“Did you forget my birthday!?”Lisa snapped as soon as I picked her call. She has been calling non-stop since morning and the incessant buzzing of my phone had woken me up.“No, Lisa. It’s tomorrow, I didn’t forget.”I groaned, feeling a headache already as I sat up and scratched my itchy eyes.“Where are you!?” She asked, suspiciously. I never spoke to Lisa about Eric and I had no intentions of ever doing that. Aside from the fact that the contract stated strict discretion, Lisa would be very mean about my decision to be a contract mistress to Eric.“At Kate’s,” I lied quickly.“And why didn’t you tell me you quit your job at the cafe?”“How did— I didn’t want to bother you with that.” I told her, hoping she would buy it.“Whatever! I’m heading out in a few minutes to Queen’s Mall. I need you to come with me and pick out my dresses!”Not again. She was the most indecisive person I knew, she would spend the whole day at the mall!“Lisa, you’ll have to go without me. I need to be at t
What would I do now? Isabel was being kissed by her therapist! A grown man! Do I go in and stop this or just walk away?. I contemplated for minutes with a racing heart and eventually, I decided to walk away and talk to Isabel later about it. It wasn’t the best idea but it was what I could settle for. Dr Reynolds informed me of my mom’s surgery procedure, I held her scaly hands with hope because she was finally getting her treatment! I couldn’t wait to see my mom all better like I promised her! Against my initial plan, I texted Lisa to meet up at the mall, when she didn’t reply because she was still mad, I bought her favorite soda and went ahead to the mall to apologize to her. “What are you doing here?” She frowned immediately she saw me approaching her on the jewelry aisle. “Lisa— I tried to apologize but she held her hand up, shutting me up. “I forgive you.” She said, like I had actually offended her. “I got you your fav soda.” I smiled, handing the soda
I woke up to beautiful roses on my drawer. It was such a beautiful sight to wake up to. I picked up the note and read it. Beautiful flowers for my beautiful lady P.S You make a cute drunk and I’m downstairs in my office if you want me. -E And then I remembered that I was brought home drunk from Lisa’s party, but I took only a few sips! I groaned, feeling a slight headache. I took my bath and put on a short white silk robe and went downstairs to Eric’s home office. “What a lovely sight.” He adjusted his glasses as walked in, his eyes were fixed on my full cleavage. Damn! He would make a hot professor. “Good morning Mr Ferraro.” I teased as I slid into his lap and kissed him. “I have a zoom meeting in a few minutes but it can wait.” He told me as his big hands gripped my butt. There was a laptop and a stack of files on his table. “You work too hard.” I complained. “I’m not sure about that but I’m sure how hard I am right now.” He drawled. O
I still felt shaky from seeing the pictures of Jeremy kissing me in Isabel’s phone. When did that happen!? I remembered being dizzy at Lisa’s birthday party, I was drunk but I hadn’t drank much, Jeremy had brought that drunk and—I gasped, Jeremy!He roofied my drink! He kissed me while I was unconscious!I was so angry, I paced around my room, gripping Isabel’s phone in my shaky hands.I needed to tell Eric… but, could I? Was it best to tell him?I could just confront Jeremy and get him arrested.But what about Lisa? I’d be causing a rift in her relationship and she seemed so happy with him.Despite we weren’t on speaking terms, I didn’t want to hurt her. So, I deleted the pictures and went on about my day like I hadn’t seen them.“How’s Isabel?” I asked Eric as we ate dinner. He wasn’t eating, he was just tossing around his steak with his fork.She had been in her room all day probably crying.“She won’t eat dinner..”“This must be really hard on her.” I sighed.“Do you t
“I did this.”Eric said, watching his unconscious daughter on the bed, her wrist was bandage from the deep cut she made in suicide attempt.“You didn’t! I did!” I lamented, feeling awful.“No! You did the best thing!” He said, holding my arms. “I was too hard on her, she’s just a kid..”“She’ll be fine, okay?”“If we had taken her on the vacation as well like you suggested…”“She’ll be fine.” I repeated, squeezing his hand a little.Just then, Isabel shifted on her bed and opened her eyes to us.“My darling! You’re awake..” Eric quickly rushed to hold her in his arms.“Daddy..” she muttered, wincing as she tried to sit up.“I’m sorry my gummy bear, daddy will never you leave you again, I’m so sorry, forgive me.”He continuously said as he held her to himself, shutting his eyes.I went teary with the way he loved his daughter, I wished I had a Dad that loved me this way, a dad that never left.Kate recently moved in with Mr Marcelo, they were moving quickly in their relat
It took me a good few seconds to find my words. The mother of Eric’s child was standing right before me!“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I said, trying to act oblivious.“Oh please, let’s not play dumb.” She scoffed. “Eric couldn’t find some model or a grown up to fuck?”Her harsh words made my ears tingled.“Excuse me, I have to leave.” I muttered and hurried to the driver seat door.“Do me a favor, when he’s fucking you tonight, moan that you saw Dana Gilbert, the love of his life and the mother of his only child.”She said and then cat walked away in her red bottom heels.I was left speechless.I sat in my bedroom, in a state of many emotions but regret topped it all. Eric never spoke of Isabel’s mother and I hadn’t really thought about her but meeting her unlocked so many deep thoughts.“Hey baby..”He said, trying to kiss me but I stepped back. He looked surprised, he just returned from work and came up straight to my room.“I saw Dana Gilbert today.” I told hi
Eric and I stared at each other probably thinking the same thing; why was Dana at his door? “Stay here.” He ordered me and rushed away but after contemplating for a moment, I followed him. I needed to know why she was here. “Oh there she is— Dana Gilbert clapped as I stepped into the lounge. She was at the door and Eric was obstructing her from coming in while Greta stood at a corner watching. “I thought I told you to stay back.” He scowled at me. “Seems she’s not a lap dog like the others.” Dana laughed. “Quite the silver fox you’ve turned into, fucking little girls and— “What are you doing here?” He interrupted. “I came to see my daughter.” She shrugged, like it was a casual thing for her to stop by and see the girl she abandoned for years. “What daughter? My daughter?” “Our daughter!” She snapped at Eric. “You’re not my mom.” Someone said suddenly and we all turned to see Isabel. “Isabel, my darling..” Dana clutched her invisible pearls and pushed Er
I still hadn’t told Lisa about Eric especially now that we weren’t on speaking terms which was why I least expected her to be at my door with Eric in my room and on my bed!“Lisa! What are you doing here!?” I half whispered, blocking her entrance.“Why are you whispering and let me in! Is he in there!? He’s in there isn’t he!?”“Who are you talking about!? No one’s in there!” I lied but she didn’t believe me so she shoved me aside and entered .“Lisa! Stop it!” I snapped, following her wherever she checked for him. She checked the kitchen, beside my couches, beside my TV set and then headed to the bedroom.“You’ve been fucking some rich guy and I’m gonna find out who he is!”She said as she entered my bedroom and I was relieved that Eric wasn’t in sight.“Where is he!?” She twirled.“Will you stop this Lisa!? There’s no guy here!”“You’re lying! An Aston Martin brought him here an hour ago! I saw it!”How on earth did she know that!?“Have you been spying on me!?”“As if!”
A Vacation. That was what I needed. Not a father/daughter relationship with a man that abandoned me before my birth and went ahead to have a family elsewhere. He sacrificed my happiness for his and that was honestly not easy to forget or forgive. I’ve refused to see him after the test and didn’t even wait for Eric to book me a flight before booking one with Lisa. I had sent a short text telling him I would be gone for a few days. Lisa had suggested a one week stay in Utah, she had a very rich Aunt who was a fortune teller, she was once married to a prince in Africa but they had no kids, she got all of his inheritance after his death and relocated to Utah. I just needed to get away from the everyday drama. “Isn’t Eric upset you travelled without his knowledge?” Lisa asked as our ride made a turn towards an estate. “He’s not the boss of me.” I sighed, looking out the window. “I know but he’s kind of like your… Daddy.” I squeezed my eyes shut and tried not to cr
“What if I made a mistake?”I asked Lisa as she greedily ate one of my vanilla cupcakes . I just reopened my bakery and was still contemplating on fully moving in with Eric.“About moving to California with that jerk? Nope.”She replied, casually.“I don’t know, Lis, I feel like things might be weird between Eric and I again.”“Things like what, Liv? Do you know how many girls would kill to be with Eric? By the way, you know I’m launching my own show next week so I need Eric as my launch guest.”“Eric doesn’t do things like that. He hates publicity.”I told her.“Oh please, he’d break all the rules for you.”She winked at me and I held back a wide smile.“I’ll think about it.”“Thanks bestie. Now, can I have another of your wonderful cupcakes ?”She asked and I shook my head as I handed her another.“I’m meeting Anson today. Eric wants us to discuss the DNA test.”Lisa looked up from her phone, a bitten cupcake held to her mouth.“Do you want the test done?”She asked
I got a call from Lisa that she was sick and needed me to drive her to the hospital so I hurried over to her place.I was driving towards the city hospital but suddenly, she asked me to pull over at a restaurant to get some food which sounded weird at first but then I had to.“Happy birthday, Olivia!”I was startled by a few familiar faces that greeted me as I entered the restaurant which was decorated in a pink birthday theme.“Oh my God.”I gasped, greatly surprised.It was a surprise party! For me!I had forgotten my own Twenty second birthday!“Kate!”I squealed, excited to see her after weeks. She was present amongst other few friends.She smiled, hurrying towards me and we hugged.Mr Marcelo was present too!“Happy birthday, Olivia.”He told me with one of his gentle smiles. He was really a good man for Kate as they both were glowing together.“Thank you, when did you guys arrive?”“This morning, we stayed at a hotel until Lisa called us here to surprise you!”Ka
I couldn’t reject the sixth date request from Sean plus I was already feeling guilty about how I spoke to him the last time he was here and I couldn’t even pick up his incessant calls or reply his texts. Accepting this date was the best way to apologize to him. “I cannot wait for you to move to California with me, there’s this really nice sea food restaurant around my office, you’ll love it.” Sean told me as we ate lunch together in a nice peaceful restaurant. “When are you moving back there?” I asked him, sipping from my drink. “Uh, couple weeks.” He shrugged. “That’s enough time for you to pack up right?” He asked and I paused for a moment. “I think.” I replied, unsure. “You do want to move to California, right? It’s a really good place for you to start again and I’ll be there to— “Sean, I’m still thinking about it, alright?” I said, quickly as I dropped my cutleries. There was a small scowl on his face before he forced a smile back. “You
The look on Eric’s face was similar to the one he had when I told him about Isabel and her therapist, Edwin. He was super mad, his attractive features all tight and forbidding. He must have gotten the wrong idea of the situation.I opened my mouth to explain but he smashed the bouquet to the ground and spun around, stomping away.“Eric, wait!”I called after him.“What the fuck, Liv!”He shouted, angrily.“Eric, it’s not what you think!”I held his arm, turning him around to look at me.“Who’s he? Your new man? Your new Daddy? You replaced me?”He spluttered, his eyes red and glassy.“Calm down, it’s not like that!”“Fuck!”He muttered, pain painted hardly on his face.“Eric, listen to me, look at me..” I touched his hard face, trying to calm him down.“He’s just a friend, we didn’t have sex, it’s not what it looks like.”I assured him and his eyes slowly softened.“Liv, is everything alright?”I heard Sean ask.“Yes Sean, everything is—I was interrupted by the swi
When I was little, I would draw imaginary pictures of my Dad, wondering what he looked like, if he had blue or green eyes, if his hair was black or brown or blonde. My mother never spoke about him even when I asked, all I ever wanted was to meet him and now, he was right in front of me.“Olivia, you’ve grown so much—“Stop!”I snapped, halting his movements towards me.He could be lying, I’ve never met my Dad, I didn’t know what he looked like and neither should he know what I looked like because he left before I was even born. He shouldn’t even know my name but then, there was this unexplainable familiarity I felt between us.“How do you know my name?”I asked, scowling deeper.“Because I’ve been trying to contact you for months now, I only just met an old friend of your mom’s and I—He stopped, his bright hopeful eyes turned dull with sadness.“She’s dead.”I told him, almost choking on my words.“I know.”He nodded, looking to the ground, his expression regretful.“Wel
Everything I did, I did for her, now it was all for nothing, pointless. My mom died, after everything, she died.Kate had to cancel her honeymoon flight to attend the funeral which by the way, was a brief one and the tears were unending.We returned to my apartment to pack up my stuff, I couldn’t live there anymore, memories of my mom were everywhere, I had to move.“Liv, someone’s here to see you.”Kate told me a few minutes after I settled in.It was Sean.“Sean.”I called, receiving his hug.He felt so nice and warm and his cool cologne tickled my nerves.“I’m deeply sorry for missing the funeral, my flight was delayed..”“It’s fine. I promise.”I told him, reflexively splaying my hands on his chest.We couldn’t take our eyes off each other for seconds until Kate faked a cough.“Okay, I’ll go make dinner.”She winked at me and left.Sean and I chuckled and went ahead to sit.“So uh, how’s California?”I asked, trying to start up a conversation.“Nice.”He shrugged.
When I got to Eric’s house, I met him in the gardens staring at the roses with so much attentiveness that he didn’t know when I was directly beside him.“Eric.”I called and he jumped a little before turning to me. What was he thinking about?“Just three days and it felt like three years.”He muttered, his eyes taking in all of me.I noticed his eyes were sad and had dark circles around them like he hadn’t slept since I left. In fact he looked thinner and a bit pale.“You didn’t call or texted so I assumed you didn’t want to see me.”I shrugged.“Why didn’t you call me to pay for your bakery reconstruction ? You spent so much of your money doing that.”He asked.“I wanted to do it myself. I had the money thanks to you.”I told him.He looked at me for a moment and then exhaled.“Let’s go inside.”He said and held my hand. I hesitated for a moment before following him.We sat in the lounge in different chairs and I kept looking out for Isabel’s appearance but it didn’t c
In about five hours, Eric was in Las Vegas and there was an immediate search for Isabel. It was dark and raining outside as we stayed in doors hoping for the best outcome of the search."Any news?"I asked Eric who has been dead silent since he arrived. He sat alone at the diner deep in thoughts and that made me feel really unsettled, coupled with the fact that Isabel was missing, everything was a mess."None."He muttered, clenching his jaw."Baby, I promised, she'll be found..""When?"He asked, turning to me, his gaze was harsh."Soon."I assured him. He exhaled and shook his head."If only you had listened, if only you would just respect the boundaries I set for the safety of my daughter none of this would have happened." He told me and those words left me speechless for a few seconds."Eric, this isn't my fault." I told him."Then is it mine?"He asked, his eyes red rimmed. His attitude was beginning to scare me."You know what? It is actually mine, I let you dictate