If one could experience being reborn I did when my lips touched his. ~ A. Gupta
Kissing her was a fantasy and I was one lucky son of a bitch to have experienced and also be the first to do it.ColeHer cheeks were still pink from our kiss and perhaps a little because of the interruption from her friend. Unlike her friend, Daisy— who hadn’t appeared a little bit embarrassed but more like amused and curious, Violet had difficulty meeting her friend’s eyes when she had waved us goodbye and hinted on texting her questions.Now, I watched from the corner of my eyes as she sat there by my side and gazed out the window. There was a soft curve to her lips and I wondered if it was because of what happened between us. When I had come to get her, I had been furious— not at her, but at the fact that she could be in danger of coming
Often we have to burn ourselves to see the light and in those moments just wish that only the darkest parts turn to ash. ~ A. GuptaCole“Let me have him, sweetness, so you can eat your dinner.” Mad said to Bree as she patted baby Ivan’s back when he fussed in her hold.“No. It’s fine.” She replied not looking up from her plate even though she wasn’t eating.I looked at my best friend who was frowning at his wife, his lips pinched in a disapproving line and his blue eyes lightening as if he was about to snap.I knew that every man in the family was tenseafter receiving the threatening envelope but to see him looking upset wi
The stars in her eyes makeme wish for the sun to never rise. ~ A. GuptaColeI was working on my laptop when a soft sigh from her had me glancing up at her. She was gazing down at baby Ivan with a soft smile on her face, her index finger clutched in his tiny fist as he looked at her, wide eyed with his blue eyes. Yeah, tell me about it, little guy. It looked even that little baby was enamored of her.The picture she made with that little guy who had his father’s eyes but they were so bright now that they could be mistaken for hers, used to make my insides itch for a reason I couldn’t name, but now as I had become used to seeing her with Ivan and had accepted that she felt more comfortable with that little guy than she ever would with me, it made me feel
It’s easy to forget the past when the present becomes better, but some evils manage to slither through the cracks and leave their shadows to dull the brightness. on the ~ A. GuptaViolet“You are not going.”‘But, why?’“Because I said so.”I glared at him. Since the last thirty minutes we’ve been having the same argument. Till now I myself hadn’t wanted to go but then I received several text messages from Daisy and a voice note too. She sounded upset and her saying that she won't be enjoying her birthday without me had me changing my mind but that wasn’t the only thing that
Jealousy is a drug that makes the coldest of men turn into a senseless Hothead.~ A.GuptaViolet“And it would be in your best fucking interest if you step back right this second.”My lips parted in a silent gasp as I met Cole’s furious whisky eyes. He glared at me for a moment before he turned that cold gaze on the man standing in front of me, Kevin.Kevin turned slightly but Cole didn’t give him a chance as he stepped between where I sat and Kevin stood. I was faced with his back and even though he was at least three inches shorter than the guy, the way he held himself and how furious heat wafted from him he looked like he was seconds away from starting a fight. &ld
Pal bhar thehar jaao, Dil ye sambhal jaayeKaise tumhe roka karu, Meri taraf aata har gam phisal jaayeAakhon mein tumko bharuBin bole baaten tumse karuAgar tum saath ho ~ Bollywood song by Arijit Singh“If you stay a moment, my heart will be calm— I want to stop you but don’t know how,The moment I look upon you, my pain is forgotten, I talk to you without words— If you are with me.”Violet“Cole!”He stiffened against me. Our breathing heavy and loud in the silence. A moment later he jerked away as if I had stabbed him in the gut. His arms left me,
Let me care for you so you forget the monsters,Let me warm you up so you forget the cold,Let me kiss and caress every inch of you so I can erase the scars,Let me dive into those eyes so I could forget myself. ~ A. GuptaColeI fûcking hated this helplessness I was feeling.It had been more than three hours since we got locked in this refrigerator room and each minute that passed was bringing us closer to hypothermia or serious lung problems. I had tried everything I could, my right hand was numb from trying to punch the gate in because I couldn’t sit in and do nothing. Violet was stan
I kept my words to myself because they mattered not to anyone before, but with you, looking in your sherry eyes I believe if I gave you a word you would understand a sentence and that’s why I allow you to have them, as many as I could give. ~ A. GuptaVioletHe pressed the softest kiss in the middle of my palm and then settled my hand on his shoulder. He did that with his eyes closed, his dark lashes touching his cheek and those sherry eyes hidden on my demand.With precise movements he tugged down the straps of my overalls, while his other hand stayed at my back as if to provide me comfort and stability. His hands were soothing, his touch warm and electric as it made my skin break out in goosebumps. His thumb caressed my collarbone an
Eight hours later...I held the most beautiful boy I had ever seen in my arms. He was so small. So fragile. And so trusting of the arms that held him. “We decided that you should name him.” Bree said as Mad sat beside her, his arm protectively curled around her shoulders.I blinked at them, my eyes filling with tears that I hated anew. It seemed that day, eighteen months ago a dam broke and it didn’t stop. I looked at Mom and Dad, who gave me encouraging nods. Turning back to Mad, I asked, “You don’t mind?”He looked at me like I was mad. “Are you crazy? Why would I mind? He is your nephew, and we want you to name him.” His blue eyes softened as he said, “We want you to be an important part in our sons’ lives.”I looked around the room as my mind felt overwhelmed. My eyes fell on Dominic who had fallen asleep in the past hour and then on Alex who winked at me. Brandon had slipped out shortly after the little boy was born and the doctors declared that both the mother and son were fine.
PrologueEighteen months later...Violet‘You should stay for dinner with us.’ Hailey signed as I picked up my purse when I saw it was already six in the evening.I ruffled her hair and signed back, ‘Maybe some other day.’She narrowed her eyes at me, because as sweet as she was, she was also smart. She recognised my words for what it was. Excuses. ‘You always say that.’“Stop pestering her, munchkin.”We both turned to look at Kevin, who entered the house in dark blue jeans and white polo shirt. He was like a typical father figure we watch in daily soaps and even though he was gentle and always respects the boundaries I have set for our friendship, I couldn't make myself feel what I once felt for the man that should not be named. I liked him enough but not as much as he liked me. Maybe I should try harder, if I shouldn’t hold onto my dark past then I shouldn’t hold on to those feelings as they were in the past too.Coming toward us, he bent down and greeted his daughter with a hug an
Two months later...ColeI slid the aviators up my nose, they have become a necessity considering I was unable to sleep without drinking myself into stupor nowadays. I picked up my phone from the centre console and dialled the number that I had been dialling compulsively since the last two months like an alcoholic searching for one last beer can in the kitchen.“Did you find him?”“No. There’s no sign of the boy you gave us a picture of.”I gritted my teeth, my hand going to the back of my neck as tension gathered in my shoulders. “You all are incompetent fucking arseholes. You can’t find a teenage boy, what can you even do?” I growled into the phone.“Mr Bianchi, we are trying our best. We checked the city surveillance, there’s no sign of that boy.” The P. I. my father had hired, said into the phone pressed to my ear, his voice hesitant because he didn’t want to disappoint me. But he was.I wasn’t temperamental like my last name was famous for but maybe it had changed because right n
Two weeks later...ColeI sat in the darkness that was only punctured by a low fluorescent lamp on the other side of the sofa on which I was sitting. The heavy silence surrounding me felt suffocating, the kind where every breath stabs in the lungs. And as I struggled to breathe, the world around me seemed to be peacefully sleeping. Along with the woman on the hospital bed.I wrenched my gaze from her sleeping form and looked up at the ceiling. I was on the eighth floor of the hospital that was considered to be the best and yet they couldn’t wake her up. Like the rest of the world she was sleeping too, but unlike the rest of the world she has been sleeping for a long time now. Coma. The first letter word with a power that put the one person’s life on hold, affected others who were close to them, while the whole world around moves at their regular pace like nothing happened.She hasn’t woken up since the last time I left her— six years ago, except she did fifteen days ago and as fate ha
We belong together, And you know that I am right,Why do you play with my heart? Why do you play with my mind?Said we’d be forever, Said it’d never die,How could you love me and leave me and never,Say goodbye? ~End of the road, Boyz II MenColeI looked down at her beautiful face as a single tear rolled down my face, sitting this close to her I already felt the pain of being separated. She looked so peaceful while sleeping like a fallen angel, a princess broken by the monsters of our real world. Her pretty face was still flushed pink from our earlier activities. After the way we had made love, the intensity of it hadn’t vanished before we were attacking each other once again like hungry animals. Every part of my body, every cell in my body had wished to gorge on her. It felt like it was my last meal before a life sentence. And I wanted to have every last morsel I could.And now as I sat beside her, fully clothed, my whole body trembled and I didn't think I’d ever be able to overcom
The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone. ~ Jane Austen, Love and Friendship.There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison. ~ Jane Austen, Persuasion. VioletHe tasted like mine and yet he wasn’t. I didn’t know how that could be possible but it was and if all I could ever have of him was this connection between us then it’ll be what I’ll have.I slipped my fingers into his hair and his hands slipped around my waist, pulling me into him. Our bodies pressed into each other like they were glued or we were born to fit like this. Two pieces of the same puzzle. He picked me up and I wrapped my arms and legs around him like I had done millions of times before or like it was just an act I remembered from my past life. His sherry eyes were dark with emotions that I knew mirrored in mine, so many unspoken words remained between us but all our lips could do was kiss each other and we hoped the other person understood the un
Pain was something I was used to but there with him for a moment it was gone, my heart was healed. But broken things don't stay put together for long and he taught me that the hard way. ~ A. GuptaColeI fûcked up.And I have no idea what to do now. The one thing I wanted to do most was to kill Alex. The arsehôle knew how to push everyone’s buttons and this time he did it with me. And I fell for it, did something that I shouldn’t have. I spoke the words that made me the bad person, or just the jealous one. Fûcking Alex!And now the time was running out and she was still not talking to me. Well, she hadn’t been talking to
The words are there on my lips, But I don’t know how to say them,I’m in love with you, But I don’t know how to tell you that,I don’t know how to hide it and I don’t know how to express it.{It’s a very beautiful song from Bollywood. Chupana Bhi Nahi Aata}VioletIt was Alex and Mad who entered the house and Cole stood up, not hearing what I had asked of him. I was disappointed and glad in equal measures. I stood up too when I saw that Mad was holding baby Ivan in his arms but Bree wasn’t there.And as if I had voiced my confusion aloud, Mad walked to me and
You and I are not a mistake. Destiny brought us together and I hope one day it will again for the sake of the love we wished for and then I won’t let anyone take you away from me. ~ A. GuptaColeEverything seemed to be falling apart in the Carter house and I wanted to make it right for the family who gave me a home and Dominic who was a brother like Maddox, but I didn’t know how. I have done everything I could, hacking into every street camera I could and given Alex all the information I got, wherever or whenever I got a glimpse of Kiara.And then there was she. Violet has been ignoring me but at night when I’d slip into her bed and under the covers behind her, she lets me hold her