《Shouldn't Have Kissed You》


 Chapter 1

    Chapter 1


    "By the power invested in me," the minister began as he looked at the couple standing before him and


    all the people whom hade to witness and celebrate this day with them, "I announce you man and


    wife," he smiled at them, "you may now kiss the bride."


    Everyone got on their feet to cheer them.


    "Kiss her, kiss her, kiss her..." everybody cheered bringing Chris back to reality. This was it. He was


    finished as long as he lived. During the whole wedding, all he did was to zone in and out and most of


    the time he zoned out.2


    The only thing he could remember that took ce was him being asked if he did take her to be his


    lovely wife and even that question was asked like five times before he could answer.1


    And now, they were already announced husband and wife and he heard nothing. The cheering was the


    only thing that shook him back again.


    Kiss her? Isn''t that what caused him to be there at that moment? Isn''t that kiss the reason that he was


    forced to the altar? He would be doomed if he did that again. He would be the biggest fool in the whole


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    world.2


    He wasn''t going to listen to anyone anymore. Not now nor ever. If he hadn''t kissed her that day. If he


    hadn''t even taken her to his stage, his love, then he won''t be having a Mrs right then.


    But she was going to pay. She would pay with everything she owned. And his revenge was going to


    begin as from today. He didn''t care anymore. And why should he?


    Wasn''t that what she wanted? Wasn''t it what her precious father wanted from the first day? All she had


    to do was to be careful. Careful since he was just about to y his game. They yed theirs and now it


    was his turn.


    He knew very well the game of chess. And to them, they had made all their moves. Her father had left


    the queen unprotected without him noticing his bad moves. Now it was Chris''s turn.3


    His turn to make his moves in this game. He will win it and they will regret ever crossing his path that


    faithful day. Let the game begin...


    "...kiss her, kiss her..."


    Chris leaned in and he saw her hold her breath.


    So you are pretending to be all innocent now. I shall show you what innocent means.


    He quickly perked her cheek and moved away as if it had burned him. The feeling of her skin on his lips


    felt like acid burning through them. But not long.


    Chris turned to the crowed and faked a smile at them. Before anyone could start shouting their one


    more, he took her hand roughly but still faked a smile and pulled her towards the door.4


    The sooner they were over and done with this, the better. The guest continued to stand on their feet as


    the couple walked out. They cheered their lungs out taking all the pictures they could ess.


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    Maya sat at the chair that was made for her and her newly husband. They were at the reception and


    everyone looked happy, of course, apart from her and her dear husband.


    Husband. That word was foreign to her but in time, she would get used to it. She looked at the empty


    seat next to hers and wondered where he had gone. After two hours of them being here and him not


    saying a word to her, he left her.


    She wondered how her life had be the way it was. She hadn''t wished for the turns of events at all.


    Why did she go to his show in the first ce? Why did she go on his stage that day?3


    All of this would have been stopped. All of this won''t have happened at all if that day they hadn''t kissed.


    She shouldn''t have kissed him at all. But it was toote for any type of regret.


    What was done was done and nothing could be done. Nothing apart from living with her mistake. Her


    mistake. It sounded worse because she never imagined that her wedding would be a mistake.


    All she ever wanted was to fall in love with her knight in shining armour. He woulde and swipe her


    of her feet and she would say yes to his marriage proposal. And it would be her happiest day in her life.


    Just like in the soaps, but in soaps main characters get hurt before their happy ever after. So it would


    be like in faire tails. That was her wedding day for her. Her happy ever after but this only happens in


    storybooks and animations.3


    What if her father hadn''t...


    "Where is the groom?" her mother inw''s voice cut through her thoughts.


    She looked at the older woman who was in her early fifties. She was beautiful, more beautiful for her


    own age. And looking at her then, she had understood where her son got the looks.


    Bernice had hazel eyes just like her son''s that when she was near they were blue but at a distance


    they were brown in colour. Her ck hair fell perfectly on her shoulders which were covered by her


    long green gown.5


    Her smile was the most warming thing at that moment. It reminded Maya of the days she used to see


    Chris smile honestly. But when he is around her and there are people, his smile is fake and she doesn''t


    me him. Not by any chance.


    She smiled back at the woman, "I think he went to the restroom."


    Bernice looked at the young girl who hadn''t said a word since the reception began. She had watched


    her and her son and she didn''t like what she saw. No marriage withoutmunication but that would


    change very soon.


    "You think?" she had to ask.


    Maya was about to speak when he appeared from behind, "momma, please don''t make my wife


    nervous," Chris said pecking her cheek and hugging her from behind.


    His mother held his arms parting them, "people are waiting for the first dance."


    "Of course, momma," he moved from behind her, "may I''ve this dance, pretty," he asked bowing


    slightly.


    Maya''s stomach churned at the sight. His smile wasn''t a pretence at all. It was the purest smile he had


    allowed her to see in person from that day...


    Bernice''sughter made her look up, "it''s not me silly boy, it''s your wife you''re supposed to ask."


    Chris turned to Maya and her lower lip went between her teeth. She saw him curse under the breath


    before he pulled her forcefully of the seat. Her wrist still hurt from previous encounter but she didn''t


    dare say a word.


    To the world they were a couple in love. But to them, they were strangers and hatred consumed him


    and revenge was all he wanted from her and she couldn''t escape his wrath. Not after what her dad


    did.3


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 Chapter 2

    Chapter 2


    Maya looked through the crowd that danced around them. Everyone was happy for them but none saw


    that there was no love lost between them. She admired the couple thatughed and talked joyfully


    behind her husband''s back.


    If anything, she would say that it was the happiest couple she had ever set her eyes on. They weren''t


    bothered about what people would think about them. And the way the man whispered sweet nothings


    to the wife and watched her blush, she knew that, since she could see the woman''s ears turn scarlet


    from her distance.4


    That was the kinda love she deserved. The one that she would be able to shout to the whole world.


    The one that even her parents didn''t share because of her father. The one that only happened in


    fantasy only.3


    Was that too much to ask? She wanted more yet she got none. It wasn''t fair at all but again the world


    itself wasn''t fair. That''s why you find one owns millions in bank while anothercks food to eat.9


    Love wasn''t bed of roses and she knew it. The sooner she woke up from her dreams, the better. The


    better she wille up with an immune for her dear husband.4


    If he already began to hurt her in front of everyone and no one could see, how far can he go when they


    were alone? She couldn''t help and wonder if he will still bring his girlfriend to the house.7


    What was she even thinking? The moment he pulled her for a dance, he smelt of a female cologne


    which wasn''t hers. He didn''t have it before he had excused himself.2


    He had seen her just few hours after their wedding, then what makes him stop there? It''s not like she


    was hurt or anything but she didn''t like the idea of breaking the vows. They were holy since they were


    said in the eyes of the Lord...3


    She wimped out of her thoughts when she felt him step on her foot purposely. He looked like the devil


    himself. He was on a mission and unlike the devil who is in a mission to find more followers who will


    burn in the pit of fire with him. Her new partner was in a mission to destroy her and her alone.


    Maya focused her gaze at him wishing he had done that by ident but the look of satisfaction she got


    from him was enough to tell her she was correct.


    Chris pulled her close to him with a fake smile on his face making sure that he drew blood from her


    waist. She hissed in pain but still kept a straight smile with her.2


    She knew he was enjoying to torture her in front of people because she can''tin. He was loving


    everything so far forgetting that she wasn''t at fault also. It wasn''t her wish to be married to him but her


    father had....1


    "May I borrow your wife for a while, son?" her father asked from behind her.


    She felt Chris body stiffen for a while causing shiver to run down her spine. It was his fault that she was


    being hurt right now. It was his and she was going to suffer in silence.


    "Of course, Mr. Freeman," Chris let go of her and walked passed them after excusing himself.


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    The nerve of that old man calling me son. Son? I will never be his son.


    Chris walked inside his mansion with his wife still in his hands. He couldn''t let the servants who were


    waiting for him to see that they weren''t getting along with his one and only innocent wife.


    They all greeted him and his wife the moment they stepped inside the mansion. This was his territory.


    Where he would do whatever he pleases with her. She was going to suffer in silence and he was going


    to be the source of her pain.


    He would enjoy every time he would see her break. That was his mission. To break her to the point she


    would never be brought back even if anyone tried to help.7


    He walked passed his servants nodding to their greetings and moved on the left wing. That''s where his


    bed room was and he really needed rest after the never ending day.1


    The worst day of his life. The moment they were out of the view, he let go of her hand and walked


    ahead of her. He couldn''t shake off the thought of what she talked about with her father.


    Did theye up with the new move to make on him? Did he tell her what she needed to do to him to


    destroy him farther? He wanted to know everything. It won''t be fair if they bit him again in this game of


    chess. It was his turn to make a move.


    Chris opened the two door that led him to his bedroom at the end of the hallway and stood to wait for


    her highness. Did she think he had all night to wait for her grand entrance?


    When she came to a stop where he stood, he didn''t expect her to ask what she asked him.


    "Can you show me my room so I can rest, please," her voice was shaking with fear and he was proud


    that she feared him. The better because she had so much to be thrown on her way.


    Chrisughed at her statement, "aren''t we acting too innocent here?" he asked his hand curling into a


    fist, "when you know very well how to trap a man in marriage."


    He saw her lower her head, "I didn''t mean any harm by asking," her voice lowered, "I''m truly sorry."


    His teeth were about to draw blood out of inner lip, "what are you really sorry for Miss Freeman?" He


    wasn''t about to address her by his name. Never.1


    "The fact that you want to humiliate me in front of my servants when they see youing out of a


    different room, " he looked at her, "or the fact that you humiliated me in front of the whole world by


    making me marry an ugly woman like you?"11


    She kept quiet and he neither wanted to hear her voice. It was the worst he had ever heard and he


    would ever hear again. Just like they say, an apple never falls away from the tree. She was the copy of


    her father. Cunning, but not to worry. He was going to trim her little by little.


    Chris walked away leaving her at his bedroom door wishing that she could never step inside but he had


    no choice. No choice but to let her in there. He needed a drink since the ones he had taken at the party


    seemed not to work.


    He walked on the bar room and took a bottle of whiskey pouring himself a ss. He didn''t know how


    long he stayed there to strategies his revenge andher did he know how many sses he took


    before returning to his room.


    When he walked in, there she was on his leather couch sleeping. Whoever gave her the permission he


    didn''t care and he had to get her dirty body out of his couch.


    He moved to her and pushed her legs out of it, "get up you daughter of Jezebel," he saw her wimp in


    pain then he pushed the rest of her body down, "you sleep on the floor. Do you understand it?"1


    She looked up at him with teary eyes, "yes Mr. Rollins," she answered pulling herself towards the


    carpet.


    Of course, he noticed that, "not on my carpet, pest," he pointed towards the bathroom, "on the cold


    floor. Lemme not get you anywhere near my things. Okay?"31


    She got up from the carpet, "yes sir."5


    He watched her lying done on the cold floor and smiled at his satisfaction, "that''s more like it, Jezebel.


    Now, good night."5


    She didn''t reply and neither did he care.


    Let the game begin. He said to himself as he moved to the bathroom.

 Chapter 3

    Chapter 3


    Maya got up with her body shaking the next morning. She was an early riser and that wasn''t about to


    change any time soon. Her body hurt everywhere and she couldn''t do anything to ease the pain.3


    She rubbed her cold palms on her arms to get some heat for her body but it was of no use. This was


    her fate and the sooner her body adapted to the cold floor, the better for her.


    She was about to sneeze when she got on her feet but held it back. She didn''t want to wake him up.


    No more pain for now. She had paid more in one day. She moved her gaze to the bed but it was empty.


    She wondered when he got up and where he was. It wasn''t her business anyway but under different


    circumstances it would have been. She could be cuddling in bed with him at that very moment.


    Maya pushed herself to the bathroom and ran herself a bath. It was cold but she didn''t care, anyway


    the only way to get warm when you''re cold is to bath with cold water.


    In about twenty minutes she was done with her morning preparation and she walked out with her


    handbag at hand. She got in the kitchen and prepare herself coffee and once she was done, she went


    to her work ce.


    "Good morning Dr. Maya," the receptionist greeted her joyfully, "early as always."4


    Maya responded to their greetings and walked towards her office. She knew that the way they smiled


    at her they thought she was happy. Who wouldn''t think that when you''re married to Chris Rollins?


    The front desk was empty just like always since her assistant never got to work on time. She moved


    inside the office and she didn''t believe her eyes. On her desk, gifts were everywhere from her patients


    wish her all happiness the world could offer.2


    It wasn''t fair at all. Her tears were already flowing before she could even stop them. This was too much


    for her. Was she ready to suffer in silent? Was she going to let the women to be humiliated? Was she


    ready to encourage abuse from her husband?3


    If only she knew what to do. If only she had the answers to all her questions but she had none so far.


    She moved to her desk and started opening her presents one by one.


    Mostly they were baby clothes for her baby if she will ever get one with Chris. It was too much for her


    and her tears flowed the more she opened the gift. If only everyone could know the truth.3


    She had nobody to cry on. Her best friend whom she knew since she was a baby wasn''t there to


    defend her. He had left her when she was about to graduate from college and joined the army again


    their father''s will. And since that day, she hasn''t heard anything from him.3


    She wondered if he was okay, she was scared to death to think that maybe he was dead. He was in


    war and anything could happen. Anything. It''s been almost five years and no word from him. Not even


    a four letter word. All she had to do for those past few years was to pray that he was okay. To hope that


    someday he will be back to her life.3


    As for her other best friend, well they met in college doing different careers in life and they got along


    very well. She wasn''t in her wedding for she had a very important one week conference to attend out of


    country and there, she wasn''t around.


    Maya wiped her tears when she heard her door being knocked. She said ae in and her assistant


    walked in with a bouquet of white roses. She smiled at her before handing them to her and greeting her


    morning.


    Maya was given her schedule for the day and she learned that not less that two hours she will be


    operating on a patient who had brain tumour. For that, she needed to be rxed.8


    *****


    Chris returned from his morning jogging and walked to the kitchen. He needed something to cool him


    down from his running. He walked to the fridge and took a jug full of water and ced it at the hignd.


    He was about to open the upper cabin to pick up a ss when his eye caught on something he hadn''t


    seen since he stepped inside the kitchen. It was a cup of coffee along with a note.


    His chef didn''te to work until eight and it was only seven thirty. He took the note by lifting up the


    mug and read it. His hand formed a fist without the letter at hand. How dare she?


    He thought he had broken her a little when he saw her shivering on the floor this morning. How wrong


    he was, it would take time before he broke herpletely but not to worry, it was more fun.5


    He took the ss after throwing the note in a trash can that was not far from him and poured himself a


    ss of water. After he was done, he cleaned his ss and returned the water back in the fridge.


    Chris left to go and freshen up before he gotte for his work. He was the CEO but that didn''t allow him


    to bete. In fact he had to lead others by example. Today his schedule was going to be tight but not


    right for her.


    He was going to see her after all. She was his life and he couldn''t breath without her. She was his


    oxygen and without her he would die. It was her who gave him the courage to push through with the so


    called wedding and he was just minutes away to take her in his arms.18


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    "What are you doing here?" His best friend asked as he closed the door behind him, "you''re supposed


    to be on your way to honeymoon as we speak."


    Chris lifted his eyes from the papers that were handed to him not long ago by his assistant. They had a


    photoshoot in less than one hour and everything had to be ready by then. He had already called to


    make sure that everything went as nned.


    His best friend pulled a seat and sat down. Chris looked at him remembering how they became best


    friends since they were kindergarten. His friend was there to protect him from the bullies all through


    grade school. He remember when...1


    "Christopher," he was cut through his thoughts when he heard his friend call him that. He knew he


    hated to be called by his full name. It reminded him of his own...


    "So, tell me all the details."


    Chris looked at him, "you will never change Wesley," he said looking down at the papers, "and there is


    nothing to tell."


    Wesleyughed, "don''t be shy bro," he couldn''t help but giggle like a small baby, "how many times did


    you make her, you know?"


    "I know nothing," Chris looked at him, "now if you will excuse me," he looked back at the papers before


    signing them, "we''ve a shooting to be in."


    Wesley got on his feet, "can I at least send her flowers?" He asked smirking.


    Chris hated his friend for being so genius. Why not sent her red roses with a card in it. That was so


    genius of his friend but he wasn''t about to tell him what he nned to write.


    "Please get me red ones," he pulled a card to write, "and sent this with them," he handed after he had


    ced it in an envelope.


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    Wesleyughed taking the letter, "I thought you loved white and not red," he said looking at him.


    "Can you do as I asked of you?" Chris got on his feet too, "and remember red not white."


    "Sure boss," he said as they walked towards the door, "so you going to tell me how she mo..."3


    "No!!!" Chris shouted closing the door behind them.


    "Jeez, I was going to ask how she moved her staff to your ce," he saidughing his lungs out


    through the hallway.


    Chris just shook his head, he knew that''s not what he was going to ask. He smiled at what he wrote in


    the paper and wished that he could see her face when she read it.


    To him, this was far from over.


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 Chapter 4

    Chapter 4


    "Don''t I look good in there?"


    Chris looked up from hisptop, his eyes moving to where the voice came from.


    It was true. She looked beautiful in those photos and he couldn''t help but stare at them when they were


    being taken and even after the shoots and now in his office he was still staring.


    He so loved the beauty before him and he even loved the real one now. He smiled at her and pulled


    her to sit on hisp. She felt good. She was the only one who could take his stress away.


    He was tired as far as he was concerned. Tired of his marriage. Tired of his new wife. Tired of fake life


    that he began to live as from yesterday. Tired of the never ending day today. Tired of his whole life.


    She began to rub his shoulder which helped him rx. That''s what he wanted. To feel stress free.


    "To me," he looked at her, "you''ll always be the most beautiful thing in the world."


    She smiled at him and stopped what she was doing. He was cute when he was stressed out. She just


    wanted to be with him. To love him and him alone. But that didn''t happen.


    For a simple mistake that he made. A mistake that was forgivable cost him his life. His happiness and


    he couldn''t do anything to stop it. She herself couldn''t do it.


    "Like I don''t know," she pecked his lips," so what are you going to call the new line?"


    Chris looked at her for a while. He had thought of that for a while and he couldn''te up with a name.


    The line was about summer clothes with different designs from the normal clothes.


    He thought he had time but the pictures have already been taken. So the only thing that was holding


    them back was the name. The name that he had no idea off.


    "How about I just call it, Kimberly?"


    Sheughed at his joke.


    "And why that?" she had to ask even though she could guess his answer.


    Chris lifted her chin so that she was gazing at him, "So that the whole world can know that I love only


    onedy," he pecked her lips once more, "let them know that you''re and always be the one."


    Kimberly loved the colour of his eyes as he confessed his love for her. She was happy that he loved


    her. He might be married but his heart belonged to her. Just like the way hers belonged to him.1


    She ced her lips on his and kissed him. His lips were soft and a time she couldn''t help and wonder if


    they belonged to the masculine man she knew. They were fighting for domination as they always do


    and that made her smile which made her to loose. He was the one in control and she loved the way he


    took control.


    Kimberly pulled away when she saw that he wasn''t about to, "that was," she looked at him, "as I can


    remember."2


    Chrisughed shaking his head, "You talk as if yesterday on my wedding day we weren''t making out in


    a restroom."7


    Kimberly blushed at his words. That was the most daring thing she has ever done in her life. Make out


    with a just wed man and for that matter in the restroom.1


    "Who followed who?" she looked at his hazel eyes.


    Chris caressed her cheeks, "I was in need of caress and when I saw the love of my life walk to the


    restroom, I couldn''t help myself."


    Kimberly pushed his palms away from her cheeks, "and we ended up doing more than caress."


    "Don''t tell me that you regret it," he looked anywhere but not her, "because I don''t."


    He was telling the truth and she knew it, "I don''t and I''ll never do that."


    He pecked her lips.


    "But about the name," she began wake up from hisp, "I don''t agree with you."


    Chris got up from his seat, "And why is that, my love?"


    "I think you should call it after your wife."


    Chris held his palm in a fist. He hated it. He hates his wife with every fiber in his body. He wasn''t about


    to name his line after her. He would rather die before he did that.


    "Chris," she called him to have his attention, "everyone knows that you married her out of love. The


    whole world believed that and that''s what you''re going to prove to them. You just married yesterday.


    Everyone expects a happy ever after and that''s what you''re going to give them.


    "This will help yourpany very much. How? Everyone will want to buy your new line out of love


    because to them it will be about love. Summer clothes are the most beautiful clothes that people love


    and with your new design, everyone will want to buy. Who doesn''t love summer anyway?


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    "How will your wife help? She is one of the most respected doctors in the country. She has beauty and


    brains too. With the people she saved lives, they will want to promote her in every way possible and


    you will be the way.


    "Your new line will sell like it has never sold before. You will make profits which will help you to promote


    thispany and your music career. As for the revenge since I know that''s what you want the most.


    Which is the best way to punish your wife?


    "All you need to do is just use her name and give her nothing. Let her see what her name has done to


    you in business wise. Let her feel used and gaining nothing. Let her smile in front of a camera even


    though she doesn''t want to. Make her feel how useful she is to you and how helpless she is. Let her


    know that she is at your mercy.19


    "Name the line Maya and if it was possible Maya Rollins."


    Chris sat on top of his desk and thought for a while. She made sense. And it would be a win on his


    side. First, Kim would be the face of the new line, his wife''s name used and he would take revenge in


    her too.


    See why he loved Kimberly? She had the beauty and the brains and not his wife as she said.14


    "I think I will just do that," he was smiling and he picked up his phone.


    Kimberly smile at him,"what are you doing?" She asked when she saw him held his phone on his ears.


    "Making a phone call?" he asked in a daah face.


    "I know that," she hit him on the shoulder, "you know what I''m asking."


    Chris looked up at her, "I''m calling the man in charge to give him the name."


    When the person on the other side answered, he didn''t bother to great him, "it''s Maya Rollins," he knew


    he understood and with that he hung up the call.


    To him, the game of chess was far from over as long as the queen was unprotected he will make sure


    he destroyed herpletely.


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 Chapter 5

    Chapter 5


    Maya walked in her office after a three hour operation. To say she was tired would be understatement


    for her. She took off her coat and ced it on the seat that was only separated by her table from hers.


    She walked to the mini fridge in her office and picked up a bottle of cold water. She needed it after all.


    Maya sat on her seat think of the operation.


    She had saved a life today. No, it wasn''t her, it was the God whom she worshiped. He was always


    guiding her hands when she went to do what she knows the best.6


    That''s why before they do anything, she always made sure that she has prayed to her Heavenly


    Father. He was the one in control, always and He never ashamed her. Never.


    That''s why when she saw a family member or a friend thanking her for saving their loved ones life, she


    would tell them to thank the Almighty for He was the healer and not her.


    Maya took the ss she had poured herself water to her lips when she heard her door being knocked.


    She gave herself a moment to swallow it before she answered ae in to the person.


    The door opened and in walked ady who was in herte thirties. Maya recognize her as the wife of


    her patient and smiled at her before asking her to have a seat. She looked at her dumped coat on the


    opposite chair and felt ashamed.


    "Please forgive my mess," she began still looking at the white coat.


    The woman just smiled at her with an understanding smile. She did, after all it''s her husband who had


    been in ER for three hours. And those hours where hell for her. She couldn''t help but get worried for


    her husband.


    "It''s okay," she kept her smile on her face,"I do understand, I just wanted to know a few things about


    my husband."


    Maya pulled a file that was ced the opposite side of her and opened it. She had had the same file for


    a month now and she could say that everything was much better than before.


    "To be honest," Maya said looking up. "It''s still early to say anything about your husband right now. We


    have taken the swelling from his head and right now the blood can be pumped well. As for the pain, we


    will wait till he gains conscience ness for us to tell the percentage of it.


    "But don''t worry. Everything will be alright. It''s a good thing that you brought him here the moment he


    began toin his head paining all the time. With the severance that he will have here and the


    medication, that we will prescribe to you, he will be in a good shape before you know it."


    "Thank you so much Dr. Maya," She thanked wiping away her tears,"I don''t know what I would have


    done without you."


    Maya smiled at her and got up from her seat, "give the thanks to God, because He was the one guiding


    my hands," she rubbed her back with one hand and the other took a sachet from her table and handed


    her, "here, now stop crying."


    "How can I not thank you?" She asked wiping away the tears from her cheeks, "you just got married


    yesterday and you should be on your honeymoon and yet you''re her saving lives like nothing happened


    yesterday."


    Maya felt bad. Yes, she was there saving lives as if yesterday never happened at all. In fact, she had


    forgotten that the moment she walked in the ER. Was she doing something bad? Was it okay for her to


    forget?


    For her to forget the name calling yesterday night? For her to forget that she slept on a cold floor all


    night with nothing to cover her body. To forget that she had been promised hell instead of heaven. To


    forget that her life was now a game of chess and she couldn''t do anything to stop it. Was it wrong?


    She wanted to scream at her misfortune. To scream at herself for being such a pusher. A weakling for


    that matter. For letting herself make people think she was happy when in real life she was never. For


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    always giving fake smiles and making them look like real ones. She did want to do that. Scream at the


    top of her lungs.


    What was her husband doing? Did he even drink the cup of coffee that she made for him? Did he even


    for a min second feel sorry for the way he treated her? Did he even care if everything was going well


    with her? Because to her, she did.1


    She cared if he had breakfast before going to work. If his day was going as he wanted it to be like. If he


    smiled that day and a genuine smile. She did care if he was happy that his business was a sess as


    hers was. She did care if someone thanked him as she was being thanked.4


    She cared because from yesterday he had be her husband. Hers to respect and obey. Her to take


    care of and to never give up on him. Hers to always support him in every decision that he made. Her


    husband.6


    Maya still smiled at her patient''s wife, "c''mon, the most important thing in my life is to save lives," she


    moved back to her seat,"think about you''re husband well being for now and not my honeymoon.


    Okay?"2


    The woman smiled at her and got on her feet, "I think you''re right," she took her handbag,"can I go and


    see him please?" she asked with a hope voice.


    "Sure," Maya closed the file, "for now, only his wife."


    "Thank you doctor," she said turning to walk away but not before Maya said a wee.


    Maya downed the rest of the water and took her cellphone. She light it and found three missed calls


    and five messages. She opened the key lock to check who had called and left the messages.


    One thing she was sure of, they weren''t from her dear husband. She didn''t have his number and she


    doubted that he had hers too. Too much of a marriage if you asked her.


    Maya opened herptop and called her best friend. She was the one who had called and left the


    messages asking her to call her back when she got time. At least she would speak after a whole one


    week.....


    "Hey beautiful," Maya was cut shot before she could travel down to the road of memories.


    Maya looked at her friend who was on a bed with messy hair. Of course, she waszing around while


    her on the other hand, she was all sweating. She looked at the must be afortable bed and missed


    hers. She did know how long she was going to sleep on the cold floor herself. Maybe for a month or


    two or a year or maybe till herst breath.....


    Her friend noticed the frown on her face and she wished that she was there for her. She had missed


    her wedding because of a damn conference that had to be the same week as her friend''s wedding.


    It wasn''t fair that her friend continued to suffer and she could do nothing to protect her. For crying out


    loud, she had known Maya since they were at kindergarten although by then they hadn''t been friends


    but she still knew her.


    "I don''t like it when I talk to you and you''re frowning," she said sad,"it kinda makes me want to murder


    everyone around you."3


    Maya smiled at her friend, "sorry Kayle," she apologized smiling at her, "I can see over seas is treating


    you well."


    Kayleughed at her friend who attempted to sound happy but failed at it but she wasn''t about to tell


    her that.


    "Ooh, thank you!" she eximed, "the one week I''ve been away isn''t doing you any bad yourself.


    Guess what I''m reading right now?"


    "Kay," she called in a scolding manner," you can''t be reading porn at this time of the day, are you?"


    "C''mon Virgin Mary," sheined, "I''m not, I''m actually reading a magazine with you and your


    lovely husband on the front page. God, I never knew you were this famous myself."


    Lovely husband, Maya thought. How lovely of her to think so when she knows the truth. And how on


    earth did her wedding pics reach over seas? Was Chris that much famous? To an extent that his pics


    would be on the front page in every damn magazine in the world.


    Just then, the door was knocked,"just hold on a minute Kay," she looked at her friend who nodded her


    head,"e in," she said looking up at the door.


    Her personal assistant walked in with red roses. She hated red roses herself. At least the person who


    sent them could have asked before he or she sent the flowers. Not even her patient made that kinda


    mistake. It''s like everyone knew she loved white roses and not red.1


    "They came for you," she said handing her the roses,"they''re red, too bad but they''re roses and roses


    are roses if you ask me. They all smell the same, may it be ck, white or red or any other colour if


    there is."4


    That was her personal assistant if you asked her, "thank you," she smiled,"and please close the door


    behind you."


    "Wow!" she heard her friend exim,"they''re beautiful, too bad you don''t like red."2


    "Please, don''t be like her," Maya said referring to the person who just walked out.


    Kayle just smiled at her,"read the note out loudly, I want to know who sent them."


    Maya felt a sharp pain when she was taking the letter that was in the middle of the flowers. She pulled


    out the note and looked at her thumb. It was bleeding but just a little. She saw consign on her friend''s


    face but smiled at her.


    She pulled the note from the small envelope and began to read it. Not aloud but with her heart and as


    she read it, her heart swelled and her eyes widen.


    Ouch!! Did that hurt my lovely wife. I know it''s just a little pain but we can''t start from top, we have to


    start from scratch and that little thorn that pieced you was my scratch. As for red roses, so you may


    know, I hate red and if you love it, it suites you anyway but I didn''t buy to please you. I bought them for


    you to show you how your heart will bleed everyday. Just like your finger is doing right now. But small


    amount of blood, but a massive one. Good day Jezebel.5


    She couldn''t hold the tears back anymore. She just let the flow with her friend watching and not being


    able to hold her and rub her back tofort her.


    To Maya, that was just but a scratch just as he had promised on the note. This was the beginning of her


    end. The only question was, was she ready for her down fall?2


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 Chapter 6

    Chapter 6


    Chris walked inside the mansion loosening up his tie. He was tired and all he could think of at that


    moment was him freshening up and having his dinner then sleeping all the night.


    His mind didn''t want to think of anything, not even the game that he was ying with his wife. She had


    a taste of his own medicine and that was enough today. Yeah, plus her sleeping on the cold floor.


    That was more than enough for him. It was just the beginning. He couldn''t help his mind moving back


    to today in the morning. When he woke up and found her shivering on his cold floor like a little puppy


    she was.


    He didn''t know why, but he was satisfied when he saw her. Something in him was more than d. d


    that he was going to break her little by little and no one would help her. Not even her father.4


    A smile formed on his lips. Maybe he was insane. But he didn''t care as long as he inflicted the pain on


    her himself and saw her suffer on his own pain. That was more than enough for him.


    He was just about to take the second stair case when he heardughter from the kitchen. He looked


    towards it and thought it was his chef and one of the maids gossiping about someone.


    Chris had warned them so many times not to gossip during working hours but it seemed like they were


    him.


    He moved to walk away but theughter increased by every step he took. That was not what bothered


    him the most. What bothered him was the new voice that he heard and it had him all curious.


    He knew curiosity killed the cat but still he found himself walking towards the kitchen. He didn''t know


    why he did that, but what he knew at that moment was that his legs had mind of their own.


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    "You can''t be serious," The voice said.


    Chris noticed that it was struggling to keep theugh inside but in a way it was impossible. From what


    he could gather from where he stood was that there were three people in the kitchen.


    One was his chef''sugh and the second one was from his,"Momma?"


    He was now confused. What was his mother doing there at this time of a day? She knew that he


    needed scape with his new wed and still she came to his mansion? What was she after?


    Chris knew his mother very well. And wherever she went and he was there, she was always up to no


    good at all. This was no good in fact.


    He moved closer to the kitchen door,just then his mum spoke.


    "You better believe it my dear," Bernice said,"you can ask Alma if you don''t believe me."


    There was a pose then,"it''s true," Alma confirmed whatever they were talking about, "at that time he


    was only ten and I had started working there only few days."


    Ten? Chris thought. He was sure they were talking about him. But what he wasn''t sure of was what had


    happened at ten. Then it rung on his mind. That day he had met a......


    "Did I tell you how he asked the first girlfriend to be his girl?" Bernice cut his thoughts.


    "Not yet," that voice. Of course, how could he miss it. It was hers. It was his wife''s and his mother was


    filling her with his embarrassing moment of his life.


    And she, she found his funny tough at. He couldn''t believe the nerve of her tough at his past


    mistakes.6


    "Ooh boy," Bernice began, "he was...." just then, the door opened and in walked the topic of the


    evening.


    Everyone turned their heads to him and amusement was still written on her face. What she found


    amusing, he had no idea.


    "Momma," Chris called walking to her,"I can see that you''re filling my wife with my childhood stories,"


    he kissed her forehead and hugged her.


    Bernice returned his hug and smiles at Maya who was only two steps way from her. She loved her son


    and she also loved her daughter inw. It would take a while before they both fell in love but that''s why


    she was there in the first ce.


    To help the two understand that their marriage was no mistake as they think. It was made to be and


    she would help them to know that. They were matched in heaven. At least that''s what she believed in.3


    Bernice pulled away,"she walked in an hour ago and insisted on help us to prepare you favorite, and


    what''s the other way to do it?"


    Chris smiled at his mum,"tell her my childhood."


    "You''re right," she said rubbing his arm,"it helped us and look, we''re done just in time."


    Chris pulled away from his mum and hugged his chef. She was like a second mum to him and that''s


    why when he bought this house, he had here to work for him. His mum didn''t need a chef since as


    far as he can recall, she was the best and always will be.


    "I''ll freshen up then," he said not ncing at his wife,"see you in a bit."


    Chris was about to walk out when he heard,"actually, your wife is done here," Bernice said,"so you two


    can go and freshen up. Alma and I''ll set the table."


    Maya didn''t need to be told twice. She picked her handbag which she had left at the stool and followed


    Chris behind. Whatever his mum was think, he was sure that it will never happen. Come rain,e


    sunshine.


    Maya walked inside there bedroom and took out her outfit. She then walked to the bathroom and came


    out with towel on her hand. All that time Chris was stripping his clothes off.


    "Where do you think you''re going?" He asked just when she was turning the doorknob.


    Maya turned around to find him with nothing but his briefs. She couldn''t help herself but stare at the


    Greek god in front of her. His skin was like golden when the setting sun reflected on him. He was more


    than what the photos showed on the magazine and google if you asked her. They did no justice on him


    at all.


    She moved her eyes to his abs. God, those abs.....


    "Are you done staring?" He cut her thoughts, "babe, you can stare all you want but you can never, and


    I mean never, have a taste of this. So please stop wasting my pressure time and answer my question."


    Maya was never embarrassed like that in her whole life. Was it wrong to stare at him when he stood


    there so underdressed? Was it even her fault that he was that damn good looking at all? She hated his


    guts, his arrogance and most of all, his gold damn ego. It was so big that she could slice it in years


    without even reaching half.


    "I''m taking my shower in one of the rooms so that we can hurry up," she said turning to open the door.


    "I thought you were smart than that," he stopped her," I mean you''re a doctor and one of the best in the


    country if I may add. But when ites to this rtionship, you''re dumber than I thought."1


    Maya turned around,"excuse me?" She was fighting her tears back.


    "You heard me, Jezebel," he moved towards her,"in this house, I run the show. So better step back and


    watch."


    Maya was about to speak when she was pushed from the door to the floor. Her arms hit the cold floor


    first bruising her elbows. She moaned in pain and pulled herself towards the ce where she had


    called her bed yesterday night.


    "You will stay there as the little puppy you''re," he moved closer to her,"and wait till Ie out of that


    bathroom," he held her chin inflicting pain in it,"do we understand each other daughter of Jezebel?"8


    Maya was trying her best to hold her tears back but she couldn''t anymore,"yes Sir."13


    The tears fell the moment she spoke those words.


    "Good," he realised her chin,"and wipe those tears," he wiped them getting up,"remember, devil, that


    it''s just the beginning," and with that he walked away.3


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 Chapter 7

    Chapter 7


    Maya walked out of the bathroom all dressed up. She wore a pink dress with a ck sweater to hide


    her bruises. She was going to admit that they hurt mostly when the cold shower hit them. But she


    wasn''t about to let her mother inw have a guess what was going on.


    Before Chris walked in the kitchen earlier, she had forgotten her problems with the help of Alma and


    Bernice. She had even forgotten about the threat that was on the note that she received.


    Bernice had made sure to lighten up her mood and she had seed in a way. With awesome stories of


    her dear husband like that, who wouldn''t anyway? Sheughed for the whole two hours she was there.


    But everything changed.


    It changed when he walked in. He said hello to everyone apart from her. He didn''t even dare


    acknowledge her in any way. Of course, she was hurt. She wasn''t that invisible for her husband to not


    see her. But he did. He didn''t bother look her way not even when she followed him behind.


    Then what was her mistake to get the bruises? What did she do for her to be pushed like that? For her


    to be called all the name he thought she deserved? She was as much of a victim as he was. She never


    wished for this.


    She moved her eyes to him, whom he stood at the vanity mirror. He wore a sweatpants and a white T-


    shirt that fit him perfectly. She hated herself for still seeing him as handsome even after what he did to


    her.


    Or maybe it was her fault. It was her fault to think. It was hers to act before asking. Hers to think that by


    doing what she thought was a way of saving time. Hers for staring at him as if he was a piece of


    chicken. And her biggest fault was letting herself be a pushover by everyone.2


    She opened her mouth to say that she was ready but he was already at the door. Maya pushed her hair


    on one side and walked after him. She had to catch up with him or else, only God knew the rest.


    "It''s finally the time," Bernice said when she saw the two walk in the dinning room, "I thought you two


    decided to have another type of meal."


    Maya felt her face blush at thatment. She pulled her seat next to Bernice.


    "Don''t get wrong ideas, Momma," Chris said pulling his seat, "and your making my wife go scarlet."


    At the mention of that, Maya''s hands went to her face. Of course, he had to see her blush at his


    mother''s statement. She pulled a bowl full of rice and served herself. That night, she had learned his


    favourite dish and in a way she was happy. Why? She had no idea.10


    Everyone ate quietly and that didn''t help Maya. Maybe she thought that when she got married


    something would change but she was wrong. It was just like her old life. A life everyone that thought


    knows her would describe her as a happy girl.


    A girl who had no problems of any sort. The princess who got everything that life could offer. The spoilt


    brat who had a dad that loved her with all his heart. The one parented girl who went to the best school


    because of her father''s connection. The best Doctor Who became doctor because her dad was once


    upon a time a doctor.


    That''s what everyone knew. That''s what they wanted to know when in real life was all a lie. She wasn''t


    spoilt. She wasn''t a princess either. Her life was hell and much worse in her father''s. So to say she was


    hurting more, it would be under statement.


    Chris knew nothing about her. He had no idea what she had gone through. He had no idea in a way,


    she looked forward to this marriage. Not for love but to escape her life. But here she was, going the


    same think her dad made her to.


    To him it was just the beginning and she already had bruises. What she wanted to know was if he more


    damaged than her dad was. He is a psycho and she will never forgive him. For what he did to her, for


    hating her with no reason. She will never do that.


    "You''ve stopped eating," Maya heard Bernice say to her, "you''re out of space all over sudden," she held


    her forehead, "are youing down with fever?"


    Maya looked at her concerned mother inw. To her, she was lucky to have additional people who


    cared. First her two best friends with whom one she hadn''t heard anything from him since college. If


    you asked her, she still had hopes that one day she will see him despite everyone who knew him giving


    up on hope.


    Then now, she had Alma whom she had met a few hours ago and learned to love and trust within a few


    seconds. Then her mother inw whom she loved from the first meeting. It was so ironic, that even


    after what she has gone through with the person whom she loved, she could still love and trust.


    "Sorry," she apologized taking her fork and spoon back to her hands, "I just remembered something


    that I should have done beforeing back home."


    Bernice swallowed the food she was chewing before she looked at her daughter. Yes daughter. She


    had loved her at first sight and in a way she felt her pain. Why? She herself had no idea. But what she


    knew was that, Maya was special.


    "Don''t worry, I''m sure it can wait till tomorrow."


    "You''re probably right," she took a ss juice and took a sip.


    After dinner, desert was served by Alma which was red velvet cake, Chris favourite too. It was the


    sweetest velvet Maya had ever tasted and she understood why it was Chris'' favourite.7


    They moved to the living room with their desert and sat at a respective couches. All this time Chris


    spoke no word to anyone. Not even his own mother.


    "So," Bernice began cing her desert on the coffee table, "my reason for my surprise visit was..."


    "I knew it," Chris cut her short.


    Bernice turned to her son, "knew what,son?"


    Chris ced his tablet that he had been staring at for only god knows when since they moved to the


    living room.


    "That your surprise was up to no good at all, Momma."


    "Ooh!!! c''mon," She eximed, "I just came to give you guys my wedding gift."


    How could she have forgotten all of this? Bernice had said yesterday that she would bring her gift the


    following day and today was the following day. She wondered what it was.


    "And what would that be?" Chris asked biting his own cake.


    "Two tickets to Kenya," she said exacted, "for your two weeks honeymoon."23


    Maya almost choked when she heard Bernice say that. Honeymoon? They weren''t in love for them to


    go on a honeymoon. What was she going to do right then.


    Maybe faking sickness will be much better. She heard her inner voice tell her.


    But Kenya had always been her dream destination. She was so much in love with that country that she


    would kill to go there. But when she thought of it, she had only one person in mind.3


    The one who promised to take her there one day. The one she still hoped that he would show up one


    day. The one who promised to be around in her thoughts even if he was miles away. The only first


    person who stood by her side from the beginning till the earth swallowed him.


    He was the one she wanted to fulfill his promise. Not the man who hated her. Not the one who


    promised to deliver nothing to her but pain. Not the one who swore to hurt her in every possible way


    instead of protection her.2


    She didn''t want that. But how was she going to say that? How was she going to make her mother in


    "Momma, I''ve a line that I''ve to show case this next week," Chris exined.


    At least they had mutual feeling.


    "And I''ve a patient to operate on following week," Maya exined.


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    "Congrats Chris," Bernice said, "but the trip is next month and I already checked your schedule."5


    Maya looked at her mother inw, "I can''t leave my patient, Mrs Rollins."


    Berniceughed at her statement, "even doctors go for a honeymoon dear, so please, try harder," she


    turned to her son, "what''s the name of the new line, son?"


    Chris smiled at his mum, "I thought you''ll never ask,"he sat up, "it''s Maya Rollins."


    Maya looked up shocked. If there was one think she knew about her husband, it was that he did


    everything with a reason. And as much as his mother smiled all she wanted. Maya knew that that was


    no good and she was in to pay another price. And heart felt like giving up so that whatever he was


    nning would alle to an end.2


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 Chapter 8

    Chapter 8


    Chris pulled his car in front of the tall building. It was funny how the week moved so fast that now he


    was attending his own event. He couldn''t help but think that it was just yesterday.


    The day that his mum had brought them her wedding present. The day that she insisted on them going


    for that honeymoon even after he and his wife had given a million excuses.


    His wife? That was now making sense to him. It wasn''t foreign to him anymore but it wasn''t the best. If


    he thought of it, then it was for revenge and not love. Hate, the hatred that he had vowed to give her all


    his life.


    It was her fault for everything bad that was happening to him. Hers for not being able to be with the


    love of his life. Hers for not proposing to Kimberly on this very day as he had nned for, for months


    now.11


    It was her fault that he called the line her name and not Kimberly. The name he knew would make his


    woman say yes the moment he went down on his knee. And it was also her fault for not trying to


    convince his mum about the honeymoon.6


    And for that, he was going to make her pay. He was going to humiliate her in front of the entire world


    without them noticing anything. It was his revenge tonight and nothing could make him happier than


    that.2


    Chris unfastened his seat belt and walked out of the car. The cameras were shing on his face the


    moment he got out of it. He walked to the other side and opened the door for his wife. He saw her smile


    at his as a way of appreciation.


    Chris smiled back since the cameras were focused on them. But he had a secret of his own. A secret


    that he knew she had no idea off. Not for long. Maya was going to get what she deserved. And that,


    made his smile grow broader.1


    Chris moved his hand to her small back but not before hurting her. Yes, he did it in front of the cameras


    and he loved what he saw. She was in pain but yet, she smiled at the camera as if everything was


    okay.


    That''s how she was taught and he couldn''t take it away. After all, she was the governor''s daughter and


    if there were people who knew how to act, it was the politics. And they also made the family to learn


    how to do it. So he wasn''t surprised at Maya''s pretence even though he saw the hurt in her eyes.


    Chris, what do we expect from the show?


    Will your wife take part in modeling?


    Do you think that the line will sell more because of your wife?


    Is it true that this marriage is forced?


    Are you cheating on your wife after one week in marriage?


    Why name your line after your wife Chris?


    The reporters threw one question after another but Chris said nothing. How could he when all the


    answers that he was going to give for those questions were lies. Lies that Maya made him to be in. Lies


    that were going to be paid for.


    Chris wanted to answer then. To tell them that everything was true. He wanted to say that he knew the


    line will bring him allot of money because of his wife. It was her name after all was going go be used.


    And Maya was the governor''s daughter. And apart from that, she was among the best doctors in the


    country and all her patients were loyal to her. They wouldn''t disappoint when it came to this line. So,


    yes, he used his wife for money.


    Ooh!!! And this marriage? Chris wanted to shout to the whole world and tell them it was forced. He


    wasn''t in love with Maya but he was forced to marry her by her dad. By Freeman, who to the eyes of


    the society is a saint while in real life he was a demon in person. So he needed to let it out but the only


    person who was avable for that was Maya. She was the one paying but he didn''t give a damn about


    it.


    Chris pushed his wife inside the building not saying a word to anyone whom he met on the hallway. It


    was the best thing to do at that moment. He lead her to the ce where the event was taking ce and


    showed her her seat.


    Of course he had to act like a gentleman and wait till she was on her seat before he sat down next to


    her. All he had to do was to sit and wait for his partner and friend to start the show has they agreed.


    Just then, the lights in the room went dim and Chris fixed himself for one hell of a show. He knew he


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    was the best and his clothing would sell from that moment. All he had to do is sit back and enjoy the


    whole show. Because to him, it had just started.2


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 Chapter 9

    Chapter 9


    Never in her wildest dreams did she think she would be doing this again. At least not when she was


    married but it seemed that everything and everyone was against her since she came to this world of


    Moses. Of course, apart from her two best friends.


    Wait. Where they even two? The second one had left before her graduation in college and he hadn''t


    evenmunicated. Not to anyone and worse to her. Five years down the line and nothing.6


    Was that how best friends leaved? I mean, one day you''ve them then the next, they''re gone. Or maybe


    he was dead? But if he was, the Major would have sent the captain of the team along with two


    lieutenant to bring the bad news to the family but nothing.


    Maya forced a smile on her face as people took photos of her and her loving husband. He was hurting


    her on her waist but she dare not to show. After all, she was used to faking her real emotions since she


    was a toddler. It was new and neither was it going to end very soon.


    To her, it seemed like she was going to be fake her entire life. It seemed like she was destined to do


    that. To be fake and have no one to care. Who would anyway? When the one who are supposed to are


    the one inflicting the pain.


    But there was something that will always make her happy. Something that really made her smile


    genially. And it was her work. She loved it and no one would take her only source of joy away from her.


    Not even her own father...


    What do we expect to see tonight?


    Maya was jerked back to reality when she heard the question. She wasn''t sure to whom it was directed


    to, so she just kept her head held high and smiling at the camera. That''s what she was taught since


    young age and it''s what she was doing.


    Chris answered the question and he pushed them passed the reports and even from the back she


    could hear more questions and cameras clicking at them.


    "I hope that Wesley exined to you what you need to do," Chris spoke up when they got in an empty


    room.


    She guessed that it was an office but she had no idea it belonged to which department. They were still


    at the ground floor, which meant it wasn''t his. And there were no photos of him anywhere.


    She looked him in the eye and said a strong yes. She was strong than he thought she was. Who


    wouldn''t anyway after experiencing it from your own father? To her, what doesn''t kill you makes you


    stronger and her father made her stronger.


    Chris shifted his weight from one leg to another.


    "Good. Because I don''t want embarrassment from anyone and most especially, from you Jezebel."4


    Of course, he hadn''t gotten tired of calling her names since the day began. Before they even came to


    this event he had called her all names and she, she chose to keep quiet. A times she felt like she was


    an insult.


    Insult to womanhood. Insult to everyone one who looked up to her. Insult to anyone who saw her as a


    hero. Insult to God who was up in heaven. The one who created her with a purpose but as it turned out,


    she had none in their lives. Neither her husband''s nor her father''s.1


    Wesley had taught her what she had to do at the event. He had given her every detail about the


    fashion show since she had no idea and she got everything. She was smart to know that if she dared to


    mess up then it was her body to pay for.


    So with everything that he taught her the passed one week. She put it in practice, like catwalks. She


    practiced it till she was perfect. And when shest made sure that it was okay, she had done it in front


    of Wesley who couldn''t help but say good thing about her. He even went to an extent of saying that he


    wished he would work with her on his line of work.


    Mayaughed it off. She had nothing else to say since no one apart from workplimented her. She


    liked Wesley so much that at that moment she wished he coulde to her rescue. To her, she had


    found another big brother who had a promising protection that she hadn''t felt for five years now.


    Maya watched Chris stare at her that she thought she had already done a mistake. He looked at her


    from head to toe then back up but this time stopping at every curve in her body. She was slim but not


    that model body as Wesley had told her she had.


    She had a bitrge hips than any model that she had watched on TV or seen in magazines. Her butt


    was too big for her own body and her breast were medium size. And with Chris staring at her in disgust


    on his face, she couldn''t help but remember her dad calling her fat.


    Maya knew she wasn''t fat. And neither was she that much slim. But Chris knew who was who for


    modeling and with that look, it helped her understand. Understand that she wasn''t beautiful. That it was


    her father''s money that made her famous as everyone thought. That it was him from being a famous


    doctor to a governor.


    Chris moved his eyes from her face and looked around. She was now more nervous. If he saw her that


    way, disgusting, then what about the guest out there? And the models. God, her self control was


    running out and she needed someone to save her. Anyone.


    Just then, the door opened and in walked the man she thought she wouldn''t see all the evening. He


    was dressed in grey suit that screamed money everywhere. She looked at him and gave him a smile.


    He was cute with his baby face and his big blue eyes. They were so adorable that she found herself


    getting lost in them.


    This wasn''t the first time and neither did she think it would be thest.


    "Are you going to get lost in my eyes or you''re going toe over here and feel this six packs?"


    Maya found herselfughing genuinely first time in the whole day. She moved herself from where she


    stood to the waiting arms of Wesley. She felt safe in them and every time he hugged her, she just


    wanted to be in those arms forever.


    "Aren''t we full of ourselves today?" She asked after awhile.


    Wesley kissed her head, "it''s the truth. They''re six packs."


    Maya pulled away from his embrace, "yeah yeah, keep telling yourself that. They are chicken packs."2


    "Ouch!" Wesley eximed, "you hurt my pride little siz."


    "I''m really sorry my lovely bro..."


    "Should I call of the show so that we can watch yours?" Chris cut her. "I mean, I can do that for you, all


    you need is just to say it."


    "Jealous much?" Wesley asked moving to where he stood," sorry love, I totally forgot, with beauty like


    hers, I seem to forget your handsome face."


    Chris moved away from Wesley when he hugged him.


    "Wes, our guest are waiting," he moved towards the door, "so please, shall we?"


    Wesley moved to Maya and wrapped his arm around her small back pushing her passed the door that


    Chris had opened for them.


    Chris followed outside, "and please get you dirty hands off my wife."4


    "I''m doing nothing wrong, Chris," Wesley said turning to look at him, "I just want to help her get off this


    dress she is in."4


    "What?" Chris asked not believing what he heard.


    "Rx Chris, I''m taking her to change her clothes. Remember."1


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    Chris moved to them and pushed Wesley''s arm away from her waist, "not with that arm around there


    and please, don''t try anything stupid. And I give you twenty minutes."


    "Twenty minutes?" Wesley repeated," they can''t even..."


    Chris moved away from them, "twenty minutes Wesley."


    "You jealous pig," Wesley shouted after him.


    Chris turned back with a smirk on his face, "the clock is sticking."2


    Maya pulled Wesley away before he could say anything. He wasn''t the one who was going to pay for


    being a secondte but her. She just had a feeling that the night was far from over.


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 Chapter 10

    Chapter 10


    Not even Wesley could do his magic for Maya to be ready in twenty minutes and Chris knew that very


    well. But the fear he saw in her eyes when he said that, it was worth the treat.


    She feared him and no drought about that.6


    Chris walked to where the fashion show was about to take the ce and looked around. Everything


    was going on so well and he couldn''t help but admire the work of the PR agency that he had hired.


    They had done a good job by letting all the celebrities and the reporters seat at the front rows. He knew


    it would help him and his career as whole. The rest of the guest sat at the back and the only thing that


    remained was the show.


    He walked backstage and called the people who were to open the show officially. As they walked away,


    he went to hurry the models so that they can be ready by the time the others were done.


    Chris walked back at the front and found the two dancers, padded like marshmallows, flitting and


    twirling across the wooden floor. All his audience were already enjoy the show as theyugh where


    they saw humour and pped where necessary.


    Once the dancers were done, he took the mic and weed everyone buy thanking them for having


    the time to be there. Once he was done the model began catwalks along the ramp.1


    Chris admired his model as they show cased his designing but his eyes could not wait to see one


    person. He missed her and he longed to hold her in his arms. If only he wasn''t married now. If only he


    didn''t have to pretend to everyone.4


    Just then, she stepped out and his eyes were glued on her. Kimberly looks beautiful in a ck dress


    that reached her mid thigh. Her smile made every old man and woman in there wish she was their


    daughter.4


    As for youdies, they wanted a body as hers. And the men Chris''s age wanted her as theirs. If only


    they knew she was taken. And it him who owned her heart and no one else. He smiled at himself since


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    no one knew their secret, of course apart from his best friend.


    He watched her catwalk till the end of the runaway which made him remember the past. The first time


    he met Kimberly. How could he forget that faithfully day ever in his life? It was the most magical thing in


    his life and he loved every bit of it.


    How many did he wish he could meet her again for the first time? Ten times? He had even lost count of


    it but he was grateful that it happened even that once. Chris smiled at himself letting his mind flow


    deeper into memories.


    Chris had been called to a fashion show as a musician who was to open the show that day. He went to


    the ce and PR agency did a very poor job he even sent him to the wrong room to wait for the show


    to begin.


    When he walked to the room with his lemonade juice to smoother his voice, he had identally poured


    it on ady that he had no idea that she was in their. He began to apologize wiping the juice off her but


    she held his hands to stop him.


    And there, the magic happened. He felt electric currents flow all over his body and he couldn''t help


    himself but look up and there, he met the most beautiful brown eyes her had ever seen. Time stood still


    for him and neither did he want it to move.


    Only He who is in even knew


    how long they gazed at each other. Because the next thing he remembers is that the one who was


    supposed to help her walked in to get her ready. And walked out to go and perform since it was time.


    He waited for her outside the building when the show was over to apologize. Which he did and from


    that day they became friends. From friends to lovers whom they''re still that''s to Kimberly for never


    wanting to go public before.


    Of course, at first it did both him but now he sees why. He can be married but still have her in his arms


    as his girlfriend and no one can ever think of them being together. It was for the best as she used to tell


    him and now he understands it. Since no rumours about him and her.


    Chris heard a big gasp and he looked towards the ce where they were all looking. Kimberly was just


    walking backstage to change for the final round. But what caught his eye was his wife. She was


    dressed in a dress that he had made for Kimberly himself but she had a ck dress instead.


    That''s why people gasped. To him, she wasn''t that much pretty as much as Wesley tried to make her


    look. Her green eyes didn''t match with the dress since they''re the most green eyes he had everid his


    eyes on.


    Second, she was too fat for a model and her model skills were too poor despite the one week of


    training by Wesley, thinking of him, Chris was going to kill him for what he had done.


    That dress was supposed to be for his queen of her heart and not the daughter of Jezebel. He has


    made it with so much love for her and him, how dare him do that? He looked at her from head to toe


    then back up to her green eyes as she walked past him.


    Chris watched Maya walk till the end of the ramp then walk back again. She did try to smile but nothing


    like Kimberly''s, hers was forced and not natural and anyone who had eyes could tell that. But he did


    feel happy seeing her like that.3


    Forcing a smile for the sake of him and the world.


    Round two began and everything went perfectly. Chris loved the reaction that he was getting from


    people and he was so sure that his line will be a sess. Sess because of his wife. Her name and


    presents was more than enough for him.


    Kimberly walked to the crowd to bring thedy behind the inspiration as everyone wanted to think and


    she wasn''t wearing the white dress that he had designed for her to close the show. When Maya walked


    out, he held his mouth open.1


    Everyone stood up to wee her while pping and the rest of the models stood in a kind with their


    smiles on. She catwalk then came back to where her husband stood.


    This time, her smile wasn''t fake and Chris realized that but in a way, he was happy it was genuine for


    his business since the reporters were all doing there job in there.


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 Chapter 11

    Chapter 11


    Maya folded her clothes into her small travel bag. She couldn''t believe that this day had arrived. But it


    was here and she couldn''t do anything to stop it. Not with her mother inw down stairs waiting for


    them.


    But wasn''t she supposed to be happy? If not for her honeymoon just like any other normal couple do


    but for her own break. She was supposed to be happy since she was going to take a break from the


    hospital, but she wasn''t.


    In fact, her heart was bleeding out. It was hurting so much that she wished she wasn''t born. All her life,


    that has been her wish. To never have existed but if wishes where horses, then beggars would be


    riding on them.6


    She wondered what her purpose was on this world. Everyone has a purpose to fulfill in this world but


    hers, hers was to bring pain. Pain to people even without her wanting to. At least, that''s what her dad


    made her see while growing up.


    To feel the pain she caused him. To feel her curse in this world as she was told by him. She was


    cursed, of course, if not, why was she always the rejected one? The one who was always left behind?


    The most hated human being in this world? Why?10


    She took her summer dress, the one she had cat walked in thest round to fold it. It was beautiful and


    she couldn''t help but smile looking at it. It was the one thing that had made her feel strong. Strong


    enough to face her dear husband.


    The one that made Chris''s blood boil when he saw her smile. She knew at that time that he wanted to


    strangle her to death but he couldn''t do anything. Nothing but fake a smile and give a fake speech.


    How did she know it was fake? He mmed how much he loved her and how much she inspired him to


    start the line while in real sense, she disgusted him. She made him want to vomit his own intestines


    out.


    That''s how much he hates her. That''s how much he wants her out of his life. She walked towards her


    suitcase and returned the dress there. She just felt that it was best not to bring out events of thest


    week.


    To her, she preferred to let the sleeping dogs lie. Maya went back to her packing and when she was


    done, she zipped her bag and sat on the bed. It was better to let mother and son have a conversation.


    Mother. That word. How she wished she had her own. How she wished that she had met her just once


    in her life. To see her photo if not. But no, she didn''t know how she even looked. She was clueless as


    she is now.6


    The only person who talked about her was her brother. He was the one who was kind enough to tell her


    that she looked like their mum and if ever she wanted a photo, she was the photocopy of her. ''So,


    whenever you want to see mum, walk to the vanity mirror and look at your reflection, and there, only


    there, will you see her. At times I envy you because you got all her looks. ''


    That''s what her brother would say and she would feel better. She missed him so much that the pain in


    her chest just increased. He was her hero. Her Knight and shinning armor. The one who understood


    her better than anyone. If only he was around.


    Around when she needed him the most. Around to protect her from this marriage. Around to stop her


    dad from this madness. Around to hug her tight and tell her that everything will be alright. That''s what


    she needed for her bleeding heart.


    To feel protected and to be given guidance. But no, it''s like the earth had swallowed him never to be


    seen or heard again. It wasn''t fair at all. Fair that she was born in all riches, yet, she suffered like she


    had nothing.3


    At least, poor people have one another to love and protect. When she had no one. Not even her


    college best friend was around. She didn''te back as she had promised. Instead, Kayle had stayed


    behind to enjoy herself knowing very well that Maya needed her to be around.3


    "Jezebel," she didn''t move as she stared at the space.


    Maya heard her whole body being pushed to the hard floor her knees this time hitting the floor first. She


    felt the pain move to her whole body making her nub. It hurt but not the way her heart did. If anyone


    could get a hurt disease from the pain they felt, then she would be dead already.2


    "How dare you?" He asked moving to push her more towards the floor with no carpet.


    Maya looked up, "what have I done this time?" Her voice broke as she spoke.


    Chris let go of her hand,"you dare ask me that, you devil? Who gave you the audacity to seat on my,


    my bed crying on it?"6


    Of course, she was crying and she hasn''t even realized that. Who wouldn''t anyway with a life like that?


    She moved her palms slowly to her face and wiped her tears away. She then moved to look at her


    knees and thanks to carpet, there was no bruises.


    She then looked up to him for the first time since he stepped inside the room. He wore dark Blue Jeans


    and a ck tee shirt that she wondered if he was going to board like that. It''s not like he looked bad in


    fact, he was very much handsome with his hazel eyes that were now blue because of his anger


    towards her.


    The pain stuck again but this time, she ignored her heart. Her mind was screaming at her, telling her


    that he, he had no right. No right to hurt her the way he did. No right to bully her the way he was doing.


    She opened her mouth to give him her piece of mind but she never got to speak.2


    "Take your butt outside," he said moving to take his bag from the closet that she had no idea when he


    packed.


    She got up as she was asked or rathermanded and walked to the bathroom. She wasn''t about to


    show her mother inw how unhappy she was by her dear son''s side. After she was done, she took her


    bag from the floor and stepped outside walking down stairs to the living room.


    "Where is she?" Maya heard Bernice ask.


    "Ooh momma!" Chris deep voice spoke up as she walked to thest stairs, "you ask as if you''ve no


    idea of how long you women take to get ready."


    Bernice was about to reply to her son when she saw Maya approach. She moved so that she could


    meet her at the center. Once they exchanged hugs for God knew how many times they had hugged


    that same day. She moved away walking to where her son stood.


    "Passport?" she began looking at both of them.


    "Checked," Chris answered showing his.


    Maya did the same and Bernice went on with visa and everything that was important for their trip. Once


    everything was checked, the chauffeur walked in and took their bags to the car.


    Bernice walked them outside with Alma. They hugged the kids one more time with tears in their eyes.


    "Please take care of each other. I''ve already booked a room for you in Hilton Hotel once you get there.


    Make sure you call once you get there and when you get back from your honeymoon, I want to be ''a


    soon to be grandma''" she said quoting in the air.


    Chris nodded his head not saying a word. He pecked his mother''s cheek and walked towards the


    waiting car. Maya would have given anything to know what he was thinking after his mother''s word butText content ? N?velDrama.Org.


    instead, she pecked both women and followed her husband behind.


    She waved to them before the car was out of the mansion.


    "Please take us to Never Again Hotel," Chris said to the driver.6


    Maya looked at him. They had driven for twenty minutes without a word to each other and the first thing


    to say is that? She wanted to ask why but the driver did it.


    "But Sir, we were heading to the airport. At least those where your mother''s instructions."


    Maya watched Chris''s hand fold into a fist and she could tell that his knuckles did hurt from the look of


    it.


    "Do you want to keep this job?"


    That''s all that it took for them to be in Never Again Hotel. They were going to stay their one week


    honeymoon in the country something that Bernice had no idea off.


    "This way please," one of the receptionist said taking their bags to the room that apparently, Chris


    booked week ago.


    The walked to thest floor of the building and into a penthouse that Maya had no time to have a look


    at as there was a knock at the door.


    She was about to go and open when Chris bit her to it.


    "I''m d you could make it darling," Chris said kissing a woman and stepping aside for her to walk in.1


    From her ck high heels to her white dress that reached mid thigh dress Maya couldn''t believe her


    eyes when she met the one face she couldn''t have expected at all. But there she was, in flesh. Since


    her tongue was tight, her mind called her name.


    Kimberly.8


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 Chapter 13

    Chapter 13


    Maya pulled herself from the floor. It hurt her so much. So much that she wanted to empty whatever


    she had taken earlier in the bathroom. To think that the people who are supposed to protect her and


    love her at the same time were the ones who were making her life a living her.1


    It wasn''t fair at all. Not to her anyway. But nothing is fair in this world. She might as well as ept her


    misfortune. Her badck in life. Her own loner life in this world. That''s what''s best for her. For her and


    her broken heart.10


    She had stayed in that floor since they left for only God knew how long. One hour, two hours, she had


    even lost track of time. With the pain she felt, she took out a sweatpants and a ck tee shirt and


    walked to the bathroom.1


    She needed a shower. A shower to take away her humiliation. To take away her cowards of not


    standing up for herself. All her life, that''s what she has always done. Let people push her around.1


    First her dad. Who thought that he was doing whatever her was doing to revenge. To revenge for


    something that had no control off. Something that she had no idea of until one day when she was five,


    he shouted on her face.1


    Five. What does a five year kind know? What is it that a kid can do to deserve all the manhandle that


    her dad did? She tried. She tried to win his love from the moment she knew how to speak her first


    word.1


    To get the affection that he was giving her brother, but nothing changed. He pushed her around. Did


    with her what he pleased and she let him. Let him trying to prove to him that she was a good daughter.


    A good daughter who took up medicine for her father''s sake since her brother had refused the dream.


    She agreed. She even agreed to go on a boarding school since she was a burden as he had pug it. For


    what? To be perfect? To be the best?3


    Had it not been for her brother, she would have gone. Had it not been for him at highschool, she would


    have been bullied. All her damn life. She lived that kinda life. A mean less life to those around her. A life


    where if she died at that moment, people would hold a party instead of her funeral to mourn.1


    And now here she was all over again. History repeating itself but this time with her husband and his


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    girlfriend. His girlfriend. Never in a million years could she have guessed that the same Kimberly who


    had been so good to her, would turn out to be the devil himself.


    All the nice words she had said at backstage. Her giving Maya the dresses she was supposed to where


    saying it would make every man jaws drop if she wore them herself. The one who smiled at her


    genuinely at the backstage when every other model gave her a green eye. Or maybe she thought.1


    ''Whenever you see a woman being nice to you for nothing, gal, she is a cunning bitch. And people like


    that want your man.''5


    That''s what Kayle always said to her. How could she have forgotten that? All the sweetness was for


    nothing but revenge. And as stupid as she is, she felt right into the trap. But why didn''t Wesley say


    anything? Why didn''t he at least try and say something?3


    Maya let her tears flow with the cold water that flowed on her body. It was too cold for room


    temperature but she didn''t give a damn. No one cared. Not even the one she considered her brother.


    Not even him. How stupid of her. How did she be a doctor again?


    Maya remember the look on Chris'' face when Kimberly pped her. It did sting do much that she


    wanted to p back but she used all the self control that she had. It was better to keep hers to herself.


    She even had the audacity to pull her hair something that her own dad had never done before.2


    And Chris, what did he do? Get pleased. His hazel eyes were brown. And when he saw her hold her


    head high, they turned blue out of anger. It''s like he wanted to struggle her alive at that moment.1


    If it wasn''t for the CCTV cameras outside. She feared of what would have be of her life. It''s like


    Kimberly was ready to kill any moment. It was good idea that Chris had brought them it a hotel and not


    one of his many mansions. That is if they were many.


    Maya walked outside the bathroom all dressed and took out her sneakers. She needs fresh air from


    outside and maybe she could walk down the streets. She took the keys that Chris had left on coffee


    table and locked the door behind her. The good thing is that, she had seen him pocket one spare key


    before he left.1


    So, if he came back before her, he won''t have to wait for her. But who goes to clubbing andes


    back early? They got to be sick for that to happen. And judging by the look of things, the couple was far


    from ever being sick.


    The elevator door beamed notifying her that she was at the lobby. Once it opened, she stepped out


    after everyone else had done that. How they got in the elevator, she had no idea.


    "The nerve of that Kimberly," she said walking towards the outside. Her hands were in fist while she


    talked and her head was held low.


    "How dare she judge me? Does she have even the slightest idea of what I''ve gone through all my life?


    Does she think because I''m a governor''s daughter everything was handed to me in a sliver tter? How


    dare she and everyone else judge me? How dare they point a finger..."3


    She hit something hard yet very warm. At first she wanted to curse but when she felt the warm


    substance flowing down her stomach, her fist grew harder that her knuckles hurt. She looked up and


    saw the hard solid she hit.


    It was a male''s chest and the warm liquid that had now stopped to flow any further was chocte or


    coffee. Whatever the damn cup he was holding consist.


    Maya looked up at the man''s face. Her green eyes locked with the darkest eyes she had ever see. She


    wanted to look away since all her words had evaporated in her throat but those dark eyes. They''re


    ma if not any thing else.


    Self control, Maya. She said to herself and it seemed to work.


    Her gaze moved to his sharp jaws that had her inhale silently. The guy had side burns making him look


    too perfect for a magazine model. To her, he looked utterly delicious in navy blue suit with a white shirt


    inside it and a ck bow tai that oozed charisma and charm.2


    Maya wanted to stop but her eyes didn''t obey. Not before moving to the strong legs that were hidden by


    the trouser he was wearing making her feel disappointed. If only he was in a swimming suit or in a


    towel.


    Wait, what? I''m going crazy. Look away before this bes too embarrassing for you, Maya.


    As if reading her thoughts, the gentleman spoke.


    "Done checking out?" He asked a deep voice.6


    Deep voice that she had never had any man speak in. She always told her brother that he had deep


    voice, but it was no near to this strangers. Never in her widest dreams did she think she would ever


    hear any deeper voice than her brother''s.


    "Cat got your tongue now?" He asked locking his gaze with hers. "I know I''m handsome but you don''t


    have to be that much offiance sweetie."1


    Maya felt her bile in her stomach. How dare he? He was the one who had purred the long forgotten


    liquid on her and he was acting so arrogant? The nerve of him.1


    "Are we too full over ourselves here?" She asked letting her palms to be hit by air after a long time of


    holding them into fist.


    "You know, I''ve seen so many cute guys than you and ranking you out of ten, your number ten you


    moron. And instead of braking how handsome you''re, you should be asking me if I''m okay since you


    purred whatever was in that cup you''re hold all over my body."3


    That''s when he realized that he was holding an empty cup. She saw the worry now in his eyes as he


    pulled out his white handkerchief out of his pants pocket.


    "I''m so sorry," he said handing her the material. "It''s not like me to be arrogant, but with a beauty like


    you I can''t help. Did the coffee burn you? Please forgive me. I''m really sorry."


    Maya felt sorry with the way he tried to apologize. It wasn''t entirely his fault. It was hers too for walking


    without watching where she was going.


    "It''s okay," she said returning the unused handkerchief back to him. "It wasn''t that hot."


    "Yeah, I can see that. You''re shivering to death. Lemme buy you hot coffee or chocte to keep you


    warm."


    Maya felt her body be chilled. She hadn''t even noticed that it was dark outside. Not only that, she


    hadn''t felt the cold until it was mentioned. How far away had she walked in her absent minded? She


    had no idea. Good think, it wasn''t a foreign country so she can''t get lost.


    "Please, it my treat," the stranger tried to convince her.


    Maya rubbed her hands together to generate the heat, "No, thank you, I''ve to go."


    "You might want to change you mind, pretty," his deep voice rung on her ears as she tried to push past


    him. "No one ever resist my charm."


    "You egotistic bastard," she walked past him, "you can go and buy that coffee or whatever to those


    And with that, she was walking down the stress in a different pace. She couldn''t help but love her


    thoughts from her husband and his girlfriend to the egoistic man she had just met.2


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 Chapter 14

    Chapter 14


    Chris looked at himself in front of the vanity mirror. He loved the look he saw and he couldn''t help but


    smile at himself. He looked handsome, and no one could tell him otherwise. With his ck pants and


    white shirt.


    He didn''t want to over dress or under dress for his dinner date. Dinner. That was something that he


    hadn''t done in a long time. And now, here he was, all dressed and ready to meet his queen. His love of


    his life. What more could he ask for?5


    Chris moved from the mirror, to the shoe rank that stood on his left. He looked for a shoe that he could


    wear and he settled himself on ck shoes. Wearing them, he looked around to see what was left


    behind. And that''s when hended himself on his wrist watch that rested on the night stand.


    After he checked everything, he took his spare key and moved towards the door. He had wasted so


    much time in that room and he didn''t want to be morete. When he walked to the living room, it was


    empty. No sign of his dear wife around.


    It''s not that he was looking for her but ofte, he saw less for her. It''s like she was avoiding them or


    something. He admits, that he made made it clear for her to stay out of his sight when they returned


    from that night club when theye back, but he never meant for her to never show herself to him.


    It had been three days since the came to their ''honeymoon''. And three days since that scene that he


    and Kimberly had caused. Maya had made sure that if he saw her was when she was sleeping on the


    couch as he had told her when he returned from the club and found her sitting on the same spot that he


    had left her.


    In a way, he had felt sorry for her. He was even worried if she had moved a muscle from that spot but


    he got the answer when he saw she was changed. With her sweatpants and tee shirt. That was


    enough for him to know that she had showered.


    He asked her to be sleeping on the couch as he, he took the bed. Maya said nothing to him as she


    walked to the couch. Not even a thank you and he had to admit, it hurt his ego. From that day, she said


    nothing to him. But what could she say? He was always out by 4am to go for jogging and when he


    of Maya.


    Of course, he takes none of them and the rest of the day, he spends it with Kimberly. Making hime


    thought of her aside as he closed the door. He had to be thinking of another woman and not Maya. His


    love. His angel. The love of his life.4


    Spending time with Kimberly was the best. They visited every ce that he had nned for them to


    visit everyday. He saw beautiful scenery but nonepered to the beauty beside him. When they were


    tired of going anywhere, they would spend time together in her room. ying all kinda childish games


    and talking tillte night. It was fun. And he was going to miss all that when they went back home.


    Chris moved to the restaurant side of the hotel where he was greeted by a nicedy who stood at the


    door way. Her smile was something be he had gotten used to from alldies. A tterers smile. But


    there was only onedy, one that never game him that smile. One that when she smiled, it never


    reached her eyes. That one, that seemed she could live without his charm around.


    "I preserved a table for two early," he said to thedy.


    Thedy kept on smiling at him, "At the balcony side," she said looking at the book she was holding,


    "there is only two tables at it and yours is on the left."


    Chris gave her his most charming smile that had her all red on her cheeks. He said thanks as he


    moved towards the door that lead him outside.


    "You''re most weed, Sir," He heard her shout behind his back.


    Chris walked out to the balcony and he couldn''t help but fall in love with the sight. It was so beautiful


    behold his own imagination. There was no light and the only one they depended on was the one from


    the other building. The table were two and he had been told.


    Everything was set perfect but something caught his eye. Thedy that was standing at the balcony,


    with her hands up in the air. Her hair was being blown away by the wind that was flowing on the


    outside.


    Chris moved towards her think of what to say. I mean, he waste and Kimberly was already there,


    waiting for him. If there was something that Kimberly hates is to bete. So Chris was in for a hot soup.


    He wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned so as ce his chin on her head. He was tall than


    her so that wasn''t so hard to do.


    "I can see it''s freeze and shine," he said kissing her head, "you know, you could get cold," he tried to


    exin beforeing up with an answer to give when she asked why he waste.


    The hands that where up in the sky were now down to where his were. They were cold and he shivered


    at her touch. He didn''t know it was out of cold or something else. She was trying to get his hands out of


    her waist.


    "You''re so cold," he said holding his hands tight. She felt so good and he didn''t want to let her go.


    "Don''t fight in my love," he said moving side so that he could peck her cheeks.


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    He didn''t know why, but Kimberly''s cheeks felt more smooth than normal and he didn''t want to finish


    the peck. He hadn''t kissed those lips of hers and he missed them already. He turned her around with


    her still resisting.


    "Please, stop fighting it," he said while his eyes closed when he turned her.2


    He moved his hand from her waist to her face. It was so soft that he wanted to stay all night doing that.


    Feeling like he was holding a cotton. His finger moved to her parted lips. He couldn''t hold himself any


    longer.


    His lips were on hers and he felt shiver when they connected. Something was definitely different with


    the way Kimberly was behaving today. First, she didn''t move her lips which was something new to him.


    She was always the one going for it and today, she was acting like she has no experience in kissing.


    He didn''t give up as he continued to attack her lips. He wanted more so he pinched her on her waist


    which she eased taking the opportunity to let his tongue to slide inside. He rolled his tongue with hers


    as he deepened the kiss. She tasted so sweet and the more he wanted her.


    He pulled he close enjoying the way she kissed him back. He smiled as he moved his hand to her butt.


    She was doing more than what he wanted her to do to him. That feeling, he had felt it before. Not with


    Kimberly but with...2


    "What the hell is going on here?"


    That voice, he knew it. He had gotten used to it not once but many times. It was hers. He pulled away


    opening his eyes to look at the own of the voice. Of course, it was hers.


    Kimberly.


    She stood at the double door with her face fuming. The light from inside illuminating the outside. He


    took the chance to turn around to see thedy that he was kissing. And there she stood. All shocked.


    Chris'' eyes widen as his mind mentioned her name before his mouth piece could work.


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    Chapter 15


    Maya kept her mouth closed all the while. She could see the fuming fire from Kimberly''s eyes and she


    rather stayed quiet. Wait, when has she ever talked back anyway? She moved her eyes from Kimberly


    to Chris''. He looked confused from what she could see.


    Yes, he was confused. And she did understand why. All the while he thought he was with the love of his


    life but it was her. Jezebel. As he loved to call her. Maybe she deserved the name after all. Wasn''t that


    what the real Jezebel from the Bible did? Taking what wasn''t hers?


    The only difference with her and the Jezebel from the Bible was that, she took someone''s boyfriend.


    While the Jezebel from the Bible encouraged her husband to take thend that never belonged to


    them. Hope those who know the story know what I''m talking about.4


    But I''m no selfish.


    Maya tried to convince herself. Of course, she wasn''t selfish. She had tried to push him away. Tried to


    tell him that she wasn''t Kimberly but all he kept on doing was to tell her not to fight it. It wasn''t fair on


    her side. It wasn''t even entirely her fault.


    I mean, she was supposed to be there in the first ce. Maya had been invited to dinner by her new


    friend after three days of turning him down. It was the guy that she met four days ago. The arrogant


    bastard who seemed to follow her everywhere she went making it seem like a conside. 4


    Maybe it was but Maya gave it a 0.99% of conceded. So in order for him to stop following her around,


    she had epted his dinner date. And that''s why she was there earlier. Topose herself with the


    breeze that was at the balcony.


    She needed toe her nerves down since thest time she had done that was years ago. Yes, when


    she was in college with her long time crush that turned out to be a disaster. So, her being early was a


    way to calm herself down and also to avoid someone.


    Of course, it was Chris. She had stayed three days away from him and she hadn''t nned to show her


    face till theirst day of the ''honeymoon''. At least that was her n. But now, here he was, standing in


    front of her like he justnded from another.


    She didn''t know why, but whatever he wore, made him look handsome every time. Maya looked deep


    into his eyes to such for something. His face wore confusion but his eyes said something else.


    Something different from confusion and surprise. If only she could ce it.


    But no, it was hard for her. Maybe it''s just that he had changed for those three days. I mean, one


    changes from one mood to another within a second. Then, what was three days to him? Besides, he


    was with his love of life.


    And with her pretending to be always asleep when she heard him every night open the door after


    midnight wasn''t easy. She was his wife, and she was obliged to wait till her husband came home for


    her to sleep. So, she did that without letting him know she was always worried. Worried that something


    bad might happen while he was out there.3


    Maya shifted her weight to the left leg. It seemed like forever since Kimberly had stepped outside and


    found them kissing. That kiss. She fought the barge to ce her hand on her lips. It was just like the


    first time they kissed. On his stage, his show and in front of his funs.


    Little did they know that it would cost their happiness. Yet, here they were making the same mistake


    and this time, it was the jealous girlfriend who found them. It''s like their kissing was a curse to them.


    They were never made to be and she just knew it. He was Kimberly''s while she, she was destined to


    her patients.


    "How dare you, bitch?" Kimberly came towards her shouting at her.


    Maya hadn''t even heard her foot steps despite the high heels she wore. To her, Kimberly was standing


    at the door way and in a spilt of a second, she in front of her pping her right cheek hard.1


    It hurt very much that she had to lean herself to the left holding her cheek. Tears welled up to her eyes


    but she tried so hard to fight them. She wasn''t about to cry in front of them. No, she wasn''t going to


    give them that satisfaction.4


    "You whore," Kimberly said breathing hard, "wasn''t one time enough for you? That you even followed


    us to our dinner date?"


    Maya stood straight to look at Kimberly. Her hands where both on her side. She moved her gaze to


    Chris who seemed to be glued from where he stood. But his eyes had changed. Where they apologies


    that she saw or she was just seeing what she wanted to see?


    Kimberly lifted her hand again to strike but someone held her hand. It wasn''t Chris as Maya had hope


    to be. Why would he stop his girlfriend from hitting the woman who ruined his life, anyway?1


    "Youy you hand on my date again," Leonel said letting go of her hand, "you''ll answer it to the


    police."18


    Leonel moved to Maya and ced his hand on her waist. He couldn''t help but wonder how far thisdy


    had gone. If he hadn''t arrived on time, he didn''t want even to imagine.


    "Are you okay?" He asked Maya with a worried face.


    "Yeah, I''m okay," she said as she looked up at him, "let''s just go to our table."


    Leonel took her small hands into his, "If you''re not, we can have this date another day, love."1


    "It''s okay," she spoke in an assuring voice, "I''m perfectly fine."


    "How about we just go somewhere else, I mean, I thought we would be the only ones here."


    Maya pulled her hands away, "We won''t waste other people''s effort because there are other people


    here. Please, let''s go to our table."


    "As you wish, love."


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    Maya moved towards there table with the couple that stood there long forgotten. Leonel pulled a seat


    for her which she sat on and thanked him. They ordered there dinner after a few minutes of waiting. To


    her, everything tasted like acid but she forced herself to eat. It was the only way to get rid of Leonel


    anyway.


    He kept on talking none stop during their dinner. He had a sense of humour, she had to give him that.


    But her mind was far from where they were. She couldn''t help but get more angry. She had the right to


    do that.


    After all she was only human. Leonel ced his hand on top of hers which she winked.2


    "I''ve been talking and you''re not even listening," he said, "not unless you''re looking for a way to have


    dinner with me again."2


    "Sorry about that," she apologized, "it''s just that I''m really upset now."


    Maya watched Leonel pull out money from the wallet. He ces it on the table and Maya could tell that


    there was a big tips there. Leonel got up from his seat and went to hers. He pulled it for her as a


    gentleman he was before starching out his hand for her to take.


    "Come with me," he said when he saw her hesitate for a while.


    "To where, I''m not even done eating," sheined as she looked at her almost not touched food.


    "We will find something else for you to eat, but first, I''ve to take you somewhere to get rid of that anger


    that you''re feeling."


    Maya looked into his dark eyes, he was serious about what he was saying.


    "I don''t club Leonel," she said still not taking his hand.


    "Who said anything about clubbing?" He asked still locking his gaze with hers, "All you''ve to do is trust


    me, pretty."


    "Haha very funny," she faked a smile, "I don''t trust that easily."


    Leonel smiled at her statement, "But you can''t help but trust this handsome one here," he said holding


    two fingers at his chin.


    Mayaugh out loud that she was sure that Chris and his girlfriend heard at a far table. Thank God, her


    back faced them and she didn''t have to see there hateful faces. Of course, she didn''t do that


    intentional, it''s just that with Leonel, everything came out naturally as hard as she tried hard to get.4


    "Aren''t we full of ourselves again, Mr.?" She asked taking his hand, "just make sure you''re not


    kidnapping me."2


    "And I''m sure you wouldn''t mind me doing that," Leonel said offering his arm to her which she took.


    Maya pushed him a little as they walked to the double doors. She couldn''t resist looking at the far end


    where Chris sat. He looked their way and she could feel his anger from where he sat. Kimberly gave


    them there back and she could give anything just to see the look on her face.


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    She said as she moved her gaze to the now opened doors. She was too. How could she forget the p


    that Kimberly gave her. That only was enough to return the anger that she thought Leonel had taken


    away with his humour. This was the second time that Kimberly hit her.


    And how many more were there toe? She had no idea and she wondered when she will get the


    guts to stand for herself. To be able to fight back for her own good.


    After a thirty minutes of drive, Leonel pulled his car in front of a two story house building. The ce


    was so cold due to the trees that were surrounding it. Maya rubbed her arms to get heat for her body


    but it was useless.


    Leonel pulled a jacket from the back seat and helped Maya on it. He opened the door and stepped


    outside followed by Maya behind. She asked where they were and he said his house. Maya felt a


    shiver run through her body but he assured her that he won''t try anything funny unless she wanted him


    to. Again, with him trying to lighten the mood.


    He too her to the second floor and towards the balcony. If the outside was cold, it was nothing to what


    she felt at that time. All the wind blew there and she wondered how someone survived living there.


    "You know, I alwayse her to take out my anger, I give it all to nature by shouting it out and by the


    time I''m done, all the anger in me is also gone. I feel like a new person and these trees and the cold,


    carry it away."3


    Maya looked at him, "What are you trying to say?"


    Leonel leaned at the balcony, "Since we met four days ago, I noticed something was wrong with you. I


    mean, it''s like you''re carrying the world on your shoulders and that''s not good news. So here, is your


    chance to give it to nature, let it know all your frustrations. Just trust me."


    Maya closed her eyes and began to murmur something to herself.


    "What are you doing?" Leonel asked.


    "Giving my frustration to the nature?"


    "I didn''t mean it that way," he said moving to her, "You''ve to shout your anger out," he said pushing her


    to the balcony.


    "Like this," he said lifting his hands, "I''m tired, tired of everything, tired of letting Maya see I''m a


    handsome guy but she can''t," he shouted looking at her.4


    "Ooh, you egoistic bastard."2


    "What?" He asked innocently, "I was just giving you an example, now you try."


    "I am tired," she began.


    "Give it all your energy Maya," he said, "mean while, I will be making us dinner since you''ll be spent


    went youe down stairs. I can tell you''ve a lot to give the nature tost for years without wanting to


    hear anything from you."


    Leonel walked out before Maya could say anything to him.


    Let''s try this, Maya.


    "I''m tired, tired of my life. Tired of everyone hating me. Tired of everyone thinking that I''m worthless


    person. Tired of seeing hate in everyone that is supposed to love me," she shouted her lungs out as


    the cold breeze blew her hair away.


    "Why can''t my dad love me? Why can''t he see me like a daughter that I am to him. I''m so tired of him


    seeing me worthless when I''ve done everything to make him happy. I''m tired of him seeing me as killer.


    I''m so tired nature. Please help me.3


    "Help make my husband see that I never wanted this too. That it wasn''t my fault that we got married.


    That I never wished to see him separated from his girlfriend. Please Mother Nature. Please, I''m so


    damn tired. Help me get this anger that I feel inside of me. Please get it all out of me.


    "I''m really really tired," she said kneeling down and letting her tears flows. The tears she had been


    holding for the past four days. The tears she fought every single day for those four days. Once she was


    done, she wiped her tears away and got up.


    Just as Leonel had said, she was so much spent. But she felt better. She felt like a new person. All the


    weight was gone but she was sure not for long at least.


    "That smells delicious," she said once she walked inside the kitchen, "can I help in anyway?"


    Leonel looked up, "Yeah, go and seat on the dinning table," he took the tes out, "dinner will be


    served in a jiffy."


    Maya did as she was ordered.


    "The food was so... What''s the word again?"


    "Just say that I''m a better chef than you''re," Leonel said as he gave her a te to wipe after he rizzed it


    with clean water.


    Maya said nothing to him. Once they were done, they went to sit by the fire where she slept after


    twenty minutes of them sitting there.


    It was only 10:30pm and Leonel let her sleep for a while.3


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    Chapter 16


    Chris looked at his wrist watch for what seemed like a thousand time. It was almost two am in the


    morning and she wasn''t back. Where she had gone to with her date, he had no idea. He took his ss


    of scotch to his lips for a sip but it was empty.18


    He moved to the table to take the bottle so that he could top up his ss but it was also empty. How he


    still walked straight despite him taking such a strong drink was behind his thinking. He ced the ss


    on the table and walked to the couch.


    He needed to rx himself. He had paced from one corner to another for only God knew how long. He


    was more than tired. Tired of worrying about his wife''s where about. Tired of thinking about the kiss he


    had shared with her. Tired with everything that had to do with his life.1


    Chris closed his eyes for a while. His head was spinning due to the alcohol that he had consumed all


    the evening. Yes, he had taken so much for his own good and that was one of the many reasons he


    wasn''t with Kimberly at that time.


    Kimberly. That name alone was enough for his head to throb more than it was before. It was her fault


    that everything happened the way it did tonight. She couldn''t stop talking about Maya from the moment


    they moved to their table.


    Despite him exining that he thought it was her, she didn''t believe him. She threw all kinda insults she


    knew to him and Maya. At time, he even wondered why he was still in love with her. But again, love


    knows no bad. Maybe it was her behavior that made him fall hard for her.


    And Maya. The way she had kissed him back. God, he felt like he was floating at that time. If only he


    could stop the time. He would have done that. So that he could be in her arms thinking that it was his


    love, Kimberly.3


    At least, he hoped she had changed her kissing style to surprise him only for him to find that it was the


    woman he hated in the whole world. The Jezebel in flesh and blood. At that time, he wished he could


    go and wash his mouth with all detergents that there is in the world.1


    But his girlfriend stood there, at the door way wanting exnation. Exnation that he couldn''t give


    himself. That''s why he stood there dumbstruck when Kimberly confronted Maya. Yes, it was her fault


    that he had missed her.


    She should have said anything. Anything at that matter, but instead she tried to act hard to get. She


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    was pretending to be a Virgin Mary when he knew better. They all knew better and for that only, he


    hated her more.


    He wanted to see her suffer. See her humiliated in front of his own eyes. That''s what he was getting till


    that guy came to her rescue. He sure wanted to beat the hell out of him the moment he started


    standing up for Maya.


    And how dare he? How dare he call her all those names in front of Chris. Chris watched him take Maya


    to their table and treat her like a queen that she wasn''t. She was a devil and devils like her deserved a


    beating that she was getting from his girlfriend.6


    What bothered him more was the way they weremunicating. Like nothing happened. And the way


    the guy held her hand on the dinning table. At that time, he felt his own hand go in a fist. He was ready


    to hurt anything that came on his way.6


    How he wanted to go over there and shout at the dude. Make him see that he was dinning with the


    Jezebel. Warn him of her cunning ways but he didn''t. Instead, he sat there and watched them. And


    when Mayaughed, that was more tougher to him.


    Herughter was genuine. It wasn''t a pretense and neither was it forced. It came out naturally


    something that he has never heard before from her. The only time Chris saw her smile was when she


    faked it. And of course during his show which was genuine at that time.


    And with herugher, he looked up to see her take the guy''s hand. He said something to her which she


    didn''t say anything, instead, she pushed him yfully and they walked towards the double doors. She


    looked over to him before walking away.


    Kimberly on the other hand, kept her mouth moving. He had even gotten lost somewhere and that


    ce is where he began to watch over at the other table. Once Maya were out, he looked over at


    Kimberly and she was still talking.


    She said something about Maya being a lucky witch since she had handsome men wrapped around


    her fingers. Chris wanted to say not him but something reminded him that she was still in that kiss.


    The kiss that was a mistake to him. Of course, it was a mistake but he seemed to be making those


    mistakes with Maya. Why not with anyone else? Why not with Kimberly? That, he still had no idea off.


    The dinner that he was so looking forward to ended up in a bitter way. He kept drinking without


    stopping at anything and Kimberly went on with the insult. She left the ce once she saw that he had


    finished two bottles of white wine and all the time, he said nothing.


    Chris got up and ced the bill on the table before he went to his room. He didn''t have the energy to


    argue with his love at that point. He walked to the bathroom and took a cold shower at least to cool his


    argue.1


    Once done, he wore sweatpants and a vest. And that''s how he was sitting on the couch waiting for his


    beloved wife. While she, she was whoring herself only hell knew where. He felt foot steps from outside


    and he was on his feet in a jiffy.


    Chris walked towards the door and leaned against it. There were two people and he was sure that one


    of them was Maya. She had to be there since they were the only ones who lived on that floor. Which


    meant the dude was with her. The footsteps stopped on the door way and he knew that because it was


    so quiet to an extent that he could hear a needle once it fell down.


    "I guess this is the part where I say goodnight," Chris heard the man''s voice.


    "Yeah, but it''s already morning so it''s good morning," Maya spoke up in a joyous mood that Chris could


    detect even behind closed doors. "And it''s all thanks to you."


    "I''m d that I kept you busy all night, love."4


    Chris fought the urge to walk out there and bit the hell out of the man''s life. How dare he? He was


    about to open the door when Maya spoke.


    "You know what?" She asked, "You better go and get some sleep since you haven''t slept anything all


    night."


    "I still have few hours for that, pretty."


    "Okay, drive safely," Chris heard the key lock unlock.


    "Am I not getting my goodbye kiss?"


    That was it. His patience had gone with the wind. He held the doorknob to open the door...


    "All the kisses that you woke me up with are enough tost you a year."4


    "You can''t be that mean to me, love."


    Chris pulled the door opened and at that moment Maya fell backwards. He had no idea that she was


    leaning on the door. He caught her before her backbone could kiss the door. His gaze locked with the


    green ones.


    They were pure happiness in them. He even saw them spark for the first time in his life. But it wasn''t for


    long, he knew that himself. So, he pushed her upwards breaking eye conduct with her.


    He saw Maya stable in front of him but he didn''t care. His eyes were on the handsome man that stood


    on the hallway with a smirk that was now disappearing from his eyes.


    "I''m Chris Rollins," he began, "I''m sure that name tells you allot."1


    Leonel looked up at him then moved his gaze to Maya, "You''re her husband, it''s nice to meet you," he


    said offering his hand to Chris. "I''m Leonel..."


    "Leonel Ambrose, a magazine model and right now you''ve to leave since it''ste. Thanks for bringing


    her home safely, but this is thest time you see her again, kid. Unless," he pulled Maya beside him,


    "you want to be jobless for the rest of your life. I think you know what I mean, just one phone call and


    your jobless."6


    "Sir, your misunderstanding everything here, Maya is just my friend."


    Chris'' hand was in a fist that it hurt his knuckles.


    "Yeah, sure thing. A friend that you wake up with kisses, a friend that you bring homete night. She is


    a married woman and if I see you even ten kilometers away from her, your done. Now get lost."1


    Chris saw Leonel fight against walking away and wanting to say something. But at the end run, he


    walked towards the elevator. He pushed Maya inside and locked the door behind him. It was time for


    her to pay.


    To pay for him waiting so long for her. To pay for ruining his date with Kimberly. To pay for him not being


    able to stay till night with Kimberly. And for him having a bad evening in general. Even making him take


    that bitter scotch. It was time and no one was going to save her.12


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    Chapter 17


    Maya finished to fold herst clothe in the bag. It was theirst day in their ''honeymoon'' and she


    couldn''t be any happier than she was at that time. How ironic was that? Real couples who go for real


    honeymoon they always don''t want their love days toe to an end.


    They even go to an extent of adding few more weeks even a month. But there she was, happy. Happy


    that her mystery of an honeymoon wasing to an end. She closed her bag and slid it on the floor.


    Maya walked towards the kitchen to take a ss of water. She was thirsty from all the work she had


    done all afternoon. Yes, they had to stay till afternoon since ording to their flight, they had tond at


    6:30pm and it was 4:49pm, which left her with nothing to do.


    Maya walked back to the sitting room and sat on the couch. The couch that had be her bed for


    the past one week. She was going to miss it. Miss it since back at the mansion, it was the cold floor


    that she had to sleep on. She let out a breath that she had no idea she was holding when she began to


    think of that cold floor.


    Maya shook her head to try and convince herself to try and see the good side of it. The cold floor made


    her not to need rm since it turned to be day time, the more it became cold. This made her to never


    bete at work something that she thought would happen once she ever got married.2


    To her, getting married before was taking yours and your husband''s responsibility. But with Chris, it was


    different. All you had to do was pay for everything bad that happened in his life. That was the only


    responsibility that you had to take care of.


    Thinking of paying, her mind couldn''t help but think of three days ago. The day she slept at Leone''s


    ce and came backte. Her husband made her pay. He made her sleep on the cold floor for the


    remaining hours of the night but not in the living room.


    Chris said he didn''t trust her to be alone because she could sleep on the couch, so, he asked her to


    move to the bedroom. The following day, he woke up with an hungover, and still med her. He asked


    her to make sure that it was gone and he didn''t care how she did it and he, he didn''t need any kinda


    medication.


    So Maya did what she knew the best. She pped on the bed, which Chris protest asking her what she


    was doing. Then she moved behind his back while he sat on his sitting position. She massaged his


    head for three hours none stop.


    All Chris did was protest when she tried to stop. He wouldin that his head still hurt like hell. So,


    she continued till he fell back asleep again. Her fingers hurt since she wasn''t a masseuse. When she


    thought she was done with the problem for a while, she found arge list of the work she had to do that


    day.


    Her eyes almost pooped out of her socket with all the things that were written on it. Her dad hated her


    but he never made her do the house chores. She had maids for that job. So, how was she even going


    to do it. Clean the whole penthouse without making any noise to wake him up.4


    If there was one weakness about Maya and she knew about, it was that she was clumsy. Then how


    was she going to work around the penthouse without making any noise. It''s not like she hadn''t tried to


    do this so many times, she did but her nanny had to tell her to stop.1


    To stop since she was worse. She would only tell her to stick to her books that contained allot of


    Chemistry and Biology since that''s what she was good at. And now, here she was, if only she insisted


    more than before. Maybe she would have more than making coffee and preparing a ss of juice.


    Maya did the cleaning as she was asked but it was harder than she thought. By the time she was done,


    she thought Chris will be awakeining but it seemed her hands had a magic since he slept all


    through it despite all the mess she made while doing her chores


    Once she was done, she looked at thest thing that was on the list. It was about her making all the


    food that he had mentioned in the paper. ''And to make sure you don''t find any excuse to go and meet


    up with that kid, all the ingredients are on the upper cabin.'' Maya felt like walking inside that room and


    shouting I aren''t your mama, like Jennifer Lopez, but she calmed herself done. It was for the better, she


    tried to tell herself as she breathed in and out.2


    Thanks to technology, she prepared everything as she watched it in the You Tube. The food was done


    also and she wondered what all the different types of meals were for since it was only the three of


    them. I mean, plus Kimberly whom she hadn''t seen the whole day which was something new that day.


    Once Maya was done, she walked to the bathroom and took a cold shower. Her body needed to rx


    but not that long. As she was about to sit on the couch now dressed in jeans and a ck top, Chris


    walked to the living room.


    He asked her, no, hemanded her to pack the cooked food and take it to Kimberly''s room. Of


    course, it did shock her but she had to follow orders. Orders are orders. So, she got up and did as she


    was asked. They got to Kimberly''s floor and door number which Chris opened with his spare key.


    It didn''t surprise Maya at all, after all they''re a couple. Maya ced the food on the coffee table and


    turned to walk away. She needed to give the two love Birds Space to talk. Just as she was about to


    walk past the door, Chris asked her.


    "Don''t you have something to say, Jezebel?"1


    That made her turn to the couple. Chris was pecking Kimberly''s face while Kimberly looked up at her.


    Maya cleared her throat and apologized for ruining their evening. But Kimberly added ''and'' making her


    apologize for kissing her husband.1


    Whoever does that? Apologize for kissing your own husband? Apparently, Maya does it. So after she


    was done with the apology, Kimberly gave her the permission to leave but Chris asked her to stay.


    ording to him, he didn''t want her to meet up with that kid. It didn''t make any of thedies happy but


    Chris had spoken up.9


    Speaking of the kid, Leonel hadn''te back to look for Maya since that day. It had been three days


    and he hadn''t shown himself to her. She even wondered if that''s how much he was afraid of Chris.


    But with the way he was threaten, Maya knew better. She knew that Leonel would choose his work


    over her. They had just met four days ago and his work was always there. What would make him


    choose her over his work? Nothing. The only regret she had was that she didn''t take his number as he


    had suggested. But meeting with him, it was a blessing and all she could do is hope that one day, their


    path would cross again.


    Maya looked up when she heard the front door open. In walked her dear faithful husband with Kimberly


    in his arms. She thought he had gone to say goodbye to her when he left but here they were, the two of


    them.


    From what she had gathered, Kimberly was staying behind for another one week to take care of some


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    business. Business that Maya had no idea that models deal with, she held her tongue not to ask telling


    herself to stick to what she knew the best. And that is to operate on people.


    "I''m going to miss you, darling," Kimberly said pecking Chris'' lips.


    Maya watched Chris pull her into a passionate kiss which was something that she had gotten used to.


    The funny thing was that, it didn''t bother her one bit. To her, he could kiss whoever he wanted and she,


    she was there to act like a perfect wife without feeling any kinda jealous.


    When he was done, he looked at Maya and she stared back at him. His hazel eyes turned to blue and


    she knew what wasing next. So, before he uttered a word, Maya got on her feet and took her bag


    that sat next beside her. It was 5:30 and from the hotel to the mansion, it was a one hour drive without


    any traffic jam. Which we all know it''s impossible.


    "Lemme take my suitcase," Chris said as heard the door being knocked.


    Maya opened the door and she was greeted by the chauffeur. He took her bag as she asked him to


    wait for Chris. When he returned with his bag, he handed it over and Maya was about to walk away


    with the chauffeur.


    "Where are you going?" Chris asked staring at her.


    Maya turned to him and answered in a daah voice, "I''m going to wait in the car?"


    Chris turned to Kimberly who was texting on her phone. Maya couldn''t see argue sh on his face as


    he called for her attention.


    "You''ll stay here for the one week and the bill will be on me. I''ll tell the receptionist that someone is


    staying here."


    "Thank you darling," she said as she finished to type.


    "Okay, I''ve to go but be a good girl for me, will you?"


    "Always," Kimberly kissed him before they walked to the elevator with Maya.1


    Once Chris finished talking to the receptionist, they walked out of the hotel and to the waiting car which


    they slid inside. To Maya, she was going back to the cold floor and to the old mood swing husband


    since Kimberly wasn''t around for him. But the good side of it, she was going to be with Alma and


    Bernice her mother inw if she was going to stay any longer. But something that will never leave her


    always, her patients. She missed her work and she was happy that was going back to it.


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    Chapter 18


    Chris got up from the bed and took his slippers from the shoe rack. He wanted to get his mind from


    what it had been think all day long. It was on a Saturday afternoon and still he had spent all day in the


    bedroom. All he did that day was his morning routine and then he stayed in his room.


    He didn''t go to work on Saturday andtely it''s like everyone is avoid him like a gue. It''s been one


    week, yet no one is happy with his return from his honeymoon. He thought that they would be happy


    but they weren''t. In fact they were mad at him especially his mother.


    He did understand her getting mad at him but not to the extreme that she had taken the matter. Bernice


    had not even said hey to him when he got back from his honeymoon with his wife. Instead, she acted


    like he didn''t exist which wasn''t fair to him. It wasn''t if you asked him. He had tried for one week and


    still no word.


    She has made it her mission not to talk to him. Not even during dinning time. She would bring a


    conversation that did not involve him. Like asking Maya how her patients were doing? How she was


    nning to go and pick up her best friend from airport when shended and other things. All Chris had


    to do was stay and eat his food that a times he felt like he was going to throw up.


    And all of this was for what? For him making their honeymoon short? That''s why she ignored him for


    one good week and made sure that she stayed in his mansion so that he could feel her hurt? Chris


    closed the door behind him and started walking at the hallway.


    It was his fault that he had cut the honeymoon short. They were supposed to stay there for two weeks


    but he made his personal assistante up with something that only he, he could handle and no one


    else. Little did he know that he would face the consequences that he had not thought of before.


    And why did he do that? Why did Chris call the honeymoon short? He couldn''t have stayed and be


    happy with Kimberly for another week but he didn''t. He wanted to go back home. He wanted for Maya


    not to experience what happiness is. He didn''t want he to run into that kid of a boyfriend again and


    that''s why when he saw he walk away with him without tell him where they were going, he thought of


    that idea.


    That is why when he went back to his hotel room, he called his PA in the middle of the night and asked


    for that favor. At first, he said everything was running well in thepany and that is all that took Chris


    to snap. He even treated his PA''s job for him to get what he asked for. And for sure he did. But his


    mother and best friend weren''t convinced at all.


    Wesley was mad because they were never out of country and he also let Kimberly follow them. That


    why he is at home on Saturday when he is supposed to be ying long tennis with his buddy. But no,


    he won''t even speak to him apart from matters concerning thepany. It hurts him so much but he


    has no one else to me apart from Maya.1


    It''s her fault that his week has been like this. Hers that no one wants to talk to him. When he asked her


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    that they were leaving, she should have asked questions. She should have refused but she didn''t.


    Instead she packed her bags like the good puppet she was. She knew very well what she was doing


    and that''s why she neverined.10


    She had made her move in the game of chess. It''s like Chris forgot about his queen and now he was


    paying for it. He didn''t protect her and that''s why Maya had made a smart move. A move that he had


    not seen all the while. But it was time for him to make his even if it made him enduring it just to see her


    suffer.8


    He wanted he feel rejected as he had felt for the past one week. He wanted her to have the pain of


    having someone you love so near yet but giving you attention and that is why he had made that phone


    call before he walked out of his room. Dinner time was his pay back time and that is what pushed him


    to wanting to go and y piano in the music room.


    Chris took one stair case at a time. His mansion was so urge that a time he wondered why he even


    bought it. Before, it was just him and Alma who doesn''t even sleep there. All she does ise to cook


    for him and off she goes when she is done with her choice. His mumes to visit once in a blue


    moon and neither does she stay for long. Her longest stay is one week and that is when Chris tries all


    his best to convince her. But this time, she stayed for two weeks to hurt him.


    So when he wonders why he bought the mansion. All he tells himself is because of the location. It''s not


    near the other mansions around the estate and is what he was looking for. Something that is isted.


    And he got it. The house that is surrounded by big trees that bring in fresh air everyday even when one


    feels like they''re suffocating they can''t.


    Chris walks in the living room where there are no sign of anyone there. His mum and Alma went to


    church after lunch and when Maya walked to his room one hourter with puffy eyes, he didn''t bother


    with her. After all, it was her fault that his loved ones won''t talk to him. So all he did was guess that it


    was a bad day at one. She didn''t even spare him a nce and it''s not like he was begging for it.


    All she did was step in the bathroom and after ten minutes, she had changed into a short and a tee


    shirt that was written at the front. He wanted to read the words but she was out of the door before he


    could do it. It wasn''t his fault that her day was messed up all he had to do is pray that it would always


    be like that.


    Chris took his left to the music room. It felt like ages since he yed that piano to an extent that his


    hands were inching. But he came to a stand still when he heard the noise that wasing from the


    room. Someone was ying the piano but there was something wrong with the song that was being


    yed.


    He pushed the door opened and there, Maya sat ying it. Her hair was pulled in a messy ponytail and


    he could see the way she struggled to make the song sound good in the piano. That made him move at


    the front of her only to see tears rolling down her cheeks.


    Call him a monster or whatever you please but that made a smile form on his face. She was the one


    who was making the moves in game of chess yet she was crying. He felt like his problem weren''t


    problem at all and that''s why he did what he did next. Push her out of the piano without minding where


    she hit.


    He saw the shock in her eyes but he didn''t care.


    "The next time I find you in this room," he pointed an using finger at her. "That will be the day I''ll


    bury you alive. Do I make myself clear, Jezebel?"2


    He watched her get up holding her head with one hand where he assumed her head was hit. The other


    hand wiped her tears away as she hot up from the hard floor.


    "Yes, Mr. Rollins."


    "Good, now walk out of this ce before I do something worse than just shoving you away."


    Maya walked towards the door and he watched every step she took. Then he remembered something.


    "Ooh and please, go wear something decent we''re going to a dinner date and we''re meeting someone


    that would really want to meet you."


    And with that, he turned and started ying the piano. He heard the door open and close and he


    couldn''t help the smile that was nted on his face. Tonight, he gets to make his move and he can''t


    wait.4


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 Chapter 19

    Chapter 19


    Maya walked out of the ER with a long face. It had happened again and she had no control of it. She


    did her best but why did it feel like her best wasn''t good enough. It''s like she hadn''t even tried at all.


    She walked to her office and took off her coat. She just had a feeling that his wife would be after her in


    no time. And just as she sat down, the door was knocked. She answered ae in as she watched the


    doorknob twist and in walked the familiar face.


    She had promised to do her best to make sure that she saved the woman''s husband. She had


    promised but death knows no promises. She inhaled as she drank in the woman''s look today. She


    seemed tired. Her blond hair was in a messy ponytail and her dress, it''s like she was in a hurry to make


    sure she was at the hospital.


    Maya herself had been woken at 4:00am by a phone call telling her to get to the hospital as quickly as


    she could. So she had worn what she came a close and she never bothered about a bath. It could wait


    for all she cared at that time. She got to the hospital and rushed to her patient''s room.


    ording to the doctor that was in a night shift, heined of sever headaches before they gave


    him painkillers to make him calm down. At this time, she was confused. It had only been few weeks


    since she operated to the guy.


    In fact, she had operated him the following day after her wedding and before she went on her


    supposed honeymoon, he was getting well. And when she came back? He was okay. He was even


    making his me'' jokes with her as she called them. They weren''tme. They were the best and she


    just said that to make their conversation longer.


    And yesterday? He was okay. He even looked forward to going back to his family and she also wanted


    that for him. He was young. He had a life to leave. So, Maya did what she thought was the best thing at


    that moment. Took him to emergency room to start her operation.


    She knew what she was doing was illegal but a human life is more than any legality in the world. His


    papers were signed since his family wasn''t there but to her, it was to hell with it. She didn''t give a shit at


    that moment.


    And now, here she was. She tried but it''s like wanted him more. But does it mean that when people die


    it''s because God wanted them? She wanted answers from Him. Answers as to why He let an innocent


    man die in her hands when she asked Him to guide her hands.


    Maya felt like she was being chocked as she asked thedy to seat down. udia obeyed as she


    watched her.


    "What''s going on doctor?" She asked as she kept her nce at Maya.


    Maya felt like she was going to throw up any moment from then. Everything was bitter in her. This was


    third time that she lost her patient in an operating room. But this was different. It was different because


    she had be too attached.2


    Too attached to save her own self from the pain. And her she was, the one breaking the news to his


    wife. How was she going to do that. She swallowed her bitter saliva.


    "udia, you need to be strong," she began. She had to start from somewhere, right?


    "Dr. Maya, I''ve been doing that since my dear husband had swelling in his head. I think I deserve more


    than that statement. I mean, I was called toe over and I couldn''t make it on time. So please, for


    what is worth, tell me what''s happening here."


    Maya gathered up all the courage that she had left of her and broke the sad to news to udia.


    udia broke down but she didn''t expect it to an extent of her to be needing doctors attention but it still


    got there.


    The poor woman had passed for two good hours and when she got up,it was even worse. She was in


    denial of her husband''s death. Maya couldn''t stay with since she had to attend to other patients.


    But with the way she looked, one of her coges asked her to take the day off. Maya thanked her and


    drove herself back home. As she drove she now understood why doctors never tried their family


    members. At first, she thought that it was just a stupid policy but now she understood everything.


    Maya pulled in the parking lot and walked inside the house. It was silent and she was in a way happy.


    Her eyes were puffy and she didn''t want Bernice or Alma see her like that. She walked to Chris'' room


    and to her surprise he was still in bed.


    Yes, it was his bedroom. There was nothing there to show otherwise. He clothes were still in her


    suitcase as if any moment she was ready to leave. And as for a bed, she shared none with him. Her


    ce was on the cold floor.


    To her, it would take forever to make that room hers. Not that she wanted to anyway. She was happy


    with the little she received. She had a roof over her head, a loving mother inw and the best chef she


    had ever had. Not even at her father''s house. Then, what more could she want.


    Chris didn''t nce her way and it''s not like she wanted him to. She walked to the bathroom and took


    her quick shower. Once changed in shorts, she pulled her hair in a messy bun and walked out of the


    washroom.


    At first, she wanted to cuddle up in bed and let her frustration flow through her system. Now, she can''t


    since Chris there and a hard floor wasn''t what she needed at that time, so, without ncing his way,


    she walked out of the room and walked along the hallway.


    Since she was wed, she had never taken a tour around the house and maybe, it was the best thing she


    could think of at that moment. To look around in order to forget. To forget about all the questions she


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    Maya moved to the difference rooms that were on first floor. They all were guestrooms but with different


    interior design. She loved everyone of it and at the same time felt sorry for herself. Here she was,


    looking at different beds in each room that called onto her and yet she slept on a cold floor. How ironic?


    Maya walked further to the left and at the end of the hallway, there stood a double door. She looked at


    it curious as she doubted that it would be opened. But still she had to try, Maya pulled she door as if


    scared of what would happen but to her surprise, the doors opened.


    Her jaw almost kissed the ground. There, before her stood a library that filled with books. She walked


    inside wondering how she never noticed this. Of all the things she could have missed this one but she


    did.


    Her eyes moved to different shelves with different types of books. There were all kinds even surgeons


    like her could get books from there. Her hands moved to one book that caught her eye. She was just


    about to pick it when she thought other wise.


    Maya closed the doors and walked back to the stair case. She needed to explore or she would go


    insane. As she took herst steps to the ground floor which contained a old fashioned but still beautiful


    dinning area, a kitchen that was the only thing that screamed modern in the entire house, she thought


    of Leonel.


    If only she had given him her number. If only she had set her pride aside. Maybe she won''t be suffering


    at this time. She wouldn''t be alone at this time. She missed him so much and she hoped that one day


    there path would cross.


    Maya walked to the fire ce that had not been lit since she got married. It had been a month and she


    saw no signs of it being lit anytime soon anyway. The ce was even getting cobwebs and it was dusty


    everywhere, like no one cared about the ce.


    The house was beautiful. Very much beautiful with an African art with it. Everything was made of wood


    and she loved it. Maya walked to room that was after the fire ce. Her eyes were used to the


    surprises that she was getting in every room but it wasn''t enough.


    She was in a freaking music room that she she had no idea existent. Chris was a musician but that


    wasn''t his number one priority. He loved designing more than music if you asked her. But it was in that


    same music she saw him on the stage and it was that same day, they kissed and it was...


    No. Don''t even move back to that day Maya.


    She said to herself as she looked at different types of instruments in the room. All that she knew and


    others that she had no idea what they''re called. If you asked her, she would have a band of her own at


    that moment and no one wouldck instrument to y.


    Her eyesnded on a blue guitar and smiled as she walked towards it. Her brother had always said that


    she was terrified at it and he was right but she never wanted to admit it to him. Her fingers felt the


    Strings and she had to admit that it was something that every guitarist would kill to have.


    But not her. She knew nothing about instruments despite her father having a music room. It''s where her


    and her brother would spent there free time. Him teaching her how to y piano since ording to


    him, she was terrible in every other instruments.


    How she missed him. How she wanted him to appear at the door way and tell her that everything will


    Maya sat at the piano seat and began to y it. She never yed after he had left. Hell, she hadn''t


    even alone when he was around. To him she was that much terrible that they had to y together. She


    missed those damn days. The days where he could push her off her seat andugh while he continued


    to y.


    That is what made her to y Amina. She knew she was off key but she didn''t mind. To her it was


    Amina. Amina that her patient had passed on in the morning. Amina, that her brother was no where to


    be found.


    Tears streamed down her face but she let them flow. It was her way to release the pain that she felt


    inside. It was killing her bit by bit since she had no one to talk now. Not even Kayle who was supposed


    toe back home only to call yesterday and information her that she was sent to another continent.


    She wanted to scream it all out but...


    Maya felt herselfnd butt first on the floor. She looked up only to see her husband standing there all


    innocent. She was hurting but not physically. It was emotional and mental and if there would be no


    saviour to save her, then she could go made.


    She listened to him as he threatened her and ones he was done, she got up and walked towards the


    door only for him to stop her by telling her to prepare herself since they''re going to meet someone.


    Two hourster and they were pulling in front of a fancy restaurant. The valet took the car keys from


    the Chris. Chris pulled her close to him and leaned to whisper in her ears to keep smiling. Yes, she had


    to pretend to be happy for the sake of her husband.


    "I persevered a table her early," Chris said smiling at the young woman who greeted them. "It''s under


    Mr. Rollins."


    Thedy smiled at them, "This way Sir, although the governor has been waiting for thirty minutes now."


    Maya watched Chris smirk and she knew he was to no good. But that wasn''t her business as long as


    she kept that smile that he wanted but that didn''tst long as they took the few steps to there table and


    the man who was waiting stood on his feet.


    Her lips called before her mind could process what was happening.


    "Dad?"


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 Chapter 20

    Chapter 20


    Chris felt his wife shiver as she called out her dad''s name. It came out as surprise or hurt but he didn''t


    care. At that time all he thought about was himself. Him scoring this time and not her and with the way


    she felt beside him, he was already beginning to win. He never thought that it would be that easy.


    When he called the old man in the first ce and asked him for dinner, he had other ns. He wanted


    to humiliate her in front of the old man but it seems he isn''t going to break a sweat here. With her


    shaking beside him, was more than enough. He just knew that he was the one who was going to call


    the shots the whole night. And that had him smirk.


    "Mr. Freeman," he called pushing his wife towards the old man. "Sorry for keeping you waiting, you


    know women and their dressing."


    Of course, he was going to me her for beingte. It wasn''t her fault but his. When he went to the


    music room, he lost track of time and by the time he got ready, Maya was waiting for him in the living


    room but he wasn''t going to let that out.


    That was the reason he was there anyway. To make his wife pay. Pay for his mother not talking to him


    for a whole week and for his best friend being mad at him. And the night was still young if you asked


    him.


    "It''s okay," Mr. Freeman said shaking Chris'' hand. "I actually thought it was traffic that kept you."


    Chris pulled a seat for his wife after she said hey to her dad. She just kept her head held low and her


    dad didn''t even respond to her greetings. He was actually acting like she wasn''t around which had him


    thinking again. He sat down too.


    "You''ve done so much for this county," Chris said looking at the old man. "And one of them is ensuring


    that there is no traffic like before."


    It was true. Mr. Freeman had done so much for the county as the governor. He had build hospital


    everywhere and made sure that they were advanced ones. Schools were the best with enough


    materials and staff and every kid could ess the school. As for roads, he had build them hence


    reducing traffic something the previous governors had failed to do.


    And for that, he was grateful to him because he could be to somewhere he wanted to be in time. The


    only thing he hated about the old man was that he forced him to a marriage. A marriage that he never


    wanted and for that, his blood boils every time he hears his name.


    "I appreciate that, son."


    Just when Chris was about to speak the waiter came to take their orders.


    "Please get us a bottle of champagne," Chris said looking at the waiter whose eyes where on his wife.


    She wore a ck dress that showed her cleavage and he didn''t like the lust he saw on the young boy''s


    eyes. So Chris did what he thought was the best thing at that moment. And that was clearing his throat


    to get the attention of the waiter.


    His hands where in fist when he spoke up, "If you don''t get the hell out of here and get what I asked, I''ll


    make sure you get fired."


    "Sorry Sir, please excuse me," he said walking away but not before he looked at Maya.


    Once the waiter was gone, Chris ced his hand on her hand that was on the thigh and squeezed it. It


    felt good to hold her hand mostly when she looked up at him with those green eyes that were filled with


    confusion.


    "So, why did you want us to meet for dinner?" Mr. Freeman asked breaking the thoughts that wanted to


    invent in Chris''s mind.


    Chris pulled his hand away and looked at the man that he was about to forget he existed for a moment


    there. Those green eyes had a way of having him want to do thing that he himself was afraid to admit.


    That''s why he didn''t look at them but when he saw the way the waiter was eyeing her, he couldn''t help


    himself...


    "I just wanted us to have a family get together," he said faking a smile. "I mean, it''s first time we ate


    together since I married your daughter."


    "That''s a good way to put it," Freeman said raising his hand to the waiter who was purring him the


    champagne now.


    Chris watched the guy and felt like biting the hell out of his life. What was wrong with the guy and his


    wife''s cleavage. It''s like he had never seen one and to be honest, there was nothing attractive there. It


    didn''t bother him at all and he didn''t get it why it bothered the young man.


    "I think we will have another waiter taking our orders."


    The waiter looked in shock but he didn''t say anything and that made Chris know he was afraid. He


    raised the ss to his mouth and took a sip.


    "I think you''re over protective and after all this marriage is fake." The old man said putting his ss


    down, "I mean, my daughter is a whore and that why you''re trapped into this forced marriage. If only


    you had fucked her behind the cameras, then you won''t be in this situation at the moment."


    Chris felt his blood boil. It was Mr. Freeman fault that he was trapped in a loves marriage. His fault for


    marring him to a whore if he knew she was. His fault that he couldn''t be with Kimberly. That had him


    having shbacks. shbacks of how his life changed in a blink of an eye.


    Chris had been called to perform on show that was helping to donate money for kids with cancer in the


    country. He didn''t want to go at first but Kimberly insisted that it was the right thing to do. ording to


    her, he would promote his business and also let the people know that he still was a musician and not a


    fashion designer only.


    So when the time came, he went to the show. He was called on stage to perform and when he walked


    to the crowed, he felt the love. The love for his music although it was second passion in his life. He


    loved designing way too much than he loved music. And that''s why he had his ownpany and there


    is where is life was.


    So he began to perform and the crowd went crazy. The shouted his name and sang along with him.


    Roses were thrown on the tform and he loved it. It was crazy to an extent that girls threw bra on the


    stage. He loved it.


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    It was had been a while and yet, people loved him. If it wasn''t for music, then he wouldn''t have been


    where he was. He began with music so that he could save up for the designing. It was that music that


    he went to school and finished his career.


    Now he was doing the song that made his album hit. It was called kiss me like you mean it. So he


    walked at the end of the tform and searched for a girl to walk on stage and perform with him. It


    wasn''t the first time to do. Girls were going crazy but there was someone that he was looking for.


    He had seen green eyes while performing and there was something that pulled him to them. Something


    which made him not to look away as he performed and now that he had the chance to have them more


    closer to him, he searched for them. He wanted only those green eyes on his stage.


    Chris walked over to where he had seen the girl and she was whispering something back to her friend.


    Her friendughed at it and at that moment he wished that it was him who heard what was being


    whispered by the green eyes. She wasn''t even paying attention to him and for that only, that is what


    made him want her more.


    So without even asking for permission, he pulled her on stage and the crowd went more crazy. As for


    the green eyes, her eyes held surprise but he didn''t let her think that much. He pushed her on the seat


    that was at the middle of the tform of began sitting.


    She wore a short ck dress that showed her thighs which he ced his hands on despite him fighting


    with all he could. He cleavage was on the view and at that moment he felt like stripping her naked on


    that stage. He felt himself grow excited the moment he looked at her full lips. He had wanted to taste


    them the moment he had set his eyes on her.


    Hell, he wanted he more than he ever wanted anyone. Just then, he released his hand had gone higher


    than it was supposed to. He moved away from her and faster that you would think he had been burned.


    He began to sing the chorus of the song as he looked at the screaming crowd. That was the only way


    to get his act together.


    So baby, kiss me like you mean it,


    Don''t let them take advantage of me or you,


    Neither one of us deserves to be alone tonight,


    So kiss me like you''re about to die,


    Kiss me like you want me for thest time


    Kiss me like you''re saying goodbye,


    Because that''s the only way you''ll kiss me like you mean it....


    The crowd sang along and he walked back to her. She was singing but when he kneeled before her


    she stopped and looked at him. His eyes moved all over her body and his hands seemed to have mind


    of there own. They moved to her thighs going up in a seductive way.


    She held he breath as he began to get up but leaned on her. He sat on herp and let his eyes linger


    on her cleavage for a while, he wanted to kiss her there but it was inappropriate in front the crowd.


    They all repeated the chorus again but this time alone.


    His concentrate was somewhere else. On those full lips. He just wanted to know how they tasted. Now


    the crowd shouted kiss her her like you mean it and he couldn''t fight it any longer. His lips were on hers


    iming what never belonged to him. She was sweet. More for his own good and that''s why he pulled


    her even closer. He didn''t mind about his weight on herps at that time. He wanted more and that''s


    why he bit her bottom lip to get ess to her tongue and hell, he wished they were in a private room


    where no one could see them.


    To say he was aroused, it would be understatement. He was even afraid of letting he go but they had to


    breath and he hand to hide his erection. As for his hands, they were making circles on her inner thighs


    which thanks to his legs no one could see what was happening.


    So please allow me to kiss you like I mean too,


    Because to me, you''re me only love,


    And the only reason for me to smile.


    He finished thest verse as he got up from herp. He thought by staying there his erection would be


    gone but it only hurt him. Chris got up and pulled Maya into a hug. For one, he wanted to hold her in his


    arms and two, he wanted to feel her rub against him for thest it. He meant it.


    His thoughts were brought back by the voice of his father inw.


    "You know, I don''t mind you having a mistress. At least she deserves that."


    Chris looked at Maya who had said nothing apart from calling her dad and saying hi to him. How could


    a father say that? Wasn''t he supposed to love his only daughter and protect her from any harm?


    At first, he thought that Maya was in this deal with her father but he was missing something here.


    They''re supposed to be partners in crime. Then why did the old man hate her and wish to see her


    suffer. Was that the reason behind him wanting her get married to him?


    To see his own daughter suffer? And if yes, why would he do that? Why hate his own daughter to that


    extent? Now he had to do his homework well because if they''re ying this game with him, he had to


    be careful.


    "At times, I wish she was dead."


    And that made Chris think twice. Why would the old man say that in front of his own daughter?


    Something was definitely a mess here and he had to learn the truth.


    But how would he do that?

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    Chapter 21


    The fact that her father didn''t say hey to her hurt so much. She knew that she was supposed to be


    immune to him ignoring her but she didn''t. In fact, every time he did that, it hurt more than the other


    day.


    All Maya hope for the following day was that maybe only maybe he would see her has his daughter and


    not the murderer he thought she was. But that day it never came and the more he ignored her


    presences, the more her heart broke.


    For crying out loud, he was her dad. The one who was supposed to love her and protected her from all


    harm. The one who was to teach her things in life and tell her that she could do it when she felt like


    giving up. The one who was supposed to hold her hand when she woke up in the middle of a night


    because of a nightmare.


    But he didn''t do that. In stead, he was the one who was hurting her. The one who was giving her the


    nightmares of her life. The one who made her get into a loveless marriage. And now, he was asking his


    son inw to have a mistress.


    He was telling her husband that it was okay to have a mistress. It''s not like she cared if he had one


    which he already had its just that it hurt that her father said it. He was the one who was advising on


    how to make her life a leaving hell as if it wasn''t from the day she was born.


    She wanted to walk out on the two men but it seemed that her dad wasn''t done talking. He had called


    her a whore and that wasn''t enough for him at all. He went ahead and said the words that he had been


    saying since sheughed how to understand thenguage of people. She was just a baby by then and


    she grew up with the words.


    How she wished she was dead for real since in other ways, she was walking dead.


    "How can you wish that to you own flesh?" Asked her husband look at the man that she grew up calling


    dad when he never deserved to be called that by her.


    She didn''t get it why he was acting like a caring husband when they all knew the truth. This was fake.


    Their marriage and everything that consented the both of them. But it didn''t sting like it did when it


    came to her father.


    For crying out loud, she was his sperm. The one that he carried around for years. The one that won the


    journey of million runs. The one that survived when no other could do it. But he never gave a damn


    about her. Not even once and when he saw that video.


    The one of her with Chris kissing in front of the world. He got mad. Real mad that he came bursting into


    her room without bothering how to knock. The memory of that day so vivid and it would remain that till


    herst breath.


    It was only in the morning when he budged into her room and throwing the tablet on her bed


    demanding for an exnation. She didn''t have one after seeing the video since that is something that


    people do. It just happened that that day was her turn. It''s not like she had thrown herself to him or


    anything. It just happened.


    After one month and two weeks, he came to her and said that she had to marry that man. The man that


    she had no idea of who he was in matters of personal life. She knew Chris as the guy that owned a


    else knew.


    So without word, she agreed to his demand. She let her father organize their date somewhere public


    why a paparazzi could take a picture and spread the rumours that they were dating. And in those dates


    nothing was spoken apart from staring at each other.


    Chris didn''t want to talk to her because ording to him, it was her fault. He said she should have


    pushed him away when he leaned in for a kiss but she didn''t. Instead she let him do that. He went to an


    extent to use her and her dad for cing this trap for him. He was made and she understood him.


    Maya knew he had a life but hey father never cared. To him, his reputation was more important than


    anything in the only apart from his son. Her brother. He was first and then the image he built for the


    public. As for her, she never existed in his life. She just there not to be see, heard and neither appear


    unless called for.


    So in order to make everyone to see his all good reputation, he made them marry after two months of


    fake dates. No, not fake but forced ones for that matter. And when he asked Chris to dance with her on


    their wedding day.


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    He didn''t do that because he was her Dad, he did that so that he could threaten her in front of


    everyone. The only thing was that it was only for her ears to hear and no one else. Maya felt a lump


    form in her throat as she fought the tears that were threatening to break free.


    "Please, don''t tell me you''re falling for her sweet innocent face, Chris," he called him as he took his


    champagne to his lips. "Don''t let her looks deceive you. She is a murderer."


    Maya didn''t say anything. What was she even going to say anyway?


    "I thought by us having dinner together, it would be fun but I should have thought better." He said


    getting up and pulling his wallet out to take some cash out. "My wife and I''ll just have some take aways


    on our way home."


    Maya got up from her seat and began walking away. She didn''t spare her father a look but she heard


    him tell Chris something like don''t ever say I didn''t warn you. When they walked out, she let the cold air


    flow on her face hence preventing the tears as they waited for the valet to bring their car.


    Once it was there, she walked to the passenger seat and rolled the window down. She didn''t want to


    even spare Chris a nce. After all it was all his fault. His fault for wanting her to suffer as he had


    promised the day the got married. All she hoped was that he was now pleased with the results. She


    hoped he was happy seeing how her father hated her.


    Maya didn''t wait for the car toe to a stop before she got out. If it was getting hurt, she has been


    living with the pain since she was a toddler. She rushed to his room without wanting to know if Bernice


    was still awake.


    Just when she was about to push the door closed, Chris walked in with a worried expression on his


    face. She turned away from him and walked to the bathroom. She needed to relive herself from the


    tears she fought in front of him.


    Maya let the cold water hit her still covered body. She sat on the floor and let her tears flow with the


    water. Maybe one day, she would get over them. Maybe they will run dry one day and she won''t need


    to fight the back anymore. As the water run over her, she let all the bad memories sh and they


    seemed more than the happy ones.


    She could even count her happy moments and they would at least Sum up to ten or eleven. Once she


    was tired, she got out of her clothes and wore her sweatpants and T-shirt. Chris sat on the age of the


    bed and when she walked out, he looked up at her.


    "Maya, I''m truly sorry for what happened today."


    She didn''t say anything instead she looked away and walked to the cold floor that was now her bed for


    the past one month and three weeks. Sheid there and cursed herself for being that weak. She


    thought she had cried enough for that day when she was in the bathroom.


    "Maya," he called her, "please say something."


    She didn''t. Instead she coiled herself farther as she wiped a tear that slid down her face. What did he


    want her to say anyway. He was winning whatever gave he was ying. So why act like he cared when


    he didn''t?


    "Maya?" He called her cing his hand on her shaking body.


    That was herst straw. She pushed his hand away and got up from the floor. She looked at him and all


    she could feel was hatred towards him. She never thought that he would cause her this much pain. But


    again, it was Chris freaking Rollins. Her bitter husband. The one who loved himself more than he cared


    to admit. The one who thought the world revolved around him only.


    "What do you want me to say Chris?" She asked hating herself for the tears that were flowing down her


    cheeks at that moment. "Do you want me to congratte you for remembering that I''ve a real name


    and not the ones that you call me? It the part that you called my father to have dinner with us so that


    you could humiliate me. What do you want me to say?"


    "I didn''t know that the rtionship between you and your Dad was that bad. I''m sorry."


    "Sorry?" She askedughing, "For which part, the one that he ignored me when I said hi or the one that


    he called me a whore like you do or the one that he called me a murderer? Ooh, wait or the part that he


    wished I was dead."


    "I thought that you guys where a team."


    She looked at him, "You thought?" She asked. "The good thing about you is thinking. You always think.


    Think of how to make my life a living hell but what you don''t know is that I''ve been in hell for a long time


    now. I mean, you think me sleeping on a cold floor is hell? Then you don''t know how to touche. Ask Mr.


    Freeman and he will tell you how it''s done."


    She watched Chris take a step towards her and she moved away from him. It was his fault for thinking.


    Think that if they dinned with Mr. Freeman, then he would humiliate her. He got what he wanted the


    most. Revenge. So she didn''t understand what more he wanted.


    "Maya, I never meant for events to turn the way the did tonight. I just wanted you to feel the way I felt


    for the past one week. Having my mum around and not talking to me. You know, I wanted you to do


    something that will make your Dad cushion you."


    Mayaughed a bitterughter.


    "Chris, I''ve been feeling that my whole life. Rejected, ignored and hated. And you just experienced it in


    one week and youin? You mother has been watching you from a distance. She even asks


    about you every time she sees me. She was even going to talk to you today it''s self and you wanted


    me to feel your pain? What if I gave you mine. I grew up knowing my father hated me. I''ve a brother


    whom he loves so much and he paid attention to than he ever nced at me. And just few minutes ago


    you heard him wish that I was dead and you got shocked? I''ve heard that my whole life. The only time I


    haven''t heard it was for the past one month and three weeks that I''ve been leaving hear. You want to


    know what the real hurt is?"


    She asked removing her tee shirt revealing her upper part. She wore sports bra and at that time, she


    didn''t give shit about what he thought of her. She watched his eyes when he looked at her stomach. It


    was the first he saw it so had to get the reaction of pure horror from her.


    "You See this," she pointed her stomach, "it''s what is called suffering." She held a scar that was on her


    left rib and looked at him, "This was my first one. He pissed me when I was only in grade three. I still


    remember that day vividly. What had I done? I broke a ss of water, that was my mistake. My own


    father took a knife and did this to me, leaving me to die. That was all he ever wished for. So when he


    found me lifeless on the floor after two hours, he took me to the hospital and lied to the doctors that I


    had been attacked by robberies."


    She wiped away her tears and moved her hand to her right hand just below the ribs.


    "You See this one. I got it the day my brother went away. ording to him, it was my fault that his


    apple of his eye had left home to got to be killed. So before my brother''s cops could get to him, he


    preferred I die first. My nanny found me and rushed me to hospital. If wasn''t for her, you won''t be


    married to me as we speak."


    She looked at him and she saw pity. He felt sorry for her and she didn''t like it. She ced her hand on


    her up above her umbilical cord and held a scar that looked to faint away.


    "And guess this one was for what?" She asked locking her gaze with his, "You got it correctly. It''s for


    kissing you on stage. Yes, I paid for it already but it seemed like you weren''t satisfied with my father''s


    punishment. Why do you think it took me one month and one week before I came to you, I mean before


    my dad tracked you down? The answer is that I was in a hospital bed fighting for my life. I so very


    much wanted to give up. Hell... I didn''t want to wake up but the injury wasn''t that much deep despite it


    being made to kill. I mean, it''s only inches away from my umbilical cord. And now you think you''re


    punishing me? You calling me names that I''ve already graduated from be called. Bring your mistress to


    our honeymoon to make me feel sad and pain? Sleeping on the cold floor. There are allot that I haven''t


    told you about. That was just a summary of me trying to exin that I''ve been in hell all my life.


    "All my life I''ve known nothing but pain. I''ve grown with it and it''s part of me. I''ve been alone most


    especially when by brother left me behind. So please help me understand what are you sorry for


    because I''m confused here and I hate being confused."


    Chris was about to stretch out his hand to touch her when she took another step back saying don''t.


    Maya pulled her shirt back on andid back on the floor. That was her life and she didn''t care what he


    thought. What she didn''t want was his pity.


    She felt him walk away from where she slept and felt the door open then close. Her tears flowed freely


    as she thought of what she had done. It was bad as it was. The only person she wanted to share her


    scars with was her brother. Not Chris.


    She didn''t know how long she silently cried but what she knew was that it was thest time she shade


    her tears again. Tomorrow was a new day. A day full of hope for her. A day that everything would


    change for for good. And with that, she let sleep consume her without caring anything about her


    husband''s where abouts.

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    Chapter 22


    "Hey man," Wesley greeted Chris before pulling a seat to sit down. "Shouldn''t you be going home


    now?"


    Chris looked at his wrist watch and realized that Wesley was right. He was supposed to be heading


    home but still he was in the office thinking of a new design for hispany. His summer clothes had


    sold so well bring allot of profit to thepany.


    But what was he going home to? His mother had left two weeks ago leaving him behind with his cold


    wife. Yes, she had turned out to be cold towards him and he didn''t like what he saw in her eyes when


    she looked at him. Hate. That''s what he saw and he hated himself for that.


    For making her cold. She hadn''t even spoke a word to him from that night. The night he thought that he


    would make her pay. The night that made him learn allot about her after her out burst. He was sorry


    and he had said that way too many times but it felt in deaf ears.


    He missed the old Maya. The Maya who showed her emotions once in a while. That was the Maya that


    he wanted back. The one who left a sweet cup of coffee for him to drink every morning just the way he


    loved it. Yes, at first he had thrown away the coffee but on the second week, he had grown to the


    coffee.


    She prepared better coffee than Alma. And that made him to get addicted to it for that one month and


    two weeks that they had stayed together. But he thought that that won''t change after that night but he


    was wrong.


    She was actually right. His problem was to think. To think that maybe they could work thinks out after


    he learned the truth but he was wrong. Maya stopped preparing his coffee in the morning as she used


    to do.


    She didn''t even nce at him even when he said something to her. All she did was stare somewhere


    else apart from him and when he was done, she would walk away without a word. And he hated it. He


    hated himself for making the worst choice ever.


    He hated himself for thinking at first instead of investigation. He hated himself for never giving her the


    chance to exin herself before jumping into conclusions. He hated himself for never seeing the pain


    in her eyes since the day he met her. And now he was paying the price.


    Silent treatment. He thought the worst was when his mother ignored him but he was wrong. With him


    having Maya not say a word to him for two weeks was driving him insane. He wanted to scream at her.


    He wanted to hear her say anything. Anything to him even if it was to say she hated him.


    He just wanted to hear her voice once more. Was that too much to ask? But he had run out of options.


    Options of how to make her do that. He tried. He tried everything and anything but she never said a


    word and now, now he was giving up on her. He was giving up on his wife despite him knowing that he


    had to work harder than he was doing at the moment.


    That''s why he was at the office thinking of a new collection for hispany. That''s why he was there


    instead of being home. He was afraid at least. Afraid to see the hate in his wife''s eyes. Afraid to see the


    what he brought out by his actions. That''s what he feared...


    "She hasn''t said a word to you, has she?" Chris was pulled out of his thoughts by his friend.


    He had even forgotten that he hadpany with him.


    "No," he answered looking at Wesley. "And it really hurts Wesley. And please don''t say you warned


    me."


    "Of course, I did warn you but your ego was too big that I could slice it into a billion pieces. But now you


    know your mistakes."


    Chris nodded his head, "Yes I do, and I want us to be if not anything friends."


    "Tell you what."


    "What?"


    Wesley leaned forward and looked at his friend.


    "Why don''t you buy her roses and take her out on a dinner. I mean, it''s on Friday. Have a ce


    reserved right now and over there you can apologize properly. I''m sure she won''t mind. After all, all


    Chris got up from seat and took his jacket with him.


    "You''re a genius Wes," he patted his hand on back, "after all this is what I do when Kimberly is angry at


    me. Why hadn''t I thought of that?"


    "Because you''re dumb?"


    "Yeah, I will allow you call me that just for now. I''ve Mary call the restaurant right now and reserve the


    ce for two. I''m sure Maya is home now."


    Wesley smiled and him and wished him luck as he got out of the office. That''s what he needed the


    most at the time. He drove his car to a flower shop and bought white roses for his wife. They''re his


    favorite and he just hoped they were hers too.


    When he pulled at the parking lot in the mansion, he couldn''t help but be more nerves than he


    was. His hands were all sweaty as he took the flowers in his hands and walked towards the door. The


    house was in silence that he doubted that Alma was around.


    Chris walked up stairs and into his room. He ced the flowers on the bed and walked to the


    bathroom. Maya wasn''t around and that gave him time to prepare himself before she got back. After he


    was done showering, he walked out with a towel around his waist.


    Just then, Maya walked in the room. She wore a ck pants and a green top that eliminated her eyes.


    She was beautiful with her hair in a messy ponytail. He didn''t know why but he wanted he to stare at


    him like she used to before. But to his surprise Maya walked pasted him and to the bathroom.


    Chris had the shower run and he knew that she was showering giving him time to dress up. He wore a


    ck suit with a white shirt inside which went along with a ck bow tie. He looked at himself in the


    vanity mirror and he loved what he saw. Handsome but he had to agree that he would be more


    handsome if he shaved his now growing bear.


    But there wasn''t time for that. The shower had stopped running and any minute from then, his wife was


    about to walk out of the bathroom and he would ask her out. Just then, he heard the door knob turn


    and he walked to the bed and took the flowers from it.


    Maya walked out with a short Royal blue dress that reached her mid thigh. She looked amazing and if


    she epted his request, he would show ever man that she was his. That he was the luck guy who


    had married the beauty before him.


    Chris walked towards her and stretched his hands to her to gift her the roses.


    "I know I haven''t been the best husband or friend for the past two months that we''ve been staying


    together but I want to apologize and as you out on a dinner date."


    That''s what he could think off. His mind was in a mess with her standing there before him looking that


    beautiful. What else would he have said?


    She didn''t even bother to nce at himher did she take the flowers. In stead, she walked passed


    him and to the suitcase. She took out her ck purse which she put her phone and credit cards. After


    that, she pulled her ck high heels shoes and wore them.


    She began to walk towards the door when Chris pulled her making her loose her bnce andnd on


    his chest. She felt good there and he wanted it tost like for ever. He just wanted her with him. To talk


    to him even if it was about at him.


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    But no, instead, she pulled away from him as if he had burned her. It hurt him but that was not the time


    to think.


    "Can we talk, please." He pleaded in a low voice.


    She didn''t say anything instead she turned around and began to walk again.


    "Maya, please," that made a stop but she didn''t turn. "I thought that you would say yes to my invitation.


    I want us to talk. I want to apologize, Maya. I need us to start all over again. Please."


    She didn''t say anything. Chris watched her turn the door knob and walk out of the room. He deserved


    that but he wasn''t about to give up. He followed her down stairs.


    "Do you want me to go on my knees?" He asked when she was few steps away from the front door.


    "Fine, I''m on my knees Maya, can we please talk?" He asked getting down on his knees.


    Chris watched her turn around and what he saw in her eyes had him thinking otherwise. It was rang


    and that made him want the earth to swallow him up. He had awaken the beast without him knowing it.


    And that, that was worse than he thought he would ever be.


    "You think that will make me talk to you?" She asked walking towards him, "I''ll tell you what you said to


    me once, I thought you''re smart but you''re dumber than I ever thought. I mean, I haven''t done anything


    so far and you''re on your knees Chris? Just two weeks silence and you''re beginning? One would think


    that were once best friends.


    "But to be honest, you look pathetic on your knees. Coward. Yes, that''s what you''re now. But tell you


    what, I haven''t started with you yet dear husband and be sure by the time I''m done with you, you''ll be


    crawling on you knees not kneeling on them. Mark my words, hubby. The game has just began.


    "I mean, you love to y chess right? I love it more that you can ever imagine. I just hope you won''t be


    defined in your out game. So, let the game begin officially. May the best man win. Now if you excuse


    me, I''ve a date to be in."


    And with that, she was out. Chris walked to the door and he couldn''t believe his eyes. The bastard was


    back in his wife''s life. He watched him give her a bar of chocte before perking both her cheeks and


    opening the door for her.


    As the car drove out of the mansion, he thought of how that should have been him. He should have


    been the one taking her out for dinner date. The one who is listening to her talk and not another man.


    He even thought that he had taken care of the gentleman but he was wrong. The psycho was back and


    this time, he was back at the wrong moment. Yes, it wrong. He didn''t even have an idea of what to do


    to stop Maya from doing something crazy.


    He thought her not talking to him was worse but the threats that she issued to him, he was very much


    afraid. Afraid of what she might do to him and his career. Afraid of her going to public about there


    marriage. But she couldn''t.


    Could she do that?

 Chapter 23

    Chapter 23


    "Hey, everything okay?" Leonel asked consign written all over his face, "I mean, you''re just ying with


    your food and you haven''t said a word since we came here. All you do is nod your head."


    Maya looked at her hand that Leonel had ced his. She was mad like real mad. Mad at herself for


    ruining their dinner date. Mad at Chris for making her want to boil. Mad at her father who made all this


    ever be miserable.


    She had just met Leonel a few weeks ago. She didn''t look for him but he did. He went to an extent of


    apologize for being a coward when her husband threatened him. He didn''t have toe back to her


    but he did. Something that no one ever did.


    All the people that she loved ones they left, they never returned. Take for example her brother. She


    loved him with all her being and he never came back to all. All she has is memories of him. Memories


    of their childhood and teenage. At times, she couldn''t help but think of how he looked at adulthood.


    That is if he was alive.


    But when people at the army die at war, their cops are sent back to their loved ones, right? So she still


    had to hope that her brother was alive. He had to be, for her love. For her to still have someone out


    there who still cared. She had to.


    And then there was her best friend, Kyle. She has never returned from her business trips. ording to


    her, it seemed that her boss had to sent her from continent to another just to make some deal which


    were stupid if you asked her.


    But here was Leonel. The one who came back to her. The one who has been there for her for the past


    two weeks. The one who at least tried to feel her pain. The one who told her to let it all out by crying but


    it didn''t work. Instead, it got even worse since all the bad memories kept on shing in front of her


    eyes. And that made her crave for one thing.


    Yes, she craved for something for one''s in her life. All she ever wanted was love. That''s all she


    dreamed of from her father but he never gave her even a taste of it. As for her husband, she wanted


    him to love her just like a friend. That was enough for. She just wanted him to understand her.


    But what did he do? He used her of something that she had no part in. He hurt her for her father''s


    mistake. For his mistake. It was his fault also. She never begged him to pick her from the funs. She


    didn''t incite the kiss to begin with. It wasn''t her who had her hands in her inner thighs. So yes, it was


    his mistake.


    His to pay for and not the way he had turned the table on her. And that''s why now more than ever she


    craved for revenge. She wanted revenge for every humiliation that she has ever undergone. Every pain


    that she ever felt in her life. That was what she wanted them to feel. That''s what she was going to give


    them soon enough.


    Her patience had gone with the wind the moment Chris kneeled before her. She thought silent


    treatment at first was enough but it wasn''t. She wanted to see him like that. Begging. Begging for


    mercy from her. Begging her to spare whatever it is that he loved so dearly. So when she issued those


    threats, they weren''t empty. She meant every word and every sentence she said to him.


    And to think he wanted to buy her with cheap flowers and dinner, that blew everyst straw that was


    left in her that is if there was still any left. Because for the past two weeks, rage was all she felt. She


    was nub to other feeling that she ever felt.


    Then, here she was, at dinner that she looked forward to all the week. This was the only time for the


    whole week she got home early and that was even possible because she asked one of her coges to


    cover her up for the rest of the hours. She hoped that Leonel will crack one of those egoisticments


    of his and she wouldugh her lungs out all the night.


    Instead, Chris made it impossible. She didn''t know why, but he managed to make her dinner the worse.


    All the way to the restaurant she said nothing as Leonel had said and now twenty minutester after


    their food was severed, she hasn''t eaten any.


    Maya felt her knuckles hurt and that''s when she realized that her hands where in fist. She didn''t even


    know when she pulled her hand away from Leone''s hold. She eased her hands and looked at Leonel


    who wore a worried face.


    "I guess this wasn''t a good time for this dinner," he said to her pulling the napkin from the table to his


    lips.


    Maya looked around the restaurant and all she could see was normal people. People who enjoyed their


    dinner and the conversation that they were having when she, she ruined everything for Leonel. He so


    looked forward to this dinner and she had to do this to him.


    "I''m sorry Leonel," Maya apologize looking at him, "can we just go. I promise I''ll make it up to you."


    Leonel pushed his seat and got up, "I''ve an idea of where to take you." He said giving her a


    mischievous grin.


    Maya shook her head smiling back at him, "Please don''t take me to a club," she said taking his offered


    arm.


    The grin on his face grew bigger, "Actually, that''s not a bad idea but in the state that you''re in, I''m afraid


    that you might kill people over there thinking they''re your husband once you get drunk."


    Maya hit his arm yfully as they waited for the valet to bring their ride back home.


    "You''re so mean," she said in a sad voice.


    Leonel opened the door for her and waited till she was settled at the passenger seat before closing it


    and walk to the other side. Maya loved that despite the argue she felt, Leonel managed to lighten up


    the mood for her.


    After thirty minutes of driving, Leonel pulled his car in a parking lot and walked to the other side to open


    the door for Maya. She looked around her and it seemed like they''re in a warehouse from the look of


    the building.


    "If you think that you''re going to rape me here, then you''re in for a surprise."


    Leonel ced his hand on the left and faked a pain, "Ouch!! You hurt my ego, Maya," he said moving


    away from her, "I don''t need to rape you but just give you my sexiest look and you''re eating from my


    palm."


    "Really?" She asked hitting him again. "I would love to see you try."


    "Not now Maya," he said walking to the door of the building and opening it. "Please be my guest."


    Maya gave him a weird look, "are you nning to skin me alive?"


    "Again Maya, you hurt my feelings," he said moving towards her, "I''m no serial killer and I won''t start


    with you. You can be sure of it."


    Maya smiled at him and walked inside the building. To her surprise, it was a gym but this one, it had a


    ring at the center of it. She wanted to ask why he would know a ce like this but she held her tongue


    instead.


    Everything that one needs for gym was there and she knew that Leonel had gym in his house. That''s


    what every house now has. Chris had his but she was curious as to why Leonel would know a ce


    like this. It was in ghetto area and someone like Leonel, would hang around people of his ss and not


    in ghetto.


    "Why did you bring me here?"


    Leonel looked at her, "I wanted you to let all you rage out. I can see the weight that you''re carrying on


    you shoulders and it seems like giving it to nature isn''t working for you."


    "I''ve no shorts to change into," she said liking the idea. She needed to release out her argue.


    "I got you covered," he pointed a door at far end, "just walk in there and you will find some locker


    rooms, the first one on your left, it''s not locked, open it and you''ll find some new shorts along with T-


    shirt and a towel."


    "Okay, I''m confused here," she looked towards the door that had been pointed to her. "Did you by an


    chance n for this?"


    "The truth?"


    "Yes please."


    "No," he moved towards the ring and sat at the stairs, "I just had a feeling that one day you''lle


    here, so I had to have knew clothes for that day. But I didn''t know that it would be this soon."


    "Right," she said moving towards the locked door, "did you say on my left?"


    "Yes, but I can help you get off your clothes if you want me to," he winked at her when she looked him


    in a shock.


    "Pervert," sheughed as she opened the door.


    "You love me that way," he shouted at her before she closed the door behind her.


    Two minutes Maya was out with a booty short and a shirt that was even bigger than her. Leonel had


    changed also but only in shorts exposing his biceps and six packs to her. She tried hard to look away


    but with a Greek god like him standing there, it was so damn hard. She forced herself to look at his


    eyes which was the wrong thing to do.


    His eyes had be more dark than they usually are. She watched him for a while fighting the


    attractive that she felt towards him. As if on her cure, Leonel jumped out of the stairs breaking the spell


    that was their between them.


    "Like what you see, love?" He asked walking towards her.


    "Ooh please, don''t let your ego fool you. I''ve seen better than that."


    "Really?" He asked now standing in front of her to intimidate her, "then why are you licking your lips?"


    "I''m not and yeah, really," she moved away from him, "and why did you get me booty shorts instead of


    real shorts?"


    "Because I knew you''d look sexy in them, too bad I can''t see you because of this big shirt."


    "Thankfully," she said looking at him, "but why so many lockers back there and why the ghetto?"


    Leonel took some gloves that were on the ring and gave them to her indicating for her to wear them


    which she did.


    "I''ll tell you on our way back home but now," he looked at her, "you got to let that argue out."


    Leonel held punching bag for her, "I want you to imagine this his you''re husband, please give him the


    biting that he deserves."


    Maya smiled loving the idea and all the argue that was long forgotten was now back in her system. She


    felt like her blood was boiling up and she began to hit the bag. At first it wasn''t as hard as she wanted


    to but Leonel fueled her up by asking if that''s what she got for him.


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    Of course, it wasn''t all. With her argue in control, Maya let herself fall into the gym. Once she was done


    with the punching bag, Leonel had her go ten rounds around the gym which she did without


    Maya walked out all dressed up again and ready to leave. To say she felt allot better would be


    understatement. But she was thankful to Leonel for what he had done although she knew she will have


    a hard time waking up the next day.


    Leonel drove her to a pizza inn where they had pizza together and he drove her home. It was almost


    midnight but she didn''t care. Yes she was married but only on papers so she didn''t give a damn at what


    time she was going back home.


    On their way, Leonel told her that he was brought up in a ghetto life where one had to strive to get what


    they wanted. He told her he saw how girls were being raped at a very young age with them being


    defenseless. So he bought the warehouse once he got his first sry as a model and employed a


    training who would help the girls to protect themselves.


    At first, they had two girls but the number increases everyday and ording to his research, the


    number of raped kids has reduced which is an achievement to him. Maya offered to help with funds but


    he declined and his only request for her was that to just let him train her on defense.


    That''s because rapist know no standard, ss or age. As long as their mind a set on rape, they can


    rape anything theye across. So Maya agreed to him and also admired him. She didn''t even think


    that their were so many people who had worse condition than hers. It''s good that there are people like


    Leonel out there to help.


    "Here we''re," Leonel said pulling in front of a mansion.


    Maya unfasten her seat belt and got out of the car. Leonel followed her and she knew he wanted to be


    a gentleman by walking her to the door.


    "Thanks for everything, Leonel."


    "Anytime Maya. Remember I''m one call or text away if you need me."


    "Sure," she smiled, "you better get going now, it''ste."


    "Why do I''ve a feeling that you want to get ride of me, Mrs. Rollins?"


    "Ooh please," she rolled her eyes at him, "good night."


    "Are you forgetting something?" He asked when she turned to unlock the door.


    "If you''re thinking that I''ll kiss you, I''m sorry Mr. but you''ve to suck it up."


    "No, it''s not that but I won''t mind that, here," he handed her a bar of chocte. "Night Maya."


    "Night, Leonel."


    And with that she was inside the mansion. She heard the car engine start and she walked up stairs to


    Chris'' room. She was tired and she needed to sleep. So she walked to the bathroom without lighting


    the lights on and changed into her pjs.


    Just when she was about toy on her cold floor, she heard him speak.


    "You can sleep on the couch, Maya."


    She didn''t know why ofte he was using her name but she didn''t respond. Instead, sheid on the


    cold floor beside she was used to it. Two months were enough for her body to adapt the cold.


    What she knew was that she needed revenge. Revenge on her husband and her father. And just like


    that, she had her first revenge on her husband. Yes, she was going to work on it and soon, soon he


    would be crawling on his knees for mercy that he won''t get.


    Very soon. And with a smirk on her face, she let sleep consume her for tomorrow was another day.

 Chapter 24

    Chapter 24


    Now I know how wrong I was,


    But if you say you forgive,


    I promise I won''t judge you gain,


    Please give me another chance in your life,


    Because I''m no perfect after all,


    I''m down on my knees,


    I know.


    Chris finished singing thest part of his new song and walked out of the booth. He was at studio


    recording his audio with his producer and so far, everything was going so well but there was something


    that was a mess in his life. If only...


    "That was so emotional," said his producer getting up from his seat. "Wanna talk about it?"


    Of course, he did want to talk about it. Talk about his one past month of silent treatment from his own


    wife. She said nothing to him and neither did she spare even a nce to him. And that, that bothered


    him way way too much than he cared admit.


    He didn''t know why, but every time she came home she ate nothing instead, she would go straight to


    their bedroom and when he followed her to ask her to go down stairs to grab her food to eat, she would


    just walk to the bathroom and get changed. After wards, she would either go out or sleep on the floor


    despite him telling her every day that she could take a couch.


    Chris knew he brought this upon himself but he was sorry. He was sorry for his silly moves and for his


    thinking. But from that day he had changed and she could see that. She could tell it since he didn''t stop


    her from going out with Leonel. He didn''t even ask when she came past midnight.


    All he wanted was for them to be friends. He wanted another chance with her. He wanted to start all


    over again but it''s like she doesn''t exist in his life. She doesn''t even acknowledge him when he is


    around anywhere she is and it really hurts him. It does.


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    So for the past one month, he thought of draining his sorrow in his music. Yes, music. It wasn''t his best


    talent but what other way to let it out? It was his only way to let go his the argue that he felt bottling up


    inside him. His way of saying sorry to her, if she cared to listen to the music.


    So everyday, he would drag himself to thepany where he would sign all the documents that need


    to be signed then, in the afternoon would be spent in the studio recording his songs and making some


    changes in them.


    And today was thest day of the record and he couldn''t be any happier. He was spent for the whole


    month. I mean, morning meetings and afternoon full of needing energy and then a evening with silent


    treatment. Who wouldn''t be anyway?


    "What do we call the album?" Chris asked his manager pulling out a drink from a fridge that was at far


    end. Of course he was avoiding the discussion of his personal life.


    He walked back to one of his seat and pulled his own seat to sit on with the cold drink on his hand.


    "How about I''m sorry?" his manager asked. "I mean, all your songs here are basically apologies to


    whoever you offended and it seems they won''t forgive you."


    Chris smirked at him, "I would say that that is a good title but there are so many songs with the word


    and I need a unique, title?"


    "Of course," his manager smiled at him. "How about heartbreak?"


    Chris this timeughed, " Remind me why I make you my manager again?" He asked taking a sip of his


    drink. "Because heartbreak is the name of Chris Brown''s album, remember?"


    "Yeah, sure," he said rubbing his already messy hair, "but you got to admit I got a good sense of


    humour."


    Chris gave him him a weak smile. He had met his manager when he was still in highschool. Actually he


    was the one who discovered him on a street battle. Of course, he did street battle in order to earn


    money for his school fees and to also help his mum around the house.


    His life wasn''t always a bed of roses at all. He had his own share of ups and downs but he managed to


    get out of the situation they were in. And that, that was because there is no situation that is permanent.


    It''s just always about us giving our best and getting out of where we''re.


    And that''s what Chris did. His mum did two jobs to pay for bills and his nanny who took care of him


    since he was ten. The one who was there to remind him that nothing is impossible as long as you put


    your mind in it. So, although singing wasn''t his number one, he gave himself chance. A chance that


    changed his life.


    His music was loved by many and that music made him go to university without struggling to get fee. It


    paid for his designing career and he couldn''tin at all. So when he had a little savings, he


    invested in a startingpany where he bought two shares. He knew that wasn''t his dream but one


    has to start from somewhere.


    So with his music and him being a shareholder of a startingpany, he saved all the money he got.


    But first, he had to make his mother and nannyfortable in their own house. A ce where they


    would be rent free. And he did.


    He bought a house for them and moved them in. He would go to visit every weekend since the house


    wasn''t where he worked. So him being the determined person he was, he got to learn more skills from


    his boss and he loved her critic. She was always honest to him and everyone around her.


    If she didn''t like your design, then she didn''t. If she saw a mess, she didn''t sugar cot it for you at all.


    And that made him the person he was today. And for that, he was greatful. And as for his manager, he


    marketed his first album which turned out to be a great his of all time.


    That is what made him so famous and everything. His second album came around and still, it was a


    great hit but not like the first one. Then thepany happened. He started hispany and it wasn''t


    easy. Again, no one said it was going to be easy. And with that, his focus went to hispany. For the


    past two years, he didn''t think of his music but he did perform when he got the chance and the time.


    I mean, that''s how he met Maya. When he was performing and that''s how he got the chance to kiss


    those lips that were so full and so tempting and since that day wasn''t the same again. Yes, it wasn''t the


    same because when he kissed Kimberly, he hoped that he would feel how he felt when he kissed Maya


    but he felt nothing. No spark, no nothing.


    Then after one month she showed up again. Wanting him to marry her and he did marry her because


    of her father. He was the governor and he feared that he would say something that wouldpromise


    his business. So in order to protect his business, he married her and he made it his mission to make


    her pay.


    And he did make her pay. Little did he know that he was hurting an innocent person. She was also a


    victim of her own father''s madness. What he didn''t understand was why he would treat his own fresh


    like that. See why his life changed when he met Maya?


    "Hey," his manager waved a hand at him, "did you hear anything that I said at all?"


    Chris looked at his manager who just finished talking. He didn''t actually since his thoughts where


    somewhere else. And just then, something came up on his mind. Why didn''t he do that from the start?


    He just hoped that she will love it.


    Chris got up from his seat and ced the empty can on the opposite table and looked at his manager


    then producer.


    "Why don''t you guyse up with a name," he looked at his watch. "I''ve to be somewhere, so lemme


    know what you decide and it better be a good name for that matter."


    And with that, he was out. He pulled his phone from the pocket and called his nanny. Afterwards, he


    walked to stores and bought everything that he needed for his ns to work. All he did was hope that


    she would at least listen to what he had to say and when she spoke up if she will, it won''t be a threat


    likest time but a good answer. A normal one since he missed the naive Maya. The one who thought


    that they would be friends if anything.


    Chris got home and carried his shopping bags to the kitchen. He added the stock in the fridge and took


    out the things that he needed. Once he was done stocking the fridge, he washed his hands at the sink


    and then got to work.


    He needed everything to be ready before she could get back from work. So he did what he knows the


    best or what at least his mum and nanny taught him. His hands were moving faster and he couldn''t be


    any prouder than he was. He was still go at it. This was something that he didn''t do often and it made


    him think that maybe he would change a career, maybe.


    After two hours of him working around the kitchen, everything was done and all he needed to do was


    set the table then he would head to the shower. Everything had to look perfect for tonight. Once done,


    he walked to his bedroom to take a shower.


    Cold shower did wonders on his body. He needed to calm his nerve down the moment other thoughts


    began to invent his mind. He had to have positive thoughts all through the night and not negative ones.


    They weren''t needed at this time.


    Chris pulled the jeans that he had ced on the bed before he walked to the shower. He wore them


    and his wrist watch. Once done, he pulled his white snickers to match his tee shirt and walked out of


    the room. It was twenty minutes past seven and he had to hope that she will be back.


    She alwayses back to you, Chris.


    Chris pulled his phone from his pocket and connected it with his Wi-Fi. He wanted to bust himself when


    he saw that it was half past her arrival time. He didn''t want to get himself all worked up when he knew


    from the very start that something might happen.


    He went to his WATS up and began to view people''s status. There were funny memes and video which


    he couldn''t help himself butugh at them. Once he was done, he went to reply to his email even


    though he didn''t want to do business at this time. Not when he was waiting for Maya.


    By the time his mind came from work, it was almost midnight and he was all sleepy. She wasn''t back.


    She wasn''t back and the funny thing was that, he didn''t even have her number. Who does that?


    Apparently it Chris.


    They''ve been married for three good months and yet he has no number of his wife. How ironic could


    things get? Just then, he heard the car pull in front of the mansion and he knows that it''s going any


    moment because it was not parked at a packing lot.


    Please don''t be going anywhere. Please don''t.


    After few minutes of waiting, the front door opens and the car pulls away. Chris rises his head to meet


    his gaze with his wife. She looks tired even from a far. He wants to wrap his hands around her and tell


    her that it''s okay but he has to hold himself back.


    You don''t need to upset her before dinner.


    He reminds himself.


    "Hey, I made something to eat," he had to start from somewhere."I mean, have you eaten?"


    You sound ridiculous Chris. Good try.


    She didn''t say a word to him. Instead, she broke their staringpetition and began to walk towards


    the stair case. She just walked passed him and he panicked. He didn''t know what else to do to stop her


    so he just reached out for her hand pulled her back.


    It was a stupid move but what else would he have done?


    "Please listen to me Maya," she hadnded on his chest and he held her there. He didn''t know why but


    it felt like she belonged there. In his arms. It''s like it he was made for her.


    "You know," he began still holding her in his arms, "I''ve really been trying for the past one month and


    two weeks. Please don''t give me silent treatment no more. I admit it. I was wrong but we all deserve a


    second chance Maya. Where is my second chance, Maya?"


    He was now touching her soft hair in his hand and it did surprise him for the past two minutes, she did


    stand him. She didn''t protest being in his arms and neither did she stop him from holding her hair. Was


    that a good sign? Was she going to give him a chance?


    Just then, Maya pulled herself away from him and turned around. She was doing it again. She wasn''t


    sparing him a nce and he didn''t know why it hurt him more than anything Kimberly ever did to him.


    Wait, was he having feelings for her? Was he developing feelings for her? But he was in love with


    someone else. Someone that made his life easy than Maya did. Someone who understood him well.


    The one who knew how to handle his weakness. He was in love with Kimberly.


    Maya was about to take her first step of the stair case when he stopped her. He had to try his luck at all


    cost.


    "This ones Maya," he began. "If you don''t want anything to do with me after this, I''ll give you the


    divorce. Just this once, Maya."

 Chapter 25

    Chapter 25


    Maya looked at her dear husband who stood feet away from her. She was tired and she needed rest.


    That''s what she had thought of all the way back to the mansion. She wanted to cuddle up on the cold


    floor and let the slumber consume her. At least that''s what she hoped for.


    But now here she was. Looking at the handsome devil that had pleading eyes all this time. She wasn''t


    ready to say a word to him. Not now that she had said that she will think about it. Yes, she had told her


    best friend everything. Everything about the turns of events and how she wanted her husband and


    father to pay for everything.


    It''s not like Leonel hadn''t tried. He did, in fact every time they met. He would take her to the gym and let


    her punch the punching bag all she wanted by telling her that it was her husband and father. She did it


    and it was always so overwhelming every time she did that. It was the best feeling ever. The feeling of


    revenge would grow every time she did that.


    Leonel being Leonel, he would burst her bubble by telling her that it was time to let go. To be the naive


    girl that she was before. The one who always saw positive things in every negative things that


    happened around her. She damn wanted that. To be who she was before the night that Chris called her


    dad. She did but her quest for revenge was way stronger than her wanting to see good again in people.


    That''s why after one week of threatening her dear husband, she called Kyle asking if she needed a


    different job the one she was doing at the moment. Of course, her best friend wouldn''t say no as long


    as she was paid much more than her current job. Her contract was expiring in a month and she had no


    ns of renewing it again.


    Maya hade up with the best way to revenge for her husband. She wanted him to beg her. To crawl


    on his knees and ask for mercy. That''s what she wanted and what''s the best way to do that? Of course,


    take away what he loves the most in this world. And that''s only one thing. Hispany.


    That''s what he values most in this world, so, she would buy his shares through someone else and


    when she made sure she had the most shares in thepany, she would make herself know to him. It


    would hurt him knowing that he was no longer in control. She would be his boss and he would do what


    she asked of him.


    It was the best revenge ever. Her husband eating from her palm. What could be more fan than that? So


    she continued to work on her n for a whole month and gave her husband silent treatment. It hurt him


    and she could tell because every time he tried to say something to her, she would walk passed him.


    She never knew why but every time she failed to acknowledge him, she got hurt too. The silent was


    killing her too and she hated herself for it. Revenge wasn''t supposed to hurt when your the one exciting


    it but it hurt when came to her.


    It hurt that every night when he remembered her she could sleep on the couch she cried silently


    because she wanted to do what he said. It hurt when he made his mission to sent her white roses


    every morning in her office with an apology card. She wanted to tell him to stop doing it. She wanted to


    talk to him but every time she was about to do that, something always reminded her why she was in


    silent treatment.


    She did want to make his coffee every morning that she woke up and he was out jogging just like he


    did since the first day of their marriage. But her subconscious would remind her of her revenge. The


    revenge that made her get hurt with every move she made. She wanted to be like the two men.


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    Ruthless with words. She wanted to say things that would sting one like a bee. She wanted to much to


    call names like they did and feel nothing. She wanted to be heartless like them. Heartless in a way that


    you could stab your own daughter numerous time and feel nothing. That''s what she wanted to be.


    Just like them.


    Then after one month and one week her friend video called her. She was at the office today after doing


    get normal routine to her patients making sure they were okay. She walked to her office to finding a call


    just ending. She remembered her coat and hung it before she purred herself some water.


    Just when she was about to take he tablet and check who had called, it rung again. She looked at the


    screen and her best friend''s name appeared. She picked it up and as always, Kyle made humour from


    the word go. She didn''t know why but she knew that Kyle and Leonel would get along so well.


    So after stupidments from her friend and Maya loved to call them, Kyle gave her the good news.


    Her contract had juste to an end and she was so ready to get back to her home country. But not


    before she bugged all the handsome men she had met. That was Kyle to Maya. So she added herself


    one week of pure happiness as she called it.


    Kyle asked Maya what it was that she wanted to do. And Maya told her everything that she was


    nning to do the her husband for revenge. She even told her that it was her who was going to buy


    different shares from different shareholders. It did leave Kyle''s mouth open by the time Maya was done.


    Maya waited for her to say anything to her but she said nothing. That was the first time for Kyle tock


    words from her mouth. They''re always at her lips ready to slip and today, today there were no word. It


    wasn''t what she expected and worse when she spoke up.


    Maya at that time wished she hadn''t even spoken. Kyle is the type that tells you nk truth. She won''t


    bit around the bush for you. She won''t even sugar coat anything for you. She will say it the way it is.


    And then she would say call a sped a sped and not a small spoon. That''s how she is and that''s what


    she said to Maya.


    ''I never took you for this, Maya.'' Those were her first word it hurt Maya. Yes, they did hurt since she


    thought her friend would understand her and support her all though and here she was. Here she was,


    all alone with her stupid ns.


    But they weren''t stupid. They were to make people feel what she felt when they attacked him. Was that


    too much to want? She was a wounded lion and that''s what made her see things clearly apparently not


    everyone thought of her n the best. She was going ahead with her ns despite Leonel and Kyle


    refusing to help her. Nothing and no one was going to stand on her way of her revenge. That''s what


    she had thought before telling Kyle anything and Kyle talking to her.


    Kyle. She had made Maya see this in a different way. She had made her that not everything is always


    about do me I do you. It''s not everything about tit for tat is a fair game. It''s not always about p me, I


    p you. That''s not a way to leave ones life.


    And that''s why she even preached to her. Like the verse in the Bible which says if someone ps you


    on the right cheek then give him the left one to p. Kyle, the one that Maya knew since highschool


    preached to her. She wanted tough but the look on Kyle''s face said she was serious. So Maya just


    gave her her ears and an open mind.


    Kyle went on to tell her about paying evil with kindness just like she was doing before. To continue


    showing her dad how much she still loved him and hope that one day he will recognize her as one of


    his own. His fresh and not the bitch he called her.


    As for her husband, she had to do what she was doing before. If it''s making coffee, she had to make it


    with love. If it''s doing what he wanted, then she had to do it. That''s why she suffered before. That''s why


    she smiled before. And it''s because she did pay evil with evil. She held no grudge against anyone. Kyle


    went on to show her how Chris would get mad when he did something to her and she didn''t react to it.


    He would get mad because she killed evil with kindness. Then how will she do that again if she wants


    revenge? Kyle agreed that it was the best way to have her revenge but the question she asked was


    ''then what after your revenge Maya?'' Of course, she hadn''t thought of it but Kyle answered her.


    Kyle told her what would happen after her revenge. She would be bitter than she was when Chris


    called her dad. She will get a divorce from her husband and she would be lonely. She would want more


    of revenge. More to an extent that she will never see any good in anyone. She will be full of hate all her


    life and people like her, people like her die alone.


    One gets nothing from revenge. All you get is bitterness and loneliness. And by the time Kyle was done


    with her canceling, Maya was crying. She hadn''t thought of that before. She had let her anger consume


    her. She had let it blind her and she thought she was doing what was good for her only to learn that she


    was killing herself slowly.


    Kyle said her good bye and remind Maya that she will be home in a weeks time. She also said she


    won''t spoil her pure happiness of a week for her and she had to get her shit together. Mayaughed


    wiping her tears away and promised that by the time the week ends, she would put her damn shit


    together.


    It was almost time to go home when a patient was brought in the hospital and there was no other


    surgeon to attend to her. ording to the nurse, she was involved in car ident and her head was so


    much damaged. So Maya walked to the emergency room and asked the patient to be taken to the


    operation room as quick as possible.


    She asked another nurse to get her family members as quick as possible so that they can start any


    operation. By the time she was done getting her equipment, the document was signed giving her a go


    ahead. So she walked to the operation room and did what she did the best.


    And that is being a vessel of Jesus Christ. She knew it wasn''t her that saved people and so she let the


    miracle worker do all the work through her. She had to believe that Jesus was with her despite of her


    anger for the past two months. By the time the operation was over, it was 2330 and she was so tired.


    She walked to her office and picked her phone to call the only person she knew he would help. She did


    want to surprise her husband by asking him to get her but she didn''t have his number. She wanted to


    test if she could forgive and what other way to do that? Too bad she didn''t have his number and she


    didn''t want to bother Wesley at that time.


    Few minutes, there was a knock on the door and she picked up her things and walked to get it. Leonel


    stood there smiling at her. She greeted him and apologized once again for disturbing him at that time.


    He said that it was okay and walked her to his car.


    On their way, Maya told Leonel everything that Kyle thought about her revenge. Leonel agreed with


    Kyle and told Maya that since the day she met her dad again, she wasn''t the same and if she


    continued with her hatred towards the men it would her own down fall at the end of the revenge. So


    Leonel being Leonel, he asked her to promise to work things out with her husband if not for anything,


    for her own piece of mind which she did.


    Leonel pulled the car in front of the mansion and promised to pick her up the following day since her


    car was at the hospital parking lot. Maya thanked him and said her good night to him. It was funny that


    he didn''t give her sillyments like he did and that made her know that he can be serious if he wants


    to. Maya walked to the front door and watched Leonel start the car the moment she got there.


    And now here, looking at her husband who seemed like he was about to cry when he said those words


    to her. If she didn''t know better, she would think he had feelings for her. She wanted to walk away. To


    get rest and think of what to do but the way her husband''s eyes turned from blue to brown at the same


    time made her feel sorry for him.


    What are you thinking Maya?


    Her subconscious asked.


    "You heard me, Maya," Chris spoke up again, "if after this talk you still won''t want to talk to me and


    forgive me for my stupid mistakes. I''ll grant you a divorce. At least you deserve to be happy."


    Maybe it was time that she stopped the silent treatment in the house and it was time to get herself real


    happiness that she had no idea of how it felt since she was a kid. It was time to be free and there was


    only two people who would make her happy.


    Leonel and Kyle.


    It''s about time for that long talk that was supposed to take ce a long time ago. Time to know where


    this marriage stands.


    And Maya walked to the dinning table that was already set and sat down. She didn''t look back to know


    Chris was following. He sat at the head seat and open his mouth to speak.

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    Chris didn''t process what was happening at first. He thought she would just over look his words and


    walk away as she had began to do. But when he saw her walk to the dinning table, he was happy deep


    down.


    Happy that she was ready to listen to him. To give him another chance. He didn''t know how but all he


    coulde up with was that his legs had their own mind. He was dumbstruck when she went to the


    dinning table and next he knows, he is settled on a seat.


    He just hoped that after his long speech, she won''t consider divorcing him as he had said. He didn''t


    want that and he had no idea why? He was in love. In love with someone that he wanted to spent the


    rest of his life with. But now, he didn''t understand why he wanted Maya to stay with him.


    He wanted her to still be his. To be her friend. To see her everyday before she went to work and be the


    her as long as they could be together.


    "Please go ahead and serve yourself," Chris said to her when he saw she was staring at the table.


    It seemed too ufortable to her but he didn''t mind. He had set the table for the two of them. And


    the white flowers in the middle, it was his way to apologize to her although he still had no idea of her


    favorite flowers. The candles made it worse and he just hoped she didn''t read too much in between the


    lines.


    "I mean, you must be starving," he said when he saw her not doing anything, "I called earlier at your


    office and your PA said you were at emergency room."


    Of course, he was lying and he just hoped that was she there. Maya was a doctor and best at that so


    it''s only fair that she had emergency. The truth was that he had no number what''s so ever to conduct


    her if he ever needed tomunicate with her.


    He had no one to me apart from himself. It was his fault that things had gotten out of hand. His that


    she had felt the pain she felt when she saw her dad after months of not seeing him. His for adding


    scars in her life and he wanted to make it right.


    Right. Right for her toe back home knowing there is love there. Right to know she can always


    count on her husband when needes up. That''s what he wanted to do. To let her know that he


    cared. He cared despite everything. He still did and he will always do.


    "Here," he said putting full serving spoon on her te, "I made macaroni and beef," he opened another


    bowl,"I hope you do like it both and if you don''t, I''ll make something else."


    Maya still said nothing to him. Once he was done serving, he watched her take her food to her mouth


    and he knew it was going well so far. So, he decided to wait till they''re done eating. That gave him time


    to think of where to start from. Of what to say to avoid messing things up.


    "I made desert," Chris spoke up once he saw she was done eating her food,"it''s red velvet cake."


    He had made that because it was his favorite and he had no idea what she loved as desert. But he had


    watched her when his mum hade to visit. She loved it since she eat all of it and that made him


    make it again.


    "I''ll get it," he got up and picked up the leftovers,"you can wait in the living room while I clean here."


    Chris ced the leftovers in a stic dishes then put them in the fridge. He was just about to walk back


    to the dinning to pick up the dirty utensils when he saw Maya carrying them. She ced them in a sink


    then walked out before he could thank her.


    Chris pulled out two tes and served them desert. The rest, he put it in the fridge and walked to


    where Maya sat. He handed her the cake and took an opposite seat from her. He watched how she


    took her spoon to her mouth and close her eyes and she licked her lips.


    This was something that he won''t mind watching all day. He would sacrifice his nights for this. To see


    her lick her lips. Her full lips that he fell in love with the first time he saw them. Those lips that he was


    so determined to kiss at that moment.


    Wait a minute, what are you thinking, Chris?


    He shock his head from his evil thoughts and began to eat his red velvet cake. It was sweet but not as


    sweet as his mother''s. She was the best and it was good thing she taught him how to cook. She saved


    him all the trouble of boiling water everyday. She was the best mother one could ever ask for.


    That made him wonder when Maya''s mother died. Everyone knew the governor''s wife died many years


    ago but that made him want to know how old Maya was. Was she happy with her mom? Were they


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    close or was she just like her father?


    He wanted to know but would be in due time. He will let her be his friend before he asked any stupid


    question. He would win her trust first before anything. Before he makes any other stupid mistake in his


    life.


    That''s what he would do.


    Baby step, Chris. We will take baby steps.


    And that is if she will let him have another chance. That''s all he was ask for. For another chance. And if


    he got it, he won''t mess it. At least not anytime soon.


    "There is this Africa proverb that says," he said cing his cake on a coffee table. Maya looked up at


    him and he knew that she was all ears. That''s what he wanted. For her to listen and to hope that silent


    treatment will be over soon.


    So it was better to speak now.


    "It says that don''t urinate on the river since your family will drink from that same river. But I did that. I


    urinated on this marriage and see, I''m the one drink the silent treatment you''re giving me."


    That''s how he knew to start his apology.

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    Maya finished herst piece of cake before looking up at Chris. He was talking and thest thing she


    heard was him saying urinating on their marriage? She couldn''t even remember. But can you me


    her? It had been months.


    Months since she eat home made food. And to be honest, she missed it. She was tempted more than


    ones when she would walk in and to the kitchen to find her food in the oven. Waiting for her to eat. But


    in order to prove to her dear husband that she could survive without him, she just gathered all her


    courage and walk away.


    Of course it wasn''t easy. So that''s why she made sure before walking home, she and Leonel would go


    and grab a bite. If Leonel wasn''t around, she would ask for pizza in her office because she hated to eat


    alone in a restaurant. That''s how it worked for her. That''s how she survived without eating food that


    Chris thought was hers.


    And today. She was way too tired to go our with Leonel. In fact, it waste and she was tired. So when


    she got home and found her darling husband wanting to settle all their differences and the good smell


    of the food. Maya couldn''t say no to him since her stomach wouldn''t stop reminding her how starving it


    was.


    Here she was, looking at her husband whose lips were just moving to her. She still heard nothing.


    Maya wanted more desert. It was way too sweet to be have prepared by her husband. Thest one she


    tested, it was sweet but not this sweet to have her cleaning her te along with her spoon. It wasn''t the


    desert only, the food was also good. It was good to an extent when Chris got up to carry the leftovers,


    she wanted to protest.


    But she held herself back. She didn''t want him calling her fat. It''s not like he hadn''t called her that


    before, but if he did that then, she won''t have listened to him. It''s not like she was that fat. Right? She


    only weight 60kg, was that fat?


    Anyway, it was her body and she would do whatever she wanted to do with it. Maya wasn''t about to


    starve herself to death just to be slim. She was no model and she cared less of what people said about


    her. It was her body at the end of the day. At least that''s what she would tell herself every time


    someone looked at her in a way to suggest she is fat.


    So Maya said what she never thought she would say in front of him. For status, she said way too many


    times to Leonel. He knew her very well and she loved him for not judging her. He also could eat despite


    him being a model. How did he not get fat? Let''s say he knew how to eat and not getting fat thing. Do


    with Leonel around, everything was great. She was her. She was Maya, the real Maya.


    She wasn''t Maya Rollins. Neither was she Maya Freeman. She was Maya. The Maya who loved her


    freaking food very much. The Maya whoughed careless nor the Maya who was afraid tough since


    she would be called all sorts of names. That wasn''t Maya. The one who was afraid to say anything


    before thing it through, that wasn''t her. The real Maya would say whatever she wished to say and


    Leonel would be happy. Happy for her speaking her mind out.


    "Can I get another desert?"


    She watched Chris stop talking and look up at her. She knew he wanted to say something. Something


    that had to do with all that talk you heard nothing? But she kept her gaze into his eyes. They weren''t


    brown which meant he wasn''t mad at her. Maya knew she was safe for the time being.


    "What?" Maya watched his reaction. It was a surprise written all over his face.


    He was surprised she asked for more? Leonel would never be. In fact, he would ask the waiter to bring


    the rest out for her to ear. And if it''s lunch hour, he would ask for takeaway, for her to eat at four. That''s


    during her tea break.


    "I mean if that''s okay with you?" She didn''t know why she said that but she needed that good testing


    desert in her mouth again.


    Chris got up from his seat, "of course it''s okay with me," he smiled at her and picked up her te. "I''ll


    be back in a jiffy."


    Maya didn''t know why he was smiling but she was happy that she was having that desert in her mouth


    again. So while waiting for hers, she got up and took his. He hadn''t eaten anything despite it being his


    favorite.


    Poor guy.


    Maya thought as she took a bite. All he did was talk and she, she heard nothing all through his speech.


    Maybe it''s because she didn''t want a long apology. Maybe all she needed was a sincere apologies. Not


    a long speech about urinating on a river and family me members drinking from it.


    But she had to admit that that was a good one. She couldn''t help but smile at herself. How he thought


    of the proverb and used it topare with his life was way too funny tough at. He was good and


    Maya had to give him that. How may had he used when she wasn''t listening? She wished at that time


    she had paid attention to him. Maybe she would be having her own Churchill Show (it''s aedy


    show)


    Maybe her ribs would be hurting now. Yes, the would be hurting because she couldn''t handle the heat


    of the moment. She took another bite into her mouth and that''s when Chris decided to walk in on her.


    She just wanted to bites before he came back. And now that he found her holding his te and the fork


    on the mouth, she had no excuse to give.


    "I''m guessing that you must be craving for them," Chris said moving to the coffee table.


    Wait, is that a smirk on his face?


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    She thought he would be shouting at her now and calling her all names in this world. But a smirk, that


    was thest thing she expected to see on his face.


    "I''ll get you another fork," she said walking past him.


    Maya felt his hand on her arm stopping her from moving. He wasn''t hurting her like he would do before.


    Instead, it was a harmless touch which sent shivers all over her body. It was foreign yet, she didn''t want


    him to stop. When she looked at where their skin touched, she looked up to find him staring at her.


    Is he staring at my lips? OMG!!!


    As if reading her mind, Chris let go of her and took the fork that belonged to him from her hand.


    He did that to snatch the fork from you, dummy head.


    "No need for that," he said turning away from her, "I understand, there is nothing wrong with craving for


    something."


    Maya walked back to her former seat, "Stop saying craving it''s not like I''m pregnant. Craving is for


    pregnant women."


    "It''s not like I would mind if you are pregnant," Chris said under his breath, "but with my kid not another


    man''s."


    Of course Maya heard that.


    "Excuse me?"


    "Ooh nothing," he said nowhere else but her, "I said you''re right, craving is for pregnant women," he


    rubbed his hand behind his neck, "please dig in."


    Maya just let him be. She took her red velvet cake and began to eat. Chris did the same with the same


    fork that she had used. Maya felt awkward watching him take the same fork in his mouth but she kept


    quiet. It was his call and not hers. This time, he waited till she was done before he could say anything.


    Which was a good thing since her attention was all in the desert.


    Once done, Chris took the tes and ced them on the coffee table. Maya on the other hand, shifted


    awkward since she had nothing to do but listen to him this time.


    "Can we talk now?" Chris asked once he saw she was settled.


    Maya nodded her head. She didn''t trust her voice at that time. And that''s when it hit her. She had just


    spoke with Chris few minutes ago. That''s why he was shocked and at the same time surprised. She


    hadn''t talked to him in months and when she did, she threatened him. And here she thought it was


    because of asking for desert.


    How could she have forgotten that? This time she did what he had done. Rub her hand behind her


    make. She moved again in her seat and she watches Chris watch her. It''s like he was looking for words


    to use or maybe other proverbs.


    That had her smile and when she realized what she was doing, she covers it with a cough.


    "I''m no good with apologize Maya."


    Great.


    Maya thought. She was looking forward to proverbs.


    "But I''m will to do this for our marriage. I know what I did was wrong. It was inhuman of me to do all the


    things that I did to you. I hurt you from the word go. From the very first time I met you and in really


    sorry. Sorry that I let you down when you needed me to be with you.


    "At that time I was confused, Maya. I know it''s no excuse for what I did but I couldn''t think of any other


    way. I had this perfect life life and in a blink of an eye, I''m forced to marry someone that I don''t know. I


    mean, it was a shock to me and hell in my life.


    "I was just preparing to get engaged to this beautiful woman that I''ve known like almost my life. The


    woman that I saw in my dreams. The one I saw as mother of my kids. My best friend who loved me


    despite my ws and out of blues, I''m forced to marry a stranger.


    "Someone that I only met once. Someone that I kissed ones in my life. How else was I supposed to


    take it? It wasn''t my first time to kiss someone on stage and neither was it myst. That''s what every


    artist does everyday and they''re not forced into marring the girl.


    "And there you were, wanting me to live everything that I ever wanted to marry you. I got hurt, Maya. I


    was hurt that once my so perfect life wasn''t perfect at all. I was hurt that Kimberly was hurt by me. I let


    her down. I mean, I had promised her heaven yet I gave her hell. I gave her hell since I was marrying


    you.


    "I didn''t keep my promise to her. To always make her happy and for that, I swore to make you pay. I


    hated it when your dad asked if you''ll marry me and you said yes with all smiles. I wanted to jump on


    you at that moment and straggle you to death. God, I so want to see you lifeless. I could stand you


    saying yes father to everything that you guys said.


    "To me at that moment, I just filled every missing gaps for myself. I just thought you and your dad were


    on mission to destroy me. I didn''t know why since you''re richer than I could ever be. I mean, your dad


    was the best doctor in the whole country which made him the most paid doctor in the country. He had


    money. Then he is now a governor. As for you, you didn''t need your dads name or money to be known.


    You had made your own name Maya. Your top best surgeons in the country and everyone knows you


    for who you''re and not for your father''s fame.


    "So, you made me wonder why me? Why me when I can''t be even a quarter of your riches. That made


    me vow to revenge on. To me, you''re dad''s girl and the only way to hurt him, it was through you. That''s


    why I began to hurt you after I said I do to you. I called you names. I pushed you to your limit just to let


    you know who was in charge. I never cared if you had a good day or bad, all I wanted was for you to


    know you messed with the wrong guy. My mission was to make you fill my wrath.


    "And when I saw things weren''t going as nned, I thought you''re also making your own moves and I


    would do worse than I did before. And when I met your dad, everything click to me. When you showed


    me those bruises on you stomach, I mean scars, I knew how wrong I was. I saw how hurt you were and


    that made me how much a of a monster I was. I hated myself for that. For everything that I ever did to


    you. I mean, I''m no different from your father. But I can apologize.


    "I''m sorry for everything Maya. I''m sorry for kissing you on my stage. I shouldn''t have kissed you. But I


    did and I''m so sorry. I''m sorry you got another scar because of me. I''m sorry that you had to be in a


    hospital because of me. I''m sorry that you faked a smile because of me. I''m sorry that I hurt from the


    word go. I''m sorry that you paid for my mistakes. I''m so sorry that I even brought Kimberly on our


    honeymoon. I''m sorry that I let her hurt you also. I''m sorry that I used your name to make money.


    "Sorry for everything, Maya. Sorry I wasn''t there when you needed someone to talk to. Sorry that you


    were all alone when I was supposed to be there for you. You can put all the me on me. I deserve it.


    You can out the me on me Maya. All. But I''m really truly sorry. I just hope that you''ll find it in your


    heart to forgive me. I''m sorry."


    Maya held her tears back when he finished to speak. They''re threatening to escape her eyes. He even


    apologized for her father''s mistake. How could she put the me on him? It wasn''t his fault alone. She


    also yed part in it. So she had to say something. Anything at that matter.


    "Well, I want to di..."


    Chris wiped his tears away looking at her, "I get it, it was what I said. I''ll let mywyer start process the


    papers tomorrow."


    "What are you talking about?" She asked looking at him.


    "I know you want a divorce," he said looking anywhere but to her, "I''ll grant it to you, Maya."

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    "I never said I wanted a divorce," Maya said looking at him.


    Chris locked his gaze with hers. He got scared when she began to talk and he thought that''s what she


    needed. He didn''t want to divorce her but he was ready if she said she wanted out of the marriage.


    After all, it was his fault that the marriage never worked between the two of them. His and no one else.


    So the me was all in him. He never tried even from the word go. All he saw was revenge. And look


    where it brought him. He ended up being like her father. The monster he was.


    And now that he had apologize to her and promised that he would give her a divorce if she asked for it,


    he was ready. Ready to make up for his wrong decision. Ready to do right to her and if divorce was the


    right thing, he would grant Maya that. He would sign those papers even though he knew it would hurt


    him.


    Why? He himself had no idea.


    "If only you would let me finish talking," Maya said getting up from her couch, "I don''t want to divorce


    you, Chris. I mean, you did me wrong. You scared the shit out of me every time you hurt me. I didn''t


    want to go through what I went through with my dad and on my wedding day, I was happy.


    "Happy that I was leaving my dad. Happy that he won''t be able to hurt me because I''m going to be


    someone''s wife. But when I saw you standing at the alter with revenge written all over your eyes, I said


    I was just reading too much in the line. I was just too happy to see what wasing my way. I mean,


    how can my husband hurt me.


    "But then again, my own biological father hates me the most in the world. Then, what about the man


    that I just met a month ago and the following one we''re getting married. I was too naive to see that. Too


    naive to believe that there were still beast like my dad out there. I thought it wouldn''t get any worse


    than it was. So, I said I do without thinking. And from that time, you began your revenge."


    Chris watched her wipe her tears away. She wasn''t looking at him when she spoke but he felt her pain.


    All the men in her life has disappointed her. He was a beast just as she had called him. A beast.


    "I wasn''t happy because I married a wealth man and famous man like you thought. I mean, I''ve my own


    money. My life wasn''t as everyone out there things. Yes, I was born with a silver spoon but I had to


    struggle. To educate myself. In Primary school, I used to fill those government papers so that I can


    have my fee paid. I was in boarding school since my dad was sick of seeing my ugly face as you once


    upon a time called it. I get it, I''m not beautiful but that doesn''t mean I should be bullied about my looks.


    After all, we don''t tell God how to create us. To me the Bible says I''m fearful and wonderful made.


    "So after passing my primary exams, I had to join highschool and my dad wanted to sent me to a


    boarding school but my brother didn''t allow it. He fought for me and because my dad loved him and


    listened to him, he allowed me to the same highschool my brother was. Of course, I had to pay my own


    school fees because ording to my dad this time, he had no money to waste on bastard kid like me.


    But this time, I didn''t use government funds at all. My brother helped me pay for my fee. I got a job at a


    clinic near my home where I was helping by cleaning and arranging things in order.


    "Then my brother finished highschool and refused to be a doctor like my dad. He wanted to join army


    and my dad was very disappointed. So, he did what he thought was the best thing to do. He left home


    never to return till this day. I''ve not even heard a word from him. But he made sure that I was covered


    in my studies. He paid my fee and even left all his life time savings for me to use as my college fee.


    That''s how I survived. That''s how no one knows how my life wasn''t as they think it was.


    "And when I met you, I thought that we could be friends. We didn''t have to leave as man and wife. I


    was ready to allow you to still continue dating your girlfriend because someone like you must have had


    one. But you took me as your enemy. You made me sleep on a cold floor for months. You made me


    hate myself all over again. You made sure I wasn''t happy in my life. That''s what you did to me. You


    even went to an extent of chasing away the only friend who hasn''t left me behind as the others do. And


    worse, you called the man that I was happy not seeing for months toe and remind me how


    unwanted I am in this world. To be honest, I hated you, Chris Rollins.


    "Yes, I hated you. I wanted to do something to that will make you remember me till death. I wanted you


    to feel my wrath. To have a taste of your own medicine. That''s what I wanted Chris. For you to pay. To


    pay for every pain I ever experienced in your hands. That''s what I want to do. But thanks to my friend,


    she helped me understand that I was better than this. I was better than you, Kimberly and most of all


    my father.


    "I''m better than you and I''m d I realized that early. I don''t want to be bitter. I don''t want to poison my


    soul. I just pray to God to give me a pure heart. A heart that sees good in people. The one that gives


    people a second change even without them asking for it. That''s what I want in my life.


    "To see good in them and not the evil in them. To see the possibility to change for good and not for bad.


    I want a forgiving heart and not a revengeful one. I want a heart that holds no grudges with people. A


    heart that is ready to love all the time and not ready to hurt. That''s all I prayed to Almighty.


    "Although the Bible doesn''t allow divorce, I''ll give you one Chris. For your happiness and mine. We got


    married in different circumstances. I needed to escape my dad and you needed to save your life from


    his threats. It wasn''t out of love. Yes, I love you, but as a fellow human being. As for you, you love


    someone else and I''m not against. So I''ll divorce you."


    Chris watched her turn around to look at him. He didn''t want that. He didn''t want a divorce from her. But


    he had hurt her. He was just like her father. There was no difference between him and the monster of


    her father. Maybe it was time she had a happy life.


    A life where her psycho of a father wasn''t around and him. She needed to know what''s like to be


    happy. To have a freedom of her own. To learn how to love herself before shemitted to any other


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    It was for her own good and also his. He also needed to know what he wanted in life. He had feelings


    for two women and he had to know which one were true ones. It''s was about time he also worked on


    his true feelings. Chris got up and walked where Maya stood. She didn''t break eye contact and for that,


    he was grateful.


    He wanted to stare at those green eyes. He wanted to remind himself how much of a damage he had


    made to them. How many times he had made them cry. He was a monster and monsters like him, they


    didn''t deserve angels like her. Chris ced his hands on both her shoulders.


    "I do understand, Maya," he was fighting his own tears, "I''m not what you expected me to be and if it''s


    a divorce that you want, I''ll grant it to you. For your happiness."


    Chris wiped away her tears, "it''s not mine alone, Chris," she said looking away from him. "But also


    yours. It''s time you shout to the whole world that you love Kimberly."


    Chris took a step back from her and looked away. He didn''t want her to see the hurt in his facial


    expression. It did hurt that they''re getting a divorce and he didn''t know why. This was the woman that


    he was supposed to hate all his life. But now, now it hurt him that they''re separating.


    "I guess you''re right. It''s about time everyone knew the truth."


    He turned back to find her smiling.


    "You know," she began, "I never thought that one day I''ll get married to someone that I didn''t love but


    here I am. Married to you. Never also in my wildest dreams did I think that I''ll ever get a divorce but


    here again I am. I guess bad luck is always following me wherever I go. I think I''m cursed as my dad


    loved to remind me every time he saw my face."


    "I don''t think there is something wrong with having bad things happen in your life. I mean, if you have a


    perfect life all through then, that''s in normal."


    Mayaughed at his statement.


    "You know Maya," Chris took a step towards her, "you need a man who ruins your lips and not your


    mascara. I mean, you don''t need someone like me who makes you cry all the time. You need someone


    who will kiss those full lips of yours and when you cry, it''s not to ruin your mascara but because of


    happiness. And I''m sure he is out there waiting for you."


    Maya smiled at him.


    "Is that quote from Africa?"


    Chris knew she was holding herughter and he was happy that the mood was changing in the room.


    "Very funny, Maya," he saidughing. "Can a man not make his own quote if at all its a quote."


    "I guess you''re good at it then. I''m guessing you use them with all girls and they love them."


    "Haha... I don''t date girls, I go for women and who won''t love them. I''m good looking actually."


    "Please, I''ve seen better that you."


    "Really?" he was in her personal space.


    Maya smiled at him, "Yeah really." He was in her personal space and she felt herself loosing air in her


    lungs.


    "And have you kissed those good looking guys?" He didn''t know what he was doing but his hands


    where on her full lips.


    They''re so damn tempting and he wanted to have a taste of them for the third time in his life. The


    second one was a mistake. Yes, a mistake since he thought it was his girlfriend. But the first one, he


    wanted to taste them since he first set his eyes on her while performing. And now, now he wanted to


    feel them in his lips. To remind himself how good it feels to kiss them.


    "Yeah," she broke the spell and took a step back. "And they''re good kisses if you''re wondering."


    "Really now?" He just found himself asking that. He knew he had repeated himself again but the


    tension was so strong at the moment. And to make the matters worse, his legs had mind of their own


    since ever step she took backwards, his took forward.


    "Can they make you feel like this?"


    He was about to pull her to him when she fell on a couch that she had no idea was behind her. He


    "So," she said once he was doneughing, "about the divorce, I think we should wait for a year to end


    before we sign the papers. I mean, to the whole world, we married out of love and love doesn''t fade in


    five months. But we can have the papers being processed so when that timees, we''ll just sign


    them."


    Chris sat on the couch too.


    "And we''ll tell everyone that things didn''t work as we thought it would. It''s a good idea. I''ll have my


    "Sure thing," Maya yawned.


    "OMG!" He eximed looking at his wrist watch, "it''s almost three in the morning."


    Maya got up from her seat, "I must be in the hospital at seven," she began to walk towards the stairs.


    "I''ll clean this up. Go and get some rest, Maya," Chris got up and took the tes that were at the coffee


    table to the kitchen.


    He cleaned the dirty dishes and wiped them putting them away. His mum made sure that he never left


    dirty dishes in the sink and his nanny didn''t do his dish. She never even allowed a dish washer in her


    house. ording to her, she didn''t loveziness and that''s why he has no dish washer in the mansion.


    He was happy that his mum made him a responsible man.


    Although he had disappointed her with Maya. He was sorry for that and he promised that he would


    make it up to them for the remaining months he has left with her. That was his promise to himself.


    Chris pureed himself a ss of cold water before he went to his room.


    It''s not mine anymore but ours. It''s our room.


    He corrected himself as he opened the door. Maya wasn''t in her usual ce which made him think she


    had gone to the guest room. He didn''t want here there and neither on the cold floor. He wanted her in


    their room. Sleeping there with him all the remaining months before there divorce.


    He closed the door and walked to the nightstand. He light the lights on and just when he was about to


    walk to the bathroom, he saw Maya on the couch. That''s when he noticed that there were pillows


    missing from his bed and duvet. He walked to the bathroom and changed into sleeping pajamas,


    sweatpants and a tee shirt.


    Once done, he walked to the closest and took out another duvet and three other pillows. He made his


    bed and walked to the couch where Maya had thrown her duvet down. Maybe she was used to not


    covering herself up that she even didn''t know when the covers fell down. He picked them up and


    covered her up.


    Chris leaned in and pecked her forehead which she responded by turning herself away from him. He


    didn''t know why but he did find that amusing. He then covered her up to her shoulder and leaned to her


    ears.


    "I know you might think you''re dreaming and that''s fine by me. I just want to promise you that the


    remaining months of our marriage, will be the best day of our lives. Yes, our, mine and yours, Maya. I


    promise."


    He got up and walked to his bed where he got under covers and switched off the lights.


    "Good night, Maya."

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    Chapter 29


    The light from the thin curtains at the window woke Maya up. It took her a few minutes before she could


    load why she was on the couch. She remembered her talk with Chris and her giving him the seven


    months to do right by her side.


    Maya got up from the couch and looked at the time from her phone. It seven thirty, meaning she was


    a towel since she had even forgotten to take her clothes with her. Maya settled on a official suit along


    with ck t shoes. She run back in the bathroom to dress up since she didn''t want to risk Chris


    walking in and finding her nude or half way dressed.


    Thinking of Chris, she hadn''t seen him in the room since she walk up. But again, there is no day she


    ever walk up to find him there. It was his routine and she had gotten used to it. But that helped her think


    that he was avoiding her before. The morning jogging?


    Maya hoped that after that talk everything will be normal. Normal in a way that they wouldn''t need to


    avoid each other each time they''re in the same roof. She wanted their marriage to be like the normal


    ones.


    Where one can make ament about their partner and no hard feelings for each other. Where you


    can say whatever you wish in which ever way you want to say it. And most of them all, their should be


    no secret between the two of them. She had none.


    Maya had told Chris everything about her life. Everything that he needed to know. He knew about her


    father''s rtionship. Her brother whom she hadn''t seen since highschool. Her messed up life. All of it


    and her friends too. He knew about Kyle and he also knows about Leonel. She might have told him in


    different circumstances before but he knew everything that there was to tell about her life.


    Maya moved to take her toothbrush. Her mind was way too far as she did her morning routine. Yes,


    she knew everything about marriage or she thought she knew because that''s what she wanted from


    her marriage. A faithful husband, a friend to could tell all her problem, a partner in crime, someone that


    she would be able to call first when there was need to do that. That is what she wanted.


    She might have grown up in a single parent environment, but she knew what she wanted in her


    marriage. And that was everyone''s happiness. Maya walked out of the bathroom all dressed up and


    everything. She took the handbag that she didn''t remember bring up stairs and put what she needed to


    carry.


    Maya looked at her watch again and it was quarter passed eight. She was about to open the door when


    it dawned on her that her car was in the parking lot of the hospital. Yesterday Leonel brought her home


    and promised to pick her up in the morning.


    She dialed his number thing of how she won''t have her morning coffee as she listen to it while ringing.


    Just at the third ring, Leonel answered.


    "I just knew you''re in love with me."


    What was she expecting again? A good morning greetings? That was Leonel. The guy who doesn''t let


    his ego go to waste. She smiled even though she knew he couldn''t see her. She didn''t want to get


    started with him. At least not when her patients were waiting for her.


    "Very good morning to you too, Leo and my night was great that''s why I''mte," she looked away from


    the door. "Now in case you forgot, can you please pick me up from the mansion?"


    "Just take another car Maya, I mean from your husband, he has allot."


    "Haha... Very funny. Then what? I''ll fill the hospital parking lot with cars?"


    She knew he was smirking when he said what he said next.


    "Even the hospital needs decoration from time to time."


    "Can pleasee and pick me up?"


    "Sorry love, I''m at photoshoot right now." She felt his seriousness from the other end. "It was ast


    minute job."


    "You promised, Leo," she sounded desperate but she didn''t care. "How I''m I supposed to get to the


    hospital."


    "I know Maya and sorry about that. It was ast minute job. Tell you what?"


    "What?" Her voice was full of annoyances.


    "Just use your uber app to ask for uber and lunch is on me."


    "By the time it gets here I''ll be more thante Leonel."


    "Then swallow your pride and ask your darling husband to take you to the hospital. It won''t hurt,will it?"


    Maya excelled the air she had no idea she was holding.


    "I really hate you. You know very well that my dear darling his husband is very busy and I''m sure he


    won''t agree."


    Just then the bedroom door flew open. Maya turned to look at her husband who walked in with nothing


    but sweatpants. This made her wonder if he went jogging like that. Shirtless where everyone and by


    everyone she meant woman would see him. She has never seen him when he is from jog or when he


    is going. For the past five months, he walk before her and she left before he could return. She didn''t


    know why but she found herself licking her bottom lip.


    Maybe because it was dry? Her gaze were all over his packs again and his biceps. He looked


    handsome, like a model. To be honest, he was the most handsome man she had ever met and that''s


    why she had a crush on him since high school. Yes, she had a crush on him but she wasn''t about to


    admit that to him.


    Maybe that is the secret she was going to keep from him. Her having a crush on him since the day she


    could remember. But there was another secret which wasn''t partially a secret. Because she had given


    him some details. About her mother.


    Chris smiled at her and she didn''t know why, but she blushed way too much. He walked passed her to


    walk to the bathroom and she could help but stare at the muscles from his back. She wanted to run her


    hands on his back and feel those muscles.


    "Are you still listening, Maya?"


    Maya was cut out of her spell. She remembered that she was still talking to Leonel on the other side of


    the phone. She didn''t hear anything that he said her thoughts were running wild this time.


    "Yes." She answered when she saw Chris open the door. "I''ve to go and don''t worry, I''ll ask my darling


    husband."


    With that, she hug up her call and went to the apps. She was just about to ask for Uber when Chris


    walked out with a towel. He hadn''t showered yet and to be honest, it didn''t make things easier for her.


    "Sorry but I couldn''t help but hear your conversation earlier," he looked a little ashamed. "But I was


    walking into the room when I heard you, so, I''ll give you a ride to the hospital."


    Maya looked away from him. She didn''t want her thoughts out of the conversation they''re having.


    "No need, I''ll call Uber."


    "Don''t be ridiculous, Maya." He took a step towards her. "I mean, just as you said, you''ll be morete


    and you don''t want that."


    Maya looked at him, "How long have you been out there?"


    ''Long enough to hear that you have no car with you at the moment. Now, I made breakfast, so just go


    and have some as I take a quick shower."


    "But..."


    "I thought we talked about this, Maya."


    "Fine, but hurry up. I''mte."


    "I''ll be out in a jiffy."


    Maya took her handbag and carried it down stairs. She ced it on the couch and walked to the


    dinning table. True to his word, Chris had made breakfast which was a pot of coffee. At least, she


    wasn''t missing her cup of coffee anymore. She poured herself a mug and took the bread that was at


    the middle of the table. She was no fun of spreading anything on her bread. So she took the eggs that


    were on a hotpot and began to eat her breakfast.


    By the time she was getting finished, Chris walked into the dinning room all dressed up. He wore


    ranked jeans which was blue in color and a white tee shirt which showed all his modeling body


    perfectly. As if that wasn''t enough, he wore white sneakers make it the second time for Maya to see


    him in them. The first time wasst night.


    "Are you done?"


    "Yeah," Maya pulled her seat backwards. "You''re going to office dressed like that?"


    "Do I look bad?"


    "No, it''s just that it''s not on a weekend and you''re dressed that way."


    Chris smiled at her.


    "We better be moving since we don''t want you to be morete than you''re. And I''m not going to office


    today. I''ve some errands to take care off."


    "Ooh! Give me a minute to clean this up."


    "It''s okay, Alma will be here any minute from now. So, let''s go."


    Maya walked in front of him. She stood at the door step to wait for Chris to pull out of parking area. She


    didn''t know why, but it felt like this was going to be a long journey. Once Chris came to a stop, Maya


    walked inside the car and he drove up.


    The silence in the car made Maya move awkward in her seat. She didn''t know what to say to him and


    neither did he seem to know. She was so going to kill Leonel when she saw him again. It was his fault


    that she was sharing a vehicle with her husband since the day of their honeymoon'' and he was going


    to pay for it.


    "So,"Chris began, "I''m your darling husband?"


    Maya looked at him as if he had grown horns. Of course, he had to her that. She looked for words to


    say to him. With Leonel, everything seems easy. She can say whatever she wants to say to him and


    he, he would take them whichever way he wished because by the end of they day, they all would be


    happy.


    But with Chris, it seemed like she had to chose her words carefully. She had to think before anything


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    came out of her mouth. Or she just thought so. She didn''t want for them to take one step forward then


    three backwards. But how was she going to know that if she didn''t say or she was afraid to say


    anything to him.


    "Is something wrong with darling?"


    Chris looked at her for a second before focusing on the road.


    "Yes, it''s old fashioned."


    Maya smiled at him, "is it?"


    "Yes, I mean it sounds that way and we''re too young for darling. That is a name for old couples."


    "Then how about dear husband?"


    "Way out of fashion, worse than darling."


    "Then what do you suggest?"


    Chris gave her a wicked smile and she knew better than to listen to him. So before he could say


    anything, she turned the radio on. Her eyes got wide when she heard Chris Brown''s song Take You


    Down y. Things would be worse than they''re already. She was about to change the channel when


    Chris pulled her hand away.


    "That is my favorite musician." He said and began to sing along.


    Maya watched him sing the chorus of the song along with the bridge. He knew all the song when she


    knew the chorus herself. Her eyes looked no where but him. He sung well and she loved to listen to


    him. Just when she thought he was done, he took her hand and ced on his thigh. She wanted to pull


    away but he held it as he sung thest part of the song.


    Maya couldn''t help but think of Leonel. Chris was way too different from him. If it was her and Leonel,


    they would be singing their made up lyrics of the song. That was the fun part when it came to singing a


    song on the radio with Leonel. They wouldugh at each other when one said something more


    humorous than the other. But Chris, he was sing the real lyrics of the song.


    "We''re here," Chris announced pulling into a parking lot and pulling her out of her thoughts.


    Maya unfasten her seat belt and took her handbag before turning to thank Chris. She then opened the


    passenger door and stepped out. Just when she was about to walk inside the building, Chris stepped


    behind her.


    "Did I forget something?"


    "Actually, it was me who forgot to be real gentleman as my momma brought me up to be, I''ll walk you


    inside."


    "There is no need, Chris."


    "I insist and we''ll work on name calling. For now, may I?"


    Mayaughed at him as she took his offered arm.


    The moment the walked inside, everyone moved their eyes to them. The women looked at Chris with


    lustful eyes and that didn''t help. It made Maya move even closer to him that there was no space left


    between them. She didn''t know why but Chris was smirking all this time. Thankful, they got to her office


    and walked in closing the door behind them.


    "Someone was a little possessive and jealous out there."


    "Haha... Look who is talking. You think I was all that? I''m not the one who pulled myself to you to an


    extent I couldn''t walk."


    "At least I''ll be true to myself, I didn''t like the way men were looking at you."


    "They''re my colleagues and they are used to see me everyday."


    Chris walked towards her, "But now that they''ve seen you with me, they know your a forbidden fruit and


    forbidden fruits are the sweetest."


    "Ooh! Is it?"


    "Yes," Chris was now standing on her personal space, "and you''re mine for the seven months and no


    one else," he was rubbing her lips as he said those words.


    Maya didn''t know why but she felt her breath getting lost. She wanted to tell him so much. So much as


    to remind him that he still had a girlfriend that she had allowed him to see. But when he was that close


    and rubbing her lips like that, she couldn''t.


    Chris leaned in and she didn''t try to move away. She didn''t know why but she was frozen to where she


    stood. He was going to take her lips and she was going to allow him.


    "Cupcake, I brought you some coff.." Leonel stopped mid way at the site before him.


    That made Chris pull away from Maya. He rubbed his hand behind his head something that Maya has


    noticed its out of habit.


    "Sorry I didn''t mean to interrupt anything," Leonel apologized.


    Maya sensed hurt from his voice and she didn''t know why. He was the one telling her to forgive her


    husband and now that she has, he sounds hurt? What''s happening?


    "Mr. Ambrose," Chris offered his hand to Leonel.


    "Mr. Rollins." Leonel shook his hand. "It''s nice to meet you once again."


    "Pleasure is all mine."


    "Leonel, I thought you had a photoshoot to be in?"


    "Yes, just around the corner and we had a thirty minutes break, so I thought to bring you a cup of coffee


    since you can''t do without one and you walk upte."


    "That''s so sweet of you," Maya said taking the cup away from him. "I''m guessing it''s from Java."


    "Of course, only best for you."


    "I guess I''ll be going," Chris said.


    Maya turned her attention to him, "Thanks for the ride."


    "Anytime, cupcake."


    Maya smiled at him. She didn''t know why but she loved it when he called her that. Leonel had called


    her that so many time but iting out of Chris, it was like a music in her ears.


    What? Maya.


    Chris walked to her and pecked her cheek before he left. But not before he heard Leonel.


    "Cupcake?" Leonel asked. "Did he call you that because I called you that?"


    "I think so."


    "You''ve allot to tell me, Maya. So I''ll be here to take you for lunch as I had promised."


    Maya smiled at him. He kissed her forehead and walked out of her office. Now it was time she went to


    check up on her patients. She didn''t know why but she felt it was going to a long day.


    A really long one.

 Chapter 30

    Chapter 30


    Chris pulled out the file that he had been looking for for the past ten minutes out. In other days, he


    would have been frustrated and have his personal assistant look for it. But not today. Today was


    special to him. Today was the happiest day in his life if he could still remember an happy one since he


    met Maya.


    Of course, hurting her didn''t make him happy. Instead, it made him want more. He just guessed that''s


    how it is with revenge. You do one mistake to revenge and you be addicted. Addicted to an extent


    of not thinking anything else apart from revenge. And that, that was something he never wanted to feel


    again. He had learned his lesson the hard way if you asked him.


    Chris sat down and opened the file. He wanted to be sure that everything was okay before taking it. He


    was pleased with the document. He was pleased with himself too. He was happy. Atst she forgave


    him and the smile in his face wasn''t about to be wiped off.


    Just then, the door opened and his friend walked in. He wore blue pants that reflected the color of his


    eyes. His ck shirt could make him more handsome than he was. This made Chris travel down the


    line when they were still teenager.


    They had be friends with Wesley when he saved him from bulling and they were in grade sses.


    From then, they had be friends but at first, Wesley was more of a bodyguard than a friend. Then,


    they got to know each other and they were all best friends.


    In highschool, they''re the popr guys along with other three guys which he hadn''t seen in about five


    years now. The untouchable cute guys in highschool. Their group didn''t involve bulling like all the


    popr people do.


    That wasn''t them since they all under gone it in their primary school. Either being bullied or saving a


    friend or a kid from it. So them being handsome as people called them, they had all the privilege to


    have all types of girls their way. But with Wesley, he just wanted one night stand and that was all. To


    him,mitted wasn''t his thing and that made Chris think that it was just in highschool.


    But the guy never changed. He never got to any kinda a rtionship with anyone and before he sleeps


    with any woman, he makes sure that she knows where she stands.


    "With the way your grinning, I''m guessing things went wellst night."


    Wesley pulled a seat and kept on staring at his friend who was grinning like a fool. Thest time he did


    that, well it was seven months ago. The day he kissed Maya on his stage. Yes Maya. The woman that


    he is married to and the one he used of making his life a leaving hell.


    That day he could stop himself from grinning as he told her how she felt like in his arms. His tongue in


    her mouth and him rubbing her inner lip. That had made Wesley thing that his friend had a boner


    thinking of the woman he had met at that time just for a few minutes.


    Wesley had joked of looking for her and having a no strings attached rtionship but the look Chris


    gave him was enough to say he was just joking. But to his surprise, Chris didn''t take it lightly at all


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    which left him wondering if he truly loved Kimberly as he made everyone else think.


    Thinking of Maya, he also has to apologize. That girl trusted him like a big brother yet he let her down.


    He allowed her to wear the clothes that Kimberly had offered her during the fashion show without telling


    her she was the mistress of her husband. What else do you call a woman having an affair with a


    married man?


    At that time he had only thought of what was good for the business. For once in his life he put money


    first over a human feelings. He did hurt her and he knew it. Then on their honeymoon, he didn''t stop


    Chris from taking Kimberly along. It''s not like he had any idea. He just found outte and that made him


    get mad at Chris.


    He had to apologize just like Chris did and if she did forgive Chris, then he was sure she would forgive


    him too...


    "I''m so happy Wes," Chris cut through his thoughts. "Maya finally forgave me. She even spoke to me,


    Wes. I''m the happiest man on this."


    "Wow!! I''m really happy for you, my friend. Tell me, what did you do?"


    Chris locked his gaze with him, "Nothing, I did nothing. I mean I only made us dinner and the rest is


    history."


    "I never thought that the way to woman''s heart is through food. I thought that was for men."


    "Haha... Very funny Wes. The important thing is that we''re okay. I can walk around telling everyone how


    happy I am."


    Wesley smiled at his friend, "how about you walk at the lobby for starters and shout for everyone to


    here you out."


    Chris got up from his seat with a smile that never fade away. He took the file in his hands and walked


    around from his desk. He looked at his friend for a while.


    That wasn''t a bad idea at all but he wasn''t about to tell the world that his marriage had been a doom


    until yester night. To them, they''re the cutest couple in time and it would stay that way till death.


    Wait, did you just say death? You''ve seven months till your divorce, Chris.


    Seven months. Seven months for him to make her feel happy. Seven months for him to tell her that he


    care for her. Seven for them to be best of friends. Seven for him to learn from her also. To know


    about her life although he knew also everything. For him to know her likes and dislikes. To make jokes


    and for them tough them off. For his to know if she and Mr. Ambrose are just friends and if yes, was


    she nning to take it to the next step?


    Seven months. That is what he had to prove his worth to her. To have her call him the first person in


    case of emergency and not Mr. Ambrose. To have her tell him her fear in life and give her advice where


    he could. That was his work for seven months. Just like in Bible, where seven meansplete. He


    wouldplete his work and also his marriage to Maya.


    "Give me Maya''s number," he asked his friend remember that he didn''t have her number.


    Wesley looked at him, "you mean for six months you''ve known Maya you don''t know her number?" He


    saw how confused his friend was, "yes, six Chris. Remember the one month that you had to appear to


    public every now and then to show them how much ''in love'' you were?" He quoted the in love word in


    the air. "That still counts Chris. And my God, how much did you hate this girl?"


    "I know next you''ll call me an idiot and I''ve to admit, I did hate her or thought I did. I don''t know I''m


    confused myself," Chris rubbed the back of his neck. "But I''m making everything go back to normal. I


    mean having a normal marriage like every other couples out there."


    "Yeah," Wesley got up from his seat. "And I''m happy for you but I''m not giving you her number.


    Anyway, what happened to that rule that whoever gets a girls number first the other has to leave her for


    the hero?"


    Chris pointed a figure at him. "You stay away from my wife. Are you giving me the damn number?" He


    was creaking his jaws now.


    "Chill out man," Wesley lifted his hands in surrender. "Don''t be that possessive of her or she will freak


    out. As for her number it''s up to you to ask her."


    Chris rxed and put on his smile back in his face. If his best friend didn''t want to help him, then he


    could do it on his own. With no ones help. After all, he was Chris freaking Rollins. The guy who goes


    for whatever he wants. He didn''t start apany which is a millionaire just to fail in women. He could


    do it as long has he set his mind on it. And having her number wasn''t that hard. Was it?


    "I thought that nothing would take that grin of off your face today."


    Chris looked at his friend. He thought so too. But it disturbed him when another guy talked about Maya.


    Even his damn best friend. He didn''t know why but it kinda hurt when he saw her prefer other men over


    him. Like today, she had called her friend to drive her to the hospital instead of asking him. Then, when


    he thought he could taste those lips for the third time in his life, the bastard had to walk in on them. He


    didn''t even knock her door for that matter.


    And what did he call her? Cupcake? Who calls a woman that way? Apparently him. He had called her


    that when he said his goodbye to her. But she blushed. He saw it or may that''s what he wanted to see.


    Maybe he had imagined it. Maybe he could call her that and see her reaction again. Just to be sure.


    "You just did that."


    Wesleyughed, "it wasn''t me. It was your wife''s name."


    "As much as I want to argue with you, I''ve a busy day today. As we spoke, take care of everything


    here."


    Wesley looked at him with curious eyes, "where are you going anyway?"


    Chris took a deep breathe. He felt like he was sounding like a broken record so far with Wesley. He told


    him everything this morning when he was upstairs before he took Maya to work. If it wasn''t for the file


    he had forgotten at work yesterday, he wouldn''t even havee to the building.


    "I thought I told you that I''ll be in the studio the whole morning. And then I''ll take Kimberly for lunch and


    after that we''ll hang out together."


    "I thought after you talked to Maya, Kimberly will be out of picture."


    Chris looked at his friend like he had grown horns. How was he supposed to be done with Kimberly?


    They had been in a rtionship for years although no one in the public knew. That is how she wanted it


    and it''s how he made it. Besides, it was a good thing if you asked him.


    And besides, he hadn''t spent time with Kimberly since the day of his honeymoon. He had been


    preupied and it had been months. He missed spending time with her. He misses herpany and


    now that he had time, he would spend it with her.


    "Maya knows this, I mean me and Kim and she is okay with it. I still love Kim, Wes."


    Wesley patted his shoulder, "I hope soon you''ll know what you want."


    "Com''n Wes, Maya is also free to look for the love her life but that doesn''t make you apart of it.


    Besides, we''re divorcing in seven months. We just want to make sure we can live like normal human


    beings and not like animals as I had made it."


    "Why can''t I pursue her?"


    "Wes, that is all you heard with every that I said?"


    "Of course, who doesn''t want to see that beautiful woman mo..."


    "That so gross and you can''t be involved with her and I mean it."


    Laughing Wesley wiped a tear that was falling from his hardughed.


    "I was going to say move in with her. You''re the evil minded here not me."


    "I''ve to go," Chris opened the door, "with you, I''ll never do anything."


    "I''m d I''ve that effect on you, man." Wesley said following him behind.


    "Really?" Chris kept walking, "sometimes I wonder if you''re straight."


    "No, when ites to you, I''m not." Wesleyughed at his stupid sense of humour as he knew Chris


    would call it. "But for Maya, I''ll keep my hands of off you. I don''t want to cheat on her."


    Chris came to a hoot in front of the elevator and turned to his friend on a serious note.


    "Stay away from her, Wes."


    Wesleyughed, "Come down, Chris. Maya considers me as a big brother and I''m not changing that or


    at least that was what she did."


    "The better." He got in the elevator, "take of everything here."


    "Don''t worry." Then the doors closed.


    He didn''t have to. With Wesley around, he knew better than to worry. Wesley loves thispany as


    much as he loved it and he was sure that Wesley would do what''s best for the business.


    Chris walked out of the elevator and walked to his car. The building had an underground which was the


    parking and that''s why he bought it in the first ce. People couldn''t park in front or at the back of the


    building. It was convince for the space and he was happy with it.


    He pulled his car out of the parking and drove down to the studio. He had unfinished business their.


    Like naming his album which he hadn''t finished recording all the songs and at the same time, he felt


    inspired to write another song.


    It was almost twelve thirty in the noon when he walked to Kimberly''s apartment to pick her up. He had


    texted her when he got to the studio and told her to be ready. Once in her apartment, he asked her to


    takes that long to dress up the few times he has seen her do. And she always looks beautiful. In fact he


    takes longer than her which has him thinking if he is a y king.


    "Babe," Kimberly called settling herself at the passenger''s seat. She leaned in and pecked his lips.


    "You could havee upstairs, you know."


    "It''s hot, Kim," he said starting the car again. "Seat belt please."


    She did and watched him as his focused on the road. Chris felt her eyes on him but he chose to ignore


    it. It made him wonder if it was good choice to take her for lunch. Good thing he hadn''t told her he


    would spent the rest of the day with her. Now, he had to see how lunch goes first. He pulled in front of a


    big restaurant and killed the engine.


    "Afrikaans Cafe and Restaurants?" she asked when he opened the door for her. "I thought you''d take


    me somewhere more fancy."


    Chris looked her and back at the big building in front of them.


    "What''s wrong with this?" He asked looking at her. "It''s among the best in town."


    "I know that, Chris. But we could have gone out of town."


    "For lunch?" He had to confirm.


    "Yeah, is something wrong with that?"


    "Of course yes. This is not dinner date Kimberly. It''s date lunch and besides I''ve allot of pending work


    to take of. Be great full that I still made time for us to have lunch."


    He was more than frustrated. If Wesley had killed his joy for a moment, then he hadn''t done it well.


    Right now, he wanted to scream. Scream at his girlfriend, wait, mistress. She was his mistress not


    girlfriend anymore.


    "Sorry babe. Let''s just go in and eat."


    "Better," he said gathering all the patient that was left inside of him.


    Chris walked side to side with Kimberly and into the restaurant. They walked up stairs and towards a


    free table at the balcony. He needed all the fresh air he could need in him. As they walked further, he


    noticed a sweet couple that wasughing and the man extended his had to wipe something that was on


    the woman''s lips. Why couldn''t he just be like that with Kimberly. The hand lingered on the woman''s


    lips for a while and the lips he was watching for all his way over stopped smiling. It''s as if she was


    afraid of what was going to happen next.


    Then the man let his hand fall down. His back faced them and he sure as hell he felt ufortable


    when he saw the reaction on the woman. Chris wanted to look at her face instead of her lips, so he


    moved his gaze slowly and there they''re. Those eyes. Those green eyes that caught his attention in the


    midst of many. His wife sat there looking at the guy that Chris was looking at his back.


    "Cupcake?"


    To be honest, he didn''t know why he said that name in the first ce.


    "Babe, that''s a sweet name."


    Chris looked at the woman that stood in front of him. He didn''t even notice that he had stopped


    walking.


    "What name?"


    "Cupcake, I love it."


    Just when he was about to say something, he heard his name being called.


    "Mr. Rollins."


    And he knew exactly who that voice belonged to before he even looked at him. And that made his


    blood boil if it hadn''t boil any farther so far.


    "Mr. Ambrose," he mastered a smile. "What pleased surprise to meet again. Twice a day. It doesn''t


    happen that often."


    "I agree," the man said looking at him. "I would even think you''re stalking me if I didn''t know better."


    Chrisughed, "And I would in the morning, but we all know better."


    "Yeah, but...."


    "And here, is the whore of the year."


    And their attention was on Kimberly who was staring at Maya. Hell just broke loose in the day


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    Chapter 31


    Is there a day that her life will ever be a happy one? It seemed like even natural was against her birth


    the day she came to this world. She had allot of haters than lovers and she had gotten used to it. Or


    maybe she thought.


    To be honest, no one gets used to people hating you. And there is one, then they just pretend. Pretend


    to be okay when they''re not. To be content when they want more. They want to be appreciated for


    whatever the have done and not to be seen as the haters see them.


    Anyway, what was her mistake? What had she ever done to be treated like this? First, she grew up with


    a hating father. A man who could not hide his feels for and worse was when her birthday would arrive.


    Like the day she broke a ss?


    That day was her birthday. It was her day to celebrate with her one of the many Nanny''s and her big


    brother who had asked the nanny to help since he was also young. Her dad wasn''t around as always


    on her birthday. That''s when he preferred to be in the hospital instead of see her ugly face and he


    would remind her over and over again.


    But when it came to her brother''s birthday, he would be around. In fact, he would be the one arranging


    things for him in order to be the perfect, no, perfect isn''t the word, but the best birthday of the year. It


    would cause him million but he didn''t care about that. It was for his only precious kid.


    As for the gifts, he would get the best for his son when she, she got nothing since she learnt about


    people getting presents in this world. Of course, her brother would be generous enough to share his


    presents with her which she couldn''t refuse.


    It made her feel like a charity box but she had no other choice. She couldn''t hurt his feelings when he


    wanted to share with her. Then it just happened that she had to take an extra ss that her nanny had


    forgotten on the counter. She wasn''t tall for her to reach the counter well but she could manage. And so


    she stood on her toes and stretched her hand out.


    She got the ss and due to her sweaty hands the ss slipped and fell breaking into pieces. That


    made her just avoiding to be hurt which was kinda ironic. Her dad locked his gaze with hers and all she


    could see was fuming. Fuming with hanger and he took the nearest thing to him which so happened to


    be a knife.


    Of course she tried to exin and say sorry but all he said was that that''s what she knows since she


    was born. It was true. What else could she say when her father hated her for unknown reason to her.


    She had to apologise to him for all she ever did. For even being born. But he never listened to her,


    instead he made the situation worse.


    Before she knew it, the dagger was in her belly and all she felt at that time was pain. Pain that her dad


    just killed her because of a receable piece of ss. Pain that she was dying without knowing what it


    felt like to be loved by you own biological father. Yes, he was her biological dad if you''re thing he is


    step. She had done DNA when she had grown up. He didn''t need to know that as well.


    She needed answers too and she had hoped that he wasn''t her dad because it would exin allot to


    her but he was. He was her real dad yet he treated her like that. Like some piece of garbage. That''s


    how he treated her and she hated herself.


    And now here she was. Looking at the most beautiful woman in the restaurant and yet at the moment


    she saw no beauty. To her beauty isn''t about outside appearance. It''s about inner and this woman, she


    was the worst.


    To Maya, she had heard enough. Enough of people walking over her all her life. Of people calling her


    names that she wasn''t. She wasn''t ugly and she refused to believe that anymore. ording to the


    Bible, she was fearful and wonderful made and she, she wasn''t about to let people make her think


    otherwise. Enough was enough. Thest person to do that was Chris. He was thest.


    It''s about time she had balls. Balls to defend herself without anyone else helping her. Just like Kyle and


    told her so many times. It was time to put it into an end. To stop people from betraying her and think


    that they can get away with it just like Wesley did.


    She was so mad at it right now when she hadn''t even thought of him for months. People who called her


    names like Kimberly and her father and her husband before. She wasn''t those names. She was not


    even close to being them. Whore? She was no whore. As far as she can remember she never whored


    around with anyone.


    All her life, Maya kissed two guys. Two and she was twenties. Her first was highschool crush which


    turned out to be a disasterter on and her husband. Was that being a whore? If it was, she actually


    had no idea.


    And now Kimberly was calling her that? How in the hell did they find out where they were? Leonel had


    they had before the intruders intruded. They''re talking about anything and everything with him and that


    was after she told him about her and her husband.


    Leonel being Leonel, he made stupid jokes on her and her husband which sheughed it off and


    continued with their lunch. It was delicious. And the breeze was amazing but now, it wasn''t anymore.


    She moved ufortable when she had felt Leone''s figure linker for a while on her lips which he had


    noticed and removed his hand way.


    Just then, she had spotted her husband standing few steps away talking to someone who she knew


    even without looking at her face. Leone noticed her staring at something and he looked over his


    shoulder and he did what Maya didn''t want. For her husband to see her but toote since Leonel had


    already called him.


    Maya stared at Kimberly who stared back at her and she could feel the other guys eyes on them. She


    was boiling inside and she hated it. She hated when she got mad. She hated it but now, now she hated


    being walked all over by someone who thought she knew her story. She knew nothing about her. And


    she wouldn''t love to be in her shoes.


    "Kimberly stop," Chris said.


    "Stop? It''s her fault that were in this situation, Chris." Kimberly said looking at him. "This bitch, made


    our life miserable. This ugly lit..."


    Maya did what her mind thought at that time. She took the water she drinking and poured it on her face


    stopping her from finishing the damn words that Kimberly wanted to say. And before it could register to


    Kimberly what hit her, two ps were on her both cheeks.


    Yes, Maya did that. She threw water on Kimberly and pped her. Was that a bad thing? This had


    nothing to do with revenge but something to do with argue. Something to do with having enough of


    people walking over her the way they felt like they could. People thing they knew story of her life when


    they had no idea what she had gone through in this life. It all had to do with those things.


    "A whore? Between me and you who is whoring around here?" Maya asked and she knew people


    where staring. "Am I the one sleeping with a married man? He is married yet you''re still going after him


    and you call me a whore? Did you even go to school at all? You look like you''re from ghetto and you''ve


    never even heard of the word dictionary. Even smart phone do have them. So before you use a heavy


    vocabry to show people how you know them, please check the mean. Because I''m not the whore


    here. I''m a married woman who is having lunch with a loving friend and I''m not dating one of my


    bosses. Sorry dating is a heavy word, I''m not the one sleeping with my boss or a married man here. So


    tell me, who is the whore of the year here?"


    She was out of breath by the time she was done with her speech. Everyone was staring at her like she


    had grown horns on her head and by everyone, I mean everyone who was at that damn floor. Thank


    God they didn''t take any pictures or record them. That''s one of the advantages of going to a rich


    society environment. Who knows, those who were around where cheating on their partners. But then


    again, Maya wished she could take a picture of the three people in front of him.


    Leonel was more surprised than shocked and she saw a smirk form on his lips. He was like telling her


    ''you did it atst'' with that look. As for Chris, he was amused. She guessed it was because he had


    gotten used to her wrath so far but he was also surprised be her. And Kimberly, it''s like she wished the


    earth would swallow her whole at that moment. She was socking wet and her face was shed plus


    shocked. All the bitch speech she had at the tip of her tongue seemed toe to an end.


    "I think you need to get out of those clothes," Leonel spoke after what seemed like forever.


    Kimberly looked at him as if trying to see if he wasughing at him and Leonel being Leonel, he


    couldn''t hold it any longer. He bursted outughing.


    "This isn''t over, Maya." She began to walk towards the exit. "Chris youing or what?"


    Chris gave Maya an apologetic look but she saw a small smile form on his lips before he began to


    follow his girlfriend.


    "Too bad we can''t have chocte ice cream your favourite dessert," Leonel said as Chris exited the


    room.


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    "My favourite? It''s yours you idiot and we''re having it."


    Leonelughed as he called for their waiter, "you really need to cool down after that speech. I never


    knew you had it in you."


    Leonel asked for dessert and for more water since the one they had had been used as a weapon.


    Good thing that their food was almost over so there was no wastage of any kind.


    The dessert came and they all eat in silence. It was delicious and Maya loved it. It calmed her down in


    the best way it could. Did she regret what she did? Of course yes. And don''t get her wrong. The only


    regret she had was her friend, Kyle wasn''t around to see that. That was her only regret and nothing


    else.


    Once done with their dessert, Maya drunk her water as Leonel paid for their bill. They walked out of the


    restaurant and Leonel drove her back to her office. She still had patient to check up on and a call to


    make.


    She worried about her friend Kyle. She had quit her job which was a good thing since it didn''t give her


    time to deal with her personal life. Moving from one country to another, one continent to another wasn''t


    healthy at all.


    She still had one week before she came back home. Where she belonged. With her and Maya was


    sure that she could get along with Leonel very well. As for her husband, time would tell when it came to


    personally knowing him. Not Chris Rollins the designer or the musician but the man who married her


    best friend...


    "So, do I pick you up when you''re done here?" Leonel asked pulling in front of the hospital.


    "No, thanks," Maya unfastened her seat belt. "I don''t want to be asked to go to my Uber App tomorrow


    morning when my driver is on ast minute call photoshoot."


    "Haha... Very funny, love. But you enjoyed your ride with your dearest faithful husband."


    "Of course I did. He is so charming."


    "Yeah, tell that to Kimberly not."


    "And why not you?" She asked reaching for her handbag. "Are you jealous, Leo?"


    "Me, jealous?" Leonelughed, "why should I? I know you love is only mine to keep and that husband


    of yours is no near my looks."


    Mayaughed opening the passenger door.


    "You wish. Anyway thanks for lunch and to answer your question, I''ll drive myself home."


    "But I can call?"


    "You know you can do that. See you when you see me."


    "Yes, and please spare the patients."


    "Don''t worry," she locked the door and watched as Leonel drive away.


    She just hoped that she would have any emergency today.

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    Chapter 32


    Chris finished making fruit sd before covering it. He was the one making dinner again today and he


    wanted everything to be perfect and delicious like the previous dinner that he had made. His thoughts


    could help back go back at the restaurant this afternoon.


    He was pissed. Pissed with Kimberly for acting like a spoiled brat when she wasn''t. He was trying,


    right? Chris couldn''t help but wonder where he had gone wrong with her. She was supposed to be


    happy that he found time to take her for lunch but she she wanted more. More when he himself had


    sacrificed a day from work for her. She was supposed to be grateful but she wasn''t.


    Instead, sheined. Comined about having dinner within the town instead of outside the town.


    Thatment had pissed him off but he didn''t let it affect him that much. Then she called Maya a


    whore. That was it for him.


    He wanted to protect Maya which lead him to telling Kimberly to stop. But her being her, she continued


    ignoring him. He wanted to speaking. Maybe before Mr. Ambrose spoke up? He didn''t know but he just


    wanted to be the one to protect his wife and not her friend. But before he could say anything, things


    happened way too fast for him.


    Maya was already on her feet with a ss of water in her hands and before it sinks in him, the ss is


    empty. He did hear Kimberly gasp and he was just about to pull her in his arms when two psnded


    on her sweet cheeks.


    To say he was shocked, it would be understatement. And just then Maya was exining, no, shouting


    at Kimberly the meaning of a whore. He was happy for her. Happy that now she could stand up for


    herself without anyone to help her at all.


    And that''s why when Kimberly asked him to follow her, he turned and smiled at Maya. That was his


    way of showing her how proud he was for her. As a husband, a friend and a man who wants people to


    stand up for themselves.


    Ironic? I know.


    Chris stared the beef that was on stove and moved to washing the already pilled potatoes. He was


    making dinner tonight like the previous night and he wanted everything to be okay. After the potatoes


    where clean, he transferred them to a cooking pot and added some water in them.


    If it weren''t for Kimberly getting mad and kicking him out of her apartment, maybe he would still be


    there. But she did. He had followed her and driven her back to her apartment. Aftering to a stop,


    he followed his girlfriend to her apartment and waited in the living room for her to change.


    Few minutes went by and she wasn''t out. Chris decided to check up on her and she was cuddling up


    on her soft bed crying her eyes out. That wasn''t Kimberly to him. The Kimberly he knew never showed


    her weakness. She never allowed people to see her weakness exceptionally him. The only other time


    he saw her cry since their years of dating was six months ago.


    The day that the public knew he was engaged to a one Miss Freeman and not her. She had cried her


    eyes out. And at that moment, Chris had hated himself more than he did when he had put an


    engagement ring on the governor''s daughter. His heart broke into pieces but no matter how he tried, he


    couldn''t change back the time. What''s done is done.


    Chris moved to her bed and rubbed her back soothingly, she had to came down and she did after a


    while. Chris wanted to apologize but she spoke up before he could. She began to tell him how all of it


    was his fault which he understood.


    He shouldn''t have kissed Maya on his stage but he did. Then after one month of not seeing her he is


    forced into a marriage. A marriage with no love when he should have been preparing to get engaged to


    Kimberly the love of his life by then. Now, he has his buts at the back of his mind.


    Kimberly went ahead to use him of nning everything with Maya to have her revenge. She


    used him of knowing that Maya was there which he has no idea. Yes, he had overhead Maya on the


    phone this morning with her friend and he had promised to take her for lunch. But he had no idea that it


    was in the same restaurant that he would take Kimberly.


    Then how was it his fault? He didn''t ask her to call Maya names, right? He was no angel to know he


    would run into them anyway. Then, why was she ming him for everything? Why was she ready to


    fight with him for no reason.


    Chris got up from the bed and began to walk out. Of course Kimberly asked him where he was going


    and he answered with all honest. He couldn''t deal with her in that state, so he was giving her time to


    cool off. But she, she threw tantrums at him by telling him to leave since that is what he always does.


    To leave her behind.


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    Chris removed the already cooked beef and put the pot with potatoes on stove for them to cook. He


    then pulled a dish and transfered all the beef stew in it. He set his time for the potatoes and began cut


    onions.


    After he had walked out of the apartment, Chris went back to the studio where they worked on his


    album. There were still plenty of work to be done like naming the album, photoshoot for the album and


    video shoot. As for the photoshoot, his manager assured him of taking care of it and the video while he,


    he had to think of the name to call his album. Maybe from one of the songs?


    But being in that studio helped him escape from the real world. Escape from thinking about Kimberly


    who was still crying on the bed where he left her and his wife to whom they had ruined her lunch with


    along with her friend. And then evening came with new ideas in the mind.


    He called his nanny and asked her not to make dinner adding her another day to go home early. Chris


    walked to the grocery store again and bought what he wanted to prepare dinner. And that''s why he was


    there, in the kitchen making there dinner. He knew in a few minutes or an hour she will be home and he


    was all done.


    He was just setting the table when the front door opened and closed. Then foot steps which stopped at


    the foot of the stairs. Chris walked out of the dining table to his wife who was texting someone on the


    phone. He so wanted to know who it was since it wasn''t him. If it was Mr. Ambrose, they''re spending


    allot of time with him which made his wonder if she liked him.


    "Hey," he greeted wiping his hands with the apron that he was wearing.


    Maya looked up from her phone, "hey, you''re home?" he knew she didn''t mean it as a question but


    statement.


    Chris smiled at her, "yeah, go freshen up, dinner will be ready in a jiffy."


    Chris watched her smile at him then walk upstairs. He went back to setting the table and when he was


    done, he went back to check on potatoes. They were ready so he took another pot and put onions in it


    and some oil. He let the onion heat and just when he was adding the potatoes, Maya walked in the


    kitchen.


    "That was quick," Chris said without looking at her.


    "What can I do to help?" Chris turned to look at her.


    She had changed to a blue short and a big shirt which made him wonder why she would wear


    something big than her but she still looked cute. Her hair was held in messy ponytail which had him


    sure of her notbing it before she held it. She looked cute that he was about to forget what she


    asked and burn himself.


    "You''re a distraction," Chris said smiling at her. "Why don''t you go to the dinning and have some fruit


    sd before I''m done here?"


    Chris felt her eyes on him but he didn''t dare to look at that cute face of hers.


    "I can finish that as you freshen up," she offered.


    Chris continued to mash the potatoes, "I don''t want to help the day you''ll be cooking. So, it''s a no."


    Chris heard Maya chuckle before she said something like if I knew before walking out of the kitchen.


    Chris finished with the potatoes and also transferred them into a dish and took it to the dinning table


    where Maya was eating her sd and typing something on it.


    "No phones during dinner time," he said walking to her. "Hand it over, wify."


    "And why is that?"


    "Table manners, so hand it over, cupcake."


    And she did. Chris took the phone upstairs and he walked to the bathroom. He freshen up and


    changed into sweatpants. He carried his ck shirt down stairs just to see the reaction on Maya''s face.


    "It''s about time..." the she stopped talking.


    Her face was all red which made him smirk. He had an effect on her which gave him a point. And the


    name cupcake made him score more that he thought he could.


    "Can you please put on your shirt?"


    Chris chuckled, "And why should I?"


    "Your words not mine," Maya said not looking at him, "table manners."


    "Ooh, that," he pulled the shirt over his head. "Happy now?"


    "Very, can we eat now since I''m starving?"


    Chris nodded his head and she wasted no time in serving her food to the fullest. He watched her eat as


    they eat in silence. The food was delicious that he even licked his lips something that he was thankful


    for not having his momma around because if she was and seen him do that, he wouldn''t hear the end


    of it.


    Once they were done, he took the dishes away and came back with the dessert. This time it wasn''t his


    red velvet but chocte ice cream.


    "Your favourite," Chris said spooning the ice cream to Maya''s bowl.


    "Your heard Leonel before you walked out of the restaurant, didn''t you?"


    Chris smiled at her, "of course, I did."


    "Then I wish you had stayed a bit longer to hear the rest," she took the ice cream to her mouth. "This is


    Leo''s dessert not mine."


    "And why did he say it was yours?" All the appetite he had for dessert was now all gone.


    Maya smiled at him, "Poor hubby," she spooned another into her mouth. "You need to get to know


    Leonel much better before you take him serious."


    Just when she was about to spoon another spoon, Chris took the dessert away from her and stood up.


    "Hey, I''m not done with that."


    He heard her say that but he didn''t stop. Maybe she was right, he needed to know Leonel better before


    he took his words seriously. He threw the dessert in the sink and the remaining one he put it in the


    fridge noting that he will give it to his nanny the next day.


    "That was rude," he heard Maya say from behind.


    Chris turned to her, "Then tell me your favorite dessert, why does he know when I don''t?"


    Chris watched her take in a deep breath, "Are we having our first argument now as friends?"


    "Friends?" He asked locking his gaze with her. "Maya, we''re a couple, I''m your husband and we''re not


    having an argument. I just want to know your dessert, I mean favourite the way mine is red velvet and


    Mr. Ambrose is chocte ice cream. That''s all. And it''s not fair that he knows yours and your husband


    has no clue."


    "I can''t believe this. Ooh my God, this can''t be happening. We can''t just be fighting now, can we?"


    "We''re not Maya, just answer me."


    "Are you jealous of Leonel?"


    Chrisughed at her question, "Me, Chris freaking Rollins, jealous of that two goody goody shoes?"


    "Are you or not?" Maya still locked her gaze with him, "it''s a simple question."


    "Of course not," Chris looked away from her.


    "Good then, we shouldn''t be having this conversation."


    Chris watched her walk out of the kitchen. He couldn''t help but wonder if he had gone too far with her.


    He just wanted to know her favorite dessert but he had gone the wrong way. That''s not how he wanted


    to spent his evening. Arguing and especially with her.


    Once he was done with the utensils, he walked to there room where he found her on the phone. It


    pissed him off that she run to that friend of hers after their small misunderstanding. She looked mad but


    not the dangerous mad which was a good thing.


    "Hey," he greeted taking baby steps. "Can we talk?"


    She didn''t, instead she turned her back on him.


    "Please Maya. I don''t want us to fight. Don''t give me silent treatment again because I can''t handle it."


    Maya turned to look at him.


    "Please."


    He gave her puppy eyes.


    "Fine."


    "In the garden?"


    "Okay," he watched her get up with her phone.


    "And no phones, please."


    She returned the phone on the nightstand where he had ced it before and walked in front of him.


    Outside the breeze flew from every corner and they sat on the bunch. The sky was clear and the stars


    were show casing their beauty up the sky.


    They were both quite for a while everyone lost in their own thoughts. Chris wanted to speak but he had


    no idea where to start from. He also wanted to talk about what took ce this afternoon in the


    restaurant and that''s when it hit him. Everything was going back to that evening.


    Their argument was about dessert. The one he overheard before he walked out of the restaurant.


    That''s why she was mad. Because she remembered the afternoon.


    "I''m re..." they all said at once.


    They bothughed which made Chris think that it wasn''t that bad at all.


    "You go first," Maya told him as she turned to look at him.


    "I''m sorry foring out on you like that few minutes ago, I''m sorry for letting Kimberly call you names


    which you handled so well and I''m sorry for not being the man that you deserve in this life."


    "It''s okay. Actually I should be apologizing for this afternoon."


    Chris looked at her, "your just defending yourself, Maya."


    "I know but I ended up calling you names too and embarrassing you as well. I don''t regret what I did


    with Kimberly but I''m sorry for involving you too."


    "Maya," he said taking her hands. "You just stated the facts which ended up being true, that''s all and to


    be honest, I didn''t think that much in the lines."


    Mayaughed at his statement.


    "That''s good because I said hurtful words, Mr. Rollins."


    Chris smiled at her yful face. He had to y along. "Really Mrs. Rollins? And what might that be?"


    He saw her blush when he called her Mrs. Rollins. It was the first time he called her and then he


    remembered how he didn''t want to be associated with her before and now here he was, rubbing her


    hands and getting jealous of another guy for knowing her better than he did.


    He just knew her painful life and he didn''t know her happy moments. He knew it didn''t make sense but


    this some things are the one that make people to know each other better and he wanted to know her.


    To know her likes and dislikes. So before she answered his question, he spoke up.


    "White and blue but green has also been my favorite since seven months ago."


    Maya looked at him in confusion.


    "Favorite colour."


    "Ooh, we''re really doing this?"


    "Why not?" He asked in confusion.


    Maya smiled at him, "When I was a kid, I used to watch the stars from the window of my room. My


    brother used to tell me that the brightest star was our mum who was watching over us."


    That''s not what he wanted but they''re going somewhere.


    "Everyone knows that the governor has a son. But where is your brother?"


    "He left to join army since he could be a doctor like Papa wanted him to be. So one day I was with him,


    the next I was reading a letter from him when I got back from school. And till date, I''ve no idea if he is


    alive or dead. But I chose to believe that he is alive since I can''t loose another loved one."


    Chris watched her fight her tear but she couldn''t anymore. He let go of her hand and wiped her tears


    away. He cheeks felt soft in his hands but it was not time to think of that.


    "He must have been a good guy."


    "The best there will ever be. I was actually jealous of the girls he dated to be honest."


    "Seriously?"


    Mayaughed at his look. "You can''t me me, he was all that I had back then. And did I tell you that


    my best friend had a crush on him and I didn''t tell him because I was afraid to share him with her?"


    "No..."


    "Selfish, I know but I don''t like sharing my things. Especially my loved ones."


    Chris felt a lump in his throat. She was allowing him to see Kimberly still. That made him what? He


    wasn''t her loved one since she was sharing him with someone else and she wasn''t stopping him at all.


    He felt disappointed and hurt at the same time.


    Why? He was confused also.


    "We should go back inside." He didn''t know why he said that but he found himself saying it. Maya


    looked at him but he got up and walked towards the door. He heard her follow behind and he locked


    the door once they''re all in.


    Everything was going on so well but he had to ruin it. He followed her to their room and she took her


    phone once again. He panicked and he didn''t know what he was doing until he had her phone in his


    hands.


    When he saw the look on her face he spoke the first thing that came out of his mouth.


    "No phone the whole night. Good night, cupcake."


    He pecked cheeks and walked to the bed. He handed her the duvet and removed his shirt and got


    under the covers switching of the lights. He didn''t know why he was acting that way but it was toote


    for anything.


    He just hoped that the following day was going to be better and not awkward.

 Chapter 33

    Chapter 33


    It''s been one week and everything seems way better than before. Maya can make jokes with Chris and


    they can share different stories without getting on each others throats. And that is a good thing, right?


    There are no more insults and humiliation at all and life has never been any better than it is now.


    Maya took of her white coat and gloves once she got to her office. The patient that hade in the


    previous week as an emergency was getting well and she couldn''t help but feel happy. He was


    responding to treatment well and he continued that way, in less than a month he will be discharged


    from the hospital.


    She pulled her tablet from the table and there was no missed calls which was a good thing. Her friend


    would bending in an hour which gave her less than thirty minutes to get home and freshen up before


    driving to the airport.


    Maya pulled her handbag and car keys that were on the table before she walked out. All the drive


    home she only wished that her husband wasn''t at home. But when was he not at home early this past


    one week? In fact, he was the one who was making dinner everyday and she couldn''t help but fall in


    love.


    Of course not with her husband but with the food that he was making for her. It was heavenly every


    time she took his different meal every night. It''s not that Alma''s food wasn''t good butpared with


    Chris, she was number two which wasn''t a bad thing.


    Thinking of Chris, Maya couldn''t help but think of the night that he had made those sweet mashed


    potatoes. They''re delicious but he had to ruin the fun when he took her delicious dessert away from


    her. She had got mad to be honest and when she took her phone to tell Leonel what had happened, he


    sentughing emoji to her and told her that her husband was whipped but he hasn''t noticed it yet.


    When she was about to text back what he meant, Chris walked in and took her phone away from her.


    Of course she knew the meaning of being whipped but it didn''t make sense to her. The same way it


    didn''t make sense to her when Chris said he wasn''t jealous since she felt disappointment wash over


    her.


    Why? She had no idea herself.


    Maya pulled in front of their mansion and took her handbag along with her. She unlocked the front door


    and walked inside towards the stairs. She had less than twenty minutes to get all freshened up so she


    didn''t need to pass the kitchen as she had gotten used to for the past one week.


    Maya dropped her bag on the couch and walked to her suitcase to pick out her clothes to wear. Since


    she had no time, she picked her white ranked jeans and a green off shoulder. Maya walked to the


    bathroom and let the water run and she took off her ck dress. She stepped in the shower and


    allowed the cold water to fall over her body.


    Maya walked out all dressed and took her purse which she transferred her tablet and just when she


    was wearing her white sneakers, the bedroom door opened showing her dear husband. Chris was in a


    blue suit with a Rolex watch at his wrist which he was about to remove but stopped midway.


    "Hey," Maya greeted finishing to tie herst shoeces.


    She watched Chris remove his watch and but all this time she tried not to stare at him. His messy hair


    looked tempting to run her fingers in it and she wanted nothing more than to do it.


    "Where are you going?" She watched her husband ask as he ced the watch on the nightstand.


    Maya got on her feet and took her ck purse.


    "To the airport and I''m behind time as it is." She began to walk towards the door. "See you when you


    see me."


    Just when she was about to close the door Chris spoke up.


    "What do you mean you''re going to the airport? Are you traveling? And if yes, why didn''t you tell me?"


    Maya looked at the man who was few steps away from her. She had good him. She had told Chris


    about her friend arriving today and her picking Kyle up. She did but now he couldn''t remember? It was


    only one day ago and he already forgot about it.


    How was that even possible? To say she was pissed right now, it would be understatement. She was


    boiling up. Maya had told Leonel a week ago when she had told him about what Kyle had thought


    about revenge and the guy didn''t forget. In fact he was the one who kept reminding her not to get too


    much into work and leave her friend stranded in the airport.


    Now, did she have the right to be mad? She didn''t want to start a fight with her husband and not at the


    moment. So she did what she thought was the best at that moment. Fake a smile and speak. It was


    that simple since all her life she had to do that. He fake and now being Maya was when Leonel was


    around. That was Maya and she thought she could be her with her husband, but she was wrong. The


    one week was great but it seems she has toe back to reality.


    The reality that they''re only married on paper and not real couples for one to remember everything that


    their spouses say. That was the reality. The bitter reality of her life. Or maybe she was reading too


    much in between the lines. Was she?


    "I''m going to pick up my best friend who isnding in less than twenty minutes and I''m not there for her


    to see me and the one I told you about the previous day. Remember?"


    Maya didn''t miss the look Chris'' face. He looked hurt and she did want to say something that hurt him


    more but she held her tongue or she thought she did.


    "Leonel did remember and I told him one week ago, you know." She was fighting her tears back. "And


    you know what is funny? That wasn''t the main thing we were talking about. That was just a by the way


    but he still remembered. He remembered that my best friend wasing back after five months of not


    being around. He remembered every detail and you? You didn''t remember anything when we talked so


    much about her just the other night. I don''t know why, but it hurts. It hurts that my husband forgot


    something important like this but never mind. It''s only on paper."


    She didn''t want to say those hurtful words. She didn''t even want to bring Leonel when she knew what


    her husband felt when she talked about him but it slipped. It slipped without her wanting to and what''s


    done is done.


    Maya watched her husband open his mouth but he didn''t let him speak. Not when she was this mad


    anyway. She let her legs move as if they had mind of their own and before she knew it, she was pulling


    out of the mansion. The tears were threateninge out but she didn''t let them do it.


    She was going to pick her friend and she was supposed to be happy. Happy that finally after five


    months her friend wasing back home. Home where she belonged all the while. When Maya got at


    the airport, it was twenty minutes past the time. She ran towards the entrance where she was pushing


    past the crowded people. Her eyes were everywhere and anywhere looking for Kyle.


    Just then her eyes met and locked with Leonel. She didn''t know what he was doing at the airport and


    seeing him get tears fell down. He walked towards her smiling and Maya did move her eyes away from


    him.


    "Didn''t I tell you that she''ll cry?" She heard someone say and Maya moved her eyes to his left and


    there her friend stood with all smiles. "Hey meal drama queen, didn''t you miss me?" Kyle asked moving


    towards her.


    Maya walked towards her friend and hugged her as if her life was depending on her. Her tears flowed


    none stop and she her hold tightened. She missed her best friend. She missed her silly jokes and her


    making sense all the time. Maya felt her friend''s has rub her back as she cried. To be honest, she didn''t


    know why she was crying.


    The fact that she thought her husband remember and that she shout at him when he couldn''t


    remember. Or the fact that Leonel was here to keep her friendpany before she arrived or tears of


    happiness when she met her dear best friend. Whatever it was, she was d that she was letting it all


    out.


    "You''re killing me." Maya heard her friend say out of breath.


    She let her go but took her hands into hers. God, she missed Kyle so much that she was even


    forgetting that Leonel still stood there waiting for a thank you.


    "I''m really sorry that I''mte." She said looking at her friend.


    Kyle wiped her tears away as she smiled at her.


    "I wish you stayed for a while longer, girl, you never told me that you reced me with with handsome


    charming gentleman." She said looking at her. "And don''t worry he told me that you sent him here to


    entertain me since you''re caught in the traffic and he was around this area. So it okay."


    Maya looked at Leonel and the tears that had stopped for a minute flew once again. It was too much for


    her. He was there for her. He even lied for her. Who wouldn''t want a guy like this. Whoever was going


    to marry her second best friend was going to be a lucky person. And that thought only made her


    jealous. Jealous of that unknowndy who was going to be luck.


    Maya moved to Leonel and pulled him for an hug.


    "Thank you." She whispered in his ears.


    Maya heard Leonel say anytime before she pulled away from him and smiled at him. She was about to


    wipe her tears away when Leonel bit her to it. His fingers lingered there for a while before he pulled his


    hands away and put his hands in his pants.


    "You''re going to tell me what I missed for those five months since it seems it''s allot." Kyle said looking


    at both of them. "For know, I''m starving."


    "I''m also starving." Maya said taking her friend''s hand. "Let''s go to the restaurant."


    "Actually, I made a reservation in African Cafe and Restaurant before I came here." Leonel said moving


    towards Maya. "It was for three but I can let you guys catch up."


    "And have you stare at the ceiling while we are enjoying your efforts, it''s a no." Kyle said looking at


    Leonel.


    Leonelughed at her statement although it didn''t seem funny at all. "It''s okay, I''ve some work to do


    anyway."


    "Girl, tell this guy that no one says no to me."


    "You don''t want to go there, Leo." Maya said looking at her. "Cause you won''t win. So let''s get moving."


    Maya got in the car with Kyle while Leonel drove behind them. After an hour, they''re all settled in the


    restaurant and enjoying there meal while talking about random things.


    Leonel stoppedughing at aedy that Kyle had made just one minute ago.


    "You know, I thought Kyle was a man''s name."


    Kyle looked at him as she kept on chewing. Maya knew that look and she just hoped that this


    conversation didn''t go sour. Everything was going on so well that she even forgot about her husband


    and what she had said to him. It would be bad if Kyle got mad on the first day actually not day but an


    hour.


    Kyle hated it when people asked that question. But it seemed that all her life she will answer that


    question even though she didn''t like it at all. Maya smiled at Leonel who seemed like he was about to


    apologize.


    "It''s a unisex name." Kyle answered after swallowing her food. "My father gave it to me since he


    thought that I was going to be a boy and not a girl."


    Leonel took a ss of water and drank from it. With the way she talked, it''s like it was a very sensitive


    topic and he had to apologize at least.


    "I''m really sorry." He said once he ced the ss down. "It''s just that most people with those names


    are man."


    Kyle smiled at him. "It''s okay as long as you don''t bring it up, again."


    "I won''t, I promise."


    Maya smiled at both of them.


    "Now that that is solved, how about some dessert?"


    Leone''s eyes light, "your favourite, chocte ice cream." And he began tough of course


    remembering what Maya had texted him few nights ago. Maya looked at him and smiled before saying


    you wish.


    "By any chance I''m I missing anything here?" Kyle asked. "And since when is chocte ice cream your


    favourite dessert?"


    Leonel could not help butugh. "Since her husband overheard me say that."


    "Which you said out loud for him to hear."


    "This is interesting," Kyle said looking at both of them. "I want to know everything but before that, I


    thought you and your husband were going to pick me up since you said everything is okay now."


    Maya coughed a fake cough and called the waiter before any could say another word. She ordered


    their dessert since she knew their favorite and took a sip of water from her ss. To be honest, that''s


    what she also thought. That he will take her to the airport to pick her friend.


    That was why she told him in that first ce. But where was he? He wasn''t around when she needs


    him to be there. Maybe he was at Kimberly''s house making her one of those delicious meals then after


    that they would roll in hay together.


    The dessert was served to them and they all dug in. After they''re done, Leonel insisted on paying their


    bill which Maya gave in after a while. They walked outside the restaurant where Leonel said his


    goodbyes to both of them and hoped to see Kyle around before they got in the car and drove towards


    Kyle''s apartment.


    ording to her, she had asked he maid to go and clean up before she got home and true to her word,


    the apartment looked like their was someone leaving in it. Kyle fell on one of the couches.


    "Home sweet home." she said raising her legs on the couch. "It''s nice to be home and I missed you


    apartment."


    Mayaughed although it felt like a forcedughed. "I''m sure it missed you too. So, what happens to


    you since you quit your job?"


    "Can''t that wait for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?" Kyle pulled her legs down. "Is everything okay


    between you and your husband?"


    "We might have has a fight. I don''t know." Maya answered with all honest.


    "What do you mean by you don''t know?"


    Maya locked her gaze with her, "I might have said things that I didn''t mean to say to be honest." It was


    the truth. "I was mad at him because he couldn''t remember that you''reing back home and Leonel


    did."


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    "So you''re telling me that you argued with your husband because of me?" Kyle shock her head in


    disbelief. "And youpared him with another guy who happens to know more about you than


    yourself, Maya, I thought you knew better."


    "I was mad, kyle."


    "Mad or not Maya, neverpare a man with another one as long as you leave." Kyle got up and sat


    on the other couch that Maya was on. "Did you at least let him exin himself?"


    "No," she answered looking away.


    Kyle took one of her hands. "What if he got drawn in work and forgot?"


    "Leonel didn''t."


    "What does Leonel do?"


    "He is a model."


    "And Chris?"


    "He runs a designingpany."


    Kyle looked at Maya. "Do you see my point now? They''re not the same level Maya. Chris is under


    stress from every corner while Leo, he has none at all. Which means he is bound to remember more, if


    you would like it, a word by word when Chris can''t. Besides, you told me the poor guy was trying his


    best to make things work."


    Maya wiped a tear that slide down her cheek.


    "Are you trying to say I was acting stupid?"


    "I''m not trying, I''m saying you acted stupid Maya. You need to go and apologies to that poor guy and


    before you say something to him next time, please try to listen."


    Maya saw Kyle looking at her as if she was asking her what she was waiting for.


    "You mean like right now?" And Kyle nodded her head. "But we haven''t even had time of our own to


    talk."


    Kyle faked a yawn as she got on her feet. "I''m really sleepy." She looked at her wrist watch. "Besides,


    I''m not going anywhere, I''m here to stay."


    Maya got up and pecked her friend. They exchanged good nights and she walked out. See why she


    missed her friend? Kyle always made someone what ifs which was a good thing. She pulled her car in


    front of the mansion and got out.


    When she walked in Chris was on the couch fast asleep. Maya moved towards him and felt sorry for


    what she did. The poor guy had slept on the couch waiting for her. She ced her hand on his face


    pushing the hair away from it. Chris stared in his sleep and she pulled her hand away.


    Maya thought for a while and she came up with one conclusion, that it was better to wait till tomorrow


    before they spoke.


    "Chris," she called shaking him up to wake. "Chris, get up."


    "Mmh!" He groaned in his sleep. "Leave me alone." He turned to look the other side.


    "You need to get to bed."


    Chris shook of her hand from his shoulder. "My wife isn''t home yet." He turned to look at her. "She is


    the only one who can tell me that."


    "Are you drunk?"


    Chrisughed still in his sleep. "I just had this bit." He showed her his fingers. "And go away. I want my


    Maya here."


    "Chris, it''s me, Maya."


    "Cupcake is mad at me and you don''t sound like her so go away."


    Maya didn''t say anything instead she pushed him up and helped him get up but he was too heavy for


    him which they ended up falling down and Chris being on top of her.


    "Get off of me you prick."


    Chris just jiggled. "You look like, cupcake. Full lips that scream for me to kiss them. I want to taste


    them, cupcake."


    And Maya watched him lean in. His breath linked alcohol the close he got.


    "Cupcake." He whispered.

 Chapter 34

    Chapter 34


    Chris finished the target of his day that dayte. It''s been one week since the reconciliation he had


    been trying to bnce work and family. Family, that word alone made him smile. He had a family, yes,


    his Maya''s and the only thing that was missing in that family was kids that looked like him or Maya.


    If anything he wanted their daughters to look like their mother and sons to look like him but inherit their


    mother''s green eyes. And they they would be aplete family. A happy one since it would be a


    football team yers in that mansion.


    Of he didn''t need one kid or two at that matter like everyone else is doing out there. He wanted to be


    like his ancestors. The one who thought that having many kids was counted to be rich. That''s what he


    wanted to be rich. Not in money wise but rich in heart.


    Rich for having a full house and that would be possible if he won Maya up within less than seven


    months now. He still loved Kimberly to be fair to himself and everyone around him. One doesn''t fall out


    of love within an over night but still he felt something different for Maya.


    Something that could make them leave happily ever after if there was that. He didn''t believe in that


    himself. To him, it''s just a way of avoiding to make a story long that it supposed to be and that happily


    ever after is where true disasters ur. Come to think of it.


    If there are ever after would people get divorced after getting married? Would a mother abandon their


    own flesh and blood? Would rtives treat each other like dirt or strangers? Would people bury their


    loved ones because they were killed? That''s why their wasn''t happy after for him. He didn''t believe in it


    and neither was he going to do that.


    Chris closed his book after going through it for the past ten minutes. He wanted everything to be


    perfect for that day. The day that he would hand over the gift. He pushed his chair back and pulled his


    coat away from his seat. He had less than twenty minutes to get home and make dinner like he has


    been doing for the past one week. That''s how he knew he would get time to spend with Maya.


    His wife was always busy with her work and he if he didn''te up with ideas of how to spend time


    with her then he would find seven months are over and they''re getting a divorce. And he didn''t want to


    regret never giving it a try.


    So that''s why he made sure he did everything before six in his office and went home to get started with


    the cooking. He still knew nothing about her favourite dessert. So he bought or prepared any dessert


    that he knew apart from chocte ice cream. Some of them she made disgusting face when she took


    them in her mouth and others she had no reaction and when he asked she would only say they''re okay.


    As for the rest, she moaned the moment she took them in and that would bother him way too much and


    also excite him at the same time. But none was her favourite or maybe she didn''t want him to know yet.


    Chris walked to the elevator and he thanked his luck stars that he had made it to the elevator without


    running into Wesley. But that bubble was busted out when the elevator doors opened again and in


    walked the devil that had then taken over his thoughts.


    Of course Wesley being the best friend of the year, he had a mischievous grin but said nothing. And


    Chris being Chris, he preferred to say nothing unless asked anything.


    "So," of course he wouldn''t havested that long. They''re now walking on the lobby. "When are the


    clothes going to be ready. Remember that we''ve only next week and we still have no measures to use."


    Chris let out a breath that he had no idea that he was holding. He thought Wesley will go about his


    daily bread of teasing him every chance he got. Telling him how much in love he was with thess of


    which was no true. Yes he was in love but with a different woman whom he hadn''t see since the


    incident that took ce at the restaurant and he was happy. Was he being unfair?


    "The couple said that they''lle in tomorrow." Chris said standing besides his jeep. "As well as the


    maids of honour. But I''m done with different scratching which they''ll chose from."


    That''s what he had been doing for the past one week and he was trying. It wasn''t easy with a beautiful


    woman in his mind but again she gave him inspiration. The ironic part was him calling her beautiful


    when only few months ago he had called her ugly. The ugliest thing he had ever seen which was a lie


    since he desired her the moment he set his eyes on her. That was a way to prove to himself that he


    didn''t need her. That he could function well without her but now he was seeing things more clearly.


    Clearly to know that he feelings for her. Clearly enough for him to feel jealous of another guy who knew


    everything about her when he knew nothing yet. And to add salt to the wound, he called her every


    morning just to be the first one to say morning to her. And what pissed him more was that he still had


    no her number and Wesley refused to give it to him. In fact, he wouldn''t even let him touch his phone


    thinking he is going to get it.


    "I''ve to run," Wesley said walking to his car. "I''ve a date with this amazing girl I met the other day and to


    be honest, I want to beid. Go and cook for that love of mine but please, take her out once in a while,


    who knows, she might be tired of eating that crap of yours."


    Of course he was shouting for everyone around them to hear. Chris wanted to say something back but


    Wesley was already driving out of the parking lot. Maya loved his food. She moaned it out and she


    alwayspliment it once they''re done but as always he had a point. He had to take her out once in a


    while.


    Chris got in the jeep and drove off. Now he had less that five minutes to get home and get in the


    kitchen. Which was impossible to him since he was no Vin from Fast and Furious and there were street


    roles to be followed.


    As he drove, he couldn''t help but think of what he was going to prepare and when he got home he went


    straight to him room and that''s when he found Maya wearing her sneakers. And everything went sour


    with her outburst. Of course it did hurt him that shepared him with her friend but she would have


    still given him a chance.


    It hurt him that he forgot too but he couldn''t bnce everything. He had to finish the scratch today itself


    and he also had to arrive home early to make dinner for them. He was nody to remember everything.


    Like every kids birthdays and at the same time work all day. He couldn''t multitask and here it''s the


    evidence. His wife leaving him without allowing him to give his reasons for forgetting. At least she


    should have listened to him then decided his fate after that.


    That''s why when she mmed the door he buried his hands in his face. He had hurt her already. How


    then was he going to make her happy in less than seven months. One weekter and it felt like she


    had made a wrong decision. At least that''s what she was trying to say. It''s like she chose her friend


    over him. No not chose but preferred. He was the best thing anyway to her. He deserved her more than


    Chris did. To him, Mr. Ambrose was once luck bastard.


    After sitting in the bedroom for what seemed like forever, he got up and walked to the kitchen. The least


    he could do at the moment is make dinner for them. Maya would bring her friend home and she would


    introduce them and they would eat together then he would give her one of the guest room and


    everyone would be happy.


    Chris folded his shirt and began to look for the ingredients that he needed to make dinner. Of course


    like any other day, he made it with so much love and by the time he was done hours had gone by. He


    walked upstairs and took shower then changed into one of his many sweatpants and a ck tee shirt.


    He didn''t know why but he wanted to look as casual as he could and not intimidating.


    Chris took his phone to look at the time and to his surprise, it was almost ten and Maya wasn''t back. To


    console himself he came up with every idea that he had. Like maybe she was stuck in traffic or her


    friends flight got dyed. What else would be the reason for her noting back home. Home where


    she belonged with him and no one else.


    Twenty minutester, his phone light up and he took it expecting a message from Maya saying that


    they''re runningte but he was wrong. It was a photo from Wesley and before he could even click it, he


    knew that it was Wesley''s date that he was trying to prove how gorgeous she was.


    Since he had nothing to do in particr, he clicked it and just then, his heart dropped. It wasn''t


    Wesley''s date at all. It was Maya and Mr. Ambroseughing their lungs out but they weren''t alone.


    They''re with a blonde that Chris remember he say the first time he saw Maya. She must be Kyle.


    And then he read the message that Wesley had sent with the photo. It said that he thought Chris was


    the one who was supposed to be there and not the guy. He was right but he had messed up and Mr.


    Ambrose being Mr. Ambrose, he took his change. His change to be the night in shining armour. When


    he, he was sitting home waiting for his wife toe back home. How pathetic of him. She told him


    something expecting him to react to it but he failed her in the worse way he could.


    Chris walked to the bar and poured himself a ss of whiskey. He downed all of it and poured himself


    another and he did the same. Then he poured himself another but this he didn''t take it in that rate. He


    carried it to the sitting room and sat on the couch. He needed to be sober when he apologised to her


    the moment she got home. Home to him and not Mr. Ambrose. He took a sip of his whiskey and stared


    at the ceiling.


    He didn''t carry his phone with him since he didn''t want to look for her number. Not actually look but


    more like force it out of his best friend. That thought had him taking arge sip of his drink. By the time


    he realised it, he ss was empty and it took all he had in him not to walk back to the bar. Till was still


    sticking and there were no sign of her.


    He didn''t know how he fell asleep but the next thing he knew was someone was waking him up. Of


    course he answered like any other half drunk person would or someone who is asleep and that is to


    chase the hater away.


    They''re haters those people who don''t allow you to sleep like you''re supposed to. Then he didn''t know


    what he was saying until he had her say he should get off of him since he was heavy? No those weren''t


    her word. She called him something else. Chris just smiled and looked and her face and her full lips.


    They''re tempting him and he was getting hot all over his body. He could use the advantage of her


    thinking he was drunk and kiss her for the third time in his life and second time since they married and


    first of him knowing he was kissing her.


    "Cupcake," he called leaning in to take her lips to his. To feel those soft lips on his and who knows, he


    would be a dad within an over night since he would use no protection with her. Never since he wanted


    his piece and gets form something beautiful.


    Just when he was about to brush her lips, he was pushed to the side and he fell on the hard floor. He


    wanted to shout out the sober him but he remembered to her he was no sober.


    "Ouch! That was so mean cupcake." He said moving towards her. "Why won''t you let me kiss you?" He


    looked into her eyes.


    Chris watched Maya get on her feet. She turned to him, "you''re drunk and you don''t want to kiss me."


    "But I love your full lips, cupcake."


    Maya looked away to hide hurt which noticed before she even did that.


    "Because you''re drunk right now." She leaned down to help him stand on his feet. "Let''s get you to bed


    now."


    Chris got on his feet and he leaned all he weight on her. He knew she couldn''t hold him and in no time


    they''re on the couch. This time she was on top of him and he took that change to hold he waist firm so


    she won''t get off of him. She felt good in his arms and she did fit him well. It''s like she was made for


    him and he was too blind to see that.


    "Just how much did you''ve to drink?" She asked trying to get off of him but he wouldn''t budge in.


    Just like before but this time he didn''t demonstrate it he answered a little.


    "Chris lemme go." She still fought to get free. "We still need to get you to bed."


    "Why did you note home when you fetched your friend?"


    He didn''t mean to sound hurt when he asked her that but he did. His emotions betrayed him in the


    worse way than they could. She looked away as if looking for an answer to give but instead she told


    that they needed to get him to bed. It hurt but she was right. They all had to rest. Maybe they would talk


    when she stopped thing that he was drunk.


    "I''ll walk on my own then."


    Although it hurt letting her go, he still did it. He got up and began to walk towards the stair case. Maya


    was behind him since he felt her heat even from the distance they''re walking from each other. Once he


    got mid case, he thought of acting tips to see what will happen and just when he was about to fall, she


    was at his rescue.


    He smiled at her and locked her gaze. "Remind me to build an elevator for the mansion."


    Mayaughed at his humour and got him on his feet.


    "I sure will because I also get tired climbing them."


    Chrisughed at her statement and continued to walk up. But not straight, he had to be tips. When they


    got to their flow, he missed his room but Maya help him to their room. She led him to the bed and he


    pulled her with him.


    "I''ll prepare you some coffee to help you sober up."


    Before he could hold her, she freed herself and walked away.. In a way, he was happy that she was


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    making him coffee. God knew how much he missed her coffee and how many times he wished he


    would find it on the ind once he got back from his morning jog but it never happened.


    In what seemed like five minutes, Maya walked in with a mug on her hands. She ced it on the night


    stand and helped him to seat up. She handed it to him and which he protested at first but drunk after


    her insisting.


    "Why did you make dinner?" She asked in a low voice that he barely heard her.


    Chris ce his already half drunk coffee on the night stand and looked at her.


    "I was hoping that you woulde back with your friend after you fetched her and we would all dine


    together as a way of apologising but I was wrong. I''m sorry Maya that I''m not like Mr. Ambrose who


    knows everything about you and remembers everything. I''m sorry that I''m not romantic like him that I''ve


    to use a name that I heard him call you since I couldn''te up with mine but don''t get me wrong, I


    love it.


    "I''m sorry that I forgot about your friend arriving today. It''s just that this was a busy one for me and I had


    to meet a target since tomorrow has to be presented and be ready by next week. I know I seem like


    I''ve everything under control but I don''t Maya. But I''m trying don''t you think? I''m really sorry Maya. So


    sorry."


    He was out of breath but he had do it. Apologised to her whiche to think of it, he had been doing.


    He seems to apologise more than do anything good to her. It hurt deep down but he wasn''t about to


    show her. She was fighting tear like she did when she shouted at him and mmed the door early and


    he hated himself for that.


    "I''m also sorry Chris," she smiled at him. "I should have listened to you before jumping into conclusions


    andparing you with Leonel. It was wrong of me. I hope you can forgive me, Chris. As for me, I do. I


    forgive you.


    Chris smiled at her and he pulled her into a hug saying thank you that he forgives her too although he


    saw no ws on her side.


    "I''m tired, I think I should rest and you too to sober up."


    Chris looked up when she got up and he said the first think that came out of his mouth.


    "Pleasey with me." He was pleading of course. And when he saw the look on her face he added.


    "Just sleep and only for today."


    She said no and moved to her bag to pick her pajamas then walked to the bathroom. He hadn''t given


    up and when she walked out he was more determined. She wore a tag top and a blue booty shorts


    showing her perfect legs.


    "The only way I''ll sleep is when you sleep besides me." He said think of something to make hery with


    him. "Drunk people don''t sleep and I''ll make sure that you won''t when you sleep on the couch but when


    youy with me, I won''t disturb you. I promise."


    "I''ll pass," she pulled the duvet. "And don''t you dare disturb me."


    Just after five minutes, he called her name and he knew she pretended to be asleep since she didn''t


    respond. He began to sing and when she didn''t attempt to join him on the bed, he sang loud and bad


    that she got irritated and asked him to keep quite. He didn''t until he heard her get up and watch her


    walk towards him.


    "Fine. And don''t try anything else or I''ll forget that your drunk, Chris Rollins."


    "Yes ma''am."


    And with that, he heard her breath heavily after ten minutes or so.


    He smiled at himself and let his eyes close with a smile nted on his face. Tomorrow was new


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    Chapter 35


    Maya wake up the following day to find herself in the arms of her dear husband. He had cuddled her


    from her back and it left her wondering when he did that. To her, they were only going to sleep and


    that''s what happened or at least that''s what she thought till morning.


    She thought for a while how she was going to get out of his arms without waking him up since she was


    going to avoid him today. Not because he hugged her from behind so tight that she couldn''t breath but


    because he was no sober when he apologised or rather she apologised.


    What if he woke up and thought that nothing had changed? That he had apologised to her and she to


    him? It was better to handle this things at night to avoid bad day. Maya tried to turn so that sheid of


    her back but his hold just tightened which left her wondering if he was really asleep.


    His breathing was evenly and that to her meant Chris was either half asleep or he was pretending to


    be. But it didn''t stop her from trying again and again which all she got was firm hands around her.


    Maya moved her eyes to the grandfather clock that hung on the walk to find that it was five in the


    morning. She never walk up at the time, she walk up at six and her husband walk up at five twenty to


    go for his morning jog.


    Her breath quicken when she heard someone breath on her neck. Of course it did sent shivers down


    her spine which had her hold her breath. She should''ve expected when she had a chance. Maybe gone


    to make breakfast for him with a brewing coffee for his hangover. But no, she had to struggle to be on


    her back which woke him up.


    What happened to don''t wake him? She had no idea herself and now, now she was going to pay for


    her bad choice.


    "You smell so good." Chris said still on her neck. His voice was more heavy than it usually is which


    made her amused. It''s the first time she heard his speak for his sleep and to be honest, it was sexy


    than she hated to admit. "You smell likevender and it''s driving me crazy."


    Of course it had to since he pulled her closer than she thought it was important. Her tag top had risen


    up and her skin on the back touched his bare stomach. Wait, bare? Chris had worn a tee shirt and


    sweatpants when they went to sleep and now he was wearing nothing since her legs and thigh were


    skin to skin with his. She wanted to jump out of bed but his hold held her still.


    As if reading her mind, he answered. "It was hot in the night so I got rid of my clothes." Chris nted a


    perk on her neck. "The thing is that I don''t know if it''s you who made this ce so hot or the duvet. But


    not to worry I''m in my briefs not unless you want to get rid of them yourself. To be honest, I won''t mind."


    Those words bothered Maya so much. She didn''t know why but the did and he didn''t help when he


    slide his one hand to her belly. Maya held her breath as if waiting for it to either go up or down but it did


    none. Instead, he rubbed her belly and she couldn''t miss the smirk that she felt from him on her neck.


    Things had taken a wrong turn. Not how she expected them to go. She thought Chris would have a


    hangover in the morning when he woke up and yet, here he was doing this sinful things to her. Yes,


    sinful. She hadn''t bargained for this when sheid to the bed with himst night. Please, remind her


    next time when she thinks of doing that again.


    Maya''s thoughts were pulled back when she heard pain from where Chris had been sucking for thest


    God knows how long. And that when she came to her senses and understood what he was doing. The


    bastard had given her a hickey. He had given her a freaking hickey so that whoever saw her would


    think she had a steamy night or morning.


    "Don''t worry kitten," Chris said when he felt her try to move away from him. "I was just making my


    territory. So Mr. Ambrose will see that he stands no chance."


    What was he talking about? Leonel wasn''t interested in her, at least that''s what she knew. He was just


    a friend no, in fact her best friend. Yes, he had graduated from being a friend to a best friend since he


    earned it. Maybe when she met himte today she would give him the good news and watch his


    reaction.


    But her knowing Leonel for being Leonel, he would say he knew that since the day the met and she


    being Maya, she would hit his shoulder yful and call him a name and he would pretend to be hurt but


    they wouldugh together. So Chris had no reason to be jealous of Leonel. Wait, what was she even


    saying.


    She had to asking him what he was talking about but what came out of her mouth shocked her herself.


    "Kitten?"


    Yeah, that''s what she asked and not why he wanted to mark his territory when they had less than six


    months before they separate and everyone go their own way. She had thought of moving state when


    they did that or town. Of course, she didn''t want to run into her ex when they''re divorced.


    She didn''t know why but it would hurt her when she got those papers and signed on them. It even hurt


    to think of the damn divorce now. What then. What of that day? When they''ll have theirwyers there to


    negotiate for each one of them. But she needed nothing from him. She would leave him the way she


    found him or more richer than he was.


    Maya had her own money and a career to depend on. And she would be grateful that she won''t go


    back to her father for anything. Not for money and neither for love and affection since she would have


    an idea of how it felt to be loved by people around you and not one person. That was also her other


    reason to move state. To be away from her monster of her father who is a monster to her and a


    blessing to others.


    "Yes, kitten." Chris rubbed his noise over her neck bring Maya back to reality. "It''s my name and I''ll call


    you that from now own. It''s not like I don''t like cupcake anymore. This is my original." She felt his hand


    on her belly move a little high and her hand moved to stop it from moving. Of course he let out a


    sexiestugher she had never heard before. That is if she ever heard himugh. "And you can call


    me," she heard him lean to her ears and whisper, "puppy."


    Maya didn''t know why or how it happened but she moaned out earning her anotherughter from


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    Chris. He was enjoying what he was doing to her and she, she didn''t understand why she was reacting


    to him. And just when she thought it was over, he flipped her on back and before she could register


    what was happening, he was on top of her. This time, her top only covered her breast and her breath


    was heavy and so was is.


    She wanted to push him away. She really did but her hands didn''t even attempt to pull her top down.


    It''s like every part of her body had their own mind now. Her legs wanted to wrap around her husband''s


    body, her eyes wanted to watch her crush since highschool all day long long and her hands, they''re the


    worst. She didn''t even want to think of what they wanted.


    "I''ve never seen anything so beautiful like you in the morning." Chris was rubbing her cheeks. "I''m even


    jealous. Jealous of the mattress since you sleep on to of it and not me. Jealous of the duvet for


    covering your whole body every night and not me as I''m doing now. I''m jealous of the pillow for making


    your hair mess every time you sleep on them and not my hands who do much want to do that when we


    make love. I''m jealous of the clothes for hiding that sexy body of your and covering it up when it''s my


    hands, lips and eyes should be doing that, kitten. I''m jealous kitten. Jealous that your friends get to


    make youugh and not me. I''m really really jealous of so many things that I can''t mention them at one


    go. Cause I''m even jealous of the sun and rain for kissing your beautiful skin with rays and drops of


    water when my lips have not done that yet. I need to stop there."


    Now she, was out of breath. And it had her wonder why? Chris was the one supposed to be out for


    breath for speaking to her without him stopping. He was jealous. Jealous because of her. The things


    around her made him jealous. Was that a good thing? Was she also jealous? She had no idea why she


    was happy but she felt like she could face the world head on. Chris was now rubbing her lips which had


    her stare at his hazel eyes. They''re always blue when he was mad but now, now they''re changing from


    blue to brown.


    And then he did what she wasn''t expecting him to do. Lean in. Her breath was caught in her lungs. And


    she needed air more than she ever thought she did before. Chris was about to crash his lips with hers


    when she moved her head to the side and he, he kissed her cheek.


    "Com''no kitten, I know you''re feeling what I''m feeling." He moved a little bit and that''s when she felt


    him. He was too excited for her and that gave her the strength that she needed to push him away. He


    fell on the other side of the bedughing and she wasted no time get of the bed and moving away.


    "Why are you so mean?" He pulled the duvet to cover himself stillughing. "He was just too excited


    and he doesn''t bit, you know."


    Maya brushed and looked at her watch. Thanks to him, the excited him she was on her feet at six.


    "I need to get ready for work." She began to walk towards her suitcase.


    "Please, don''t sway that arse like that." She heard Chris say from her back. "He is already hurt as it is


    and trust me, it''s not easy to calm him down. If you understand what I mean."


    She did. Kyle had told her this things. Of course her innocent ears didn''t want to hear anything but now


    she was thankful to her friend. If not for her, she could have asked him what he meant. After search for


    what she was going to wear, Maya walked into the bathroom without looking at Chris. But she didn''t


    miss the moan he let out before she closed the door behind her and locked it at that matter.


    Of course, this was the first time she locked herself in the bathroom since the other days he was


    always out jogging and she left before he coulde back. As for Sunday''s, she would wake up before


    him and get ready to for service. So, there was no need to lock the damn door. But today, there was a


    need and that''s why she did it.


    Once Maya was done with dressing up, she opened the draw and pulled out ab. The hickey that


    her husband gave her was on the right hence forcing her tob her hair on the right. She just prayed


    to heavens that there would be no emergency today which will force her to hold her hair in ponytail.


    Once done, she unlocked the door and hoped that Chris would be back to sleep but he sat up looking a


    the bathroom door. Their eyes locked and at that time, nothing existence apart from the two of them.


    Maya didn''t know why but her eyes moved from his to his lips which they stayed there for minutes. She


    knew he was watching her when his lips turned onto a smirk. That made her move her eyes from them


    but she went lower than that.


    She watched the way his chest rose and fell telling her that he was breathing heavily. His abs were so


    perfect that she wanted to run her hands on them and then she moved lower than that but to her


    disappointment, he had covered himself with the duvet.


    "You know, you can alwayse back to bed." Of course, he had seen her frown. "This time you can


    see him and feel him at the same time."


    Maya looked away and walked to her collection of handbags. She wore a grey dress along with ck


    t shoes which left her with one choice, a ck purse or handbag. She was red and that''s why she


    walked away without him looking at him again. Once she took her purse, she looked for her car keys


    and her phone from the bag she had the previous day.


    Maya looked at her phone to find five missed calls and one message. Two calls were Kyle and the


    message wanting to know how it went and wishing her a good night. As for the three, they''re from


    Leonel two from the previous night and one two minutes ago. The minutes that she was eating Chris


    with her eyes.


    "I can''t find my phone. I must have misced itst night when I was drunk." She heard her husband


    from behind her and he was close since she felt his heat. "Lent me your phone to call since I left it hear


    before I went to get myself drunk."


    She did. But he had to brush her fingers as she handed him the phone. She felt something strange run


    all down to her toes and if it was Kyle, she would call it, sparks.


    Maya watched Chris type his number on her phone and then watched him wait. His phone rung from


    somewhere around the bed and he walked towards it. She watched him bed on the other side and


    "Thanks."


    "You''re wee." She said returning her phone to the purse. "I''ve to leave now."


    "And here I thought you''re telling I''m wee to the bed." Maya shock her head and turned to walk


    away.


    Just too steps and her back collided with a had chest.


    "No good by kiss?"


    He didn''t wait for her to answer before his lips were on her exposed neck biting and sucking it at one


    go. Of course, she fought to be free but the more she did, the more he held tight.


    "Let go, Chris."


    He did but not before he kissed the hickey he had given her. "It''s puppy not Chris, kitten."


    "You''re mad."


    "Not mad, kitten." She took steps towards the door this time faster. "I''m intoxicated."


    Maya didn''t stop. She closed the door behind her and walked downstairs. She got on her car thing of


    how her husband was acting like a dog on heat. It''s not like she didn''t like it but it felt so wrong. He


    loved someone else not her. He even wanted a divorce to get married to the woman of his dreams,


    then why was he doing that? Why was making her feel something special. Something that she wanted


    tost as long as she leaved? And were the feeling anyway?


    Yes, she had a crush on him since highschool when he had only turned twenty. That was a crush which


    love.


    Wait? Was she in love with Chris? And if yes, for how long now? God, she was acting crazy and


    thinking crazy. She couldn''t be in love with him. This was crazy. She was crazy.


    Maya looked at a review mirror to see her fresh hickey staring back at her. She groaned and moved her


    hair on the other side. She just hoped that no one saw them. After she was done, she inserted her keys


    to start the engine and before she drove of, her phone bibbed notifying her of a new message. She


    pulled it out to read it. It could have bee and emergency or Leonel again.


    But it wasn''t any of those and her eyes almost popped out of their socks. Chris had saved himself


    puppy. Puppy of all the names.


    I''ll be taking you out for dinner with your best friend to make it up to you forst night. I''ll text the


    address to youter. Please wear the dress that you''ll find on top of your suitcase. Sorry I went through


    your bag. If you don''t wear it, I won''t be held responsible for what he''ll do to you. See youter, kitten.

 Chapter 36

    Chapter 36


    Chris walked to the VP area to wait for his date. Wait, date? It wasn''t a date but a way to apologize to


    his wife for ever forgetting that her teenage friend wasing back in the country but in a way, he


    wished that she would call in heal and it will be just him and Maya.


    Of course, he wanted to meet Kyle since his wife had talked so much of her. Of how they became best


    friends and why she loved Kyle so much. That day they had slept past midnight talking only about her


    friend.


    She was on the couch lying there and he was on his bed watching her speak fondly of Kyle and at that


    time, he was think of him and Wesley wondering if that''s how he talked about him. That day would


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    forever remain in his mind and he was happy for the memory. The memory with Maya and him. And he


    was going to make so many of them from that day forward.


    "Sir, what do I get you?" The waitress cut through his thoughts. The music was ying so loudly. And


    people swayed their bodies on the dance floor.


    Chris looked at his waitress for the night and smiled at her. Nothing was going to ruin his night today


    and most a waitress. Call him arrogant or whatever you may like but tonight was his night.


    "Actually, nothing." He nced at his wrist watch again, "I''m waiting for someone and they''ll be here in


    about two minutes."


    He wasn''t sure but that was the only minutes remaining for them to be there. He had texted Maya the


    name of the club three hours ago and switched off his phone. Why, because he didn''t want to hear her


    before he allowed panic attack to take control of him.


    "Okay Sir." The waitress said still standing there. "Please excuse me."


    Chris let his eyes room at the entrance. They had to walk in any second from then. He sat at the first


    floor of the club and he could see we from the end of the corner that he was sitting from.


    Just then, his eyes caught two women that walked inside the club. One wore a mid thigh pink dress


    that shouted look at me I''m hot and her hair was in a bun not hiding the shoulders that were free from


    the material but that wasn''t his interest but the woman next to her.


    The one who walked like she had never been in a club all her life. She looked scare to walk in those


    ck heels that shouted I''m sexy and you can''t do anything about it. As for her long legs, god, even


    looking at them turned him on way too much than it was necessary.


    And now he was looking at her clothing. Of course, it was the dress that he had chosen for her early


    this morning and now he knew why he never saw her in it despite it being beautiful. It was a ck


    dress that reached almost her knees. Her cleavage hung out just perfectly as he had hoped they


    would. Their eyes met and his breath was out. He had forgotten how to breath at the moment. He


    couldn''t remember how to do it.


    Maya wore makeup something she never did. He had never seen her in a makeup that he had gotten


    used to seeing her as natural as she was. He smiled, why? Because that was the only thing that he


    could think off of that moment.


    "You made it," Chris said once they walked to him.


    "Of course we did." That was the pinky dresseddy whom he guessed was Kyle. "I can never say no


    for a good club but your wife here, she was about to bail out. Good thing I was there."


    Chris chuckled. "And thank heavens for you being there. I''m Chris by the way. Chris Rollins and you


    must be Kyle..."


    "Kyle Edgar and it''s really an honour to meet the guy who made my best friend have a crush on him


    since she was a teenager, in person."


    "Kyle, don''t you think your giving way too much info?" Maya asked hitting her friend on the ribs.


    "Please, I think I want to hear all about that." Chris said pointing for them seats to sit on. "But we''ve to


    order first."


    "Are we drinking?" Kyle asked earning another nce from her friend.


    Chrisughed before saying yes. At this moment, he already knew which among them was the parent


    and the over grown baby. That''s how his rtionship with Wesley was, he was the kid while Chris was


    the parent. Thinking of Wesley, he wished he was there to meet Kyle. They would make a good couple


    but he was somewhere beingid by ady he metst week.


    The waitress walked to them and took their orders. Chris watched Maya as they eat silently making


    small talks here and there. Kyle was just as Maya had described her. The one who never stopped


    talking when she began to do it. She was funny too and he couldn''t help butugh at her small stupid


    jokes. Maya joined them at times and others, she rolled her eyes and concentrated on her meal.


    "... those were us in highschool. And ooh, guess what Maya first heard you on the radio?"


    Chris looked at his wife who almost got choked from swallowing herst piece of stake before drinking


    all the water in her ss.


    "He has a beautiful voice." His gaze were locked with hers while saying those words.


    Kyleughed, "no silly. She said and I quote ''OMG! I''m in love Kyle. I''m in love."


    If one could catch fire from being red, then they would be putting off the fire from Maya''s face. Her


    green eyes were almost going to pop out of their sockets as she looked at her from then back to Chris


    again.


    Chris just smiled more than he himself thought it was possible. He couldn''t believe it and he wouldn''t


    have if it wasn''t Kyle telling him that at that moment.


    "Wow!" He eximed. "I never knew you''re in love with me wifey."


    "Please don''t flirt yourself, Mr." Maya said taking another ss of water which happened to be his.


    Kyleughed at them. "I wish you could have seen how her old room looked like. Your pictures are


    around her walls and her sheets..."


    "Kyle, didn''t you want to dance because I do."


    "But we''re not done talking with him." Kyle said looking at Chris. "Okay fine, I won''t talk about your


    crush thatsted more than three months and you know psychology say that..."


    "If you crush for someone more than three months it''s no longer a crush but love. Sorry to burst your


    bubble but I''m not in love with him."


    Chris didn''t know why but in a way it hurt. It hurt him to know that she didn''t feel anything for him. Not


    even in the slightest way possible and it was all his fault. His fault for ming her for everything that


    happened between them and at that moment, he couldn''t help but wonder what if.


    But ording to his mother, what ifs were for fools. He had thrown a good chance change but not


    again. He was going to make her fall in love with him before the time he had with her expired. And that


    had to begin from then.


    "So Kyle," changing the subject was the best way to go about it. "What are you nning to do that now


    you''ve no job."


    "That''s..."


    "She won''t tell." Maya said cutting her friend short."I tried that already and she won''t spill the beans."


    "That''s because I wasn''t sure till now."


    "What do you mean?"


    It was Maya who asked.


    "All my life I''ve known how to work for people. And to be honest, it just sucks. It sucks to get orders


    from someone or someone uses you the way they feel like they want to. Take for example the job that I


    was doing, I had to travel from Continent to Continent, countries to counties and all for what? To benefit


    someone who doesn''t appreciate you but to just give you more responsibility in the name of your the


    best.


    "I missed your wedding. My best friend when we had promised each other to always be there for each


    other in those special asion. I know it wasn''t special to both of you but I was supposed to be there.


    To support you as I am supposed to, Maya. And when this idiot was abusing you. Sorry but I''m the type


    that calls a spread a spread and not a small spoon, I wasn''t there. I should''ve been there but I wasn''t


    and I''m not ready to miss anything else in your life bestie.


    "I want to be there for you. I want to be the first to know when you fall in love. I want to know when


    you''re not happy and I''ll be there tofort you. I''ll leave even in the middle of sex just for you. I know


    it''s cliche but I''ll do that for you, Maya. Because at the end of the day, we only got each other.


    "So, that''s why I decided to be a party organizer. I''m going to start my own organization with the money


    that I''ve said and the first party that I''m going to organize is going to be your birthday since its next


    month."


    "What?" That was Maya of course.


    "You know I''m a party person that''s why I have decided that right now."


    "But Kyle, you''ve..."


    "We could enter into a partnership you know." Chris said cutting Maya. "I can fund you and you can


    take care to the rest. Since I''m a design and most people who want me to design their clothes ask if I


    know a good party organizer and I can always send them to you."


    "Really?" Kyle asked excited. "You could do that for me?"


    "Of course, yes. You just need to find an office and let''s see with Maya''s birthday first. I mean how


    good you can be."


    "I don''t celebrate my birthday."


    "Please don''t be a killer joy and of course, we''ll try with Maya''s birthday. What''s the catch for you?


    Since I''m not working for anyone anymore, Chris."


    "We''re business people and I won''t do something that I won''t benefit from." Chris leaned back on his


    seat. The music still yed loudly but they had gotten used to it that it was almost not there.


    "I won''t always be the one sending people to you. You''ll find your own clients and others wille to


    you. So, you''ll sent them to me for their clothes. I''ll dress them myself. And that will only happen when


    you do a good job. The best way to advertise your business is through word of mouth and that can only


    happen when you, you do a well done job."


    "So we need to draw a contract?"


    "Yeah, I never enter a business without one." He looked at Maya who was watching the both of them.


    "Mywyers will take care of that themselves. As for now, let''s have fun."


    It wasn''t his intention to talk about business during their fun day. He saw how Maya was looking at


    them and he knew she was bored. So, he called the waiter and asked for Captain Morgan. It was


    strong buy sweet too. When the waiter returned with two bottles, Maya asked for cocktail and Chris


    knew she was avoiding to be drunk.


    What if he got himself drunk and this time for good? Would Maya handle the drunk him? He shook his


    head and poured himself a drink. Maya''s cocktail returned in less than a minute and they all raised their


    ss to toast as Kyle asked.


    They did for good partnership, good health and a happy one at that. Just two sips of his drink and his


    phone began to ring. Talk of perfect timing. He had switched it on when he saw Maya and Kyle walk in.


    He picked it up and looked at the screen only to see a name that he didn''t expect to call. He groaned


    an annoying one and it didn''t miss Maya.


    "Excuse medies." He said getting up. "I''ve to pick this one."


    He got on his feet and walked to the balcony looking at the people who were dancing below it. Chris


    answered the call only to be insulted by Kimberly on the other side. She wasining of him not


    going to check her up from the day Maya had pped her and that was a week ago.


    She even hadn''t gone to work and she wasining. He should be the one doing that but he didn''t.


    He didn''t even write a warning letter to her as Wesley had demanded. Yes, he had demanded from him


    to write a warning letter to her and he had refused.


    Why? He himself had no idea. Once she was done with her bbing, he cut off the call only to turn


    around to find Maya looking at him. She smiled at him and he really tried to smile back at her. She


    looked back at her friend who was still talking and he, he still stood at the balcony. Tomorrow, he was


    going to write that letter to Kimberly. He was going to be the employer that he was and she, she was


    going to be the employee she was supposed to be.


    Just then, he saw Mayaughing. Yes, Maya wasughing and this was the second time he saw that.


    The first, was when he caught herughing at his childhood in the kitchen and if he was true to himself


    then, he had loved thatughter but he was too full of himself to admit that.


    But he wasn''t going to let this moment pass without capturing it and what was the best way to do that?


    Chris unlocked his phone and went to the cameras. He took her photo as she threw her head in the


    backughing harder than he thought it was possible. The photo of her was her holding her tummy as if


    it hurt from theughter. Thest picture of her she was looking his wayughing and her hand was


    being used as a fun to fun herself.


    Chris slide his phone in the jeans pocket and walked back to the table. Maya had stoppedughing and


    she was looking at Chris as well as Kyle.


    "Trouble in paradise?"


    If there was one thing he had learned about Kyle so far, it''s that she was straight forward person. He


    loved that about her and he didn''t know why but he felt like she was the best thing that would happen


    to Wesley. Maybe they could make such a great couple one day. For now, he had to introduce them


    and see how it goes.


    Chris watched Maya''s face change from happy mood to gloomy.


    "I can''t call it paradise but yes." He wasn''t going to lie. And it was true that it was no longer paradise


    between him and Kimberly. "She has changed."


    Did I just say that?


    "Maybe you''re the one who has changed. Have you tried to think it that way?"


    No, he hadn''t thought of that. Maybe he was the one who had changed. Because Kimberly was being


    Kimberly and he, he found everything about her irritating him more each day. He took a sip of his drink


    and looked at the eyes that were boring holes on his body.


    "Maybe." That''s what he could say at the moment. He downed the remaining drink and added another


    ss for himself.


    "Please don''t get yourself drunk."


    "I''ve no intention of doing that, kitten."


    Kyleughed at them and she was about to say something but stopped when another music start to


    y. She did scream, like really scream. It was Bruno Mars and Cardi B Please Me ying and she


    was already on her heals.


    "I love that song you two better get your butt up. Maya, it''s time to please your husband."


    "Kyle..."


    "Yeah, it''s time to tease me, baby."


    "And she wants to hear you say pleeeeeease."


    Chrisughed at how they''re using the lyrics of the song tomunicate. Kyle pulled them down to the


    dance floor where they pushed bodies just to get space. Once on the dance floor, Kyle pushed Maya to


    Chris and she began to dance.


    The song began again and Maya was about to walk away when Chris pulled her back to him. Her hips


    were against him and he was waiting for her to sway her hips on him. She didn''t. Instead she pulled


    away again and Chris did what he thought was the best at the moment. To sing Bruno Mars lyrics. He


    even danced like him and everyone stopped to look at them.


    As for Kyle, he didn''t know how but she found some girlfriends who danced Cardi B side pushing Maya


    to to Chris. Everyone chaired for them as Chris got partners to dance with him. Maya was about to walk


    again when she saw a slim body push her body against Chris''. Chris danced with her and just then, the


    poor girl was pushed away from him. Maya stood before him as she sang the part where Cardi says let


    me hear you say and Chris answered please. And Maya danced with him.


    Just then, Maya turned to look at Chris and the looked their gaze together. He wanted to kiss her. So


    badly and he leaned in to take her lips but it never happened. That''s the time the the song came to an


    end everyone apuded them. Maya pulled away looking at the phones that were focused on them.


    "That was," Kyle said walking to them, "amazing."


    "I need a drink."


    Maya walked away from them to get herself another cocktail from the bar.


    "She likes."


    Chris looked at Kyle andughed at her words.


    "No, she doesn''t. She likes someone else."


    "And how do you know that?"


    "Cause her face lights up when you mention his name." He watched Maya take a seat at one of the


    stools. "She''ll never have that reaction of me when she talks about me."


    "Wins don''t quit and quieter are not winner." Kyle said. "You, Mr. you''ve a chance."


    "Do you think so?"


    "No." Kyle moved away from him. "I know so." She turned to walk away but turned half way to shout


    over the music. "Don''t let go without putting a fight."


    And he wasn''t going to do that. At least not anytime soon.

 Chapter 37

    Chapter 37


    It''s almost been a month since Kyle came back to the the country and five days to Maya''s birthday. Of


    course, she wasn''t looking forward to it but her friend was busying herself with the day. Anyway, who


    could me her for that. It wasn''t her fault that she didn''t celebrate the day.


    It was all her father''s fault. It was his for making sure he reminded her how worthless she was on that


    day. He kept showing how much he hated her and how he wished she was never born to this world.


    She was a curse and she did get that. She got it loud and clear from the beloved governor. Maya


    walked out of the bathroom pulling her hair in ponytail. She had called in sick and now, she wished she


    hadn''t done that. Yes, she didn''t feel okay but she preferred being with her patients rather than staying


    in doors.


    She had no one to call. Her husband had important meetings to attend to all day. At least that''s what he


    told herst night when they''re at the garden looking up at the stars.


    This between them were getting better ever passing moment. She could now tell him anything and he


    could do the same. And through that, they got a chance to be best of friends and she was d.


    d that in few months, they would separate as good friends and not as enemies like before.


    Chris would be happy with Kimberly and she, she would leave her own life without her father''s


    dictatorship anymore. Wasn''t that a win win for both of them? They would be happy with whatever they


    choose and they would still be friends.


    As for Kyle, she refused to allow Maya give her grievances. She knew very well of her situation but


    Kyle being Kyle, she refused to listen to Maya. ording to her, Maya had to live up for once in her


    life. As if she wasn''t leaving at all. So calling her with five days to go, it was out of option.


    Maya walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge. She needed to do something even if it meant


    teaching herself how to cook. Just when she was about to pull breast chicken out, the door bell rung.


    Maya walked out of the kitchen just when the door bell rung the second time.


    "Thank goodness." Who else would be at the door ringing it like a mad man. "I thought you went to say


    hey to the devil."


    Maya hugged Leonel back. "So that''s how you think of me?" She asked pulling away then closing the


    door. "For your info, I''m a born again."


    Leonelughed walking towards the living room.


    "Says thedy who wanted revenge in less than two months ago."


    "Hey, I did ask God to forgive me."


    "Yeah, sure and now you want a divorce." Leonel sat on a love seat across from Maya. "And if I do


    remember the Bible very well, it''s against the divorce."


    Maya looked at the man who sat across her. He was right. The Bible did refuse divorce and if one did


    divorce their partners, then they had to havemitted adultery for a divorce to take ce. But then


    again, Jesus said we should forgive seventy times seventy.


    That had her wondering if she was doing the right thing. ording to her brother before he left, no one


    in their lineage ever divorced. They all loved their partners to the moon and back. Which meant she


    would be the first one to do that.


    To disgrace her lineage. This would even prove more to her father''s words. That she was useless, a


    good for nothing brat who is never grateful for anything...


    "Hey, I was just joking." Leonel said leaning closes to take her hands into his. "I heard that you weren''t


    feeling good. What''s wrong."


    Now concern was written his face and not the humour that he had before. This had Maya admiring the


    way he could change from one mood to another without even trying.


    "It''s nothing," she tried to pull her hands away from his hold. "I just had crams this morning but I''m okay


    now."


    "Ooh!" Leonel blushed. "It''s that time of the month. That means no sex and I was looking forward to it


    since I''m here."


    Mayaughed getting up from her seat. She expected anything toe out of Leone''s mouth.


    "You''re crazy."


    "About you."


    "Like I don''t know that." Maya smiled at him. "Don''t you''ve shooting today?"


    Leonel got up from his seat too. "I did but I canceled it when I heard about you''re condition."


    "That chance can go to someone else, you know. It''s important you go and do what you do best."


    "Nothing is more important than knowing how you''re to me, Maya."


    He was serious. She knew that since she didn''t see the any trance of humor in his face when he said


    that. It''s like this was the first time she saw this side of Leonel.


    "So, what were you doing before I came?"


    "I just wanted to try and see if I can cook. You know, lunch."


    "Try?" Leonel asked looking towards the kitchen. "As in you don''t know how to cook?"


    "Yes." Maya answered truthfully. "Haha... Laugh all you want, moron."


    Leonel stoppedughing and looked at her. She was smiling back at him.


    "You''re are moron too because I don''t know how to cook too. But we can try, together."


    "Sure, and we''re using the inte for that matter."


    "Maya, that would be no fun." Leonel said as they walked to the kitchen. "Let''s do it the way we think it


    should be done."


    And after a few minutes of debating how fun it would be and not be, Maya gave up. How could she win


    against Leonel. The man who called himself the champion of debate.


    So they cooked. Breast chicken with fried potatoes as the talked and made allot of jokes about things


    and people. Once they''re done with their cooking, Maya set the table as Leonel threw all the dirty


    dishes in the sink.


    "Wow!" Leonel eximed when he took a bit of breast chicken. "I never knew we could make great


    chefs, cupcake."


    So Maya did what Leonel had done but once the food was inside her mouth, she spilt it out. It tasted


    horrible and Leonel wasughing at her. Of course, he had done that on purpose.


    He also wanted her to feel how horrible of chefs they''re. But she didn''t get it. The first time she went on


    a date with him, he did cook. He cooked for her. Yes, the day he asked her to let all her frustration go


    with the nature. The food tasted good. And she enjoyed it.


    Was Leonel just pretending in order to make her feel better. To make her feel like she isn''t a spoilt brat


    as she was? The time she cooked food was when Chris punished her for making him wait tillte night


    for her. That was the same day she had eaten a well cooked food from Leonel.


    Of course, she used inte for that. That''s why it didn''t taste bad when Chris ate with Kimberly. But


    now, their foodcked allot of things like salt. Who the hell forgets to add salt in food? Apparently her


    and Leonel.


    Maya took a sip of water without looking at Leonel. He was stillughing and she didn''t like it one bit. It


    was his fault that the food tasted that bad. His fault for not letting them use the inte. His. But they


    had fun as he had said. She didugh. Something that she was getting used to around Leonel.


    He knew what to say to her. How to say it and when to say it and for that, she loved him. She never


    wanted to loose him for anything. She didn''t want to loose him like she lost her brother and she would


    forever be grateful to the heavens for sending him her way. And the timing was so perfect.


    "I know what you''re think." Leonel said once he stoppedughing. "The food was left in the microwave


    by my Nanny. All I had to do was to heat it up."


    "But before you left me you said you''re going to cook."


    "Ooh. Sorry about that. But we make good chefs."


    "What chefs? We''re disaster, Leo."


    Leonel justughed. He pulled his phone and dialed. Maya asked him what he was doing and he


    answered that he was going to order pizza for them. Maya got up and began to clean the table. She


    threw all the food in the bin and the dishes in the sink along with the others.


    She would wash themter.


    "As we wait for the pizza to be delivered, how about we choose a movie for the afternoon?"


    Maya thought for a while. Before Leonel came, she was bored to death and now, she was having fun.


    And if she was honest with herself, she wanted someone to pass time with. Maya pulled Leonel to the


    movie room and switched on the TV.


    "What are we watching?"


    "Do you want movie or a series?"


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    "Let''s watch one movie then we can begin a series."


    And she was on the Netflix looking for a good movie to watch.


    "Triple Threat." Leonel said when he saw the movie.


    "Sorry, I don''t want action."


    Leonel looked at Maya with a killer joy look then moved his eyes back to the screen.


    "ss."


    "I said no action, Leo and also supernatural."


    "Then, Isn''t Romantic?" It was in humour and he knew she wouldn''t refuse it.


    Maya smiled at him.


    "No, Rebel''s movies are all the same." Maya said looking at Leonel who wanted farther exnation.


    "It''s always about her hitting her head on something hard and her going to fantasize world. Look at I


    Feel Pretty. It''s no different from this one, so, it''s a no for me.


    And he didn''t say a word to her again. He let her flip down as he looked a the movies. She didn''t want


    humour neither did she want action or supernatural. And then he saw it. The one movie he could watch


    over as many times as he wanted and never get bored at all.


    "Have you watched the Hate That You Give?"


    "No."


    "Great, we''re watching that one. It''s the best."


    "Can I see trailer first?"


    "No, we''re watching that." He looked at his wrist watch. "Pizza should be here in less than..." The door


    bell interrupted him. "I will get it."


    Maya walked to the kitchen to gate two tes along with forks and knives.


    "What are those for?" Leonel asked when they met at the hallway.


    Maya looked up at him, "What do you think?"


    "Love, we''re using hands so get rid of those and you better hurry before I start the movie without you."


    And so she did that. Once they''re settled on the couch, Leonel yed the movie. They ate the pizza


    silently as their eyes were glued on the television. They even didn''t know when they finished thest


    slice or who ate it at that matter.


    The movie continued and Maya ced her head on Leone''s shoulder. She couldn''t help it but rte the


    movie with her life. Her father hated her. He gave her nothing but hatred as she grew up and that''s


    what she became. Someone who was afraid of love. Someone who was even afraid of saying I love


    you to people.


    Thest person she said that to was her brother and he left her. He didn''t even say goodbye to her. He


    never gave her the chance to prove to him how grateful she was. How she loved him more than she


    loved her own life. She had vowed then that she would never say that word again.


    Not Kyle heard her say that. Not when she kept on saying that to her remind her that one could love


    without hatred inside them. But her dad made it impossible. Impossible to experience her love for


    people. That''s why she was ready to take her revenge on her husband. Her father. That was the hate


    that they had given her. It was really they hate that you give its what makes us kill.


    Killing isn''t about taking once life. It''s also about tell people negative things. You kill their motive to life.


    You shutter them with your negative words which isn''t good at all.


    Give love and you''ll receive love. Give hatred and you''ll receive hate.


    "Are you crying?" Leonel asked when the movie was over.


    "How can I help myself, Leo?" She asked pulling her head away from his shoulder. "It has allot of


    emotions. Are you blind or something?"


    "Women." Leonel said wiping away her tears. "Why do you always cry when you watch movies or Soap


    opera?"


    Maya pushed his hands away. "You''re not helping, go throw the box away and I''ll wash my face."


    "No need because I know you''ll cry when we watch the series."


    "Leo." She got up. "I''ll be back."


    Maya walked to the bedroom and to the bathroom. She used the toilet and when she was done, she


    found out that she had began menstruations. Maya walked to her bag to take out a pad but she had


    none left.


    How could she be in the house all morning. Experience crams that made her not to go to the hospital


    and not think of pads? What was she going to do now? She had to think and faster.


    Of course, she couldn''t go get them like that. What if she called Kyle and asked her to buy some for


    her. She took her phone from the couch which had been her bed for a while know. She had left it there


    when she had gone down stairs but it had no missed calls at all.


    She dialed Kyle''s number but she didn''t pick up. She did that three times but nothing. Maya thought of


    her other option. Her husband. She just had to call him and exin everything to him. Maybe he would


    send someone to bring them to her. Like his PA.


    Just when she was about to dial his number, she remembered him saying that he had important


    meetings the whole day. So calling him would be of no use since he was busy and she was left with


    only one option. And it''s the one down stairs.


    And she dialed his number.


    "What''s taking you so long?" Leonel began. "I already chose the series that we''re wat..."


    "Leocanyougetmepads?" She asked too fast that he didn''t hear anything.


    "Love, is everything okay?" Leone''s worried voice could now be heard over the phone. "Do you need


    me toe upstairs?" He wasn''t smiling, she could tell that, instead he was worried.


    "Yes... umhh... I mean no." Maya breathed in. "Can you get me pads from the Chemist around the


    corner please?"


    "Sure." He answered calmly this time. "What type?"


    "Ummh... Always?" She asked as if she wasn''t sure. "I mean Always. Yeah, get me Always."


    "Okay." Just when she was about to hung up. "Wait, Maya. Anything else?"


    Maya thought for a while then answered no and hung up. Her heart was beating more than the normal


    rate. This was the first time she run out of pads in her life. She always had one left before but today,


    she had none and she had to sent her male best friend to get them for her. What would be more


    embarrassing than that?


    Maya walked back to the bathroom and run herself a bath. After few minutes, she walked out with a


    towel wrapped around her body. Just then, she heard Leonel knocking on the opposite door.


    She opened the door and he turned to look at her. For once in Leone''s life, he didn''t speak. He just


    stared at Maya for what seemed like a minute then he moved his eyes back to hers.


    "Umm... I didn''t know which was your room so I was.... Umm... Knocking any door."


    Leonel was stammering. For once in his life. He was just stammering. That wasn''t Leonel to Maya. He


    would never do that. Stammer and worst of all, it was cute. For him to stammer. It only proved to her


    that after all, he was human since a time she didn''t believe he was.


    "Here."


    He said once Maya stepped aside to let him in. He would just seat on the couch and she would change


    inside the bathroom, of course she was going to lock the door. Never trust any man with your body.


    "I also bought you some vitamins."


    "Thanks." Maya said moving to take the bag from Leone''s hold.


    Leonel moved back and raised his hand up. He was taller than Maya. She did look at him but all he did


    was to tell her to pick it up from where it was. He was smirking at her because he knew she couldn''t


    jump up.


    And she chose the easy way of getting the bag from him. Maya pushed Leonel back to that he could


    fall on the mattress and she would take that advantage and take the bag away. But it didn''t go as she


    had nned.


    When she pushed Leonel back, he lost his bnce and stared back which led him to holding her waist


    to be still. But it was toote. He fell on his back and Maya fell on top of him. His hand was still around


    her waist.


    And their eyes locked, his has dark as darkness. They''re filled with lust and he was scanning her face.


    But apart from lust, Maya saw something else. Love, longing? Was that even possible? She was


    reading too much in between the lines.


    And his eyes moved to her lips. And if those eyes weren''t dark before, then now they''re. Dark as the


    night fall. Maya didn''t know why, but she felt herself leaning in. She was leaning in to taste those puff


    lips of his and she couldn''t stop herself no matter how hard she tried.


    And just when their lips where about to lock...


    "What''s going on here?" A deep muscr voice asked from behind them.

 Chapter 38

    Chapter 38


    "What''s going on here?"


    That was the first thing that came out of his mouth. He didn''t know why but he wasn''t nning on


    saying those words when he just walked in to find his wife on top of her male best friend. His heart was


    beating furiously and he felt like grabbing Mr. Ambrose throat and struggling him to death.


    How dare he? He didn''t even respect another man''s matrimonial bed. Someone like him did deserve to


    see another day light. How could he. Chris heard his hand hurt only to realize that both his hands were


    in a fist. The nails dug deeper in his skin but he didn''t care. His briefcase was long on the floor next to


    him.


    "It''s not what it looks like, Chris." That was Maya and he didn''t know why her voice felt so far when she


    was so near.


    "Get out." Again, he had no idea of what he was saying. It''s like his mouth had a mind of its own. "Now,


    out!" He was shouting at Leonel.


    Of course that''s not his heart wanted. He want to know if Maya was in love with her friend. He wanted


    to hear both sides when they were both around but his mouth wasn''t letting him do that. Instead it said


    things that he didn''t mean to say. He just wanted answer before he did what he had nned to do.


    Chris watched Leonel move towards the door and just happened that he was standing there. Looking


    at both of them as his jaws gritted.


    "It may seem as a bad picture Mr. Rollins," Leonel began when he stood next to Chris. "But I assure


    you that nothing happened between your wife and I."


    "I don''t want to see you around here. Ever again. Now get the hell out of my house."


    "Chris." Maya called him. "You''re being unreasonable."


    "I''m being unreasonable?"


    "It''s okay." Leonel said before Maya could answer him. "I don''t want things to get worse than they


    already are because of me."


    Chris turned to watch Leonel walk away. When turned again, Maya was picking the shopping bag from


    the bed. She didn''t nce at him, instead she walked to her suitcase and picked her clothes then


    walked to the bathroom.


    That had him wondering if he were Leonel, would she change in the bathroom or in front of him? Was


    he wrong to think that? This was the first time he saw her on a loose towel and she was top of another


    man.


    Another man that wasn''t him. Someone else who she feltfortable being on top off him. The closes


    she has ever got near him was when he pretended to be high. That was the closes and she would even


    let him do anything with her. Not even cuddling but she was okay being on top of Leonel.


    It hurt him. More than it was supposed to hurt. It did. What if he hadn''t arrived on time? What if he had


    dyed with one minute. Then what? He would find the two rolling in the hay without carrying where


    they were? Would Maya be capable of doing that to him?


    But again, what had he done for her not to betray him. He had humiliated her before. With every


    chance he got, he did it over and over again. He gave her hatred. He showed her not mercy at all.


    Then how wouldn''t she not betray him.


    Chris remember when he got back from his jogging only to find her stillying on the couch. That was


    so much unlike her. He asked her what was wrong and she said she didn''t feel okay. But what did he


    do? He left herying on the couch and went to work.


    He didn''t even fetch her any kinda painkillers just because she said she would be okay. Then what


    would make her not love another man? He was there when she needed someone to be around her. To


    cheer her up. Leonel was there. And he, he was busy making more money for himself when he already


    had more than he needed.


    Chris hated himself more that now he thought of it. It would have been his fault if she would have slept


    with her friend. His and no one else. And to think he came home early to make it up for her. He had


    The bathroom door opened and Maya walked out wearing a ck jeans and a tee shirt. Her hair was in


    ponytail and she wore no smile of her face. But again how could she when she had been caught in


    action with another man on his bed?


    "So your not going to say anything?" His mouth cell wasn''t letting him thing first before he spoke. "After


    what I got to see, you''re going to say anything?"


    Chris watched her seat on the couch.


    "What do you want me to say, Chris?"


    "That your sorry."


    "Sorry." She was fighting it. He could see it in her eyes how hard she was fighting not to burst in


    frustration. "For what exactly? For you telling my best friend never toe around me?"


    "Maya, you guys were in our matrimonial room."


    "Matrimonial?" And there it was. What she had been fighting all this while. Since he asked Leonel to


    leave. "What is so matrimonial here, Chris? What, please make me see it."


    Chris was about tosh out on her but this time, he controlled his mouth. He didn''t want to fight her


    over nothing. Yes, it was nothing. There was nothing matrimonial about the room. Nothing. To think that


    he shared bed with her only ones and they did nothing.


    The only think he managed to do was to give her a hickey. That''s what he managed to do the whole


    night they shared bed. To even think that he has never kissed her. God, he even could count the times


    he has kissed her and it was almost a year since they got married. A whole year and he kissed her


    twice in his life. Once in their marriage and that''s because he thought she was someone else.


    So, there was nothing matrimonial about this bedroom. Nothing apart from two friends if he could still


    call her his friend lived in it. Nothing special at all.


    "Do you love him?" Chris asked as polite as he could.


    His heart was beating way too fast for his own liking. He just wanted to know where he stood in her life.


    To know if he had a chance with her at all for that matter.


    Maya looked up to lock her gaze with his. "I do love him, Chris." His heart sunk. "But I''m not in love with


    him."


    "Okay." He breathed a breath of relief. "Did you guys kiss. I mean, have you ever kissed?"


    "We didn''t and I''ve never kissed Leonel." She was being sincere and he could tell it. "That idea has


    never even crossed my mind. It''s only today."


    "Do you think that he could be a great lover?"


    "Of course, but not for me." She got up from her seat. "He is too full of himself for my own liking."


    "Maya...."


    "Why are you asking me this questions, Chris?"


    To know where I stand.


    But he wasn''t about to say that out loud. He wasn''t going to tell her that. He was about to say


    something when his phone went off. It was his PA. He knew what he wanted to tell him so he picked up


    the call.


    "Please cancel the rest of the meetings." And he hung up.


    He wasn''t about to let this opportunity go. Again, when he was about to talk, her phone went off from


    the bed. He picked it up to onlye face to face with Leone''s name on the screen with two heart


    emoji.


    "What''s the meaning of this?"


    "Nothing." She pulled the phone away from his grasps.


    Chris watched Maya pick up the call then walk to the bathroom. She went to speak to her friend in the


    bathroom so that he couldn''t hear her at all. How far was he willing to believe that there was nothing


    going on between the two of them?


    Was he stupid or trying to act as one? He walked around the room thinking of what to say to her.


    Should he let this go. Give up on them if there was ever them or what? The bathroom door opened


    again and she walked out.


    He saw the smile that she was trying so hard hide and he hated himself way too much. How could he


    not make her smile? It seemed too easy for Leonel but too hard for him. He couldn''t even please her


    that much.


    "And you want me to believe that there is nothing going on between you two?" He couldn''t help it. Not


    anymore. "I just remembered, you''ve ever kissed him Maya and you dared to look me in the eye and


    say you''ve never. How low could you scoop?"


    "What''s wrong with you, Chris?"


    "You." He said walking around. "You are what''s wrong with me. You Maya Rollins. I mean how can you


    lie without blinking? You''ve been with Leonel before. Remember the day you went on a date with him? I


    over heard you guys at the door.


    "Remember you guys saying the way he had to wake you up with kisses all over? Remember that day?


    And how sure can I be that you didn''t kiss him on those dates you went with him? I mean I can''t go on


    a date with a woman and try not to do anything. You''re a liar, Mrs. Rollins. A very big one at that."


    "I can''t believe this. Will we ever leave like human beings?"


    "The day you stop whoring yourself." He didn''t mean to say that. Again his mouth cell did the job and


    now it just made things worse. He wanted to apologize but she spoke before he could gather the


    courage.


    "I''m whoring?" She was furious and it was his fault. What if she never spoke to him again? Damn his


    mouth cell! Where was the brain cell anyway? "Was I the one who slept with my so called girlfriend on


    my wedding day? Was I? Ooh! Or did I bring my boyfriend to out honeymoon and spent my night with


    him? Was I Chris?


    "I''ve never kissed or fucked anyone after we exchanged our vows. I respect them since I said them


    before God. You may not believe me, but I don''t care. There are so many things that are supposed to


    let me cheat on you but I''ve never even thought of it. And you call me a whore in my face?


    "How dare you? How could you, Chris?" She was wiping her tears now. "I don''t even know what I''m


    doing fighting with you."


    Before he could say anything, she was out of the door. His feet were rooted on the ground. He had


    gone too far too far than he intended to. He didn''t mean to call her that. He was a monster and he, he


    didn''t deserve someone like her.


    Chris heard the front door m and all he hoped was not to get a silent treatment. Chris walked to the


    kitchen and his eyes almost pooped out of his socket. The kitchen was more than dirty and he didn''t


    need to know what happened their.


    He was in no mood of cooking anymore or doing anything, all he could do and need at that time a


    liquor. At least that would make him see how stupid he was.


    Chris pulled his phone from the pocket and dialed his Nanny''s number. She had not beening in


    everyday since he began to make dinner for his wife. His wife? Where could she be now?


    Did she run to that man. The one who made he happy. The one who never messed around like he did.


    The one who understood her better than anyone could. He was jealous. Jealous of Leonel. Jealous


    that Leonel knew allot than him when he was the first one to meet her. When he stayed the same


    house as her.


    His nanny picked up at the first ring. He told her what he needed from her before hung up and not


    without telling her that he was busy so she shouldn''t disturb him at all. Chris walked to the bar and


    looked for the bottles that he needed.


    Yes, bottles. That''s what could get him more than drunk. What would help him forget what tool ce


    few minutes ago. Once settled in his study room, Chris opened the first bottle and let the liquor burn his


    throat.Original content from N?velDrama.Org.


    She thought he slept with Kimberly while they were married. He never did that. He hasn''t had sex with


    her since he got married to Maya. It only happened once and that was a mistake. Yes, a mistake and


    he is regretting it till now.


    On the day of his wedding nothing happened between him and Kimberly, he just made he cum and all.


    On their honeymoon still he didn''t sleep with her and she didin but he respected his vows. He


    valued them more than his own life.


    But how could he tell Maya that. She walked out before he could even say sorry to her. She didn''t even


    let him exin that he never had sex with Kimberly willingly. He was week that day that it happened.


    He didn''t want it but still it happened. And how was he going to tell her that.


    That Kimberly....


    He took another swig of his almost finished bottle stopping himself from think about one week ago. A


    week that he would rather forget than remember. If it was before, then maybe he would have been


    happy about it but not now. Not now when he thought he was in love with Maya.


    Once his first drink was over, he threw the bottle on the wall. The pieces scatted everywhere but he


    didn''t care. Damn Kimberly. She made him pretend in front of Maya that everything was okay. That


    nothing happened to him when he was particrly rap...


    No need to go down the line. It was one week ago and that''s the past. He too another bottle and this


    time he didn''t get a pose what so ever. It was too much. It hurt. It hurt him more than he wanted to


    admit before.


    Chris didn''t know how long he was in there but what he knew was that he was drunk. He couldn''t even


    move his body from the floor on his own. He couldn''t even hold anything without his hand shaking. The


    three bottles he had drunk were broken pieces on the floor. He was numb that he was sure of.


    His study room door opened when he broke the four bottles with half drunk liquor.


    "Alma." He tried to get up. "I think I told you that I''m busy."


    "She did." That wasn''t Alma''s voice but Maya''s. She came back to him. She did return. "And I see how


    busy you''re."


    "Maya, I didn''t mean to call you a whore." How he still talked without stammering, was beyond him. "I''m


    sorry Maya."


    "You never seem to mean anything, Chris." Chris watched as she came towards him. "But I''m used to it


    by now."


    She helped him by letting him lean on her. "I don''t want you to get used to me like that, Maya."


    "Don''t worry Chris. I was born for the insults and hurt. That''s my fate."


    Chris leaned on the wall as Maya closed the door behind them. "It''s not true, don''t believe what your


    father and I''ve been doing to you. Your better than that."


    "That''s what they say to me." She ced him on the bed and moved to walk away but Chris held her


    hand.


    "I''m sorry Maya. Really sorry for making you life hell. I''m even a more burden now that I''m drunk."


    "Sleep it off, Chris."


    "I want to tell you about Kimberly, Maya."


    "I already know."


    "You do?"


    "Yes." He had sat up but she pushed him toy back down. "She is the woman you love and I''m just


    your friend. I know."


    Chris closed his eyes, "That''s not it. Kimberly forced me into..."


    "Just sleep it off, Chris."


    And he let it go. His eyes were bing so heavy and he didn''t want to fight it anymore. What was the


    use if Maya didn''t want to listen to him.


    "I love you, Maya."


    He didn''t know if he said it out loud or he in his inner thoughts but that made him feel at peace before


    letting darkness talk over.

 Chapter 39

    Chapter 39


    Maya walked inside her office and it was filled with flowers. All types and every colour that there was in


    this would. This all happened every year and on this date. At least it a way of her patient to thank her


    and wish her a happy life that she only seems to get around her two best friends and her husband who


    is on and off at times.


    God, she could get used to their rtionship being like that. At times fighting over nothing or something


    which makes him end up calling her all sorts of names. Yeah, he did that when he was mad at but at


    times it seemed like he was more mad at himself than he was with her.


    Take for instance, few days ago. The day he found her in apromising position with Leonel. He


    called a whore which of course mad her mad and you all know what happen. But when she came back


    and found her dear husband all drunk like he had never drunk before, she knew it.


    She knew he was more hurt than she was. He just acted on the heated moment something that her


    brother warned her never to do while they''re still you. It just makes thing worse and it was true. Chris


    had made things worse that day but not for her but for him.


    Anyway, when he got up that night with a hangover, Maya made him the only thing she knew to make


    in this world. That was her coffee. Of course another lesson from her dear brother to whom every time


    of the year and on this date, she wished he would show up at her door step. It didn''t matter which door


    step, either hospital or home but she just kept on wishing.


    Andst night, she did in the midnight. Yes, maybe her wish woulde true this time and that''s why


    she asked Chris to sit with her in the garden till midnight so she could make that one wish. That one


    wish that would make her life whole again.


    Maya moved to her seat and pulled it. Her office was smelling a garden of flowers and she like it very


    much. She had taken all the cards from the flowers and now she wanted to read them. They all were


    happy wishes and a thank you for what she has done to all the families out there.


    This made her to think of her rtionship Chris. When he had drunk that coffee, he had asked her to


    forgive him and she did. She did because when she left, she thought of herself in the same shoes as


    him. What if she had found him with Kimberly on that bed? With him having nothing but a towel. She


    would have reacted the same way as he did. That''s why she chose to forgive.


    They had gone downstairs to have their meal and at first, it was awkward. Awkward because she need


    to ask him something. Something till now she hasn''t asked him cause she doesn''t know how to do it.


    How can she.


    Then there was that happy moment for them. The one that she felt like they''re the only two of them


    who were that happy when she was with him. They would y piano in the music room and Chris


    would make sure that he hit the wrong rhythm when they''re serious.


    And those garden moments, they were her best moments and she was getting used to it. Like for the


    past few day, they would have dinner and she would make both of them coffee then settle in the


    garden. Who does that anyway, and in the night? Apparently, it was her and her dear husband.


    Maya smiled when she rememberedst night. It was amazing. It was the best that left her wondering


    why she hadn''t met Chris years ago. And what made it the best was things that seem stupid to


    everyone. Maya''s smile grew broader and the memories flowed on her. This time Kyle wasn''t the first


    one to wish her a happy Birthday. It was Chris.


    Yes, Chris. Her temper husband. Her once upon a time sworn mortal enemy. And her now soon to be


    best friend. Yeah, she had changed about making him officially her best friend but now, now she


    wanted him to be her best buddy...


    "Happy happy Birthday." That was what stopped her from going into details about what took cest


    night. "You''re really getting old there." Leonel went on.


    Maya got on feet and walked around her desk. The smile she had today wasn''t about to leave her face.


    And it''s all thank to Chris. He made her count starsst night. He even confused her as she counted on


    them and she had to start a fresh again.


    Enough about Chris, Maya.


    But how could she nothing of him. He even had her promise that she would be making his coffee every


    morning since he was addicted. Actually, more than addicted. That''s what he said to her. His words and


    not hers. But they felt like they had a hidden meaning to her. Or maybe she hoped they had, right?


    "Leo." She called pulling him into an hug. "Thank you for the sweet words you sent to mest night."


    Maya pulled away from him. "You should really be a poetry."


    Leonelughed at her attempts to be funny. She knew she was poor at that but it didn''t matter. As she


    said, nothing would wipe that smile off her face today. Thanks to Chris.


    Chris. Once they were done with the stars, he told her stupid proverbs that made herugh hard. They


    even yed knock knock as if they''re three years old. And when it reached five seconds to her


    birthday, he damn counted them as if it a Happy New wee. And on the midnight, he wishes her a


    Happy Birthday.


    Guess what even surprised her? Yes, Chris freaking Rollins sung for her an original Happy Birthday


    song. Maya was all tears as Chris yed a fake guitar and a times a fake piano. Chris made her cry


    and for the first time, they''re happy tears. Happy tears because of Chris.


    Who would have ever thought of that? Because definitely, it wasn''t Maya.


    "I''m really honoured, love." Leonel said bowing down. "Does that mean that I was the first one to wish


    you good wishes?"


    Maya smiled at him.


    "You wish. Chris bit you into it."


    "Ooh! But I promise next year I''ll be the first one. And there will be a candle light dinner in the midnight


    of that same day."


    Maya justughed at him. She didn''t need that. All she wanted was for her to be with someone who


    loved her. Someone who would do stupid things with her like Chris did. That all she wanted for a happy


    life. Not money.


    Once Chris was done singing, she got up and walked to him. She hugged him as if her life depended


    on it and let the tears flow more freely. When they broke free from the hug, Chris took her hands into


    his and said happy Birthday to her for what seemed like a million times after midnight.


    Chris moved his hand to her face to wipe away her tears as she thanked him and his touch made her


    to lean in for more. She didn''t want it to get away from her face. And as if reading her mind, Chris


    moved the other free hand around her waist and pulled her closer to him. Their were no space between


    them and their eyes just locked. Chris'' eyes moved to her lips and so did hers.


    And when they leaned in to an extent that their lips were brushing each other, her phone rung.


    "But I''m happy that you read and loved the message that I send to you."


    She did. That was after Kyle had called her to wish her well. Kyle actually thought that she was the first


    one but she was happy for Maya when she learned that someone this time bit her to it. After they''re


    done, Maya and Chris walked back to the mansion were they headed to the bedroom. On which on


    their arrival, Chris walked to the bathroom and she went to pick her night gown from the bag.


    That''s when Leonel sent her the message. She replied a thank you to him and when she thought of


    typing something else, Chris called to ask for shampoo. He said he didn''t see it and he was all dressed


    so she had to go and pick it up since she was thest one to use it.


    So Maya walked to the bathroom and looked where they kept the shampoo. It wasn''t their, she looked


    around and she saw it where the shower was. Maya walked over there to pick it up but the water run


    over her.


    When she jumped, Chris justughed and he walked to her and held her under the shower. His other


    way of wishing her well. Maya struggled but the more she did, the more his hold on her became more


    firm...


    "It''s your birthday and you''re talking less and smiling more." Leonel cut in through her thoughts. "Did


    something happen that I''m missing?"


    "No..."


    "Dr. Maya Rollins, you''re needed at the ER." A nurse walked in interrupting Maya.


    "Duty call, see youter, Leonel." Maya said walking out to follow the nurse that had walked in her


    office. It was still in the morning and they already had emergency so far.


    Maya walked to the surgeon preparation room and put on her clothe. She washed her hands and put


    on her gloves along with her mask before walking to the ER. In there, she found a three nurse and one


    surgeon whom she had never worked with since he came to this hospital one month ago.


    "What''s the status?" She asked as she picked up a chart from one of the nurses.


    "She was shot three times and she is loosing allot of blood." The doctor answered. "Two bullets are on


    her left rib and the third is on her right shoulder."


    "Let''s get to work them. We''ve to remove the bullets before she looses more blood than she already


    has done."


    First, the removed the one from the patient''s should and moved to the ones at the ribs. The bullets had


    really hit her bag but they had to do their best to save the woman who seemed to just be around


    twenty.


    "We''re loosing her." One of the nurses said.


    Maya looked at the machine that was now beginning to show t lines. "Her heart beats are dying


    down. Please pump her chest. She is loosing breath." The other doctor did as instructed and Maya


    looked at the machine.


    The lines werepletely t now. Maya took over and ced her hands on the patient''s check to


    pump her. She was about to ask for clear when the lines began to work again. Maya breathed a breath


    of relief and looked at the others.


    "We need to get the remaining bullet out."


    "But that''s impossible." the surgeon answered. "It''s buried deep in her body and we almost lost her."


    "That''s why we need to think before we loose her for good." Maya looked at him. "Any suggestions?"


    The surgeon thought for a while before he suggested they open her up in between the ribs where the


    bullet was and so they did. Once all the bullets were out, Maya stitched her patient and asked for her to


    be moved to a room.


    She walked to the changing room where she washed her hands. The surgeon congratted her and


    wished her a happy Birthday before they walked out of the room.


    "What''s going on at the main hall?" Maya asked when she got at the reception.


    "I heard that there is a party."


    "Party?"


    "Yeah, too bad we''re not invited. Right?"


    Mayaughed at the look that the poor girl was making. She looked like the party person.


    "That means we''ve to work." She said walking towards her office.


    ******


    Maya was done with her work and she was heading home. When she left the hospital, it seemed like


    the preparation at the main hall were just officially getting started. In fact, people had began to increase


    inside the hospital but not for check up. Whatever was going to go down there seemed to be very


    important.


    That had her wondering about her own party. Kyle had been avoiding her for almost a month because


    ording to her, she didn''t want to spill anything since she wanted the day to be special.


    Which was weird. For crying out loud, she preferred to spent the rest of the evening with Chris rather


    than be on any party. Kyle knee that and she knew why but her being Kyle, she didn''t know how to quit.


    All she wished for was for it not to be in a club.


    Maya parked her car and walked inside the mansion. She had to freshen up before her best friend blew


    her phone with wanting her to be ready in less than ten minutes.


    She walked to the bedroom and to her suitcase. What does one wear on their birthday? She wasn''t


    sure what to wear since she had no idea where the party would take ce. That''s why she hated


    surprise.


    Maya looked through her bag and she settled on a blue gown that she wore once and that was in


    Gxy that her dad, the governor was invited along with his family. And who is his family? Of course,


    Maya.


    Once she was done taking the shower, she wrapped the towel around her body. Maya took the brow


    drier and began to dry her hair. She wanted to curl it at the ends. And she did, she curled it up and


    once done, Maya took body oil to apply on her body.


    Just then, she heard the bedroom door open and she knew Chris was also home. He had alsoe to


    get himself ready for the surprise party which he was part of.


    "Maya?" Chris called knocking on the bathroom door.


    Maya took the towel and wrapped it around her. She walked to the door and opened it. Chris leaned on


    the door me smiling at her but his smile seemed to have disappeared when her found her in a towel.


    "Yes?" She asked but Chris eyes were everywhere and anywhere. "Chris?"


    "Kitten." He said jumping out of his dreamnd. "You need to get dressed now." He looked nowhere but


    her eyes. "I''ll use the other bathroom to get ready." Chris held his hands which held a big box. "It''s my


    birthday gift to you. Please put this on. I made it with my own hands."


    Before she could say anything, Chris walked out of the room. How was he going to change when he


    didn''t even carry his change of clothes? Anyway, Maya walked back inside and opened the box. It was


    a dress, a white one at that matter.


    It was the most beautiful thing she had ever set her eyes on. Maya pulled the dress out and admired it.


    She put it down and took her underwear clothes. She put them on and Maya took the dress.


    It was had no hands leaving her to have no need of a bra. She removed it and took the dress over her


    head. Maya straighten the clothe and she walked to the full length vanity mirror on the wall. The woman


    that stood before her, wasn''t her. She was a different person.


    Totally different. But how did Chris know her size? That, she would askter, right then all she needed


    was to get her blue high heeled shoes since she wasn''t going to wear her blue dress.


    Maya stepped out of the bed room carrying her white purse which had her phone. To her surprise,


    there was no missed call from Kyle neither a message. She took one step at a time on the stairs afraid


    to fall due to the two sets of eyes that were looking up at her.


    "Wow kitten!" Chris eximed as she reached the foot of the stairs. She took his offered hand. "I''m


    confused, when one do I like?" He asked. "I mean, the dressed Maya or the under dressed one?"


    Maya looked at Chris. He didn''t look bad himself. He wore white pants along with white shirt. Which


    made him look delicious.


    Wait. What? Did you just say Chris looks delicious?


    Maya shock her head as she continued to check her husband out. He wore a blue bowl tai which made


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    her think they shared same thoughts. He wore white and also his loafers were white in colour b it t he


    still managed to wear blue as she wore blue shoes.


    "You''re beautiful, kitten." He kissed her cheek, "I feel like eating you up like a cupcake. My cupcake."


    "You don''t look bad yourself, Chris."


    "It''s puppy. Remember?"


    Mayaughed at him. It wasn''t funny but she wanted to break the sensual tension between the two of


    them. It was building up way too faster than she intended it to do.


    "You smell so good." Chris said when she said nothing. "God, let''s go upstairs and lemme have my


    ways with you."


    She didn''t how it happened but she was already in his arms and he had pushed her hair on one side.


    His mouth was sucking a sensitive spot below her ears and she didn''t know what to say to him. Damn!


    She didn''t even want him to stop what he was doing to her.


    Maya opened her mouth to say something, anything but what cane out of her mouth was a moan.


    "You can feel it Maya, right?" he pulled away to look at her. All Maya did was to node her head. "Words


    Maya. Words. Do you feel what I''m feeling right now?"


    Of course she felt it. She didn''t know how she had managed to stay in the same house as Chris and do


    nothing. Maybe before she wasn''t normal. Or did her hormones begin to work when she turned a year


    older. Her hormones are now active at the age of 26?


    Maya was about to speak up but Chris'' phone went off. He cursed under his breath as he fetched it out


    of his pocket.


    "This isn''t over and I can promise you that, kitten." He was promising her not just saying which had her


    heart run wildly. "For now, we''ve to go."


    And he took her hand leading her out of the mansion. Chris opened the jeep door for and helped her to


    slide inside the vehicle. Once they fastened their seat belts, he pulled out of the mansion and into the


    highway.


    As Chris drove, his one hand was on her thigh making circles around it. The feeling was so knew to her


    and she didn''t understand how a simple touch like that left her so breathless. It''s like she was fighting


    so hard to keep it together. She felt like she could just Chris up anytime if he continued the touch her.


    And Chris stopped the jeep somewhere around the road.


    "As much I''d love to see those beautiful eyes of yours react to my touch, I''ve to blindfold you."


    "Blindfold?" She asked confused. "Why?"


    "It''s a surprise where I''m taking you and if you see the direction you''ll put two into two and find out


    which will no longer be a surprise." He exined. "Now be a good girl and remain still."


    And she did. Chris pulled a white blindfold and covered her eyes with it. One he was done, he leaned in


    hear ear and whispered.


    "I''d love to try this too but in bed."


    Chris started the engine again and drove away. This time, he didn''t touch which had Maya think of


    saying something to make the conversation but before she came up with anything, Chris pulled the car.


    "We''re here." He announced as he killed the engine. "Just stay there, I''ll help you out."


    And he did. He helped her out of the car and helped her to wherever the hell he was taking her. He told


    her where to lift her legs and when not.


    "Are we there Chris?" She asked when they stopped in god knows where.


    "Yes, kitten." He answered walking behind her. "I''ll take this off now."


    And he did but what she saw was darkness, "Have gone blind or it''s dark?"


    "It''s dark but at the count of three, there will be light." Chris pulled away from her. "One, two and


    Three..."


    The lights were on and it only took a second to realize she was at the main hall in her hospital and


    there people wore white and blue and as the lights went on, everyone shouted.


    "Happy Happy Birthday Maya."

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    Chapter 40


    "Happy Happy Birthday Maya."


    Everyone shouted and all she could do was stand there with tears in her eyes. It''s as if she couldn''t


    believe that all that Kyle had done was for her. At the moment Chris just thought with his heart. For


    once in his life, he thought using his heart and not mind.


    Isn''t that what most people do? They think with there minds always forgetting that their hearts can also


    make decisions too. For instance, you can find yourself in love with two people but you''ve no idea on


    which to choose. My advice, listen to your heart because the heart wants what it wants.


    Chris moved closer to her once again and pulled her into his arms. She was crying but this time for


    happiness. He just rubbed her back and let her to calm herself down which she did.


    "Did you like the surprise, crying baby?" Kyle asked walking over to her.


    Chris let Maya to pull away from her and went to embrace her her best friend. It was the sweetest site


    to admire because Kyle was fighting her tears too.


    "Thank you so much Kyle." Maya said pulling away. "But you didn''t have to go through all this trouble."


    "Anything for you dear..."


    "Guess I lost this bet." Leonel said walking behind Kyle.


    Kyle turned around to look at him. "Told you. My two dors now."


    Maya looked at Leonel as he pulled out his two dors out. "You know, I thought you would be strong


    than that, Maya." He said handing Kyle the money.


    "Chris don''t pretend, I won."


    Chris rolled his eyes at her and took a five dor and gave it to Kyle. Of course, he had lost to her too.


    It seems that Kyle knew Maya more than the two of them. He wasn''t in the same bet as Mr Ambrose


    but his was about the colour. He was sure that Maya would wear her white dress with ck shoes but


    Kyle said they would be blue in color hence the bet.


    And now Maya wore blue shoes that he had seen when they left the house. And since he was such a


    gentleman, he let himself loose without cheating. He would have asked her to wear ck since they


    stay in the same house and Kyle would have never known about it.


    "What''s all this about?" Maya asked looking at both of them.


    "Actually, this guys over here pretended to know you better than me." Kyle exined putting her money


    in the purse. "And we had to bet, your husband said you would wear ck shoes and I said you would


    wear blue." Kyle pointed at her shoes. "And as for Leo here, he said you won''t cry since you love so


    much to hide your feelings and you did." Kyle smiled at both of them.


    "So in other words, you''re making money with my name?"


    "You my friend." Kyle said moving closer to her. "Can make me very rich. All I''ve to do is bet on you."


    Chris watched Maya open her mouth to say something but someone approached her to wish a happy


    birthday. This went on with more people around her making small conversation and he loved how they


    interacted with her.


    Kyle had thought of the perfect ce to hold her birthday. The hospital hall wasn''t a bad idea since this


    is what Maya loved. Her patient. It was filled with them and the family members since it just so happens


    that Maya had only three friends with him counted as a friend.


    The hall was decorated in white and blue which happened to be Maya''s favourite colours. Chris smiled


    at that thought. The first time he had taken her to the garden, he asked her her favorite colour after


    telling Maya his but she justughed and changed the topic.


    Who would have thought that he would know through her birthday. White roses were in each table and


    the smell from the inside was more refreshing than the one on the outside. Kyle had really done a good


    job. She had proven herself worth of doing business with his and that''s why he had carried the drafted


    papers.


    Yes, today was they day they became business partners. From today Kyle will be having her own


    "If you keep staring like that, you won''t make it through her party."


    Chris'' thoughts were cut short only to realise that he hadn''t stopped looking at Maya who was only


    distance away. He turned to look at Wesley who was just smirking at him.


    "I think you''re the one who won''t make it, Wes." Chris smiled at his friend as he took a ss of wine


    from a passing waiter.


    Wesley did the same. "And why not?"


    Chris this time justughed.


    "Dude, do you''ve to ask me that?" He took a sip of his wine and looked at Maya''s direction. "Maya is


    Wesley didn''t even turn. Chris watched as the colour from his face drain. Since the day Maya had worn


    Kimberly''s clothes and Maya had learned about it after the line opening, Wesley had thought that Maya


    was mad at him and he hadn''t showered himself to her.


    Not till today and he came because Chris had assured him that Maya would forgive him since its her


    birthday. If it wasn''t for that, then he wouldn''t be here. And it was all for nothing if he kept on hiding


    from her.


    "You know, you should really approach her, Wes."


    "What if she gives me silent treatment?"


    "And how will you know if you haven''t even tried?" Chris moved close to his friend. "And in case she


    does, you''ll survive if I did that."


    Wesley turned to look at Maya and at that very same time Maya looked Chris'' direction only to lock her


    eyes with Wesley. She smiled at him and turned as quickly as he could from her gaze.


    "Is that a murder smile or something?"


    Chris smiled at him. "It''s up to you to find out." He parted Wesley''s shoulder. "And my sweet wife is no


    murder, okay?"


    "Fine man, but..."


    "Wesley, long time no see." That was Maya from behind him.


    "Small sis." That was the fake smile Chris had ever from Wesley as he turned around to Maya.


    "You nevere to visit anymore." Sheined as if she held nothing against him.


    Or had they been the one who had read too much in between the lines?


    "I thought you were ma..."


    "Or it''s your friend who asked you never toe back again?"


    "Of course not." Wesley turned to look at his friend. "And if he did that, I wouldn''t listen to him." He


    smiled nervously at her, "on the contrary, I thought you''re mad at me."


    Chris watched Maya closely to see her reaction but she didn''t react. In fact she smiled at him and said


    she wasn''t mad. To her, he wasn''t at fault of the past mistakes and everything. Wesley wished her a


    happy birthday and she smiled thanking him.


    They did chit chat about random things which weren''t even Chris'' interest. Instead, he help Kyle to


    make everything was running smoothly as it had been nned. The music was different genres hence


    favouring everyone that was around.


    And once everyone was settled and served for their meal, it was time for the chosen few to make


    speeches. First it was Kyle, then Leonel and Chris who apparently had allot to say to the world but not


    through a speech, but through a song that he had written for his wife.


    The hall was silent as they all looked at him and lent his their eyes. The lights went off as the spot light


    was on him. Mic at hand, he began to sing.


    I bunk my head against the wall,


    I bunk my fist against the wall,


    You''re the whisky in my vibes, Why is it there is no rehab for love?


    I''ve been up against it all,


    But this feeling is so new to me,


    I wake up in the middle of the night,


    My bed is full of water,


    Why won''t you let me go?


    I bunk my fist against the wall,


    You''re my are intoxicating me slowly,


    Please tell me why there is no rehab for love?


    I''m so intoxicated by you''re love,


    It makes me want kill just to have it,


    I''ve been up against it all,


    But this love is something new,


    Please I''m begging you,


    Please be my rehab for this love,


    Cause I need one..


    And apuse were everywhere. People were screaming his name and all he could do was just bow


    before them. This was the first time he ever performed after his marriage with Maya. Hell, since the day


    he met Maya and that was months ago that he had almost forgotten about the feeling.


    The feeling of so much joy as people shout your name and all that. But now, now his eyes were


    concentrated on one person. His wife but in a way it felt like Deja Vu since its how he met her.


    It''s how he had felt like she was the only one who had watched him during his one hour performance


    on that day. That day. It''s that day that had made him to be with her to day. To see her every single day


    and remind him of that kiss.


    Yes, he was in love with her and that, he had admitted to himself. He had epted it and it was left for


    his love to know about his feeling. Tonight, he was going to tell her this very night and know if she felt


    the same.


    If she didn''t, he would understand. Hell, he would even deserve it for what he had done to her before. It


    was time he let the whole world know of his undying love for his wife and the first thing he had done


    was to sing a love song for her.


    He didn''t know how or when Maya had walked up to him but when she pulled him into an hug, he


    couldn''t hold his joy. It was too much. She didn''t do that to fake anything, in fact, they didn''t fake


    anything at all. They looked real even without them trying anything and it was that same reason he


    wanted them to be real even in maternal matters.


    "Thank you."


    "For what?" He asked holding her never to let go.


    "Everything, Chris." She sobbed.


    "Hey." He pulled away her rubbing her tears away. "Your giving people the wrong impression, they''ll


    think that I hurt you. Please don''t cry."


    "I can''t help it."


    "Then I think that I should..."


    "Ladies and gentlemen, it''s time for the birthday girl to have her first dance." Kyle announced looking at


    Maya''s direction. "Please, open the floor."


    "Before everyone takes you away from me," he bowed a little. "May I please have this dance?" Chris


    held his hand out which she took.


    The two walked on the dance floor and again, the lights were dimmed with a spotlight on them. Maya


    ced her hands on Chris'' shoulder as he ced his on her waist pulling her closer to him. They


    danced to the slow music and somewhere in between Maya moved closer that there was no space


    between the two of them andid her head on his shoulder.


    He felt the tension between them and he knew she also felt it. It''s like she was waiting for him to say


    something which he had no idea himself. He had no damn idea of what to do with his quick beating


    heart himself.


    Why is it that he never felt this with Kimberly? He thought he loved her. Thought? Was that it? Had he


    used his mind to love Kimberly instead of his heart? Of course, she was beautiful. She had everything


    that a man would want in a woman, too bad, he wasn''t that man.


    He was never that man in fact and she also knew it. What else would exin her not anyone wanting to


    know that they''re in a rtionship when he had everything. That had him more convinced that he was


    never made for Kimberly. His ce was with Maya. She was the one whom she loved. The one she


    adored so much. The one that he would kill just to have her.


    Call it obsessed or whatever you want but to him, she was his life. He would die without her by his side


    and that''s why he chose to tell her his feels for her today itself.


    "Why are you breathing heavily, kitten?"


    She didn''t answer. Instead she buried her head even deeper if that was possible.


    "You''re feeling it too, aren''t you?"


    Maya just nodded her head still hiding her head on his shoulder. Chris moved his hand from her waist


    to her back rubbing it smoothly.


    "I so want to kiss you Maya." He continued to rub her back as they moved with the music. Everyone


    else were also busy either dancing or conversing to each other.


    She still said nothing but this time she pulled up to look at his eyes. He was sure as hell that his eyes


    were dark blue at the moment. That''s what she saw and she leaned in this time to actually kiss him and


    they did this time. Their was no phone call or anyone to stop them. Nothing would have stopped them


    at that moment.


    Her lips were as soft as he could remember them. Them just being pressed against his had him so


    excited that it hurt him. Their lips moved together and when they did, it was paradise. Those full lips of


    hers were going to be the death of him one day. Of course they fought for dominance and Maya won


    over him. How, he had no idea but he let her. She was in control.


    Chris felt his lower lip sting and when he was about to curse he felt Maya''s tongue linger with his. It


    was as sweet as he could remember. Kissing her. Hell, it was even better than before. This was the first


    time he kissed her as his wife and he cursed himself for not doing this everyday.


    Yes first. When he kissed he thinking it was Kimberly, that isn''t counted to him. Chris felt himself groan


    which had him remembering that they weren''t the only ones around there.


    Maya pulled away after a few seconds with swollen lips which had Chris feel proud of himself. He had


    done that. Him and not another man. Maya smiled at him and he smiled back. Just when he was about


    to peck her lips, Wesley came towards them.


    "You guys almost did it in front of everyone." He said pulling Chris away. "People think that you''re the


    one who organised this whole thing and there asking to speak with you." Wesley stood in between


    Maya and Chris. "Ooh! Don''t worry, I''m a better kisser than you''re so she won''t be bored."


    "You better not try anything, Wes."


    "Don''t worry, Chris." He took Maya''s hand cing it on his shoulder. "I''m already brother zoned,


    remember?"


    "And who said its forever?" That was Maya teasing him too.


    Wait a minute, Maya? Teasing me?


    But us was true. But before he could say anything, someone came over to ask for him. He went with


    them and it just so happened that there were more people who wanted his time and attention. They


    asked about the party organised leading him to introducing them to the brain behind it all.


    Kyle had already ten clients who wanted her to organise their events.


    "Wow!" Chris said when everyone had left the two of them. "You''re already famous with just one


    attempt."


    "Thank the luck charm on my first boyfriend." Kyle saidughing but herughter wasn''t an happy one


    as much as she tried to hide it. "He knew about my charms and it helped him. He must be happy


    wherever he is now."


    "Ooh, your not the type that still talks with there ex." Chrisughed to lighten the mood. "Have you met


    my best friend, Wesley?"


    Kyleughed. "He is your best friend?" She asked in disbelief. "No offence but your friend, is a


    womaniser."


    She said looking where Wesley was supposed to be and he was tting with a red headed chick who


    wasn''t Maya. Then, who was with Maya? He scanned the dance floor and his eyesnded on Maya.


    She was dancing with Leonel who seemed to make herugh. They weren''t that close so he had


    nothing to feel jealous about. She was his as he was hers.


    What I''m I even saying? Boy, I''m really whipped, right?


    "None taken." He had looked back at Wesley''s direction and he was all over the red headed girl. "He


    has his reasons for that, but it''s his story to tell and not mine." Chris said looking back at Kyle. "He is a


    nice guy."


    Kyleughed as she moved her gaze back at Wesley who was now talking the red headed woman


    towards the washrooms. She knew the rest so there was no need of tying figure it out.


    "Before I forget, I brought the contract with me, you can go with it and once done reading it, you can


    sign it." Chris said pulling the document out. "In case you need anything to be changed or added,


    please let youwyer contact mine."


    *******


    By the time Chris pulled in the driveway, it was already five o''clock in the morning. The rest of the night


    was spend with him trying to have Maya in his arms but it seemed like she was avoiding him after that


    sweet kiss that they had shared. That kiss, just the thought of it had him on fire.


    He killed the engine and walked to the passage seat to pick his wife without waking her up. It was


    already heard to bring her into leaving the party and on the way back. She couldn''t help but talk until


    she fell asleep halfway.


    Maya moved her head andid it on his chest and that had his heart bit like it was it''sst time to do.


    He took her upstairs and just when heid her on the bed and began to walk to the bathroom, spoke


    up.


    "Don''t you dare, Mr. Rollins." He turned to look at her. She was already seated on the bed. "Are you


    snicking out on me?"


    Of course he wasn''t but how could she understand that in the state she was in?


    "I''m not, I was just going to the bathroom."


    "Good." She said getting up from the bed. "I want to change too."


    "Christ, Maya." Chris said looking away.


    She had unzipped her dress and it had fallen off her leaving her with nothing but her underwear. She


    had no bra to cover those beautiful rounded breast of hers that called for his attention even when


    they''re covered.


    "What?" She asked moving to him. "It''s not like you''ve never seen a naked woman before." Maya


    wrapped her hands from behind him. "Besides, you wanted to see me naked before we left and I''m


    also your wife. Or do I disgust you?"


    This was worse than he thought. Damn that game that they had yed. And it was all Kyle''s idea to get


    her friend drunk without them knowing that he was the one going to pay for it. And when Kyle was


    asked, Maya was too tight and she had to loose up, Kyle''s word.


    So they yed never have ever making sure they said something that Maya was the only one who had


    never done. That''s how she got drunk and why is acting so not like Maya.


    "You don''t, Maya."


    She pulled away from him. "Now I''m Maya? Not kitten or cupcake anymore?"


    Chris didn''t answer that. To be honest, how do you answer that question. Instead, he moved to her


    suitcase to get her night gown which he too a white see through he had seen the day he had gone


    through her things.


    "Please put this on."


    Maya took her gown from his hands and threw it away.


    "Give me your shirt." She said stubbornly.


    Chris moved to his closet and pulled out one of his shirts.


    "Here Maya."


    Maya began to cry. "See, you''re still calling me that. You don''t love me Chris." She was still half naked


    and she refused to wear the shirt that he was offering. "Do you know how long I''ve wanted to wear your


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    shirt?" She asked wiping her tears with the back of her hand. "Since I was a teenager, the same day I


    had your song on radio and said I was in love. And you give me this shirt when I ask for your shirt?"


    Chris wanted to pull her into his arms but she bit his hand when he tried to do that. She asked him not


    to touch her. He didn''t know why but a part of him was happy that Maya got drunk. He would have


    never known about her wanting to wear his shirt since teenage.


    "I''m giving you my shirt ma... Kitten."


    She looked up, "I don''t want that, I want the one you''re wearing right now."


    "But it''s all sweaty and so gross."


    "Don''t you get it, I want to smell you in my sleep but it okay, you don''t care about me anyway."


    "Cupcake, don''t say that." He removed his zer then his shirt. "Here, you can have it. Lemme help


    you."


    And he did. He buttoned his shirt on her body and when he was done, he looked at her green eyes


    which was a mistake. They drew him in to a point of no return and before he knew it, they were kissing


    each other passionately.


    Maya just on his bones, wrapping her legs around his waist. Chris squeezed her but earning a moan


    from her. She pulled away so that they could all catch some hair but that didn''t mean they stopped.


    Chris felt her soft hands massage his head and he kissed her throat. He needed more ess on her


    and that''s why he walked them both to the bed.


    Heid Maya on her back and he went with her. Lips locked together hands everywhere and anywhere.


    Maya pulled his pants down and he helped. He was in his briefs and her hands were on his torso ready


    to get rid of the briefs and that''s when he came back to his senses.


    "Kitten, stop." She didn''t which left him with only one option. He held her hands and sat up on the bed.


    "Do you want this?" She asked sitting up too. "You don''t want me, Chris?"


    "Christ Maya, don''t say that. I want you more than I need to breath."


    "Then what''s stopping you?"


    "I can''t take advantage of you like this. You''re drunk."


    "It''s all your fault that we''re in this situation, Chris."


    "My fault?" Why Was she ming him?


    "Yes, your so slow..." She said yawning.


    How was he slow? He saw she was about to fall asleep but before she told him how slow he was. Or


    was it about him to confessing his love for her? Of course he was slow at that. If he told her early,


    maybe they wouldn''t in the situation they''re in right now.


    She would be his and him hers but he wasn''t about to take advantage of her for his fulfilment.


    "What do you me by I''m slo..."


    Maya had already fallen asleep. He moved to the other side and got undercover with his wife in his


    arms. It wasn''t as difficult as he thought it would be and her warmth had him falling asleep too.


    But what made him sleep more peaceful was the fact that Maya was feeling it too. That''s all that


    mattered to him.

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    Chapter 41


    Maya pulled herself away from the back of the couch and turned around. But that had her regretting her


    decision. The sun rays made had her closing her eyes more than she had done before. To her, her only


    rescue was to turn again and hide herself on what seemed to be more soft couch than the other days.


    Her eyes were still closed but the pounding on her head were more stronger now that the sun rays had


    hit her. She curled up to her couch getting morefortable than she anticipated for herself. Just when


    she was settled, she felt her couch move or the hangover was making her imagine things.


    Hangover? That''s why her head hurt that much. And it was all Kyle''s fault. It was hers that she got


    drunkst night. Yes, it was her birthday but that didn''t mean that one has to get drunk in order to


    celebrate...


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    Again, her couch moved and that''s when she had her eyes open. To her horror, she was on Chris'' bed


    and what she thought was her couch was his back. This had Maya sitting up like a lighting only to have


    her head hurt more.


    Damn you alcohol.


    She cursed as she let her hands move to her head. Just then, Chris turned to her side and opened his


    eyes. He looked cute when he was just waking up and that''s when Maya realized that this was the


    second time since their marriage she saw him wake up.


    The first being the day he left mark on her neck and then now. How she missed the other days? Well,


    she never finds him on his bed when she wakes up since he is always out working out and if not, he is


    asleep when she leaves.


    "Good morning, Cupcake." Chris greeted her rubbing his eyes. "Had a good night sleep?"


    Of course she did. She slept like a baby and she had no idea why. Maybe the alcohol did some tricks


    and had her forgetting about the world and thinking of nothing else.


    Maya looked at Chris and replied to his greetings. He smiled at her and got up to walk to the bathroom


    and that''s when her jaws almost fell on the bed. Chris wore nothing but his brief.


    What happenedst night? Why is it that I can''t remember anything?


    With those questions on her mind, she moved her eyes to herself and for the first time, she realised


    what she was wearing. And to her horror the buttons were half buttoned up.


    Just then Chris walked out of the bathroom and that time she did what a dissent person would do at


    that very moment. And that is to draw the covers up her body.


    "If I were you, I''d not hide anything since I saw it all." Chris said walking to her and pouring a ss of


    water from the night stand. "Here, this will help your head." He said handing over the aspiring to her.


    But Maya highly doubt that. Her head just got worse thinking of what had happened the other night and


    what Chris made when he said he saw everything. Did they do somethingst night? Why can''t she


    remember anything at all?


    "What happenedst night?" She asked when she swallowed her medicine.


    Maya watched Chris smile no blush when she asked it. He was remembering something aboutst


    night something that Maya could not remember herself. That''s not how she wanted her first time to be.


    She wanted to remember everything, every detail about what takes ce and when it does but Chris


    seemed to have done her wrong. He took advantage of her drunk state and slept with her.


    Isn''t that rape? But how can it be rape when they''re both married. Even if she would love to go to a


    court, she would stand no winning change at all. That thought alone had her tears wailing up on hers.


    Maya never thought that her husband would go to that extent. Of raping her. He took advantage of her.


    Waited for when she was drunk to have his revenge on her. And to her, he had the perfect timing. How


    could she be so stupid to letting herself get drunk. How could she?


    "Yesterday was the best day of my life." Chris said moving to sit beside her. Maya felt her jaws tighten


    and the sheets in her hands.


    It had to be because he got his revenge as he had promised. He promised to break her and he finally


    did. Her virginity was her pride. Her only thing that not even her evil father would take away from her.


    That was the only thing to offer to the man who would love her for being a curse in the world but he


    took that away from her.


    "You know, you told me that I was too slow." Chris didn''t seem to see her facial expression as he went


    on.


    She told him he was slow? Was she begging him to fuck her faster and hard instead of making love to


    her like he was doing? What was wrong with her. How could she beg for him to have his revenge in her


    in such a way.


    "Maya, you''re right." And they locked their eyes. Each talking differentnguage.


    "How could you, Chris?" She asked as a tear broke free from her eye. "You took advantage of my state


    you bastard."


    Chris looked shocked and her heart more than hurt. "Maya, what are you talking about?"


    She saw the confusion in him. But why? He had his revenge and damn, he had it well.


    "Stop ying innocent, Chris." She didn''t dare to move afraid of feeling the pain on her low abdomen.


    She wasn''t sure if she could handle it. "You raped me you sick sickle, you raped me and for what


    exactly? Aah? For what? To get your revenge on me. To break me as you had promised to do at the


    beginning of our marriage? Wow!" She eximed pping her hands. "You did it well Mr. Rollins."


    Maya saw the hurt on his face but she didn''t give a damn about it. She didn''t. Not now or ever. All her


    life, she has been worried about other people''s happiness but not hers. She let her sick sickle of a


    father hurt her when she could have run away. And all for what? To make him happy if his happiness


    was with him hurting her.


    But not anymore. She won''t think of anyone else but herself. Enough was enough. Her happiness first


    before anything else and she wasn''t going to let Chris ruin her anymore.


    "Is that how low you think of me Maya? Do you think that I''d rape you just to have my revenge on you


    Maya? Is that how sick you think I am, Maya?" He asked locking his gaze with hers. "I agree that at first


    I wanted to hurt you. Hell I did that to you. I abused you in every single way I could Maya. I made you


    sleep on the floor, the damn cold floor and I didn''t give a damn about how you felt. It gave me pleasure


    Maya.


    "I know I sent red flowers to you with thorns because I want to hurt you. I made you meet your dad too


    just to have pleasure in hurting you and those are the things that I''ll forever regret in my life Maya. I did


    that. I hurt you so much and I won''t tell you that I never made you hurt you because I did Maya.


    "I meant everything that I did to you. I enjoyed it when I saw how hurt you''re because of me Maya. This


    isn''t romantic moves or novel where a guy says he didn''t mean to hurt there partner. Hell I meant it


    Maya. But the same way I meant my apologies to you after seeing my mistakes, Maya.


    "I did apologies Maya. Or didn''t I. I apologised to you every single time I saw you. I did that Maya. But


    why would you think that I would rape you? I could never stoop that low Maya. Maybe I gave you wrong


    vibes from the beginning but I would never hurt you or any other woman in that way Maya. I''m no rapist


    and neither I''m I nning to be one. My hurt is bleeding right now as I speak. I would never do


    anything to hurt you Maya because I love you.


    "Yes, I love you Maya Rollins. I don''t know how to happened or when it happened but it just did. In a


    way you found your way in my heart and I wouldn''t rece you with anyone or anything." He broke his


    gaze away from her to wipe away his tears from his eyes.


    If her heart hurt before, right then it was bleeding. Bleeding that she had used him of rape when he


    hadn''t done it. How did she know that? She had let herself not to be afraid and move and their was no


    pain on her lower abdomen. In fact she wore her underwear the same one she wore before she went to


    the party.


    And if she was raped, there is supposed to be blood on the sheets but their was none. Is that how little


    she trusted her husband. That she was ready to point a finger at him even before he does anything.


    And just wait, did Chris just confess his feeling to her? Did he just say he loved her? Maya was about


    to ask him what he meant when he went on.


    "You know, whenst night you told me I''m too slow, I thought to myself what you meant and then it


    dawned on me. And you''re right. I''m way too slow to confess my feels for you. I was afraid of what you


    would do when I said that I love you to you. I wanted you to trust me first, Maya.


    "And I thought you did. I thought you trusted me till this morning. I really wish that you did since I do. I


    trust you way too much that I can follow you blindly. I don''t me you for anything Maya. I deserve


    every hate that you''ve inside you. I deserve that and much more. But I want you to remember that I


    love you. I love you in a way that I doubt if I loved my past lovers as I had told them before. I''ll give you


    whatever you want Maya. Anything that you''ll ask me, but please believe me when I say that I didn''t


    rape you."


    Maya watched Chris get from the bed and walk in a glorious way towards the bedroom door. She didn''t


    know what came over her but within seconds she was hugging him from behind. Her head rested on


    his back as she let her tears flow. He was also crying and she med herself for it.


    It was her fault. Hers for using him falsely. Hers for walking on that stage when she could have just


    ignored him and let him choose another person from the crowd. Her fault since she allowed him to kiss


    him on that same stage.


    Maya let her tears flow more as she thought of her faults. Yes, hers that her father forced them into this


    marriage. She could have just walked away but she didn''t dare to do it. She didn''t dare to loose her


    only chance to be with her teenager crush. Maya let more tears and memories flow all from her body.


    It was her fault for making women look weak in front of men. She made it look okay for women to be


    abused by there partners and do nothing at all when there is allot to do. Allot. There are women group


    that one can report to. Police stations that one can ask help for or marriage council in which one can


    turn to but she didn''t. She chose to suffer in silence.


    Then how is it not her fault? How is it that she isn''t as much as fault as Chris is? Isn''t that why just few


    minutes ago she used him of rape?


    "I''m sorry Chris," She began still rooted on his back. "I know what I did was wrong. It''s all my fault and I


    see it now. I see how it is my fault. I let my own father abuse me in silence when I could have reported


    him to children welfare. I let him do what he did to use and see where it has got me to. I''ve just be


    like you and him. I''ve have no difference between the two of you. I used you wrongly because in a


    way I don''t know when you''ll go back to being you.


    "It''s not like I don''t trust you Chris. Hell, I trust you more than I trust my own self. I trust you in a way


    that I haven''t trust before but I''m afraid that you''ll leave me. Isn''t that how I trusted and loved my


    brother but he left me still.


    "I''m afraid to tell you that I love you because I don''t know when you''ll leave me Chris. I prefer not


    saying it but I already did. I love you Chris Rollins, more than I thought I''d ever love. I just hope that you


    won''t walk away like my brother did. Or my mother at that matter Chris, the only difference is that she


    died before I even had a chance to meet her."


    She said it atst. She saw it herself. But it was time to move on with her life. Time to start a fresh and


    this time with her husband that is if he still wanted that. If he wanted her to love him and him to love


    her.


    Maya felt Chris remove her hands away from his stomach. They fell loose on her side and he moved


    away from her. She watched him turn the door knob and walk away from her. Maybe she deserved


    that. After all she used him way too worse than any beast deserved.


    Maya let her tears flow as she kneeled down. It hurt more than it hurt before. Not even her father''s


    knife hurt the way she was hurting now. Maybe it was her turn to ask for forgiveness.

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    Chapter 42


    Chris walked downstairs hurt more than he thought was possible. He thought what Kimberly did to him


    was worse but Maya using words hurt him more than he thought he was hurt by his ex lover.


    Yes, she was his ex lover. After what she did to him he wanted nothing to do to her. He even fired her


    but it was Kimberly he was dealing with. She would do anything not to be jobless.


    Chris walked to the kitchen and made himself coffee. Where would he go with briefs anyway? It hurt


    him but he wasn''t ready to leave Maya. At least not anytime soon. Or maybe unless she leaves him


    herself.


    She said that she loved him. Maya Freeman loved a man like him. An animal who once saw pleasure


    in her pain. The beast who pushed her for sitting on his bed which now made nothing without her


    sleeping besides.


    That was what hurt even more. That a woman like Maya would love a beast like him. This wasn''t the


    fairly tale of the beauty and the beast but a reality thing.


    It was his reality. Their reality but still she fall in love. She fall in love with him despite his misbehavior.


    She still did. Chris poured himself a cup of coffee and sat on the hignd stood. Damn, he needed to


    think before he made any decision what so ever.


    He ced the cup on his lips but he regretted the moment he did that. The damn this tasted bitter. If


    there was something that he hade to terms with was coffee. He had epted that he would never


    make the same way Maya does dispute her showing him how to make it for more than he can count.


    Chris pushed the mug away and walked to the music room. Maybe ying piano would make him


    make a better decision. A decision that won''t hurt her or him at that matter. But walking in there only


    had him wishing that he hadn''t.


    How could he y the damn thing when he saw was Maya and him settled on that piano ying


    together. But it was a warm feeling which in a way had wiped away his hurt. He walked to the piano


    and sat down.


    Chris began to y piano by Nick Minaj and as he yed he couldn''t help but think of the lyrics. Maybe


    he was ying Maya. He had yed her for so long and she had let him y on. She allowed him to


    be a beast to her when she could have stopped him. When she could have said enough to him but


    instead she didn''t.


    She allowed him to y her. To y her like some piece of garbage. That''s why she didn''t think twice


    when she used him few minutes ago. Because she didn''t trust him and she was right not to trust


    him. She really was because he never gave her reason to trust him since they met...


    Chris was jacked up when he had the music y in a different way and if he must add, perfect way. He


    knew he was off key but not that bad. He turned to his right and there she was, sited next to him.


    Chris said nothing and neither did she as they continued to y along the piano. Her thoughts seemed


    to be far and he knew what she was thinking. She was think what he was thinking before she intruded.


    Once the song was over, they all stared at space and let their unspoken words room around the room.


    It was funny but in a way it was peaceful. Peace that they both had no idea how long it will take before


    it left them.


    "You were off key."


    Yeah, that was what she said to him without looking at him. And him, he didn''t know what to tell her at


    all.


    "It has be an issue with me, I can''t seem to y piano alone anymore."


    How else were they supposed to act? She didn''t nce at him still and he didn''t mind. In fact deep


    down he was thankful for that.


    "It''s not only piano." She said looking at something ahead of her. "Even the coffee is worse."


    That had Chrisughed which earned him a nce and in a way, it felt like everything was okay. Like


    they''re both warming up to each other.


    "I know, right?" He turned himself to fully nce at her. "It seems like I need you in my life Maya."


    Of course he did. He needed her in his life more than he needed his damn brain to think. He had


    admitted that to himself a long time ago but the past wasn''t letting him be happy. In fact it made sure to


    catch up with him every damn moment he seemed to gain happiness.


    But how long was he going to allow that? To allow his past determine his present and his future? Until


    when was he going to pay for the past mistakes? He had done that way too many times and now, now


    he had to be selfish.


    He had to think about himself. Think about his ns for the present and the future and dual on the


    past. It was the time. If not then then when? When he releases that he has nothing to be proud of in


    terms of person life.


    He wasn''t going to let that happen. Maya was his present and his future. His one true love. His heart


    beat for her and only her. Then where allow his ugly past determine his happiness? Why loose one


    thing that would forever make him happy because of his retreats and herck of trust when he could


    give her reason for her to trust him.


    It was better to try than to not try at all. Right?


    "And you''ve me Chris. I''m not going anywhere unless you lemme go."


    And those were the only thing that he wanted to hear. Maya was his to love and spend life time with


    and for that that only he had to appreciate. Yes, he felt like jumping up and down but that was forter.


    Now, they needed a serious talk before they all entered into there forever love.


    "Maya, I''m sorry that I wasn''t your ideal husband. I wasn''t the man that you dreamed of having an your


    husband but as nature has it or destiny or fate whatever is out there we met and got married.


    "I did hate you from the second time that met and I took my argue on you. I med you for everything


    when I was partly part of it. I was the one who kissed you yet I acted like you''re the one. I know I''ve


    said this more than ten times but I''ll forever say it. I''m truly sorry for everything I did in the past Maya.


    "I don''t one to loose you now cause I know nothing without you. I''ll die without you and I''d do it slowly


    which is painful. Like I told you, I love you Maya. I love you more than I ever wanted to love you.


    "I don''t know how it happened or when it did so please don''t ask me. But in a way you grew under my


    skin and I can''t seem to wash you of me. I need you Maya. I need you more than I care to admit to


    Wesley when he tells me I''m already whipped. Hell I am.


    "I get jealous when I see youugh louder with anyone that is not me. I do Maya. Most especially when


    you hold hands in public with Leonel and seen rx but when do that you get tensed.


    "I want my present and future with you. I need you in my life Maya Freeman. I want you love me and


    only me. I want us to tell our kids our story together. I want to be their biological father and you mother,


    Maya. I love you that much. I want to get old with you and if there is reincarnation, then I want my next


    life with you.


    "I want you in heaven with me as we sing glorious God. Please, let''s grow both physically, spiritually


    and emotionally together. Give me a chance to prove to you that I can be an angel from being a devil."


    Okay, where that speech came from, he had no idea but he was d that it did. He expressed his


    feelings toward her and all he hoped for was for her to listen to him and give him a chance. She was


    his necessity and he wouldn''t do anything without her by his side.


    Chris was sure that Maya was his better half. His lost rib and her fresh of his fresh.


    "Chris." She called taking his hand. "I should be the one apologies to you for everything. It''s fault as


    much as its you and I won''t make any speech to you of any sort.


    "I love you Chris Rollins and just like you I don''t know when my crush turned to love but it did despite


    everything that went down between us. I know when people will learn what went on between the two of


    us they will call me name. And I don''t me them.


    "In fact I deserve there hate and everything but we don''t tell our heart who to love and not to. And for


    that, I''m ready to be called a fool for your sake. Please just lemme show you that I truly trust you Chris.


    I''m sorry about earlier. Truly sorry."


    Chris pulled his had away from her shaking ones and ced them on her cheeks. He wiped away her


    tears and smiled at her. It was a new beginning. For them and there love for each other. All he prayed


    for was that they love each other forever.


    Chris pulled Maya into a hug and they stayed like that for what seemed like forever. He had his love by


    his side and he sure as hell going to cherish every moment together. They exchanged I love you and


    stayed quiet after pulling away from each other.


    Maya leaned on Chris'' shoulder and he stroke her hair. He didn''t know how long they stayed like that


    but when he felt her even breathing, he knew she had fallen asleep once again.


    Chris carried Maya in bridal style and took them to there room. Yes, it was there and not his. That


    thought had him remembering something. Once heid her on their bed, he pulled the duvet over her


    body since somewhere when they''re talking it began to rain.


    Chris walked to Maya''s luggage and pulled them to a walk in closet. He opened her big suitcase and


    began to unpack her clothes. He ced her tops on the shelves and hugged her dresses, the ones that


    needed to.


    He didn''t know that she had that much of clothes since it took him an hour to ce everything where it


    deserved to be ced. Now his closet looked more homey than before. Certified with what he did,


    Chris pulled some sweats and brief and walked to the adjust bathroom.


    Once done taking a shower, Chris walked down stairs and began to makete lunch for the both of


    them. He was mid way when he had too soft arms rest against his bare stomach. How he would want


    to live like that forever. With Maya wrapped around him.


    "The Sleeping Beauty is awake." He said while staring the pasta in the pot.


    "You could haveid beside me, you know." Chris felt her lips on his back and he almost burned


    himself. "Rx hubby."


    Wow! Now she was taking pleasure in seeing him that way. Chris felt her lips near his earlobe kissing


    him and a shiver run down his spine.


    "You''re still tensed, puppy."She whispered to him and that was hisst straw.


    In one movement, Chris had Maya pinned against the hignd and his lips on hers. She was sweet


    more thanst night if that was even possible. They''re both fighting for dominance and it seemed like


    he was loosing to her and he let her. He freaking let a woman win over him for once in his life.


    He felt her hands lower to his torso and he gasped only to have her slide her tongue to his. Well she


    knew which buttons to push and when to push them and that had him smiling in between there


    passionate kiss.


    Chris felt Maya''s had move back up and he hade to terms that she had done that just to have an


    ess to his mouth. Her hands went to his hair and she let her figures run freely through it.


    For the same of breathing Maya pulled away from him but Chris didn''t her her take a moment to breath.


    He pulled her up and ced her on the counter and stepped in between her legs. He began to kiss her


    jaws going down to her neck allowing his hand to her thigh. She moaned louder when he sucked below


    her earlobe.


    His had was going upper as it massaged her inner thigh when she moaned out his name. He didn''t pay


    attention to her and when he was about to take his hand to her...


    "Chris, the pasta is burning."


    Chris pulled away from her and turned to the stove. True to her words his pasta was burning. He


    switched off the stove and walked to take a dish where he put the top pasta leaving the burned one.


    "You''re such a bad cook." He heard her say from behind him. "Can you even handle me if you can''t


    handle simple pasta?" She asked kissing he bare back again.


    How she still had the strength to get of the counter he had no idea. And for once, Chris regretted not


    wearing anything since she was taking that as her advantage.


    "Ooh trust me kitten, I can handle you much better than this damn..." He took in a deep breath when


    she ced her hands at his lower abdomen.


    "You''re saying?" She asked innocently remove her hands away from him.


    It took him all he had not to turn around and show her who was really in charge. Or was she really the


    one in charge here? All this while Maya kept on kissing his back and all that he could do was hold the


    end of the counter as if his life depended on it.


    But it does depend on it.


    Maya stopped miss behaving with him only to stand on her toes so that she can whisper on his ear.


    "I''m really bothered and I need a shower to calm myself down. See youter, puppy."


    And just like that she walked away. Hell, he was the one in need of shower and a really cold one for


    that matter. Five minutes had passed but he still stayed in the same position trying to calm himself


    down.


    Once he was calm enough, he went on making their lunch. Half an hourter, Chris was done and he


    set a table in the dinning area. Just then, Maya walked in still wearing his shirt but the one she wore


    this time was the one he had worn before he changed for party and mind you, it was dirty. In fact he


    had left it in the room that he had gone to change in. How she got it, he had no idea.


    Maya sat innocently on her seat and served herself food. This time she did nothing and they ate


    silently. Once down, Maya got on her feet and cleaned the table. Chris took that chance to go and look


    for tee shirt. When he went down stairs dressed in a white T-shirt, he found Maya seated on the couch.


    "What do we for the remaining hours?" He asked sitting next to her.


    Mayaid on hisps and ced her legs on the couch. That move had Chris where he was sure she


    wanted him. His shirt barely hide nothing from him. He just had to straighten his eyes from looking at


    her legs.


    "We could just get to know each other more." She said making circle on hisp. "Or what''s in your


    mind."


    Chris fought the pleasure that was building up in him and just nodded at her avoid to groan. She was


    doing everything with a purpose and she was winning if not the least. She sure was the one in charge


    and not him. And that had him wondering if he will ever be around her?


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    And they did. They talked for hours just like they''re doing the previous days. They even got to talk


    about the movies.


    "Hey," Chris said once Maya was doneughing over a joke he made about a movie that he couldn''t


    even remember it''s name. "How about we go on an honeymoon? You know, a real one."


    He had to add thest part since once upon a time they did go for honeymoon but a fake one. Maya


    got to her sitting position and looked at him.


    "Let''s go to Kenya." She said excited.


    Chris smiled at her. "Just like my mother had suggested before."


    Maya smiled, "This time it''s different now. I''ve always wanted to see world beast migrate from Kenya to


    Tanzania and this is the season for that."


    "It''s done." He said moving a bit. "All you''ve to do right now is to clear your schedule for two weeks."


    "Two weeks?"


    "Is that too short?"


    "It''s too long, Chris."


    "Kitten, it''s not long, in fact it''s too short." Chris leaned in and pecked her lips. "And since it''s too short,


    let''s start it right now." He lifted her off of the couch and carried her to the bedroom.


    All Maya did was just smile at him andy her head on his chest. At this time, she only thought of


    herself in Maasai Mara watching the migration and the sun set...

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    Chapter 43


    Chris carried Maya in his arms the moment their Uber stopped in front of their booked hotel. He asked


    the driver to help him with the luggage and the both walked in. At the reception, Chris was helped by


    one of the works who took their bags from the driver and led the way to their hotel room. Once their


    room was opened wide, Chris walked in first and toward the bedroom. She was tired and he


    understood why she was.


    Maya had been working hard for the past one week just to make sure that she didn''t leave her patients


    with unsolved problem. She even went out of her way to tell them that she won''t be around and


    showed them whom they should consult for their medical health.


    Chris pulled the covers over her body after removing her shoes and making sure that she was


    honeymoon suite was great as far as he could see it. Chris unpacked their belongings and walked to


    the bathroom.


    He too needed to rx his muscles. As much as he was in a hurry to get away from his continent and


    enjoy his time with his new found love he had to leave his business in good condition. To him, apart


    from Maya and his mother that business was his life. Chris let the warm water cures his body. There


    flight had dyed and that''s why they arrives past midnight.


    Chris walked out of the bathroom wrapped in towel. He pulled a blue boxer from the closest before


    walking back to the bed where his beautiful wifeid. He smiled at himself as he slept next to her.


    His life had changed. In a way that he never thought it would. Before meeting Maya, he thought that


    Kimberly was the one. The one that he would spend his life with but when he saw Maya, something


    changed.


    Something that he was too arrogant to admit to himself or anyone else. What else would then exin


    why he was ready to kill his best friend when he made a joke of having her as a one night stand? And


    he had only met her once then? She changed him in a way that was not possible.


    Chris pulled the covers over his body and the moment he was settled on the bed Maya moved towards


    him. It''s something that she had adopted for the pat one week and it''s funny how his body reacted


    when she did that.


    It was supposed to be used to her touch, right? But every time she came close to him it felt like its there


    first time to encounter. Mayaid her head on his chest and wrapped on leg around his making him


    breath hard.


    He had been waiting for this for the past one week. He had been patient enough and write now he


    didn''t trust himself. Not even one bit. For crying out loud he had been telling himself to wait till this day


    and when the day arrives, their flight get dyed one to carry his sleeping wife on their arrival.


    Chris took in a big breath before closing his eyes and thinking of something else. Something like food,


    anything as long as its not the beautifuldyying her head on his chest. And to say it worked he


    would beying since it didn''t work.


    Everything was leading him to her. For instance, when he thought of the music he remembered the


    reason why he is with her now. Food, he remember how he had punished her on their first honeymoon


    by making her cook food for him and Kimberly. Worse was when he thought of his fashionpany. It


    was there where he had aimed to humiliate her. Where he used her name to make money with it. He


    hated himself for even thinks because all he could remember was the bad things that he did to her.


    Nothing good at.


    Chris let his eyes close and thought of the future. The future of him and his love and life. That was the


    only thing that would give him piece. the one thing that didn''t remind him of his hateful self and it was a


    relieve to him. Relieve relief to know that he could thing of great moments toe with his beloved.


    Thinking of the future made him fall into a peaceful slumber believing that tomorrow and the day after


    tomorrow and till the end of time will be a good day for him and Maya.


    Chris pulled himself away from a nagging pork on his left side. He had just fallen asleep few hours ago


    and now there was someone who was determine to wake him up. But Maya was on a mission to wake


    him since she drew all the curtains away allowing the sun rays in.


    "Wake up sleepy head." Maya said moving back to him to draw away the pillow which acted as a shield


    for him from the rays. "It''s almost ten thirty and we haven''t decided where to start from."


    Chris groaned and let himself seat up. He knew that he was fighting a loosing battle there. That was


    something he had learnt about Maya for the past few months he had stayed with her. What he meant


    was since she had punished him with silent treatment.


    "You know," he began rubbing his eyes from sleep. " you''re luck that I''m a true gentleman otherwise..."


    He let the rest of the words to hung in the air.


    Chris watched Maya open her handbag and pull out her note pad out.


    "Do one thing Mr. gentleman, go take a shower then I''ll make a list of where we''re visiting today, okay?"


    Watching Maya issuemands to him early morning was something that he would wake up to ever


    morning. Yes, he would be looking forward to her dictating his morning everyday. To him, it would be


    the most thrilling thing ever. And he knew how to silent her when she began hermands and that is


    what he did.


    Chris leaned in and took Maya''s lips into his. How he had missed those all the night and in the morning


    she wouldn''t even waking up with them. That thought alone had him drawing her to him. Chris let Maya


    sit on hisp without breaking their kiss. He missed he in a way that was impossible for him to sleep


    next to her and let his body not touch. For crying out loud, the long wait hade to an end.


    Chris bit Maya''s lower lip just to capture his tongue with hers. And that earned him that sweet moan of


    hers that he had grown to for the past one week when he kissed her. But he needed more from her. He


    wanted to make her his and thing of that him excited in more ways than one. Maya pulled away to


    catch some breath but Chris was just getting started. He kissed his way down her throat making ever


    part kissed. He just wanted everyone who dared to look at her know she was taken.


    Calling him obsessed or whatever but he was making his territory. He had to let the Kenyan men know


    that she belonged to him and no one else. Him only as long as he breathed in this world. She was his


    and him hers.


    Maya tried to pull away from him and all he did was to hold her as if his life depended on her and it sure


    did. Chris pulled her closer to his if that was possible and the more he did that, the more he got excited.


    "Chris, stop." She was struggling to break free from him. "You''ve to go and shower so that we can start


    our adventure."


    Chris groaned when she again moved on hisp. "Don''t move again, kitten." He said trying to hold her


    still.


    "How, like this?" And she did it again.


    this woman was going to be the death of him. Its not like he was minding but it was too early for him to


    die. He wanted to enjoy time with her. Be happy with her as the two of them before he nted anything


    in her womb. He wanted to see their love grow inside of her. Wake up in the middle of the night


    because of her craving. Yes, he would do that for her.


    Chris was ready to see her mood swing every now and then. He was ready to allow he shout at him


    every time her hormones got the better side of her. That is how much he loved her. That was how much


    he wanted to grow old with her on his side.


    "You''re killing me, cupcake." He said kissing her jaws.


    Maya smirked at him and tried to pull herself away again. Of course his hold had not loosen one bit.


    "Chris we have to get movi... OMG!" She eximed when Chris kissed the most sensitive part just


    below her earlobe.


    "You were saying?" He was enjoying the torture that he was giving her. that''s what she had done to him


    for the past one week for nothing. She would get him all excited with those beautiful lips of hers and


    when he got to no point of return, she would stop. Stop leaving him all bothered and everything. It


    wasn''t fair to him at all.


    "We''ve to start our honeymoon." she tried so very hard not to moan in between her speech and he had


    to give her that.


    Chris smirked just below her neck and he knew she felt it.


    "And what do you thing we''re doing, kitten?" he asked going lower than he had anticipated for before


    now. He just wanted her to feel the way had for that one week but it seems he is too much into it


    himself.


    Self control, Chris. Don''t let her win when you''re supposed to be in control.


    "Chris... please you''ve to stop." Maya said in between moans.


    "I don''t want to Maya, we are way too deep to stop." He kissed in between her breast. "Or do you want


    me to stop?" His hand was making its way in a torturous manner up in her inner thigh.


    "Please don''t."


    and that was all that he wanted to here. He beg him not to stop and she did. In fact he didn''t need that


    much of hard work just like she didn''t when it came to him. Chris'' movement stopped and he pecked


    her lips before sitting her on the bed. Of course he did earn an evil look from her but he didn''t mind.


    She felt how he had for the past one week.


    "What was that for?" She was frustrated when she asked him that.


    Chris smirked at her and got out of bed. He knew his erection was showing but he didn''t mind. In fact


    he was proud to show her how much affected him.


    "You don''t remember?" He asked as be began to walk towards the closet. "We''ve to get moving is we''ll


    finishing the things that I nned for use to do today."


    Chris pulled out his diary and carried it to Maya. He handed it over to her and with the open page of the


    day''s event. She was still frowning at him when she went through the listed things.


    "You listed making love here?" She asked in a shock.


    Chris turned away from the closet where he was looking for clothes to where once he was done


    showering and smiled innocently at her.


    He turned again to pick up a ck shirt before he began to move towards the bed.


    "It was in the yesterday''s list but you fell asleep before anything could happen." He stroked her hair.


    "And if could have taken ce then we would continue today. Too bad nothing happed." Again he


    pecked her lips and walked to the bathroom.


    Once he was done, he walked out freshen up but fully dressed. Call him coward or whatever you wish


    but he didn''t trust himself around that woman when he is naked. Maya got up from the bed and walked


    to the bathroom without saying a word. She was mad at him but not for long. That he was sure of it. He


    was sure that Maya had no idea of where they were and when she did, that fake frown on her face


    would fade away quickly.


    Chris watched Maya walk out of the bathroom dressed in a summer dress that was yellow in colour


    with ck flowers on it. She was beautiful in that knee high dress of hers. He took his Rolex watch and


    key card from the night stand and lead her out of the hotel room when she had worn her ck t


    shoes.


    "You said that breakfast would be a surprise in you''re list." She said trying to adjust her side bag on her


    shoulder.


    Chris smiled at her childish behaviour and before he replied that she should wait and see. Once they''re


    inside the lift he tried toe close to he only for her to move away. Just when he was about to pull he


    to him the door opened and a few people walked in making her stand away from him.


    Chris lead Maya to their preserved table and he watched how shocked and over whelmed she was.


    When he had gone to buy there tickets online and book there stay in Kenya he had done his home


    work well. He wanted a ce where nature was around and so he looked for it through google. And


    when he saw Giraffe Manor he knew that was what he was looking for.


    So he went on and booked their stay there for two weeks without bothering about money. He would do


    anything just to have his love happy and right now she was. She was happy that she was having her


    breakfast with giraffe over head.


    "Wow hubby!" She eximed forgetting she was mad at him. "How did you pull this one out?"


    Chris smiled at her and watched her with amusement as she kissed a giraffe that had its head inside


    through the big window. It was amazing watching her y with the giraffe and as he thought of it,


    another giraffe was over him. He parted its head and took a white rose from the table. Chris ced the


    rose''s stem on his mouth and allowed his giraffe to take it from him by lifting his head towards the


    giraffe.


    Maya watched him as he did that.


    "Let me worry about that but right now." He said looking at her. "Your new friend wants to be treated


    like his friend over here." He said parting the giraffe''s head as it chewed the rose flower.


    Maya picked up a pick rose flower and took it towards her new friend. Just when she was about to feed


    it to her friend Chris stopped her.


    "You can''t do that." He said pointing the hand that held the rose. "Remember you were made before


    you came here and he made you smile. So you''ve to give him you''re favourite rose and you''ve to do it


    the way I did. With much love."


    "First I was not mad." She said returning the pick rose in the vessel. "And second I''m sure that it is a


    she and its a he." She said pointing his giraffe.


    Chrisughed at her attempt to be funny before answering that he doesn''t attract men but women and


    his giraffe couldn''t help but fall for his charm. Of course Mayaughed at his statement and did as he


    had asked her to. She took one white petal from the vessel and followed Chris'' move.


    For the past one hour they kept feeding their giraffe with white roses all forgetting about their already


    cold breakfast. It was fun and Maya wished they could just hung around the hotel just to be with the


    giraffe. He wanted that too but they had two weeks for that and not every day they''ll be leaving the


    hotel. So Chris pulled Maya away fro the restaurant and into a waiting Lexus outside.


    "I thinking you''re spending too much on this honeymoon, honey." Maya said the moment she set her


    eyes on the car.


    Chris pushed her towards the waiting car and opened the passenger''s door for her.


    "I''d bring Pluto from where the hell it disappeared to just for you." He pulled the seat belt to lock


    it for her earning a nce of her beautiful cleavage. "And besides this is the only honeymoon that we''ll


    ever have and i want it to be as memorable as it can get." He said getting away from her. He was


    already hard just by ncing at her chest.


    Maya pulled Chris by his cor shirt overing over his face before pecking his cheeks. "Every day will be


    honeymoon to use and if you''re not ready for that you better speak now or forever hold your breath."


    And he was about to say he was up for the challenge when her lips met with his. Maya took his


    opening mouth as an opportunity to slide her tongue inside him. Chris couldn''t help the groan that


    escaped from his throat. How he wanted to take her back inside and have his weaked ways with her.


    But it was way too hot for that kind of thoughts and he was sure that she would burn him more than the


    sun can.


    So when she pulled away just to catch their breath, kissing along hos jawline, heposed himself as


    much as he could. It wasn''t easy but he did it for himself and her sake. They had to fulfill everything


    that was written in his diary. Chris pulled himself away from her and walked to the other side. He took a


    big breath before getting inside the car and starting the engine but not before Maya said.


    "You''d your chance to speak puppy but you didn''t." Of course she was enjoying the torture that she was


    giving him. "But you forever held your breath. From now on, everyday is our honeymoon."


    He didn''t have the strength to say anything to her except i love you words. How he would give anything


    for the day to be over and be back to that sweet honeymoon suite of theirs. For now, they had to have


    fun which was well ned.


    Chris pulled in the parking lot of Maasai Mara and walked to the other side to open the door for his


    wife. His wife and no one else. His to love and to hold. To cherish till the end of time. That thought had


    him wishing that there would never be the end time for them. He ced his hand on her small back and


    led her inside. They had to eat before the went to watch the wildebeest migrate Serengeti to Mara.


    This was the most entertaining part where he would watch the animal struggle to cross the river without


    being caught by crocodiles in that same river. Maybe he could learn something from them for his


    marriage and his life too. But now, they had to have there meal before anything else.


    The waiter to them and took their order. Of course they ordered Kenya meal which happened to be


    ugali and a fried fish along with some greens which happened to be spinach. Chris made sure that


    Maya ate enough before the tour guides came to them. Since they were to many to fit one vehicle they


    were divided into groups and each group got two tour guides.


    Once they''re at the Mara river with the tour guides done exining everything to them, they stayed as


    they saw a first ughter of wildebeest apanied by a few zebras and gazelles begin to cross over


    the river. Of course there were those predators waiting for them in the river. The experience was great


    and he was lucky that Maya carried a camera with her since to him it was moment to be captured.


    Chris walked Maya back to the reserve and together they ate dinner as they watched the sun go down.


    It was the most beautiful thing he had seen and he was d he watched that with Maya. To him,today


    would forever remain in his head. Chris lead Maya back to their car and together they drove back to the


    manor. When he pulled the car in front of the manor Maya was fast asleep again on their honeymoon


    night.


    He felt frustrated but he didn''t have in him to wake his sleeping beauty. Just like the previous night, he


    carried her in bridal style and into their bedroom. This time he didn''t let her sleep with the clothes she


    wore earlier. Chris slipped out of his shirt and held the sleeping Maya in it after removing her dress. He


    took of her shoes and drew covers over her body.N?velDrama.Org is the owner.


    Once done with her, he stepped out of his pants and brief before walking to the bathroom. Chris pulled


    a ck boxer before walking to the sleeping beauty who had moved to his side. He slipped under the


    covers and lifted her head so that he couldy down. And when he was settled he ced her head on


    his chest which earned his her hand over his bare stomach. With her in that position Chris let sleep


    im over him.


    Chris was very much sure that he hadn''t slept for that long before hearing feather kisses on his bare


    chest. How could he have forgotten that he was married to Maya. The woman who took advantage of


    him being naked. He had ignored the feeling of her lips on him just to sleep but it was bing way


    too difficult for him. And then he felt her move up to his jaw line. He held his breath and waited for her


    next move.


    And what she said to him had him opening his eyes only to be greeted by darkness. That made him


    realize that it was in the early morning.


    "I know that you''re awake sugar pie." She had whispered in his ears. "Please let''s get this main part of


    honeymoon started, shall we?"


    Just when Chris was getting adjust to the darkness he felt Maya''s hand on his lower abdomen. That


    had him jumping up and sitting on top of her.


    "Kitten." He groaned out her name when her hands went to her face. "You''ve no idea what you''ve


    awoke ''cause its so hard to make the monster go back to sleep. The cold water no longer works."


    He began to kiss her jawline earning a moan from her. "I don''t want him to sleep too..."


    Chris swallowed the rest of the words by iming her lips. She had walked the monster and it was time


    to show her what the monster was capable of. Time to prove to her how much he loved her and what


    the better way? Coming up for air, he began to kiss her neck making way down her body.


    Maya run her hands down his body till the waist band. She was about to pull it down when Chris pulled


    his shirt over her body forcing her to lift her hands. And just when the material was off of her body, he


    took that opportunity to pin her hands over the board. Chris imed Maya''s lips in a gender way that


    he never knew he could be.


    "So beautiful," he said kissing the valley between her breast. "And all mine. Say it kitten." He went back


    to iming her lips. "Say that you''re mine, please say it."


    The moans that wereing out of her mouth was the music in his ears. He loved it and he was sure


    that he would never get used to it. Never in a million years even if he tried to. To him,it will always be a


    new music every time she did that.


    "I''m yours Chris..." She moaned out when he bite her sensitive part on her neck. "Only yours."


    Chris continued to torture her and he knew she couldn''t take anymore of it. His hands and mouth were


    doing wonders on her and that made him think that he would die of happiness.


    "What do you want Maya?" He whispered on her ears and the way she did it made him know that he


    was whipped. Completely whipped and he loved it if he was being honest. "Please tell me what you


    want." This time he just groaned.


    Maya moaned under beneath him. "Chris you''ve to know something about me." She was struggling to


    talk.


    "I know cupcake. I know."


    Maya opened her eyes for the first time which felt like for ever. "What do you mean by you know. I''m


    talking about me being..."


    "A virgin." He finished it for her. Before she could ask him how he knew it he kissed her returning the


    spell that was there before. "Tell me Maya, what do you want? I''ll take care of the rest."


    And she said it.


    "I want you Chris Rollins. I want you so badly that I can''t breath anymore."

 Chapter 44

    Chapter 44


    Chris kept kissing her on her shoulders as she slept. H e loved how she smelled and he couldn''t help


    himself at all. Her scent was heaven and he was very much sure that he would never get used to it.


    Just like how she could still love him after everything that he had done to her.


    He had humiliated her and yet she choose love him. For crying out loud he had done so much. So


    much that if he was the one who went through what she went he would be a bitter man. Who wouldn''t


    anyway, after all, we''re all human.


    Yes, that is what we''re. Only human that we crave for revenge when we''re done wrong. That we only


    thing of hurting others more than we were hurt by them. It''s not wrong to want that but to what extent.


    To what extent to we want to go and how sure are you that you''lle out of it a better person. A


    happy man?


    That''s how we intent to forget. We forget that in the process of having our revenge we also hurt. And


    worse, we hurt more than you hurt the intended one. And we also forget to ask ourselves what next


    after the revenge. I mean, one kills a wife because the cheated on them or they believe the did. You


    forget that jail is waiting for you once you''re done and because you don''t want to be jailed you chose


    the other way out which is killing yourself.


    Isn''t that what he did? Chris thought of his own mistake. It was his fault that they''re forced into the


    marriage but he refused to believe that. He believed what he himself wanted to believe and that was


    him being wronged by Maya. And that is what he believed and wanted revenge for. But she, she taught


    him an important lesson.


    a lesson that he would forever remember. a lesson that everyone should emte for there own peace


    of mind. There was Leonel, the guy who chose to be by her side from the start and would have chosen


    him as a lover but she didn''t. She chose the rotten apple like him. She gave him the pride of every


    woman in the world few hours ago.


    What had he ever done to deserve it? He tried to remember any good thing he had ever done but her


    got none. The only answer that he coulde up with was that God is a God of second chances. Yes,


    he had given him second chance with Maya. His Maya. She had be his few hours ago as he had


    be hers. That''s what had happed and he was happy. Happy that he got a second chance with her.


    Happy that she didn''t chose to leave him. Chris felt her move in his arms and he was sure that she was


    waking up. She had slept like a log when they had finished their love making section which made him


    wonder how she could have done that. As for him, he hadn''t slept a wink and if he did, he can''t


    remember since he just kept thinking. Thinking of his life and hers. Them together. Forever.


    Chris continued with his act and she stirred again in his arms. He wasn''t going to lie cause the more


    she stirred and groaned, the more excited he got.


    "I know you''re up kitten." He whispered in her ears as he sucked her lobe. "I can hear you''re heavy


    breathing."


    this time Maya moaned and that made him a rock if that was even possible. He couldn''t help but groan


    in her ears again. Maya tried to pull away from his wet kisses but Chris wasn''t ready to let that happen.


    He wanted to be more and more intoxicated by her scent. When she fought him and managed to sleep


    on her back he took that opportunity to be on top of her.


    The position alone had him remembering a few hours ago. Chris had warned her but she didn''t listen.


    She chose not to and now he was having a hard time. He was never like that. Not even with Kimberly.


    He did love her but not the in a way that he loved Maya. To him with Kimberly one round was always


    enough for him. He never went for another round or cuddle up with and if he did that was when


    Kimberlyined.


    But with Maya, everything came natural. He didn''t need to do anything to be perfect in her eyes. In fact


    he was always clumsy since they exchanged I love you. Maya seemed to love it so he wasn''t going to


    change that for anything in the world. Not even for his music.


    Chris began to kiss her neck and she shivered under beneath him. She tasted heaven and he would do


    that like forever.


    "Kitten, you taste so good that I want more." Again he groaned as he kissed her between her breast. "I


    don''t know how long I''llst with you for years."


    Maya pulled his head from where it was buried. "Chris, its so early and I haven''t slept a thing." She


    Chris didn''t break the eye conduct that they''re having between then. "Cupcake, you''ve slept for the


    past seven hours." He leaned to peck her lips. "The sun is so high." Again he pecked her lips but this


    time twice.


    "Chris, I''m still... you know?" She said shyly looking away from him.


    Chrisughed. Like Literallyughed. This was the same Maya who had been teasing him for weeks


    and now after what happed she couldn''t say what she was supposed to say? Who wouldn''tugh


    anyway. The fearless Maya was now a no word construct. Its crazy.


    "Cupcake, I don''t know anything." He said once he was doneughing. "I mean, what do you mean that


    you''re still... you know?"


    Still Maya looked else where but not him when she said, "I''m still sour down there." And after saying


    that she hide herself with her palms.


    Chris just smiled at her. Of course he knew that and he wasn''t nning of going another round until


    she was okay. he would take care of himself. he wanted to do was to show her how they''ll be waking


    up every morning till the end of time. Yes, it was only that that could separate them. No one else except


    death and he was sure of.


    "Kitten, I''m not nning on taking you because I know you''re still sour." He said moving a little bit


    lower. "In fact I want us to just talk till the sun sets in the east."


    Mayaughed and did wonder why sheughed. Did he say something funny? But he said nothing


    amusing at all, so he just waited for her to finish before he asked but she bit him into it.


    "The sun sets at west, hubby." She said massaging his head.


    Chris looked at her, did he say soothing else other than west? Hell, this woman was making him


    insane. Chris leaned in and took her lips with hers. They tasted heaven and he knew he said that a


    million times but what else could bepered with her? This time, the bold Maya was back. They''re


    fighting for dominance and she was winning it.


    Maya slipped her tongue into his and he was a goner. Talking with her had calmed the monster down


    but her in his mouth exploiting every corner of his mouth had him all awake again. It felt like hours


    being in each others mouth but it was worth every breath. Worth himcking oxygen because of her.


    God, he could die a happy man at that moment.


    "Aren''t we a little excited here?" Maya said looking at him after breaking their kiss to catch a breath.


    The notorious Maya was now back and heck a part of him wasn''t happy because he was going to go


    through hell with her.


    Chris just smiled at her and decided to go with her.


    "I warned you Maya and what did you say few hours ago?" he asked trying to remember what she


    answered him when he warned her not to wake the monster up.


    Maya just smiled at him. Of course he knew she did remember but instead she changed the topic.


    "I need to shower." She said trying to push Chris off of her. " And after we had breakfast, we can start


    our journey to coast. You know, the famous Diwani."


    Chris didn''t move on top of her instead he let all his weight on her. He had told her that they''re


    spending the whole day together in bed and it seems that that kiss they shared had her memories


    gone. But he would remind her. Maybe this time with a different thing other than a mind blowing kiss.


    Chris didn''t want for them to travel again. He wanted them to just stay in does for today only. in fact


    they had a week plus to travel the ces that Maya wanted to travel. Them traveling almost midday


    would take for ever and it would mean they would have no time for any kinda conversation at all. From


    Manor Giraffe to JKA (Jomo Kenyatta Airport) would take them an hour or more. Then the airne to


    Mombasa which would take forty five minutes which is also an hour.


    And him knowing Maya the way he hade to know her, she would fall asleep before they even got


    to there hotel. So to him, the Indian Ocean could wait for them. Besides, its not like it was going


    anywhere.


    "Maya, I said we''re aren''t going anywhere today." He said locking his gaze with her green ones.


    He didn''t miss the look in her eyes before she said, "Chris, our flight takes of today."


    "I already took care of that." He wasn''t lying at all. He had changed their flight for tomorrow when he


    had woken up if at all he slept. "And about that bath, lemme run that for you."


    He thought that she was going toin but she didn''t. So he got off of her and walked in the


    bathroom in all nudity. Chris run a bath for then and went back to pick his wife. He pushed the sheets


    away and carried her to the bath tab. Lowering her in it, he heard Maya ease once she was coursed by


    the bubble water. Chris just smiled and walked behind her and pulled her closer to him.


    In silence, Chris washed Maya''s hair massaging it. They stayed in the bathroom for almost an hour


    only getting out of it when the water became more cold. Maya changed into white shorts and a ck t-


    shirt which seemed to be longer than the shorts. All this time Chris was making a phone call ordering


    there lunch as a room service. Once he ended the call, he pulled some grey boxers and put then on.


    Twenty minuteste there was a knock on their door which had Maya saying thank God. This had Chris


    smile as he got up to get the door. He was d that she was starving as much he was starving. Chris


    let in a young ckdy walking in pushing a trolley with there food.


    He walked to the bedroom and took his credit card to pay for the room service. Chris handed his credit


    card to the youngdy and he could help but appreciate her beauty. she was beautiful and he was sure


    that she had allot of suiters lining up for her.


    Just then, he heard someone touch his arm and by the shiver that his body got he didn''t need to


    confirm who it was. But this hold wasn''t their normal hold. This one was a possessive one. As


    possessive as it could get.


    Chris felt pride take over his body. Maya was jealous of the youngdy who stood there. To Chris she


    was armless or so he thought. But to know that Maya was affected by otherdies near him was a plus


    for him. Of course, as long as it never got out of control.


    "Your services are highly appreciated but don''te back to pick this once we''re done."


    Chris didn''t miss the look in the youngdy''s eyes when Maya said that.


    "Jealous aren''t we?" He asked when the young woman was out.


    Mayaughed. "Me, jealous? Don''t be so full of yourself mister." She said pulling away from him.


    Chris took the remaining two bowls that she had left and followed her to the dinning area.


    "Maybe I''m reading too much in the line." He said cing the bowls on the table. Maya said he was


    and he knew how to get her. "Then that beautiful youngnd will be the one taking this away once


    we''re done."


    Maya was gritting her teeth when she said, "If you want to not have that junior between your legs just


    try it." She pulled a te and began to serve. "And yes, I was jealous, I mean who wouldn''t be. She


    didn''t even seem to see me in the room. She even had hard time with the card because her eyes were


    on you and you didn''t seem to mind. And you find her beautiful?"


    Thatst part was an out burst. And to know it was she had just heaped her food mixing everything and


    using the same serving spoon when they''re enough for every type of food there. Chris walked to her


    side and hugged her from behind. She had no reason at all to be jealous of someone he didn''t pay that


    much attention to. Yes, he had noticed that she was beautiful that was all it was.


    "Maya, I only have eyes for you and only you." He kissed her exposed neck taking away the disaster


    that she had made with the food. "You know, since I met you, I''d this behaviour ofparing every


    woman I met with you, and guess what I realised as the days went by?"


    Maya moaned and Chris kept kissing her neck. "What?" She asked as she gave him more ess.


    Chris felt her argue go away with every kiss that he gave her.


    "That no woman in the world had the beauty that you''ve Maya. Both inside and out." He turned her


    around so that she was now facing him. "And now that I''m madly in love with you, I''ll never look at any


    other woman the way I look at you Maya, never. That''s how much I love you and how much I want you


    to believe in me. So please, don''t cut of my junior away cause he is also a part of making you happy."


    Heugh at thatst part. Hell, she had threatened to cut of his balls if the youngdy came back in


    their honeymoon suit. One thing he was sure of was him loving this woman back to the moon.


    Maya smiled at him and pecked his lips before she said, "You will be wearing clothes before you


    answer the door. This," she pointed at his naked body, "is only for my eyes to see. Not even Kimberly. I


    mean she had her own share but not from yester night. Do I make myself clear Mr?" She asked looking


    into his eyes.


    "Yes ma''am." He saluted her. "Now lemme serve you my queen." He pulled a seat for her and went on


    to serve her lunch.


    They eat their lunch talking about nothing in particr and Mayaining how Chris was over


    feeding her. And all he could say was that she needed the energy since he had drained it from her. He


    went to say he didn''t even know how she could still walk and notin of pain on her lower


    abdomen. All Maya could say was that he hadn''t done a good job at all. Of course, Chris being Chris


    took that as a challenge.


    Once lunch was down and the dirty dishes were taken away this time an older woman, Chris and Maya


    moved to the on the couch. Chrisid his head on Maya''sp and she massaged his head.


    "You know, I''ve been jealous myself on countless times." He began, maybe it was time he admitted to


    himself and her. He had so many times and what he would tell himself before was that he didn''t want


    people to love her because she deserved it but not any more. He looked at her when she said nothing


    but she gave him that look of go ahead.


    "First time was when you and my best friend Wesley acted all lovey dove in and that''s why I gave you


    guys that short time to get ready." He smiled at her and remembering that day. He had convinced


    himself that he didn''t want her to fool his best friend with that smile of hers like she had with him. And


    he believed himself or so he thought.


    "Then the next one was when you went on a dinner date Mr. Ambrose." His blood boils when he things


    of that day. It wasn''t the best for him. "I mean, I had just kissed you and I felt much alive and next I


    know you''re with that guy. I did want to defend you when Kimberly pped you, god I did but I was in


    shock. In shock of learning that you made me feel alive more Kimberly did when we kissed. And just


    when everything was downing on me, he became your life saver.


    "So I was mad. Mad at myself for not being the first guy in your life to take you out for dinner. Mad that I


    was the source of your pain and he was the source of you''re happiness and that''s how my dinner date


    with Kimberly ended."


    Maya had stoppedping his hair with her hands and stared at him. Its like she was also walking


    down those memories and all he hoped was for her not to regret her decision to love him. Because the


    next thing he was going to tell her was going to bring bad memories but still, he had to.


    "Do you remember when I took you to go and meet with you''re dad?"


    "How could I ever forget that?" She asked him.


    It hurt. It hurt because it was his fault. His for wanting revenge. Chris thought of the mistakes that he


    had made because of the damn revenge and an idea came to his mind. Maybe he should write a book


    telling people about revenge. Maybe.


    "I am sorry for that Maya and trust me I''ll apologies for the rest of my life."


    "Its okay, so tell me what made you jealous?" She asked trying to lighten up the mood.


    Chris smiled at her remembering what made his jealous. Its ridiculous but it still work. he told her how


    he was jealous of the waiter who served them by the way he kept on staying at her cleavage but of


    course he convinced himself of something else. Mayaughed at him and told him how ridiculous he


    was and he did too. But he told her he was no different from her since almost killed a youngdy for


    admiring his perfect body.


    And just like any otherdy, Maya rolled hers and told him what she always does when his ego get the


    best of him.


    "I''ve seen better than that Mr."


    "Is that so?" He asked getting closer to her lips. "Have they ever made you feel like this?" He took her


    lips into hers.


    Chris felt her move away after a while and she looked at him then smiled.


    "Even better."


    Ooh! she was teasing him and he loved where this was all going. Maya was trying to lighten up the


    moods after those bad memories and in a way it was working. So, they made other different talks like


    what Maya had confessed to him when she was drunk on the day of her birthday.


    Of course she had denied it at first saying it wasn''t true and Chris had to as her why then from that day


    she epted his shirts to wear on bed. He got her there and she had to admit to him. Theyughed.


    Made jokes on each other. Chris even opened up his dad who had left them when he was so young.


    At first, he didn''t want to forgive him. In fact when he thought of him, he thought of revenge. A now


    forgiveness zone but with Maya he learnt how to forgive. how to not hold grudges and if his dad came


    back, he would give him a chance to exin himself. he might not forgive at the start but he would


    learn as time went on.


    As for Maya''s dad, she herself could never bring herself to forgiving him and Chris understood. Who


    wouldn''t anyway. In fact to him, Maya was strong than anyone he had ever met. She had still loved her


    dad despite everything he had done to her. She always had that hope that one day her dad would love


    her like he loved her brother. Talking of her brother, Maya had told him how she missed him. How she


    hoped that he was alive.


    "Not even a day passes by without me wishing that he would one day stand at our door step and knock


    on it." She was fighting tears when she said that. "And you would answer and he would tell you ''hey,


    I''m Maya''s brother and I was told that she leaves her?'' and you would call me and I would run to him.


    p him and shout at him before pulling into an hug never let him go."


    He knew it won''t take her that long before she began to cry. He had too when he talked about his past.


    That''s why he had chosen this day. They needed to talk about the past before the spoke of the present


    and the future. And so far, they had done so well. them open up to each other was the most amazing


    thing that they would have ever done to each other.


    "Is it wrong for a girl to hope?" She asked wiping away her tears. "I mean I''ve faith that one day he will


    Chris pulled her into a hug and let her cry. He just knew that one could hope but this time he did pray.


    Not for himself but for the love of his life. For her to have that peace that she so much wants. For her to


    forever be happy and that is if her brotheres back to her. He knew she missed him so much and


    who wouldn''t miss the first person who showed her unconditional love.


    Chris didn''t know how long they had talked but it was already dark. The day just came to an end with


    them talking none stop. He love this way too much and he wished that they would forever be like that.


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    Just the two of them.


    "I''ve this joke." He said when she had calmed down. "Do you want to hear it?"


    Mayaughed pulling away from his embrace. "Like if I say no you''ll stop."


    "Damn, I hate the way you already have me figured out."


    "Can you me me Mr.?" She asked looking at him. "I''m Mrs. Rollins after all."


    "I can''t argue with that dear." He kissed her forehead. "So back to the joke, guess what panda told the


    photographer when he was taking his photo."


    "I know Kunfu so you better do a good job."


    "No, try again."


    "Just tell me."


    "Here ites." He was already smiling. "Please don''t make the picture ck and white."


    Mayaughed good. She did like when first his mother told him this joke when he was a kid. he thought


    it would be a not fun to her but the way sheughed he knew it was.


    After a couple of more jokes, Chris ordered room service for them. They eat their dinner and they


    retired to bed.


    "I just want to cuddle up to you forever Mrs. Rollins." Chris said after a long silence between them.


    "We''ve all night for that hubby." Maya answered moving even closer to him as if it was possible.


    Chris was consumed by her sweet smell and he found himself closing his eyes but before the slumber


    took himpletely he whispered in her ears.


    "I love you Mrs. Rollins."


    and before he waspletely knocked out he had her saw those words that he so loved to hear her


    say.


    "I love you more hubby. I love you."

 Chapter 45

    Chapter 45


    Maya looking at the white dress that wasid on the bed. It was beautiful and she couldn''t more happy


    that she was at that moment. S he knew she could count on her husband when it came to dressing.


    And him being the cute husband he was, he would chose for her her dressing. Maya let her handbag


    The texture was amazing. Anyway, when was her husband''s clothing ever been fake? Maya ced the


    dress back on the bed and walked to the bathroom. She needed to take a quick shower before she got


    her a short text message telling what to do.


    And that was for her to change into a dress that she found on the bed and to go to a location that he


    had send the address to her. Maya being Maya had tried to call and ask what was happening but it


    seemed that her husband knew her better than she thought he did. He had switched off his phone for


    her not to use a tone that he called seductive when she needed something from him.


    Maya let the warm water flow all over her body as she closed hers. Life could never have been any


    better that it was at the moment. It had been two months since her and Chris hade from their


    honeymoon. Two and she felt like it was just yesterday when Chris was confessing his love to her. God,


    how she loved that man.


    But that didn''t mean their love was a bed of roses. Of course you can never have that in life. Always


    ups and downs which determine who you''re as life moves on. And their rtionship was no different.


    They didn''t agree on somethings. they did give each other their backs at some night but that is what


    made them what they were right now.


    They grew together and she was sure they would as long as they loved each other and fought their


    battles together. And they were not the only ones doing well of course. Kyle had be famous with


    her party organizingpany which was yet to be given a name. Maya was happy for her and more


    happy that she was starting a fresh in rtionship.


    Yes, you had it right, Kyle was in a rtionship which ording to her they were taking things slowly.


    This wasn''t the friend that Maya knew. Kyle never took things slowly in her love life. She did sleep


    around all the time but Maya was happy that now she settled on one man. A man that she would have


    never guessed. But Chris had told her he had seen iting on the day of her birthday. So she was


    happy for Kyle and Wesley and she hopped that none of them was going to hurt the other.


    As for Leonel, she could still remember his face when he had known that she had confessed her love


    to Chris. Call her dump or whatever but she had no idea that he had fallen in love with her. Which was


    so weird since he had given her all the signs there was to give. Like him always being there for her.


    Leonel always telling her that he was crazy for her when she thought he was joking.


    But who could have taken him seriously? Leonel was aedian. And what worse was everyone knew


    that the hertest best friend was in love with her including Chris. She did feel bad but what Leonel did


    after he had confessed his feelings for her and her apologizing made her admire him. ''Just take it as


    being lucky, as a kid you had little love but now, now you''ve so many people who love you. Hell Maya, I


    wish I was you. I mean having two men who could fall at your mercy at time is no joke. And not


    forgetting they are handsome ones too. If that lucky bastard ever does something to hurt you, i''ll take


    you without a second chance. Okay?''


    Leonel had said making herugh at his silly jokes. Yes they were silly since he was hurting and he still


    tried to make jokes to make her feel okay when she had been the one hurt him. If only one could tell


    his/her heart who to love. She could chose Leonel within an heart beat. Who wouldn''t anyway? But her


    heart chose another. It chose someone who hadn''t been an angel at the start. He had been a demon,


    no demon is better. He was a devil in person but the heart wants what it wants.


    So, Leonel had gone to visit his grandma whom she had no idea he had for the time they had spent


    together for a month and he hade back. To be the Leo that she had know for the past few months


    they had known each other. He would bring her coffee every morning and take her out on lunch when


    Chris wasn''t doing that. She loved it and at the same time hated it. Because the more they spent time


    together, the more he found it hard to move on. But him being him, he had refused to let go of their


    friendship to heal. To him one month was enough for him.


    Leonel had even joked of waiting for one of her and Chris'' daughter to marry. Which was funny


    because she and her husband hadn''t talked about having kids yet. And that made her tell him that he


    would be too old for her daughter before she reached the legal age. But Leonel had an answer and that


    was he was sure now matter how old he would be, their daughter would fall for his charms.


    Maya walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel and the other wrapped on her head. She walked


    to the dresser table and began her activity of making her hair. She needed to curl it before she got


    dressed and that didn''t help stopping her trail of thoughts on the two months. She had gone to Chris''


    office for them to have lunch and she had noticed that Kimberly was no longer working there on her


    fourth visit.


    As they say curiosity killed the cat, she had asked out of it and that was their first fight since they had


    be a real couple. It was a real fight that Chris didn''t talk to her over their lunch and when they had


    gone home that night. He wanted to tell her something but she kept on telling him it didn''t matter what


    happened in the past or why he fired her as long as it wasn''t because of her. And that is how it was.


    She was happy in a way that Kimberly didn''t work there.


    Of course she knew that Kimberly loved Chris and she was lucky to be the first person that Chris loved.


    Maya got up and walked to the walk in closet to take her underwear. She dressed faster before


    checking her watch. She had less than thirty minutes to arrive at the address that Chris had sent her on


    her phone. Maya pulled her ck heels from the shoe rank and wore them as she walked on the couch


    to pick up the handbag that she had ced it there when she walked in.


    Maya pulled her car in front of a restaurant and wondered what Chris was up to. They had agreed that


    that week he was the one who was going to cook and they won''t have anything from outside as long as


    it was dinner time. Maya handed her keys before walking in the restaurant.


    "Good evening ma''am." A blondedy had greeted Maya when she walked to them. "Table for how


    many?" She had asked when Maya had replied her greetings.


    Maya walked behind thedy who was walking through tables hence earning them eyes. That''s how it


    was when it came to her and the public that still could not believe that she and Chris were married and


    very much in love. The moved to double door which lead them out into a balcony. The breeze hit her


    and in a way she was greatful since she had no idea what her dear husband was up to.


    Its not like this was the first time he did something like this, but to her it felt different. different in a way


    that she could not understand herself. And then she saw him when her thedy moved out of her. Chris


    stood at the table wearing ck tuxedo looking more handsome if that was possible. his hair was


    and she wanted to jump his bones at that moment.


    "You finally made it." Of course that would be his romantic greeting. Maya watched him walk towards


    her with his left hand behind his back and when he stood before her he couldn''t help the smile. "For the


    most beautifuldy in the enter universe." He pulled out white roses and handed them to her.


    "Aren''t we trying too hard to impress here?" Maya asked picking up the roses from him. "Thank you


    tterer." She pecked his lips and moved away from him.


    Maya moved to there table and she was about to pull her seat when her husband bit her. This wasn''t


    thest time that they would bepeting of this or so she thought at the moment.


    "Your waiter would be here any in a jiffy." That had Maya remember that they still had someone around


    there when she was looking at her husband as if she wanted to eat him alive. "Please enjoy your


    evening ma''am, sir."


    "Ooh I n on enjoying it very much." Thedy had already left when he said that. "Now I see what


    took you so long, kitten."


    Maya just smiled at her husband. What else would she have said to him? He was the cute one


    between the two of them and she was falling in love with him all over again every day when she woke


    up beside him. Even when she was mad at him or the vice versa.


    "What''s this for, Chris?" She asked. "It''s Friday meaning the week isn''t yet over. You''re supposed to be


    making dinner at home,remember?"


    Maya watched her husband frown. "And here i thought you would be happy."


    "Chris, your cooking makes me more happy than this."


    "And you call me tterer? You''re worse than me." He had a smirk on his face. "Now kiss me cause i


    missed you today."


    Maya justughed and leaned in for that kiss. She had also missed him and seeing him and reminded


    her how much she had. Of course she was in control of the kiss. She let her lips tastes his and teased


    him when he opened his mouth to let her tongue in. Instead of sliding her tongue in, she leaked his


    bottom lip earning a groan from. Maya just smiled in his lips and slide her tongue inside his almost


    closing mouth.


    But that was a mistake because her husband fought for dominant which in a way won. They kissed not


    caring who would walk though those door doors. And when the need for air came, Chris didn''t let go.


    He even seemed like he wasn''t ready to do that. Chris attacked Maya''s neck like his life depended on


    it. And her moan didn''t help when she was pushing him away. Hell, she even had no idea when she got


    out of her seat to Chris''p until she jumped when someone cleared there throat.


    As much as she did jump, Chris didn''t let go instead his hold was more firm than before. Which she


    was thankful for since she would have fallen down. The young man apologized and he was about to


    walk away toeter when Chris stopped him. He took the menu and they both looked at it before


    cing their orders.


    "That was so embarrassing." Maya said getting up from hisp.


    "Are you embarrassed of us making out?" Chris asked locking his gaze with Maya. "Cause I''m not."


    "Don''t be ridiculous, hubby." She walked the the other side trying to avoid his touch. "Didn''t you see


    that man''s look?"


    "He has to know that you''re mine."


    "You possessive pig." She used as she stared at him. "Why are we eating out again?"


    And just like that, he changed the topic. They talked about nothing in particr and when their food


    was served they ate in silence. This had Maya wondering what was happening.


    To her, her husband would never avoid talking about something unless he was up to something and


    she was as sure as hell.


    "You know, its funny that we''ve never talked about what you would be doing if you never became a


    doctor." That was Chris after they''re done with dessert.


    Maya pushed her empty te away. And her husband was right. They had talked about almost


    everything but never once did they talk about what they would have been if they weren''t who they''re at


    that time. Its funny, right?


    Maya looked at her husband, "I would have started my own jewelry shop."


    Maya watched her husband''s eyes widen as if she had said she Noah Cention had kissed her. Its true,


    if she hadn''t studied medicine, she would have be a jewelry maker and also a seller. When she


    was a child, her brother had taught her what their mother had taught him and ording to him, she


    was faster in learning. Any what did he expect from a talented young sister that he had.


    So when her father took her to boarding school in primary, she went to perfect her work. She made the


    bracelets and nes using ce and sold them to other student. Call it extraction or whatever you


    may but that was her way of getting source of ie since her father wouldn''t give her any.


    Then she came back home and found her brother refusing to go to a medical school. And to make her


    father proud she epted to go medical school. To follow his foot steps just to make him proud but of


    course, he never appreciated her. He never so her hard work despite her no longer doing it for him but


    out of passion.


    She was among the best in the country. But that was never enough for him. It was never and it will be


    enough to her father. And the funny thing was that despite everything she still loved him. It was insane


    and she knew it but what could she do? It was her stupid heart which didn''t know when enough was


    enough. Or how to let go at that matter.


    "Wow!" Chris said. "Then that means that destiny would have still brought us together." He moved his


    hand to her. "I mean, I would have maybe noticed your designs and loved them and I would have


    looked for you ." Chris rubbed her hand slowly, "Then maybe our love story would be different."


    Maya smiled at her husband. He was right, there love story would be different under different


    circumstances but God had other ns.


    "Maybe or maybe not." She smiled at him and moved her other hand on top of his. Chris smiled at her


    and they stayed like that for a while. Just staring at each other. "You know, knowing you you wouldn''t


    have given my jewelries a chance."


    Chris smiled at Maya. "Very much true, cause they would be international." Of course he had to tter


    her. "Tell me, what would they''ve been made of?"


    Maya loved the way he was interested in something never actually happened. "I would have moved


    from stic to bones."


    Her husband looked amused at at her and she understood why so she just exined her idea of bones


    to him. He loved the idea and her creativity despite her never starting the business and he assured her


    that she could have been a sessful person if she had ever began that idea.


    So that''s how their time passed and by the time they''re done talking which seemed like forever, a


    waiter came to whisper in her husband ear. Of course she hadn''t forgotten that something was


    definitely fishy the whole time she was there.


    Chris got on his feet when the waiter walked out of the double door. He offered his hand to Maya which


    she was confused to be honest. She hadn''t heard what the two had talked about and now he was


    offering his hand to her. What if they were nning to kill him in silence.


    But she was to die, she would be happy. Happy that she had experienced love from different people


    who weren''t blood. Happy that they gave her a chance to prove herself that she can be governor''s


    daughter and still be a normal human being. Not a spoilt brat that everyone thought she was. And by


    everyone that made those who judged before getting to know someone.


    "Where are going, Chris?" She asked still taking his hand as he lead the way.


    When she walked out, the restaurant was empty. Which had her wonder. Before there were allot of


    people and now there were none. Chris lead Maya to what looked like a ballroom. She expected to find


    people dancing there but there was no one in there.


    She wanted to ask what was happening but before she could say anything, Chris bowled done and


    asked if he could have the dance. Of course there was no music ying and that had her walking down


    the line of memories. Memories of them in there honeymoon when they had gone down to coast.


    Chris had asked her to walk along the beach one night in Nyali beach. The beach was beautiful and


    she couldn''t refuse his offer. So when they stood watching the waves at night, Chris asked her for a


    dance which she asked for the music. All he did was to tell her that she had to listen to his heartbeat


    and the steps would follow the rhythm and it sure did. They danced almost for an hour and she loved it.


    Hell, she didn''t even want to stop and now,now they were in a ballroom.


    This time Maya thought that it was going to be heart beats but she heard Perfect by Ed Sheeran from


    the background. Whatever was happening had Maya hold her breath, it wasn''t out of ordinary but still it


    was. Mayaid her head on Chris'' chest and let the music carry her away. And the most shocking this


    happened, people began to walk in and everyone held a letter which she read as she lifted her head


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    The first letter held by a woman read as she walked past her followed by a man next.


    You


    Maya


    Rollins


    Be


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    Wife


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    Please


    Marry


    Me


    Yes or


    No


    Thest two were carried by kids who smiled at Maya. She was crying already and she couldn''t help


    anything to stop her tears. She didn''t know when she had actually pulled away from Chris but when he


    looked at him again, he was on his knees looking up at her.


    The music at the background was Beyonce who was singing at the time.


    And I''ve found man, stronger than anyone I know,


    That was what she heard as she was looking at her man. Yes, he was her man and he was proposing


    to her in the most unthinkable way ever. She could have guessed allot of things but not this, not even in


    a million times.


    If she was happy before, it couldn''t bepared to what it felt like right now. This is how she wanted


    her proposal to be like.


    ...to carry more just a dream, to carry love, to carry children of our own,


    Cause we were kids when we...


    No, they weren''t kids when they fell in love. Hell, they even had no idea when it happened but to her, it


    was the most beautiful thing ever. Most amazing actually and she could never ask for more than what


    she had. That''s why she could die a happy woman at the time and regret nothing.


    ...baby, I''m dancing in the dark with you between my arms,


    He was kneeling waiting for her answer. Yes they had danced but now he had those puppy eyes that


    begged her to say yes. That screamed I love you without even speaking the words and for the first time


    ever, Maya believed what Kyle told her.


    Yeah, call her whatever you want for her thinking about her best friend when her man was on his knees


    maybe with then already hurting him. But it''s true, he was whipped and he could stay there till morning


    all for Maya.


    I know I''ve met an angle in person and she looks perfect tonight.


    Of course she had met a devil before who in a way changed to an angel and he was hers. Hers to love


    and no one else and for that she couldn''t help the smile that appeared on her face and that time her


    friends chose toe in the ballroom. And as if he was waiting for them, Chris spoke.


    "Maya, I know I haven''t been the best husband that you had dreamed of. That you had wished you met


    but fate had it''s own way of bring us together.


    "Before I never believed in fate and destiny but now, I even believe in God. I''ve learned to forgive


    because of you. You''ve taught me so much about life that I never thought one would learn.


    "You even taught me how to truly when I thought it was impossible. Maya Rollins, I promise to love and


    cherish you every single day of my life. I''ll be the stubborn husband when you refuse to listen to me.


    "I''ll be youredian when you''re sad. I''ll make even the most stupidest joke just to see you smile and


    wipe that frown of your face. I''ll be your doctor when you get sick since I won''t let you do anything when


    your ill. I''ll take care of you.


    "Mrs. Rollins, I promise to be the best father of our future kids. I''ll love our football team yer, yes


    don''t look at me like that and you, you''ll neverin of my never ending love.


    "I promise to be the best friend that you need. To listen to ever thing that you say as a student does


    listen to her teacher." He held her gaze and damn, she wished she could me hormones for crying


    but she couldn''t.


    "I''m not promising not to fight Maya. Cause we will. We will fight when we have our first two kids and


    you''ll think I''ll favourite the one that looks like you. Maybe I''ll but we''ll work things out. We''ll know how


    to solve them together.


    "So Maya Freeman will you do me all the honours of making me the happiest man on the by


    bing my wife ones again? Please Marry me and I promise to make you happy for the rest of our


    lives."


    And what else would she say to him when he said those beautiful words to her. Yes, they''re beautiful to


    her and her mouth opened to answer him.


    "No." Of course she saw the hurt pass through his eyes. "How can I marry you when you''ve no


    engagement ring? I need a rock on my hand."


    Chris did not even wait for Wesley to bring the ring where he knelt. He met him half way and said


    something that said you want me to loose a wife because you want to propose to Kyle with my ring?


    Maya justughed as Chris stood on before her and asked again.


    "Will you do me the honours of bing my wife one again?"


    And again she said no. When he asked why she cleared her throat and showed him the ground. At first


    he was confused then he realized what she meant. He went down on his knees and asked the question


    once again.


    And this time she said.


    "Yes, I''ll be your wife again, Chris Rollins."

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    Chapter 46


    Chris got up from his seat and took his jacket with him. It had been a long day and it was time him to go


    and pick up his soon to be wife for the second time. It did sound crazy that is what it was. What else


    could he call it anyway?


    Chris walked passed his personal assistant who smiled at him and he smiled back. Life could never


    have been better than it was at that moment. He was happy. Happy than he thought he could ever be


    but Maya made it possible. She made him realise that happiness was not about loving someone but


    also being loved back.


    Its not like Kimberly had loved him at all. She did but in her own special way. She also taught him


    somethings that he would never forget but with Maya, it was different. He wanted to see her every


    single minute. He wanted to hear her voice every time at that had him wonder if he has loved her to an


    extent of obsession.


    Of course Wesley said he was whipped but was that enough to exin himself? Was that an answer to


    his madness with her. Everything in life had limit even love its self but when it came to his fianc¨¦, he


    had none. It did scare him as hell but he kept on loving her. Call him crazy but he had an idea of how


    crazy he was with her.


    Chris got in his car and drove towards the hospital. She had to be done with her operation at that time.


    Thest they spoke, she had told him that she was giving a teenager girl a new face after hers was


    destroyed in a car ident two years ago. He had been curious as to how that was possible but Maya


    had exined it to him.


    Of course he understood two percent of what she was talking about as for the rest, it was misery to


    him. Its just how she didn''t understand how he came up with new line of clothes or how heposed


    his songs. Speaking of songs, his album had been released the following day after he had proposed to


    Maya. People took it positively and some of the songs in it were on the billboard top ten and he couldn''t


    be more happy than he was.


    Chris did not understand how someone like him could be that happy. He hadn''t done anything to God


    for him to deserve what he had at that moment. In fact, he had done quite the opposite of being faithful


    to God. But he is a mysterious God. He works in ways that us human can''t even understand ourselves.


    Chris pulled in front of the hospital and to his surprise, Maya stood there waiting for him. And there he


    was thinking he had gone early. He was about to get out and open the door for her and she did it for


    herself. That was one sign of knowing miss Maya Rollins was mad. The second sign was her not


    saying hi or ncing your way. And she didn''t do any of that, so he knew he had to pay for it.


    But could you me him? He had meetings the whole day and had asked him not toe early since


    she had no idea how long the operation would take. And now she was mad at him? Anyway, if he loved


    her, he had to love everything about her and to be honest, he loved her even when she was mad and


    all that.


    "Hello, kitten." Chris greeted pecking her left cheek. "How was your day?"


    She didn''t answer and he wasn''t expecting her to answer anyway. He started the car and drove in


    silence. He knew what you make her talk but right now, they had to get home first.


    Chris pulled in front of their mansion and got out of the car after Maya had gone out without even a


    nce. To him, he never thought that he would ever think of this mansion too big for him but now it


    was.


    Maya had a point when she had one evening said they needed a small apartment until they had a big


    family. And by a big family she meant the one that he had talked about when he had proposed.


    Yeah, the football team that he had talked about. Till today Maya hasn''t stopped pestering him in


    wanting to know how he pulled a proposal like that but him being him, it was his secret to keep and not


    tell.


    After all, he never kissed and told anyway.


    Once Chris walked in the bedroom. Their bedroom. It had changed from his to theirs and it would never


    change in plural ever again. Till death tore then apart. Chris pulled his tie followed by bottom up shirt


    before hepletely stripped naked.


    He walked to the bathroom where the shower was running and walked behind his wife. She looked


    tired and he wanted to help her. He didn''t know how but he was ready to do anything just to help her.


    "It''s about the other teenager patient, right?" He asked taking away the cloth she was using to wash


    her body.


    He had it figured out when she didn''t even smile at him in the car. That''s how his wife was. Too


    attached to her patients that she cried over every single one of them that she couldn''t save. But wasn''t


    that like.


    Science talks about bnce. Like one has to die for another to be born. For the world to have bnce.


    That''s why every day someone dies and also someone is born. That''s how it works and we can''t


    change that. Science or biblical, it''s what it was.


    Maya nodded her head as she let Chris was her off. Chris pulled Maya into a hug and rubbed her


    stomach as she let her tears flow freely. He knew it hurt but he had tried. Tried to make not to get


    attached that much but is what is wife was. Always ready to give at any time.


    "You know," he said when the water had washed away the soap on her body. "She did fight, love. I


    mean as much it hurts you, think of her mother."


    Maya turned around to look at him.


    "That''s why I''m sad, Chris. No mother is supposed to go through what that woman went through. I


    mean no parent should bury their own kids. I don''t want that to ever happen to me Chris, I would die."


    She was right. no parent deserved to bury their own kids. everyone wants to grow old beside their


    loved ones and that is the dream of every parent out there. The moment the kid is conceived one only


    things of dying a happy parent. no one dreams of their kids dying. And just like Maya, he would die if he


    buried his own.


    "I know but its only the one who is up there who can answer why somethings happen the way they do."


    Maya wrapped her arms around Chris and nodded her head in agreement. He knew she was thinking


    of how she could have done more the kid. But there was nothing to be done and the dead girls face


    had given another girl hope. A chance to face world again. A chance not to be called names anymore.


    A chance to be loved without being judged and he, he made Maya see that. He made her see the


    bright side also.


    "Tell me what you want for dinner." This was after half an hour of them walking out of the bathroom.


    Maya was wiping away the droplets of water and Chris had changed into sweatpants.


    "Mmmh..." Maya let her towely on the flow. Her mood had changed and now, Chris hoped she had


    stayed the way she was earlier. Of course not, he loved this Maya. He craved her and he would be a


    fool to ever let her go. "How about we''ve our desert before our main meal."


    "And the sd?" He asked locking his gaze with hers. "I mean, I thought people start with sd then


    finish with desert."


    Chris watched Maya take dangerous moves towards him and hell, he was out of breath. He was sure


    that he would never get used to see his wife like that. Seductive as ever and god have mercy, he was


    loosing it.


    Chris felt her hands on his bare chest and hell, he was out of breath. Those light as a feather figures


    felt like heaven. They were even enough to make him loose all his self control.


    "Puppy, I''ve told you so many times that we''re not other people." She licked his chest and damn she


    knew how to press the right buttons.


    "Don''t do that again, kitten." Chris said fighting so hard.


    "Do what?" She asked innocently locking her gaze with him for a while. "Do this?" She sucked the


    sensitive part on his neck and that was all it took him.


    Chris carried Maya to bed andid her gentle as if afraid to hurt her.


    "You''re going to pay for that Mrs Rollins."


    And his lips were on hers. Sucking, demanding, dominating and taking everything that she could offer


    and hell, it was allot.


    **************


    "Are you sure that''s how its cooked?" Maya asked Chris as he stirred the floor.


    It was one hourter and they''re both in the kitchen making real dinner. Chris was cooking some ugali


    as he had learned how to while in there honeymoon in Kenya. Maya wasn''t sure since it had been over


    three months since there honeymoon and he did understand why. In fact he wasn''t sure himself but he


    had to try, right.


    Maya sat on the counter now wearing botty shorts which were ck in colour and a tag top that she


    had started wearing when she was convinced that he didn''t feel sorry for her. He won''t lie that he didn''t


    feel sorry when she first showed him her scars. He wanted to pull her into a hug and tell her he would


    never let anything as that happen to her but he couldn''t. She was furious that night. More furious than


    he will ever see her but what could he have done.


    He deserved her anger that time. He deserved the silent that he had got from her for months. But now,


    he would die if she ever did that to him. He was sure that he won''t never survive her anger. Not


    anytime soon anyway.


    Chris finished stirring the floor and turned to Maya.


    "There is always a first time." He walked in between he legs and pulled her closer at the edge of the


    counter. "Don''t you agree miss."


    Maya wrapped her arms around him. "Of course Mr Rollins." She pecked his lips. "And you''ve to agree


    when they lease that monster you can''t control it."


    Chrisughed pulling himself away from his wife. He stirred his food before he spoke up again.


    "Are we by any chance still talking about food?"


    He knew she was no longer talking about food he just wanted to hear her say something. No matter


    how savage it was, he was okay with it as far as he concern. And she spoke but not to answer him.


    She just changed the topic which was a good thing because truth be told, something would have been


    burned.


    So they talked about random this and dinner was cooking. Once done, Maya helped in setting the table


    and they settled down and had there meal.


    "I almost forgot," Chris said as he swallowed his food. "Wesley and Kyle invited us to dinner tomorrow."


    Chris watched his wife closely as she took a sip of water from her ss.


    "Who would have thought that those two wouldst this long."


    "Apparently not me." He lifted his hand to wipe away the droplet of water that had slide from her lips. "I


    think Wesley is in love with Kyle."


    "And just hope that Kyle is. You know, I would give anything to see my friend forget that bastard that


    broke her heart and made her sleep around just not to fall in love with anyone again."


    Chris nodded his head. Those two deserved all the happiness the world could offer. They deserved to


    be happy and he was happy that Wesley had chosen to forget his bitter past. Hell, he hadn''t slept with


    anyone since he stared dating Kyle.


    "Please don''t tell this but I think Wes, wants to ask her to move in with him."


    "What?" Of course he was sure she heard him but she couldn''t believe it.


    "Why not finish our food so that I can repeat myself in the bed room."


    Maya blushed and looked at her te. And they eat in silence. Once done, they cleaned the dishes


    and moved to the theater room. Maya chose The Society from Netflix and settled on the love seat to


    watch. They were on the third episode when Chris began to yawn.


    It was still early but he couldn''t help it. No one in fact is.


    "You can''t be serious right now." Maya said turning around to look at him.


    "I''m just sleepy Maya and besides you can watch and I close my eyes for a while."


    "What if I wake you up?" She asked moving up to be same level as him. "I mean I''ve a way of making


    that happen." The series was long paused and her lips brushed with his.


    And she pulled away when he was about to respond to her. Of course she was teasing him. Chris


    groaned and before she could make a way toward the door, he held caught up with her. This was


    always her way of waking him up. Tease and run away. but today, he wasn''t having it. Within a split of


    second, she was slumped against the door and lips were on her.


    He would never get tired of this. Those full lips and the way they made him feel. Chris bit her lover lip


    and as she groaned, he pushed his tongue inside her mouth. She moaned and it drove him crazy.


    Chris lifted her off from the floor and she wrapped her legs around him.


    It was crazy with both fighting for dominance. None wanted to loose and so he did one thing he was


    sure she would give up after doing it. He went for her crop top just when the door bell went off.


    Curse, that''s what they did when they began to kiss again and the door bell rung again. Chris pulled


    away when Maya unwrapped her legs from him. No one was expecting anyone one and for crying out


    loud it past visiting hours. Just when things were going on so well this had to happen.


    "Who could that be?" Chris asked fixing himself.


    Maya shook her head before she said. "Just get rid of the person right away."


    And that''s what he had in mind till he opened the door. His eyes almost pooped out of the socket as he


    watched the person before him rub her head. He had to be dreaming ,right. Mata was still watching The


    Society and was dreaming.


    And to be sure he pinched himself hoping that he will wake up his arms still wrapped in Maya. But that


    didn''t happen he was still at the door staring at the intruder that stood at the door way.


    "What''re you doing here?" That was not what he wanted to say.


    He wanted to know what she was doing back in his life. After those months why did shee back?


    Why?


    "Aren''t you going to ask me toe in, Chris?"


    For some reason she was shaking. Why? He had no idea since it wasn''t that much cold outside.


    "You''ve to lea...


    "Puppy, who is at the door?" He was cut before he could finish his sentence.


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    Maya stood behind him and as if his body had his own mind, it blocked Maya from viewing the intruder.


    And Maya being Maya, she pushed him away smiling but he saw the smile fade away when sheid


    her eyes on there guest.


    "Kimberly?" She asked in disbelieve and in a way, it broke Chris'' heart.


    "She was just leaving." Chris said walking out to take Kimberly away.


    In a way it brought out thest memories he had with her. It still hurt despite convincing himself that he


    had moved on. He was happy with Maya. Hell, he was more than happy. So why did shee back to


    take that away from him? Had she not done enough damage to him already. Scarred him as she had


    promised him to.


    "I''ve something to tell both of you." Kimberly said when Chris went to hold her hand.


    "I''m not interested."


    He went to hold he hand when she said the most unthinkable and possible word. He froze, couldn''t


    move and for a funny reason his eyes moved to his fianc¨¦/wife and he saw it. The hurt, the betrayal,


    disbelieve and any other feeling that one can show when you hear to your husband made another


    woman something else. those words were his down fall. The way she had shouted was even enough


    for both of them to hear.


    Chris didn''t know he had asked what until Kimberly repeated it again.


    "You heard me right, I am PREGNANT. And its yours."

 Chapter 47

    Chapter 47


    "Did you find her?" Kimberly asked the moment Chris stepped inside the house.


    Chris ced the keys on the coffee table and rubbed his hands on his face. He was frustrated, scared,


    tired and hurt at the same time. This isn''t what he had hoped it would end. Not in this manner anyway.


    That''s why he had such emotions running through him.


    And could you me him anyway? It had been a week since Kimberly showed up at their door step.


    Yes, a week since he set his eyes on his wife or heard her voice. a week staying in the same house


    with Kimberly who kept on asking the same question every time he stepped inside his mansion.


    That was why he was frustrated with everything. That he could breath when he had no idea if his wife


    was still breathing. She had left that same night that Kimberly walked in and thinking of that scared him


    a whole other new level...


    "Chris for crying out loud will you keep quite?" He didn''t bother to look at her. "It''s been a freaking one


    week and you''ve not said a word to me. Not even."


    Chris walked past her and towards the stairs. He needed shower and change of clothes before he


    stepped out again. That''s how he served. He had looked every where that one could look. Hell, he had


    visited hospital and police stations just to make sure but nothing.


    His wife didn''t want to be found. She didn''t want to see his face but he did. He needed Maya besides


    him. He needed her to fight his ghost and everything but its like the world had swallowed her alive.


    Because what else would exin her disappears. Chris let his shirt fall down before he was turned


    around forcefully.


    "Do you think that this will solve anything?" Kimberly asked looking him straight in the eye.


    Chris looked away from her. He didn''t want to argue with her. In fact he didn''t want to talk to her and he


    had survived for a good one week. He had but it seems like he did not learn very well from his teach.


    Chris could count how many times he wanted to talk to Kimberly. How he wanted to let her see his


    frustration and it was more than he preferred to keep quite.


    How his wife could pull through with silent treatment was beyond him still.


    "What do you want me to say?" He did not mean to shout but he did anyway. Chris watched Kimberly


    coil away from fear and for a second he did feel sorry for her. For a second. "A thank you ugh? Ooh


    thank you so much Kimberly, thank you. Because of you I''m leaving my dream life. I am so happy that


    you forced yourself in me. Thank you."


    Chris watched as Kimberly wipe away her tears. They could be fake for all he knew. The Kimberly that


    he had once grown to love didn''t cry. In fact she feared nothing and she would have whatever she


    wanted and it didn''t matter who she hurt. It has never anyway, not now nor tomorrow nor forever.


    That was the Kimberly that he knew. So her fake tears, her fake tears weren''t going to work on him.


    They weren''t going to make him forget what she did to him. To his marriage, perfect life with his wife


    and his life. She hurt him beyond repair but Maya had made the demons and the trauma in a way go


    away.


    "You''ll never forgive me, will you?" She asked wiping away her tears.


    He didn''t know that. He thought he could with Maya besides him but now, now he had no idea of what


    to think any more. They say time heals all wounds but there some that can''t be healed by time. Time


    doesn''t help you forget. It never does because every time you see the scar, you''ll remember. You will


    feel the pain all over again but you won''t do anything to stop it. Because you can''t undo what''s already


    done. Once the damage is done, its done and his was already done.


    "Chris, I loved you and I still you." She still had her crocodile tears on her. "I was afraid of loosing you


    and can you me me?" She moved away from him looking every where but not him. "You love Maya


    now and I wanted to have a use with you. That''s why I did what I did but you cant keep punishing


    me for that mistake. I mean, its been over four months now."


    Chris mmed his left hand on the wall. "FOUR MONTHS? You can stand there and talk about four


    months? If it wasn''t for Maya''s love I don''t know where I would be. Do you know how its a shaming for


    a man to say that he was..."


    "And that''s why I''ve been apologizing for the whole week. Isn''t my sorry enough? Do you want me to


    kneel because I''ll do that Chris." She went down on her knees but it didn''t bring any satisfactory that he


    thought it does before. "Chris, I''m also human and I do make mistakes too. Can''t I be given second


    change as Maya gave it to you. In fact we''re no different if you think about it."


    "No difference? Kimberly can you listen to yourself as you speak? I''m not like you, I will never be like


    you, ever." He tried. He really did try.


    How dare shepare herself with him? They were nothing a like and they would never be. Maybe


    they had somethings inmon before. Maybe they did dirty things together before but not anymore.


    He had never thought that she would stoop so low to that extent.


    "My only focus right now is to find my wife." He said looking away from her kneeling form. Her bell had


    began to show but you couldn''t tell if she hadn''t told you that she was pregnant. He was supposed to


    be thinking about Maya and not himself. It wasn''t about him anymore but his wife.


    Kimberly got up from her knees slowly and wiped her tears away. She was also worried about Maya


    but who would believe her. After every thing she had done to the both of them was enough not to be


    given a chance. A chance to exin herself too.


    They say love does crazy things right? Why then couldn''t they understand her? Why let her feel like


    she was the worst human being on this earth when she was sure she wasn''t. Yes she knew what she


    did to her rtionship with Chris was beyond repair but she also hadn''t nned for this.


    She didn''t n to be pregnant. She never even had that idea cross her mind. The damage was


    done and all she hoped for was that there would be at least a bit of safety control anyway.


    Kimberly walked out of the bedroom and walked to her room if she hadn''t done what she did a week


    ago she wouldn''t in that mansion. She wouldn''t havee that day and not even any other day. She


    was happy for Chris. Happy that he had found Maya to love and that she loved him back. That was all


    she ever wanted.


    Mean, she was in love with him and if you love someone, then you do anything just to see them happy.


    Even though it hurts you. And it did. It hurt her then, now and till the day the love will go away. Mean,


    fade away.


    Kimberlyid her head on the pillowcase and let her tears flow more. She never thought that this would


    be the consequences of her actions. They were so many that she actually thought she was born to


    make them. What else could one think if the trouble happened when you did something regardless of


    how good you think is for the one you love.


    She shouldn''t have run here. She made a mistake and now she was paying for it. No, it was not her but


    the man that she imed to love. Who does what she did anyway? Apparently her. Kimberly let a bitter


    After a while of crying, she got up and walked to the bathroom where she washed her face. This was


    her, the broken her. She also hurt inside but people took her as the mean her. The Kimberly that ghetto


    made her who she was anyway.


    Yes, she grew up with nothing. She wasn''t like Maya who a governor''s daughter. She was never born


    with sliver spoon as anyone thought she was or what she had portrayed her life to be. In fact she had


    no idea of who her parents were. And the ghetto, ghetto taught her how to straggle in life. How to take


    what you want without carrying about the others. But it never told her that you don''t grab everything but


    leave some for others to also fight for.


    That was her mistake. Hers to learn the hard way despite her feeling that she had paid for it through


    out her childhood. Kimberly stepped out of the bathroom and walked down stairs to wait for Chris. He


    barely slept and guess it was thanks to who? Of course her.


    She sat at the couch thinking of how to make it up to him. But nothing she did made him change his


    heart. She had knelt before him but still he chose to look away. Chris was right but she had to try, what


    else can one do apart from trying and hoping.


    "Chris." She called minutester when he walked past her. He was freshened up but he was loosing


    weight. How could he not when he eat nothing? "Can you please eat something. I''m sure Maya


    wouldn''t want to see you like this when you see her again."


    She had made dinner before he walked in early and she was hoping that he would at least try to it. Not


    for her but for his wife. In fact he needed more than just food to get his wife back. He needed a friend


    too.


    Chris didn''t look at her instead he began to walk again.


    "At least for our child."


    That had him stop at his track. Their child? Their was not their there. He never wanted this. Not with


    Kimberly. If he wanted kids it was with Maya and not the with the wolf that was wearing sheep''s skin.


    Who knows the food might be drugged again. Yes, again. And thinking of that had him loosing his


    sanity.Property ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    "Are you nning to drug me again?" His hands were hurting from the fist he held them but he didn''t


    care.


    "And why would I do that Chris?" So innocently she asked when she knew the answer.


    Chrisughed but it was a bitterughter. "Have you forgotten? To RAPE of course. Isn''t that what you


    did to me before? Isn''t that why you''re pregnant, Kim? I loved you Kim, I did but right now, I''ve no idea


    of what I feel for you. Maybe hatred but I''m not sure. I''m not even sure of my feelings anymore.


    "Kim, I hurt Maya in more than one way for you but that was never enough. It wasn''t enough to prove


    my love for you. I mean which saint man would bring his lover to a honeymoon? But I guess it''s me. We


    did things to that poor soul but she she chose to forgive us.


    "Hell, we even had an argument with her because of you. Because she found out that I had fired you.


    She didn''t know why I fired you and I didn''t tell and now I regret not telling her the truth. And you know


    why I didn''t tell her? Because I didn''t have enough guts to say, ''hey Maya, guess what? You''re husband


    is such a looser, imagine he got raped.''I never wanted her to look me differently or with pity.


    "I mean how does a man m that he was raped? How to you say you were forced into having sex


    with another person? Who would believe you if you said that? That''s why there are so make cases like


    this take ce out there. Because women are getting away with the crimes. They''re doing as they wish


    with men and there is no one to fight for the boy child.


    "That''s why when under age engage in sex the boy is prisoned for twenty years when the girl is let scot


    free. Men are being abused also in rtionships but people don''t want to believe that they''re being


    abused because ording to society, how can ady abuse a man when it is really happening. We''ve


    been neglected as men.


    "Women empowerment has snatched our rights too. It has made men to be forgotten that''s why people


    like you excite. That''s why you can rape me and walk like an innocent person when you''re not. And I


    think it''s time that we had that equity that you people are proud of.


    "But you know the funny thing?" He asked shaking his head. It still hurt and it would till the end of time.


    "It''s that I never got a proper answer as to why? Why you would chose to do that to me when I never


    hurt you. I mean you imed to understand when I got married to Maya. So tell me why? Why would


    you make me feel worthless? Why would you chose that kinda punishment Kim? Why?"


    Tears were flowing done on his cheeks and he looked up at her. He needed answer. A use for that


    matter and he deserved one right?


    When she didn''t speak up he found himself shaking her.


    "Speak up god damn it Kim. Tell me why you did what you did to me. Tell me why when I finally


    proposed to Maya you chose toe up here to im you''re pregnant.


    "I mean we dated for years and I a times I didn''t use protection and not even once did you get


    pregnant. You''re always on pills. Right? I mean why wait for four months and appear at my door step


    shaking like a leaf and announcing that you''re carrying my baby? Why? I need answers Kim."


    Kimberly pulled away from him. He was hurting hurting her but is couldn''tpare to the hurt that she


    inflicted on him. She stoop so low and she regretted it. She did every single day since the incident.


    "Chris I loved you. I just wanted to feel you for thest time." She tried to exin fighting her tears


    away. It hurt. It really hurt. And it even hurt more when she saw the hurt in Chris.


    "We never had sex since the marriage apart from making out. I wanted more but you never gave in


    Chris. I know I was the first one to stop you on you''re wedding day but I never thought that you would


    see the sense in it and I began to pay for it.


    "Chris, I just wanted to love you for thest time before you left me for Maya. That''s why I dragged you.


    That''s why I failed to let you walk away that day without having you for thest time. My mistake was to


    love you Chris. That was my only mistake because it lead to this.


    "As for the pregnancy, I didn''t n for it. Not one bit and I know it''s hard to believe me it happened we


    can''t change the past. I''m sorry Chris. Really sorry. And I''m also sorry for the future mistakes."


    He had no strength to stand anymore and that''s why his legs gave him away. He fell on the ground and


    allowed his pain to pass. It was the first time he cried over himself since the incident happened. He had


    to let it all out in the open and this was the perfect time. This time before he began to search for his


    wife.


    Kimberly moved away towards him. What else could she do? They''re both in pain.


    "Where have you looked for her?" Kimberly asked in a slow torn as she looked at Chris. They had to


    think of where to find Maya.


    The time she left was a dangerous time for any woman to be out. Hell she didn''t even take her phone


    nor any of the cars. And it''s been a week, week since she left in pain.


    She never said anything when Kimberly said that she was pregnant and it was Chris''. She didn''t even


    react when Chris exined his situation instead she walked like a zombie leaving the both of them


    there.


    Chris was so numb that by the time he released what was happening she was no where to be found.


    He called Kyle but she hadn''t seen Maya. He even called Leonel and neither did he know her where


    about and now, here they were still hoping she was okay.


    He didn''t know how but his mouth opened up and spoke. It''s like it had its own mind.


    "Every where Kim. Everywhere but she doesn''t want to be found. I''ve gone to Mr. Ambrose for a


    thousand times but she isn''t there." He answered thinking of how he had thought she would seek


    refuge in either Kyle''s ce or Leonel but to his surprise she hadn''t turned up to either of them.


    "I''ve even checked with her father knowing very well that it would be thest ce she would go. I had


    to hope, right?"


    Kimberly ced her hand on his shoulder. How could she ever make it up to them. She was sorry but


    the damage was already done. And to even think that the worse was far from over.


    "No, of course not. You''ve to have faith Chris." She still kept on rubbing his shoulder. "All we need to do


    is think of some..."


    Kimberly was cut off be a cellphone ringing. Chris sat on his knees and took his phone out of his jeans


    pocket.


    "Kyle." He tried to talk like a normal himself. "Any news?"


    "No Chris. I''ve checked everywhere she could possibly be but she is there."


    "Where could she be Kyle, we''ve looked everywhere and we can''t find her. God knows I don''t want to


    think of the worse."


    "Please don''t Chris. There must be that one ce that we''ve not checked. Think Chris. Think."


    And he did. He had gone everywhere and she wasn''t there. He even had to go some ces more than


    one time just to make sure. There where else could they look for her? Where was that one ce that


    he hadn''t searched.


    He still remembered his father inw''s word when he had gone to look for her. He didn''t give a damn


    not even one bit.


    "That whore can go to hell for all I care."


    His words. Chris wanted to bit the shit out of him but Kyle assured him his punished would be worse


    than he would ever imagine. And that, Chris couldn''t help and pray it would be soon. And soon enough.


    And then it hit him where they hadn''t looked and he was on his feet when he said.


    "Kyle, I think I know where I might find her."


    And before he could hear any reply he hung up and he was on his way to that one ce that they


    hadn''t checked.

 Chapter 48

    Chapter 48


    Maya turned herself away from the sun rays that were so much prating the curtains in the room


    that had be hers for the past one week. Another night of her not sleeping at all. To even think that


    it was one week and still she didn''t get any sleep at all.


    She drew the duvet on the over her head and tried to close her eyes. She did try and she had been


    doing that for those past days but the image of the Kimberly and her husband didn''t let her close them


    for that long.


    They were there. In front of her. Shouting at each other on things that she didn''t even understand


    herself and then the revolution. The truthing into light. That''s when her world turned upside down.


    When she realized that she, she had not been the only victim in this rtionship alone.


    Maya pushed the covers away and walked to the bathroom. Her tears wouldn''t let her be for the past


    one week. She thought that maybe she would cry for a day or two but they never stopped running


    down her cheeks.


    She turned the shower on and stripped naked. Maybe the shower would help her in calming down.


    Help her understand why things had taken that direction. Why she wasn''t the one who was pregnant.


    Instead, it was her ex husband lover who was.


    Those were the answers she was seeking. The answers to why she couldn''t never be happy with in her


    life. It''s like the universe was against her happiness since the day she was born. Like she was never


    born to be happy but watch others get their happiness.


    It hurt. It hurt that every single time that she got just a little bit of happiness something came her way.


    And how could it not hurt? She had a bother before who was her happiness but he walked away. He


    left her to pursue his dreams of bing a soldier.


    Then she met Chris. Her teenager crush who loved her for only few months. Maya had dreams and


    hopes. She had nned their future together. Their ups and downs and yet, her happiness was taken


    away from her by an innocent child. A child that knew no mistake of its parents. And who was she


    supposed to me for her misfortune? Who?


    She had no one. No one to me but her badck. She was a bad omen as her father had grown


    calling her. She was even a murder as he used to call her. Wait, used to? He still called her that and


    now, if she used to wonder why, she had the answers now. She had them and it still hurt her. Wasn''t


    she supposed to be happy to finally understand why her dad called her a murder? She was right?


    But she was not. Instead it brought more sorrows to her than it did before. The cold water run down her


    body and the tears did. They still flowed despite the cold water that run down her. How could they stop


    if she still kept on thinking about her misfortune.


    It wasn''t fair that she had so many of them. But again the world itself isn''t fair. Just as they say if you


    want fairness in these life, then you''ve to make it yourself. Like if you don''t want to be poor, work hard


    for you not to be. That''s how life is. You need to be a shark in the ocean and not a fish.


    But how could she be shark when she was always the fish. The one that was eaten by the sharks.


    Kimberly was the shark. She hade back to survive and her survival was swallowing the fish which


    was her. Then how can a fish turn into being a shark? Her happy time was over and it was hard to


    believe it. Very hard.


    Hard as it was with the night that everything changed. How do you ept that the man that you love


    was raped and he never told you that. Not even once did he see that you could handle such news. He


    didn''t believe in her. Chris didn''t trust her that much as to tell her shit.


    And could she me him? Of course not. Maybe she hadn''t given him the reason to. She had not


    given him a chance to prove that he could trust her and that''s why he suffered in silence. He made love


    to her pretending it didn''t bring bad memories to him.


    He fulfilled all her happiness and not ones did she think of asking if he was okay. She was selfish.


    Selfish enough to think of only herself and no one else. Selfish to let her husband down in such a way.


    And how does one make it up to that? How does one correct such mistakes? How?


    Maya walked out of the bathroom with her shaking body. She didn''t know if it''s because of the cold


    shower or her crying body. Yes, her body was crying in more than one way. Maya pulled a grey


    sweatpants and a ck sweater on her body before sitting on her bed.


    She had nothing to do or she wasn''t allowed to do anything in this house. Maya pulled her knees up


    andid her chin on them. Her thoughts weren''t giving her a chance to stop thinking. Her mind just


    wanted to run wild on its on and she had no energy in stopping it. How she she anyway when it was


    her reality. Or it''s what had be of her. For crying out loud, she hadn''t even showed herself in the


    hospital or even bothered to call.


    It''s like she even didn''t care about her responsibility. Those patience were her responsibility and she


    didn''t bother to as someone to take care of them? Again who was going to be her responsibility? Who


    was going to go about her anyway?


    Was Chris even looking for her? Of course she didn''t leave home for her to be searched. She didn''t


    want to get attention of any one by leaving. She just wanted to think. To digest what had tranted that


    evening. The revtion to sink in and she even didn''t know she had left the mansion until a cab stood


    before her.


    She was still dressed in her booty shorts. And when the cab stood of the big gate, she realized that she


    had asked the driver to bring her here. She was still crying and the cab driver being so kind enough he


    run the door bell and waited till it was opened.


    He helped her out of his cab and when he was asked to wait for his cash, he said he helped a person


    in need and that was more than enough to him. Maya remembered him telling that everything will be


    alright and all she did was nod her head. And that night she exined her situation to her....


    Maya''s thoughts were cut short by the knock on the door.


    "May Ie in?" Bernice asked as her head came to view at the door.


    Maya smiled at her and sat up well as she told her mother inw toe in. Yes, she hade to her


    when ever thing went to south. She run to her or her mind knew she was the only one who would


    understand her pain. And it was right.


    Bernice had treated more than she was supposed to. I mean, what kinda mother inw would chose to


    heal her daughter inw''s pain instead of her hurting son? Apparently it was Bernice. And all she had


    to do was be there for Maya. Show her love and affection that Maya had failed to show Chris.


    "I''ll not get tired of telling you this dear," Bernice said to Maya as she took her hands into hers. "Let


    God fight your battles dear. He has a reason why somethings have to happen the way they do."


    Of course He had ns for every reason and that''s why He took her happiness away from her when


    she got one. He never wanted her happy. That''s even why He never gave her a chance to meet her


    mother. To experience motherly love. And He had ns for her? He had His reasons for putting her in


    such a spot? He sure did have ns for her. He sure did. And they weren''t happy ones. But miserable


    once.


    But she wasn''t going to say that to her mother inw. She wasn''t going to say, ''hey mother, guess what,


    I stopped believing in Him a week a go,'' she wasn''t going to do that.


    "I think this battle I''ll fight on my own." Maya said smiling sadly at her mother inw. That was better


    than saying I no longer believe. "I think He has fought so many of mine that I think its time I fought this


    one."


    Bernice rubbed her daughter inw''s back. "He never gets tired of fighting for us Maya. He will never


    do that. God is faithful and I think you''ve learned or seen His faithfulness in your patience. He never


    forsakes and He won''t start now, dear." She said looking into those swollen green eyes that no longer


    had life in them. It''s like they''re giving up when they weren''t supposed to do that.


    "The reasons why we face more challenges in our lives is because we fight our on battles. We never let


    God fight for us. And I think it''s time we gave God His battles back. God wants His battle Maya. He


    wants to fight for you and not you to fight for yourself. Do you get me?"


    She did but how to do that she had no idea do she just nodded her head. Bernice was a mother that


    Maya never got to meet. She was always there for her from the word go. And Maya would never regret


    ever meeting her. She has regretted so much in her life but Bernice will never be one of them.


    Bernice pulled Maya into a hug and rubbed her back as Maya took deep breaths.


    "Someone came inte yesterday to see you but I didn''t let disturb your sleep." Bernice said when she


    pulled away from the embrace. "That''s why I came to fetch you."


    Maya thought it was Alma but Alma never waited downstairs for her. In fact when she came, she came


    with a tray of food to her to room just to force it down her throat. So who would be looking for her? She


    turned away from Bernice to think of the possible someone but none came in the picture.


    It wasn''t Chris. He must be mad a her for being selfish. For her not seeing his pain for all those months.


    For months and she saw nothing. What does that make of her? What does that tell of her? He must


    hate her so much. Hate her for sharing three good intimate months together yet she saw nothing at all.


    She didn''t even have a hint of anything.


    And yet she had the guts to fight with him over him firing Kimberly? Hell she was so stupid and stupid


    people like her didn''t deserve anyone''s love. They didn''t even deserve to leave because what''s the


    reason when you see no shit around you? She didn''t deserve his love and it was good that he didn''t


    Maya looked at Bernice and smiled her but she was sure it never reached her eyes. It didn''t matter how


    hard she wanted it to reach because it didn''t. She got up and walked after Bernice down the corridors


    of her long hallway.


    Maybe one of her friends had figured it out of her where about and they were her to see if she was


    okay.


    "Momma, can I see her now?" Chris asked turning around to look at them only then did he realise that


    she was there with his mother.


    Maya swallowed hard. Why did hee to her? Why was he there? Yes it was his house but still. She


    had hoped, she had prayed that it wasn''t him. Wait a minute, did she just pray? Thest time she


    prayed was in an operation room. That''s when she prayed. And that was eight days ago. Yes, that long.


    Maya didn''t move from where she had stopped. It''s funny that her legs didn''t move when she wanted


    them to. Few days ago they moved when she didn''t want them to and now when she wants them to


    they aren''t. What do we call that? She also had no idea.


    With her legs glued on the ground, her eyes scanned her husband. He had changed in a week. She


    could notice his loose of weight but not that much. He hadn''t shaved also. And his eyes. Those


    beautiful eyes that she loved to watch while they united were swollen.


    They looked like they has not slept for the past few days and it hurt her. Her heart was bleeding for him.


    It was beating for him also. And in a way she was happy to see that he was okay. That he still breathed


    despite everything.


    Chris smiled at her and unlike her, his smiled reached his swollen eyes. It was genuine and if her heart


    didn''t bleed before, it sure did now.


    "Cupcake." He called taking slow measurable steps towards her.


    "I''ll leave you two to talk." Bernice said walking away from the room. She didn''t miss the pleading eyes


    of Maya but they had to whatever they had gotten themselves in. Alone.


    "Cupcake." Chris called again drawing Maya away from her pleading eyes which looked where Bernice


    had disappeared into. He was now in front of her.


    And before Maya could do anything, Chris pulled her into his embrace. God, he smelled good as


    always. A smell that she had missed for those eight days. She missed the warmth that even radiated


    from his body to hers. She missed her husband so much. She missed her fiancee more than she


    thought she could ever miss anyone. She missed him more than anything in this world.


    "Kitten." Chris called pulling away from her. "Are you okay? Why did you leave me like that. I was going


    crazy without you. I couldn''t even sleep worrying to death about your where abouts. I went to hospitals


    and police stations to even check you there in more than five time a day. Please never do that because


    I know I won''t survive without you. Okay?"


    Maya pulled away letting his hands fall on his side. "What are you doing here Chris?"


    That''s not what she wanted to ask. It was never going to be a question when she thought of the day


    she will meet with him. She wanted to tell his not to worry about her. Not to ever give up in leaving for


    his unborn kid. To never worry about her safety but his. That''s what she wanted to tell him. That''s all


    she did want to say all this past days.


    "What do you mean, Maya?" Chris asked with hurt. "I came to take me wife home with me Maya and


    don''t think for a second that I''m leaving without you."


    "Wife?" Again her mouth was the one talking and not her. You know, like it had its own mind. "What


    kinda wife do you think you''ve Chris? The one who doesn''t see her husband''s pain? The one who


    doesn''t even..."


    "Maya, what are you talking about? I never told you no shit." He took her hand into his. "I''m sorry Maya.


    I''m really sorry."


    "You shouldn''t be Chris. I am so selfish that I only thought of myself and myself alone. I should have


    seen your pain. I should have done something to help you."


    "Maya, how could you''ve known that I was raped when I never told you anything. I mean, it happened


    four months ago and I had those months to tell you. One month earlier we''re friends and I chose to


    keep it to myself. That even proves that I never trusted you enough to tell you my pain."


    "That maybe true Chris but I still failed you. You didn''t trust me enough to tell me what happened to you


    because I never made you feel like you can trust me. I mean we''re a couple. We should fight this pain


    together and yet you fought on your own."


    "I never fought on my own Maya. I had a psychologist whom I visited every Wednesday afternoon." He


    let go of her hand andped his hair with his hands. "Maya, I had your love to keep me going and


    never once did I remember of that horrible day with you. I admit that I did remember it but not with you.


    Please believe. You''re always there for me in more ways than you think you''ve Maya. So please let''s


    go home."


    "I can''t Chris. I''m sorry."


    Chris looked at her and she saw the shock on his face. How could she exin it to him? Exin that


    there life''s will never be the same. That she had failed him in more ways than one. That it wasn''t him


    who called the shots anymore and neither was she.


    "What do you mean you can''t, cupcake." He asked his slowly trying so hard not to shout and she could


    tell that because it was almost a year since she began to leave with him. "I''m not mad at you and I


    hope you''re not."


    "You should hate me, Chris."


    "And what right do I''ve got that?"


    "Aren''t you listening to me? I''m your wife for crying out loud. I''m supposed to feel your pain and I didn''t.


    You''re supposed to hate me."


    "I thought we''re passed that Maya?" He was now mad.


    "Well, we''re not Chris. We can''t move on from where we left from." She tried to reason. "We can''t


    pretend nothing happened."


    "I''m not saying we should pretend. You said that we''re man and wife and we should fight together. And


    yes nothing will be the same again but we''ve to stick together. I love you Maya. You''re my life and I


    can''t leave without you. Or don''t you love me anymore?"


    "Chris." Maya called him. "I love you but..."


    "But what Maya?" He couldn''t hold it anymore. He was shouting at her. "I''m a lesser man for you? I''m a


    weakling who got raped? I mean what kinda strong man gets raped, right? Is that why you no longer


    want me as your husband? Do I disgust you now? Tell me Maya. Do I mak..."


    p. And another. That''s what stopped him from going on. He was shooting red when he looked up at


    her but she didn''t care. He was talking nonsense and she wasn''t going to stand there and listen. If


    hitting him was what was going to keep him quite, then she will do it again and again.


    "What right do you''ve to judge me? Uhh..." If he could get mad she also could get mad. "How selfish of


    you to think of yourself Mr. Just a wake up call, the world doesn''t revolve around anymore and neither


    does it revolve around us. I don''t even know if there is anymore Chris. Do you think that it''s easy.


    "Easy for me to always know at the back of my mind that your have an innocent child out of wedlock?


    That that kid may grow up thinking that I''m the reason it grew up without aplete family? Do you


    think I''ll just follow you because you came looking for me? It''s high time you thinking of your child first


    before anything else."


    "What are you talking about Maya? I never nned for this to happen. Hell I''m not even sure if that kid


    is mine and if it is why did Kim take four months to show up? Why did she show at our door step


    shaking like a leaf the way she did? I won''t thing of that kid until I''m sure it''s mine."


    "Don''t be ridiculous Chris, she even can with the prove herself. Remember the pregnant results which


    show that the baby is yours, remember? Don''t tell me you need DNA test to be sure."


    The look in his face told her the answer before he even spoke up.


    "Maya don''t be so naive. A woman capable of rape is also capable of passing her pregnancy to


    someone else."


    She wasn''t being naive. Or maybe she was but she saw the true in Kimberly that night. She saw it and


    her shaking at there door step was because it was called that night. What else would make her shiver if


    not coldness. Right?


    "I can''t do this Chris, I''m so sorry." She moved to walk away but he pulled her right back to him.


    Chris held her close that they breathed the same air. No space was left between the two of them and


    he missed the closeness between them.


    "I won''t let you walk away Maya." Their lips were brushing each other when he spoke and the softness


    in his lips had her thanking her mother inw for the privacy. She held felt the back door close when


    Bernice walked away meaning she wasn''t around any more.


    "Don''t do this to me Maya." He pecked her lips and she missed that. "You can''t take my happiness


    away from me because I''ll die. I love you Maya. I love you very much to let you go."


    "I also love you Chris but..."


    They were swallowed by the warm lips on hers. She even didn''t waste anytime in kissing him back.


    The kiss was pleading. Pleading for her to go back with him and it hurt. And when he slide his tongue


    with hers, it was too much for her.


    It felt like good by yet a promising one. It felt like it was going to be thest time they kissed and her


    heart bleed with the kiss. She allowed her hands to run through his hair and he held he tight like they


    were saying goodbye which scared the hell out of her.


    Before Maya knew it, they were in the room that she had so much grown used to and Chris''s hands


    where everywhere on her body. This was his room when he came to stay with his mother and that was


    before they got married because not ones did hee over when they were married.


    Instead it was Bernice who visited them but thest she did was even her first when Maya had just


    gotten married to her son. Chris pulled her sweater over her head and looked at her. She missed those


    hazel eyes which were now turning blue lusting over her. He whispered beautiful before taking her lips


    in his and kissing her like there was no tomorrow.


    And they loved each other before they fell asleep in each others arms.


    *******


    "Are you ready?" Bernice asked when Maya took thest step of the stairs.


    She was dressed in blue sweatpants and a ck sweater. It was past two days since Chris came to the


    house and she had told him that she would think about it before he left. She didn''t know why but it felt


    like he didn''t believe her.


    But she had to keep her promise to him and for the past two days she had been thinking. Thinking of


    what was best for them and she hade up with the answers. And that''s why she was going to see


    him today.


    Maya nodded her head and took the car keys that Bernice had offered her when she had borrowed her


    phone to call uber.


    "Whatever you decide Maya, I''m always here for you."


    "Thank you, mother." She walked over and embraced her as tight as she could. "I won''t forget this. I


    promise."


    Bernice pulled away and smiled at her. "You better get moving before we start crying or think we''re not


    seeing each other again. I''m sure we''ve many years of being emotional. Right, just go and see that boy


    of mine. And please, go easy on him."


    "I''ll mother. Goodbye."


    "Not goodbye Maya, it''s see youter."


    "Sure thing." She pecked her forehead before she left.


    Maya stood in front of the mansion door. She was confused as to whether walk in or just walk away.


    And just when she was about to walk away because she couldn''t do it, the door opened reviling


    Kimberly.


    She wore a long maternity dress which had Maya regreting here. She wasn''t supposed to be here


    at all.


    "Maya? I was just about to leave." She said moving out of the door way. "Chris is in, I think I''ll give you


    guys space."


    "Actually I want you to be there." Maya saw the shock in Kimberly''s face but she chose to go on. "It''s


    about us and you''re now part of us."


    "Maya, I''m so sorry for everything that I did to you and Chris. I just hope that you guys..."


    "Can we go in Kim. To be honest I''m not ready for this."


    And they did. Kimberly walked before Maya as if understanding what she meant. Something had


    changed about her but it wasn''t time to know what. Maya stood at the sitting room and let her


    memories of the house flow on her mind.


    Both the good and the bad ones. Thest time she was here she was watching The Society and never


    even got the chance to finish it. It wasn''t fair. One moment you''re happy and the next you''re in hell


    burning in it.


    Kimberly disappeared upstairs which Maya assumed was to call Chris. This was her house and she


    was supposed to be the one calling her husband and not Kimberly. But allot of things were going to


    change when she said what she had decided.


    Maya didn''t know how long she waited but when next she knew where she was she was in her


    husband''s arms. He embraced her tight and kept saying he missed her.


    Maya wrapped her arms around him. She watched as Kimberly smile at her. That wasn''t the Kimberly


    that she knew. The Kimberly she knew would be fuming at them and spitting bitter words on her. But as


    she thought, something had changed with Kim.


    "How are you?" Chris asked taking her hands into his. "please have a seat. Did you chose toe


    back? Do you still want us to fight for our love?"


    "Chris, I''m fine and please go easy on me. I might die with your questions before I even get a chance to


    answer them."


    "Yeah, sorry about that. Please sit. I''m just anxious I guess."


    "I can understand." She watched as Chris sat on the opposite side from her and Kim sat at the other


    side.


    "I made a decision." Maya said after a long time of silence. None of the two looked away. "I think you


    should ask yourwyer to meet mine."


    It wasn''t easy saying that but she did and her eyes were filled with tears when she finished saying


    those word. She loved Chris. More than life itself but at times it''s good to let go the people that you love


    no matter how hard it is. For the sake of the child she sacrificed her love for him. She gave up on their


    love just for that kid to have a father.


    Yes, Chris could be still married to her and still be dad to that kid but she didn''t chose that. She wasn''t


    going to be selfish anymore. She was going to do the right thing and the right thing at that moment was


    for her to let go. For her to let her husband be a free man.


    "What are you talking about Maya?" Chris asked not wanting to believe what she wanted to mean.


    "I want a divorce Chris."


    Chris got up from his seat. All he could say was no.


    "Chris, stop being selfish."


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    "I''m being selfish? It''s you Maya who is the selfish one and not me. You''re the one who is thinking of


    yourself here and not me Maya."


    "I''m thinking of myself. I''m not thinking of myself here. I''m thinking of your unborn child."


    "And you think that will make me happy?" Chris rubbed the back of his neck looking at his soon to be


    ex wife if he allowed it.


    Maya looked away from him. "It''s no longer about what makes us happy anymore."


    "Is that so? Then I would rather die that loose you when I just got you."


    "Chris..."


    "Maya, I think Chris is right. You''re what makes him happy and I just wanted him to know that we''ve a


    kid together. Not for him to bring the kid up or give up his life but for him to only be aware."


    "What do you mean?"


    "Chris loves you and you love him back." Kimberly tried to exin. "I was on my way to take my


    renewed Visa when you came. I''m leaving the state."


    "What?" It was from both of them.


    "I''m leaving the state to start a new life. Motherhood life. And I wanted to tell you that before I left and


    for your forgiveness. Then you left and it contradicted things. But my flight leaves on Thursday."


    "And when were you nning to tell me this?" Chris asked.


    "Today after I took my Visa."


    "You can''t take the kid away Kim, I''ll divorce Chris."


    Kimberlyughed at Maya''s statement.


    "Maya, you''re his happiness. Chris has loved you since he first kissed you. He didn''t know that but I


    knew. I mean he had kissed so many people before and nothing has changed but when he kissed you


    everything changed. I was so much in love with him that I refused to let him go. And my obsession led


    to rape.


    "I regret what I did every single day and my punishment is Chris not reporting me to the authorities.


    And I''m sorry. Sorry for ever pping you, insulting you and baring the bad news. He loves you and


    you won''t sacrifice his happiness for his pain. I''m his pain and you won''t give him that and I won''t allow


    that."


    Maya didn''t know who was more shocked between the two of them. Chris or her. But Kimberly''s


    speech had them speechless for all she knew. Kimberly was apologizing and letting Chris go. This


    changed everything she thought.


    When Maya was about to speak up, the door bell went off. Such a bad timing when she wanted to say


    something to both of them. Chris looked at them and they did the same. Again the door bell went off


    and this time Chris moved.


    He walked to the door and opened it. Chris walked back to them with two police officer behind him.


    "Officer how may I help you?" Maya asked once they hade to stand.


    "Their was a man who was hit ten days ago and the car was caught on the street CCTV footage."


    The officer in her left tried to exin. Maya saw Kimberly take a step behind and that''s when she


    realized it. It was her who did it. She hit a man and run away and the only ce she could go was


    there. That exined why she was at their door step shaking.


    That''s even why she was leaving the state and it''s not for motherhood but to escapew. It all made


    sense to even her saying she didn''t even n on telling Chris she was pregnant. But that night forced


    her to say it so that she could stay at the mansion as she worked on her Visa.


    "The registration matched the car registered under your name, Mr. Rollins." The other cop went on to


    exin to them.


    "What registration?" Chris asked looking at them. "I was at home. What time did this ident happen?"


    "It wasn''t an ident since the one who did that run away instead of helping." The left cop answered.


    "And it took ce at around 10p.m.


    "I was at home that time."


    Maya could tell Chris had not yet put two into two to get one her so she spoke up.


    "What''s the registration number?"


    And they showed it to Chris and it''s like it registered something in him since he looked up to exin.


    "It''s registered under me but..."


    "You''re under arrested Mr. Rollins and you''ve to remain silence of whatever you say will be used


    against you in the court ofw." The cop on the right said. "You also have a right to thewyer and if


    you can''t afford the state will provide one for you."


    "I wasn''t the one driving that car."


    Chris again tried to exin. Maya saw the fear in Kimberly as she held her belly and felt sorry for her.


    At times we''ve to sacrifice our happiness for others. Maybe her mother inw was right the other day to


    say everything happens for a reason.


    There was a reason why she came her to day. At that hour in fact. It''s really true that something


    happen for a reason.


    "Please don''t waste our time here sir." The cop on the left went on to say. "Who was driving the car?"


    "It was..."


    "Me."


    And they all turned to Maya.

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    Chapter 49


    Chris looked around to see if he could see his best friend but still he was no where to be seen. He had


    called him an hour ago and still he wasn''t there. He needed a friend now. He needed someone who


    would help him in the situation that he was in. Wait, not help but be there for him. He just needed a


    shoulder to lean on at this moment.


    Chris rubbed his hair as he looked at his watch again. It had been two freaking hours and still no one


    stepped out of that room. For crying out loud what was taking everyone so long. The night was about to


    fall but still nothing. Nothing from any side of where he was waiting.


    "Chris, stop that." For the first time in a long time he looked at her. He felt himself boil up but he wasn''t


    going to let that distract him. Not when he was waiting outside.


    She stood there still innocent despite everything she did to them. In fact he had no idea why she was


    there in the first ce. It was her fault that their life was forever ruined. Chris turned away not to look at


    his ex anymore. Cause the more he did look at her, the more he thought of how he would''ve done


    things differently.


    How he would have never approached her when he first met her. How he would''ve saved his skill


    earlier thanter. How he should have ended every tie with her the moment he said I do to his wife. But


    he never did it. It happened and he couldn''t do anything at the moment. He could not even save his


    own wife from this tragedy. The tragedy that he had invited in his life. It wasn''t fair that she was going to


    pay for a mistake that she hadn''t done.


    Wait, mistake? It wasn''t a mistake at all rather a crime. Kimberly had done such a crime that there was


    no mercy.


    "Where is she?" Chris turned to the voice. "Where is my best friend?" Kyle was before him before he


    could blink his eyes.


    Chris saw the furry in her eyes. She was burning up and he understood why. Maybe the same furry


    was in his eyes when he looked at Kimberly. That''s why she hadn''t said a word since the moment that


    he had looked at her. And now, how could he answer Kyle when she was intimidating him that much.


    He wanted to step back but its like his feet where glued where they were. They didn''t dare move


    despite hismand.


    "I asked where she is you bastard?"


    "She is still ins..."


    p. A hard p was the one that stopped him from finishing his sentence. And when he thought it


    was over, she hit him on the left cheek harder than the first one. Wesley pulled her away from Chris but


    he wanted to tell him to stop. He deserved whatever wasing his way. He deserved all the hitting in


    this world. It was his fault that things turned this sour. His and no one else to me.


    Kyle fought to be free. She wanted to hurt them. To hurt him more than he had hurt her best friend.


    What kinda husband was he anyway. He was a monster and monsters like him didn''t deserve any pity.


    they didn''t deserve to live at all. God, she was ready to kill him just to end the suffering that her friend


    had gone through.


    What kind of friend was she anyway? She was the one who forced Maya to go to that event. She was


    the one who made her attend the damn concert. And now, she cursed that day that she did that. She


    cursed the day that she thought her friend would be happy after everything that she went through.


    Maybe she should have allowed her to have her revenge the way she did from the start.


    Maybe things would be different now. Very different. Kyle fought free from her boyfriend''s. She wanted


    to hurt the damn bastard more than her friend would have if she had that revenge of hers. He deserved


    every damn bit of pain that he could get. It was because of men like him that women chose not to be


    married. These type of men who used women like dirty deserved to be punished and she was going to


    be his punishment.


    Kyle was fully charged to walk towards Chris when her eyes caught something else. Something more


    deserving than Chris himself.


    "You homewrecker," she charged towards Kimberly who was about to walk away. Kyle pulled her hair


    bring her back to where she stood. Just when Kimberly turned to look at her a p that made he be on


    her knees met her. It was that hard that Kyle herself felt it. She did but it wasn''t enough. It wasn''t


    enough for her friend.


    Kyle took her hair again to make sure that Kimberly was on her fight. Today was her day and she


    wasn''t about to let this day go free. She broke her friend and maybe it was time for her to taste her own


    medicine. After all ever thief has forty days and today Kim''s forth day had arrived.


    Just when she was about to hit her again, she was pulled back. This time it was a firm hand that held


    her. And that wasn''t her boyfriend. And sure enough Kimberly was also pulled away by a police officer.


    "Lemme go." Kyle fought to be free. "I''ll kill you today you monster."


    Kimberly was let free by the officer who held her. At that time Kyle wanted to jump on her. It was terrible


    so far so what could go wrong?


    "Ma''am, you need toe down or I''ll lock you up." The officer who held Kyle said.


    Kyle was still fighting to get free. "You better lock me up because the moment you''ll lemme go I''ll kill


    this bitch."


    "Sir," The officer called Wesley. "You better control your girlfriend or she will spend the night here."


    Wesley moved towards the officer and took Kyle away from him. She was still fighting and it was hard


    to tame the beast when it woke up. She was more determined to kill Kimberly than to think of her being


    behind bars.


    "Kyle stop." He said trying to calm her down. "It''s Friday and if you''re locked here you''ll stay here till


    Monday. Is that what you want to happen?"


    He knew her better and sure as hell knew why she was doing this. For her friend. And that meant her


    getting into a fight so that she can be locked up with Maya just in case she wasn''t released to day.


    Which was the stupidest thing to do. What if Maya was let go today and she was locked there. It was


    stupid and she had to stop it.


    "I don''t care, Wes." She tried to fight free from his hold and he let her go.


    Wesley took a step back. "Fine, go ahead but know that I won''t be there to bail you oute Monday."


    He raised his hands to show her that he won''t hold her back if she tried any move towards Kimberly.


    Kyle walked towards Chris who stood feet away from them. He hadn''t done nothing when she attacked


    Kimberly and it was for his own good. It was his fault and hers anyway and no way in hell was she


    going to apologies to any of them.


    "I just want to know one thing, Mr. Rollins." She stood before him and let her eyes room around his face


    for a while. Her figure prints where evident on his two cheeks which gave her satisfaction that she had


    no idea she had. At least he won''t forget her that soon.


    "Was this part of you n? Did you n this with her just to eliminate my friend once and for all?" She


    needed to know right?


    It hurt Chris more than it should have. Maybe he deserved that but it still hurt. He had changed. He had


    showed how much he loved Maya for the past few months that they had been together since he


    confessed his feelings. Hell, he even proposed to her again. Wasn''t that enough prove of how he was


    willing to go that far that woman. Wasn''t not enough to chose her happiness over his enough to show


    his love to her.


    He had tried and he was tired. Tired of every woman thinking of the way they want to think of him. First


    it was Maya thinking that by her leaving him he would be happy. How could he be happy when she


    wasn''t with him. She was his happiness yet she chose to see that. She chose to ignore his love for her


    and that''s why she jumped at the first train that came along. She didn''t care of what he wanted rather


    than what she wanted and that was to be a superhero that she wasn''t.


    And now Kyle thought that he had nned this? She thought he would stoup so low as to say he was


    raped when he wasn''t. Was he that bad? Is that how bad of a person he was that everyone thought he


    was a monster?


    Then Kimberly. Where was he going to start with her? She had turned him into a monster. A big


    did hit and run but she didn''t say anything. She said nothing. She chose to be quite. Quite for her own


    benefit when his wife chose to save the world.


    It made Chris regret the day that he bought that car. It was a surprise birthday for Kimberly and the


    mistake he made that day was to register the damn thing in his name. Which made more logic to police


    about who did the hit and run thing. And she was going to go scot free because of his wife. Until when


    was he going to let women rule over him? Walk over him the way they felt like they wanted to do?


    "You knew that she would take a fault at this. That''s why you and your girlfriend came up with this great


    idea of yours. Of you being raped? Do real men get raped anyway? Do they Chris? You''re the worst


    man that I have ever met and I regret the day that I met you. I curse that day itself. You''re so selfish


    and egoistic. So selfish that it hurts to even think of it."


    That wasn''t him. He wasn''t selfish. In fact it was Maya who was being selfish. She was only thinking of


    herself and not him. She was thinking of her happiness and not his. Wasn''t she supposed to think


    about the two of them?


    And was he weak? Is it true that weak men are the one who got raped? He had thought of it and that''s


    why he hadn''t told him wife. Kyle was right. He was a weak bastard. Weak that he couldn''t even tell


    Kim when to stop and neither Maya. Chris rubbed his face with his hands before moving his left hand at


    the back of his neck.


    He didn''t know how much he would take. Or why he was taking it for someone who didn''t love him. If


    she loved him enough she would have fought for them. For them and not her. But she didn''t. She


    chose not to because she didn''t want a weak man by her side. The one who never knew how to put an


    end to something.


    His legs were giving up on him proving more than he cared to admit. Of how much weak he was as a


    man. As the society would be ashamed to call him a man.


    "Tell me Christopher Rollins? How long?"


    What was he going to tell her? He had called his friend to be with him but he hadn''t thought of the


    consequences. He felt like he was going to die at that moment. Why was he still alive anyway? What


    was his purpose in this cruel world anyway? And God, where was he when he needed him the most?


    Where was he when he was getting raped, for starters? They say He sees everything but did he turn a


    blind eye when it came to him. Did He look away so that Chris could surfer? Was that his punishment


    for what he had done to his wife previously?


    But he had dependent. He had asked for forgiveness, from Maya and God Himself. Then what was


    happening? Why was his life a living hell? Why was so much pain in his heart instead of love? Was this


    never made to happen? To take ce?


    "You can''t even answer." Kyle was about to p him but something stopped her. He wanted to turn and


    see what stopped her but he had no strength.


    He was tired. Tired of everything in this world. Of only death would take him at that moment. He would


    neverin. Never.


    "Maya?" Kyle asked in disbelief. "Maya, are you okay?"


    Kyle run passed him and into her friends arm.


    "What are you doing? Are you crazy? How can you be this selfish? Don''t you care about me? I''m I not


    a good reason for you to stop this madness? What''s this?"


    She was crying. It''s not her fault but Maya was being selfish. She wasn''t thinking about the people who


    loved her. She was being selfish and it wasn''t fair at all. It wasn''t fun at all.


    "Kyle, I''m sorry."


    "Sorry? Is that all that you''re gonna say to me?"


    "I did this and I''ve to pay for it, so please go home."


    "Wow!" Kyle eximed. "Maya Freeman Rollins, you''re now sending me away? Am I your friend or


    your controller?"


    Kyle watched Maya look away from her. "I don''t need a baby sitter who will keep reminding me of what


    to do in this life."


    It hurt. How could it not hurt when your best friend since teenager call you a baby sitter. And then she


    had nothing else to say or do. Maybe now she understood what Chris was going through. How do you


    save someone who doesn''t want to be saved. She was ready to go behind bars just because of her.


    And see, she thought of him as a babysitter.


    Kyle moved away from her best friend. It felt like it was going to be thest time that she was going to


    see her. Like nothing will ever be the same again. Maybe it was her fault. Hers for making her forgive


    Chris. Which wasn''t a bad this because God is forgiving.


    Kyle turned around to look at Chris before she looked back at Maya.


    "Don''t worry Maya, this babysitter, won''t ever bother you again. I wish you all the best in your case."


    And she was out of the police station before anyone could say anything.


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    "What do you think we should do?"


    Chris asked hiswyer. It had been almost a week and today there case was going to be heard then


    determine if Maya would released in a bond before the case officially began. She had epted every


    thing when she was taken into interrogation room despite herwyer asking her not to.


    ording to thewyer it made things moreplicated but it''s like Maya was another person. She


    didn''t want to listen to anyone. Not even her friend whom hadn''t gone to visit again since she left the


    prison.


    When Chris asked her why she was doing what she was doing all Maya could say was that she didn''t


    want another kid to grow without a mother. That Kim''s kid deserved a mother more than a father. That


    she didn''t want the kid to grow up like her.


    It was no reason enough but she did it anyway. Leonel also tried. Like really try.


    "She still hasn''t answered where the car car is, Chris." Hiswyer said looking at him. "That makes this


    more hard."


    "That''s because she doesn''t know anything." Chris tried to exin. "Kim was the one who did this and


    she already said where the car is."


    He was right. Everything became moreplicated when Maya refused to listen to them. She didn''t


    even let them in and let them know what she was thinking. Instead she was chasing people away.


    Locking herself in the name of wanting to save the baby. It never made sense and it will never do.


    "But you''ll try, right?" His voice was full of hope. He had to. "I still need her in my life man."


    "I''ll do my best, man. I''ll."


    Chris took the mugs that they had used to the kitchen. He hadn''t heard from Kimberly since that day at


    the station and he was worried. Worried for the baby and also for Maya. Who knows, she might have


    run away for all he knew. He ced the mug in the sink and walked out just when the door bell rug. He


    still had thirty minutes before the hearing so he could hear whoever was at the door.


    Chris opened the door to see Kyle at the door step. She looked like she had been crying and he


    understood her. He did after everything.


    "Can we talk Chris?"


    "Yeah, pleasee in."


    And she did. Kyle apologised to him for the way she had behaved in the station. And he understood her


    despite everything that took ce. Someone somewhere taught him the importance of forgiveness.


    And it wasn''t so hard to learn it.


    "Please do everything that you can to save her. That''s all I''m asking of you Chris."


    Chris moved to Kyle and pulled her into his arms. They both loved Maya and where will to do anything


    just to save her. But it seemed like she didn''t need any saving. Unless...


    "Hey, since Maya has no idea of where the car is, we can say that it was stolen and she was


    threatened to be killed if she reported this to the authority."


    Chris said getting up. His eyes held more hope than before. It had work right?


    "Then why did she ept the crime."


    "Because the still threatened her. Did you make a video while she exined what happened?"


    "Yeah we did."


    "I''m sure she was shaking when she was lying, we can use that as evidence of her being afraid. We


    can also argue with the fact that since she is a doctor she wouldn''t have run away instead given the


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    patient a first aid before taking him to the hospital."


    "Wow!" Thewyer eximed, "that''s a good argument, what are we waiting for then, let''s get Maya


    prepared."


    "Who would have thought that you could make a goodwyer?" Kyle asked teasing him.


    "I am." Chris moved to take his keys on the coffee table. "Are youing?"


    "No, just take care of her, please." Kyle said hugging him. "And tell her that I love her so much and that


    I''ll be waiting for her."


    Chris kissed her forehead. "I''ll, Kyle."


    The doorbell rug and this time the looked at each other. Chris pulled away and walked to the door. He


    opened it and there stood a man in uniform. It wasn''t police uniform at all but an army uniform.


    His body was well build. He had a scar that was fainting on his left eyebrow but that made him more


    presentable than it should. And his eyes, they''re deep ocean that reminded Chris of someone but he


    didn''t know who.


    "Hey, may I help you?"


    "Is this the house of Chris Rollins?"


    For once someone didn''t recognise him which made him a little bit proud.


    "Yeah, it''s here and I''m Chris Rollins."


    "Hey, I''m Maya''s brother and I was told that she lives here."


    And those words remind him of the time they talked the whole day on their honeymoon. That''s how


    Maya had said her brother would say but there was something missing. And it was her.


    Him calling her and hering running to her brother and pping him hard and hugging at the same


    time. That''s what was missing in there and what could he have done? She was in jail when he chose to


    "Chris who is at the door?" That was Kyle. "You should let theme insi..."


    She didn''t finish her words as she stared at the man that stood at the door way.

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    Chapter 50


    She was thest person he expected to see when he knocked on this door. But there she stood with


    her mouth open. She still looked beautiful like thest time when he had seen her. Thest time. It was


    among his worst day in his live but who was to be me for it being the worst. It was him and no one


    else. He saw the hurt in her eyes those years ago and the same hurt was evident to him at that


    moment.


    It was his fault but right now he didn''t needed to think about her. He had thought of her for too long than


    he cared to admit to himself. Of course he wanted to pull her into a hug at that moment but he


    restrained himself from doing that. He no longer had any right of her. Not any more. She sure must


    have moved on from the past. The past that he hadn''t even taken a step from. In fact he had no idea of


    how to.


    Phil looked away from the woman that he had no idea that he had been staring since she walked to


    them. It was such a shame that she would be the first person who saw her again. Just like when he left


    many years ago. She was thest person who also saw him. And those begging? It had broken him


    before he even got up and walked away. It still hurt and forever hurt. But he wasn''t here to think of this.


    He was here to meet his baby sister. His reason for surviving in every battle that he went.


    But he wasn''t sure anymore. Sure if he deserved to be called big brother anymore. Sure if he was


    needed in her life anymore. She was already married without him being around. When he was growing


    up he thought that he would be the one handing her over to her husband. But things changed and it


    seemed that he was the reason why everything changed around him. It hurt so far and he didn''t know


    how long it would take but one thing he was sure of begging for her forgiveness.


    Yes, he would crawl on his knees if that was needed. He would also kill just to have his little sister


    back. But he hadn''t seen here through that door. She was supposed to be curious as to why the


    two were taking so long to walk back in the house. But as far as he could remember his sister she


    never was the curious type. The only time that she ever got curious was when their father mistreated


    her. When he put those damn knives through her body.


    She wanted to know why he hated her so much. Why her father showed love to him and not her. Why


    she got punished for things that kids can''t be punished for. That''s why she kept asking if she was an


    adopted kid. The first time she asked that she was only four years old. Yes, she was four and he was


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    only ten years old. And to be honest it hurt him. Hurt him that his blood sister even knew the meaning


    of adopted and how some families treated adopted kids. And when he asked about how she knew that


    she said she had heard the word on television.


    Of course, this technology is teaching kids things that parents are not teaching kids. That''s why a three


    year old kid already knows how to swear. Not because he heard any of the parents do that but its


    because they heard it on television. And if parents don''t limit their kids to inte and what to watch on


    it then we''re raising a different generation here.


    Maya was his reason for putting up with their father. She was the reason why he had hung around for


    so long. Why he had put up with his father for those years. She was why he even got the strength to


    one day get up and walk on his father and her. As much as it sounds messed up he knew it was for his


    own good and Maya''s or so he thought. He was done with his work at that time. His promise to their


    mother as well and it was time he found something new for him to do. Wait, it wasn''t something new, it


    was something that he always wanted to do. And that''s why he left without saying goodbye to her.


    That''s why he wrote that letter instead of facing her.


    How do you face someone who thought that you''ll forever be around them and tell them that you''re


    leaving. He couldn''t do it. He wasn''t a man enough to see the hurt in his sisters face. He wasn''t and


    that''s why he snack in her room that night when she was asleep and said his good bye. That''s why he


    never walked out of his room when he heard he walk by just like he did every morning. And that''s why


    he left the letter on the night stand where she could notice it when she came back from school. That''s


    why he left before she even came back.


    All the memories where flooding back to him and he could not stop them. How could he when he hadn''t


    let them upy his mind since the day he left? He hadn''t even talked about his past with anyone in the


    army and neither anyone from the past. He tried tomunicate but he never got any feedback from


    anyone. He really did but when the others received letters from their families he got none despite his


    trial...


    "Pleasee in, Phil." Chris his sister''s husband said bring him back to present. Chris moved aside to


    allow him in but Kyle didn''t attempt to move.


    Of course he knew his name. Who didn''t know Phil Freeman anyway? When you parent is famous


    despite you wanting to be undercover kid, you always get known to the public. That''s how his life and


    his sister''s was. First the ids of the best doctor the country then the kids of the best governor in the


    country. If only they knew that he wasn''t the best father. He would never be when ites to his family.


    Mean, which kind of a father makes one kid special and the other an outcast when they''re blood?


    Which kinda father allows his kid to suffer in a boarding school? He was mean and he will forever be


    mean to them. Anyway, paparazzi did their homework very well in exposing them to the world. Of


    course with the help of their father.


    "Kyle, our visitor has toe in." Chris called looking at the glued Kyle.


    Phil watched Kyle move away as she could just to allow him pass. He read her facial expression and


    he would be lying if he said it didn''t hurt what he saw in it. It was terrible that she hated him and now


    she didn''t want toe into any conduct with him. Phil let his legs carry him inside the house but no


    one followed behind. Instead he heard the whispering from behind him and he didn''t understand why.


    "Hey," Phil greeted the elder man who stood at the sitting area. "I''m Phil Freeman." He introduced


    himself before the rest would walk in.


    But there was something that confused him till now. Why couldn''t he see his sister anywhere? And


    that''s when it hit him, she had to be at work right? Mean, she was a doctor as far as her nanny had told


    her the previous day when he had chosen to call home when he got back. Good they hadn''t changed


    their house number yet or he would have been forced to meet his dad.


    It wasn''t the time yet. Not when he had no idea if his sister loved him yet. So to him the old man could


    wait or die waiting cause he didn''t care at all. Not or any time soon.


    "Please have a sit." Chris said once they''re in the living room the Kyle by his side. "What would like me


    to offer you?"


    He was an a soldier and he knew when something was wrong and right now he could tell. He could tell


    that there was something wrong. It was so very much wrong and he just preferred to go straight to the


    point. That''s not how he had be trained in the army. He was trailed to fight to the death and only the


    strong one to survive. He did not say he survived because he was strong, it was by Grace of the Lord.


    The grace that his mum taught him when he was young. The one that he never believed until he


    became a soldier. the one his mum would be proud of if she learned that he believed in it at the time.


    His mum. How much he missed that woman. He would give his life just to see her onest time. To


    watch her smile at him as she used to. Teach him the things that she had promised to teach him before


    she died. He wanted her to be there for them. Him and his sister. In fact, she needed her mother more


    than he did. But the good people are the one who die early than the bad ones.


    His dad was a bad person when it came to family and he was still breathing. He wanted Phil to be a


    doctor like he was but that wasn''t Phil''s dream. It wasn''t despite him knowing why his mother died. And


    when he heard that Maya had be a doctor yesterday, he couldn''t be proud and at the same time


    sad. What if her dad forced her to be who he was? What if she didn''t want to do this but still did it for


    him?


    "He seems fine to me." Kyle said sitting the opposite side of him. Still mad at him. "I thought you died."


    He deserved that. "Still alive and kicking as you can see." His voice was as dry as he thought it was


    possible to be.


    Kyle lifted her left feet and ced it on top of the other. "Just that we held a mass for you when you


    died in our lives." There was bitterness in her voice. "You know, when you turned you back on us?"


    Phil watched Chris look at Kyle in confusion as he thought of what was happening. Maybe he had no


    idea of what was happening between the two of them. that they were an it...


    "Kyle, what are you talking about?"


    Kyle turned to look at Chris, " Don''t worry, it was years ago and I''m over it as you can see." She locked


    her eyes with Phil. "I mean, I was in high school. So I''m so done with that."


    Phil sat up right. "I know, that''s why I came looking for my sister." He did not break his eye contact with


    hers. "And since when have been going to catholic? No I''m asking the wrong question, since when did


    you start going to church?"


    Kyle was fuming like really fuming. "Since you left m..."


    "Can you tell me where my sister works Mr. Rollins, I mean if you don''t mind."


    "How about you visit her in prison, you prick."


    He saw it. He wasn''t supposed to hear that but he did or wasn''t allowed to know that way. Whatever it


    was it happened. It did and he couldn''t believe his ears. His little sister was in prison and for what? Was


    his father behind this? Was he the reason behind his sister''s arrest. Because if he was he wasn''t going


    to spare him one bit. He wasn''t going to even think of anything else but make his pay. Pay for all those


    years that his sister suffered because of him. Pay for ever using his sister of murder. He was going


    to pay with his life.


    Maya could never even kill a fly in her life. And what was Kyle doing here with her best friend''s


    husband? Were they cheating on his sister? Were they taking her for fool? Is that why Kyle was acting


    as if she owned the house? It even made him insane just thinking of it.


    "Are you two screwing behind my sister''s back?" That wasn''t what he wanted to ask but his mouth had


    a mind of its own.


    And the answer? It was a hard p. Really hard one. He even hadn''t seen Kyle move from her seat to


    him. Maybe he deserved that but now that the question was out he had to have his answers.


    Chris was on his feet as well. "Mr. Freeman, we''re not that much..."


    "Don''t exin yourself Chris." Kyle cut him short. "He never thinks before saying anything or doing


    anything. Its an old habit and they''re hard to stop them. Trust me."


    That may have been true about him. He loved to assume things before he even thought clearly about


    them. But what would he have done. His sister was in prison and this two where in her house. You can''t


    me him for worry. Worry about his sister''s marriage . It wasn''t his fault if you asked him.


    "Chris," The man who was long forgotten called for there attention. "We''ve to talk to Maya before her


    hearing bond starts."


    "What did my sister do?"


    "Why do you care?" Kyle again. "Why not ask you absent self and answer it."


    He was about to talk when Chris bit him to it.


    "She is used of hit and run." He answered looking nowhere but at Phil. "She took someone else


    fault."


    "And why would my sister do that?"


    "Because she thinks of others before she thinks of herself unlike you."


    "Kyle can you grow up for a while?"


    "GROW UP? Was I the one who left..."


    "We are talking about the present here. Not the past woman."


    "OUCH!" Kyle eximed looking away from them.


    "Maya thought that she was saving unborn kid which is stupid of her..."


    Chris went on to tell him of everything. He had missed so much in those years but he was back now.


    He was there for his sister. He thought his father would change. He thought that Maya would be happy


    for once in this life when he left but its like it got was. Of course they left some details but he


    understood why. Maybe they weren''t meant for his ears some of them or the time didn''t allow it.


    "I can talk to her." He said once they were done with the story. "She will listen to me when she sees


    me."


    "I think he is right Chris. She can listen to him."


    "And where is the cuprite?"


    "No one has heard of her sincest Friday."


    "We''ve to find her as soon as we can, for now we go with your story Chris. She will listen to me."


    "Lets go then."


    What was he going to do when he saw his sister? What she going to do when she saw him? Would she


    behave like her best friend? Will she shout at him? What will happen to them? Will he save his sister or


    is it toote for saving?


    Just when they were about to walk out Chris'' phone rung. He excused himself to pick it up.


    "Wes, what''s up?" Chris looked at Kyle while listen on the other side.


    "No, my television is off, why are you asking?"


    He listen for a bit longer before he said, "Why shouldn''t I watch it and why should I wait before you


    Chris looked at everyone in the room.


    "Wes, what''s going on..."


    His phone fell down the moment his eyesnded on the television. Kyle screamed and that had Phil


    look at the television.


    Breaking News: FREEMAN POLICE STATION BOMBED TEN MINUTES AGO.


    THE PLACE IS ON FIRE AND THE FIRE FIGHTERS ARE YET TO GET THERE.


    ITS NOT YET KNOWN HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE POLICE STATION BUT CHANCES


    OF ANY SURVIVER ARE FEW.


    BREAKING NEWS: FREEMAN POLICE STATION WAS BOMBED FEW MINUTES AGO.


    Phil didn''t need anyone to tell him that that was the same police station his sister was. And then came


    the scream from Kyle...

 Chapter 51: Epilogue

    Chapter 51: Epilogue


    Five yearster...


    Chris took the white T-shirt that was on the bed and wore it. After drying his hair hebed it with his


    hands before he looked at himself in the mirror. He was good to go, so he walked out of the bedroom.


    Chris walked down stairs and into the dinning table where his breakfast was waiting for him. This was


    Alma to him. Since the past five years she had taken it her responsibility to take care of him.


    They were only two people who were living in the apartment and she cooked as if they were twenty


    people in that house. And she had moved in the house just to be sure that Chris was okay. That he


    didn''t get tired or try to do anything stupid at all. His mother also wanted to move in with him and that''s


    why he looked for a three bedroom apartment. For that reason and others that were best known to him.


    Chris took one toast and served it to a te that sat opposite to him. He also added two fried eggs and


    a ss of milk which was covered on top. That was the first thing that he did every time he came to the


    dinning table. He also took that priority first before himself. And every time there had to be a ss of


    milk no matter the time of the day. Chris served himself before covering the food and walking back up


    stairs.


    It was time and he had to make sure of that. Chris knocked on the door lightly before working inside.


    The bed was made and he couldn''t help but smile at himself. This was one of the few days that you


    would walk in and see this. Very few. He walked to the bathroom and opened the door and his smile


    grew bigger when he saw what was taking ce before his eyes.


    "You will never stop that, will you?" That was Alma who asked the person who stood there wrapped in a


    white towel.


    It seemed like they had not yet seen Chris because Alma screamed this time. And that''s when Chris


    thought ofing in between the two. Or thought of talking.


    "Now if you keep on terrorising your nanny that way," he moved inside the bathroom. "She will die


    before you even turn six kiddo."


    "Daddy, how many times do I''ve to tell you that you''ve to knock first?"


    Yeah, that was always the greetings when the two of them met.


    "Good morning to you too son and my night was good, thank you for asking." His son rolled his eyes at


    him. "And I saw that young man, besides I did knock."


    Before his son could say anything Alma beat him to it. "You''ve to brush your teeth."


    Chris looked at the old woman and smiled at her. She was all socked because of the little angel who


    stood there looking at both of them. What could he do without her?


    "I will take it from here, nanny." Chris moved to take his son''s toothbrush. "Go and get changed."


    Alma excused herself and left the two of them. Chris turned to his son and gave him his tooth brush


    before walking to the bedroom. Alma had ced his son''s clothes on the bed. He waited for him there


    and in few seconds he was out. This was how it worked for them. Chris would either be the one waking


    his son every morning and helping to take a bath or Alma when Chris overslept. But a day did he not


    prepare his son every morning. When he woke upte, he made sure that he was the one who dressed


    him up.


    "I''m done." His son walked out giving his a smile.


    Chris smiled back and sat on the bed. "Not yet son." He looked at his clothes then back at his son, "I''ve


    to make sure you don''t smell before you put this on. Now raise you had, Prince."


    "You''re not going to tickle me, are you dad?"


    "Since when do I tickle you?"


    "Since you told me that''s called tickling."


    It was true. Every time he told his son to raise up hand it always ended with a tickle. And so he had to


    promise that he had no intention of doing that. Which was of course a lie. The two ended up rolling on


    the bed and his son out of breath and begging his father to stop. Of course not without a catch. Who


    doesn''t do that anyway? Who doesn''t use there kids to get what the want and not in bad way.


    "Will you throw water on you nanny again?"


    No...no dad, I...I won''t do that again daddy, please stop."


    "You keep saying that, now promise me."


    "I do dad, please stop."


    And he did. He could help butugh at the look that he got from his son. He just said I love you too and


    began to help him get dressed. After few minutes, his son was all dressed up and they were all ending


    down stairs to have their breakfast. Chris helped his son sit on his chair and opened his already served


    food. He helped him in eating something that Prince didn''t like since he knew how to feed himself. But


    what could he do? The kid was growing up so quickly and he didn''t want that.


    Who does anyway? Parents always want their kids to grow up but at the same time don''t. Its like they


    just want them to stay kids forever which can never happen. That''s God''s n and we can''t do


    anything to stop it. Once they were done with breakfast, Alma took the utensils away before she came


    back with a backpack.


    "Its that time of the month and a day again."


    "It sure is Alma, we''ve to visit her again."


    Chris took his son''s hand and before they could walk out Alma spoke up.


    "I think you should stop the visit Chris, I mean you should move on."


    Chris just smiled at her and said he wished that it was that easy. And he sure did. He did wish that


    things were different. That he could move on from what took ce five years ago but he couldn''t. He


    just wanted to visit her every time. He just wanted to do that but he had to keep on reminding himself


    that his son came before anything. That his son was first before his love. Chris said goodbye to Alma


    and walked out with his son.


    "We are visit mother today." Prince said when Chris got inside the car after he settled him at the back


    seat. "I will tell her how I have been a good boy and show her my drawings."


    Chris smiled at his son before he started the car. "Have you know?" He looked quickly at the back.


    "You''ve been the opposite of good son."


    "Its not true and mamma will know it." That was true, she will always take his side. "Do you think that


    she will like my drawings?"


    "No, I think she will love them, Prince."


    And the rest of the drive was quite. He was on his own thoughts that he never wanted his son to know


    about them. He so many regrets in life but he never let theme in between him and his son. He


    never let them define him before his son. And never wanted to loose his son for them. That was how


    much he wanted to protect this kid. That was how much he was will to go when it came to this kid. He


    would even kill himself for it.


    "We are here now." He said when he pulled the car into a parking lot.


    Chris killed the engine and helped his son out of the care. He hated this ce. He hated the smell that


    it came with it. He hated even to look at the surrounding but he had no chose. He had to visit her this


    date. He had to be here today because this is what she chose. This is what she preferred over him and


    he couldn''t do anything.


    Chris took his son''s hand and backpack and walked towards the gate. He didn''t want to bring his son


    here and maybe today would be thest time. Maybe. That''s what he kept on telling himself when he


    brought him here. That what he kept on saying but he always found himself back her. It was same old


    same but maybe this time he could do it.


    Maybe this time he could say good bye forever. Maybe he could let his son grow in a heathy


    environment which wasn''t here. He just hoped today would be thest day. Thest day that he would


    bring his son to this damn ce. As he said, his son was the first priority before anything or anyone


    else. He could finally move on with his life as Alma had suggested.


    "Hello mamma," Prince greeted when they got there.


    "Hello Maya." He also did the same.


    Chris looked at her as she smiled at him and his son. How he had missed that smile. How he had


    missed seeing her make jokes at him andugh at him. He missed everything about this woman and


    he couldn''t do anything to change the past. He couldn''t even do a damn thing despite all the money


    that he had. Its good to have money, but its useless when you''ve it and you can''t even use it.


    Chris closed his eyes fighting the bitter memories to stay where they always stayed. And that is at the


    back of his mind. They had to be locked there forever. But today they weren''t listening to him. They''re


    not allowing him to even breath and he was loosing it. The pain was too much that he carried inside.


    Maybe it was time he really let go of it. Maybe it was this time and so he gave in. He let his mind travel


    back to five years ago.


    Kyle screamed and she screamed again and all he could do was stare at the television as if trying to


    process what he was seeing. His mind refused to digest anything, it refused to believe what the


    television said. H e didn''t want to, he never wanted to and that''s why he didn''t even know when his feet


    refused to support him. His eyes had to be ying a trick on him but with the reaction around told him


    they weren''t but still his mind refused the news.


    Chris didn''t know how long it took before he heard voices. Someone was calling him but the voice was


    not familiar to him. Nothing was anyway. And then he was shock and again on the third time it was a


    p that had him noticing where he was. The television was no longer on and Wesley stood before


    him. His best friend had pped it and it hurt but it help him realise what was happening. Chris got up


    from the floor that he sat on and took his car keys. All he thought of was saving Maya. She could die.


    Shouldn''t dare leave him alone. And he wasn''t going to let that happen. He was never ready to leave


    her and neither will she leave him. Never.


    Of course, he didn''t make it to the door before someone caught him. It was Wesley and he screamed at


    him. He asked him to go back to his girlfriend who needed him but Wesley never listened. He took the


    keys away and helped Chris inside the car. He waited for the rest to join and in no time they were at the


    what was a police station hours ago. Of course no one was allowed to go anywhere near that ce as


    the fight fighters put of the fire. Families where there crying there hearts out and all that Chris saw


    before him was his life with Maya.


    That''s all he saw. A few good months of happiness that he had shared with her and then nothing. Once


    the fire was off you needed no one to tell you anything. The evidence was staring at everyone who was


    there. There was no more police station in that area. It was all nothing but ashes. That''s what stared at


    them. It was as if it was mocking them. Like telling everyone do you worst. But what is the worst that


    you can do when you loose everything. When you''ve nothing to call love anymore?


    It was a tragedy that hit everyone in that ce and the government could say at that time was that it


    was sorry. Sorry as if it could bring back the life that it took away from them. As if sorry would heal all


    the wounds that everyone felt. It was its duty to protect its citizen and it failed. It failed terribly. How else


    do you exin the attack? How else do you exin the lives of innocent people? Yes, they''re innocent


    and yet the damn brain washed people killed them.


    What holy war do you fight when you bring hell in other peoples life? Which God epts human


    sacrifice? And until when will people pay for this ''holy war'' How long will people bury brothers, sisters,


    lovers, mothers, fathers or any rtive because of terrorist who know nothing. Who know nothing about


    love, kindness and how to be your brothers keeper. How long will people suffer for this? No one even


    gets time to say good bye because of a selfish human being there.


    And the government? How long is it going to watch things like this take ce. Watch peoples daughter


    get kidnapped so that they can serve the same morons who will take away their own rtives? How


    long will it just stand by and watch everyone get wiped? And all they do is go to the parliament and talk


    about them having more sries and sitting allowances. Or how university students should start


    wearing uniform instead of talking about serious matters. Like how to stop this killings. How to stop


    everything bad that is happening in the country, but no, the want to wait so that they can say they''re


    very much sorry.


    Chris opened his eyes to stop the memories from flowing but they won''t let him. He had already gone


    that rail and there was no stopping that. A day after the bombing, Maya memorial was held in church.


    And as always people came. They dide and worse was her father Mr. Freeman. And it was time


    for Kyle to speak. That''s when everything made sense or tried to.


    "Never in a million years did I ever think that she will be gone this soon. You know, just like a rainbow


    fading in the twinkling of an eye, gone too soon. And what hurts the most is that it wasn''t because of a


    natural death. She wasn''t heal but she is gone. I mean, she was here one day and gone one night. We


    fought, like really fought but friends do that right? They fight and make up. They say hurting words to


    each other and still make up.


    "But I was never given that chance. I was never given ast time to apologies to her. Why did you turn


    to be aet, Maya? You were zing at me in my life but just like theet zed ''cross the


    evening day and gone too soon. I thought that we had agreed that I would be the first one to die. That I


    would be the first to leave this world but its like you never listened to me. You just did what Maya felt


    like Maya wanted. What about those who loved you? What about us?


    "And you? She looked at everyone in the church. Why are you crying? Why? Did you even know


    Maya? Did you guys treat her like she was supposed to be treated? Did you even show her kindness


    like she showed everyone of us? You, you came here because she saved who ever she saved in your


    family. But did you get to know her better?


    "And that old man sitting there pretends to love her? Why are you crying? Why? Isn''t this what you


    wanted since she was born? Didn''t you want to kill her all? How many time? Three or four maybe?"


    Phil got up and walked there to stop Kyle from her out burst. But he should have just stayed down.


    "Ooh... It''s the brother who left her on her teenager. How does it feel to know that your sister died the


    same day that you came back? You never even got a chance to see her see her onest time. You


    didn''t even see her transform from a child to a woman and you''ll never see that because she is dead.


    You''re a bastard and your no different from your monster of a father. You''ll here are monsters. Get out.


    Get out right now. My friend deserves better than you hypocrites. You all are including me we''ll all burn


    I hell for this."


    She was on her knees screaming on how they''ll burn in hell and Wes walked to her. He carried her


    away and people made their own speeches. Even her father had something to say and what Kyle said


    made sense to Chris. They all were hypocrites who hade to his wife''s memorial.


    "You know," when it was time for him to speak he began. "I got the ring that I proposed to her instead of


    her. Today we''re holding a memorial for her with no body just a picture. This ring was what proved to


    me how much my wife loved me. When she said yes to me, I was the happiest man on earth and to


    day I''m the saddest one on this earth.


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    "Maybe it''s God trying to punish me. I had her yet I never appreciated her. I never showed her love and


    when I was doing it, she is gone. Gone just like a sunset dying with the rising of the moon. And they


    say you never know what you''ve until it gone. You only need the light when the candle is burning low.


    And I''m doing that.


    "Maya, you promised that you''ll never leave me. You gave me your word but your not here. You left me


    and now you''re like a perfect flower that is just beyond my reach. I can''t reach you even if I want to. I


    don''t even have your ashes with me. All that I''ve of you is a burnt ring. Why couldn''t you keep you


    promise? Why did you chose to leave us? Why were you so much determine to leave us? How could


    you be so much selfish? Why did you chose the easy way? Why did you give up on everything that


    made you happy? I mean you could have survived for your patient if not anyone else?


    "I know no happiness without you Maya. I know no forgiveness without you. Please just back to us.


    We''ve to apologies to you Maya, you''ve to give us a second chance. Please Maya. Pleasee back


    to us."


    He wanted to scream. But he had to stop himself from breaking down like Kyle. Wes had allot and he


    did not want to add into his friend''s problem.


    "Like the loss of sunlight on a cloudy afternoon gone too soon, kitten. Like a castle built upon a sand


    beach, gone too soon, love. Shiny and sparkly. And splendidly bright. Here one day gone one night.


    Born to amuse, to inspire, to delight, here one day and gone one night, Cupcake. GONE TOO SOON.


    GONE TOO SOON.GONE TOO SOON..."


    Chris opened his eyes that he had no idea when he closed them. His mouth said the words that he said


    on that memorial five years ago. The always kept oning back to him. And he wished that they


    could just vanish. That he would just lock them somewhere and never let them out, but it never


    happened. He kept remembering how his wife went too soon.


    Every time he got to bed and failed to see hermit hurt more than before. He had lived with that pain for


    years. Its been years yet the pain never went away. It never subsided even. What was worse was that


    his son thought that Maya was his mother. He thought that she was the one who gave him life but it


    wasn''t her. It was Kimberly and he brought him up with that lie. It wasn''t his chose Kimberly''s. She


    asked him to do that and he did. He did it and now he had to go with the lie. His mind again traveled


    back.


    Chris had seen no reason in living. How do you live when your source of joy is no more. When the one


    who made you want to wake up every morning wasn''t there. So that day he chose the easy way to


    escape the pain. The easiest to ease his agony and that was suicide. Yes, he wanted to kill himself


    after months of agony. And when he was about to open his wrist to bleed to death, he got a call from


    prison.


    Yes, a call from prison. Kimberly had apparently taken herself to the police the same day the attack


    happened. She had been held in police station as they made a call to Freeman police station only for


    the bombing to happen few minuteste. She pleaded guilty and she was sentenced to seven years in


    prison. And that''s why she called Chris when he was about to do he thought was the best thing to do.


    Chris met his son and that day he really cried. He cried to everything that had happened to him and he


    thought God had forgotten about him. He thought that he had forsaken him when he had not. Kimberly


    asked Chris to take care of her prince and to never let any harme onto him hence the name


    Prince. She went on to say the only way to show that she was sorry was for Prince to know that his


    mother was Maya and not her.


    Of course Chris didn''t agree with it at first but he didter on. Kimberly has never met her son for the


    past five years and neither does Prince know anything about her. ording to her the best punishment


    is her son not know that she exist which she pays everyday. Soon she will be out but her punishment


    will stay forever.


    "Dad, I should show mamma my drawing."


    Chris'' thought where brought back by his son who took the backpack from him.


    "Will you always be sad every time wee to visit mamma?" Chris felt his son''s hand slide on his. "I


    thought you said that mamma is in heaven dad."


    "She is son," Chris wiped his tears away. "I''m just jealous that she is at peace when I''m not."


    "What do you mean, dad?"


    "Nothing son, show your mamma you drawing."


    "No dad."


    Chris looked at his son. "What do you mean no?"


    "My friend told me that her mother than when people die the one who are living should move on. She


    said that we should let the dead be because they chose their ce while on earth. That you chose to


    be either in heaven or in hell while on the other. And that mercy is on earth so once you''re dead you go


    to where you chose."


    That was an heavy message of a five year old kid. And it had every bit of truth in it. And also his nanny,


    it was time for him to move on. It was time he let Maya go. Time that he thought of what made him who


    he was for the past five years and that was his son.


    "Your friend was right son, this is thest time wee here." He looked at his son. "From now on, its


    me and you son. Me and you."


    "Really dad? Is that a promise?"


    "Of course it is." He kneeled down so that he was same high as his young man. "Your mamma will


    forever be in our heart. Locked in here forever." He ced his hand on his son''s heart and his also.


    Prince smiled at him. "How about some ice cream then?"


    "I thought ice creams were for girls."


    "Says who?" His hands were on his west.


    "Allot of people."


    Prince pped his hand on his forehead. "You old man, lets go and those ice cream."


    "Did someone just call me an old man?"


    "Yes, and catch me if you can."


    Prince run away and Chris turned to look at the grave. They had buried the ring that had been their


    engagement ring just to have a grave for Maya. And her head tomb stone read:


    HERE LAYS A DAUGHTER,FRIEND AND A WIFE.


    Chris looked at her photo for thest time and he felt free for the first time in five years. Its like her


    smile this time told him go and live your life which made him smile.


    "Thank you, Maya. You''ll forever in my heart. Thank you for the few months we shared together. You


    taught me forgiveness and true love and I''ll forever teach our son this. Till we meet again."


    But he couldn''t help and think of what could have happened if he hadn''t kissed Maya. She would still


    be alive today. He really shouldn''t have kissed her.


    "I''ll catch you, just wait and see."


    He got up and run after his son who was few meters away from him.


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