They were silent as they heard their parents have sex in the room they were in. It was embarrassing, to say the least, but there wasn't anything they could do. Melody felt sick to her stomach. She had never imagined she would live to see such a day, but here it was.
They waited till their parents had left the room before they left and went to their rooms. Melody said she didn't feel like having sex anymore, and Siril knew she had gone through a lot and couldn't force anything on her.
Before she slept, she sent Siril a message assuring him that they would have the whole house to themselves starting the following day. He shouldn't worry about their one spoilt night.
He sent a simple ok, and that was the end of yet another dramatic day as step-siblings.
Kate still felt hurt by what Mark had told her. She wanted to be with mark and was disappointed he still had feelings for Melody.
“Why does she get to have everything going on well for her? Why d
“He has a relationship with my daughter,” Melody had reached the room by then and was shocked her father had found out about her and Siril. How did that even happen? Did he overhear Selina and Siril?Everyone was quiet, and Melody wished she could disappear from the face of the earth.Seeing that as the perfect chance to make their relationship public, Siril told Hector that he loved Melody.“How can you say such a thing. She is your sister now?”“I know she is my sister, but we aren't related by blood. We know what we are doing, and we hadn't planned to fall in love, but here we are. Very much in love with each other.”“How can you talk to me like that?” Hector said, moving towards Siril. It happened so fast, but before anyone could stop him, he threw punches at Siril and cursed him.The hard slaps and fists brought Melody out of her reverie because she came to her senses, surprised Siril was
Everyone was sure he was joking because why wouldn't he. He had made it clear he loved Melody, and confessing to loving Kate now seemed something strange.“What? You don't believe me?” Mark asked, seeing everyone thought he was joking.“How can we trust that? This morning, you were at my place wanting my dad to kill me, and you now act as if that was nothing.” Melody said.“I came to your place to warn you to talk to your dad before Kate did. I am a new person. I changed because I have been in therapy lately, and I realize that I don't want to be the old me. You started shouting at me, and I thought, why not act like a jackass in the presence of your dad so that he doesn't beat me up like he beat Siril. I love myself, ooh,” Mark said.“I am sorry, Siril. That wasn't my plan. Please forgive me,” Kate apologized softly.“We can't change what had happened already, but we can move forward to being b
She didn't know what hurt her the most: to be left behind by him or to be blocked?Hector and Selina's relationship had also strained. Selina felt bad that her son had to sacrifice for her. She felt Hector was to blame.Siril had not contacted her since he left, and melody wouldn't talk to anyone, so Selina didn't know whether or not she had been in touch with Siril.“This is all your fault. Is this the happy family, we both wanted to have? My son walked out on us, and I haven't heard from him since. Your daughter is here but acts like none of us exists. Maybe had you let them be, we would all be here? At times we have to let our kids make mistakes and learn from them. We can't protect them forever,” Selina said.She was tired of bottling her resentment because Hector didn't seem to be able to read between the lines. Or was he ignoring it?“I didn't ask him to leave. He left voluntarily.”“I knew you wouldn't ad
The world woke up to shocking news. The town of Paraiso had become known overnight. Paraiso was home to a mountain that was well known as an active volcano many years ago.Robert Lancaster, a 34-year-old man who had worked as a journalist with Legacy Media Enterprises for over half a decade, went to his workstation full of energy as usual. At the beginning of his career, he had lots of problems. He landed many jobs because of his hard work and ambitions but always fell out with his employers because they couldn’t agree on his pay.“I can’t do all that work for such little money. You have to add something to my salary,” he would often tell his boss.“Mr. Lancaster, we agreed on what we would be offering you. What has changed?”“Everything. The cost of living has gone up, and the work am doing is so much. Surviving on the little pay you give me is almost impossible,” Robert would reply.The only respons
The modeling agency she had been signed to didn’t renew their contract, and Steph knew that soon, she would be bankrupt if she didn’t think fast.Natasha Lodge, one of her modeling friends, advised her to start making money from her social media handles. Steph started a YouTube channel documenting small details of her daily activities.One day while at a supermarket, she met Stella Pratt, who was impressed by her work. They went out for coffee, and as luck would have it, Stella recommended Steph for a job at her workstation.In her office at Legacy, Steph was browsing the internet to get updates on the latest news. She had subscribed to Paraiso Daily, a digital news outlet that reported about the happenings in Paraiso.She searched their page and read that there were signs of a volcano eruption on Mt. Kilis. Suddenly she didn’t feel sleepy anymore. She was alert as she read through the two minutes’ article.Much hadn’t
Robert and Steph had been summoned to Stella’s office. After confronting Steph, Stella had come up with a perfect way to solve the dilemma she had.“Thank you both for coming here. As you both know, we previously had conflicts of interest regarding who should cover the Paraiso story. I have carefully looked through all possible options and come up with one that will serve all of us well.” Stella said.Steph had her heart in her hands. She had attempted to play the cards in her favor, but it seems her plan wasn’t going to work.There was no one she could pull Stella down without her going down as well. Robert, on the other hand, seemed relaxed. If he was anxious, he didn’t show, and Steph hated to admit to herself that she wished she had his confidence.“Both of you will go to Paraiso and work on that story. Bring back a good article. You are free to leave,” Stella said.“What did you just say?”
He followed silently, and after helping himself, he was surprised to find Steph around.“Mmh, what are you still doing here?” he asked.“Waiting to take you back to your room. You might get lost.”“Mmmh,” he hummed in acknowledgment.“Let me introduce you to my sister,” Steph said, pulling him by the hand.In the living room sat a lady with a fair complexion. She had Steph’s eyes though hers weren’t that mesmerizing. Robert saw her and imagined her to be a nerd.“Hello. I am Robert.”“Am Vicky,” she said swiftly while looking at him before they shake hands.“Pleasure meeting you,” Robert said.“Are you always this formal?” Vicky asked before laughing.He shrugged, before responding with a smile, “That depends.”The four sat talking about different topics, and before they knew it was time f
Steph woke up around ten am, and the sunlight was already glaring in the room. Everyone had woken up by then, and her mom commented on how it was unusual that she was the last to wake up.“Vicky always woke up early to study while you did so to read model magazines. You were never in bed past seven,” Stacy said.Steph threw a glance at Robert, who was in a quiet conversation with Vicky.“What are they talking about?” she asked casually“Have you forgotten they should go to Mt. Kilis?” Stacy said, and Steph felt a lump on her throat. Memories from last night came flooding before her, and she felt so overwhelmed.It was just a fling. We didn’t know what we were doing, she repeatedly told herself silently. It was her usual mantra, especially when she was drunk, but this time, someone else was involved. She was lost in her thoughts still when she served a cup of coffee and went where her sister was.