The rest of their stay in Texas was just as they imagined it to be. Janet and her friends had totally forgotten what happened the night before by morning which Sasha had been the most happy about because she wasn’t able to think of a possible excuse to tell due to Craig’s call and there was no way she could bring herself to tell them the truth. She doubts if she could handle Janet’s straightforward speech on the matter. So when they didn’t question her, she didn’t bring it up.
They packed up on Sunday evening to Michael’s jet and by night, they were back in LA, to continue on their daily life. The trending news among them was Gary and Jessica’s relationship. Apparently, Gary listened to them and sorted Jessica out, only to find out that she was attracted to him too. To the outside world, it might look like a child abuse but Jessica was a legal adult and they weren’t doing anything wrong.
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It's been a month that Sasha has been joggling with her life of lies and Craig's blackmailing. It came to a point that she started asking herself if they will ever be a day when it will all end? Will she ever have her peaceful life returned back to her?What got her moving forward is the fact that Craig has finally agreed to tell her why she was the main target of his plan which he had refused to tell her from the very beginning. She looks forward to the day it will be since he didn't give her one and she hoped she wouldn't have to wait another month before he finally tell her.Her dizziness made her stop in her line of thoughts as she reached to rub her temple, blinking continuously to clear her vision. She don't know why but she has been feeling dizzy a lot lately. When her dizziness cleared, she let out a deep breath before looking at the document that has been lying before her for hours now without her even reading a single sentence from it.The door of her
Sasha sat in her car in the garage, it’s been three days now since she started taking medicines for flu but she wasn’t getting any better. She feels tired after a little work and she sleeps a lot, just like she wakes up sometimes in the midnight because of a craving for a particular food. She has an inkling of what could be happening to her but she doesn’t want to admit it. It’s not like she doesn’t want to be pregnant but she has a fear it might not be her husband’s. Shaking the thought out of her mind, she climbed down of the car.She walked out of the garage in time to see Vanessa’s white limo entering the property; she frowned as she wondered why she was there. She remembered then that Chris was still with her so she smiled and waited for the limo to park in front of her.Vanessa climbed out of the car along with Hannah who was carrying Chris, “hi dear.”Sasha walked up to her and kissed her cheeks, &ldqu
Sasha smiled and shook her head when she heard his question, “no, I wasn’t.”“But your face look puffy,” Michael insisted and walked up to her, he caressed her face, “what is it?”“Michael really, it’s nothing, I’m okay,” she smiled.Michael shrugged and placed his briefcase on the bed, “Hannah and Chris are making dinner,” he chuckled, “that’s if you will include him.”“Oh please, he is going to cook like his father.”“Now that will be good, don’t you think?” He looked at her before unbuttoning his shirt.Sasha cleared her throat as she wondered on how to phrase her next question, “Michael I have been meaning to ask you,” she paused, waiting to see his reaction.“Go on,” was all Michael said, pulling his shirt out of his arms.“Did…did you really…you know, did
Sasha rushed home immediately after work, she dropped by at Michael’s favorite wineries shop to grab him a bottle of Robert Mondavi, she wanted to gift it to him as an apology for missing lunch with him. Hannah greeted her when she saw her and she kissed her son on the head, asking about his wellbeing before rushing up the stairs to prepare for the dinner.She was putting on her earring when Michael entered, she smiled at him through the mirror, “hi.”Michael stared at her, still standing at the door, he sighed then approach the bed and dropped his briefcase along with the brown envelope. Sasha turned to him when he hadn’t said anything nor replied to her greetings, “it’s everything okay?” She asked as he proceeded to sitting on the bed, “Michael?” He let out a deep breath and looked at her, his eyes weren’t his usual bright blue, it was a little a dark and she knows that color very much.She stood up f
Sasha drove home after work, she sat in her car in the garage. She didn’t want to go in, Michael was still mad at her, that she knows. He had not returned to their room last night and when she woke up this morning, he was already gone.His car was in the garage but he had not left with his car this morning, according to Hannah, Gary picked him up so she doesn’t know if he was back or not. After a few minutes in the car, she got down, shut the door, locked it with the remote and walked to the house. She had been having a sense of loneliness since this evening and she associated it with Michael’s annoyance. She pushed opened the door but unlike the usual times she came home, she didn’t meet Hannah and Chris downstairs and figured they must be upstairs.She stared at the dolphin fountain that hides her husband’s study room, after a few seconds of hesitant, she marched towards it. She placed her hand on the handle and turned it, pushing the do
Hannah looked horrified at the casual way she replied her, “ma’am, we need to do something!”“Don’t worry Hannah, I’m fine,” Sasha replied.“Ma’am you are bleeding, how can you be fine? We need to get you to a hospital. In your condition, you are not supposed to be bleeding, this is bad,” the girl was practically shrieking.Sasha looked at her, “calm down Hannah, I’m fine. It could just be stress, all I need is a bath and I will be fine.”“No ma’am, you wait here, sit down or something, I will try to find a cab. You can’t drive yourself in this condition, nothing must happen to you or sir will kill me,” she dabbed away a few tears from her cheeks before running out of the front door they just came in through.Sasha wanted to call her back but the girl was already gone, something she said brought tear to her eyes again, ‘nothing must happe
Sasha closed her eyes, silent sobs leaving her lips as she lets out deep breath with it. Her mother was the first to touch her hand before Vanessa and the rest of her friends, “it’s not your fault,” Angelica cooed, “you didn’t plan for any of this.”Vanessa nodded, “indeed my dear, like I said, this could happen to anyone. I believe Michael is angry about the child then?”Sasha shook her head, “he doesn’t know about the child yet, he didn’t give me a chance to explain, he didn’t’ allow me to say anything,” she covered her face with her hands and weep, “he doesn’t understand what I am going through, the pains that are weighing on my chest, he doesn’t…”“Shush, it’s alright, everything will sort itself out in the end. Who knows, the baby might end up being his,” Vanessa comforted, “come now, stop crying, you are not the first w
“Come on, you haven’t seen me in nearly a month and instead of jumping into my arms, you are asking what I am doing here?” Craig asked.“To hell with you,” Sasha replied with sarcasm.“Tsk tsk tsk,” He clicked his tongue continuously, “don’t be like that beautiful. You know, I must say I’m surprise that you are back here. What happened, he came back and he kicked you out? So much for loving you for fourteen years,” he chuckled.“Michael didn’t kick me out I left you piss of trash,” she spat out.“Watch your language,” he threatened, “anyway, did he tell you? He won over my company. You know, that husband of yours surprises me every time. He came to my hotel and watched a video of us having sex and all the things I told him, but instead of wallowing in misery like I expected him to, he flew to London, bought more shares of my company and took my seat,&rdqu
“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’