Nine months too late: After divorce by Baby Charlene

Chapter 124

Q

44% +5

"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-"

to pay me surprise visits, Cindy." He took a step forward. "I thought I made myself explicitly clear when I said you couldn't come to

towards her. Cindy found them threatening and found herself retreating on

of her neck. "Fine. I'm sorry, okay?

faltered as awkwardly

inches from her, his eyes boring holes into hers. Cindy felt small under his scrutiny. She crossed her arms to prevent them from shaking before him. Kage cast a

He tipped his head towards

nervously, she touched the pony. "Well,

hers," Kage's reply

Cindy's face vanished again. She

He lowered

Cindy glanced down at her dress. "It's a

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

walked past her, going to stand before his

rolled her eyes and blinked rapidly,

what's so wrong with looking like me,

back was facing her as he stood before the

not

from his wrist hanging

down on the table.

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

that if she had to say

know it. You agreed to being used by me- however I want

to stay rooted to

achieved. We may have sex, Cindy, but each time I take you to bed, I want you to know you're not the one I

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

understand he could never love

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

He dismissed her

*****

look in her eyes as she stared at the phone in her hand, particularly at the last sent text in her inbox: 'Why aren't you saying

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

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