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2024-08-19 14:30:45Zara
It’s Saturday and for me ,that means deep cleaning. Only, this time, it’s aggressive cleaning. The nerve of that man! I wasn’t exactly expecting him to kiss my feet and make me a path of rose petals but I also was not expecting to be treated like a bug …You can get dressed and leave Ha! I was dumbstruck for a few minutes after he not so rudely told me to leave . He had proceeded to walk into the en suite bathroom like he did not just trample on my dignity. You give a man your virginity and he does not even have the decency to thank you… Last night may have been my first time but I know enough to not get treated like that. Tears prickle the back of my eyes. I wipe at it furiously. I haven’t cried over a man in my entire existence, I’m not going to start now… It doesn’t exactly help that I am sore all over. Imagine my surprise when I got up to stomp out of the jerk’s place and couldn’t walk straight. I had to limp all the way to the elevator and into the waiting cab outside. Why on earth is it so hard to clean underneath furniture? Goddammit! My attention is drawn to the sound of my phone vibrating on the coffee table beside me. It’s an unknown number. I swipe on it reluctantly. “who is this?” I drawl “ please tell me he was not that bad, babe. I expected you to be tired at least but …lively. You sound like a cast in The Living Dead” “Valerie?” “ The one and only, babes. What’s up? Did he do something you didn’t like? Cos if that’s the case, I will not hesitate to find him and drag his ass all over the asphalt in front of my apartment “ A laugh escapes me despite my sour mood. “ I’m fine, Valerie. Just cleaning, that’s all” “ You sure?” “ Hundred percent “ “ So I don’t have to go to jail then?” “ Not at all. Thank you for your concern, though. How did you get my number anyway? “ I found your card in Emily’s spa” Oh… “ You didn’t tell me you’re a lawyer.” Yeah, that’s right. I might have had a non existent love life but one thing I could brag about anytime, any day is my career. I worked my behind off to get to where I am currently and I take immense pride in my vocation. “ My bad. It was so chaotic yesterday, I forgot to introduce myself properly” “ No, no…it’s totally fine. It’s just …wow” I chuckle “ I totally get it “ At first glance, you wouldn’t think, wow! A career woman. Outside the office, I love my comfort clothes. My clothes always have to have enough breathing space and I have never been one for restrictive footwear. What can I say? I love to keep it simple. Modesty is key Yeah , right! You were so modest with your breasts all up in strangers’ faces... The memory of last night makes my cheeks warm. “…hello? You still there, Zee?” “ Yeah , sorry. I may have zoned out for a minute there” “ So he was goooood” I blush a brighter red. He was good , alright but that was in my books. I don’t have much to compare with. Valerie’s voice drifts through the phone again, “ Emily and I are having a movie night tomorrow and we would like you to join us.” “ I don’t really know…my Sunday evenings have always been reserved for some downtime, and unwinding with a good book…” “ It’ll be fun. I promise” “ Are you sure ? I’d hate to be a bother “ Valerie tuts at the end of the line. “ That’s nonsense and you know it. Stop deflecting. You coming or not ?” I chew the corner of my lower lip in contemplation. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to hangout with them. I could use some distraction. “ Sure...I guess” “ Great! I’ll text you the address. See you tomorrow, babe!” I smile. Making friends may not be so bad after all.Related chapters
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ZaraI walk in a daze up to my apartment and slot in the key. Everything in the background is a blur. I drop my bag and keys on the kitchen island and slide down to the floor, my back resting on the wall. This all seems like a bad dream. Maybe if I sleep and wake up, it’ll be gone.I stare down at the tiny photo card in my hand. The Sonogram…Dr. Meyers had handed it to me on my way out. I stare at the black and white image of what seems like a blob. So, this tiny human is currently growing in me. I move my hand to my stomach and rub unconsciously . I don’t have it in me to get rid of an innocent life but I am at a loss of what to do. Maybe the girls can help…I push myself up and walk to the bag I discarded earlier on the island. I fish out my phone and dial Valerie and Emily. Valerie answers first in that chirpy tone of hers “what’s good, mama?”I immediately burst into tears. “ Help me”It is Emily that says “ We’re on our way”***********Less than an hour later, the girls ar
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Zara“What do you mean you’re doomed?”I look up at the concerned faces of my friends. “ I meant I’m doomed, as in D-O-O-M-E…”“We know how to spell doomed, you idiot. You know, I’m beginning to question how you got a degree in Law.” Valerie says and proceeds to roll her eyes .Emily chimes in “ I thought you’d be happy that we finally have a clue as to who the baby’s father is. What’s the problem?”I lift my hands in exasperation. “ The problem is, just today, a man from Paradise group visited the firm and my boss just happened to assign me to him. That’s not the crazy part, he said he was representing MARCELLO ANDRES! Does the name sound familiar?”Emily hums in understanding. “ So, you’re scared because you think you might lose your job for getting hot and personal with a client?”“Isn’t that obvious?”Valerie rolls her eyes again for what seems like the hundredth time. She walks closer and squats in front of me, until she is at my eye level. “ According to you, you had no idea wh
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Marcello Michael picks up on the third ring. “ What’s up?”“I need Zara Parkinson’s contact details.”“ And why would you need that?”“Actions first, questions later”“That’s why you’re still a hot tempered knucklehead”I chuckle. “ Alright dumbass, I just want to apologize to her. I may have said some mean things earlier”“Try rude”“Seriously bro”He hesitates for a moment then says “ Fine”. The line goes dead.I have an idea in mind and if I play my cards right, I could uplift the company’s image and still escape my father’s wrath. It’s after work hours , so I decide to head home. I haven’t seen my mother in about two weeks . It’s best not to piss her off and have her call me herself . I may be a grown man almost in my thirties and over a feet taller than her, but trust me when I say I’ll never be too old for my mama’s chanclas.Was it when I was Seventeen? I made the mistake of talking back to my mother and stomping out. She watched me walk out without as much as a peep. That’s w
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ZaraI have never been more embarrassed in my entire life, like I was this afternoon. After the ogre had not so rudely sent me out of his office, I ran into his secretary at the door. She had sent me tight smile filled with pity, as if what she witnessed was not new to her.Embarrassing situations were not really my forte. You’d think after everything that had happened to me in high school, I’d have developed a thick skin to people’s judgements but that was not the case.I still despised it when people looked at me a certain way, be it judgmental or pitying. Judgmental looks, well, I could stand those to a certain extent but pity…pity made me feel like a failure and I can’t stand failure. And that’s exactly what I felt like when I saw her look at me today.When I got back home, my whole body felt like lead. I dropped my bag and plopped down on the couch without bothering to undress. I don’t know when sleep consumed me but I woke up a few minutes ago with a blinding headache. I rema
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APHRODISIA Chapter Forty Seven
ZaraGetting called ‘baby girl’ by Mr. Grumpy threw me off for a minute. It was so unexpected that I had to look away to hide the fact that I was indeed affected . It’s the first time he called me anything other than Miss Parkinson or Sugar. I hated it.Yeah Zara, keep telling yourself that. Maybe you’ll believe it someday. Have I ever told you how much my subconsciously annoys me? Well, now you know.I arrive at the conference room behind Marcello in time for the meeting. There are four other people in the room — three men and one woman, including Michael Black. It feels good to see a familiar face. The dark haired man gives me a slight smile upon sighting me and I return his smile. I guess I see what Valerie sees in him . No, she hasn’t told me about it. I just happened to pick up on her not-so-subtle reactions when ever the man’s name is mentioned.Last time at our night out, Emily had asked her if she was currently seeing any one and she was vague enough to say she was currentl
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Marcello Employees nod at me as I walk past them on my way to the elevator. My private life maybe nothing to write home about but my work life? I take that shit seriously. My blood, sweat and tears lie here , in this very building. My secretary, Amber greets me at the front door with my usual coffee order. “ What is on my schedule today, Miss Hunter?” She walks behind me, reading off my schedule as I hang up my suit jacket and settle in my chair. “ …and by 1pm, you’ll be meeting with the CEO of Crest Holdings to sign the final revised agreement.” “ Has the Legal team been duly notified?” “ Yes Sir.” “ Alright. We’ll be welcoming a new addition to the company later today. She’ll be working closely with me and the PR and Legal teams.” “ She?” I lift my head from my computer to her. “ Yes, She. Do you have a problem with that Miss Hunter?” She looks down “ No. No,Sir” “ Good. Because I do not pay you to approve or disapprove of the people I decide to work with.” “ That wasn't
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ZARAI’m still asleep but it feels like I’m in a trance. I hear the chirping of birds from outside the window, which is strange because even though this place is surrounded by trees, I have never heard a bird sing outside my window.Soft winds pass by in a whisper, lifting the blinds around and causing them to brush my skin. There’s a halo of sunshine around my face, making it impossible to keep my eyes shut for longer. The bed feels unfamiliar but comfortable. I fumble around to get hold of the extra pillows I keep around me. I can’t sleep without surrounding myself with them. My hand makes contact with a hard, silky surface beside me. It doesn’t feel like my pillow and that’s when the alarms go off in my head.Wait a minute! My bed is positioned on the middle of the room. So, why? Did I roll of the bed in my sleep? I jump into a sitting position first without opening my eyes but a sharp pain in my side halts me . I lay back down and slowly open my eyes, slowly regaining my beari
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Marcello smashes his lips on mine in a heated exchange of breath and impatience. I return the kiss with equal fervor, wrapping my arms tightly around his neck, and spreading my legs further to accommodate his weight on me. He was being careful not to smother me but I needed him everywhere. He pauses and we both take much needed breaths. When he looks into my eyes, my stomach does a violent summersault. How is it possible to be so beautiful as a man? If I thought he had dark eyes before, they were even darker now. The intensity of his darkened pools awakens something strange within me. In a breathless daze, I whisper, “ I wonder how your eyes will look from between my legs. " He smirks and I blush in horror. “ I’m so sorry. I don’t know where that came from.” I attempt to avoid his gaze due to the embarrassment I’m currently feeling but he holds me in place by my chin, with his thumb and forefinger. “ You’ve been thinking about my eyes a lot, haven’t you, Sugar?” I try and
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Zara“ If you’re not being a brat,, then why do I want to spank you so bad?”My breath catches in my throat and every train of thought dissipates into thin air. “Wh…what?”He steps close and cages me between his body and the adjoining bedroom door. The heat from his body holds me in a vice grip, threatening to suffocate me if I don’t find air. But, not just any air, I want him to be the air. I crane my neck to look at him and audibly gasp at the intensity of his eyes. His eyes carry promises of things that could damn my soul and have me burning from the inside out but I don’t think I mind. He looks like he is fighting to stay in control of his instincts and for some reason , that excites me. That I am able to get Marcello Andres like this , looking feral like a prey. “ Yes, I want to spank you. When you’re being a brat, when you strut around in those skimpy night dresses that make me see red. I want to spank you until you can take it no more, until your legs are shaking benea
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Marcello I expected Zara to try to pull something tonight but what I did not expect was for her to stay out so late. I’ve been calling her for the past five hours, since 7: 30 after I got home and didn’t meet her there. The housekeeper, Celine , told me that she left home in the dress I sent, so she thought she was coming to meet me.Numerous thoughts float through my head. Who is she with? What is she doing? Is she safe? I even called Carlotta , in case she went over to my parents’ just to spite me. But, Carlotta said she wasn’t with her and she had no idea where she could be. I have called her number a total of 50 times, if not more. But, each time, I am net with the constant beeping at the end of the line. After I have called her office and her parents, it suddenly dawn’s on me , whom she could be with. Her friends. But, I have no way to reach them. Then, an idea strikes me. Michael picks up on the third ring. “ You better have a good reason for calling me this late, dipshit.
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ZaraAs soon as I woke up this morning , I decided that I have in fact, had enough of Marcello Andres’ annoying me. No more crying myself to sleep over frustration or trying to help him keep his image in front of the media. I’ll show him why I never act out of character.There was a bouquet of white roses outside my room when I walked out of my room this morning. There was a note inside that read: Dinner tonight, 7pm. And that was that. No apologies, no promise to shave his head if he ever offended me again.Don’t get me wrong, the gesture was indeed beautiful but it wasn’t enough to soothe all the anger I have felt in these two months. Marcello Andres is going to have to tender a proper apology to me, even if I have to watch him choke on his overinflated ego.I called the girls on my way to work and we agreed to meet up later in the evening by 7pm.***On returning from work, the first person I run into is Celine with her signature scowl. I swear I’ve never seen the woman smile, s
APHRODISIA Chapter Forty
ZaraI throw on a pair of leggings and a large t-shirt. I almost didn’t go downstairs on Marcello’s request. I mean, who’s he to boss me around? But, my grumbling stomach became a motivation. I could quickly pop into the kitchen and grab a bite. Maybe listen to what he has to say in the process. Not that it’s important anyway.I meet him sitting in his usual position at the head of the table, surrounded by an array of mouthwatering dishes. Damn, Julio has outdone himself again. I look around the kitchen to catch a sight of him but I don’t see him anywhere. “ Julio’s not in. I sent him home early”I look around the table again. If he went home early, when was he able to make all these?“ I ordered the food”I raise my brows at him. That’s surprising.“ What’s the occasion?”“ Well, Julio told me you always wanted to try Indian dishes, so I got you some.” Julio and his big mouth.I pull the seat at the other end of the table to get as far away from Marcello as possible but he stands up
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ZaraThere’s something heavy pressing down on my belly. Does my baby already weigh so much? I try to turn on to my side but the weight would not budge. I open my eyes in panic and look down at my belly, coming face to face with a mop of dark hair. My first instinct is to scream as loud as I can. So, I scream until the head of hair raises itself.“La chingada! ¿Qué onda es todo este escádalo tan temprano?” ( fuck! What is all this noise so early in the morning?)The owner of the head rises to his full height, rubbing sleep from his eyes and then he stretches in a way that has my heart beating rapidly. He’s shirtless, in nothing but the pair of slacks he had on yesterday, slightly unbuttoned. But that’s not the part that almost has me hyperventilating.It's the very large and obvious tent in his pants that has my eyes glued to him. The tent starts moving until it is right in front of me. “ I said , my eyes are up here, Sugar”That snaps me out of it. I stare at him, willing myself to
