17. DON’T INTRUDE ON MY PRIVACY Lena woke up to Darian swallowing some pills, she had seen him do that several times but she was yet to ask what the pills were for.She let out a soft yawn to catch his attention, and he looked at her. Hauled back the drawer and made for the closet."Hmm, good morning." She greeted him."Yeah?" He was on his way to the bathroom now, stark naked in front of her. She stared away from him. "Just go in and have your bath, I will talk to you later." She circled her eyes with her palm, trying so hard not to gawk at her husband's naked body.He didn't say anything to her, he walked into the bathroom, sat in the male bathtub, and leaned his head on the wall. He heaved a sigh as he rubbed the lavender soap on his body; he was stressed out, so stressed out from work and family business but he couldn't let anyone take his place. Darian used to feel no one could do his job as perfectly as he did.He remembered Judson's words at the last family meeting; they were
"Hi Lisa, I think I'm getting a divorce," Lena informed her best friend over the phone."What happened this time?" Lisa huffed a sigh, knowing Lena was mad at Darian again."Darian is arrogant, he's a bastard and I can't deal with him anymore. See Lisa, I have tried, I have tried to be good to him but he doesn't deserve my kindness." She rolled her eyes and hissed out loudly. "He's an asshole, a big one!" She screeched."Calm down, okay? What happened this time and how do you want me to punish him? Do you want me to make him the villain in my book or just brutally murder his character? Do you want me to cut off his dick or spit on his face? Just tell me what you want, I can do that to him in my books." She assured Lena.Lena scoffed, "But you do know that can only happen in your books, right?""Yes, but we will make him suffer. Tell me what you want him to go through." She teased."Cutting his dick is brutal, I don't want that. How about hmmmmm," she looked thoughtfully at the portrai
Darian walked into the room, pulled out his clothes, and went into the bathroom to have his evening bath. After he was done, he strode down to the wardrobe to get a few clothes to slip into. But he noticed the bedroom was bigger, he looked at the bed and the pillows were all arranged, he moved over to check Lena's closet and found out all her things were gone. He suspected it, the vanity table was empty and there was nothing on her side of the mirror.He wore a shirt over his head and walked into the living room. Tina was cleaning when he got in."Welcome sir, I didn't know you were back." She greeted him."Where is my wife?" He asked, his eyes bloodshot and his face shimmering with fury."She moved to the guest room, sir," Tina responded sadly. She had tried to placate Lena by telling her to stay back in the bedroom but she refused, she had packed her things out with the help of Tina, muttering cuss words at Darian as she moved."Really?" He scoffed, placing his hands on his hips. He
She could see clothes hung around her wardrobe but she was reluctant to wear one. She didn't want to listen to him, he could not always have his way whenever he wanted it. "We are running late," Darian glanced at his wristwatch. "Whatever," Lena murmured, still rummaging through her closet for a dress. She stopped at one, picked it up, and veered around to look at Darian. "You know what?" She started."What?" Darian retorted, his eyes on the new pistol he just got. He was loading some bullets in it, he loaded three and cracked the gun. Lena flinched at the sound, and shifting back, Darian smiled. "I won't kill you, you know?" He said, "What do you want to talk about?""You commanded Tina and Harrison to bring back my things into this room without my consent. I am still mad about that, and now you're commanding me to go with you to the casino. I am not consenting to it, I don't want to go, Darian. I don't want to do the things you want me to do, I want to do what I want to do!" She
After taking all the time in the world to get ready, Darian and Lena finally arrived at the casino. "Now, we are not matching." She grinned once they were outside. "Wow," her eyes moved around the building; it was large, bigger than Darian's mansion. "A casino is this big?" Her jaw dropped as her eyes kept ogling the skyscraper in front of her."Yeah, different activities are carried out here. What do you expect? Come with me," he put on his dark glasses and extended a hand out to her. She shook off and didn't take his hand."There is no need to put on a show, we don't usually do this." She said, waiting for him to start walking so she could follow behind him.He shrugged his shoulders and walked away from her, Lena trotted behind him, admiring his very tall frame and how his well-tailored suit fitted every one of his muscles. He was a good deal. Looks? Check, Great body? Check but good behaviour was zero. She shook her head as she walked behind him."Hey, wait up!" She stopped him w
Thelma waltzed into Darian's office with sluggish gaits, she donned a long red skirt that stopped after her knees, a shirt that fully covered her chest and there was a blazer hanging on her shoulders."Good morning, sir." She greeted, scoffing as she gaped at Darian who had his head buried in a file."Thelma, have your seat." He motioned to the chair before him. "Have you seen the proposal of Derrick's Firm?" He asked her."Yes, I have and I have gone through it too." She affirmed, trying as much as possible to avoid his gaze. He had been mean to her since the day he warned her about her revealing dresses. She had tried to seduce him into sleeping with her like he used to do, but her efforts had been futile and she wondered what kind of woman his wife was that he chose to remain faithful to her."What's your take on them?" He demanded, ruffling the papers in his hands. "Good or bad?" He stared at her."They've been existing for twelve years now and they'd transacted with big firms," s
"Is there any news from the Dawson family in Dallas?" Darian asked Jay as they walked into his mansion."Not something to bother about, they need new weapons and I have made arrangements for some to be sent over," Jay responded, the hefty bodyguards who stood at the entrance bowed their heads to acknowledge Darian's presence. "Good," he walked into the foyer with Jay. "Why are the lights out?" He queried as he tried to trail his steps into the living room. Jay stayed back, finding the switch to flip it on but the lights came again before he could find it.Lena and Tina were standing in front of him."Welcome home," Lena said in a sing-song voice, "And Happy birthday to you," she smiled, wiggling the cake in her hands in front of him. Darian sighed, "Guess I suck at surprises," Lena smiled. She looked at Jay and quickly dropped the cake on the table. She went back to where Darian was standing, took his hands, and led him into the living room. "Today is your birthday and you are not a
Lena felt a hand on her as she rolled on the bed, she slightly opened her eyes. Rolling over again, she sat upright and looked at Darian who was sleeping peacefully on the bed, his breaths were soft, his face so calm. She smiled, moving her fingers to touch his hair, she rescinded her hands before she could run her fingers through his hair. She knew he carried her into the bedroom. She had slept off on the couch while seeing the movie with Darian."Why are you gawking at me?" Darian's eyes snapped open at once.Lena was startled, she wondered if he had been pretending to sleep all this while."Good morning," she greeted him."Hmm," he sat right, resting his back on the headboard. "You bragged that you could control your liquor intake last night but you didn't even take up to two bottles of beer before sleeping off like a log of wood." He picked up his phone and glanced through it."I will take that as your good morning too." She scoffed at him for deriding her.Darian said nothing eve