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CHAPTER 19“Hello Jared,” Astra said into the phone as Jared picked up his phone.“Hey Astra, how are you doing?” He asked. He sincerely sounded surprised. It was then that Astra realized how odd it would be. She had never called him before, he was always the one calling her. It would clearly be weird to her.“I am good, thank you,” she said. For a moment, she was short of words. She had no idea what she was going to say to him. Many things crossed her mind, but her greatest fear was the fact that he may realize that she was playing him in a way.“Is anything the matter? Is Nicholas bothering you again? I thought you left his house,” Jared asked and Astra closed her eyes in frustration. She forgot that Jared called her when she was still in Nicholas house. How was she supposed to start dating him when he knew that she had been in her ex husband’s house just a few hours ago?“
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Once Nicholas heard Sarah's plan he knew that it was going to work out well. Astra took her job very seriously and so she would take this case very seriously. It would be so easy for her to fall into his trap."All you have to do is point her in that direction, she will follow. You will just bring the evidence to her and she will follow that route to get the criminal. The problem is that, it will end in a dead end, nothing will come out of it," Sarah said and Nicholas nodded. He liked the plan."I don't even have to be the one to point her in that direction right? I can always hire someone to bring fake evidence to her, that will be very easy," Nicholas added, all the while bouncing Theo on his knee. It seemed like the little man was hungry, he was already putting the button in his mouth, playing with it."Yes, you can do that. It will be much more easier that way," Sarah agreed."How fast can we get the evidence? This night maybe? Something to keep the mov
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Nicholas was working on some paperwork when Sarah's call came. That was fast, Nicholas thought while smiling. He immediately picked up the call."Hello, Nicky, good evening," Sarah said."Good evening, Sarah. Any news?" Nicholas asked. In Sarah's reply, he could basically hear the smile in her voice."The trap had been set, the only issue is that we are waiting for the mouse to jump on it. The actor we paid has already called Astra. She will be going to find him this night," Sarah said.The image that appeared in Nicholas' vision was not very favorable to him. He realized that he did not want Astra going after a criminal that did not exist in the middle of the night."She is really going to go this night?" Nicholas asked and Sarah sighed."It is best that she goes as soon as possible, that is how these things are done. You should not still
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Astra shrieked as she came into contact with at all man.“Calm down, miss,” the man said, it already felt like her heart leapt to her throat, and she was shaking. Through her disoriented self, she could tell that the voice was different from the one that called her. This voice sounded of age.“What are you doing here?” Astra asked. This person was different from the person who called her, and the area was too quiet for people to just be roaming around. Astra could feel her fear building up again.“I should be the one asking you that, miss,” the man asked, and Astra looked at the man very well. The place was dark but she could see with the aid of her phone torch that he was dressed in some sort of uniform.“I am the keeper of this warehouse. Is there anything you needed?” The man asked and Astra became calm. Nevertheless, the small amount of hope that she harbored that the man was the one who called her disappeared. “Someone called me, the person asked me to see him here, I guess it m
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"Hey, Astra. Are you free to go out for lunch?" Jared asked. Astra raised up her head and looked at him. She was working on Nicholas' case after she managed to gather herself. She was quite disoriented after the call. She did not even tell Jared about her feelings of him giving her flowers in the office."I am a bit busy," Astra replied, she looked up from her computer to study him. She knew that she viewed him in a different light since after the date. Yet, her refusal was default mode. Old habits die hard."Oh okay. Did you get my flowers?" Jared asked. He looked simple as usual in his white dress shirt and black trousers. Astra found herself comparing him with Nicholas again. Nicholas was much more taller and he rocked the office wear. Nicholas had been born into money and so he had a lot of confidence. Jared was rather tame. He was calm and not usually arrogant. It seemed that Nicholas brought out his arrogant side."You know what, we should have that lunch," she replied. Astra fi
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Astra dug into her meal of turkey and potatoes. It melted in her mouth and she smiled as she ate it. It was very delicious. Steph had always been a very good cook unlike Astra. To complement the fact that she could cook next to nothing, Astra appreciated food a lot, especially good food."The meal is really nice, Steph," Astra said."Awwn, thank you so much," Steph replied."You know, you could open a culinary school, you will make it big," Astra suggested and Steph just smiled. She had been telling her friend the same thing for so long. Steph was a full time house wife and while they were in college, her dream was to open a restaurant. After she started dating Ray though, she stopped talking about it entirely. It seemed as though the dream had died.Astra had tried to talk to her friend about it several times but to no avail. Steph's mouth was sealed about that. She said that she was more comfortable cooking for her husband than the world."We have something to tell you, Astra," Ray
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After Astra was done bathing that night, she dried her body and walked into her room. She put on a simple flirty gown and poured herself a glass of wine. It had been a while since she took alcohol but she could not help herself. The events of that day brought some memories, they were mostly not pleasant ones.Astra played some classical music as she sipped the rich red wine. The tangy taste rested on her tongue and she savored it. She was turning around and dancing to the music, all in a bid to get intoxicated faster. Astra didn't want to think anymore, she just wanted to be free.Before long, she began to feel the lightheadedness that came with alcohol. Her vision was now fuzzy. She still continued to pour and drink. She could barely stop. In the haze of the drink, she fell to her bed and slept off. It was back to base.When Astra woke up the next morning, she was not alone in her room. She was warm, exceptionally too. It was not the type of heat that she could generate alone. It was
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Chapter 26Nicholas was boiling when he picked up his phone to call Sarah. They needed to figure out who was helping Thompson and fast. His company was under attack again, but it was subtle. Clients were slowly selling out their shares. Nicholas could feel in it in his bones that it was a warning. Whoever was behind the havoc that his company faced five years ago was also doing it now. Nicholas could not go back to losing everything, not after all he did. He couldn't."Hello, Nicky how are you?" Sarah said in a chatty tone. Nicholas was not in the mood for all of that."Come to my house immediately," he said in a clipped voice. Sarah seemed to get the memo as she did not throw a line as she usually would or complain. She just said okay.Nicholas paced around the house and fumed as he waited for Sarah to come. He had a glass of whiskey in his hand. He could not help the fact that the alcohol made him sane at the moment. Nicholas heard from his informant at Astra's office that his wife
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Chapter 66"You are not to call me for anything. Anything at all, I mean it, I deserve this vacation. I have not been on one in years. My flight is leaving in a few hours and I just wanted to brief you, so please don't call me, thank you," Astra said to her assistant. She had opened her law firm, after she got married, finally achieving her dreams. She hoped that the company would not crumble since she was leaving for two weeks."What if it is really really important, like the building is on fire?" Tricia her assistant asked. Astra knew that she was just trying to rile her up. There were not just boss and employee, they had become friends over the years."I am not a firefighter am I? It's not like I can put off the fire I was there. So don't call me. It is just two weeks, you will be fine. I am not even taking my phone, it will just be, nature and my hot husband so please, thank you. If you need anything ask Jared, he will he willing to help," Astra told Tiana and she disconnected the
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Chapter 65Astra felt giddy, free, and light. She was a bit nervous too, because what bride was not nervous on her wedding day? It did not matter that she had gotten married before and to the same man at that, it also did not matter that she had two children for the said man, she was entitled to pre-wedding jitters and she was having them.Astra's first wedding was in Vegas, she was half drunk and so was Nicholas. They were drunk on both wine and love and they enjoyed each other. Astra could not remember the exact details of her first wedding since she was wasted and all, but it did not waste much time and she was done with it, she did not have enough time to be nervous or to back out of the wedding, that was it. Unlike this time that there was an entire plan, rehearsals, shopping, and too much money involved."Relax Astra, you are too tense. Nicholas loves you and wants to marry you, everything will be alright," Charise said to her as she held her hand. Astra sighed."I know that he
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"Congratulations Astra," her sister said as she entered into the room. Her mother and father were not far behind. Astra smiled as her family came in. She was happy that her sister was there for her, that she was willing to be there for her. Astra was grateful that she was able to fix things with her family."She looks very beautiful, she looks more like Nicholas though, maybe she might grow to look like you," Charise said as she studied the baby."Would you like to hold her?" Astra asked looking at her sister. She was looking at the baby in awe."Oh of course. It has really been so long since I saw a new born baby, it never does get old," Charise said and Astra stretched the baby to her carefully. Her sister extracted the child from her hands and held on the baby. She looked like she was in love."Maybe I will have another child after all," Charise said softly. "She does look so precious. You did very well Astra," her mother said to her. Things were not so rosy after everything that
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Chapter 63Astra felt a dull pain on her lower stomach and then felt it go a little lower. They started earlier that day but she figured they were Braxton Hicks and then her water broke, she began to panic. Nicholas was out of town. He had neglected his business for almost too long and it was telling on him. The stress was getting to him. He did not want to have to have her but she all but pushed him out of her house to go make some money so that the children could feed or something like that. Astra remembered that he was unwilling to leave, but he left at the end because he had to."Brian please bring my phone," Astra said to her son. She was trying to study the contractions, they were coming faster. She did not know who to call. Stephanie had her own baby just three months back, Yvonne was far away, Sarah and Jared were out of town with Theo. Charise, she was the only one she could call."Mommy are you okay?" Her son asked as he brought the phone to her with steady hands. Another wa
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Chapter 62"We are going to the zoo!" Brian shouted at breakfast when Astra told him."Thank you Mommy!" Brian said again and Astra smiled."So just eat up your breakfast, your daddy is coming to take us there," Astra told her son who looked so excited by the fact that her husband was going to take them out. Brian nodded at his mother's words.It was their first family outing. After visiting Brianna's grave, Nicholas said that he wanted to spend as much time as possible with his family, she could not blame him at all. She just lost Brianna so she could feel a fraction of what he felt since he never met her and he missed the first four years of Brian's life. After their dinner date, they had a few more dates together. They had gone to an art museum and looked at art together. They both went around together and looked at art all the while discussing various things. It felt like they were getting to know each other again. She told him about her dreams and he told her about his. She told
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Chapter 61Nicholas was about to look at the picture when Astra's lips met with his. He felt the sparks when their lips touched. It had been so long they had been together without the aid of alcohol and external influences. It felt wonderful. Nicholas helped Astra to climb him and he kissed her deeper, he slightly tugged on her bottom lip with his teeth while she snuck her tongue past his lips. It felt wonderful for a while as they had a duel of tongues of sorts. They both explored each other with their mouth and their hands. Nicholas' hands went over Astra's body, her hands over his. He felt so hot and hard and all hers.Nicholas flipped her so that she was below him and helped her out of her dress. He wanted some skin and he wanted it fast. He touched her with an urgency of a cave man and he did the same to her."It has been so long," Nicholas said as he removed her dress. She looked so white and beautiful and refreshing. Nicholas had to remind himself to be careful when he saw her
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Chapter 60"I will put these in some water," Astra said and went into her kitchen to find a vase for the flowers. She then put them in some water."We should get going," Astra said when she was done. She was not sure that she could stay in the house with him for much longer without trying to kiss him or doing something equally as odd."I have a gift for you," Nicholas said and then brought out a little velvet box from his pocket. Astra opened her eyes and gazed at the box as Nicholas opened it. It was a necklace. It was silver and had a tear drop of diamond as a a a a a a a a a a locket. It was simple but yet it was very beautiful."Oh my God Nicholas, it is beautiful," Astra said as she gazed at the necklace."Turn around," Nicholas said to Astra and she did. She held her breath as he placed the necklace over her neck. The closeness between them seemed to increase as she felt p breath at her neck. Astra could feel the electricity between the two of them. The years and the betrayal b
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Chapter 59Astra woke up the next morning in a very excited mood. She felt like she was in a very good mood. She wanted the date to go very well without any hitches. She took her bath and started to get ready for the shopping spree. She was already having breakfast when Stephanie called her."Hello Stephanie," Astra said when she picked up the call."Hello, Astra. Are you ready to start going shopping now?" Stephanie asked her and Astra laughed. To think that she thought her friend would not have the strength to go shopping since she was pregnant."You are more eager for this dress than I am Stephanie," Astra said with a laugh. It was a little funny how she could be."Whatever you say Astra, I just want to get clothes, that is all," Steph said and Astra laughed."I will be ready in an hour, " Astra said to her friend before she disconnected the call.After the call, Astra looked at her phone and she saw a text from Nicholas. It was as cheesy as the first one, but the thing was that sh
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Chapter 58"We should do this. We can start by being friends. We can forget that everything happened and pretend that we just met," Nicholas said and Astra laughed a bit."We have a child together, and in four months, we would have another one. That is not a very good plan," Astra said with a smile."Says who?" Nicholas said. He looked so cheeky. It reminded Astra of how she found him so funny when they had first met and that was one of the reasons she fell in love with him."Oh, good evening. I just saw you walking by and I was in awe, such a beautiful lady, I said to myself that I had to meet you. My name is Nicholas, and you are," Nicholas said to Astra, he took her hand in his and kissed her fingers. Astra felt like butterflies were erupting in her stomach like the first day they had met. She felt like he was so handsome then, just like when they had met, a little more than seven years back."My name is Astra, I love your smile," Astra said. She did love the way he smiled. She rem
