Novels by A.S. Vaish

Markus Two years later “Come on Lizzy, listen to me for ones and sit your ass down” I all but yell at her, she has become an even bigger pain in the ass since we got the news of her pregnancy. She huffs and sits down on the couch in our penthouse “fine! But if it doesn’t taste exactly like nana’s, I will drag you to Hamptons with me right at this moment” she says from her place at the couch. She doesn’t know I already asked nana to send me the recipe months ago, “okay my sweet wife” I smile at her from behind the kitchen counter and start preparing her favorite egg and beacon sandwich. We got married a year ago, when I proposed I wasn’t sure how to go about it, Lizzy doesn’t value money as much as she values emotion and hence it was difficult to come up with something she’d appreciate. That’s when I first spoke to her ‘nana’, she helped me plan an intimate proposal on my private yacht, just the two of sun and

LizzyI have never been this happy for as long as I can remember, the four-letter word “LOVE” doesn’t scare me anymore, in fact it brings a sense of freedom now because I know that the man who captured my heart will never let anything or anyone break it. I know I’ll always be safe as long as I’m in his arms, I know I’ll always trust him more than I trust myself and I know I’ll always love him even if things might not work out in the future, which I think is highly doubtful.The night of the award ceremony, he drags me to his penthouse and makes love to me all night long until I have no energy to even lift my limbs. I groan when Markus lifts my limp body and mumble “where are you taking me?” I press my lips on his neck and kiss him lightly, he sucks in a breath before saying “you are making me hard baby” I giggle at that and rest my head on his chest. How could I ever live without this? T

MarkusI’ve been nominated from the most prestigious award ceremony of the year and I feel no thrill about it, I feel like an empty vessel just going on with life. I dress up like a mechanical doll, I pose for the reporters like a mechanical doll, I even clap like a mechanical doll! The host of the event notifies that it’s time to announce the winner in my category and for the first time in days, I feel something like excitement bubbling up in my veins, I brought my brother to sit with me as family and one of the chairs allotted to me is empty because I gave the invitation to Lizzy but obviously, she’s not here. I have tried to not think too much about her in the past few days but at this moment, one of the most important moments of my life, it pains me to think she isn’t here to share this with me.I compose myself as best as I can and straighten my posture even though from the inside I’m bursting like a fir

LizzyThat night, Mia called me asking if I was the one who gave Markus her number, I frown at that, of course I told Markus about Mia being my best friend but I never gave him Mia’s number. “He asked if you were with me” she says “why didn’t you tell him that you were at the Hamptons?” I tell her that I will explain all of it to her when I return, she also mentioned that Markus sounded worried on the call and that he was asking about my safety. My heart warms at the amount of concern he showed even though our fight on Saturday had left a lot of things unsaid. I don’t want him to go through more heartache than he’s already suffered so I send him a quick text.Lizzy: Mia informed me about your call, I need some time. Hope you understand.That is obviously a lie, I don’t need time, I have never been surer about anything in my life, but what I do need is a way to m

MarkusMiserable, that’s how I’ve been since the day I left Lizzy’s house, she hasn’t replied to my text messages and calls for the last two days, she’s not at her place nor is she at Golosi. I assigned a few men at both the places and there’s still no sign of her, this is all my fault I pushed her too far and now she’s gone, she left me. The only person I know from Lizzy’s former life is her best friend Mia, I contact my private investigator and ask him to get me the number of a certain ‘Mia James’ living in Las Vegas, by the end of the day I have three women fitting the description and their numbers.Since I don’t trust anyone with Lizzy, I call Mia myself she picks up on the second ring and says “Rick, this is last time I’m telling you, stop harassing me or I’ll have to contact the authorities and file a complaint” then she hangs up, my eyes widen and I scoff.

LizzyThe next morning, nana comes up to my room and opens the blinds, letting the scorching heat fall directly on my face, I groan “nana, I need sleep” I pull the sheets all the way over my head and try to sleep again. Nana pulls the sheets off me with superhuman power and says “what you need is homemade breakfast and fresh air” she starts to walk towards the door but stops abruptly and say “oh! And I am making egg and beacon” wait, did she say egg and beacon? “I am coming nana!” I squeal and go to brush my teeth.As soon as I step outside my room, I moan at the heavenly smell of the egg and beacon sandwich, I was five when nana first made that for me, my mother had just died and I was visiting nana. I didn’t speak to her at first but when she gave me her special egg and beacon sandwich, I couldn’t help but admire it. She hands me the sandwich and I take a big bite “this is so good&rdqu

Kayden We parked in front of, ‘what was supposed to be Michael’s home’, when he was in town and as soon as Michael had a look at what was outside, he frowned and shook his head. “I don’t understand, why are we here?” there was no point hiding it any more. We were already here, “I spoke to your mother, the other day” I start to explain, but before I can get another word out of my mouth, Mike gritted his teeth together and scowled at me “since when do you have contact with my family?” ah fuck! I know I fucked up really bad this time. “I don’t” I said, sincerely “she called me, and it seemed pretty genuine” I shrugged and opened my side of the door. “We are going Michael, unless you want to pull your ass out of the car, I suggest you get out and face the fucking music for once. It is time” I didn’t wait for him then; I knew he would join. Without looking back, I walked to the front door and gave our names to the doorman. Michael reached just as we were being led to the

Michael The look of utter devastation on her face, coupled with the conversation I just had with Aurora’s mom, is what prompted me to get up and leave as soon as possible. I can’t get the words that Max told me, out of my mind, the sincerity and truthfulness of them was what took me off guard. Lately, the seed of suspicion has been growing steadily in mind, I am second guessing every action that was taken nine years ago and evaluating if any of it was true. Aurora hands me the files she just retrieved from her room and I take it, getting up from my seat on her worn-out couch. I look down at Max and plaster a fake ass smile, I don’t want her to know how deeply unsettled her words have made me, “I will see you soon Max” I bend down and kiss her cheeks before turning to leave. Aurora follows me to the door; we are silent as I reach for the handle and open it. I take a deep breath of fresh air and let it all out, before turning around to face her. My face is ster

AuroraI couldn’t stop the unlimited flow of salty tears from falling down my cheeks, but they were happy tears, knowing that my sister cared enough to leave me a message, a positive one at that, loosened a knot that I didn’t know existed. For the first time in nine years, I felt like I could finally breath freely, like the weight of my sister’s abrupt disappearance was nothing but a fleeting blip in my life, knowing that she’s safe and happy wherever she was, is the single most positive outcome from this situation.I am still sitting on my mom’s bed, re-reading the letter, like it might have the answers to all the questions going through my mind, when the doorbell rings, at first, I think it is Amelia, but then I remember the two day’s leave I gave her. I frown as I get up and out of mom’s room to answer the door, “Did you order something?” comes from my mother.I shake my head, “No, I have no clue who

AuroraMom and I were sitting on the tattered living room couch, talking about old times, when my sister and dad were still with us and I realize, that the tell-tale signs were always there. My sister was never going to stick with us, I don’t remember when we fell apart but it was just around the time when she found her high school sweetheart Ben. “Do you remember the time when you sister ran away with her boyfriend?” mom asks suddenly.I nod, because I do remember, she left without a word and that made it a hundred time more painful, we might not be tight as a knit but we still shared pretty much everything with each other. “She left a note in my room, that morning” my mom confesses and a gasp of shock leaves my mouth. I did not know anything about the existence of a note, mother lead me to believe that she left without a word and that I shouldn’t call the police because she knew about Ella’s whereabouts.“And you

MichaelSunday morning, I leave for my jog around town, it’s quite out here at five am, which shouldn’t surprise me, since I lived here for the better part of my teen life. I jog randomly through familiar lanes that bring back, both good and bad memories. My mind wanders to Aurora’s last words before she left that day, I still can’t help but feel the ‘truth’ in her words. The nagging feeling in my chest, just wouldn’t leave me, it’s as if, in my heart, I know, something is not quite right, I think I knew it the first time I laid my eyes on her at that bar, the luster in her eyes was gone, and the usual sparkle was missing too. It was as if all life had left her body, I realized then, that maybe there was something fishy about our abrupt ‘break-up’.I don’t realize where my sub conscious has brought me, until it’s too late, I stare at the tattered wood pieces of the roof and the blackened w

Aurora‘Idiot’ is an understatement for the mistake I’ve committed, I vowed to never give him the truth, I vowed to never talk to him about it, I vowed to never break his heart again. And that is exactly what I would have done, the kiss made me hazy with lust and indecision. It made my mind go all fuzzy, all I wanted was to be in his arms and never leave but that thought was quickly crushed when he said ‘he regretted kissing me’, that sentence broke me in the worst possible way. The next few days, we keep our conversation’s strictly professional but I can sense some change in his behavior.Something, I can’t quite point out but still feel it in the air, where usually there used to be just ‘hatred’ now, it is now filled with curiosity? Like I’m a mystery he can’t solve. I don’t look into it too much, because what’s the point? He’ll never know, they’d neve