Michael was now wearing his fear and panic in his features as kept swallowing his saliva.“It’s not what y-you are t-thinking, Daniella. Just allow me to explain myself t-this once, please” he tumbled out and then snapped his mouth shut when Daniella’s grip around his collar tightened further.“What do you want to explain? Tell me, I’m listening” she asked in a deceptive calm tone, holding him closer to her face.“Ella,” Mandy called out in a shaky breath, resting a hand on her shoulder.Michael swallowed tightly again and then opened his mouth to say something, “I-I-I truly_”The rest of the words died in his throat when Daniella raised her other fist and punched him on the cheek. He staggered on his feet powerlessly until his back was pressing against the wall, meaning there was no place left behind him.Without wasting time, Daniella rushed up to where he was but Mandy had confined her movement. She stood between the two people – backing the groaning Michael and facing the fuming
As if having an appalling day already wasn’t enough, the least of all Daniella had expected was catching the sight of another woman with her father.And to think that it wasn’t just any woman, it was the same woman her father had told her about – his freaking first love.Thinking of this, her hands clenched tighter that her nails were almost embedded into her palm but she didn’t realize it. Her entire body was just quavering and her jaw had gone numb from the way she’d locked it intensely.“Uhhmm,” Ivy cleared her throat before turning to face Liam. “I’ll take my leave now. We’ll talk later on the phone,” She let out quickly and then hurried toward the doorway where Daniella was still standing inflexibly with a look that made her want to do anything more than to run out of that place as quickly as possible.“Hi, dear,” she managed to let out with a friendly smile while she squeezed herself to pass through the little space left behind Daniella.Daniella didn’t reply to her amiable g
With an annoying shrilling sound, Daniella pulled into the student parking lot and took a very deep breath to rein over her nerves and anger before unfastening her seatbelt. “We are not going to think about him again, dear heart. We have to hold onto the little bit of pride we have left. Do you understand?” She lowered her head and caressed her chest through her clothing and then spoke softly. Just then, her eyes closed and her mind conjured up images of Liam undressing an unknown woman and was soon sucking on one of her nipples while his teeth gritted over it.Her eyes instantly flew open to reality and she cussed out loudly, “Damn it!” Then, she grabbed her small brown bag on the passenger seat and hurried out of the car as if staying a single more moment inside her car would compel her to change her mind and she would rush back home to meet her father.She was done locking the car door and was preparing to evacuate the place when a familiar voice suddenly called out her name fro
A smile broke upon Michael’s lips while he watched these two best friends embracing themselves affectionately as though they’ve been away from each other for years. The view was really fascinating to him. “I’m so sorry, Ella. Please forgive me,” Mandy kept repeating these words like a mantra into Daniella’s ear with more tears rushing down her face. “Shush,” Daniella patted her warmly in her arms, “That’s enough,” Soon, Mandy unlocked from the tight hug and looked into Daniella’s eyes carefully while touching her face. “I thought I’ve lost our friendship, Ella. I thought you’ll never want to talk to me again,” Her voice broke down along with another fresh wave of tears as she quickly smuggled herself into Daniella’s chest again as if she was going to disappear before her eyes. “A day without you in it is useless, Ella. Please don’t ever stay mad at me again. Michael is no longer my friend. I’ll choose you a million times over him, I promise. So please don’t leave me again, I beg
Daniella arrived back into the house and headed straight for the stairs and then to her parents’ bedroom. Upon getting there, she saw that her mother’s body was now tucked under the bed covers and serenity on her face as she slept so peacefully.But, the placid and lovely movement her father was doing to her mother made her heart constricted in pain.Liam was caressing Jessica’s hand in his without shifting his gaze from her face. Seeing this gesture, Daniella clenched her dress in her grasp tightly as if she wanted to rip it off her body. She couldn’t fight the welling of jealousy in her heart at that moment. “You can go back to work now, Dad. I’ll take care of her,” she enunciated in a soft voice. After battling to bring her temper under control for a few minutes and which she successfully did.“No, Ella. I want to be with her,” Liam retorted sharply, without even sparing Daniella a free glance. Then he extended his hand to Jessica’s forehead and removed the wisp of her hair and
Jessica dismounted the last stairway and glided in a classy manner to where Liam was waiting for them in the sitting room.“How do I look?”Liam’s eyes took in her dressing from bottom to up. She looked classy and dignified in her purple evening dress but the valuable and dazzling jewelry on her was even more eye-catching.“You look good, Jessica,” Liam admitted with a light smile gracing his handsome face.“Mmm, mmm,” Jessica beamed while she moved closer to stand beside him before they took their eyes toward the stairs and saw Daniella coming.“Aww, she’s here.” Jessica was smiling so big as she watched her only child with pure adoration. Meanwhile, Liam’s breath has left his body at that moment.His heart started racing and blood ran hot in his veins as something roared into his chest.She wore a black dress with an inspiring design that revealed her back. The two sides of the dress are divided – all the way extending to the waist and hip lines.Her fair back was exposed, exuding
“Yes, Ella. It’s me,”A wide grin split across Matthew’s cheeks as he lowered himself onto the nearby stool and dragged himself closer to Daniella.“Are you okay?” he asked, looking at her worriedly. Instead of responding, Daniella averted her gaze to the dance floor where her father and mother were holding each other and twirling romantically like every other couple there on the floor with them.Tears instantly blurred her eyes, clouding her throat and making it hard to speak. She felt like a huge rock had grown in her chest – her chest was that heavy.“Do you want us to step outside for a moment?” Matthew suggested after noticing the dejected expression on her face.He’d followed her line of gaze just now and saw Jessica and Liam dancing happily around the dim lights but he couldn’t understand why she looked so sad.With a nod of her head, she slid off the tall stool and wandered toward the back door – leaving Matthew to follow her who soon fell in steps with her. Matthew led her
The tiny ray that penetrated through the lines of the drawn curtains hovered at Daniella’s sleeping face and it seemed to arouse her. She stirred bit by bit while she slowly forced her eyes open. At first, she couldn’t see anything as everything appeared to be very blurred in her eyes.As a result, she squeezed her eyes shut and cleared them at once. Again, everything didn't look clear in her eyes but wasn’t as blurry as before. All of a sudden, a loud yelp flew out of her mouth while her two hands went up to her head and took hold of it as if it was about to fall off her neck.“Fuck,” she swore between gritted teeth, palming her head strongly.Daniella stayed in that position for several minutes and she was thankful the headache died down a bit. Then, she got out of the bed and walked up to the dressing mirror to check what had gotten into her eyes that was making her unable to see clearly.Staring back at her reflection in the mirror, she slowly raised her hand, used her finger to