Derek rolled away from Kathleen as if she burned, the words "hello lover"  ringing in his head, lying little slut, so she was still communicating with Stefan, he grabbed the phone from her hands and flung it across the room, it crashed on the wall and shattered on the floor.Kathleen paled, "Derek, I have no idea why he is calling, please, believe me"He held her jaw tight, "do you enjoy being a slut? You're here in my bed and was receiving a call from your lover"Kathleen flinched at his words, tears began to well up, he pushed her away from him looking at her with loathing"Why don't you believe that I am not lying?"In a flash, he grabbed her neck, it was obvious that he was restraining himself from hitting her, a vein appeared on his forehead and a muscle twitched in his jaw, "not another word, you're nothing but a whore" he smiled cruelly, "did you enjoy what just happened now? Of cause you did, seeing how you were moaning shamelessly, does he make you moan

Derek stood by the window facing the flower garden, his mother's garden, he had not stepped foot in it since her death, when he was a little boy, that was his favorite place, he spent most of his day in the garden with his mother picking flowers or tending to them, he always go there whenever he was confused about something, right now he was confused, his brow furrowed in a frown, after Stefan called Kathleen that morning, he had given instructions to one of his guard to watch her closely and report anything suspicious to him, he had wanted to find out first hand if she was still seeing Stefan, although, the guard had called him when he was driving home and informed him of her every move, he was curious as to why she would be the one to go for grocery shopping and decided to go there, he had arrived there just in time to overhear her little conversation with Stefan, her words echoed in his ears, "I'll prefer the devil himself than be with someone like you, you disgust me" she had sh

Derek landed at the airport, he couldn't wait to reach home, he needed to talk to Kathleen, he had spent three days on his trip and now he was just grateful that he was back and in a few minutes, he would see Kathleen, he had missed her terribly, he could only hope that she would forgive him. He had been trying to reach her but her line wasn't going through, she was obviously still pissed with him, he sighed, he does not blame her for being angry with him for he was even angry with himself. His driver came with his Ferrari to pick him up, he closed his eyes throughout the drive home, thinking of the lines of speech he would use to ask for her forgiveness when he reached home.Kathleen came back to the inn exhausted, it's been three days now since she was looking for a job but couldn't find one, she never knew looking for a job could be this difficult, she was gradually running low on her ten dollars, Mrs. Moores looked at her with sympathy, "no luck?"Kathleen shook her

"Your wife?" Mrs. Moores echoed, her eyes widening in realization, why hadn't she recognized her sooner, Kathleen watched her hurt gaze and felt sorry, of cause, she would be hurt that Kathleen hadn't confided in her with something like that, she quietly left and Kathleen turned to Derek, her heart skipped at his masculinity, his blue eyes bored into hers, "I'm here to take you home"Kathleen suddenly busied herself with cleaning the table, "it's no longer my home, I've moved out" Derek suddenly grabbed her hand, jerking her towards him, she fell on his lap and she gasped, "I said, you're coming home with me" her face grew hot, "no I won't, I like it here, no one is waiting for me to make mistakes so as to jump on me and I do not need to explain myself every time to any"Derek frowned at her insinuation, "I think we should discuss more about it when we get home"Kathleen pushed against him, trying to break free from his grasp, "I said I am not going with yo

Kàthleen sulked on the way home, Derek glanced at her from the corner of his eyes, he knew she was angry but he was just too happy that she was going home with him to care about that, they arrived at Deloux castle and she got off and walked into the house. Derek quickly ran after her, leaving his car for the driver to park well, he caught up with her just as she entered the house, he grabbed her arm and turned her to face him, "just why are you so angry?" He demanded, two angry spots showed on her cheeks as she glared at him, "you were flirting with those ladies, right in front of me"Wow, so that was where her anger was coming from, his gaze held amusement at her obvious jealousy, "I'm sorry, they just look so beautiful" she slapped his arms, "you're such a flirt" she gritted and he shrugged offhandedly, "I'm a sucker for beautiful ladies, you can't blame me, perhaps in future, I'll flirt with them at your back and never in front of you" Derek's tone was light as he said it but