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-"

no position to pay me surprise visits, Cindy." He took a step forward. "I thought I made myself explicitly clear when I

her. Cindy found them threatening and found herself

her neck. "Fine.

smile, but it faltered as awkwardly as it

felt small under his scrutiny. She crossed her arms to prevent them from shaking before him. Kage

his head towards it. "You

touched the pony. "Well, yes.

not like hers," Kage's reply

face vanished again. She dropped her eyes nervously

her today." He lowered his

her dress. "It's

voice remained scokd as he spoke. "She

walked past her, going to stand

rolled her

with looking like me, huh?" She

was facing her as he stood before the

not

watch he'd unlocked from his

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

you didn't have a purpose, do you think you'd be good enough to walk

in her throat. Cindy knew that if she

didn't we? What we have going isn't a real relationship, and you know it. You agreed to being used by me- however I want it. And in return, I let people think you

legs to stay rooted to the ground and not cower away

your greatest dreams achieved. We may have sex, Cindy, but each time I take you to

broke free. She sniffled, stepping back and away from

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

cruel, but one day, she'll make him hers. He'll belong only to her and

out." He dismissed

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particularly at the last sent text in her inbox:

texter. It's been three days since she got the first

hacker to help track the number, but it turned out