Christian"My answer!" I scoff at her. "You're so impatient. Anyway, that makes you ten times more appealing", she playfully smiles, making me anxious."You better keep those comments to yourself, Mrs Fox. I hope you understand that I don't wanna behave badly with you", I throw her a glare. She doesn't surprise me at all when she grins again. I can't believe I'm here standing with this woman, casually talking, almost needing her help, who literally tried to take advantage of my drunk situation.Such a shame!I never felt so helpless and weak in my entire life. My old self must be laughing at me for being such a weak ass. "Come on. Don't try to distract the topic. You're getting me a coffee""Why don't you just go and get it? I'll pay and leave", I shrug."Treating someone doesn't mean only paying", she grimaces. "You need your answers too, right?"Her lips tilt aside. I shake my head and barge outside, hitting forcibly on the ground. "Show some courtesy, Christian. Come on!" Thea
ChristianI wake up after the alarm goes off. Last night, I took painkillers before going to bed. It has been a routine. I keep suffering major headaches every day. And I'm definitely not neglecting that. I did some tests yesterday to make sure I'm physically fine. The reports were fine. Lack of sleep and stress— that's what the doctor said. I got some sleeping pills in case I need them. They are definitely not prescribed. I'm not planning to have them daily so that doesn't bother me. I roll over the bed, getting stricken by reality. The test results will arrive this afternoon. The thought itself gives a rise to anxiety inside me. I get up, lay half against the pillow and take my phone to check the schedule for today. Nicole is yet to mail me.Meanwhile, I hear the cracking sound of the door and look up. Ivanna walks into the room. She's perfectly dressed for the day after dropping Chrissie off at school. "Good morning", I pass her a smile. She doesn't react to anything for a whol
Ivanna"Mama! What are you doing?" Chrissie screeches, making a tiny face as I shudder, coming out of my thoughts. She's sitting beside me on the bed, drawing something with her brand-new crayons that she got on her birthday. "What happened?""I drew this and you're not looking at me drawing. You're looking at the phone for so long", she pouts. I smile and take her sketchbook. "It's such a pretty butterfly. Just like you"She giggles. "Thanks, mama! But what are you looking at for so long?"She tries to peek at the phone but I immediately pull my hand aside."Nothing. I'll show you later. You should concentrate on the drawing""Okay, mama!"She gets back to doodling and my eyes drift down to the screen again. I stare at the picture. Since the morning, I have spent so much time on this. I don't know why I'm looking at it. If there was someone else at my place, they would never look at it ever again.I don't know how I should feel.This morning I randomly logged in to my account wh
ChristianI rush out of the villa as soon as Michael's message came. I could see or feel nothing after that. Right now, I only need to get those results at any cost. I don't know how fast I drove towards the hospital. But I did manage to reach there in just ten minutes.When I reach Michael's cabin, I spot Thea coming from the other direction. She wasn't asked to come anyway. I don't give any reaction to her and wait for Michael to come. Michael comes outside with a wider grin, "without being dramatic, congratulations, Mr Scott"He happily holds my shoulder and jerks me. "The match has been found"I feel my entire world frozen for a whole second and let out a subtle sigh. And that one sigh helps me to finally breathe in relief after a whole year. My heart feels lighter with a blooming hope— a hope that keeps me able to go through everything. I cover my face and breath heavily to process that. "Chrisanna is finally getting bone marrow. We're so happy", he says. "And congratulations t
ChristianI decrease the gap between us and hug her as tightly as I can. Right at this moment, I don't find any words to utter but hug her to deliver everything I'm feeling right now.She's silent but her heavy breaths are telling me that she's holding her tears back. "Don't cry, please. Not again", I groan, brushing my face against her soft wet hair. "You cried enough""And you don't care", she lets out a soft sob, making me hug her more tightly. "I do. I fucking do, Iv. You know that. I care about everything revolving around you", I oppose. Her sobs don't lessen and I feel her body shivering against mine. Her body is freezing cold as if she has been in the shower for a long time. "You don't", she seethes. "If you cared, you never left me crying"It stings. I know I shouldn't have done that. I could do it in another way but I made her feel unimportant at a moment when I should have treated her better. She was already going through the lie I told her last night. "I'm sorry, baby.
ChristianShe looks away in tears."Who said this?" I blurt out. "I trust you. More than anyone, anything in this world. You know that""That's why you lied. That's why you thought I'll be insecure. This is how much you trust me, Chris", she sobs.How am I gonna explain to her that I'm doing all this for her cognitive condition? She may not know but it can affect her mental state. Even if she tries to understand me, her mind will definitely find something opposite. I wish I could tell her why I met Thea. It would give her some relief. "I'm sorry", I breathe heavily. "I was just scared. It's not like I don't trust you, baby"She has stopped sobbing and her eyes slowly melt against mine as if she has started feeling better. I trace my fingertips down to her cheek, gently caressing her skin. "You know I always try harder not to hurt you. And I end up doing that. You know that, right?" She nods. "Then smile. Please!" I plead to her, folding my bottom lip. Her lips slowly curve into
IvannaI bring Chrissie out of the washroom and plop her on the bed. As I roll my eyes around the room to find Christian, I spot him on the balcony. He's on call. The entire day was so miserable for me. But now it all seems to go. "Mama! What's for dinner tonight?" She asks when I bring her clothes out and sit beside her. "Mrs Fisher made fried rice for you", I tell her, making her wear the yellow tee. "Rice? Mama! I wanna eat pizza", she folds her bottom lip."No pizza for dinner", I scoff and cup her chin to comb her hair."Please, mama. Chrissie will be upset", she fluffs her cheeks, making a tiny face. I squint my eyes at her mischievous pout."Awww! Really?"She nods, frowning at me. "Such a naughty girl you are!" I tickle her stomach, leaning towards her. She breaks into giggles right away."Aaa! Mama!" She can't stop giggling as I keep tickling her on the bed, laughing my heart out with her."I can't see Chrissie is upset now", I stop, watching her panting heavily."Mama!
ChristianLater at night, we had dinner together and had fun at the dinner table. Chrissie was insisting on watching cartoons downstairs so Ivanna stayed back with her. I came upstairs to the room and slump onto the bed to relax my exhausted body.It was a long day but a satisfying one. I'm not sure how much time it's gonna take but I know things will gradually fall back to place Once Chrissie recovers everything will be fine. Between, I'm really curious to know about Chrissie's biological father. Even though I shouldn't be caring about this anymore, I can't stop wondering how it all happened. It's just a bitter reality that my beautiful child was born out of a sinful relationship. It was known to me that one day she'll get to know about her adoption. And we'll happily tell her about it. But I'll never want her to know anything about her biological parents and how her mother cheated on John with her father. That'll be a lot for anyone to bear the entire life.I have seen Ivanna suff
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