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-"

took a step forward. "I thought I made myself explicitly

Cindy found them

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

a smile, but it faltered as awkwardly

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 him. Kage cast a fleeting look

tipped his head towards

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

like hers," Kage's reply

face vanished again. She dropped

dressed like her today." He lowered his eyes to

glanced down at her dress. "It's a

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

past her, going to stand before his

rolled her eyes and

like

as he stood before the dresser, taking off

not good

watch he'd unlocked from his wrist hanging

he set it down on the table.

do you think you'd be good enough to

formed in her throat. Cindy knew that if she

relationship, and you know it. You agreed to being used by me- however I want it. And in return, I let people think you actually have

forcing her legs to stay

me." 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 think

free. She sniffled, stepping back and

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 hoped she could change him, get him to love

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

don't need you here today. Get out." He dismissed her as he

*****

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

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

day, she'd contacted a hacker to help track the number, but it turned out the text had been sent from a burner phone