Emily's POV;I laid on the bed and covered the sheets over my head to go to sleep. I felt the bed shake a little when Mr Hamilton laid beside me. I heard his breathing slow down as well, signalling he was asleep. I lay there in silence for awhile before getting up. I walked over to the window, where I leaned against it looking out at nothing. The night sky was black as pitch but bright moonlight illuminated everything around me. A slight breeze blew past me and my hair moved slightly with it. I closed my eyes, feeling myself start to drift off. Mr Hamilton was being nice to me even though we didn't talked that much. But i was rude to him today by reminding the contract and blabbering about a job. He didn't talk to me after i said that. Did i make him upset? Why does this bother me so much? It doesn't matter. Mr Hamilton is just a guy with whom i have to be with another two years. After two years, we'll go in our seperate ways. Maybe i can meet people who will like me more than h
Emily's POV;I was woken up by the alarm sound from my phone. After turning it off, I looked beside me, Mr Hamilton wasn't there like always. I don't know why but i wanted to see Mr Hamilton by my side when i woke up someday. Waking up to the empty bed kinda feels kinda lonely. After tying up my hair high, I got up from the bed to take a shower. When I came out, Mary kept the milk on the table. (Mary - one of the maids who work in Mr Hamilton's house during the weekends)I asked Mary, "Did Mr Hamilton leave for work?" "No, mam.""Where is he then?""I saw him working in his office when I went to give him coffee.""Did he eat breakfast?" I asked while drying my hair."No, mam.""Thank you. You can leave now."After she left, I walked to the window and saw the garden where the workers were clearing up the dried leaves. Some were removing the weeds and some were planting new plants. Among the workers, I spotted Henry. He was saying something to the workers. After drinking my milk, I
Emily's POV; "Why do you like ice cream that much?" Mr Hamilton asked while I was eating the ice cream in the car while we're on the way to the house after spending time on the beach. "Because it tastes so good." And continued licking the ice cream in my hand. "It makes you fat." "I don't mind getting fat if it's because of ice cream. Because I love it." "I wonder what you don't like. You eat almost everything and say you love it and it's your favourite." "To be honest, I started eating when I got in a bad mood but later I got used to it and couldn't get out of it." He patted my head and said, "I was just teasing you. I didn't know."I stopped functioning for a while and thought, 'Did he just pat my head? Why did he do that?' After that, I remained silent till we reached the house. I got out of the car and walked to the house. It looked like every maid and butler left the house. I went straight to the room because my clothes were a little bit wet and had sand in it. I got a s
Emily's POV; I came to Mr Hamilton's house and rushed to the room. I dropped on the bed and started crying. I thought everything was over when I stepped out of the orphanage but it turned out just worse when Colton came back alive. I don't want Mr Hamilton to know about my past. I don't want to ruin the life I'm having now. even if it's for two years. Why does my life is so fucked up? I stuffed my face into the pillow and cried like a baby. When I heard someone knocking on the door, I wiped away the tears and got up. I didn't know who it could be but I hoped it wasn't Mr Hamilton. But I was wrong. It was Mr Hamilton who was standing in front of me. What is he doing here? He's supposed to be in his office, right?"Mr Hamilton?"He touched my skin under the eye and asked while caressing it, "Did you cry?" His voice sounded concerned."No." I lied. I hated lying to him. It felt disgusting. He took the tissue in front of him and dabbed it around while saying, "What happened? Did you fi
Emily's POV;Henry, "Mr Hamilton will get mad at me, please eat, mam.""he said he'll come for lunch. I'm going to wait for him.""mam...""Sorry for being late." I saw Mr Hamilton entering the house and walked to the dining table. He sat across from me and asked, "Henry, what's for lunch?" I started eating after the food was served. While I was eating, I noticed blood on Mr Hamilton's knuckles. "What happened to your hand, Mr Hamilton?" "what?" he looked at his hand and said, "It's... it was nothing." he picked up a spoon and ate some of the soup that came with the sandwich.I watched as he continued to eat without any more hesitation or care about the blood.As soon as we finished eating, I told him to sit down, I would help clean the blood off his hands. I cleaned the blood off his hands and handed him a bandage to wrap around it.Mr Hamilton looked at it with an inquisitive gaze before putting it in his pocket. He then looked back at me and smiled softly. He stood from his
Emily's POV;George Hamilton's POV;"I'm sorry, it was a mistake. Please let me go." The man cried out while getting beaten by my guys in front of me. He looks so young, no older than 20, maybe 19 years old, and I don't feel good about letting him just go like that. I turn around to look at the people who were also behind me. I signalled them to let him go. "Sir?" One of them asked me with a frown on his face. "You heard what I said, asshole." I replied back. They nodded their heads.One of them walks up to the guy, grabs him by the collar, and lifts him off the ground, and takes him away. Asher took a seat beside me and asked, "Who's that guy?" as he looked at the guy who was being dragged away. "I don't know.""Then why is he getting beaten like that?" "He bumped into my car.""What? I don't believe this. I know you don't care about your car that much. Tell me, what really happened?""Emily got hit in the head because of it."Asher raised an eyebrow at my reply and asked, "Are
Emily's POV;After college ended,Madison asked me while we're walking to the exit together, "Did you finally get the person you're looking for these days?""What?""Lately, you've been looking for someone on campus but you didn't do it today. Did you find that person now?" I let out a sigh and asked, "Have you packed for the study trip?" "Why are you changing the topic? Who were you looking for?""I didn't look for anyone."She gave a nod and said, "I thought we didn't have any secrets between us.""Yes, there wasn't any. Moreover, you know how I'm bad at keeping secrets." "Keith's here. See ya tomorrow." I walked to the car, got in and waved at Madison. 'I'm sorry but I can't tell you about Colton.'While we're in the car, I asked Keith, "Keith, Have you started looking for kids?" "We're still preparing a room for a kid so till that we put that on hold for now.""Glad to hear about that." "Can I ask something?" "Yeah.""Why did you marry Mr Hamilton?""Why are you asking me li
Emily's POV;I came to Mr Hamilton's house after my classes got over. I saw Mr Hamilton talking with that guy who came looking for him days ago. While I was standing and thinking whether I should greet or ignore and head upstairs, That guy noticed me and called out my name."Emily!" I still stood thinking about what I should do now. Mr Hamilton nodded his head asking me to walk to them. After greeting them, I took a seat across from them. That guy said, "Looks like you forgot me already." I said, "You're the guy who came looking for Mr Hamilton.""Didn't he say my name?" "He did. But I forgot." "I'm Asher. You're husband's cousin."Mr Hamilton said to Asher, "Didn't I ask you to leave already? Why are you still here?" "Why are you chasing me away? I came to remind you about the gathering." He asked Mr Hamilton. I said, "Gathering…" "I said I'm not going." Mr Hamilton said. Did I interrupt them?"Sorry." I apologised and remained silent. Asher asked me, "Did he say about th
Emily's POV;Mr Hamilton said, "At eleven, I was sent to a foster care after my parents passed away. Even though my family is pretty big, no one took me and I was left to fend for myself in foster care. After six months of being on my own, I saw you. You looked lost and someone took advantage of it and bullied you. Colton and his friends. I saw and walked away. But one night, I saw you looking at the moon like it's the only thing in the world with you. The next day, I stood for you against Colton to make you realise that there's another person in this world too. Since then, you started tagging along with me wherever I go. We started eating and playing together. The orphanage which felt like a prison once turned a warmer place for me since you were there beside me. You said you wanted me to be your first kiss and we kissed. You become closer to my heart. That's when I fell in love with you, Em. Suddenly, I couldn't find you anywhere. When I asked the woman who was in-charge, she told me
Emily's POV;While I was clearing the leaves in the garden along with the children, Jake asked, "Emily, What's for today's breakfast?" I squatted down to his height and asked, "What do you like to have?"Jake came closer and whispered into my ears, "I heard Samantha likes oatmeal. Could I please have that for breakfast today?"I stood up straight and smiled at him, "Sure thing, kiddo." Then as he ran away from me, I added under my breath, "And you better stay away from Samantha. You're too young to be in love, kiddo."Peter pulled my skirt."Yes, Peter?""You said there's no appropriate age to fall in love in last night's bedtime story.""That is correct. Well, let's keep it a secret between us. Now, what do you want for breakfast?" He looked around for a moment and said, "Can I get Fruit pancakes?""Alright. Go and inform Lance that I asked him to prepare normal pancakes and fruit pancakes for breakfast." He ran off into the house while I was clearing the garden along with other k
Emily's POV;“You have to promise me that you will do everything that I tell you to.” I say, holding up my pinky finger. Emily looks at my hand for a moment before she sticks her own out to match. We lock our pinkies together and shake as if it’s an unspoken pact. “And no lying!” I add. Emily smiles back at me and nods. “Yes ma’am!” She says. The two of us burst into laughter at our childishness. “Do you really think that your parents would be happy with me?” Emily asks. I shrug, not wanting to lie to her. After all, we are both girls in the same class. If anyone finds out about our relationship, then so will her mother. “I don't know. You'll just have to take care of yourself.” I reply. After that, we both look over at Morgana who is currently playing around with some pieces of paper. He must have gotten bored because he has now decided to start writing something down. Emily giggles and reaches out to touch his head. “He doesn't look like someone who gets bored very often.” She comm
George Hamilton's POV;I took Emily to a restaurant and we started talking about our future. She wanted to be the CEO of her own company one day and I was planning on running for congress in four years time, but first I had to make it to my third term in office. I've been working nonstop on this campaign for three months now and finally, everything is going according to plan. I told her that I would do anything to get elected as president because if it weren't for that, I wouldn't have met Emily and she was all I wanted, but Emily just laughed and said that I was going to run for president anyway so she didn't care. We went out to dinner after I dropped her off and talked more about us. We were sitting there on this bench outside and she asked me if I'd ever thought about marriage before. I told her that no, I hadn't really thought about any women besides my exes. And then I realized that I actually had never considered marriage. Not only did that shock me but it also made me feel l
Emily's POV; I was sitting down on the couch. The lights were dimmed and the room was dark save for a single lamp next to me. My head was resting in my hands, fingers interlaced together as I stared at the wall across from me. It was blank. Empty, devoid of any personality or anything that reminded me of life. Nothing but white paint that matched the rest of the walls.I heard the click of a door behind me and I turned my attention towards it. I saw the silhouette of a man standing there, his back facing me so he couldn't see my facial expression. He stood there for several minutes, silent, until I finally spoke up."What are you doing?"He didn't respond right away, just stood there in silence for a few more seconds before turning around to face me. His eyes were filled with sadness and he looked exhausted. A frown was present on his face and when he looked at me I could tell he wasn't in the mood for conversation. His face was emotionless and he didn't look too good either. The bag
Emily's POV;It was a quiet evening. A little after 5 o'clock, the moon was out, and the air had a cool bite to it that helped settle my nerves. As I walked up the hill towards home, I could just barely make out the faint sound of the ocean crashing into the shore in the distance. It was an unusually beautiful night for this time of year.The walk seemed to last forever, as I got closer and closer to home. The sun had set some time ago, leaving me in a deep silence except for my own footsteps. Even with no one else around, everything felt so peaceful.After turning into my driveway, I paused to catch my breath, taking the key out of my pocket and unlocking my door. I stepped inside my house, shutting the door behind me softly. As I entered the living room, my gaze fell upon a figure sitting on the couch, facing away from me. His hair glittered softly under the low light coming through the windows, and I took note of his profile as he turned his head slightly to face me.His eyes were
Emily's POV;I have always been interested in literature, not just about fantasy and science fiction, but about the other side of the coin. It's funny, how I never thought that something like this would ever happen to me. Not because I'm not a good girl or anything like that, it's just that I've had so much experience with relationships in my life and yet it feels as though this is the first time. I mean, yes, there have been guys at school who I've liked over the years, but those were all in highschool, right before college. After that, it was more of a case of if you're into me and I'm into you type deal. This is probably going to sound cheesy, but I think I might be bisexual. That means that I have two things in mind when it comes to guys – one being that they're hot and the other being that they want to date me.Anyway, that's why we're here today, on our first date.It' s the end of summer term, and we've both decided to drive down to San Francisco for the weekend, to spend the n
Emily's POV; a few days agoIt was late at night when the door to Emily's office opened, causing her to jump slightly. She turned around and saw her father standing there. His usually dark hair was now a lighter shade of black than what she had originally expected, and his eyes looked tired as he took in his surroundings. "Daddy?" He didn't respond, only walked over towards the small table next to her desk. She got up from her chair and followed him, not bothering with closing the door behind her as she did so. "What brings you here this time of night?"He sat down on one of the chairs and sighed deeply, rubbing his face roughly. "I need your help.""With what?" She asked cautiously, sitting down next to him."With your wedding." Emily blinked several times, surprised that her father knew about it. It wasn't like she ever told anyone else about it. In fact, she hadn't even told anyone except for Spencer... but they weren' t dating, were they?He shook his head and continued speaking
Emily's POV;I wake up to the sound of my phone going off. I grab it and see it is Emily that I'm currently sleeping with. As I check who the notification is from, I can tell it is her."Morning." I say through a sleepy voice as I answer the phone."Oh, good morning! Did you have a good night?" Emily asks in a bubbly tone. She loves waking me up like this."Yes...what time is it?" I ask as I glance at my watch which reads 7:40 am."It's 8am now!" Emily says happily. I smile and roll over onto my side."How did you know?" I ask her softly. I never thought I would ever be able to enjoy myself with someone like that. Sure, there were other people, but none of them could compare.She giggles before answering. "Because you called me this morning! Why are you up so early? You didn't wake me!""Yeah, sorry about that, I woke up because you kept calling me back and forth throughout the night." I admit.There was a slight pause on the other line before she replies."Really? Do you mind if we d