Chapter 13: Emerald & Darius

Emerald looked down at her phone, knowing who she had to call and what she had to do, Faith had made it rather clear yesterday there was no way around this predicament she found herself in. She sighed running her fingers through her hair that was now messy from the other 20 times she ran her fingers through it.

Closing her green eyes, she thought about what would happen if she didn't do it, the Atwood family wasn't one to mess with, you were either on their side or against them and she knew anyone who was against never survived they all sunk like ships in a hurricane.

When she opened her eyes with all those thoughts in her mind, she dialled Darius's number, it took at least 5 rings for him to answer. "Hello?" He grumbled sounding like he just woke up.

"I'm sorry, did I wake you?" She asked even though the answer was clear as day by just hearing his voice, she knew she should have called him later in the day but it was too late now.

"You did but it's fine. What did you need Emerald?" Taking in a small breath she focused on the order she was given, 'Pretend you're interested in him'

"I was wondering if you would want to go for breakfast or brunch?" He didn't respond right away as it sounded like he was doing something. "Sure, I'm free for breakfast right now. Where should I meet you?" He questioned her.

"I'll send a car. See you at 8?" He hummed a yes before she hung up, letting out a breath of relief that wasn't so bad.

Amoy sat in front of her vanity mirror that was located in her closet, she was currently cornrowing her hair into a low bun. She disliked wearing anything other than her natural hair, she would occasionally wear braids and wigs when she was too tired to handle it, she had to admit it was sometimes a burden to take care of over the years she had gotten the hang of it.

The sound of a phone ringing tore her from her thoughts, she knew it was Darius's since hers was with her, it rang for a while she was kind of tempted to answer it herself but soon she heard his voice. "Hello?" He sounded a little annoyed about the fact that he was woken from his sleep, this made her smile softly, slightly amused.

"You did but it's fine. What did you need Emerald?" Her eyebrow raised hearing him say 'Emerald' what was she doing calling him at these hours? Amoy thought but she buried that thought, reminding herself she didn't have time to care about the petty affairs her husband had, but she couldn't help herself to ask why he had lied about his relationship with Emerald so many times.

When Amoy talked to her last time she realized how fond of Darius she was, which added to her suspicions that they were sleeping together, but she also had to acknowledge the fact that women and men could be just friends. A sigh left her why was she stressing over this?

"Sure, I'm free for breakfast right now. Where should I meet you?" That was definitely a date, she thought running the red lipstick upon her plump lips, before going to the dress section she had in her closet. She took out a plain lavender dress, changing into it.

Amoy stood in front of the mirror, smiling at how beautiful she looked in the dress, it held every curve she had but it wasn't tight, the dress stopped below her knees, it was also a U neck. Her first thought in footwear was lavender heels to match the dress but she realized she didn't have any, so she decided on some clear heels.

Amoy carried it out to her bed where she took a seat while putting on the heels. The bathroom door opened reminding her

Darius was still in her room, she looked over at him for a few seconds realizing he was wearing clothes, "I thought you went to work." He told her, she shook her head not in the mood to talk to him.

This made him sigh, this woman was always hot and cold, he thought he had gotten somewhere last night when she laughed with him and complimented him, he should have known her new attitude was too good to be true.

Darius watched as she stood up going to her walk-in closet, even though he only saw her for a few seconds, her image was stuck in his mind, the way she did her hair always surprised him, it was a new style every day or week. The dress she had on wasn't flashy, it was plain but it complemented her rich brown skin, the lipstick she chose was a bold colour not everyone could pull off red and lavender, but she did it with class. Her natural beauty was truly unmatched.

He sighed pushing away every thought he had about her before leaving the room. When he arrived downstairs he was greeted by chatter in the living room, he walked deeper into the room seeing William and Xavier were talking quietly, they both turned their attention to Darius when he entered.

"Good morning Darius, breakfast is in the dining room." He shook his head. "I'm not eating breakfast here today." He informed Xavier making both the men in the room raise their eyebrows now curious.

"Why not?"

"Emerald invited me out." He explained, William sighed wondering what that woman was about to do, just as Amoy walked down the stairs.

All eyes went to her, but only Darius caught her attention, they held each others' gaze for a while, she didn't know why his eyes were so captivating, and he didn't know why hers were so stunning.

He looked away feeling Xavier and William's eyes on him. "Amoy are you staying for breakfast or are you leaving too?" She met Darius's eyes once again for a quick second before she shook her head.

"I'm not hungry." They watched as she left through the front door before anyone could protest. "What happened between you both?" Xavier inquired to which Darius shrugged having no clue, Amoy probably wouldn't tell him if he asked, that woman had a lot bottled up inside and he knew she wasn't going to let anything spill.

"Nothing, I should get going too." He quickly left the same way Amoy did. They both sighed. "I see my plan failed." The butler stated, he should have known such an easy tactic wouldn't work with those too.

"Not entirely, they've held eye contact for more than 10 seconds. Something probably happened between them. Maybe if we leave them in the house by themselves, they'll have no other option but to talk to each other?" Xavier shook his head getting a flashback from the last time he went left the house for a day.

"The last time I left them alone together, Amoy brought home Zane and they slept together. Darius said he could hear everything."

"How about we plan dinner at a romantic restaurant. But, we don't show leaving both of them to talk about their problems." The butler smiled at William's idea, it actually sounded like it had a 50% chance of working.

"Excellent, I'll set up everything."

Chapter 13: Emerald & Darius

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