Nicole, watched through the window to make sure he left before the came out of the inner part of the studio where she had escaped to, yes it was an escape, she could barely process that he has been here wanting to talk to her, she hadn't even seen him coming in, hadn't even heard his car sound, imagine how her heart had leaped when he had called her name, she had thought she was hallucinating or having a dream, she had blinked to be sure he was the one standing there looking so handsome when she had come back to her senses, she had gone to him wondering what brought him there and how he knew she would be at Aron's studio, how did he even know Aron's studio in the first place? She had all these questions to ask but when he had looked at her, she had forgotten, forgotten that she had to ask."Stop it, time to go home,"She said getting closing the windows and doors, she willed herself not to think about their not so serious conversation, she thought he had found out about the baby and t
When she got home, she didn't meet anybody, she suspected they would all be in their rooms and went to hers too, she took a bath and changed into comfortable nighties, after which she brought out her laptop to continue with the stretch she had been working on when Rafael had shown up, this particular stretch had a deeper meaning to her than all her other works, this was the continuation of something she started a while ago but hadn't been able to complete because of the unfortunate incident that had happened, she finally could complete the maternity art series that she started when she had been pregnant with her little angel who had gone back to heaven even before she was born, of course she wasn't yet at this step yet but she wanted to start the work again and do a better job at it, she already had the first three months and was thankful she hadn't done away with it when she had wanted to, that was thanks to Grace, who had told her she might want it back some say and that day finally
Rafael decided to go for plan B, after his unsuccessful meeting with Nicole, he needed to speak with her twin and smoothen things out between them, if he wanted Natalie back then he knew he had to make up with her twin, Rafael missed Caleb's presence so much, he didn't know which way was the right way to go and he didn't have anyone that was close to him enough for him to be comfortable asking such questions from him or her.He decided meeting Natalie should do some work and lessen Nicole's hostile attitude towards him, when he had left her yesterday, he had driven away from the studio and waited for her far from it, she had passed by him about thirty minutes after he had left, he still wasn't used to her driving, and didn't think he would ever get used to it.When Rafael had gotten to work, he took his time to check through his contacts for Natalie's number but then he had them deleted a long time ago and couldn't restore them, so he tried to look for someone who had her contact, he
"What did you say?"She asked in a surprise and disbelieving tune."I said I am sorry,"He repeated, he could do this much, he could apologize to Natalie because of Nicole, not just because of Nicole but for himself and Natalie too."Why are you sorry? What are you saying sorry for Rafael?""For everything,""Everything? What's everything?"She asked."For everything that happened, for blaming you blindly for my kid's death and also for getting you arrested,"He replied."To be fair, Rafael you didn't blame me blindly, as much as my sister would beat me up for saying I am to be blamed for what happened, that's the truth and that's why I don't blame you for hating me and wanting me to go to jail,""Natalie,"He called, she put up her hand."No, let me finish Rafael, I know, I didn't push Natalie that day, it was an accident, we both didn't know it would get to that but as much as u didn't push her I did in every other way, my actions and everything that lead to that moment did and ever
"You won't believe who came to see me today,"Natalie announced as she entered Nicole's room, Nicole dropped her cream and stared expectantly at her sister"Who is it? The president of the United States of America?""Really? You think the president will come and see me?""Yeah, you are pretty famous around here,""It's not the president and you are more famous than I am, your personal IG has over ten million followers and the one you use for art is at twenty-six, I am in all at seven,""That doesn't count, anyway who is it?""Guess, you won't believe,""I am not good at guessing, since it's not the president, I don't know who it might be,""Rafael,"She said."Rafael? Who is that?"She asked, she knew a Rafael but that won't be who she was talking about right?"Are you kidding me? I am talking of your Rafael, your husband, and Little's daddy,""What? Why?"Nicole asked in shock."I don't know about the what, but about the why, he wanted us to talk,""That's what he told me yesterday t
When Nicole woke up the next morning, she expected to have morning sickness again which she was kind of used to already but when she woke up, she was perfectly okay, she got up, went to the restroom to wash up expecting it to hit her anytime soon, but she got ready for the day and still, she was okay, usually it last time when she woke up to about an hour after she that but today, there was nothing, she didn't throw up, neither did she feel faint, in fact, the felt like she had more than enough energy, it was surprising but she was kind of relief even though she knew it was too early to be happy."Juliet loved the work Nicole,"Her sister said entering her room without knocking, she inhaled Natalie's perfume which would have irritated her before but it was okay now, to be sure, she moved close to Natalie sniffing her."Huh, are we okay? Should I call the doctor?"Natalie asked moving back from her with a weird facial expression."Nah, I am fine, I am just checking to make sure my morn
Nicole entered the gallery on Monday morning to meet a large bouquet of flowers, she wondered which of her staff already started receiving early Valentine's day present and why they felt so comfortable to bring them here when they were new, she barely knew the people working with her, they were all new and she was still trying to get to know them."Who left this here? Rose?"She asked the lady at the reception."Good morning ma'am,""Nicole, my name is Nicole, you can call me that,"She corrected, she wasn't ready to be addressed as ma'am or ma, she hated to be addressed like that."Who is it that is already receiving flowers? We are still in January, isn't it too early for gifts?"Nicole asked pointing at the huge bouquet of flowers."Ma'am, I mean, Nicole, they are yours, it was left here for you,"She responded, Nicole was taken aback by her response, who would send her flowers on a Monday morning? Her first stop was Aron, he had said he would do it but he said during valentine and
"Yes, I made a drawing, and would be happy if you can help me with the painting, I am this close to snapping and it's only eleven am in the morning,""Understandable, I feel like snapping every moment of the day, it's at the studio right?""Yes, please,"Nicole responded as the young girl turned and walked out of her office, Nicole heard the studio door open and close and she focused back on the income sheet that was sent to her, it was almost a month since hotel del Cole started operating and it was doing better than most new business, what had she been expecting from a five-star hotel? Of course, it will do well, she has seen a few bloggers talk about the hotel and some of their comments and articles weren't nice at all, some were straight-up insulting, she read one that talked about her being overly privileged to come from a wealthy family and also end up marrying a rich man who didn't think twice of giving her his property, some talked about her marrying Rafael just to get a share