LOGIN“I said, who did that to you?” Blake asked again, trying to reach for Cassandra, but she stepped back quickly. She was determined to keep her secret. Blake, seeing such wounds, would only give rise to doubt and further questions. Her heart lurched wildly in her chest as she tried to slam the bathroom door shut, but Blake fixed his feet in the doorway, stopping it.“I’m not done talking, Cassandra.” This wasn’t one of those days for Blake; he was beyond tired—he was exhausted and so done with all these schemes and drama that seemed to be happening backstage. In those days, the days he played the understanding husband, the husband who always took a step back as soon as he noticed her discomfort, when he stopped asking when he noticed her unwillingness. He did all that not because he was stupid, but because he was trying to establish some sort of trust in her; he wanted her to open up to him herself.He wanted her to lean on him—to know she could rely on him at any point.But seems
Lance’s eyebrows rose slightly, wondering why a woman was following him in the middle of the night, claiming to have ‘A proposal strong enough to make his engines kick.’ Was this perhaps another scam strategy? Before you know it, she begins to explain something, and then boom, you’re getting robbed.Not today. He shook his head. “What if I tell you I’m not interested?” He asked instead, there was no reason for a woman like herself to be following a man in such a dark alley unless she had ulterior motives, and right now, he wasn’t in the mood to be scammed by an unprofessional woman stalker." He proceeded on his way to his room. "Wait," Natasha’s eyes went wide as she dashed towards him and then grabbed his arms. There was a clear contrast between Cassandra and her cousin Lance. While she was small and timid, this guy was big and brooding—he seemed like he had very limited interests in life. Lance’s blue eyes quickly flickered to the part of his skin where her hands had touched
Cassandra stepped back out of both fear of being caught and surprise, and Blake’s eyes narrowed noticing the way her body shook but he remained waiting for her response. “Cassandra?” He called, and she felt herself shake.“It was an accident.” She lied, trying to control the tremor in her voice, but seems like Blake picked it up. “I didn’t look where I was going, and I bumped into something, I didn’t even know it would scar.” She covered it quickly with her hands, and Blake’s eyes narrowed in confusion, it didn’t look like a scar from a bump, it looked like someone grabbed her, and probably struck her there. His eyes narrowed, there seemed to be something wrong with her.“Okay.” He simply said as he stepped back noticing how uncomfortable she is. “I should leave for you to change.” He leaves the room, this isn’t the first time he felt something suspicious right after she comes back from seeing Lance, there is something about them that makes him uncomfortable, like their relationshi
“That is impossible.” Cassandra got up in an instant her heart pounding in her chest, it felt as though she was punched in the face by the cruel words that left Lance lips; there was hardly anything he wanted that he never got. The golden child of her uncle’s family, and that is why he is so entitled to having everything, but this time around, she doesn’t think she could ever unhand the ray of hope she now has. Blake has made life worth living, and even she could dare to say, he made life easier to live.How could she divorce him?“What makes it so?” He pressed his lips together, his other hand stroking his chin. “Cassie. What did I say about refusing me?” “Lance, I can’t divorce my husband.” She put it to him, in a more confident tone. “We are married, and your parents won’t ever allow us be together; moreover, this is wrong, we have to stop.” He paused for a while, his icy blue eyes focused on her trembling body, and then he let out a mocking laughter, Cassandra flinched slightly
“You seem sad,” Blake noticed; his cold voice breaking the silence as he reached for the mayonnaise on the table, for some reason that was his favorite bed spread, and he enjoyed it, even though most people called him weird for it. Cassandra’s eyes snapped towards him in shock, she had completely zoned out. “Is anything the problem?” He noticed from the way she spooned her food without taking any bite in particular, it was unnerving, watching her lost in thoughts over breakfast. “Grace told me your uncle came here, while i was away.” He reminded and and she swallowed down a huge lump in her throat. “Is anything the problem?” “Um… no.” She started, the words hung in her lips, she was dying to tell him what had truly transpired, she knew if she told him her uncle was trying to force her to give out her rights to her father’s company; he would help her. But at the same time, she risk losing everything; her uncle might decide to tell Blake the truth, and she would lose all hope, and
“Do you think I don’t know what’s going on with you and Lance?” He suddenly deadpanned, and Cassandra’s eyes widened in shock, and her eyes worriedly darted towards Grace standing in the distance… She wondered if Grace could hear their discussion, and then shook her head, nearing her uncle she grabbed him. “Don’t talk so loudly,” She snapped as she grabbed his shoulder dragging him to the farthest corner of the room, away from the ears of the maid. “So, it is true,” Uncle Nico had expected her to deny it, but knowing Cassandra, she wasn’t the type of person to lie. “I took you in, took care of you, provided for you, and this is how you pay me back. Sleeping with my son, aren’t you shameless?”“I am not sleeping with your son because I want to,” since her uncle was the one bringing it up, maybe if she confesses to him, he can do something about it. Like making sure Lance stars clear of her. “He threatens me, he hits me, I can’t refuse him.”“You know what you are accusing my
As she had expected Blake didn’t touch her, even though what she needed was something to remove the ill feeling from her mind, but she realized Blake wasn’t that kind of person.He wasn’t the kind of person to take advantage of the situation, instead he wanted to know what was wrong and would propo
Cassandra couldn’t express the joy in her heart when Blake dismissed her family.A small smile tugged at her lips as she met eyes with Lena who had a scowl on her face. It was the most satisfying thing ever. “Thank you.” She muttered and Blake shook his head as he pulled her to sit. “H-How did y
A sudden gasp escaped her lips as Cassandra opened her eyes, a short burst of air rushed in her throat, she felt cold eat up her skin, and her eyes opened instantly.“Ugh!” She groaned as she picked up herself from the ground, she felt excruciating pain crawled up from her spine, towards her ribs.
Cassandra’s breath shook as she bit down on her lips, if Blake knows that she lied, then did he also know the reason she lied. She felt her heart tightened in her chest, knowing she had been cornered.“Why did you lie?” He asked and she remained silent. “If you wanted to go see your cousin, you did







