When The Stars Aligned

Tenth

Jocelyn was cleaning the cupboard while Graham was in his office room. He told her not to do any kind of chores repeatedly as the maids are there to do their jobs but she kept denying telling him that she needs to do something to keep herself busy in this huge penthouse. Right now she's arranging his clothes and suits on the hanger like a good wife. Removing his blazers she was about to rearrange them, when suddenly her eyes fell on a tiny little hidden drawer. She never saw the drawer before and wondered what he must've kept inside it. At first she decided to leave it thinking it must be locked and unfair to check his things privately but something in her made her curious to open it. Her brows twitched when she found it unlocked after pulling the handle and a small heart shaped pendant came in sight . It wasn't an ordinary one. Rather a very simple yet beautiful mini frame locket pendant which had the French phrase 'Âme soeur' carved on top of it. It meant 'My Soul' in English. Taking it on her hand she scanned the locket with curiosity until she managed to open it. As soon as she opened it, two letters came into view written in a very beautiful Alex brush font in silver on a black background. On one side the letter "G" and on the adjacent side the letter "H" was written. Finding it from Graham's drawer, she understood the "G" indicated Graham's name. However the "H" beside the "G" caught her attention. Roaming her thumb over the locket, numerous thoughts started occupying her mind as to who could the H named person be. And the phrase on top was more confusing than anything. Many unknown thoughts about what if he's concealing something from her struck her and she tightly clutched the pendant looking at the "H" beside the "G". Jocelyn was so engrossed sitting like a lost child with the pendant on her palm, she didn't hear the click sound of the door opening and the figure that stepped inside. As soon as the person realised what Jocelyn is holding, his eyes darkened in anger. His fingers dug through the project paper he was holding as he made a fist while looking at her side figure. "Jocelyn! What on earth you think are you doing?" Graham shouted before snatching the pendant from her hand, sliding it inside the drawer, closing the cupboard with a jerk and pinning her against it. Her eyes widened in double after realizing what he just did. It all happened in a fraction of seconds that Jocelyn couldn't even stop him. And in the next moment, his fingers were wrapped around her throat choking her as hard as he could. Her face was red with lack of oxygen, her eyes closing now and then unable to keep up pace with his movements since her strength was nothing in comparison to his. A menacing aura was radiating from him that made Jocelyn's knees go weak. "How dare you touch my belongings without my consent?" he said gritting his teeth adding more pressure to her throat that now started paining because of the tight grip. "Graham l..leave m..me it's hurting."
"I need my answer. Who made you touch my belongings without my fucking consent?"
"I was just arranging your clothes when... I saw this lying-"
"JUST SHUT UP!!! I KNOW VERY WELL ABOUT YOUR EVERY INTENTIONS!! YOU CAME HERE TO INVADE MY PRIVACY DID'NT YOU?!!! "
His sudden outburst made her shake miserably because of his diminutive influence on her. His eyes were bloodshot at the moment as he was throwing invisible daggers down her soul because of the immense amount of wrath he's feeling right now. "How the hell you dared to do this Jocelyn?" she didn't answer him and tried to look anywhere but his face as she knew one more eye contact will make her break down in front of him. " I don't like to repeat myself." she still didn't answer him and tried hard to avoid his piercing gaze when he -
"FUCKING ANSWER ME GODDAMMIT!! "
"I am sorry ...i promise I'll not touch that pendant anymore in my life ever again." Jocelyn somehow said that made Graham loosen his grip a bit after which his venomous glare upon her softened suddenly within a fraction of seconds followed by a sudden change in his aura. Jerking away his fingers from her throat, he stepped a back a little causing her to sit on her knees and start coughing uncontrollably. Graham frowned while staring at the dark red finger marks across her throat. His blank yet horrified eyes shifted from his hands for a brief moment and back to her helpless face again. For some unexplainable reason, his heart clenched and he tried to touch her shoulder but she backed away a little making him stop at his position. "Did I made you feel scared?" he said looking at her wounded neck but in return receiving a push from her, Jocelyn backed few steps away from him. "What did you think huh? You'll treat me like anything and I'll accept all your shits with a smiling face?" she said hissing at him. "Why do you behave like this everytime with me?" she asked almost whispering. "You are no one to interfere in my life! J. U. S. T. S. T. A. Y. A. W. A. Y! " he said gritting his teeth while Jocelyn shut her eyes due to fear. Giving a death glare to her lastly, he dashed out of the room locking the door from outside. As soon as Jocelyn realized that she had been locked, she ran to the door and banged it harshly, desperately trying to twist the knob but Graham already went away. Kicking the door out of frustration, she sat there hugging her knees, while sobbing like anything. "Why do you do this to me Graham? What have I even done to get this treatment from you? I don't deserve this. I hate you. I hate you so much more than anything in the world..." she murmured few things by herself before collapsing on the ground due to the mistreatment that Graham keeps giving to her.