Chapter 57
NAOM
I open my eyes to meet my half naked body, barely being covered by the duvet and instantly flip.
I shuffle around the bed like a seagull before getting the duvet to cover my body again…
I let out a sigh and sit up
The day has gone dark and I am alone, I don’t know where Circennis and if anything, I don’t think I’d like to know.
Wherever he is. He should stay there, I don’t think I’d like to see him after a really good sex that basically knocked me into dreamland.
A knock comes on the door and before I can reply, Elena comes in, with a tray of water.
An aloof smile on her face.
“You’re awake” Her eyebrows twitch as she speaks,
I give her a look as she rests the tray and starts to hand the glass of water to me.
“I didn’t ask for this, but thanks”
I throw her a suspicious gaze.
“Of course you didn’t,” she beams.
“What?” I snap. Her smile is endearing
“Oh nothing you slept the whole day she begins
“And!” I press
I think I know where she’s going.
“Nothing ma’am, you’re practically glowing” She says.
I roll my eyes and gulp down the entire glass of water.
“You didn’t ask for it but you needed it, after all that in, you must have been dehydrated” She bearms as she takes the glass cup from me.
I almost puke out the water
“Run” I call out and she laughs.
She’s onto me
“Please just use the word sex, you’re making me feel like a child” I shake my head and she laughs.
“And how do you know anyway. Were you eavesdropping?”
She shakes her head heavily
“Certainly not. But.
‘I raise a brow
“You were almost interrupted multiple times by the twins and 1 had to distract them multiple times so you could have a great time with sir Circenn.” She replies
Oh crap
My cheeks hit up and I turn away, not knowing what else to say.
“Take my leave now, so you can rest more” Elena says, getting on her feet
I really don’t want to ask but I have in.
“Do you know where Cen must have run off to?” :
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Not like she’d know.
As expected, she shakes her head.
“I have no idea, but be seemed like he was in a hurry as he left.”
“Okay could be business related, but thanks” I say and Elena smiles and nods before leaving the room.
Feeling like I have been reborn, I get clothed and walk out of the room.
I didn’t know having sex with some significant other can bring a woman alive. I haven’t felt this alive in ages.
I walk into my boys room to see them occupied with learning the Alphabet which takes me a bit by surprise.
They have a long way to go when it comes to school, which I’ll enroll them in when they turn six. But then again, I guess leaning earlier than others doesn’t hurt
“You’re both not asleep? What are my babies doing! I join them on the warm floor.
“Mommy!” Jake yells like it’s been ages since be last save me.
I guess Elena did a pretty good job by keeping them out.
“Mommy, Look,” Blake points at the banner with the alphabets below their feet.
“Daddy said if we can learn the alphabets and what they stand for he’ll get us our own
“A ship?” I throw my brows up.
“Yes, to be pirates” Jake looks at me.
“That’s nice” I nod.
on’t be a big deal when he spoils them at the end
How thoughtful of Circens, if he continues this way by getting them distracted and impacted, it won’t of the day because they earned it themselves.
I leave the boys and make my way downstairs, craving a sweet indulgence to cap off the evening.
I settle into the quiet of the empty kitchen, savoring the first spoonful of creamy ice cream.
Just as I’m starting to relax, the sound of the front door opening breaks the silence, followed by the soft creak of footsteps echoing through the hallway:
My gare
drifts towards the entryway, and I watch as Circen steps into the house, his tall frame filling the doorway, his eyes scanning the room as if searching for something or someone.
He pauses when he sees me.
I don’t know what it is, but something in me jumps at the sight of him.
“You’re back?” I begin with a smile.
“Yeah.” His tone is icy and detached, refusing to meet my eyes. Instead, he brushes past me, his long strides carrying him away from me with an air
of indifference.
The exchange leaves me feeling perplexed and a little unsettled.
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But I push the sensation aside, taking a seat on the nearest couch and focusing on the sweet comfort of my ice creat the odds of unease that’s settled in.
Leave for our bedroom after filling my stomach in the living area. And when I walk into the room.
I am shocked to see Circenn still in a sour mood.
His facial expression is tight,
I close the door behind me and make my way to our bed
I don’t want to ask what’s wrong because I know he might tell me it’s either nothing or none of my business
But because of who I am, I let my words out,
* Where did you go? Is everything alright!” My words are slow and apart, so it wouldn’t feel like I am bombarding him with multiple
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Fakes in my direction.
“Why do you care His voice is low and grouchy.
I pause.
“Because
I don’t know how to reply so I stop talking-
“It’s just a question” I say quietly.
“Well it’s none of your business” He hiss
I scoff, out loud and enough for him to hear.
What did I expect, we can go from sharing a moment to this kind of moment in one go. I can never expect anything real from a man like Circenn.
I’m sure he has so much going on, he can barely remember we had sex
a bit of sarcasEL
“I guess my niceness can be taken for granted, I’m sorry for asking.” I shake my head, adding a ba
He suddenly slams his phone on the desk close to him and turns to me
“It’s not being nice, it’s being nosy, Just because we fucked once, doesn’t mean you have every right to be nosy about my fucking life.
I gasp.
“Are you
I stop talking.
The more I’ll talk, the more pissed he’ll get
Whatever made him mad, can rot him even further.
I don’t care
And he’s right. One good sex doesn’t cut out for transparency between us.
I went to bed that night, getting the most horrible silent treatment from Circenn. And I’ll be a liar if I say it didn’t hurt.
It did and it still does.
I hate myself for expecting so much
—
I wake up to my phone’s incessant ringing, groggily reaching over to silence i
The bright light and sharp pain in my head made me wince.
Circenn, who is still asleep, looks like he’s being disturbed, so 1 grab my phone and walk out of the room to answer my call.
“Hello?” I uy to Alison, my secretary.
I don’t know why she’s calling, but I can tell, it is for something important.
She begin
“We have a bit of a problem,” she gulps
“”Problem?” I rest my hand on my hip.
She continues talking.
‘Beauty Empire, an unexpected snag emerged
– both pr
production teams are now
refusing to
Just when we thought we had finalized a deal with MT Beauty Empire, an unext move forward without your explicit approval,”
stops talking.
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“What?” I yell into the phone.
“I just think your present is needed here” Alison finishes off.
I sigh.
“Fine. I’ll be there”
I end the call and head to the shower immediately.
It’s been ages since I’ve physically been to the company and I really hate it when unexpected pull ups happen.
In no time. I am dressed and ready to leave for work. And just as I am about to leave the room, Circenn wakes up and takes a hold of me.
Looking perplexed as 1 fix my hair, He asks,
-Where are you going?
He sounds a little too concerned.
I tilt my head and don’t give him a
a reply.
“I asked a fucking question Naomi” He slams.
“You’re being nosy Circenn. Just because we fucked once, doesn’t mean you have every right to words on my lips. I exit the room.
ight to be no
novy about my fucking life. With his repeated
I don’t know
why a part
of me feels regret when he was the first one to say those words to me,
I won’t tolerate any slander
Maybe we fucked once. But I promise him when I say it’ll never happen again.
I get to the company, to see everything and everyone in order, and it leaves me a bit surprised because I imagined I might be coming here for
chaos.
I meet with Alison and she looks a bit weary.
She doesn’t let me speak and just interrupts every word I have yet to breathe out.
*Charles Dickson. Awaits your arrival in the conference room
I pause.
My mouth, hanging open.
“Is he here to handle th-
“Please just attend to him” Alison rushes her words looking frightened.
Without saying anything else. I make a turn to the conference room and that’s where I meet Charles looking prepped up as always.
“Charles?” I call and he turns to me.
“What are you doi
His lips suddenly collide with mine in a fierce and passionate kiss, his palms cradling my face with a tender yet unyielding grasp.
The sudden intensity of his action renders me speechless, my words dying on my lips as my bag slips from my shoulder and crashes to the floor.
What the heck
