I go back to my place and sit on the couch, taking out a bottle of wine from the kitchen. What the fuck did I just see? It can’t be. She won’t do any of this. I mean, I must be overthinking, right? This can’t be possible.I guess there was only one way to find out.I take out my phone from my pocket and search for Mrs Polinski, Nat’s mother.I dial her number, and I place the phone on my ear.The ring tones, and after a few seconds, Nat's mother picks up.“Hello?”“Mrs Polinski, Hi. How are you?”“Oh, Angelica? What a surprise! How are you, dear?”“I’m fine. You know the usual, working, coming back and working again.”“Haha, that’s how life is, my dear.”“Well, I just wanted to ask if you were okay. Nat told me you weren’t feeling that well.”I couldn’t believe what I heard next. All I could think about was the time when I first met Nat. I was feeling fucked about myself. All I was going was smoking and drinking in an alley on a bench. She took me in without having a second opinion wh
We sat, drank wine, and Gossiped about some co-workers. It was a pleasant feeling. I felt like there was a person who would listen, always. He made me forget about all the difficulties I was facing in my life. I loved it. I loved how I could be myself around him.“So. I guess we have established that all our co-workers are not as we expected them to be. But all I want to know more is about you.” Says, Jonathan.“What do you wanna know, exactly?”“Everything. You past, you present, your goals. Who knows, maybe they’ll match mine.”I laugh while I grab the glass of wine. My expression changes from sweetness to seriousness.“I.. uh.. I’m sorry if I was too forward....”“No No, it’s okay. This conversation would have come up soon eventually so.”I sign and take a big sip of my wine and put down the glass.“Let’s just say my past was not the one every child would desire. At first, it was like a game I was playing with my father. I knew nothing about my mother. I don’t know whether she’s al
I stayed the whole night in Jonathan’s arms. It was a soothing feeling. I never thought I’ll get cosy with someone. The date night went more than I thought it would go. After talking, we just sat and cuddled and slept under the sheets together. No matter how much I wanted to ignore it, Jonathan Ramsey was changing me.I wake up first, at 6 in the morning. This time I stay. I watch him lay there, sleeping peacefully. Even though he was unconscious, watching him made me feel butterflies in my stomach as if I was a 16-year-old teenage girl looking at her first crush. I forgot this feeling a long time ago.I brush my fingers on the side of his face, and Jonathan wakes up. He opens his eyes and smiles instantly after watching me being there with him.“You stayed this time,” Jonathan says.“Well, something kept me here.”“Good morning, Angelica.”“Good morning to you too, Mr Ramsey.” I chuckle.“Mr Ramsey Huh? I think hearing Jonathan coming out of your mouth seems more attractive.”“Haha,
Jonathan and I both finished our breakfast and got ready as soon as we could. He grabs his car keys and we walk out of his house, driving to the spot where I saw Nat and that guy together.I texted Nat again asking about where she was just to make sure we weren’t coincidentally on purpose, bumping into her.“Hey, you wanna go for a cup of coffee?” I text.“Raincheck? I’m going out with some of my colleagues today. I’ll be home late. Why not tomorrow?”“Hah, you know I can’t say no to caffeine. Talk to you at home.”“XOXO.”I slide my phone back into my pocket and nod at Jonathan. He speeds up his car as we reach the destination.As we park our car on the opposite side of the alley, I see that guy again talking to some other woman.“That’s him. He was the funk she was talking to.”“Huh, seems more like a dealer of some kind, to be honest.”“Yeah, but why deal with women only? There must be more to him. And Nat doesn’t do drugs. It’s highly terrible for the body, so we both forbid it.”
We drove for another hour and we reached the address. It was an old wooden house. The paint was old. There were a lot of cracks in the walls. It felt like no one used it for a while.Jonathan and glanced at each other and went towards the door to knock.“Is anyone there?”I look around, and Jonathan attempts to knock. But there was no response.“What do we do now?” I ask.“Well, there’s only one thing to do.”He picks up a stone from the garden and throws it in the window beside the door. I look at him, shocked.“That’s breaking and entering, Jonathan.”“We’ll leave a note and some money. Come on.”I had this chill running down my spine. Watching him helping me in full detective mode was actually turning me on. But right now, I had to focus and look for some clues.Jonathan unlocks the door through the window and we get in. I look around and see that most of the stuff is covered with a white plain sheet. There were a lot of spider webs...“I’ll go check if there’s someone here or not.
Jonathan and I went home, not wasting further time. The ride home was silent as if someone had just died and we were going to their funeral. Jonathan didn’t force me to talk about it too. He knew how broken I was. He could see it in my eyes.Maybe I was overthinking it. Maybe it’s not what it seems like. But all I knew was. I had to talk to Nat.On my way back, I couldn’t stop thinking about the day Nat and I first met...--Past--“Girl, are you okay?”I look back and see the brunette girl pulling the chair out right beside me to sit. She was smiling as if she knew me for a long time.“Hot.” I sip my drink, not looking at her.“You know this isn’t how you’ll find this place better. Sober up to fall in love with this area.”That was the first thing she asked me. Every guy from when I first moved here tried asking where I was from, why did I move and all that bullshit you don’t even care about, but her? She was my personal psychiatrist.“How did you know I was looking for a place?” I as
“What exactly are you talking about, Angie?”“I followed you, Nat. Fuck with me and that’s what you’ll get. After all the trust and everything, we faced together. You were spying on Roger? Why would you do that?”“Angelica, are you crazy? What the fuck are you talking about? Back me up here.”“Back you up, huh?”I take my purse and I hold out the bracelet in front of her, which I gave to Roger.“You remember this piece of shit? I gave this to that fuck Roger when I first met him. I got this from a broke fucking guy who told me that someone was living in his shithole for the past few weeks. And what/ Do you think I don’t know about your stupid spy?”Her eyes got even widened after hearing about that guy. I knew now that she was the major cause. That made it more clear that I was confronting the right person. She tried hiding her true self and changed the topic.“Are you crazy? What are you even talking about? Wasn’t Roger in a psychiatric hospital or something? You told me that yoursel
My eyes flutter and I figure that someone was caressing my cheek with their fingers. Once I open my vision, I see Ethan laying right in front of me, watching me carefully.“Morning, Ms May.”“I long was I asleep?”“14 hours.”Ethan takes my hand and kisses it. His soft lips calmed me even more. I said nothing further, and I curled up in his body, asking him to cover mine. He pulls me even closer to him and wraps his arms around my waist.“You feeling okay?” He asks in a soothing voice.“Honestly, I don’t know.”“Do you want to talk about it?”“I don’t know, I....”I hid my head in his chest, not wanting to believe what I experienced last night. If it wasn’t for Ethan, I would have ended up dead of high right now. He knew I didn’t want to talk about it and he didn’t force me to. We lay there for a while, silently.“Hey, what about work?” I ask.“It’s okay, besides I give my employees a day off from work if it’s a genuine reason.”“But you still don’t know about mine.”“I actually do. I
“Oh, I...I can’t believe it,” It was true. The pain, the tension and the unbearable mood swings. After Angel was born, it was all worth it.I forgot about it all. As soon as I held her in my arms.“Now, baby, the doctors are going to take her away for a second, okay? They need to make sure she’s healthy. Can you do that?” Ethan says in a whimpering, smooth voice.“I..Okay. But please ask them to be... gentle with her. Please.”“I know, baby, they will be. Trust me, okay?”“Okay, okay. Here,” I pass Angel to the nurse and she wraps her around her arms safely.“I can’t believe she’s finally here, Ethan. I can’t believe it.”“Mrs Cooper, we need to run some tests on you too, and I’m afraid we have to do it right now.”“Okay, Okay,” I say, and Ethan looks a little concerned about me. He just saw me giving birth. It was valid.“I’ll be fine, Ethan. I promise. Please watch over at Angel. She needs to be with her father right now. Please, can you?..”“Okay, Okay. I’ll be back, okay? I love y
I was only a few days before I go into labour. My moods were swinging like a cursed wheel. Always going around.Mai and the others held a small get-together for me. Ethan’s friends and all of mine were there. The small celebration was simple, yet so lovely. Some of Ethan’s friends, do have kids too. So it was nice being around there, before time.”I can’t believe I’m about to be an aunt, Anna. I’m so excited.” Mai says while jumping and clapping her hands.“Oh, trust me, I wasn’t sure about going through with it at first. But who am I to question the beauty of birth?”“You’re right, having a baby changes everything. Not to mention a massive load of spending expenses carefully, but I guess that won’t be a problem for you.”“Oh, yeah. Not because we don’t care about the expenses. Ethan and I decided to treat our daughter not too extra and not too low. We don’t want her to be raised like a spoiled kid of a billionaire daughter.“”Well, if you don’t spoil her, I will,” Hailey added, laugh
I drove back home and found Ethan working on some papers.“You’re back,” he says, but his eyes were fixed on the files. “I thought girls’ day out would take you 50 years to come back.”“It wasn’t a girls’ day out, Ethan.“ I say as I walked behind him and held him close in my arms.“What do you mean?” He asks.”I went to see Natalia.”Ethan instantly stopped everything he was doing and spun his body towards me.“What the hell are you talking about? And you’re telling me this just now?!” He says in a growling manner.”Baby, I know that I never told you about this. I should have. But I knew always in my heart how you would react if I asked you.““Yes, because you and I are well aware of what she did, Anna. How long has this been going on?”“I don’t want to meet her Daily, Ethan.“ I say in a simple tone and walked over to him. I held Ethan’s hand tightly in mine.“I know it’s a girl, Ethan. I know.” I say, smiling at him.“You checked the fi-““Nat told me.”“How did she know?”“She actua
--4 months later--“Well, the good sign is the baby is safe and sound. Everything is A-okay,” said Doctor Bruno.“Oh, I...I can’t believe how happy I am to hear this, Doc.” I say.“I know you must be feeling overwhelmed. It’s good. But you should keep a good diet. I would recommend some procedures in case of cramps, and if you need anything else later in the future, please, feel free to contact me anytime.”“Thank you doc, we appreciate it,” I say, and Ethan helps me get up.“Ahem, Uh....Don’t you want to know the gender of the baby?”“You can tell this soon?” I ask Doc and look straight towards Ethan. He gave me a confused and excited look. Ethan wanted to know if the baby was a girl or a boy. He just wanted to be prepared for anyone.“I..I don’t think we should.” I say, and Ethan gives me a cranky look as if he were a child himself.“It’s alright. Many parents decide not to know the gender of the baby until the day of the delivery. It sure is a gift from god. And I’ve seen it go exc
“What are you talking about?” I ask Ethan once again.“Just…come,”I get it. Ethan was frustrated by my behaviour. I mean, I would blame myself too. He was doing everything he could just to make me happy, and I was only giving him a thousand fucks.I get up, straighten myself and cover my damn body with some decent clothes and I walk down the stairs to meet this ‘lawyer’.At first, he was turning his back on me, so I couldn’t know who he was.“Mr Wilson, please to meet you,” I say. As soon as I do, he turns back to look straight at me.“Hello, Anna,” he says, and he looked too fucking familiar. He had this mixed emotions on his face, both angry and emotional. I wouldn’t know which one was the genuine one.“Please, sit,” I say and we both settle down on the couch. He opens up his carry bag and takes out some papers.“What’s all this?““Possessions, Ms-“”It’s…Mrs Cooper.”“Right, Mrs Cooper. these are the possessions your mother left you,”I smile at him, mocking the way he was present
After our sick honeymoon, which was both what I needed and fucked in health issues. We go back to California. The first meeting I had was with Mai.Ethan had to go to the office to do some stuff, so Mai came after her work. She came straight to our place and…”Okay, when was the last date?” She asks.I stay silent because it was fucking 2 weeks ago. It didn’t even come to my mind that there’s a natural way of your body telling you, you’re not fucking pregnant.My silence was enough to tell her it was a long time before I had my date.“Oh, Anna. Have you told Ethan yet?” Mai asks in a soothing tone.“No, not yet. And I fucking won’t till I’m not sure what to do about this situation.”“He deserves to know, Anna. He loves you. So it won’t be hard for him to listen to this if you’re okay.”“How can you be so sure, Mai? He’s Ethan fucking Cooper. Magazines declared him a fucking playboy billionaire humping bimbos for sport. This won’t be the life he needed right now. It’s too soon.”“Hell,
The first day and first night of our honeymoon was mostly raw animal sex. Well, I did expect that. We were laying in bed together after we partied and ate dinner. Ethan was holding me close in my arms when I realised I was having a…nightmare.There was this woman, this mid-40s old woman, looking at me. She wasn’t looking so good. I was a kid, and I was hiding under a table. She was trying to say something but I couldn’t understand what. I kept asking her where were you?But how could I ask her questions like these when I didn’t even know her? Finally, she became accessible to my ears.“I..I’ll find you, baby girl. Don’t worry, I’ll find you.”“M-will come back.”“Mommy will come back,”Mommy? Suddenly, we hear a loud thump and my father comes in, drunk as always.“Where the fuck were you, you stupid cow? Still….f*cking that bastard for money, eh? Come here you…””Noooooooo.””Hey..hey…I’m here. Hey!”I wake up and find Ethan trying to calm me down. He held me close in his arms, protec
It was the day of the wedding. I was getting dressed with my bridesmaids. It was funny that I didn’t have any family left to attend to this loveliest day of my life. But I guess it was alright. I did have a family I chose.I slipped into my gown, and the makeup artist does the rest of the work.“You look so beautiful, Anna,” Hailey states, covering her mouth in appreciation and wiping off tears.“Thank you, Hailey. It means a lot.””So, nervous yet? Do you need to run? I can open that bathroom window for you if you’re having second thoughts.” Mai mocks me.”Oh, shut up. I’m not having second thoughts. In fact, I’ve never been so sure about anything else before. Ethan is the man that I love, and I do want to spend the rest of my life with him.””Uh uh, save this for the vows, sweety,” Stella reverts.“Hey, where are the ushers? We are supposed to be with them in 10 minutes!“ Jay asked.“They’re gonna be here soon. Don’t worry about it,” Hailey says.And finally, after a long chitchat,
Instantly, the sexiest cute-ass men come up the stairs with their shirts tied to their waists and bottles of wine and vodka.“Oh, my god, guys!”2 of them bring a chair for me to sit and they play some music, literally strip dancing in front of me.“Hey, what about Ethan?” I ask Mai.“Oh, he’s having his own party.”“What?!”“Chill out look where you at!”The girls hand me the bag of the dress they wanted me to wear and I change into them within seconds. I come out and see Hailey and Jay holding a big d*ck-shaped pinata.“What the fuck is this?” I say, laughing.“Get a roll on girl, this is all yours!”I laugh like hell as we all drink our first shot and then another and another. Soon I knew I was Hella drunk.The guys forced me to sit on the chair, and well, they began their show. Every single one of them was giving us the time we never thought we’ll get from anyone.Hailey was totally drooling over two unbelievably sexy guys. Jay was enjoying herself too, And Mai? Well, she was the