Anastasia’s POV I sat down on my bed crying thinking about all that had happened in just a week. Kasper had given me up to a million calls and a trillion text which I ignored without a second thought. “ How could he?” I sobbed. All I ever did was love and trust him again after our initial misunderstanding. I thought everything was going to be fine and never did I think that one day he would cheat on me. This was more infuriating than I thought. “ Can I come in?” A knock followed by mom's voice came from outside my room door. I had moved in with the twins to mom's place, there was no way I could still keep on living with Kasper and I'd probably run mad staying in that glass house of mine. She walked in with a tray of strawberries. “ You should have some,” she offered placing the tray on her thighs as she sat on the bed facing me. “ I don't have an appetite,” I muttered. “ Honey, you haven't eaten properly in days now. I'm getting worried,” mom expressed her con
A month laterSebastian's POV~ "Beep! Beep!... Beep! Beep!" My G-Shock watch beeped distracting me from my paperwork. I took a quick glance at it and my eyes widened in surprise."Geez, I almost forgot." I muttered. I was supposed to meet Anna in the next ten minutes. I felt a bit jiggy inside, almost like there were butterflies fluttering in my stomach. These past few weeks had been nothing short of heavenly for me. I literally get to see her everyday. I mean, what more could I ask for? " *Beep!*..... Hey Liam, get in here now...*beep!*...." I called out to my PA via the intercom on my desk. I had to delegate the paperwork to someone else. And besides, he was always better suited for this kind of stuff than I was. "Knock! Knock! Knock!" I soon heard a knock on my door. "Must be Liam" I thought as I sorted out some of the files. "Come in" I answered and he immediately walked in. He had this look on his face that meant that he already knew why I was calling. He didn't really lik
*** Street bench by the riverbank ***Sebastian's POV~"Bwubwubrrr!" I shivered as sea breeze blew inland. It was sorta chilly tonight. I took a look at my watch and look up at the night sky. It was rather star-studded and I could clearly see the milky way spread out across the sky. "She's quite late tonight" I muttered as I looked around for her. It's a good thing I brought my coat. I didn't expect that it would be this chilly. Why did she even pick this place? "Hooooonnnkkk!" I heard a ship honk from a distance. I couldn't quite make it out in the darkness but I could see it's lights as it floated across. "Hey" Anna's voice suddenly reached my ears as she walked up beside me. I turned around only to see her. I didn't even realize when I subconsciously smiled."Oh you're here. I was beginning to think I had the wrong location" I said with a chuckle as she say down beside me. She laughed too."Nah, something came up" she said, "So how was work today?" She asked. "Well, you know?,
Cora's POV I stood in front of Kasper's mansion, I had rung the doorbell over a million times probably but no one seemed to respond. I had come to check on him since he had not been coming to work steadily. “ I'm Cora Vanderburg, the daughter of...” “ I never asked you to introduce yourself. I know who you are so what are you doing here?” The maid spoke through the gate intercom. She was bloody rude for a maid, how in the world did Kasper let his maids be this sharp tongued? “ I'm here to visit Kasper. He hasn't been coming to work lately so I wanted to check up on him,” I forced a smile knowing fully well that she could see me. “ I'm not sure CEO Kasper would ever want to see you so you shouldn't have bothered to come in the first place. If that's all, I'll be leaving first,” she said sternly. Before I could riot and cuss, she had turned off the intercom. “ Argh!!! I swear I'll rip her hair from her head if I get the chance to,” I fumed as I continued to tap t
Abel’s POV I sat across the table from Ezra, it had been a while since we had met. I had gotten so accustomed to phone calls and texts that I nearly felt like a phantom that has been ignored for a while now. “ How are you enjoying your stay here in the US?” Mr. Vanderburg asked. “ It brings back an intense feeling of nostalgia. I nearly feel like a dinosaur,” I had a serious tone but my words reeked of humor. My deep, whisper-like voice which some people describe as psychotic and similar to that of Joker came naturally with sarcasm. “ You don't say,” Mr. Vanderburg wheezed. “ Sometimes, I forget you're American,” he commented. “ True, even I too forget about my very own origin. I'm already in my early sixties and yet it feels like I've been lost for a little too long,” I frowned thinking about the past. A waiter came over to our table and refilled our wine cups. “ I've always been curious as to why you never returned for so long,” Mr. Vanderburg didn't h
Anastasia’s POV I stood in the kitchen stir frying some veggies but my mind was distracted. Lately even with all Sebastian’s effort to make me happy, nothing seemed to work. I have been unnecessarily emotional, depressed and I think I'm even starting to lose my mind. Tears came rolling down my cheeks, thankfully the kids were in their room and Mom was out. Remembering Claude’s words back at the kindergarten weakened me whenever I thought about it. I flashed back to what had happened a few days back. “ Your mom was worried that you wouldn't be happy about the news so we decided to keep it a secret,” Sebastian spoke up in my stead. “ Whatever,” Claude shrugged and without batting an eye at me, he pulled Chloe's hand gently as he made to walk out on us. “ Claude, Chloe, I wanted to tell you two because I needed to know how you'd feel,” I stopped him, holding on gently to both of his shoulders. “ There was no need to tell us if you were going to do what you wanted
Anastasia’s POV I stood by cash desk as I waited patiently for the the cashier to check out the things I had bought. The twins have been in a better mood after seeing their dad last week, I should have let them meet him sooner. “ Everything will be alright,” I patted my chest and let out a sigh. “ Oh my goodness, aren't you Audrey's daughter, Anastasia?” A voice belonging to an older woman which reeked of Italian accent came from behind me. I turned behind to see who it was, it was Athena, my mom's old time friend. “ Ms. Athena?” I called. I hadn't taken note of her surname so I was going to make do with what I knew about her to address her. “ You actually do remember me, I thought you wouldn't since we only met once and you're a busy person,” she gestured as she approached me. I wasn't sure if I had noticed just how pretty she was even in her old age, I mean at first glance you wouldn't be able to tell that she's in her fifties. “ I could never forget my m
Anastasia’s POV Ms. Athena froze for a couple of seconds after I revealed to her who my ex-husband was. Did it come as a shocker to her that I was married to Kasper previously? Maybe I shouldn't have told her who he was. “ Maybe I shouldn't have said anything about his identity,” I looked down at my hands. “ You really seem taken aback by my revelation,” “ Uh, it's not like that. I just sort of didn't see it coming,” she forced a smile. “ Well, I guess it's sorta hard to believe it since you already have an idea of I and my mom's background,” I let out a sigh. “ You're misinterpreting this. I have never one day looked down on you or your mom not even when she used to work for me talk more of now that she has a successful daughter,” she defended. “ I'm sorry if I gave off the wrong emotions and reactions,” her apology sounded sincere. “ It's fine, I didn't really take much offense. I'm used to worse, ” I kicked my legs as I inhaled. “ Urm...” “ L