The next day, Deloise woke up with a headache she described as demonic. Her head pounded while she attempted opening her eyes properly.A blinding streak of sunlight made her deck underneath her pillow. She sat up and memories of the previous night poured into her consciousness - reminding her of the very reason her head was in a terrible state.Of course it was the drink! She was such a deadbeat when it came to drinking and always found the morning after horrific.Again, she promised never to get drunk again, this time around, hoping she actually lived up to it. Feeling the urge to ease herself, Deloise attempted getting up on her feet but was brought back to bed by the sudden dizziness she felt. Due to the unexpected give away of her feet, she felt queasy and the urge to puke was uncontrollable. Before she could get to the toilet area, she emptied the content of her stomach on the floors and Layla walked in." Oh my goodness! Are you alright?! " The worried voice of Layla asked upo
" I won't stop until you talk to me.""Don't make this harder than it needs to be.""Esther!""That's it! I'm coming over."" You still aren't going to respond? "Esther was seated in her study while her phone beeps continuously. She occasionally stopped taking her records to update herself on the next string of messages from Daniel.Somehow, he got hold of her number and made it a habit to torture her with multiple strings of messages all demanding for her to talk.At some point, the whole thing became funny, she couldn't deny that the attention was something and she unconsciously found herself looking forward to the next string of messages.Today, she wasn't in the mood. She was having some setbacks in business which made her wound up in her little study, calculating the profits and losses of the past month. So far, results proved she's been slacking and it wasn't good news.Daniel's unrelenting messages weren't helping either. At least at the moment.She read the last batch of mess
Deloise got up with a broad smile. she somehow managed to beat time in itself and woke up before her alarm could do its job.It was surprising as she wasn't a morning person, but at the same time, it was expected. Today was the last get together before the filming of the movie and she was determined not to show up late.The meeting was scheduled for nine but she took it upon herself to be up at least two hours before. She wasn't taking chances. With happy steps, Deloise got to preparing for the day.As usual, Layla wasn't her biggest fan and grumbled ceaselessly of how she needed some quiet as it was still too early in the morning. Deloise dulled her humming, something she didn't realize she was doing at the time.One would think she hit the lottery with how good she was feeling. She wondered if it was a dopamine rush and took intentional steps to control herself in order to avoid getting moody in the later times.She learned the hard way that too much of everything wasn't good.Soon
Aaron returned to campus seething. The fact that his grandma didn't give him the time of the day brought a bitter taste to his mouth.The worst part was he couldn't seem to get his brother's words out of his head. The words of Moses kept ringing in his head while he navigated the way to his apartment.On getting inside, he shut the door and after two seconds of standing aloofly, all hell broke loose. He pushed down the lamp stand in his living room.Still not pacified, Aaron walked through the chards of glass and threw down the television, he used his legs to finish up the Job, grunting and panting all the way.After about thirty minutes of venting his anger on his properties, the entire living room was in Chaos. The entire floor was covered in broken glasses and his palm dripped blood.Aaron didn't seem to notice he was hurt. The pain he felt in his heart overpowered every other feeling. No matter how much he tried to block out the words from his head, or how much he talked to himsel
" I believe you're not deaf, girl. I asked you to leave." Stella reiterated while Deloise stared in confusion." Uh– sorry but last I checked, this is my allocated–"" I don't want to hear it! I came in here first so you can head over to the communal area to finish up whatever you have going." Stella interrupted, snapping her feet as she ordered." This pod was designated for the female lead. Which happens to be me. I don't have an issue with you, take it up with the manager if there's a problem." Deloise snapped. There was only so much she could tolerate so early in the job." You must be feeling like some queen. Let me burst your bubble hunny, in this game, I'm your senior. Hell, I'm your mother in this industry, so you better watch your tone when speaking with me because I sure as hell could end you before you even begin." She threatened, her eyes shooting daggers.Deloise got on her feet, unable to play the role of a bigger person anymore. This witch was asking for it this time ar
The atmosphere was tense as the barking of a man filled the air." Why did you go near my things?! Did I not warn you to stay away from this room?!"The little voice of a scared woman followed. " I'm s-so sorry, I just wanted to h-help wash t-them."" Wash?! For what? You suddenly want to play the role of the maid, right? So be it! You'll be assigned some domestic duties around the house. After all, you need to earn your keep for living here." The man said in a cynical tone." N-no that's n-not it. I'm your wife, Hughes. It's my duty to c-care for your needs."In response to that, a huge breathy laughter ensued. " W-wife? " He laughed again, this time around, much longer. " Don't joke around, woman. You lost that right the moment you choose to frolic with my brother." He said Icily. " If you want to be a wife, you can head over to him like you've always done. Leave my stuff alone!" He bellowed, grabbed the shirt in her hand and stormed out of the room.The woman, visibly hurt, headed
Deloise headed back to Royal Arts with a dark cloud over her head. She was unusually quiet and her colleagues felt an odd aura around her.Some people interpreted it as pride resulting from her successful filming and snuck disdainful looks at her while others couldn't be bothered to care. Deloise was part of the crew who couldn't be botheredAs the van drove out of the area, her mind returned to the moment she felt the soft lips of Aaron covering hers in a dominating kiss. No matter how many times she replayed the scene in her head, she managed to feel a flutter in her navel which gave her sensations she was apprehensive to figure out.The interesting thing was that every single time, she would replay the events after the kiss and she would feel tears threatening to break out of her eyes. After countlessly going through the unending ritual, one thing was clear to Deloise.She was not okay.She wanted to scream, claw, and wreak havoc on everything around her. She needed to let out the
“ I’m sorry.” Deloise couldn’t make out what he meant by that. Something told her it was just another attempt at making a joke of her but the words in itself kept her rooted in spot.“ Listen, you don’t need to leave. I understand you can’t stand me right now so I’ll do you a favour and leave.” Aaron added solemnly, getting up.Surprised, Deloise took a sharp turn, loss for words, and gauged the genuineness of the scene playing out before her. She wasn’t sure how to approach the unsolicited apology dished out to her.Wearing his heart on a sleeve, Aaron got up, tired of the back and forth between them and awakened to reality. Things were way too broken to be fixed by a mere apology- no matter how sincere.“ No! There’s enough room for us both.” She spoke hurriedly when he made to leave, only noticing how needy she sounded after it was out. “ That is, if you are up for that.” She rectified, avoiding the intensity that was his eyes.Meanwhile, Aaron was stunned. He couldn't help a ghos