Cassandra ignited her car engine and drove out of her husband's house. She drove to the luxurious hotel she frequents and went straight to the room that has already been booked by the person awaiting her.
She knocked at the door and immediately, the door was opened. Stepping a foot inside the room, a kiss was placed on her cheek.
"Hey baby, what took you so long?" asked the guy who welcomed her.
“I'm sorry dear. I overslept” she replied.
“Oh!, my darling was tired after a long day yesterday”
“Of course, who wouldn't be. Yesterday was fantastic.” she placed her palms on his broad chest, while he circled her in his embrace.
“How's your daughter and husband?” the guy changed the topic which got on her nerves.
“William, I told you not to ask about those burdens again. They're nothing but a burden to me.”
“But you didn't call him a burden when you were enjoying him ride you. If he didn't get between your legs, how would you have given birth to the girl you called a burden?” William sparked.
“Willy, I already told you I had no choice back then. The thing that happened back then was really more than I could handle,” she explained to him. Yes, William was her boyfriend and first love. They have loved each other a few months before she had to marry Jasper.
Unwillingly, Cassandra had married Jasper due to her father's request. At first, she resisted and was strong-headed until she made a deal with her father. After marriage, she continued to see William frequently assuring him that he would definitely get her back as long as her plans go well.
On the day she found out she was pregnant, she had wanted to abort the pregnancy without Jasper knowing about it. Jasper found out by luck and begged her not to and Cassandra made an agreement to keep the baby in exchange for twenty percent of his company shares and the ability of Jasper to question her whenever she does anything he's not so pleased with.
Pregnancy was something that surely couldn't be hidden for long, so Cassandra informed William explaining how the pregnancy came to be in the first place.
Jasper's mother; Valerie Callaghan had gone to visit her son. An unexpected rain poured with so much blustery torrent and Valerie couldn't go back to the Callaghan mansion that day. No doubt she would be staying overnight. Jasper had begged Cassandra to sleep in his room to prevent his mum from being suspicious of how they lived which she agreed.
They had to pretend to be a lovey-dovey couple in the presence of his mother to prevent her from worrying or feeling guilty. Jasper knew that his mum was not happy about how his married life turned out but assured her severally that he was doing fine. At night, they had slept on the same bed and somehow things led to another which got Cassandra pregnant.
All these, she had explained to William who put up with her and continued to love her.
William let out a sigh and engulfed her in his embrace.
“Alright, if you say so. What next now?” he asked.
“What else, let's pick up from where we left off yesterday,” she said pushing him to the bed and laying her fair slender body on him. Before William could proceed and reciprocate the deed, his phone rang. He looked at the call dialer and quickly aborted the call.
“Babe, who was that?” Cassandra asked in a seductive tone.
“Just some random guys.”
“Are you sure?” she asked him with doubt for the fact that he aborted the call immediately without a second glance.
“Hundred percent sure baby,” he pushed her on the bed trailing his fingers along her body curves and whispering seductive words into her ears and Cassandra giggled like a baby.
Minutes later........
William groaned dizzily after finishing his desired deed with his girlfriend and lay on the bed. His left arm under Cassandra's head, and the white duvet covering them both.
“That was good,” Cassandra said more or less like a whisper trailing her long thin fingers across William's lowcut beard.
“Yeah, I had a good time as well. You are so fucking cute.” he pecked her and she smiled widely.
“I need to take a cool bath” she made to stand up, but William dragged her back to the bed, holding her in his embrace.
“There's still lots of time left, you can get some sleep. It's so obvious you were exhausted after.......”
“Shhhhh....,” Cassandra shut him up with her index finger placed on his lips.
“I'll regain the lost energy as soon as I refresh myself with a cold bath. I can't spend all my day sleeping in bed, I have something to do.”
“What's that?” William was curious.
“Nothing to be worried about. Just some business that requires my monitoring.”
Like a flash of lightning, she stood up and headed to the bathroom, before William could say 'Jack'. She looked behind her before entering and winked at William who was staring at her expressionlessly.
After careful observation by William who made sure he heard the sound of a running shower, he moved to the far end of the room and dialed a number on his phone. It was the person who called him when Cassandra entered.
“Hello” a voice was heard from the other end.
“Why are you calling me now? Why?” asked William as he looked behind him at intervals so he would be sure that Cassandra is not out of the bathroom yet.
“I missed you and wanted to hear your voice. You didn't call me last night after expecting you all day?. Hope all is well?”
“Look, you....”
“Wait, what sound am I hearing?. Where are you?. I can hear the sound of running water, that's unusual Willy. Don't tell me.........,” there was a pause.
“........Don't tell me you just had fun with her again” the voice interrupted William from saying what he wanted to.
“Er..., it's not what you're thinking. I...”
“Just shut it. Don't dare lie to me, don't!. Just don't”
Then, the call got disengaged after the person spoke angrily making William sigh rubbing his fingers on his forehead.
“What happened Willy?. I heard your voice just now.” Cassandra came out of the bathroom clad in a white robe and a white towel wrapped around her head.
William moved closer to her and hugged her waist.
“ was speaking to someone on the phone” he was honest.
“Who?”
“Someone who needs help” he lied with a grin on his face.
“Help?” she asked with furrowed brows not understanding what he meant.
“Yes help.”
“What help?. Like... I mean, in what way is the help needed?” she looked straight into his eyes with her head raised since he's a bit taller than her as she used a matching white head towel to dry her hair.
“Nothing you should worry about baby. You don't need to think about it.” he kissed her lightly on the lips.
“Why shouldn't I?. Tell me right now Willy.” It was more or less like a persuasion.
“Okay, fine. The person needs some amount of money for goods clearance and other urgent business activities. But you don't have to worry, even though the person is so much important to me, I already told him I don't have such a huge amount.” William added quickly playing with the tip of Cassandra's hair as he rolled it around his finger continuously.
“Like seriously William?. How could you say that?. You just said the person is so much important to you and you told him off just like that?”
“What do you expect me to say?. Sincerely, I don't have so much money with me right now. Let's just forget it, baby.”
“No, we aren't. How much is the money we're talking about here?”
“To be precise, 10 million dollars,” William whispered.
“That much?” Cassandra exclaimed upon hearing the amount involved.
“Yes, that much. Which was why I said we should forget it.”
“Emmm. Don't worry. Since the person is someone important to you, I can help you with it.” Cassandra offered. Just what William was expecting. He had played with words while speaking to Cassandra knowing fully well what she's like.
“Seriously?” he pretended to be surprised.
“Yes, baby.”
“Oh my, thank you so much. I appreciate you, darling. I'll make sure I repay the money when I have up to the amount.”
“It's okay. You don't need to. I'm giving it to you instead.”
“Woooaaah, thanks so much baby.” He placed quick kisses from her face to her neck with so much elation.
“Anything for you darling” Cassandra pecked his cheek and left his embrace to dress up.
Ten minutes later, she was done dressing up. She applied her lipstick and sprayed her cologne, then checked herself in the mirror after which she left without waiting for Jackson to finish bathing. He had entered the toilet to clean up, so she could dress up freely.
However, she left a note:
“See you later, and expect the money soon” so it read.
William found the note after bathing, and a smile was evident on his lips. He picked up his phone and sent a message to someone.
“I'll make it up to you, we're going to have fun. Trust me!.”