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All Chapters of TEMPTING THE LONER: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50
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TEMPTING THE LONER/Runo J Uwerhiavwe
- CAMERON- “While I am impressed by your enthusiasm to know her, I am not willing to dive into such discussions with a pregnant woman.” Hormones do act crazy at that stage. I don’t want to have someone crying on my neck. Mason, Emily’s husband, will not be happy. Just to be clear, Mason Anchester Kabello is his full name but I refer to him as Anchester most times. “Oh puh-leeze! I’m pregnant not unable to listen to interesting gossip, spill, spill.” Emily urges, sticking to my side. Her small hands tugs at the sleeve of my suit gently as she looks at me. I don’t return her gaze, I’m not inclined to. “You’re not even looking at me!” Her voice makes me lower my gaze. She sounds sad. On a normal day, I would discard it and tag it as she trying to baby voice me to do her whims but now that she’s pregnant, it could actually be her hormones acting out and escalating every single thing she feels. I hope not. Oh, this is bad, how does one respond to a pregnant woman? One who’s h
Last Updated : 2024-12-25FORTY ONE
TEMPTING THE LONER/Runo J Uwerhiavwe
- ISOBEL - I brush my hair backwards, fixing my makeup and getting all dolled up in front of the full wall mirror in my hospital room. Nina got it for me. Along with good clothes which I am putting on right now. My eyes fix on the perfectly laid hospital bed that once housed my body and the folded hospital clothes on top of it through the mirror. I make a face. I won’t miss this place. I sure as hell won’t miss what it did to my mind that night when Nina alerted me of taking care of A. Should we still refer to him as that now that he’s out of the way? I can’t tell, but knowing there is no ‘family home’ to go back to and no toxic stepbrother monitoring my every move while making my life hell is the most relaxing thing to ever happen to me. I take a deep breath, rubbing lipstick on my bottom lip. A subtle curl appears at the end of my lips as I soak in how well the colour suits me. Red is definitely my colour, it depicts certain parts of me quite adequately. A deep breath leaves m
Last Updated : 2024-12-26FORTY TWO
TEMPTING THE LONER/Runo J Uwerhiavwe
- CAMERON - I just spoke with Emily’s husband. It’s adviced she stays in the hospital till her due date. Of course she hates the sound of that but there’s not much of a choice to bargain on. She was lucky I was present when this happened to her. I don’t want to even think about how much worse it would’ve been if I wasn’t here. I sigh, walking out of her hospital room. Seeing her get ridden on a bed into the hospital scared me. It gave me a strange sense of Deja vu I never experienced. It made me think of my father. . . . think of his death despite not being there to witness it. For once, today in my life, I was afraid of losing someone I hold dear and trust me, worry is not something I’m accustomed to. A vibration in my pocket makes me dip my hand inside to grab my phone. I have several messages from my siblings, from The Lawyer and one from Isobel. I massage my temples with my fingers before staring at my phone screen again. The only person I want to respond to right now is t
Last Updated : 2024-12-27FORTY THREE
TEMPTING THE LONER/Runo J Uwerhiavwe
- ISOBEL - I’m in a bar. The bar of a club to be precise and I’m here with Nina, she’s not by my side right now but she’s in this very club with me. A smile purses on my lips as I soak in the extravagance of the club as well as the colour changing lights. It’s quite odd that the first place I go to after my newfound freedom is a bar, but I still can’t comprehend the fact that I’m free and pulling an all nighter in a club without being reprimanded or getting threat texts from my family or anyone else and this proves a lot of things. I shove my head to the side, enjoying the beat of the music harmonising throughout my body, I’m not drunk, but tonight, I think I will be. All for the fun of it. All for the feel of it. My excitement is through the roof right now and nothing. . . And no one is going to ruin that. I bring my hand holding a glass of whiskey to my face and slurp down large portions of it down my throat when I feel the presence of someone near me. It’s a female, A
Last Updated : 2024-12-28FORTY FOUR
TEMPTING THE LONER/Runo J Uwerhiavwe
- CAMERON - I get out of my car, slamming the door hastily while checking my phone to know I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be. This is the right location. I dip my phone into my pocket, walking out of the car park of the club. Anastasia better hope I don’t find her. She’s in for something, that’s for sure. “Your fee, mister.” A man welcomes me at the entrance of the club, face hard and rugged as he could make it to be. He looks like a pro bouncer. Between the two of us, I know one blow is all it takes to get him on the ground but I didn’t come for violence. My reputable presence is too much of status to tarnish. I hold my credit card out, signifying that I’m ready to pay the bill when someone walks out of the club holding a drink. She has too much of a huge smile plastered on her face for what she’s done. “Cameron!” Ana beams, walking to me. “Finally, you arrived it.” She staggers onto me, hanging her arms on my shoulders to give the illusion that she’s drunk. I raise a br
Last Updated : 2024-12-30FORTY FIVE
TEMPTING THE LONER/Runo J Uwerhiavwe
- ISOBEL -I am uncomfortable. Normally, clubbing is a breeze for me because I barely experience it but tonight seems different.I don’t take pills so I know I have no reason to be high, yet for some reason I feel high. My head is foggy and it feels like if I move, I’ll slump to my death. Believe it or not, but I’m too young to die and I don’t wish death on anyone but Cain. My eyes plaster every being before me as it wanders around the club for the umpteenth time this night. There has been no sign of Nina since that lady I mistook for Nina approached me and I haven’t had another drink since then, I’ve just been waiting till Mother Nature knocks some sense into Nina to come back to me because I don’t think I’m in the right state of mind to use a phone and the last thing I want is for it to be stolen. Not when I had a day as good as this one.I sigh, closing my eyes shut and peering it back open, trying not to falter. I can’t sleep and I can’t leave either. Being here just sucks. I fe
Last Updated : 2024-12-31FORTY SIX
TEMPTING THE LONER/Runo J Uwerhiavwe
- CAMERON - I wish I carried my gun. I’ve never had the urge to murder someone as much as I do now. I remember hearing his grunts as my blood stained fist plummeted into his face. I remember the ecstasy and excitement that came with serving justice with my own hands. I hated it but it felt refreshing. If there wasn’t a lady who needed my care in that instant, I fear I would’ve broken more than just his face. I would’ve ensured that every bit of his insufferable body was pulverised till it would render him paralysed for life. My eyes rests on the collapsed figure slumped on the passenger seat. She’s completely blacked out. The more I look at her, the angrier I get. I’m pissed off at the untrained, ill mannered mongrel who roamed freely in the club and approached her and I’m pissed off that she left herself defenceless and drunk when she knows how dangerous people creeping in her environment are. How can someone be so careless? Why the fuck does her action faze me this much w
Last Updated : 2025-01-02FORTY SEVEN
TEMPTING THE LONER/Runo J Uwerhiavwe
- NINA - I’d hate myself later. My phone is on silent and it’s safely kept in the silver purse hanging down from my wrist in front of me as both my hands support it on my thighs as I watch the scene unfold in front of me. I should be in the club but I’m with my father and I dare not touch my phone. I dare not let myself, his heiress, get distracted during a job. It is both unsightly and unfitting for someone like me. And that’s why I have been ignoring every buzz or light up of my phone screen because I know what these notifications could be. No, not what they could be but what they are. Isobel is probably trying to reach me. I constantly remain scornful towards myself but I’d rather be scolded afterwards by Isobel than scolded by my father. He must not sense any bit of hindrance or weakness in me and never in front of his men. The excruciating groan of the man in front of us reverberates in my ears, causing my bland eyes to rest on him. Tied to the ground with thick, bro
Last Updated : 2025-01-03FORTY EIGHT
TEMPTING THE LONER/Runo J Uwerhiavwe
- NINA - I am worried. ‘Where are you?’ I text for the fortieth time this night. Yes, I got so desperate that I actually counted how many times I’ve texted her without getting a response from her side and none from the unknown caller either. Considering Isobel didn’t text me herself, I assumed she got drunk and probably asked someone else to do the calling but how can I stay sane when neither she nor the person in question is answering my calls? I’m concerned. Very concerned. I dial her number again and hold my phone to my ears, listening to each ring. The moment the typical recorded, electronic message resounds through the phone, I hang up immediately. ‘Where are you?!’ I text, espying over the car park and the front of the club that’s accessible to my view from here. ‘I’m outside waiting. Please,’ I stare for a considerable long time at my incompletely typed message on my phone. I take a deep breath then proceed to type it further. ‘Call me. I’ll be out for an extra hou
Last Updated : 2025-01-05FORTY NINE
TEMPTING THE LONER/Runo J Uwerhiavwe
- ISOBEL - I groan. I feel my brows narrowing and easing off on my face continuously and my eyes are still closed. I turn my head to the side. It rests in the softest pillow I’ve ever laid on. This is when I open my eyes. A subtle gasp leaves my lips. I don’t know where I am. My eyes drapes over my body, neatly tucked in a duvet on a super king sized bed. I raise the duvet covers up to gaze at my lower half. I’m not dressed as usual was yesterday. My fingers squeeze the duvet. Someone changed me into these clothes. My eyes still linger on my body as I try to think. Suddenly, everything flashes in. Like a bad memory, I can picture the events of my night. I was drunk and vulnerable then a man approached me. . . I feel awful. . . The man was getting handsy and deliberately choking me of air till my senses were losing touch of my environment. I remember him being all over me, then I fainted. My heart is starting to beat faster. Did he. . . I think I’m going to puke, a hand
Last Updated : 2025-01-06
