“What the hell are you doing?” He asked curiously pressing down on her neck even tighter. Crystals mouth fell open, she was short on words. “Why were you pretending to be asleep?” Paige and Mr. Andrews didn’t not tell her what to do; incase Kayden decided to give in to his lunacy and then strangle her. They made it sound so easy, she was supposed to fall asleep and when he notices it; he was supposed to put his coat around her and carry her inside the house… that is how it is supposed to play out! Not like this…“The punishment for falling asleep in your car, is it strangulation?” she asked and Kayden’s grip on her neck softens. “Will you kill me because I fell asleep?”“Oh this,” he chuckled darkly staring down at his hands. “I was merely trying to wake you up, and since we both know you weren’t sleeping; why don’t you tell me what the plan is?” Plan? Did he figure it out already? Did Mr. Whites tell him anything? Crystal broke into cold sweat, despite the air conditioner
Crystal got back into the car with Kayden, the poor driver; Akeem had been waiting there for at least forty-five minutes, they stayed a while before they could get to see Doctor Miller and they stayed for a while after Doctor Miller had attended to her; and Kayden also stayed back for some few minutes to discuss with him. “Akeem take us to the pharmacy, there is one close to the hospital.” He announced he took off his jacket; he looked very tired, if he is this tired, then why he is stressing himself even more? “You better use the pills as it is prescribed.” “You really didn’t have to do this.” She muttered to herself and he glanced in her direction. “I don’t know what to think when you do something like this.” “I am not asking you to feel anything.” He said closing his eyes. “Going on one trip to the hospital doesn’t mean anything.” “You don’t hate me anymore? Aren’t you someone who should be excited over my death?” She asked curiously, she was even more curious than before, she k
“So did it work?” Paige squealed her eyes shining like gold coins; she looked exactly like a high schooler talking about her crush for the first time. “I bet he was covered in blushes, no one is as cute as you are so he was embarrassed.” Crystal eyed her evilly and looked away, pulling out the sketch, ignoring Paige like she wasn’t even there.“Oh, my God!” She squealed again; her eyes widen almost to the forehead. “Did you go overboard and Mr. Smith lost all his control? Did you guys do the deed?” She gasped again loudly, she bit on her bottom lip and a deep shade of red covered her rosy cheeks. Nothing but lewd thoughts in her head, at the moment.Crystal stopped scribbling and glared at her friend.“I never said anything about going too far with him,” She yells gripping her hair in her hands and pacing, Crystal went back to drawing random images that came to mind. Paige didn’t stop mumbling.“Paige,” Crystal called with a frustrated sigh. “Shut up, I can’t concentrate becau
“Come back to your seat,” He ordered once more and Crystal buried her head in her palms, she let out a frustrated sigh before walking back towards him, she sat on the farthest sofa away from him.“Will you then tell me why you suddenly start to care so much?” She asked curiously but received no answer from him; he picked up his phone and was scrolling through it like she wasn’t there. “Are you going to ignore me?”“Crystal just sit quietly, eat, and leave when you are done.” He advised without breaking eye contact from his phone. “As for the reason why I am doing this, I already told you, it would be a problem if you died as my wife. You might not know this, but I have a huge sense of responsibility, I like all my things in good condition.” She was about to say something when they heard a knock on the door, and almost immediately Laurie came in with some boxes, she was surprised to see Crystal in Kayden’s office, she usually never visits the office during work hours, Crystal had a
CHAPTER FIFTY SEVEN Crystal stuffed her mouth with the last piece of chicken in the bowl; she could feel bile rising up in her throat. She held it in swallowing the chicken even without chewing it properly. Kayden noticed it; she was struggling to eat the food, is it because she wanted to leave? Or what?“Just a piece of advice that you may not need, but can you slow down a little bit.” He said and she suddenly she heaved; she got up and ran across the room towards the bathroom in his office. She knelt closer to the toilet bowl and threw up into it. “I told you to slow down.” She heaved again, throwing out every single thing she had eaten, what was going on with her?“I think we need to go back to the hospital for you to take some tests, there might be something wrong with you.”He advised leaning against the door frame, she heaved again but nothing came out, she was covered in sweat. “I won’t need that, I am fine.” She whispered, as she pushed the flusher and got up, she walked
"Mrs. Smith!”Crystal stopped in her tracks; she turned back to Laurie who seemed to have been following her for quite sometimes now. She had been hearing the voice in the distance, but she was too deep in thoughts to realize they were calling for her. Crystal had an unsure look on her face as Laurie walked towards her; she wondered why Laurie was calling her. “Mrs. Smith.” Her breathing was labored, she bent slightly to hold her knees, and her chest was heaving dangerously. “Laurie, are you okay?”She asked her eyes narrowing in concern, “I am sorry I didn’t notice you were calling me.”“No, its okay, you have been so absent minded recently.” She said as she straightened her back. “Are you okay?” “Yes, I am, is anything the problem?” She asked curiously as she proceeded to walk back towards her office, Laurie looked out vacantly to be sure no one was in sight, it has been two days since the incident in Kayden’s office and ever since then she hadn’t gotten the opportunity to tal
“Mr. Smith, I would like to speak to you.” Kayden looked up from the computer screen and his eyes narrowed from the irritation, he just didn’t like to see Paige, she was even more unbearable than Crystal. “And what are you doing here? Where is Laurie?” “Hum... She wasn’t outside so I thought I could just talk to you really quick.” She said with an idiotic smile plastered on her face; she was too cheerful for his liking; she was the complete opposite of Crystal. He was glad, she didn’t have Paige’s personality, and he might have died from the cringe already. “It is about Crystal and I am standing here, as a representative of the entire design team.” He withheld his finger and fall back to support his back into the seat; now he was fully interested in the news she brought. “What is it? There is only little I can do about her.” “We got our paycheck for the month today.” She announced again with another heavy smile and Kayden fought the urge to roll his eyes. “We noticed there is
“Is that you, Father?” Crystal asked and the man paused slightly before turning towards her direction. From the way he narrowed his eyes, she could tell he doesn’t recognize her. “Who are you?” He asked cautiously and her eyebrows raised immediately, he had forgotten her, but had it been that long? Yes, it has… after all it had been twelve years already, twelve years has passed since he woke up one morning and left them, never to return. “You don’t recognize me anymore? Father?” She asked again, discerning that he might just be his lookalike and not her real father, she was about to tell him she made a mistake when he snapped his fingers. “I think—” “Cassandra?” His eyes softens and he smiled. “Look how tall you are now, the last time I saw you, you were about like this.” He gestured with his hands; he was smiling but she could feel the force in his smile; everything about his energy was forced, she wasn’t sure maybe he knew who she was from the start and he was just pretendi