COLEMy hands are shaking. I noticed absently as I waited for the elevator doors to open. My heart felt like it was heavy with a weight that seemed too painful to take. The call I received wasn’t one I was ready for, especially on my wedding day. On the day I promised myself to the woman I love. But then the woman I was here for was the one I had once loved, she had been the reason because of whom I met my princess. The hospital corridors that I had walked on so many times seemed to stretch out in front of me forever, the white linoleum tiles made my eyes ache. And by the time I came to stand in front of the room that I had been in countless times before, I was blank, my emotions on a standstill.Taking a deep breath, I opened the door and as I stepped in, the stark reality of the hospital environment clashed with the warmth of the celebration of my wedding that I just left, a harsh juxtaposition that mirrored the abrupt shift in my world. My eyes instantly went to the bed, but it w
COLESebastian wanted me to keep my marriage with Violet a secret from his sister, I understood where he was coming from but I didn’t want to. A sense of guilt and panic was rising inside me at the thought of deceiving Violet like that but then Sebastian requested, as a brother he asked me to do just this one last favor for his sister. And I couldn’t deny him that. I only agreed for him. Guilt was a fucked up emotion, it made you do things you'd rather not.It was close to two in the morning when I stepped out of the elevator into my penthouse. The motion sensor lights came on and I stopped when I found my princess on the sofa fast asleep. My heart heavy and feeling like the worst husband at the moment, I made my way to her. On the way from the hospital I had charged my phone in the car and found texts from the twins and several missed calls from my mom. Turned out my mother had wanted Violet to stay at the house when everyone realized I wasn’t coming back on time as I had told them,
COLEI entered the apartment and as I made my way further, following the sound of music coming from the kitchen, I paused when Violet came into view. My beautiful wife. She was listening to Closer by chainsmokers, and swaying to beats while she did what she definitely shouldn’t: she was cooking.I shook my head to myself as I leaned against a pillar and watched her work. She waved the knîfe in the air, her hips moving from left to right as she sang along. The picture she made was a heart melting sight. With her here in this big white and cold penthouse, she had really made it a home filled with warmth and love that I ached to come back to. It had been a week since we got married and said our vows. A week of shared smiles and whispered promises that echoed in the walls of our new life together, that felt like a little heaven without a shadow in sight. But that wasn't the truth though, was it? I quickly pulled my mind off that path, I had just come from my parents’ house and the scene
VIOLETLife was turning out to be like a chapter from a fairy-tale. I was so happy it was scary. I just wanted to have this happiness forever without anything to dampen it. Cole and I had settled into a routine in our new life that we shared which was like a dream. Every morning he wakes up before me, makes breakfast— even though I insist that I could make us breakfast, he wouldn’t let me and I know he it had something to do with the pie I had made a few days ago. I didn’t know how he even ate that thing, I couldn't after two bites. But my husband was so adorable when he ate the damn thing and even complimented me, didn’t even let me throw it in the sink when I told him that he shouldn’t be eating it.I digress though, each morning after a breakfast made by my husband which always turns out to be delicious, I go back to sleep because of how tired I feel from our last night’s activities or sometimes I join him in the shower where he takes his time to wash me but we end up back in the b
COLE“Princess?” I knocked on the bathroom door, waiting for her answer. When none came, I called out, “Violet?” We were just having lunch downstairs when she suddenly paled and almost dropped her cup of coffee that she had wanted to drink. Her hand shaking she had put the coffee cup down and I hadn’t missed the look of pain on her face that she was trying to mask. But before I could even ask, she had bolted out of there. Now as I stood outside the bathroom, in our bedroom, I went back to the last few days and remembered all the times when she had been constantly pulling away from me and in a very subtle way that I hadn’t noticed before but now if I think about it, it was very evident. Also the times when I had caught her with a frown on her forehead or the flash of pain whenever she sat down or stood up.“Violet, are you okay? Open the door, princess.” I was so busy in my own fûcking lies that I only noticed her smiles and the front she was putting for me when in fact it could be an
With you I'm always on the precipice, afraid of the fall and yet ready to take the plunge for you. ~ A. Gupta..COLE“I think you’ve had enough.” Mad snatched the bottle of vodka that I had claimed as mine when I felt like beer and whiskey wasn’t doing there job right. My head was still a mess with all the guilty curses aimed at me but at least now it was a little foggy under the haze of alcohol.“I don’t know what do you have to drink for, you just got married.” Dom said, leaning back in his seat. We were in one of the many exclusive clubs in NY and after their usual bickering and catching up on mundane things they have all settled in, and I realised now all there attention was on me. “It’s nothing.” I said, taking a sip from Mad’s glass only to spit it out when I found it was just a cola. “What the hell!”He shrugged. “I am driving.”I laughed. “And, you have become so responsible since when.”“Since, I got married and have kids.” He answered, his blue eyes scrutinizing me.I look
VIOLET“And then, Damien saw him in my nighty!” Kiara burst into laughter, along with everyone else. “His adorable face was scrunched up in pure shock before my little boy dissolved into fits of giggles. And watching him laugh at his father made me laugh. It was the best night of my life, I am telling you. And, Dom and I didn’t even have sex that night.”“You all are crazy.” Elle said, and then added, “And I sometimes miss you so much. I am going to ask Brandon to move back to Willow Creek.”“You should. We will have girls’ day more often.” Bree responded, wrapping her arm around Ellison where she sat beside her on the couch.“That will be so fun!” Scarlett nodded. After taking a long sip from her ginger ale, she said, “And, next time may be, we will all have our get together in the forest. And play hide and seek.” After another long sip and another sigh, she held out her empty glass to Bree as she demanded, “More.” Bree shook her head. “I think you’ve had more than enough. Alex will
VIOLET“Lily...” Her name on my lips was like a bitter poison, ready to ruin whatever semblance of peace I’d been feeling with Cole all these weeks. Suddenly, everything was painted in the shades of doubts and betrayal. Why didn’t he tell me?As I stood there, frozen in uncertainty, Lily snarled at me, her eyes blazing with unhinged fury. She advanced on me, but Elle and Bree pulled me back and as if realizing that we weren’t alone she faltered within touching distance. Her voice trembled with raw emotion as she gritted out, “Yes, Lily. The love of his life. My Nicholas,” she spat, each word dripping with bitterness and resentment, and making deep gauges in my chest. “The woman whose place you took. The woman whose life you stole.”My heart pounded in my chest, my mind reeling with disbelief and a part of me remembering the same words that her brother had spoken to me too. I had never imagined I would come face to face with her, especially not like this—in my own home. Was it? Was it