Rita's POV

I have always loved clothes. Owning them, buying them, combining them to create amazing outfits, making them, designing them, the works. I used to do a lot more of designing and sewing when I was younger but I don't really do them anymore. I don't really have the flair for it anymore. I still love clothes though.

So with that passion, I decided to take it and create something out of it. Which is why, with the help of Temi, we are creating a fashion clothing store. It's more of a collective effort with Carla helping us in the U.S and Temi helping me with the actual financial part of the business. I almost wish I had studied business in college instead of art, but with my friends' support, I knew that this business could still be ran successfully.

So for over 3 months now, the plan to make Haus Fashion a reality has been in motion and it will soon be completed.

I'm glad to have had something to occupy myself with these past few months as not too long after our wedding, Cameron became the new CEO of Collins Enterprises so he now spends a lot of his time at work, doing extra hours. The times when he isn't at work is spent in his study and I sometimes have to pry him away from there just to spend time with me.

I have been understanding to it all because I mean, I'm opening a pretty small business and it's stressing me out a lot but he owns a group of companies and is responsible for thousands of people's source of income, I'm sure that can't be easy. So, I've decided to give him as much time as he needs to do his thing.

Today, I decide to go with Rita to her spa and then to check on some other things pertaining to the store.

The spa is fairly busy because it's Friday. I walk in and I am immediately directed to my friend's office which is at the back.

"Hey babe." I greet as I walk in to find her on the phone.

She sends me an apologetic look as she holds out her index finger to me to hold on as she finishes her call. "Okay, that's fine. Thank you." She says finally, ending her call. "That was the supplier. The first batch of clothes are being shipped right now as we speak." Temi says excitedly.

"Thank god. This is it." I say quietly.

"It is! Okay, come on. We've been working so hard, it's time to unwind." She says getting up from her chair and coming around the table to drag me up.

We go into the main spa center and get massages, face treatments, manicures and pedicures and then we get our hair done.

After all that, we dress up and have a quick meeting with our business 'assistant', Shay. She's responsible for the marketing of Haus Fashion, by bringing in social media influencers to model our clothes and doing sponsorship promotions on social media platforms, and some other things.

The meeting is takes a while and by the time we done with it, it's already evening.

"I think I'm gonna go home now." I tell Temi after Shay leaves, before letting out a small yawn. "I have to make dinner for Cameron."

"No." Temi whines. "How about we go get something to eat and then you get some for Cameron too. I'm sure he won't mind eating some takeout food."

I want to disagree with her on that plan but I am thoroughly spent and I won't mind not cooking dinner today so I accept her proposal and that is how I find myself at Rufus and Bee with Temi munching on several chicken nuggets and fries while sipping on alcohol.

When I am through eating, I inwardly cringe at how much calories I have just consumed and how I am going to pay for it in the gym this weekend. But it was totally worth it.

Finally, Temi and I bid each other farewell and with the takeout for Cameron in my hand, I begin to head home, the image of my bed on my mind.

Jacob, the gateman quickly comes to open the gate upon the sound of my honk and I drive in, with the image of my bed on my mind.

"Good evening, ma." I hear him greet from a distance when I get out of the car.

"Evening. Is my husband in?" I ask him.

"No, ma." He replies and I let out a small sigh.

Cameron is almost never home before me these days so I wonder why I even wanted to rush home to cook in the first place. I'm briefly thankful that Temi convinced me to go out with her.

I put the takeaway in the fridge and then decide to take a long bath in the jacuzzi. About half an hour in, I feel myself sliding deeper into the water slowly as I begin dozing off so I quickly get out before my skin begins pruning.

I wrap myself in a white cotton robe before leaving the bathroom. I am drying my hair with a towel when I hear the sound of the door slam shut downstairs so I go to the corridor area where the staircase is.

I'm surprised when I see a staggering Cameron walk into the house, his shirt disheveled. He drops his bag and black office jacket on the table before slumping into a sitted position on the couch. It's obvious how tired he is and that knowledge immediately tugs at my heart.

I go downstairs to see him dozing off, his head lulled back on the couch. The strong smell of alcohol on him wafts to my nostrils, the stench coming off him in waves meaning he had had a lot to drink. This is a bit unlike him but in light of recent events, I'm not all that surprised.

With a sigh, I begin undoing his shoe and I'm able to get one off before he begins to stir awake.

"Baby." He drawls out.

"Go back to sleep." I tell him as I finally pull off the second shoe.

I get up to leave and allow him sleep on the couch seeing as I cannot carry him upstairs, and his hand immediately shoots out to grab my wrist and pull me to him. The action surprises me and I find myself falling into his lap hard.

Annoyance grips me but I decide to ignore it pegging his actions down to the fact that he's drunk.

I firmly push at his chest, trying to get out of the vice like grip his arm has me in as he holds me close. "Cam, let me go. I thought you wanted to sleep."

He pulls me closer and whispers in my ear. "I don't want to sleep anymore." He moves to kiss my neck but having him in close proximity with my face, the stench of the alcohol on him is stronger mingled with something else. "I want to fuck you. Hard." He growls, biting into my neck.

I feel my eyes flutter closed at his words. I take a deep breath to try and regain some control over myself when suddenly, I catch a whiff of the scent of a female perfume coming off from his clothes and it feels like a bucket of cold water coming over my head in that moment. I freeze and take a deep inhale again hoping to God that I was merely imagining the smell but when it comes to my nostrils again I know that my husband had in fact been with a woman. Whether he had done anything with her, I do not know but I am determined to find out.

Suddenly, the annoyance I previously felt skyrockets and I violently push at his chest before standing up and gathering my robe which I hadn't noticed that he had loosened in the first place. Cameron looks up at me in drunk confusion.

"Go to bed, Cam." I bite out before running up the stairs to our room desperately hoping that he listens to me and stays in the living room.

He does.

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