Ettiene"If I've never made him come then explain how I'm pregnant."Every single fibre in my body constricted. The air I was breathing was too much but at the same time not sufficient.My eyes glanced to Ariel but no reaction came from her for a while.After a long pause with a victorious smile from Myra,a moment of panic from my side and nothing at all from Ariel,Ariel spoke. "How long?""What?–ah that,five weeks."That is one whole of a pregnant lie. No pun intended."Make sure to invite me to the baby shower. I'll bring lots of gifts." She brushes past her but just enough to be standing by her side. "Also,let me be the godmother. I'm a good role model and I promise not to steal the father."I watched her body as she strode past me,her perfume tingling my nose even after she had moved from my frontal viewThe door locked softly behind us but not before she said, "I pray it turns out with better features than you two have. If not, I'll be disappointed and horrified.""What was tha
Desdemona"Molly." I dragged on her name but she remained unbothered."If you want to go to that park then you'll need to wear something appropriate for a park not a swimsuit." I snatched the cloth from her hand.She frowns and runs from her room,calling Kevin.They come back with her In his arms."No Kev,she is not wearing that."She chuckles and head to the closet only to pull out the exact same clothe,only in a different color."Kev…" Now I sound like I am whining.He says nothing. Proceeds to dress her up "Now what do you say we add something classy to it?"Molly's eyes glimmer with excitement."That's my girl with an amazing fashion sense."He pulls the dress I was fighting her to wear. Not a minute later they are done.Molly runs out of the room to go search for her shoes in Kevin's room. I can't tell what they are doing there.Without her presence o let out a loud sigh and pinch my nose bridge."See babe,dealing with kids don't always have to be hard.""You have a blood for t
Ettiene"Mommy?" The little girl called in a sweet voice."Mommy?" I repeated in confusion. I turn to face Ariel. "Mommy?" I ask with both my eyebrows raised.She rushed past me and squatted next to the child."Go say hi to my workmate." She stands and holds the child's hand."Hello good sir." She greets with a cute bowBefore I could reply,Ariel snaps, "don't call him good. He is not good." She spoke as she guided her back to the arms of the man who stood at a distance observing us"Here,babe. Take Molly to the car and go get her some icecream.""Yaay! I'm going to get my icecream clothes." Molly exclaims in excitement and runs over to the other room.My eyes never leave the man's face. He narrows his eyes at me before the go wide. "Man,I now remember where I saw you from.""You are him." I state in a monotone."Him?"I ignore him and face Ariel. "Him?" I scoff. "You chose him over me?"Ariel frowns for a second before breaking into laughter. "There is no you,Ettiene." He walks over
Chapter 23DesdemonaThe men in the room glared at me,their nostrils flaring. Veins popped on some of their forehead. One of them actually had his fist balled on top of the desk."No one is getting demoted." Ettiene argued."Ams why is that?""We have worked to ensure our whole team is as productive as hell. We can't just let go of them like that.""How productive are they?"Silence."What do you use to measure their productivity?" None of them replies."Good. I'll send over the lost after I go through everyone's performance. Anything else?" My eyes settle on each one of them.Some ignore my eyes and others meet my gaze to make sure I do not miss the resentment they feel towards me."If so then I'll excuse myself." "Don't play this game,Ariel. Don't go down this path.""Don't worry,I won't end up like your company." I reply with a smile.I look over to Ettiene one more time and the look on his face is enough for me to go through the rest of my month.My phone rings just as I stepped
Ettiene"Tell me you are joking." It takes all the self control I've learnt throughout the years to not raise my voice.No reply."Myra," I force her name out. "Myra," I call again.She sets her cutlery down and lifts her head. She blinks and offers me a tiny smile that sets every muscle in me on fire."I had to."My eye muscles twitched. *You,you had to?" I ask in disbelief. "Had to?!""Yes, Ettiene,had to. I'm just buy a woman who has to save her marriage. Every other married woman out there would have done the same."I breath I'm deeply and let out air through my mouth. My finger points out the door as if what I was going to talk about next was over there. "That video,that could ruin her life.""That's exactly why I did it." She yells flaring her hands around."What?""Don't think I don't see how you look at her. I also don't miss how she looks at you.""You have no right to be jealous.""I have every right to be jealous." Her voice is still higher than mine. "You are my husband.
DesdemonaMother nudged David. "Tell her,"I sit upright and put the magazine I was going through down. My eyes shifted from him to her. "Tell me what?""We are planning on celebrating our union." He explains. I nod. That's not bad. Everyone celebrates their union once in a while. Or many times at that.Wait. They don't mean,"A wedding?" My tone came out harsher than I had expected it to.Mother observes my face for a while then let's out a chuckle. "Yes,why do you look surprised? You knew it was coming.""You– don't you think it's too soon?"Mother waves me off. "You young people get married even after the first date.""Yes,but marriage is…huge!" I exlaimed."Yes," mother hums while coming around and taking my hands in hers. "Marriage is good. You get a partner to talk about everything to. Someone to cuddle with while you sleep and to help you I'm decision making. It's wonderful."I steal my hands from hers."First of all,it is not. Also," I face the back and yell, "Kevin.""Nope.
Ettiene "How about I show you."In a swift move,she was in my arms. My lips met with hers on a connected passionate kiss. I gave and she took. She gave and I tookMy arm wrap around her waist and I pull her closer to me. Needing her body in touch with mine. Craving the closure,her taste.I pull back a little. "I've missed you," I say breathlessly."I want to slap you. I Wang to slap you so hard but at the same time…" her thumb carreses my cheek. "I want you to kiss me again. Do it."I did not need any more command. I reconnect our lips in a more steamy kiss. I bit on her lower lip, earning a low moan.Her fingers dug into my hair and she pulled a little. My tongue boldly thrust into her mouth, asking and pleading for more of her. Her warm body pressed on mine and I was sure she could feel my hardness pressing against her.The kiss softened and want dissolved into need,her body melted into mine as she arched her back and hummed my name.I pulled back to watch her perfect face. Her che
DesdemonaFight or flight,my body chose the most useless response,freeze.Ettiene on top of me looked as relaxed as someone in this situation could possibly be.I could feel my eyes go wide. Whoever was standing on that door,I did not want to see their face. And I do not want them to see mine. So I sink I to the couch.Ettiene gives me a funny look when he notices my action."Get off." I whisper yell.He cocks his neck, looking at me like I had lost my mind to tell him that."She is busy." He states in a flat tone.Oh God,I can't go further into the couch and he is not helping."I can see that." I have never heard Kevin's voice that cold."Close the door on your way out.""Actually," his voice sounds way closer than it had before. "You are the one who will close the door on your way out." I glance to the other side and catch his eyes for a second. The way I turned my head to look away actually made my neck hurt."We have matters to discuss."I blink but don't dare to look at him."N