Gwen’s povRicky was talking nonstop, but I was not listening. I was so absorbed in my own world that everything around me was silence and complete darkness.The movie cinema was just some few blocks away from the house, so Ricky suggested we walk home after the movie.He noticed how moody I had been and tried several times to persuade me to tell him what was wrong, but I choose to remain silent.“Gwen, are you listening?” Ricky asked, jolting me back to reality.“Uhm, yeah, yes” I said, tucking my hair behind my ear.Ricky came to a halt and turned to face me. He reached into my pockets and took my hands. His touch was soft and soothing. “Nonna told me what happened yesterday. I have been waiting all night for you to mention it but you didn't” He said softly.“I don't want to talk about it Ricky. Can we keep moving?” I asked, with a weak smile across my face“Uhm, sure” He said, immediately taking his hands away from mine.I am sure my words hurt him, but this is the nicest I can be
Rickard's POVI stared at Elena looking at her reflection and blabbing continuously. Elena's favorite spot in the house was the mirror in my bedroom, which was large enough for her to see her entire reflection.“I am just a few weeks pregnant and I already look like a little piglet” She said, throwing her car keys at the mirror."Hey, easy, that mirror cost a fortune, you know," I said, becoming slightly agitated.My rent is due, and the last thing I want is to damage anything in the apartment. That would just be extra expenses.Elena threw a venomous glare at me. I knew I needed to calm her down or I won't be getting any generous tip from her. I needed the cash.“You haven't gained weight Elena” I said, rolling my eyes. She is just being extra dramatic. My main concern right now is, I can't have a child, at least not yet."You are not really going to keep that child, are you?" I said, glaring at Elena.“What do you mean? I can not harm the child, and you are aware that it is also you
Rickard's POVMy head was spinning and my vision was getting blurry. I clenched my fist tightly, enraged. Who the hell has the audacity to attack me like that?Before I could make another move, I felt a tight grip on my collar, jerking me up and throwing more punches at my face.“Ricky, stop, he has had enough” I heard Gwen's voice.Gwen dragged Ricky away from me, telling him to calm down. My mouth was still oozing with blood and I wondered what happened to receive an attack from him.I had no personal encounter with him before, so what was this all about?.Noticing he was carried away by Gwen, I rushed at him and threw a punch at his face. No one hurts me and gets away with it.“What the hell?” I yelled, throwing another punch at him. However, Ricky caught my fist in midair and twisted my arm. I screamed in pain.“Let him go Ricky,” Gwen ordered, pulling his arm away from him.“Gwen, what's going on? Why is your boyfriend attacking me?” I asked, wiping the blood from the corner of m
Gwen's POVI quickly got down from Ricky's car. He insisted on dropping me at the office today. Ever since I decided to make things official with Ricky, he has been more sweeter.He made it his responsibility to take the boys and I for ice cream every evening after work. He also helps Granny with the grocery when he is less busy during the day.He has be instistent for a while now to be the one dropping me at the office but I flatly denied, at least not until today.Deep down, I knew that I don't love Ricky in that aspect but I was secretly hoping that the feeling eventually kicks on. He deserved all the happiness in the world and I would be the happiest person if I could give him that happiness.It is the least I could do, even if it meant teaching myself to love him at any cost.I knew it wouldn't be easy, especially because Andrew is in my space and I feel tons of emotions for him but that doesn't mean it was impossible.I needed to remind myself each and every day about Andrew's b
Gwen's POVSophie stared at me before reluctantly leaving the office.“What is all this about Andrew? For crying out loud, this is a work environment," I said, attempting to keep my voice low. The last thing I wanted to do was draw attention to myself.“Don't give me that. You did not realize this was a working environment when you were busy kissing your boyfriend, right?" Andrew yelled, vigorously moving closer to me.“Can we not do this again? That is my personal life Andrew, you have no right to interfere”“To hell with that!” Andrew yelled, picking up my office computer and smashing it against the hard ground.I jumped in fear and in the matter of seconds, the executive manager, Sophie and some employees came running to my office.“Gwen, I am losing my mind, why do you keep pushing me away?” Andrew said, grabbing me by the arm.This version of his scared me. I have never seen him like this before. He looked like someone who was gradually losing his mind. I have seen him upset so m
Andrew's POVI made an effort to keep my distance from Gwen following the incident at work. She made me discover a part of myself that I had never known existed.I tried to keep things between us professional, it has not exactly been easy but I was trying my best.On weekends, I visit my children at her house and try to keep my cool whenever I see Ricky. Maybe Gwen was right, I was trying so hard to get her back that I was pushing her away from me.My main objective right now is to make up for the time I lost with my children by being there for them and developing a close relationship with them.I sat in the car getting impatient. Elena was taking forever to get here. We are attending an Auction for crying out not, not a fashion parade.She always spends extra time getting ready and putting on unnecessary make-up. It only got worse when she discovered she was pregnant.I reached for my phone, which was ringing in my pocket.“Yes Fred”“I am sorry I won't be available to drive you to t
Andrew's POVI looked towards the direction of table 87 but couldn't see who was seated there. The angle where the table was placed was dark and there was no light reflection towards it.Still, whoever that person is, I can not let him get the piece. Nobody publicly challenges me and gets away with it.There were several gasps in the room, and I noticed that everyone, including Elena, turned their gazes to table 87.“Babe, you can't allow him to embarrass you publicly” Elena said, tapping me by the hand. “I want that necklace at all cost”“350,000 dollars” I said, raising my paddle up.“500,000 dollars, anyone,” Daniel said. There was no way he would pay that much for a piece of necklace, right?Yet again, I was proven wrong. Bidder 87 held up his paddle. I decided it was time to up my game.“1 million dollars” I said.The room was dead silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on me.“Baby, what are you doing? That's way too much” Elena said, trying to persuade me to rethink my decision
Gwen's POVIt took me a few seconds to catch my breath from the vigorous kiss Andrew just imposed on me. I felt butterflies fluttering in my stomach. I am not sure why I still felt this strong attraction to Andrew after everything that had happened between us.He released me from his grip as soon as he heard Elena's voice. She looked at both of us, disgusted and enraged. I knew it was not going to end well.I had no idea why he did what he did, but I knew Elena was not going to let this go.“The hell is going on here Andrew?” Elena yelled, pushing him by the chest.“Elena, don't create a scene here” Andrew said indignantly.I turned and was about to walk away when Elena violently grabbed my arm. She continued walking with my hand in hers until we reached the center of the room."Let go of me!" I yelled, pulling my hand away from her. “What is wrong with you?”“What is wrong with me? You filthy lowlife” She screamed at the top of her voice, drawing the guests' attention to us.“Don’t