Chapter 7

Chapter 7

LESLIE

We settled around the dinning table to eat the scrumptious lunch. The long dinning table was filled with all sorts of food, drinks and fruits. It was like a feast.

The sight was beautiful too. I sat beside Caden while his dad sat opposite facing him.

Grandpa and grandma sat opposite each other.

"So, when are we expecting a great grand kid?" Grandpa suddenly asked and I found myself choking on my food.

"I know right? Lauren wouldn't corporate." Caden smirked and I choked even more.

Caden handed me a glass of water and winked at me.

"Grandpa, don't you think it's too early to talk about children? We just got married and we need to enjoy our company together as couple before thinking about a child," I said and feigned a smile.

"Am I not right Caden?" I added and nudged Caden's arm who gave me the "what is it?"look.

He looked to see his dad and grandparents staring at him, as if waiting for an explanation or an answer from him.

"Oh! That's right! We agreed to enjoy our time together first." He feigned a laugh and glared at me.

"It's alright. Enjoy your time but don't take too long. I want to see my great grand kid before I die," Grandma said this time around.

"The food is getting cold, let's eat." I told them so as to end the topic.

After lunch and staying for a while, they prepared to leave.

"Here, this is my gift to the both of you. It's a flight ticket to Paris for your honeymoon. I have already made a reservation for two weeks there but you can decide to stay longer if you want," Caden's dad said and handed two flight tickets to Caden who looked surprised.

"You did not have to do it dad." He smiled at his father.

"Thank you sir." I smiled at him. "Thank you dad, I appreciate." Caden smiled and hugged his father. His father nodded and hugged him back.

CADEN

When they left, the cook, Lauren and I packed the gifts into a spare room. There were a lot and it took some time before we were finally able to take them upstairs.

"We can unwrap them later tonight. Plus the one Ivy brought. Hope that is okay with you?" I told Lauren and she just nodded her head.

She looked tired. I went to the kitchen and poured her a cold glass of water. I went back to the sitting room and handed her the glass of water.

She looked at me softly before taking the water from me. "Thank you," She said in a low voice.

I chuckled softly and nodded my head. She looked very cute and innocent.

PAULINE

"Babe? Babe?" I knocked on Larry's door. I did not tell him I was coming in today as I wanted to surprise him.

I was thankful that I stole him from Leslie as he was a very sweet guy. Except the fact that, he is penurious. Leslie is from a wealthy family and because of that, she spends on Larry instead.

Any expensive thing I pointed out in Larry's things, he kept saying that Leslie bought them for him.

And the time he was dating her and dating me too, he bought me clothes with the money that Leslie would give to him.

He used her a lot. If she had not caught us at the hotel the other day, we would have still continued to deceive her.

"Larry?" I called again for the fifth time and when there was no response, I decided to go in because I remembered his door password.

I brought food for him and I did not want to take it back. 

"I would just take them and place them in his fridge." I told myself as I pressed in the password.

Just as I opened the door and was about to go in, Larry suddenly rushed in persipring and shirtless like he was being chased. 

He held the door and stood in my way of getting in.

"What are you doing?" He asked me with a heavy breath. I rolled my eyes and glared at him.

"Why weren't you answering? I kept on knocking and calling out your name but you did not answer. I thought maybe you were not home so, I decided to go in and drop the food I brought for you.

I did not know you were home." I explained even though I hated the fact that I was explaining why I was in my boyfriend's house.

"Okay. You can give me the bag and go home. I will call you you," He said hurriedly and tried to take the bag where I kept the food but I refused.

"Why? Why won't you let me in? And look at how sweaty and disorganize you are. Is something the matter or are you hiding anything from me?" I asked all at once.

"I'm a little busy. No, I'm very busy and I'm not hiding anything from you." He laughed nervously and ran his hand through his hair.

Larry tried to carry the bag from me again but I refused.

"Larry? Who is there? You are taking forever to answer the door." I heard a female slutty voice.

What! Larry brought home a girl? He was cheating on me?

Larry tried to push me away but I forced my way into the house. And there, I stood face to face to the bitch.

"Oh! So, this is the reason you did not want me to come in right? The reason why you did not answer the door on time right?" I asked angrily.

I tried to hold the tears that were about to roll down.

"Who is this bitch Larry?" The girl asked, referring to me. 

It was as she spoke I took a clearer view of her and I gasped in utterly disbelieve.

"Anna?" I called in shock. She seems to have recognized me because she quickly placed her hand over her mouth in shock.

"Pauline?" She called. Anna is my younger cousin sister.

I remembered showing Larry her pictures in my phone as she was my favourite and closest cousin. And even my closest relative.

"How could you do this to me Larry? My cousin?" The tears I was fighting now came rolling down my cheeks.

Larry did not even look guilty or ashamed instead, there was a smirk on his stupid handsome face.

He walked up to me, pulled me closer to himself and tucked in my hair behind my hair.

"If I could do it to Leslie who is better than you, why do you think I can not do same to you?" He whispered in my ears.