Raphael's POV. I was beyond exhausted already. We walked around the entire day and I was thankful that Renia insisted on staying behind. I can't imagine how exhausted she must be. The first two sites we checked were a total write off and the same goes for the third. It wasn’t until we got to the fifth site that we were able to decide that it would be the perfect site for the club. I wasn’t really sure of the theme I was going for but I knew this would be perfect. It was a fair distance from the beach and I can just imagine building something that is a total see-through and my customers would be able to get the whole beach experience without really going to the beach. Mateo left after we saw the last site. He was going to come with me to the beach to say hi to Renia but he had something else to do and time was no longer on his side. I was happy that he wouldn’t be able to see her. The image of her in that white dress with her red hair flowing around her was a stark contrast to the dr

Renia's POV. "I don't think there is any difference between this one and the other one," Raphael commented staring at the dress I was putting on. We have been at this for over thirty minutes and I am yet to pick out a dress. It is either too short, too tight, too revealing, or too something. I didn't think he would be so picky when I asked him to go shopping with me but he is picky as hell. "No, it is obviously different. That was a flared gown and this is just straight." I told him sending him a playful glare. I was enjoying this more than I should be. I think it has to do with the fact that he wasn't outrightly ignoring me. He had something to say about every dress and while some of his comments were unorthodox and annoying as hell, I still liked it. "Whatever. It is still not it." He said and I must agree with him on this one. The dress was too itchy and I felt the urge to rip it off with my hands. "I will be right back," I told him and walked back to the dressing room. I remov

Renia's POV.Everything happened so fast that I didn't have time to process it. One minute they were saying their vows and kissing and the next, her water broke. We should have known that it would happen. I mean she already looked like she was ready to push the baby out at any minute, we just didn't actually think the baby would decide to come out today. It took almost forever to get Raphael to snap out of the trance he seemed to have put himself in. At first, he kept staring at me weirdly, like he was seeing me for the first time and the next he had a scowl etched on his face and he seemed to be screaming don't come near me. I held on to a confused Aurora and told Quinn not to worry about her and just take his wife to the hospital. Raphael picked Aurora up and held her in his arms before pulling me closer by my waist and leading us to his car. We were to join them at the hospital. He placed Aurora in the backseat and helped her to fasten her seatbelt and was about to get inside the

Raphael’s POV. “You can’t keep ignoring me forever you know that right mum?” I asked her. I have been coming over to her place everyday for the past week trying to get her to at least open the door and let me in so I can talk to her but she was ignoring me. She only replies through the window telling me to just give up and go back to my house. I don’t get what she was so mad about even Renia has forgotten all about it so I don’t get it. I don’t understand why she doesn’t get the fact that I am doing this for us. It is the least I can do to make them pay for what we had to go through.“You do know that I can just come inside. I have your keys remember.” I told her. I already knew the answer she was going to give but I still used that point anyways. “You wouldn’t dare step foot into my house unless I invite you in, Raphael. You don’t want me to get mad at you.” She replied. “Can you get madder than this? Why are you so mad at me?” I asked her. I heard her scoff and nothing else. Th

Raphael's POV. I had to blink twice to confirm who was sitting in my office but my blinking didn't change anything. Melissa and Javier were still sitting there staring at me and waiting for me to get a hold of myself. I stared at her and tried to hate her like I have been my entire life. I tried to feel that hatred again but I just felt empty and drained and tired and maybe... scared too. If this were another day then I would know how to react to her presence. If this were another day then I wouldn't have hesitated to throw her out of my office or be outrightly rude to her but now... what I found out today has changed a lot of things. "Are you okay?" The sound of her voice snapped me out of my thoughts. Her eyes, those eyes that look so much like Renia's. Renia. God, what have I done? "Raphael?" She called again.I cleared my throat and tried to keep my cool. "Why are you here? Do you need anything?" I asked my voice was as cold as usual. "I came here to talk to you." She said c