Dave and Grace

Dave's Pov

The print of her fingers were scars in my heart never to forget, not to mess with her. The night went by with me ringing a tune in my ear, trying to make a do from her hand greeting my jaw. To be frank I was out of line and I knew her action was justified, but I just couldn't swallow the fact that a business rival of mine for many years had slept with my wife.

Even if it was a wife in name sake

My pride could not handle the raw truth from her, or her words that interpreted it wasn't my concern.

“About last night” I stalled in,my fingers rubbed the point of my nose as I leaped for words to say, more like how to come with an apology. “Last night…””

“Don't you dare” she snapped her eyes at me, shutting the wordless lips in stunts of her fierced eyes.

”I just want”

“And I don't want to hear what you have to say, it would be best you say nothing at all“ her eyes shut intimidating glares at me. The nerves in me didn't carry the guts to strike a word against her.

Honestly I just wanted to apologize to her, a question like mine would have had anyone hitted up. I believed she deserved more, my tone of which I lashed on her wasn't called for.

The drive was a needle without a sound, her eyes evaded my every contact, the conversations were shut out with every try. In seconds her gaze went attracted on her screen, letting her fingers do her deeds. “Alice, I just want to say am sorry” the words fell on an empty space, my fingers ran through my nose with a clear look of her ears curled with the buds that leaked out sounds.

Damn, she was driving me insane. It no boast, but never had I met a woman as her that got me sluttering on my lips, or sent my head crazy in guilts. More to it, I've never master the courage to apologize to anyone but there she was irgnoring me and treating me like a garbage.

“Keep your eyes on the road" I lashed at Bullet that stole a chuckle at my situation . How dare he, I was already being toyed by her I wasn't letting my driver rub it off.

Damn, the girl knew how to render me vulnerable. It felt stupid, my intentions were to make a living hell of her and her family but she was turning the tables on me.

“Mr Stone” a man pushed forward with bloom grin and rainbow bouquet that fell on my hands, which quickly went to Bullet that sent a hard look at the man. His long fingers came in contact with mine. “Welcome, I, myself Rajivee Singh” he signed off with a gaze on Alice, his brown pupils taking a moment of recognition on the familiar face. “Mis Alice” his voiced spiked in.

“That should be Mrs Stone” I corrected, getting a roll of eyes from my beloved wife that wanted to chop my head off. Either way, someone had to clear the air, she was my legal wife and the suffix had to be right .

“My apologies, Mrs Stone” the guy was too nice to be mad at.

Her eyes took recognition on every step of the familiar structure, grabbing sight of the once work mates and employees, gasping on her soon return and at such grand one. Most I thought I felt her hesitation, her hands leaned with the other as she struggled to postured her height in full. I wasn't sure if it were the heels or her heart hitting it max, what ever it was she had nothing to fear I was right next to her . For as long she was my wife I wasn't going to let anyone hurt or bully her.

“Mr Stone” long as it had taken, my brain was firm enough to recollect the owner of the voice. His cold hard face was steamed with grin. Ever as beautiful she stood by his side ,her once bouncy chocolate hair was dye in dark and braced in buns with little strays to greet the forehead. Her body still as one as it was, Grace.

“Dave” my eyes read her lips call my name but soon closed every attachment or attraction wuthb the hook of her husband's hand on her waist. I swear my hands were fisted to land a punch on his cold face , yet a second glance at my wife in name eyes on me,taking every bit of move of my body.

“I see you've gotten your long faded dreams for reality. A Black heiress for a wife” his words got Alice's body shaken, her eyes met her brother in law's with arched brows that wanted to know more of his statement. Before she could please her curiosity I blunt in.

“ You haven't changed much, except your belly and..“ I let my eyes scanned his belly of bags and thick skin. Who would have thought a once obsessed body cautious person like him would loose it to such point. His time of young adult was one of mockery to those that were over weighted,a case was handed on him. A boy in his gang attempted suicide but his wealthy father got the case closed.

“That's all thanks yo my beautiful wife” he voiced out with a kiss on Grace's cheek. That moment I felt my heart chasing the cage it was in, my veins were so visible that it strapped strain in the skin.

“ Alice, how are you doing” her angelic voice went silencing the heart from it anger. I understood her more, she wasn't the violent type nor did she conjour such, I was sure she spoke only to stop me from hitting her husband. But more to pick were hurts in her eyes, every gaze she stole on me was heavy and short. It felt like she was disappointed.

Who wouldn't, I got her sister for a wife. My actions wouldn't be understand by her , as much I had love for her I had hate for her family as a whole.

“If you're done staring at my wife, shall we ?. Let see if the board accepts you or your wife in the chamber” he snatched in , with hard pull he got Grace moving to his will.

I lost her years ago to him but I wasn't going to , not that time around.