Chapter 40
-CINCENN
It is exactly
Tour jam when my phone starts to blow off with messages and phone calls from Ralph and some other nosy acquaintances.
I decide to pick up Ralph’s call lini
“Caserta, His voler sounds relaxed, unlike an hour ago. “I have paid off four reporters to take down their post and not confirm anything else about the date. And about Charles..
“What about him!” I press.
“He reached out to me. And he said he wants to meet you” Ralph adds.
“That you of ab*uch?” I scoff
If there’s anyone he should meet, it should be his fililly reflection and not me or Naomi
I never want to see him or have any fuckin thing to do with him.
“I’d rather not. Call me when all the posts have been taken down, do not hesitate to sue any damn person Naomi
“Understood.” Ralph ends the call.
I walk out of my study and towards my room where Naomi is.
that makes any indecent comment about
I open the door and walk in to see Naomi, sitting on the bed with her attention solely on the screen on her laptop.
The twins are in the room too but in their own little world as they play with their plastic airplanes.
Naomi notices my presence in the room and immediately shuts her laptop.
Her expression is calm and somehow, sympathy overrides it.
“What?” I ask as she gazes at me for too long, looking like she has something to spill but doesn’t know where to begin.
“I’m sorry” she begins.
I raise my brows.
She’s really apologizing
“I am just seeing the comments and I had no idea this would cause such big problems for you. I’m sorry I went to this dinner w
with Charles Dickson”
I sigh
It’s a good thing she’s apologizing.
“Well I’m getting everything fixed so you can w
withhold
your apology” I say.
She shakes her head at me.
so much trouble
“Seriously, who knew one dinner with a big shot like Charles Dickson would cause so
“It would still be something big even if you went out to eat with an ordinary man. As long as you’re married to me. How have you still not gotten the memo” I take a step forward.
I glance at the kids, before turning to circenn and lowering my voice.
“With other men I can just make up a silly lie to say we were on a business meeting or some
She stops talking.
“Charles and I are actually business partners.” She rushes her words.
-We can just make it known to the media that we went there on a business meeting and not a date”
“You and Charles are business partners!” I ask and watch her nod.
“Why is this new information to me?” I take another step forward.
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“Because you don’t give a shit about anything I do. It shouldn’t be any information to you” She lowers her voice, briefly glancing at the kids.
“You partnered up with Charles Dickson!” I repeat.
Why must she de things that drive me crazy?
“Well the company I work for did. It’s not solely my decision or because I want to. We’ve been trying to stay connected with MT beauty empire. which Charles ruled and well we can tell the whole world that She shrug
“I guess that’s a pretty good reason. But stay away from Charles. You can find a way to meet only when work is involved.” I walk up to the other side of the room to help Blake, who is struggling to get his finger out of the tip of the water gun
Naomi walks up to me.
“Did something happen between you and Charled He said you both used to be friends.”
That author.
“He said that,” I nod, placing Blake on my thighs and taking the gun and his finger.
“Yeah. What happened between you two?” she asks.
“It’s nothing you should be concerned about but just stay out of that ash-
Naomi glares at me before I can say any bad words in front of the kids.
I let out a sigh instead.
“Right now, we can just stay quiet while using business purposes to dissolve the rumor and create another distraction. So instead of Wednesday. Well go to the darn water park tomorrow?” I say and Blake snaps his head towards me.
Almost snapping his neck at the process.
“Tomorrow.“Jake jumps.
“How is a water park going to fix any of this Naomi looks disgusted and tired.
“Nothing beats a family out on an alone time together. I get Ralph to hire a private reporter to take secret photos of us and release it after the statement of you and Charles having a thing gets buried with of you bring just business partners”
1 finally get Blake’s fingers out.
“Thank you daddy!” He is joyous, and I smile down at him before turning to look at his agitated mother.
Naomi’s hands are on her hips, stretching out her shirt and mapping out the curves of her torso,
The insides of my body makes a shift and I internally cuss at its vulnerability.
It’s been like this with Naomi.
Ever since I had that silly dream or memory with her in it.
My vision towards her always seems to look at her differently
I thought I was going to bleed through my nose when her towel came off yesterday. It had given me a quick but full view of what my dream’s sight was hazy about
I know I am
am not supposed to be interested in her or her body. Or any woman to be precise.
Naomi is not my type, and I would rather die than allow my body or mind to succumb to that of hers.
Or any other women. ––
I’ve already slept with Naomi once. And even if my memory of it is not vivid. I’m glad of the outcome.
There isn’t going to b
to be a second time.
Dreams are dangerous.
Nacuna’s voice suddenly drags my eyes to her face
“Your idea’s pretty good. But I don’t have any swimsuits. I don’t swan. I can’t swim
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“I will teach you how to swim, mommy,” Blake offers.
“No you won‘)” Nomi shakes her bead.
“That’s okay, you don’t have to swim. This is just for the boys to have fun and for the media to shut up. You can tell Elena to help you with anything.” I say, getting on my feet
“Okay then” She plops down on the bed and gently lies on her back.
I pretend not to see how the round neck of her shirt opening has created an open space for her cleavage- before walking out,
I must be out of my fuckin mind.
I spend my entire day in my study, somehow avoiding Naomi with the thoughts I have towards her and because I have to take a lot of calls that involve me using curse words, and doing that around the kids might cause Naomi to give me one of her death glares.
After a plan–filled phone call with Ralph. It is around Nine p. when I leave my study and go to our rooms to see Naomi, dressed in her night wear and now wrapping her brown hair in a messy bun
She makes eye contact with me and immediately looks away.
ed it is something.
The moment is brief but I figured
We are both quiet when I break the silence.
“I’ve cleared out the fly rumor. By tomorrow everyone will be aware it was only just a business meeting”
“And what makes it a filthy rumor?” Naomi is quick with her words.
The idea of you and him while you’re married to me is sickening” I say, pulling out my phone from my pocket.
She walks to her side of the bed and gawks at me like I have said something wrong
“And if I wasn’t married to you?” She asks.
“It still be a filthy idea to date a man like Charles” I say.
“Charles is a lovely man. I don’t understand this hate you i
“I hope you don’t”
you have towards him” she scoffs, settling on the bed.
She sighs. “If I’m being honest. If all the ladies in the city are given a chance to go on a date with you and Charles and then pick who they want to spend the rest of their lives with at the end of the day. I assure you, the only woman that would be picking you would be the one after your life”
What
“The fuck do you mean? What makes Ch
makes Charles better than me?” I slam my phone against the bedside drawer.
She is a bit startled by my
outbursts but
proceeds to speak.
“For starters. He loves to smile, he’s caring, selfless. Has a great sense of humor, knows how to treat a lady, a gesture free person, he knows when to speak, when to take dirt out of a person’s hair. Actually social. You’re nothing like that she shakes her head
She has got to be kidding me.
“He’s a pussy, that’s what he is. And let me guess, he has somehow taken dirt out of your hair, or tucked some strands of your hair behind your ears. That’s why you’re taking his side. My words make Naomi pause and I shake my head.
“You’re pretty transparent” I nod. “How ever did that good for nothing get you wrapped up under his fingers. For the first time I feel sorry for the mother of my kids”
“Oh please” she snarls
I get on the bed and scoot close to her.
“A man of many gestures.” I raise my hand and make my finger glide across her face.
She Trees under my louch.
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Her glare is solid as she asks.
are you doing!”
I carefully tack her hair behind her ear and chuckle.
“This is what Charles did to you
to get you a
t you all buttered up inside?”
She slaps my hand away and pulls the duvet over her body.
“You’re impossible” she seethes.
“It was a damn question.” I retort.
“If you’re trying to get me buttered up on the inside too. It’ll never work.”
you
sure? I promise, I won’t have to try too hard” I scoff.
“Good night Circenn” She huffs dramatically. Pulling the blanket to cover her face and turning to face the wall behind her, instead of me.
