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:“Kitten…It’s…Oh, great. Don’t look,” Everette said. His face fell and watched me with seriousness followed by a worried expression on his face. “You’re not going to like what is happening right now. It’s better for you not to witness this.”Those were seriously not helping me at all. Curiosity kicked in, I looked at what he was watching and gasped at the scenario laid in front of us. Mom kissed the young man who could pass as my brother.I felt like my knees gave out and before I could fall on the ground, Everette steadied me.“Hey. Are you okay?”It felt like I could not feel my limbs.“Did we see the same thing, bunny? Or did my eyes play tricks on me?” He looked at me with a sad expression. “It seemed like it was, kitten. We saw the same thing. I could not believe your Mom could do that. I mean…your Dad was only buried earlier.”“So, it was true. Your Mom’s statement.”“You can deal with it when you are already fine. Right now…you can pretend that nothing happened. That
CHRISTY:Mom no longer answered. I thought she put down the phone, but when I checked, she did not. The line was still connected. Mom cleared her throat. "Oh, you saw it? I was about to tell you about it, but then you find out first,” she muttered nonchalantly. I gritted my teeth. No ounce of guilt in her voice? I never thought she could be this evil. She was not like this. "What a liar you are, Mom. you have no plans of telling me. What you are about to do is escape and who knows? Marry that gold digger? He is your sugar baby for crying out loud! He is only after your money!" I screamed, no longer having an ounce of control. Could you blame me? My own mother had betrayed her family over some bastard whom I never knew where she met. "You foolish girl! Shut your fucking mouth!" she chastised. "David would never do that. He loved me."David was his name? And she was defending him?I scoffed. "He loved you? No. You open your eyes. He loved your money. The reason you were always ask
CHRISTY:Clara's eyes widened, while she pointed her hands at me. I had enough.My Dad just died. I learned my Mom cheated on my Dad while he was still alive. My husband loved a woman who was already dead. Could you blame me for what I answered? Clara. She never failed to blurt out the things in her head. "Did you hear that, Everette? Did you hear your wife? She disrespected me! Your relatives heard it, too! She embarrassed me in front of the other people,” she cried out. “She has no respect.” Clara looked at me with disgust. Everette heaved a sigh while his hands snaked around my waist. Clara was watching all her son's movements, and the more Rett was getting touchy, the more she was angrier. “Why don't you tell her to exercise? Having a fat body has a lot of disadvantages.”Fat. Finally. She was able to use that word.“Mom. You're disrespecting my wife, too,” Everette declared in a controlled voice. “Don't call her fat. She's the sexiest woman in my eyes.”Clara looked at me
CHRISTY:Why? Why do I want to have divorce when I loved this man very much? This man was one of the best things that happened to me. He did not care about my physical imperfections. He never threw ill words at me. Why would I allow this man to get away from me? Why would I set him free?You want an answer? Simple. The answer was I was already tired from everything. I was already tired because of this one-sided love. This man did not love me, and he was still imprisoned for his love for his ex. I was always the one on the losing end. Still my back against him, I asked, “What do you think of us getting divorce? Maybe this is the right time to have one?”I heard a sharp intake of breath and felt the bed dipped.“Divorce? I thought we talked about this. We need to stay together for six months.”“We did, but I wanted to bring it up again. Don’t you want to be free as early as possible?”He groaned. “Kitten. Does it have something to do with what Mom said earlier?” Everette asked. "I wan
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