Derek stood by the window facing the flower garden, his mother's garden, he had not stepped foot in it since her death, when he was a little boy, that was his favorite place, he spent most of his day in the garden with his mother picking flowers or tending to them, he always go there whenever he was confused about something, right now he was confused, his brow furrowed in a frown, after Stefan called Kathleen that morning, he had given instructions to one of his guard to watch her closely and report anything suspicious to him, he had wanted to find out first hand if she was still seeing Stefan, although, the guard had called him when he was driving home and informed him of her every move, he was curious as to why she would be the one to go for grocery shopping and decided to go there, he had arrived there just in time to overhear her little conversation with Stefan, her words echoed in his ears, "I'll prefer the devil himself than be with someone like you, you disgust me" she had sh
Derek was preparing for his trip, which he had booked for his flight, and was just finishing up with his tie when his phone rang."Hello," he said to the receiver"Hello Sir, I did as you ordered, he actually placed some calls, someone is coming to bail him soon, what do you propose we do? We can't keep him here for long""I'll be there shortly, I want to be there to see who'll bail him""Alright sir" Derek ended the call, his face grim, he wanted to see who will bail him out. He had run a background check on Stefan and found out that he had just an uncle as his family who happens to own J&E jewels, a renowned Jewellery company and Stefan works for him. His uncle had sent him here the day he threw that party. He was representing his Uncle who couldn't make it because he suddenly had some business to attend to, right now, Derek had spoken to his Uncle to give him some time with Stefan and not bail him out. so he knew that J&E Jewels weren't the
Derek landed at the airport, he couldn't wait to reach home, he needed to talk to Kathleen, he had spent three days on his trip and now he was just grateful that he was back and in a few minutes, he would see Kathleen, he had missed her terribly, he could only hope that she would forgive him. He had been trying to reach her but her line wasn't going through, she was obviously still pissed with him, he sighed, he does not blame her for being angry with him for he was even angry with himself. His driver came with his Ferrari to pick him up, he closed his eyes throughout the drive home, thinking of the lines of speech he would use to ask for her forgiveness when he reached home.Kathleen came back to the inn exhausted, it's been three days now since she was looking for a job but couldn't find one, she never knew looking for a job could be this difficult, she was gradually running low on her ten dollars, Mrs. Moores looked at her with sympathy, "no luck?"Kathleen shook her
The inn was busy that night as usual and Kathleen did her best to reply to their orders, Mrs. Moores was grateful to her for she made it easier on her, some of the men looked at Kathleen lustfully but she always find a way around it and in the end, they'll just become friends with her.It was past midnight and the guests were beginning to leave one after the other, some gentlemen left tips for her and she was grateful when they all left, Kathleen helped Mrs. Moores clean up the place, she was dead tired and her eyes aches, a good sleep would cure that aches."I must commend you, you're very hard-working" Mr. Moores whistled, he counted their sales for the day and gave Kathleen three dollars, that would carry her for the week, she was grateful and smiled broadly.Mr. Moores locked the door to the inn and his wife leaned on him as they bade her goodnight and walked to their room.Kathleen watched them go with a wistful look, she had been so busy throughout the day that the
"Your wife?" Mrs. Moores echoed, her eyes widening in realization, why hadn't she recognized her sooner, Kathleen watched her hurt gaze and felt sorry, of cause, she would be hurt that Kathleen hadn't confided in her with something like that, she quietly left and Kathleen turned to Derek, her heart skipped at his masculinity, his blue eyes bored into hers, "I'm here to take you home"Kathleen suddenly busied herself with cleaning the table, "it's no longer my home, I've moved out"Derek suddenly grabbed her hand, jerking her towards him, she fell on his lap and she gasped, "I said, you're coming home with me" her face grew hot, "no I won't, I like it here, no one is waiting for me to make mistakes so as to jump on me and I do not need to explain myself every time to any"Derek frowned at her insinuation, "I think we should discuss more about it when we get home"Kathleen pushed against him, trying to break free from his grasp, "I said I am not going with yo
"what?" Kathleen gasped at his words, he looked around the tiny room and bed, how on Earth could she stay in a place like this? The space is like a rat hole and he knew he won't find it the least bit conducive but she had refused to come with him so he had no choice but to stay here instead, "you're not staying in my room".His gaze raked her, "why not, we are married, aren't we?""Married and about to divorce" she replied tightly and his eyes darkened with unnamed emotions, "Is that what you want? A divorce"She stared at him, tears clouded her vision and he cupped her face, kissing away the tears from her cheeks, "because I don't want a divorce" Kathleen's heart did a skip at his words, "I know the whole truth now, I know you are innocent""How did you find out?" He looked at her, pained, "it doesn't matter how I came to know, what's important is that I know you're innocent", the pain of it all came back to Kathleen, she felt wronged, she had lost her precious
Kàthleen sulked on the way home, Derek glanced at her from the corner of his eyes, he knew she was angry but he was just too happy that she was going home with him to care about that, they arrived at Deloux castle and she got off and walked into the house. Derek quickly ran after her, leaving his car for the driver to park well, he caught up with her just as she entered the house, he grabbed her arm and turned her to face him, "just why are you so angry?" He demanded, two angry spots showed on her cheeks as she glared at him, "you were flirting with those ladies, right in front of me"Wow, so that was where her anger was coming from, his gaze held amusement at her obvious jealousy, "I'm sorry, they just look so beautiful" she slapped his arms, "you're such a flirt" she gritted and he shrugged offhandedly, "I'm a sucker for beautiful ladies, you can't blame me, perhaps in future, I'll flirt with them at your back and never in front of you" Derek's tone was light as he said it but
It's been two weeks since her return and Derek had been loving and attentive, they went out on a date and spend much time enjoying each other's company. It was one of the happiest times of her life, she was practically glowing as she basked in the attention he showered on her, she smiled as she stretched lazily on bed, Derek had gone to the office very early, he had an urgent meeting to attend to but had promised to return as soon as he can, her stomach growled reminding her it was late morning, she quickly got out from bed, brushed her teeth and took a warm bath before going downstairs for her breakfast, she wolfed down the food hungrily, she had observed that for the past few days, she was always hungry and eating a large amount of food, she shrugged off the thought, maybe her appetite had changed after spending time downtown always thinking of what to eat, so her stomach was more open now to accommodate more food.She carried a glass of sparkling juice, it has always been he
Derek stood still as the doctor's words rang repeatedly in his ears, Kathleen hissed and he glanced at her, one question ringing in both their minds, who could have done it? Kathleen's heart constricted painfully at the thought that someone hated her so much, enough to want to kill her, her mind wandered to Marcella and Nicole but would they go that far as trying to kill her? Other than them she couldn't think of any other person that might want her dead, she looked at Derek, he had become pale, he must be so affected by the news.Derek came close to her and took her hand in his, "I'll find out whoever is behind this, you don't have to be afraid, I won't let any harm come to you" Kathleen swallowed at his solemn promise, "who do you think might want me dead?""We'll have to find out," he said quickly but Kathleen could see the truth in his eyes, he was thinking the same as her, he too was suspecting the same people she had in mind. Derek cupped her cheeks in his palm