The Chim Factor

Chapter 18

Cheryl's POV

I spent 10 minutes looking for Kimberley until one of the production team told me she had gone.

I tried ringing her phone but it went straight to voicemail, I couldn't see her mum around either which worried me slightly.

"Cheryl."

I turn around hoping it is Kimba but it ends up being Mel.

"Is everything ok?"

"I'm not sure, I can't find Kim and she's not answering her phone." She looks at me sympathetically.

"Maybe she went home?"

I never actually thought that she may have gone home. "Yeah, well she's not here so I'll go now and have a look."

"Alright, I hope everything is ok."

"Thanks, I'll see you later."

"Bye."

I waved to her, got my bag and called my driver.

I was home within the next 25 minutes and as I opened the door it seemed really quiet.

"Kimba?"

I called out but no one answered so I checked the living room and the kitchen but there was no one there so I went upstairs.

When I opened the door to our bedroom I let out a sigh of relief as I could see Kim laying on the bed.

She was still in her dress from today and she was laying on top of the covers with her back to me.

"Kimba?"

She turned round to face me and I could see a sad look on her face, she wasn't crying but I could tell she was close to.

I dropped my bag and laid down beside her, she immediately turned round into my arms and rested her head on my chest.

Her arms were wrapped around me tightly, almost as if she was scared that I was going to leave.

"What happened baby?"

"I'm sorry for leaving you, I just had to get out of there."

"It's fine, what did she say?" I knew something that her mum would have said would have made she this way.

"She said a lot of sh*t, but then as I was about to walk away she said the worse thing."

I waited a few seconds and let her tell me in her own time.

"She said that if I continue to date you, I'm no daughter of hers."

I didn't know what to say, I want to be with her but I don't want her relationship with her mum to suffer.

"Kim..." Before I could say anything else she cut me off.

"No, don't say that. I'm not gonna leave you. I don't want to be without you. Unless that's what you want?"

She finally lifted her head to look at me with a very sad look on her face.

"Of course I don't baby."

I reassured her by giving her a kiss on the lips and she smiled at me.

Neither of us talked for a while, she cuddled into me and I spent the time thinking what to say.

I wasn't quite sure what to say to her at the moment.

Before I could think of something to say she lifted her head and looked at me.

"She said that you were only with me for the publicity, that's not true is it?"

"Baby, of course it's not."