“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
“Jonathan, if you had told me this earlier, I would have been excited like a baby who just got a candy from a candy store, but right now, I want nothing more than to lay in bed with Jim. I’m exhausted so how about we talk about it tomorrow” I tell Jonathan.On hearing these words, I could see the disappointment written on his face, but I ignore it.“Okay Anastasia, have a great night”“Bye” I smile and head to Jim’s room“Baby open the door” I say when the door knob doesn’t twist“Give me a second, babe,” he says from inside.He walks up to the door and opens it.He is tying a bathing robe. But not the one in the bathroom. It’s a different one, and I walk into the room and lock the door.“You got another?” I ask, pointing to the bathing robe his putting on.“Yeah, I figured you could have the other since it looks so perfect on you”“Yayy!” I cheer.“Babe, want to get in the shower with me?” He asks.“Of course I want to,” I say.Jim helps me take off my gown, leaving me in my underwea
Jim stands up, walks into the bathroom, while I lay lazily on the bed.He comes out from the bathroom with a wet towel and uses it to clean me up.I jerk at the touch, but Jim uses his hands to keep me steady.He cleans me up and goes ahead to place the towel into a basket that, I assume, is meant for the dirty clothings.I invite him to bed, and he lies beside me, pulling me closely.“I love you so much princess, and I don't think I would ever stop” he whispers into my ears.“I love you too” I reply and a lump forms in my throat.A part of me is scared to say so because it is true, maybe too true, and it’ll lead me to get hurt.“What are you thinking about?”“Why do you love me, Jim? I’m mid”.“Don’t say that about yourself, Anastasia. You’re mine and what’s mine can’t be mid”.“Why do you love me?”“I have no words. Back when I was little, my mom always told me that love is a thing of the heart. It doesn’t know why it chooses someone, it just does. And when it does, it may be lucky,
“I don’t think I’m ready for what’s about to come” I say to Jonathan.“It’s nothing serious and I just need you to know some things that are going on”“Okay, should I be scared”“Take a chill pill, Anastasia. Everything is fine”.“Okay”“Jessica-“No, no no, no no, not yet, and at least not now. Her name gives me a sick feeling in my chest, and I don’t think I’m ready for that just yet”.“At your own time Anastasia, at your time” Jonathan says, and I could see his shoulders relax and so does his muscles“You’re not comfortable talking about her, none of you are. So I’ll just let Jim tell me when he’s ready”.“Okay Anastasia. I’ll respect your wish”.“But anyway, why don’t we go downstairs to have some breakfast, I’m starving” I say, trying my possible best to kill the tense atmosphere, and it seems to have worked“Alright Anastasia, I’m starving” he says, his tummy grumbles and I let out a laugh.JIM’S POV-chapter 34“Mr. Michael, the work has not been completed yet. It should be comp
“What do you mean quit your job Jim, I can’t do that,” I say, handing the flowers back to him, ignoring the crowd that was present.“Anastasia, get your bags, let’s go for a drive”“Jim I just came to work, I can’t leave just because you said I should”“I’m going to talk to your so-called boss, and he gives you approval to leave, you would leave” he tells me, not giving me an option.Mr. Hemsworth is seated at one end of the coffeehouse, and I see Jim walk toward his direction.Mr. Hemsworth gives him a friendly handshake and signals for attention.“Mr. Hemsworth is calling you over there” I say to my coworker and she frowns.“Doesn’t seem like it’s me he wants” she says“Girl just go meet the dude, I’ll attend to the customers” I tell her, and she sluggishly leaves.I serve the customers, smiling at them and asking what they want. And I forget that I was keeping an eye on my boyfriend and on my boss.I see Jim walk up to me, smiling audaciously, and it tells me he has gotten what he
Something tells me to light myself on fire.I adhere, and I use my thumb to push down the metallic wheel on the lighter, and I see the fire.And no, it’s not because of Jim. It’s because of them. My family.Everyone and everything that led me to this point.They should have let me die as a kid, but no, they didn’t. They never did, and it gets tiring.I’m tired.I bring the fire close to my wrist and the heat against my skin makes me flinch, but I don’t pull away.The fire finally touches my skin and a tear rolls down my eyes from the pain.“Anastasia, what are you doing?” A familiar voice yells and rushes to me.The hand hits the lighter away from me and pulls me into a hug.“Just leave me alone” I cry“Get a hold of yourself” the voice tells me and I turn to see its Jonathan.“Jonathan, I’m not okay” I cry into his chest, and he rubs his hands slowly on my back to comfort me.“It’s alright Anastasia. Just take a deep breath and we can talk about what’s wrong”.He calms me down and I
“What is he doing here Jonathan” I ask immediately I see Jim“I have no idea how he knew you were here, Anastasia”Jim walks up to me and holds my hands.“I brought you chocolate princess” he says, handing a box of chocolate to me and I see a note on it.The note reads“I need you to be with me always, I love you. I sincerely do”“I'm sorry” he adds.And there it is again. The Jim I know and the Jim I love. The Jim that buys me chocolate and tells me he loves me.The Jim that always apologizes when he's wrong. That's the Jim I fell in love with.“Don't do this, Jim. Don't hurt me and come back Jim, don't keep doing this to me, Jim” I plead and tears fall down my cheeks. It's not surprising cause I cry about every little thing.“Don't cry princess, please don't cry” he tells me, wiping the tears away from my eyes and Jonathan clears his throat“Anastasia, everyone has their demons, I do, we all do. Don't let that demon consume you and cloud your eyes” Jonathan says to me.“I won't” I s