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"Delancy," The hairs on my skin rose when he said my name. I paled and stared at him dumbfounded but he beamed at me. "I'm not judging you or anything, we all do things for the stuff we want. I'm sure you and I aren't that much different from each other."He pulled my hand and brought me even closer to him, his strong, expensive cologne almost choking me."How do you know?" I muttered, still heavily shocked and confused.Didn't Kerrick say no one else besides us and our fathers knew?Stephen stared contemplatively at me as if he wasn't understanding what I was asking."I'm very close to Mr. Matthau." He simply said."Close?""Yes, very close. I'm one of his most trusted employees and he even treats me like his son.""His son? Kerrick is his son! How can you stand in front of me talking this rubbish?""Calm down, I didn't mean it in an offensive way." He said laughing, obviously trying to stir up my emotions. "Though if you do ask anyone here, they would say your father-in-law favors
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"I'm not surprised he didn't tell you." He looked me over then threw his head back and laughed. "I asked him to find a wife before I could consider him for a certain proposition. After I introduced you to him, he agreed to go ahead with my idea of a marriage, so I guess you're here because of that.""You mean, I agreed to marry him even before he agreed to marry me?""Well yes, if you want to put it that way.""Why didn't you tell me?" I asked, staring at the floor wide-eyed and ashamed to meet his gaze."Delancy I'm a business man, not a preacher so you have to expect that I'll do what's in my best interest."My gaze flicked back to him but I couldn't believe what he was saying. How could someone be so callous and harsh without batting even an eyelash?Did I really sacrifice my life for this? Did I give up everything for something so small?Humiliation, embarrassing, loneliness and pain - I endured it all with Kerrick and he was only using me?Did I give up my life with my father and
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I sat a few inches away from Kerrick, watching him type on his laptop. His eyes were trained on the screen intently and he seldom looked away expect when he was taking up more papers to type."Kerrick, why do you have to do that?""It's for a proposal I'm working on.""I mean typing, don't you have an assistant at work to do it for you?""I don't need one." He replied stiffly, without meeting my eyes.I frowned at him and he faintly looked over at me then back to his laptop."I think you do need an assistant, so you can leave all this work at the office.""No," he sighed. "That still wouldn't make it any easier. I would have to constantly go back and forth between here and there whenever I need something and I don't have time for that.""I still think it would be better."He closed his laptop and got up, obviously not interested in continuing the conversation anymore.It was frustrating, watching him work without any interest in anything else - including me. I didn't want to protest b
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"You don't have to do that." I spoke as I rubbed the back of my hand and stared at Kerrick closely."Tend to your burn, I'll finish dinner."He stirred the pot and lowered the flame beneath as bubbles of steam rose from it."Kerrick, I can still do it." I objected while reaching for the spoon."It's already done." He pulled back and stopped me. I gave up and sighed before going over to the sink and turning the tap on over my hand."Don't do that.""Why?""Cold water will only irritate it more." He scooped hot noodles into the dishes on the counter then poured warm sauce over it. "There's an ointment in the medicine cabinet in the bathroom, use that.""Okay."He brought the plates to the table but I didn't move until his eyes landed on me."What is it?""How is it that you can cook?"He narrowed his eyes and sighed before sitting back in his chair."I'm not as useless as you think I am.""That's not what I meant.""Then why would you ask a question like that?"I looked down at my sting
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I stared at the ceiling blankly, having nothing much to do except wait for Kerrick to come home. I rolled on my stomach and sighed before jumping off the bed and going downstairs.Having no one to talk to felt strange and even though I was living with Kerrick for a good while, I still didn't adjust to it. I slouched on the couch for a while before a thought came to me. I could just call back home.I picked up the phone and rang Samantha and Victoria and before I knew it, we were laughing and talking non-stop. Warm feelings filled my chest as we talked about old memories and brought up more recent things and gossip. It was really funny that even though we were distances apart, it was as if I was still in my father's store and they just stopped by to talk.Eventually, I was upstairs again, sitting on the floor and talking to Daniel this time. We were generally just speaking about my father and the store but it really made time fly, especially since talking to him could easily wipe away
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Kerrick wasn't beside me when I woke up, still physically and mentally aching. I sat on the edge of the bed, watching my tears make small, damp spots on the carpet by my feet as they slipped down my face.My eyes were swollen from crying all night and my back was stiff but I was able to sit up straight enough, even though I had a little difficulty at first. I pulled myself on my feet slowly, my legs cramping a bit but I carried on anyway. I went to the bathroom and splashed water on my face then looked in the mirror before grimacing when I saw just how drained I look. A ghost of my former self.I squeezed my eyes shut and saw Kerrick's uncaring face, my knees buckled and I felt so angry, weak, and frustrated, I wanted to smash my hand in the mirror but I pulled myself together. After a moment, I finally made my way downstairs, my steps crooked yet steady. I looked around the room for Kerrick but only found his desk scattered with papers before I realized he was gone. I stared at my fe
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My eyes were trained on Kerrick the whole time he was typing on his laptop, his calm expression leaving me in wonder. I was sitting adjacent to him, studying his every movement carefully just hoping he'd reveal something to me.When his eyes caught my staring ones, I averted my gaze quickly and pretended I was looking at something else."You've been staring at me for a while." He finally said after an extended moment of silence."It's nothing." Heat flushed over my face, and I stared at my hands."Oh.""I um," I started. "I was thinking about last night."He closed his laptop and stared at me deeply and my face nearly melted from the amount of heat coloring it just because of his eyes. The atmosphere around us becoming a little awkward."What exactly?" He questioned."It was different."He didn't look too surprised by my answer and oddly it was as if he knew I was going to say that.I was so afraid, but somehow the way his fingers grazed my skin ignited my body. He was gentle with me
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"Kerrick, please," I begged. "Come to bed."He looked straight at me and turned back to his work, obviously trying to lock me out. When I said I was going to be there for him, I meant for support in his work not what he was doing to himself.For the past few days he rarely slept and he seldom rested or took a break. I knew what he was doing was important to him but I couldn't support him self-destructing like this."Delancy, I have a lot of work to do. I can't stop now." He said without meeting my eyes.I knew his hands must've been cramping and his neck was probably stiff, along with the fact that it was after one in the morning and he was working since daylight the day before."I know it's important but what about your health?" I reasoned. It hurt watching him work like that and it almost remained me of when my father used to stay up late, trying to sort out things for the store."I'll worry about that after I've done all my work.""And when is that?""You should get some sleep." He
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