Chris would never turn down an invitation from Amelia, especially when she was leaving town in an hour. He called his assistant into his office as he packed his desk. "Do I have any important meetings today?" He asked he was in a hurry, the drive to the train station was a good twenty minutes drive. "Well, only one, boss and that's with a shareholder at noon." His assistant replied. "Cancel it," Chris said flatly and walked out of the office, leaving his PA stunned.He drove himself to the station and he found himself having a hard time locating Amelia. There were so many people at the train station, that most of the coffee and tea shops were filled to the brim. It had Chris wondering where she could be. He dialed, "Amelia, where are you?" He asked when she picked up the phone.It was noisy and really difficult for him to hear what she was saying over the boisterous surroundings of the train station. "Just…around…huh?"That was all he heard her say as her words came to him in c

Chris felt a panic of fear as he thought of what had possibly happened to her, her voice sounded restrained unlike her usually cheerful self. "What's wrong?" Chris asked, lifting himself up from his chair, immediately walking out of the office almost bumping into Melissa."Is something wrong sir?" She questioned but he was too absent minded to hear what she had asked him, he pulled out his keys making his way to the garage and got into his car making his way home. She had ended the call without saying anything further to him which was concerning, how could he possibly forgive himself if something bad happened to himself, he soon got home and ran into the house"Honey?!" He yelled hoping she was alright, there was intense silence all around the house which was about to make him go crazier. "Babe?" He called out again, going around the house but couldn't find her, he didn't know if this was a game of hers or it was a call for help but he was beginning to freak out.He searched their roo

Several days later, Chris was in his office, he was tired and visibly worn out.There were lines of exhaustion on his forehead and he closed his eyes as he leaned back on his chair. He had gone through another night of sleeping in his office, this time it hadn’t been as comfortable as the first night. The couch was just too small and narrow, his legs too long and his body refused to adjust to the confined space. He would have slept in the worker’s room on the ground floor but that wouldn’t create a good image. He didn’t want the whole fucking company to know that he was having issues with his wife. What made his morning worse was when his secretary walked in and told him about the meeting he had scheduled for that morning. He literally had to drag himself there and fight the drowsiness that clouded his eyes. As if that wasn’t enough, it was a very long and boring meeting that seemed interminable, it took a miracle for him not to completely doze off. He threw his suit as he walked

Briella stared down at her for a long uncomfortable moment and Olivia swallowed hard.She had noticed something, every time she saw her, she always dressed as though she purposely wanted to look like Aria. On a certain day when she had been trailing her husband, she had even noticed that Olivia wore exactly the same clothes as Aria that day and she had been so confused when she saw Aria in one place, then her replica, Olivia, in another. Briella could remember that day very clearly, she had been watching Kade, suspecting that indeed he was having an affair with another woman whom at that time she wasn’t sure who it was. Storming upon Aria along the way, they had exchanged pleasantries calmly. Aria had sighted her and approached her first in the coffee shop opposite the company Kade worked, whose window she had been staring out of. “Hey, Briella Bricks?” Aria asked with a warm smile on her face.They didn’t know each other too well at that time, but Briella had seen her already a c

Chris didn't know what to say initially as he just stared at her. From a first glance, he knew that something was wrong somewhere. She had this withdrawn attitude, like she was going through a depression phase of some sort. Her eyes darted around nervously, like something would just spring out of one of his cupboards and dive for her neck. Behind those darting eyes of hers, was a flicker of fear that she hid behind a smile. Her hands seemed to be trembling, her skin had taken on a sallow color, Aria wasn't herself. This wasn't the confident lady that had tried to seduce him several days ago, she was a shadow of herself. But then he couldn't ask because there were too many possibilities swirling in her head. Was she nervous because she had found out about what he did to Kade and was suddenly too scared to even talk to him? Or was it about the doctor's appointment and the abortion Susan had talked about over the phone? He didn't know, the only person he could get an answer from was