“It’s quite a comfy.” She said it out loud with a broad smile.“Shut up, I am working!!” Damien exclaimed, keeping her quiet immediately.A few minutes after going through some files, Damien turned towards Aella and was surprised to see her dozing off instead of drawing. At first, he found her so beautiful, but just as he was about to admire her beauty, she immediately woke up, and their eyes met, but instead he changed his smile to a frown.“Can you explain to me why you are sleeping instead of starting sketching only while I work?” Damien said, and immediately she picked up a pencil, opened a new sketchbook, and began to draw. Damien smiled at how scared she was of him but immediately hid it when she looked up at him again as he returned to his work, but all his thoughts were on her. He searched his files to see if he had any pending jobs to keep him busy, but all had already been done, so he became idle, and just then again his gaze fell back on Aella, but this time around she was t
Aella took her seat at one of the tables as she silently ate her meal, trying to hold in the tears that were trying to push themselves out of her eyes because of what the woman from the counter had just said. They thought they were a perfect couple, but Damien hated her so much.Just then, the whole cafeteria that was filled with people talking and going from one place to another was so silent that Aella could hear her own chewing, and in surprise, she turned around to see Damien walking into the cafeteria with his eyes set on his phone. She sighed sadly as she knew he wouldn’t sit close to her.Aella continued to chew on her food with a content look. Just then she saw a figure sitting opposite her, and looking up, it was Damien, and surprisingly, he had a broad smile on his face.“Why are you sitting here?” Aella said to him with more of a whispered voice, but he didn’t answer but continued to go through his phone, acting busy while his meal was served by the chef, who had a smile on
Damien placed his hands on his cheeks, and it felt like that slap had just brought him back to his senses, but Aella continued to stare at Damien, clearly wanting any explanation Damien could yet give.“What?” Damien spoke to her aggressively, but his eyes were still on her lips, like he wasn’t satisfied yet.“What do you mean by what!!?” Aella yelled in annoyance, “Are you not going to tell me why you are acting like a crazy person?” Aella said that even though this was her first time to really kiss Damien, she just lacked the emotions, and the kiss felt like nothing insignificant to her.“I didn’t do it intentionally; I also didn’t know what came over me. I guess I just decided to take my acting to the next level.” Damien said, as he had nothing in his head to possibly give to Aella as an excuse.“You kiss and still act like a dick.” Aella whispered before returning to her seat as she continued her sketches in silence, and Damien also sat on his seat in confusion.What did I just do?
“I am sorry.” Aella whispered nervously, even though she was unable to move.Damien slowly paced up to her with his hand in a fist. “What could have possibly taken you to my locker?” He yelled, but Aella didn’t know where to begin because even the mouse she came to take wasn’t close to her or in her hands.“I…I ehm.” She murmured, but Damien knew she was thinking of a lie and walked faster towards her. With fright, Aella lost her balance and fell to the floor, losing consciousness immediately.Damien's eyes almost popped out of his face, shocked that he had just almost killed her, and it was in the office. He ran to her unconscious body and picked her up while he tapped her cheeks gently and shakingly.“Aella.” He tried to wake her up, but she wasn’t responding to his call, and that’s when he realized she wasn’t faking it and was actually unconscious.“Anyone out there!! Call the ambulance or doctor.” Damien yelled, and quickly the secretary ran in with Marie behind her and a few other
“What do you mean by he did this to her?” Damien's mother questioned Collins.“You are the reason why she is lying there!! Because you made her fall to the ground!!” Collin yelled in annoyance, and that made Damien's mother even more confused.“Can you stop speaking in proverbs and go straight to the point?” His mother stood up from her seat, but Damien immediately stood up and blocked both of them.“Mother!! Please stop listening to the gibberish Collins has to say; I will deal with him myself.” Damien said, but he was also well aware of what his mother would do next; he knew his mother wouldn’t just let the matter die down, and that was exactly what she did.“I won’t just let it go that way; I need to know what he meant by that!! I thought you loved her. I thought you married her because you loved her, so why would you abuse her?!” Damien's mother yelled at Damien, who was frustrated as he gave Collins a very bad stare.“Get out of here!!” Damien said to Collins, but Collins wasn’t r
“Now Aella, talk to me, please; I won’t like Damien to treat you wrongly.” Damien's mother assured her, and Aella sat up her gaze but left Damien for a minute.Aella didn’t know what to do; she was really scared and didn’t want know what to do... She never expected to be so scared of Damien, but for some weird reasons she was, and that didn’t make any sense to her.“I am fine, mother; I just slipped, as I said, and I should be honest with you, Damien didn’t always. Treat me well, but after you and that discussion with the bit he of us, he changed and started responding to me; he... he began to think about me more.” Aella said, but when her glare moved from Damian to Collins, she saw how Collins stared at her and knew instantly that she was making a grave mistake.“He threw your dishes away and called you trash. Aella, he tried to slap you during your honeymoon days; you haven’t even spent a week being married to him.” Collins insisted, and Aella knew he was right but wasn’t ready to ma
Damien patiently walked around his office, waiting for Aella to resume, as he had passed through a lot last night, just longing for her to come back.“I can't believe she is already ten minutes late for work, even after not spending the night with me; this is real torture.” Damien whispered as he continued to pace around, and just then the door swung open and Aella rushed in, breathing heavily. Damien stood still as he immediately covered his concerned expression with a frown.“Why are you ten minutes late for work?” Damien asked with a fierce voice, making Aella scared yet again, and then he remembered the incident and immediately acted cool to her.“You do not have to be scared, and just answer me; I do not want you falling on my watch again.” Damien said before going to take his seat, and although he was very happy, he still made sure to hide it very well because he needed to still act angry.“It was your mom; she refused to let me wake up early or even leave the house alone; she ma
Marie couldn’t believe what had just happened as the other employees who had been eavesdropping rushed to Marie with a surprised gaze.“Did she just talk back?” One of her colleagues said, and Marie felt even more angry and miserable because her other colleagues had just noticed how Aella had humiliated her.“She won’t get away with this so easily.” Marie said, and with that, she walked to the dressing room and began to search for the second dress Aella was meant to put on, and when she saw that the dress was looking even more beautiful than hers, it made Marie more angry.“How can she only be treated like a princess, and I would just stay here in her shadows? She claimed to be the only rightful owner. “Well, it’s time to ruin your self-made dress.” Marie said to herself before picking up scissors from the table nearby and giving the dress one large tear.“Let’s see you wear your failure boldly.” Marie whispered before walking away.The runway soon began, and Aella was a bit nervous, b
Aella was swept off her feet more than she could have imagined, but not by someone she had thought. She decided she was not going to think about Damien or anything that has to do with him, or literally anything that is tied to his being.She didn't want to think about it. as much as she knew this was the happiest she had ever been since they got married.The least she could do for herself now was to stop ruminating about the past, not when she was starting to come back to being herself. This was the gift to herself, and this was more like the best gift ever. She will stop thinking about him and focus more on understanding herself; she was planning to get a divorce sooner than later. She wanted to be totally free so she could start living again.She's sat in the car; it's a new hair and a her new self. As they rode across the city, she looked back at Blythe, who seemed to be very happy and seemed to be thinking of something that made him smile every second. She looked away from his fac
Just the right amount of sauce to make him look like God's sent. She stared at Blythe, who just unconsciously did the cutest things. There were times he talked to himself, there were times he just glared out the window, or there were times where he just picked up the salon magazine and read it, and his expressions whenever he came across something controversial made him the perfect partner to give your work the gist.Blythe had taken the initiative to get Aella a snack after every hour at the salon he got her milkshakes and takeouts.“Here's some for you!” Blythe voiced handing over the takeout box to her.By this time she had just started to make her hair; she had first gotten into washing it and then styling it.“Thank you!” She smiled, and he walked back to his seat.“That's an intentional mannn!" The hairstylist teased her as Blythe fully walked away.Aella didn't know what to think, nor did she know what to say to the hairstylist.“He's just my friend!” Aella responded with a smi
He paced back and forth as he struggled to keep to himself for the past three weeks—nothing from her—nothing to keep his feelings in check, not even her green light.It was every risky to go visit her in her workplace, as he appeared to be a potential threat to Damien, especially when Damien was the reason for this whole mess in the first place.He picked up his phone for the billionth time trying to place a call to her and explained things well enough to her. But he couldn't; he couldn't bring himself to explain the truth of the whole matter to her; that would not only end him; it would also end their whole family name and career. The way they had left things off, they knew Marie would probably see him as a bad person or worse, a monster that didn't deserve to live.Seth had always wished he wasn't born into the family he was born into, and quite true, he didn't like it there, but ever since he met Marie, he had wished more for that prayer to come to pass than ever before.He felt c
"Well, I must say you look absolutely beautiful." Blythe complimented Aella as he opened the car door for her.Aella had never had alone time with Blythe before; spending the whole day with him felt so illegal, but she knew she had to leave her room at least once so she wouldn't rot away in misery.She had thought about it all so much that she didn't want to think about it anymore; she just wanted to start living life again.The life she had thought she could live with Damien, but it turns out that she couldn't.It's funny how the same life she craved for was the same life God had helped her package with her mom; she could live freely and not depend on anyone.For the first time, she smiled, and that smile was genuine.“And I must say you don't look bad yourself!”. Aella responded with a soft voice.Seeing her smile is his delight, and he wanted more of it to happen. He kicked the car to a start, and they started their little journey.Aella wasn't used to engaging in conversations wit
Yes, maybe there were people out there who hurt you real bad, but you need to understand that they shouldn't make you stop loving; you just choose to love yourself enough to love them and not overlove them, so you know when to leave or when to live by grace, just like you would give yourself a voice when necessary.Aella had left Vollini and Becca in the living room to discuss while she just went to her roomma. DN just wallowed.She cuddled up in her bed and just stared out the window. She watched as the snow fell lightly; she could think of nothing else than just...Her baby…Damien was no longer on her mind; she couldn't really care less; he had done what he had to do, and he had done his worst already.If he cheated, it really wasn't any of her business; the only thing she blamed herself for was staying that long trying to take her power back.She sighed again, giving the fact that she had so many things planned out for herself and her baby.She looked down at her phone and realize
Chapter 139“Just when you thought you had it all, there another shows up to be the worst."Collins paced back and forth in the living room of Becca's house as he wanted to tell Becca about how unruly Damien had been to his sister. Aella wasn't in the midst of all these; they had allowed her to be alone for a while in her room, which they made sure to check on her on a few occasions.“Does he ever think at all, like why is he being the animal that he delivered me from, why is he being like that forsaken dude called Seth?" Collins raged again.Truthfully, he hadn't known his sister's case until they got home from the hospital, and immediately he heard it took the strength in Becca to keep him grounded and not go to confront Damien.Collins had just arrived at the right time.Becca was instantly notified of how inseparable Collins and Aella are; she saw how much love they both have for each other, and she is more than willing to love them both.But she wondered who this sort of guy Coll
Just at the beginning of dusk, there was a man who you would consider lonely due to his demeanour and the way he looked so unlikely, he looked destabilised he look tormented like he had from NS fetching out his should price by piece. He suddenly realised how much he had taken from her ,how much thing he had stolen and as much he was willing to give it back, he knew he wasn't in the right position to go ve it because initially je had stolen it from her.Damien stood on the highway his car parked by the side of the road as he stared AFR off into the distance his eyes fixated on something -the city lights but his eyes wasn't on them his eyes were remembering and capturing something's that would shine as bright as the city lights.Her eyes Over time he realised that he had witnessed how the glow in her eyes disappeared each was eryryutme he became an asshole, every time he decuded ti step down from being a man to bueng a toddler.He heaved a deep sigh as the whole guilt pulled a weight i
Not all that glittered seems to be gold... But for Damien, his vomit seems to glitter like gold and looks like the most beautiful diamonds from the outside.As he dropped Aella in the hospital, he turned back and went back to work. He didn't bother to ask what happened to her or what might happen to her; he asked then if she was going to be fine, and they said definitely the rest if it was none of his business, but unfortunately enough, they told him as much as he didn't want to hear about everything the doctor called him as he got to the office.The doctor's call came through as he was about to enter his office. On getting into the office, he noticed that Amelia was no longer in the office, including her bag and all. He answered the call and settled down.Luckily, the doctor happened to be his friend!!!“Hey Corniel!” He voiced over the phone, rearranging his fiel and just getting ready to head home.“You seemed to be in a hurry; was there something that came up?” Corniel asked as t
Sometimes things aren't always as they seem, sometimes it's the opposite and sometimes it's true but sometimes it's just complicated.But for Aella it was exactly what it seems like, Damien was slowly bringing in his ex into their marriage to replace her and guess what??She wanted it that way…At least with that she was out of the marriage and out of his life.“What was what?” She asked, popping a lollipop in her mouth.“Hmm, nice strawberry flavour!” She thought to herself after the full taste of the lollipop filled her mouth.She honestly didn't care about the useless and unrecognised tantrum Damien was throwing in fact nothing was going to make her care in this world, and If there's a next, she wouldn't even beat an eyes“That nonsense you did back there you thought was funny, what if everyone believed you?” “Why wouldn't they believe me, none of it was a lie” Aella shruggedAella scater so many months still wondered why Damien's lying capability still shook her,,.“Why does he l