Two weeks and half had passed and I was still the same. Cold and uninviting.Now it was on a Sunday and I decided to bask in the beautiful Sunday morning sun's glory.I was lying on the lounge chair by the garden when I felt a shadow of someone blocking the Sun rays."Ughh... Please move, you're blocking the Sun." I groaned. The person didn't move. So I opened one eye slightly to take a peek at the intruder.In his glory, he stood there looking down at me with what I could have mistaken to be lust or something else.His eyes roamed all over my body and my breathing became erratic and I almost started to pant when he finally lifted my legs up from the lounge chair and sat letting my legs rest on his lap.As I looked at him, I realized that I had missed him. More than I could let on."I miss the old you Marvelous." His said, his morning thick voice doing bizarre things to me.I looked up at him and noticed that he had dark circles under his eyes. I flinched and sat up straight, removin
Caesar's povI knew it wouldn't be easy for Chloe to accept my offer but I didn't know it would take almost zero effort to convince her. The moment she was fit with it even under certain conditions, I felt like a huge load has been lifted off my shoulders.We're talking about this one girl who can't even hurt a fly but can hurt an egotistic human being with just one word. That's my Marvelous and that's what she does to me.A few days had passed since I got back from another one of our business trips in LA which took a week and three days. And in those few days in Bronx I'd barely caught sleep. We had business deals to close with some of our major stakeholders and it was one hell of a task. I could sleep at dawn, that means somewhere around four in the morning and by six in the morning my alarm was rejoicing. How could things get possibly better? I barely saw my sister leave alone Chloe. Sometimes I could sleep in the office over my paperwork since my body was getting used to the co
Chloe's POV"Hey." I gushed lowering myself beside Caesar on the coach."Hey." He replied back smiling as he lifted his hand and tucked the loose strand of hair on the side of my face behind my ear."How are you doing?" I asked scanning his face and I observed that he had dark circles under his eyes."I'm... uh... good?" He trailed his lips twitching slightly."Caesar don't you think you overwork yourself a little bit much?" I asked worriedly. "I'm used to working Marvelous." He took my hands in his. "You shouldn't worry about it."Well, I Knew I shouldn't worry but I couldn't help it."I went to see Mr and Mrs Johnsons today." I blurted out."What? When? Who were you with?"I knew he'll react that way, more reason to why I didn't want to tell him about it."We also did the final touches at the restaurant." I added trying to change the subject."I Know about the restaurant, it should be launched before the end of next week, pick the date for it's grand opening. But why didn't you tel
Caesar's povI wanted to soak my soul in her mind, feel the vortex of her inner needs and desires, listen to the rhythmic sound of her joys and sorrows, and tiptoe on the matrix of her dreams and longings.I wouldn't believe the depth in her heart until the day I felt her essence, but in a strange way, I felt like I knew her inner needs and desires last night.She was beautifully mysterious, more like a puzzle. But I was ready to resolve its every piece even if I was going to get trapped in its mystery. Maybe she wasn't a puzzle at all, I just needed time to understand her more and I think I was starting to.She slept too peacefully on my bed it almost made me envious at how soundly she slept without a care in the world. But that was not it, it was the smile that slowly formed on her lips as she slept. It's how that smile created chaos in my heart and how it messed up my mind. But it was also the same thing, which every time silenced the storms and calmed down every demon inside me w
Chloe's povA year back, someone could have told me that a day will come when I'll be having something I'll call mine, something so big as Toothsome, the restaurant I was opening that night and I'll tell them no way in all honesty and sincerity.That was so much more and too impossible.But on that very day, on that Wednesday night, there I were admiring the view of my very own restaurant. Everything was perfect for me. So picturesque.Earlier we had a makeup artist over, he did his wonders on my face but it wasn't something extravagant, he just kept my makeup minimal and natural, just perfect for me. I wouldn't want something so over apart from the winged eyeliner on top of the golden eyeshadow.My designer dress had alived three days earlier, thanks to Cherry. It was her doing and she's the one who paid for it claiming that it was a one time gift she was offering and I wasn't supposed to say no. So my dress was a shade of wine red with gold elements streaking on my borderlines. I
Caesar's povI stood there on the top of the stairs and watched her walk so confidently, her head held up high and I wanted to strangle every man in that building who looked at her with a hunger so evident.Then she walked towards the mic and adjusted it. A strand of hair fell on her face and she tucked it behind her ear, cleared her throat at the same time."Uhmmm...." She trailed casually as every one else would. "This might be awkward because this is my first time to stand in front of a very large congregation as this." She laughed lightly to ease the tension and nervousness but that made everyone crack along with her."So ladies and gentlemen, please excuse my poor attempt. I greet you all.""We greet you back." They responded joyously.That only boosted her courage, I knew it from how her eyes lit up."I don't know where to start, leave alone what to say, and I think I'm starting to sound like a nuisance... blubbering mess." Everyone bursted out laughing. At the moment I was sta
Chloe's pov"Hey that's not funny!" I complained pouting at Maggy and Cherry who had been nothing but persistently annoying.They liked calling me boss lady and to say the least, I never liked that nickname even a bit. It came off as a tease but to me it was more than just that.I wouldn't just tell them, I always shrugged it off, cringing at the distasteful feeling it left. I wasn't a boss!After officially opening Toothsome restaurant, it didn't take long for it to start blooming. All thanks to Caesar and his reputation.Days had moved like a blur, weeks and it was now a month and three weeks. I was still adjusting but to the most past of it, I had gotten used to my work. I was totally in love with working, it brought me so much happiness and I couldn't ask for more.I was finally at my best and even when I came home bummed like today, I couldn't complain out loud. I liked every bit of energy that came off while working."You're going to age so fast if you'll keep working yourself
Chloe's povHis lips twitched, his mouth moving closer to my ears."Something to do with us being naked and---"Before he could finish his sentence I'd already smacked his head upsidedown making him groan painfully.It's not like I didn't like his line of thoughts, it's because he always managed to make me weak, he'd find a way to humiliate me. I ended up flustered in those games and it wasn't funny. I wish I would wound him the way he did me."That's not fair." He pouted.Such a baby. I snorted out loud.Now that we weren't so close and intoxicatingly so, I was still able to look at him. He was painstakingly handsome and it didn't do my cheerleading parts of me any good. Those silent parts of me were always screaming for him.It seems like he'd come home earlier and changed into his signature grey pants and a black sweatshirt.I let out a hideous yawn stretching all the way back as I lifted my hands and that only earned Caesar a grunt.I thought he was grunting because of my so not a