"what the hell are you doing in my room" Derek's voice thundered and Kathleen's eyes flew open, she must have fallen asleep while waiting for him to return. She glanced at him, he looked so breathtaking in his tuxedo and fresh, despite the fact he was coming in from outside, the breeze had blown his hair and a few locks fell on his face, she felt like jumping on him but she restrained herself given the fact that he was regarding her angrily. "Derek, I....." She started to say but he rudely cut her short with just a single word.
"Out" she gritted her teeth and stood her ground, he would have to hear her out."Are you deaf or you're just playing dumb, I said get out" he fumed"Not before I say what I have to say, Derek please hear me out" she pleaded and he looked at her icily."Have you thought of another lie you want to tell me?""No Derek, this isn't a lie, you have to believe me, I've never lied to you"Derek didn't say anything else as he simply starDerek walked into the clubhouse, his heart was in so much pain, he was such a fool, he had badly wanted to believe that she was saying the truth, he wanted to believe anything that would make the pain in his heart go away, so he had chosen to follow her blindly, hoping that he sees proof that spells her Innocence, wasn't he laughable? She had deceived him, he had caught her red-handed with another man on their supposed matrimonial bed, had heard their plans on how they would swindle money from him and be together, what other proof of betrayal did he want? She killed their child in the process and he still found himself hoping there was an element of truth in her claim but as usual, all he got was lies, he stared at the Brandy that had been placed in front of him, not bothering to pour into a glass, he drank directly from the bottle and didn't stop until he drank at least half of it, he felt the drink hot his throat down his chest, he welcomed the heat, the scorching of the drink did
Derek rolled away from Kathleen as if she burned, the words "hello lover" ringing in his head, lying little slut, so she was still communicating with Stefan, he grabbed the phone from her hands and flung it across the room, it crashed on the wall and shattered on the floor.Kathleen paled, "Derek, I have no idea why he is calling, please, believe me"He held her jaw tight, "do you enjoy being a slut? You're here in my bed and was receiving a call from your lover"Kathleen flinched at his words, tears began to well up, he pushed her away from him looking at her with loathing"Why don't you believe that I am not lying?"In a flash, he grabbed her neck, it was obvious that he was restraining himself from hitting her, a vein appeared on his forehead and a muscle twitched in his jaw, "not another word, you're nothing but a whore" he smiled cruelly, "did you enjoy what just happened now? Of cause you did, seeing how you were moaning shamelessly, does he make you moan
Kathleen did not see Derek for the next two days, she busied herself with work, doing all the laundry and house chores, Stefan has not called again since that day. She soon finished with her work and to her dismay, there was nothing more to do, she desperately needed to keep herself busy, she saw Mary going out, she knew the maids doesn't go out except to shop for groceries, " are you going to shop for groceries?" Mary frowned at her before nodding, "why don't you have some rest, I'll do it instead"" You should be the one having some rest and not me, you've been working all day" Kathleen smiled sadly, " I'm fine Mary, I don't need to rest, give me the grocery list, okay, you can go in and have your rest"Mary looked at her, her gaze filled with doubt, "are you sure about this?"Kathleen nodded and Mary handed over the grocery list to her, " the way you're doing, you'll exert yourself with too much work, you're not supposed to be doing any of this in the first place".
Derek stood by the window facing the flower garden, his mother's garden, he had not stepped foot in it since her death, when he was a little boy, that was his favorite place, he spent most of his day in the garden with his mother picking flowers or tending to them, he always go there whenever he was confused about something, right now he was confused, his brow furrowed in a frown, after Stefan called Kathleen that morning, he had given instructions to one of his guard to watch her closely and report anything suspicious to him, he had wanted to find out first hand if she was still seeing Stefan, although, the guard had called him when he was driving home and informed him of her every move, he was curious as to why she would be the one to go for grocery shopping and decided to go there, he had arrived there just in time to overhear her little conversation with Stefan, her words echoed in his ears, "I'll prefer the devil himself than be with someone like you, you disgust me" she had sh
Derek was preparing for his trip, which he had booked for his flight, and was just finishing up with his tie when his phone rang."Hello," he said to the receiver"Hello Sir, I did as you ordered, he actually placed some calls, someone is coming to bail him soon, what do you propose we do? We can't keep him here for long""I'll be there shortly, I want to be there to see who'll bail him""Alright sir" Derek ended the call, his face grim, he wanted to see who will bail him out. He had run a background check on Stefan and found out that he had just an uncle as his family who happens to own J&E jewels, a renowned Jewellery company and Stefan works for him. His uncle had sent him here the day he threw that party. He was representing his Uncle who couldn't make it because he suddenly had some business to attend to, right now, Derek had spoken to his Uncle to give him some time with Stefan and not bail him out. so he knew that J&E Jewels weren't the
Derek landed at the airport, he couldn't wait to reach home, he needed to talk to Kathleen, he had spent three days on his trip and now he was just grateful that he was back and in a few minutes, he would see Kathleen, he had missed her terribly, he could only hope that she would forgive him. He had been trying to reach her but her line wasn't going through, she was obviously still pissed with him, he sighed, he does not blame her for being angry with him for he was even angry with himself. His driver came with his Ferrari to pick him up, he closed his eyes throughout the drive home, thinking of the lines of speech he would use to ask for her forgiveness when he reached home.Kathleen came back to the inn exhausted, it's been three days now since she was looking for a job but couldn't find one, she never knew looking for a job could be this difficult, she was gradually running low on her ten dollars, Mrs. Moores looked at her with sympathy, "no luck?"Kathleen shook her
The inn was busy that night as usual and Kathleen did her best to reply to their orders, Mrs. Moores was grateful to her for she made it easier on her, some of the men looked at Kathleen lustfully but she always find a way around it and in the end, they'll just become friends with her.It was past midnight and the guests were beginning to leave one after the other, some gentlemen left tips for her and she was grateful when they all left, Kathleen helped Mrs. Moores clean up the place, she was dead tired and her eyes aches, a good sleep would cure that aches."I must commend you, you're very hard-working" Mr. Moores whistled, he counted their sales for the day and gave Kathleen three dollars, that would carry her for the week, she was grateful and smiled broadly.Mr. Moores locked the door to the inn and his wife leaned on him as they bade her goodnight and walked to their room.Kathleen watched them go with a wistful look, she had been so busy throughout the day that the
"Your wife?" Mrs. Moores echoed, her eyes widening in realization, why hadn't she recognized her sooner, Kathleen watched her hurt gaze and felt sorry, of cause, she would be hurt that Kathleen hadn't confided in her with something like that, she quietly left and Kathleen turned to Derek, her heart skipped at his masculinity, his blue eyes bored into hers, "I'm here to take you home"Kathleen suddenly busied herself with cleaning the table, "it's no longer my home, I've moved out"Derek suddenly grabbed her hand, jerking her towards him, she fell on his lap and she gasped, "I said, you're coming home with me" her face grew hot, "no I won't, I like it here, no one is waiting for me to make mistakes so as to jump on me and I do not need to explain myself every time to any"Derek frowned at her insinuation, "I think we should discuss more about it when we get home"Kathleen pushed against him, trying to break free from his grasp, "I said I am not going with yo