Crystal followed him back to the car wordlessly; Akeem stepped out of the car to hold the door for them, and they got inside. Crystal sniffed back the tears that threatened to spill from her eyes; she knows she isn’t supposed to cry like this but it was just so painfully. Kayden didn’t even seem interested in her, he looked so calm and peacefully like he wasn’t capable of any evil, she felt her phone beep and she searched her purse for it. She placed the shopping bags on the seat as she unlocked the phone. Kayden glanced at her, his eyes narrowing suspiciously at her.It was a photo from Paige, she was wearing the shoes she bought earlier and it looked good on her. “I had no idea, it would be this pretty.” She texted and Crystal smiled wiping her eyes. “Did you buy yours already?”“Mr. Smith took me shopping, so I will probably buy mine tomorrow,” she replied, she was grateful for Paige’s message and then an idea popped into her head. “Can I ask you for a favor?” “OMG is he tryi
They rushed Mr. Connell to the hospital, Crystal was terrified and she was on the verge of tears; it reminded her of her mother, she also passed out cold like this and ever since they had taken her to the hospital she had never woken up even once. Mrs. Lorenza was crying too, she was sure this isn’t like any mild fainting, it was his heart. Mr. Connell was nice, he was caring, he didn’t deserve this. "This is my fault," Crystal cried into her palms and Lorenza pulled her into a small hug. "If only I hadn’t... he wouldn't be so shocked, he wouldn’t be in this situation." "It’s not your fault." Lorenza said as she tried to calm her down. “If only Kayden is as regretful as you are now, this is all his fault.”“Lorenza, can we just wait for the doctors in silence?” Kayden asked as he strolled towards the waiting seat and sat down. “This is what happens when you go to other people’s house without proper announcement; do you think you have any right to blame me?” Crystal ro
“I know it’s none of my business, but why don’t you try to think for a second?” She murmured as soon as he got into the driver’s seat and started the car engine. “Your father cares so much about you, just what the hell did he do to deserve such cold treatment from you?” “Crystal, like I said, it shouldn’t bother you.” He muttered coldly as he proceeded to the highway, maneuvering the steering wheel professionally, his voice was cold and hard like a stone; he could probably give the Statue of Liberty a run for her money. “Just do your work and keep your nose out of my business.” She sighed looking away from him, he was such a heartless bastard, she could never have such a family and treat them like that, Kayden is just too much. “If you think it would be easy to divorce me, just because you’ve obtained my father’s favor then you’re mistaken.” His voice came back breaking Crystal out of her train of thoughts. “I don’t mind taking my father to court just so you know, and you would bo
“Crystal, have you gone mad?” That was the first thing Paige asked her as soon as she saw her in the morning at work, Crystal glanced at her tiredly; she didn’t have enough sleep the previous; the stress, the hospital, and Kayden instructed the maids to wake her up early to “get prepared for work.” She didn’t even have enough time to wash her hair, it was probably her appearance, that was the reason why everyone is ogling at her. She noticed it too when she was coming in, they were all staring, some of them muttering something and then chuckling; it must be pretty bad for even Paige to complain. “I have a very good reason for this.” She defended as she pointed to her mess of a face and Paige’s eyes narrowed. “Sure, you do.” She said in a snicker, “Did Mr. Smith tire you out last night?” Crystal nodded but then she frowned when she noticed the tease, what was that supposed to mean? The worst part is Paige looked seriously angry. “Will you forget everything that man did to y
“I’m only going because I have nothing to do.” He said as he picked up his phone from the desk and got up, this was about thirty minutes after she had asked him. It was quite surprising, he wanted to go and they didn’t even argue much.A small smile reached her lips as she followed behind him slowly until they got to his car, the driver opened the door to let them inside and that was it.“I’m sure you saw the news,” He started in a bored tone and her eyes narrowed, trying desperately to suppress the blush, but it can’t be helped, as soon as he spoke about the news, she remembered some of the comments.“What news?” She pretended since she thought it would be best if they didn’t speak about it.“Don’t play dumb, it was trending, everyone was talking about it too.” He pestered and she flushed even more. “You do know it’s your fault.”“You should be thanking me,” she suddenly snapped, he always loved to shift blames, it was his fault, if he wasn’t trying to push her out of his car, she wo
She opened the door and walked in, with Kayden coming in behind her. The old man gaze weakly at the door and his eyebrows raised when he saw Kayden waltz into the room, his hands in his pocket. “Crystal, thank you for coming.” Lorenza stood up and pulled her into a hug, Crystal hugged her back and then walked towards the bed to see Mr. Connell.“How do you feel now?” She asked curiously, meanwhile, Kayden just walked across the room to sit on one of the chairs that were in the room.“At least show some concern, you brat.” Mr. Connell snapped, even though he spoke angrily, he was still happy Kayden came and then his silver eyes turned back to Crystal who had an excited look on her face. His eyes narrowed when he noticed the bruise that was forming on her cheeks.“What happened to your face?” He asked as he reached forward to touch her cheeks. “Who hit you?”“Er… I…” she trailed off unable to explain it, her cheek had already turned blood red and the handprint was still there
Kayden closed his laptop and stretched his limbs, they were sore from sitting in one spot for too long. He glanced outside the window; he noticed it was very dark, night had descended upon them, yawning slightly he picked his phone and head outside, Crystal must be tired of waiting. Surprisingly, Crystal wasn’t the one he met by the elevator, it was Laurie, who was always an early bird. “What are you still doing here?” He asked his voice filled with concern, Laurie’s eyebrows raised, she wasn’t expecting to see him just yet.“Uhh...I...” She trailed off trying to find a reasonable excuse but was unable to find one. “What sort of work were you doing up until now?”He inquired and for a while, all Laurie did was say nothing. “Do you know it is very dangerous, for a lady such as yourself to walk alone at night?”She blinked back at him, unable to defend herself.He brings out his phone immediately. “I'll hire a taxi for you immediately.” “N-No,” she shook her hands dismissively, w
“Can you please tell me where you’re taking me?” Crystal asked curiously, she had agreed to follow them to wherever they were going to and in exchange they agreed not to shoot her. As she got into the car, they blindfolded her quickly, even though she was panicking she tried her best to stay calm. “When you get there, you will know?” One of them said and she felt the car engine revved to life. “Why did you abduct me?” She inquired again, for some reason, she felt the sudden urge to know what she should expect. “It’s not an abduction if you agreed to follow us.” The man stated there was something in his voice, she didn’t know whether it was confidence or sarcasm.“Do you know no one would refuse to follow you once you hold them at gunpoint?” She questioned softly, careful enough to not anger them so they don’t blow out her brains on impulse. “Tell me one thing, are you going to kill me?” “Probably, it totally depends on you.” He muttered she was squeezed in between the two hefty