All Chapters of Behind Closed Doors: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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Chapter Thirty-One

“Darius,” she looked at him with teary eyes, “why do you do this to me?”Darius gulped down the alcohol in his glass and sighed heavily. “I don't know, Astrid.”“Do you not want me to stay?” She asked.“Of course, I want you to stay. If I didn't, you wouldn't be here.” He answered.“Alright, alright.” She shook her head, trying to get rid of the drunkenness.“I don't know where to start. I want to show you how much you mean to me, but I don't know what to do.” He admitted.“If I give you all of me, will you know how?” She mumbled.He turned to her with a confused look. “All of you?” He questioned.“Yes, Darius.” She nodded with a slight drunken grin.“I don't understand.” He poured her a drink and watched her gulp it all up.“All I'm saying is that I want you. Every bit of you. Right now.” She hopped off the barstool and swayed from side to side.“You want me to have sex with you.” Darius said in realization.“Ding-ding-ding. Correct.” She giggled, pulling him by his arm.“Are you sur

Last Updated : 2022-06-03

Chapter Thirty-Two

He wasn't there.Astrid burst into a mild fit of panic after realising that she had woken up to an empty spot right beside her.Discovering that she was still sore from the night before, coupled with the hangover that made her head feel like a tampered minefield, she decided to take care of herself first. After a quick shower, she made her way down the stairs to request for painkillers."Did you sleep well?" She jumped in shock as Darius' voice came from behind her.Not bothering to turn to face him, she nodded. She couldn't afford to let him see how flustered she was."What's wrong? Did I do something?" He held her shoulders and spun her around so she could face him.Managing to look up at him, she saw genuine worry and an underlying softness which she had never seen before in his eyes."I need painkillers. I have a headache, that's all." She answered, looking away shyly.Reading her body language and facial expressions wrongly, Darius frowned. "If you're not happy with something I di

Last Updated : 2022-08-21

Chapter Thirty-Three

"Have you been sleeping around with Darius Titan?"The question stirred violently in Astrid's head. She knew she couldn't lie to Rose. Not this time, at least. Rose had told her she knew the answer to the question, after all."Why the question?" She decided to start up a conversation that would end up getting diverted into something absolutely different, but Rose was not having it."Answer the question, Astrid. I'm not joking with you." Fury. Astrid could see it caged behind Rose's eyes, ready to be unleashed anytime soon."That's an absurd question to-""You have, haven't you? If not, you would have said it since the first time I asked. Oh, Astrid." Rose shook her head, her disappointment clear."Mum, it was a mistake." Astrid told her, leaving out the part where she would make the mistake over and over again because she was in love with a man who didn't reciprocate those feelings."I thought you were better than this, Astrid. You know how he is. He's the last person you should have

Last Updated : 2022-08-23

Chapter Thirty-Four

How long it took for people to move on depended on a lot of factors; what they were supposed to move on from, how they handled losses, how emotionally capable they were, how smoothly things were going after the loss.The latter of the list was pushing Astrid to the edge. She had been on the receiving end of the backlash from the press after Darius had publicly announced that he was no longer with her.They said she left him after his mother died, which was something only a horrible woman would do. Nobody bothered with her side of the story.Nothing was going smoothly for her. It wouldn't take half an hour for her to step foot outside before being bombarded by reporters and flashing cameras, just to be accused of being ‘the last partner a person should want’ on TV shows.It had been a whole month since she left Greece, since she kissed Darius goodbye.The last time he had seen her, he made it clear that he wanted her to leave. Of course, she didn't want to leave, but what would she be

Last Updated : 2022-08-27

Chapter Thirty-Five

“I understand that you don't want to see him, Astrid, but he's drawing so much attention to the house. He swears he won't leave until he talks to you.” Rose explained.Astrid sat on her bed, clutching a onesie she had gotten just three days ago. She didn't want a gender reveal, not even to herself, so she stuck with whatever clothing she could buy.“I don't think I can talk to him, Mum. It's been so long. I've learnt to live with the pain, and he shows up right now. It's not fair.” Astrid shook her head, sniffling as tears streamed down her cheeks.“I know how you must feel, but won't you just hear whatever it is he has to say?” Rose smiled softly at her.“If you really know how I feel, you wouldn't be making such a request, Mum. I can't do it. He's put me through so much.” Astrid refused with a small shake of her head.Rose knew the pleading would go nowhere. Astrid had made up her mind.Just when Rose was about to stand up, loud voices were heard from the hallway in front of the room

Last Updated : 2022-08-28

Chapter Thirty-Six

“I don’t want you saying things like that to me, Darius.” Astrid drew the line immediately. She was still in the right space of mind at the moment, and hearing him confess his feelings to her would be sure to throw her off balance.“For what it’s worth, I am extremely sorry for everything I put you through, for throwing you out of my life.” He let her know.“Stop it.” She snapped. This time, he gave no reply.After a brief moment of silent, she stood up with a sigh. “I want you to know that if I ever agree to go back with you, it’s for the sake of my child. Nothing’s going to happen between us.”“Our child.” He corrected, earning a frown from her.“I’ll need you to take your leave now,” she told him, opening the door.“You’re not going to let me stay until she wakes up?” He gave her a disappointed look.“It wouldn’t make a difference.” She shrugged, watching him walk towards her.She stiffened as he placed a hand over her head, softly using his thumb to draw patterns on her he

Last Updated : 2022-11-11

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Darius’s friends had come for a visit. They had heard about Astrid’s return to Greece from Darius and had come to see the child Darius claimed to have. Brad was surprised, but he didn’t show it as much as Joaquin. Ki-woo was stunned to silence. Dahlia was fast asleep in Darius’s arms, his friends crowded around him. Astrid had fallen asleep a while ago. “When did you find out she was pregnant?” Joaquin asked. “I never knew she was pregnant. I only found rumors on the internet that she had a child who was always with her and looked like me.” Saying it out loud made Darius feel even more horrible. “You never knew? She never told you she was carrying your child?” Joaquin raised his brows, genuinely shocked and confused. “You must have messed things up way more than I thought you did.” “I did.” There was no point in arguing. He knew it. Astrid knew it more. He wanted to protect Dahlia from that knowledge. Astrid holding it against him was bad enough, he didn’t know what he would do i

Last Updated : 2022-12-09

Chapter Thirty-Eight

“You can’t leave.” He shook his head, grabbing her hands with a distressed expression. He wasn’t sure how he would live with himself if he let her go a second time. “I want to. I don’t want my daughter growing up to think that it’s normal for men to objectify women.” Astrid avoided his eyes. She knew that taking a look was sure to make her believe he deserved one more chance, even when he didn’t. “I am going to make this work. I talked with Selena before you came.” Now that he had her attention, some of the pressure on his shoulders loosened. “She doesn’t want to be here. She wants to raise the child on her own, but I’ll support her financially. I can confirm it.” Astrid hated it. Every moment of contemplating and going back on her thought, she hated. She was being selfish and she knew it, but she also knew that no matter how much she denied it, she had always and would always be in love with that man. What if he hurt her when their child was there? Would they ever be able to make

Last Updated : 2023-06-22

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Astrid knew trying to get Dahlia out of Darius’ hands would trigger both of them waking up at the same time, and there was only so much she could handle, so she decided to have a few minutes – possibly hours – to herself.She found herself joining the staff in the kitchen to make breakfast, pretending not to hear when any one of them told her not to worry about it.“Good morning, sir!” Her back stiffened as they all chorused loudly in unison just mere minutes after she walked around, finding something to busy herself with.She turned around and found Darius at the entrance to the kitchen, holding Dahlia who was still asleep.Darius nodded at the staff, never taking his eyes off Astrid, whose throat was in knots. She kept swallowing, even when there was nothing in her mouth to swallow.“Good morning,” she greeted, her voice cool and relaxed in its early morning state.“Good morning,” Darius replied as the staff went back to work, each one of them visibly nervous with Darius’ pres

Last Updated : 2023-06-23

Chapter Forty

Breakfast went by smoothly and Joaquin had left the house for work. For the rest of the morning, Astrid and Darius stayed out of each other’s way, awkwardness brushing through whenever they met.Astrid paced around in her room, wondering how to break the news to Darius. The last thing she wanted was for complications to arise from a conversation she thought to be simple. Things had changed. Darius had changed. She didn’t know what to expect from him as a reaction.After a long while of keeping her thoughts to herself and getting sick of it, she decided to find Darius and have a talk with him. She found him seated in the movie room. She had barely been there, if she had been there at all.He sat, fully concentrated on the show on the television. She was sure he hadn’t heard her enter the room.She sat beside him on the dark sofa which formed a semicircle facing the television. Darius turned to her and gave her a warm smile. “Is Dahlia asleep?”“Yeah.” Astrid nodded.“Do you want

Last Updated : 2023-07-06

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