Chloe's POV I'd missed Caesar so much. It got to a point where his post it cards were not doing it for me. He usually left a card, with a note on it telling me to have a nice day, enjoy to the fullest, he'll miss me through out the day bla bla bla...It was our third day in Naples and I think I'd felt it all, the fun, the rush, new experiences, heck I even knew how to swim like a pro. Perks of having Cherry Blossom Banley as your best friend. Yes, Cherry's middle name is Blossom, even I didn't wrap my head around it the first time I saw it on her school transcripts.I decided I'll have to wait for Caesar even if he'll come past midnight. God knows how I'd longed to see that man. It was around 9:30 p.m when we got back to the hotel room, Cherry decided to watch this series we'd started to watch together sometime back, 'Valeria'. Let me tell you that I really wanted to watch that movie too as I waited for Caesar, except along the way, something like 20 minutes into it, I was already sw
Chloe's POVAnd then I felt everything closing out on me, the cricket sounds, Caesar's voice asking me if I was okay, the soft music from the lobby, people conversing from a distance, and I felt my legs giving out on me as tears cascaded down my face.I felt my feet being lifted off the ground and before I knew it, Caesar was running up the stairs with me in his arms. I didn't try to fight it. The moment he laid me down on our bed, the adrenaline rush was back and my energy too, everything started opening up on me again, the sounds, I could see Caesar's worried face and I sat upright tears still running down my face nonstop."Chloe baby, please listen to me first." Caesar begged in his enchanting voice which only made me let out a scream."Leeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaveeeeeee!!!" His eyes bulged out yet again, Seemed like something he was getting accustomed to. Then I screamed again, "Woooooooooooooo!!! Story of my life!!!!""Marvelous." He spoke calmly taking a step towards me before I raised
Chloe's POVIt was now around 11 a.m and I'd just woken up with sore eyes since the most part of my night was filled with whys and sobs. I don't know how I'd fallen asleep but one thing I remembered was the fact that Cherry hadn't slept either. She was my good support system throughout the night and I wouldn't regret ever coming to Bronx because Bronx did give me a best friend. A sweetest one for that.I'd wondered how she'd managed to wake up earlier than me, but we're talking about Cherry Banley, nothing is too surprising with her, I should have known that by then. And the fact that she wasn't around to be seen, I wouldn't have been surprised if I found out that she'd gone after her brother.As I was brushing my teeth after taking a not so keen shower in Cherry's room, my eyes dragged themselves to the girl in front of me, in the mirror. The girl looked so defeated, sleep deprived with swollen eyes and the well rested face that always greeted me back when I looked at myself in the m
Four months laterCaesar's POV Nothing was the same ever again. My life before Chloe was sure plain, just black and white. And then she came along, everything changed, she was able to always put a smile on my face without even trying. My life became colourful and the place I built a home for myself and my sister became a real home because everyday I was always looking forward to go home, not like before. And all that was because of her...I'd been distraught the past four months. I didn't know it could get to a point where Chloe couldn't be in the same room as I. Anyway, I just thank God she didn't move out of the house because that could have broken me even more. I was only given clear instructions, infact they weren't instructions, they were strictly demands. Being adamant I didn't stick to those demands where she'd told me to never visit her in her restaurant, to never go to her room, to never talk to her. That had happened when I got back the following day after they had left ab
Chloe's pov"I wouldn't ask for a better best friend and a good chef and a sw-brrrrr--" Cherry burped interrupting her blurbing mess. That was after she was done eating."I know I'm of so much importance to y'all, even you Martha even if you can't say it." I smirked at Martha who was looking at no one in particular with dizzy eyes. "You should probably go to sleep." A chuckle left my mouth when she certainly tried to nod but unfortunately her head swinged sideways making Cherry and I giggle loudly at her struggle.It was now 9:30 p.m. For us it was still early, but when Martha finally decided to take a her night rest, we huffed a sigh, taking our asses to bed too.I was already done with my nightly routine, now I was trying to force some sleep when I heard my bedroom door swift softly. And I knew it was him yet again. He'll never give up, that's something that made my anger dissipate slowly. He thought he was discreet about the forehead kisses he always left me before retiring to sl
Caesar's POVI don't know why I got irritated so easily those days. It's not like I was a sweet boss to my employees before, no. It's just that I could read them so well, the questioning and judgemental looks they always wore. Like when there would be a small slip up in the projects we were doing at the moment. Heck, I'd given it my all, especially the past four months where I had to dip my head into work so that I couldn't think about a certain brown haired who had robbed me all my senses. All I could do was yell at my employees for not being perfect as I was. I was perfect I know that! All the meetings I had pushed back were all now done with. I'd even signed up contracts of partnership with many progressive companies which I'd faith in. My own company now had the highest ranking with a very high percentage compared to before, not that we were number two or three before, it's just that the percentage wasn't that up as now. Wow, all because of me and the change of perspectives. And
Chloe's POVNobody, I repeat nobody can say no to Anley sunny. I learnt of her second name just that morning and for sure sunny fit her so well because one, she got this amazing brightness in within her that shone so brightly just like the sun itself, no one can miss it. I swear even little Leddy would feel it. Ask me why I was so wrapped up around her little finger considering she was another woman's daughter who happened to have given me sleepless nights and painful memories in the past four months if not for her sunny nature.Second was her ability to melt my heart that had somehow turned cold and also the way her presence in the family had brought so much warmth in the few hours she'd stayed with us. Just Anley sunny, so adorable and insatiable and everything beautiful.Now ask me why I was in the backseat with Anley and Caesar in the front behind the wheel, our eyes meeting so often in fleeting seconds in the rearview mirror before I could be the first one to look away. And my pa
"I wouldn't lie to a woman so enchanting as you." He had a way with his words, I can give him that."You're too precious for me to make up words so that I can earn your trust. You're smart enough and sometimes I envy you for your smartness given the fact that those assholes kept you away from the world. But you've aced it so well, you're successful in what you've been doing, your restaurant is flourishing, you put so much faith in what you do and now see how badass you've turned. You're a bombass and I wouldn't have felt in love with someone who wasn't as bomb with so much fire that can burn you alive as you."What did he just say? God my heart. Help it. I wasn't seeing straight and for a moment there, I was just seeing things and my eyes had blurred and before I knew it my lips were quivering, one tear had slipped down and followed by another before I was now full on sobbing."Did I say something wrong? I'm sorry! I...I ...d... Did..n't , God! I'm sorry marv---""Shut up!" I chuckled