Chapter-56

CHASE

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ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ʟᴏᴠᴇ's ғᴏʀ sʜᴏᴡ

ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴅɪᴇ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ

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"Can you direct me to the section where I could find binoculars?" I asked her. Celeste wants binoculars. Stupid girl.

"It's in the back." She smiled, walking ahead. I followed her to the back. "This is all we have." She pointed at the rack full of different types of binoculars. Do I buy one piece of every type? I don't know what kind she wants.

"Which one would you suggest?" I asked her.

"Depends, are you buying for a kid?" She asked. Yeah..she's twenty four.

"No."

"Oh, okay." She picked up a pair and handed them to me. Before she could open her mouth and praise the product, I thanked her and walked to the billing counter. Paying the bill, I looked at the binoculars. This shit is expensive.

A short drive home later, I walked up to our room only to find her crying. Did I take too much time?

"Celeste." She looked up at me, wiping her nose with her sleeve. "What's wrong love?" I asked her.

"I feel so useless..I can't even go to the bathroom on my own..and my head hurts and it's so annoying to use my left hand and you are not even going to the office because of me..and I don't want you to get annoyed with me." She cried.

"I won't." I promise her.

"Are you sure?" She asked.

"Yes."

"Okay..can you take me to the balcony? I want to use this." She pointed at the binoculars I threw on the bed seeing her cry.

"Okay..change out of this shirt first." I say, unbuttoning her shirt. "I'll bring the other one." I tell her before getting another one.

Helping her into another shirt, I took her to the balcony.

"Chase." She called out, looking at the sky.

"Hmm?"

"Do you think it's too early?" She asked, turning the binoculars to face me.

"For what?"

"For..this?" She pointed to her stomach. "What if you stop liking me anymore after sometime?" She asked, ignoring the glare I was giving her. "Oh and what if you start liking someone else...someone closer to your age..you know..old like you." She smirked, bumping her shoulder with mine.

"Idiot."

"You know I was serious at the start right? Do you think.."

"No I don't." I dragged my chair away from hers, she pulled it back right where it was. "Stop being an ass..we're talking normally here." She scolded.

"Do you?" I direct her question back at her.

"I don't know bro." She sighed. When will she stop calling me bro? "What if they look like me?" She shook her head. "I don't think this world can handle so many gorgeous people at the same time..they have to look like you." She clicked her tongue.

"Fuck off."

"I can't bruh." She looked at her broken leg. She went back to try and look into the building infront of ours before gasping dramatically. What did she see? "What if I can't wear heels again?" She asked. Oh. "My side job." She started tearing up. "You know that heels are an important part of strip-"

"Shut up." I kept a finger on her lips.

"-ing." She finished. I removed my finger since it was of no use.

I googled if she can wear heels after recovery or not. She'll cry if she can't, I know. Google says she needs some practice and physiotherapy. I tell her the same.

"Really? Thank heavens." She took a breath of relief.   "You know heels make me feel confident." She tells me. She's confident enough barefoot too though.

We didn't talk after that. She was busy looking at the stars and cars that were looking small from up here.

"What do you think about having a nurse?" I ask her, breaking the silence. She scrunched up her nose at the question.

"I don't know..I don't want some stranger in our bedroom." She pouted. She has a valid point.

"What about Caden? I can ask him if he doesn't have any projects or something, he can stay with you? I don't want to leave you on your own." I suggest.

"I don't want to trouble him but I don't want a nurse too." She groaned in frustration. I kept looking at her. "Stop looking at me, I'm trying to decide." She covered my eyes with her hand. "Okay. Ask him but don't tell him why you were asking if he's busy, 'kay?" She says.

"Okay." I remove her hand from my eyes, kissing her palm before letting it go.

I called Caden. "Put it on speaker." She smacked my head. She's getting violent these days.

"Hey." Rome answered the call.

"ROME!" Celeste yelled in my ear excitedly. Stupid girl.

"Think about my ears pretty girl." He replied. "Caden is putting shit on his face right now." He tells us. "It's skincare dumbfuck." We heard Caden yell in the background.

"When's your next game?" Celeste asked.

"It's off season pretty girl, I don't have a game for atleast 9 to 10 weeks." He tells her. Can he stop calling her pretty girl? She's my pretty girl. Only mine..and our babies'.

"Is Caden done?" She asked.

"I don't know how many creams he'll apply." He sighs from the other end before we hear some shuffling. "I'm going to dump his ass one day." Caden says.

"Hiii Caden."

"Hello mama. How're you?" He asks her.

"Dying." She exaggerates. "Do you have any shoots or walk or whatever it's called anytime soon?" She asks.

"No idea. Do you want me to get you something?" He asks.

"No no..I was just asking..if you know.." She trailed off, looking at me. What do I say? She mouthed.

"Can you stay here with Celeste for sometime?" I asked, getting to the point.

"Really?" He asked. What is this so exciting? "Can I come right now?" He asks.

"No. It's late..you don't have any problem do you?" I ask him.

"No..I wanted to stay with you for a long time..you know? Like we used to do when we were younger. Is it okay if-"

"Yes." I answer him before he could ask.

"Listen to me first-"

"Yes Caden, the offer was for both of you."

"That's good, Rome was about to cry." He says. "I wasn't." Rome clarifies.

"Okay. I'll be waiting for you." Celeste says, smiling.

"I'll pack my things." Caden replies, matching her excitement before hanging up. One more thing cleared up. I sigh. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day.

Celeste talks about how she's excited to live with them because she has never lived with more than one person before, she reveals her little plans before dozing off.

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"This is the last bite, I promise." I tell her, bringing the fork to her mouth.

"You said that 10 bites ago." She murmurs, taking the last bite of pancakes.

"This time it was." I tell her, kissing the corner of her mouth to wipe the syrup. "If you need anything, give me a call okay? And don't try to be superwoman and rest properly. Caden and Rome will be here soon, I have a meeting in a few minutes, take care okay?" I look at her for an answer.

She nods. I kiss her forehead. "I love you." I tell her before getting up from the bed and picking up the empty dishes.

"I love you." She replies, giving me a flying kiss. "Don't miss me too much." She yells as I walk out of the room. I will. "Drive safe." She yells again. I keep the plates in the kitchen before driving myself to the office.

"Good morning sir." Daniel says when he sees me walking towards my office.

"Good morning." I greet him back. Celeste threatened me that she'll stop talking to me if I didn't behave nicely with him. Knowing her, she actually will.

"If you don't mind me asking, how's Miss Reed?" He asked timidly.

"She's..okay." I replied just when my phone buzzed with a message, talk of the devil.

Loml <3

Caden brought pizza for me 🍕

Me

I hope you don't throw up.

Loml <3

Me too bro

I kept the phone aside. Idiot keeps calling me bro.

"Did you reschedule the meetings after lunch?" I ask Daniel.

"Yes sir..and um.." He hesitated. I wait for him to continue. "I forgot." He mumbled, pulling out his tablet and reciting the schedule for today. He left as soon as he finished.

The rest of the day was pretty hectic since I haven't been to the office for the last 4 days.

"Hello father." I said, walking inside his shitty office.

"You finally came into your senses, haven't you?" He asks.

"Indeed."

"Have you talked to Beth?" He asks again.

"I will. After I'm finished with you." I take a seat on the chair in front of him, it creaked as I sat down. Cheap shit.

"Good, fire that assistant of yours." He says.

"I was waiting for you to bring her up." I pick up the paper-weight from his table. "She's alive if you weren't aware." I tell him about his failure.

"Unfortunately." He mumbles under his breath. "She wants nothing but your money, I know gold digging who-" He couldn't complete his sentence, I threw the paper-weight as hard as I could on his forehead. "You fucking bastard." He yelled, clutching his forehead which was bleeding right now.

"Watch your mouth. You don't know who you're speaking about." I warn him.

"That bitch has you under her control, hasn't she?" He asked getting up, I pushed him back on his chair, wrapping my fingers around his neck. "Leave me." He gritted out, using the tone he used at me when I was younger, the same tone that used to frighten me. It doesn't bother me anymore.

"She's lying on the bed because of you. She can't walk on her own..because of you..and you know what Pete? It makes me want to hurt you ten times more than I already wanted to." I tell him, pulling him up from his chair. He raises his hand to hit me, a few months before I would've taken that. I grab that hand and twist it behind his back.

"I gave you a life..you were supposed to rot in that orphanage. You should be on your knees, thanking me for helping you get rid of her." He spits. Those words were the same words he used every time he hit me. I twist his arm more, he yelps loudly, calling for security.

"No one will help you Pete. A little money is all they needed, you don't have any security. I bought your men." I tell him. "Who helped you?" I ask him.

"No one."

I removed my hand from his neck, twisting his other arm. "Who?"

"Beth. It was Beth, she was driving the car. It was her idea." He yells, groaning in pain.

"And you thought it was good? You thought I'll never know? You hurt her Pete..should've thought before doing something." I twisted the arm I was twisting first. "I'll ruin you. I will watch you losing every single thing you have ever loved slowly." I heard a bone crack, he yelped louder, trying to get out of my hold. "You will regret the day you decided to harm her..I will see you begging for help. Enjoy the luxury as much as you can Pete, it won't be there for long. You will be begging for forgiveness for every single thing you've done to me and the people I love and no one will be there for you. It's a promise Pete." I pushed him away from me, making him fall on the table.

"I should've killed you when you were born." He yells at me.

"Too bad..you aren't my father."

"You were the worst decision of my life." He tells me.

"Don't worry, I'll keep that in mind to keep reminding you till your last breath." I tell him.

"You know what? I'm glad my worthless brother died..one asshole at a time." He spat. Brother? He had a brother? "Fucking bastard." He looked at me with disgust. "Son of a whore."

I had him in a chokehold once again. "Even if I know nothing about my mom, watch your fucking mouth Pete, you're already on my last nerve." I watch his face turn red as he tries hard to breathe.

"Marissa is your mother." He laughs at my face. "Whore. Spread her legs for my useless brother. Shouldn't have adopted you." What the fuck?

"You think I'll believe you?-"

"Don't. I don't care, you think you got the will because my parents loved you? It was your father's will..the one I killed, just like I planned to kill that bitch Celeste." He seethes.

"Keep her name out of your fucking mouth." I punch his mouth. Don't do it, it hurts.

He coughs as I leave his neck. "Heard you knocked her up, was she-" I changed my mind, this asshole is dying today.

I turn around, punching him straight on the jaw. He spits out blood, dropping to his knees. I pulled him with his hair. "Told you to stop talking about her, you don't listen. Do you?" I ask, punching his neck. He thrashed around to fight back as I stepped on his already broken arm.

"I'll..ahhh." He shouts.

"OH MY GOD." A screechy voice yells. "Chase." The bitch has the audacity to touch me. I jerk her hand off my shoulder.

"Keep your filthy hands off me." I turn to look at Bitch standing there, gaping like a fucking fish. "I won't kill you Pete. You will. You will kill yourself. I want to see you on your knees..with nothing but the want to end your pathetic life. That day isn't far." I say, standing up.

"This is not you Chase..I can help you." She says, bringing her hand closer to me as I turn towards her. The shining ring on her finger catches my eye. It's the exact replica of the ring I got for Celeste. "You don't have to worry about that lowlife assistant of yours..I can handle her. I am the one you need, I can be the perfect wife-"

"Shut up. Just fucking shut up." I show her my hand to stop talking. "I would rather die than ever touching you Bitch. I don't hit women..but you make it sound so fucking tempting. Talk about my woman like that again, you'll regret having a fucking tongue. Understand?" I take a step towards the door. "Drive safe..you never know what might happen." I say before walking out of the shitty place.

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Took quite a long break..haven't I?

Anyways..hope y'all are doing good and having a good day/night.

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