She's My Sleeping Pill

770 VARIETY SHOW

“Good morning, everyone! This is Jennie, and once again, we are on another page of discovering stories.” The host greeted in front of the audience and the people who watched her current show. “Today, we have the privilege to interview the popular couple that many of us felt envious of. They have been through a lot of things to the point that they almost had a divorce. So, what is their secret? What makes their relationship strong and still getting stronger? Our episode this morning is a little bit different because we will be meeting a master chef who only cooks for his wife. Everyone, let us all welcome, Stefan and Cayenne Dumrique!”

The audience cheered and some of them waved their banners that showed how much they have prepared to get into this set. Although some of them were paid audiences for the show’s sake, most of them were Cayenne’s genuine supporters of her vlogs and foundation.

“Good morning.” Cayenne smiled and waved her hand while Stefan stood beside her like a mighty king. There was a faint smile, or maybe not, no one could really tell if he was smiling or not. Nonetheless, he shook hands with the host before sitting on the couch with Cayenne.

He even looked restless while Cayenne chatted with the host about their attire. In the show, Cayenne wore a white floral maxi dress that didn’t show much of her skin and her baby bump because Stefan wanted to make sure that she’d look good in front of the television.

While Cayenne and the host talked, Stefan looked around, and finally, his eyes met with one of the staff. He signaled something to him and the audience also noticed this; not just them, the people watching this live show at home or maybe on their phone, also noticed what Stefan did.

They all wanted to know what he asked.

“I heard that your husband chooses your clothes every day. Is that really true? Is he the one who chose your clothes for this show as well?” Jennie questioned, intrigued at how much this couple cared for each other, especially Stefan who seemed so down to earth when it comes to his wife.

Hearing this question coming from her, Cayenne could only sigh helplessly. “I didn’t know that it has spread far and wide, but yes. My husband chooses my clothes for me, not every day but almost. I only get the chance to do it myself if he’s at work and I’m at home.”

“So, both of you have come to a decision not to cling to each other anymore.”

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“I want to.” Stefan joined in which earned him a series of laughter from the audience. “I just don’t have a choice but to leave her at home. Cheska, our friend, and her OB, told us that it is not good for her to travel all the time and she does that a lot of time since she has to go to school. I can only let her rest during the weekend. So, there are times that I don’t cling to her anymore.”

“And you hate that?”

“I abhor it.”

For some unknown reason, this made the audience feel a little sad. Unlike Stefan, their partners were okay with them going out on their own; they don’t cling to them as how Stefan does to Cayenne.

At the same time, love comes in all forms. There are those who like to give each other freedom to do whatever they want, to give them personal space for growth, and those who don’t like to cling but would still check on their well-being. Stefan was just really different from other men.

“It’s really amazing how you can be so adorable when loving your wife. Most couples in today’s generation, are only sweet and caring during the early stage of their relationship, they wore matching outfits as you do but at some point, they’d stop doing so. How are you guys able to do it?”

“I guess that comes naturally to us,” Cayenne answered while Stefan placed a warm blanket on her lap and just up to her baby bump. She didn’t even know who brought it but she knew it came from their house because of the scent of fabric conditioner. The people who were watching them squealed happily at this gesture and they had hearts in their eyes. Stefan was not difficult to fall in love with. “Stefan and I never had a proper relationship before we met each other. Of course, people knew that he played around and on the other hand, I was just somewhere in the city, doing my job without really thinking that we would interact someday. After getting into a relationship with him, I got to know him better and he’s actually really nice and a gentleman. What comes as a surprise to me is his love for matching items.”

“It’s my way of telling myself that I am hers and I want to remind her every day that she’s mine.”

“He’s very possessive,” Cayenne added which was no longer a surprise to most people.

“Listening to your responses up to this point, I can hardly imagine the chances of you guys fighting. Have you ever fought?”

Cayenne and Stefan looked at each other, trying to remember the time that they fought and they were about to deny it when both of them widened their eyes and laughed.

“So, there was a time.” The host expressed and it was no longer a question this time. “Can you tell us about it?”

“This is embarrassing,” Cayenne muttered and Stefan chuckled at her words. “It was really not a fight, well, we fought several times due to some trivial matters and Stefan was always the bigger person and he treated it like I was just having my mood swings. Anyway, the first time we fought; we were not in a relationship that time.”

“Wait. Are you thinking the same thing I’m thinking?”

“I don’t know what you are thinking but this should be the first time we fought.”

“I don’t like the first time. I don’t want us to talk about it anymore.”

Cayenne grinned but she agreed anyway. “Stefan is always sensitive about the fights we had. Can we not talk about it? Nonetheless, we fought like other couples do but we are not the type to let the night pass without resolving it. When we were in the early stage of our relationship, we were different. If you won’t make it up to me, fine. We’re both that kind of person. I was prideful and he was the same. So, we could not resolve our issues.”

“When did it change?”

“Everything changed when she chose to sign the divorce papers and left,” Stefan declared coldly. He never really wanted to talk about this part of his life because Cayenne’s cold expression would still scare the hell out of him. “You are the first person to ever ask us about this.”

“You don’t talk about the divorce?” Jennie questioned in surprise. She really thought it would be a walk in the park to talk about divorce since it didn’t really happen between them. She did not expect Stefan hated it.

Stefan held Cayenne’s hand as if he was getting strength from her as they talk about her divorce with her. “We didn’t fight,” he started as he recalled the events that happened on that day. “She needed me that time but I was out of the country for a business trip and I planned to surprise her once I get back. Sad to say, I learned something which made me jump to a conclusion, a bad conclusion. First, Cayenne didn’t cheat on me. Don’t even think about it.”

“Sorry. I actually thought it was the case.”

“No, it was about what happened to our family, 18 years ago. Apparently, we were connected already before we know it and the events came haunting us until 2 years ago. The facts have been confirmed and things were clarified but before that, I hurt her.”

“Did you say something hurtful to her?”

“It was worse than saying something to her. I ran away. I didn’t face her and our problem. I just got myself drunk and spouted nonsense. Unfortunately, Cayenne was there.”

“She followed you?”

“She did. She followed me to the bar and heard what I said which was – I can’t believe I said those words. I said I would divorce her.”

“But she divorced you?”

“Yeah. Smart, isn’t she?”

The audience laughed again despite the seriousness of the topic because Cayenne outwitted him. You want to divorce me? Hmph, I’ll divorce you first. Cayenne was not the type to wait for someone to break her apart. Though, she still got her heart broken despite initiating the divorce with him.

“I regretted it so much. Hearing the word divorce scares me the most. I never wanted to have anything to do with that word anymore.”

“We don’t speak of this word at home and most people who knew us would not utter this word in his presence as well. Sometimes, when I get mad, I would speak of this word and I’d feel guilty seeing his reaction.”

“Enough of this topic.” The host abruptly said which loosened the gloomy atmosphere around them. “It’s my fault for asking a sensitive topic and I apologize; I won’t ever utter that word again. I felt so bad for asking when it was your fans who wanted to know.”

“We didn’t ask that.” The fans retorted which caused the host to grin at them. “Jennie is very sly.”

“Hehehe, we are on the same boat.”

It was actually true. Cayenne’s fans didn’t ask anything about the divorce when the host told them to write something they wanted to ask. It was Joy who wrote the question several times because she wanted to find something against Cayenne. She heard about their divorce from her connections and she thought it was Cayenne’s fault. Upon hearing the facts from the people involve, Joy was not happy at all. She hated that Cayenne remained pure.

“So hateful,” she muttered and thought that no one heard her.