Chapter 31
NAOMI
My eyes nicel Circenn’s and I try my best not to wavet.
Why is he here!
she finally here to apologize for acting like a prick earlier.
Before I can speak He breaks the defaming silence.
“You’re okay!”
I know it’s a question but it sounds more like an assurance to himsel
“What” I say
“I saw what happened on the new,” He breathes out.
My mouth falls open.
I close it and nod
“Well thankfully.
I’m okay” I shrug, moving away to pour myself another glass of water
“It’s great you’re okay. What would the kids think if something had happened to you?” He s
I pause and then turn around to look at the man speaking
He sounds irritated and I want to pull him by his shirt collar and yell
I don’t know what I was expecting or thinking.
He will never care about me.
I don’t know if he came down here to laugh about my survival or really check if I’m okay but nonchalantly.
I can’t stand him. I really can’t.
“Is that all you have to ask!” I sco. “Circen, I almost died,” I say
“I know that But you’re here now aren’t you!”
His expression is blank and holds no feeling at all.
I scoff. “Really I’m here now!”
“You are.” He shrugs.
He looks mad
“I can’t deal with you right now I shake my head, about to walk away but he stops me
me with his words.
“Maybe you should try to deal with yourself before thinking of someone else” His tone is rigid and it makes my thigh twitch.
I tum around swiftly
“Excoue met I scoff loud enough for him to hear.
I really can’t take this anymore. “Circrnn, I have worked my butts off for weeks with this party. I had to get it to work out but it was destroyed by a fire that almost took out half of the guests including me, you weren’t there. You haven’t been here for days now and now you show up! The least thing you could do is act like a fucking jerk. If you had at least pretended to care it would have been fine. I do not need your stupid attitude all over me while I’m still trying to recover!”
My voice is loud and my eyes are heavy.
int, quiet for a while before going on to speak.
“The point, Naomi, is that you are here. And you do not call me stupid” His voice is quiet but commanding
1 sigh, and still, trying to concral my wears but it’s not working.
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Cimetis doesn’t stop talking.
“I wasn’t here? Well I’m sure you had a good time with Charles Dickson, warming up to him must have i
My world griuk a halt, my breath frozen in my lungs.
good during the fire”
Im completely unerly still, my focus laser–sharp as I try to wrap my head around his words..
Every fiber of my being is concentrated on this moment, my mind rating with disbelief and indignation. I’m so intensely focused that everything the fades into the background, leaving only the stark, jarring reality of his callousness.
My thoughts are a jumble of incredulity and outrage, my senses heightened as I struggle to comprehend, how anyone can be so oblivious to another person’s pain!
I take a step forward
“What?”
He folds his arms and his biceps takes the chance to packer from the short sleeves of his black shirt.
“You heard me, the news didn’t just come to say how Charles Dickson saved you like a fucking hero during your little party. They also had the gut to comment that you guys might be more than friends”
My team drop.
“Are you serious right now!” I choke on my own words.
“Is that what you’re concerned about! You don’t even care to ask what I went through?”
“Let’s be honest with each other, Naomi. You’re looking for empathy from me I do not do pity. Because it do nothing to you. We do not care about each other. But what I do care, is why the woman I call my fucking wife is being paired with another bloody man” He yells.
I take another step forward.
“How dare you go from, we not caring about each other to suddenly caring about who I’m paired with?”
“Do not get me wrong” He shakes his head.
“My reputation is all that matters to me, and according to its unwritten laws, I don’t share what’s mine. Within these wall. I may not care about what you do, but outside, the outside world knows you’re under my ownership. And as the world is aware, the McCains are notoriously possessive, and I intend to reinforce that reputation. Don’t underestimate my resolve – I will assert my claim and protect my possessions at all costs. And you Naomi, are under my possession, until our contract ends, you are not to be more than anything to anyone!”
My voice is suddenly cloaked and so are my eyes
I try to speak, but only a squeal leaves my mouth.
After dragons of minutes, I find my voice again.
“You’re crazy” scoff
“I stand on my words” He nods.
“You don’t own me. I am nod some property you have to own I am the mother of your kids, but that doesn’t give you the right to spit nonsense. I can be with whoever I want to and I do not care if the media rides it in any way that satisfies them” Ianiff,
Circenn’s face morphs into distaste and anger at the same time.
“We’ll see about that then” He echoes.
I am about to storm away when I pause and turn to him
“And just so you know?”
I wait and he gives me his full attention.
I wipe my tears.
“Charles Dickson is a straight–up hero, a real stand–up guy You, on the other hand, aren’t even in the same league. You’ll never come close so being half the man he is I would not be here if it wasn’t for him.
His integrity, compassion, and character are unparalleled, while you’re just a pale imitation of a non decent human being. He’s the real deal, anil prople like you will always be a shadow of a man trying to follow in his footsteps. Maybe it’s time you think more humanly rather than cirding
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your life around your withering reputation and try to be more like him.
And with that, I leave the kitchen, completely ignoring the death glare and aura that has taken over the place.
leep with nothing but tears in my eyes and when I wake up, it’s to an empty bed and a heavy eye–lid.
That night, I sleep
Elena walks into the room to clean and I take the chance to ask.
“Where is Circenn?”
I’m a pretty light sleeper and I don’t remember him coming into the room last night.
Elena gulps.
“I don’t know Ma’am. But I heard from the other maids that he left the house in the middle of the night, after both of you had a loud bicker”
I blink.
“He left!” I scoff. Not knowing if I should laugh or curse out loud.
I hate him so much.
I get out of the bed and go to freshen up immediately,
I am having breakfast with my boys when Jake asks me,
“Mommy, where is daddy!”
Oh goodness, no, not now.
I try to force a smile, but it won’t show.
“Daddy’s on a business trip” I smile.
“A beenex trip?” Blake looks confused.
“He’ll be home soon” I smile.
They both nod and continue eating
Goodness.
1 feel so sorry f
for them, their nonchalant father definitely has something horrible going on and is isolating himself from them
I retire to my room later, and that is when I get a call from an unknown number,
I stare at my phone for a while, skeptics about picking up
I watch my phone ring until it stops, and when it starts again, I sigh and throw the phone on my ear.
“Hello” My voice is deprived of energy
“Name” The voice on the other end is thick and varies in every form of serenity and solitude in a masculine
way,
“Hello?” I cock my
head forward, “Who is t
is this please?”
sorry. You do not recognise my voice. It is Charles.. Charles Dickson
