Mag-log inI squinted at the sharpness. After a few minutes in the dark, the light hurt my eyes. “Mr... Mr Kai?” I blinked at the shocked call from Mary as my eyes took in the room. Four couches surrounded a coffee table full of empty beer bottles and a few unopened ones. Stein was curled up on the floor with his back against the couch facing the door. His shirt was untucked, and his hair was a mess. He had a bottle in one hand, and his head in the other. Mary was sitting next to him, looking at me like one who had seen a ghost. Stein didn't even lift his head at her words. “When did you come in?” Mary gulped, her eyes darting from my face to the door.“A few seconds ago. I just stepped —”“Schatz?” Stein looked up sharply at the sound of my voice, and his face paled. He tried to get up, but staggered. “Wh... What... What are you doing here?” He slurred, trying to keep his eyes open. He tried to stand again, but his legs gave out, and he fell back to the floor. “Don't — don't get up.” I r
KAII dropped Lukas off with Edward before rushing over to the bar. Lukas looked happy to spend the night with his favourite uncle, and Edward couldn't be pissed about his plans getting spoiled tonight because of our cutie. I promised, though, to give him a week off once everything calmed down. The bar was packed when I stepped in after verifying my ID at the front door. I called Mary but couldn't reach her, so I asked the bartender for help. I had to shout over the music for him to hear my questions, finally. Thankfully, the bar had VIP floors, and he knew who Stein was because he had registered under his real name. It would have been a damned issue if he hadn't. He pointed me to the lift and told me the room number he'd booked. I didn't even have a chance to be stunned by how affluent this bar was. It was my first time seeing one with a lift and three floors. Makes me wonder what actually went on in those rooms. I took the lift to the last floor and walked down the barely lit hal
STEIN I got Scorpion's call an hour later. I sat up in my chair, ready for good news. “So, did you find her?” I fought the urge to smirk, waiting for him to give me the news. My evening was fucking made. There was a pause from his side before I heard him exhale loudly. “I'm sorry, boss, but we lost her.”I sat up in my chair, and the smile on my face was wiped instantly. “What?!”“We got there late, and by the time I arrived, she had already checked out," he explained. “She checked out of the hotel? Why?”“I don't know, sir, but we discovered something.”“What is it?”“Your husband visited her before that.” I shot up in my chair. “Kai did?”“Yes, sir. We checked the hotel footage, and that's when I saw him. He spent some time in her room before he left. Then a few minutes later, Miss Anna was seen leaving the hotel premises.”Fuck!I ran my fingers through my hair. Why the hell did Kai go to her? What did they fucking talk about??Could things get any more out of control??? I felt
KAIWhat was I doing here? I had asked myself this a few times in my car downstairs before I stepped out. I shouldn't be here. I shouldn't be concerned about Stein's affairs, yet here I was, standing in front of her door. I'd heard her give Stein the address because I was leaning against the door, eavesdropping. I wanted to know if Stein would change his attitude with me gone. He didn't, but that didn't ease my suspicion. Puffing out a breath, I knocked on the door. Anna took her time before she opened it without even asking who was on the other side of the door. Her brows shot up when she saw me, and her lips pulled up in a smile. “Well, well, well, who do we have here?” She folded her arms and leaned on the wall next to the door. “You know, I was expecting Stein, not you. What are you doing here?”“Can I have your son's hair for a DNA test?” I asked, going straight to the point. She pursed her lips. “Why should I give you that?”I frowned. “Don't you want to prove his paternity
STEIN Kai didn't even spare me a glance during breakfast this morning. He fussed over our son while he ate and ignored me when I asked how the meal was. It was as if I wasn't existing. He practically looked through me once when I said his name a little too loudly. To make matters worse, he drove his car to work instead of taking mine. I'd been looking forward to his first day back at the office, only for that damned bitch Anna to spoil it for me. Kai had left with our son after breakfast, without even a word to me, and when I went to his office, he'd ignored me too. It was obvious he wouldn't be giving me any attention until I'd sorted everything out with Anna. Talking about that bitch. I'd called Scorpion earlier this morning to ask about the progress, but none of them had any good news. “Damn it!” I hit my fist on the desk. “Why are things spiralling out of fucking control?!” I tugged hard on my hair and gritted my teeth. This wasn't how everything was supposed to be! I got
KAI“Can I be formal with you?” Edward requested after I gave him details of what happened between Stein and me. I'd just started work this morning, but my secretary-turned-friend wasn't in any hurry to give me my work schedule because he wanted to know everything that had happened to me from the time I disappeared until now. It had been almost two months since we last saw each other. We had only ever spoken on the phone. I nodded. “Go ahead.”He drew in a breath and levelled a glare at me. “You're an idiot.”I blinked. “Pardon?”He nodded. “You're a fucking Idiot! Why the hell are you still living with Stein after everything he did to you? He practically caused the accident to keep you by his side!” He yelled. “I —”“I'm not done.” He raised his hand. “I really need to get this off my chest.” He sat on the chair opposite me and still kept his eyes on mine. “How the hell could someone change this drastically in just a few months of being married? This isn't the Kai I knew.”“I —”“I
STEINThe night masked me as I watched him, hidden in a corner, my camera ready to take more pictures. He was just as cute as always, dressed in a custom-made suit, his hair slicked back, and his strides long and precise. I'd watched him get ready. The way the water cascaded down his naked back as
KAIHis mouth found mine, stealing the questions on the tip of my tongue. Stein's hands were in my hair and on my jaw. He cupped my face like he was afraid I'd disappear if he let go. I didn't care. I kissed him back, and my fingers twisted in his collar to pull him closer. The taste of him flooded
KAIThe rest of the week went by in a blur. By the time Friday knocked on my door, I was drained. I'd stayed awake two nights, thinking of the bloody truce marriage and how to get the fuck out of it. I wasn't like Dad, who thought we needed this. We don't. We have been surviving all these years wit
KAIOnce again, I woke up to that depressing sight of cum sticking to my body. As if that weren't bad enough, there were also stains on the floor, and my reading desk, which I could have sworn was by my table, was in front of my bed, as if I had sat there before retiring to bed. The worst? I couldn







