Morning of the opening ceremony had me staring at my tools for undercover operation, a snicker on my lips,I had dropped off Ajax in school and came back home, to ready myself for the task at hand.‘Remind me why you’re doing this again’, I ask myself, trying to make sense of the stupidity I was exhibiting.I could listen to him, hunker down at home, with the pretense of being sick, and wait for news of his departure on the TV.Wait for reporters to give their account of what happened at the opening ceremony of the new merger.But no, I decided to court danger, to thrust myself into the midst of people who wanted to pick me apart.I try listing reasons in my head why this was a good idea, but come up with none.I was going just to see him one last time, to kiss my first love goodbye from afar, to remind myself why choosing to ignore his confusion was better than dealing with it.It was better to tell myself the truth rather than deceit, I was going because I would miss him.Despite t
I was taken back to the day of our wedding, when he walked into the church cathedral and as he walked in I got stunned by the looks of the man who was to be my husband.When he walked down that aisle and I forgot my niggling annoyance for the fact that he was late,Now stunned was an understatement, he looked like he walked right out of my fantasies.He look dashing in his dark blue tuxedo, opting for a color similar to SM colors, like his mother,His hair, looked different from the slicked back monotones I was used to, it was slightly tousled, his midnight black hair falling over his face and eyes in just the right way,My mouth drops open when I see he’s actually smiling, A genuine smile,One that stretched from ear-to-ear, splitting his face and not just the diplomatic one he usually wore. I guessed he was actually happy for this, happy that his work for the past few months came out successful.I have to remind myself to close my mouth, to adjust the hand holding the camera over
Stooping down I try to gather the pieces of memories I captured, picking up the I.D card and wig.Standing up I see he’s frozen, still on the spot where I slapped him, watchful eyes following my every movement.I turn to go, clutching broken pieces in my hands, tears still clouding my vision‘Wait’, he stretches his hand towards me‘I’ll take you home’‘You must be stark raving mad’, my eyes still blurry, the words are out of my mouth in an instant, anger and bitterness following them.‘You are not in a condition to be walking about right now’, his eyebrows scrunches together,‘I can get home myself, just as I’ve been getting home myself for most of my life’, I blink fresh tears back trying to clear my vision.‘Just stay, at least till you get yourself together, my car is close by’, he points in a direction and I see his car parked few paces away,‘Fine’, I nod, gesturing for him to lead the way,He unlocks the car, pulling the door open for me to slide into and I enter putting the pi
‘Mum! Mum! Can we go home now, I’m done with my homework’, I feel Ajax’s palm in mine, pulling me in the direction of the door.As if snapped out of a reverie, the cold seeps away from Adam’s expression, replaced by a smile he turned on Ajax,‘That’s right, you should get to bed’, he ruffles his hair a bit, still smiling,But that smile roiled up my insides, no sitting quite right,Maybe it was the plastic look to it, or it was the cold look he gave earlier, that had now turned to dead-eyes, sitting contrasting over his stretched lips.He pulls the memory card from his phone, placing it on his table and I grab it without a moment’s notice,‘I should get home’, I return his plastic smile, heading for the door, wondering if I actually knew this man I called friend.With mixed feelings, I roll out of bed out of bed the next morning, With mixed feelings, I raise my heavy head, filled to the brim with thoughts that hunted me the entire night,I roll out of bed and prepare for the day ahea
Not that I had anything of worth in Simon’s office, I wasn’t expecting to be there for long, so I resolve to helping the office assistants in moving things.On my second trip, I stand still to take a breather, eyes roaming around our new office,It was way bigger than the old one, almost twice the size.The mahogany desk beside the window was much bigger than the one Simon used before, currently crowded with books that were being arrange in the book shelf on the far right of the room.It had a much wider sitting area, with wine colored arm chairs, a large glass table in the center.‘I’m sure those chairs won’t last here for a day’, the bright colored chairs was certainly something that couldn’t be in the same space as Simon.And truth be told, they moved the chairs next, hefting them up and maneuvering them out the door,I step aside as they pass, my eyes going to the faded blinds that definitely had to be changed, the flower vase balanced on the glass table that certainly wouldn’t su
Did I hear right? or did I finally loose my mind?, unable to differentiate fiction and reality, or had I slept off on the armchair? catapulted into one of my day dreams.Or was this a joke?Unable to control myself any longer, I laugh out loud, uncontrollably, till tears bud on the edges of my eyes.‘Protect!’ I test the word on my tongue, a snicker racking through me.Simon stared at me still, eyes soft, even as I turned my face everywhere but those captivating orbs, in the process of laughter.‘I know I have not been the best of persons…’, he continues but gets interrupted by my loud scoff,‘What best, you were the worst person in my life, the worst person I ever encountered’, ‘You get that Simon, you were the worst’, I say this energetically not minding the way his look turned beaten.‘I was unable to sleep last night, all through the night I thought of you, what you said’I wipe at the corners of my eyes, my face turned into a mask of indifference with the words coming out of Sim
We move to the new office after a call comes in, and I settle down into my space outside his door, a phone had been fixed on my desk and I look at it, trying at numbers.Then I move to the tablet, all black. Still fascinated by it.I turn it on going straight to Microsoft Office.I was sure the only purpose would be for arranging schedules for Simon, but it was the first time I had one, the first time a gadget like this would be under my control.A call comes into the phone and I pick it up,‘You’ve reached the office of Mr. Valero, how can I help you’, the word sounds sweet on my tongue, ‘It’s me’, Simon’s voice sounds, gruff through the phone, ‘I wanted to apologize again’, I sigh when I hear him,‘And say thank you too for giving me this chance’‘Yeah, got it’, I reply him, and drop the phone.‘I’m pretty sure a secretary is not supposed to hang up on the CEO’, a niggling voice sounds in my head, but a smile spreads my lips,‘Oh, the perks of being apologized to’, a laugh escapes
Lunch had ended, so the restaurant was sparsely filled, since lunch rush was over, Bella had taken a seat close to me, head drawn forward in a gossipy stance.I draw closer to her, not minding the bewildered look on her face, shushing her when she got loud.‘You must be bat shit crazy’, she whispers it this time, still looking at me,A laugh ripples from my insides, seeing her serious face.‘This is not a laughing matter, Tina’‘How could you agree to be friends? You’re the one losing’, she eyes me up and down as I laugh,‘This is not about losing or winning, Bella, it’s about trying to let go of heartache’She still eyes me as I continue,‘I’ve held unto hatred, bitterness for years and it has turned my heart into a black, ulcered mess’, my expression sours for a moment,‘So that’s it, you’re just going to forgive him, just like that’, she raises her hand up, expressive in discouraging me.‘No, he hurt me too much, I can’t forgive him just yet, I’m just giving him a chance to win my
My eyes flutter open, looking around the dimly lit room,In our passion induced haze, we didn’t even turn on the lights,The only source of light was the one streaming across the dark blinds whenever they fluttered open.Over the past hours Simon and I had alternated between love making and drifting off to sleep when spent,My back side was pressed flush against him as he slept, his hand across my waist and his soft breaths against the back of my neck,We were both very naked under white cotton covers and my body still tingled from the past hours of passion my skin clammy against his heated own.My eyes flick about the room noticing the absence of furniture here also, the only thing in the large room was the bed and another cloth covered furniture.From the size of the bed, it would be Simon's room and my eyes rake across the dark walls and white tiled floor,I look up and see there's also a chandelier but not as magnificent in size and beauty, The dull lightening makes it difficult
At first he stills, stuck in the moment of torture then the next second he hand wraps around my waist like a vice fitting my body against his like a glove,My head tilts further as he kisses me with ferocity,His lips are soft as he drags mine to his mouth, sucking on it like someone starved,Taking his upper lips into my mouth, I suck with equal passion, I work my tongue into his mouth and when he sucks on it delicious tingles spread down to the base of my spine, He plunges his into mine, and all the heat in my body pulls to my stomach, I drag my hands across the broad and tensed muscles in his back, anchoring myself to himHis tongue teases, brushing then sliding against mine and my back arches, my chest pressing against his,Hands sliding across my back, his fingers come to rest against the soft skin of my waist, playing against the hem of my dress shirt,My skin prickles at the point where his fingers brushes bare skin where my shirt had ridded up and heat pulls between my legs
My eyes slip close as he instructed and I understand the reason seconds after when a blinding light suddenly filled up the room.I wait for my eyes to adjust before sliding them open, still very much aware of Simon breathing against the shell of my ear,My mouth drops open in awe as I look up at the source if light A massive chandelier, hanged from the center of the high ceiling, magnificent in its size,It was made up from a gold branch and crystal clear flowers and hanging from the large branch of gold were numerous crystal flowers in bloom connected to the branch by thin twigs the same enchanting gold color,The whole chandelier was a large inverted blooming flower, containing tiny flower blooms connected to each other by crystal strands, In each flower bed rested miniature bulbs of pure white light, intricately connected beads of crystal hanging from each flower petal, spilling light- gold and silver in hue across the large living room.And my mouth stayed open, even the spine t
Like a puppet on strings I get up and follow him, pulled by the alluring magnet that was his pleading voice, only grabbing my phone in my hands at the last moment.‘Where are we going', I only ask this question when we exit Trove’s building, in the parking lot,Concern bleeding into me when he beats me to the drivers side,‘I’ll drive', he says as his only reply‘Where are we going', I ask again when he opens the door and slides in, motioning for me to get in.Huffing at his elusiveness, I turn to the front passenger seat and slide in.He pulls out of the parking lot, eyes unwaveringly focused on the road.‘You’ve not answered my question’, I say, crossing my hands across my chest, not minding the smirk he shot at me before turning back to the road.‘I should have known something was wrong when you gave me that puppy eyed look', I glare at him, the words rolling out of my mouth, unexpected even to me,A surprised laugh burst from his mouth, and he stares at me, mirth in his eyes for
Explaining to Ajax the next morning was harder than I expected,‘You were so late yesterday', we were preparing for the day, Ajax for school and me for work,My head felt like it was splitting in halves, as I was trying to give an explanation while dealing with a hangover.‘I’m not going anywhere until you tell me what happened’, Ajax was staring at me, hands akimbo, a pout on his lips, refusing to put on his uniformI stand up from the dresser, walking to him and squatting to his eye level,‘I told you Ajax, I got held up at work, I was so busy, I forgot about the time', I look up at a pouty face, trying to get through to him.‘Liar!', he turns away from me, going to rest against the wall, hands folded.The sound, shrill to my ears sends an arrow straight to my head, compounding the headache I was currently dealing with,A tired exhale escapes my lips and I get up and walk towards him again.‘Adam said you were not at work, he said he looked all over for you and you were not there',
‘Taxi's here', I jump up at Simon's words phone in hand, heading for the door,I hear hurried movements towards me and I turn to face Simon, impatient roiling through me,‘What is it', my eyebrows pinch together, a frown on my face.In his hands is a face cap and he places it on my head,Also placing a mask on my face, he slides the hands over my ears, fingers lingering, brushing back hair strands and tucking them behind my ear,‘One can’t be too careful', my frown deepens as I turn away from eyes that latched unto mine with worry, words tempting me to stay.I pull the door open, hurrying out, towards the elevator.As I enter, Simon slides in beside me,‘Don’t follow….’, I start to say but he waves his phone in front of my face,‘I called the taxi remember’, I bite my lips to keep from replying him, folding my arms across my chest with a huff as the door slides close,‘Call me when you get home', Simon pays for the ride as I slide into the taxi and I shut the door against his voice, e
Tina's POVMy voice is a confused pitch, as I stare at the unfamiliar grey ceiling,I blink up at it again, my eyes turning to look at the figment of imagination next to me,My eyes goes to the lips of said illusion tinged red and my head splits open with a headache, realization ringing a bell in my head,‘F**ck, f**ck, f**ck', I spring upward staring at very real Simon in front of me.I stumble away from him, away from the strange bed I was just lying in,‘Be careful’, Simon gets up too, a lone hand reaching for me,‘What the hell am I doing here', my eyes travel round the apartment, my head trying to piece together what was happening, my mind doing a bad job of recollecting.My roaming eyes arrive at the strange shirt on my body, smelling suspiciously like the man in front of me,‘Why am I in your shirt!' I turn wide eyes on him, my voice turning shrill,‘Nothing happened’, he raises his hand, an innocent look rolling onto his face,‘Yeah right’, my head spins, the slight sting in m
Simon’s POVShe looks at me, my words sinking in, taking root in her mind and I see tears, blossoming in her eyes, running down her cheeks,‘You’re fine now, you’ll be fine’, I pull her into my embrace as the tears roll down silently,After a while, I hold her at arm’s length, my eyes on her tear streaked face, I bring her face towards mine kissing the tears on her cheeks, kissing her eyes still filled with tears, She draws closer to me, wrapping her hands around my neck, and crashing her lips on mine.My arms wrap around her waist, dragging her closer to me,I kissed her, she kissed me, our lips danced together with a fever, trashing against the other as I pulled her even closer, till there wasn’t a breath of air between us.My lips teased hers and she sucked mine as I dragged her up my body, tilting her head back a little, plundering her lips further,Her mouth cracks open wider as she moans into mine and my tongue delves in, sliding into her mouth, tasting every corner,My tongue
God I’m so hungry’, I recline in my chair, raising my hands to place them at the back of my head,I bask in the silence of my office, peace in my heart.Peace from finally being free from a long term nuisance,‘My attention shifts to how I would face my mother, when she discovered Sarah was out of my life, I could already imagine the triumphant smile on her face, the word ‘I told you so” rolling out of her mouth.I already had to deal with one of those knowing looks, the morning of the opening ceremony.I had told her I wanted to keep working in Trove and the first word to come out of her mouth was “I knew it”,‘I knew you would finally come around’, I had sucked it up and listened to her minutes of ranting,‘I guess things are going well with you and Tina then’, she gave me a knowing look, conniving smile on her lips,‘This is not about Tina’, I refused immediately,‘This is about me, what I want for myself’,‘I’m tired of people telling me that I was handed everything I have on a s