ChristianAs Thea asked me to, I reached the office early this morning. There were barely any employees, and I could say none. I was being anxious about her sudden action and I feared she was gonna turn it down. She could not. After reaching so far, after giving us so many hopes, she better changes her mind. As she always did, she kept me waiting for a long hour. She didn't pick up my calls, nor did she respond to my messages. Just when I grab my phone again after finishing the last cup of coffee, I hear the crack sound of the door. I immediately look up, spotting Thea already inside my cabin. As usual, I can't expect her to knock or anything. She's wearing the same smile which creeps me out every single time I look at her. "Good morning", she chuckles, walking inside."Didn't you ask me to come to the office sharp at seven?" I grunt.She sighs. "Well, I knew you would welcome me without wishing good morning. And secondly, I asked you to come sharp at seven. I didn't say I would be
ChristianMy brain literally stops working for the next few seconds— numb and blank. I can't move my gaze either as if something has frozen me in that position. It takes me a while to catch my breath as I glare at her with my nerves shaking. "Do you even understand what you're saying, Mrs Fox?" I groan."I absolutely know what I want", she leans closer, keeping her eyes on mine."You're not asking for a thing!" I swallow the rage down to my throat, not to lose it. "I'm asking for you""And that's not fucking possible", I grunt, pinning my fist against the table. "Don't worry. No one will ever get to know""I'm not concerned about anyone""I won't even let Ivanna know", she argues."For the first, let me tell you, it's not about Ivanna either. It's about me. And what I want. I'm not a fucking thing which you ask for an exchange""I guess I'm not clear to you, Christian", she gets onto her feet and walks towards me.I strive to get up before she eventually holds my shoulder, pressin
ChristianI keep standing in the cool breeze. The incident reflects my sanity. Will I ever be able to forgive myself? I feel a kind of warmth around me that drags me out of my thoughts. Ivanna wraps me with a comforter from behind."Hey, what are you doing here in such a cold breeze?" Her voice is concerned. "How long have you been here?"She touches my cheek with the back of my palm when I keep my gaze away from her."Chris, your body is so cold", her voice shakes as she wraps her arms around me and leans against my arm. It forces me to look down at her. Our eyes meet for a while, with no words spoken. Her eyes are filled with concern and confusion."What happened to you?" She whispers, pressing her lips."Nothing""That's why you're here in the middle of the night, freezing in cold?" She gazes at me."I was sweating", I tell her honestly. "Kind of suffocation""I hope your blood pressure is stable. Is it?" She asks. "Maybe. I don't feel anything else. Just suffocation", I reply.
ChristianA new morning brings a fresh start which definitely didn't happen in my life throughout the year. When I wake up, reality hits harder. I don't know how I'm gonna do this. And my mind is looking for every possible way to escape. Only if it was not about Chrisanna. I can't even take a one per cent risk."Hey!" Ivanna appears in front of me when I lie on my stomach, widening my eyes. She has a beautiful smile on her face. "Good morning"She gives a gentle nuzzle through my hair. "Good morning, love", I mumble, trying to smile for her. "You slept well?""Hmm! All thanks to you"She chuckles softly. "You are only yet to give the credit of breathing""Well, you have already got the credit. I do breath for you", I tell her."Seriously, Chris!" She laughs. "Sometimes I cringe at your flirting level"I smile back at her. "Yet, you love it. And you want me to be more cringe""You're impossible", she slaps on my back gently. "Get up now. You're coming with me to the hospital"She su
ChristianThea pauses to look at Ivanna for a while as if she didn't expect her to interfere like this. "Well—""Thea!" Ivanna interrupts before she could say something. "I know there must be something urgent I have no clue about. But why don't you please wait until tomorrow? Because our entire day is occupied today. There's no way we can skip any. I have taken a day off too. So, I hope you can understand""Sure", Thea says in an unimpressed tone as she glares at me. "Mrs Scott, could you please come inside?" The nurse comes out of the cabin while looking for Ivanna."Yeah, sure", Ivanna immediately gets onto her feet and looks at us. "Excuse me"As soon as she goes inside the cabin, Thea turns to me."What the hell is wrong with your fucking mouth, Christian?" She grunts. "She was answering on behalf of you. What does that supposed to mean?"I'm not interested in replying to her but there's no choice left for me."She's been hard on me since last night. She thinks I'm physically si
ChristianI chase her outside as she walks faster towards the car, opens the door and jumps inside. I take a few seconds before quickly getting into the driving seat. She has crossed her arms on her chest while looking away angrily. "Iv—" "I told you. Didn't I?" She shoots me a glare. "There was definitely something wrong with you. And you're being so careless about it""You heard her well. Right? It's just a typical high blood pressure problem. It'll be fine. And that stupid disease she was talking about hasn't attacked me yet", I tell her."That doesn't mean it won't, Chris", she glares at me. "What is wrong with you?"This time, she turns to me, curling up her face which makes me wince a bit. "What? Nothing. What are you talking about?" I exclaim.She pauses, staring at me intensely before she eventually looks away."Nothing. I'm talking about nothing", she groans. "You're being too hard, Iv""Let's not talk about it, please. I need to pick up a parcel from the pickup point", s
Thea"Thea! Thea! Wake up!" That annoying sound wakes me up as I groan. "What the fuck! Who's that?"I put the pillow on my face so that the sound doesn't reach my ear."It's me. John. Wake up", he jerks me.What the hell is wrong with this man? I growl, not getting up and switching sides. "Thea. It's urgent. Please get up", he screams again. "For God's sake!" I yell, turning to him. My eyes burn as I strive to open them. I believe it's not dawn yet. "Why the fuck are you yelling?"He lets out a deep sigh and puts a pile of clothes into the luggage."Just get up. I'll explain to you", he says, hurrying to pack more stuff. Then his phone buzzes. He immediately picks it up, "yeah, Lora. You got the tickets? Great!"He cuts the call when I still fumble on the bed to get up. I usually never get up before 5 a.m. And it's just 3:50 in the morning. I didn't get enough sleep. "Are you going somewhere?" I ask, yawning and getting up from the bed. "Not me. Us", he says, leaving me stunned.
ChristianIvanna places her hands on my shoulders when I'm occupying the couch, darting my eyes on the laptop screen. She gives a gentle squeeze on my shoulders."Hey, you have been waking up the whole night?" Her voice is heavy as it always sounds after she wakes up in the morning. "Yeah. It's kind of a mess", I rub my mouth, leaning toward the screen. Ivanna bends down to my neck and wraps her hands around it, burying her nose into the crook of my neck as her long wavy hair slides down to my shoulders. She places her other hand on my cheek, kissing my neck softly. It makes me smile even though my eyes are burning like hell. I tilt my head a bit and kiss her cheek. "Slept well?" I ask."Not as good as six hours sleep but better than no sleep at all like you", she giggles.I smile back. "Yeah. I don't know how this happened. I mean the fashion week in New York was supposed to be held next month. I can't understand why Albert did this. He says he got to know we're ready. Who the hel
JohnGetting married in the 50s isn't that strange anymore. But for me, it was— for a man who believed his marriage would last forever and then believed he would never marry again. I stood before the mirror as Ryan helped other groomsmen with their last fit."You all look pretty handsome. Ready to leave. But I wish Kevin had that time to get a good fit. Your suit sucks!""I feel better anyway", Kevin snarls. I chuckle while fixing my bow tie, watching my sons in their 20s still fighting like toddlers. It's been a blessing for me to have a family which didn't break even after the biggest disaster. And maybe it was because, in our family, it had always been us. Me and my two boys. Their mother wasn't there. The death was just a formality. I didn't really change that much. My boys were happier than ever after she died. It's really mean of me to think that way but it was the truth. They were traumatised because they were kids. As they grew up, I realised they had a better and healthier
It's been a while since I updated this book. However, I have delayed letting you know that I'm writing a book on Samuel and Chrisanna titled "Dispute Marriage" You'll find it on my goodnovel profile. This book is a bit different from others which don't have a forced marriage trope or any abusive family since you are already familiar with both families.The story revolves around two childhood friends Samuel and Chrisanna and their sudden marriage after Samuel disappears from Chrisanna's life for eight years. The book deals with heavy mental issues and a dark past. Slow burn. Please give that book a try and let me know if you like it. And I would like to know if you would want a short portion of John and Georgia's story or a direct epilogue to close the book.
Tiffany Emery runs to Sebastian. "Da—dy"And he immediately drives his eyes down and takes her in his arms. They both look at me lovingly. Now, I don't feel bad about pushing the wedding. This feeling would not be the same if we got married before Emery came. Ryan and Kevin walk beside me to the aisle. I wanted them to do this honour because if there's anyone in this world I still love more than Sebastian and Emery, My eyes become teary as I walk to them. Sebastian spreads his arm at me and I immediately dig into his chest.He leans closer to my ear."My beautiful bride"I smile against his chest and look up. He takes my hand and leads me to the centre. I take a look at every one. John, Mr Ryder, Gary, Myra, Christian, Ivanna and the recent teenager Chrisanna. Everything feels so complete and beautiful. Mr Ryder comes and takes Emery from Sebastian even though she doesn't wanna go. With the pastor's words, Sebastian and I looked into each other's eyes deeply. "I, Sebastian Ry
TiffanyI can't figure out how to react and what it's all about because I don't wanna assume anything unreasonable. He's on his knees with a damn ring.It means— God! I can't— comprehend it. My eyes flutter open at his handsome face. No words come out of my mouth. I'm at a loss of words."I know you're shocked! And I'm sorry if I scared you with this sudden—" he doesn't complete, yet keeps his eyes straight into mine. "But I couldn't keep this longer inside me, Tiffany. I had known a long time ago that I needed you in my life. Forever! And I'm not scared to ask you that—"With that pause, my heartbeat stops and my entire body shivers when I wait for him to complete."Will you marry me?" I feel goosebumps littering all over me with those words. Did he really ask me for marriage? It takes me a while to process. His eyes are full of fear and hope and I'm left in shock. Never in my wildest dreams, I had imagined he would propose to me. I hear some people around cheering up and root
TiffanyTime indeed flies like air and it happened in my case in a better way. In the best way, actually. I started my job in the daycare centre with all the lovely kids around which made my life less monotonous after Ryan and Kevin left. They are doing good in their new school and John has also settled into his new office over there. I and Sebastian balanced our life beautifully, supporting each other. As days and weeks passed, our love grew stronger. Among everything, I was happy with the fact that I have my identity now. A good identity. My salary doubled in just three months after joining for my good service and the way all the kids related to me. In a year, I was promoted to manager of the daycare centre, life couldn't be any less beautiful. It's been two years, I and Sebastian are together and we are living our best life. We hardly argued and most of the time it was just silly. He loves to tease me and I go along with it. Sebastian has become the most demanding lawyer in the
TiffanyWe spent the last two days painting the house and I can't describe how beautiful it came out. We did some changes like replacing the furniture and donating some. If everything goes well, I'll be here in less than three days.John has finished all the preparations in Hong Kong and he's leaving the day after we decided to move in. It all happened so fast but I'm glad that John is recovering. It's been eight months since the tragedy and I know it's gonna take years for him to overcome this. I'm happy for him but I would be happier if there was any chance that he finds someone to love him as much as all of us found a person to love.It sucks and I hate the fact that all his life he never found someone like that.I and Sebastian carry the portrayal I had in my room for years. It's a huge one and Sebastian suggested we should place it in the living room because it's beautiful. It's a painting I got from an art summit years back, featuring a mother and her small daughter, surviving
Sebastian"Really, Sebastian? I have never seen you this excited before", Georgia says as I show her some themes I'm confused with and I end up telling her the whole plan. "Isn't it something to be excited about?" I blurt out. "She's moving in with me. Isn't it amazing? People can't even go past dating and we are really moving in!" I tell her and she smiles wider, sitting in front of my desk."That's true", she says. "I'm just wondering what you would do once you guys announce the marriage!" she laughs but on a serious note, it makes my heart stop for a while.She pauses, looking at me. "Sorry. I should not have said that?"I chuckle. "Nah! Nothing like that. I just spaced out when you talked about marriage""Ah! So, that means you're thinking about it", she leans to the desk. I scratch the back of my head with an awkward smile. "I could marry her the moment I saw her! But hell! I'm not repeating any mistakes from the past. Maybe, I'll wait for a while before proposing to her. And t
Tiffany We stop by the nursery. It's one of the biggest nurseries in the city which I can completely believe by the way it looks. The boys run into the green surrounding and I and Sebastian slowly walk to see the plants. One of the workers accompany us, showing us all the kinds of plants we could use for decor. "I want the real ones", he says as I scan those plants which need no sunlight. They would be perfect for indoors."These are real ones too. These are just indoors", I say, watching his expression change. "But I still don't find the realness in them. You can take these. I'll look for others", he walks away to find his REAL plants as I shake my head at him in disbelief.We load all the plants we have got for the decor and Ryan and Kevin took two small ones to plant in the yard. Even though they won't be staying here, they wish to see it all grown up when they would occasionally visit. After that, we stop by a restaurant to have lunch. Surprisingly, Sebastian didn't suggest h
Tiffany We talked a lot today. I'm glad that I took this whole day out for him because we needed to have this conversation. I have finally decided to move in with him. Nonetheless, it'll come with more challenges and I'm ready for it. This decision will not only make our relationship stronger but also give me a world of my own. I can't wait to finally live my life in my own conditions and happiness. Sebastian asked me if he could help me anyway. But I refused to take any help from him as I did with John. It's my call to explore and look for opportunities which I'll be doing from today. I'm thinking about having a conversation with John again. I want him to change his decision of holding back until I settle down. Because that's impossible. I'll need a lot of time to clean the mess and organise my life and I think I'll surely do it if I have Sebastian.I'm glad that Sebastian understood me and more than that he trusted me enough. I'm scrolling through my phone to research the jobs I t