TiffanyI won't look better anyway. I seethe to myself, looking at the mirror, placed in the corner of the yard. My eyes have swollen terribly. They look extremely bad and red. I don't want Ryan or Kevin to find me like this. They even question me when I look slightly tense. I never thought that Thea could make me cry. Her words were worthless to me. I never cared what kind of shit she spoke about me. However, today she crossed the line in front of an outsider. I can't stand such a kind of humiliation. I do have self-esteem. "Excuse me!" A familiar voice startles me and I look back right away. That advocate is standing right in front of me. His eyes open wider as he stares at me surprisingly."You alright?" He frowns."Yeah. Yeah. I'm fine", I sniff, looking away. "You don't look like though", his voice is curious. Why does he have to know, by the way?Alright, he's here to see what a humiliated woman looks like. Thea's hired lawyer can be a replica of hers in terms of personalit
Thea"We should recreate our wedding album someday", John says, turning the pages of our wedding album when I am in no mood to stare at them. I'm more concerned about Sebastian finding out the footage before me. I wonder what he might be doing right now. His work hours have finished for today and I don't think he's gonna move to the function hall today. I have only this evening to nab the manager at any cost."What do you say?" John asks, smiling. "Yeah. Good idea", I mutter.He sighs and closes it shut, turning to me. He holds my hand. "I can't understand what's happening to you. You said you're not stressed anymore but all I can see is that you're lost in some different world most of the time""I'm sorry", I clear my throat. "You stayed back at home for me and I—""That's fine", he squeezes my hand. "I just want you to feel better. And you can of course tell me if I can do anything to make you feel better""No— I—" I pause and look at him, tense. My head starts working. "Amm— yeah
TiffanyMy eyes pop out as soon as my eyes land on his insta feed. The scene is completely different. People definitely carry different personalities on different sites. In these pictures, he doesn't look like a lawyer from any angle. These are professional photoshoots. Is he a part-time model?Can be!I scroll down and there are more photos from the beach, mostly alone. A few professional pics with his team. I smiled throughout the time when I scrolled his profile. And hours passed with me doing a mini research on Sebastian. Sebastian Ryder, 35 years old, is one of the most successful lawyers in the state. He never lost a case. And to their surprise, his clients were always on the right side. He hates defending and working for corrupted people which gained him success early in his career. I squirm abruptly and reality strikes me. He's handling Thea's case and if that's how he is, he wasn't supposed to be her lawyer.She's the culprit. Not the victim.Things don't add up. I close
TiffanyI reach the same library Sebastian mentioned yesterday. I'm nervous. It'll be an understatement if I say I'm only nervous because many things are happening inside me. I hope I came at the right time. I walk inside the library. It's calm and peaceful. I look around and find a few people reading books in certain sections of the library. But I can't locate Sebastian anywhere."Ms. Tiffany?" A woman says from behind. I look back at the librarian. "Yeah", I whisper. "That's me. But how did you—"She smiles. "Advocate Sebastian was expecting you. You were looking for someone so, I thought—" she doesn't complete and points straight at another door. "He's on the balcony. He's the owner of this library by the way""I see", I smile at her and walk towards the door with my thudding heart.Should I really go?It'll eventually mean I went out with him.But why does that even matter so much?I can do things that I like.After battling with myself, I push the door and step inside.The b
TiffanyI keep looking at my hand. And at the same time, his genuine words echo inside my head. He looked so honest and bold when he said he hated lies and deception. I can feel that he doesn't know the truth about Thea. However, he's so smart and it's unacceptable to me that he didn't catch Thea's lies. "Any other confusion that I can clarify for you?" He asks, dragging me out of my thoughts."No. As for now, no", I say. "But don't you wanna know why I felt like you wanna know about Thea?"He folds his lip. "I don't wanna think about anyone else right now, nor do I wanna talk. Rule number one for the first date, never talk about the third person""Okay", I nod, genuinely accepting that."Especially when it's not related to knowing each other. Like you can definitely tell me about your family, friends, or someone as long as there's you in that conversation""I particularly don't wanna talk about my depressing past life right now", I say, taking another bite from the lemon bar. "That
Tiffany I go out of breath, but still, he continues to kiss me with small breaks. Then finally, he pulls me away, leaving me asking for more but I don't say it. I feel my cheeks burning and I immediately lower my gaze due to the exploding shyness. However, I manage to peek up at him. He's smiling. "Was I bad?" The stupidest question I could ever ask but I was so nervous about reacting. I hear him cracking up. "No. You were raw", he says. That sounded a bit offensive as I glare up at him. "Of course, you might have kissed plenty of experienced women", I shrug."Wow!" He exclaims, staring at me in awe as he holds my shoulders. "You look terrific when you're angry too but apart from that do I really look like a player? I mean it's definitely a negative side of being good looking"I wish I was this confident to compliment myself.This guy is something. Are we really getting into silly tiffs for the first time right after our first kiss? "I said you were raw in a different you.
TheaI immediately yank off my arm from his grip, kneel on the ground and gather the cash inside my handbag. Damn! Why is all the disaster happening to me today?He better not question me for the cash. I get up right away and fix my dress and hair. "Are you okay?" Sebastian takes a step closer and scans me. I pull on a forced smile. "Yeah. I'm—good. Sorry for all the trouble — I should—""Seems like you lost all your cards", he sarcastically laughs. "I have never seen people hanging out with so much cash", he looks down at my handbag. "Or were you going to give the cash to someone?"My blood becomes cold. "Why— why would I give so much cash to anyone?" I stammer, avoiding eye contact with him. "Relax! Mrs. Fox, I guess you're getting nervous. I didn't even ask something about the incident again. It shouldn't be that traumatic. You're sweating. I realise he's not lying. I'm indeed sweating and shaking. He caught me in a very risky zone. Thankfully, he didn't see me giving money to
TheaSunday morning. Even though I had no plans to sleep this long, I couldn't believe it was ten in the morning. I jump off the bed and look around. John is working on his laptop, sitting on the couch. "When did you wake up? And why didn't you wake me up?" I scoff, stretching my arms. He looks up at me, tilting his glasses upwards, then again looks down at the screen."I thought you didn't get enough sleep last night since you came home late, so you should get some extra sleep", he says in a heavily cold tone, leaving me speechless. How did he get to know?I can't utter a single word and just stare at him. "John, I—""Don't say that you didn't, Thea. I can easily feel you're not beside me. I woke up and checked the entire house before a maid eventually said she saw you going out using the backdoor", he says, irking the hell out of me. I'm pretty sure I didn't see any maid around.Even if any of them saw me, how dare she? I grit my teeth while clasping the sheets tightly. "Which
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