Nine months too late: After divorce by Baby Charlene

Chapter 124

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"What do I do with the dress?" Raphael asked as he and Kage stepped out of the car and began walking towards the house.

Kage was silent, a maid coming to take his jacket as soon as he stepped into the house.

He watched her go off, probably taking it to the laundry room.

"I don't care. I just don't wanna see it around," he grumped.

"Okay," Raphael shrugged. "I'll just stay here and finish what I have to do."

Kage went up the stairs while Raphael settled into the living room, turning on his system.

Approaching his bedroom, his steps slowed when he noticed his door was slightly open. There was someone in his room.

A frown creased his brows. Who dared to enter his personal space?

He walked into the room and found her in front of the mirror, touching her hair.

She turned to look at him and her eyes

lit

up

with a smile.

"Hey! You're home!" Cindy happily approached him.

"What're you doing here?" The ice in Kage's voice made her freeze halfway. "I don't remember having this conversation with you."

"Um... I thought I should surprise you. You know, I had some extra time and-"

"I thought I made myself explicitly clear

Cindy found them threatening and found

know," she nervously touched the back of her neck. "Fine. I'm sorry, okay? I just thought I could do something

smile, but it faltered

into hers. Cindy felt small under his scrutiny. She crossed her arms to prevent them from shaking before

hair." He tipped his head

nervously, she touched the pony. "Well, yes. Do you like

hers," Kage's reply was instant

vanished again. She dropped her

her today." He lowered his eyes

down at her dress. "It's

wear rompers." His voice remained scokd as he spoke. "She doesn't like it. Today, you look just like

walked past her, going to stand before his

glistened with tears. She rolled her

with looking like me, huh?" She

was facing her as he stood before the dresser, taking off

I not good

watch he'd unlocked from his wrist

the table. "You seem to forget

against the table. "If you didn't have a purpose, do you

knew that if she had to say

a real relationship, and you know it. You agreed to

to stay rooted to the ground and

of your greatest dreams achieved. We may have sex, Cindy, but each time I take you to bed, I

finally broke free. She sniffled, stepping back and away from his

could never love her when he offered the deal to her two years ago. Yet, there was a foolish part of her that

to let go of that hope. Kage could continue being cruel, but one

dismissed her as he turned

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stared at the phone in her hand, particularly at

she's sent to her strange texter. It's been three days since she got the first text from them, and they were yet to reach out

she'd contacted a hacker to help track the number, but it turned out the text had been