The first rays of dawn crept into the room the next morning. Anna stirred, her eyelids fluttering open to stare at the high white ceiling above her head. A lazy groan escaped her lips as she sat up on the bed, her hair falling at each side of her face as she looked around the unfamiliar room. She gasped. “The fuck?” She looked at the space next to her and then around the room in search of the man who’d fallen asleep next to her the previous night. Finding no trace of him anywhere, she threw the covers off her and hurriedly put on her pajamas that lay limply on the floor. “Damnit, Anna, what did you do?” She shook her head as if to dismiss the memories of the previous night. It was unbelievable that they went from yelling at each other in anger to having sex, hot angry sex. He’d even made her….No! She covered her face in embarrassment. How on earth was she going to continue living with such a memory playing in her head? It was depressing and for all she cared, it was Caspian’s faul
“You had what? Are you hurt?” Caspian’s hands fell on his mother’s shoulder and he checked through her body for any trace of injury. “I’m alright, son. You know your father wouldn’t dare touch me.”The woman peeled his hands from her body and intended to walk further into the house but before she could take more than a few steps, Anna rushed in front of her, stopping her in her tracks. “Th…the thing is that, the room isn’t free right now, Mother.” She didn’t know how to tell the women that Caspian and herself never shared a room. She would scream bloody murder. Luckily, Caspian stepped forward to help her. “I’ll find somewhere else for you to stay. Come.”Mrs Riordan shook her head. “Why are you going to go through the trouble of finding somewhere else when there is a good room here? Don’t tell me you don’t want me around?”“You know that’s not the case. Here won’t be that comfortable for you.”“I don’t mind. Besides, I’m here to take care of you both. Get out of my way, I’ll take
“What do you mean?” Mrs. Riordan’s face fell. “You don’t have to be shy, you know. I mean, I have a feeling it’s going to happen soon. Look at all those hickeys on her body. You can’t tell me a baby isn’t going to…”“Mother.”“What? I’m only telling the truth.”Caspian looked away, looking for ways to avoid the topic about babies with his mother. As if hearing his pleas, the door of the room pushed open and Anna walked in carrying sandwiches and a cup of coffee in a tray. She walked to their side and placed the tray on the bedside table which Caspian brought before the woman. “Have something to eat first, mother. I’ll be right back.” He passed Anna a last look and made his way out of the room, heading back into his. Once he left, Anna turned, intending to run away from the prying eyes of the woman but who was she kidding? There was no way the woman would let her leave. She called on hers “Anna, where are you going? You should keep me company for a while.”“Of course. I wasn’t going
Anna’s fist clenched as she resisted the urge to turn around and pull the hair of Billy and give her a piece of her fist. How dare she say those words to her without remorse. That Caspian no longer wanted her? Only the thought alone was enough to have her moving to her bed and kicking on the frame severally until her legs hurt. She groaned. Just a few words with Billy and it already ruined her mood. The girl really was a joyous killer. Letting out a frustrated sigh, she made her way out of the room, stopping in her tracks when she found Billy in front of Caspian’s room, perhaps about to go in. Before she could, Anna stormed toward her and grabbed her by the sting of her flimsy peach dress. She turned.“You don’t take lessons, do you?” She kept her voice down so their conversation didn’t leak to the other side. “Billy, this is rude.”“Get your hands off.” She shrugged her hands off her. “You don’t have to act like my mother or try to scold me.”“Since she’s not doing a good job, I sho
“On the couch? In my room. Did you forget that this is my room? And as for being a gentleman.” He looked her over from her head down. “We both know I’m not.”“I’m not sharing a bed with you.”“Whether or not you want to sleep on the bed, it’s up to you. It’s either you share or you have the couch to yourself. Choose,” Caspian offered. Anna's breath increased as she glared at her husband. It was the first conversation that they were having after the previous night. The previous night was a mistake for her, at least this time. She still remembered how easily she got wet and how easily she agreed to Caspianms attempt for sex. Gosh, she still remembered the memories vividly, and each time she thought about it, it only angered her further. “You’re so annoying, ugh.” She let go of his arm. “I wasn’t so annoying when you were screaming on my cock last night, was I? I wonder what changed.”She slapped his chest, pushing him backward before making her way into the bed. She laid on the othe
In no time, they both fell asleep but not without Anna passing Caspian his pillows and putting one in between them. In the dead of the night, the sound of Caspian’s groans caused Anna to force her eyes open. She hurriedly sat on the bed and stared at the man next to her, her eyes widening in panic at the sweat that broke out in his bare chest and the groans that he let out, plus the trembling of his entire body. She quickly threw the pillow between them aside and moved over to his side. She held his shoulders and shook him severally. “Caspian? Caspian.” She became sure that he was having a nightmare as Caspian didn’t respond to her call, instead, his groans grew louder and his breath faster. She grabbed his shoulder and shook him faster. “Caspian, it’s just a nightmare, wake up.” Sweat broke out on her forehead in panic and her attempt to wake him up intensified. Finally, his hands shot forward and wrapped around her arms, pulling her to his chest, and before she knew it, he
Anna rushed toward her father the moment she stepped into the hospital room. She sat on the chair at his side of the bed and held his hand in her palm. “Are you alright, Father?” The man slowly opened his eyes to look at her, his eyes weakly staring at her. Anna’s heart broke as she stared at the man, lying weakly in a hospital bed with different medical machines connected to him. She’d been having lunch with her mother-in-law at the penthouse when she got a call that her father was in the hospital. According to the doctor, he had a sudden heart attack and was rushed to the hospital immediately. Anna had thought that she stopped caring for any member of her family but after the doctor announced the situation to her, she realized that if there was anyone she cared about in the family, even though it was a little, it was her father. Although he’d watched her become a victim of his wife’s abuse for years without saying anything, she understood him a little. He was also a victim
“You’re back,” Mrs. Riordan announced as Anna stepped away from the front door. “I was just about to prepare dinner, you know.” Anna nodded, stepping closer to the woman who began making her way to the kitchen. “I’ll join you, Mother.” “That would be very sweet if you. Here.” She handed Anna a stack of washed vegetables and a knife while she took out some potatoes to peel. Three minutes in, the woman staggered backward, holding her head in her hands. Anna immediately rushed toward her. “Mother, are you okay?” She helped the woman sit on a chair and offered her a glass of water. “Are you okay? Do you need the doctor?” “I…I don’t. I’m just a little bit tired. I’ll be fine.” “You should go have a rest. Come on, you should go to your room.” “Who then is going to help you in the kitchen?” Anna stared at the vegetables and potatoes on the island table. They’re a lot of work to do but she was a pro at it. It wasn’t the first time that she was cooking something like this. “I’ll take