“Five days monster?” Liam repeated dumbly. “It’s my time of the month, Dad!” Daniella yelled at the top of her voice as if reprimanding her father for not understanding that. “Shit!” Liam swore lowly under his breath and tried to lift her up in his arms, but Daniella wouldn’t oblige. “Come on, Ella, let’s get you on the bed,” “No, Dad. I like it here,” Daniella growled in pain, rolling out of Liam’s grip. “My stomach is on fire, Dad. I-I need my meds,” By this time, white fine beads of sweat were now glistening on her forehead, down to her swan-like-neck. “You didn’t bring them, did you?” Liam felt bitter and grieved in his heart. Watching his daughter in pain hurt his heart terribly. Groaning louder and curling up herself into a ball, “I forgot them…. Argh!” Liam leaped to his feet immediately, “I’ll go get them. Just tell me their names,” he pressed for and rushed out of the room to grab his wallet. He returned to Daniella’s room and bent closely to her, “Tell me the name
Goddammit!Liam swore inwardly without removing his gaze from Daniella’s upset face. Without anyone telling him, he knew that his daughter had seen him coming down from a woman’s car.“It’s not what you’re thinking, Ella,” he needed to make her understand nevertheless. “There were no cabs coming and I was running out of time and then she came to my aid when I was about to lose my mind,” Liam clarified, putting forward a few steps to close up the distance between them.Daniella then lowered her head, feeling her throat heavy and tears blurred her eyes.“You have to believe me, Ella,” Liam supplicated, reaching out his hand to hold her.Then, Daniella lifted her head to meet her father’s worried amber eyes with a tearstained face as more tears kept circling her eyes.“Is that why you had to smile with her?” she asked in a trembling tone, her eyes not moving from Liam’s face.“Ella,” Liam became highly strung up as he pressed himself closer to her and then extended his hands and palmed
Something that felt like thunder struck Jessica’s chest while her eyes went incredibly wide… wide as saucers.Quietness filled the air. It was so thick and tensed in the air.Jessica stepped back twice and almost lost her footing but the man’s hand shot out straight to her waist to steady and keep her from falling and like that, their eyes met and the whole place fell away.“Do you two know each other?” The chairman, Mr. Arthur’s voice brought them back to reality and immediately, Jessica wriggled herself from his grasp and turned on her heels at once.“Jessica, please…wait” The middle aged man pleaded, running two steps and catching up with her, standing two inches tall in front of her.Jessica stopped walking abruptly and turned to look at his aged face which gray beards were covering his jaw and also peeking out of his dark locks. His tall frame was wrapped in an immaculate business suit, looking gracious and divine.“Please,” he paused and gulped, trying to meet her gaze. “Please
“Hide now, Michael,” a shaky breath left Mandy’s mouth as she gave the instruction to Michael who immediately scampered toward the closet.“No,no,no… not my closet. You can’t fit in,” Mandy ran and stopped in front of him, trembling all over as she couldn’t imagine what Daniella would do to Michael once she set her eyes on him.Michael didn’t waste time before rushing to the bathroom door. But unfortunately, he slid on the ceramic tiled floor and before he could get back on his feet, the sound of the door opening echoed in the place.“Babe, I’m here,” Daniella peered her head into the exquisite modern bedroom and lifted her brows in surprise after seeing her friend jumping straight up in the air.Chuckling, Daniella set her foot into the room completely and the instant she did that, Mandy stopped what she was doing and rushed up to her.“Love of my life,” excitement lit up her whole face as she jumped on Daniella and deliberately spun her around so that her back would be facing Michae
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