ChristianI wash Chrisanna's hands and come out of the washroom, carrying her. "Paa, who's that grumpy kid you were talking about?" She asks curiously. I didn't have an answer ready for her so I roll my eyes, clearing my throat. There's no way I can tell her that Samuel is Emily's son. She's gonna have a lot of questions and I don't have simple answers to them. "He's just a kid", I say. "My colleague's son""Oh!" She looks around. "I'm not getting any more syri, am I?" She asks."No", I smile at her, walking back to the reception. Samuel is sitting in the lounge, hanging his head as usual. It's hard to see a kid not smiling at all. At least, I have never seen him smiling around. The caretakers say he's silent most of the time. Either he's silent, or he's violent. There's no in-between. It took me enough time to make him speak and convince him to come over here. I take Chrisanna towards the lounge and plop her on the couch beside him. "Here you go. I hope you didn't get bored, Sa
ChristianSamuel gives her a death stare. "Alright! We should focus on the movie now, I guess", I say, dragging Samuel to the couch to my other side. As I resume the video, Annalyn comes over there. "Good morning!" She greets me with a huge smile, then looks at Chrisanna. "So glad to see you again, Chrisanna. How are you?""I'm good", Chrissie smiles. "Well, is Dr Michael already here?" I ask. "Yeah. Actually, he sent me to call you. Before the checkup, he wants to talk to you", she says."Okay", I look at both sides. "But these two are alone over here. Can you watch them over until I come back?"She hesitantly shrugs. "Um— sorry, Mr Scott. I'm on shift and I have to report to a patient's room right now"I look down at them hesitantly. "I'm not going anywhere", Samuel says. "I'll wait"His voice is much more relaxed and sincere now. "Okay. But still—" my eyes go to Chrissie. "If she doesn't annoy me, I can watch over her too", he says, throwing her an as-usual grumpy look. I
TiffanyI pause outside John's study room while staring at the knob, rethinking if I should go inside or not. I don't want Thea to find this out and create another ruckus. Honestly, I don't have any intention of stealing her husband but she just thinks all the women on this earth are nasty and evil like her. I just want to make sure John didn't misunderstand anything yesterday. I don't know what he thinks about it.Did he think I did all this deliberately? Confessing my feelings out of the blue? I never told him. And never intentionally try to hint at anything. I have given a decade of my life to Ryan and Kevin. And at this point, I'm just scared of losing them. I know Thea well. She even knows that I will never do anything to tear her and John apart. It's just that she can't digest how worse she is than me. Whenever she feels like someone is better than her, she's just insecure.She'll do every possible thing to throw me out of this villa. And it's not hard for her to manipulate
Author's POVChrisanna falls on her knees and palms against the floor and starts crying right away. Abrupt nervousness flashes on Samuel's face as he finds her whimpering. Not sure what he should do right now, with the consciousness of an eight-year-old, he rushes towards her and kneels on the ground."Are you hurt?" He asks, with finally some reaction in his voice. Chrisanna sobs, rubbing her eyes. Her entire face turned red when she sits back. Samuel notices her scratched knees and gets a bit terrified. She keeps on sobbing. "It burns", she says. "You're so stubborn. Didn't I tell you to sit back?" He sneers, making a wriggled face and looking around for help. "Don't yell at me. I'll tell my paa", Chrisanna sneers back while whimpering.It concerns Samuel a bit as he recalls Christian left him to take care of her. He starts to think he has messed up. He couldn't do it properly. However, keeping it all aside, he decides to treat her wounds and stop her from crying. He looks at t
ChristianWhen I take a turn from Michael's cabin, from a distance, I find Samuel on his knees and Chrisanna is sitting on the chair. As the distance decreases, I realise she has been crying. That makes my heart sink right away and I surge towards them. The last thing I see is the band-aids on both of her knees."Chrisanna!" I clamour, reaching out and immediately pulling her closer to me. "What happened? How did this happen?"I look down at her knees, confronting her. "It's okay now", she says. Her entire face is swollen and I can't help panicking. "How's it okay?" I seethe. "Tell me what happened here"She twitches her lips and looks down and it clearly means she got herself hurt. That's why she's avoiding eye contact with me."Princess, what happened over here?" I repeat a bit coldly. "Forget it"I hold her legs and try to scan the wound but it doesn't seem too big since it's completely covered with the thin band-aids. "Let's go. You need to see the doctor right now""I'm good,
Christian"Okay, now. No more fights because Chrissie has to go for a check-up too", I say, taking her in my arms and I look down at Samuel. He looks much more cheerful now and I believe they might have talked a bit. "Samuel, you wanna come with us? Because there's no way I'm leaving anyone alone anymore", I tell him. He nods. I smile and hold his hand, walking towards Dr Michael's cabin. "Hello, Chrisanna", Michael greets her as soon as we enter the cabin. "Hello!" Chrissie beams. Michael's gaze shifts to Samuel. "Well, who's this little guy?""He—" I hesitate to speak because Samuel won't like it if I tell anyone he's Emily's son. I'm kind of careful with him in every possible way. "He's a grumpy little kid", Chrisanna screeches, shooting a glare down at Samuel. "Yeah, stubborn little typhoon!" Samuel fires back with a victory smirk as if he got a button to annoy her. I'm dead for sure! Until I'm with both of them. Chrisanna fumes, gritting her teeth at him. She's literal
Christian"Everything is going well. We just have to keep a track of her medication and improvements. There will be two monthly therapies before we get another test done to see if she still has any traces of cancer", Michael says.Everything is coming positive and it makes me hopeful that soon she'll be completely fine."I really can't wait for the day", I say."Me neither", he says. "Chrisanna is a courageous child. The way she battled for more than a whole year. I have seen adults giving up for months. She's no less than a blessing""For sure", I smile and look over at Chrissie and Samuel talking. Michael takes leave and walks out of the cabin and I move to them. "What's cooking here?" I ask as I find them chatting very seriously. Chrisanna looks up at me excitedly. "Paa, I invited Samuel to my delayed birthday party. I did right?" She squeals. I'm actually mesmerised by the way she brought it up. "Of course. You did right"I look at Samuel. He looks confused. I don't know how h
ChristianI look back at Chrissie as she passes me a caught red-handed look. She slides down from the couch and walks slowly towards the door. "I need to prepare for the party. Bye. Bye"Ivanna eyes at her, then back at me when she's gone. "I—" I part my lips to explain but she walks past me. "I don't need any stupid excuses from you. That you have been teaching her all the melodrama!" She shrugs, getting back to the desk to pick up her phone."I swear it was the first time. She already knew how to do melodrama!" I roll my eyes. Ivanna turns around, leaning against the desk while tapping on the phone vigorously."Whom are you texting so violently?" I shrug. "Emily. I told her to get the ice cream. That'll be a ton of it. And she's confused with all the flavours. I don't understand why she can't just pick randomly. Or the chocolate one. Kids die for chocolate flavour in anything", Ivanna blabbers.She looks at me and halts, heaving her eyebrows. "What's wrong?"I don't know how she
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