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-"

Cindy." He took a step forward. "I thought I made myself explicitly clear when I said

Cindy found

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

forced a smile, but it faltered

mere 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

hair." He tipped his head towards

she touched the pony. "Well, yes.

like hers," Kage's reply was instant and

again. She dropped her

her today." He lowered

her

rompers." His voice remained scokd as he spoke.

past her, going to stand

eyes glistened with tears. She rolled her eyes and blinked rapidly, forcing

so wrong with looking like me, huh?" She turned to his

as he stood before the dresser, taking off his

I not good

the watch he'd unlocked from his wrist hanging in

table. "You seem to forget the reason

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? I'd have ordered my men to shoot

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

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

to stay rooted to the ground and not

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 bed, I want you to know you're not the one I

broke free. She sniffled, stepping back and

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 had hoped she

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

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

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a weary look in her eyes as she stared at the phone in her hand, particularly at the last sent text in her inbox: 'Why

messages she's sent to her strange texter. It's been three days since she got

the number, but it turned out the text had