Celine got to her hostel feeling tired, all she wanted to do was just to lay down and sleep. But of course she couldn’t even do just that, why? Because some Mr. Xavier Smith was waiting for her to return from class.‘thought I made my distrust for this man known to him the last time?’ Celine thought to herself.“what do you want? Weren’t you satisfied with what you said to me the last time? Wanna say more?”Celine was flared up right now, one wouldn’t know she once used to have a soft spot for Xavier, now his presence just pissed her off. Not just him, and every other guy too.“I calm to apologize.” Xavier said calmly.Celine was taken aback. She had concluded in her head that Xavier was a jerk with a big ego, never in her thoughts had she imagine Xavier apologizing for a wrong.“what?” She asked surprised“Look, I know all this is Maria’s fault which is quite immature on her part. So I just want to say sorry for judging you and hurting your feelings” Xavier explained, not letti
They soon get to the seaside where Xavier had set aside for their date. Celine was awed by the sight at sea. It was absolutely beautiful. The excitement in her eyes were clear and Xavier was impressed with himself for being able to pull off his apology date.He led her along the way to the harbor where a beautiful ship was waiting for them. It was a big ship and was top notch. The type that would be used for cruise rides. It was big enough that parties were usually held inside of it.Xavier had gotten it for his birthday last year, he named it Millie because it looked like a Millie.He led Celine into the ship gently. He had hired people to decorate the interior of the ship to look fit for a dinner date.The interior of the ship was expensive, not like anything Celine had seen before, she was impressed by what extent Xavier had gone to make it up to her. She looked at him and gave him a smile of appreciation, he nods.He takes her to a table already set, pulls out the chair for her
Celine murmured cuss words at Zack as she made her way to her room. How dare he waltz in and ruined her mood for the night? Who the hell does he think he is?During her date with Xavier, she curiously asked him what it was that changed his mind about her, he played her the voice recording of Maria admitting to have paid Susan to frame Celine. He also mentioned that he had gotten the proof from an anonymous account.Celine’s mind had gone to Zack’s text saying she was welcomed. A month ago, she could have sworn Zack wasn’t capable of pulling off something like that but right now? She wasn’t really sure.Later that night, after she was tucked in and ready to sleep, Celine’s phone beeps upon receiving a text. It was from Xavier and it reads ✉️ Sweet Dreams 💞 ✉️Celine smiled at how cute the text was, this was the first time she was receiving a good night text, Zack never thought they were important.What was this warmth she was feeling towards Xavier now?She sent back a 💜.
Celine noticed he was lost in thoughts, she didn’t think the reason was something serious. She actually thought he enjoyed being in the back seat and being driven around by a chauffer , there are people like that. It was fine with her but why was he so lost in thoughts?“Xavier?” She calls lightly tapping his thigh to draw his attention “Are you okay?” Xavier blinks twice before answering her…. “Yes…. I mean I’m okay”His voice was shaky and Celine sensed fear in it. What was he afraid of?Celine didn’t push it though, he would probably tell her at the right time.“There’s something about me that I think you deserve to know” Xavier starts. His palms were beginning to sweat, he was nervous he didn’t know how to tell her about his dark past and highest of all, he was afraid how she was going to react. What if he says something wrong?Celine shifts to look him in the eyes, she could see that he was very nervous about telling her. She wondered what could be so bad. Seeing his behav
*Crash!* Zack is in his room, throwing things around and making a mess everywhere. He was scrolling through Instagram earlier when he came across Xavier’s post with the flowers and the caption stating that he was in love. Of course Celine had charmed him, the way she charmed him too.She always does that, making everyone she crosses paths with fall head over heels for her. Zack wanted to do something, he didn’t want to lose Celine to Xavier, not now, not ever.The plan was for Celine to be with Xavier for one year and then she’ll divorce him making away with half his entire fortune. It was legal fraud.He knew he had to reach out to Maria, she was also in love with Xavier right? She also wouldn’t sit still and let those two work out, Will she?Maria had become extra careful of late, she rarely attended outings. The party freak in her took a break after the incident with Zack when he had kidnapped her and forced her to confess her dealings. She wished she knew who it was behind the
Celine remembered the name of the hospital on her father’s test results. It was the same one her father’s friend worked at. He was her god father, she would use that opportunity to check up on him too, killing two birds with one stone, she thought .One part of her was sad that Xavier already left, he would have offered her a free ride to the hospital but now she had to catch the bus. She shook the sadness off and headed to the bus stop.After about twenty minutes, Celine reaches the hospital. She asks of her father at the reception but the nurse on duty says there was no patient by his name in there register. Celine is confused by that but doesn’t read meaning to it instead she asks to see Dr James, her godfather.Celine goes to Dr. James’s office hoping to meet her father there but she doesn’t. She meets James in his office though.“Hi uncle James” She greets taking a sit at his desk, opposite him.“Hi Celine, it’s been a while” James responds.“Uncle James, when was the last
The next morning, Celine ignored Xavier’s Good morning and it made him think that maybe something was wrong because she wasn’t one to ignore messages but she had ignored his texts twice now, the one from last night and this morning.Xavier decided to call her instead, to tell her he was on his way to her dormitory to pick her up. “Hey!” She says when she picks the call.“Good morning, how are you?” He asks sincerely. He hears a sniffle in the background“Are you crying?”“No, I’m fine.” She says “I’ll be expecting you”She ends the call.Celine didn’t get any sleep last night, she kept tossing in bed all through the night. She was mad at her dad for deceiving her, she was mad at herself for falling for his deceit. She was sorry that she was going to do something to hurt Xavier but she knew she had to do it for her own peace of mind.She had promised Xavier to go with him to see Sofia’s family so she was ready to go with him. She applied some makeup to hide the dark circles u
It’s been three days since Celine called off the wedding with Xavier and ever since then Xavier had kept himself locked up in his room, without food or water. He sent loads of texts and lots of phone calls to Celine but none of them got a reply, Celine was deliberately ghosting him.He couldn’t even go to the orphanage as usual, instead he was locked up in his room, starving himself and hoping that maybe Celine would show up and say that she was no longer backing out of the wedding.Maybe she would come over and tell him that she also felt the same about him and that she couldn’t live without him. If only.Maria came to visit but he didn’t go out to meet her or let her in his room.“Xavier….” Maria called from outside the door to his room, she had been trying his number but the call wasn’t going through so she decided to pay him a visit.“You don’t have to beat yourself up about her decision.” Maria consoles from behind the door.Xavier doesn’t say a word back to her but she do