Chapter 18"Nothing important," She stuttered, avoiding his piercing eyes. She truly hoped he hadn't heard everything she said. Her heart thumped hard against her chest."Well, I want to know what it was that made you come this close to me to say," He told her, his hand still gripping hers.Caitlyn realized they were only inches away from each other. She immediately shifted and roughly yanked her hand away from his grip. She stood on her feet and clasped her fingers together behind her. She looked around nervously and hesitated a little before she responded, "I wanted to wake you up. It's late already," She lied with a nervous chuckle.Martin sat upright, not releasing his gaze on her. He had heard all she said. He was sure he didn't hear her wrong. Only that he was too slow-witted to fully understand her words."It's 7 pm already, Mr. Martin," She told him with a forced smile."Did I sleep that long?" Martin asked in surprise and slowly got out of her bed. Caitlyn exhaled, gladdened
Chapter 19"Martin. Son. You're here!" Madam Scarlett exclaimed in a happy voice as she rushed to meet her son. Martin stretched out his hands open with a smile plastered on his face. "My dear boy," Madam Scarlett smiled back as they embraced lovingly. Martin never liked to come home, but he knew he felt the happiest whenever he was home."How are you, mother?" He asked her with shining eyes. His eyes always had a way of showing happiness. Their hands still lingered on each other after their warm hug."I'm very well, son. I'm cooking!" She announced, giggling. Martin raised a brow with a smile. "Really?""Yes, son," She responded and began to lead him to the kitchen, their fingers locked. "Oh, and your brother is home," She informed him as they walked in."Wow, mother. This smells so good," He said and dramatically sniffed the air which made madam Scarlett chuckle. He went to the pot on the cooker and opened it. "It looks good, too!" He voiced out. Madam Scarlett walked to him with
Chapter 20"Can we leave now?" She asked as she shyly tucked her hair behind her ear after noticing that Martin wouldn't stop staring at her. He blinked rapidly and swallowed as he finally got a hold of himself. 'How can she be this beautiful?'"Yeah. Sure!" He stuttered and crossed over to the other side of the car and opened the door. Caitlyn, surprised, muttered a thank you and entered the car while Martin nodded and went back to the other door. He entered and Kickstarted the engine almost immediately. The drive to the venue was void of noise, except for the soft music playing from the speaker. Martin appeared to be focused on the road, but he was stealing glances at Caitlyn's exposed thighs. Without his knowledge, she caught him every time he did. It was hard for her to try to suppress the urge to smile.Thirty minutes into the drive, Caitlyn suddenly felt thirsty. There was bottled water in the car's compartment, but she was unable to ask Martin for it. She swallowed her sali
Chapter 21"Good God!" Caitlyn, startled, muttered within herself. Nearly all the eyes in the room were on her, and she could hear their loud whispering, but couldn't decipher what they were talking about."Relax," Martin said in a low tone and gave her hand a gentle squeeze. She looked up at him and nodded."How are you, sweethearts?" Madam Scarlett finally reached them, and Caitlyn felt soothed by the warm hug the woman gave her after the brief tight embrace with her son. She touched Caitlyn's hair. "You look so beautiful, dear. Radiating, I must confess."Caitlyn looked up at madam Scarlett with a smile that was filled with appreciation. The guests had all turned away their attention from them, and it brought comfort back to Caitlyn."What skincare product do you use, my dear? " Mother?" Martin was shocked at her sudden question. Madam Scarlett eyed him. "I do not remember speaking to you, Martin."She turned her head back to Caitlyn. "Dear, as I was saying.""Mother?" Caitlyn
Chapter 22The party was finally over and Martin and Caitlyn were on their way out after saying goodbye to madam Scarlett. Caitlyn was feeling somewhat shy around Martin after sitting on his thighs until the closing of the party. "Martin!" A female voice that sounded confident and sweet stopped Martin and Caitlyn from taking their final step out of the hall. 'It's probably another business partner. Will they not even let us leave here peacefully?' Caitlyn complained inwardly. Both of them turned fully to face the caller, and Caitlyn's jaw dropped. She looked extraordinarily stunning! She was dressed in the exact way as Caitlyn, but the latter was too busy admiring the woman's face to notice her dress. It was only when Martin's deep voice sounded that she returned to herself. "Veronica." The woman approached them with a smile and stopped only when stood a few inches away from them.Although Martin tried to maintain his cool, Caitlyn could see that he wasn't himself. He let out a h
Chapter 23"Caitlyn?" Lawyer Bernard called as he pushed the door open and walked into Caitlyn's office. He had a file in his hand. "Yes, sir?" Caitlyn answered not taking her eyes off the computer's screen. She was engrossed in whatever she was typing. Lawyer Bernard drew out one of the two seats opposite her and sat down. "Mr. King will be here anytime soon." Caitlyn paused immediately as she sharply raised her eyes to face lawyer Bernard. The man dropped the file on the table. "He'll be coming for that."Caitlyn's eyes lowered to the file as she stretched her hand to pick it up. There was quietness in the office as she brought out the document in the file and ran her eyes through it. "I guess you didn't know about that," Lawyer Bernard spoke out, seeing the surprised look on Caitlyn's face. She turned her eyes away from the paper and faced lawyer Bernard. "Isn't the woman his biological mother?"The man heaved a sigh. "Well, she is. However, some people put their selfish inte
Chapter 24About thirty minutes later, the door opened and Hannah walked in again. Caitlyn paused her typing and raised her head to face her as she stood beside the table. "Mr. Martin King is here..." Caitlyn's heart immediately skipped a beat as she blinked rapidly. "Should I bring him in?"Caitlyn opened her mouth, but she couldn't utter any words. She lifted her right hand to her chest and squeezed her shirt, her eyes shaking and looking around in confusion. She wanted to refuse to see him, but she had no solid reason to do that. Moreover, her boss had already informed her beforehand about Martin's case and also his arrival."Miss Caitlyn?" Hannah called out to Caitlyn. She was truly concerned about her unnatural attitude."Miss Caitlyn, is anything the matter?" The worried lady asked again when Caitlyn didn't respond to her first call.'Seeing him won't kill me,' Caitlyn thought and huffed releasing her grip on her shirt. "Let him in," She suddenly said, sitting upright with he
Chapter 25Caitlyn stayed in the office even after all the workers had closed for the day and went home. Lawyer Bernard didn't return to the firm. The meeting didn't go well, so he had gone straight home afterward. Caitlyn didn't feel like leaving. She was hungry and exhausted from the day's work, but she preferred to make her hands and mind busy until night fell before going home. She concluded that she would be more than tired by the time she arrived at her house, that way, she would eat and go straight to sleep. Now and then, she heaved a sigh. She tried to deny how heartbroken she was, but it was quite an obvious fact. She felt abandoned. "He dumped me as one would do to a piece of used tissues," She muttered quietly to herself. "Such a coward he is." Her fingers began punching the keyboard a little harder as her anger brewed "Otherwise, he would have said straight to my face that our deal is over instead of being an..." In a loud voice that depicted anger and pain. "...assho