"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
"Can you stop whatever you think you are doing? It's uncomfortable and I hate it,"Nicole said in an annoyed voice making sure that Rafael knows that his actions, whatever his intentions were, doesn't sit well with her and she wasn't down for it, his coming back now and asking to be heard was all the way too suspicious for her to just let him do what he wants, she wasn't a pushover and he couldn't just come back with the whatever agenda he had and want them back to get after the way he duped her, it wasn't done like that, wait that was all her thinking, no that was what Natalie projected into her head, Rafael hasn't even told her what the fuck he wanted from her, so why was he making life difficult for her, he never called her back when he said he will, he didn't come back when he said they have to talk, the man was a confused human and she wasn't ready to accommodate him."Why? I am just trying to m***""Stop trying to do anything, don't send flowers to my workplace, I understand you
"I don't even know how to start talking to you when you are giving me this kind of attitude, Nicole,""Rafael, I would really go straight to the point if I were you because last I checked we are not cool, so don't expect to be treated nicely, you can't expect to be treated nicely, especially not from me,"She replied, she was already getting riled up by him again, she shouldn't let him get to her but he was, being rude to him was her only way to keep herself from thinking too much about their meeting and what he wanted to talk to her about, she refused to be a fool for love, refuse to be a slave to it, yes, the man in front of her was the one she loves and might love until the day she takes her last breath but that didn't mean she has to be weak before him, if she does that then she would be nothing but a pushover."I wasn't expecting you to be nice to me, trust me, I wasn't,""I don't trust you Rafael,""I know you don't and you have every right not to trust me and I also know you wo
This was harder than he thought it would be, Nicole has changed so much in the five or six months they were apart, he should have expected that it won't be easy for him to get her back, he had thought talking with Natalie and clearing things with her would help him but it didn't, he tried getting her flowers that she liked but it didn't work, whatever he doesn't go well with her and she wasn't even giving him any hint that he was making progress with her, heck she doesn't even believe his words and hasn't been taking this whole conversation serious at this point out he was out of options already, this was the moment he needed his supposed best friend but it has been two weeks, two whole fucking weeks of not hearing from Caleb and he was hella worried for his well being, Caleb wasn't used to a hard life and Rafael was sure anywhere he is, he was having a hard time but what can he do to help someone who made it clear that he didn't want his help? He had his own problems and he doesn't e
"That's so touching,"She said placing her hands on her chest, she wasn't taking him seriously but that's okay."Okay, Mr. Time is up, I have to go home now, it was nice talking to you, or maybe not, anyway I have to go now,"She said getting up and grabbing her bag, it was just past one and she was already leaving?"I can drop you off,"He offered, following her out of the office, the staff were looking at them weirdly and they must have heard their conversation, but he didn't mind, he didn't mind and wasn't going to feel embarrassed about it."I can drive myself, I got a license,"She responded. Another thing that changed about her, there was so much change that he fear he might not know this woman anymore but he wasn't going to let that fear stop him, she can change all she wants, change is the only truly constant thing, his love for her too, he was going to let the changes he sees stop him, she was a good person and good people don't suddenly become bad and Nicole can't even be ba