I was getting to know my new colleagues and mentor when the phone rang. It was my first day of work so the secretary brought me around the office to introduce me, along with the other two interns- Estelle and Marvin. After the introduction we were sent to our new workstation and that's where I got to know some of my colleagues further. "Excuse me," I smile to them as I take out my phone, the name Parker is pasted on the screen. Huh? Why is he calling me? Is it about the kids? "Hey Parker," I bring myself to a corner for privacy. "Good morning, Miss Evie. Are you free for a chat now?" "Uhh, yeah, I guess. Maybe for a minute or two." I look around to ensure none of my colleagues are watching me; I don't want to leave a bad impression as the intern who's always on the phone since her first day. "Alright, I just wanna know if you're free this afternoon? For lunch?""Oh." It's been a while since we have lunch together. The last time we did was when I handed over the documents for the
His mother has been introducing me to all of her friends that pass by us. My cheeks seriously hurt from the continuous smile I flashed to those people I swear I am this close to investing myself with botox, at least it will make my face permanently smiling eventhough it looks fake. And Augustine, oh God. Enough with the staring already! He doesn't do much, just providing his arm for me to attach myself to him. Though whenever I talk to his Mom's friends, he'd stare at me again making me uncomfortable. "Do I have something on my face? Is it my make up?" I finally ask him when we are alone. His mom is off to the back stage to prepare for the next agenda. "You've been staring." I say it out loud when he makes an expressionless face that I feel the need to explain. "Is it my hair?" I ask as I touch my half updo, "Or my lipstick? Is it my lipstick? My make up?" "Yeah.""Really? Shit." I freak out then look around for a restroom sign. I knew it, it must be something on my face. If not
I've been saving money my entire life but today, I bought so many things I think I've used up three quarter of my first salary as an intern. I purchased two single beds and arranged for them to be placed at the room that used to house the two cribs from when the twins were newborns. I don't know how am I gonna persuade Augustine into letting them spend the night here but I'll think about that later, let's just prepare the room first. I also bought a few outfits for work since it's getting colder and the ones I own are not appropriate for work. Like right now when I thought it won't be this cold that I don a sleeveless grey dress only to have goosebumps all over me on the way home- remind me to put a cardigan or something in the bag from tomorrow onwards. I cover my mouth when I sneeze two minutes after walking from the subway station to the penthouse. Damn it, please don't be sick please don't be sick. I've only worked for a month now I don't want to take any leave at all if it's p
"You still keep my name." She murmurs as she inspects my arm, lying on her front with her naked ass fully on display. I thought about covering her name with another tattoo, I even researched about tattoo removal when she left two years ago, but when I'm at the ink shop I can't allow myself to do that. Because I promised us back then that I will only do it when I really don't have any feelings for her, for the fact I still love her like I've been this whole time. "Mason, Amelia." She reads the name under hers as she traces her index finger on it. I can see the smile curved on her face, which brings me to smile as well. "There's still space here." She finally turns to me then lies on her side, putting her head on my biceps. "No, we're good with three names." I kiss her briefly then pull her closer. This feels so surreal, to have my wife back, for good. All this while I've been worried, if she's gonna leave me again, if everything will end the moment four years is up. But I've fina
Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. We had an amazing firsts with all those and now, I feel like I'm the luckiest man to have such a perfect family. Everyday when I wake up she's the first person I see. And every night when I close my eyes, she's the last person I see. I will definitely not get tired of this sight, because she is the best thing to ever happen in my life, even after all that happened. Because those things made me realise how much I love her, no matter what. "Happy anniversary, Sweetheart." I kiss her eyes as soon as I wake up. It's been four years, and I still love her like I had even before I knew about the lies. She stirs, definitely refusing to wake up since we celebrated our anniversary till 3 last night. Or morning, uhh whichever fits. "I love you," I kiss her eyes again, making her groan."Stop it, I wanna sleep." We did ship our kids to Maddy since New Year, so she has all the time in the world to catch up with her sleep. There's nobody to shout at 7
Everything gets easier after you've had some practice. And that includes being constantly abandoned by my now ex-wife. It's like a walk in the park, even after the three months bliss in disguise. Mimi has completely moved on after a year, but Mason sometimes still question why did his mother leave when she promised to continue the superhero bedtime story, the night when everything crumbled. The next day after the whole thing happened, I contacted my lawyer to proceed with the divorce. It took three months to finally settle everything including the custody of the twins. I've gotta say having money is a huge advantage at speeding the procedure, because I couldn't wait to remove her from our life. The day everything was settled, I asked Jordan to pull out all the bodyguards stationed in London that's been guarding her since her first day there. If she gets kidnapped for ransom, well bad news for the bad guys because she's no longer my wife. She's not a Knight anymore. You can murder h
I admit I wasn't just giving a hypothetical question, because I already bought the flight ticket. I was also very confident with my relationship with Augustine, that's why I dare to ask him that, so much as to buy the ticket without him knowing. Because the entire three months we were together, he had been nothing but accommodating and perfect. He didn't mind if I needed to stay late at work to meet my deadlines, he was even calm and composed if I somehow struck his nerve. He was really trying to make our relationship work. After he stormed out of the restaurant, I took a cab to the penthouse but he wasn't there. My babies who're supposed to be sleeping in their room at the back were also gone. I called Maddy to ask for his home address, I didn't care anymore about our whole acting or lying to the family, because I desperately needed to tell Augustine I want him, I want this family, I fucked up. But Maddy wasn't answering the phone, nor William, or even his parents. Nobody answer
"Hey Gia." I hear somebody called Gia's name when I was vacuuming the floor so I immediately stop the noisy machine and turn towards the voice. A red haired lady dressed in a tight fitting dress seems to be surprised once she sees my face so I grin, "Gia's on leave today. I'm replacing her." "Oh." She nods then approaches me with a smile on her pretty face. I've been cleaning houses lately but this morning the agency called for Gia's replacement hence the appearance of yours truly. "We ordered a lot of food for the meeting but I don't think those big bosses are gonna eat them. They will probably go out to dinner once the meeting is over. Or NOT over by the looks of it." She rolls her eyes once she glances at the watch on her wrist. It's almost 9pm."Anyway, I put them at the pantry. Have some, or take all of them if you want to, but do clean up before you leave, okay?" I nod, smiling at the thought of having food till the end of the week. I wonder what food are those? If I can f