile connection to sleep. I sat up a bit as I tried to make sense of what was going on outside. It seemed like a commotion was happening right outside my room.As I sat up, I wondered what was going on. In all the noise I could make out two voices, one was Rafael’s which I could literally recognize anywhere. The second was a woman’s, it sounded so familiar
Hermes was seated back in the same restaurant sipping a cup of tea which he paired with a croissant. The combination went so well and it was one of the things that he missed so much about the restaurant. There was no way he was going to just cancel it because of what had happened but this time he was going to take more precautions to ensure such stuff didn’t happen again.When Rafael had reached back to him the previous day to agree that they indeed needed to meet up and talk he had been very skeptical about it.“Why the sudden change of heart?” Hermes had asked,“I just want to give you a chance to say whatever it is you want to say. I am not going to have it be written that Rafael Hall did not show enough reason.”The conversation between them had made Hermes crack a smile as he realized that Rafael was a lot like him. They might be on opposite sides right now but Hermes could already imagine the havoc they would have wreaked together if Rafael had not managed to escape all those ye