CHAPTER 25. MR RAPHAEL?The doorbell of Evelyn's apartment kept ringing repeatedly and all she wanted to do at that moment was to curse at whoever was disturbing her peace. She pushed herself from the chair and walked like a drunkard to open the door without trying to look at who it was. Well, she had it in mind that it was Kira but on opening the door…"Hey, Ki…Mr. Raphael?" Her eyes widened and her first instinct was to slam the door against his face which she did automatically. She leaned against it as her heart skipped a beat. She wasn't expecting him at her doorstep looking all enticing…what the hell was she thinking of in this situation?Raphael, who was standing in front of the door, rubbed his creased forehead. Was she taken by surprise? He knocked gently on the door."Miss Evelyn, you are keeping me waiting." He said and a few minutes later, the door was opened and Evelyn poked her head out before stepping out of the house, closing the door quickly. She puts on a smile on her
CHAPTER 26: TRY TO MAKE IT WORK.Raphael managed to calm her down in the meantime. Evelyn continued trembling, nevertheless, she was still clinging to him."What is it, Evelyn? Did you have a bad dream?" He asked softly while she nodded in response."Do you want to tell me what it is all about?" He continued asking. Evelyn looked up at him from the corner of his body that she had hidden her face in. Was this appropriate in the first place? But right now, she just wanted to bear her mind to someone. Evelyn sniffed and proceeded in answering the question."I had a dream about someone snatching my son from me. It was so scary and it…it isn't my first time dreaming about this. Ever since I arrived back here, I have been having multiple scary dreams about my son and I am scared, Raphael…I am really scared…I can't live without my son…he is my life, I just can't." She said and burst into tears again.Raphael wondered what type of luck he had this time around. On one hand, he was trying so ha
CHAPTER 27: A PUNCH.Erica's car's door was opened for her by one of the security men in the compound that actually belonged to her Uncle. Because of the type of jobs that he was into, the security was tightened and none of the men were smiling. They bowed to greet her as she walked into the mansion.Her heels clicked against the tiled floor with confidence as she walked past the workers. A man dressed in a black suit and fully armed met up with her."Where is my uncle?" She asked fiercely."In the private office." He replied and she left for the place.The man stared at her intently as she walked in a huge stride towards the private office. She was the princess of the family and received so much love from her uncle. There were some mysteries about her coming around to the public a few years back. No one knew that Shaft had a niece until recently when she popped out of nowhere in the last few years and made a name for herself with the help of her uncle.She met up to the beauty standa
CHAPTER 28: HE LIKES YOU.Evelyn covered her face with the pillow but it got pulled away from her by Kira with a stern look."Don't think I am here to spend the night with you for nothing sis and I mean it. I just feel like they resemble each other a lot and your son called him 'daddy'.""Can you come off it, Kira? This is not strange…in fact, there is nothing strange about it. I won't lie to you, I saw the resemblance as well but…this is the world. There has been evidence of two people from different angles of the world looking so much alike but having no biological relationship. That's life."Kira nodded along to the provided explanation as she pinched her chin, "I see. That is actually acceptable.""And also, Mr. Raphael is a very busy man and I believe that he won't have time for such a thing. He has his family name to uphold and respect which is very important.""But don't you think that Mr. Raphael can probably be interested in you?" Kira went straight to the question that was b
CHAPTER 29: ONE KISS IS ALL IT TAKES.Though Evelyn had tried reassuring Raphael about her coming to the office the next, she didn't make it and he perfectly understood the reason. She saw that she wasn't stable yet and it would only make her situation worse if she were to go to work.Two days later, she resumed fully. Dressed in her well-ironed smart dress, she proceeded to Raphael's office to hand over to him the presentation that she had come up with. She knocked on the door softly."Come in."Then she entered. Evelyn met him standing across his table with a cup of hot coffee. She suddenly became nervous after remembering Kira's words two days ago."Mr. Raphael, I am done with the papers meant for presentation. I will just put them right here and leave…" She turned around swiftly and was about to dash out."Did I say that you could leave, Evelyn?" He asked and placed his cup down on the table. Her name pronunciation coming from his mouth sounded melodious to her hearing. With her b
CHAPTER 30: CONFESSION.As they returned to the office, Raphael glanced at Evelyn who was looking at the other side, she seemed to be lost in thought. Her face wasn't dull nor was it bright…it just felt in between.He turned to the other side that led to the company. Since he knew he would be going out with her, he told the driver not to mind."Are you alright, Evelyn?" He asked.Evelyn blinked and looked at him before nodding. Guess she needed to start getting used to him calling her informally."You seem lost." He added."I am alright, thank you." She looked at the time, it was past 4 in the evening. Tom must be preparing to come home. It would be great and would also make him happy if she went there to surprise him since Kira was the one who would always go there to pick him up most of the time."If you say so but if you need someone to talk with, I will always be here." He offered."I never knew my boss could be soft-hearted." Evelyn spat out."I am not a monster, Evelyn. I might
CHAPTER 31: INJURED STRANGER."My back." Kira yelped as she gently placed the victim on her bed. She stood straight and rubbed her back as she felt it ached more than she imagined. Where did she even have the strength to lift such a man in the first place? Speaking of him, her eyes landed on his facial features, and damn, even when his face was in the pool of a bloody-stained era, his classic features couldn't be hidden. His pointed nose had it all embedded with Kira's admiration until she snapped out of her thinking. Someone needed medical attention and here she was drooling about how good-looking he was, so terrible of her!She quickly brought out her box of first aid and waited a while for her water to get boiled before she started tending to his injuries. Thank goodness she definitely learned some medical tips from mum if not she would have been staring at the poor man in a dumb manner.She sat beside him and started unbuttoning his clothes, it was already getting dried. She inspe
CHAPTER 32: SUITOR.The next morning, as early as 5, the stranger that Kira had helped fluttered his eyes open. He turned his head slightly on the bed before blinking twice as he tried to get where he was. It was certainly not his room, so he turned his head to his right only to find a drawing board before realizing where he was."Ouch." He winced in pain as he sat, he touched the injury below his waist that had been cleaned and well bandaged. He was shirtless as well. He furrowed his eyebrows before finally placing his legs on the floor. His clothes had been neatly arranged beside him and he wasted no time in wearing them.As he was buttoning the shirt, he walked to the drawing board and saw the drawing of him, his thin lips revealed a tiny smirk. Unfortunately, he had no phone with him so he just let it be.He looked around the room with his hand on his injury. Different artworks were arranged on the wall and those that were yet to be uncompleted were left laying on the floor.The m