DARLENEAlexander came home that night and my heart was in my mouth the most of the whole time.I wanted to say something to him. So badly. I wanted to talk about everything, but I had no words to start. Ironically, I had never been one to struggle with words, no matter what. I always knew what to say, how to say it, and when to say it. Never did I feel what it was like to be 'tongue-tied'.Well, until now.I was in the Master's Bedroom when he walked in. I would have been off to bed by this time, but I could not quite bring myself to sleep the entire night. I just saw this there on the bed and pondered.I thought about Alexander.Right up until he had walked in.He seemed too occupied in his head. Or at least, that was what it looked like. I could not have been a hundred percent sure, but I was certain enough to perhaps bet on it.At one glance, it was clear that he was occupied in his head. He seemed to not even realize that he had gotten here, and I felt that he would have also som
DARLENEThe entire room was dark. It was completely devoid of every single source of light there was and it was as though I was lost in a tunnel of darkness and mayhem."Hello?" I called out into the air, but it only felt like the voice that had responded back to me, was a replica, an echo of my own sound.I felt it. That impending doom and fear. I felt that dread that latched there around my throat and suffocated me as I tried — in vain— to wrap my head around what was going on, where I was, and how I had even gotten here in the first place."Hello?" Echo. An echo back was all that responded back to me and I was taking steps blindly at that point. Each step I took fekt like gravity was doubling with it. I felt heavier, like I was literally having to carry myself around with each step.What was going on?The last I remembered was preparing to go to bed, right after my reconciliation with Alexander. I was already fantasizing about how I was going to just go to bed with a smile spread a
DARLENEA migraine stayed with the the entire time so far this morning.Ironic how last night was a fairy tale dream come true for me and then, when I got to bed and expected to close my eyes in slept and dream all sorts of magical things that would make me put a smile on my face, even in my dreams, it happened the exact opposite.I had a nightmare.A nightmare that ended up giving me a throbbing headache.I stayed an entire thirty minutes or more in the shower, hoping that it would go away. But none yet. The sides of my head throbbed badly, like a vein was on the verge of bursting and exploding right there. I never knew how painful headaches could get, until now.With a sigh, I stepped out of the bathroom and into the Master's bedroom, hoping to get on with the rest of today and maybe, just maybe, get some fine sleep.I was at the Vanity Mirror when warm, strong hands wrapped around me from behind, pulling me back into a hard and firm body that was pleasing to feel. The sweet smell o
DARLENEMy mornings seemed to take in the same daily routine. Nightmares.I stirred in my sleep the entire night afterwards, and finally, my eyes fluttered open. Slowly.They settled on the familiar walls of my room. I groaned softly at the massive headache that hit me all at one, eliciting a soft hiss from my mouth. My hands dropped to my side, running it across the empty space that had my stomach dropping in sadness.Where is he?He promised he was going to be here when I woke up. I pulled the covers over my head and let out a muffled scream, kicking my legs in the air. I managed to sit up after sulking for a while. I turned to the alarm clock by the bedside, checking for the time. It read 9:00am.I could really use a steaming cup of coffee right now. I climbed out of bed and dropped my feet into the bunny slides beside it. I picked up my phone and sauntered into the bathroom to brush my teeth.After brushing, I did a quick wash of my face and combed my hair, throwing it in a mess
DARLENEI ascended the stairs, balancing the tray in my hands properly and took the turn that led to the East wing of the mansion once I got to the corridor. The hallway was eerily quiet. Not like it was always bustling with crowds either. I didn't see myself getting used to coming here. It was creepy in a way.I pushed the door to his study open with my legs and stepped into the dim room. "Just get it done," He said flatly into the phone. His voice was quiet and airy, holding the littlest emotion to it yet, it couldn't sound more appealing to my ears.I stepped forward, my eyes dropping on his tall frame that was slouched against the chair in the process. His posture hinted at the fact that he was tired. It was glaring. The sleeves of his shirts were rolled to his elbows, his upper buttons left undone. He had a file in his left hand, his eyes skimming through it.He hasn't seen me yet."How convenient," I muttered sarcastically and marched forward, setting the tray on his table. He
DarleneMy husband had abandoned me in the king-sized master bedroom of his grand manor, in the wee hours of dawn, just before I woke up.I could tell from the indent on his side of the bed that had lost its shape. The bulky mold of his toned body.”Ugh,” I groaned, stretching like a street cat down to one-and-a-half lives left before I managed to drag myself off the comfy foam of the high, gold-encrusted canopy bed to soil the cold red-marbled tiles of the floor below.The fire in the stone hearth had gone out and I shivered against the cold draft swirling in the ornately-designed rustic-style bedroom.The sound of footsteps slapping down the wooden floored hallway had me snapping my neck to the cedar wood door just before it flew open and a red-faced maid sagged heavily against the gold doorframe, the smell of garlic floating pleasantly into the room.“Miss Lady! Miss Lady ho-” The purple and white frocked woman panted, knocking a hand to her chest so that I had to put my hands up t
ALEXANDER“He’s still in there?” Fredrick shrieked and I resisted the urge to press my brother’s lips shut firmly with the tips of my fingers, instead settling for bonking him on the back of the head and shushing him.”Quiet Fredrick! Goddammit! Are you trynna to announce our stakeout or what?” I hissed, throwing the strawberry blonde-haired man a dirty look as he slouched beside me in the driver’s seat, the full line of his mouth scrunched up angrily at my tone but he stayed quiet.Fredrick’s blue eyes were turned away from me, fixed painstakingly on the swinging glass doors of the elite socialite bar that remained empty, much to his chagrin.It was the second time my father had sent me for pick up on one of his late deliveries, agreeing for Fredrick to accompany me as though it were an afterthought.I’d known it was punishment, everyone damn well knew it was punishment for what I'd told Darlene.I hated this petty, weak-ass beta shit. It was the collector's job, something to munch o
ALEXANDER“Please, please don't!” The man from the bar warbled as he scooted back until his back slapped against the matte black BMW noisily.I strode to meet the man slowly, Fredrick’s noiseless football shuffling behind me quietly as the man’s frantic screeches grated my ear.“Help! Please help me! Somebody!” The socialite shrieked, struggling to open the door to his BMW before my hands laced around the starched collar of his suit shirt and I jerked him back, rather roughly, to the granite floor of the bar’s parking lot.“Shut it Cinderella, I don't have time to play guessing games.” I seethed, striking my foot on the hard washboard abs of his midriff as the man whooshed a ball of blood onto the crisp silk linen of his suit.“Good stuff. Must have been expensive,” I hummed grinding my feet into the uneven bumps of his abdomen and grinning when he struck his fist on my boot, barely denting the leather and groaning even more.“Now,” I hissed, throwing up the ace and catching it before