Chapter- 17
“Hey, do you know what happened yesterday?” Naomi said on the phone, lying on her bed.
“What?” Julia asked.
“Yesterday evening, Derek came to see me and questioned if there's anything between me and Nickolas," Naomi said.
“So what did you say?”
“There’s nothing between me and Nickolas. That’s what I said to him but he didn’t believe me at all. Then he confessed that he’s getting hurt if I am sad. He’s so weird, Jules,”
“Do you think he’s going to propose to you?” Julia asked.
“I don’t know and how could I find that?” Naomi shrugged.
Chapter- 18 When Naomi was working on a math problem, she had doubts and she knew who would help her. It’s none other than her father, she went to her dad’s study room carrying her books. Her dad asked her to come in when she knocked on the door. “Hey, honey,” he smiled. It’s a very rare thing that he’s staying in the house at this time. He usually leaves to attend his meetings and other businesses but today he’s not at all working which is even more surprising. “Can you help me solve this problem?” she asks. “Sure,” he nods. “I thought you were intelligent enough to do these things and it's been so long since you came here as
Chapter- 19 When Naomi was walking to the class, she didn’t think about anyone. Her mind is blank on that beautiful afternoon. Today her mom dropped her in the school, as she woke up late, got ready slowly, and skipped the morning three classes. She doesn’t want to attend school today but at the same time, she can’t be at peace after skipping her important classes so she came to school with no other option. Her mom and brothers asked whether she’s not well but she just replied that she’s fine. What else she can say, tell them the truth that she’s now dating Nickolas. On one side, it kind of gave her relief but that she finally gave closer to her one-sided feelings but on the other side, she’s anxious t
Chapter- 20 Jorge was packing his stuff to leave, Naomi said. “I am coming with you,” “We were going to Nick’s match,” Jorge said. He maintains that he doesn’t know anything about her relationship with Nick. “Yeah, I know. I wanted to cheer him too,” she said. That’s surprising for both Derek and Jorge to see how much she has changed. “Okay,” Jorge nodded and they all came out of the class to meet up with Magnus. Julia, Leon, and Elijah will be picked up by the driver later as they weren’t allowed to cut classes. Today is Nick’s final match and he has to win this to get a sports scholarship for his college admission. Though he’s good at boxing, he’s not going to continue it for more days. In fact, this is his last match of this year, in a few more m
Chapter- 21Naomi came to Nick’s house along with her brothers and parents. She’s dressed up in a red and black polka-dotted dress and matched it with her red shoes. Her hair is braided neatly and today she took some extra time to put makeup on to look good.Her mother is wearing a red dress and looking young and beautiful as always. All her brothers and her father wearing a tailored white shirt and pair of black slacks. This is the dress code for the dinner party.The excitement she felt while entering is unexplainable. She does all this because she wants Nick to notice her and compliment her.
Chapter- 22 In the meantime, Julia is standing near the balcony and watching the evening sky. It’s so peaceful and calm. When she least expected, she heard Jorge’s voice, “Hey,” Her eyes widened and in the same surprise, she turned to see him and her lips eventually curled in a smile. Jorge has no idea why he came to her but when he saw her alone, he thought he won’t get a better chance than now. He wanted to tell her what he has decided because he knows that he’s avoiding her way more than usual. He can’t keep this anymore in his heart and just wanted to end it right now, r
Chapter- 23When Naomi is sitting in her class and listening to her lecture, she got a message from Nick. Usually, she won’t mind looking at the phone but nowadays she can’t control her hands.She’s slowly coming out of her comfort zone and doing things that she thought she shouldn’t do. Naomi secretly read the message from Nickolas, asking her to come to the playground.She can’t go now so she replied she’s in the class and he replied, ‘come after the class’Naomi sighs in relief but she lost her interest in the class and wondered why he’s asking her to come. She doesn’t know how to add up her love life in her already busy normal life. Nick’s thoughts fill in her head in whatever she does and she’s
Chapter- 24“Hey, Jules,” Naomi gets Julia’s notice who’s lying on the couch in the backyard. Julia’s parents were not in home and only the security guards were around the house.“Hi, Nat. How’s school today?” she asked.“It’s the usual but what happened to you? Are you really not well? You look fine to me,” Naomi asks and sits beside her.“Yeah, I am fine. I don’t like to come to school today,” Julia looks away.“Why?” Naomi knots her eyebrows.“Because your brother turned down my feelings,” Julia said everything that happened during that evening and Naomi felt sorry for he
Chapter- 25“Hey,” Nick smiles at her when she gets out of the car. She waves at him with a smile and turns to her brother Magnus.“See you later,” Magnus smiles at her and waved at his best friend before leaving. Today she dressed up normally in a red sweater shirt and blue jeans. She has tied her hair in a bun and looked beautiful without makeup as she prefers that way. Except for her phone and wallet, she had nothing in her hands.Nick casually dressed in a pair of jeans and a faded blue shirt. He looked dashing, effortlessly.“You look good today,” she said before he could say that. All the time, he overtakes her in giving compliments so this time, she overtook him.“Thanks,” he smiles and leans to kiss her cheek. Naomi is sli
Two years later“Mermaid,” Nick’s voice made her stir up from her sleep. But she didn’t open her eyes thinking this is her dream. “Wake up, mermaid. Look at your kingdom,” he chuckled softly.Naomi smiled, still thinking this is a dream.“Darling open your eyes and look at this ocean. Don’t waste time sleeping here,” he said and yes, she could hear the sound of the ocean.Naomi left a small sigh and opened her eyes to look at the blue sea from the window.She smiles and her gaze turns to Nick.“Isn’t that beautiful?” he asks. “Yes,” she nods smiling at him.“Now, wake up. I want to go there with you,” he said.“Give me five minutes, please,” she requested, squinting her eyes. He can’t deny it when she does that expression.“Fine,”When he was about to get up, sh
Chapter- 58Naomi is sitting on the small chair before her wardrobe and looking at which dress to wear for Magnus-Lisa’s engagement party tomorrow. This is the first party that they were going to attend after Nick came home.Nick came in and stood next to her after finishing off some work in his office. “What are you looking at?” He asks. His voice sounded tired and he placed his hand on her shoulder.“My clothes aren’t fitting me anymore so I am looking at which one I should wear for tomorrow,” she said.“Can I give you a suggestion?” he asks. “Sure, you can,” Naomi smiles. Nick took a moment and pointed out a yellow dress. “This would be great on you,” he said.“Thanks,” Naomi likes his choice and looks up to meet his eyes. He just simply put her at ease. Being pregnant isn’t that easy as she always stressing out about everythin
Chapter- 57Nick’s scars have healed as a week passed. He mostly stayed at home. Naomi went to work but her thoughts were always on Nick. Now she becomes that worried person in their relationship. She would call Nick often and he loves to attend her calls as he was bored to be alone at home. Naomi would come home earlier and they would watch movies, talk endlessly and fall asleep clasping hands.They have checked with the doctor and Naomi was prescribed medicines and advised not to get stressed at this time.She agreed and they were coming back to normal. But they were also being more conscious about their safety. Naomi double-checks the locks before going to sleep and also had a nightmare which she never wanted to remember. She has been taking advice from her mom, Aunts and they visit her often. When she’s with Nick, she felt safe and happy.In the meantime, Vincent has taken a decision and when he said it to the others, no one thoughts it&rs
Chapter- 56 Everyone’s eyes were fixed at the doorstep where Nick stood, not in his usual brisk. His injuries were covered by the jacket he’s wearing. Even though his face is utterly dull, he managed to plaster a smile for everyone’s sake of happiness. His eyes for Naomi and when he spotted her near stairs, his smile grew wider turning into a happy grin. She’s staring at him back with a smile, it gave him a comfort at last after all that he endured in the past two days. All his family members were there. Magnus has cut off his trip short to see his best friend. He was so worried and completely angry at Andrei. At the time he’s so happy to know that he’s going to be an Uncle soon. “Why everyone looking at me like that?” he asks. “I am alright,” He walked in holding his father’s hand. Naomi can’t help but feel gloomy to see him. “For a few more days. Don’t hug me,” Nick warned them with a smile. Julia and his mom were one’s who hi
Chapter- 55Naomi is sitting in the garden silently and she didn’t look anywhere except her phone. Her thoughts were all on Nick. She’s waiting for the call from Jorge.That time, Julia came with coffee and some potato chips.“Nat, you didn’t eat anything? At least have this coffee,” she said.Naomi finally realized that she should eat, at least for her baby. So she got that mug and sipped the coffee.She looked dull more than she ever was.Nick was shot two times, in the shoulder and chest. It’s critical but he survived. Obviously, the person responsible for this is Andrei.“Nat. I know my brother, he’s such a strong person so don’t worry, okay,”She nods but nothing can comfort her at this time. It’s only Nick, his voice and his assurance that he’s okay are what she’s yearning for right now.“You know what Julia. I am so afraid right now,
Chapter- 54Nick is traveling to Miami and Los Vegas for some business. Naomi is sad but she didn’t show it on her face. She just stood beside the foot of the bed and watching him packing his stuff.“I will be back soon,” he said noticing the apparent sadness in her face.“Okay,” she smiles. “And stay at your father’s home, okay,” he said and she nods in assurance.“I would have taken you with me but I am not going for a normal trip.“Okay,” she nods and went to him.“You have to be safe,” she said caressing his hair.“Don’t worry about me,” he smiles and his hands were resting on her butt.He’s going to leave in two hours and Naomi has something important to tell him but she hesitates to open that up at this time. She wants to reveal it at a perfect moment so she chose to be silent.“I just have an hour left
Chapter- 53“Fuck, fuck, fuck,” Andrei gritted and punched the table hard which heard louder in that empty room.“How could that bastard do this? Again and Again,” Andrei punched the wooden table repeatedly considering that as Nick’s face. He wants to beat him to death and leave him to die painfully. That’s when he could feel better.Andrei isn’t happy with the way Nick has crashed one of his businesses and he has lost millions in this. In the past year, Andrei has maintained low and living a normal life looking after his business but this again tempting him to put the revenge on. He can’t leave this matter; he can’t accept this failure and he’s never going to back down like his father.He took his phone and called his uncle. “I want you to kill him now, don’t give me any fucking excuse. I really want him to be dead this time.“But it’s not that easy, it
“I didn’t meet Nick, Julia’s brother?” she said. “You met him, I introduced him as Nicholas, he got long hair,” Derek reminded. “Yeah, that handsome guy. I remember him. He didn’t chat with us like others so I thought he’s a distant relative and he looked different from the photos,” she said. Monica doesn’t have siblings like Derek, she’s quite interested in his cousins and wants to know how they were so close. When they were in London, he didn’t share this many details with her.Now after meeting all his family members personally she got so many questions. They were all good-looking and interesting people.“He’s a busy person. He actually came there for Naomi, they were together now,” Derek said. “You mean in a relationship?” “Yeah, they were dating on and off since high school,” he answered. “That’s in
Chapter- 52 It was a weekend, Jorge came out of the airport carrying his small travel bag. He’s wearing a black shirt and black slacks and sunglasses covering his blue eyes. He looked like a greek god in modern attire. He removed his sunglasses when he spotted Julia waiting for him and his lips curled in a smile. When Julia saw him, she ran to him with a smile. He lifted her from the ground and her hands, legs were wrapped around him in a strong embrace. She didn’t mind doing such a thing in public because she missed him that much. It’s been two weeks since they met. He started kissing her when she stood on her feet. “I missed you, baby,” he said. She smiled and stood away from him to take a proper look at hi