SEBASTIAN **I had a great weekend with Sebastian, I think the beach house should become our own personal space. We just go there, away from everyone and everything.When I got back, Veronica was gone as she promised, she left a note saying how thankful she was.The cook confirmed they were together the whole time and she was completely different from how she has known her and she was really invested in trying out new recipes.I shrugged it all aside, whether or not she was faking it, it was all over now.My life was for the first time in a long time.... going very normal.I had a someone who was obsessed with me as much as I was obsessed with him... although it's a secret, it was still worth living for.Job was going great, my Dad said he was proud of me. I'm very close to becoming full time CEO.I'm in a temporary good relationship with my brother, something that hasn't happened in a very long time.Life was surprisingly good.But I still felt empty, I was craving something I hadn
she looked surprised, "Okay if it's worse than a stripper that means it's bad, but I'm not your father and I'm obviously not gonna judge you, you don't have to go into the details okay, I'm just here to support your love interest, so tell me about this special someone and why she's so special to you ".I love this woman, so much."Uhm, well I don't know what to say"."How long have you both been together?", she asked."9 months now I guess ", I said."Wow that's, that's crazy, wait you've been dating your this person while you were planning to marry that your fake Fiancee?"."She was totally fine with it"."Sebastian if you love this person so much why don't you just toss the odds aside and prove to your father that you are capable of making a life and family with this person and still have a successful career, you should do this if you truly love this person".Love?"I don't know if I love this person, how do you know if you love someone?",I asked her .She shrugged, "Well, it's like
she looked surprised, "Okay if it's worse than a stripper that means it's bad, but I'm not your father and I'm obviously not gonna judge you, you don't have to go into the details okay, I'm just here to support your love interest, so tell me about this special someone and why she's so special to you ".I love this woman, so much."Uhm, well I don't know what to say"."How long have you both been together?", she asked."9 months now I guess ", I said."Wow that's, that's crazy, wait you've been dating your this person while you were planning to marry that your fake Fiancee?"."She was totally fine with it"."Sebastian if you love this person so much why don't you just toss the odds aside and prove to your father that you are capable of making a life and family with this person and still have a successful career, you should do this if you truly love this person".Love?"I don't know if I love this person, how do you know if you love someone?",I asked her .She shrugged, "Well, it's like
We Spent the rest of the evening Looking at my childhood pictures until she got tired and went to bed.I went back to my old bed room, this place carried away too many memories.Both Good and bad. I remember the times I'd break down and cry over and over again because my father made it clear that I wasn't good enough.I will never go back there again. That's why lately I've been so less pressured, I don't care whenever he starts raging and complaining because to him you'll never be good enough.Well that's all over now.I went to my old table and looked under it.I use to keep letters, lots and lots of love letters from girls back then. No particular reason why but everytime I read them, it made me feel special to someone at least.Those letter weren't there anymore. Unbelievable. I tried moving the table completely. It wasn't there.I sighed, I thought I made it clear that nothing should be touched in this room?Then I noticed I tiny opening in the floor, like a crack. More like a li
SEBASTIAN **Timothy and I haven't spoken since that day, and it's been 3 days now, it's like we've been walking on Eggshells and trying to avoid each other. After I said the last sentence, he said I was crazy and I should please stop making him question his mother over things because now they're having a very distant relationship. But I knew Timothy, he wasn't crashing out because of any of that, he was crashing out because he wanted to know the truth and didn't want to find out. He's the curious type, he'd never let a case rest and if he does he'll crash out.He was really pissed and told me the pictures were messed up and he left the office. And he left with the birth certificate in his hand. meaning he knew I wasn't talking crazy, something was wrong somewhere.It was Friday again meaning I get to see My boyfriend. I was packing up to leave when Timothy came into my office."Dad wants to see you for a board meeting", he said casually and then left my office.The fuck? does thi
SEBASTIAN * * I've gone on 23 dates in the past two weeks and I have found not even one single woman slightly compatible. Not even one. You'll know the world is turning into a terrible place when Sebastian Greenwood can't find even one woman attractive. Models, fashion designers, Career women, CEO's, Politicians, Entrepreneurs, none of them works. Like it's terrible because I can't find any of them manageable, at all! They all have one irk, one even said she's a sex addict and doesn't think she'll follow through with the distance marriage thing and will definitely cheat. I said fine, you can do it low-key, that's fine, you can even have a little boyfriend as long as everything is kept a secret, and she said she can't do secret relationships, that if she cheats it's gonna be loud and that she's attracted to controversy. I tried thinking past Asher and decided to find out why I was attracted to my ex's. Truth was they all could fuck well, that was it. Nothing else. "Alright w
She rolled her eyes."Be serious, you didn't just drag me all the way here to pull a stupid prank on me"."Veronica's we're not joking. Okay my Dad is handing over the company to me in less than 2 weeks and he's going to give it to my evil cousin if I don't have a fiancee or wife before then, and the will also instructed that I have to marry that person and be with her for the next 5 years, after which we can divorce.I hate you but you're more tolerable than the other women I've met and been with, so 20 million yearly with supply of whatever you want to be my fake wife, no strings attached, you cannot catch feelings for me for any reason. You can cheat if you want to for all I care, have a boyfriend or whatever, but it must be out of sight completely. And you will cause no scandal at all", I stated."Oh wow you're actually serious"."Yes we are", we said in chorus."I'll... I'll have to think about it and discuss It with my lawyer ", she said."We've already contacted your lawyer and
ASHER **I'm getting ghosted again and that's not so terrible because I mean, it's worse than been kicked out completely right? right? right?????So tell me why ever goddamn news is about my boyfriend and my ex girlfriend???And it's different if they were spotted in places they weren't, this one was in very obvious places, like they wanted to be seen there. Which is crazy.I don't know what's going on and I'm loosing my mind because he's not talking to me.Okay he said they're getting closer and that's... that's fine really, as long as Veronica is out of my way I genuinely don't care.But him ignoring me completely? of course I'm loosing my mind."You okay?", Eric asked noticing I zoned out the 6th million time today.They came over to my place for some checkers and to finish up some projects we had."I'm fine", I mumbled."Well you're lying, clearly, and I low-key think you're having relationship issues".."Why would you say that?.""Cuz you've been checking your phone non stop fo
ASHER * * Sebastian mother was the nicest woman I had ever met and for a second, I legit forgot that I was here to find out about things. She couldn't stop talking about me and how much she loves that I was able to make Sebastian comfortable and bold enough to face his ruthless father and come out. She talked about her marriage with her husband and how cruel he was and apart from the money, one of the biggest reasons she chose to stay was because of her kids. She reminded me so Much about my own mother. Her's was mental abuse while my mother's was Physical. I genuinely felt so bad for her. Infact I was convinced that the real monster here if there was any was Belinda because this woman was too kind to be involved in anything shady. It was until Belinda came that I snapped out of everything and realized why I was really here. "What is he doing here?", Belinda asked not so pleased to see me. "I came into town and so I invited him for Lunch", she said nicely. Belinda rolled he
"What? no , look I already closed that chapter of my life already, I'm genuinely not interested in finding any lost sibling of mine"."I know Asher, it took you a while to move on from the whole thing but right now we need your help, things are far more complicated than it's looking", Timothy said."What's happening?", he asked.Timothy looked at me, I looked at him."We think somehow... one of us might be adopted from Graceville".Asher looked taken aback, "What?"."There's just way too many evidences, but then so many loopholes we can't just connect the dots"."Wait I'm confused, when do you mean one of you are from Graceville?"."There's a secret birth certificate of Sebastian, we managed to scan it properly and it had Graceville as the address. And I the picture of Sebastian's birth, my mom was there, but she wasn't pregnant, which is odd because.... I was born two months after him".Asher stared at both of us, startled."When did you guys... when did you start all these? when did
Before I came back to New York, I paid a short visit back to my mother's house to meet Nona.She was surprised to see me."Can you explain more on what you told me that day? about replacing my letters with more valuable informations"."Oh, it's just pictures of you and Timothy, I found them when they were renovation the house some months ago in the garage, didn't want it to be thrown away so I decided to keep them, for memory", she said calmly.But this wasn't the answer I was looking for, and deep down I felt like she knew the answers to everything,but she wasn't going to tell me."Is there... anything you wish to let me know?", I asked."Only that I wish the best for you", she said and then returned back to her daily activities.I left home more than confused, everything seemed to be crashing in my head.My relationship with Timothy was on a loose thread, the only thing that's keeping him around Is the company.We barely talk to each other unless it had something to do with work, de
SEBASTIAN * * * I genuinely didn't even know when or how we got back, but I woke up in Asher's arms. We had a pretty long night, I think we both got drunk and had a karaoke night, good thing it was just the two of us there. Whenever I was with him, I felt free, I didn't feel like I had to act perfect and pretend... my inner child always come alive when I am with him. "What time is it?", he asked rubbing his eyes sounding so sleepy and hungover. I looked at my watch. "Almost 10 am", I said. He sprung out of the bed, "Are for for real? fuck I have a class in like 40 minutes", he said grabbing his phone. He held his mouth, "28 missed calls from Eric?". I sat up. "Why is he calling you that much?". "We were supposed to go to the Superbowl last night remember? I Just ghosted him, Damn", he said calling him back. I rolled my eyes and laid back on the bed. "Hey.... I'm so sorry... Rea really sorry about last night, something very important came up ... yes it was very importa
I was emotional about today.. I turn 29 and I have zero accomplishments... this is definitely not how I had pictured my 29 years to be.And tomorrow would make it a year since I met Sebastian. I remember because Veronica forgot today was my birthday and then she said she would make it up to me by going on a date with me... one she constantly forgot about everytime.Maybe this year was gonna be different, because I was determined to be different, and I wasn't going back.The next morning I got a basket of gifts from GWM employees. I guess they never forgot my birthday. I called Lucy to thank her because I knew it was all her , we talked and caught up with each other.Maybe I would go for the Superbowl. At least I don't have to be sad and emotional today.I went to my mom's grave later that day, spoke to her for hours, cried at a point, reminded her how much I missed her so much and then I got home in the evening.Eric called reminding me of the Superbowl and I told him I was definite
ASHER **"There's no way I'm going to join you and your family for a celebration vacation of your Dad's death", I said for the 600th time."But my mom insists", he said."Look I get you, I really do and yes I do want to spend time with you, but there's no way I'll be comfortable there, I just won't. I would love to meet your mother again, she was so nice to me the other time, but right now no, I just can't "."It's gonna fall on your birthday, we can spend time there instead of reading books or whatever it is you do there", he said ."Babe don't worry about me I'll be fine I promise, go spend time with your family"."I want to spend time with you ", he said."Me too, but that'll be when you come back, I promise "."Fine", he mumbled."I love when you're like this, it's cute, we'll talk later okay? I gotta go now ", I said He groaned and then I blew him a kiss and cut the call.I went back to my project. I was sitting at the football mini stadium. Just a few people were there."Hey
At my Dad's funeral, I watched my mother cry her heart out, but get this... it's fake. Now I've seen her in her most emotional state, I've seen her cry I've seen her emotional, I've seen her Sad over the past few months because of my Dad's health. The day he died she showed zero emotions, she didn't cry , not even for a second. And now she's weeping at his grave but she doesn't even mean it, at all. It's so fake that it's scaring me. "Sebastian what's happening with mom?", Anthony asked coming to stand beside me. "I don't know", I mumbled. "I mean we're the ones that are supposed to fake the tears and she's doing that for us". "It's like she's happy he's dead, but she's putting on this show so people will sympathize with her", I said. "Hey I don't blame her, I mean if I were her and went through all those shits she went through, believe me even I will be happy ", he said. "Exactly, but we're not her, it's mom. This woman is obsessed with him, badly obsessed". "I think we sh
At 6:42 am, I got a call from the hospital. It was a call I expected a long time ago. I had lived this day in my head a couple of times but my reaction to the reality of it was different. My Dad was dead. Immediately I cut the call the first person I called was Anthony. Not to ask him how he was taking the whole news, not to ask him if he was ok, but to check up on my mom. She's been attached to this man all her life, she changed her entire identity just to become the person he would love to have as a wife. His eyes decisions became her decisions, his life became hers. Although my father never loved her, he only loved the ideas of having a woman like her. "How's mom?", I asked. "She's... she's not breaking down", he said sounding so surprised. "I don't get it". "She's already planning his funeral with his sister's, I don't know if she's pretending to be strong or she's just kinda happy he's finally dead I don't know". "Where are you guys?". "We're at the airport heading back
I hated that hangover feeling you get after drinking your ass out the previous night.My head was banging, there was pain relief on the table with a bottle of water.Asher I swallowed the pills and then went to take a shower and then got out feeling a lot better than earlier.I got downstairs and found Asher in the kitchen."Someone finally woke up"."What time is it?"."Past 12pm"."Whatttt???", I shrieked."Yeah your friends just left like 30 minutes ago, they came to check up on you since you ghosted them last night and didn't show up at work today", he said dropping a plate of freshly baked bread and eggs in front of me."Damn it, and I had somethings to do at work today", I said digging into my food."You're such a good cook you know that right?",I asked.He smiled, "So, you want to tell me what happened last night?", he asked taking a seat beside me.It was at that point that memories of last night flooded my head. I paused and took a deep breath in and then released it."Nothi