Sydney 's POVGrandma Doris smiled at Mark and mouthed, "Thank you."Mark nodded, tight lipped. Then Grandma turned to me, "Where is Lucas? Did he come with you?""Yes," I answered quickly. I know Lucas was itching to see her too. "He's waiting outside.""Let him in, I would like to see him too," Do
As I watched and listened to them converse, I couldn't help but recall what Lucas had told me. It was one of those nights where we randomly talked about everything and anything after making love. I had said while curled around him, my head resting comfortably on his broad chest…"Tell me something I
"Oh, sorry," I muttered, slightly embarrassed and shuffled away.She changed Doris' drip, checked her temperature and whatever else nurses do when they come to check their patients and left.Lucas and Doris continued talking. "Now, I am much more relieved that you have found happiness.""I have foun
ONE MONTH LATERThe days after Grandma was declared to be in coma passed like a blur. Business was booming, Lucas and I got closer than ever, everything was going well or so it seemed.Mark and Sandra announced their engagement and it was to be scheduled today. Sandra had not been able to stop talki
"Huh?" My coco pops filled spoon froze in the air after I read the caption. It didn't make sense until the videos finished loading and I saw what the wedding gifts were.Clive Christian, on her demand, had created a limited perfume with her favorite flavors named after her. They made thousands of th
I sighed and ignored his question. I continued working on his suit. Over the last few weeks, Mark and I had eased into this platonic and business partners relationship but we could both feel that there was something simmering underneath all of our formalities and professionalism. Neither of us ackno
I whirled around and turned to him. He started to advance toward me but I didn't hesitate to roughly push him away from me. He remained rooted to a spot. I held his gaze and coldly spat out, "Enough! I don't want to play this cat-and-mouse game with you anymore!"I took a step forward and pushed at
For a moment, there was silence as the realization of what just happened sunk in, then I broke out of my frozen state and ran over to the crash, my heart lodged in my throat.There were already a number of passersby around the crash. Some called 911 while some uselessly brought out their phone to fi