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-"

in no position to pay me surprise visits, Cindy." He took a step forward. "I thought I made myself explicitly

Cindy found them threatening and found herself retreating

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

but it faltered as awkwardly as it

his scrutiny. She crossed her arms to prevent them from shaking before him. Kage cast a fleeting look

hair." He tipped his head towards it. "You

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

Kage's reply was instant and

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

dressed like her today." He lowered his eyes to

Cindy glanced down at her dress. "It's

spoke. "She doesn't like it. Today, you look

walked past her, going

She rolled her eyes and blinked rapidly, forcing the tears

like

he stood before

not good

he'd unlocked from

on the table. "You seem

turned around 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

that if she had to say a word,

agreed to being

toward her. Cindy sniffed, forcing her legs to stay rooted to the ground and not cower away from

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

finally broke free. She sniffled, stepping back and

of her inner cheeks 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

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

today. Get out." He dismissed

*****

she stared at the phone in her hand, particularly at the last sent text

lost track 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

the number, but it turned out the text had been sent