"I am not pushing any agenda, what are you even saying Rafael?"Rafael let out a breath to calm himself, he was handling this the wrong way, it wasn't his fault he was already in a bad mood and he couldn't stop himself but still, he had to try."Listen, Josie, I like you, I like you a lot, but just as a friend, if I didn't like you I won't have gotten close to you, I mean aside from my wife, Caleb, the only other person I am this close to is you,""I thought you guys are divorced, you are still calling her your wife,"She pointed out, he didn't even notice, he didn't correct himself because he wanted her to let go of this, whatever she thinks will happen with them is never going to happen, the sooner she knows that the better it will be for the both of them, he wasn't ready to tolerate her and he damn well knew that she won't like to be made a mockery of."Whatever, I was saying that I like you Josie but as a friend, I am sorry if I ever lead you to believe there will be more, it's al
Nicole sat by the fireplace as the hand of the clock ticked and the year ran out, it was less than three hours to the new year and she sat there just looking, she couldn't join in many fun activities because she was still not fully fine, her parents were in their room and her sister had been talking with the staff, she seems to have gotten close to them, and they really like her, Nicole was happy Natalie was finally and fully getting herself back, she had spent the whole day in bed, hoping to recover but she didn't, she didn't want to self medicate so she decided she would go to the hospital if her symptoms persisted, she knew all she needed to do was rest, she had gotten tired of laying in bed which is why she had gotten up and used her strength to come here and sit, and she has been staring at the fire and just being there.Her mom walked out of the room she shared with her dad and came to sit with her."Hey, Mom,"She said weakly."My dear, what are you doing here all by yourself?
"Nope, that's not going to happen, ma'am, we are going out and that's final,"Natalie said, Nicole didn't have any choice but to get off the bed, she waited as Natalie brought out clothes for her, she reluctantly wore it, still not wanting to leave the house but when she got to the front and saw that everyone of their staffs who didn't go home on holiday were out too, she cheered up and followed them, Natalie held her hand as they walked the short distance to where the carnival was been held, she didn't even know they did something like this in her neighborhood for New year's Eve, this was the first time she would witness it even though she lived here all her life."Has this been going on or did they just start it this year?"She asked as she couldn't keep it to herself."This is the first time, I think the new mayor suggested it and it's fun,"Donald one of the staff whom she knew since she was thirteen said."Oh, thank you,"She said and they walked the rest of the way to the carniv
While others were busy having new year resolutions and planning out their life, for the first time in forever, Rafael didn't have any nice plans for himself, everything was stuck, business, yeah it was going just fine and he was gaining billions each day from his numerous sectors, especially from the hotels since it was the holidays seasons, he wasn't running at a loss, yet he felt lost, the mining deal was still pending and it was already the second day of the new year, he had spent new year day with Caleb, playing video games which he hadn't done in forever, then when Caleb had left, he went back to being a loner.At the beginning of the previous year, he had plans, plans which involved marrying a certain person just to acquire a certain property, which he had ended up forgetting about, he did end up married but he lost his purpose halfway after falling hopelessly in love, after that he sort for another way to get that trillionaire status and even that was still on hold, last year,
"What are you on about Josie?"He questioned."Don't act like you don't know,""Know what? I don't know anything, you tell me, you seem to know a lot,"He replied."I don't have anything to tell you, I just want us to be together,""That's never going to happen, now you better start talking,""What do you want me to talk about? You already know you are lying, you are sleeping with her again and ruining all my plans for us,"She cried out."As much as I don't want to answer you but Josie, you got this all wrong, Nicole and I haven't even been in the same space since we got divorced apart from New York, so where ever you are getting the narrative from that I am sleeping with her again which is why I am not agreeing to a relationship with you, you are wrong, the who narrative is wrong and bullshits,""It's not, you slept with her,""Are you out of your mind? I didn't, why am I even talking about this with you? Just leave,'"That day you were drunk, you guys slept together, I thought it w
"I don't want to do this Grace, I already know I am not pregnant,"Nicole told Grace as she sat looking at the pregnancy test kit Grace bought, they were making her take the test even though she had told them again and again that she wasn't pregnant, her twin and her best friend were convinced that she was, it was Natalie that called Grace and together they bullied her into getting the kit that was needed to do a self-test.Natalie had made the decision without telling her, she couldn't blame her sister for thinking she was pregnant, she still hasn't stopped throwing up every morning and it was becoming a habit even the slightest smell of a cologne she wasn't used to and off she went, it was so consistent that she now has to have something dry with her to reduce her rate of throwing up, and Natalie kept insisting that it was a sign of being pregnant, as she knew she couldn't get pregnant she had told her sister off but then Natalie went ahead and called Grace who went out of her way t
Nicole waited patiently for it to get to her turn, she was anxious, she still didn't believe the result of the test she did at home was accurate and didn't want to get her hopes up, that she might truly be pregnant, it took a while for it to get to her turn as there were a lot of people in the laboratory she had to choose to use. when it got to her turn, she handed her bag over to Grace and went with the phlebotomist to get her sample taken after which she had to wait again for the result to be ready while waiting for the result, she was torn between praying for it to be true and wondering what she will do if it indeed turns out she was pregnant, how was she going to handle taking care of her child alone or would Rafael want to have anything to do with their child? Would he want her back if it turns out that she is pregnant and will she go back to him just for her child? The thoughts were running through her head that she didn't know when the nurse called her name and told her she was
The first good news of the new year came to him that morning when he got to the office, he had arrived late and wasn't even looking forward to having to go over the same process again, if they didn't approve this time, he was going to give it up and look for a better state in the United States to set it up, it wasn't his loss."Sir, it came,"Armani said when he walked into the office that morning feeling fresh from his weekend away from work, yes, despite Josie ruining his time in Hawaii, he hadn't come to Florida directly, he changed his mind as he boarded the plane and had decided to finish off his time off in California, he only spent one day there but it was refreshing, he met with Reuben who had been too happy to host him."What's that?""The approval, they came and it is approved,""What approval? Wait the mining?""Yes sir,"She responded in excitement, he had almost given up on that ever happening and it was such great news, he should be happy, he got what he wanted but, he w