"Hey sweetie, what are you doing?" I wave my hand at the screen addressing Mirella, I gave birth to a beautiful girl."Baking with daddy!" She claps her hands in excitement."Really? That is so cool but stay away from anything that is hot or sharp. Got it?""Yep, where are you?""I am on a date but don't tell daddy.""Why?" She tries to raise her eyebrow which is cute."Because it is a surprise and daddy doesn't like surprises. Now please ask him if you could sleep there tonight.""Okay," Mirella nods her head and turns around, "daddy! Mommy said that I sho-""No! Mirella look at me." I cut her mid sentence, my face already red. "Ask him as if it's your idea. He will agree if you are the one that asks him saying that you want to sleep over. Can you do that?""Yes.""Good girl and remember, this is a top top secret mission. I love you.""I love you too." She kisses the laptop screen and I kiss my phone screen."Well, aren't you deceiving." Jack says, sitting down with me on a park ben
Standing in my living room shirtless is Blake with a towel wrapped around him. My mouth opens like a fish out of water needing the droplets of water descending from his neck down to his chest. My eyes move with one drop as it reaches the towel and my lips run dry. I involuntarily take in his toned body and the well developed abs. His v-line is wow, very appealing to the eyes."Take a picture, it lasts longer." Blake smiles at me as I continue to stare in disbelief on how a half naked man can still be this hot."W-what are y-you...why are you naked in my living room!" I cover my eyes after I had taken in everything, Dumb? I know! That doesn't stop me from doing it."I can take off my towel and show you naked." Blake's voice turns seductive and teasing.My hands fall off my eyes and behold I witness his hands playing with his towel as if he is about to let it fall to the ground. Acting impulsively I run to him and hold tight to his towel. "Gotcha." Blake whispers into my ear and softly
I am thirty minutes late to pick up Mirella and surprisingly parents are still here. Don't get me wrong, not so many parents fetch their children early but there is like almost every mother here and mostly from Mirella's class."Is everything alright?" I enter the class and when the teacher's eyes fall on me her face falls."Oh, Aria. Are you the one fetching Mirella today?""Yes and for the whole week, Mirella's father is out of town." I smile at her but I get an opposite response from her than I expected."Well, that is a bummer. Ladies! Blake isn't coming, I guess you might as well go." She goes back to her table while most ladies in the room groan and leave."That was...weird." I take Mirella's hand and walk out, "how are you darling?""Good! We learned a lot of things but I miss daddy.""I'm sure he misses you too, like everyone." I say the last part lowly when thinking about what just happened."Aria?" Jack voice calls behind me.Smiling, I turn around and my heart skips a beat.
"...okay, I understand. Do have a nice day." The call drops same time as my head on the table.It's been three days and I still can't find someone to look after Mirella. The fact that I can't take just anyone that hasn't looked after her before is making things harder. I can't leave my daughter with a stranger.Oceans by Hillsong United starts playing."Hello?" "Hey beautiful." "Jack, I was not expecting your call.""I was expecting yours." "I'm so sorry, I've been looking for a babysitter.""Are you going somewhere?" "Something like that, the whole of next week but starting this Sunday.""Really? And when were you going to tell me? You know I'm going to miss seeing that beautiful face.""I was going to tell you when I was to ask you to join me. It's a get together with my former third family. So they said I could bring anyone.""Wow." Jack says, remaining quiet for a lengthy period. My nerves start kicking in and I wish to go hide under the bed."It's fine if you don't want to c
"It's just only a week okay, so please do behave and I love you.""I love you too." Mirella hugs me tightly, causing a tear to roll down my cheek."Oh come on, she isn't leaving you. Mommy will be back okay." Bianca tries lighting up the mood, "and Mirella will be here. Just go, Jack is waiting.""Fine." I kiss my daughter's forehead and hug her one last time. "Don't finish my food." I direct my attention to Bianca."I might sell them." Bianca winks at me, "don't forget what we talked about.""Whatever." I close the door with a smile playing on my face. Would I really kiss Jack? "Don't you just have a beautiful smile?" Jack gives me a hand with my bags and places them in his car. "Milady." He opens the passenger door for me."You didn't have to but thanks." I turn to look at him once settled down in my seat and my heart stops beating. Jack has his head rested on the rolled down window, looking at me with a smile."You are beautiful and it's not a compliment but a fact." He shakes his
*First Flashback* Blake, just open the door!" I shout as he refuses to move from the main door as every other door is locked."Aria you might give birth anytime, can't you just leave after that? And I still don't get why you want to leave, we were good.""You know why! Blake you and I are getting a divorce, it's being processed. I cannot be here, thank you for taking care of me for these past few months but I want to go!""No...I can't let you put your life and our daughter's life in danger." Blake folds his arms, still not moving."You are keeping me in your house forcefully, that is illegal.""Aria, please calm down. You-"My eyes zone him out as I feel warm liquid trailing down my thighs."Blake.""What?" He stops talking and looks at me worriedly."My water just broke." And as soon as the words come out of my mouth, the pain starts to kick in.After preparing so long for this moment, Blake became unprepared in a matter of a few seconds."What should I do?""I don't know! Get me a
My eyes instantly flew open, my body automatically rising from the bed. The clock beside my bed stand reads 03:09 and yet it feels like I've been sleeping the whole day. I really hate going down memory lane that involves Blake because it always leads to me being sexually frustrated, angry and missing what we used to be. The reason I wanted to leave that day was because I had asked Miss Katy if it was alright to sleep with your ex-husband whom you have not officially gotten divorced to and that was all before I slept with Blake. And she told me that it was all up to me but if it was her, she wouldn't because if she truly loved the person then it would be hard for her to leave. So, after I slept with Blake, the day before my delivery she asked me how I had handled the situation and for some reason I felt ashamed. So, I wanted to leave so bad! But Mirella does not know of the reason, she only knows of the story of how she was born. Oh my sweet sweet Mirella.Kneeling down, I put the bib
It was so awkward to go back to Jack and sit down with him. I didn't know what to say or do but thankfully he just hugged me. And even though I felt like crying, I didn't. I just dived deeper into his hug. That moment really made me realise how important Blake and I need to draw up boundaries. Which is why I'm standing outside his hut and taking deep breaths in.You can do this Aria, it's just Blake...I recite the words over and over in my head.Finally knocking on the door, Blake doesn't waste time opening it and I thank God that this man is wearing a shirt.He lets me in, closes the door and sits on his bed looking at my every move while I inspect his given room."Your room is nice." I blurt out the words before I could even hear how they sound in my head, way to go Aria."It is." Blake answers, still looking at me."So, what happened to Mirella's school?" Once again I avoid the real reason I am here."One of her classmates was involved in a car accident with his parents and sadly p