His and only his Cali

After crying for almost half an hour, Cali got out of the washroom and went inside her cubicle. She could not work anymore today as she was so emotionally drained. So, she decided to take the remaining day off. She was shoving her stuff inside her handbag when Jas came in. "Cali, what happened? Are you alright? Where are you

going?" She asked all in one go. She was trying to avoid eye contact with her as her eyes were still swollen due to all the crying.

"I am alright, Jas. It is just that I have to go somewhere urgently, so I am taking the half day off." She said as she continued to put her things in her bag. Yes, she urgently needed to go home and lock herself in her room. Jas just nodded. She didn't care much about anything or anyone other than herself, and Cali knew it. But still, she was the only one who behaved well with her even after knowing that she was poor and orphan.

"Okay. Well, I came here to tell you that I am going on a vacation with my boyfriend. We are going tomorrow. I will be off for a week." She said excitedly. Making Cali halt in whatever she was doing. Oh, so Cain and she are going on a vacation? That, too, for a week?

She looked up at her and asked, "So, you and Cain are going on a vacation?" She asked, trying her best to sound excited. Jas shook her head, making Cali frown.

"No, I am not going with Cain. He is always busy, you know, right? I am going with Damien." She said as if it was nothing. But for Cali, it was, he was her everything. So, she asked, "What are you saying? Isn't Cain your boyfriend?"Yeah, he is. The official one, but just for now. You know me, Cali. I don't do relationships and all. And Cain too knows it. So, I am just enjoying my life and there is nothing wrong." She explained. Cali's mouth was touching the floor. Yes she knew Jasmine. She was a type of girl who would want as many boyfriends as she could have, but being in a serious relationship was not her thing. But she said Cain knew it too. How come he didn't stop her? Did he not love Jas like he claimed he did infront of her? All these questions were running inside her head but she could not bring herself to

ask Jas any of those. "Hey, what are you thinking?" Jas asked, frowning.

"How come Cain didn't stop you even after knowing this?"

She blurted out before she could stop herself. She mentally facepalmed. Now Jas would probably think why in God's name, she was suddenly so interested in her love life with Mr. Cain Hutton. Jas' expression suddenly changed as if she just realized what she said. She was looking at Cali with wide eyes. And Cali was looking down as she didn't want Jas to start judging her.

"Uhh...what I meant to say is Cain knows about me not being serious about our relationship but he doesn't know about me having another boyfriend already. So, please don't tell anyone about this. Please." She said desperately. "Ofcourse, I won't tell anyone about this. You are my friend,

Jas." Cali said assuring her. She released a sigh of relief. "Thank you Cali." She said giving her a tight smile. "But please, don't do this to Ca...Mr. Cain. He does not deserve it. I mean, no one deserves anything as such. You should tell him first that you are not interested in having a relationship with him. Okay?" She said as she could not even imagine seeing him hurt, even if he hurt her.

"Ofcourse, I will. But after I return from my vacation. Will that be fine?" Jas asked and Cali nodded at her.

"Okay, then. Bye." After that, Jas was gone, leaving Cali immersed in her own thoughts. She was feeling bad for Cain. He didn't know about Jas' intentions.

*****

After getting out of Cali's cubicle, Jasmine felt relieved. She had almost blurted out the truth about her and Mr. Cain's pretentious relationship. Thank God, she was able to handle it in time, otherwise what she would have said to Mr. Cain?

But the thing she still didn't get was why Mr. Cain was doing this? Did he want a certain someone to get jealous by seeing them together? But who that person could be? She was itching to ask those questions to Mr. Cain, but she didn't have the courage to do so. Although she was happy that she was getting a very decent paycheck other than her salary. But still she wanted something more.

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He was sitting on his swivel chair inside his office, holding some papers trying to concentrate on his work. But his mind kept going back to the scene that had occured in the ladies' washroom a while ago.

Was he a bit too much hard on her? Did she cry too much after he was gone from there?

"But you are my husband!"

A ghost of a smile was formed across his beautiful set of lips when he reminisced the sentence said by her. That was what he wanted to hear from her. That he was her husband. Now that he finally heard it from her mouth, he would plan something else to let her submit infront of him and to tell him that she didn't want his property or his fortune but him, only him. And he would do it, at any cost. Smirking at his evil thoughts, he started thinking of various other ways to torment her until she would submit herself to him. Because, she was his. Yes, his and only his. His Cali. Mrs. Cali Cain Hutton. At that thought, a warm feeling invaded his chest. God, he could not wait to claim her as his. But before that, he had to make her compliant. Then, the image of her crying badly in the washroom back then, came into his mind. Guilt washed over him as he remembered how harsh his words were which he directed towards her. He didn't mean any of it in actual. How could he consider their love making as a mistake, when he was dying to do it again. Yes, he was under the influence of alcohol which gave him the courage to do it with her after waiting for so long. And he remembered every single detail of that night, because even if he was drunk, he had it in control. After that night, he didn't go home for ten days now, because he knew that he won't be able to control himself after seeing her in their bedroom in her nightie. He was now reminiscing that eventful night when they made love for the first time. It was the night when he took her virginity, and she took his, and they made sweet and passionate love to each other. And now he wanted to do it again, and he would, but before that, he had something to break. Not her, but her so-called ego.