"...Elle? Elle?" She heard someone calling her name, she blinked as someone clicked their finger in front of her eyes. "Hmm?" She snapped out of her thoughts and looked up finding concerned Eiden raising his brows.
"Are you okay?" He asked with concern.
When Ivana returned back to the office, she peeked inside Reece's cabin, he had been looking outside his window turning his back to the door with a phone in his hand, he seemed to be in a deep conversation as he didn't notice her entering.She waited for him to finish his call, just as he hung up she was about to walk to him when he spoke, "Are you still mad at me?" He turned to face her."I thought you were busy with the call?" She narrowed her eyes at him."I can still feel your presence," He smiled at her as he strode forward closing the distance between them, he then wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer, "Are you still mad at me?""Not at you," She answered wrapping her arms around his neck."She's..." He rolled his eyes, "I'll talk to her and put an end to this," He assured her."Hmm," She nodded, "I've brought a pesticide too," She smiled at him, "Pesticide?" He frowned. "Hmm, acco
"Elle!" She heard someone call out to her, "Elle! Arielle!" Her eyes snapped open at the voice of her best friend."Where the hell have you been you idiot?" She saw her best friend Tasha yelling at her with a pillow in her hand, "You idiot! I was so worried!" She threw the pillow at her."huh?" Arielle scratched her head as she tilted her head in confusion. "What's this am I dreaming?" She rubbed her eyes."Are you sleep talking? yoohoo, Arielle, your dream is over, come back to reality," Tasha clicked her fingers in front of her eyes.Arielle blinked at her words, her mind went blank, she suddenly stood up and looked around that's when she realized she was back in her room and her bff was right in front of her, "What the hell am I doing here?" "Exactly when did you come back?" Tasha asked her, "You only left a note saying you need some time off, I thought you were in your slump mode so I thought I'll let you of
He felt a piercing pain in his heart, his face twisted in pain as he clutched his hand to his chest, suddenly he saw a sharp glare, his vision darkened as he dropped down on the floor, the honking of cars pierced his ears, he covered his ears, his face covered in sweat as he groaned in pain. After a minute, when his condition improved, he took the support of the kitchen counter as he helped himself up, he took deep breaths as he rubbed his chest, "What's wrong with me?" His face winced in pain.He then heard the footsteps of his beloved, he composed himself, he didn't want to worry her, he then felt her arms around him, he turned to face her, "What's wrong?" She asked him with concern, her hands cupped his face, "You look so pale," She looked at him with worried eyes."I'm fine," He drew her hands closer to his lips and planted a kiss on her palms. "What about you?" He caressed her cheeks, "Hmm," She nodded and hugged him. His face twisted in pain again, he wrapp
After coming from Ivana's house, Arielle stood in front of the bookstore, she sighed as she clutched the doorknob, she took a deep breath and forced a smile on her face, just as she was about to open the door she heard a noise from behind, turning around, she drew a sharp breath as she found the portal right behind her.Her eyes widened in horror, her legs wobbled as fear gripped her heart, she took her steps backward until her back collided the door, just then the doorknob turned she collided with the person who was coming out of the door, "Sorry," She apologized to the customer, the said person gave her a look and walked away muttering something. She then turned her eyes back at the portal, it was gone.She took a sigh of relief as she entered the shop, Eiden looked at her from the counter, she passed him a small smile and went upstairs. She dashed into the bathroom and turned the tap on, she sobbed as the running water masked her voice. "Why? Why?" She s
"Why are you forcing yourself? Just go to sleep," Eiden scolded her."I told you I'm fine," She retorted."Yeah, I can see that," He mocked her."I just have a little headache," She answered back. He shook his head at her stubbornness he turned his back to her and began to walk away, the crashing noise of the glass made him snap his head at the direction, "Elle?" He rushed to the kitchen, his heart skipped a beat when he saw Arielle lying unconscious on the floor. "Elle!" He shouted her name as he rushed to her side. He patted her face, he realized she was burning up, "Elle?" He called out to her but he didn't get any response.***"Why are you getting so mad? I only asked you to postpone the plans, I didn't say I won't marry you." Ivana rolled her eyes."Yeah but tell me the reason for your sudden change of mind, yesterday you were ready to marry me even if it was tomorrow." Reece narrowed his eyes at her as she cont
Eiden hadn't spoken a word since they left the hospital, the silence was killing her but she was too scared to even utter a word. He placed her plate roughly on the table, she flinched as it brought her out of her thoughts."I'm sorry," She muttered an apology.He didn't answer, he just took the seat opposite hers and had his dinner. "I-" She was about to apologize again but she was cut off in the middle, "have your food first, you need to have your medicine.""But-""Elle," He glared at her."Okay," She picked up the fork and stuffed the food in her mouth.After they went back to their room, Eiden handed her the medicine, she gulped it in a go and looked at him, but he continued ignoring her and went into the bathroom, she sighed and got up from the bed, she had it enough, "How long are you going to ignore me?" She complained as she followed him inside, "Damn you!" He immediately wore his shirt back."Yo
"If you're going to be stubborn..." He trailed off as he averted his gaze but when he looked back at her his eyes were cold, Arielle got a chill from his look then came his words that devastated her, "Let's break up.""You're kidding right?" She frowned."I'm not, you don't belong here, Elle, you need to go back." He stated."But, we'll figure something out," She held his hand, "didn't you say we'll face this head-on?""It was before," He closed his eyes as he removed his hands from hers, "If anything were to happen to you, I won't forgive myself, so please stop putting yours
The next morning, Arielle lazily opened her eyes, she slowly got up from bed, she rubbed her temples as she was experiencing a throb in her head. She walked up to the kitchen where she found notes stuck on the fridge, 'Going to work, will be back by evening, the food is in the fridge, heat it up and have your fill ^^ Take care -Iva' She opened the fridge and took the utensil out she placed it on the microwave and pressed the button, just then she heard the doorbell, 'who now?' She frowned as she rubbed her temples, she took a step forward when she suddenly fet dizzy, she held on the kitchen counter to prevent herself from falling down. The bell rang again, "Coming!" She shouted as she leaned against the wall to support herself as she slowly proceeded to the door.Just as she reached the door, her legs gave away and she dropped down on the floor unconscious. The bell rang again, when there was no answer, the door slowly opened as he made his way inside.&
A month later,Eiden threw the file on the floor in frustration, "What are you doing, boss?" His secretary entered the room with another set of files, Eiden yelled in frustration, "Take that away from my eyes!""They're due tomorrow, so you need to have a look at them by today," His secretary argued."Argh!" He pulled his hair in frustration. "Should I just quit this all and just be a book store owner?" He asked his secretary with a serious look on his face."You don't have the luxury to play hooky," His secretary replied with a straight face."Look at this, we were supposed to go out on a date but I have this amount of work" He looked at the stacks of files on his table, "she flatly rejected me" He complained."I'm glad that she is a good influence on you," Jerry smiled at him."Excuse me?" Eiden narrowed his eyes at him."I mean I have a good idea, boss," His secretary cleared his thr
They cuddled against each other in the bed, she clung on to his shirt holding it tightly, "What?" he raised his brows at her, "I'm scared you'll disappear," She spoke in a sad voice. He then pulled her closer in a tight hug, placing a kiss on her hair he whispered, "Go to sleep, I'll be right here." He gently stroked her hair, enveloped by his warmth her eyes grew heavy, slowly her lids began to drop, with her eyes shut she slowly surrendered to herself to sleep.When her breath grew slow and regular, he smiled down at her caressing her face he tucked the strands of her hair behind her ear. Pressing his soft lips on her forehead he whispered, "Good night"The next morning, Elle stirred at the chirping of the birds, the cool breeze blew on her face, she smiled as she threw her arm over the other side of the bed, she frowned when her arm landed on a huge pillow, her eyes flew open and she sat up abruptly. She frantically ran her eyes around the room but couldn't fi
"What do we have in the schedule?" Eiden asked his secretary, slipping inside the back seat of his car."The book launch," Jerry answered him as he took the driver's seat."Let's go ahead with it, then preparations have been done?" Eiden asked, "Ms. Williams looked over everything," Jerry replied with a smile. "Our Irene did the arrangements?" Eiden raised his brows, "Hmm, let's go and have a look then," Eiden leaned back against the leather seat as they drove off. As soon as they entered the gate, Eiden kept aside his laptop and pulled his suit from the hanger, getting out of the car he downed the suit and climbed the stairs, he paused for a moment, "This looks familiar," he cocked his head to the side. "Boss?" His secretary looked at him with concern, Eiden shook his head and climbed up the rest of the stairs. But the more he went in the more he found it familiar, when he entered the hall, it hit him clear, he then turned around and asked his secretary, "what did you say the name
The portal disappeared along with his Elle, "She's gone..." he whispered into space, tears streamed down his eyes, "she's really gone..." He hung his head as he buried his face on his palms. He felt a sudden piercing pain in his heart, his face twisted in pain as he clutched his hand to his chest, suddenly he saw a sharp glare, his vision darkened as he dropped down on the floor, the honking of cars pierced his ears, he covered his ears, his head throbbed with pain as the noise in his ear worsened, with a sharp pain on his chest he lost his consciousness. The glare of the sun on his face made him stir from his slumber, the beeping of the machine rang in his ears, with his eyes slowly adjusting to the bright light, the white ceiling came into his view."Where?" He tried to get up but a sharp pain on the sides of his chest pushed him back into the bed. "Oww," He tried to move his hand but his hands refused to move, they felt so weak. "Are you awake?" A worried face came into his view,
Elle sat at her table and stared at the laptop, “A romance novel, eh?” She heaved a sigh shaking her head, “What the point it was all cliche, he ate my ears complaining how bad it was.” She pouted sulkily. She opened the laptop regardless and placed her fingers on the keyboard, she closed her eyes and took a deep sigh, “Fine, let’s give it a go,” She nodded determinedly. With the start of the novel, her fingers moved in a flow, the words went in a flow, she spent her day and night in front of the laptop, 3 weeks later, her book was done, she wiped her tears as she stared at her completed manuscript. “Whoa!” Tasha yelled from behind, “What the hell have you been doing?” She blinked at the condition of the room, there were stacks of cup noodles at the side, there were tissues scattered on the floor, her best friend looked like a zombie with the dark bags under her eyes.“I’m done,” Elle hit her head on the table. “What?” Tasha cocked her head to the side, “I'm done with my new book,”
A month later,"Wow! The book launch will be held here?" Tasha got out of the car and stared at the grand Ace hotel.
"No!" Arielle woke up screaming, she flinched as the lights burned her eyes, her eyes were swollen from the crying, her eyeballs hurt by the glare of the bright morning sunlight."What happened?" Her best friend opened the door perturbed. She looked at her best friend and began to sob, "again?" Her best friend closed the distance between them and pulled her into a hug. "Can't you tell me what's wrong?" She asked her rubbing her back as she sobbed in her arms. "I can't see you like this, you won't even tell me what's wrong?"The only answer she got was a whimper from her as she cried vigorously.It ha
Eiden carried her on his back as they went home, “Eiden…” She muttered, “hmm?” He groaned, she tightened her arms around him, “I don’t want to go back,” She muttered as tears streamed down on her cheeks. He carried her to their room and gently placed her on the bed, helping her to bed, he sat on the side and stared at her, he
The light turned on and everyone came out with the balloons on their hands, "Surprise!" They screamed.Arielle flinched clinging to Eiden's arm, she then slowly opened her eyes, "Guys?" She was surprised to see Reece, Ivana, Joe there, even Tom was there.