CHAPTER 4.
IRENE'S POVCOULD IT BE LOVE, lust or everything that was in between these two?Could it just be unfitting passion?My mind was filled with an array of thoughts, lots of thoughts that I could feel filling the blank spaces of my heart.My mind was darkness and l was nothing but a craft made from it, taking the form of whatever it chooses.I was married quite alright but to a stranger, that became more strange aa the days trickled byI didn't know how to qualify what I felt for him. All I was aware about was the attraction budding inside of me at how attractive he was.How can I love a man I know nothing about, loving him with so much more complications than the blissfulness it came with.It didn't take too long to know we do not fit into each other's life, the moment I had walked through the hallway of his penthouse.The moment I had taken a left turn Into his bedroom, I knew immediately that I did not fit into the life of this man, I just had to adapt to it.Adaptation itself was not a problem if James was even around to make it look but with each day that passes I was seeing less and less of him.I tossed and turned on the bed, shutting out the thought of the previous weeks out of my mind, adamant that I was going to make today one of those few good days that were rare of late.I swallowed and tried to will my body into complacency of what I want, willing it to manifest as I tried to maneuver nature into what I desired.Like those other mornings, I couldn’t stop the rush of anticipation from zinging beneath my skin as I gave my head a small shake in frustration.The truth was, whether I liked him or not. And I didn’t. The idea that I might get to see him everyday made the feeling complicated and I hated it, but I didn’t know how to turn it off either.Our term for marriage was—We were tied down to a contract that no one among us could break—Nothing more.I padded Into the bathroom watching as the faucet drizzled warm water on my skin that was so in need of it.Taking the long steps all the way down to the dining room I was surprised to see him at the table dressed in only slacks."Good morning." I said taking my seat across the table.He looked up from the business daily he was reading and nodded his head.I wanted to know why he was home as as if he could read my mind-"Get yourself to rest after breakfast. We will be going for a Meeting with some of my partners." He said without even sparing me a look.The fork dropped from my hands and clattered against the cold tiles, it was only the fork but I could feel my heart falling the same way.A maid made an effort to come help me pick but I raised my hands stopping her and wiping my lips with a napkin till it had the color of my lip gloss."But-""No buts and I am listening to no excuse, just get yourself ready."He folded the newspaper and dumped it in the bin as he made his way up, I could see our picture on the front page with the caption Young Billionaire found Love.Could that be why he was angry?To avoid his trouble, I was down before he dressed in a black dress.He barely looked at me as he made his way down, walking out with me trailing behind.The chauffeur helped with the door as we drove out of the Estate.The city passed before my fresh eyes as we drove out of his Estate. We lived in a classy, spacious community in town where the majority of the influential people stayed.The only neighbor you could see from the backyard was a rich business woman, unmarried and always wanting to flirt with James whenever she came around.It looked like James had no interest not only in me– Though I made up the majority of it; but also with other women as well at least that’s what Marcus told me when we had a discussion once.James seemed like a nice guy when looking from afar but if you took a deeper look you'd see the darkness in his eyes.Our neighborhood was quiet and private, and I’dalways assumed James loved his quietness.We pulled into the main highway, as we drove all the way through traffic lights.The trip was quiet with neither of us saying a word to each other as we got out.Soon we were driving into the garage of what looked like a company with the Chauffeur getting the door as we got out of the car that was black, just like his Soul.I walked out of the car timid as we made our way out to the costly apartment.Who hosts parties on a hot Saturday afternoon …I thought to myself as we made our way in."Smile." He leaned in and Whispered into my ears.I wondered what was there to smile about anyways but I did regardless.A stunning woman walked toward where we were."Damn." James groaned out and rolled his eyes just as she reached where we were."This is the last place I expect to see you." She said before glancing toward my direction."What are you doing here Katherine?" He asked" Won't you introduce us? She said looking at my face again." You don't deserve us, you are cocky and end up with the pretty ones."Fighting an eye roll." Irene–my ex Katherine, Kathy my Wife Irene."A pet name I couldn't help noticing, he used a pet name for his ex.I told the two I needed a drink and walked away to use the ladies before the waiter came around again.I got back and looked around and could find no sign of them around, I took the hallway walking toward the garden I had seen her pointing to earlier.As soon as I stepped into the garden the cup dropped from my hands shattering against the floor.Right there was him, kissing her …CHAPTER 5IRENE'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 be
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