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Stuck In Matrimony 23~Hannah
"Hey."I glanced up from my book as his head popped through the door. "Hi," I confusedly glanced at the time. "You're back early." "I need to show you something, come on." He stretched his hand forward. I got off the bed slowly and dragged my feet over to where he was. I was tired from doing nothing."You okay?""I wish I was." I fought a yawn while he gave me a hug."Alright close your eyes." He said."Why?" "Just close them." I shut my eyes but not without giving him a suspicious glance. "Where are we going?" I asked him as I felt him lead us out of the room. "Relax. Don't open your eyes until I tell you to."He led me down the stairs slowly and carefully. "Here we are," he said with a satisfied sigh. I opened my eyes and was pleasantly surprised at the sight of my mother, but not my sister though."I thought you weren't going to get here until tomorrow." I said as I embraced her. "Element of surprise remember?" Zach said over my shoulder. I chuckled."Hi Zara." I said out of
Last Updated : 2022-10-17Stuck In Matrimony 24~Hannah
It was a breath of a fresh air being able to step out again and freely too. Zach still had a guard follow me everywhere but at least there wasn't tight security all the time.I was out with Mama and Zara, shopping for some baby stuff. Zach wanted us to start working on the nursery and so we began. "Hannah, do you want anything from the food court. Zara's heading there." Mama said. I glanced you from cart filled with several things and realized how hard I had been working and how much food I needed to refuel."Sure. I'll text her my order.""I think you should just go with her. She might get it wrong and then you'll throw a tantrum.""Yeesh. I'm not petty like that." I said in my defense. She made it sound like I was a dramatic pregnant woman. I was so chill - the chilliest pregnant woman there was, so what the heck was she talking about?"Are we going or not?" Zara rolled her eyes irritatedly. I was ready to give her a comeback but Mama stopped me."Go on now." She urged both of us.Z
Last Updated : 2022-10-18Stuck In Matrimony 25~Zachary
I introduced Hannah to Trisha, my long time friend who I hardly ever saw due to her working far away from me. "This is my wife, Hannah. Hannah, meet Trisha, she's an old friend." I said."I had no idea your wife is part Asian. She's so cute." Trisha said, stretching her hand forward for a handshake."Thank you. It's nice to meet you. Zach has never mentioned you though." Hannah said, turning to me."It never came up?" I let out a nervous chuckle. She smiled. It was a wry one."I'll just tour around the office while you two talk." Hannah said and left before I could say anything."Have a seat." I gestured at the three sitter couch situated at one side of the room."How's work?" Trisha asked me, settling down to give me a full view of her face."Great. How's life treating you?" I responded in the same lighthearted manner."It's good." She said with a smile. "Heard about Hex?""Yeah. Sad..." I said, feigning pity."I'm sure he'll be out in no time." She asserted."You think?” I arched a
Last Updated : 2022-11-01Stuck In Matrimony 26~Hannah
"I still don't get why you're so mad." Marv was laughing so hard it grated on my nerves."He's way too comfortable with that woman and she's so freaking gorgeous!" I wanted to throw something or punch the wall at this point."Why are you even worried about this?""I mean we're actually beginning to get somewhere and some old time super sexy 'friend' of his, pops into the scenario. Why wouldn't I be worried?" I said, hoisting my pants up in exaggerated anger."I thought you didn't want to be with him." She said.I went quiet for a second. "Well, we haven't decided on that. We'll do that after the baby's born but that doesn't mean I should take any form of disrespect." I blew out a long breath. "Like how could he decide to go out for dinner with her, without me?!"See why I said he'll always be a jackass." She said sourly."Yeah." I sulked."He's not back yet?" "Nope. I don't know how dinner lasts so long." I let out a thoroughly displeased huff and looked at the time once again."Oh d
Last Updated : 2022-11-03Stuck In Matrimony 27~Hannah
I woke up with a bunch of soft kisses plastering my whole face. My eyes snapped open in an instant and met the scary blue ones that belonged to none other than Zach."It's way too early for you to be trying to get on my nerves." I groggily said and repositioned myself to continue sleeping."It's past nine already." He said.I opened one eye. There was no way Zach could be home at such a time on a weekday so I hummed and continued my sleep."Hannah wake up." He poked my sides."Go away!" I moaned in protest."Wake up, it's our anniversary." Our what?? The last word echoed in my ears a number of times for a few seconds. I sat up abruptly."How do you remember our wedding anniversary and I don't? I asked him with a wide eyed stare."Pregnancy brain?" He said amusedly.I hummed in concession. "I suppose you're right." But the question heavy on my mind was how and why he even remembered our anniversary. He was all frowny this time a year before."Happy anniversary." He cut into my thought
Last Updated : 2022-11-06Stuck In Matrimony 28~Zachary
"What was that cheesy speech for?" James asked me when I saw him the next day."What do you mean cheesy? I was appreciating my wife on our anniversary." I feigned confusion as I flipped through a file."The same one you ignored throughout the first six months of your marriage?" He retorted with a disbelieving scoff."Things change." I shrugged."I know you Zach. Be honest with me, what exactly was that about?" He asked knowing, squinting his eyes like they could scan me through and through."Fine." I chuckled. "She was mad at me and I wanted her to feel some butterflies so she could get over it." I said."So you're saying that it was all a lie?" He asked."Not necessarily." I shrugged again."Zach," he sighed tiredly. "Stop playing with this girl, you've done enough.""I'm not playing with her." I disagreed."You don't love her so stop messing with her head.""I like her enough to want to continue being with her okay?" There, I said it. I liked her, sort of."Doesn't look like she fee
Last Updated : 2022-11-08Stuck In Matrimony 29~Hannah
"You're still upset Poof?" Mama said to me in a pouty voice. I had been seated by the pool, with my legs in the water ever since my confrontation with Zach, apparently moody for so many reasons at once."I'm not upset Mama." I muttered in denial."Don't be like that dear," she walked over and sat next to me. "I'm really not upset." I sniffed. "Are you crying?" She peered into my face."No!" I whimpered just as a tear dropped. I caught it with the back of my palm."Oh my baby." She placed my head on her shoulder as I wept like a baby."Mama I hate my life." I whined. "Hush darling. But why?" She shushed me and asked."I just hate everything. I'm so fat, my husband doesn't even care about me, I feel so lost and confused. I'm so tired!" I lamented."But Zach cares about you." She said slowly and carefully like she was speaking to a child."No he doesn't." I refused to believe that."Oh dear, marriage isn't always rosy but I'm sure he cares about you. I just spoke to him and he's reall
Last Updated : 2022-11-12Stuck In Matrimony 30~Hannah
Picking out color schemes could be very difficult at times but because I was stubborn I did not let Zach hire a professional to help us set up the nursery. I wanted to do it myself. It was a way to keep me busy and it was a good way to start preparing myself for the journey of motherhood. If this was a way to help me fall in love with my pregnancy, then I was down for it.I crouched down on the floor, visibly exhausted after standing over a pile of magazines filled with decor ideas placed on what I'd call my work desk."Come in Malia!" I said when I heard the knock on the door."Malia's still fixing your drink."My eyes snapped up at the sound of a voice I hadn't heard for quite a while. "Zara?" "Surprised to see me?""Of course I am. You've never come up here." I made to get on my feet."Don't worry about it," she stopped me with a wave of her hands. I sat back down questioning with my eyes what she had come to do."I'm just here to give you these. They're for Zach." She said, appa
Last Updated : 2022-11-18
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Stuck In Matrimony Epilogue~~Birth Miracle
Months had rolled by and that chilly Sunday morning while basking in the warmth of worship, her water broke. It was about time, she had been waiting long enough even more anxiously cause they wanted to keep the baby's gender a surprise. The last gender reveal didn't end so well anyways. "How are we doing?" The nurse on duty that had come to be her fave asked when she walked in with Zach who had been frantic ever since she told him it was time. "Great! I guess," She shrugged. "You're sure?" "I'm not in a lot of pain so I don't even know if I can say I'm in labour." She chuckled nervously. Hannah had read about how excruciating labour pains were and now she that she wasn't feeling so much, she didn't know how to feel about it/ "I guess you're one of the lucky ones." The doctor piped up. "Blessed is the word doc." She corrected with a smile. "Babe are you sure you're not just enduring the pain." Zach worriedly asked. "I'm sure! I feel little aches here and there but they're not as
Stuck In Matrimony 80~Hannah - Final Showdown
"Zach what are you doing here?" Marv asked in shock. He ignored her and rushed towards me, "Babe.""Stand back!" She screamed manically, startling all of us."Don't move any closer or I'll blow her brains out." She pointed the gun straight at my forehead.With his hands raised in surrender, Zach stepped back a few paces. "Marv just let her go. You don't have to do this.""It wouldn't have come to this if you had just done the right thing." She said through gritted teeth, not at all shifting the gun from the targeted spot on my forehead. I gulped."What do you mean?" He asked."Can't you see Zachary? I've loved you for so long and all you've ever done is have eyes for someone else. Anyone but me, I'm sick of it!""And this bitch," she shoved my head with the gun, "She always escapes every death trap I plot for her. I was so mad when I find out you weren't in when I set that apartment on fire,"I gasped. Just how far would this woman go to end me? Lord have mercy."You did what?" Zach
Stuck In Matrimony 79~Hannah
I had been awake, thankful they did not knock me unconscious. I didn't know who my abductor was and I was eager to see if it was whom I thought it was. I waited, tied up in a dimly lit room, somehow not terrified of whatever or whomever it was that was going to walk through that door. "I put my faith in Jesus, he never let me down. Faithful through generations, so why would make he fail now? He won't." I sang lowly, rocking myself as gently as I could on the steely seat. "HE won't fail... He won't." "Impressive voice." I chuckled. "Just as I thought," I said, smiling at her. "Hello Marv." "Hello Hannah." She returned my greeting with a smile splaying on her deep red lips. "So you had to resort to this...?" I looked around the ill-fated room once again finally able to express my irritation not because of the scrawny place but the person who had me locked up in here. She shrugged. "Yes I had to resort to this. You refused to stop getting in the way." Tilting my head, I asked,
Stuck In Matrimony 78~Hannah & Zachary
"You'll be fine without me yeah?" He asked for the umpteenth time.I gave him a nod. "Yeah."He pulled me into another embrace. "Promise?""I'm fine. Just a little nauseous but I'm fine." I assured him once again."I just hope I can be back early enough so you wouldn't be lonely without me." He said, circling his thumb around my hips as he nuzzled me. "I'm not alone. I have the Holy Spirit." I reminded him."That's my baby.""See you later." I bade, taking a step back but he pulled me back to him. "One last kiss." He whined, when I resisted his embrace."Zach you're going to be late."He seemed apologetic when he said, "I don't wanna leave you.""I don't want you to go either." I admitted. I was craving his company a lot more than usual but this meeting was important, he couldn't miss it for anything. And from the look of things, he was going to be away for the whole day. Board meetings..."But I have to." "I know..." I sighed resignedly. "I love you." I stood on my toes, to give h
Stuck In Matrimony 77~Hannah
"Why do you want me to shut it down?""You haven't been there in months. What's the point of keeping it running when you're not going back there anytime soon?"I narrowed my eyes at him, shocked that someone of his status and caliber would utter such gibberish when it came to business."Oh is that so? Lemme ask you something,"Raising his chin, he gestured for me to go ahead, "I'm all ears." "You have chains of businesses. Are you always there to check on them?""No. That's why I have capable hands who do the job for me.""There's your answer.""Hannah these are just small businesses.""No business started huge Zach. Just say that you don't want me to go to Atlanta because of Simon instead of spewing some nonsense about my businesses." I stated. His reason was way too obvious and there was no need for him to beat about the bush when he could just air his reservations.He sighed in defeat. "Fine. I'm sorry if I came off as condescending or underestimating your business. You've worked
Stuck In Matrimony 76~Hannah
"Wait, you were actually serious about this?" I laughed so hard when he walked with his phone and connected it to the TV he had purposely installed in our room for this reason. "Of course. No man wants to let his seed go to waste just like that." "Zach..." I shook my head, chuckling a bit as I wondered what I had gotten myself into. "Okay. You ready?" He asked when he had finish setting up. I nodded in response, sitting up to properly observe what he had displayed on the screen. "Good evening ma'am," He said with a slight bow. I bit back a laugh as he started his presentation, so serious like this was million-dollar deal he was pitching for. "The first reason I'd like to show you as to why we should have more babies is," He swiped the screen of his phone and I watched as the picture on the TV switched to a different one. "The bible says we should go into the world and multiply, this we can see in the book of Genesis." I opened my mouth to speak, ready to debate his words when he
Stuck In Matrimony 75~Hannah
"What's wrong?" He asked as I woke up with a start. "I had this crazy nightmare." I managed to say after steadying my breathing. "What happened?" "I, I, I don't know how to explain it but this is more than some bad dream and I know it. I think we should pray more now, it seems like there's attack coming for our marriage. That's all I can say." "I got you on that. Should we pray now or...?" I nodded quickly, "Of course, we can't delay." He got out of bed and helped me up as we began to commune. It was fervent and the more we prayed, the more I saw visual examples of the trial that was on the way. It took a lot to not stumble back in trepidation but the realization that our God is bigger kept us strong and steady. It was nearly three in the morning when we came to a pause and as we laid next to each other, I decided to tell Him all I saw while we prayed. "Someone doesn't want us to be together Zach. Someone we both know very closely." "Your mom?" I shook my head. No it's not he
Stuck In Matrimony 74~Zachary
"I met her over a decade ago, in my early twenties. She was beautiful but unfortunately my best friend's younger sister and you know how messy that can get." "Hex didn't approve?" "He didn't. We had to keep things hush-hush until he walked in on us one day. It's safe to say that it was not an easy day. I came out with a fractured nose." She laughed and went on check my nose for any sign of crookedness. "You're not very nice." I said, making her melodious laugh even louder. She managed to stop after a while "Sorry. So what happened after that?"I continued, taking up her feet so I could give them a massage. "Carrie intervened and we made up but like every protective older he still gave me a side eye any time he saw us together." "I can imagine," She snickered. "When she found out about what I did on the side with her brother, she almost left me. Maybe I should have let her, she would have still been alive by now but I loved her so much, I was so selfish and I wanted to ea
