Veiled Desires

EPISODE 9

Amelia! What a pleasant surprise… he adds

With a surprising look

I'm sure he has gotten the picture and clearly he knows I'm the same lady he saw from a distance this morning

Nice to m-e-e….

Ma'am we can leave now, your husband requested I bring you back and we do this some other time…. The worker interrupts even before I complete my sentence

We both maintain our gazes with so much bottled up within yet words so heavy to spill from the rivers of our mouths

Speechless, he watches as his once humiliated girlfriend who he thought would amount to nothing becomes his dream catch once again

Seconds later(Phil to himself)

What the hell just happened? Someone please wake me up from this dream?

But, this is fuckin' reality!! He kicks the bucket quite close to him, attracting attention from all angles

He walks away gently still trying to figure out what just happened…

It's evening and the breeze so much yet unable to erase the memories of today…

We leave in two days… Enjoy the best you can and that's what the occasion calls for

Hector roars with his loud but calm voice

I arranged for the perfect uhmm..

Are you there? He touches me gently

Noticing my thoughts traveled beyond the realm of our immediate environment

Yeah…. Yeah what were you saying?

What bothers you? … He asks enthusiastically

You have been pale ever since you returned from the horse riding tour

…. He adds

No! that's not it.

I believe I'm still waking up to the dream of reality. My life has been a mess up until now. Clearly, it's a process

I believe I'm trying to adapt to this thing called luxury… perhaps it's just not my thing cuz it's full of mixed feelings

One moment I'm happy

And then boom I'm sad in the next

Shhhhh…he halts my speech

Your words outflow the beach right infront of us and I'm pretty much sure it's just a bucket out of the great river if thoughts going through your mind

You need to be happy because pretty soon, you will be faced with a lot of controversy

Our gazes jam… Yes he adds

The task ahead is beyond emotions and you must learn to live the best you can and make the most you can of good times

I can assure you, we the rich rarely have any true friends. Everybody around us is either in for the benefits of their interests.

It hurts, but we just have to live with it.

The best you could do for yourself is… enjoy your own company

And mine too… since we're together now

He leans in gently reaching out for my shoulder.

Then again the million dollar question pops up

What was Dalian Brute doing here?

I asked with a quite curious look

Oh, business. My company is partnering with theirs on a serious project so he brought some finalizing contracts for me to review and sign as the project was already behind schedule…

Hmm… To the best of my knowledge, You told my Dad you can never have anything to do with him. That's my father's worst enemy you know?... I cut in with a bit of aggressiveness but yet keeping my voice in check.

He laughs gently, now let me educate you.

In business, never inherit an enemy from your friends. Your ability to be diplomatic with every given approach is what will keep you in business …. Lesson number one, he adds

With nothing left to say, I gently nod in affirmation

Still wondering what he has up his sleeves. I'm more determined than ever to investigate him and find out the actual truth.

Oh my God, my is he staring at me like that?

I sure know that look and what it means

But truth be told, I'm not in the right frame of mind for some bedmatics right now

Surely, he's been drinking almost the whole day and can't tell if he's under the influence of alcohol or not

Baby come to daddy… he calls out

And who is daddy? I ask with a little frown on my face

Come I need some good s*x right now…he responds

I'm even more scared because he has never been so direct about s*x and has never mentioned it before

All he does is seduce me into doing it… I think I'm in a whole big mess

While still thinking of what to do he heads on to lock the door… you're not going anywhere baby

It's you and I today… come here, he calls out again but this time with a more aggressive tone

I don't know what I'm feeling right now

Is history about to repeat itself?

Please I can't do it love, I'm not in the right frame of mind to have s*x… please understand

I respond in the most polite way…

Shut up! Yeah just shut the f**k up!!

I didn't marry you to come start telling me stories and what I should or should not do. I'm my own boss

And yeah I can do with you whatever it is I want… I married you to better your messed up life and that of your wretched family, I brought you here to have a taste of the good life

So far, I have kept my own part of the bargain so…

(In my thoughts, my heart races like I have tachycardia. He has never spoken ill l of my family in such manner and I have never seen his eyes this red. I wanna kick his ass right now, I don't tolerate people disrespecting my family for whatever reason afterall you're not the only person doing the favour here, I have my own part to play too in your life and company… my anger solves nothing because I don't have an ounce of strength to resist such an aggressive looking man)

Come here… this time he reaches out to me and forces akiss

I try to retract but he pulls me back in the most aggressive way

Please… I plead with the most innocent look hoping to ellicit mercy from the foundations of his heart

But all I got was a torn shirt… yes he tore my shirt with very little effort and reaches out for my breasts

Holding and leaving me defenceless