Michael was shocked when his office door was thrown open, he looked up to glare at the intruder when he saw his mother and he couldn't help but sigh.
Vanessa walked forward and sat in the chair opposite him with a sly smile on her face. Michael almost groaned when he saw that smile and he knew she knows something "Sasha called me yesterday" she said with a smile "she told me about your condition before signing the divorce papers."Michael felt his heart missed a beat "are you here to confront me then?""What do you think? You and I know very well that in three months time you will even be driving a car, so why claim that you are to walk in three months time to her?"Michael heaved a deep sigh, he is going to kill Gary the next time he sees him, if he hadn't told his mother about his recovery then she wouldn't have found out about his plan "you asked me to work in my marriage, and I'm doing exactly that.""Really, by tiring her down?""Mom, you already made it clearMichael wheeled himself into the bedroom after Gary left, he saw Sasha busy unpacking her bags and hanging the clothes in her wardrobe, she looked up at him briefly before continuing what she was doing. Michael got closer to the bed and stopped, he watched her silently not knowing what to do or say. True that she is not happy with him but he could not contain the joy of having her back in his room, how long has it been? He can't even remember but he knew he was the reason she moved out in the first place. If he hadn't thrown her out of the room that night then she wouldn't have moved to the guest room."Need a hand?" He asked, his voice might sound calm and firm but he was breaking inside out of fear. Without knowing, his palms has turned sweaty.Sasha paused in her action and looked at him, her mind trying to comprehend what she just heard, did Michael offered to help her? She looked intently at him, trying to see his usual mocking look whenever he makes that offer but she re
Michael wheeled himself to his mini bar, he poured himself a bottle of red wine, he took a sip and stared at his legs, he knew his action is not helping him, Dr. Cage told him he has to use his crutches regularly so that he legs would master carrying his weight again but here he was, back in his wheelchair all because he wants to keep the woman he loves close to him and if sitting in a wheelchair is going to make her stay by his side, then he don't mind sitting in a wheelchair.He heaved a deep sigh as he took a sip from his glass, he stared at the staircase and his mind ran to the woman in the bathroom. When was the last time a woman bathed in his bathroom? She was the first woman to bathe in his bathroom and she is going to be the only one. He sat in his wheelchair and took little sips from his glass, he didn't even know long has passed until Gary walked in.Gary approached him and sighed as he saw that his boss was drinking and knew that he and his mistress might have had a
Michael sat in his wheelchair in the living room, his eyes constantly looking at the time. It was already 10:25 and Sasha was not yet back. He was getting worried and to make it worse, he don't even know where she is, not that he can't find out if he wants to but that he doesn't want to. No more stalking her, he won't to try to not know ahead of time anymore, he will only know where she is if she tells him and will only have people look for her if he feels something is wrong. He looked at the dinning table at the already cold food and sighed.Gary had brought the dinner almost four hours ago but he refused to eat, he was prepared to wait for her and will only eat when he was sure she has eaten.Gary walked up to him again "boss, don't you think you should eat? Even if it's a bite, it has already passed the time for your medicine.""No, I will wait for her."Gary sighed as he heard the reply he has gotten for the tenth time he had asked him to eat "but mistress looks like
Sasha opened her eyes cause of the sunlight on her face, the light blinded her eyes and she blinked for some moment to regain her vision only to see a man sitting near the window, she creased her brows and wondered when was the last time she woke up to see a man in her room "good morning" she heard this deep magnetic voice and her heart fluttered, did she just received a morning greeting? She peered at the man sitting and her heart palpitated, ever since she had married him, apart from the morning after the night with endless pleasure, she has never woken up to see him in the room. He would either be in the shower or be gone already, so why is he still here?"You are not the morning type" he chuckled "I have always known that actually but never knew you wakes so late" he wheeled himself closer to the bed only for her to see he was already dressed for work, she looked at his face to see him biting his lower lips nervously? She wondered why that is possible."Why are you still h
Vanessa stared at her son after the room was quiet "so, if she is not the one you have been madly in love with, who is she? Who is the girl that you find so hard to let go?" She asked the question she has been meaning to ask for a long time.Michael looked at her silently, he wanted to speak but he doesn't know what to say, he opened his mouth but no sound came out, he licked his lips and sighed "mom..." He sighed again.Vanessa knew he was finding it difficult to speak and decided to make it a little easy for him "where is she?""She is married.""Oh" she nodded "happily married?"Michael shook his head slowly "not really. Her husband has been bad to her."Vanessa looked at him "and?""She left but he went after her, asking her to forgive him and take him back.""Did she?"Michael was silent, he looked to be in thought "I don't know. But there are living together now, I don't know if she will forgive him or not.""And your heart hurts that her husband
Michael got home at few minutes to seven, he wasn't surprise to find out that Sasha was not yet back. He went to their bedroom to prepare for the dinner and came downstairs to wait for her.At exactly 7:55 pm, Sasha's car pulled over in the garage, she got down and stretched herself, she yawned and walked to the front yard only to see Gary beside the car "welcome mistress, you have five minutes to prepare for the dinner" he reminded her.Sasha acted nonchalant "said I'm not going, didn't he tell you that?""Miss Sasha, your father in law will be present. I understand you are angry with the boss, but don't dwindle his father's impression of you. It will really affect you if eventually your marriage happens to work out. You can do whatever you want to the boss but when it comes to his parents, you need to let go of your anger and give them their respect."Sasha sighed "he didn't respect my own parents.""There are a lot of things the boss did that I'm also not proud of
'You look beautiful' the words slammed into Sasha's heart and she looked at him sharply. What did she just hear? Did Michael just compliment her? No, it's not possible. She must have heard wrong, she thought as her gaze lingered on him, waiting to know if he will look at her but he didn't 'ah, that's what I thought' she laughed mockingly at herself for letting her heart go astray.Michael couldn't stop the words from escaping his lips, he couldn't believe he had thought out loud. Out of the corner of his eyes he looked at Sasha, he could feel her gaze on him but he couldn't get himself to look at her, not only because he was afraid of her reaction but that he was blushing. In all the years of giving his heart to her, this is the first time he had let her hear a little of his thoughts about her. This was the first time he had complimented her, the first time he had said such words to another woman apart from his mother and his late grandmother.He wanted to look at Sasha, to re
The next day, Sasha was in her office thinking about Michael's attitude the previous night in his parents' home. How his gaze never left her and she found herself wondering again if it could be that he was falling in love with her? Her heart shuddered yet again at the thought. How happy will she be if that was to be possible? A sweet smile curved on her lips and she couldn't help but imagine herself in his arms, how sweet will that be if it becomes a possibility?The sound of a knock on her door brought her back to present "come in" she cleared her throat.The door opened and Janet peeked in before smiling at her and getting into the office, shutting the door after her "hey baby. How are you?"Sasha relaxed back in her chair and smiled tiredly "I'm okay, I guess.""So, how is life back in the devil's home?"Sasha smiled at her term of addressing Michael "honestly I think our roles have been reversed. I think now I'm the version of Michael and he is me.""I don't un
“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’