40.5"Works all the time." Ned smiles. "Get that woman before someone else does." He moves closer to my ear, "You're single anyways. Fuck her good for one night."I grin as I watch Ned walk to that woman he was eyeing and he seemed pretty confident. I realize that I am alone on the table as I glance at John who is also busy staring at other women who were passing by, I decided to make a move."John." I call out to him.He moves his head to me. "Yes Hugo?""See that blond lady over there?" I pointed out for him as I continued describing the woman I am eyeing for.He nods. "That one with a tube dress?""Yes. That one."I stare at her and she was already taking a seat back on her table.Perfect."Could you get her up here on my table for me? Don't tell her I'm Hugo Saintclare. Just tell her that your friend wants to meet her so badly." I instructed."Alright."I watch as John goes to the first floor and walks to her table right away. I am nervous as I take another shot of my Bacardi as i
41H U G OSEVEN YEARS AGOLOS ANGELESI keep my eyes gazing at her while my left hand was holding the stirring wheel. She keeps on pulling down the hems of her dress but half of her inner thighs were showing off and it is making me feel more enticed. I couldn't focus on the main road while she's next to me because she's such a huge boner distraction.She makes me anticipate her so much with every move she makes just by sitting next to me and she's not even doing it on purpose. She's so simple but she's so hot and she’s just so utterly beautiful while her cheeks and the tip of her nose was getting a little bit reddish."You alright?" I ask her.She gazes at my direction, "I'm fine. I'm a little bit dizzy." She giggles cutely. "But I'm alright." She pulls two thumbs up.I grin as I watch her looking back at me eagerly."What?" I ask."You really really really look like Hugo Saintclare. I think I had too much to drink that I'm seeing people." She placed her palms over her forehead while
41.5My jaws dropped open and realized that she was indeed serious about it.She is indeed a virgin. She was telling the truth the entire time.I bent my head down right above her breasts and I think the rubber is hurting her too much. No wonder she's really tight. I carefully pulled myself out and took off the condom from me and threw it to the bin."I'm sorry." I say.I push her hair off her face, "I didn't know you were a still virgin. I'm so sorry. I thought you were only kidding when you said it. Are you still hurt down there?"I try to massage her thighs hoping it would help a little bit."A little. But please, I want this right now. I want you right now Hugo." She answers me.Ugh, she says name so sexily and it is fucking driving me insane. God!"I promise I'll take it slowly on the first round but I won't promise on the next ones." I tell her.She nods."Tell me if it hurts really badly or it's getting worst than a while ago with the condom on, alright?" I kiss her forehead.S
42M I R A N D A"Who is Ben's real father?" He asks me and my soul just left my body.I tried to keep an emotionless and straight face after the things that Hugo told me and now he's asking me about Ben. All of a sudden he's curious about Ben! But he has the right to be because I have been utterly selfish towards him, the entire time. I can't believe that I came here totally unprepared for this kind of conversation and I can't believe he'll actually tell me everything that happened that night. Embarrassing.Totally embarrassing. I don't know how to face him after what he just told me and I am totally bothered about the things we did seven years ago. Now that he's questioning about Ben's biological father, it is something I don’t know how to face. I have always guarded myself from people who would want to invade that kind of personal space in my life. Ever since Ben was born, I have always protected him from everyone who could possible hurt him.Ben does not deserve to be ridiculed
42.5He's quiet now. He's listening."I was so embarrassed that I've lived with it these past seven years. I was so wasted that I don't remember anything and it is so scary not knowing what I have done that night. It’s so traumatizing.” I cried as I shake my head sideways.Silence enveloped the room.“I'm so ashamed of myself. The look on your face when you saw the bloodstain on your hotel bed sheets. It scarred me. It made me feel so… horrible.” I confessed.His brows creasing, “How did you... How did you know about that?”“I was there. I was hiding inside your hotel room. I was looking at you and you looked so disgusted and how it made me feel that I was something disgusting.”Hugo shakes his head, “Rose, no.”“I felt so dirty for having that sinful one night stand with you." I cried inwardly.Hugo looks at me ruefully. "Sinful?" He repeats.I look back at him as he continues, "That sinful night meant something to me. It was a night I would want to relive over and over again."My he
43M I R A N D A Those words and yelling conversations I had with Hugo yesterday is still ringing against my ear. I can't believe he finally found out about the truth and I cannot believe it ended up like that. We fought like we didn't have tomorrow and I yelled at him out of disrespect and anger even though I know I was at fault too.Even after confronting him with what I felt and what I have been through all those years, it was surprising of him to comfort me. Yet, I acted out of control when I screamed at him and even blamed him for the mistake that we both did.I absentmindedly blamed him even though I know I was at fault too. I should have held my emotions flowing overly out from my body that I have kept for all these years.After that confrontation, I honestly don’t know what the future holds for all of us and most especially for Ben. I know he will be very happy to know that his father is Hugo and I know he will be so mad at me for hiding it from him all these years. I don’t e
43.5"Hey hey.” He coos. “Don't think about things that are way overboard.” I try to wipe my tears off my cheeks as I stare at my picture with Ben and Landon over my dresser.“Hugo's not gonna take Ben away from you, he promised me that he won't and I won't let him.” Landon adds. “I know him and he's not gonna do that to you.”I exhale heavily as I wipe my tears from my cheeks and tried to smile as I watch Ben’s smile on the photo and Landon’s smile too. "I just want you here with me right now." I whimper softly."I'm so sorry for not being around with you.” He says sadly. “I should have been there. I am so sorry. Don’t worry, I'll book a flight to New York right now. I'm coming for you love." He tells me and having Landon is already reassuring.I slightly smile. “Okay. Thank you Landon.”"Have you tried talking to Ben about Hugo?" Landon asks.I shake my head as I answer, "Not yet. I can't seem to.... Find the right words on how to say it to a six year old." I laugh humorlessly as m
44H U G O “Why are you being so mad at me?!” Audrey raised her voice at me as we talk over the phone.It has been like this since then and I fucking hate how she is doing things on her without telling me. She does things as she please and this one has been off the charts.“Because you are doing things you want to do without even letting me know!”“Hugo, I don’t need to tell you everything I do!”“That’s our wedding Audrey. I have a part on who to invite or not. At least you could have told me that you were going to visit Miranda!”“Ahh!!” She exclaims louder. “There you go! You said it yourself! You were not mad at me because I invited them but you honestly are mad at me because I went there without telling you!”I groan inwardly as I clench my fist while I stare the view of London from my office. Audrey has been too over the edge lately and I don’t know why she is acting like this ever since she caught Miranda inside my hotel suite that one time.“Audrey, that was not the problem h
87 T H E A Sebastian committed suicide. He ended his own life with a gun in his head. No one even knew how he had a gun in the first place and no one had any idea he was going to do that. He was supposed to meet Ben and the others tomorrow for a reunion. He was supposed to live a new life after being sentenced in prison for seven years. He was supposed to live in a tropical place and start a new life for himself. He was supposed to live a life filled with dreams now that he is out in prison. Sebastian was supposed to live. I was supposed to forgive him. The autopsy report stated that it happened around twelve midnight which means just a few hours after he left our home. I have never felt so depressed in my entire life that I wasn't even able to tell him a lot of things that I wanted to say. I didnt know what I was exactly feeling, completely lost in my thoughts and emotions after Sebastian's passing. I knew that there was something wrong in his eyes when he talked to me becaus
86T H E A"How have you been?" He asks.Sebastian wore blue, white and light pink plaided top, a pair of faded jeans and a dirty white sneakers. He looked older than the last time I saw him and his hair has gotten longer too. He looked different, but those eyes still frightens me.Those merciless eyes.I couldn't stare at him longer and I had to look away from his gaze. I clear my throat, "I have been well." I answered."I'm really glad that you are." Sebastian tells me."Um, do you want to drink something Sebastian? Tea?" Ben offers.I quickly held his wrist, stopping him from leaving me alone in here and stared into his eyes as I said to him. "Please don't leave me here."Ben stares intently at me before he turns to Sebastian who speaks, "You dont really have to offer me anything."I bite my inner cheek and breathe in some confidence before I faced Sebastian. "What are you doing here?"Sebastian stares at me eagerly."What do you want?" I asked firmly."I came here to see if you ha
85T H E AI couldn't sleep the entire night as I was bothered about Sebastian's release happening in just a few hours.Thoughts were filling and piling inside my head one over the other and I don't know if this was going to let me sleep at all.So I slipped out of the bed where Ben was sleeping soundly and headed out of bedroom to get myself a glass of wine from downstairs. I hate myself when I turn to alcohol every time my thoughts are fogged up and fucked up. I hate when there are questions left unanswered and my solution is alcohol.I hated it.I hated it so much I hate myself too.I finished two glasses of wine and spent almost thirty minutes just sitting on a chair where I tried to drown and sort my troubled thoughts. I finally pulled myself up and headed back to my bedroom only until I saw Xavier heading out of his room, crying. I rushed to his side and wished that he wouldn't smell the stingy scent of alcohol from my breath."Xavier." I cooed. "What happened?""Mommy I had a n
84T H E A“Why didn’t you tell him?”Benedict's question still lingers in my mind.Why didn't I tell Sebastian back in the day?I have been asking myself that same question over and over again for the past couple of years. I used to tell myself that I wasn't ready and I know I wasn't ready. I lied to myself when I said I was ready to confess to him about our child but I was absentmindedly denying the fact that my mind was filled with so many thoughts as soon as I faced Sebastian.When I saw him, I was reminded of how he raped me mercilessly. When I saw him, I was reminded of how dirty of a woman I was. When I saw him, I was reminded of how I didn't want this baby to be born if only it hadn't been for Ben.Ben has always been my rock and my strength after everything that happened to me. All these years, he accepted me no matter what and I have been beyond blessed to have a man like that in my life.That kind of love and care he showed me is going to be something I didn't want to waste
83T H E AI stare at my own reflection in front of the mirror, I gained weight but I look different compared to the old me a few weeks ago. My eyes travelled down to my baby bump and as I turn to my side, I feel more anxiety building in the back of my head. I am not confident enough that I will be a good mother to this baby once it’s out when I know this baby came from a man who I trusted so much but just raped me. My bump is starting to show now and I know I have a lifelong responsibility waiting ahead of me. I just hope I will be responsible enough.I rub my hand over my small tummy then smiled at myself.“You will be fine.” I told my baby.Ben is here for me and for us. He always has. He made everything feel better. He made me better and happier without asking too much in return. He is a very selfless man and I owe him my life. My everything and all that I have left.I breathe out heavily and tucked my hair behind my ears as I stare at myself wearing this white dress and white ba
82B E N E D I C TShe stands by the balcony sliding door, staring at an empty space wearing my shirt and some pajamas. Standing here afar from Thea, looking at her, I can see and I can feel that her mind is full. It’s full of endless thoughts and worries. I wish I could take some from her restless bothered thoughts and I wish I could help her with what she is going through.Thea is strong but I don’t want her to have another breakdown. I hope I can share the pain and confusions she is going through right now. I wish, at least I could make her happy despite of what has happened lately.But I don’t know what to do as well.I am bothered too, restless, anxious, troubled and angry. I still have this growing hate in me and unwillingness to befriend Sebastian.I hate him.I walk towards Thea and wrapped my arms around her. She didn’t budge but still sets her eyes out the window. “There are no stars tonight.” I say.She sighs heavily.“Aren’t you hungry sweetheart?” I ask.She didn’t answer
81B E N E D I C T“The CEO of Saintclare Enterprises , finally off the market!!”I read mentally the newspaper’s headlines as soon as I got into my office. I scan through the magazines which were also over my desk, and the headlines were also all about me.I sigh. “I knew this was gonna come out first thing in the morning.”The phone on top of my desk rings, I quickly picked it up, “Yes.”“Mr. Saintclare everyone is calling in for an interview with you. They’re all asking if you have any available time.” I can hear telephones ringing from my secretary’s background.“Cancel all interviews. Tell them I have a busy schedule up until next week.” I hung up.Suddenly the phone in my pocket rings. I stare at the screen and it was Mrs. Brown, my PR.I sigh as I answer, “I know what you’re going to say.”“It’s everywhere. My phone has been ringing since six o’clock this morning. I don’t know what to answer them.”“Did you say anything about Thea?”“No. Not unless you tell me to. I’m only wait
80BENEDICTI stare at Thea, and she has been looking out of the window for minutes now. I know she still has a lot of things in mind with what has happened lately and I’m sure she’s tired of thinking about it too. She has talked to Khaleel and I have had talked to him too. Despite her past, we wanted to keep it to ourselves than letting the others know about it. They wouldn’t understand what she went through to survive and it isn’t our story to tell.I have asked myself a couple of times why she had to choose such job but then I didn’t have the courage to ask her. I don’t want her to feel bad about herself and the more I ask about her past, the more she would think it bothers me.Honestly, it has been in the past and we all have had done crazy shit a thing or two. All of us deserves a second chance and women like Thea who strives hard to change herself to become a better woman deserves more than that. I am proud of her and she knows it.A smile creeps on her face as soon as I rubbed
79THEASometimes, in our lives there are instances when you just want to disappear because of awkward situations or embarrassing moments. And right now, that’s what I want to happen. I want to teleport to another place far from here.It feels like everything inside my system malfunctioned and brain feels dead. I have never felt more disgusted of myself and my past than how Sebastian is embarrassing me right now in front of Ben. No one has ever made me feel so little of myself, only Sebastian.This bastard. This one of a hell man. I wish he dies.My tears were just flowing from my closed eyes and I feel this growing pain against my chest. I try to breathe in but the pain grows as I exhale so I remained quiet. I don’t want to face anyone or see how they look at me with disgust and filth. I just want to disappear like one pop of a bubble or run out of this house and never look back.But I cant, I know I have to face them now. I have to face Khaleel. I have to face Benedict even if it’s