—JENNIFER—“ What ‘truth’ exactly?? “ We looked up to find Dad coming down with Christian supporting him. “ That Christian can't stay away from Jennifer.” Mom said, shrugging and I hid my face with my hand, trying to go invisible. Christian cleared his throat uncomfortably as he made Dad sit down on the chair. “ It's not his fault if my daughter is so lovely.” Dad passed me a big smile making me shy away. The dinner passed with Dad and Christian talking about their male stuff while mom and I gossip about our favourite TV show. After making Dad eat his medicine, I headed back to my room with my heart filled with thrill, knowing that Christian was waiting for me. But when I entered my room, it was empty. I frowned but the next moment, I felt a pair of arms sneak around my waist. A smile creeped up to my lips as a familiar cologne hit my lungs when Christian hugged me from behind.I rested my head back to his shoulder as his warm breaths touched my neck. “ I missed you.” He whispe
—JENNIFER—Even after lots of protest from Mom and Dad, Christian arranged a nurse for Dad to take care of him twenty four seven. It was so heartwarming, seeing him having concern for Dad and treating him like his own.So after Christian left for his office, Mom and I decided to go grocery shopping since Dad wasn't alone now. We were done in about an hour and decided to visit the nearest cafe for the coffee. “ Are you sure we aren't forgetting anything?” Mom asked, sitting on the chair while her head was totally into the grocery bags placed into the car. “ Arghh, Mom!! Do you want it in written that we bought every damn thing that you wanted?” I grumbled, tired of her asking the question constantly. “ Yeah. Fine. No need to get annoyed.” She rolled her eyes as the waitress approached us to take our orders. “ One second.” Holding up a finger to her, I turned back. “Do you really need to continue this?” I asked Morris who was sitting two tables away from us, holding up a magazine, p
—JENNIFER—“ I mean, I'm your mother's old friend.” She suddenly grinned up at me. I turned to face mom. An uncomfortable smile appeared on her face as she looked at Catherine. “ Is she??” I asked, narrowing my eyes at mom. “ Yes.” She breathed out before standing up and Catherine gave her big smile as she hugged mom. I shook my head at the odd situation as they broke apart. “ It's been a long time, Nancy.” Catherine said and nodded quietly. “ Yes. I-It's good to see you again.” Mom replied before Catherine turned to face me. “ Look at you!! You have grown up into a beautiful woman now.” She smiled at me and I stood up with an hesitant smile. “ But I don't remember you.” I chuckled, shrugging. “ You were this small when I last saw you.” She made a gesture with both her hands to describe my size and laughed. “ It's nice to meet you… um..??” I trailed off not knowing how I should address her. “ Call me Catherine.” She smiled again, pulling me into a hug. “ Nice to meet you,
—JENNIFER—Christian came home after some time of Cally's leave. I was so engrossed in thinking about the possibilities of the Catherine, Cally told me about and the Catherine that met us in the cafe being the same person that I didn't even realise when he entered into the room. He came and stood behind me while I sat in front of the mirror brushing my hair, lost deep in thoughts. “ What has got you so lost, Princess?” I snapped up, surprised when Christian bent down and kissed my cheek before looking up at me. “ Hey!” My lips stretched up in a smile as he stood bending, behind me with his hands on both my shoulders.“ Is everything alright?” He asked, concerned. “ Yes. A lot.” I said, pushing his hands away and standing up to face him. He frowned, waiting for me to continue. “ First, you are ten minutes late and second,... These people don't have a single chocolate bar in their house.” I huffed, flipping the topic completely. I let the matter go away thinking that If there was
—JENNIFER—A deadly silence prevailed on the dinner table as the sudden tension replaced our appetite. A whole minute passed but no one uttered a single word. I slowly looked up from my plate to Christian and found him staring at me, frozen in his seat. I bit my inner cheek, going nervous under his stare. “ I-I’ll go get the desert.” Mom cleared her throat quietly and stood up to ease the tension. “ Dad, care to explain?” Anya spoke up, demanding an explanation from her father. “ I'm sorry, Jennifer.” I looked up at Matthew as he spoke up. Guilt was visible in his eyes. “ I'm really sorry for how I forced you. But I'm not sorry for what I did.” He sighed, looking at Christian. His stare turned into disbelief at his father's words. “ Dad?” Anya protested in disbelief. “ If this is the outcome, why would I be sorry for what I did?” He said, gesturing between me and Christian. “ I could see this from a mile away. So no, I'm not sorry about it.” Mathhew shrugged nonchalantly. “
—CHRISTIAN— I waited with a bated breath as James passed the papers towards Collins to sign and finalise the deal that we have been working for the past two months. He scribs his signature and I released a breath that I was holding before standing up in relief. “ Congratulations! I hope we both will have a great experience working with each other.” He said, offering a hand to shake and I smiled up in return with a nod. “ Thank you for putting your trust in me.” I gave a firm and assuring shake to his hand and he smiled back. “ Alright, see you tonight at the party.” He said and nodded before James walked him out with his annoying secretary who couldn't keep his goddamn eyes off me. I had barely taken a sigh of relief when my smile dropped the moment Jessica entered back inside. Her lips stretched into a creepy smile as she walked towards me, clearly in a seductive manner. My jaws went rigid as I glared at her.
—CHRISTIAN—Thinking about my life a few months ago, I could have never imagined that I would be walking behind my wife like a lost puppy in a shopping mall. But you see, everything is possible once you leave the ownership of your own heart. This one goddamn thing would take your soul and also the brain away from you along with it. Just one step into the universe of love and there's no going back“ Would you mind a wine coloured tie?” She asked, turning back with a wine coloured dress in her hands. I frowned not understanding what the colour of my tie has to do with all of this. “ Why so dumb Mr. Brown?” Rolling her eyes, she walked up close and pulled my cheek. I cleared my throat at her sudden stunt and knowing that the people around us were staring at us, I fell into awkwardness and gave her a look of disapproval. She shrugged giggling. “ Your tie will be twinning with my dress, Mr. Husband.” She said, raising her dress up and gesturing towards it, wiggling her eyebrows. “
—JENNIFER—I Twirled in front of the full length mirror and smiled seeing myself in the wine coloured bodycon dress. With another twirl, satisfying myself with my choice, I pushed open the door of the try room and headed to ask Christian if he feels the same about it. But my feet stopped the moment I stepped out of the room, seeing him in his explosive mood, ready to blast anytime. And the person under the danger of this explosion was his own mother, Lauren. The vein in his forehead was throbbing wildly, making me remember all the previous times when it was for me. But unlike my sacred self in these usual moments with my angry husband, that woman seemed to have a death wish. God, She was smirking, clearly challenging him about something. I was at enough distance from them to be unable to hear what they were talking about. So I decided to go and invade their explosive interaction. But then remembered that Christian had clearly told me to just avoid her wherever she is, even when sh