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

steps towards her. Cindy found

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

it faltered as awkwardly as it had

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

hair." He tipped his head towards it.

pony. "Well, yes. Do

It's not like hers," Kage's reply was instant and

face vanished again. She dropped her eyes

not dressed like her today." He

glanced down at her dress. "It's a

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

going to stand before

tears. She rolled her eyes and blinked

what's so wrong with looking like me, huh?" She turned

back was facing her as he stood

not

watch he'd unlocked from his wrist hanging in

it down on the table. "You seem to forget the reason you're

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

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

relationship, and you know it. You agreed to being used by

forcing her legs to stay rooted to the ground and not cower

"I guess you must be excited having one of your greatest dreams achieved. We may have sex, Cindy, but each time I take

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.

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

today. Get out." He dismissed her as he turned and walked into his

*****

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

sent to her strange texter. It's been three days since she got the first text from them, and they were yet to reach

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