Chapter Twenty Six

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Monday morning found me in the office working with my sales team and my designers to get through all the orders we had received. That's to say that the weekend had been successful and it was time to get into work and deliver all the requested designs. I hadn't had a break since morning and my feet were killing me but it was worth it. It didn't help that David and I had spent the whole weekend indoors going at it like rabbits. I was definitely sore but a good kind of sore that I enjoyed.

I'd filed a report against Derek on Saturday morning and gotten a restraining order. He wasn't allowed to come close to me or any of my family members. I just hoped that I had succeeded in getting him out of our lives once and for all. Derek was bad news and after the stunt he had pulled at the party I never wanted to see him ever again. He had made me feel vulnerable and scared and that was a feeling I never wanted to go through again in the arms of a man.

David and George had wanted to go after him and personally hunt him down but I stopped them. I didn't want to loose both of them to jail because of a man who wasn't worth it. The police were still looking for him so he could answer for his crimes of assaulting me but he was still in the wind. I just prayed they found him soon so I could put the whole fiasco behind me.

"Hey best friend."Kim greeted strutting into my office like it was her bedroom.

"Kimmy hey ." I teased knowing she hated being called that as proven by the scowl on her face.

She took a seat on the sofa in my office making herself comfortable.

"Don't call me that. It makes me feel twelve years old." She scolded.

"Okay sorry. What brings you by?" I asked giving her my attention.

"Can't I just drop by to say hello to my bff?" She asked and I knew she was lying.

"On a Monday morning?" I asked.

"You're right. I just wanted to check up on you after the incident on Saturday. George filled us in and even though he assured us you were okay I wanted to make sure for myself." She replied looking genuinely concerned.

Sometimes, like at the moment I got to see the kind and humane side of Kim when she wasn't acting like a snob. I appreciated the fact that she cared about me because I cared about her too.

"I'm okay. Thanks for checking up on me. I'll be perfectly okay when tv catch Derek. No offense to you and your family." I replied.

"Derek is a grown man with a full brain. He messed up all on his own so he'll have to carry the cross of his actions alone. His parents honestly just want him out of their hands and if that means jail then so be it." She explained and I nodded.

"They'll have to catch him first." I replied solemnly.

"They will don't worry before he does any more damage." She said and before I could even reply there was a knock on my door.

I invited them in and it was my Diana my PA.

"What is it Diana?" I asked looking at the scared look on her face.

"Miss you need to turn in your TV." She requested and I looked at her puzzled.

"Huh? What's up?" I inquired getting a chill down my spine that it was not good news.

Instead of replying she picked up the remote for the TV mounted on the wall that I rarely watched at turned it on. She scrolled through a few channels before finding the one she was looking for and turning up the volume.

It was a local tv station common for entertainment and local gossip on celebrities. I had been on it a few times so I didn't see the big issue. Currently there was a lady speaking with a picture of me and David on the furthest corner during the afterparty. He was hugging me from the back, my back pressed to his front his hands around my waist. He was looking at me with adoring eyes and I was staring at our joined hands. It was a good picture so I didn't understand what the big deal was.

"Diana what's going on?" I asked and she just help up her finger motioning for me to wait.

Kim and I shared a confused look before shrugging and turning out attention to the screen.

"Last weekdays during her fashion show, renowned fashion designer confirmed gossip that had been floating around for months that she was now taken. The lucky guy is one David Ruria who works at a famous club in the city as a bouncer. He's yummy I'll give you that but there's more than meets the eye." She announced.

Her tone of voice changed all of a sudden and I felt a little scared about what she was going to reveal.

"We did a little digging into the life of the now famous young man and found some pretty interesting things. David is the first born son to a single mother of four kids with a first class degree in finance. The question we asked ourselves is why a man with such high accolades is working as a bouncer instead of a nine to five job making big bucks?" She continued.

"Why don't the mind their own business? The media can be such bullies sometimes." Kim shouted enraged.

I didn't say anything in reply waiting for whatever the presenter was going to say.

I had a feeling it was something terrible that was going to change a lot of things in my life especially my relationship with David.

"Now onto the hot gossip. An anonymous source revealed to us that David has a wrap sheet. He served three in juvenile prison and one year in a state prison for armed robbery and attempted murder...." She announced and anything else she said after that was lost to my ears.

I could feel Kim and Diana saying something but all I could hear was a ringing in my ears and my own heartbeat in my ears. My vision became blurred and I blinked my eyes to try and clear it but it didn't work. My David was not a murderer. He was the sweetest man out there with a kind heart. I just couldn't picture him like that.

I looked at the TV and images of a rugged looking David came into the screen of him covered in blood and he was in handcuffs. He looked so different back then, he was still tall but not as tall as he currently was. He was so much skinnier then and had this look of horror in his eyes. He looked scared in that picture and instead of me feeling anger and resentment towards him for lying to me I felt the overwhelming urge to go to him and hug him.

I should be angry at him for not telling me about his past and I was angry but I was more worried about him. I knew he had a past but I hadn't known it was that dark and damaging. If I had known I'd have pushed him to talk about it more so we could get past it. Now I had found out from external sources and I feared it would damage our relationship.

I needed to get to him; immediately. I gathered up my stuff shoving them into my bag as I ignored calls from Kim and Diana. I walked out of my office and ran into George who was coming into my office with a look of worry in his face. He must have seen the news too.

"Take me home." I instructed and didn't say anything else.

He just nodded and we headed towards the elevators. I could feel George fidgeting besides me and I knew he was itching to ask me questions but I didn't have any answers either. David had the day off so I knew he would be at home unless he'd seen the news and ran off. That would be cowardly of though so I hoped he was back home waiting for me so we could talk.

The drive back home was silent but I could see George giving me worried looks through the rearview mirror.

"I'm not going to blow up George." I said chuckling yet I was the furthest point from happy.

"I know I'm just worried and I have every right to be. You're too calm about this." He confessed worriedly.

"We all have a past." I said shrugging.

"Yeah but not all our pasts include serving jail time." George reasoned with me and I just hummed in reply not having the energy to say anything else.

My phone vibrated with a message in my purse and I took it out. It was from a blocked number.

*Gonna leave lover boy now?*

It asked. I looked a it confused wondering what the heck was going on. Before I could type back and who it was another message was delivered.

*I told you I'd get rid of him cupcake.*

The culprit typed back and I dropped my phone to the floor of the car as if it had burned me.

"Sweetheart what's wrong?"George asked me from the driver's seat.

"It was all Derek. That fucking prick. He leaked the news. I'm going to kill him." I swore getting angrier by the second.

"Okay calm down and don't curse." George admonished.

"Don't tell me what to do!" I yelled at George and immediately regretted my words.

George didn't do anything to deserve my wrath yet I was taking my anger out on him.

"I'm sorry George. I didn't mean to yell." I apologized.

"It's okay, I know. Just calm down and let me get you home and I'll get to work on catching Derek before he does any more damage." George advised and I nodded.

I didn't even pick up my phone from the floor even though I could see it light up with more incoming messages. They were either all from Derek or my family reaching out because they'd had the news.

I just wanted to get home and cuddle with David while he assured me everything was going to be okay. Would it be though? I wanted it to be but a part of me was scared that everything would change and that I was going to loose David. I didn't want to dwell on that thought because just the idea if not being with him broke my heart and brought tears to my eyes. I loved David and I'd fight for our love to the very end.

When we arrived George parked the car and I got off leaving my phone on the car floor. I saw George pick it up and look through it but I was too preoccupied to care what he do with it. He could flush it down the toilet for all I cared or shred it if that was possible. I didn't even want to look at it. I got into the elevator and pressed my floor. I stared at my reflection on the elevator wall and I looked normal apart from my eyes that looked haunted. I was hunched over as if I was carrying the whole weight of the world on my shoulders. I'm a way I was carrying a huge burden and I desperately wanted to put it down but that required talking to David first.

The doors slid open and I took slow steps towards my apartment sacred of what was waiting for me on the other side of the door. The door was unlocked so I just met myself in and was met with the sight of David pacing across the living room. His hand was in his hair messing up the curls that he'd recently started to grow out. He had a worried look on his face and it was not a good look on him. I guess he'd seen the news too.

He hadn't heard me enter so I decided to let him know that I was there.

"You're wearing out my carpet." I announced and he immediately turned his gaze to look at me.

"Tiny." He whispered out looking at me as if he didn't believe I was actually standing in front of him.

Did he expect me to runaway or something?

"Hey." I replied dropping my bag with a heavy thud on the floor.

He took a few steps towards me and I resisted the urge to take a few steps back. He stopped infront of me and took my hands in his with an apologetic look on his face.

"I never wanted you to find out this way." He expressed.

"Well here is your chance to actually tell me things from your perspective. Forget the news and tell me everything." I requested and he breathed out heavily through his mouth.

"Okay." He replied pulling me towards the couch.

I took slow calming breaths to prepare me for the talk awaiting me. I felt like that was the intermission moment in our relationship. I just hoped for a positive turnout.

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