PERSYIt was with big, fat tears tolling down my cheeks that I blocked Aiden's number. I blocked his number alongside every other person I knew through him. His parents were included, of course.I kept hitting my chest as I stayed under a familiar bridge and cried my eyes out. I covered my face up as usual. I had a really big scarf which actually came in handy now. I covered my face with it, just so the nosy paparazzi would not make a feast out of my misery. Of course, I had changed out of my work clothes.I threw on a really big gown which came down to my feet instead. I fucking hated this. The first thing I would be doing after I had managed to calm down a bit was book a plane and leave the country. Everything about this place would keep reminding me of him, and it was the last thing I wanted. I needed to leave this place before I would go crazy from thinking so much."I hate this. I hate this so much." I muttered to myself as I cried into my arms which rested on my knees. I was si
PERSYI woke up to a loud knock on my door—was that Aiden? Was I late for work?I sluggishly opened my eyes to make out what was happening, but then I jerked up on seeing mu surroundings. Where was I? I asked myself, placing a hand on my forehead as if that would help me recall anything."Where am I?" I asked myself in a whisper before finally realizing…Fired, purse stolen, hotel room…The memories hit me in an orderly sequence, but before I could dwell on the heart-wrenching memories, the heavy knock on the door resounded again, causing me to sit up straighter on the bed, running a hand through my hair."Who is it?" I asked, trying to form the same weird accent I used last night when I spoke to the receptionist."Room service."I groaned inwardly. What the hell did they want? I mean, I did not need any service now, just needed to sleep. My stomach chose that exact time to grumble in protest, and I stood up instantly, heading to the door.I did not forget to cover up with my scarf an
AIDEN"I have also met her, told her Kassie would not be working for us any longer but she still would not budge. Are you really sure she loves you as much as you say? I mean, she refused me immediately I opened my mouth." Pops explained, standing in front of my work desk right across me. I said nothing in response, just typed away in my laptop like he was not there. I had since left his companies, and was now working in one of my own—a wine production company, actually, with a few branches in some selected countries.I was focusing on DenBates Wine from now onwards. Oh, and ways to get Persy back as well."Aiden. You do not have to leave my business completely. Do you know the implications of what you are trying to do? All for a measly woman? What does she have to offer?" He asked, and I looked up at him with a warning look in my eyes, still saying nothing though. He should know by now, how much I hated it when anyone tried to badmouth my woman. He really should watch his mouth, be
PERSYI slowly brought my hand down and let him get the butter up there for me. I tried to move after that but he did not let me, instead, he trapped me in his hold with two arms placed on either sides of the counter."Leave me alone." I spoke, making sure my voice was as unbothered as I wanted it to be. He did not, though.He just hummed against my ear and then said, "Why would I do that? I've missed you so much, do you know that?"I said nothing, just tried to wiggle out of his hold again, but he pressed harder against me so I could feel his manhood so vividly against me now. The feel alone brought back memories, and even almost brought me to my knees right then, but I held myself and repeated in a firmer voice, "Leave me alone, Aiden." After saying that, I elbowed him in the stomach and with a low grunt, he moved back a few paces. I turned around and grabbed my bread alongside the butter, running off at once."Persy. Persy. Persephone!"I did not dare turn back, just ran and did n
PERSYAt this point, I had no idea what I was doing anymore. I just… followed the random thoughts in my head, I guess. Today, I was wearing a really tight dress which was actually corporate, but showed off all my curves. It stopped a little below my knee, though. For my face, I slapped on a little make up, planning to look as unbothered as I possibly could. I even did my hair, all that.I did not know what exactly I was planning to achieve, all I knew was that I wanted... I wanted Aiden's attention. I wanted to avoid him, but still, I wanted him to notice me. No, I needed him to notice me.Last night, I got another text, almost as soon as I got the first. Kassie would also be working in Aiden's company. It was some kind of ploy by Aiden's father to let the public know, or rather, think that there was no bad blood between Kassie and me.Personally, I already knew that this was such a bad idea, but who was to I oppose? Instead, I would just settle on avoiding trouble with Kassie as muc
PERSY"I'm not sucking your dick." I started as firmly as I could and turned to try to open the car door, but it would not budge. Believe me when I said I was at the verge of tears, but somehow, just somehow, I was still itching to have his dick in my mouth.I turned back to face him when the door would not budge, with a frustrated look on my face. He only raised a challenging brow at me.I settled on resting against my seat and crossing my arms around my chest. He would not be forcing me into sucking his dick, I told myself with all the courage I could possibly possess in that moment.He sighed, "Been starving without you, doll. I need to be inside of you so badly, you have no idea how much I need you right now.""I do not care." I shouted at him, but I did. I needed him so badly I could cry from how much I wanted him."A kiss, then. I will not force you to do what you do not want to, but give me a kiss, or I will take it." He settled, and I wanted to tell him that he was also techni
AIDENShe started going to work without me. I do not even get as little as a kiss anymore. Slams the door in my fave when I try to talk to her. To an extent, I actually deserve that.I decided to let her be for a few days, give her some space, that is. I unfroze her account immediately she got back and I had been monitoring the account ever since. Persy, for a while now had been moving the money in her account to another account. I did not quite pay attention to it, in fact, I simply interpreted it go be that she wanted financial freedom, like, a situation whereby I would not be involved in whatever she wanted to do with her money.I had sent two hundred thousand dollars into her account, even if she never failed to remind me in little words and actions that our contract had expired. Call me bloody delusional or whatever, but I believed that Persephone would come around. She would eventually realize that there was no one else in this world for the both of us. I was too busy with th
PERSYI left Aiden's office, saying a prayer in my mind that I did not meet Kassie anywhere near my office. A lot if people had already began to look at me funny, the moment I left Aiden's office.This time, the people in this company were actually the worst. They did not only watch and make comments amongst themselves, they went as far as asking questions about any rumor like it was some kind of right they had.They would bring me coffee in my office, then take a seat against my will and try to lock me in a conversation where if I was not smart enough, I would be spilling my entire life's history.I hated the fact that they found it so hard to face their business, I hated it so much that today, I turned to where they were lined up and stuck a tongue at them.I was already running away to continue my walk of shame to my office when one of them stuck out a tongue at me in return. I gasped, and stopped in my tracks, ready to start up a catfight if need be, because I was not too fed up w
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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