So, the journey of Christian and Ivanna ends here. Well, not completely. They still have a long way to go and a lot of hurdles to win against. But for now, they have accomplished all the difficulties that they have been going through since their childhood. In the end, love wins. I hope you loved the way they love each other, they fell for each other again and again.I'll be back with book 2 of their roller coaster journey in the same book. Book 2 will be released in June. But before that, I'm sure gonna give some bonus chapters. I'm leaving no cliffhanger in the first book so you guys can easily move on from the book assuming the happy ending. I'm not binding you with a cliffhanger. The new book will have some different challenges that they will face after a few years of their marriage full of love. The bonus chapters will cover the timeline of 5-6 years so you can easily connect with book 2. I'll write 4-5 bonus chapters before 1st June. Stay tuned with the book if you wanna be on
So, the journey of Christian and Ivanna ends here. Well, not completely. They still have a long way to go and a lot of hurdles to win against. But for now, they have accomplished all the difficulties that they have been going through since their childhood. In the end, love wins. I hope you loved the way they love each other, they fell for each other again and again.I'll be back with book 2 of their roller coaster journey in the same book. Book 2 will be released in June. But before that, I'm sure gonna give some bonus chapters. I'm leaving no cliffhanger in the first book so you guys can easily move on from the book assuming the happy ending. I'm not binding you with a cliffhanger. The new book will have some different challenges that they will face after a few years of their marriage full of love. The bonus chapters will cover the timeline of 5-6 years so you can easily connect with book 2. I'll write 4-5 bonus chapters before 1st June. Stay tuned with the book if you wanna be on
IvannaA week later after our grand wedding, I wake up with soft strokes of Christian's knuckles. My eyes remain closed as he starts placing small kisses all over my face to my neck. I hum against his chest as he teases my skin as he does every morning. This morning's cuddle is my favourite moment of the day. I love the way he never forgets to cuddle me even before I open my eyes. In the last seven months and sixteen days, he has made each of my mornings beautiful and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him. "Good morning, my little leprechaun", he mumbles into my neck, taking my ear into his mouth. "Umm— good morning", I fist his hair gently in my grip, running my fingers into his deep hair and kissing his neck, inhaling his fresh scent. "How does it feel like to wake up as my wife every morning? Are you bored yet?" He giggles, parting me away as I open my eyes with a frown.I don't know why he comes up with such a question when I wake up. It feels like he can't stop he
Ivanna"This watch is beautiful", Emily says, looking at the watch I just picked up. I stare at it, rolling here and there, in every angle and imagining it around Christian's wrist. It'll look good on him."Freak! Five hundred dollars", Emily almost faints, looking at the price tag. "I'm not gonna get any present like this ever""You should not if you don't feel like it", I chuckle. "It was just my desire to give him something with my first paycheck. But I don't think I'm taking this"I put it back."Why so?" She exclaims. "Hey, I'm sorry about what I said""Nah. Not for that. Chill"I roll my eyes around the shop and walk out of there. The thing is Christian have them all. I don't exactly know what to give him. He has more than hundreds of branded watches and other stuff. That's the problem of having a rich husband. No wonder why he says all the time that he doesn't need a gift. It's been a month since I'm working at my new workplace. The experience has been great until now. I have
ChristianIvanna passes me a small smile and nods. "Yep. How are these?"It takes me a while to figure out what makes her get soccer shoes for me. I still can't figure it out. However, these actually look so freaking good. Undoubtedly, she did good research on the brand and quality before getting them. The brand is old, yet popular. "They are fucking good", I say, lifting one. Did she spend her entire paycheck on it? These are hella expensive for sure. "I don't know what made you buy soccer shoes but you could choose a reasonable one. Only professional players wear this""So what? Didn't you want them?" Her eyes blissfully land on me as she smiles, reminding me of those struggling yet golden days. I indeed wanted them. "How did you—""Umm— I don't remember much", she folds her lips. "But I read mom's journal. The whole one. It cleared all my blurry memories. I know how badly you wanted these soccer shoes from the same brand"I chuckle, looking at them. "It's been so long. I wanted t
ChristianA few days left until our first anniversary. This still feels like a dream. A year of bliss passed with Ivanna, having her as my wife. And each day she has been better than before. I can't even imagine my life without her now. In every thin and thick, she has loved me with all her heart, and so have I.I tried to keep her happy and make her smile in every possible way and I hope I have been a good husband. I couldn't be perfect, yet I could give her everything she wanted. Even if it was a silly soccer match with just four amateur players on the ground.The day before we were about to go to the ground, I had told her that during the school matches I used to crave to hear the cheers for me. But no one did that. There were better players than me. Who would cheer for me?And the day when Kane, Colton, Ethan and I played, there was only her in that audience and she was screaming my name, cheering for me, clapping for me. I knew for a few, that it was a kinda silly thing.But it w
ChristianI wince with her sudden cold words and try to look at her face, loosening my grip. "What happened?" I exclaim. She says nothing and releases herself from my grip, walking towards the bed. She slams herself onto the edge and breathes heavily. I can finally see her red swollen face, her eyes which have turned double in size. It's a sign that she cried for hours. I rush and kneel in front of her as she keeps her head dangling. "Iv", I hold her hot hands tightly. "Babe, are you alright? Did you cry? For what? What's wrong?" I panic, still trying to figure out what she meant.She says nothing and starts sobbing abruptly. Her sobs have my heart sink on the spot. It had been months since she was upset or she cried. I never let her cry after all those incidents. I get up and sit beside her, cupping her face."What's wrong? Tell me. Did anyone say something? Did anyone do something?" I nuzzle her cheeks and wipe the tears off her hot cheeks. Her face shivers into my palms. She
Ivanna"Your body isn't suitable for IVF, Mrs Scott", my gynaecologist Elena says with a sigh. "There's a risk in this procedure"It's been another year. A year since I got to know I'm barren. I never dared to utter that word in front of Christian because I know he's gonna last out at me. He indeed doesn't want a child as long as I'm with him. But I know it's just a part of him. Parenthood is something anyone can hardly not want. Especially to me. I wanted to live the bond with my child which I missed. Mom left me before I was even eligible to understand what death is, and never being loved by my dad. I wanted to be a mother and live the bond I had missed. I wanted to see Christian loving our kids and being the best father that my dad could never be.There were a lot of things to matter. As the doctors suggested, I was on medication for an entire year only to hear this. As I hold my tears back, I feel Christian's hand on mine as he tightly holds me. I look at him, his eyes intense
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