Anastasia’s POV.“You would be able to see Anastasia Michael, your daughter” are the words I hear, loud and clear, immediately I open the car door.I see the shocked expression on his face that tells me that he was hiding something and I just caught him in the act.The words keep repeating in my head and a tear flows freely down my cheeks“Who are you” I ask“What do you mean Princess?” he says like nothing happened.“Who the fuck are you Jim” I yell“Calm down Princess, why are you so mad? What did you hear?” He asks.“Who were you on the phone with, and who did you promise could see me?”“Princess, I told you that I’m not hiding anything from you. I was talking to my mom. Ain’t no valid reason you’re pissed Anastasia” his voice filled with disgust.“Start this car and take me home” I order and he does so quietly.“Princess-“Here is your card” I interrupt, carefully placing his card on his lap.“Princess, we’re not going to go to part ways when we’re mad at each other”“I don’t want
“Thank you” I mutter to the voice I hear behind the door.“Thank you” I say again, trying to hide how broken and drained I am.I hear the footstep walk away and it leaves me smiling“They would always care about me” I mutter to myself.I decide to clean up and head to my room.I decide on wearing my pink Mickey Mouse nightwear, just because Kendra and I have it matching. Hers is blue and mine is pink.I smile at the memory. It was the second week of knowing each other, when we finally decided to get matching pajamas.To us, it meant that we were inseparable. When we grew older, and it became smaller, we decided to get a new pair.I knock lightly on Kendra’s door and“Come in” I hear her say faintly.“Hey” I say once I open the door.She’s cuddled in Jim’s arms and I could see there was something going wrong with her.She takes a glance at me and back at Jim.“Can we please talk?” I ask her.Jim doesn’t wait for her to answer, he places a soft kiss on her head and gently takes her body
“I love you” I whisper“I love you too” he says and let’s go of me from his embrace“As a friend I mean” I mutter and he smiles.“As a friend, dear Anastasia” he tells me and I smile.I head into the kitchen to arrange the groceries and just tidy up, after all, it was the least I could do after being so shitty to everyone.The bag of groceries I kept on the counter was still lying there, untouched. And I decide to place all the groceries where they belonged in the fridge.“All you need to do is exist, Anastasia, don’t burn your beautiful black skin with hot water. Hell, there was steam coming through the corridors”.I turn around and hear Jim say behind me.“It was you” I smile“It was his voice” my mind reminds me since I was too caught up that I couldn’t recognize the voice“Thank you” I add, he smiles and walks away.My insides dance with joy, realizing that I’m on good terms with everyone, except Jim.I finish up from the kitchen and head into my room.I lay on my bed and disconne
“No Mr. Hemsworth” I stutter“Then you have to up your game here because I would not tolerate lazy workers, Anastasia. You’ve been slacking lately and just hope your salary doesn’t slack too”“I’ll do better,” I almost retort then bow my head to show apology“You better” he says and gestures his hand, telling me I could leave his office.I head back to the locker room and I sigh heavily.“Now look who has a sad face on” Etna says to me“I just want to go home”“I can cover for you”“Well you’re just one person, and we’re very limited, don’t worry Etna, I’ll get through the day” I tell her and she hugs me“It gets better” she tells me, giving me a little rub on my back.“Thank you, Etna,” I smile.We head back and there were already customers, some sitting, and some waiting at the counter. I apologize for the delay and I start serving the customers.“Hello Good morning, welcome to The Hems coffeehouse, what can I get you today” I tell the blonde lady waiting at the counter whose attent
“Mom” I repeat, walking towards her and she smiles.“How are you dear” she says, pulling me in a warm embrace and a tear rolls down my cheeks.“I missed you mom” I sobShe pulls away from the hug looking confused, “Jim told me you look stunning, and you really do. I’ll be glad to make you my daughter-in-law” she smiles, immediately covering up her confused look.“Yes, your daughter-in-law” I fake a smile and clean my tears.My heart drops when I voice those words, but I let it slide.Jonathan stares at me in awe wondering what just happened, but he refuses to say anything about it.“Jonathan my son, come and give your mom a hug” she tells Jonathan.Jonathan walks up to her, and she embraces him in a hug.“How are you my son?” she asks Jonathan, pulling away from the hug and holding on to his cheeks.He looks embarrassed.“I’m fine mom” he says, holding her hands and releasing them from his cheeks.She ruffles his hair and I could clearly read the embarrassment written all over Jim’s f
“Who is Jessica, Jonathan” I ask again“We don’t talk about Jessica” he says“Can I just know who she is?” I persist.“I’m sorry Anastasia, we just don’t talk about her”“Okay” I say, feeling disappointed.Jonathan’s phone rings, breaking the silence“Excuse me” he says, and he excuses himself to pick up his call.My phone rings after Jonathan have left, and I smile at the caller ID.“Hey”“Hey princess, I saw your message, I’m glad you loved what I did for you”“Babe, can we switch to a video call instead?”“Well I just came out of the shower, but that’s fine”He switches to a video call, and I could feel butterflies erupt from my stomach when I see his face.His hair is wet, and it lays flat, dripping down his gorgeous face, and I could feel myself get wet. For him.“You look sexy babe” I tell him“Wait until you see the abs” he brags and places his phone on a surface, so I could get a better view“Damn! It feels like this is the first time I’m seeing your body. It was made by the h
“It's good to learn how to cook, so you could always prepare dishes for your husband when you get married, since home cooked meals are better than takeouts” she says and the words sound too familiar.My mother always told me that when I was little. Mrs. Dan is my mom.“Mom, it’s me, Anastasia” I say, scared of her reaction.“Yea I know it’s you Anastasia, I love how you’ve already regarded me as your mom. We’re gonna have a great time together”.“I mean you’re her, my mom” I say, trying to make her understand.The expression on her face goes cold. Her eyes tilt and goes back to normal.And it’s just the same as when I was little.“Anastasia, I’m sorry that you miss your mom. But if it makes you feel any better, I’ve embraced you as my child” she winks and the joy in my heart completely drops.I fake a smile at her and decide not to talk about the topic anymore.“I’m sorry, you just look and act so much like her, my mother” I smile and she smiles back. Her smile sends warmth to me.“St
The same girl he tells me not to worry about is the same girl who owns a room in his house.What happened here?I ask, trying to examine the room closely when a hand touches my back and I jump in fear.“Fuck” I yell when I turn around and smack the person hard“Stop it” Jonathan says, holding my hands firmly“Fuck it’s just you” I say, trying to calm my racing heart and remove my hands from his firm grip.“Anastasia, what are you doing here, no one is allowed in here”“I got lost” I lie“Well then, let’s leave here” Jonathan tells me, guiding me out of the room.He leads me back into the hallway.“C’mon, let me get you back to your room. You look tired” he says, pointing to my sleepy eyes.“Yeah sure” I tell him, and he guides me to Jim’s room.I walk into Jim’s room and I see Jim lying on the bed“Hey” I say excitedly, forgetting all about the incident that just happened“Hey baby” he says, opening his arms and gestures me to come to himI crawl into his arms and lay in bed with him