"Do we have to add the icing ?", Anna asked as she licked the icing of her fingers.She looked at Dylan and couldn't help but laugh. His face was covered in icing and the more he grinned the more he looked like a kid."What's so funny ?", he asked her as he tried to wipe his face but ended up spreading the icing."You just look funny with all the icing on your face ", Anna said smiling."Am glad my misery makes you laugh. Why don't you want the icing on the cake ?", he asked her and stopped adding the icing on the cake."I just don't like icing on the cake if anything people should just eat it that way ", she said chuckling."That's so weird it won't be cake anymore ", Dylan said scrunching his face in disgust."Are you hearing yourself right now, I want to eat cake not three kilograms of icing am sorry ", Anna said rising her hands in defense"Okay I get your point now what else don't you like ?", he asked her as he put a candle on top of the cake and lit it up."I don't eat tomatoes
FOUR YEARS EARLIER.As Dylan made his way out of his father's office he was pissed. He did not understand why the old man just kept insisting that things be done the way he wanted.He had done everything right, studied what he had wanted but somehow couldn't escape his grasp.He had never wanted the life that he had but it was not as if anyone had asked him.Sometimes he wished there was someone else who would take his position instead.He saw Vincenzo the moment he walked and a little bit of anger left his body as he walked over to where he was to talk to his friends.It was shocking that they were friends given the fact that their companies were both rivals."Why do you look you just left a heated conversation with your father ?", Vincenzo asked Dylan as he looked at his watch.He had been dragged by his father to come and strike a deal with Mr. Harrington."It's the same talk again that I am old enough to take the company, he just doesn't understand that I want a different life for
The soft pattering rain in the roof distracted Anna for a bit . Dylan's loud snoring was irritating her and just a minute of not hearing her would calm her head .The show she was watching was still running but she was no longer listening . Her mind was elsewhere .The more that she thought about her life the more she realized she was in purgatory . She didn't even know what she wanted anymore .It wasn't the end in her life that convinced her . She wants trying to be with any of them . They just made her life more complicated .What was she doing in the house of another man when she was already married ?Her life was just a shit show and she made it worse every single day by the mistakes she made .She cringed remembering what she had done earlier in the night . Was she really that desperate that she wanted Dylan to touch her even when he had told her times and times again he was not going to ?She needed help .Was she that lonely that no matter how small attention Dylan gave her s
As Vincenzo made his way out of the ranch there was only one thought on his mind ,Anna.He hated that he had to leave for work when it was her birthday considering what had happened earlier the day with Briana .How could he have fucked up that much ?It's like every second that passed he just did something that she didn't like and he had no idea how to fix things with her .There love was doomed and mostly because of the thin s he has done .She had done nothing but love him since the first day she had known him. How had he expected her not to fall in love with him?He didn't even know how much she craved his love m She would go to the ends of earth if it meant that he could feel how much she loved him .No matter how much he loved her she would never feel loved by him. All she could ever think of were all the bad things that he had done to her .She could never understand why she deserved to be hurt like that and that wasn't his fault . To some extent it was his fault but he didn't
As Dylan drove to the hospital his attempts on trying to engage Anna in a conversation were futile.She didn't know how Vincenzo was doing and it was eating her up.The moment they reached the hospital she was out of the car and rushed to the ER. She looked like a mess but she didn't care.All she wanted was to see Vincenzo. No one had been picking up her calls and she was on the verge of tears.The moment she saw Raul her heart stopped racing a bit as she ran to where she was. He looked at her and she looked like she was in distress."Where is he ?", she asked him and you could sense the fear in her voice.She did not know what to expect and was scared of the answer they were going to give her."She's in surgery ", Raul said and her heart dropped to her stomach.That meant that he had been seriously hurt. She tried as much as she could not to break down in front of Raul."How long have they said the surgery will take ?", she asked him."I don't know the doctor said that they will tel
EARLIER THAT DAY .As the car entered the residence Vincenzo was a little shocked . It didn't look like the home of a farmer who was just starting up .The fountain in the middle of the driveway made it all look like it was some ancient house as he stared at the gargoyle.The house looked ancient probably something that had been passed down from ancestors ,even though it was old it had been maintained .He could see some worked who were heading somewhere which he figured was maybe the store where they kept the produce .His visit had been impromptu he didn't know how Me Suarez was going to take it but he had figure that since he was around for other businesses he would drop around and see how the preparation of the first shipment was going .He alighted the car and no one came to greet him. He looked around and decided to find where Mr Suarez was . The corridor was quite the only sound being those of his shoes tapping on the maple floors .He could hear sounds but he couldn't quite f
"I can explain what happened", Suarez said as he followed Vincenzo who was now pissed.He couldn't believe that this man had fooled him. Obviously, he was transporting more than wine and some damn fruits.He didn't need such a big company like his to transport his apples. Now that he could think of it he could remember how opposed Suarez was to looking for a market for his wine."I have my suppliers and am okay with them ", he remembered Suarez saying.He had thought of it as dumb reasoning. He could have provided him with lots of market but he had pulled back the moment he had said what he had was enough.You couldn't help someone that did not want help."You lied to me Suarez I don't want to hear anything that comes from your mouth ", Vincenzo said as he headed to his car."You're in this too so we have to figure out what to do ", Suarez said which made Vincenzo halt in his steps."Am sorry I didn't quite catch what you said how the hell am I in this when I have no idea what the fuc
PRESENT TIME.She hadn't gotten any sleep and could feel how exhausted her body was. As she stepped out if the car the sight Infront of her was to die for .The trees that surrounded the estate covered it completely from the public eye . The flowers along the driveway making the place look more serene .The only sound she could hear was that of her heels as they tapped in the floor while she walked . From the corner of her eye she could see a man approaching him.She tur ed to see who it was . She couldn't tell his age by just looking at him.His face looked like that of a mature man and she could pin his age to be maybe forty years old . The grey hair on his beards and head said otherwise though .The smile he had on his face upon seeing her could fool anyone but she knew he was not to be played with . He was the reason Vincenzo was in the hospital."Hello ",he said as he reached where she was and greeted her taking off his gloves .His muscles bulged from.the tight shirt he was wea
VANESSA'S POV. The silence in the car as we drove over to Austin's house did not bother me. I did not know how I was even going to tell him. I was pregnant.I didn't know how he was going to react. I knew what my choices were but they were not what I wanted. I had never been in such a position before so I had no idea what to do. I had never even thought I would get pregnant, to begin with. I had turned into what I had hated. I had turned into my mum and I hated that discovery. It wasn't like she wasn't a good person or a good mum, she was just sad. She had spent all her life being a mum and I did not want to be her.We were her everything it was as if her life revolved around us. We were all she knew and I sometimes wondered what would have happened if she had never gotten pregnant with me.I always wondered what her life was like in another lifetime. Did she get to pursue her dreams and get everything she always wanted?Was she happy?What did she even look like? My father was th
VANESSA'S POV "Positive "A world that could be so much, good and bad. I still hadn't wrapped my head around it. I stood there like a zombie. I could see the blondie's mouth moving but I could not hear anything she was saying.I felt like I was caged and I couldn't breathe. My vision was starting to get hazy and my legs weaker as I stared at the test that was clutched in her hand.It couldn't be true there was no way it was true.It couldn't be positive maybe she had read it all wrong. I could feel the world closing in on me.I wasn't even crying anymore I just stood there in shock as someone who had found out someone had died."Vanessa ", she said tapping me and I turned to look at her. It was only then that I allowed the tears to flow."It can't be true ", I said amid tears."Baby it's true ", she said as I sat down on her bathroom floor. I didn't care if it was clean or dirty I just wanted to sit down before my legs gave up. It can't be. I couldn't have just ruined my life like t
Tick ...tock.I had a raging headache and I was all to blame. My body hurt and I wondered if I had gotten into a fight. I opened my eyes and immediately regretted it. Why would anyone open their windows after a night out?Wait where was I?I opened my eyes this time round I did not care if they stung. I was not at my place and neither was I at either of my friend's places.I could feel a body beside me and I was scared. What had I done?Did I come home with someone?"Calm down it's me ", an unfamiliar voice said and I wondered why they would. think I know them.I turned around to come face-to-face with her. Her blonde hair was even prettier when it was in a messy bun. Her button nose sat perfectly on her pretty face."What am I doing here ?", I asked her as I sat up. "Sleeping, what does it look like you're doing ", she said scoffing. "I meant what am I doing at your place why am I not at my house ?", I asked her.I had no recollection of the night before. Everything was a blur a
VANESSA'S POV. A MONTH LATER.It had been a month since it had happened and I was starting to be happy again. I had gotten out of my depressive episode. I was going back to school and I was finally starting to make friends, life couldn't be any better. I rarely thought about him. He had forgotten me and I was trying to forget him. I did not miss him, I just missed some. moments we had.I had seen him around but he was ignoring me the same way I was avoiding him, not that I wanted to talk to him.My friend never mentioned him and no one ever asked what led to our separation they were just glad it had ended.As I stared at myself in the mirror I smiled at myself. There was no way I was going to let a stupid boy make me sad.He had started dating the blonde girl and was walking around with her just like a trophy.He had not even waited for a day to go out with her after we had ended things, showing how much he had loved me.I had lost so much weight in the month that I did not even r
VANESSA'S POV. "You're not being fair you know ", he said and I was taken back a little."Please tell me how am not being fair 'cause I would honestly love to know ', I said."I loved you and you knew that. You are just here talking about all the bad things I ever did what about the good things? Didn't they mean anything to you ?", he asked me."I didn't say you didn't do anything good. Just because you loved me doesn't mean I felt loved by you. Most of the time I felt unlovable, you even told me once during an argument I would never find anyone who loved me the way you did ", I said to Uim and he looked like he was shocked."You loved me in your language or another girl's version. Just because whoever you were with before me preferred things a certain way doesn't mean that is what I like too ", I said to him.Were all boys dumb?I couldn't believe there was a time when I had wanted a family with him. I had seen myself with him for years with kids and being happy in love. Maybe it wa
THIRD POVThe truck outside told him what he already knew. Scarface was in the house. He hated the days when they got to see each other. One could think that he hated his brother but for some reason, Scarface hated Raul more than anyone he had ever encountered in his life including the people he worked with.He forced a smile as he opened the door to the house and he could hear lively chatter from the kitchen and wondered who was in there.He saw Scarface in the living room and there were seconds of silence as the two brothers stared at each other as they both waited for one of them to break the ice.Raul could not blame his brother for hating him."Hello I didn't know how you were coming around ", Scarface said as he shifted from the place he was sitting and his face scrunched in pain.Raul could not even start to say sorry or tell. he knew he knew how he felt cause he didn't. Every time Scarface saw Raul he wanted to rip him apart. There was nothing in this world that Raul could
The smile on her face did not match what she was feeling on the inside. There was a fire inside her that was burning. She could feel everything in her collapsing but she couldn't let people see her like that.She couldn't be weak. She was a woman. If she cried she was going to be branded like a weak person. She hadn't gone through everything that she had gone through just to be called weak.She smiled.Smiled and pretended that everything was going okay cause what was she going to do?Was she supposed to sit in bed and cry herself to sleep? That was like giving up and there was no way she was allowing herself to fall into that cycle.She waited to have that longing to go back to Vincenzo but it was but there. She felt nothing for him.It wasn't hate and neither was it live She was just dining and for some reason that made her sad. He was someone that she had planned her future with. Someone that she had wanted to start a future together with. To have a family with. As she said this
I always wondered what it felt like to have everything you ever wanted. What it felt like growing up in an environment where you were loved.It was an environment where you were allowed to be a kid and do what other kids did. I never had that and maybe that's why I felt like there was something in me that was broken.I had wanted that life too. I wanted to have a mom and dad that loved each other not ones that wanted to kill each other.Was it fair?Was it fair that I was put in that situation as a child? Sometimes I sat down and thought to myself and said maybe she didn't know.She didn't know that any of those things were going to happen but that did not excuse her.Was I being mean for blaming her for putting us in such a situation?I know people said things like it's their first time being a mom or a parent but weren't parents supposed to protect their children?She didn't and every waking day it was all I could think of. The things that I could have avoided if she had fallen in l
Some people are born sad. There's no reason as to why they are like that it just happened. They bruise easily and cry easily. Raul was that kind of person.There was a reason why he was the way he was. He was closed and people found him to be exciting at all.It was hard to be a chirpy person when you didn't even have a childhood.To him, he was still the sad little bit that he was while growing up.I think that it's best if everyone had their childhood while growing up. A childhood where they could play with people their age and not worry about how things were going to be at home that evening.Running around with friends chasing the sunset as if that was the last day they were going to see the sunset.It was so sad not to have that. I wish every child could be able to have that freedom as a child. Not them to have to worry if they had something to eat at home.No matter how much people tried to blame their parents for everything they did, maybe they were also clueless.They were pare