"Now I really wanna hear this, who is this woman and how did she make you commit? She must be important for you to still be talking about her,""Yes, she was, I mean she is but I made a mistake and till now she doesn't look at me and never ever respond to me,""Someone I know?Rafael asked out of curiosity, Caleb wasn't the commitment type, he had a different woman with him every week, how he didn't notice that his friend once had someone serious was beyond him, even when he didn't give two fucks about him, he still would have noticed, maybe it was before they became friends."Yes, she is someone you know, in fact, she is someone you still see every day,""Wow, who is that? Just mention s name already,"Rafael urged."It's Armani, your assistant,"Caleb said, wow, he hadn't expected that, Armani and Caleb had a thing going that almost lead to marriage and he didn't know? Talk about living under a rock."Wait, Armani? When? How? No, I mean did we know each other then? What happened? Wh
Nicole looked around the room, she made up her mind to leave after staying here for another one week without Rafael showing up, not even with the divorce papers he talked about, he just ignored her completely and she was tired of being alone, she wanted to get her life back in order, she couldn't keep being sad, she was only twenty-six years old, too young to be wasted, she couldn't keep staying here and waiting for what's never going to be hers again, she has to accept that it was over and there was no going back."Are you sure this is what you want to do?"Grace who had come to help her pack her things asked, Grace, has been her support system that she wondered what she would have done without her, yes her parents were supportive too but they didn't know the half of what was going on in her life, she didn't tell them about the divorce but they knew that she and Rafael weren't on talking terms and they thought it was just temporary, when she had called them that she was moving back t
After nearly three weeks in a wheelchair, Nicole was glad to finally get off it, the doctor who was examining her smiled."You healed properly that you might never remember if you were ever in the wheel-chair, there isn't even a scare,"Yeah right, there wasn't any physical scare but there was a wound in her heart that was never going to heal, a wound that no one saw, she has been doing her best to keep herself from taking into depression and she has done her best, the past two weeks since she left the mansion had been tough on her but she was glad she could do it, she had her parents and Grace with her, they were always there, especially Grace who even though she left for Harvard last week had kept I'm touch and made sure she didn't feel lonely, she spent the whole of her break with her and had to return a week before classes resume because she had pending assignments to do. Natalie on the other hand was never around, she hasn't met her up to three times since she moved back into he
Nicole looked from the papers to the lawyer, okay she thought she had misunderstood what was written, which is why she had called him to clarify things but he was saying exactly what she had seen."Wait, does that mean, the hotel is in my name? The mansion too? I know he gave me a studio, I mean that was a present, I was going to give it back but I thought it would be rude but this? How should I collect this from him knowing how hard he worked for it?""It seems this is what he wanted to give you, he already signed and all you need to do is sign too, I think he is taking care of you and making sure you don't lack anything,""I don't need this, I didn't want a divorce, I don't want any of his property either,""Oh, dear, them you don't need to sign, just send it back to him with a petition, then you guys will have to meet in court, and go through counseling,""Wait what? Why do we have to go to court? We didn't even get married in court, and I am not disputing, I am just saying I don't
You know what they say about moving on? It's easier said than done, that's exactly what happened to Nicole, because one month after her divorce, she was still wallowing in pain and self pity, barely leaving the house, not like she left the house before the event that happened but it became even worst, she barely left her room, the past two month have been just there, she developed a pattern, wake up, take a bath, eat, draw, paint, go to bed, and the next day she did the same, okay it wasn't like she spent her days crying even though she did cry, let's just say she went back to her old self but insert a lot of sadness, the only difference is that she wasn't hiding her work anymore, that was what kept her going, as of last night, she had over ten million loyal followers and today, she decided to accept the invitation of one of her artist friend that she had made online, his works were top-notch and she had been so excited when he followed her and sent her a message and since they have b
Nicole swallowed as the air between them changed, she noticed the change so fast but she couldn't seem to pull out of whatever date she was in, the hand in her hair got even bolder stroking her hair and he was leaning closer too, she wanted to pull off and at the same time remain where she was, this was it, this was her finally moving on, this was her finally accepting that she might belong to someone else, someone, not Rafael and Aron was more in her class and they were more compatible, it was better to give someone like him a chance, it was clear from the beginning that Aron wants to be more than friends with her, but she was ready for that."So what else is there to do?"She asked breaking the moment and moving away from Aron, she avoided his gaze."Nothing more, we wait for everything to dry and pack them up,"Aron replied walking closer to her again, she moved further away from him."Stop running away Nicole,"Aron said pulling her to a stop in front of him, she kept her head dow
She uploaded the works and captioned it, "arts of the day," and tagged Aron's official account, it started getting likes and comments immediately, she read a few of the comments which were nice, and then she saw that some of the commenters were shipping her and Aron, she wanted to reply them that the ship isn't even close to the waters not to talk of sailing, she couldn't be with Aron, not now, and even she didn't know, she kind of felt she can't get into him even in the future, he was nice and all but she couldn't imagine herself being with him.She closed her laptop and laid on her bed, looking at the roof, she didn't have any thoughts, just laid there."Nicole? Can we talk? Can you come downstairs for a bit?"Nicole heard he mom ask, she got off the bed and wore her slippers."Mom, I am coming,"She said wondering what her parents wanted to talk to her about, maybe Natalie is back already, she hurried downstairs but only met her mom and dad, no sight of Natalie."Mom, what's this
Rafael almost threw up reliving that moment, he just couldn't get it over her head, he had left before he saw something he didn't want to see, Nicole kissing another man, even the thought of it was enough to make him wanna hit a wall, he knew it has happened, he shouldn't be feeling down about it, he almost left but had told his driver to stop again which had been his mistake, he hated it, hated that Nicole was doing fine without him, hated that he felt jealous, he pulled his clothes letting them fall along the part to his room.He took a bath to relax himself but it didn't work, he was just too worked up for a single bath to help his course, he went down to the living room and got out his laptop to try and get some work down but all he could see was the image of Nicole standing there while that fucked assed idiot was going in for a kiss, she should have pulled away, their divorce wasn't even up to two months yet, how could she move on so easily, he was the one that asked for a divorc