Vivian Hazel... Those were the color of Nate Stuart's eyes and yet this was the first time I was fully noticing that he had blue surrounding the green and the brown, all a swirl and the more I looked at his eyes, the more I saw how sad they were. Nate cleared his throat and left the stifling space that he had been occupying, walking straight to the bed as he uncuffed his plaid shirt, rolling his sleeves and exposing arms that I only remembered in my dreams or by mistake and I shook my head. "My grandfather and yours made a pact, even before we were born," he said and I raised a brow. "They were some kind of best friends who didn't want their legacy of continued friendship to die and so they decided to embroidery it into a seam of arranged marriage," he said and I scoffed. "I Know the history Nate," I said but Nate only gave a small frown and heaved a good sigh which was odd since Nate wouldn't go down without a fight "Look, you know I don't like this marriage," he s
Vivian it was still dark outside but the light within the room was dim enough to see the veiny arms that rested against my waist. The bottom of my stomach swirled with emotions and I shook my head, this was not the time to be thinking things and besides, it was obvious that Nate was just tired. it wasn't as if he climbed into the bed willingly. I decided that it wouldn't be nice waking up to find that he had slept with me on his bed when it was obviously his room, this mansion had several rooms and I could simply excuse myself and relieve myself of the torture that would come in the morning. I placed a soft hand on his and struggling to take it underneath his hand to make a hole then carefully raise his hand so I can place it at the middle of the bed and I can slip out without a care in the world but after laying down my sweet plan, I placed a hand on his and he immediately stirred, hooking his hand into my waist and dragging me into him. my eyebrows were raised with shoc
Vivian's POVI watched him go, unable to believe what was going on. The door, as it closed behind him, made a soft noise that sounded like a loud screech in my ears. My body began to trembled as if from an intense cold as I continued to look at the closed door. It was as if one small part of me was hoping that he wouldn’t just leave me just like that. That he would come back and stay with me…be with me. But seconds passed and then minutes rolled past and it became clear that Nate had once again acted like the dick that I had come to know him to be. I raised my knees on the bed and then drew them close to my breasts with my arms. As I lowered my head to my knees, tears burned at the back of my eyes. When will you ever learn, Vivian? You knew he was going to remain an asshole? But yet, you still keep falling for his tricks. You still keep falling for him. When on fucking earth will you ever learn?The reproaching voice in my ears was so loud that I had to remove my hands from my kne
VIVIAN He stood beside me like a guard with no emotion on his face but tagging along beside me. I didn’t want to come to this freaking aquarium and I knew Nate didn't feel the same way. Nate suddenly walked past me to the person who looked like the supervisor here. He flashed one of his pearly-white smiles. “Hi there” he said, his voice so smooth and deep that it even distracted me from the fact that I was supposed to be annoyed with him. Idiot! I cursed myself. “Can I help you?” The supervisor said beaming. Nate turned to me, his eyes bore into mine for a moment before turning to the supervisor. “My grandfather must have told you we were coming? My wife would like to be shown around” he said as if swallowing a pill. Hell no! I wasn’t taking shit from him again. I need to get back at him. “We..” I said and they both turned to me. “Excuse me?” The supervisor asked and I smiled nonchalantly at him. “I beli
Vivian Eve’s words replayed in my head, I pushed it off removing my eyes away from hers. “I think it’s better if you go” I said, calmly pursing my lips. “And miss my moment of seeing you in distress. There’s no way I’m doing that. I’m here to stay Vivian to remind of how much you don't belong. You droppie. You know people like you should not be given too much freedom” Eve replied, with a sinister look in her eyes. I felt her hands on my shoulders after this was said, and I flickered it away. “I don't know what you're expecting, Eve but I'm Nate's wife” “What dream did you fall out from?" Eve asked and I averted my eyes. Her hands that had left my shoulder suddenly returned, squeezing it tightly as she brought her face closer to mine“Just look at you,“ she said removing her hands from my shoulders and placing it on my face. Aggressively, she twisted my face to the side. “Do you look like someone who’s meant to be with Nate, talk less of his wife? Do you have no shame?”
NATE Vivian's eyes were wide, I could see the way the shock made her throat dry as she swallowed instinctively. I pressed a hand against the small of her back and drew myself close to her, my lips hovering over her ear so she could grasp every word I intended to say. "I need a minute with her," I whispered but Eve scoffed making me realize that she had heard what I had said even with the whispering. "But ... why?" Vivian was confused and I could understand why she was acting the way she did, even I , was confused but there was one thing that I was certain about and that was the fact that Vivian couldn't be treated that way, at least not while I stood closeby. "The butler is outside waiting for you, he will drive you home," I said pulling myself away from her as her scent suddenly attacked my nostrils and I cleared my throat because I wasn't expecting for my body to react in such a way that meant that I liked her scent. Vivian still stood "For fuck's sake, just go!" I y
Chapter: Vivian's POVI gasped in shock as I quickly turned around and slipped into the car, startling the butler as he cranked the car and drove through the driveway and onto the main road. My chest didn’t stop heaving, and I turned back in my seat, looking through the back window, unintentionally locking eyes with Nate as the car sped off. It didn’t take me a minute to realize that I was cooked.The butler stopped at the house minutes later, and I raced out of the car, my body was on fire. Why did Nate do that? Why did he stand up for me like that?I didn’t know what to make of this development. One moment he was asking me to get out of his car, the next moment he was kissing me in public, and then he was standing up for me in public. I didn’t know what to make of it.As I got into the house, I was happy when I didn’t see Gran in the living room. The idea of explaining how today went would be cruel on me and my confusion. I went straight to our bedroom and then pulled off my clothes
VIVIANNate didn't come back to the house after he left our room and I didn't bother to ask where he had gone. Gran told me later on that he had gone back to work but I didn't care. I didn't want to care and I couldn't hide my nonchalance at the breakfast table after Gran announced that Nate may keep late nights for a while, I just forced a smile and thanked him for the food then left.My phone lit up after breakfast with a text from Tracy – “Hey, girl? I miss you, how are you?” she asked, I sat on the bed and allowed the softness to welcome me as I graduated to laying on it.“I am just getting by, ” I replied. I could feel the weakness of my bones and my body, my hands went to my stomach and unintentionally cradled it.“We can't have that, now can we? Let's meet up and talk, I don't want you growing stiff and crazy because of that asshole that you share a name with,” she said and I smiled.“That asshole is my husband and the father of my baby, don't call him an asshole,” I said and