He led them to the back of the house which led to a gravel path, they stopped at a point where she noticed the stairs, they climbed it up and after a few minutes they were on the top, he smiled at her as he beckoned her to come closer, she moved closer and then she saw the dazzling view of the night city life.
“Wow!” Her eyes reflected the sparkling lights there were no stars in the sky, it was like the world was upside down as the city lights twinkled just as the night sky studded with millions of stars.
Seeing her smile, Joe smiled in satisfaction, but soon her smile vanished as she heaved a deep sigh, “What’s wrong?” He asked her.
She shook her head, brushing off his question, “Thank you for bringing me here, it really cheered me up,” She smiled at him.
“I don’t think it did,” He frowned when her smile didn’t reach her eyes, “It did,&r
Arielle stared at his back with a blank face, her eyes lingered on him until he was out of her sight. "Whoa!" She let out an exasperated sigh. "Annoying? I am clinging to him? Whoa!" She rolled her eyes. "I am so mad right now!" She ran her hands through her hair in frustration. "You want to break up? Fine then!" She shouted into the empty street. She turned her heels and just as she took a turn into another street, she bumped into someone, "What the?" She lifted her face to look at the stranger, "oh!" She exclaimed as she recognized the familiar face, "Joe?""What-" Before he could ask her anything, she smiled at him, "Perfect timing, let's go! I need some drink to dissipate my anger!" She grabbed his arms and dragged him along."Fine, let's stop this ill-fated relationship here, let's do that!" She screamed as she gulped down the third glass of her hard drink, "I was there to talk but that cold man! That mean rascal! How could he say it so easily?" Her lo
*Knock* *Knock* The tapping on the window woke him from his sleep. He listened carefully, when he didn't hear anything, he pulled the cover over his head. Just as he closed his eyes, he heard the tap again. Getting up from the bed he moved to the window, squinting his eyes, he looked outside, he didn't see anyone, he slowly opened the window just then a pebble caught his eyes, he caught it in a swift manner, he then narrowed his eyes at the pebble throwing culprit, "Elle?""You horrible man!" She threw the pebble at him again, he immediately shut the window, the pebble made a 'tap' noise as it stroke the glass."You think you can hide?" He heard her shout as she banged on the door."What the?" He let out an exasperated sigh as he made his way downstairs. The banging on the door disappeared as he reached the door, when he came out, she wasn't there."What the hell is going on?" He scratched his head, he was about to turn around when he felt a s
Arielle made her way inside, just as she was about to climb the stairs, she felt her arm pulled from behind, “Wait, Iva!” Joe stopped her.“Ah!” She turned to face him, “Thank you for bringing me home,” She smiled at him, “Now, I’m off to sleep!” She pointed her finger upwards and turned to go.“Where are you going?” He followed her to the room. “My room!” she replied over her shoulder.“This is not your room,” Joe shook his head, “Come, let’s bring you home,” He held her wrist.“But this is my home!” She protested in response.Eiden entered the room and went to their side, his eyes narrowed at Joe’s grip on her wrist.“What do you think you’re doing?” Eiden removed his hand off her as he stepped between t
A loud noise from inside drew his attention, “wait!” He leaned against the door, “Elle?” He called her out but he didn’t get any response, “Elle?” He rang the bell and waited, he then heard another loud noise, “Hey Elle! are you okay?” He banged on the door but didn’t get any response, “Hey,” He kept the phone back on his ear, “Can you tell me the passcode? Something’s wrong and she’s not answering!”***After getting the password, he rushed inside the house, "Elle?" He called her out but didn't get any response. "Elle?" He hurried over to her room, "Elle!" He shouted as he noticed her lying on the ground, "Hey!" He rushed to her side and patted her cheeks, "Elle?""What?" She abruptly got up and glared at him."You're... okay?" He blinked as she stood up on her feet."No, I'm not-" She gagged, "washroom!" She covered her mouth and ran into t
She cupped her hand against the door as she peeked inside the book store, just then she felt a pat on her shoulder, "What?" She glared at the person behind her."You called me?" Joe cocked his head to the side."ah! Yes!" She smirked as she turned her head
"Elle!" They were interrupted by the voice, Elle looked up at the direction of the voice and saw Ivana running towards them, "Ah! Finally caught up!" Ivana stopped in front of them catching her breath. Joe frowned at the girl in front of him, colors drained from his face when the girl lifted her face up, "what the hell?" he shouted as he looked at two identical faces in front of him. Arielle gave him a nervous smile as he looked at them in horror. "Oh, hi Joe!" Ivana waved at him. "Leave the hi, what the hell is going on? Why are there two of you?" He frowned looking from one face to another. "Ah, even you got confused eh?" Ivana faked a laugh, "see, even Joe couldn't figure us out!" She laughed as she hit Elle on her arm. Elle gave her a confused look, Ivana blinked gesturing her to go with the flow. Joe stared hard at Ivana as he awaited an explanation, "Okay, I'll clear your confusion," Ivana stifled her laughter and took a deep breath, "I am Ivana and this here is Elle," She
"I tried to get rid of her but she always managed to get away but not this time, you're mine, Reece!" She shouted fixing her aim at Elle, she fired the gun."No!" Reece shouted but the damage was done, before she could fire another shot Joe tackled her and snatched the gun from her hand.Elle slowly opened her eyes, she heaved a sigh of relief as she didn't feel any pain, but it was short-lived when she noticed her lover lying motionless on the ground, "Eiden!" She screamed out his name."Eiden!" She turned him to her, she paled when she saw blood gushing out from his shoulder, "No!" She shouted pressing her hand on the wound, "Eiden!" She called out to him, "Please... no..." Tears fell down from her eyes, "Please call an ambulance!" She shouted looking over her shoulders."No..." he muttered as he slowly opened his eyes, he winced in pain as
After getting back from the hospital, they met Ivana in front of the bookstore, Ivana waved at them, she then walked to Elle and handed over her bag, "here are your belongings.""Thanks," Elle smiled at her as she grabbed it. Ivana then shifted her gaze at Eiden, "Congratulations on getting discharged," She smiled at him. "thank you," he replied, "but what's that?" He asked raising his brows at her. "She just said it, didn't she? My belongings," Elle answered over her shoulder. "You're moving back?" He tilted his head to the side. "Obviously, I've only got a week, my remaining days here, I'm going to stick to you like glue," She narrowed her eyes at him, she turned her back to him and then went inside the store. A small smile formed on his lips as he looked on, Reece wrapped his arms around Ivana as they looked at him with a smile on their faces, *ahem* *ahem* Eiden snapped out of his thoughts and looked at them, "Come inside?" Eiden gestured inviting them inside. "No, we won't
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.