Chapter 6 Make Things Right

• Ryan
• The sun ray shining brightly upon my face make me scowl and jolt wide awake.
• Opening my eyes slowly, I reached out towards the bedstand with my free hand to pick up my phone.
• Glancing through and seeing that there was no call nor messages from Tiana, I grumbled. “She should have at least left word if Ciara is with her. Or isn’t she?”
• Feeling arms tighten their hold around my waist, it was then I’d noticed Anne had woken up.
• “Goodmorning,” she says sweetly.
• “Huh? Oh, good morning”
• “Is something bothering you?” Anne sat upright, “It’s not—”
• I stand up abruptly from the bed. “I have to get to work”
• With that said, I make my way towards the bathroom to shower. I had a lot on my mind and the last thing I needed this morning was Anne’s tantrum.
• While in the bathroom; when certain that I was alone, I placed a call at Tina but she didn’t pick.
• “Could she be at work?” I muttered, still not giving up my attempt just yet. When it seemed like all was to no avail, I decided to put an end to my worries via a text message.
• ‘It’s me. I know you might be busy but did you find her? I’ll be waiting for a response’ it read.
• No sooner had I placed my phone down on the bath sink had the bathroom door opened; revealing Anne standing in a white towel.
• “What are y—”
• “We should bathe together,” She says as a matter of fact, “It’s not the first time, anyways”
• And she was right. It was going to be the first time we’d shower together but this time, it felt suffocating because she was forcing it; I wasn’t planning on turning her down though.
• Without taking my eyes off her, I strip out of my night gown as I climb onto the bathtub; resting my back on it’s edge.
• “Are you just going to stand there?” I teased with a voice that held so much invite and Anne seemed to get the message as her towel fell down the length of her body in one single swoop.
• With her gaze holding mine, Anne climb onto the bathtub; resting her head on my chest as her voice came out in soft whispers. “This is nice”
• And it would have been if my mind wasn’t preoccupied with Ciara. Like why the hell couldn’t I stop worrying about her?. I guess some part of me still regrets ending our 1year of marriage in such an ugly manner.
• I mean, we were friends before we were contractual lovers. I cared a great deal for her.
• Unable to find my voice to agree with Anne’s words, I spun her around to face me and place my lips on hers, lightly at first before deepening the kiss.
• This. This sexual tension was all there really was to Anne and I’s relationship.
• Refraining from her, I finished taking my shower, hopped out of the bathtub and out of the bathroom to dress up.
• While putting on my suit, Anne stepped out of the bathroom wrapped in her bathrobe; looking all disappointed. “I refuse to believe you just left me there in bathtub all alone, Ryan”
• Not taking my eyes off the wristwatch I was trying to latch onto my wrist, I respond. “I would love to play hooku with you but Ihl have work to go to”
• “You ARE the owner of your company, you could run in late a few times”
• “I COULD but I won’t”
• “That’s right. What time should I be in court today?”
• Now I spared her a look; quirking my brow, confused. “And why should you be in court today?”
• “You are going to finalize your divorce, are you not?”
• “Yes, I am but what about you?”
• Anne scoffed, insulted. “I’m going there as your girlfriend”
• It took every fiber of my being not to roll my eyes at her but rather, I walked towards her and patted her hair. “I know that but won’t you be frustrated being in court? Plus, you have other things to do”
• Anne folded her arms, “Are you trying to talk me out from coming along?”
• Damn, she caught me. I awkwardly smiled,”You know what? It’s not such a bad idea if you come with afterall”
• Anne smiled. “I thought so too. So we’ll meet at the entrance of the court after you’re done with work?”
• “Sure” I moved to stand Infront of the bedroom mirror; admiring my looks. When I was satisfied with my reflection, I turned to face Anne. “See you later” and with that said, I was out the door.
• As I drove to work, my phone beeped; it was a message from Tina.
• ‘She’s fine’ was all it read. I let out a short laugh. I was worried sick about Ciara and all Tina could do was leave me two words?.
• I decided to leave it at that rather than dragging it out because I’d be seeing Ciara later in court today. “I’ll get to talk to her myself then”
• Branching by my favorite hamburger restaurant, I ordered two hamburger; which I munched on softly as I made my way towards my company—REYES INVESTMENT—
• The company was still a growing business. I’d temporarily stopped running it after my accident but when I was better, I went back straight to the office but in the period of my break, the company had suffered some loss and till now, we were still trying to recuperate it; although I could say we were doing slightly better now.
• When I pulled up at my company, my secretary, Kate joined me at the entrance. “Welcome sir”
• “Boardroom meeting, now” I announced as she summoned all the workers as I made my way to the meeting room.
• When we were all seated, I started the meeting. “So what’s the update?”
• Jensen, the head of marketing department spoke up. “The lip and skin products we produced have sold out in 4 stores. The reviews are positive”
• She handled me a tab that contained the customer reviews as I glanced through it. “How may stores did we put them in?”
• “6 sir” 4 out of 6, that’s not such a bad number.
• “Keep uo the good work, Jensen and the rest of the marketing team”. I turned to face Karla, the head of fashion department. “And fashion department?”
• “One of our shareholders would like to set a meeting to try on the new winter coat. What should we do?”
• “Set the meeting anytime from today”
• “Yes sir”
• I nodded my head, satisfied with the update for today. “Alright, meeting dismissed”
• I moved to my office; trying to pass up time until it was time to go to the court.
• At exactly 2pm, I pulled out from my office. Turning to my secretary, Kate, I confirmed my schedules. “Do I have any important meetings?”
• She shook her head. “No sir”
• “Then I’ll stepping out of the office for a while. I won’t take long. Anyone that asks for me, let them know I’ll be back by 4pm”
• “Will do, sir” With her assurance, I made my way out of the company towards the parking lot, climbed onto my car and headed towards the court; hoping that I’d get there before Anne and Ciara would be there so that we could talk.
• As my car pulled up by the court, Anne’s features came to view making me heave a heavy sigh.
• “Shit, she’s here already” I cursed under my breathe, driving my car into the parking lot
• After I’d parked my car, I climbed down from it; making my way to the front of the court house where Anne welcomed me with a smile, her hands finding her way to my arms.
• “How was work?” She asked. Before I could reply her, Tina’s red sportscar pulled up Infront of the court house as my eyes caught Ciara.
• She was dressed in a white gown, her hair was neatly styled and she had makeup. She looked beautiful and as Tina had said; she looked like she was fine.
• But, I could see right through her shield. Although she “looked” it, I could tell she was anything but fine and that was all my fault.
• I was going to make things right in court today. Even though our story was ending, I didn’t want it to forever remain an ugly scar to her.
• They one year she’d devoted herself to caring for me deserved that much.