"Where are we?" asked Leah when she had just opened her eyes after sleeping almost four hours in the car, she turned to look at Adrian with her eyes half-closed. Adrian smiled at Leah who looked still sleepy, "West Virginia," Adrian answered as he kept driving.
Leah straightened up, looking around her, the expanse of mountain scenery spoiling her eyes. "Are we going to stay here?" Leah muttered, her hand pressed the button to open the car window.Adrian nodded, "You said it was up to me, so I chose this city, you don't mind right?" Adrian's face looked a little worried. "Absolutely not, anywhere is the same for me," said Leah casually, she didn't care where she lived, because wherever she was she still had to hide from Jerome.Adrian's car turned into a narrow road with trees filling the right and left of it, Leah didn't protest, she just stared at the scene with a much better feeling than before. Being away from the noise of big city life was enough toAdrian's hands began to move to touch Leah's breasts, he couldn't hold himself back anymore. Leah closed her eyes, enjoying every touch of Adrian's hand on her skin. When Adrian's lips began to fall and kiss her breast, suddenly the memory of the sexual assault that Jerome had done to her appeared and ruined everything. Leah pushed Adrian away, then covered her face with her hands."What's happening Leah? Is there something wrong?" asked Adrian, stunned. Leah shook her head without letting go of the hands that covering her face.Adrian approached and stroked Leah's hair gently. "Leah, tell me, what's the matter? Why do you look so scared? Did I hurt you?" Adrian's voice sounded really worried.Leah opened her hands, then looked up at Adrian with a face that was wet with tears. "This isn't about you Ad, it's about him..." Leah replied in a choked voice. Suddenly the image of Jerome beating her and harassing her appeared in her mind, made Leah feel like t
“Have we ever been to this place before?” Leah asked, gripping Adrian's hand tightly. Adrian nodded with a hopeful glare on his face, "We always spend time in this cabin at least once every month, can you remember anything?" Adrian couldn't hide his happiness. Leah bit her lip, her eyes looked at Adrian with tears in them, “I remember we are sitting here like this, doing the same thing like what we do right now, oh my dear God…” Leah touched Adrian's face, tears started to fall down on her cheeks. "Our memories are real..." Leah whispered still not believing what she was feeling. Adrian touched Leah's hand that was on her face, "Welcome back baby..." Adrian said with a broad smile. "Thank you for making our beautiful memories the first thing you remember, I don't care if after this you can't remember anything else, for
"We almost had a child," Adrian said almost inaudibly. Leah's body was shaking violently, she looked at Adrian in disbelief, but deep inside her heart, she knew, Adrian was telling the truth."What happened?" whispered Leah still confused. Adrian got up from his seat, "Get dressed, I'll be waiting outside," said Adrian, who quite understood that Leah didn't feel comfortable with her naked body wrapped only by a blanket.After Adrian came out, Leah rushed out of bed and put on clothes then she followed Adrian out. She looked around but Adrian wasn't anywhere. "I'm outside!" shouted Adrian from the courtyard.Leah walked briskly toward the yard and found Adrian preparing a canoe by the river for them to board. "Come on! We'll go around in a canoe!" Adria
"Oh my God, all this time I've been looking for evidence of Jerome's fictitious company, it turns out that everything is here!" Leah stared at the laptop screen in disbelief. Next to her, Adrian reacted exactly as Leah did."Are we going to report it now?" asked Adrian, he looked down at Leah who was still busy moving the cursor. "Is this evidence enough?" Leah looked up, her eyes meeting Adrian's.Adrian shrugged, "I don't know, I have to study this file first," Adrian reached out his hand to lift the laptop in Leah's lap and put it on the table. Carefully, Adrian read the files one by one, occasionally frowning. "Do you understand all these things?" Adrian asked Leah, who seemed lost in her own thoughts.Leah nodded, “Well, I don't know, I guess my b
The man raised his rifle and pointed it at Adrian, "Should I shoot you?" hissed the man, his hand ready to pull the trigger. Leah looked at Adrian and the man in turn, both frightened and confused. “Ad, what are you doing!” Leah shouted as Adrian stepped closer to the man.“Shoot me if you have the guts!” Adrian pressed the tip of the rifle to his chest. Leah got up, her hand reached out to grab Adrian's hand. "Ad! Do not play around!" Leah snapped. The man chuckled, he pulled out his rifle and stepped forward to hug Adrian, making Leah even more confused.“Leah, this is Liam, my cousin! He's an asshole hahaha forgive us, our joke is a bit too much," said Adrian looking at Leah and Liam in turn. Liam laughed, he held out his hand to Leah, "Actually we've met before, but Adrian said you lost par
"Leah? Is there anything you want to say to me?" asked Adrian, his body covering Leah's face from Liam. Adrian's face was tense, waiting for Leah to answer his question. Leah gulped, she looked down her brain deep in thought. If in the past she chose not to tell Adrian, there must be a reason.Leah shook her head, "Can we just go home?" asked Leah quietly. Adrian nodded "Sure! Come on, hold my hand," Adrian helped Leah to her feet, then they walked past Liam and Nathalie who just watched them silently."Aren't we going to ride?" Liam shouted when Adrian and Leah were some distance away from him. Adrian didn't answer or look at Liam at all, he suddenly felt angry at Liam for no reason.A few moments later they arrived at the cabin, Adrian rushed to take Leah to her room. "Leah, are you sure there's nothing you want to tell me?" asked Adrian when they had closed the bedroom door.Leah paused, turning h
With the sound of the car roaring, Liam and Nathalie had already left the cabin. "Get some rest, forget everything that happened today, I won't let Liam be near you anymore," Adrian said, he stroked Leah's hair slowly and then left Leah in the room. Leah took a deep breath, feeling a little surprised by what she had just experienced.Her head hurt a little, she opened a drawer to get some medicine and took a quick gulp. Soon Leah fell asleep.A few hours later Leah awoke to a loud thud that startled her. She rose from her slumber in fright, she had a bad feeling about what was going to happen.Leah opened the door slowly and quietly. Feeling a little trembling, she walked towards the kitchen, Adrian might be there. But it's just the same, quiet. There's no one there.Not long after, "Leah! Run! Run! Hurry! He is here" Adrian shouted from the wine cellar. Leah was startled, her heart pounding wi
Leah and Adrian held their breath as Jerome's people walked quickly on the ground around them, they shouted at each other and said that Leah and Adrian couldn't be far away. As the voices of the people began to fade, Leah's sense of smell start to work, she began to be able to smell the stench of horse dung piercing her nose. She winced at the smell. In front of her, Adrian's shoulders shook with laughter, a contagious laugh, that made Leah laugh too. "I can't believe we can laugh amidst all this tension!" whispered Leah, shaking her head a few times. Adrian smiled, "At least there are still things that can make us happy, it seems they are a bit far from here," Adrian tiptoed, peeking from the sidelines of the board filled with horse dung. "It's safe!" With difficulty, Adrian slides the board open. He stepped and climbed up, when he reached the top, he reached out to help Leah up. The surroundings were quite
Right before her eyes, Suzy, Luke, Donna, Mandy, Henry, Esmee, Vivian, Charlie, Mia, Granny, Kate, and even all the people from the publishing company came to surprised her."Oh my God, you guys are the best!" whispered Leah, teary."Owwww, come here!" Vivian moved forward to hug her. She turned her gaze to Adrian who grinned widely to see her wife cried happily.*****"So he won?!" yelled Mia when Leah told her the story about that rock, paper, scissors game that she and Adrian played at the Dr. Philips clinic. Leah nodded, "Yeah, so, I have to wait till the delivery to know the gender," said Leah lightly. Mia chuckled.Suddenly their gaze bumped into Suzy and Luke who were looked very romantic, Leah felt bad for Mia, but she knew Luke would never like Mia. Luke hated rich people."How do you feel about that guy right there?" asked Leah, moved her chin to where Luke was standing. Mia snorted, "At first I'm in pain, but now
Loud applause greeted Leah as she walked into the studio. She sat across the host in her beautiful black dress. She felt a little bit nervous, but she could handle the situation.The host lifted her hand, made the audience silent. "Leah Parker, first, I would like to thank you personally because you dare to write your story to the world through your novel, I read it by the way, and it's just very mind-blowing!" said the host which was a beautiful middle-aged woman named Katherine. Leah smiled, she put her hand on her chest and mumbled, "Thank you, Kate," in a whisper."So as we know this book is a novel which written base on a true story of the author herself, my question is, how do you manage to stay alive after all those horrible things your ex-husband did to you? I mean, even before this novel launched everyone in the U.S. might already hear the news about your experience, we know how miserable your life was..." asked the host, Leah could hear empa
"Leah, I'll explain everything..."Suddenly, Adrian took Leah's wrist and bring her to their bedroom. As the door shut, the sounds of people talking and laughing were gone. Leah took her hand off Adrian and moved quickly to the giant glass that the curtain was wide open. She could see the hustle and bustle of Manhattan below her."What do you want to know?" asked Adrian, somehow Leah could hear the fatigue in his tone that made her offended. She turned her body, "You make it sounds like I'm the one who brought the problem here!"Adrian rubbed his face, he exhaled violently, "Leah, come on! Please, don't make it difficult for me, the only reason I hid that fact was that I don't want you to be reacting this way! You'll be too sensitive and jealous without a reason," he said. Leah snorted, "So now it's officially my fault? Perfect! I know exactly that the past is past! But I demanded your honesty! Talking about jealousy, even you acted that way every time you saw
"I'm sure it's all just a misunderstanding, Leah you're currently married, you have to face all problems more wisely," said Suzy softly. Leah sighed, "Yeah you're right, I don't know lately I've been very sensitive, maybe because of my pregnancy hormones," said Leah, staring at her cellphone which was filled with calls from Adrian."You have to answer Adrian's call, he must be really worried about you," Suzy moved her chin towards Leah's cellphone which was still vibrating. Leah bit her lip, Suzy was right she is a wife, she should be more mature."I'll take this," Leah got up from the sofa, walking towards the tiny balcony that Suzy had beautifully arranged."Leah? Where are you? Are you okay, listen! I'm sorry, okay? I'll explain everything! Tell me where you are?"Hearing Adrian's worried voice made Leah burst into tears. For almost two minutes she just kept crying without saying anything. On the other side, Adrian apologized many times,
"Leah, what are you doing here?" asked Adrian coldly. Leah shrugged, "Just having lunch and accidentally bumped into Luke," Leah replied casually. She picked up the meat with chopsticks and ate it casually. As if she didn't care about Adrian and the oriental woman there."Didn't you say you weren't going anywhere this morning?" asked Adrian, still frowning in annoyance to see Leah with Luke.Leah shrugged,"Maybe Donna forgot to tell you, but earlier I came to your office to bring lunch, but it seems that you are busy with this woman, so I decided to eat here alone because the baby in my stomach is hungry," Leah babbled without looking at Adrian.Adrian looks surprised."You were at the office? Why didn't you tell me? Donna was not at her desk, I think she was having lunch so she forgot to tell me, Ummm Leah this is Lily, umm my client," Adrian introduced Leah to the oriental woman who was next to Leah.Leah looked at the orienta
Leah looked at Donna suspiciously,"Is there something you're hiding from me?" asked Leah narrowing her eyes. Donna shook her head, "What am I going to hide from you?" Donna said with a small laugh. Leah shrugged, "I don't know, maybe Adrian is having an affair with another woman or something," she mumbled as she tiptoed, trying to peek into Adrian's study, but all she could see was just a handbag.Donna laughed, "Adrian? Cheating on you? That's as impossible as a human mission to Mars!" Donna joked, but she quickly grabbed Leah's hand, "Let's go to the Coffee shop, this meeting really can't be interrupted," she said quickly. Leah still occasionally glanced around the room, wondering."So who is he meeting with?" Leah asked when she and Donna were in the elevator. Donna had a nervous look on her face. "Umm with an important client," Donna answered, which didn't help at all to allay Leah's suspicions.Leah suddenly remembered the woman's To
Leah entered the Penthouse, she tried to think of something else, but her mind kept going back to Adrian and the oriental woman at the Chinese restaurant earlier. Should she just call Adrian so she doesn't feel suspicious?Finally, Leah dialed Adrian's number, which had just been picked up after the fourth ring."Yes baby?" said Adrian straightforwardly."What time are you coming home?" Leah asked carefully."Probably in two hours, what's wrong honey?" he asked hastily. Leah bit her lip, looking for an excuse."Leah?""Umm I'm in the mood for Chinese food, I didn't have time to buy it when I went out," Leah finally found an excuse to provoke Adrian, to tell the truth."Okay! I'll buy it for you, I'll hang up the phone, okay, my client has come, love you!" chirped Adrian, not long after the call ended.Leah closed her eyes, dispelling the suspicion that had filled her head. Surely Adrian will tell her later, she didn't need to b
"So who's that Lily from Shanghai?" teased Leah after Adrian shut her phone. Adrian laughed, "She was just a friend I met a long time ago, she said she read the news about my marriage, and congratulate me that's all," said Adrian casually. "Ohh I see," replied her tried not to sound jealous."So, we're going to stay in the room at 65 floors until our house is ready to use, you don't mind, right?" asked Adrian, putting back his suits on his body. Leah shrugged, "I can sleep anywhere as long as it's not a pigsty," joked Leah made Adrian chuckled.*****They walked hand in hand inside the store, arguing about which sofa was better. They finished shopping after 5 hours and repeated that same activity in the whole week. Adrian intentionally accompanied Leah until their house was ready. He didn't want Leah to be too tired handling their new house.Today they had an appointment to meet Dr. Phillips, the obstetrician from Granny's
"Hi, Baby, bonjour! How do you feel?" Adrian touched Leah's cheek softly. Leah opened her eyes, she smiled, "I'm feeling better..." she answered turned her face to Adrian who sighed a sigh of relief. Last night was pretty tense and Adrian was so worried about it. But her mom told her that Leah had that pregnancy hormones thing which involved in all her moods, so Vivian guessed that Leah would get better in the morning and her guessing was right."Breakfast!" Adrian pulled the trolley closer to the bed. Leah frowned, "You don't have to do this, I can walk myself to the dining room," she said. Adrian grinned, "I wanted to serve you like this, at least once every week, you don't mind right?" teased Adrian touching Leah's chin. "Wow, I'm the luckiest woman on the planet!" exclaimed Leah, she grabbed the orange juice and sipped it slowly."So, when will we go back to NYC?" asked Leah, her eyes scanning all the food on the trolley and decided to pick a warm crois