Lily was so impressed with the lady staring right back at her from the mirror. It was her reflection."I think this is perfect," She muttered as she smacked her lips together after she applied lip gloss. It wasn't her first day resuming work at the hospital, but Miguel was around now and she couldn't afford to look like a mess when going to see her."One more thing," She muttered when she recalled she hadn't worn her perfume yet. Just as she reached for her perfume, her phone started ringing, so she went for her phone first. It was one of her colleagues calling her."Why the disturb this early morning?" She rolled her eyes after she answered the call."Lily, there is an emergency at the hospital. You need to hurry down here to assist Doctor Miguel," Came her colleague's masculine voice."Alright. I'll be there shortly," The call disconnected afterward. Lily didn't have time to spray her perfume again because the life of the patient at the hospital was more important than any other thi
Maybelline Walter POVMy phone rang and when I checked the caller, I realized it was my sweetheart. "Hey, babe. I'll be there with you shortly," I said to Lily on the phone, but her scoff greeted me instead."Don't keep me waiting," She said coldly and the call disconnected immediately.Just one last glance at my reflection in the mirror was all I needed before I left my room and headed outside to meet her. She was leaning against her white jeep outside the gate with a deep frown on her face."What's with that frown? Are you not happy to be here?" I teased her, and she scoffed."You of all people should know that I'm not happy to be here. For goodness sake, why are you married and yet not allowing me to find a man for myself?" She rolled her eyes as she pulled the car door open."Point of correction, I'm not married for real. We are contracted couples," I argued with her."Don't forget you are carrying his child," She reminded me as I hopped inside the car, and I scoffed sarcasticall
Maybelline Walter POV"Liam!" I called surprisingly after I straightened my back and took a step away from him."May?" He called again with a shocked expression on his face. I guess he was as shocked as I was. Liam and I were classmates back in college. We were not just regular classmates, but quite close that you could call us friends. I had a secret crush on him. I mean, who wouldn't crush on the most handsome dude in the whole college?During our third year in college, Liam won an award in school as the most handsome and neatly dressed dude in school. You can imagine the amount of hate and love it must've brought him then, yeah? His handsome face and sharp brain was the only thing he needed to attract ladies to himself and of course, I was not an exemption then, but I had to hold back because he was in a relationship then. We haven't seen each other since graduation from college, and, shockingly, we bumped into each other here."Wow! This is..." He paused and scanned me with his ey
Chapter 27"Thank you for going out with me," Lily said shyly as she sat beside Miguel on a long bench. It was a beautiful cozy night. The gentle breeze slowly swayed Lily's hair as she stared into space. The atmosphere felt awkward. The bold Lily that had seduced Miguel earlier, was seated beside him now, being all shy and jelly. Was she not the same person?"So..." Miguel began, but paused and just shrugged as he had nothing to say. He couldn't come up with anything. The atmosphere wasn't favorable. His heart kept thumping hard against his chest."Wait... I think it's going to snow today," Lily gasped sharply as she stared at the screen of her phone with her eyes widened in shock, and Miguel looked at her."I think we should go home before it starts then. It's going to get cold out here and I didn't bring a coat outside," Miguel suggested, but Lily quickly shook her head."Let's watch the snow together," She demanded, and he gave her a long blank stare before he turned his face away
Maybelline Walter POVI tossed on the bed for the umpteenth time, unable to sleep no matter how I forced myself to. It was already past 11pm and I was supposed to have been asleep by now, but the incident from earlier kept replaying in my head every time and I couldn't help myself.Why was he like that? I asked myself the same question yet again, but couldn't come up with the possible reason he was like that."Maybe he's in love with you," a part of me had that thought, but I was quick to dismiss the thought because I was sure that it was the last thing that could happen. No way Miles could be in love with me.Twenty minutes passed before my eyes finally became heavy, and I didn't try to fight the sleep as I had been waiting for it almost all day. I didn't sleep for long before my hurting stomach jolted me out of my deep sleep, and I tiredly sat up on the bed. My stomach grumbled, reminding me that I didn't have dinner earlier before I slept off. I just went straight to my room when
Change 29Miles's heart pounded hard against his chest like it was going to explode soon. His throat went dry and he swallowed nothing as he blinked his eyes. His finger in her warm mouth was supposed to help him relieve the pain he wasn't even feeling in the first place, but fuck it! Why was he feeling aroused instead? He asked himself and slowly bit his inner lip.May was lost staring into his eyes, and for a moment, she asked herself why she did that. Why did she suddenly do that? Why was she so worried about him that he would get hurt? In the end, she couldn't come up with anything."Uhm..." She quickly let go of his hand and stepped away from him."Uhm... I will wait outside..." May quickly grabbed a bottle of water from the counter and turned to rush out of the kitchen, but he held her hand and pulled her back."I'm sorry about what happened earlier... I didn't mean to get mad at you... And at the office... I was just pissed that Natalie looked down on you. I didn't mean to trea
Chapter 30Waking up to May sleeping peacefully beside him was everything he needed to make him happy. A smile formed on Miles's face as he watched her sleep like the queen she was. She looked so cute when sleeping and he could only admire her.He finally got out of bed, pulled the duvet to cover her body, and left for the bathroom. After he washed his face, he left the room for the kitchen. Miles heard the sound of water splashing in the kitchen as he descended the staircase minutes later, and he paused. Adelie was not around, so who could be in the kitchen?He proceeded into the kitchen, regardless, and was stunned to find Miguel washing the dishes."It's you? When did you get home?" Miles could still remember that he went to bed around 4am and Miguel was not home at that time, so how come he was there now?"I returned at 4:30am," Miguel glanced at him, and he nodded."You barely have time for yourself after you started working in the hospital. This career of yours is really killi
Chapter 31Maybelline Walter POVI felt so exhausted after a long ride to the company. We were stuck in a traffic jam for a few minutes before we were able to make it out. "Are you ok? Do you want to go to the hospital?" I was stunned when Miles asked with concern written all over him just because I groaned tiredly."I'm fine," I managed to reply to him."What are you going to do now that you don't have a secretary anymore? I can still take...""We agreed that you won't be working while we are married, so don't think of that..." He paused, then looked up from his desktop to me."I will do something about it in a few days. The work is not difficult for me to handle," I slowly nodded and turned my face away.My phone beeped, and I checked to see a text from Lily.'Are you there?' 'Hmm. I'm here. What's up?' 'Do you think Miguel is mad at me because I kissed him the last time? He has been giving me cold shoulders and avoiding me' I could feel the sadness in her text, but I couldn't he