CHAPTER NINE.Jamal and Adele went to bed without settling the dispute. Adele made sure to spend a lot of time in the closet and when Jamal got tired of waiting for her to come out, he went to bed.He did not apologise.When she woke up the next morning, he was long gone and she was even more frustrated than when she went to bed. He had wronged her and she knew she had all right to be mad at him, but she felt like she was being dramatic."Maybe I should just let it go." She thought as she stepped down from the bed and walked into the bathroom so she could prepare for work.When she was done preparing, she went downstairs to leave for work but to her greatest dismay, she met both her mother and sister-in-law in the living room.She wondered if they had nothing doing, especially, Shannelle. She was always at home doing nothing and waited for the the slightest opportunity to pick fight with her."Petty!" She whispered to herself as she descended the staircase. "Good morning to you" She
CHAPTER TEN"Good morning Mr. Franck '' Adele greeted as she walked into her superior's office. She wanted to ask him about the article to be sure that it had truly been canceled."Good morning Adele. I hope I'm safe" He inquired, looking up at Adele and that made her laugh."Why do you say that?""Because you never come into my office or anyone else's office in the morning. You always just crawl into that hole of yours called your office and shut everyone out for the entire day " Mr. Franck explained and the accuracy of his words made Adele feel very guilty.That was what she did everyday of her life.She only got out of her office when she wanted to get something from a colleague, when she was going out for lunch or when she was going for an outdoor work."Well Mr. Franck, I promise everything is alright. I just came to get some clarifications about something, if that…is okay with you" She explained and her voice died down towards the end of her statement."Of course Adele, go ah
CHAPTER ELEVEN.When Adele opened the door to their bedroom, she was beyond relieved to see Jamal seated on the bed, making a phone call. Probably a business phone call. She let out a quiet sigh as she stepped into the bedroom and closed the door behind her.He was just the person she wanted to see.Before they got married, he had told her to keep her identity as his wife a secret from outsiders, but he never gave her an explanation. At first, she did not think about it because she had no idea how difficult keeping that kind of information would be.That morning, her boss had asked about her identity and she had managed to brush it up, but she knew she would not be able to do so when her other colleagues would begin to wonder aloud.Grandma Devon had also asked her not to tell anyone she was related to that family as well, but she never gave her any explanation. She wanted to know why."Good evening Jamal" She greeted calmly and walked further into the bedroom. Jamal, who had ended t
CHAPTER TWELVE."I see you as my family."Adele and Jamal did not speak another word to each other after that sentence. She walked over to the sitting area where she read her book until she felt sleepy and went to bed, while Jamal worked almost the entire night as usual. When she woke up the next morning, he was nowhere to be found on the bed."Of course he left for…" Her words were cut short by the sound of the bathroom room door opening. She turned to look and her eyes almost fell off from their sockets when she saw Jamal walking out of the bathroom, with just his towel tied around his waist. His chest was bare and his eight packs were screaming "touch me!". There was steam flying all over his body and the way the water droplets trickled down his well toned muscles and apps made her swallow dryly.His hair was wet and ruffled and a few wet strands fell down his forehead almost concealing his left eye brow.He was smoking hot…He looked like a Greek god.She could not believe she was
CHAPTER THIRTEEN.That morning, when Adele arrived at her work place, she was met with the surprise of her life. She was introduced to an editor whom she knew personally from England. He was an ex-boyfriend from college.They were in the same department in school, but he was her senior by one year. His name was Henry and he was the first guy she had ever had feelings for. They had dated for a period of one year, before he suddenly called off the relationship after he graduated, because he had to travel back to his home city and a long distance relationship was not something he liked.They had broken up on very bad terms, so they didn't even attempt to talk to each other all morning even though they were working together. She was no longer in love with the man and she was sure about that, but seeing him made her sad.Because they had all worked tediously all morning, their superior suggested they all went out for lunch and they did just that. Henry and Adele were still acting indiffere
CHAPTER FOURTEENOnce again, Adele and Jamal did not utter a word to each other after such an intense talk. They both kept their distances and engrossed themselves in their individual work and even at the dinning, not a word was said.They finally went to bed without talking about the issue. The night was a miserable one for both of them. No one shook from their spots on the bed and they both kept staring at the walls in front of them till their alarms went off.It was six am in the morning and it was time for both of them to wake up and prepare for work, even though they had gotten no sleep at all.Jamal was the first to step down from the bed, while Adele quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be fast asleep. Jamal, who knew she was pretending, walked over to her side of the bed."Adele." He called, but Adele did not bulge. "I know you are awake. I forgot to prepare my outfit for work last night, I need you to help me sort that out by the time I'm done bathing. Please." His reques
CHAPTER FIFTEEN.Days passed and neither Adele nor Jamal addressed the issue they had. Jamal kept late nights as usual and Adele chose to pretend like he did not exist. Their marriage was a catastrophe.It was the weekend and as usual, everyone was at home, relaxing. Jamal on the other hand was in his study room, working as usual. Danielle had even come to visit and she was seated in the living room with Shannelle. Adele made sure to stay on the third floor of the house all day. The last thing she wanted was to go downstairs and meet Shannelle and Danielle who never missed the chance to taunt her.Her strained relationship with her husband had reached their ears and she knew they were waiting for the slightest chance to finish her off.That afternoon, Adele was randomly walking past Jamal’s study room in the corridor when she noticed that her dear husband was not there alone. Instead, He was in the company of Danielle. Initially, Adele thought of just ignoring them both and contin
CHAPTER SIXTEEN.“You are Welcome, Mrs. King.” Kain, the butler greeted as he took Adele’s winter coat.“Thank you very much, Kain.” She responded with a sweet smile before heading for the staircase. All she wanted at that moment was to go into her bedroom and have a long rest. She had had a very hectic day at the office and barely had anything to eat as well.Her plans however, were ruined when she heard the voice of her mother in law calling her name.“Adele!” Her name came through again and she stopped on her tracks and rolled her eyes hard before turning to face the woman who was calling her like she was deaf.“Yes mother. Good afternoon.”“Keep your stinking greeting to yourself!” Aliya retorted bitterly. At that moment, Adele was confused because she had no idea what she had done to make the woman so furious. “How dare you!”“I… I don’t think I understand.”“You published an article today about a very good friend of mine and it was shown in the news. Do you have any idea how muc