Reina’s POV I battled my eyelids as I struggled to stay awake, the sun filtered through, earning a groan from my mouth. “ You are awake” A voice whispered, at the same time the bed cranked. Flipping my head, I took in the sight before me, and I had almost choked on my spittle. Donning a fitting singlet, Richard stood with a wide smile on his face. “What…what…what are you doing here?” I had managed to ask while fiddling with my hands. Gosh, why was I a mess? He seemed to have taken note because he broke out into a wide smile. “ Reina…” he winned. My brows knitting into a scowl. “ I missed you. Just the thought of him holding you broke me” I threw my head backward. “ You were there all along? Watching me?” Heat pooled in my stomach, he had been there all along. “I couldn't just watch you go, I had to do something” he answered. “ And you did! You did everything” my eyes watered before something hit me. “ My kids? Our kids, where are they?’’Richard stood up, beaming. “ Don't tell
Richard's POVWith hands fisted, I leaned against the door, waiting to hear a plea from Reina ordering them out, and I was going to storm in, just so that I could make her wish happen. “ Reina please” Nina was almost in tears as she pleaded to be heard out. “ I messed up, but this isn't the best way to do this, you can't just cut us off “A loud chuckle bounced off the wall,” Leave, I will come for my kids and that will be it”.This was a side of Reina I haven't seen before, she was cutting off everyone because of me, for me. I swallowed, the silence dragging on as I waited for anyone to say something, but they didn't. “ Fine, we should give her some time,” her father said for the first time. The shuffling of feet across the room made me tense up a bit before I walked in. “Richard," her words came off in a whisper. I stood transfixed to the spot, my arms wrapped gently around her as she leaned gently against me. “ You will be fine” my hands smoothened her back as her body rocked
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