Celine paced impatiently in her room. She was in deep thoughts. She had played her seduction card. She had left Damien wanting and craving for her. Now she was at a cross road.
Should she walk back to his house?
No, that would be too strange. If she was going to maintain the façade she was carrying. That move would be too calculative to pass as a natural coincidence again. He might smell out her dirty plans and reject her for good.
But staying away for too long wasn't helping her either.
What if he forgot about her? What if her seduction wasn't good enough? What if he got furious the moment she walked out of his house?
"God please help your daughter.
Damien couldn't sleep that night. He tossed and turned on his large bed, imagining Céline and how beautiful she would look in person.Would she wear pants and a shirt?Would it be a fitted corporate dress, the ones that had a little slit by the side?He imagined her in every possible dress and outfit.Ever since Lucas informed him that Céline had accepted the job offer, he was elated.Morning didn't seem to be coming fast enough.When it was five o'clock in the morning, he got tired of trying to fall asleep. He jumped off his bed and went to prepare for work. The earlier he got
He stood there, like in a trance, he couldn't move. His eyes remained glued on her body.Her red hair was tightly packed in a low chignon. She had the lightest of make up on her face. She wore a tight black dress that reached her knee. The dress hugged all the right places, accentuating and defining her perfect features and curves. It was a miracle he wasn't drooling by now.A good two minutes passed and they were still in the same position. The tension filled the air around them and Céline bent her head, an attempt to hide her blush. An habit Damien found too cute to even deny."Good morning," she greeted him, her voice was shaky and though she tried to hide it, Damien noticed and this caused a great warmth to flow through him.
"Don't forget to add a cup of black coffee to it." She heard Damien say from inside. His voice sounded dangerously close, so, she took a safe step back. It would be too awkward for him to open the door and find her leaning on it.Shortly, the door flew open.Her heart skipped another beat as her sea-blue eyes landed on Damien. The magazines and newspaper, really did him no justice. The gritty stubble around his jaw had grown a bit but it still made Céline weak in the limbs.Good lord, he was handsome.The air around them became too hot, maybe because he was standing too close to her, or maybe it was the way he was looking at her. But Céline became red, she knew she was blushing. She bent her head low,
As the last words settled in her head, her sea-blue eyes sparkled with excitement and Damien thought the sack between his legs would burst just by watching the woman."Thank you for the job. I will do my best. So what's my resumption and closing time?" Céline said, clapping her hands in excitement."You resume by eight o'clock and close whenever I let you."He expected her to protest but to his amazement she just nodded her head acknowledging his words."How about my payment?""The financial department will send you the proposal. I can assure you it is mouth watering-"The door suddenl
Damien was shocked. He remembered telling him about where he found her file but he didn't think Lucas would be considering that giving the fact that he had told him countless times that he wasn't going to give in to his mother's marital demands."You know marriage isn't for me Lucas. I just want to fuck her and get her out of my head, that's all." It sounded more like he was convincing himself than him talking to Lucas."I am your best friend, Damien. Since I have known you, I have never seen you look at a woman the way you looked at Céline. It's alarming bro," Lucas said, dropping his cup of tea. "You'll be marrying that red head."Damien rolled his eyes. Lucas was too much for him sometimes."I look at her
Celine's heart was dancing with excitement as she made her way back home. Her aunt would still be at work so she would have the house to herself to scream and dance in celebration of her progress, to her heart's content.She picked up something to eat at the 'Miel's place' before going home.Once she got home. She dropped the pack of food on the kitchen counter and went to put on the stereo increasing the volume to the last level.Dua Lipa's song titled 'Physical' came up and Céline started dancing to the beat as she pulled off her shoes.'...who needs to go sleep, when I gat you next to me.. All night I am right here with you, I know you got my back and you know I gat'chu so c'mon, c'
Céline ate in silence.John's recent killing was eating her up. It made her feel like a monster. She could have saved that poor woman and her baby, but she didn't. She could put an end to all of these.But her heart was divided into two quarreling halves.One, ached to bring justice to her innocent parents who were harshly taken from her at a very young age. What if she never found her good aunt Elizabeth to take care of her, what would have become of her?Yet, the other half of her heart tugged at her conscience. She could bring John to the book and end everything. Save hundreds of pregnant women in the state.But she didn't know what to do.
After that life threatening call from John, Céline had to revise her plan. She needed to stop playing around and hit the bull's eye.She needed to put her plans into motion. John was getting close to finding her parent's killer, she had to get her hands on the money before he found them.As she prepared for work, she gave herself a pep talk."No more distractions, Céline. Focus on getting Damien to marry you." She spoke to her reflection in the mirror.There was not enough time for games. She had to go straight into the point at the same time try to make it seem as natural as possible. One more thing, she had to avoid, by all means, falling in love with the breathtakingly handsome Damien Culhane.Whenever she was with him, she always found herself lost in his charms. That had to stop. She needed to stay in charge. All she wanted was his money, not love.She checked her reflection in the mirror and thought the baby blue chiffon shirt
Céline's phone dinged, notifying her of a message. She checked it and heart stopped."Céline, what is it?" Her aunt asked.Céline was unable to talk, she passed her phone over to her aunt to check for herself. Elizabeth took the phone and squinted over the device to check. She read the name but it didn't ring any bells."Abel? Do you know this person?" Elizabeth could not figure out what had gotten Céline so worked up over a simple name."Check again, aunt." Céline whispered as tears spilled from her eyes. She couldn't believe what was happening.Elizabeth furrowed her brows and checked the message again. "Is this message from John?"Céline only nodded, using her hands to muffle her cries. It seemed to her that her problems where never ending.Elizabeth checked the message again and gasped. Like a difficult puzzle, she had been able to put the pieces together in her head."Oh my God!""Abel
"His name is John Sherman. He dated Céline back in high school and they broke up when she had to leave for college." Lucas read from the file in his hands.They were in Damien's office going through reports they were able to get their hands on about Céline's caller."It says here, he was admitted for psychiatric care but vanished with no trace months ago." Damien said pacing the office.They were dealing with a psychopath here and it made the hairs at the back of Damien's neck stand erect. Céline must have been so scared, that was why she accepted to do it."Don't worry bro, we'll catch him. Brian has contacted the best hands in the police department. The best private investigators are searching
Céline was in deep thoughts. She would be a mother soon. She wouldn't want her child to think of her as the thief she was going to be after taking the money Damien had giving to her.Yes. He gifted it to her and that meant she could use it. Yet, her mind rejected the option. Where else could she find legit money to pay off John and within the hour; because John wasn't happy at all, making him wait would only get him riled up.She would just have to call that bank officer and make use of that money. But she would work hard and pay it back, somehow.Elizabeth returned shortly after Mrs Culhane and Damien had left the room. She brought a plate of baked rice and chicken for Céline with a fresh jug of water.
"What have you done!" Mrs Culhane's screeched."Mom, it is not as bad as you think... We just wanted to spend sometime at home-" Damien tried to explain to his mother but she was not having it."Do not give me that Damien Culhane! Do not even try it! Why would you call off your honeymoon! Didn't you think of your innocent wife?""Look at her! She is sick and pale because of you!" She barked pacing the room."Poor girl would be worried sick!"Somehow, Mrs Culhane had found out about Damien calling off his honeymoon and she got to the house when Céline had gone unconscious."Mom, she is sick b
The day after the conversation she had with Damien and even the weeks that followed, Céline remained in her room. She couldn't go to see her aunt as he had suggested. She had finally understood why he was acting coldly towards her. She had gotten the answers to all her questions.He knew.Damien somehow found out about her deal with John and just like she feared, he misunderstood her. He thought she was a gold-digger. A woman who only came after him for his money. A woman who had pretended to love him so she could get her hands on his wealth— and he was right.Whatever he was feeling or thinking about her was true. She was a gold-digger. A cheat, who deceived him. She was a woman without morals. She had seduced him to get his money.&nb
Céline was worried to the bones as she paced around the room that had somehow become her prison. What she had feared had finally happened.She knew the moment Damien brought in Sarah that whatever plans he had would go down the drain. Someone had to notice Sarah's movement in and out of the house and somebody eventually did! Lucas noticed.He came into the house unannounced and he had met her at a very vulnerable position.She had been thinking about her life and how she hadn't been able to see her own husband in almost two weeks, that was when he walked in on her. The shock and fear of seeing him in the house when Damien had wanted to stay hidden from all of them made her unable to control her panic.
"What do you mean by that?" Lucas asked, slowly moving to sit with Damien on the bed."I- I don't have any prove yet but I think she only married me for my money." Damien explained.Lucas stared up at Damien like he had grown a new pair of eyes. "You think?" He asked, laying emphasis on the last word with his eyes almost falling out of their sockets."All these..." Lucas said referring to Damien's marital situation."...you are doing is based on a fucking thought you have? Come on Damien, you are way smarter than this. Give me something concrete.""Well, I over heard her talking to her boyfriend on the phone about it!" Damien said kissing his teeth.
Torturing Céline proved to be even harder for Damien than he had initially thought.He had underestimated his love for her. His body couldn't watch her cry. His heart broke whenever he caught a glimpse of the sadness in her eyes. He couldn't do it.He had called Sarah in so she could handle his meals and maybe a few other things because he feared Céline might poison him. He had to be careful her character was questionable even if he loved her, he didn't trust her.His love for her made it impossible for him to do the things he planned to do to her. He couldn't handle seeing her break down again. Even if he knew she was only faking it, his own heart couldn't take her pain. If he kept seeing her, it wouldn't be long before he ran to her begging for forgiven
Damien helped her make a decision.He walked right pass her like she was a real statue. A monument and nothing more.Swallowing her pain, she went after him. At some point they would have to settle their differences. They couldn't continue like this. They were two adults and they had to come into some sort of arrangement at least.Damien headed to the room. Céline followed but stayed by the door watching him as he took out a bag from the closet. He started picking out his clothes from the neat pile of clothes folded in the cupboards and threw them into the bag.Maybe he was also packing for the honeymoon, Céline thought. Maybe there was a way of solving this problem of theirs all she had to do was star