CHRISTY:The car was filled with tension while I was fuming inside. Damn him! How dare he!Did my husband believe I was also happy ordering him to forget about his beloved Eden? No! I did not want to be the antagonist in his life. This was also difficult for me! Why cannot he believe that?Why would he when he clearly believed you were the only one who would benefit if he would forget about his feelings with his beloved Eden? It was not true!“Hate me all you want, Everette but I won’t stop ordering you what you should be doing,” I answered. “I don’t care if you believe I am an antagonist in your life as long as I should be doing what should be right.”“I thought you would be the first one who would understand me, kitten.”“Don’t use my feelings, husband. For six months, I have the right to dictate to you since you are my husband,” I clarified.He smirked in the mirror. Glancing at me and back on the road, he said, “You were the one who kept on reminding me that this is nothing but
CHRISTY:If my husband ever agreed to this divorce, I did not know how I could heal my heart. It would take maybe a couple of years or maybe forever to heal the wound from our breakup. “I could not give you the answer right now, kitten. Give me some time to think.”“What's there to think when you are already weary of me? My pen is always ready to sign the divorce papers.”His lips pressed into a thin line. “Why are you always in a haste to divorce me? Does it have something to do with the mayor? You love him that much?”I leaned on the seat and smiled bitterly. “Do I look like I still love Raven?” I inquired.Long silence flowed and I thought that he would never answer me, but he said, “Your happiness was genuine when you were with him. You have feelings for him and you also told me about it. Loving two people at the same time.”Oh. I did say that. But unknown to him, I was only lying to him at that time. “I was only having a good time with him,” I explained. “We never had the cha
CHRISTY:My phone rang again and without making Mom wait, answered it. “What’s going on?” I asked. “Was that a prank, Mom? Or is this some kind of joke?” My voice trembled in the end as I held my phone close to my ear.My throat went dry as I waited for my mother's reply. “A prank? Is that the result of watching nonsense videos? You think your Dad's life is some sort of joke?” Mom snapped on the other side of the line. Fuck. Oh, gahd. My heart hammered against my chest. Dad and I had no great relationship, but…he was still my parent. I…I did not want anything bad to happen to him. “Didn’t you read my text? I brought your dad to the hospital. You give me money for his hospital bill. You pay the hospital bills,” she reiterated. “Why?” I asked, trying to contain my fear. Outside, my husband had been trying to talk to me, but I no longer had the time to focus on him. Right now, my dad was more important. “Is this serious, Mom, or you are only using Dad to ask for money from me?”I
CHRISTY:It had been three days since Dad's wake. It was supposed to be only a day, based on Mom’s decision, but it was I who insisted that we should do the wake for three days. That would be enough for me to prepare myself to say my goodbyes and memorize Dad’s face. I wanted to look at him even for the last time until I was satisfied. Until I forgive and accept that he won’t ever go back. His dead body was brought to my parent’s home and tomorrow was the day of the funeral. All his siblings had already gathered together except my brother who did not even show his shadow or his family. No one talked about him. It felt like there was an unwritten rule that no one should be mentioning about my brother. Ben.Will he not really see Dad? I understand that he might have ill feelings towards our parents, but those were never enough so that he wouldn't see him for the last time.I closed my eyes for a moment, then opened it again as I continued watching the casket in front of me. My eyeli
CHRISTY:“Kitten…”I shoved my face into my husband's face. “Yes, husband. You heard me right. You can kiss me if you want. You can do anything you want with me. I don’t care. Take me.”Everette gulped. I wished I was more beautiful and sexy so that tempting him would not be this difficult. If I was only leaner, he would easily give in to the temptation, but when it comes to the person whom he did not even have feelings for, it would take a couple of extra efforts. Whatever. Regardless of anything, do whatever you can to tempt him and make him forget about Eden. Can I do that? Eden was…another story. I was never given the chance to become my ex-boyfriend's wallpaper while Eden…my husband had done it without being told. “Kitten,” my husband said with difficulty. “Are you sure about this?”I need to assert more. Having enough courage, I put my hands on his chest and let it rest there, then played with his nipples. “Everette. I need you.”His breathing shallowed. He liked what I
CHRISTY:Your husband could be different, another part of my mind said. Give him the benefit of the doubt.Yes. I should be at least hopeful. I was pulled back into the present when I felt his lips on mine. My eyes widened when I realized what was happening. He was initiating the kiss? My heart thumped wildly and it felt like it was going to burst out of my ribcage. I moaned against our kisses as my hands found their way to his neck and pulled him closer to mine.More! I closed my eyes and savored the kiss. This once-in-a-lifetime kiss only happens rarely. Or once in a blue moon.It felt so good to be kissed by someone you love. Everette… always knows how to take the lead. If earlier I was the one who was taking who initiated the kiss, now it was him.“Touch me, bunny,” I whispered and arched my back. “My body is burning for you.”His hands wandered down into the valleys of my chest and stopped on top of it. Not wanting that it would only stay there, I showed him how I wanted to
CHRISTY:No matter how much I slapped myself, the reality of what happened last night could not disappear as I stared in the mirror. Everette and I just kissed and there were tiny kiss marks on my neck.I shoved myself into the mirror for better access. There it was. The kiss marks. Yeah, but your husband slapped your hand last night too.The smile wiped away from my eyes. Well, that was true.And speaking of my husband, where could he be right now? Did he run away because of what happened? Maybe I scared him?When I woke up, he was no longer around. He never bothered to wake me up? Why? My stomach grumbled and I was reminded that I barely ate anything yesterday since I did not have any appetite at all. I glanced at my clock on the side table. It was already nine o’clock in the morning and the funeral would be at two o’clock in the afternoon. I still had a lot of time to prepare.I smacked my cheeks. Stop daydreaming and move your ass, woman. With that, I grabbed some black turt
CHRISTY:“Raven is kind, bunny. He is career-driven,” I stated which was true. “He never had taken a woman after our break up.” “You’re defending him,” he pointed out. “I don't like it a bit.”“I’m only telling the truth.”“Let’s stop talking about him. He only makes my heart boil in anger.” He scanned his phone and went to his phonebook, intentionally letting me see what he was doing. “I am deleting your cousin’s number for your peace of mind.” He showed me his phone. “It’s already deleted.” “Why are you doing this, bunny? I told you it is no longer needed.”“I just want it.”—-----------------------Dad’s funeral was attended by prominent people in the society including his business partners. Including his wake. For the second time, I sent Ben a picture of Dad’s coffin, but he said he wouldn’t be able to make it and if he could, he would choose not to attend the funeral since there was Mom who would only create a scene when she saw my brother.“You okay?” my husband asked on my
CHRISTY:Then Everette's eyes snapped open.I held my breath as I stared at his beautiful eyes."Kitten...""You're awake. Are you done pretending that you were asleep?" I asked softly, already tired of fighting with him. A year of hiding from him only made my love for him grow even stronger.My heart yearned for him, and seeing him after a year, I felt like I had become whole again.He sat while I snatched my hand away and put it on my lap."You still love me," he commented."I did not say anything like that," I denied, averting my gaze. "Yes, you did. I heard you say one, Kitten.""It was only your dream, Everette. You did sleep, right? You were dreaming earlier."Touching my chin, he forced me to look at him. My toes curled. Yes. I still loved this man. A year of not seeing him made me want to jump at him and kiss him like crazy and have lots and lots of sex as if to make up for the lost time. My hands yearned to touch his face and traced the outline of his cheeks. Everette le
CHRISTY: When you least expected someone, you would meet that someone. I thought my husband had already gone home like what Poppy had said. Did Poppy lie to me or was it only because my husband waited for me to step out? "Kitten...It's you." He looked at my face and down to my body and back to my face again. "I was right. You are only at the bakery shop. W-Why did you have to lie?" he asked, his voice trembling. His hair was already long and his mustache and stubbles had grown so much as if he was a completely different person. Despite that, he was still beautiful. The very person whom I managed to love. "I'm not. Y-You're mistaken, Mr." I pretended to fan myself. "You're drunk, Mister." "I only drank two canned beers, Kitten." He sauntered towards me, but I stepped back. "What are you doping? Like I said, I am not who you think I am." His expression turned glassy. "Kitten, please. Tell me what I did to punish you like this. What did I do wrong, Kitten? Why did you leave me
CHRISTY:"He is gone," Poppy announced after talking to my husband. I hid in the kitchen as Poppy struggled to look for some alibis and lied to my husband. I was glad I was able to watch the CCTV camera and found him approaching. If not, he would know I was here, working in Poppy's bakery shop. If Everette will find out that I was only here for the whole year, he might be mad at Poppy. The woman had no fault. In fact, she was kind enough to give me a job where I wanted it. Everette…he looked like a hermit who just came out from his hiding place. He had a rugged expression on his face, but he was still handsome.How long has it been since I last saw him face to face? More than a year already and I just wanted to run into his arms."Thank you, Poppy. You're the best," I said weakly. “Thank you for having my back.”She looked at me with a stern look. “I was not happy with what you did, okay? I was only forced to do it because I loved you. But Christy…how long will you keep on punishin
EVERETTE: It had been an nth time since I stared at my wife’s picture when we had our cruise ship. It was a candid picture of her while we both sat on the sand. A year of missing her. My wife was gone just like what I dreamed. When I entered the house, when I returned back from working on the company, her clothes were still there, but she never returned. At first, I was scared that she was kidnapped again, but there were witnesses of her going somewhere else alone. She was not kidnapped. The truth was, she was only looking for a perfect opportunity where she could go and run away. It had been what? One fucking years of her absence. No calls. No text. Not even anything. Until now, I blame myself for what happened. Maybe…if I did not work late, I would still be able to stop her from disappearing. “Why don’t you give up, Everette?” Vincent said. “If you did not find her, it only meant that she did not want to be found.” We were in the house. I asked him to come and he did witho
CHRISTY: I want the world to swallow me now. What a very perfect timing. Beatrice being able to witness me slapping her husband. I would understand if she would hate me after this. She loved her husband so much that salpping him will be the reason why he would throw a fit. I did not know how to console Beatrice or how would I be able to face her and explain what she just heard and what she had witnessed. Did I regret going to their cabin? I did not. All I was thinking was this woman who looked like she could not even hurt a fly. "Beatrice..." I mumbled. Approach her. She deserved to know what her husband said. Are you sure? The other part of my mind said. If the truth would hurt her so much, was it worth it? Left with no choice, I sauntered towards her. "How long had you been listening?" I asked directly, no loger beating around the bush. If she hated me after this, all I had to do was accept everything adn move on. There was so much bigger things that needed my attention.
CHRISTY:I did it! I was able to slap Drake! I was able to avenge Beatrice!It was not so me to hurt anyone, but after slapping Drake, I felt this weird sense of fulfillment coming from the inside of my chest. Instead of getting guilty, all I felt was the sense of fulfillment of avenging Beatrice. My palms were itching to slap him again, but once was enough. As long as I was able to send him the message that not everyone liked him was already enough.Drake glared at me, watching the imprints of my hands on his palm. It hurt even for a moment and he would no longer be able to forget me. Staring down at me, he asked, "What the fuck was that for? As far as my memories are concerned, you and I had no proper conversation. What did I do to earn a slap from you? Be thankful that you're a woman or else," he trailed off.“So what if I am a woman?” I asked. I scoffed. "You have to ask me those questions? Are you that dense?" I asked. He stared at me for a long time, his face bright red wi
CHRISTY:Beatrice looked at me as if I had grown horns. I was a bitch for suggesting it to her, but what could I do? I was not the type who would just stare at a woman who was hurting because of a man.Yeah. I know. It was the suggestion that she was totally unexpected. Or maybe she already expected it, but she could not do anything about it. Perhaps I was not the only one who had told her to divorce her husband. "Y-You want me to divorce my husband?" she asked in disbelief, using the same words I had suggested. "Do you even hear yourself?" she asked. “Divorce? How could you say that!”"I heard myself loud and clear," I said nonchalantly. “It’s time to let go of that jerk.”Tears swelled in her eyes.Beatrice always had a waterworks, and I did not like any of that. A woman’s tears were like a stab wound on me. I kneeled in front of her and said, "It's time to let go of the man who did not even love you. Do you understand? Stop hurting yourself because you deserve someone who would s
CHRISTY:"I knew women like you. You will grab every possible opportunity," she spat. “Seeing you annoys me even more. You reminded me of your Mom.”“Mom and I are two different beings, Mom,” I said politely, even if my heart was already bleeding too much. And I could not blame Clara. Mom showed her worse side. “As long as my husband won’t believe that I will cheat on him, I am fine with whatever you say, Mom.”Clara’s hand shook in anger. She was dying to hurt me. To slap me once again. “Christy is right, Mom. The only thing that you can do is accept this marriage.” Everette kissed me on my hair. Clar did not like it a bit. “Mom, let us have peace. Christy admitted it was a mistake that she left me in the altar. But don’t you think it’s already too long since that happened? Let’s move on, Mom. Please?” Everette was about to touch his Mom’s hand, but Clara slapped his hand away and looked at me with disgust.“You’re a witch. You bewitched my son!” She was about to slap me, but Everet
CHRISTY:Panic kicked in as I struggled to break free. No matter how much I attempted to shout, my voice was muffled. The person holding me won't budge at all. I kicked in. I thrashed. I shouted, but no words would come out.Everette! Please help me!What the heck was happening?"Stop squirming or I will hurt you for real," he threatened. “Do you think I will hesitate hurting a woman?”I stopped, sensing this bastard won’t hesitate to hurt me at all. My body went cold. It was the man whom Everette had fought with. Vincent was right. Sooner or later, he would come to get me. I should have listened to Vincent when he said I should be careful. Everette’s enemies would resurface. Did I listen? I did not. As he dragged me deeper into the darkness, I was losing even more hope that someone would be able to help me.It was safe to let him think that he was able to get my trust. Hot tears welled in my eyes as I thought of Everette. Would I die not being able to see my husband? If I knew