CAMILLA Time seemed to stop in a collision of senses the moment I felt Braden's lips on mine.I was numb of all actions and my heart played a million drums in my ears. My lips never fully parted to his sudden intrusion but Braden kept on kissing me---lustfully.He lips sucked on mine and his tongue fought to take control. My eyes remained wide open and my brain suddenly stopped functioning. I did not know what to do. It felt like I was in a foggy trance and my mind went completely blank. Braden trailed his hands downwards and encircled it around my waist, gripping around it so tight and hauling me further against himself.I let out a whimper into the kiss which only seemed to fuel up his lust the more as his tongue now got the freedom it needed to slip into my mouth.Braden kept on kissing me not minding if I was giving consent to it or not.His tongue dominated mine, sucking the air out of my lungs with pulsating lust. A million butterflies fluttered in my belly and I was
"My love I have missed you" the mysterious red haired lady squealed at Braden before planting multiple kisses on his cheek. Braden noticed the awkwardness that was plastered all over Camilla's facial features as she watched the scene unfold before her.It made him happy in the inside and he enjoyed every single bit of it."I missed you too baby" Braden richly laughed, flashing his eyes at Camilla's way briefly.He only did that to spite Camilla. He enjoyed the feeling of awkwardness that was visibly registered on her features.Camilla stood like a statue, like a fish out of water.She felt her lungs tighten making breathing impossible for her.She did not know if she should stay there or walk away. It did not look like neither of them noticed her presence as the red haired lady kept on littering Braden's face with kisses whilst she just lingered around like an uninvited guest. Seeing how neither of them paid attention to her, camilla shuffled her feet to leave when suddenly she
CAMILLA I curled myself like a ball in my room, pondering over on the inhumane treatment I had been receiving ever since I stepped feet into this goddamn mansion. Honestly there comes a time in life where the pain gets accustomed to your skin. It sinks into you and you begin to see it as something normal. When you have undergone extreme torture and torment to the extent that you get robbed of that beautiful ability to cry, you are left with nothing but a hollow soul. Your entire body breaks down and the once bright silver lining you saw above your ill fated fate gradually grows dim. I have been treated like a slave and and an animal, used like a toy and tossed away, defiled and cheated on yet I am still alive. It amuses me some times when I get to ponder over it?Life is a bitch.No, I should correct that.My life is a bitch. Tessa's arrival into this house will do me more harm than good--if there was even going to be a good thing about the situation.Just yesterday she arri
CAMILLA A week had passed already since I and Braden's heated up conversation.I found myself thinking more and more about his words every passing minute. If only he knew how hurt I always am hearing him speak so callously. It hurts me when I realise the devil Braden had evolved into.I honestly do not feel sorry for Tessa but I do feel sorry for Braden and I have no clue why.Probably because these days, my mind usually took a walk down memory lane often and it saddened me to know that the once caring and compassionate dude I dated in the past had turned out to be this beast who does not give a fuck about anybody or anything. I barely saw Braden throughout these days. It got me feeling both anxious and worried. He normally left for work way too early and came back way too late leaving me with Tessa literally all through the day. And the lady spared no chance in humiliating and embarrassing me daily. No minute passes by without her tormenting me. If it wasn't embarrassing me in
"Nicholas you really poured spoilt milk in your class teacher's bag? Gosh you were such a naughty teenager I swear. I mean who does that!" Camilla erupted into fits of laughter as she engaged in a chit-chat with Nicholas. With him around her, she could happily say that she was really enjoying her night.She had never felt more happy in the past few days.With the arrival of Tessa, it felt like happiness had being eroded off her life."I was to be honest. I am more calm now. Back then infact my teachers thought I was going to be a delinquent. I honestly got into all sorts of crazy adventures back then in school" Nicholas concurred to her statement as a smile etched by the corners of his lips."So what changed you then? You fell in love?" Camilla cheekily asked, her eyes taking hold of his facial features.Nicholas chuckled and heaved a deep sigh. "Well why do you ask that?" His voice carried a tone laced with sterness in it.Camilla was taken aback by his tone that for a moment she
CAMILLA"So what were you up to while I was gone, I hope none of this spoilt brats tried to torment you" Nicholas asked."Nothing, just......" my attention drifted from Nicholas and fell on the crowd that was forming at the other end of the party."What's going on there?" I asked Nicholas, who ofcourse had no idea either.He turned back and stood to his feet.We left the bar and began to slowly amble towards the gathered crowd. "Good evening everyone sorry for interrupting your night, Can I have your attention please...." Braden's audible voice reverberated through the speakers around the hall.We walked right into the crowd and spotted Tessa standing side by side with Braden who was clutching onto a microphone.Tessa folded her hands against her chest and bore her eyes into the cluster of people who formed a really large circle around her and Braden.Something was definitely wrong, her lips going into a hard frown. Her facials were blatantly creasing out displeasure. Braden did not
CAMILLA I cried deeply on seeing myself handcuffed. How did this even happen?One moment I was enjoying my night with Nicholas and the next moment, I am being framed for a crime I never committed. How did my night turn out to be like this? I am really getting sent to jail?How?It all felt like a bizarre dream to me, a dream which I badly wanted to be awoken from.I am not a thief."I did not do it please. I am not a thief. I am innocent. Tessa please stop this" I shed uncontrollable tears as the office tried to lead me out of the the house."Officer there is a huge misunderstanding. I mean she would never try to steal. Camilla is not the culprit" Nicholas firmly said, holding onto officer Tristan's hand. Officer Tristan yanked his hand away from Nicholas' grip and shot him a smouldering look. "But the purse was found in her room""She could have been framed. Maybe somebody put in there" Braden interceeded for me. My teary orbs grew swollen and so reddened. I could barely even se
Braden and Nicholas sauntered into the police station. They had wasted no time in driving down to the station the moment the officers drove off. Braden had even called his lawyer to arrange Camilla's bail papers.There was no way either of them could let Camilla sleep in jail for a crime she did not get commit."We want to see officer Tristan" Braden stated to the two officers who stood by a counter.They both stared at him as if his mission to the police station was bodly written all over his face."Follow me" one of the young officers nodded to his request and motioned for Braden and Nicholas to follow him with a wave of his hand.They strode along the busy hallway of the police station as the young officer occasionally greeted some of his colleagues on the way. He then abruptly stopped in front of a large door and swung it open, acknowledged officer Tristan before working out.Officer Tristan looked up and stood with a smile.A sarcastic plastic smile."Wow I did not expect to see
CAMILLASIX MONTHS LATER The church bells rang loudly, creating such a peaceful ambience the moment we drove in. It has been six months since the entire saga we had with Ophelia. It was really not easy for I and Braden to try and overlook everything that had happened between us but thankfully we managed to do so.And our relationship blossomed more than ever. I loved this man so much. Looking back at everything that had happened between us, there was no doubt that I and Braden were fated lovers. We were a match made in heaven. I feel like a teenager in love once again. I feel so nostalgic seeing how everything is turning out; how in love we are is just like when we were back in college. Tears welled up in my eyes but I blinked them away. "Camilla it is way too early to start crying" Mr Harold, the elderly doctor who helped in treating my bother when he needed his surgery for his heart said to me with a hearty smile. I faced him and let out a chuckle. Today was my wedding day
Two weeks Later Camilla speedily picked out all her outfits from her closet and stacked them without even sparing a second to breathe.She was completely fed up and tired of the tribulations and mayhem that caused her heart to break all the time.This wasn't the first, second, third, or even fourth time that she had to face something detrimental to her mental health or emotions.Braden and everyone related to him brought nothing but pain to her. She was finally free from the mansion but a bigger part of her was broken.The sweet memories she had with Braden, in and out of the mansion lurked around her heart.Being free from the mansion wasn't just a reason to celebrate but a reason to mourn because she was now going to be far from the man she loved."I'm just a third wheel in Braden's love life, I was just there to hold him tight because his wife was no longer there and now that she's back he has gone back to her. My time here is over so I need to walk out of his life for the secon
Nicholas burst open the doors and sprinted into the mansion. His gaze immediately fell upon Braden seated on the dinning table and he was endlessly sculling down countless bottles of liquor. They were arrayed before him like numerous trophy prizes. He did not even mind the fact that Nicholas was in his house but instead his entire attention was focused on the alcohol that he kept on drowning himself in. The sight was pitiful. What had come over Braden too?Ever since Camilla left, he had turned into an alcoholic.Camilla on the other hand had become so malnourished and bony. Coming closer to Braden, the strong scent of alcohol hit him at all corners.It was nauseating even for him.Was this the real effect of their conspiracies on both Braden's and Camilla's life? They were miserable without each other and they were both killing themselves with each passing day. Oh God. Nicholas felt like crying on seeing how miserable his friend had become but he held himself together."Braden
Her heart was punctured, torn to pieces and damaged so severely.There comes a stage in life when tears can not even express the severity of grief, pain and heartache you are feeling. That moment in one's life when the ability to cry and shed tears has been taken away from you totally. You want to cry to your heart's content but no. You just can not cry again no matter how hard you try to.Because your body, mind and soul is weak. Your eyes are reddenned, covered with dark spots and swollen. It has no more tears left to give.The pain is too much to bear that even your body can no longer express the type of grief you are experiencing. It is a terrible feeling. And what is more even terrible is when this immense pain is caused by 'heartbreak'. Heartbreak is like a mini death, your heart shuts down your ability to function propely and engage in your daily activities.Even eating may seem so strenuous to you. Depression subdues your thought and you just can not quickly move on no m
CAMILLAMy heart heaved like the weight of a dumbbell as the excruciating pain brewed up in my chest continuously.My heart shattering into a million pieces was an understatement of what I was feeling. I felt like drowning myself to death.I felt my existence disappearing into thin air.I thought we were developing a strong love for each other again but it turns out that I was just been used because I was easy to sway.I feel so foolish for letting myself into his life again, he used me and went back to his wife after promising to never go back to her.What was I expecting? For Braden to leave the woman who he took an oath with on the altar and choose his mere maid? Now it sounds ridiculous.Ophelia did warn me, she said she made it clear to me that Braden is hers no matter what I did and this proves it all. I can not believe I confidently retorted back at her and told her that her plans would never work.Now I see the marital bbond between Braden and Ophelia, it is unbreakable no mat
CAMILLA I arrived back from Olga's place a little earlier than I planned to. I wanted to surprise Braden because earlier yesterday before leaving, I had told him I would be back late in the evening. I told him that to see his reaction and if he would still let me leave but to my utmost shock, he still gave me open doors to leave and go enjoy being with my family. I came back earlier this morning and steathily tiptoed up the stairs with giggles trying to escape my lips. I pressed back my sudden eagerness to see Braden which was coated all over my face when I had begun approaching Braden's room and the faraway sound of two people talking hit my ear walls. As I approached further, the sound grew louder till I had gotten to Braden's door.I could fully recognise the voices now. It was Braden and Ophelia. From the outside, one could tell that the conversation was heated and intense with the intonation of their voices. My curiousity was piqued and a sudden restlessness overwhelmed
The soft rays emitting from the sun through the transparent linen curtain hit Braden's face, toning his skin in the process. He pinched his eyes tight shut before turning his head away from the sun's glistening rays but it was off no use any more.His sleep had been interrupted and he could not sleep back.Slowly, his eyes fluttered open and a yawn escaped his peach lips. Stirring up from his deep slumber, Braden flew his eyes open in an instant only to be hit by a severe banging pain that seemed to almost shatter his skull. Letting out a hiss in pain, he trailed a finger to his temples, massaging everywhere in hopes of calming down the skull shattering ache that throbbed all over his head. It seemed to be as painful as a migraine but it was not. It was affecting all sides of his head. His vision was very much blurry and hazy causing him to close his eyes tight shut in a bid to try and readjust his sight. Opening his eyes once more again, Braden could now see but not ful
The heart they say is deadly, the desires of the heart exerts a powerful influence in the actions of an individual. It could either be good or bad. But in dire cases, when the heart can not get what it wants, the person then goes to extreme measures to get their hearts desire be it a good or bad one. Love they say is another weapon that could be used for either good or bad. Healthy love is like medicine to the body.It heals you even without you realising.That type of love is the love that makes you understand that you actually can not control how people feel about you.You might love someone with your whole heart but if the person is not interested in being with you, you can not hold the person accountable for it.Healthy love makes one understand that in life, some people may never reciprocate how we feel about them no matter how genuine and true it is.So instead of sulking and killing your mental stability with depression, you do yourself a big favour by just letting go of the
CAMILLA With a rush of excitement building in me, I knocked on Olga's front door as I patiently waited for a response.In a split second, the door opened up to reveal the elderly but beautiful face of Olga in a blue long dress standing with a surprised look plastered on her face."Camilla?!" Olga articulated gleefully. With a beaming smile, she rushed to give me a very tight hug. "Olga," I responded calmly as I gave into the warm embrace. I was so happy to see Olga after all these months of staying in Braden's house.She was also very happy to see me, that bright smile and high-pitched voice of hers were enough to know."Jason!! your sister is here!" Olga turned and yelled into the quiet house.Loud footsteps of someone running met my ears immediately, Jason jumped out of nowhere and exclaimed happilythe minute he noticed me and I squealed for joy as well."Camilla!" he cheerfully called out."Jason" Euphoria pulsated through my veins as my eyes landed on his healthy orbs.I felt so