Chapter 16 LET'S HAVE A WEDDING PARTY.
16.
~KIMBERLY~
"I want us to have a wedding ceremony." I blurt almost at the same time she apologized for getting angry at me.
I watch Kimberly recoil after cursing me out for getting my cock sucked but me acting like an asshole was definitely the last straw for both of us.
Why am I so defensive about letting Blaire give me a blowjob to her?
Or was it because she insulted her during the dinner party?
Fuck, I'm truly an asshole, why the hell did I go back to the woman who ridiculed her.
Her bright eyes somehow darken and go terse as she stares back at me.
Her lips part in shock.
"What do you mean?"
"Me getting married unceremoniously is not my forte, and I need to tie up every loose end on our side."
"Does that mean someone knows we're lying about us being in love?"
I gulp down nothing, I don't even know the reply I should give her, how do I tell her that it was Blaire?
"Rafael..."
"Just fucking listen to me." I rasp harshly, Kimberly flinches at my sudden outbursts.
"Well I need to know why we're suddenly having a wedding ceremony." She lash out back at me, her face a contour of anger and hurt.
"I don't know if you read the contract terms well, I'm the one in control here, Kimberly, not you, I call the shots, when I tell you to fly, you ask me how high."
Her mood dampens immediately and she nods."Sorry, I was too busy trying to save myself and not bother to check the terms." She answers rather sarcastically, turning away from me.
The nurse earlier returns with that same irritating grin on her face, fuck, why am I getting so irritable at everyone?
"The ward is set, I will wheel her in."
"Sure." I answer in a bland tone, walking out of the hospital, heat crawls up to every part of my chest, making everywhere suddenly suffocating.
Fuck, I hate the antiseptic of hospitals, I thought I would have forgotten how choking it was since it eas years ago I visited one last but it doesn't better at all.
I find my way back to my car just to see the several missed calls Rowan and Wendy dropped. They must have been panicking because of the heap of work I need to get done today.
Jesus, how did my life change so fast? I hate responsibilities that are not about me but I must have forgotten marriage comes with a lot because why am I arguing with my fucking wife when I should be sorting out things at place of work.
"Text me if there's anything up."
I hit the send button to Kimberly's number immediately, not ready to spend one more seconds in this fucked up place.
"Get me out of here." I instruct Daniel.
Getting to the office, Rowan is already outside, red with anger.
"Where the fuck were you?" He growls, I don't bother answering him, swatting him sideways, I walk past him to the main building.
"The clients were..."
"I was in a hitch, don't you dare probe me like a fucking child!" My pitched tone reverberates through the hall, causing the workers strutting around to divert their attention to us.
Shit, I feel like buckling to my knees, my head throbs so bad.
Rowan recoils a little, his face absorbed with guilt and meekness that derails me.
With a resigned sigh, he mutters;"Follow me."
Knowing I have no choice and I can't go back to the boardroom and face the clients like this, I look like a mess.
I follow his steps to the small room behind the office gym, Rowan built the place for me years ago when I was falling apart, I came here most of the time because I couldn't get any work done.
Fuck, maybe I feel like this because I went to the hospital too, I'm so messed up.
Tightness unfurls in every part of my body and I feel so lagged.
I collapse on the chair the moment we enter and Rowan gasps in shock.
"Shit, what happened?" He probes, my throat suddenly pricks and the words I try forming collapse in my mouth.
"I thought I got over it." I grumble in difficulty, shredding the choking tie off my neck immediately.
Damn, I need something to diffuse the acidity I feel in my lungs, it's so hard to breathe.
"Did you go to a hospital? What the fuck dude..."
"Kimberly had an accident and she called me."
Rowan's eyes widen in shock, this will just heighten his skepticism about the whole thing.
"Is she okay?" He finally says, trying not to sound like an asshole.
"Yup, just one rib broken."
"Jesus, you should have told me to go or something..." He trails off for a moment, I know too well that Rowan doesn't want to get roped into this whole wedding charade."Don't you think you should pick up those sessions again? I mean..."
"Fuck, never. I don't need it anymore, this is just a little shake up, I will be fine." I cut him off dismissively.
I'm at the peak of the career–always has but this period is more crucial to me.
I need to sell off the company, the bane of my torment, once it's out of the way, I will divorce Kimberly and go back to my normal life.
Yes, it's that easy, once Rita Williams cave in, it's as easy as that.
"Rafael." Rowan calls in a dragged tone but I won't be pushed into that hellhole again.
I endured it for two years, I barely managed to come out with my sanity.
Go back there? I'd rather die.
"Your brother is here. And he wants to see you." I turn to him immediately, totally surprised.
Me and Baxter never got along, he dissociated from the family but I couldn't and he thought it was the greed I have for the family business so we're apart from each other most of our lives.
While I'm recognized as the second child of the Rollers who rose and built his company from the scratch, Baxter is just a normal university lecturer, a total freak for academics.
Is he here to give me a parting hug or to guilt trip me about my life choices.
"He smells trouble, I tried sending him off politely but he's adamant."
"He always smells trouble." I scoff, getting off the chair.
I just hope I will be able to send him off quietly like I always did.
Rowan sighs and rubs his temple slowly.
"It's different this time around, Rafael. Trust me."
Why's Rafael getting panic attacks because he went to a hospital?
And what did Rowan mean by 'sessions'?
Or is Rafael messed up like Kimberly too?
Who knows if Baxter will be a villain or an
angel?🫠🫢
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