Veronica gazed warmly at the sky. “The stars are really so beautiful this night...” she mumbled.“Or is it because I feel a little tipsy that I’m seeing things....” she giggled and gulped the rest of her drink. She looked into the glass and frowned. “My wine is finished. I want more... this wine is just too sweet I can’t get enough of it.” She reached for the wine bottle but Lawrence got to it first.“Let me do it,” he said as he refilled her glass.“Thank you!” She giggled like a little child and leaned against the rails again to continue gazing at the sky.It was already past an hour since they started drinking. They hadn’t said much words to each other and had dwelt more in silence. Lawrence chuckled lightly as he starred at the tough lady that had grown into a full-blown child in the space of an hour. The moonlight carved the silhouette of her facial features against the wall.“Really beautiful...” he mumbled under his breath still starring at her.“Right? I knew it! To-night the
Before she could say another word, he shushed whatever word she wanted to say by claiming her lips.For a moment Veronica thought the earth stopped moving as Lawrence suckled her lips.She scarcely recalled he briefly stopped kissing her and lifting her up into his arms to the room and lying her gently on the bed.Her senses came back and she became really shy when they were now in the room and the lights shone brightly down on them. Veronica knew he could see her as much she saw him and she wondered what was going on in his head as he got out of his pajamas. Her eyes followed him.He stopped after unhooking a few buttons.“I’m sorry...we should stop here. I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable.” He started to button up his shirt.She sat up on the bed, alerted. “Why? You don’t find me beautiful enough?” she asked hoping that the hurt in her tone wasn’t noticeable.“What?” He frowned and climbed onto the bed. How was he going to explain to her that he hadn’t been able to get her out
LAWRENCE’S POVIt was the loud blare of my phone that had awoken me from sleep the next day. I rolled towards the bedside drawer half-asleep and grabbed hold of my phone. As expected, it was Jessie. I glanced at the time. It was still very early.I grunted wondering what the early call was for. But the call ended immediately almost at the same time as I made to swipe the answer button.I rubbed my eyes tiredly pushing myself up on the bed. He must have had something urgent to say to me. If his call ended for reasons from his side, then I knew I must call him back at once.As I dialed his number, a beep sounded from my phone signifying a new message.It popped up atop my screen notifications and read, “I am sorry sir for waking you up. It was a mistake. Hope you had a good night? See you at work later.”I chuckled. Jessie wasn’t one to make mistakes of such. I couldn’t help but wonder if his night was as eventful as mine. He must have still been in the hang of it to make a mistake.Wel
LAWRENCE’S POVI exhaled deeply before I pulled into the building.“Hello, sir,”“Welcome sir,”“Congratulations sir,”I got several bows and greetings as I made my way to Veronica’s office.I guess the news of how Williams Motors ousted Zen motors must have travelled around. I had seen the news in the morning when Jessie was driving me to work. It made the front paper of the top magazines and newspapers of the country.When I asked Jessie if it was necessary that they revealed I handled the project, he had said, “Chairman Williams personally instructed that it be mentioned.”Well, I was pleased with the whole thing except the attention. The moment the elevator jerked and stopped at the last floor, the door was opened and I was faced with a line of the officials of Williams Fashion company.“Welcome Director Lawrence.” Director Liam greeted baring his teeth.“Director Liam, you don’t have to welcome me.” I said stepping out of the elevator, not pleased.“No, how can you say that sir..
VERONICA’S POVOpening my eyes and I felt something heavy wrapped around me. I tried to move but felt it restrict my movement. That was when I realized my face was rested on a semi-hard muscle.What is this...I was still thinking when a familiar scent hit my nostril and, in a rush, the memories flooded in.I froze in my position as the whole thing began to dawn on me.Last night I had sex with Lawrence! Damn! How...did it happen...The particular memory when I had pressed my lips against his reared up accusingly in my head.Shit shit shit! I had initiated the kiss...me?..me!!!Slowly, I unwrapped his hand from my body and quietly stepped down from the bed.What have you done, Veronica...I quickly got into the wash room, shut the door tight and soaked myself in the bathtub.No matter how much I beat myself up for letting myself have sex with Lawrence, it couldn’t erase the feeling within me, the feeling that I enjoyed the whole thing. The fact that it was a very pleasant experience.
VERONICA’S POVAll day I waited for Lawrence to give me a call. I hated myself for it because it only ended up in getting me disappointed. At the time I had given up and only wanted to bury whatever silly thoughts I had about him to work, he showed up unannounced.I felt the butterflies in my belly leap ecstatically at the sight of him but all the pleasantness and whatever butterfly that evaded my insides soon vanished the moment I was reminded of my resolve.“Is there something you wished to say?” I asked him with a straight face.He was mute for a split second and then he said, “Urh...well, I just came to check up on you. You left quite early in the morning.”“We could have spoken at home. Why did you have to come all the way here? You must have been busy with work.” I spoke flatly, so uninterested in whatever he had to say. I bet he must have noticed it as the excitement in his tone withered.He decided to let me get back to work and let us talk at home. I mumbled a low ‘okay’ and
VERONICA’S POVMorning came slower than ever. In my side of the bed, I lay quiet and hoped even my breathing wouldn’t be heard by Lawrence. I had dozed off briefly after sobbing and woke up later in the night to find him lying beside me. I couldn’t say if he was deep in sleep or not but I felt my heart tighten seeing how quiet he lay.How much did my words hurt him?No, I shouldn’t think about that. That was for the best, Veronica, that was for the best. I had hoped it was morning but when I checked the time, it was barely midnight. That instant, I knew it was going to be one of my longest nights.I tossed and turned until it was morning before I finally fell asleep again.“Shit!” I groaned as I forced myself out of bed and dashed to have a wash.I was supposed to turn in some report to Director Liam that morning and I hadn’t even had a proper look at it. It was going to take me a couple of hours. Shoot! I knew it. I knew letting myself fall asleep when it was already morning was a
WRITER’S POVOver the next weeks, Veronica made it a duty to avoid Lawrence. She made sure to be up from sleep before he did and slept before he got back from work.Since Lawrence got quite busier at work, there wasn’t much he could do to go against Veronica’s well laid out plan.“Well, it’s for the best, I guess...” he had murmured one night when he got in from work and found her already asleep.He got out of his suit, had his bath after which he crept into his own side of the bed.The next morning, Veronica slept in unknowingly. By the time she was up, Lawrence was already out of bed.Her eyes scanned around the room in search of Lawrence.Where did he go? She wondered.After a few seconds, she shrugged and relaxed back into the bed. It wasn’t new that he always went to work on weekends.A painful feeling tugged at her chest.Last night when he got back, she was still up and scrolling through her phone but once she heard his footsteps approaching the door, she had shut her phone off