“Hey Junior, what's up” Dimitri smiled and his little nephew and held his hand up for a high five to which Max jr clapped. “Becoming strong eh?” he carried him and placed him on his lap then ruffled his hair.
“Ice cream,” Junior said poking his chin.
“We would get you ice cream” Dimitri confirmed.
“Oh no, no.” Max came in from the kitchen and carrying a tray with canned coke and pepsi and placed it on the table in front of them then stood there giving his son questioning looks.
“No ice cream for you boy. I knew you and your mama sneaked ice cream in your room to eat so I won't see you both so you are on ice cream ban for a month” he told him and grabbed a coke then sat beside Dimitri.
Junior buried his face on Dimitri’s chest and whined.
“No whining boy, I have given my verdict,” said Max, and Dimitri just chuckled.
Junior t
“What is going on here?” a voice said from behind them.Dimitri tensed the more upon hearing the familiar voice before she took her arms that were around his torso and got off her hold then turned around to see Aiden who was frowning deeply and looking from him to her.“Why did you leave? What is going on?” he asked again, taking a step towards them.Dimitri didn’t say a word, rather he just kept looking at his friend like he was going to send him a message but it seemed like it wasn’t getting through to him.“Did you leave there just to be here with her?” he asked and the look on Dimitri’s turned to a glare.“Don’t insult me by telling me that. You of all people know me very well and you are aware of what and what I am capable of” said Dimitri.“No doubt about it bro but what about
“Oh, she would notice I wasn’t around and come looking for me,” Daniella said to him having no choice but to follow him.When they reached his car that he parked outside, he took her to the passenger seat and pushed her to the door of his car giving her a glare.“What is your problem? Why did you come back? Do you want to continue where you stopped? Can't, you see Dimitri is already doing okay without you? Why then come back? Do you want to ruin his life again?” he asked with a frown trying to understand her intentions.“And that too, you came through Audriana. You knew they were married right?” he asked growing angry.“It's none of your business,” she said after some time.“It is everything my business. Look, I don’t know what is going on in that crazy mind of yours but you need to stop this madness and let him be
He couldn’t explain what or how he had been feeling these past two weeks.He couldn’t tell if it was because Daniella finally showed up and took him and everyone who knew deeply about them by surprise or because Audriana has refused to listen to him and continued talking and hanging out with Daniella.It has been days and it feels like a long time already.His emotions have just been everywhere since that time. He couldn’t explain how he felt or what made him feel in such ways.One time he is talking and in his moody self, flirty sometimes but the next moment he is yelling, snapping, throwing tantrums like a child, and that frustrated Audriana in some ways.Although he was satisfied that she came after him that night and gave him comfort. He was peaceful when she lay on his and he could stroke her hair.He was falling asleep but she woke him
Some days after, she went to hang out with Sofia and Earl and was rushed to the hospital some minutes after getting home only to be told by the doctor that it was food poisoning.It was just her that was affected and what got him madder at her was that she hung out with Earl. Without telling him.He had to find out from Sofia and was just keeping himself from yelling at her or giving her something to cry about.Then she told him she felt like she is being followed but he didn’t put much meaning to it and just told her it could be because those things happened to her in a short period of time, that is what was making her paranoid.Not until she got pushed by a bulky man who, instead of helping her up and apologizing for it, just stood and looked at her on the floor strangely.She told him she felt scared by his look and if not for a lovely couple that came to help her up and take her away
Some weeks had passed and the weird stuff subsided a bit but that didn’t stop Dimitri from constantly telling her or like she see it, commanding her to stop hanging out with Daniella or that Earl guy.But when she ask for a reason as to why she should stop he would just come up with new reasons why she shouldn't hang out with Earl but not Daniella so she ignored him and hung out with whoever she wanted to hang out with.She complained about his behavior to Sofia countless times and wished he should stop with all these controlling and at least ask in an appropriate and well-mannered way but instead it is always the same way.“Maybe he is jealous that Earl doesn't have to do anything to get your attention” Sofia shrugged then ate the last of her ice cream. “I need a refill”Audriana looked at her with a frown then at her empty medium-size bowl of ice cream and grabbed it f
“She doesn't listen when I talk to her but just ask me questions I can't answer now and when I don’t give her a definite answer she would end up doing what she wants to do,” Dimitri said frustrated by his wife’s behavior to him.“It's like she gets stubborn every time she hangs out with that Daniella and I don’t like it one bit,” he told Aiden.It has been almost thirty minutes since Dimitri walked into Aiden’s home without any prior notice to him about his arrival and has not stopped talking about how irritated and angry he was with Audriana for not listening to him.When Aiden would want to say something, Dimitri would interrupt him with another complaint and he just decided to be looking at him after about three attempts to talk.He would sometimes pace in front of him and after a while, he sit on the sofa across from him and then back to pacing and
She came into the house and stretched already the feeling the stress of the day taking effect on her body.“Oh,” she let out a groan and sat down on one of the chairs to rest for a while before she goes upstairs.Just then her phone rang and she shuffled her hand inside her bag and finally found it then checked to see the caller which brought a frown on her face.She placed it on her lap and leaned her back on the chair she was sitting on and tried to understand if the caller was real or it was just her tired mind playing tricks on her.“This can't be him,” she said aloud “Maybe he wrong dialed,” she told herself and decided to ignore it.She checked the time on her watch and nod her head. He wouldn't be home till around seven or eight which gives her about an hour to freshen up and sleep.Then her phone rang again and she
She opened the pot of fried rice she just prepared, inhaled, and smiled so widely at how delicious it smells. She looked at the rice that had all the right ingredients in it and how beautiful it looked.‘I am sure he would love it’she thought to herself and bit her bottom lips to cage the smile in. Why are you so excited? She couldn’t answer.Could probably be because she knew it wasone ofhis favorite dishes and that she was able to get the right ingredients and make it nicely or just imagining his reaction when she goes to drop it off at his office.That night he took her on that date he said wasn’t ‘a date’, gave her some kind of assurance that there was something for them and she wanted to get in it and enjoy the moment.“I just hope he wouldn’t go back to how cold and distant he is used to being,” she told h
… Six months later … “Here you go” Sofia handed her a glass of juice and a plate of snacks, she sat on the couch beside her and rubs her really visible bump. “Thank you” she sniffed the snack then scrunch her nose as she looks at Sofia who frowned at what she did. “Did you make this with fish?” she asks. “No?” Audriana’s brow rose and she shrugged “Maybe there was some fish seasoning added but there isn’t much of that inside,” she says. “I am not eating that, I feel disgusted, no offense” Audriana dropped the plate on the table and looks at her friend who was irritated. “Well, for your information lady, my pregnant ass is offended and I am eating them because I am craving them” she took the plate and starts eating from the plate. “I am sorry ma’am, I…” Audriana sighs and placed the glass of juice on the table then turns fully to her friend who gave her full attention “I… I have been so stressed these couple of days” she said. “Oh baby, what’s going on? Still on that Daniella’s c
“Do you feel okay today?” he asked and she nods then lay back on the bed properly while he packed the plate they just finished eating with. It’s been a few days since that incident and they are slowly accepting what happened and wanted to move on. Dimitri had been shuffling between coming to spend time with her, going to work, and helping to find out what caused the blast that took his baby and nearly took his wife’s life. “I feel okay, I guess,” she said to him then moved a bit so that he can sit properly on her bed “I still feel weak though” she chuckled and he took her hand then kissed her knuckles and palm. “No one is expecting you to jump back on your feet so soon, we are still in the beginning stage of our healing so easy does it” he leaned in and pecked her. “We’ll be good, okay?” he whispered then kissed her cheek and leaned back. “Thanks for being here” “You don’t need to thank me, everything will be good” he nods and she nods too. “Do you need anything else?” “No, I am
It was evening already and he was woken by one of the nurses who told him to step out for a while so that they could check Audriana properly. He sat up on the couch and looked past the nurse to his wife who looked a bit pale and had no smile on her face as she responds to whatever she’s been asked by the doctor that was sitting on the stool beside her with a clipboard in his hand. “Is she okay?” he looked back at the nurse “She has no memory loss?” he asked and the nurse shook her head. “She will be fine sir but please step out for a while,” she tells him and he nods then stood up on his feet and looked back at his wife to see that she was already looking at him then she tore her gaze from him and back to the doctor. For that brief moment that their eyes met, he felt his knees go weak and the urge to cry for what she will come to know of made his heart heavy. He blinked several times and walked out of the room with wobbly legs. When he was outside, he saw only Aiden sitting outsid
“Yes, I am Dimitri Lorenzo” he walked closer to him. “Doctor please, how is my wife? Where is she?” he asked looking hopefully at the doctor. “Please be calm Mr. Lorenzo… my name is Chargo Arrivederci, I am the doctor in charge of Mrs. Lorenzo’s case” he introduced himself and held his hand out for a handshake. Reluctantly, Dimitri accepted it and kept asking about his wife. “According to the reports we were told when she was brought in, it was a blast that prompted her to be here, and seeing that she hadn’t been in any way close to where the blast happened, is a good thing” he explained. Dimitri’s face softened and he began to relax from what the doctor was explaining but he still needed to be sure. “So, she’s fine? She’s okay?” “Well, like I said the blast did nothing to her only that when she was brought in, she was bleeding so bad, and when we checked the cause of the bleeding sir… I am so sorry, but we tried our best” he said. Heart sinking… that was exactly how he was feel
“Okay, sure… just give me updates on how it's improving, and one of these days I will come over to see how far you guys have gone with testing,” she said over the phone as she made her way out of the university building and to the car park that was outside the compound where she had parked. “Thank you so much for your help with fishing out who was behind the disruption of the model we thought had failed testing, it means a lot to me and my dad… yeah, I am aware that you are a long-term employee here and I appreciate your honesty so thank you Mr. Hans” she thanked. Finally, they were able to pull out all the bad weeds in their company and employ fresh talents looking to grow in the field… now they are testing another model and hope that this time no one messes with it, especially now that they have heavy security watching the engineers overlooking the project. “Thank you once again and I will call you later,” she said and disconnect the call then walked out of the university’s compou
The past weeks have been really stressful and it’s taking a huge toll on Dimitri. Him following up with his secret investigations to put Daniella Copello behind bars for good this time and him asking himself countless times if he should go get his wife now or not. He has been battling that within him every single day and would sometimes go to Sofia’s apartment building and stay at the angle where her window was to just catch a grasp of her. He had gone there multiple times to the extent that a resident that didn’t recognize him told him that she would report his creepy routine if he came back to creep on the window he looks at every time comes around that area so he stopped going, even a disguise wouldn’t help. So, he got news about her well-being from Aiden frequently and it brought him some sort of peace that she was okay but just trying to cope with their little space as he calls it. It is never a separation, it is just them having space to figure things out. He would be comple
It has been less than twenty-four hours since she left and he was still seated in the same position that he was in from the previous day, only that he was leaning his back on his tie shelf and his long legs were sprawled on the floor. He slept that way and was sure to get an aching back, shoulder, and numb butt if he moves a muscle. How everything just went from smiles and flirting to cries, sadness, and moving out was way beyond him… he caused it this time and he feels ashamed that he couldn’t tell her on time and couldn’t even give her an answer as to whether he loves her or not. He hasn’t fully sorted out Daniella’s feelings yet and coming to a conclusion that he loves her when he hadn’t concluded if he still feels for his ex or not would be too much and would hurt badly. “I’m stupid” he muttered and closed his eyes whilst releasing a sigh. A headache suddenly hit the side of his head and he grimaced at the attack then let out a groan and adjusted his body against the shelf beh
“Are you sure you are okay?” he asked her and she nod her head and wiped the fresh tears that rolled down her cheeks. “I’m fine thank you” she responded with a forced smile and he nods they just looked at her and wished he could see Dimitri so he could land his fist on his face. “Do you need me to walk you in?” “No, it's fine… I can manage from here, you’ve done enough” she sniffed again and he smiled and then gave her hand a comforting squeeze. “I told him not to hurt you and he did exactly that” he let out a sigh and tighten his grip on the steering wheel as he voice out what was on his mind. “I wish I could give him a piece of my mind right now and…” “Philip… It's fine, I am fine and it's just a minor issue between a husband and wife and we will figure things out soon” she squeezed his hand that held her and offered him a smile and it was a genuine one. ‘I hope’ she wanted to add but didn’t want to say anything more about what happened between her and her husband to him or ju
It was a look of intimate familiarity and that was one of the reasons she felt hurt now she is thinking ‘what if she is just putting too much meaning to what she saw?’ He might actually be irritated by her and her doings but with how she was feeling at the moment, she couldn’t see things that way… he felt like he needed that hug from her when she entered and saw them like that. ‘He didn’t hug her back’ her mind told her but she ignored it and proceed to ask her previous question. “Do you still have feelings for her?” she asked one more time and got her answer when he didn’t answer. She bit her bottom lip to stifle a sob then looked at him with the tears pooling out of her eyes and down her cheeks. “So, you still love her,” she said and he didn’t say anything but just looked at her. They stared into each other eyes with hurt written all over their face. “You don’t need to do this,” he said after a while and she shook her head and then closed her eyes as the tears kept coming down