NoraI got home by 11:50 a.m. after my little rendezvous with Grace. In my phone, I had Klaus' number stored. I picked my phone from my bag and unlocked it, staring at Klaus' number. I contemplated whether to call or text. Calling is definitely better than texting, so I decided to call him. Just as I was about to do so, my phone rang.Jessica. I remembered I had not spoken to her today; the last time I spoke with her was yesterday morning. I made it a ritual to call Jessica every morning and evening ever since she brought Justin home.Last night though, when I had called, her line was not reachable, but since I had spoken to her in the morning, I overlooked it.Seeing her call now made me realize how long it had been since we spoke."Hey, Jess," I said as soon as I answered the call."Hi, babe, how are you?" she asked, her voice tired."I am fine. Are you though?" My instinct immediately went to Justin, and I asked after him, "How is Justin? Hope he is fine.""That is why I called, N
KlausI could not believe what had just happened. Nora called? This was quite unbelievable. I pinched myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming.I stared at the number displayed on my screen, the number of the person I had just spoken to. That voice was unmistakably Nora's. How did she get my number, though? Why did she suddenly change her mind? The same person who never wanted to give me the time of day was now calling me to schedule a meet-up? This was absolutely ridiculous.I picked up my phone and dialed Justin's number.As soon as he picked up, I asked hastily, "Justin, where are you?""I am in the garden, Klaus. Why?""I need you to meet me right now in my office; it is urgent!"I put on my shirt and headed straight for my office to meet Justin. My mouth was itching to tell him the news. I just couldn't keep it to myself.A few minutes after I arrived in my office, Justin came in."What was so important that you couldn't wait until I was done with what I was doing?" he asked stubbo
KlausI woke up feeling very energetic and excited. I hummed to myself as I got into the shower to get ready for the day. As soon as I got out of the shower, my phone rang.Thinking it might be Nora, reminding me of our planned meeting today, I rushed to it with just my towel tied around my waist. In a bid to get to it before it stopped ringing, my leg hit against the foot of the stool in my room, but I didn't let that deter me from getting to the phone.As soon as I grabbed it, I heaved a sigh of relief and answered it without even bothering to look at the screen."Wakey wakey, sunshine," I heard Justin's irritating voice over the phone and gritted my teeth in anger."What the bloody hell, Justin!" I snapped."What?" he asked, sounding a bit annoyed. "Did I do anything wrong by deciding to wake you up so that you would tidy up in time to go for your little meeting with Nora?"I rolled my eyes. "If you saw what I had to go through just to get to this phone, you wouldn't be here spouti
NoraAs soon as I opened the door and saw Klaus standing in front of it, looking as charming and innocent as could be, I felt a mix of emotions: anger, irritation, and pain, with the most palpable being anger. Right then, the thought of the things he had done flashed like a movie in my mind.In a matter of seconds, I was about to let a swindler, rapist, betrayer, liar, and worst of all, murderer into my house. The thought of that alone made a cocktail of dread and anger cling to the walls of my stomach.“Be calm, Nora. Remember you need to put up the perfect act to look believable,” Kara warned.She was right; she was absolutely right. I stretched my lips into a false weak smile, making it appear as real as possible. I made sure the look of pain saturated my eyes just so that he knew I was still very hurt from the events of the past.His expression was soft; his blue eyes held an equal amount of uncertainty and pain. For some reason, staring into them for a few seconds made my heart f
NoraI felt my blood still at his words as a cold shiver ran down my spine. He wasn't there the night my family members died? Was this him trying to play a trick on me? There was something about the way he said it, the sincerity in his voice that made him sound almost believable.I frowned. He must think me a fool. He must have come with a cooked-up story hoping to serve it to me and watch as I eat it without spotting anything wrong. He must think I am still that naive girl from five years ago who would believe everything she was told.That girl who had gone to his house the night after her parents had died hoping he would say he had nothing to do with their deaths… If he had said that, I would have believed him and fought against the whole world with him. That was how much I had loved and trusted him. But right now, things are different. Right now, I am a grown woman who knows better.I leaned into my seat and scoffed, deciding to engage him in a conversation laced with sarcasm. “I
KlausIt has been a week since I visited Nora and poured out my heart to her, revealing secrets of the past. After she sent me out of her house in a fit of anger, I went home and sent her another apology through a text message, letting her know how sorry I was and how ready I was to make amends.I was surprised to receive a response from her; the text read:"I have forgiven you, Klaus... Actually, I was a bit mad at myself then, for blaming you for all that happened these past five years, only to find out that you were a victim too. Let's start off on a clean slate."Ever since then, my life has changed for the better. We have been texting and calling each other.Over here in my father's house, preparations for the wedding were still ongoing. I am yet to tell my father and Claudia that I am not interested in going on with the marriage. Every day when I talk to Nora, I find reasons why I should end things with Claudia. I know marriage with her won't work, but I just do not know how to
NoraBeta Ken and Grace came over to my house earlier today, and we all went to check out a project that had just started, all thanks to Frank making good on his promise of supporting us with $30 million.I got back home around 2 p.m., already very tired from all the sightseeing and supervision we had to do. I was quite famished and decided to fix myself a meal when a knock came at my door.I instantly felt elated. Why was I feeling this way, and why does it have to be towards him? I combed my hand through my hair to give it some volume and patted my face dry with my handkerchief.On getting to the door, I suppressed my excitement and took a deep breath as I didn't want to give anything away. As soon as I opened the door, the excitement that was still lingering in my eyes died a little. What the hell is wrong with you, Nora? You should be excited seeing your best friend standing outside the door… why did you suddenly become low-spirited?“You didn't tell me you were coming,” I said,
NoraI immediately opened the message with my trembling hands.“It has come to our knowledge that the preparation of the wedding is still ongoing, which means you have not been effective in getting Klaus to call it off. Remember, you have less than two weeks to pull this mission off. If that wedding holds, Jasmine dies.”My eyes widened in horror as I stared at my screen. I felt hot heat seep through my veins. Kill my daughter?I rose to my feet and paced around my room. I ran a trembling hand through my hair, pulling it hard. It is true that I have been going steady with Klaus, letting him know I am interested in him, but in light of this new message, I need to do more. Maybe I need to tell him clearly how I feel about him. Yes, I have said I like him before during one of our calls, but this time, I think I need to take things a notch higher.Should I go to his house and tell him I missed him so much that I had to come to see him? No. That might escalate things pretty quickly in the