Reina's POV “You seem lost in thought?” I couldn't help but ask out loud. It wasn't clear to me why I sensed this discomfort, but it seemed to me like he wasn't happy with how things had turned out. Or was I just thinking too much? A smile illuminated his face. A fake one, before he drew me closer, with a hand around my waist. His eyes danced softly when they came in contact with the soft lighting in the room, and all I wanted to do was run my hands through his hair, which I did. His grip on my buttocks tightened, eliciting a moan from my lips. “ Why do you think something is wrong?” “ Just because… “ My shoulders slumped further. “ You look lost. I don't really know, is something wrong?” I pushed on. I didn't like how distant he was looking. That didn't settle down well with me. “ Is everything settled now?” “ Yes, they are all tucked in. Your aunty, Aurora, and yes…everything is going well” I bit on my tongue. There was something I was forgetting, but I couldn't just get a
Reina's POV“You should come with me” I offered Aurora who was still and kept looking out into space. “ Really? Can I? I have thought about going somewhere and … ‘’ Something sparked in me. She had not told me that until now. It was barely a day, and I was contemplating on if I had made a good choice, insisting that she should stay back when Richard was vehemently against it. He had shown his resistance countless times already. “ We had an agreement and that was I will look after you, how exactly am I going to let you walk down the street of NY when you don't even know anywhere? You have to stay by my side. “ I insisted when she stepped forward, clasping both of my hands with hers. “ Please…” she winked at me. “I will be back in no time” I wondered if she knew how suspicious she was looking right now. If she knew that, she had shown me that all what she had told her aunty or rather Richard's aunty was just a lie. “ Who exactly are you going to meet?” I threw the bait at her ho
Reina's POV My hands rubbed gently on my chest, hoping that it would avert the hurt I felt, or was it the shock? “ Ryan? Did you mean what you just said?” Maybe, just maybe, my ear was playing tricks on me and I haven't heard properly. “ Yes” he answered, this time bobbing his head to support the answer he had given. “I am in love with Nina, and we have been dating for a while now”I stumbled, with my grip hard on the oak wood table that adorned the room. It wasn't clear to me why I was spellbound, but I hadn't imagined them together. Nina and Ryan. How exactly had it happened? Richard was surely going to be as shocked as I was when I told him this later on. “ When did this happen?” I threw the question at him when he gazed around. A smile tugged at the edge of his lips, before breaking off into a grin. “ Since forever. When I saw her. When I saw Nina, I knew she was the one, and I knew that I didn't want to let her go. Ever. So please forgive her” I stood still, better than
Richard's POVPacing up and down excitedly, I kept counting down to the hours until Reina came back home. If I was right, it should be about two hours from now. My eyes ran dejectedly on the widespread on the table while a frantic look cascaded my face. Have I done this too early? Should I have waited? I bit gently on my nails while waiting for her. It was still going to be a while. Ditching the apron to a corner of the kitchen, I decided to walk back up while worries clouded my mind. The messages were nerve-racking and I didn't know when it was going to stop. It should already. I mean I had left, and so I wasn't supposed to get any, so what exactly was happening now? I had come up with different ways to tell Reina, but whenever I wanted to say anything, the word got stuck in my throat, not coming out at all. I had barely stepped into my study when the door creaked open and Aurora walked in. What exactly was she doing here? Wasn't she supposed to be with Reina?I had opened my mo
Reina's POVWith brows puckered, I waited for an answer to the question that I had just thrown at him, avoiding the elephant that loomed around the room. I waited with different thoughts swarming through my head, with what if ending most of them? “I didn't do anything with her. I swear down” Richard uttered, I knew that he didn't do anything. I had come right about the time that he had shoved her aside. I had heard sounds of things crashing, and the room was a proof of that. I knew Richard loved it rough, but that was just with me and besides, being that rough didn't apply to what I am seeing here where things were littered all around with tiny pieces that could pierce one if the person weren't careful. “ I know” I bobbed my head at him, before listening to him take a deep breath. A fresh gush of air weaved its way in as he took steps toward me. “ I asked a question. Don't take another step closer than you already have” I halted him in his steps. “ You didn't do anything with Auro
Reina's POVI listened to all of his words, every single thing that had happened. I listened to it all with a hand on my lips, I bit so hard just so that I wouldn't scream out but through it all, I made sure that he didn't feel alone because I was here by him. I was here to do this with him. “ What do you intend to do now?” I threw in the question that had lurked in my mouth for some time now. I needed to know. Needed to know all of his thoughts. “ I don't know” his hands fell limp by his side as he pivoted his eyes around. His hair was tousled, and he had suddenly developed dark eyes underneath his eyes. So soon when it wasn't even that long yet. “ You don't?” I threw a salted gaze at him. Waiting for an answer from him. He shook his head, giving me an answer. “I don't have anything in mind. I thought… I thought that leaving would help. I thought that they wouldn't come back but still….” His voice was in a whisper before he turned around all of a sudden. His cold hands holding m
Richard's POVInstinct said I should stay down and not panic, but that wasn't possible. “Reina, please calm down” my hands snaked around her waist. She looked agitated already, and I knew that she had enough reason to act this way. “ Don't tell me to calm down. Don't Richard. Those are my kids. They mean every single thing to me so don't tell me to calm down” she screamed at me.“Kids? What are you talking about?” My heart beat accelerated at the mention of kids. They were ours, not hers. We had them together, so why exactly was she using my instead?She fumed before turning on her heels and walking back into the room she had just stepped out from. Hurt written all over her face. I could barely think of what was going on until I bent down, my hands squeezing around the phone. My eyes bulged open as I flickered my eyes at the door. They were our kids, but the message we had gotten was different. Mine was ours together, and I was already thinking about weeding out whoever was the spy
Reina's POVBeing here was everything, with my kids and family. I felt relieved at how things had turned out, and I could finally take in that breath that had been locked in my head for quite some time now. “ Richard…” my head spun around as I took a long gaze at him. He looked lost, like something was on his mind but when our eyes locked on each other, he let out a forced smile on his face, holding the hands that I had offered him. “ What's wrong?” I inquired. He let out a gasp before shaking his head to the side. I wondered if that was done to make me not worry or rather worry less because it did nothing to help. “You should tell me if anything is bothering you,” I offered.He gasped in, before sitting beside me. His eyes went to the little picture by the bedside. “ You have always been pretty” his hands went to my lower back, his smile soft and gentle like he could get lost in my eyes forever.“ Is something wrong? You looked lost. You kept dazing out even after I had called yo