Roxanne was taken aback by the sound of Henry's voice. For a few seconds she remained silent and when she could finally speak, the only thing she said was: "Hello?"Henry didn't immediately speak after she did, but when he did, Roxanne involuntarily felt shivers run down her spine. For some reason, hearing his voice brought back the fresh memories of her encounter with Christopher."Roxanne, it's good to hear from you," He said in a pleasant tone that was meant to immediately put her at ease, however, it did not."Good to hear from you too, Mr. Laurent," She replied, a clearly tensed as she shifted her weight from one leg onto the other and looked around. "Is there anything i can help you with?""Ever the clever girl. Grace is preparing a feast tonight, come over and join us."Join them? Roxanne didn't even need to think the answer through before she responded."I'm quite busy tonight so i'll have to turn your offer down." She rejected.From the other end of the line, Henry chuckled.
As per Henry's words, Roxanne sat down in the chair opposite him. After she had settled, she sighed out quietly, internally getting herself ready before she began the topic at hand.After a few seconds of inward encouragement and moral boosting, she final had the guts to speak up."Mr. Laurent, I came as you requested, you should also keep up your end of the deal. Let's finalize Christopher and I's engagement annulment as soon as possible, no, in fact let's do it today, right now." Roxanne affirmed.Much to her surprise, Henry chuckled. "Don't be so eager, Roxanne. You've been engaged to Christopher for nearly eight years and have been a part of this family for that much time, are you sure you really want to throw all that away?""Yes." Roxanne did not hesitate in answering. "I'm sure, so let's get on with it.""Okay, I understand." Henry said with a smile, but Roxanne could tell that it was forced and fake.Understandable. No father would be happy to see his son's engagement falling
~Earlier that day~Lance had just stepped out when Penelope appeared in front of Roxanne. The blonde, as she watched the fiery goddess take steps inside and shit the door behind her, didn't know what to say.Shit! Why had thinks turned out this way?!Roxanne thought just as Penelope fully fixed her gaze on her."So you are the reason why Lance has been acting odd and even ignoring my call." She stated firmly with a tone of conviction in her voice, almost as if she already knew the whole thing that was happening between Roxanne and Lance.The blonde gulped at this thought, but quickly shook it off."What do you mean? I don't know what you are talking about." Roxanne tried her luck and faked ignorance, but even she knew that was useless seeing as she was literally on his sweatpants and sweat shirt he had lent her this morning.It would be damn normal if somebody...anybody misunderstood the situation.Roxanne didn't have time for this shit, but the fact that it was coming from Penelope a
Immediately after Henry's proclamation, Lance flared up with an unbelievable amount of anger.The sound of his chair screeching filled the huge dining hall as he stood up, fist balled tightly and turning white while he glared daggers at Henry who looked unfazed by his action."Have you gone insane?" Lance quarried."Lance!" Grace warned. "Mind the way you speak to your father.""You keep your damn mouth shut." Lance shot in her direction, making sure that this time around, the homewrecker wasn't spared of his anger.At this, Henry finally spoke up. He could take Lance insulting him, but not his wife."How dare you?!" He asked at the top of his lungs, wanting to instill fear in Lance.However, his actions did very little of that and rather angered Lance. Without thinking twice, the male shot back bitterly."No, how dare you? You think you can control my life?! Determine when I get married and who I get married to?!" He snickered bitterly. "You long lost that right.""How dare you speak
The entire table was silent for a few seconds, and all eyes, were once again, ON ROXANNE.Henry looked disbelieving, Grace just the same and Penelope, she looked like she was about to fall apart from Lance's announcement.Roxanne understood her reaction seeing as her fiance had just announced that he would be marrying another woman, instead of her.Even Roxanne could not believe what Lance had just said and stared at him with wide eyes. Sure, she knew he was crazy, probably has a few screws lose...However, what the hell was he doing?!"What did you just say?" Henry final asked after a few seconds l, breaking the silence that settled over the entire table."This, this is unbelievable." Grace muttered out as she nearly slumped in her chair from the shock she received from Lance's news.However, the male didn't seem to care about either of their expressions. Not Henry's rage filled one, nor Grace's confused and utterly shattered one and most especially not Penelope's hurt and angered ex
Roxanne sat by the edge of the hotel bed, watching from the back as Lance undid the buttons of his shirt and discarded the peice of material.After their argument on the road, Lance had suddenly decided that he wanted to have sex...on the road.Roxanne was stunned beyond words, but fortunately, she was able to persuade Lance that they shouldn't least go to a hotel and book a room rather than having sex in the back of a car.And so, Lance drove to a local hotel and checked in. Roxanne was more than glad that he agreed to this, however, she could no longer ignore the ache that was growing in her chest as Lance silently led them to the room, not once glancing back to speak nor check on her, and now here he was, stripping off his shirt and pants while she sat in her undergarments, contemplating if she really wanted something like this to happen, again?'You don't have a choice, Roxanne.' She reminds herself. 'This should be normal, since you both are nothing but sex partners.'Just the th
Exhausted by the whole event that had transpired and everything so far, Roxanne eventually fell asleep in Lance's hand.Her soft snores and even heart beat was the only thing that filled Lance's ears as he watched her for a while before closing his eyes and falling asleep with her body cradled close to his.The warmth and safety that his body brought provided Roxanne with a good dream. When she opened her eyes, she found her parents in front of her, smiling down at while offering her a wrapped sandwich.Roxanne was confused and almost got her hopes high when she looked around and remembered the scenery she was in.It was from a time in her childhood when she had gone out with her parents during a riot and due to a few circumstances, they ended up benching it out on a park to wait till the riot died down.Her mother had always kept a stash of sandwiches for when the worst would happen, but she never imagined that she would have one all wrapped and ready to eat on the day of the riot."
Penelope sat in her designated office, back facing the entrance and eyes glued to the picture she had opened on her phone screen.It was a photo of Lance and Roxanne kissing during the day she had hosted the yacht party. At first when she had recieved it along with the message asking if she wanted to uncover the truth behind her fiancé's cheating, she had ignored it seeing as it was from an unknown number. She chose to believe that this picture had been photoshopped as there were many people, both male and female, desperate to see her and Lance end their engagement and jump at the chance.But now, after the stunt Lance had pulled during dinner the previous night, and after receiving two other pictures of him and Roxanne kissing, she bow knew otherwise.The thought that Lance was cheating on her and that he was hiding it from her, resurfaced in her mind once more and with anger, she threw her phone to the floor, watching a the device ended up having cracks across the screen.Just then,