Sasha quickly ran outside to the garage and saw Michael getting into his car, “where are you going?”“Anywhere that is not here,” he replied.“What do you mean by that?”“What don’t you understand? I don’t want to be here at the moment, what’s hard to understand there?”“You are leaving home because we have an argument? Really, that’s how you do things now? Instead of waiting to see how we are going to sort out our issues, your best decision is to leave home?”“Sort out our issue? What’s there to sort out? Listen if you want us to sort our issue then you would start by telling me the truth, stop lying to me and just be truthful for once.”“I am truthful but you are the one that don’t want to believe me, I mean what’s hard to believe there? I went to McDonalds on request of Janet and I bumped into Craig. I didn’t tell you about it yesterday because I didn’t want us to have a fight, I didn’t want this,” she moved her hand from herself to him, “to be happening.”“And your best idea to pr
Sasha spent two hours glancing at her phone, waiting for a call from Michael but nothing came. She tried his number again for the one hundredth time and it was still not reachable, what was happening? Michael was never hard to reach on call so what was wrong with today? Just as she thought of calling Gary to know what was wrong, there was a knock on the door and Sebastian entered, “ma’am, the investors are here,” he announced.“Okay,” Sasha nodded and dropped her phone on the table, “let’s go,” she said to him after picking up a file from her table. They both left her office to the conference room where her newest buyers —well she hoped they would be— were waiting. It was a short meeting and she was glad it was a success. The ladies were happy and they wanted to celebrate as they followed Sasha into her office.“Come on girl, we are growing by day, ten years ago when you started this company and wanted us to be your partners, we never knew we would get to the level that we are now. We
The sound resounded through the whole house. Sasha stared at Michael in shock with her palm stinging from the slap. It took only a second for her to recall what he said and what pushed her into slapping him. “I’m sorry,” she whispered, “I’m…I’m really sorry, your words it…Michael, I…” her vision was already clouded with tears, “I’m trying my best to be a good mother and you just…” she sniffled as the tears came pouring down. “I will never abandon the kids in school, never, not for any reason. I did not meet up with Craig; if you really doubt me you can call your mother and confirm if I really called her this afternoon. Also I…” she sniffled, wiping away the tears, “I was with the girls this evening. You can investigate if you want, we were in the restaurant across the office, we all lost track of time and we all rushed home to make dinner. I will never leave the children in school, I have never done it before and I never will,” she started sobbing. “I’m really sorry for slapping you,
“Sasha?” Sharon called after waiting for two minutes and Sasha said nothing. “You have to tell me, you have been hiding this since you came to meet me and I need to know in order to know how I am going to help you, how I’m going to advice you. Also, you know that whatever we discuss is confidential and you are never hearing it anywhere else.”Sasha glanced at her, “promise?”“Sasha, if I don’t keep information confidential, I will lose my job and people will not come to me again, it’s an important criterion to be a therapist.”Sasha inhaled and exhaled nosily; she licked her lips and closed her eyes. “five years ago, five years and six months to be precise, I did something that hurt him, that disappointed him.”“I know, you have been saying that since I have known you. Now I want to know what is that thing that you did, that you believed broke him and made him to be behaving this way,” Sharon said.“I was raped.”“From my understanding, that is not your fault and he should never blame
Sasha didn’t move an inch, she just stood staring at him. She heard something broke and it took only a second to realize that it was her heart. She knew he was going through a lot and she just wished that he wouldn’t push her away and just confide in her. She sucked in a deep breath, wiping away the tear that slipped down her cheek and took a determined step towards him.“Don’t test my patience, Sasha,” he warned.Sasha paused but after a second, she continued, “we can sort it out together, Michael,” she whispered, “you don’t have to push me away. You don’t have to push us away. We can handle it, whatever it is.”“I just want to be alone,” he said.“We are not leaving, Michael, stop pushing us away. We can…”“Get out,” he looked at her now, “just…leave. You are the last person I want to see now.”If his previous words didn’t hurt her before, this was the last straw. She was trying so hard to hold herself from breaking down, in as much as she wants to, she remembered her kids were stil
“Did she say where she was going?” Gary asked as they strolled into the company.“No,” Michael replied.“But I don’t understand, did you guys have a fight?”Michael didn’t answer and strolled straight to his private elevator, ignoring the greetings of his staff. Gary followed him inside, “you didn’t do anything, right Michael?” He asked.Michael heaved a sigh, “yesterday was tough for me. With everything that happened, I wanted to be alone and I shouted to her to leave, to get out.”Gary sighed, “you shouldn’t have done that.”“I know. But that is not enough reason for her to pack her bags and leave right? I mean if she wanted to do that, did she even bother to think about the kids? About their welfare? I wasn’t in the right state of mind yesterday and all she could think of was leaving, she didn’t even bother to stay, at least for her children. And all she wrote for me is that if I can’t handle them I should take them to any of our mothers, what the hell?” The elevator doors opened a
Michael stopped and turned to her, “do I know you?” he asked in his usual cold tone.The redhead smiled, “no you don’t, but I know you.”“Everybody knows me.”“And you don’t know everybody,” she smiled, “My name is Sharon Harvey,” she reached out to shake him.Michael stared at her outstretched hand for a second but he didn’t take it, he glanced at her, “do I know you Sharon Harvey, maybe from somewhere?”“No, you don’t.”“Then why are you stopping me? I have other things to do.”“Well, the arrogant Michael Brown never dies, right?” she smiled.“I have always been like this, and I won’t beg your permission to continue. Now, if you have nothing interesting to tell me, don’t bother me,” he turned to walk away from her.“Then I guess you are not bothered about your wife?”Michael stopped in his tracks immediately and turned to her, he stared at her for a few seconds and walked back to her, “who are you?”“Oh don’t worry, you don’t want to talk to me so I won’t waste your time anymore. Ha
Sharon opened the door and smiled at the man standing there, “Good morning, do come in,” she shifted to the side for him to enter. She closed the door after him and walked ahead, pointing at the couch, “please make yourself comfortable.” She walked to the coffee machine, “coffee?” she asked with a raised eyebrow.Michael shook his head and sat down on the couch, wondering if that was where Sasha often sits when she come. He glanced around the office; there was nothing much in it: A desk, two chairs, the couch and a lot of artworks on the wall, the coffee machine and a lot of files. He glanced at the woman who was now looking at him.She smiled and walked to her desk, searched for a file and then pulled a chair to sit in front of him. She placed the file on her lap, looked up to him with a smile again, “to be honest Mr. Brown, after meeting you yesterday morning, I didn’t know you would call me so soon.”“You have an information I want, so what do you expect?” he asked nonchalantly.Sh
“I don’t get it, what would it take you to tell her how you feel?” Sapphire asked the man beside her, staring at the windscreen of his eighteenth birthday car at the young girl with dark brown hair and beautiful hazel eyes. A girl she had known all of her life and has known that her brother was crushing on big time but will never tell her.“I don’t know what you are talking about,” Christopher answered, tearing his gaze away from the girl even though it was so hard to do.Sapphire sighed, shaking her head softly, “this thing they say, like father like son, I think it’s true.”Christopher groaned tiredly, “please don’t start with your lectures about dad and mom relationship, please.”“I only use it because it the truth, I mean, look at you, you have been in love with Cindy for as long as I can remember, but tell her? Hell no,” she shook her head again.“I don’t love her.”“Yeah, keep lying to yourself,” she folded her arms on her chest, “it’s your birthday tomorrow, if you want, I can
“Happy Anniversary,” Michael whispered to Sasha in the ear and she turned to him, staring at the small box he was handing her.“What is this?” she asked with a smile, taking the box from him.“Open it, who else asks what was given to them for anniversary?” Michael rolled his eyes, then kissed her forehead.Sasha chuckled and opened the box, she was surprised to see a key and she looked up at him with a raised eyebrow, “I don’t understand.”“Let’s go,” he smiled and grabbed her hand, leading her out of the house.“Where to?” Sasha asked, getting into the car.“To see your anniversary present, duh,” he laughed softly, getting into the car.They drove for twenty minutes and seeing the neighborhood they were driving through, Sasha frowned. “Are we going over to your parents’ house?”Michael chuckled but said nothing. Another ten minutes drive, they pulled in front of a massive gate. Michael glanced at Sasha and she raised her eyebrow at him. He smiled and turned to the windscreen, in seco
“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Christopher, happy birthday to you,” Everyone chanted as Sasha walked out pushing a cart with a big creamy cake with seven lit candles.Chris was all smiles and Sasha noted that she hadn’t seen him smile so much since they left home over two months ago. And deep inside, she knew the reason and she was happy that she and Michael were able to sort their differences before his birthday came and in a way, she was able to keep her promise of celebrating his birthday as a one big family without compromising anything, nothing could make her any happier.“Alright Chris, make a wish,” Vanessa said and Chris gingerly walked over to the table that holds his big cake, closing his eyes, he blew out the candles.“What did you wish for?” Sasha asked with a smile, ruffling his hair.“I didn’t make a wish,” Chris replied.Everyone frowned at that, “why is that?” Michael asked.“I sent an appreciation prayer,” Chris replied facing every
Two weeks gone by, Sasha knew she has no grievances against Michael anymore, if even asked, she just wants them to be a family again but for some reason, she didn’t want to bring it up and was prepared to wait for him to do so. Her phone’s ringtone disrupted her thinking and she picked it from her desk, seeing the caller, she smiled and answered the call.“Sasha, how are you?” her voice drifted out from the phone.“I’m okay, Sharon and you?” Sasha asked.“I’m good. Are you in your office?”“Yes, why?”“I’m close by; you think we can grab lunch together?”“Definitely.”“Okay, I will wait for you at the restaurant.”“I will be there in five,” she answered and hung up the call. She closed the file she was supposed to be working on but instead was thinking about Michael and the time they spent in Paris. She grabbed her handbag and was out of the office in no time, bumping into Agatha. “Sorry,” she grinned, “what’s up?”Agatha glared at her while rubbing her nose, “I know you want to meet
Michael entered the restaurant where he hoped to see Sasha according to her text message. He scanned the room and saw her sitting and sipping a glass of what appeared to be Robert Mondavi, he smiled and walked up to her. “Excuse me ma’am, can I join you?”She glanced up at him and smiled, “I’m sorry but I’m waiting for someone.”“Is that so, could it be your husband?”“No, just some douche-bag that wants to have lunch with me,” she grinned.Michael placed a hand on his chest, feigning hurt. “I’m sure if you give him time that you will discover that he is not a douche-bag.”“Oh really, you must be a Good Samaritan if you are speaking well of him without even knowing him,” she placed her hand under her chin and stared up at him, a smile playing on her lips.Michael couldn’t help but notice how angelic she looked in her casual white top and blue jeans, her platinum wavy hair was falling down her shoulders like waterfall and he was gripped by the urge to lean down and kiss her, but instea
Michael got ready for his meeting that was starting in the next hour, he quickly grabbed his files and left his room, hoping to catch a quick breakfast with Sasha before he left. He already made orders in the restaurant and he hoped it would be ready by the time they got there. He heaved a sigh and knocked on her door softly, but after waiting for some seconds and there was no answer, he had to knock again, louder this time. Few seconds later, the door was thrown open by a really sleepy Sasha. He chuckled and raised an eyebrow, “late night?”Sasha yawned in a really not lady like manner and she showed that she didn’t give a damn what he thought, “some of us found it hard sleeping even after turning in. I Face timed with the kids and mom can be you know, something else.”Michael smiled, “well, since clearly you still need sleep, I will leave you to it.”“You are living already?”“Not till the next hour.”“I guess I really slept in didn’t I?”“It doesn’t matter, I will let them know to
Time flew by with Sasha and Michael getting closer than they ever thought they would, Sasha couldn’t help but feel that agreeing to start from the very beginning with him was the best decision she had ever made.She drove over to the Brown’s Villa where Vanessa had asked her to meet her. Arriving to the Villa, her children ran out to meet her and she was surprised, they have been staying with her mother for the past week now because she refused to let them leave, so what were they doing there?She kissed both their cheeks and they went inside together where she saw her mom and Vanessa laughing really hard at something. “Wow, that’s a sight you don’t see every day,” she smiled, walking up to them.“Sasha dear,” Vanessa smiled, “you are here.”The kids left her hands to go continue with their play. She kissed her mother on the cheek, “hi mom,” and then she kissed Vanessa as well, “hi mom.”“Aren’t you a sight for sore eyes dear,” Angelica said.“Oh, why wouldn’t she be, when I don’t kno
Sasha opened the door to the man standing outside dressed in a black blazer and white polo underneath and blank pants. He looked so different from the always in suit businessman she has come to know and she couldn’t not notice how handsome he looked.Michael was struck by the beauty of the lady in white in front of him; the gown she was wearing was among the recent things he bought for her during the time he got something for the kids. Never in his life had he imagined that she would wear anything from there anytime soon. Her hair was up in a high ponytail with few tendrils dropping at her cheeks, she smiled at his perusal, slowly biting her lower lip. “Wow,” was all he could say.“Wow what?” Sasha asked, feeling all giddy inside. This wasn’t the first time Michael was taking her out to eat but it was the first time he was picking her up to go on a date. She had sent the kids and Hannah to her mother’s place because she has been complaining that they don’t spend time with her enough t
Sasha parked in front of Friendly Zero, the new club that Janet insisted that they must attend as she has always wanted to check it out but didn’t want to go alone. She pulled down the visor and checked herself one more time on the mirror and pushed it back up. Then grabbing her clutch and phone, she killed the engine and climbed out of the car.She was the first to arrive among her friends and she loved that, for once she would be the one complaining of them keeping her waiting. It wasn’t long, she saw Janet pulling in and she grinned at her. Janet laughed seeing that and immediately after parking, she got down and went to her. “What is the matter Sash, why are you here already?”“Do you know how long I have been waiting?” she pretended to be angry.Janet laughed, “good for you, at least for once, you will be the one waiting.”Sasha grinned and glanced at the club door where two bouncers were attending to the long queue, “are you really sure we can get in there?”“Of course, why can’