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 She had this withdrawn attitude, like she was going through a depression phase of some sort.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
His heart lurched when he saw the message. “STILL CURIOUS? SANDY’S RESTURANT, FIVE BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET.” The message read this time, when he saw the address, his heart raced with excitement. At least this strange person was moving at a rapid speed instead of leaving him in a whirlpool of suspense. He didn’t waste any time, he turned and was about to leave when he felt a hand on his arm. “Where are you off to again, boss?” Melissa asked, staring at him with frustration. She was visibly tired of searching for him tirelessly when he was needed. He was impatient, “I’ll be right back, Melissa, just heading down the street. Is my schedule clear?” He asked, although he didn’t care at that point, all he wanted to do was get away. “Well,” She drawled and stared up for moment, each second fueling his impatience more and more. “Yes, your schedule is clear for the day.” “Great, if something comes up, give me a call and I’ll be right there, okay? Great.” He turned and walked quickly
Chris walked into the house to find Aria in a more miserable state than she was earlier. She was sweating and you could tell that she was very jittery just by the way she gasped when the door opened and Chris walked in. She plastered a false smile to her face as he stared at her, "Hey, you came back." She said, her voice was still unsteady despite all the effort she had put in to sound calm and collected. He stared at her, detecting that frightened note in her voice. "Yeah... I'm here, just like I said I would be." He replied, staring at her fixedly. "Seems like I shouldn't have come, the slightest sounds make you flinch like you're in a fucking horrow movie." She swallowed and maintained the smile she flashed at him, "What do you mean, babe?" She asked and laughed nervously. "I'm fine, I told you earlier." She said. "Well, sometimes you can just see through the lies..." He muttered and walked in. When he looked at her, he saw the images again that had been sent to him, h
Chris sat in the cafe along with sipping the coffee but instantly regretted it, he placed it back in the saucer looking back at Briella seated calmly in front of him."It all seems weird, don't you think?" Briella furrowed her brows gazing at him. "I have no idea why this is going on, I feel there's something more to all of this, have you noticed anything different with him?" Chris asked referring to her, she pursed her lips lost in thoughts for a while."Well yes, there seems to be a rather favorable change if you ask me." Briella beamed with happiness as though she had anticipated this part."What's that?" Chris asked curiously."He doesn't seem to go out more often and I haven't seen him with any woman." She clasped her hands together with a grin."Well, that seems to be a weird turn if you ask me." Chris leaned back on the chair looking around with a worried gaze."What do you mean?" "Well, how could they possibly stop seeing each other after the last confusing encounter, I know
"Hello?" Chris called out to the person on the other end of the line but there was nothing but silence as it seemed the caller hadn't expected him to pick up the phone, Aria was pinned to her position in fear as Chris gazed down at her with a blank expression that somewhat terrified her. "No one is replying, do you know who that is?" Chris tilted his brows handing her back her phone and adjusting his tie, she took it from his hand with trembling hands that Chris couldn't help but notice, he gazed at her but she laughed it off taking her phone away from him."Have a nice day at work honey." She waved at him placing a soft kiss on his cheeks and walked back into the house, Chris made his way the garage and got into his Ferrari, zooming off to work, he kept wondering who the person who had called her was because she was scared to answer the call, he needed to find out who that person was and what made her so scared.Half an hour later he got to his office and settled down when he receiv
Chris panicked after seeing the state that she was in. He would have never imagined that she would have never imagined that she would faint and couldn't contain his worry. He was upset with himself for letting her go through so much stress but also wondered what could have suddenly caused her to faint. He wasted no time rushing her to the hospital, trying to save her even though he was already under so much stress but all he thought about was safety. He wanted to make sure that she was fine and that nothing happened to her. He had never been so scared about anything in his life before and for a while, it felt like his life was tearing apart at that moment. He wanted to make sure that she was okay even though he was already pissed with her… He arrived at the hospital in no time and the nurses ran around, trying to get her up. He carried her in a bridal style not even giving the nurses a chance to check on her instead. He was in full panic mode and ran into the hospital until the nurs
*TWO DAYS LATER* Chris visited Aria's ward with some necessities that he was sure she was going to need. He walked over to her ward but she was already fast asleep. He just dropped what he had brought earlier on and dropped it in the drawer that was next to her. He didn't want to disturb her and decided to leave so that she could have enough rest then later he would come back. He went outside only to bump into the doctor. " Sorry doc," he apologized and was about to leave when the doctor pulled him back. He was surprised because he hadn't expected that the doctor would act like that. " Is there something you want to tell me?" He asked the doctor who nodded in response. " Is it about Aria? What happened to her?" He was in full panic mode, ready to know what was wrong with her The doctor quickly sensed that he was overthinking and tried calming him down. " Can I discuss it with you in my office instead?" He asked. Chris became a little frightened by that because he knew that it wa
Chris was happy that she agreed to get help and promised himself that he was going to support her every step of the way. He knew that they'd had their fair share of misunderstanding and drama but he couldn't deny the fact that they were still in fact a married couple and should stick together no matter the situation. He got home a little while later with her following from behind. She had just been discharged earlier that day and even though he insisted he carried on a wheelchair, she bluntly refused claiming that she was fine and didn't break her leg. He respected her decision and promised himself not to push her into doing anything that she didn't or wasn't interested in doing. He realized that she had been greatly stressed out because of him and wanted to stick to the doctor's advice. He decided that even with whatever was going on between them, he was going to treat her very nicely and not stress her more than she already was. He knew that he couldn't risk a position whereby she