“You are here,” Ariella said as she stood up and watched Kelvin walk towards them with his hands shoved inside the pockets of his suit pants.“Hannah was here,” Kelvin said when he got to them.It wasn’t a question but a statement. Mariam and Ariella shared a look before Ariella replied.“Yes, Hannah was here.”“And what did she say she wanted?” “She found out you were the one who got me pregnant. She came to warn me to stay away from you because you belonged to her,”“I don’t belong to anybody. She asked you to stay away, how?”Ariella shrugged, “I don’t know. Maybe you should ask her since the both of you are—” “Ariella,” Mariam called, stopping her from completing her sentence.“What?” Kelvin asked Mariam with raised brows, “Let her finish it. I want her to,”Ariella sighed, “Don’t worry about what I was going to say. She just asked me to stay away from you,”Kelvin looked like he was going to push and insist that she complete her sentence that she left hanging but thought better
They were up and arranging their luggage to leave the next morning and the ones they couldn’t take with them at that time so as not to miss their flights were left behind. According to Kelvin, someone would pack it up and send it over for them.The flight back home was very quiet except for when Ariella had to throw up because of the smell of the plane and then the food that was served. And also when Mariam was having a little conversation with Ariella.“My manager who was even calling to ask that I extend my vacation is suddenly all over me and telling me she has a lot of things planned out and that I won’t be free until a very long time. What’s wrong with her? Why do I suddenly have my plate full when it was not like this two days ago?” Mariam complained as she glared at her phone. “She told me this last night and I’m in a piss poor mood,”“Uhmm, maybe she accepted all the jobs that came in last night after she heard that you were coming back. You like the job, why are you suddenly
“Ariella, you know that you can talk to me, right? You can tell me if there is anything wrong with you,” “What?” Ariella spun around, surprised to see Gladys standing behind her. They were done with dinner, Kelvin left halfway for his conference call and Mariam was on a phone call in the living room. Ariella decided to go to her room first. She did not even notice that Gladys was following her.“The reason you suddenly decided to come back home. There is one, right?”Ariella shook her head, “No need to worry too much. I just missed home, so I decided to come back. It’s not just a decision I made on a whim, I’ve had the thought for weeks.”Gladys eyes roved over Ariella’s face, and she tried not to show any emotion that was not happiness. Gladys was satisfied after a while so she nodded, “That is great. I’m so happy that you are back home now. No need to worry if you are doing alright or eating well over there because you are here now, I will know about everything. If you are not ok
Kelvin flinched as if he had been hit. He was taken aback, “What do you mean by I’m still meeting Hannah behind your back?”“Why was Hannah in that restaurant? What was she even doing in that country when she had no jobs there?” She has already gone too far to stop. Might as well just confront him about it.“Are you asking me? How am I supposed to know,” he was surprised by her question.“How are you supposed to know?” Ariella asked with a sneer, “Do you want to tell me that if we check it, we won’t find out that the both of you left this country together and in the same plane or maybe a different one so that nobody will see you guys together and post the picture online,”“Ariella, before you hurl accusations at me, you should think carefully about it,”“What is there to think carefully about? Are you or are you not still meeting with Hannah behind my back then coming to tell me to not worry about her even when she came to your house to threaten me to stay away from you and claiming t
Kelvin calmly walked inside her room, dressed in a black long sleeved shirt tucked in dark pants. His hair was gelled and slicked back, exposing his handsome face. Ariella could not help it, she lost focus as she continued to stare at him.“You are not done?” Kelvin asked as he watched her hair come down on her face.“Uhm, sorry but I’m not dressed yet. I thought you were Maria,” Ariella gave an awkward laugh as she caught herself. She glanced at the door hoping that Maria would come in and save the moment but Maria was nowhere to be found.Kelvin gave her a slow smile, “I can wait. We are not in a hurry. We can leave anytime you are done, so take your time.”“Alright,” Ariella continued to look at him, expecting him to walk out so she could continue to arrange her hair, but he just stood there and continued to watch her with dark eyes.“What?” Kelvin asked with raised brows when she continued to look at him without making any moves to arrange her hair that was all over her face.He r
Seeing Ariella again was euphoric he decided to ask that they go on a walk. He was glad when for the first time she opened up to him and they talked. He was supposed to always be around after that time but his friends and business partners found out he was around, they all wanted to catch up and also talk business with him so he became so busy.He did not know which was worse, conducting business he did not plan for or hearing that Arialla was still sleeping when he was leaving in the morning or that she had gone to bed by the time he woke up.The day he was finally free, he had to take her to the hospital because of her swollen feet and the fact that he mistakenly made her slip and fall in the bathing tub. He did not have much to complain about because he got to see her naked for the first time. Well, it was not supposed to be the first time but their first time together, though it was wonderful, he did not see her naked body and thought she was someone else. That one does not count
Realizing just how close they were to each other, Arialla jerked back but that was a mistake on her part because she stepped on her dress with her high heels and stumbled backward. Her eyes widened in horror and her hands shot out to look for something to grab and she ended up grabbing the lapels of his jacket at the same time his hand wrapped around her waist and he drew her to her former position. Only this time she was closer. The only space between them was the one created by her baby bump.Kelvin brought his head down until his lips were closed to her ear, “What are you trying to do? You were going to hurt yourself. Why are you running away?” Her hot breath fanned her ear and she could not help but shiver.“I’m not running away,” her voice was low and less audible“Could have fooled me,” his mouth brushed her against her ear as he spoke and Kelvin could not resist the urge to close his teeth around the soft flesh.Ariella’s hold on his jacket tightened as his sharp teeth sank i
Why did he even bother to even bring her out to dinner if he was going to forget about her existence? She thought that the pressing of his phone would stop once they got down from the car but she was mistaken because he continued to do so even after they were seated and had placed their orders.She peered at him from under her lashes and her anger spiked up when she realized that he was now on a call. His food has gone cold by now.Arialla wanted to snap at him, tell him to drop his phone and have the dinner he invited her for but she reasoned that what he was doing might be a business that was more important to him than having dinner with her . The food was good and it smelled nice, she did not feel like throwing up or anything. I’m fact, she was enjoying herself. Ariella had nothing to complain about except for the behavior of the man sitting opposite her.She wished he would drop his phone and focus on dinner, talk and tease her like he did in her room before they got here. She h