The weather was nice and particularly pleasant with the invigorating freshness of the morning frost in the air. Eva slowly pulled out of her husband's arms to avoid waking him up. She sat on the bed and fixed her eyes on the indoor flower garden. Julian pulled her back. "Do you ever get tired of staring at flowers?" Julian whimpered. Eva shook her head. "Good morning," she greeted. "Call your girls to make breakfast, I want you to stay with me," Julian said, holding her tight. "No," Eva grinned trying to break away from his tight grip. Julian let go of her. "I have much work today. I'm going work on the garden and stadium this morning before the sun comes out." "Eva, don't try it! Dave is going to send another landscaper. I talked to him yesterday." "Thank you, but I really don't like what you did to Rowan." "He disobeyed me. I warned him to stay away from you." "Julian, do you know you are a jealous husband?" Eva said with hands aki
Julian stood and watched her as she walked close to her. He put his hands on her shoulders to stop her from moving further and carrying out whatever plans she had. "Julian, I want you, please take me," Hazel said trying to move further. "I'm not in the mood for this, please, grab your towel," Julian said pointing at the towel she dropped on the bedroom floor. "Are you going out today?" Hazel asked. "No," Julian responded. "Good, we have enough time. Julian, I want you to spend the morning with me. We can have our breakfast on the bed, what do you think?" Hazel asked, her face beamed. "I'm going to take as much rest as my body needs. I shall resume training tomorrow." "Julian, you have been ignoring me. What did I do?" Hazel said, tilting her head. "Does she makes you happy more than I do?" "Hazel, please stop the comparison. You and Eva are not in any form of competition!" "Julian, we are now. We are competing for your attention. It is ob
"Eva, I'm sorry," Julian said, holding her head firmly on his chest. Eva relaxed and felt like staying there forever. Julian lifted her and lowered her down on the bed. He sat beside her and kept looking at her face. Eva threw her face away. "Tell me the price, I will pay," Julian muttered after what seemed like an everlasting silence. "Price for what?" Eva asked, still looking away. "Eva, I'm your first and I want to be your last. I don't want anyone to come in between. If a price is required before this can be achieved, I'm ready to pay it," Julian said, removing some strands of hair off her face. "Will you ever allow me to talk to your gender?" Eva asked. "No" "Why? You don't trust me?" Eva asked. Julian kept quiet and kept staring at her. "Give me a reason to trust you and I will trust even your shadow," Julian said. "What does she want?" Eva asked. Julian sat upright and took in a deep breath. She looked at her and at the new indoor
Honestly, Nora, you shouldn't be here," Eva said to Nora when they were ready to leave for the meeting. "Good morning, Julian," Nora greeted with a grin, ignoring her friend who was standing before her. "Good morning, Nora. How are you today?" "I'm good and you?" Nora asked. "I'm fine," Julian said and continued walking towards the entrance. "Are you going out?" Nora said loudly to call his attention to her question. "We are going out," Julian said, pointing at Eva and himself."Well, I don't mind going with you guys, do you?" Nora grinned. "Nora, please go home. You have no reason to be here," Eva said when Julian walked away without dropping an answer to her question. "Eva, if this is a joke, please stop it! What has come over you? This is the most stupid thing I have ever heard from you. Julian is my friend and I'm here to see him, not you! You have no right to stop me from coming here!" "Nora, please don't ever come here without my perm
"I'm not giving up on you, Julian. As long as I remain your wife, we will always be together," Eva said. Julian kept quiet. He was not entirely impressed with what she said. Eva looked into his eyes. "You don't believe me?" Eva whimpered. "Yes," he responded. "Why?" "I know you love him and you also made the same promise to him. I really wished you meant what you just said now, Eva," Julian said, melting his eyes into hers. Eva lowered her gaze. "I could not keep the promise I made to James because I….I…" Eva paused when she remembered how long James had waited and he was still waiting. Julian was right. She made a lot of promises to James. She never knew she would fail. She had surrendered her soul and body to Julian and there was nothing she could do to take her soul and body back. Tears covered her eyes. Eva quickly looked away. "It's okay, you know I hate to see tears in your eyes," Julian said, holding her head firmly on his shoulder. Eva
"Eva, what did she do, or tried to do?" Julian asked anxiously when he walked into the closet. "Where did you meet her?" She asked walking out of the closet as though she did not need an answer. Julian held her hand and drew her back. "Eva, what is going on?" He asked looking into her eyes, wishing she would tell him everything she knew. "It's almost time for lunch, I'll talk to you when I'm through," Eva said trying to break free from his grip. "We are eating out," Julian said. "What did she do, Eva? I need to know." "Where did you meet her?" Eva asked again. "Come with me," Julian led her to the chairs that were in the bedroom. "Sit," he said pointing at one of the chairs. Eva sat nonchalantly. "I met my Hazel through social media. I'm being blasted every day by some extremely unusual and rather x-rated messages including pictures of many women in nothing but what nature gave them. Brad spent a vast amount
"We are leaving for Mexico," Julian said. "Now!" Carlos asked. "No, tomorrow you are going with us." "What is going on?" Carlos asked. "This is Jack's residential address," Julian said, calling Carlos's attention to the paper he was holding. Carlos took the paper from him and went through it. He gave it back to him after reading. "Who is Jack?" Carlos asked. "The chauffeur that left with my mom's body. I want to see him and hear from him." "Are you sure he is in Mexico?" Carlos asked. "I'm not sure, but I must go. Who knows he might be there." "Have you applied for a tourist card?" Carlos asked. "She is working on it," Julian said, pointing at Eva. "Do you think he might have eloped with her?" Carlos asked after staring at Eva. "No, my mom can't leave this country without me.""Well, don't expect to see her in Mexico, but be happy you have started the journey. Have you booked a flight yet?" "Not yet. She will do it when is t
Eva tossed her phone on the dining table when she got to the kitchen. She really wanted to go out with Julian as she had not been going out often. Shortly after she dropped the phone, it began to ring. Eva pulled it closer and began to wonder why James was calling even though he knew Julian was monitoring her calls. She ignored the call and pushed the phone aside. The continuous ringing of the phone made her feel like switching it off. She grabbed the phone, and on second thought, she received the call. "James," Eva said. "Hi, honey," James said. His voice was quite cold. Eva felt so bad. She sat on the chair and held her lowered head with her right palm. "Nora left here now," James muttered. "She was here too.""You walked her out?" James asked. "Yes""Honey, she is your childhood friend, have you forgotten?""No""What is happening? She thinks you are falling for him. Is she right?" James asked. Eva kept quiet; she felt