AIDENWork was fucking boring without her. It did not help that she had started to work overtime in the other company, no matter how much I kicked against it. She was trying to do that thing of avoiding me again, I knew it. I was not going to let that fucking happen, of course. I decided to catch her early. Normally, no matter how much I tried to be on time, she was out before I got out of my room. If I got out before her and tried to push her door open as usual, it would be locked and she would not say a word, no matter how much I tried to make her open up.It was her way of throwing a tantrum, ignoring me until I would seek her out. I always fell for it. Unapologetically, too.This morning, I decided to kind of… ask for her forgiveness. Yeah, I was doing this. I would not only be saying sorry to her, but also making her breakfast as part of the apology. A major part, actually. I knew how much of a foodie she was.I made one of my famous recipes—only eaten by members of my family—b
PERSYThis was hands down, the best sandwich I'd ever had. I could not help eating the food like a thief, even when I knew he was watching me like a hawk.He refused eating, saying that he usually never ate this early. I was surprised that he could make something this good, so I asked with my mouth full, "Who taught you how to make this? I mean, this is so good."He answered with a small smile, "My late mom. She was a great cook."I froze for a full second. What? What did he mean his late mom?"Your late… What the hell are you saying?" I laughed, but in reality, I was really disturbed by his revelation. Was he wishing Clara death now?"My late mother. You heard me right." He sighed, relaxing against his seat. I chewed the pancakes slower now, unable to believe what I was hearing. He explained further, "My mother died when I was still at a pretty young age. No one necessarily speaks about it, but if you are active on Social media, you would know about it, it was a very popular story,
PERSYI could not seem to stop thinking of the date. I prepared so much for it, not wanting to be caught slacking like the other time. I even got a new dress, from a boutique, down the street close to the company I worked for.They sold designers, and I ended up buying a rose-gold gown in their collection with a heavy heart. I mean, why did a single dress cost up to seven hundred dollars?!They kept praising me, telling me how beautiful I was, and that they could not believe I had visited their boutique. I caught a few employees checking me out from head to toe, while the others peered outside, perhaps to see the car I had come with. When they saw nothing, they would check me out again, perhaps to see if I held any designer—be it clothes or even a bag. Well, unfortunately, I was not putting on any designer clothing. Everything I wore were cheap clothes I had disguised myself and gotten for myself. They came in handy when properly style, so no, I was not ashamed of them.They mana
AIDENI could not stop stealing side glances at her.Persy was hands down one of the most beautiful women to ever grace this world. Most times, seeing her like this made me wonder why Kassie had never been this appealing to me.We both sat in the passengers’ side with my driver taking over the wheel of the car in front.I was looking at her now, with this sexy dress which revealed a lot of thighs and a face glammed with minimal makeup, I could simply not take my eyes off her."Stop looking so much…" She trailed off with a small awkward laugh. Instead of looking at me, she had her eyes on the clutch she was holding, her fingers dancing around the silver patterns."I cannot take my eyes off you, unfortunately." I retorted.She finally turned to look at me with a brow raised, "Unfortunately?""Yes, because it seems that you want me to look somewhere else, when I just want to look at you." I complained, and she just blushed, looking away again."You look and smell amazing. Have I told you
PERSY"How bad are you really, at making pasta?" "So bad, I razed down my kitchen once." Aiden answered me with a casual shrug and my jaw literally hit the ground at the revelation. How could one possibly burn down a kitchen?!I was laughing so hard again in no time, holding my stomach like it was going to burst from so much laughter. Aiden had a crooked smile on his face as he watched me. He had been busy with making me laugh since morning, and honestly, I was not about to complain about it.Just three days ago, we made our pact about the 'no sec policy' until further notice. So far, it was going good. I tried my best to wear less revealing clothes, so as not to tempt or annoy Aiden. He still looked at me like I was fully naked every time he saw me, but at least, I knew that I was truly covered up, he could not use that.How I had gotten the idea to starve him of sex for as long as I wanted? Yeah, that was all Taylor—the old lady from the boutique. She told me all about how she did
PERSYHe ended up not giving me a kiss, coming up with the same excuse for why he could not do it. I even tried silence treatment, but it still did not work. I decided to let it be, and when he dropped me off at work this Tuesday, I willingly gave him my cheek to peck.He had a smile on his face as he pecked me, then whispered against my ear, "Good girl."I rushed out of the car before I could do anything stupid, and I could hear him laugh his lungs out before starting his car engine and driving out of the vicinity.As I walked to my office, head bowed as I pretended that I gave a shit about whatever was on the screen of my phone. A work colleague saw me walking to my office, and I tried to dodge his gaze by peering into my phone screen right away, but he had already caught me before I could attempt. He flashed me a toothy smile, and I flashed him a tightlipped one, before facing away from him as I hurried into my office.I slammed my things on the table when I got inside my office a
AIDENTime flies when you are having the best time. I heard that so many times, but I was only going through it now.Thought that celibacy with Persy was finally going to squash this obsession I had with her, but I was woefully wrong. Celibacy with Persy gave us more time to explore each other better, and not just our bodies.We texted each other regularly now, I even began to watch movies with her, and normally, I could never be caught wasting my time on something as mediocre as a movie. Now, I wanted to do everything she was doing. Well, most.I had no idea how this whole madness started, but all I knew was that I was not ready to see it end just yet.Two weeks of celibacy later, I sat behind my desk, rewatching a video Persy had sent to me. She had gone on business trip in another country, and though I was so against it, Persy would always be Persy. She paid no attention to me and made the trip anyways.Now, she would send me different videos and pictures documenting her stay, some
PERSYI did not do it.In fact, the last thing I recalled was sitting on my bed, sorting out a few files. My phone lay somewhere on my bed, and I had set it on silent, not wanting to be distracted while I worked.How did I end up half naked with Trevor in bed, then? How did… Did Trevor set me up? Then why had he remained here until Aiden came? Knowing the kind of person Aiden was, did he have a death wish?I could not count the amount of times had wiped my lips, irritated by the fact that I had kissed Trevor again. I had been in his arms earlier, half naked, only covered in a strapless bra and boy shorts which I had to idea who had put them on me.So many things were going through my head all at once. I had cried in one day, more than I ever had in a full month. I kept calling Aiden's phone, hoping he would at least pick up for once and give me a countdown to explain myself, but he never did.For the rest of the day, I paced about my room and called, over and over, but I got nothing.
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SEVEN MONTHS LATERPERSYI had just finished laying my child to sleep and right now, I was already tired of waiting for my husband, Aiden. I covered the duvet over my body, realizing that this was about to be yet another lonely night. It was almost eight weeks since I gave birth to my daughter, Carolyn, and we had stayed off sex just like the doctor advised. It was two months already since I had sex and I could not take it any longer now.I would tell him about it tomorrow… I promised myself, starting to doze off until the door slammed open and I heard,"Guess who just got an admission to study mechanical engineering in Roberta College for fall? Oh…"I sprung up from the bed though, before he could conclude that I was asleep. I was riddled with joy as I left the bed and ran to him, only stopping in front of him to ask,"Please tell me that this is not one of your expensive jokes…" I snatched the file he had in his hand away and started to check it out. He was grinning as he said, "Y
AIDENHer hormones were acting up. Since that day her ex boyfriend—whom I still wanted to gut his throat, by the way—brought her back to me, she was hornier than ever.She claimed it was the pregnancy hormones and would not stop touching me in public because of it. Whenever I refused to touch her before going to work, she would use a vibrator and went the video to me all of sudden, while I was WORKING.Not that I was complaining, I loved this side of her as much as I loved other sides of her. Persy has always been stubborn, it was nothing surprising at this point.The thing was that, I had met our doctor a day after she came back to check her vitals and he confirmed that she and the baby were doing well, but he warned us still, to lay low for sometime to avoid any casualties. He was seeing sone little issues, but if we could just hold on with sex for sometime, it would not be so difficult to handle.It was punishment, but anything for her safety. Persy had heard the doctor as well, bu
PERSYWe slept on the couch, but I woke up on my bed. I had a full smile on my face as my eyes met with the morning sun. I was never a morning person, but I could understand why I was smiling so hard today. Finally. Finally, I was going to meet Aiden again, it almost felt surreal, it felt like years since I last saw him… all I wanted was to sneak into his arms and stay there for as long as I could, away from everything…I sat up on the bed with much effort and stretched, yawned… all of that.Without asking or bothering to check, I knew that it was Trevor who had laid me on my bed. He would always do that when I fell asleep on a place I was not supposed to and so without question, I knew that this was him, too.Knowing that Trevor had a busy schedule most of the time, I hurried off the bed and ran towards the shower to get myself ready for the visit to Aiden.It was the quickest shower I had ever taken, and the quickest that I had sourced for clothes as well.I wore the first choice,
PERSYWe talked at length. I had never seen Mr Bates so emotional. He seemed so sorry for all he had gone to his children, for how he was attempting to ruin their lives.I did nothing other than stare at him as he relayed his apologies to me, convincing me over and over to come back with him. I looked outside the window, mesmerized by the fire now. It was almost evening, and the sky was so beautiful. Everything about this place was so serene, I had dreamt of giving birth to my child here so many times, I did not think I was ready to give up that dream yet."I am sorry, Mr Bates, I have to give birth to my child here first. Aiden is doing very well for himself, I see it in so many pictures and videos of him. He can continue to do well without me on his side, I mean, I never went to college! What could I possibly add to the growth of your company?" I questioned the man but he shook his head with a tight smile on his face."You do not seem to understand me, do you? I have said that I do
AIDENI had just finished reading a letter from my supposed dead brother and just like that, my mood was ruined. I glared at the letter so hard, it should have disappeared into thin air already. He had given me a serious warning in there, telling me to stop looking for me or he would look for Persy and make me regret it. To show me he was not making empty threats, the man attached a picture to his message.It was a picture of Persephone staring outside a window, smiling hard at the view outside. Fuck, I missed her so much… always so damn happy about the littlest things, it made me want to give her the world.Only the upper part of her showed in the picture and at the back of the paper was written; Oops, already found her. You should get off my back, boy, unless you do not really care about her like that?…I slammed the paper back on my desk, my face masked with a blinding rage. My eyes were no doubt, filled with anger at the moment, I knew that whomever crossed me in the next hour wa
PERSY I stared at my baby bump in the mirror, as little droplets of water dripped down my body. Yeah, that was not water but dirty, yucky sweat from trying to exercise all morning. Later on, I would resume marketing my products which were jewelries and makeup products that I advertised online.The accessories did not need my face or body, which was why I chose this line of business and so far, it was doing pretty well. I made enough sales to get myself what I needed and not having to touch the money I had set aside for college.I would be lying low in the meantime, until I was sure that the backlash I would be getting from social media would not be enough to pull my brand down.Sometimes, social media could just be so vicious. It was a great tool for business advertisement but once the people on Social media crossed you off, it would be pretty hard to get on their good side again.For now, they were torn between liking me or hating me. Most people said I was a cheapskate and gold di
AIDEN"Sir! Sir!" I turned at once, wondering if it was indeed me that the entire board directors waited for to speak. When they all kept staring at me in silence, I got the message and cleared my throat as I began,"Uh… what are we speaking on again? Can someone remind us, please?"They stared wordlessly at me for a couple of minutes until Greg cleared his throat and offered, "You said you had a proposition for us and would speak on it as soon as we were done giving our opinions on the new partners."Oh, that.I offered them a weak smile and sat up, beginning to engage them on what they wanted.When the very awkward meeting was over, I went back to my office at once, planning to just take my car keys and other essentials so I could leave this place.It had been more than two months now since Persy left me, and I had been a shadow of myself since then. It did not help that on the day she left, there were pictures flying all over the internet of her caught hugging Trevor so tightly.I
PERSY"He hardly even hesitated or anything! It was like he had been expecting this news for a long time! You need to see how he passed the papers to me so I would sign, I almost cried right there but I just had to hold myself until I came back. It just seemed like I was signing divorce papers… but isn't this also similar? This just means that I will not have anything to do with Aiden anymore, until God knows when." I relayed to Trevor who sat on the edge of my bed while I sat, lying against the headboard.He was listening attentively; a skill which I never guessed that he had in him. I continued, "You know, I thought I knew true love before… um, when I met you. But it just turns out that we had been playing with each other. We had both been using each other for what we had to offer, and nothing more. With Aiden, it is so much different. I can feel his love from a distance, I try to hate him and stay away from him but I am only killing myself the more I do. I do not know if my love f