“How did he? I,” I was fluttering like hell. Jonathan, is in a ...coma? How?Ethan calmed me down and asked me if I wanted to come see him. I was about to say yes but he warned me about his condition not being so good. The car he was driving flipped 4 times, and he had a lot of injuries caused by it.But I fought him, I had to go. I had to be there for him.“I’m going.”“Ms May... I..”“I’m going, Ethan! I have...I have to be there.”“Are you sure?” he asks with an intense voice.“Yes!”Ethan wasn’t proud of me for being so stubborn about it, but he respected the fact that I do care about Jonathan.“Come on.”We drove for a few minutes. The car drive to the hospital was intense. I was still drained and I could see Ethan was too. Before my relationship with Jonathan, He was Ethan’s good friend. I just couldn’t believe this was happening.And I don’t know why, but a stupid, most terrible thought crossed my mind.Is Natalia behind this?NO! How the fuck can I even think that? Natalia’s n
Ethan and I were there in the ‘interrogation room, waiting for Rick to come. We didn’t know what he was going to do next, but all we do is hope he didn’t put us in jail. “Isn’t this whole scenario going to affect your reputation and company? I mean, I’m sure the press would know by now.” I asked Ethan. He paused. I kept waiting for his answer, but he said nothing. Now I was more than eager to know what he was hiding. It felt like, for a few hours, he’s the perfect guy who gets you, communicated and cares about your feelings, but then in the other moments, he’s the opposite. I was about to shout his name, but the door swung open. There was someone who I don’t know of and then Rick himself joined us. He poured me and Ethan some coffee and sat in the chair right in front of us, smiling. “So, whenever you guys are ready.” Ethan and I stared at each other in confusion. “Well, tell me everything from the start. And my everything, I mean the truth, Ms May.” “The truth about what? I al
“That can’t be true. I...” I was in shock, and I knew this shock would stay forever because...Even if it was Nat, she...she would never do it...She loves her mother more than anything in the fucking world. She..“Time’s running, Ms May. You better tell me something after I come back from the hospital,” Rick says.“Wait, I’m coming with you.”“Ms May, you’re not an investigator or a police officer or some type of detective. How can you possibly?..”“If you take me with you, I might be a big help because if the person causing all of this is someone I know, that may help you crack this case.”Rick was anxious. He was eager to know the answers, and he knew as stubborn as I am, I have to get something to give something.He took a long pause before loading his gun.“If something goes sideways, you’ll end up behind bars, both of you.”The other officer unlocked Ethan’s handcuffs and I got up myself, both of us now following Rick. When we all got into his car, I was sitting in the backseat, R
I drove to the directions Nat sent me. While I was, I kept getting calls from Ethan and from an unknown number, which seemed to be of Rick. Well, I was in violation, but I knew I had to do it.The location led me to an abandoned warehouse. It was an hour’s drive from the hospital.The area was dense, like the countryside with big empty fields. I get a text again.“Abandon the car and walk straight for 5 minutes. Before doing that, turn off your phone and throw it away.”Are you kidding me? Ugh, fuck! I banged the wheel, and I climbed out of the vehicle. The signal was pretty bad, so I just kept going forward and looked as if I could find the warehouse Roger was in.And I did. It seemed like it was abandoned because of a fire or something. The walls and every single material there were all black, with the design you only see after a burned item. There were 3 gates visible to my eyes, the two were locked but one of them was open.I figured it was Roger’s doing. So I just went in straigh
“What did you just say?” I ask Natalia.“I killed him, Angelica. I killed him for you. It was me who caused his accident.”I was shocked at my bitter core. Even if I knew the truth from the start, I didn’t want to believe she could harm people like this. I...I wasn’t sure what to think and what to not. This was total psychopathic behaviour.“How could you do this, Nat? Why did you do this?” I ask her, whimpering like a puppy dog.She came towards me and grabbed both my hands and gazed into my eyes.“For you! Why else would I do this, Angelica? He was cheating on you. He had this woman in his office when I came to see you. I knew he would hurt you just like Roger did. And I knew you wouldn’t listen to me. So I did what I had to do.”Tears were now forming in my eyes. I wasn’t taking it well. How could I? She hurt the most understanding and valuable person I could ever meet in my life. And only because of a misunderstanding.“And what about your mom, huh? Why did she have to die?”She l
It was all such a blur, but I knew we were running fast. I had to watch every single step I took. The area was all covered with woods and maybe traps. I did wish to get stuck into one, but who knew what Natalia would do if I did?So I just kept running.After a few minutes of running like hell, we get to the road which was highly populated because of a concert nearby.I look around, thinking if I should run away, but suddenly, Natalia placed the gun on my stomach.“Really, Angelica? Don’t you even dare? It may end up bad for you.”I nod, giving in to her. I guess this was it. I was being kidnapped and kept by someone who was possessed by me all along. How could I have not seen this coming? How?She grabs my arm and leads me towards a car.“Get in.”“What?!!”“Just...get in, Angelica.”“Alright, I...I’m getting in.”I sit in the passenger seat and she, in the driving.“Ooohhh, I guess today’s our luck.”She shows me the car keys and starts the engine immediately.“Nat, please ...Don’t
Beep-Beep-It was all a blur after that. I don’t remember a single bit of what happened after I was shot.. But I could hear beeping sounds all around me. And I could hear him.“It’s okay, Angelica. I’m here. I’m here. You’re....you’re safe now.”“You’re safe.”-----My eyes opened as quickly as possible. I looked around and figured I was in a hospital bed, laying. I move my body slowly and it felt weird because I wasn’t feeling any kind of pain. I mean, I should be grateful but, who did the bullet hit then?“Me.” He says.I look at the corner of the room to my left, where Ethan is resting. He held his bandaged hand out to show me that the bullet hit him instead.“How?” I say. My voice was all manly and rusty.“Well, let’s just say we were there on time. The moment the door opened and when Natalia pulled the trigger, I moved you out of the way. So the bullet hit me instead of you. But somehow the gunshot affected your brain. You fainted.”“Where’s Natalia?” I ask.“She uh... she’s safe
“What? He!” I got all clumsy and excited to finally see him again. This was the news of the century for me. There was nothing I would want more than Jonathan being okay. I got up from the bed, but I saw Ethan’s face.He was sad. I mean, I knew he was more than happy. But Jonathan waking up now meant that I would have to choose. And the chances are equal for both of them, but there’s only one person included in that choice. Either Ethan or Jonathan.I signed and smiled at him, taking his hand in mine.“Let’s focus on Jonathan for now, okay? I know what you’re thinking about. Don’t force and mess your head.”Ethan smirked and cupped my face once again.“I guess I’ll let it slide, for now.” He smiled and kissed my hand.“Well, you have to.”“You still need to rest a little. We can go over to Jonathan’s in an hour after you give them the statement.”“Shit, I have to give them a statement. But what should I?..”“The truth, Ms May.” Ethan looked at me all seriously, but he made sure that ev
“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