“Why are you awake at this time?” I say in shock at the sight of Hema seated at the dining table. He gives me a lazy smile, “for your information, I wake up quite early” he answers playfully.“And I wanted to drive you to work,” he says, pulling out the chair beside him. “Why? Aren’t you busy with other things?” I ask as I take a seat beside him, not wanting to inconvenience him with my presence.He smiles, “don’t even think that way. You’re not inconveniencing me with your stay here, I like you being here. Even though it’s for a short period, I like you living with me, it’s fun!” He says, before popping a piece of pancake in his mouth. I playfully roll my eyes at him, “thank you”. The lady that I met earlier this morning, hands me a plate of pancakes and a bottle of syrup, “thank you” I say, happily, my heart feeling suddenly lighter.“Let’s go, I don’t want to be late for work” I say, dropping my fork as I chew the last bite of my pancake. I intertwines our hands and pull him towar
Juris acts shocked and she slumps against the chair. “I was only saying my mind” she says, trying her best to act all innocent. I drop my hand and smoothen my dress, before I turn to face Nek.From the way he’s avoiding meeting my gaze, I can tell that he knows that I’m more than upset, I’m furious. I almost did something that I thought I’d never do in a million years.If Nek hadn’t stopped me, I’d have slapped Juris across her face not caring what the consequences would be. My eyes flick to Juris, I can tell she’s inwardly rejoicing at the fact that Nek supported her, coupled with the fact that she now knows that Nek and I’s marriage is a contract marriage.“Taina” Nek says, calling out my name and forcing my attention to him. “Yes” I answer, firmly. All I want to do, is to return to my office and not see either of them throughout the day. I just want to go back to Hema’s apartment.“Could you lock the door behind you?” He asks. I roll my eyes, “what, you don’t want another uninvited
Nek shakes his head, “Taina’s my personal assistant and I can’t replace her with anyone” he states, smiling at me. I force a smile at him not to seem rude before looking away from him.A look of defeat passes her face, it doesn’t last up to a second before it’s replaced with a sweet smile. “I can work in public relations, maybe as the head of the team” she says.I speak up before Nek can, “we already have someone working as the head of PR”. I can take her trying to replace me but I can’t take her, rendering someone else jobless.She nods, “okay, I’ll work as part of the team”. Nek shakes his head, “you can work as my secretary” he states. My mouth opens in shock, “I’m your secretary and personal assistant, why would you give my role out to someone”.“I know you feel pity for her, but I don’t think it’s right for you to give out my role to her without asking me first” I say, rising to my feet. He thoughtfully nods, “I’m sorry, I was trying to help her out and at the same time reduce yo
Juris must have gone downstairs with the person who’s supposed to help her get settled at the company. “I’ll see if I can explain the work she’ll be handling through a video call.I’m pretty sure that neither of us want to be that close to the other, so I think a video call is the best option. I walk into my office, gently closing the door behind me.Some minutes after I get settled into my office, Juris barges in, not bothering to knock. I look at her in confusion, wondering what she could want, “Nek said you should brief me on my duties” she says, taking a seat opposite me.My eyes land on the deep red lipstick she’s wearing, I internally shake my head as that’s against the dress code. She snaps her fingers in front of my face, “are you even listening to anything I’ve been saying”.I shake my head, “sorry, I spaced out for a second. Could you repeat the things you just said”. Annoyance flashes through her eyes, but she quickly composes herself, “Could you please put me through my du
Hema and I arrive at the restaurant, he intertwines our hands as he leads me inside. “Reservation under Nek Bellos?” He says to the reservationist. There's a glint in his eyes at the sound of Nek’s name.He immediately rises his feet to get the attention of the hostess and instructs her to lead us to our table, “have a wonderful dinner” he says as we walk away, following closely behind the hostess who’s leading the way.The reservationist must have thought that Hema is Nek, seeing how he was acting extremely friendly. He was bordering on a thin line between being professional and friendly.“We are waiting for the rest of our party before we order anything” Hema says to the waiter, who’s standing beside the hostess. They both nod and excuse themselves, shutting the door behind them.We are seated at a private part of the restaurant. I’m sure this is where the 1% in Yula, have their meals. The place is secluded and quiet, the chatter from the main area of the restaurant can’t be heard f
A month has gone by and Juris is still at my home while I stay in Hema’s house. I feel Juris and Nek get so close, that sometimes I feel like I’m the intruder in their relationship.The last thing on my mind is Nek and Juris relationship, as my mind dwells on seeking a solution to my current problem. Hema is going back abroad and I’ll be left alone.He offered his house for me to stay but I really don’t like staying alone. I’ll be so bored on my own. I can’t go back to my parents' home, cause they don’t even know that I haven’t been sleeping home.And I can’t go to Tela’s home as she’ll immediately be able to tell that something is up; which leaves me with Nek and I’s home. I feel scared to go back, it’s more than a month since I last left that I almost feel like a stranger in my home.But I don’t have a choice, I have to go back home, whether I feel comfortable with it or not. I grab my already packed suitcase as I had earlier made up my mind not to stay here alone, though I wasn’t
*Bang*My legs collide with a table, which instantly causes pain to shoot up my leg, “why’s the light switch so far away” I mutter to myself, annoyed. Ignoring the pain, I continue to walk towards the switch, being more careful than before. My hands land on the switch, as I feel around the wall from it.“I should really ask Nek for the control for the lights to this room” I mutter as I press the switch, causing the lights to come on, completely illuminating the room.I’m greeted by an extremely tidy bed, like someone hasn’t slept in it in a while. Did Nek even sleep here while I was away? I immediately push the thought away. The bed looks this way because the maids are extremely good at their job.Still feeling uneasy, I walk towards the closet to examine Nek's clothes. Pushing the door open, I’m greeted by most of my clothes and very few of Nek’s.I immediately walk out of my room, almost knocking into the maid, “sorry” I say, taking a step back. “Please where Miss Juris room?” I a
Dinner that night was very awkward and uncomfortable. The maids seemed to also be confused because they continually made mistakes which elicited a lecture from Juris.I mentally shake my head at how dramatic she’s being, doesn’t she make mistakes. My mind reflects on the first time I met her, I had thought her to be classy, elegant and well mannered. But the only thing I can say about her character is how pretentious she is. If there was an award for most pretentious person, I would nominate her because she is well deserving of it. She acts sweet in front of Nek but in front of me she shows her claws.Well I can’t really blame her, no one wants to show themselves as a bad person in front of the person they like. But the least she could do was not pretend, if she’s nice in front of Nek then she should continue to be nice when Nek isn’t around. Though I don’t really care if she’s nice to me.Bile rises up my throat, causing me to run out of the room and into the bathroom. “Taina” Nek c
“Taina” Nek says softly, waking me up. “Yeah” I say, sleepily rubbing my eyes.“We have arrived at our parents' place” he says. “Oh” I say, sitting up, taking into view my environment. “It’s been a while since I was here” I say, coming down from the car.He smiles, “don’t worry, we’ll see them more often” he says, holding my hands with Taek on his other side.The maid opens the door, at the sound of the doorbell. A huge smile on her face at the sight of us, “they are at the lounging room” she says, before stepping away from the door.“Thank you” we say, walking past her and towards the lounging room. “Hi everyone” I say, waving as I walk into the room. I take time to respectfully greet my parents and Nek’s parents before returning to Nek’s side.Everyone has an enthusiastic look on their face as their eyes rover on me, I’m guessing they haven’t heard the reason why they’re there.“Who are the parents of this cute little boy” mom says, as she takes Taek from Nek.I smile, “it’s ours”
The months that went by were fun, full of love and laughter. Nek showed up everyday without missing a single day, bearing flowers and gifts each time he came.He was always with Taek, almost as if he was trying to make up for lost time, which is completely understandable.Taek’s clocked one and Nek threw a massive birthday party for him, inviting my friends in Yuhic. I had wished that my family and friends in Yula would be able to make it but Nek explained that it wouldn't be a nice way to reveal the existence of our child, they’d be happy for us but also hurt and confused. So we decided to wait until we returned to Yula.Nek proposed to me at the end of the party, signifying that it’s a new start in our marriage and I gladly accepted as he’s the only man I want to be married to.Three months later“Are we going straight to your parents' place?” I ask, with Taek in my arms as we alight the plane. Nek takes Taek from me, noticing that I look uneasy, “are you okay?” He asks.I nod, “I’m
I smile, “I love you too but you have to work for it. I forgiven you but I need to know that I can trust you. I need to know that the situation with Juris will never repeat itself again whether with Juris or with any other lady”.He nods, “I understand and I promise to put in the work”I smile, “you have to”. He nods, “can I ask a question?” He asks, looking a bit uneasy. I nod, “you can ask me anything”. He smiles, “who’s the guy that I met at the Excellence, is he your boyfriend?”I chuckle, “you mean David. David isn’t my boyfriend, he’s just a very good friend and besides, I wouldn’t let you kiss me if I had a boyfriend that’ll be cheating. And in the same manner, I can’t have a boyfriend if I’m married to you, if I do so, that’d be cheating”A look of relief washes over his face, “wait.. so that means… that means” he says, gently holding me by the shoulders.“What?” I ask, looking into his eyes. “Does that mean the child is mine, the little boy I greeted is our son” he asks, a s
After a while, he stands to his feet and walks to his desk, pulling out a pile of tissue from its box. He gently dabs his eyes and blows his nose into the tissue, backing away from me so I can’t see him.The room remains silent, only the sound of his sobs filling the room. My heart goes out to him as I watch him cry, I want to walk over to him and embrace him in a hug telling him it’s okay and that I’ve forgiven him, but my legs don’t move as I remain fixed to my seat while I watch him dab his eyes.“I’m sorry” he chuckles, returning to the seat, “I guess it’s just pent up emotions for the past one year”. I smile, “it’s fine”.He shakes his head, “no it’s not, I chose my ex over our marriage, our relationship, our family. I literally embarrassed you in front of the staff and others by not upholding your honour”.He sniffles, “for the past nine months, I’ve been planning to see you. I wanted to apologise for my mistakes”“Two months with Juris revealed who she truly is, she is a gold d
I walk into The Excellence, taking the first stairs, turning right; my heels clicking behind me. How I knew his office was not really a big deal, to others maybe, but to me no.I had taken a chance, The Excellence in Yuhic is built almost exactly like the one in Yula with few structural changes to fit in with the culture in Yuhic.I based off my judgment on that information, the worst that could go wrong is that I got lost and if that happened, I’d just call for help.My actions bring my movements to a halt as I stop at a door, there’s no plaque specifying what the room is, just like the one in Yula. Unlike the others which have a Plaque attached to this door, this one doesn’t. Nek didn’t want people to know he had an office here or that he was around, he said it caused too many unnecessary visits. And to be honest, I completely agree with the concept.I take a deep breath, pulling myself together before knocking on the door.“Please come in” I hear a voice on the other side of the r
“Dear Taina BellosTrust this email meets you well. I’m writing to you, because I need to see you and sort out some facts that tie me to my past. I’d personally go over to your home, but we are not as close as we used to and I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t like that. I’d love it if we could meet at the Excellence hotel, in my office this evening at 4pm. My secretary will guide you at my arrival.P.S. I know it’s old fashioned to send you an email, but I don’t have your new number and I figured you’d still be using your old email.Warm RegardsNek Bellos”My heart flutters as I read the email. I've read the message over four times but every time I see the name Bellos attached to my name, I just can’t help but feel butterflies.The first thing I did after receiving the email, was to save it to my computer; just in case he rethinks his actions and retracts the mail.“Dear Taina Bellos” I mutter under my breath, reading the email once again. The feeling of giddiness overwhelming me as I re
Taina’s POVI’ve been a nervous wreck for the past few days, I’ve anxiously been waiting for Nek’s call or from his secretary. Not that I wanted to receive a call, I assumed he’d want to know if the child is his, after all Taek bears a striking resemblance to Nek.I haven't had a single call, not even a text message. My heart feels less constricted and I can finally stop thinking about my next line of defence. I feel relieved but deep down in my heart, I’m a little anxious and worried that Nek could ask about Taek in the future. But I can’t live my life in worry, so I’ve decided to let things pan out; but one thing is sure, I’m not returning to The Excellence, especially not with Taek.“Good morning Taina” Isabella says, walking into the kitchen. “Good morning Isabella, how was your weekend?” I ask, a smile on my face as I embrace her in a hug.She smiles, “it was good, but I wish I didn’t miss the dinner at the Excellence with you all”. I nod, “well luckily, we’ll be doing it again
Nek’s POV“Good evening sir” Clinton says, walking into my office, who is the manager of The Excellence located in Yuhic.“Good evening Clinton, how may I help you?” I ask, closing my laptop, and focusing my full attention on him. “Sorry to disturb you sir, but I wanted to inform you that your wife, Mrs Taina Bellos is currently at the restaurant”.My eyes instantly light up, “wife?” I ask, standing to my feet. He nods, “yes, your wife. She actually came some time ago”.I slowly nod, “and how do you know this person is actually my wife?” I ask, resting against my desk. “I’ve seen pictures of her in newspapers and in tabloids, so I could tell straight away that she was Mrs Bellos” he says.I smile, “alright, thank you for informing me. I’ll be downstairs in some minutes time” I say, fully believing that he knows Taina. He nods, “you’re welcome sir, I’ll be going now” he says, walking out of the office.My mind races as I think of Taina, my wife; the one that holds my heart. I slump int
I gently shut the door to my room, with Taek sleeping soundly inside. “I’m sorry for keeping you waiting for so long” I say, walking into the lounge room.David smiles, “I don’t mind, is he sleeping now?” He asks. I nod, “he’s sleeping soundly, the crying in the car must have worn him out”.He nods, “to be honest I’ve never seen Taek cry like that, he’s usually a quiet baby so I was shocked to see him cry so loudly”. I nod, thinking the same thing; could it be that being separated from his father upset him.“He probably was just tired, making him extra cranky. And the broccoli situation didn’t help matters” I chuckle, in an attempt to calm the mood.He smiles, “maybe”.“So what do you want to know, you can ask me anything?” I say, sitting on the sofa. David nods, he looks deep in thought, almost like he is carefully constructing his questions.“Is Nek really your husband?” He asks, breaking the silence. I nod, “he is, he has no reason to lie about that. Nek is my husband and he’s Taek