Annelise's POV“That is beautiful, Anne!" Esther exclaimed.She said she'd just settle with calling me Anne as it's the first letters of my real name and somehow sounds like the name I'm forced to answer now.We're face timing and she kind of saw my artwork and begged to see it.That's the only thing I've been practically doing for a while now, it's not like I have any other thing to do in here, painting is one of the things I do that makes me forget things.When I'm painting, I practically just forget things I'm worried about. Esther called to check up on me earlier this morning and we've been talking on the phone for one hour.“I wasn't even paying attention.” I mumbled, looking at the painting of sunrise I drew this morning while sitting on the window pane.I was so deep in thought and was interrupted by Esther's call.“You’ve always been a wizard when it comes to painting and I wonder why you didn't pursue it as a career, you'll sell so well.” She said,"Now that you said it, I th
Ethan's POVHeavy pants eluded my mouth with my whole body glistening with sweat. I had pushed myself past my normal limit this morning in the gym. All I knew was that I needed something that would exert a lot of energy from me and I got it.Surprisingly though, A whole lot of sh*t went down in my life in just a matter of two weeks than it has in years.Sleeping now looks like a very gruesome thing to do, it's not like I sleep that much before though, it's just that it's now so hard.The only time I slept sound and woke up the next day without waking up in the middle of the night due to nightmares was the day Anast-.No, I can't think of her, I can't say her name from my mouth.The craziest thing about all these is that despite what went down with her, i find myself even thinking about her more, it's like i can't do anything without seeing her face or anything at all that would just make me start thinking about her.The last time I heard her voice or saw her was the night I told her
Annelise's POV I flinched away from the bed, I stood upright from the window pane. Ethan looked so furious that I could practically feel the anger rolling off him in waves.“I always knew you weren't to be trusted, you're just a lying b*tch!" He yelled with his eyes shining in anger.I was dismayed by what was happening, I had no idea what was going on.“You lied up to the extent of lying about your name?" He growled.The raspy breathe that was coming up on my throat stopped, I couldn't breathe anymore. The phone in my hand fell to the ground as Ethan started approaching me.It had definitely gone off with how hard it fell to the ground. It was after my back hit the wall that i started panicking.“I-i did- I” I stuttered.His pupils were almost completely dark, the anger rolling off of him made my legs shake in fear."What now? You want to tell me another lie? The one you've done Isn't enough right? Go ahead, lie all you want, that's the f*cking only thing you're good at afterall.”
Annelise's POV I stopped what I was doing at first before continuing again. I should have finished with the cup I was washing but I kept scrubbing it because my mind was disoriented.“I'm sorry for acting the way I did since you got here, it wasn't my intention to make you feel uncomfortable in your own marital house.” She said.A snarky response bubbled up my throat but I kept it down, she's actually the least of my problems right now and I shouldn't be bothering myself over her at all."It's okay." I mumbled, eventually rinsing off the plate and drying off my hand on the dryer. She sighed, “I'm not this way. I like Ethan like mine, I don't know what came over me when I heard he was getting married then he came home with you in a wedding dress.”"Like I said, it's okay.” I had nothing else to say after that.I left her there in the kitchen with my arm almost touching her shoulder as she was on the road.There's no way I'm going back to that room so I just decided to walk round the
Ethan's POV I watched as Anna- Annelise walked over to the pool. She took little steps towards it and sat down by the edge then dipped her legs in it.Seeing her once more made me just feel like we're strangers now. Though I'm sitted in the other side of the pool that's secluded and dark.She's never going to see me unless I move, I made this place specially like this because it's the way I cool down from all the day's stress at times.She was just looking around for a while before her phone dinged then she looked at it. Her lips moved for some time with her phone pressed to her ear.Thinking of which, I don't think I've ever seen her with any other person other than that her friend, what's her name again? Mary?They spoke for quite a while before she brought down the phone again. It now looks like she's looking at me directly, her eyes were focused on this direction, but not until she looked down at her phone once more.She was directly under the bright lights that illuminated the p
Ethan's POVHe strawled into the office like he owns it and walked towards me then came over to sit down on the chair beside Lucas. “What is it this time, Ken?" I asked him.“Come on, brother. Quit with that tone, aren't we on good terms now?" He chuckled and balanced more on the chair. Lucas stood up and left the office, leaving me alone with Ken. “Okay, now that we're alone you can finally quit with the tone." Ken said after Lucas closed the door behind him. “What do you want?” I asked with a tone of annoyance.Ken is never up to something good and I'm so certain that he's here for something I wouldn't be pleased about with the smirk on his face.“It's nothing serious, actually." He started.I stared hard at him, silently telling him to continue though I have a really bad premonition about it already.“I want some money. And according to the company's rules, you're the only one who can authorize such amount of money for now." He said.“How much is it?" I asked, trying to see whe
Annelise's POV I was sitted in the living room, scrolling through the internet when the large doors were pushed open and Ethan came inside.I thought at first that he was looking at something in particular when he stood by the door, looking towards one direction.Till I looked at him really well to see that his eyes were closed, he just stood there. His bag was held loosely in his hand too, making me wonder what was going on.He eventually opened his eyes then he walked towards the staircase immediately. He lifted up his leg at the base of the staircase where there's nothing there. He gripped the rail tightly then place his leg on the next one which happened to be the first. He walked that way till he got to the middle and didn't move again.I had already stood up subconsciously to help him when Rex ran. He couldn't see me since I'm in the corner and he sent directly from the door to meet Ethan on the stairs.“Boss, let me help you up the stairs, place your hand around my shoulder p
Annelise's POV “No, Rex, you don't know what you're saying, it can't be me." I said with so much certainty in my voice."I do know you're both going through some things right now, but trust me when I say I've never seen boss that happy as he was when you both were on good terms.” He replied."I did really unforgivable things, I don't even think he's ever going to talk to me. I'm a bad person, Rex. Forget about the gentle facade and all, Ethan deserves a better person.”He was about to reply me when Max came in with a man behind him. I didn't need anyone to tell me that it's the doctor.“Good evening Mrs Harrington." The doctor greeted me when they got to where I was standing with Rex. Rex stepped forward to shake hands with him.“Come with me, I'll take you to him." Rex said and the doctor followed him.Once again, I'm left alone with my own thoughts once more. I sighed then started walking upstairs, I had the intention of going into my room but paused when I got to Ethan's door.I h