Celine noticed he was lost in thoughts, she didnât think the reason was something serious. She actually thought he enjoyed being in the back seat and being driven around by a chauffer , there are people like that. It was fine with her but why was he so lost in thoughts?âXavier?â She calls lightly tapping his thigh to draw his attention âAre you okay?â Xavier blinks twice before answering herâŚ. âYesâŚ. I mean Iâm okayâHis voice was shaky and Celine sensed fear in it. What was he afraid of?Celine didnât push it though, he would probably tell her at the right time.âThereâs something about me that I think you deserve to knowâ Xavier starts. His palms were beginning to sweat, he was nervous he didnât know how to tell her about his dark past and highest of all, he was afraid how she was going to react. What if he says something wrong?Celine shifts to look him in the eyes, she could see that he was very nervous about telling her. She wondered what could be so bad. Seeing his behav
*Crash!* Zack is in his room, throwing things around and making a mess everywhere. He was scrolling through Instagram earlier when he came across Xavierâs post with the flowers and the caption stating that he was in love. Of course Celine had charmed him, the way she charmed him too.She always does that, making everyone she crosses paths with fall head over heels for her. Zack wanted to do something, he didnât want to lose Celine to Xavier, not now, not ever.The plan was for Celine to be with Xavier for one year and then sheâll divorce him making away with half his entire fortune. It was legal fraud.He knew he had to reach out to Maria, she was also in love with Xavier right? She also wouldnât sit still and let those two work out, Will she?Maria had become extra careful of late, she rarely attended outings. The party freak in her took a break after the incident with Zack when he had kidnapped her and forced her to confess her dealings. She wished she knew who it was behind the
Celine remembered the name of the hospital on her fatherâs test results. It was the same one her fatherâs friend worked at. He was her god father, she would use that opportunity to check up on him too, killing two birds with one stone, she thought .One part of her was sad that Xavier already left, he would have offered her a free ride to the hospital but now she had to catch the bus. She shook the sadness off and headed to the bus stop.After about twenty minutes, Celine reaches the hospital. She asks of her father at the reception but the nurse on duty says there was no patient by his name in there register. Celine is confused by that but doesnât read meaning to it instead she asks to see Dr James, her godfather.Celine goes to Dr. Jamesâs office hoping to meet her father there but she doesnât. She meets James in his office though.âHi uncle Jamesâ She greets taking a sit at his desk, opposite him.âHi Celine, itâs been a whileâ James responds.âUncle James, when was the last
The next morning, Celine ignored Xavierâs Good morning and it made him think that maybe something was wrong because she wasnât one to ignore messages but she had ignored his texts twice now, the one from last night and this morning.Xavier decided to call her instead, to tell her he was on his way to her dormitory to pick her up. âHey!â She says when she picks the call.âGood morning, how are you?â He asks sincerely. He hears a sniffle in the backgroundâAre you crying?ââNo, Iâm fine.â She says âIâll be expecting youâShe ends the call.Celine didnât get any sleep last night, she kept tossing in bed all through the night. She was mad at her dad for deceiving her, she was mad at herself for falling for his deceit. She was sorry that she was going to do something to hurt Xavier but she knew she had to do it for her own peace of mind.She had promised Xavier to go with him to see Sofiaâs family so she was ready to go with him. She applied some makeup to hide the dark circles u
Itâs been three days since Celine called off the wedding with Xavier and ever since then Xavier had kept himself locked up in his room, without food or water. He sent loads of texts and lots of phone calls to Celine but none of them got a reply, Celine was deliberately ghosting him.He couldnât even go to the orphanage as usual, instead he was locked up in his room, starving himself and hoping that maybe Celine would show up and say that she was no longer backing out of the wedding.Maybe she would come over and tell him that she also felt the same about him and that she couldnât live without him. If only.Maria came to visit but he didnât go out to meet her or let her in his room.âXavierâŚ.â Maria called from outside the door to his room, she had been trying his number but the call wasnât going through so she decided to pay him a visit.âYou donât have to beat yourself up about her decision.â Maria consoles from behind the door.Xavier doesnât say a word back to her but she do
Early the next morning, Xavier had gotten dressed and headed to the office. He was following Mariaâs plan to help him get Celine back, all he needed to do was dress up, take a nice picture and caption it âHappyâ and then post it on his Instagram page for the world to see and by the world he meant Celine.He had fallen deep for her that he didnât mind calling her his world because at the moment, his life seemed to revolve around her and he wanted it to be that way until the end of time.He did as he was told, he took a nice picture and captioned it âhappyâCeline was scrolling through social media when she came across Xavierâs timeline, trust Instagram algorithm to be the cupid in their case, while she was admiring his look and also scrolling through his timeline, she also the post with the flowers and he had captioned it âIn loveâShe remembered the flowers as the ones he had brought for her at the orphanage the other day, she never saw this post until now, her heart warmed up at
Xavier and Celine walk into the coffee shop and sit at a spot close to the window. No sooner had they sat down than a waiter approached them for their order.âGood morning sir and maâam, would you like to order now?â The waiter asked, showing off a smile that Celine tagged official. She knew how to make that smile, she after all once worked at a cafĂŠ too. Her boss had called it âthe keep your job smile'. She looked at Xavier to see if he was ready to order.âYes, Caramel macchiato for me please and some biscuitsâ âIâll have the sameâ Celine says.They engaged in small talk while waiting for their orders to be served.âguess who called me this morning?â Celine asked Xavier.Xavier shrugged, he wasnât good at guessing.âI swear if I were to guess, it will be someone totally unrelated. Just save me the stress and tell meâŚ.â He says, his blue eyes shone in anticipation, Celine had caught his attention and he was all caught in fascination of her.Celine wanted to know which unrelated pers
"Please, don't do this to her. She's really sick and needs treatment."The room was dark with the only source of light being the tiny hole in the wall, it was early in the afternoon but one wouldn't know if they were inside this dark room. Even Maria wonders how she found this place out, she scoffs as she thinks about it. All thanks to that creepy guy who kidnapped her and forced a confession out of her. "All I ask of you is simple and you and your mom will live a life of luxury for the rest of your lives" Maria said to the girl with a cynical smile. "Just do as I say!" She watched as the girl trembled on the floor, tears rolling down her cheeks. She was pleading for mercy, why was she pleading? Any one in their right senses would jump on the opportunity Maria was presenting to her. "Please, I can't do this." The girl cried. Her cries were so loud that Maria was beginning to get infuriated by it. "ENOUGH!" She commanded, moving closer to the girl's mother and pointing a gun