Chapter 51

Kharis POV


'People tell me I'm strong but maybe I'm just a good actress. I try to keep the show going, but alone I break.


Yes, I break and I'm only a human heartless from the countless others who swore they stay? Maybe, but human nonetheless I am the master of "I'm fine", so good I'll soon destroy myself.


Nothings fine and it rarely is after years of emotional emptiness you become numb trying everything just to feel something again. I'm tired of being broken. Is it too late to be fixed? They may have destroyed me beyond repair?!!!'


As I sat on the couch waiting for Frederick to come back, I came across the poem I copied online when I stayed with my parents.


I realized that I was a strong woman. Behind the smiles, were a thousand hurtful words I needed to release. I was broken and empty but kept telling the world that I was strong.


I tried not to shed a tear while I sat in his office. I didn't want him coming back to meet me in a mood.


"Hey, baby. Are you good"?


"Yes love, I'm fine. You took so long. I was beginning to think you forgot I was here", I said jokingly.


He laughed and began packing some papers into his bag. I didn't understand why he wanted us to stay at a hotel for a while. Was it because he was trying to avoid something? Or because he really wanted us to spend some time together.


"Are you sure you want us to go to the hotel?"I asked him.


"Yes, baby. If you do not want to go there, it's totally fine", he answered while concentrating on the papers on his table.


After a while, I noticed him walk up to me.

"Shall we leave now"?


I stood up and went to his desk to pick up the food flask I had come with. I didn't see the note. Maybe he had it with him.


"You can leave that there Kharis, the cleaners would take care of it", he said.


I shrugged and walked with him out of his office. His office was big and fancy. I had no clue about the kind of business he operated but my visit made me know he dealt with technological gadgets. I was in awe🥺.


"Your office is amazing", I complimented.


"Thanks, baby", he said and opened the door for me.


I stepped out of the building and made my way into the lykan hypersport car.

He got into the car as well and placed the key in the key starter.

"First of all, we are going to the mall to pick a few things. Food, snacks, clothes, and toiletries. Then, up next is the hotel".


"Do you have any penthouses in New York?", I asked him.


He laughed and said yes.

"I have two penthouses in New York, one in Ghana as you saw and the rest are in other parts of the world.


"Damn, how were you able to build all of this to get to this point", I muttered.


"That, my dear, is a story for another day".

He turned onto the right lane and put on the radio. He changed the first news talk station, the second, and the third. He shook his head and tried the fourth channel. He smiled at the song that was being played, looked at my face, and began singing it to me as he drove.


'If I had to live my life without you near me

The days would all be empty

The nights would seem so long

With you I see forever, oh, so clearly

I might have been in love before

But it never felt this strong

Our dreams are young and we both know

They'll take us where we want to go

Hold me now, touch me now

I don't want to live without you

Nothing's gonna change my love for you

You oughta know by now how much I love you

One thing you can be sure of

I'll never ask for more than your love

Nothing's gonna change my love for you

You oughta know by now how much I love you

The world may change my whole life through

But nothing's gonna change my love for you

If the road ahead is not so easy

Our love will lead the way for us

Like a guiding star

I'll be there for you if you should need me

You don't have to change a thing

I love you just the way you are

So come with me and share the view

I'll help you see forever too

Hold me now, touch me now

I don't want to live without you

Nothing's gonna change my love for you

You oughta know by now how much I love you

One thing you can be sure of

I'll never ask for more than your love'.


I stared at his face for a long time till he was done. Nobody had ever been genuine about their feelings for me and Frederick Hudson was singing to me, with the whole of his heart. Did he mean those lyrics?


Was nothing ever going to change the love that he had for me? His mom? The women in his life? Time and space?


I turned my face and began staring at the window. I let down the tear I was trying so hard to control. I sniffled.


"What's wrong"? Frederick asked.


"Nothing", was the straight answer I gave him.


"Please don't tell me anything when you are crying".


When he did not hear any response from me after 2 minutes, He parked the car and turned off the ignition.


"Is there something I can do to make you feel better"?He asked, his palm resting on my shoulder.


"Don't be like this. Is it a song? Do you need us to go home instead?


"Frederick, everything is okay. It is just so hard to believe that there is someone who loves and accepts me. I don't know how this beautiful feeling started but I know that I do not want it to end, not now, not ever."


He kissed me on my forehead and continued with the drive to the mall.

The ride was quiet, but the radio kept playing songs 😂.


We got to the mall and Frederick parked the car. When we got to the entrances of the mall, he tipped the security guy.


"I'll get a cart babe. Give me one minute", he said and disappeared...