Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Bargain : Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 70

Steffan was still on his knees staring up at Racheal. She wore her dress properly, and went back to her seat in the dining room. He stood up, and she could feel him staring at her, but she did not look up at him. “Racheal, who did that to you?” He asked, watching her intently.“I don’t want to talk about it.” She replied, forking a piece of now cold, bite-sized steak into her mouth. She could not taste the flavours of the meal, it tasted like paper, and her throat burned with tears.“You don’t have to keep holding things in.” Steffan said, “ Don’t you trust me?” He asked. She frowned up at him. How could he ask her such a question so soon after all that has happened between them since they got married. What reason was there to trust him? He had failed her before, who said he wouldn't again?Steffan ran his hand over his face in frustration when she would not say anything. Then he straightened up and walked off, his jacket in the crook of his arms. A guard walked in and picked Ste

In her hands, Luna was holding a huge bunch of red roses that was shaped like a giant teddy. Racheal’s face involuntarily melted. This was the cutest thing she had seen in a while, She plucked the white card perched on it. Not a secret admirerSteffanIt simply read. She burst out laughing, this man`s jealousy was silly. If their little steamy moment earlier was not proof enough, she knew now for sure that he was trying to woo her. He was picking up exactly from where he had stopped at that dinner where all her problems had worsened. She was not sure about the best way to react to his new attention. She took the rose teddy from Luna and admired it. If she had any good sense this was a no brainer, a man who had abandoned her at a cruel interrogation room was bad news, the brightest red flag and did not deserved any second chances. But she obviously was a silly girl, with was a gaping hole in heart that wanted to be filled with love, a hole that her mother’s sudden disappearance

Racheal repeatedly caught Isaac stealing glances at her in the back seat, from the rearview mirror in front, where he sat beside the driver. She ignored him. She knew it was a weird request to visit with someone who got married two days ago, but she had to see Skylar. If Skylar was too busy to see her, she would gladly return home. Since this was an arranged marriage, she doubted the couple needed time alone, Skylar may even be eager to see a friend. She stared out the window, trying not to think of the selfishness of it all. She just could not help her urgent need to see Skylar and ask what she discussed with brother, Steffan, about the time she was detained in the interrogation room. Skylar had tried to tell her something about it repeatedly in the past, but could not because of interruptions. She also had to know why the young woman was always certain Steffan was in love with her? Did he tell her that? If he did, what about the conversation she herself heard between him and h

Racheal was done with the form in no time. Isaac hurried forward with Steffan’s card when she tried to pay. She realised she did not mind much anymore, unlike that first day. A smile crossed her face when she remembered how she had thrown a tantrum with his money that day. She shopped for some yoga items at the other side of the building, all the costs were covered in the membership fee. As she changed out of her dress into one of the yoga fits, a beautiful yoga jumpsuit, she noticed how sad her face looked in the mirror even to her. She could not stop worrying about Skylar.She stepped out of the bathroom, and Isaac took the shopping bag now holding her dress, and handed it over to the nearest guard to take it out to the car. He then led the way back to the studio. Racheal arrived just in time for the afternoon session. The yoga instructor smiled, and bowed to her as she walked in, while her guards remained hanging around at the door.The other women in the yoga studio stared a

“What did you just say?” Danna Sherrod asked, looking at Racheal with surprise. Then her face morphed into a furious mask. “How dare you speak to me like that?”“You truly expect to keep disrespecting me and I say nothing?” Racheal asked, not at all surprised that the woman was shocked at her talking back. Up till now, everybody was familiar with and even used to the quiet Racheal, who never fought back when she was harassed. “How dare you? Have you forgotten where you are, I can have you locked up, and your life miserable.” Danna Sherrod was so pissed her face was almost purple with rage. Racheal was not scared of her threats. She now knew the woman did not have any real power in the presidential villa, all she could do was scheme in the dark with her partner-in-crime Thalia.“Just like you had me locked up in that hell hole for a crime you commited?” Racheal asked, walking up to her. Danna Sherrod stared at her with hostility.“What the hell are you talking about?” She asked. Sh