Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 115
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[One Hour Later]
The island felt louder now.
The breeze brushing the flowers outside made a sound, and the wings of the butterflies flying past the nectars felt heavy.
Even breaths coming from every lungs created creaks.
Seraphina’s absence felt louder than her presence. When she was here and crashing out, her words were deafening, but now that this place is void of her presence, it’s worse.
Tobias sat alone beside the table, staring at the ring he held.
An hour ago wheh Seraphina walked out after saying the safe word, he had remained seated, he remained composed till she left his sight.
He had settled back on the chair and had been staring at the ring since then, as if mourning her.
The room is still scattered. Wedding dress lay abandoned in the middle of cake icing and shattered dishes.
But he sat there like the king of ruins in the middle of ruins.
No expression. No shift. No tilts in his face or the way he stared at that ring—a big rock which costs enough money to buy five custom-made cars.
She rejected it.
She rejected marriage.
She rejected him, basically.
If she gave Ruth this ring and wedding dress in uni, Ruth would bend down and lick his cum forever like a slave and obey his orders.
If she gave Kelly this ring and dress even after Kelly began dating Dean, Kelly would have left Dean and came back to him secretly.
In other words, any woman existing right now wouldn’t think twice before getting a ring on her fingers, so far it came from him.
But there she was, an hour ago, crashing out at the sight of a ring and a wedding dress like she’s traumatized by those two.
And it’s true.
He saw trauma in those eyes when she was crashing out.
He saw pains and hurt.
She might have tried to cover them up with her crash, but he caught it.
For someone like her who lacked good things growing up, she should jump on every good thing she comes across—like this marriage proposal.
She should take the ring and flaunt the big rock together with her blossoming crocheting brand.
Dean got married to Kelly.
If Seraphina got married to him, people would call her brave and lucky and fortunate.
It’d boost her personality and business further, but she rejected.
She rejected.
She rejected.
It’s the only two words echoing inside Tobias’s head, over and over.
He stared at the ring till it blurred out between his fingers.
He spent an hour and few minutes sitting before he got up.
He returned the ring into the box and pocketed it in his suit, walking out.
Jude came with them earlier, but he stayed in the yacht with the ferryman.
Tobias saw him waiting at the dock when he got out.
Jude rushed over.
“Miss Seraphina left an hour ago, and she looked… tensed. The ferryman took her away in the yatch, so I had to get down. I figured something happened and you might need your alone time again, so I didn’t come in to check on you.” He explained.
“Takes thirty minutes for the yatch to get to the public shore, right?” Tobias asked, checking his wristwatch. “And it takes thirty minutes to come back.”
“Exactly one hour, he should be back by now” Jude answered.
And instantly, the yatch showed up on the waters, easing up.
Jude and Tobias stepped into it, and Tobias gave Migos a instant call…
“Rosey…” Migos’s voice sounded lovish—almost romantic.
“Keep an eye on her, and report her every move.” Tobias instructed.
Migos knew who he was referring to immediately, and he grinned.
“Now here’s what I love to do. Thank you for giving me this job, Ros—”
Before he could finish calling the name, Tobias hung up.
“Call the Oddsion, J.” He said blankly.
Jude got his phone ready.
“I want ten maids hired before I return, and they’re all to start wiping every room in the building instantly.” Tobias dropped the order.
Jude blinked.
“Every room in the Oddsion is cleaned twice a day already, First Man. The Odds in charge clean it in the morning and in the evening cos they know how much you hate dirt.”
“Are your ears leaking, J?” Tobias faced him, spirit dark.
“I…”
“I asked a question,” Tobias came close fast, darker.
“I wasn’t—” Jude tried to talk again, but Tobias was already in his face…
“What the fûck did I just say, J? Drop all side talks and tell me what I just fuckin said!” He snarled.
“You want maids hired, and you want them to start cleaning the whole Oddsion, sir.” Jude replied.
“All rooms, except my bedroom.” Tobias added.
“I know that,” Jude nodded. “I know how much you hate people in there.”
He stepped back and put his phone to use, dialling the Oddsion to relay the message to them.
Tobias sat back and pulled the puppy plushie keychain out of his second pocket. He began stroking it, rubbing the puppy head repeatedly till the head turned faint blue, lighter than the rest of the plushie body.
As he rubbed that with his thumb, he also caressed the bracelet around his wrist. The crocheted bracelet.
He’s still wearing it.
He kept his eyes closed as he touched the two objects, deeply.
Jude looked back from where he’s making the call from, and when he saw the position Tobias is in, he worriedly heaved before concentrating back on the call.
He’s talking to Yalda.
“Hire ten maids and make them clean everywhere except his room?” Yalda repeated. “What exactly happened in that island. Tell me.”
“Fûck, if I know…” Jude hissed. “All I know is that Seraphina left alone, looking bad. She looked bad.”
“I’m asking cos the last time his OCD spiked this high was when Kelly did her shit in uni. He hired maids to clean his hostel mansion floor repeatedly with their tongues, and him? He didn’t come out of his room, he stayed inside and vacuumed for days like an obsessive person, and when he later went out for a drive after some days, that was when he got into an accident.”
“Should I be scared?” Jude looked back at Tobias again. “He’s sitting now, caressing the plushie and the bracelet like a…”
“Obsessor?” Yalda interrupted.
“Exactly.” Jude nodded.
The yacht arrived at the public shore that led to the main road, but Tobias didn’t make an attempt to get down.
“Get out.” He told Jude, eyes still closed, still tight. “No one comes here. I told everyone what they needed to do. No one comes here, I repeat.”
Jude didn’t want to argue again, so he got down, leaving just Tobias and the middle-aged ferryman inside.
“We’re staying on the waters all night.” Tobias told the man. “Continue riding, round and round.”
The ferryman obeyed immediately. He moved the yatch back to the waters, riding further deeper.
Jude returned to the call with Yalda.
“What’s up?” She asked impatiently.
“I’m on the shore, but he didn’t come down. He has returned to the waters with the ferryman.” Jude said.
“What!” Yalda sounded.
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