Aiden"Laura," Travis looked at her in disbelief."God, uncle I don't mean in that way," she confessed sighing. Looking up towards the sky she stared at the clouds. My heart still beat heavily against my chest. I didn't want Laura to hate Val. Valerie had already suffered enough through everyone's hands."I hate her because she is so strong," she finally said making even Travis's eyes look up to the sky."She was able to go through all of this alone and here I'm who is unable to even survive this betrayal," tears rolled down her cheeks but her hand didn't raise to wipe them away."I don't know how could she could have kept on going after so much had happened," she sniffled. "I feel like I had just destroyed her life for her. God, she was at no fault at all and yet she suffered so much all because she looked at me.""I still can't believe that I fell in love with a man who was a cheater and that too who is so cruel. I can't even think about all the pain all those women had gone through
Valerie My phone hadn't rung for the past three hours and it almost felt like it was a dream. Because the whole scenario felt really unrealistic. Suddenly, my boss gave me an off, which was really good news I guess. However, her conveying me that through a text message was almost like what the hell? I was a great employee and my boss and I had daily talks. I was almost stunned for a moment before my anxiousness started to grow to unreachable limits. I mean why the hell and the trending article registered in my mind? Maybe it was because of that and then the thought of me being laid off set fear inside of me. I immediately called my boss's pa only to have me assured that it wasn't something like that. However, from her words, it was sure that it was all because of the mess that the article had made but it was mainly because of Laura and Drew. I had no idea if had anyone connected the dots in the office or not besides Melanie. I mean I had just got out of the house to get to th
Valerie "It's time for celebration!!" Shay yelled before getting a knife from the kitchen and popping the bottle open. She didn't bother for glasses and took a swig directly from the bottle before giving it to me. I looked at the bottle and then at Shay. We were the same. I didn't mind taking swigs directly. It was fun. It felt like old Shay and Val was back, drinking directly from the bottles without bothering about the world."This is such a good day, Val." Shay sang before falling on the couch."I can't believe that so much has happened in my life Shay," Sitting beside her I gulped down the champagne directly from the bottle. Glasses were really a nuisance. She nodded at it before grabbing the bottle from me."Everything has changed in your life, Val," she chuckled as she said. "You got your dad back and you’re happy. You got answers to all your questions after so many years. Best of all, you got your revenge girl!!" She yelled the last part smiling as I smiled along with her. I j
ValerieNo fuckig way. I snapped out of my sad self almost instantly pushing Shay away from me. I pushed her a little bit hard because she fell straight on the floor on her butt. I rushed from one room to another searching for my phone. "What the hell!" I heard Shay scream as she fell with a thud. When I gave her no reply she followed me to my room where I found my phone. "What the fuck was that," she almost yelled at me as I stared at my phone blankly not knowing what to even look for. God, I didn't need the phone I needed the calendar. Grabbing the calendar from my bedside table I looked at it and counted days. I almost face palmed myself knowing that I could have fucking found it on my phone too. However as I looked at the date with great worry into me, I knew that my thoughts were in the right place. No, that can't happen."I'm going to fucking kill you, Val," She yelled at me but it didn't concern me anymore than the fucking date did. I looked at her with widened eyes and tear
ValerieShay looked at me holding out the three packets. We both stared at each other for more than minut wondering what to dod next. "They are the best and the most advanced one. The pharmacist told me they are ninety-nine percent accurate. Let's hope the one percent doesn't betray us." She told me handling the test. Taking one last gulp of water I went inside."You are setting the timer, Shay," I yelled from the bathroom. Taking all the three of them out I stared at them. I peed on the first one, then the second and then on the last one and put them on the edge of the sink. I prayed that the champagne didn't affect the test."Start the timer!" I yelled for Shay. I washed my hands and sat on the edge of the bathtub, biting the tips of my nails. Wait three minutes the pack said. The led screen on the stick will display Pregnant or Not pregnant. I couldn't handle the pressure. I couldn't handle the wait. I was fucking losing it."What's happening Val?" Shay asked from the other side.
Valerie"What the hell?" Shay yelled horrified seeing Aiden like that. Our eyes never left each other. Even Shay's words couldn't grab my attention. I didn't know what to say to him. His jaw was swollen, his upper lip split open and left eye was blackened. He was deformed. I wanted to demand from him who had done this to him but I couldn't. Seeing him brought me down from the high I was on from the happiness of having a baby. I was somewhere in between now. I knew he had heard. His eyes gave it away. The happiness that swirled in his eyes told me he knew. I hadn't even thought about if I wanted to tell him or not."Marry me?" he asked again but I stood where I was. I couldn't move. No, I just couldn't. There was so much between us. Laura was between us. I couldn't believe in his words. It was hard to. Was he asking this to me or was it Laura who was pretending to in his mind. Insecurity had seeped inside of me. Had Laura taken back Drew even after the truth was out. Had he come to me
Valerie Carmen's voice reached me through the haze of tiredness. "She just needs rest," she said.But Dad was worried. "I think we should still call the doctor, Carmen. I mean, anything could be wrong. She's pregnant. I just want her to be okay."Carmen reassured him. "Bryan, I've already talked to a friend of mine who's a gynaecologist. She says Val needs to rest for now and eat healthy. She's booked an appointment for Val tomorrow, but until then, she needs rest. Her fainting is due to stress, and there could be various reasons for a pregnant woman to faint, so don't worry about that. I'll take her myself and be there for her."Dad let out a frustrated sigh. "Okay. Did you tell her about Val consuming champagne?""I did. She said to make Val drink a lot of water so the alcohol leaves her body soon enough. For now, she needs rest. Don't worry, I have everything under control.""Why is Aiden still here, Carmen? Why did you stop me from throwing him outside the house? He doesn't deser
Valerie My eyes fluttered open, finally i was able to see. I had almost felt lost in my ownself. I satred at the ceiling without moving at all. it took more than a minute before all things came crashing down to my mind. I looked around and my father was the first person on whom my eyes fell upon. As I lay there, my father's worried expression softened, and a sense of relief washed over me. "You scared me, Val," he said, his concern evident in his voice. "Shay told us you are pregnant, and it scared me for you. I mean, you were drinking, Val. You shouldn't be so irresponsible about your health. You have a little one to care for, and I need my grandchild healthy and cute."His words pierced through me, a mix of admonishment and genuine care. But before I could respond, Carmen interjected, her tone tinged with amusement and exasperation. "God, she just found out about her pregnancy today, Bryan. Give her a rest," she scolded lightly, causing my dad to chuckle in response."You are going
Valerie "I feel like a whale," I told to Shay, who sat at the end of the sofa while I laid on the couch with the remote for the tv. I was going to be around nine months pregnant in a week and this little buddy was going to come out soon. A lot has changed in last six months. I was no longer living in my apartment. Bryan had bought a new house which was closer to Travis and Aiden's house.The nursery was ready with hues of yellow and blue. Aiden and I had grown close but there had been nothing more than kisses and holding each other. The new house had many rooms and one of them was Aiden’s but he usually slept with me. He didn't go to his apartment often and just stayed here with me. He didn't want to miss any part of the baby and me being pregnant. He had warmed up to my heart, but hadn't been able to get that place back in my heart. His relationship with his mother was still rocky but they were at least talking. Whereas Laura and Aiden had drifted worlds apart.Laura had a breakdown
ValerieGod, this had to happen with me only. I groaned internally. this was right embarrassing. I felt Aiden sleeping on my legs with his hand feeling heavy on my belly. Besides it, I realize one more thing which was that I was going to puke. I felt it was coming, I knew it was and before I know I quickly pushing Aiden away and rushing to the bathroom kissing the porcelain seat. I puked and puked then brushed my teeth, gargled with mouthwash to get rid of that vile taste of bile. Being pregnant was not an easy task. "You have been caught red handed Aiden." It was Shay who was talking when I reached back to the living room. Aiden was on the floor rubbing his head. In my run to the bathroom, I might have pushed him a little too hard. Carmen stared at him while Shay busy staring at his share of uneaten food and smoothie. "I think we should have clicked the picture of the two together first," Carmen spoke without caring about the food. "Carmen she was eating mozzarella sticks and d
Aiden held my face and kissed me. I was stunned. I should have pulled back but I couldn't. I just couldn't. I was responding to his kiss, tasting our tears in it. Our kiss was passionate, our lips hungry for each other. It was a kiss filled with love and passion but yet soft. I could feel every part of my body needing his touch. It was wrong and yet it felt so right to do it. I was being lifted and pushed on my back. Our kiss never breaking. His torso in between my legs and my legs wrapped around him. His face in my hand and he took control over our kiss. Our tongues danced in sync. I was breathing heavily, I was feeling a need and then suddenly out of nowhere Laura popped up in my mind and the moment was lost from my side. My body stilled. My lips no longer responding to his and we break apart from our kiss. His eyes looked into mine searching for what stopped me. "What happened Val?" He asked concerned and worried. I closed my eyes and touch my lips. I knew that kiss we just had wa
Valerie "You... you what?" I finally managed to choke out."I didn’t know what else to do," he said, tears streaming down his face. "She was crying, Val. She was so upset, and I just wanted to make it better. I thought if I agreed, she’d be happy, and things would calm down. But I didn’t mean it. I don’t want to marry Laura. I don’t want to be with anyone but you."His words swirled around in my mind, but I couldn’t make sense of them. He had agreed to marry Laura? How could he do that to me, to us? I felt a surge of anger and betrayal."You agreed to marry her?" I repeated, my voice shaking. "How could you, Aiden? How could you do that to us?""I didn’t mean it," he pleaded. "I was just trying to calm her down. I don’t want to marry Laura. I love you, Val. You and our baby are everything to me.""But you said yes," I said, my voice rising. "You told her you’d marry Laura. Do you have any idea how that makes me feel? Do you even care about what I want, what I need?""Of course, I car
I waited for Aiden to speak something. I wasn;t a patient being but with him I was trying to be. I could see he was fighitng a battle on the inside buit I couldn;t do anytging until he spoke himself. "Mom dropped by the office today," he began. "She demanded to know when I was marrying you," that was literally nothing new. Why ouldn;t the woman get the hint that it wasn;t happening. "I told her it was none of her business, and she went ballistic, telling me that wasn’t the way I should speak to her." I still hated that woman. Travis had made sure she left me alone, even cutting ties with her. Aiden had tried to do the same, but she was his mother, and it was hard for him. I didn’t want him to cut her off for my sake anyway. He had a mother, and although she was mean and self-centered, no son should be separated from his mother. I wouldn;t want my child to be serpated from me like that. "Then she said that if we weren’t getting married, I should marry Laura." I was stunned. I looked
ValerieAs the doorbell rang happiness surged inside of me. At last, my angel came.Opening the door wide my whole concentration was on the packets in his hand rather than on him. Taking the packets for him I just went inside straight to the kitchen without a hello or anything.I just wanted to devour what was inside that packet before Carmen or Shay caught me. Carmen would literally fry me if she knew that I was busy eating fried mozzarella sticks that too with a vanilla chocolate smoothie. I heard the door close and him coming to the kitchen.This had become our norm, I would rush to the kitchen with the food and set each of us with a plate, mine always had a little a more than his. Whatever I ate, he had to eat that too, it was a part in a way for him to become the part of my pregnancy. I hadn;t lied to him when I had said that he would be a part of this preganncy in every step. As I looked up to see where he was I found his near the kitchen door. He stood there smiling at me wi
Valerie Two months later..................."Why," I questioned. "Why now," I was almost near to pnaick. "Why?" My father asked. "What do you mean by why. We are just going to meet each other and Bryan called me here to meet with him, Valerie. I think we should have talked to each other months back." Dad said while standing at the entrance of the house and by dad I meant Travis. I called them both dad but this was going to be first freaking time they were going be together face to face. I won't lie this whole dad one and dad two concept was so confusing for me. I have already told them if they ever were in the same room I will call them by their name rather than Dad. I haven't let them meet each other until now. If you remember when Bryan met Laura's father he beat the shit out of him. I don't want a recap of that with Travis. Gosh I still cringed thinking how beat up Laura's father was after Bryan's beating. "I'm having a bad feeling about this." I really was not going to tend t
Valerie "I.. never knew." a tremble in his voice made me believe that he really had no idea that what had happened."When my father came to know that I wasn't his he decided to hurt my mother by having affairs and dangling them in front of her," I paused taking in deep breaths. "My mother loved my father a lot but she understood what she had done," I continued even though all the memories were painful."She knew that she had hurt him too much, betrayed him. So she decided not to fight with Dad, she fought with the pain she suffered but she didn't give up easily. For four years she lived on knowing how her husband was cheating and hurting her. She lived for me until the day it became too much to handle." A tear escaped my eyes as I remembered finding her dead. The memory was ingrained in my brain for the rest of my life. Looking up to Travis I saw his eyes turned away from mine. He couldn't even look at me anymore.If only he had been brave enough to do the test last time this wouldn'
ValerieI waited for him in the cafe near my office, and let me tell you it was torture. The smell of coffee was in the air and it was hard to not have it. So I did the right thing and ordered one latte for me. I googled and even my doctor said a cup a day won't do any harm but under the watchful eye of Carmen, Shay, and dad I couldn't even have a whiff of coffee. One little sip of it was heaven for me. It had been six days since the thought of meeting him has been taking over my mind. The last I had seen him was a week before.Last night I had asked Aiden for his number when he came home with me. Aiden did really give me space and time. He called before even thinking of coming and he apologized times and again because of his mother showing up here. I really didn't say much about what happened between me and his mother. The only words that slipped my lips was that I didn't like her and he had promised that she won't disturb me anymore. I had called Travis and asked him to meet me at t