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
TheaI reach Sebastian's office after an hour. His office is almost empty right now. When I walk inside a few of his interns gaze at me as if they saw an alien walking inside. I avoid them as Georgia greets me."Good morning, Mrs. Fox. I was waiting for you", she comes up with a warm smile."Good morning", I plaster a forced smile on my face. "Sebastian is in his cabin, waiting for you", she looks behind me. "Where's Mr. Fox, by the way?"I clear my throat. "Well, he's a little bit busy and I thought I should take some steps alone""That's really courageous of you", she says, walking with me towards Sebastian's cabin. "I saw you panicking the last time you were here"I look at her awkwardly. "I understand it's difficult to have a conversation with Sebastian. But trust me he'll give his hundred percent to save you. He was in the office the entire night, skimming through all the footage. It was a lot", she says, making me wonder if he cracked something."I understand. It was indeed a
Tiffany"You forgot the teddy bear in my car last night", Sebastian replies after two long hours I had been peeking at my phone every two minutes. That's so crazy of me. I never felt this way before. We have been chatting since this morning. He was really slow in replying and I can understand that since he said he was texting me while working. It can't be sweeter than this. I smile at the reply. "I deliberately didn't take it. Thea would unnecessarily question me", I send. "You can't even own a teddy? That's weird!" He replies soon. "And well, sorry for replying so late""It's okay! You're not a stay-at-home person like me😄", I reply with some laughing emoticons. He doesn't reply sooner. I see him typing twice but the typing sign vanishes a couple of times as if he's trying to say something but he's unable to do so. I curiously wait. "What are you doing this evening?😐" He replies. "I know it's weird but I wanna meet you"I blush harder, lying on my bed and looking at the ceili
Tiffany "I'm at the bus stop now", Sebastian's reply comes after half an hour when I have finished dressing myself up in a black and white striped jumpsuit. I make a half-braid and let a few strands of hair loose open. "I'll be there in ten minutes", I reply and grab my handbag, rushing downstairs.To my bad luck, Thea is sitting in the living room with a magazine. She watches me from head to toe as I walk down the stairs."Isn't that the same dress I gave you three years back?" She asks."Yes", I say, annoyed. "So, did your special friend call you out again?" She asks in a bit of a taunting tone. "I'll be back soon", I tell her. "Ryan and Kevin are fed and they must be sleeping by now""I know it's about a guy, Tiffany", her voice halts me from behind. I halt, closing my eyes shut for a while. Then she comes to me, crossing her arms. "You think I'm a fool not to notice how you're acting", she shrugs."My personal life has never been your business, actually", I snarl. "It was
Tiffany I give up and cover my face, groaning. "You're okay?" He asks.I can feel the small amount of alcohol working on me. But I'm still in a good mood. I sit straight and rub my face."Yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry. I think—""Well, you can talk about good things, no?" He smiles. "There was nothing good in my life", I grunt. "Brought up in slums. Hardly getting food to eat. Working in a coal mine since I was a child. Nothing was good, actually. Mom left too. It's all about Ryan and Kevin, those only people who care about me", I scoff. "I care about you too", he husks. I look up at him. Our eyes meet. Intensely. He drags himself closer to me, our faces just an inch apart. I feel his arm snaking around my waist. He pulls me closer, pressing me against himself. Leaning closer to me, he softly places his lips on mine. My head goes blank and I respond with the same intensity. I hold his neck, and with my other hand, I clutch onto his shirt, going breathless with his tongue pushing inside m
Ivanna"I swear I have never seen so many cameras around my house after our wedding reception", I shrug, looking through the window while pushing the curtains back. "I knew it was coming anyway", Christian says.I glance at him when he's tapping on his phone and look back at the scenario out of the gate. The guards and Colton are trying to control the situation. "I know but I don't want Chrisanna to see all this stuff and get nervous. We can keep her away from the TV and other stuff to keep her away from the news. But I don't want her to be caged inside the villa. She can't go outside but at least, till now the yard and terrace were the only places for her to walk around", I shake my head in disbelief. "Guess she can't even peek through the window anymore"Christian tosses his phone aside and comes near me, pulling the curtain back. Then he holds my shoulders, making me look at him."First of all, my love, stop paying attention to them. And secondly, I understand your concern. Mayb
Ivanna I finally catch my breath after coming out of the courtroom. It was a two-hour-long debate that occurred inside. I was kind of prepared for the experience since it was not my first time in a courtroom. I had been attending all the trials with Emily for her case. To be honest, that's more crucial than this one. Watching Emily explaining all the horrific events she went through for a whole year and repeating things just for the sake of procedure freaked me out every time.Today, Christian narrated the whole thing that happened that night and everything that happened before that event. There were more details that he didn't tell me. And I was utterly shocked by all those tiny events that happened and I remained ignorant about them all the time. At that moment I was already dealing with my own issues when I started getting insecure about Thea. I never thought in my dreams that she was deliberately trying to get close to Christian ever since. She even got her kids admitted to the
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