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Sarah Garner povI didn’t want to have my breakfast but wanted to go to granny instead. Keith made me sit and forced me to eat. He was planning to tag along with me. I was expecting him to reach here in the evening, in the meantime, I could have talked to Ashley in private and requested her not to tell, about those letters to Keith or Justin.Though she must have told Justin by now, Keith didn’t know anything. I needed to explain to him my side of the story before that. I could not afford to let it break to him from Ashley.“What are you thinking?” he asked me, tapping my head, “finish it. I know you are worrying about granny. She will be fine. Trust me.”I nodded, taking a sip of my peach tea.“How was your visit to your parents?” I asked to take my mind off the issue about those letters.“It was good. Dad was pleased that I have started taking interest in the family business at last.” He smiled and looked at me, “Credit goes to you. You made me realize that I needed to be responsibl
Ashley Walters povWhat was exactly going on? As slowly and as calmly as possible, I tip-toed and went to sit in a corner of the room.IF …I mean if … By any chance that elderly couple would catch me witnessing the se*xy drama, they might kill me. I put my phone on silent mode first so that I would not get caught if someone tried to call me or message me.I could still hear those noises and it served me right. The previous night, I was the one who disturbed granny and now she was doing the same with me.Ha-ha.Sitting in the corner of the room, I didn’t know when I fell asleep, but after a few hours when it was still dark, I felt someone shaking my shoulder gently.“Kitten!” Justin was calling me softly and was kissing my neck, “why are you not sleeping on the bed?”I didn’t say anything and held his hand to stand up. Again, very quietly I tried to peek into the room where granny was sleeping peacefully.Smiling to myself, I went to the bathroom and got fresh. Justin had brought me a
Ashley Walters povThe older man who looked like Marwick except for his grey hair, was standing there in shock. He was not expecting it from me. Even I was not aware that I had that much courage.The man had coffee droplets on his face and stains on his clothes. Coffee might not be too hot, but it had enough temperature to make his face red.He wiped his face with his hand and looked down at his palm as if he wanted to confirm if he was dreaming or if I really threw it at him.“What did you just do?” I heard his menacing voice and was about to throw a punch at his face when someone came close to me and picked me up off the floor like a sack.“What the hell! Who are you? Put me down?” I screamed at the top of my lungs and started throwing punches at the back of this man who was now carrying me upstairs.I could feel Sarah coming after me.“Keith. Instead of taking her to her room bring her to mine,”“KEITH!” I shouted and pinched his back, “PUT ME DOWN RIGHT THIS MINUTE, AS*HOLE! WHAT
Ashley Walters pov“One more thing, Sarah.” I asked her once we were over our giggling session, “I want an honest answer for this one.”She nodded sincerely, “Yes, Ashley. What is it?”“I think you have something that belongs to me.” This brought confusion to her eyes. She kept looking at me until understanding dawned on her face.I nodded at her and folded my arms on my chest, “My suitcase.”“It’s still in the attic.” She said, “I took out the papers and handed them over to someone.”“Handed over?” I cocked a brow at her, “Means you don’t have it anymore?”“No,” she bobbed her head, “I gave it to someone to … to check the authenticity.”“What?” before I could say anything further, she explained quickly.“I wanted to find your parents, Ashley.”“And why would you do that?” I frowned at her, “I thought you hated me.”“Exactly,” she smiled, “I hated you. That’s why I was looking for your parents. My understanding was that once I would locate them, it would be easier to send you away. Yo
Sarah pov “Why everything is so quiet here?” I said while coming inside, holding Keith’s hand. Well! For some odd reason, my heart had this strange sinking feeling. “I have always found this mansion deathly silent. Always quiet and … so… boring. If Justin was not my friend, I would never have stepped here.” Keith remarked while holding my hand. Near the staircase, he took me by surprise by lifting me up. I squealed and bumped a fist at him playfully, “Put me down. I am good.” “I want to lift my daughter’s mommy!” he said in a low whisper making me giggle. I was about to lean my head against his chest when I heard someone yelling at the top of his lungs. “SARAH!” “Who the fuck is this?” Keith mumbled stopping at the third stair, “Can’t they call you in a decent way?” I held his chin and looked into his eyes, “I think… it’s dad.” I explained and started wiggling in his arms, “Please put me down.” “Nah. I am not putting you down. The old man must have enjoyed his life when he wa
(21 years ago) Third Person pov:“Leigh! Come here.” The owner of the furniture shop was a lady in her thirties, called Leigh.“Hey, Sandy.” Leigh took off the scarf from the lower half of her face and wiped the sweat from her smooth forehead with the back of her hand.“Are you visiting the doctor?” she asked Leigh, pointing towards her belly, “Are you taking your prenatal vitamins?”Leigh rubbed her belly fondly. She was four months along and now her belly had started protruding a little bit.“Yeah, Sandy. Thanks to you.” She thanked her employer who had been helping her with finances during this hard time.“Oh, it's nothing. I haven’t called you here for your thankyous. There is something serious we need to discuss.”Leigh frowned and took the other seat, wiping her hands with a cloth.“You need to go,” Sandy announced without beating about the bush.“What?” Leigh’s head snapped up.“It’s not permanent, silly,” Sandy scolded her, “the paint fumes. They are harmful to the baby. I can
Third person pov:It was raining like cats and dogs. Steward Garner came out when he heard the knock at the wooden door and found a beautiful young woman outside his house. Her clothes were drenched, and her teeth were chattering in cold.“Ash… Ashton. I am looking for Ashton… s… sir.” Several creases appeared on his forehead.“Are you looking for Ashton Garner?” he asked her kindly.She raised her index finger and asked him to wait. Fishing in her bag, she took out the photo that looked more crumbled by now with water traces on it.“Th…this man!” she gave it to him. He took it near his eyes and gave her a sheepish smile.“My eyesight won’t allow me to have a good look at it. Why don’t you come inside? My son is outside and might reach here any minute. You can meet him once he is here.” She was about to set her foot inside when he said, “he is out with his family. His wife is expecting, and she wanted to spend some time outside the home.”That made her go still in her tracks.“Then …
Hello readers. Hope, all is well. As you all know that Ouch book is about to end in March. After this, I will start short novellas and add their chapters here. All these three novellas will be having 15 to 20 chapters. 1) EVELYNE: When fate took away the love of her life in an accident, she promised herself she would never fall in love again… Would never go for a commitment again…But what would she do if the same fate is giving back her something she lost two years back? Elijah! Would she accept him or let him go? 2) SOPHIA WYATT/ ROWAN LEVISAY : She was his crush since childhood. Whenever they were together in a room, his eyes used to follow her everywhere. She was the adopted daughter of a movie star (Rafael Wyatt), and he was the youngest son of the business guru Hunter Levisay and Abigail Levisay. She was aware of his feelings but kept ignoring him because he was two years younger than her. But the last time she met him, he was not that young boy anymore but a handsome dud