Still unbothered, Nek shrugs; “at some point people would have gotten to know that we are married; so why not just get that out of the way. What’s so wrong in people knowing we are married”I’m fuming; not even because of the picture or the headlines, his attitude towards this entire situation is bothering me, “weren’t you the one who said that no one should know about our marriage; the terms of this marriage was low key”He looks at me, after a bit of contemplation he sighs then faces me; and reaches out to hold my hands, I’m shocked at this interaction but I let him. He gives my hands a reassuring squeeze, “Taina what’s really the problem? Is there a reason why you don’t want others to know we’re married?”I look down whilst biting my lips, after a moment of silence I decide to own up, “my parents don’t know we’re married, you already know that” I stop halfway, he gives me a look to go on“Well what you don’t know is what my parents think; they think I’m abroad on a job you had sent
Reluctantly I approach the office entrance; as I walk with my head down hoping no one would notice me; but inwardly I know better, office gossip spreads like wildfire.There’s a lot of whispering as I approach the entrance, even the doorman is involved in it, keeping my head down; I walk quickly towards the nearest elevator, praying no one would come in. I guess this is my life now at the office.The elevator is about to close, and thankfully I am the only one inside; but that doesn't last long when someone rushes towards it, causing it to open again. I guess it’s just not my day; I’m inwardly hoping the person is someone who doesn’t know about Nek and I.I glance up; but I’m only met by the persons back profile, I don’t mind this, hoping the person doesn't bother turning to face me or speak to me. I spoke too late, the person turns to face me; and it’s Amelia.Of all people to have met in the elevator at this time; it just had to be Amelia, I act like I don’t notice her. I grab my ph
The car pulls up in front of the supermarket, Nek and I get down as the cars drive off to the parking spot; with one of the bodyguards closely following us in a manner that’s not too obvious, afterall we are at a supermarket and not a social event.Nek grabs a trolley placed beside the entrance; I look at him weirdly, we are only here to get noodles, not to buy the enter supermarket.“I think it’s best to get other things while we’re here” he states, as if reading my mind. I lead the way, walking towards the noodles section with Nek closely following behind as he pushes the trolley.We look like the perfect couple with us going groceries shopping; and Nek looks like the perfect husband, as he pushes the trolley and examines the items to check if they’re up to par.“How about this noodles; I’ve seen reviews on it, it's said to be very spicy and delicious” I hold up the noodles to Nek for him to examine it.“Alright” he says putting more of that noodles brand into the trolley. I pick mo
“Taina” someone calls out; Nek also looks up to to see who is calling me, I turn around to identify the person. “I’m absolutely dead” I squeak as I face the person who was calling me.I am face to face with my mother; her faces changes from the look of surprise to confused then to that of hurt and finally it ends with a furious look. She looks absolutely furious with me; her eyes blazing with anger, as she stands rooted to the ground.I’m in too much shock to move or to even say anything, Nek looks confused by the entire situation, but he decides to stay in the background. Good move made on his part; anything said by him could have escalated the matter quickly.The shock finally wears off; I move towards my mother slowly with my hands raised up, this scene looks like a police and thief scene. “Mom” I say as I continue to slowly approach her; Nek looks suprised but he composes himself and makes a move to come towards her. I shake my head at him; telling him to stay exactly where he is,
“Divorce?”"That’s absolutely not going to happen! No one is divorcing anyone; you both got into this mess, so you both have to bear it out. Do your parents know that it’s a contract marriage?”“No, they don’t” Nek looks slightly annoyed at the fact that he’s being challenged; but he does well to hide it and respectfully answers my mum.She nods her head; “I can’t change the fact that you lied to me Taina; but now that I know what you’ve gotten yourself into, I can only help you after all I’m your mother”I smile at her, happy with her response; she continues “but I’m disappointed at the fact that you lied to your entire family and got married without letting us know. It’d take a while before I can trust you”I nod fully understanding; I hug her profusely apologizing, “I’m sorry mom; it won’t happen again, I promise” I say in between tears“I’ve already forgiven you; why should I bear a grudge against my own child” she says hugging me back.Facing Nek with a smile; “we need to sort ou
All through the night my I keep dreaming about this evening encounter with my mom; but this time it happens in different ways and scenes. I guess I’m just really stressed about the entire situation at hand; I know she said she has forgiven me and don’t get me wrong I know she has. But I could see she was really disappointed; I let her down and that’s the worst feeling in the world.At least she knows now; but my father and siblings, what would they think. I was definitely not a good role model to my siblings; I literally made a statement, that it’s alright to lie to your parents and elope with your boyfriend, though Nek wasn't my boyfriend, but it’s like the same thing.I feel really dizzy and my mind is cloudy; I try to get up but my body is really weak, it feels like I’m coming down with something. But I can’t be sick; I’ve got work, it must have been my lack of sleep that caused this overnight sickness. I attempt to stand up again; as my legs hit the ground in an attempt to stand,
Taina POVNek finally leaves the room after a lot of pleading; he finally gives in after telling him I needed to take a bath, he was a bit adamant at first but after a lot of convincing he finally gave in, with the option that a maid will help me out.I agreed, I'll do anything to get him out; he really meant it when he said he was going to watch me. I slept for about 2 hours and when I woke up Nek was still there; he was having a virtual meeting, inwardly I felt bad that he had to miss work because of me.We watched a 2 hours movie; which was shocking to me, cause I didn’t know Nek watched movies, he’s supposed to have the whole boss serious thing going on for him. I gave pointers that I wanted to be left alone; but he flat out ignored it or maybe he’s just not good at reading signs, it's probably thelatter.Another hour passes by and he is looking very comfortable as he is laid out on the sofa with his laptop propped up on his stomach; I keep thinking of ways to kindly ask him to le
“Taina” Nek screams, pulling me out of my slumber; he has a terrified look on his face, he’s on his knees beside the bathtub and it looks like he’s been here for a while. My eyes flash open; Nek still nudging me and he still has that worried look on his face despite the fact that I’m awake. “Did you lose consciousness again?” he asks anxiously waiting for my response I remain silent, not purposely but because it takes me some time to collect myself before my brain realizes what is going on; I usually get confused when I’m woken up in a frenzy.I finally realize what’s going on; I’m in the bathtub and I’m completely naked, I’m grateful for the bubbles cause it covers my body and it makes me feel a little bit at ease. “I just slept off; no need to call the doctor” I finally reply, as I notice him trying to dial a number.He doesn’t completely believe me but puts his phone away, “how could you have slept off in the bathtub, I thought something really bad had happened to you. You really
“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