Slowly stirring, Giselle woke up to the sound of distant beeping of hospital machines.It was probably sometime close to midnight when she opened her eyes.Voices of hospital nurses and patients filed her ears. The smell of disinfectant and hospital wash hung around her like a thick cloud, making the brunette scrunch up her nose as she attempt to sit up, only to stop half way as she felt a banging headache.Deciding not to fight against the headache and stay down, Giselle scanned the room with her eyes.It looked to be a private ward. The top class ones.An in built bathroom, a small table in the corner, a rather comfortable mattress, which she was currently lying on, and a fifty five inch television hanging opposite her bed.It was like the deluxe version of a hospital room, one that Giselle had never gotten the luxury to enjoy, up until now.The sound of the room door opening caught her attention. Turning her head towards the direction, Giselle watched with a slightly stunned expres
Giselle sat still with her green eyes trained on Ezra’s hazel ones. For the briefest of seconds her brain went numb, almost as if it was incapable of giving a suitable response to Ezra’s request.Seconds had pasted before Giselle broke away from her statue like figure, blinking furiously as her mouth slowly opened as if she wanted to say something, then she closed it back, then repeated the same action a few more times.During this short period of silence, Ezra felt his heart stuck in his throat. Several negative thoughts roamed his mind.‘What if she says no?’ Was one of those thoughts. ‘What if she insists to leave this as purely a contractual relationship? Does she feel the same way I do?’Ezra’s fist subconsciously gripped the bedsheet, bringing wrinkles to the fine floral bed spread.‘Please, say something.’ Ezra thought, already feeling the silence tear at his heart.Was this going to have a bad outcome?Giselle’s eyes averted from his, scanning everywhere in the room.It’s not
~Two weeks ago~Giselle sat at the outer bank of a beach that had been rented out for a whole day. It was only her and a few other permitted people that were present on the luxury high class beach.At first, on receiving such an invitation from her mother-in-law, the blonde had wondered how it would be possible to rent out a whole beach and even have means of blocking the news from reach the ears of the media, as not to spoil their little fun outing, but she soon came to know that Jasmine Heinrich, is a Heinrich.Money and power can basically do anything.Giselle watched as the current propelled water, gushed onto the banks, close to her feet and once again claimed her miniature drawing, for the third time today.The girl huffed out in annoyance and tossed her broken branch into her sand before causing the sea with every ounce of insult she knew in her vocabulary.She heard a snort from behind and whipped her head in the direction. Glaring angry daggers at the only person she saw, who
Giselle and Ezra stood at the foot of their mansion as they waved the adults goodbye.Luckily for them, no other questioned were asked after the whole situation was explained. Although, Ezra did get a little discredit, since the security he had put on Giselle had failed to do their jobs.Which actually baffled him.But then again, he didn’t have much time to dwell on such a thought, the more prominent matter at hand, was how someone had gotten their hands on the contract.Ezra clearly remembered locking it in a safe in his study. A safe to which only he knew the code.Watching the last of their parent’s car drive off, Ezra sighed and ran a hand through his oily hair.“What a night.” He mumbled out as Giselle placed her hand on his shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.“Yeah. But I’m glad it yielded a good result.” She smiled and turned around, headed for her room when she suddenly felt her body being lifted off the ground.A surprised yelp left her mouth, and on instinct, she wrapped
Occurrences like those happened less frequently but Giselle still found herself having to take care of trash every other time of the week.Well except for today. Today, the brunette had come home early, as Ezra had some board meetings to attend, and out of habit, she once again dismissed the cook and decided to make dinner herself.This time around, as she searched through the pantry for what to make, she noticed that it was much more stocked than before, which was to her favor.Smiling to herself, Giselle brought out several ingredients needed for a perfect croissant. She wasn’t only gifted in cooking, baking was one of her several gifted areas.Humming the soft tone of ‘Film out’ by BTS under her breath, the brunette began her baking process by tying on her apron, making sure that if things got messy, as per her previous experience, she’d have something on her body to take one third of the hit.“Okay, let’s begin.” She mused after her hair had been fixed into a messy updo bun.The p
By the end of their hot shower, Ezra was feeling better than before.With a little more consoling, which Giselle still wasn’t aware what about, delicious takeouts and a few hours of binge watching series while cuddled up on the couch, Ezra had just about forgotten the reason why his mood had suddenly deteriorated.By the time the sixth episode of their series had come to an end, Giselle was long asleep on his chest, the rest of her body folded into a comfortable position that allowed her enjoy the sleep.Noticing this, Ezra decided that six episodes was enough for him and he reached for the remote, turning the tv off before directing his attention towards the woman who was sound asleep on his chest.Watching her sleep for a while had become a habit of Ezra ever since they began sharing a room. He just couldn’t get enough of staring at her face, be it in the day, or during the night.Getting up halfway, Ezra scooped Giselle into his arms and began ascending the stairs towards their bed
If any other word could best describe the feeling of betrayal, then apparently Giselle knew no such words.The brunette spent the next hour or so feeling utterly devastated and trying to get a handle on her thought. She quickly learned that sitting on the cold floor, staring at nothing but the ground, and occasionally wiping tears, didn’t help her in that aspect.By the time she had calmed down, in a less teary state and clear headed, the sound of the main gate opening resounded just outside, and without pondering over her recent decision, the brunette got up and headed for her own side of the closet, grabbing one of Ezra’s black duffle bag as she headed that way.Briefly, she filled the bag with a little amount of dress and daily items that would last her for at least three days, and then she zipped it up, grabbed her phone, then raced for the room door.Staying here right now didn’t seem like something reasonable on her end. She wanted to fully calm down, have a clear and stable min
Ezra woke up from his sleep after what felt like hours. The light seepping in from a gap in his curtain indicated that he had only gotten some shut eye for three hours at max.Laying still, the brunette listened to the quietness of his room before turning to his side to stare at the empty spot.Knowing that Giselle was no longer in the room with him made the temperature drop dramatically, making the room feel icy cold, even if it wasn’t.It had only been roughly four hours since Giselle left the mansion, leaving his room doused in her velvet scent.And Ezra gladly remained behind in the room, dwelling comfortably in where was now his room alone.For the time being, he had hoped several time, right before reluctantly giving in to sleep.Sighing, Ezra ran his finger through his hair, closing his eyes in the process to reminisce on his decisions so far.A knock on his door sniped that memory lane short. Peeling his eyes open, he rolled them before answering.“What is it?”“Young master,