Chapter 53
-CIRCENN
“Circent” Naomi gasps at my sudden move on Charles, trying to rush up to him and help him get up
“Stay back” I warn.
“He’s bleeding” the cries. “How could you do that!
Her voice trembles as she speaks, her eyes wide with shock and disbelief, fixed on Charles as he steadies himself, her gaze following his every move. She watches, frozen, as he wipes his mouth with the back of his hand.
I driest the way she
the way she’s looking at him so much.
I should give her something to watch and burst his stupid mouth.
How dare he talk to me that way.
“Tm okay Naomi” He beams at Naomi, smiling against his bloody lips.
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“Don’t you
dare apologize” I turn to Naomi and she keeps quiet.
I don’t blame her, she knows nothing.
She has no idea how ruthlessly self–centered this man operates, hour his mind is constantly spinning with sinister plots and schemes, how deceit and manipulation are hardwired into his very being. He is a master manipulator, with a twisted mind that revolves around his own interests. leaving destruction and chaos in his wake.
His selfishness is a cancer that consumes everything in its path, leaving no room for empathy, compassion, or love.
I can’t believe I once worked with someone like him, and opened by bloody mouth to call him a fucking friend
If only I knew he was a parasitic leech, I would have kept my
distance.
I have vowed to stay away from him but now he is trying to still sabotage my life by approaching Naumi
What a fucking prick!
“I’ll take my leave. Charles clears his throat.
This should be the last time I or my wife will be seeing your bloody face, because the next time I be looking at it, I’ll be making sure it is a5 distorted as your brain” I growl.
With a cunning smile at me, Charles turns to Naomi, and his expression sofiens.
“Until we meet again, Naomi.” And with that, Charles starts to walk away.
I don’t say a word and watch Naomi whimper at his back.
When Charles is out of sight, she turns to me angrily.
“How could you do that? He came here despite his busy schedule to check if I was okay, what was so hard about that I don’t understand why you keep acting like this!”
“Keep acting like this?” I scoff and start to walk back into our wing.
“Yes,” she trails behind me.
“You’re making all of this feel so real. She slams.
I pause and turn to her.
“Make what feels real?”
She scoffs. “Stop acting like we’re married for real”
“Do you think this is about your Escoffs
Maybe my anger is furled by the thought of him laying his hands on her, when I’m the one who can be fulfilling that could.
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And the history we share which is a tangled web of emotions, resentment, and unresolved issues.
It is like she is reading my mind when she says.
“I know you both have some history together. I can tell. But you are not me, I am not you. I don’t know what transpired between you and Charles, but I promise you, if you think he has an ulterior motive towards you while he has approached me. I am not a doll that one can manipulate
“Every manipulator is so good at their games that you will be left oblivious to the fact that you are being manipulated even in your own territory” I let my words linger
She shakes her head
“I never let Charles get to me, but that hit was a bit too far. And the way you keep labeling me, your wife, like we are truly a thing, forgetting that this marriage is a contract and within months we will be out of each other’s lives.” She scoffs
I pause.
My anger is heaving.
“Are you truly that mad about being married to inc? Or you just want to remain open to other men if we ever leak off”
She rolls her eyes.
“I want you to be tipsy around that word”
“If you hate being married to be that much, we can call off our false marriage then” I seethe
“Circenn, that’s not my point-
I don’t plan to have more conversation and just walk back into the mansion and into our room, where I start to take my
It’s been one hell of a day.
First, my kid gets locked up and now Charles dickhead thinks it’s okay to coop up on Naomi like he’s the one married to her.
The door opens and Naomi walks in, closing the door behind her.
“You don’t understand where I’m trying to go,” She begins,
I really don’t want another tearing argument
“I don’t need to. Just do me a favor and stay away from Charles until we call off our marriage, then you can be with whoever you want for all I care. Even my sworn enemy”
She purses her lips and slumps her shoulders at my words.
I grasp the buttons on my shirt and yank them open, furiously stripping it off to reveal my bare body.
I notice Naomi’s gaze darting to my bare chest, her eyes lingering for a fleeting moment before quickly returning to mine. The brief glance is telling, and I feel a sense of satisfaction knowing that she can’t help but be drawn to me, even if she doesn’t want to admit it
Why should I be satisfied anyway?
As she had let me be aware
Our marriage is a facade and I don’t have any rights to touch her, but Charles does.
He was the reason our moment was disrupted.
Bayard
“I do not wan
not want to be with anyone. Naomist voice is low and I look at her.
“It’s just that I want you to understand that Charles cannot get a hold of
She doesn’t seem satished by my words, and her eyebrows furrow at me.
Irly and leave time for this.
take my rest now, whatever you have. We can talk about it later. It a’s to get rid of this nu
numuage. I will
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“Ugh” she grunts in anger. “You keep twisting my words!”
She stomps up to me.
“I think we’re both on the same page” I look down at her.
“We’re not
Her breathing is heavy as she glares at me.
I don’t pay much attention to her and take a seat on the bed.
Naomi is staring at me intensely and it forces me to look at her.
Our eyes lock, and the tension between us is palpable,
Naomi’s expression is unreadable, her gaze burning with an intensity that could either be she wants to smack me or kiss me.
I’m unsure if she’s torn between desire and anger.
Women are unreadable.
And they hardly say what they mean, yet they want us to guess what they want just by looking at them.
Her blue eyes darken on me and I take the hint that she wants t to slap me.
If she’s mad at me that I threw a punch at Charles, she should understand that I am mad that she hugged him.
How dare he?
I try to look away, but I am immediately caught by surprise when Naomi throws her body on me and starts to kiss me.
