"Tell me, what happened after the kiss?" Lisa yelled out, almost damaging Lena's eardrums with her screams. "Oh my God, oh my God," she squealed."Lisa, I was scared to death." Lena positioned her phone on the phone hanger and relaxed on the couch in the bedroom. The lights were on and Darian was probably in his study or office."Scared, why were you?" She inquired."There was an attack at the party and he stayed back to confront our attackers. I was so scared, I feared he would be shot dead." She held her chest and rubbed her palms against it."Hmm, interesting." Lisa folded her arms and shifted back from the camera. She tied her hair with a band and braided the tip. "As a writer, I want to explain this to you. Would you like to listen to me?""Stop being delusional. You are so lost in your world of fiction that you don't even know what's happening in the real world." Lena hissed, jerking her head, she threw her hands to the side.Lisa sighed, "Do you want to listen to me?" She frown

Lena told her bodyguards off when she got back home, she met Tina at the foyer and asked where she was heading. After she made her know she was going grocery shopping, she let her go.She proceeded inside, lazily dragging her feet. She was exhausted, but it felt good to see her Father again after such a long time. Reminiscing about the good old days made her feel good. With a small smile tugging her lips, she walked into the living room.She met Jay and Darian in the middle of a conversation, she waved at Jay and walked past them into the bedroom. Darian couldn't stop staring at her as she waddled inside the room, he excused himself and went after her.She was about to slam the door when Darian held it down, he pushed the door open and walked in with her."Where have you been?" He queried."I went out," she relieved herself of the shoes she wore. "Where?" He took a step forward to her."What's that supposed to mean, Darian?" She flipped her hair and her eyes moved up to reach his eye

"Good morning, my friend." Lena greeted when she sighted Darian walking into the kitchen. He walked over to snatch a cup from the rack, turned some water, and swallowed alongside the pills in his palm. "You should respond to greetings from a friend, don't you know that?""I don't," Darian retorted.Tina smiled and left the kitchen, she knew better than to interrupt their time together."Now you know, when a friend greets you, you are meant to respond to their greetings." She said, putting the chicken wings into a bowl. "Don't worry, go back to the dining room, I will serve your food soon." She backed him, mixing the stew she was making."Can I have coffee this morning? I am working from home today." He informed her."Why? Is there a problem at the office?" She asked."No, Lena. There is something I have to attend to at the family house. One of the men gave a vague confession. Gaius wants me to come over to handle him myself."Lena sighed, she stopped counting the chicken and looked up

Lena rolled on the bed, stretching her hand to the side of the bed Darian always occupied but it was empty. She let out a small yawn and relaxed her back on the headboard. She was certain he had slept in his study or somewhere around the house; she had woken up every minute to check if he was close, but she didn't feel his presence like she always did. She clasped her hands together and pressed her lips into a tight frown.She wanted to apologize but he treated her badly, he told her to get out of his office, he broke the friendship they were trying to build and he didn't care about her feelings either. She hung her legs on the bed, laid on her back, and covered her head with the duvet.She felt his presence in the room, but the duvet remained on her head, not revealing her face. She peeped out to check what he was doing, she sighed and watched as he pulled out his sweaty shirt and pants, his back was turned to her making him oblivious of the staring exercise she was doing to his bod

Later in the evening, Tina left the house after she was done with her evening chores. Lena was alone and she felt talking to her best friend to seek some advice would be the best in her situation since Darian had refused to talk to her. She picked up her phone from the coffee table, dialed Lisa's number, and switched to a video call when she picked up."Lisa," Lena dubbed, her expression dull and unimpressive. She looked like she had been unwell for days now. "How are you?" She asked."Always good, I should ask you how you are. Good Lord, you look like life has been sucked out of you. Are you good?" Lisa inquired, worry laced in her voice."No, I talked to Darain about our marriage and asked him why we haven't consummated it yet.""So, what happened after that? Did he hit you?" Lisa widened her eyes."No, he didn't. He would never do that. You know, I was just confused and asked if he was sleeping with some other woman outside our marriage. He got angry, so mad he doesn't want to talk