Wasn't she supposed to shut her eyes or something? But no, she had them widely opened, looking totally out of breath and life.
She made me scared to attempt to kiss her. What if she got really angry and hit me or something? Or quit the job and charge me for sexual harassment. I was going to lose her forever. It obviously wasn't the right time to kiss.
I did what I had intended to do in the first place, flicked the switch off to turn off the lights.
"Hames!" She exclaimed in fear as everywhere went totally black.
I felt something vigorously push at my chest (obviously her hands), making me almost stumble backwards but I was quick enough to stop myself from falling.
'Hames, she's not a baby, she can be by herself.' My inner mind (if that's a thing) said to me."Aren't you leaving?" She stared at me again with bored eyes.Without a word, I turned around and took my leave. Mom hadn't stopped calling. The call ended but she called again almost immediately.When I was certain I had reached a spot where the noise from the club wasn't going to serve as a disturbance, I finally answered her call."Hi, Mom." I said in a gentle tone."Wow, not a grumpy response. Lemme guess, you're not engulfed in work-related stuff at the moment?"
~ IMOGEN ~"Miss Mark, please get me coffee." Hames ordered, tracing the head of his pen around the printed words on the file in his hands."Okay, sir." I nodded, turning around with a yawn and to the kitchen to make him coffee.I was having a very terrible headache. I knew I had gotten so drunk last night but I couldn't clearly remember all that had happened.Nevertheless, 'she's my girlfriend' kept ringing in my head,increasing the terrible headache I was having.I was also damn hungry. I also remembered puking my guts out, my throat was still hurt from the pressure of vomiting. I
Finally, I was having a break. My hands hurt so bad, as well as my back, legs, arms and every part of my body was in pain.It wasn't such an easy task working for someone like Hames. Whoever had thought coming to Australia was going to be for fun and peaceful moments, that person thought so wrong. It was extremely terrible and I felt like crying my eyes out.I dropped my phone on the bedside table, plopping myself on my bed, hoping I could sleep for the next few minutes till the break was over. I was hungry but I was too tired to eat.I sank deeper in the softness of my bed, slowly shutting my eyes to ooze into the world of sleep.I was jerked back awake from the sound of my ringtone. Groanin
My eyes widened beyond limit, popping out of their sockets and almost rolled away. Hames didn't stop kissing me, he was exploring my mouth in ways that did things to my body that they ought not to feel.He slid his tongue into my mouth, exploring every inch of it. His kiss was causing a tingling sensation to flow through me. My internals were squeezing so bad, but in a good way.Ignoring the fact that his mouth tasted of alcohol, his kiss felt good. It ignited a weird kind of fire in me and was making a weird spark occur inside of me.I knew I should've pulled away but I couldn't. I was too shocked to even move. The kiss was one heavy one, explaining things I found difficult to understand.I
Hames just happened to be one of the weirdest people I had ever known. He still hadn't said anything about kissing me but instead apologized for everything he was. That was the weirdest encounter of my life.I raised my head from the files in my hands, glancing at him in perplexity."Mr. Hendrix," I called."Hames.""Uh?" I quirked an eyebrow at him.He set his laptop aside, folding his arms across his chest, making it seem like he was showing off his strong biceps."It's Hames. You should call me Hames, I prefer it." Dammit! It w
This just happened to be the most boring dinner with anyone. He hadn't said a word but was only eating and glancing at me at short intervals, nothing else. Well, it wasn't like I was expecting us to exchange words. It wasn't a date."Oh, I'm supposed to be nice." He said randomly, sitting up straight. So he remembered now? He needed to stop deceiving himself. He could never be a nice person."I guess you forgot that." I forced a smile."Yes, I did." He chuckled. Oh goodness, he just chuckled?Once again, silence occurred. I hated it as hell, but I wasn't going to start a discussion with him. Heavens knew how much I hated keeping my mouth shut for such a long time.
~ IMOGEN ~My phone's unremitting ringing drew me out of my wonderful sleep land.I groaned, muttering cuss words to myself before I half-opened my eyes, rolling on the bed to reach for my phone on the nightstand.It still vibrated in my hand, sounding even louder and more frustrating. I fluttered my sleepy eyelids, placing a leg over a pillow and yawned.The caller ID was none other than Lila. Why on Earth was she calling? Did she think it was right to disturb my beautiful sleep that was mostly short.Wearing a frown, I answered the call, placing the phone to my ear. "What the fuck do you want?" I gruffed.
I barged to the living room. Hames was on the sofa opposite the television. Though the television was turned on to an obviously romantic-comedy, he wasn't watching it but had his attention focused on his laptop, hitting its keys with his fingers aggressively.I stopped right in front of him, standing in akimbo and held my phone up to face him.I was about to call him Mr Hendrix but I remembered he had said I could call him Hames. "Hames, please I need an explanation."He didn't raise his head from the laptop, totally ignoring me."Hello?" I frowned, waving my hand.Still no response.
EPILOGUE~ 10 YEARS LATER ~~ IMOGEN ~"Mom, I feel like a really big boy now." Tristan said, flexing his biceps.I burst into laughter. "I guess you should.""When are we going to Aunt Lila's, I miss Indy so much.""Didn't you see Indy last week?""Yes, to give her a pre-birthday gift but today is her birthday, I can't wait to give her her original birthday gift. And did you know she's now in the first grade?""Yes, I know that, Tristan.""Can you believe that? She's such a child." He shook his head while I laughed again. "When are we leaving?""Very soon, after your father returns.""Okay, I'll start getting ready. I love you, Mom."
~ HAMES ~"My baby," Imogen dropped to the floor, breaking into tears. "Nothing must happen to my Tristan.""Don't worry, nothing will happen to our son." I crouched beside her."If anything terrible happens to him, I swear I'll kill myself." She cried."Stop saying nonsense! Nothing will happen to him and you're not going to kill yourself.""I will," she buried her head in her palm. "Do you know how hard it was to survive through those months to have him?""Daisy, please take her to her room. I'll try to find Tristan.""Don't you dare touc
~ IMOGEN ~"Isn't it weird that they are getting married so soon?" I asked Hames as he helped me with the zipper of my gown."So it wasn't weird to you that we got married a week after we announced our wedding?""Oh yeah, that's true. I almost forgot how my husband forced me to marry him when I didn't love him yet.""You know that's not true." He hugged me from behind, kissing my cheeks. "I didn't force you to, you could've backed out of it and paid the forty million dollars on your own.""You made it seem like I was helpless." I held his hands."You weren't helpless, you could've also gone to court
~ 5 MONTHS LATER ~~ HAMES ~My poor heart was beating really fast as Imogen was struggling to get Tristan's head out of her tiny hole, groaning and sweating. I felt helpless. I wanted to help her with the pain but all I could do was hold her hand really tight, muttering soothing words to her.Her fingernails were digging into my skin. It was hurting but I knew the pain was nothing compared to hers. It felt like I could feel her pain, my heart was aching, I was very sweaty."Don't worry, baby. Please stay calm." I continued to comfort her"Hames," she cried, breathing heavily.
~ HAMES ~Though we won against Sam and Dash in court today and they were all, including the head maid and everyone else involved in their criminal activities, going to receive their respective punishments, Imogen still didn't look happy.We had decided to head for my cabin which was romantically designed to brighten her mood. There were candles with amazing scents, roses, a nice view of outside the cabin, a nice bathtub in the bathroom with flowers for scents, a king-sized bed, snacks and food or anything that she could start craving for, and a large television to enjoy ourselves over movie time.She was still in the bathroom so I decided to join her.She still looked as sad as ever over Faith's death, and it was ma
I rushed beside Faith's stretcher as she was being pushed. She was coughing out blood and it was evident in her eyes that she was struggling to breathe, struggling for life. I was still able to run beside her stretcher till the door to the emergency room was opened and I wasn't permitted to go in."Faith, please God save her. She can't die." I prayed. My entire body was vibrating and my head was pounding.Who could've wanted to kill me? The crazy person in the balaclava, who the heck was it? Faith just saved me. I prayed she survived, she couldn't die this way. "She's also pregnant, two lives can't just go like that." I was very sweaty and more than scared right now.After a few minutes of me pacing around the door of her emergency room, Hames came running
~ NIKITA ~My phone started ringing from my purse.Like the depressed bitch I was, I frustratedly slipped it out of my purse and answered the incoming group video call from Imogen."Hey, Nik. Hey, Lil." Imogen's cherry voice made a smile finally appear on my face."Hi, babe." I waved, taking a seat on a chair."Hi. What's up?" Annoying Lila spoke, sipping from a juice box."I'm really cool. It's been a while since we've had a group video call so I decided to do it now." She was clearly walking as she spoke. "Faith is here too." She moved the camera to Faith's face.
"Hi, Faith. We should go on a walk together, don't you think?""Yes, please. I'm so bored of staying at home.""You're not as bored as I am." I sighed, sitting on one of the dining chairs. "Since I stopped working, I think I've become more lazy and I feel fatter. I'm more than bored whenever Hames is away.""You shouldn't be so bored, I'm here for you." She winked at me."You don't understand, you can't be my husband. Whenever he's around me, there's a different feeling, a different mood, more happiness, relief." I sighed again."Ouch, that hurts a little. If you miss him so much, why don't you pay him a surprise visit?" She asked, reachin
"Can we just get going already?" Hames groaned, adjusting his tie. "I'll be late for work.""I know, but I can't find my wedding ring." I said, raising a pillow from the bed."You can look for it later. Right now, we have to leave early so I don't miss my meeting.""If you're really so eager to go for your dumb meeting, you can leave. I'll find my ring then go with Faith.""It's just a ring, I'll buy you a new one." He rolled his eyes."Just a ring," I scoffed. "I can't believe you're giving such low importance to our wedding ring, the symbol of our wedding vows. I'll buy another one? That's insane, how will it be the same as the original weddin