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-"

forward. "I thought I made myself explicitly clear when I said you couldn't come to the

two more steps towards her. Cindy found them threatening and found herself

back of her neck. "Fine.

faltered as awkwardly

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

his head towards it. "You

pony. "Well, yes. Do you

hers," Kage's reply

smile on Cindy's face vanished again. She dropped her eyes nervously shifting on

not dressed like her today." He lowered

her dress. "It's a jumpsuit,

doesn't wear rompers." His voice remained scokd as he spoke. "She doesn't

walked past her, going to stand before his

She rolled her eyes

looking like

as he stood before the dresser, taking off

not good

watch he'd unlocked from his wrist hanging in

he set it down on the table. "You seem to

to face her, leaning his waist against the table. "If you didn't have a purpose, do you think you'd be good enough to walk through my gates?

her throat. Cindy knew that if she had to say a

didn't we? What we have going isn't a real relationship, and you know it. You agreed to being used

toward her. Cindy sniffed, forcing her legs to stay rooted to the ground

He ran a finger along her cheekbone. "I guess you must be excited having one of your greatest dreams achieved. We may have sex, Cindy, but each time I take you to

tear finally broke free. She sniffled, stepping back and

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

let go of that hope. Kage could continue being cruel, but one day, she'll make him hers. He'll belong only to her and her

need you here today. Get out." He dismissed her as he turned and walked into

*****

at the last sent text in her inbox: 'Why aren't you saying anything? I've been trying to

of the number of messages 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 to

it turned out the text had been sent from a burner phone which