Derek finished bathing and still without a word to her, went downstairs to have his dinner, Kathleen followed him, why was he ignoring her? She was trying to make peace here, she sat down opposite to him in the dining and watched as his food was dished out for him, when the maid left, he attempted to start eating but Kathleen suddenly grabbed the food from him, "what the..."
"Thank God you finally talked, I thought you've gone dumb" his gaze met hers, "what do you want me to say?" His voice sounded tight to her ears and she ignored the pang she felt."I want you to say you've forgiven me and that you're no longer mad at me" there was tensed silence as he regarded her, her heart beats faster in speculation, he crossed his arms, leaned his back against the chair he was sitting and narrowed his gaze on her, "What exactly am I to forgive you for?"Oh! He wasn't going to make this easy for her, well, she has started it and would have to finish it, "IKathleen heard a knock sounded on her door and a maid, what was her name? Herty, opened the door at her command, "you have a visitor ma'am" she informed Kathleen with her head bowed and Kathleen frowned, she wasn't expecting anyone, "who is it? She asked"He said he's a friend of yours, Stefan by the name" Kathleen's heart thudded, what was Stefan doing here? Derek would be back any moment from now and would think she went back on her promise, she glanced at the maid, "where is he?""In the living room," the maid frowned, "did I do something wrong, ma'am?" She asked unsure if she did the wrong thing by letting him in.Kathleen took a deep breath and shook her head, "it's okay, you can go".Kathleen got dressed and went downstairs, she had to tell him to leave and be firm about it, she doesn't want to offend Derek, in her haste, she almost ran into Marcella who was going towards her room from the kitchen with a glass of juice "watch out" Kathleen quickly apo
Derek's hadn't felt much anger in his entire life, he felt betrayed by the woman he loved, he was such a fool to have fallen for her Innocent looking acts, she was having an affair with Stefan all along, just yesterday, she told him she loved him and today he had caught her with her lover, she had put on such a great show with him and he had fallen for her act, she was all in for his money while plotting to run away with Stefan, he had thought her different but his eyes were now opened to see the truth about her, he carried an almost lifeless Stefan out and threw him outside. Reporters were standing just outside the house and they hoarded him immediately he opened the door, cameras flashed on his face, "Sir what do you have to say about the infidelity of your wife?" One of them questioned and Derek's answering stare had him gulping his saliva in fear, Derek walked to one of them furiously and punched him hard, "get out" he screamed at them and they clampered, he caught one of them s
Dave was having a good time, he had invited some of his buddies for a drink at his house, three showed up but the other two had declined with the reason being that they had some other engagement, he heard the doorbell chimed and opened the door to see a pageboy, he had brought the tabloid asking if Dave would be interested, he declined at first but the corner of his eyes had caught the photographs on the front page and he quickly grabbed it in disbelief, the lady on the photo staring back at him was certainly Kathleen, his run away bride, he quickly paid the pageboy and shut the door on his face, his eyes never leaving the photos, his red rimmed eyes quickly scanned the lines, it said the wife of the only heir to Deloux empire brought in another man to her matrimonial bed and was caught by her husband, one of the photos showed Kathleen wrapped only by a bed quilt, Dave smirked, "scheming little slut" Max, his right-hand man who was already almost drunk regarded him, "who is i
Kathleen was discharged from the hospital, since the day of the incident, she hadn't set her eyes on Derek, neither had he come to the hospital nor called her on phone, she felt depressed, her happy world just came crumbling in a blink of an eye, she wished she could wake up from this terrible nightmare, her precious child was gone and Derek, the love of her life hadn't bothered to come to see her, she flagged down a cab that took her home. She entered the house but met no one at home or so she thought until Marcella came out from the room as if expecting her, she looked at Kathleen with so much hate in her gaze, " why are you back here? She hissed and Kathleen frowned, she was in no mood to face Marcella right now, she was just too heartbroken, so, she made no reply but simply took steps towards the stairs before Marcella blocked her, " you have no shame, you still have the guts to come back here after what you did?"Kathleen felt tears pooled in her eyes, she felt very terrible
Derek's alarm sounded the next morning and he stretched his arms expecting to meet warm flesh as usual but his arms met a cold bed, he opened his eyes and looked at the empty bed, memories of what happened flood into his brain and he closed his eyes as if to put away the pain he was feeling, he desperately wanted to believe her yesterday but he couldn't allow himself to get caught in her lies again, she had been seeing Stefan without his knowledge and had hid it from him and when he had come home that day after receiving those photos, he had heard them discussing, rather planning, she was with him for his money, she might have staged a damsel in distress act in the first place to get him to marry her, afterall, he was a known figure,he was such a fool for falling into her trap and he won't be her fool anymore, he could probably endure the pain of her betrayal but he would not be able to forget the pain of losing his child, he had been so happy thinking that his dreams are finally co
Derek sat in his office, staring at the torn divorce papers on his table, so she had refused to sign the divorce papers, well, he would make her do so, a knock sounded on his door and Jake came in at his command, "what is it, Jake?" He asked not looking up, Jake shuffle on his feet."Someone is here to see you, Nicole by the name" Derek raised his head and looked at Jake, "this is an office, Jake, anyone who wants to see me must have an appointment, you know the rules, why bother me with this?"Jake looked uncomfortable, "I'm sorry boss but she insisted that it was a matter of life and death and when ignored, will affect the company greatly".Derek wondered what Nicole was up to, he contemplated for a moment before nodding to Jake to let her in.She breezed in after a few seconds and Derek regarded her coldly, she sat on the chair in front of him and crossed her legs, making herself comfortable, her eyes moved around his office and she nodded an approval, "nice o
Kathleen paced her small-sized room at the quarters, what was she missing I'm this whole story, where would she start from? Well, Derek had mentioned that Stefan's mother was dead, who was that woman that posed as his mother the other day? She would start from there, she had to somehow clear her name, although, she was still partly to be blamed, she shouldn't have trusted Stefan's offer of friendship, if she had only listened to Derek, she wouldn't be in this mess right now, she had to pay that hospital a visit.Kathleen entered the hospital and entered the fake mom's room, her eyes widened when she saw Kathleen, there was fear and panic in her eyes, " what are you doing here? She whispered to Kathleen, the same fear that Kathleen had seen in her eyes laced her voice."Why did you pose at Stefan's mom to me the other day?" Kathleen asked, not mincing words and the woman's eyes widened, she frowned uneasily, "I...I....don't know what you're talking about""I came here
Kathleen prepared dinner that night, Derek had told the other maids to go on a break that Kathleen would handle everything, even Marcella had come down for dinner. Kathleen promptly set the table and served dinner, she was exhausted and needed her sleep, she had been alone in the kitchen preparing meals that multiple maids do prepare, it took longer than usual. Derek regarded her with a hooded expression as he took his place on the table, she promptly served him his meal, she got to Nicole and hesitated, it hurts her but she had no choice, ignoring the smirk on Nicole's face, she served her and made to leave."Where are you going?" Derek's voice stopped her"Er....to have some rest" his brow shot at her reply"You're not done here and you're about to have some rest?""Do you need anything?" She almost snapped at him, she was drained and almost at her wit's end but she refused to let him see that, it would only make him seem like he has the upper hand, of cause, h