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Chapter 10- At her window
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2024-10-29 19:42:56“Oh my God!” Stan groaned as he landed with a thud.
He remained still, hoping that the sound he had created didn’t distort the sleep of anyone in the house.After some minutes, he stood up and dusted his trousers, looking around and ensuring that he wasn’t being watched.A massive sigh of relief escaped his lips as he silently trudged towards the window.He glanced around at intervals, trying so hard to remain discreet in other to avoid getting discovered.It was 2:am, some hours after the failed wedding of Carissa and some hours after her return from the hospital.Stan had asked Jay to keep an eye on Carissa and from the information he received from him, there was no space for him to come in at that point.He needed no one to notify him that sneaking in at midnight might be the perfect way to meet with Carissa.At this, he had waited in his car for over three hours, watching the house from a distance and trying to ascertain when they would have retired to bed.At about 12:am, he observed that the lights went out, a solid evidence that they had gone to bed.With his heart beating out of his chest, he had waited for a few more hours, before indulging in his quest.Luckily, he was able to jump into the house, as the surrounding fence wasn’t really high. However, he got his back hurt as well as some scratches on his knees.That didn’t seem to bother him, as his only concern currently was having Carissa peer into his eyes.Stan took in a deep breath as he crouched low to pick up a stone.He made to hit the stone on the window, but took a pause to recall some memories that flushed into his head.Some years ago, he had always used this exact means to come in search for Carissa. This was mostly in cases where they’ve just had a fight.With a flower in his hands, he would pick up a stone and knock on her window.That was their love signal and once he does that, Carissa gets the message of his presence.Those times, she would run over to the window, with a gigantic smile on her face and her heart beating in excitement.And then, she would open the window and draw him in, with hushed chatters and giggles, to avoid getting discovered by her family.Those were the period where their love still blossomed and flourished…Stan jerked up when he heard a slight noise coming from Carissa’s room.He swiftly crouched low and slowly lifted his head to know what was going on.Just then, the lights in Carissa’s room came on, making him to realize that she was awake.He peeked into the window and caught a glimpse of Carissa, who was holding a journal and walking towards her desk.She picked up a pen and got engrossed in scribbling down some things on the journal.Stan observed her closely and realized that she kept dabbing her eyes with a tissue.“Oh my God”, Stan mumbled when he realized that she was crying while writing.Just then, he hit the window with the stone.Related chapters
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Stan yelled for the hundredth time since he entered the bathroom. He couldn’t keep mute because his heart was on fire.The only thing that rang in his head was how Carissa had ignored him last night.It pierced his heart deeply that all he wanted to do was disappear and never return.“Hey baby!” He heard Kiara’s loud voice.“What the hell!” He muttered as he turned back in shock.He was clad in only a towel and didn’t realize that she was waiting for him in the living room.“What are you doing here?” He asked with a massive frown on his face as he walked back to his room.After some minutes, he came out again, clad in a gray pants and black sweatshirts.He heard some sounds in the kitchen and quickly made his way there, with his fists clenched in anger.“Kiara!” Stan bellowed angrily as he saw her preparing scrambled eggs that had gotten burnt.“Can you turn off the cooker?” Stan asked, but trudged further when he didn’t see her making any effort to do as he had said.“I’m only trying
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“Have some water”, Kiara said as she stretched a cup of water towards Stan, who was coughing and gasping for air.He couldn’t tell what caused that, but he could swear that the question and the look in Mr. White’s eyes was terrifying.“I’m good”, he murmured, and returned his gaze to meet that of Mr. white.“I didn’t hear your last question, sir”, Stan lied as he stared at him.“Kiara!” Mr. white suddenly called out as he shifted his gaze to his daughter.She jerked up and lifted her head, smiling at him widely while patting Stan’s back calmly.“I want you to look into his eyes and tell him when you want to get married”, Mr. White ordered as the dining hall turned dead silent.“What?” Kiara asked as she chuckled and broke into loud laughter.She stopped laughing when she saw the expression on her father’s face.His eyelids were squinted and raised, and his eyes bulged out as though he were enraged. The corners of his mouth pointed downwards, and his jaws were tensed.“Dad!” Kiara call
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