Chapter 30
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It’s been three days since the fire, and Ten still reeling from the trauTLI.
Every time I close my eyes, the vivid memories come flooding back – the blood–curdling screams, the panicked faces, the choking smoke, and the overwhelming fear that gripped me when I thought all was lost.
The images haut me, refusing to let the escape the horror of that night,
my every need.
Since returning home, I’ve been trapped in a state of pampered isolation, with the maids catering to my
But despite their efforts to comfort me. I feel lost and alone.
I have my boys but still,
Grenn- not like his presence will do any good to me, has been absent for days, and his unavailability has only added to my distress.
I’m not supposed to care.
It’s not like we’re on that stage where we want to care about each other.
The fire has been all over the news, splashed across headlines and dominating the airwaves.
It’s hard to imagine anyone missing it, especially someone as connected as Circenn. And yet, his silence is deafening
It’s as if he’s vanished into thin air, leaving me to wonder if he’s even aware of the trauma I’ve endured.
Has he seen the news and chosen to ignore it, or is he truly of
e truly oblivious to the hell I’ve been through?
Only Heaven knows where he is or what’s going on in that enigmatic mind of his. The uncertainty is eating away at me, adding to the anxiety and fear that already grip my hea
I should totally stop caring about him or wanting him to care or know about me but I really can’t help it..
Hat isn’t this why people get married?
It is, right!
To get a significant other to help them put their minds in place when they feel so disoriented with life.
1 know if I’m with Maggie, she’d have wrapped me in her arms and kissed my head multiple times, assuring me that I’m okay. I’m fine and everything’s going to be totally okay.
But she has only called so check up on me. I haven’t been allowed to leave the mansion.
This place low–key feels like a prison. One that comes with pampering but I would not like to sleep alone.
Last night I had forced my boys to sleep with me. They didn’t totally hate it but I can’t keep up with that
And bendes,
I am not looking for solace in Circenn. Finding one in him would be a big mistake, our marriage is based on contract and he’ll treat it that
way.
But y
Having him around would make a difference, I guess,
It’s currently nine pm and 1 am trying to understand the sitcom I am watching but my mind is just all over the place and the strawberry tart I’m eating fech like water…
1 retire to my mom and let the softness of the bed engulf me as I lay on it.
My mind goes to Charles Dickson and I sigh again.
Ever since the accident. I haven’t seen him or reached out to tell him a proper thank you for doing so much for me,
Gosh. A lot has indeed happened
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Not after putting so much
Is effect in preparing sach a party only for it to get ruined by the careless of a chef
I close my eyes last in my thought not knowing when I drift off to sleep.
I wake up in the middle of the night to a darkened room and I shriek.
wly stretch my hand forward and getting on my feet.
takes me a few seconds to realise the room’s lights have been switched off, and I slowly
My hand sides across the wall to hit the light switch and when I touch it, a thick masculine voice takes over the room.
There are you point”
I switch on the light and spin around to see Circenn on the bed, staring at me like I’m some burglar.
“Circenis?” His name almost chokes me.
“What are you doing here?” I choke.
He looks frustrated.
“What do you mean! I live here”
“Yeah” I pause. “But like, you’ve been gone for days-
“And” He interrupts in a very horrible tone that makes me feel small
“And you’re suddenly here” I say, very quietly,
He scoff’s.
“The lights are burning my eyes. If you need something you can turn on the night lights”
He goes back to sleeping and I almost pass out.
Seriously.
Is this a dream!
He disappears for days on end, only to return in the dead of night, acting like an entitled prick!
He cant even be bothered to ask about my well–being or that of our
The audacity is breathtaking,
I left speechless, my mind reeling with disbelief
Tour sons?
So I stand there, frozen in shock, my eyes fixed on the man before me
The silence stretches out for minutes, heavy with tension, as I struggle to process his callous behavior
Finally. Circenn’s voice shatters the stillness, his tone dripping with arrogance and entitlement, as if he’s the only one who matters.
His words fill the room, a stark contrast to the concern and empathy I crave, leaving me feeling invisible and ignored.
“The Lights” He grumbles
My heavy th
throat weighs heavier and I switch the lights before exiting the room.
I find myself in the kitchen gulping down a glass of water, like it’ll clear my heads.
Islam the
glass cup on the counter, starting a few maids still awake and working.
opy and shiny. But he has no right to make me feel that way too
I don’t know the crap Circens has gone through with his silly trip to make him snappy
Not after I went through and not a single word of anything from him,
Jerk
I take a seat on the stool and stay there for a long time.
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With my head buried in the cocoon of my hands, I immediately raise them when I hear a footstep.
1 raise my head and that’s when I see Circenn in front of me.
