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Merliah's POINT OF VIEW
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“My princess is quiet. Do you feel sleepy? Do you want us to go home? ” he said while reading a pile of papers.
“It’s boring here in your office. I'll just wander off, I'll be right back so you don't have to find your beautiful fiancée.” I got up from lazily lying on the sofa. I approached him and kissed his cheek.
The truth is that I was bothered by what I heard but I can't bring myself to ask my fiancé. He might lose his mood and we might quarrel. But it's not bad if I ask, isn't it? It’s not like I’m accusing him of hiding a woman.
—-------------Merliah's POINT OF VIEW—----------------I could have asked who Elise was and what kind of relationship they had if only Max had not slept early. I had no chance to ask him this morning because I woke up, he's no longer lying beside me. I took a shower and got ready to go to work. I went up to the kitchen for a quick breakfast and I found out that he had left cooked Tocino and a brewed coffee in the coffee maker as well. I looked at the double-door fridge with the notes stuck. *Good morning, I had to leave early. Send me a message onceI smiled when I read the note but my mood immediately soured when I remembered that woman —Elise. Just by the sound of her name, my mind had played different scenarios immediate
—-------------Maximillan's POINT OF VIEW—----------------It’s my first time to yell at her. It must have scared her because we haven’t had a serious fight since. I cooled my head on the balcony. I need to compose my temper because I needed to calm down before facing her again. I lost control, I was jealous, and the fatigue and stress at work pushed my patience to its limit.I shouldn’t have raised my voice. It's too late to regret but it will never be too late to ask for her forgiveness and admit that I was wrong. Marriage is indeed difficult. I thought love alone is our free pass for understanding each other. I realize that quarrelling is inevitable, the day will come, whereas our bad mood will force us to mis
—--------------------Merliah’s POINT OF VIEW—-----------------After quarreling, spending time together without worries is a must to fix the gap in our intimacy. We decided to spend quality time outside today because we've been busy these past few daysWe deserve this date. I want to do what we couldn't do when we were still at Elysian University. I want to go to those places that we couldn't go to when I was her dean and professor because we were afraid of backlash in our relationship.The first place we visited was the playground near MAUI. It was the place where Max kissed me next to the swing. I still have these uncontrollable butterflie
—--------------------Merliah's POINT OF VIEW—-----------------I stood in the body-sized mirror of the hotel where our wedding was being held. My heart was pounding as I listened to the sound of a large clock hanging on the wall.“This is it, liah. Today you will become Mrs. Dereux,” I whispered.Later I heard the door open. I turned around and saw a man holding the door, and I wondered why he wasn’t walking closer to me. He just stared at me from head to toe.I was nervous seeing his reaction, he was not the epitome of the happy man who's about to get married to the love of his life.“W-What’s wro
—--------------------Merliah's POINT OF VIEW—-----------------"Hey, what are you doing there?" I patted Maurice with my foot.“Liah”“It's late, why are you sleeping outside? Don’t tell me you forgot the passcode of your pad? Why don't you call me Lore?”"She changed the passcode and forbade me to let me in."I scratched my head as I tried to figure out what had happened to the two of them. Lore probably got mad at my twin again."Wait, I'll just put these i
—--------------------Merliah's POINT OF VIEW—-----------------I heard steps coming from sandals approaching me. However, I didn’t look back to see whoever came to me. I never lose my gaze at the motion of the cloud from here in the hotel garden."What are you doing here? Are you upset because you had to move your wedding to next year instead of getting married this year?”I turned around and smiled at mommy. We are never close, but I am not mad with my parents. We're just not close since they are always busy. Even though Maurice inherited daddy's company, we still didn't have the chance to bond with our parents, they never reached out, and the same goes for us. We only me
—--------------------Merliah's POINT OF VIEW—-----------------Watching a movie with Max without the fear of getting caught by my fellow students nor his fellow faculty is so rewarding. We never tried dating in a cinema or public place during university days back then. I didn't know it was worth the shot.We had used to just binge watch in his dormitory when he was my professor and our college dean. We have to avoid seeing familiar faces and getting entangled with gossip.I leaned my head on the shoulder of my betrothed while his right arm rested on my shoulder. We are not fond of romantic movies, so the genre we chose is mixed with action; since we both have the same taste in movies.
—--------------------Merliah's POINT OF VIEW—-----------------My brother and sister-in-law are hanging out today in our humble pad because there might be less chance of us seeing and comfortably bonding like this as they will live far from us."Who are you talking to?" Maurice asked lore. He noticed his wife was laughing while holding her phone.“Ah, I talked to my former classmate in a specialized course at Oxford. This acquaintance of mine is talking about the one who liked me last year. He's still broken.”"So?" Maurice asked with a frown, and his eyebrow furrowed.“That guy who liked me back then has a friend who was also broken-hearted because of Liah”"Who are you referring to?" I asked innocently. I don't remember anyone trying to woo me during my stay in Oxford.“Remember that guy who a