Raphael’s POV. I couldn’t stop thinking about what Renia told me last night. I still don’t understand why Susan felt the need to threaten her. I could see the fear in her eyes, I could literally smell the fear in her. She cried herself to sleep last night and I had to carry her up to her room. Crying and worrying about the babies won’t do anything to help her, it would only do more damage and I was already worried that her blood pressure might end up shooting up again when we just recently managed to get it back to normal and that is why I plan on paying Susan a surprise visit today but it might not be a surprise to her because she already knows that she doesn’t mess with Renia and get away with it so easily. I couldn’t tell Renia about my whereabouts because she was still fast asleep by the time I left the house and I also didn’t want her to worry unnecessarily. I told Melissa that I would be back as soon as possible. I don't plan on staying out too long anyway. I pulled the car in

Renia’s POV. Things have been way too quiet around here. We haven’t heard shit from Susan and I am going to just chalk that up to the fact that I have barely stepped out of my father’s house. True to his word, Raphael got my dad to hire some bodyguards. He must have told him about the situation for my dad to allow that. His relationship with my dad has improved a whole lot. It has gotten to the point that my dad no longer feels the need to throw a punch at him at every given chance. He hired over fifteen bodyguards and he also got the security system in our home tightened so that just anybody couldn't get inside without the go-ahead from those insides. While Raphael’s relationship with my dad might be stable, I can’t say the same for our relationship. We are no longer walking on thin ice but the tension between us is still very much thick and I am yet to decide if I want to forgive him or not. I know I did say that I will be willing to forgive him if he ever manages to return my fee

Raphael’s POV. I have never fancied myself in love before. I used to believe in that word before when I was a kid when my parent's marriage was still…fine? When things were still fine. I stopped believing in that term the moment I saw how everything could easily fall apart. When I saw just how easy it was for one woman to make my family fall apart. I was still so young then, I was barely a day over ten but I was convinced that love didn’t really exist. I vowed then and there never to let a woman get to me so much that it would lead to my own downfall and eventually my death. So you can imagine just how hard and surprising it was for me to realize my feelings for Renia. At first, I couldn’t believe it. I mean how could I be so sure that I was in love with her when I don’t really know what the word means when I don’t really know what it feels like to be in love but I soon realized that it doesn’t matter whether I knew what it felt or what it was. What matters is that I was sure of wha

Renia’s POV. I entered my parent’s mansion with a big grin on my face. I couldn’t stop grinning even if I tried. I don’t think I can remember the last time I felt so deliriously happy. It is probably past midnight already but it felt like the entire world has gotten even lighter and brighter. I didn’t spare the bodyguards standing outside another glance— just said an extremely cheery hello and went in. The house was way too quiet when I entered. I expected to see my mum sitting around here in the living room probably watching TikTok or seeing a movie but she was nowhere to be found and the same goes for my dad too. I started heading for their room when I saw the post-it note that was glued to the refrigerator. I walked towards it and removed it from where it was stamped. I recognized my mother’s familiar handwriting the moment I saw it. Hello there, I heard you two went on a date. How was it? I hope you had a good time and I hope you managed to settle whatever problem you two had.

Raphael's POV. I don't know how much time has passed. I can't even tell anything at this point. I answered the doctor's question like an unfeeling robot. I filled out every form that I was required to fill. It was like I was a walking dead. Like I was functioning but not really functioning. Like I was visibly alive but actually dead inside. I couldn't stop thinking about the fact that I did this. Renia is currently lying unconscious in the hospital because of me. I might not have pushed her down the stairs with my hands but I might as well have pushed her. Susan only came into our lives because of me. She hurt Renia because of me and I...I will make her pay for that. I will. I stood up from the chair that I didn't even realize I was sitting on and started heading out of the hospital without even thinking it through. I need to hurt someone and that someone would be Susan. It doesn't matter that I have never raised my hand to a woman before. None of it matters. The need to hurt her. T