Emily's POV."Good morning Miss Emily," Kimberly's voice snapped me out of my chain of thought as I walked towards my office. Sometimes I wonder how she always knew that I was passing towards my office, her office is located quite far from the hallway. "Kimberly, how are you doing?" "I'm fine, thank you ma'am," she smiled. "Is everything okay though? Your eyes are swollen and red," her next words hit me hard across the ear sending stabs of realization down my spine.How could I be so careless to forget the sunglass that I had intended to put on while coming in for work. After what happened with Liam the previous day, I couldn't sleep a wink through the night, no matter how hard I tried to console myself, the tears never stopped rolling. I only got a whiff of sleep during the early hours of the morning and had woken up afterwards with swollen eyes. "Oh, it's nothing serious my dear," I faked a grin. "The kids are becoming more of a handful by the day, I had to stay awake all nigh
Emily's POV."MOM!" Ryan and Nadia screamed rushing towards me immediately I walked into their classroom. I had feared that I was late and they will be left stranded when the other kids have all left but they seemed rather happy. "Hi babies, I'm sorry for being late, I was caught up with work, I'm sorry okay? Next time, I'll send a driver over if I can't make it early," I pouted apologetically."It's fine Mom, we had company," Ryan replied and my brows furrowed in thought. "Company?" I repeated, wondering who could have sacrificed their time to stay with them till I arrived. "Oh, Mrs Gibson?" I asked.Mrs Gibson is their favorite teacher, she's quite friendly with the kids."No, Aria's Dad,"I felt my heart race rapidly as their words hit me hard across the ear. Liam?"Oh, you are here?" I froze as I heard his voice from behind. Breathing in deeply, I turned around slowly to face him. There he was, looking as charming as always in his fitted suit, Aria's tiny hands clutching ont
Emily's POV.I tried to hold back my smile as we pulled up at the park.It was surprisingly more than I had expected. As much as there was a huge crowd, there was a much variety of activities to keep up with everyone. I guess this wasn't such a bad idea. "Is that a smile on your face Mom?" Ryan suddenly poked me. "Fine, it's a beautiful place, you little monsters won!" I rolled my eyes at them and they bursted into laughter, hitting their fists together victoriously. "But it doesn't mean you should prioritize wanting what others have, you hear me?""Yes Mommy!" They chorused. I nodded at them with a smile as we continued to walk around the park, taking pleasure in watching people engage in different fun activities while also searching for what will catch the kids fancy."Hey! Mom, I want that!" Nadia suddenly screamed, pointing at the toy claw machine. "Me too," Ryan pouted.My gaze shifted from the claw machine to them and back to the machine wondering how I was going to pull
Emily's POV. "There's nothing to talk about Liam," I spat, turning away from him."Emily please," he mumbled. "Liam, that night was a mistake, we were drunk and...""We weren't drunk," he quickly cut me off. "We were both fully conscious of our actions, we couldn't control ourselves because we wanted it to happen,""You are making a mountain out of a mole hill Liam, it was nothing," I replied. "And please don't send me any more flowers, it's really awkward," I quickly added.He suddenly went mute, his gaze fixed on the kids playing. To avoid more interactions between us, I decided to go far away from him."Zoya, keep an eye on the kids okay? I'm going to find some peace and quiet," I called out to her and she nodded frantically. With a last glance at the kids, I turned around and headed out, I had no direction particularly in mind but anywhere far from Liam will definitely do. As I walked around the park, I tried to push the thought of Liam to the back of my head by focusing on t
Emily's POV.I breezed through my schedule for the day with a wide smile playing at the corner of my lips. My presentations at every meeting was on point and so was every other minor activity at work.Many of my colleagues couldn't stop throwing glances of confusion at me as I walked all around the company beaming all smiles and humming to myself. Well, it felt really good hearing Liam confess the reality of his actions towards me few years ago, not that I have totally forgiven him but it has helped reduce my anger towards him.As I sat on my desk, finalizing my projects for the day before I retire home, the loud sound of my phone ringing suddenly broke out.Reaching out to grab it, a small smile spread out on my face as I stared at the screen. It was Liam calling. Exhaling a deep breath, I received the call and placed it over my ear. "Hello, Emily."I felt a sudden cold shiver run down my spine as his deep voice filtered into my ear. "Uhm... Yes?" I managed to stutter. "It's
Emily's POV.How could I have imagined that I would be able to resist this man? When just merely being close to him set my body on fire. How did I even think that I would be able to avoid him? His charms and pulls worked like magic on me. He literally didn't need to make any effort to make me fall more helplessly in love with him. I came to the realization that Liam alone held my heart and even I, didn't have the power to take it back from him. It solely belonged to him.I shivered in ecstasy as his hands wandered around my waist and upper back, caressing gently as his lips continued to move softly around mine, our movement getting a bit faster and rougher now.At that moment, everything else seemed to fade away and I leaned into his arms some more, my heart and every other part of me yearned for his touch, and the burning sensation of his skin against mine. I totally lost all sense of morals, and slowly started moving my lips to return his kiss.He was stiff for a moment, obviously
Emily's POV."Congratulations, Mrs Liam," My stomach churned in despair as I feared hearing the doctor's next words, which were pretty obvious now. "You are one month pregnant," he finally let the dreadful words out, sending stabs of pain through my already torn heart, slicing it into a million tiny pieces.Those words, which might sound delightful to other women's ears sounded like a curse in my ears right now. I had steadily endured the early signs because I dreaded hearing those words.How could I be pregnant for a man like Liam Johnson? He was my husband, but undoubtedly my worst nightmare. The sound of his car driving into the mansion or the sound of his footsteps walking into the house always had my heart beating drastically in terror. And when he stared at me, the fury in his eyes was evident. His gaze on me always held nothing but disgust and scorn.I knew getting married to me was the worst episode of his life but I had held onto the tiniest gleam of hope that he would adju
Emily's POV.Throughout the drive to the hospital, no one said a word to anyone. The silence could be sliced effortlessly with a butter knife. I had only one resolution, and that was to protest if our drive here was to take my blood for the strange lady's usage like he had been doing for the past months. I could care less if I was healthy because I was seeking his validation desperately and I would do anything to save my marriage, but I am pregnant now, I needed to be healthy the best I can. As we pulled over at the hospital's parking lot and climbed down, I felt my heart churn in anger as my eyes ran over the huge hospital building. It was a private hospital.I never fail to feel this way each time we arrive here.Whoever Nicole was to him, he could definitely afford her treatment at the biggest private hospital in the country, yet whenever I caught a sickness, I would always take a cab to the nearby hospital if Jared wasn't disposed to drive me.Liam never cared to impress me wit