"How are you feeling?" Keir asked standing beside the door with both of his hands in his pocket, Mrs. Cosmo and June had decided to excuse the both of them so they could properly talk. Even if Mrs. Cosmo didn't want to address it she could notice the tension between her daughter and Keir, it was obvious to her that there was more to their friendship, or maybe the sight of her almost dying had melted Keir's heart.He had been more worried about Octavia than even her mother so he followed James everywhere they went in search of Sandy but they couldn't find any leads on her."You ask me that after a whole week," Octavia frowned, she understood that Keir was with James this whole time but what stopped him from checking on her at least once to know how she was doing and if she was getting better? Did he not care about her?"Your mother informed me that you will be getting discharged today, I thought it would be best if I came now rather than later," Keir explained. "Do you know how fucking
~ COSMO'S MANSION ~~ OCTAVIA'S ROOM ~"Are you being serious right now?" June asked excitedly, She couldn't believe that Keir asked Octavia to marry him, she had imagined them getting married but she expected them to date first before Keir would pop the question, but it seemed the young man was full of surprises."I swear I was so fucking shocked, you should have seen my mouth wide open without words to express myself.""So, what did you say? tell me everything...details please," June smiled sitting on the bed next to Octavia, Due to the stab wound on Octavia's leg it was difficult for her to work around so she was forced to stay in bed even though she had just been discharged."No.""What the hell do you mean by No?""I was shocked Okay, how many times do I have to say that I know I love him and all but I had not envisioned us getting married, like the question to me off guard," Octavia explained and she was being honest. After Keir had asked her to marry him, she was dumbfounded an
~ HYDRA COMPANY ~~ KEIR'S OFFICE ~Keir signs the paper in front of him as he goes through the other page while his new assistant stands beside him explaining the details of each file to him to her best knowledge. She placed her hands behind her and at intervals adjusted her glasses to see properly as her vision wasn't that good."Mr Cooper thinks it will be a good idea for...""I already said we are not going to accept any offer from that brand, I believe I mentioned it in the last meeting we had with the shareholders, are you not taking notes of relevant information like this miss.. miss..""Madeline," she replied nervously. "Sorry about that sir."Keir stared at her and then back at what he was doing on his desk, his mind was so still occupied with the thoughts of Octavia rejecting his marriage proposal that he didn't have time to address the idiot who decided not to employ a professional for this job but an amateur who was not even willing to learn.He still didn't know why Octav
Octavia smiled when his lips left hers, she bit her bottom lips as she sipped her wine."How is your leg feeling?" Keir asked, he had been worried about her."Hurts like hell, have you gotten any lead yet on Sandy?" Octavia asked, That experience had been traumatizing for her and the only thing she could hope for right now was for them to find Sandy and lock her up for good, She was happy to have Keir all to herself but the fear of Sandy kidnapping her or trying to kill her was giving her sleepless nights."Is this the part where you tell me that you told me so?"Octavia laughed at his words, She had been looking forward to telling him that she was right all along about Sandy being shady but she thought it was best to say it much later when Sandy was actually arrested and locked up. "I did tell you so," Octavia said it regardless as Keir laughed with her."She is not out of the country because we would have gotten a report on her trying to leave the country but we don't know where she
~ HYDRA'S MANSION ~~ LIVING ROOM ~Octavia walked in with the help of June, The doctor had suggested she use a walking stick, even her mother but she didn't want to, she felt it would make her look like some old lady. June wasn't even supposed to be here but because she required her assistant to move around she invited her.It wasn't like she wouldn't have offered to invite her, but if not for her leg June wouldn't have attended. June wasn't the social butterfly, she enjoyed her company more than others."My love," Keir smiled as he saw Octavia coming in with June, he walked up to them planting a kiss on Octavia's cheek and offering his hand as support. "Thank you," he said to June for her to let go of Octavia."Sure," June said letting go of Octavia and standing beside her."Octavia Cosmo," Alex smiled raising his wine glass, he had arrived sooner than everyone, so Keir offered him wine while they discussed their business and Keir's new love.Alex was shocked to hear that Keir and O
"Could you all excuse me? I have a call I need to make," Keir said rising to his feet, he leaned in and planted a kiss on Octavia's cheek who was already looking at him with a worried look, how was she going to keep the conversation going if they asked yet again about their relationship."I just need to make a call to James," he whispered into her ear as he peeked her on the cheek."Alright," Octavia smiled as Keir walked out."You are so lucky to catch one of these handsome men," Gina pointed out dropping her spoon and reaching for the wine glass in front of her."Yeah," Octavia smiled. "So, Clara are you now seeing someone?" Octavia decided to change the conversation, She could have asked anyone of them a random question but she chose Clara because she knew how talkative Clara could be, it would at least buy her enough time before Keir came back."She is still hellbent on Hardin fucking her and making her his woman," Alex answered in an irritated tone."Oh shut up Alex, at least I k
~ BALCONY ~After June had left them, she went to retouch her makeup in the bathroom and adjust her dress properly, she was about to go back to join them in the dining when she overheard them talking about her and how it was weird that Octavia would be friends with her.She decided to go to the balcony on the top floor to enjoy the view, She hadn't been to the balcony before but Octavia had told her about how beautiful the view was up there, it was a good thing she had a good memory when it came to details so she was able to remember the secret passage to the balcony.She was sure they wouldn't even miss her presence, and if Octavia eventually realized she was not there, Clara would bring up a topic to keep her locked in her seat, she wasn't pained by their attitude. It was understandable for them to find it odd that she and Octavia were now friends after her previous assistant had tried to dupe the company of her huge amount of money but she ended up in jail when they found out about
Hardin stared at the lady, he had been able to successfully get her out of the water and on the shore but she was currently in an unconscious state, he ran his hand through his head and breathed out from the cold. "Fuck this," it wasn't like she was going to think about any part of him trying to rescue her.He placed his lips on her lips trying to pass air into her mouth and then he applied pressure to her chest as much as he could, he tried to stay focused on reviving her than the fact that his hand was currently touching her bare chest and her nipples were pointing upward apparently from the cold.He repeated the process, his lips locked on hers and back to his hand applying pressure on her chest, The only time he had seen someone trying to drown themselves was on the television, he had not experienced it first hand but it was a good thing he knew how to do this, he just wasn't sure if he was even doing it the right way because so far she wasn't responding.Her body didn't seem to b