Julian and Eva relaxed on the bed after a long bath. Eva leaned on his chest. Julian crossed his arms on her back. There was a long silence in the room. "I like the environment," Eva whispered. "I know you do. Are you hiding anything from me?" Julian asked. "I don't like the culture," Eva said, ignoring his question. "Why do you hate their culture?" "They have very close-knit families and most of the decisions they take revolve around their families. I wouldn't want anyone making decisions for me," Eva responded. "Close-knit families?" "Yes, like a joint family where the father, mother, kids, their spouses, and grandchildren all live under the same roof." "No, things have evolved to a great extent with a mass exodus of Indians to cities, in search of employment. Joint families are prevalent mainly in rural India and in small cities. Here in Mumbai, I don't think things like that exist. Eva, you need to take a short nap before the time," Julian said, lowering her carefu
All the people in the dining room lifted their gazes and looked in the direction of a figure that stood behind them. Her sudden appearance and gentle voice were accompanied by a prolonged and general silence as she tried to recall Eva's face. Eva's heart began to beat harder than it had ever beaten. "What about him? Do you recognize him? Does he look like someone you have seen anywhere?" Dr. Viraj asked, pointing at Julian who had his surprised eyes fixed on Sophia. Sophia lowered her gaze to look in the direction he was pointing at. Her shuddering was apparent as she locked her gaze with him. She began to move backward slowly, taking one step at a time. "Sophia," Dr. Viraj called. "Please…don't… don't…don't talk to me! Everyone thinks I'm crazy! You joined them!""I did not," Dr. Viraj said quietly, trying to calm her down. "You think I'm crazy right? When I was going around the hospital telling people that I want to see my son, no one believed me because I forgot his name. They
"The name keeps popping up in my head. I have tried to recall who she is, but I couldn't. Do you know her?" Sophia asked Julian who fixed his surprise gaze on her. Julian wanted to know what she recalled before responding to her question. He did not want her to see Eva as her enemy. "Aside from her name, what else did you remember?" Julian asked coldly. "Nothing, just her name.""Okay," Julian said and kept quiet. "Do you know her?" Sophia asked anxiously, fixing her gaze on him."Yes""Who is she?" "She is my wife.""The girl that came with you?" "Yes""What business did I have with her?" Sophia frowned a bit. "You were once her maid. You served her.""Oh, you said before. Did things go well between us? Did I serve her well?" "I'm sure you did. If you didn't, she wouldn't have become my wife.""I want to see her," Sophia said as though she was not satisfied with the answer he gave her. "Mom, you will talk to her later," Julian said. "Julian, you are not going back to Sydney,
"Eva, I want to talk to him, would you mind?" Dr. Viraj who just walked up to them said standing with his hands in his pocket. Eva looked at him and shook her head. "Okay, he will be with you shortly," he said. Eva took her hands off Julian and began to walk toward the courtyard. "Your mom loves her, despite what she did to her," Dr. Viraj said, sitting beside him. "Ye, she has always loved her." "How well does she control her anger now?" "Pretty well, I haven't seen her disturbed. Her father said she changed after the incident.""Well, Sophia has forgiven her, if not I really do not like what she did. I was a bit mad when she told me all she remembered.""Wait…did she remember everything?" Julian asked, sitting slightly up."Everything, but she did not want to tell her how much she recalled. She doesn't want her to feel bad. I have been wondering…why did you marry her? How did you fall for your enemy?" "My intention was to destroy her. I wanted to make her more miserable than
Eva sat behind her flower garden as soon as she got into their bedroom. She missed the garden as though she had been away for a whole week. She began to smile as she touched the gorgeous blooms. She remembered how successful their trip was, and a smile curved her lips. Julian took the small luggage she left in the middle of the bedroom to the closet after staring at her with a smile on his face. He came out again and walked towards her and lifted her. "Sweetheart, we need to bathe. We are going to switch our phones off again tonight. I want to spoil you," Julian whispered his hot breath into her ear. Eva grinned and shrugged. "What are you going to do?" Eva asked turning around to face him. "We are going to have a spa night. It is going to start with candlelight, a bubble bath, and then a massage. We are going to play soundscape music with just candlelight." "We are going to take turns giving each other a massage and then become one flesh," Eva added. The pit of her stomach chu
"Oh, thank God he is here," Molly said taking a seat beside her handbag. Julian walked toward his wife and stood beside her as they read the news in the Newspaper. "Which of your siblings shared these pictures on the internet?" Eva muttered. "Rohan is quite active on social media. I think he did," Julian said with a lower tone. "Mia looks good here," Julian grinned. "Sweetheart, I'm hungry," Julian said taking the Newspaper from her. "Did you send in an order?" Eva asked. Julian shook his head as he walked towards a sofa. "Give me one of my favorites," Julian said. Molly stared at them with surprise. She probably didn't believe her daughter could cook. "Alright," Eva said and walked away. She already knew why her mom came. "Mom, you can find your way when you are done with him. Just in case you want to know, I'm not interested in whatever you want to discuss with him.""Oh, dear, you are, definitely," Molly said deeming her eyes. "I believe you have seen today's news headlines
Julian dropped Eva off in front of her father's pharmaceutical company before heading to the training ground. She wanted to see her father. He was her confidant right from when she was a child. Eva glanced at her wristwatch when the elevator door opened. Her father went to his office at 10:am every day and the time was 9:45 am. She thought about going home to meet him, Eva changed her mind and stepped into the elevator and was swallowed by its stainless steel walls. She grinned when she recalled how her dad sang and hum the elevator music each time he was in the elevator. She stepped out at the last level and walked straight to her dad's office. She was surprised her dad was already in the office. His eyes shot out in surprise when she walked unannounced. "Lollipop! You didn't tell me you were coming." Richard said, dropping the pen he was holding and pulling his glasses off. "Good morning dad," Eva grinned. "What happened? Did she embarrass you?" Richard asked. "I was quite emb
Julian drove into his mansion and pulled over behind the stadium. There were about fifteen policemen around the mansion. Rachel was standing behind one of the police, sharing what she saw with him. A few newsmen were allowed into the mansion by his logistics manager. They ran up to him as soon as he got down from the car. The security men that came with him bared them immediately. One of the policemen took Julian to a car that was behind. There was blood everywhere. "A heart monitor strip has been run. I'm sorry Mr. Hampton, she is dead," the policeman said, uncovering a body that was covered with a white piece of cloth. "She will be transferred to the morgue."Julian left the policeman immediately and walked toward Rachel to find out exactly what happened. Rachel's clothes were soaked with tears. She ran to Julian and held him tight. "Julian, I'm going back to the United Kingdom tomorrow, I'm scared," Rachel wept. "What happened?" Julian asked. "She was shot twice on the head i