CHAPTER 5
IRENE'S POVI froze, my heartbeats slowing like they’d been moulded and dropped against the ground making shattering noises.I shouldn't feel this way right? Since I wasn't tied down to the contract.That wasn't the case here, I felt every pain that came with having your heart broken and the fact was I didn't know why.Maybe it was because deep down I demanded a kind of loyalty from him, I expected that he treated me justly the way I had with over over the last one month.I stood there at a spot, I could feel every pain that came from my heart and soul as my body quaked.One hand clutched my chest, perhaps you stop my heart from fall right through chest, the other muffling my lips from actually screaming out his name.The anger and disappointment were like a leash around me that kept me from taking another step.My breath stopped for a minute, and when it started again I felt the need to leave that spot, I couldn't do it anyone.As I turned, I bumped into a vase that had been behind me all this while, sending a shattering noise through the garden.I could have groaned if I had the air to do so, but every air in me were burnt up in the state that I was in.They turned to look in the direction where I was, his dark eyes piercing into my soul like the devil he was.I didn't wait to see any of it…I wouldn't .All I did was turn and made my out of the garden.I didn't wait to see if there would be remorse in his eyes bit I could hear him calling out at my name through the pitch darkness that had enveloped me.My heart though shattered did most of the thinking my brain would,it was the most sensitive part of me but at this time it obviousky didn’t count.Goose bumps rose on my skin as his voice calling after me with gravelly tone ran the length with me through my soul.I could feel the anxiety travelling the nape of my neck before trailing down my spine to my heavy legs.Al I could do was try and reach the car before he did,I couldn't bear the thought of having him look into my eyes or look at me with that darkness.I had to get away from here…you I thought to my self.All through that while my phone had been ringing with James calling over and over."Where do you want to go to ma'am?" The chauffeur turned and asked.He was risking everything by being loyal to me for just that moment, but anyone seeing me that moment would have that humanly affection."Just take my anywhere."He tilted his cap looking at the rear view mirror for a minute before driving away.At that moment I wouldn't mind being driven to the end of the world.********************************************With half-lidded eyes and a hazy mind, I took a moment to comprehend everything. I blinked, trying to clear my head but I couldn't shake away the feeling I had in my mind.The chauffeur stopped in front of a pub and as soon as I had walked he drove away to find The Boss as he was called.“Do you have a lighter?” I asked the bartender while taking a pack of cigarettes from my bag.He slid one across the table and pointed at the sign beside where I was with a No Smoking sign adoring the wall."You would have to pay for a sitting spot before you can.''I walked toward a table at the far end of the room, and soon with the metallic clink of a Zippo lighter the mesmerizing glow of a flame flickers in the darkness I was wallowing in.I don't smoke regularly bit only on rare occasions like this, so I lit the cigarette, as I puffed slowly so Ididn’t cough and come off as a rookie once again."I don't take you as a smoker."A soft laugh escaped me as I recognized the voice, who would.With a pensive stare, he pulled out a chair and sat at the table."Are you stalking me?" I asked without looking into his face."Well I wish I could, I am only seeing you after that time we had together " he said on purpose.I guess he was pointing out at the fact that I had not called all this long while."Drinks?" I shook my head and soon we had drinks over the table.As the second cup settled, I was becoming tipsy and could exchange my next cup for water.I guess the nicotine must have been mixing with the alcohol in my system. Or maybe I was just drunk on something different before now.Spinning around, I leveled my gaze on him. " Sorry for not calling, I lost your number. ”"Yeah I know?''" You do?"" Well let us just say the waiter called me when you forgot to take your purse and asked that you come get it.I could remember the purse he was talking about, until now I had searched everywhere around for it but had not seen it."Do you have it?""Yeah.""Will come get it one of these days.'He leaned against the table, his gaze sparking with a feeling so anonymous.“Why are you drinking?"'Why am I drinking?' I repeated, a frown pulling on my lips.“I don't want to talk about it. "His expression darkened around the edges. I didn’t know why but I could see a look of pity in his eyes.He pitied me, perhaps he thought I was a loner in the world.The smile drifted away into the wind.His tone was soft and subtle. “You don't deserve to be sad."Running on impulse my hands reached to his chin as I leaned toward him in my drunken state.He pushed himself toward me as well…The tone in the room is light and sexually charged.CHAPTER 6IRENE'S POVI WAS stupid enough to do any of this but certainly not this.The last time I had made a decision drunk was over four years ago and it had ended up with a scar deep in my heart nothing could get it offYet this man, something about him felt so alluring all I wanted that moment was to kiss him.It was a war between the right and wrong.A tug-of-war between temptation and common sense.I could feel all the will of common Sense slip slowly out of me in my drunken state and just when I thought I would bury my lips into his and kiss him amidst the heavy rock and roll music my phone rang.I stared down at my phone, then at the caller…rolling my eyes at both."Someone important?" He asked.I could see the impatience in his eyes as well, he wanted to get over the kiss and as much as I would have loved to kiss him back that moment I couldn't.In a way I felt James' eyes all over, he couldn't be here or he wouldn't be calling but still it felt kind of Weird."Yes." I answ
CHAPTER 7JAMES POVI wasn't sure of how to deal with everything as it looked new to me —This whole marriage situation.An intuition played in the back of my mind, sending a wave of uncertainty through me. I thought of possible ways everything could go bad and it numbered too much.Kathy had left soon after Irene stomped off, at first I had been shocked seeing her standing there before it registered in my mind that at the end we were actually married.I had called her name after a few while but that was it—I returned soon enough to Katherine who was adjusting her dress with a smirk on her face.It looked like she got what she wanted already, and I stupidly fell for her the snare she laid.In a way I had done what I felt was unthinkable—I had paraded my mistress right before my wife—contract or none.It left in me a feeling demanding to be made fact.What if she decides to pull out of all this…I couldn't help thinking to myself.At the end it turned out to look like I'd be the one t
CHAPTER 8.IRENE'S POV.I COULDN'T deal with everything, right before were two men that were trying to play masculine supremacy.I saw a flash of red, as I stared at them—From Nathaniel bleeding face to James angry one.The two men were agitated…For a minute I thought Nathan would come right at him, but he didn't. He just backed away from him.Looking back I saw two of the guards walking out, perhaps that was why Nathan had walked away.Watching as the car drove out of the park, I saw it turn round the bend and I was left with my husband.“Get her to the room.” He said as his guards approached us."What-" Before the words could leave my lips, I was lifted and dragged across the room.I banged my fist against the man but there was nothing I could do about all of this, at least more than give pretty screams.The guard dropped me in the room and shut the door, locking me in.All I wanted was to clear my head, after everything that had happened— it looked to me that he should be the o
CHAPTER 9IRENE'S POVHe would have asked for anything at that moment and in a way I would have done everything, done everything and the truth was I don't know why?Perhaps, it had to do with the life I was born into, in a way it was dark, so dark but at the same time it was transparent.I knew his world was darkness, I had seen it underneath his eyes as soon as I had signed the contract.In a way he made me aware of the fact that even something so good has its shadows.It took just a few seconds between drowning in his words and floating again and this time as I did I found myself walking…just waking like someone hypnotized.His words were compelling, and without even wanting to or even knowing it, I found myself walking toward him slowly.I should hate this man, I really should…in a way, I felt the need to stay detached from this man, as indifferent as I possibly could, but as the words got to me, I couldn't do anything to stop myself.In a way I could not even recognize the pers
CHAPTER 10IRENE'S POVFear. Panic. Anxiety.Name it.I felt all at once, in one giant rush down my nerves.His warm hands around my neck made me…Absolutely inexpressive of my emotions.I didn't know how to react to any of the emotion's budding up in me like a flame, blooming into something passionate.The good thing about all of this was that something deep down in a part of me was screaming in whispers that I shouldn't react to him this way, but the crazy side of it all was that I wanted to think with this side— I wasn't thinking with my brains at this moment but another organ entirely.I was thinking about an organ with a pulse.Maybe I shouldn't have it with him?Yet I knew this was going to happen anyways…“No one-” The rest of his words came in rasps.Rasps breathed again my neck, down the nape.I looked into his eyes, fully aware that he could easily be as dangerous as he looked.He watched me with that same darkened look as he leaned against me, pulling me closer by my ne
CHAPTER 11.JAMES POVLooking at her, all I could think about was how I was going to deal with the whole situation of having he there right where I wanted.She was the most crude of all I had met and in a way, I felt the need to refine her.The hatred in her eyes was glaring, I had seen the intensity in them even before she caught me earlier in the day with Kathy.Deep down, I felt a kind of remorse that she might be feeling the pain — probably jealousy from seeing me with another woman, I wouldn't ignore the fact that she actually slapped me.It had come to me when I least expected it, and roused not only the demon from my past, but every dark emotion I had in myself at the moment.Her eyes widened as she saw the strap in my hands, the grin upon my face anticipating what was to come.In a way, I felt the need to devour her, there was a need to take her in many ways and any way I wanted.I was going to make love to his woman if she consented or not.She tried wriggling free as I reach
CHAPTER 12IRENE'S POVIt was pretty fastThe manner by which the change in attitude came, One moment he was all cool and well collected and the next he was like a demon ripping every layer out of me shred by shred, regardless I felt the need to stay away from him as much as I could.I could as well tell Marcus everything but reverted to doing that as I wanted to deal with him totally on my own.It was kind of comical the way he switched emotions pretty fast.One moment he didn't want to have anything to do with me as I was forced to another bedroom on his request,seconds later he is all jealous and tries to take advantage of me.At moments like this, I wondered to myself if I was dealing with the same person as it turned out to be, he was certainly someone with a dual personality.I thought back to that blissful night that came before the contract was signed— it was certainly the first time I had seen him smile or ever acted all kindly— Was that all a facade?Was this a fate I had s
CHAPTER 13IRENE'S POVI FELT dirty after everything, the fact that I climaxed to the memories of a man I claimed to hate was itself very complicated…I dragged myself out of bed and walked to the bathroom brushing and flossing quickly before heading under the faucet for a warm bath.Deep down in my soul I wished the warm water cold wash away his touch from my nerves and soul.I ran the comb through my hair as I rang the phone downstairs telling the maid what I wanted for breakfast.My plan for the day was easy—I was going to avoid anything to do with James.Soon, I heard on my my door and opened to find there-It was Seven o’clock in the morning as I sat on the couch in my room with only an oversized one as I ate a bowl of cereal while scrolling through my phone.My phone buzzed in my hands as a message popped in. I choked on my food …Apparently James must have been intending to send it to someone else because it was deleted not even ten seconds after I had seen it.My eyes widened