Hey, everyone. Since the book is taking a new turn, some of you might want a warning for upcoming storyline. If you want me to tell you whether there's any warning of CHEATING, I'm gonna leave that on you. Because this is a spoiler. Now, it's like a trust process not between the leads but between the character and readers. If you trust Christian, you are welcomed to read further, you don't need any warning. But if you don't trust him, the choice is yours to continue. I have built up his character with more than 160+ chapters. Trust the process❤ And stay tuned to see the upcoming challenges Christian and Ivanna face together.
IvannaI can't find words to reply to. I wasn't ready for this, didn't expect this. I have come across people who didn't know me. But in the last eight years, no one has assumed something like this. Why did she feel like I'm a nanny? "Actually— I—", I get interrupted by her again."But seriously. I didn't think that Mr and Mrs Scott would treat their nanny like this. Even my sons have a nanny and she's looking better than you for this party", she tells me and scans me from head to toe. It's humiliating. I feel my body getting heavier with embarrassment and I lose the urge to say anything else. Am I really looking like a mess? I think I am. I should have thought about it before. I should have kept in mind that it's not only about my image but also Christian's.I look at Chrisanna to make sure she didn't hear anything. She has a habit of telling Christian every single thing and I don't want Christian to know what Mrs Fox uttered. Chrisanna is too busy with her drink.And the conversat
IvannaChristian drags me to the centre of the hall room when I keep asking him to stop. I know he's not gonna listen to me anyway. "Chris, please", I plead to him as I feel almost every eye coming toward me. I have never felt so embarrassed. After Mrs Fox had such a big misunderstanding, I'm feeling like I look the worst right here. Christian doesn't listen to me and grabs my shoulder tightly with a big smile towards the audience as I look down.Here I'm standing in a pair of jeans and a top without a bit of make-up on my swollen face which has permanent dark circles. My ruined body which could be hidden if I planned a gown, hair tied in a messy braid. I don't blame Mrs Fox for thinking that way. "Hello, everyone", Christian's voice drags all the attention from each corner, and so do Mr and Mrs Fox. I find Mrs Fox frowning as she sees Christian holding my shoulder.Damn! That's more embarrassing. I don't feel confident enough to look at the crowd. "So, I generally don't do those w
IvannaI turn around and find her wearing a tight-lipped smile. Despite being nervous about the first encounter, I smile back at her. "Hi, Mrs Fox", I mutter. An awkward silence. "Give it to me. I'll feed Chrisanna", Emily takes the plate from me. "You guys carry on"As Emily leaves there, I clear my throat and look at Mrs Fox confidently. "Well, I already apologised but still. I thought to apologise personally. I didn't mean to hurt you, Mrs Scott", she says.Her voice doesn't match her words. I believe she's like that. I hardly judge people by the way they speak."It's completely fine, Mrs Fox. I truly didn't mind. It was obvious that you might not expect Christian's wife like that", I tell her."You didn't mind. But I guess Mr Scott took it really really— seriously!" She takes a sip from her drink. "No. Actually— he didn't—" I stutter. "He didn't want to point you out with that. Actually, I didn't want to be involved in the party because of my appearance. He just wanted to mak
Thea"Thea!" Tiffany jerks me as I roll over the bed, not getting enough sleep. "Thea, get up, I said""God! Tif! Leave me alone. I wanna sleep", I screech, putting the pillow on my face. "What about your morning workout? You never wake up so late. What were you doing all night? Get up, Thea. I wanna talk to you", she keep barking until I jump off the bed while roaring."What's your problem?" Groaning, I struggle over the bed and suddenly my eyes land on the clock. It's too late. Damn! I missed my workout and I'm not even full with enough sleep. "Hmm. Are you in sense now?" Tiffany crosses her arms, glaring at me. "It's not a big deal, Tiffany. And why are you glaring at me like that", I shrug. "Because I can't believe you're doing this", she scoffs."What?" I sneer. "Stop cracking riddles and say it straight. What are you trying to say?""Thea, did you forget that you're married and you have two kids?" She narrows her eyebrows. "No. I remember that and what the hell are you try
Christian"Chris!" Ivanna calls me out when I put on my shirt to leave for work. She has been struggling with her clothes for a while. I saw her trying out like five to six dresses in just a few minutes. Don't know what she's up to. I'm trying to notice her well these days after finding some weird things in her behaviour which I should have done a long ago. She presses her lips nervously and looks at me with her curious eyes. "Yeah""Umm— am I looking good?" She asks, settling her frames well. It brings a chuckle to my face as I cover my mouth, scanning her from head to toe carefully. She has worn a rose gold oversized shirt with a pair of black denim jeans, her hair as always braided with a few strands hanging from both sides of her face. I keep smiling at her lovingly as she wants the answer. Her reactions almost go blank with each passing second, filling anticipation in her icy blue eyes. "What's wrong?" She mumbles, looking down at herself as I walk towards her, settling my
ChristianMrs Fox is weird. Or else I'm way too backwards to be social enough. She doesn't seem to be friendly but she was indeed trying to be friends with me which made me kinda uncomfortable. I liked forming bonds naturally and it happened through work and necessity. Sitting together for no reason and forcing myself to be friendly are not my things. I hope she doesn't take it seriously. "Mr Scott", the receptionist calls me out. "Mr Fox is available now. He's waiting for you in his cabin" "Thanks" Thea"Are you thinking about Ryan and Kevin's school?" Tiffany asks me."No", I groan. "Then?""Something else", I mutter in my thoughts."Something else? Don't say it's about Christian Scott?" With her words, I immediately shoot a strong glare. She stammers. "When will you start minding your own business, Tiffani?" I shrug."I'm minding my own business", she grunts while unpacking kids' stuff. "I try to stop you from doing wrong things because I'm concerned about my livelihood. If
ChristianIt takes me enough time to process what Emily told me. I don't doubt her predictions at all. She knows such things better than I do. However, the only thing that is freaking me out is that I didn't take them seriously. My focus has completely drifted from work. I can't concentrate anymore. I'm already stressed out about Chrisanna's health. I didn't see this coming. Covering my face, I breathe heavily to calm down. I'm not sure yet. What if Ivanna is actually just disturbed and it's not a disorder. Emily said she was not sure. I hope this is not true. For that day, I close my work and leave for the villa. *I come back to the villa this evening today. Ivanna and Chrissie mostly aren't here at this hour. Ivanna stays in her firm and Chrissie stays in Emily's place. I would have time to process things. As I enter the room, surprisingly I find Chrissie half-lying on the bed, reading her comic book. "What a cute surprise!" I exclaim with a chuckle as she looks over at me. A
Christian"Yeah. Because I don't think I'm just giving my best to you and Chrissie. I can't tell you how I feel every time I think about the mess in our lives"I pause, gazing at her, figuring out how I should actually feel. I remember what Emily told me. But to the heck! Why? And how? How can she even have such a disorder when I had never given her a single chance to think about such nonsense. "Are you done?" I leave the bed and glare down at her as she gawks at me with her devastated eyes. "You wanted to say. And I listened to you. Now it'll be better if you just dump all the stupidity out of your brain, Ivanna""Why are you talking to me like that?" She exclaims. "Because I could do nothing by talking to you properly", I seethe. "Chris!" She exclaims at my twisted reply. "What? Why are you so surprised? It's obvious that I'll react this way if you utter such nonsense even after I try my best for us""You're not getting it", she gets up and comes in front of me. "I just want to
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