Eden looked at Grace in astonishment. She said, “ What? He has a wife and two kids. How could he have not told you that when he gave you his number? Who does that? That is so messed up.”“Well, I guess I'm happy, he told me before things went too far. I wish he was single though. He is kind of really handsome. Haven't you noticed too?” Grace asked.“I don't know. He's not that good-looking. I guess it's the British accent that people like,” said Eden.Gray smirked and said, “Yeah, there's someone else that you find handsome now. God, you have become such a wife material.”Smacked her arm and said, “.You're an asshole. Do you know that?” Her mood suddenly changed again. She didn't know what Bennett had gone out to do and it frightened her that he would do something reckless and get himself in trouble. Although she knew emotion was not what drove Bennett to do things, she had noticed that he had started to be more impulsive while he was with her. Last week, they were at a restaurant on
Eden looked at Grace, hoping for an explanation, but Grace stayed silent and looked down at her feet as if thinking about what to say. Eden looked behind her and saw that there was no guitar in the hallway either. “Grace, you didn’t get my guitar?” Eden asked, growing more and more suspicious.“Well- well I went to your fath- Alfred’s place and he was in his study,” said Grace.“Okay, and?” Eden pressed.“So your housemaid let me into your room and, um…” Grace’s words trailed off slowly, giving Eden a growling feeling in her chest. She didn’t know what was wrong but her gut told her she didn’t want to hear it. “Alfred. He destroyed your guitar after he left from here.”Eden sat on the couch, staring into the empty space. Alfred had destroyed the thing that was most precious to her. Her mother’s last gift. Eden closed her eyes and kept repeating in her head, ‘It’s just a guitar. It’s just a guitar. It’s just a guitar. It’s just a guitar.’ Before she could control herself anymore, she
“You’re lying!” Eden yelled as tears filled her eyes.Alfred stood up from his desk and smirked at Eden. “You’re right, Eden. He doesn’t work for me,” he said with an evil smile. “He works for Carter Schmidt. He always has. When that rat Bennett married you, Carter was bent on destroying your marriage with him. So he hired Leo to charm you and get you to sleep with him, which you, being as stupid as you are, did very easily.”Eden’s world was spinning now. She now knew sleeping with Leo was a terrible mistake. She looked at Leo with blurred vision. She trusted him and she was vulnerable to him, but all he was doing was following orders from a man she hated. What baffled her more was the fact that Carter, who claimed to love her, was ready to let her sleep with another man if it meant destroying her relationship with Bennett. Leo looked at her and said, “Lily, I just came here because your father called me. He and Carted have been working together to get you and your husband divorced.
Eden stepped out of the cab and paid the driver before turning around and walking into the Mom and Pop cafe. This was the last place where she felt safe and happy. She walked in and got greeted by Mom on the counter. She quickly noticed that Eden was in distress and walked out from behind the counter and held her Eden’s. “Oh baby, is everything alright?” Mom asked with a concerned tone. When Eden didn’t answer she walked her over to one of the private booths and sat there with her. “What’s bothering you?”Eden took a deep breath and said, “Wherever I go, I carry problems for both myself and the people around me. They just seem to follow me and I don’t know what to do.”Mom placed her hand over Eden’s hand and said, “Since I’ve known you, you’ve been nothing but a delight. If the people around you truly love you, you are not a problem for them. ”“Do you mean that if I am posing as a problem for somebody, they don’t love me?” Eden asked, remembering what Bennett said to her.Mom thoug
Grace arrived at the cafe in 10 minutes. She looked shaken up and stressed about something, but when she saw Eden, Sophia, and Natalie waiting for her at the table, the creases on her forehead quickly softened. She waved at them and sat next to Eden. She embraced Eden in a hug and kissed both Sophia and Natalie on their cheeks. Eden looked at Grace excitedly. Her gaze kept moving from Sophia and Natalia to Grace.Grace scrunched her eyebrows and looked at Eden with confusion. “Why are you looking at me like that?” She asked. Eden stayed silent and kept looking at Sophia as if asking permission for something.Sophia rolled her eyes and said, “Yeah, fine, go ahead.”Eden squealed with excitement and said in one breath, “Person with two best friends in a relationship say what?”“What?” asked Grace.“Haha, got you,” Eden clapped and said. “Who’s in a relationship with whom?” Grace asked, still confused.“Sophia and Natalia!” Eden yelled.Grace didn’t look surprised at all. She looked at
Eden smiled as she gulped another big sip from the bottle. She smiled at the fact that she could have come to the bar ages ago and gotten wasted to forget everything. She thought that her only friend was the bottle in her hand because it made her feel good. As Eden sat in the sketchy bar, she failed to notice the eyes falling on her. She was the only woman in the whole place, and didn't realise what danger she could be in. She felt relieved that no one knew she was there. No one needed to worry about her anymore because they didn't know where she was, and she didn't intend to go back anytime soon. As she downed the last drop of alcohol, she slammed the bottle down and wiped her lips. She asked the bartender for the direction of the bathroom, and left to get relieved. There was no separate bathroom for women but Eden had to desperately go. When she walked in, there was no one inside. She walked in one of the stalls and saw that the lock was missing. She was too drunk to care and sat d
Eden woke up to someone shaking her shoulder aggressively. Her ears ranged for a long time, but they adjusted to the atmosphere quickly and she opened her eyes to see someone hovering over her. Her vision was blurred and she couldn't recognise the face, but the voice was something she could never forget. "B-Bennett?" Eden's drawly voice managed to ask. Her body felt limp and every movement felt like a difficult task. When she lifted her arm, it felt like lifting a very big rock boulder. She put her arm back down, giving up on trying to move. Her head was spinning fast and all she wanted was to go back to the comfortable sleep she was woken up from. "Eden. I'm right here, don't close your eyes. Eden, please, look at me," Bennett's voice cracked as he tried to wake her up. His eyes were filled with tears and his heartbeat racing. Eden smiled in her heavily drunken state and said, "Aw jeez, I'm done brought another problem in your life." She wasn't paying much attention to grammar but
Eden's face drenched in sweat as she tried to fix the shower pipe. She stood in the bathroom naked as the shower made unnatural sounds and gave her no water. She gave up and looked at the bidet next to the toilet seat. She sighed and picked it up, washing herself off with the small spray of water. It took her about 20 minutes to finish bathing. She walked out of the tiny bathroom into her bedroom and looked at it wistfully. She knew it was small but it was her own. It had been 3 months since the divorce and Eden had found a cozy apartment to live in. She had the divorce alimony money that she got from Bennett, but it wasn't enough to last three years, so she was saving every penny she could until she got a part time job. She could have gotten the job of a barista or a cashier at any store, but she knew she could do better and kept mailing applications to firms for a paid internship opportunity, but there were no replies yet. Eden walked to her closet and pulled out her Nirvana t-shi