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-"

thought I made myself explicitly clear when I said you couldn't come to the house without

towards her. Cindy found them threatening and found herself

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

smile, but it faltered as awkwardly as it had

boring holes into hers. Cindy felt small under his scrutiny. She crossed

his head towards it. "You changed

the pony. "Well,

hers," Kage's reply was instant

face vanished again. She dropped her eyes nervously

dressed like her today." He lowered his

down at her dress. "It's

voice remained scokd as he spoke. "She doesn't like it. Today, you

past her, going to stand before

rolled her

so wrong with looking like me, huh?"

her as he stood before the dresser, taking

not

he'd unlocked from his wrist hanging

the table. "You seem to forget the reason

her, leaning his waist against the table. "If you didn't have a purpose, do you

formed in her throat. Cindy knew that if she had to say a word, she'd

agreed to being used by me- however I want it. And in return, I let people think you

legs to stay rooted to the ground

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

broke free. She sniffled,

so hard she could taste her blood. Kage's cruelty wasn't new to her. He'd made her understand he could never love her when he offered the deal to her two years ago. Yet, there was a foolish part of her that

being cruel, but one day, she'll make him hers. He'll belong only to

He dismissed her as he turned and walked

*****

the phone in her hand, particularly at the

track of the number of messages she's sent to her strange texter. It's been three days since she got the first text

help track the number, but it turned out the text had been sent from a burner phone