*RAEES*I had maintained contact with Reid though I haven’t seen him since my kidnapping day. He told me he’s currently out of town on a business and might be until the weekend till he’s back. As soon as work is over, he’s usually the first to call me and we end chatting, teasing and laughing until I get home.I know it’s just a way of securing my safety while keeping up with my energy but I don’t comment on it, and for my parents, two days could not come fast enough.Their flight’s by two pm so I leave work by twelve, chatting with Reid as Benjamin drives me home. I told him about the random free tickets to Fiji Island and he was just as unsure about it as I was but ended up meeting me in the middle that nothing could possibly go wrong as long as they are real tickets, we had them confirmed surely after the duo’s burst of happiness.At twelve something, I arrive at home to see them packing their things into the trunk of the car already, Mum’s case is especially large, while Dad’s is
*RAEES*Work goes smoothly, no incidents or unwanted visitors like the previous day, no liar to come mess with my head or something.As much as I would like to call him and say some very bad things to him, I withhold from doing so because it’s only a waste of my time, the proverbial going back to my vomit.As soon as it is four pm, I pick up my things, ready to leave, I dial Evelyn as I pack up. “Please tell Ben to have the car ready, I am ready to leave.”“Yes ma’am.” She responds before setting down the receiver to do as instructed, she’s been a big help, providing documents as requested and nothing is out of place, at least, not that I have seen just yet.With a handful of documents I plan to peruse before bed, and my bag in my other hand, I exit my office. Evelyn takes the effects from me, walks right by my side till I get to the car downstairs.While entering the elevator, I take the initiative to ask her a few questions. “Do you have a valid private life outside work?”She glanc
*CECELIA*I have been expecting this damned call for hours now, then exactly when I am at the end of my rope, it finally comes in.“Yes Jared?” I start, obviously irritated for him not keeping to time.“I got it, there’s quite a lot of Grahams in the USA, and narrowed down to New York did not exactly make my work easier.”“So…? I am not interested in all these after stories.”“So grumpy already, that’s why I like you, you know? You’re not dumb.”I roll my eyes, choosing to not respond to that particular bit of information. “Have you drafted out the invitation and everything, website, so it’ll feel very real to them?”“Sure, I even added emails and contact info for them to reach out to if they ever need help, I have created the form and before that, it’ll be a spin the wheel interface to draw them in, those are usually pleasing to do even with the doubt of it being a scam at the back of their minds, but as soon as they spin, they will certainly fall on the expenses paid button ant it w
“Look Reid, I know it’s none of your business but I really need your help on this one.” She pleads, her eyes genuine at the very least.“Look ma’am, I really, really can’t help you, especially as Raees is my current girlfriend.”Her eyes shift, first confusion and then realization. Oh, so she did not know about that? That changes things just a little bit.“You’re dating her right now? It hasn’t even one week since they separated? And she’s already in your bed? What a—”“Don’t call my woman names. Her name is Raees and if you have to call her anything, call her by her regular name, you’re in my office after all, be respectful.”“How do you expect me to be respectful to such a woman? Less than a week after separating with Daniel, she’s already sleeping around with you, his cousin at that. How do you not want me to call her names?” Her voice rises several octaves, obviously trying to keep it intact.“Look, if you have the time to be in here ranting about your brother could not keep a goo
*REID*I sigh in content as her car drives outside the gates, it’s time for my own day to actually begin. Going back inside, I spy the documents from the night before on the edge of a couch and I walk over to it. Picking it up, I take a seat and peruse through the documents the thousandth time since I was awarded the contract…Awarded the contract by the former CEO of FG Global Corporation, Mr. Jacob Graham, her own father and unlike the seed that had been planted in her mind about it being a clause in the contract for me to date her, it was an unwritten one.I have known of Raees Graham even before her rebellious phase to marry that black haired junk cousin of mine. If only I could tell her everything right from the start and start over on a clean slate, but there is too much, way too much at stake to let her know, and being the only one of us both who knows the actual truth is more burdening than I could have possibly envisaged.Sighing again, I rise up from the chair to go get prep
With our loud breathing in the hallway, our senses half gone already, Reid musters the strength to pull back, resting his forehead against mine. I open my eyes just a tad bit to see him smiling, eyes closed, and this moment, as simple and irrelevant as it may seem, touches the core of my whole being.“I am going to be a gentleman tonight, maybe even chat into the night, what normal people call the talking stage but seems all of our things manage to happen in the reverse order, night first, then relationship and now, we’re righting things.”I raise one eyebrow subtly, “You want to chat with me? Like, get to know about me?”“Sure.” He shrugs, standing to his full height, “Can’t I?”“Of course you can, it’s just…”He shushes me with his finger, “Let us order in our perfect dinner and some other time when I am properly prepared, I will make you a good dinner out of my own pans and spoons.”“Hm, a man who cooks, cute.” I mutter playfully, turning my back and walking in the direction of the