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-"

me surprise visits, Cindy." He took a step forward. "I thought I made myself explicitly

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

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

faltered as awkwardly

his scrutiny. She crossed

hair." He tipped his head towards

the pony. "Well,

hers," Kage's reply was instant

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

dressed like her today." He lowered his eyes to

at her

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

past her, going to stand

eyes glistened with tears. She rolled her eyes and blinked

so wrong with looking like me, huh?"

he stood before the dresser, taking off his

I not

from his wrist hanging

he set it down on the table. "You

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 my gates? I'd have ordered my men to shoot

in her throat. Cindy knew that if she

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

to stay rooted to the ground and not cower away

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

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

crossed, her teeth digging into the flesh 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 her two years ago. Yet, there was a foolish part of her that had

to 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

you here today. Get out." He dismissed her

*****

hand, particularly at the last

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 her

the number, but it turned out the text had been sent from a burner phone