?THE ROMANTIC
CEO ?
{ un-der the rain of love…}
By melody.
Chapter 28.
Xan didn’t listen to what his brother had said about leaving his office. He bravely walked over to his table and palmed his arms on it, boring his eyes at him fiercely.
He cleared his throat to begin.
” Vixen. I know you hate me so much now but this is high time we stop this hatred kind of a thing and just move on.” He said, very calmly.
Vixen raised his eyesballs in disgust and met his brothers eyes.
” I might try to move on. But It’s not over yet, xan. And this time around, I’m not changing back to the good boy. This is how it will end between the two of us.”
Xan eyes turned like that of tigers after hearing what his brother said. He knew convincing such a person like vixen was like struggling to fill a basket.
” I don’t care as much as my body can’t pa-ss throu-gha pin hole!. For Godsake, i knew i was wrong by going back to date Amy. But, Amy was never my past. She’s here with me as my present and I’m going to make her my future, hear me?”
” Goodluck with the arrangement.” He said, returning back to his book to fli-p it open.
Xan stared at him for a while before he gasped a ha-rd sigh.
” Vixen. I truly love Amy. I…i..don’t know how to express the love i have for her. I can’t possibly leave her just to make peace with you. If you decide to hate me because of her, i guess I’m never coming back to apologise for a second time.”
” Goodbye..”
” And if you think of coming for a third revenge against me, then…Go ahead and cause me as much pain as you wish to cause your brother. But the love i have for amy will not make me vanish away from her.”
” I’ve heard you. I said goodbye!. Leave my office. You have your office, go talk to yourself there and feel sober.” He yelled, waving his hands.
” I’m sorry, vixen, For the hundredth time we’ve been on earth together. This is going to be my last apology, Goodbye.”
” Yeah, Goodbye!. Make sure you don’t sli-p on your steps!” Vixen retaliated and xan walked out of his office, slamming the door hardly.
*****
KATRINA’S OFFICE.
Vixen opened the door and slowly stepped into katrina’s office. He walked in only to meet her sleeping on her desk inbetween working hours.
He stepped towards her side and stared down at her fleek straight lashes, realising that she had earlier cried.
The traces of her tears had visibly lined up on her cheeks.
He palmed her face and felt the cold texture of her skin. She snored soundly, almost like an harmless pet.
His thumb dragged down to carre-ss her dry chapped li-ps.
” Kate..” he called gently.
She began to move her body to adjust herself, yawning and building her arms in the air. Vixen leaned up from her as he watched her made to sit.
” Are you okay?” His calm voice shifted her back to the present.
Katrina turned to look at him, her next expression was very astonished.
” What the fu-ck!. How did you get into my office without being a ghost?” She rattled.
Vixen was taken aback for a while. He even had to stare back at the door.
” What do you mean. Your keys were just on the keyhole.” he said.
” So?. How dare you disrupt my beauty sleep!. This was supposed to be my nap time.”
His jaw dropped the moment he heard her. He placed his hands in his pocket and turned to face her fully.
” Wait a minute. So, you created time to have a nap in this office. How come i never figured out?” He asked.
She shaked her heads, resting her cheek on her palm as she stared at him.
” You never know what’s happening in your life. That’s why you never realised that you are a beardless kid” She said.
Vixen palmed his chin and realised she was absolutely right.
He didn’t remember the last time he got a shave and he never for once gave a thought about it.
” What are you doing in my office then?” She asked, abruptly shifting the conversation.
Vixen grabbed the other chair infront of her and placed it next to her to sit.
” i need you to repeat what you said ealier this morning. I didn’t un-derstand anything you said”
” Arg!. that’s not your business, just go away. I don’t reveal secrets to anyone.” She mumbled, taking her face away.
Vixen sighed as he stared at her. He knew she was hiding something and probably keeping it away from people.
He wouldn’t take a break until he was able to figure out what was bothering her inside. Perhaps, he would be able to help and that’s might actually change her entire life.
He leaned his arm on her table and pulled her chin to look at him.
” Can i take you somewhere?”
” Where?”
” Like it’s kinda somewhere around this building. Just come with me, it’s a little bit of suprise.” He said, stretching forth his arm.
She stared at his arm and ignored it, standing up.
” I can stand up and walk on my own, don’t need any help.” she muttered, leaving her seat.
Vixen took her out of the office before slamming the door.
They went throu-ghthe office’s corridors until they arrived at an elevator in which they entered.
Inside the elevator, they were both silent, afraid of exchanging that eye contact. The elevator took them to the upmost area in the company and they arrived on a rooftop.
It was a large blank room with a breathtaking view of the beautiful sky and world. The both of them were like tiny ant compared to the extraordinary facade.
Katrina looked around folding her arm on her che-st with a face expression that seemed very very well not impressed.
” So where’s the suprise you were talking about?” She asked, looking at him.
” This is it. The view out here is so marvelous. Don’t you see for yourself?” He asked.
” All i see is the dumb sky. Gosh, Let’s move back to the office.” She said turning around.
Vixen quickly caught her arm before she could start walking away.
” I have something to tell you. I need you to wait and listen to me first.” He said.
She gr-unted inwardly as he moved her to rest by the handrail. He inhaled the air sharply as the breeze swoosh on his bright pale face.
Katrina looked out lost, like every beauty of the world was shown in black and white.
” Kate…” vixen dwindled.
” Call me katrina, not kate…” She said.
” Fine, katrina.” He rolled his eyes sheepishly.
He drew out her hair bands and let loose her curly long hair that swept side ways on her shoulder.
” Now that’s much better. You look beautiful this way” He said and katrina allowed her words to get stuck in her throat.
She had wanted to nag him on why he dared take off her bands without her permission but his next word had given her the goose.
Vixen sighed and su-cked in a ha-rd breath.
” Katrina. Have you ever felt betrayed before?” He started, looking at thin air.
” I have been betrayed countless times.” Katrina said, forging her brows with anger.
” My brother betrayed me totally. I realised even the most trusted person you think you can rely on should not be really trusted sometimes.”
” You’ve been hurt by xan?” She asked turning to stare at him. Vixen nodded and adjusted her hair behind her ear.
” We had an issue for over twelve years and, you know after a while, we sort it out. I didn’t know he was doing more worse behind my backs.” He said and ti-ghtened his fist.
” I knew i shouldn’t have believed him. I thought he had changed, i changed too. I thought we were cool. I got to know that my girlfriend was pregnant for him and he’s so happy to say it. I feel so heartbroken.” He said, stiffing his breath.
Katrina covered the space between them and ru-bbed his back.
” You just have to let things go, vixen. I’m sure you would fall in love with someone one day. Afterall, you are such a cool guy.” She said and vixen turned to look at her.
” I’m a cool guy?” He asked
” Whatever.” She rolled her eyes, cu-pping one side of her cheeks.
” So bad your experience never had to be like mine. I’m sure my story still remains the saddest of all.” She said.
” This something bad happen to you?” He asked.
” Something very dangerous, almost life threatening happened to me. It had happened that i grew up with my uncle and his kids. Tho, i worked as an help at the house. My uncle promised to give me enough breakfast, dinner and lunch. But guess what?” She asked, staring at him with daring eyes.
” What?” Vixen mouthed.
” At age 13, he would leave his wife room and come to the artic where i sleep. He would..he would show me his private and tell me to do all sort of things with it.” She said as tears clouded eyes.
Vixen jaw dropped as he stared at her in awe.
” He would make me go na-ked infront of him and do the same. He warned me not to tell anyone, either is kids or wife. He made me feel so distraught” She said and sniffed her nose.
A smile cunningly left her li-ps.
” That wasn’t the end. A year later, his wife caught us both in the actions. She chased me out in the street and i got ra-pe d by some highschool thugs. I got pregnant and did an ab-ortion afterwards”
” Geez. All that happened to you?” Vixen asked, trying to not get speechless
” Yes.” She sniffed. ” Things turned better for me after i was adopted by a widow. Yeah, but that didn’t make me forget my awful past.”
” What about your parent?. Aren’t they aware of this too?”
” I’m an orphan. Ion know if they’re alive.” She said, wiping the tears of her cheek.
” So, i guess that’s why I’m this way. I feel isolated. I feel no one will ever love me. I’m the worst human on earth!” She yelled, bi-ting her li-p.
Vixen slowly grabbed her body for a hug and she ti-ghtened her arms around him as she wept on his shirt.
He knew she needed someone to atleast cuddle her like this and make her feel she wasn’t alone.
She had definitely pa-ssed throu-ghalot and even tho he was unaware of those times, he could feel as much pain she felt at that time.
If only he could get hold of that wretched man that hurt her feelings this way. He would grab him and make him suffer his 365 days with him.
He ru-bbed her hair gently as she silently sobbed on his che-st.
” You are not alone, Kate. You have me and i promise that your life from henceforth will be filled with love and care. Life might be terrible now but i think the best way is to move on and leave the past behind. One thing is sure to conquer all”
” Leaving the past behind?. How’s that absolutely possible when my brain is not washed?” She asked staring up at him.
” As far as you have the ‘cool guy’ with you, everything else is a dream come true.”
A smile crept on her cheeks as she stared at him. They remained silent for a while, as if revising their mind on their past.
Katrina realised she was still hugging him ti-ght, she quickly stepped away from him.
” Hey. I can’t believe I was hugging you. Who are you to surround your hands on this filthy wai-st!” she blurted.
Vixen laughed and quickly pulled her closer again. She rested her head on his che-st as she sighed.
Finally, she could exp-ose herself and get something that had been bothering her out of her che-st.
She felt so relieved, fulfilled, revived…anything to make her feel happy to the fullest.
She had never felt safe in someone’s arm before. She had never loved to go this close to a man’s body ever since her teen experience.
But here she was, hugging ti-ght to vixen and feeling like she had jusy been reborn.
She laughed at her thought.
” Can i take you out tomorrow?” Vixen broke the silence.
” Uhm…No” she said.
” We’ll visit the mall thereafter”
” Now that’s much better” she said, giggling.
….
SO MANY DAYS LATER…
It was morning already. Light rays swayed throu-ghAmy’s curtain.
She slept on her bed arms spread while staring at the roof. Suddenly, she dragged the blanket down her legs as she flew off the bed.
She staggered on her steps as she rushed towards the toilet. Her kneels went down, she grabbed the seater to throw up all the whole mess.
She coughed, breathing and p@n-ting heavily. She leaned her face up and held her stomach in pain.
After a while, she cleaned her li-ps with her palm and lazily stood up.
Her body had been weak, feeling quite strange and irritating for the past few days. She didn’t like the new feeling because it made her seem uncomfortable.
She got back to her room and stared at her mirror and drew up her shirt. Her stomach hadn’t started to develop.
She walked over to her pillow and picked out her morning pills to drink.
Her door got opened in the process and Amy hid the pills behind her back.
” Mom!.” She looked suprised and guilty. ” Good morning mom!” She said, blinking her eyes nervously.
Mrs qin stretched her ne-ck trying to see what she was hiding. Amy quickly sque-ezed the tablet behind her.
” What are you hiding behind your backs?” Her mom asked.
She tucked the tablet inside her un-derwear.
” Nothing.” She replied.
” Let me see your hands.” Mrs qin said coming to meet her.
Amy slowly stretched out her small palm and pulled up an innocent face as she stared at her mom.
Mrs qin sighed and began to walk away.
” Your breakfast is ready. Come down and eat quickly.” She said.
” I’ll be coming.” Amy replied. Mrs qin stopped in her tracks and turned to face her.
” Haven’t i warned you never to tell me that!. How can i suffer to make breakfast and you say you are coming. Come now!” She yelled.
” But…i…” she raised her arm to point at her wardrobe.
” Alicia!” Her mom yelled.
Amy nodded her head quickly and began to walk towards her slowly, the tablet was frazing over her bu-tt.
They climbed down the stairs and Mrs qin bragged about the nice food she had done for her.
They got to the dinning and Amy took her place on the table to eat.
She hadn’t pick a spoon yet but the smell of the food had began to make her feel irritated. She covered her nose and li-ps, trying to gawp.
” What’s the problem?” Her mom asked, looking at her.
” I’m quite full.” She replied and Mrs qin pulled a warning face at her.
Amy lazily picked her fork to eat. Immediately, her eyes bulged out.
She left her chair and ran towards the sink as she left them crawling out her li-ps with difficulty.
” Oh dear..dear…” Mrs qin rushed towards her with a bottle of water. She poured some into a cu-p and Amy quickly picked it to sip out of it.
” Are you okay?” Her mom asked, ru-b-bing her backs.
” Yes.” Amy nodded staring at the floor nervously.
Her mom tou-ched her headto check her temperature and she realised she was very warm.
” Oh goodness!. You are so warm. I think we should visit the hospital right away to check what’s exactly wrong.”
” No!” Amy instantly yelled, staring at her.
” What’s no??” Her mom scowled a face.
” Am fine. I..i..can manage.” She said.
” You can’t tell me what to do. You are my daughter and i can’t watch you sick thinking you will be alright. Go have your bath, we are moving to the hospital” She said.
Amy pouted her li-ps sadly as she stepped away. She got to her room and fell on her bed.
Sighing, she ran her fingers into her hair. Her phone buzzed and she looked over to it direction.
It was xan, the person she was about to call. She picked her phone and stretched it to her ears.
” Good morning, xan.” She said.
” Good morning, sweetie. How’s your night?”
” It was good. But there’s a problem. My mom wants to take me to the hospital today.”
” Today?. Why?” He asked.
” She caught me throwing up.” She replied.
Xan remained mute in the other line, totally speechless.
” She doesn’t have any idea that it’s pregnancy right?”
” Yeah. I don’t think so.” She said and heaved a sigh. ” Xan, what do we do now?”
” Which hospital will she go to?”
” I think it’s the one close to our home.” She said.
” Good. Don’t worry too much. I’ll find a way out.” He replied.
” Okay. Bye…
She kept her phone on her phone and walked towards the calender. She ticked one day off.
” That makes it four weeks gone.”
……
AT THE HOSPITAL.
The doctor finally came by with the test result. Amy quickly stood up, feeling like her would burst.
” So what’s the result doc?” Her mom asked.
” She has a…Uhm…a stomach bug. Like a tapeworm. But it can heal on its own.” He replied.
Amy heaved a sigh. She lowered her face and formed a smile. She knew xan was behind it.
” So you mean she’s perfectly fine?” Mrs qin asked and the doctor nodded.
” Alicia. Please come with me.” He said and Amy looked at her mom before following him away.
He took her to his office and opened the door. Amy screamed the moment she saw xan.
She jumped on him, hugging him ti-ghtly.
The doctor decided to excuse them for a while. Amy looked up at him, still wrapping him around her.
” How did you do it?”
” I had to beg the doctor and explain to him. Infact i have the real result here.”
” Woah. Lemme see.” She said taking the papers from him.
” What real result?” Someone suddenly tripped in, making the two couples raise their head and blink nervously.
TBC.
Who’s loving our new couples, kaxen?.
Do you think mrs qin tripped in?. do you think she will ever find out?
Pls let try to comment. I’m not impressed at all.?