C5 CHAPTER 5

Cassie held her heart in her chest, she still couldn't believe what just happened to her very own Domingo.

"Hey, are you okay", Raphael said, and Cassie ran to hug him.

"He's cheating on me", she said crying, "he. He called me a whore", she said crying her heart out.

"Did he hurt you", he said, and Cassie sniffed and didn't answer.

"Maybe I was too hard on him", she said.

"Did he hurt you, Cassie!!", he repeated again clenching his fists.

"He... Never mind", she said releasing him, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that to you", she said trying to get a hold of herself. Trying to get a hold of herself.

“Cassie, you can trust me, okay, I won’t hurt you”, he said.

“And how would I know that you’ve been on my neck ever since I got here”, she said.

“that’s because I want you”, he said trying to make her see reason.

“You know I think I’m better on my own”, she said. “I’m sorry for inconveniencing you like this”. And she left.

“I’m so going to kill him”, Raphael said.

“I do advise you to calm down, Raphael”, Javier said on seeing his murderous expression.

“I’m going to kill him, how dare him”, he said.

“How about you calm down, you can kill anybody in this state”.

“Which is precisely what I’m to do to him, how dare he make the woman I want cry”. He said, very angry.

“Are you sure that’s the only thing that makes you angry like this”.

“He hurt her, I could see it, even though she didn’t tell me I could see it clearly, see was shaken up pretty badly”.

“Calm down, Raphael, how are you going to explain it when you beat him up”, Javier said wisely” oh I’m in love with your wife and I’m going to kill you for hurting her”.

“I’m not in love with her”. He said but he wasn’t sure, Javier raised his eyebrows.

“I’m not so sure about that”.

“I’m just attracted to her, that’s all”. Yet it sounded weak even in his own ears.

“Really, attraction, is that all that it is”, Javier said rolling his eyes.

“Yes, that’s all that it is”, he stated.

Javier shook his head, he knew better, Raphael had never paid anyone else the kind of attention he had given to Cassie, yes, he likes women, but no one has ever come close to disrupting his cool stance, this was not good, Raphael had set his eyes on a married woman…

“A drink?” Raphael said handing Cassie a glass.

“No thanks”.

“You have been moping around for two days now, all because of that sniveling bastard”.

“He’s my husband”.

“A husband who cares more about his business empire than his wife”, he said sarcastically. Cassie sighed; she was not in the mood for this.

“What do you want, de Vincente”, she snapped.

“I see, someone’s in a crazy mood”, he said as he took a sit” I came to offer you a drink, is there any problem with that”.

“There are problems whenever you’re around”.

“Touche”. He raised his eyebrows waiting for her to accept it. Cassie rolled her eyes, collected it and took a sip.

“What do you want”.

“Must I want something, can’t I do a good deed without always looking suspicious”, Raphael said a lazy grin on his face.

“Everything you do has a motive behind it, thereby you are suspicious”, Cass said narrowing her eyes.

“What if I just want to spend time with you, you look sad and you could do with some entertainment”, he suggested.

Cassie snorted; it was just hard to believe him pretending to be nice.

“I’m serious, how about you meet me in the Lower deck, and we could have dinner”.

“Married women don’t go on date, much less have dinner with strangers”.

“It’s not a date, I promise, besides I’m not a stranger, you’ve known me for two weeks now”, he pressed.

“Two weeks of endless torture”.

“I’ll be on my best behavior”.

“I still can’t trust you; you’ve made your intentions to me very clear”.

“That I want you, yes, I’m Willing to wait a few more days before I get you into my bed”, Raphael said roguishly.

“Come on, what harm will I do it just dinner in the lower desk”, then he challenged “except if you are scared”.

“I’m not”, she glared at him.

“Then what else is keeping you”, he hedged Cassie turned to the hallway and saw her husband with that curvaceous woman talking avidly. “Oh, your husband”.

“Who is that lady “, Cassie said.

“She, that's Aurora Winthrop, a very beautiful woman”.

Cassie scoffed "of course you of all people will think her beautiful”.

“She is, but not as beautiful as you are”.

“And I’m supposed to happy about that, just look at her she’s practically ogling him”.

“You are jealous”, Raphael stated with a frown.

“Jealous?!”, she scoffed. “Why wouldn’t I be he’s my husband”.

“He wouldn’t know; besides he’s too busy to take notice of you, he barely even notices you”.

“But I would know”, she said and frowned, her husband leaned and whispered in Aurora’s ears, making her laugh.

“If you say so”, he conceded.” But It’s not fair if you get all the fun and you have none, you just sit there moping, and he gets to meet people but to you get to hide”.

“How does that concern you”.

“Believe me or not, Mi amor, I care about you, and I’ve made it so clear on numerous occasions that I want you”.

“of course, there’s always an underlying tone to all this”.

“I can’t say, I don’t want you, but I promise not do anything you won’t like”.

“You Don’t give up, do you”.

“No, I don’t, most especially when it’s something I want so badly”.

The next action Domingo did make the decision for her, he allowed the cut to kiss him” that did it”.

“Fine!”, she said.

“Fine?”, Raphael said surprised.

“Fine, I’ll have dinner with you”, she said loudly enough for Domingo to hear, who paid minimal attention to her, but Raphael knew her trick, he whispered to her.

“You can use me any time you want, I’m Available and at your service any time”.

“Do you think he noticed that”, she said.

“He did, he just pretended not to care”.

“Fine then, if that’s how he wants it, I’ll play by his games”.

“that’s the spirit” Raphael said, then to himself he added” now this is a game I’m very much going to enjoy playing”.

Cassie rolled her eyes and sighed if only Domingo would pay attention to her the way Raphael did.

“I’ll let Javier get you when you’re ready “he said “and no changing your mind”.

“It seems your wife is very close with the de Vincente” Aurora said.

“Why do you say that”. Aurora pointed behind them. Domingo frowned as he noticed Cassie with Raphael, he remembered very well that he told her to stay inside.

“It seems she’s well acquainted with him”.

“I don’t think so, she barely knows him”.

“They seem like they’ve known each other for long”.

“That can’t be possible”, he said firmly, then he heard her say “I’ll have dinner with you”.

Aurora raised her brows as she was proven right by that statement” is suggest you watch your wife lest she fall prey to the rumors surrounding Raphael”.

“What rumors”.

“don’t you know, Raphael is a notorious rake, he likes women, you should see him when he was in London, it was a sight to behold, especially because married women were the most attraction for him”.

“What do you mean by that”, he said narrowing his ears.

“He specializes in Married women, the harder she proves, the more he tries to have her, when she finally does, he abandons her, makes fun of her and leave her to face the rumors surrounding her”.

“You can’t be serious”.

“I am dead serious”, aurora said and when Cassie stood up, she said. “Talk to her, you don’t want to be associated with rumors and infidelity”.

“Cassie loves me, she won’t dare to cheat on me”.

Aurora shook her head, what a naïve man “even married women with children who are in love with their husbands has fallen for him, what makes your wife immune to his charms”. Domingo looked at Cassie as she went to their room, he did not like the feeling of this.

“I’ll be right back”, he said and excused himself.

Aurora smiled; oh, she would like to how that sniveling bitch would solve that she wondered what Raphael saw in her” bitch! stay out of my lane, Raphael is mine”.

She walked towards Raphael who was smiling as if he won the jackpot.

“My, my, while I was busy with Domingo apparently “you were busy with his wife, I wonder what you’re planning”, she said.

“You seemed to have made progress in your efforts”.

“Well, so have you, if my eyes are not deceiving me, it’s seems to me that you are quite taken with Domingo’s wife”.

“It seems so”.

“she’s married”.

“And that makes it so much interesting”, Raphael said.

“You owe me, and I plan on collecting it”.

“I do”.

“Have fun with her, I believe you’ll come to me when this attraction fades off”, she said obnoxiously.

Raphael smiled even if this attraction fades eventually, he would think twice before coming to her…