Samantha was speaking at a go but stopped midway, reaching for some tissue on her desk to wipe the corner of her eyes.Things were silent between the duo for a while.The look she saw on Ethan’s face was really disturbing. Samantha saw that he looked pained and really confused.“But still, you moved on.” He said, bringing her out of her thoughts.“What do you mean? You expect me to keep moping around? Agreed that your marriage was forced, did you not move on with your life too?”“Your mom almost ended my life then. It is a miracle I am still alive and you are here blaming me for f****g moving on?”“Even if your mother had not chased me away, I do not think we were ever going to work. It was going to be a disaster in the end. You were getting married and I would not want to be the other woman.”“It was just going to be for a while until I found a solution. I am sorry about everything but I am deeply hurt too and disappointed. Even the d****n people I call my family are the major people
Ethan rolled his eyes and exited her presence, walking in the direction of where he parked his car, which was just opposite the building. He got into the driver’s seat and did a few breathing exercises.He started the car and took out his phone from his pocket, with the aim of buckling his seatbelt afterward, but he was distracted by the missed call notification he saw on the face of his phone. He had put it on silent mode while he was in the conference room.It was his elder sister who called, so he decided to FaceTime her back.Fedora picked up immediately, her face coming into view.“Christ, Ethan! Where the hell are you?”“What do you want, Fedora?”“What do you mean by what do I want? You have been away for days and no one knows where you f****g are!”“Where the hell are you? When are you coming back?”“I don’t know!” he answered nonchalantly.“You look lost, what the hell is going on, Ethan?”“Can I call you back? I need some time alone,” he said, already regretting calling her
Ethan rolled his eyes, not believing his elder sister was starting to make this be about herself again.“It is fine! I’ve got this. I will talk to you later.”“Okay, bye!”He waved, then ended the video call. The engine of the car was already on so he drove out of the parking area to the direction of his lodge.The moment Ethan was out of sight, Samantha rose to her feet, reached for some tissue from the tissue box on her table, then made her way towards the window, wiping tears off her eyes and at the same time trying to avoid her mind lingering on the conversation that she just had with Ethan.Samantha was brought out of her thoughts when a knock came through on the door.She turned around, hoping it was not Ethan. But again, she thought that if he was the one, he would probably have barged in and not knocked.“Come in,” She answered with a cracked voice.The door opened and her bundle of joy ran in.“Mommy!” The little girl ran towards her where she stood and hugged her legs tightl
“So what is the way forward now?”“Wait, you said you saw the little girl? Did you approach her or something?”“No, I did not. I could not move my body or breathe well when I saw her. I can’t explain the feeling that came over me. I suddenly felt weak and numb.”“I am glad you are feeling all the emotions that you hardly feel. Hopefully, it is going to bring you back to your senses.”“Your action sucked, you f***d up! What is going to be the way forward?” Greg asked again.“I do not know!” He answered, filling up his glass cup with some more wine.“I know that tone in your voice but I want to believe that I am mistaken.”“You are going to work things out, right?”“I do not know, Greg. You should know me by now. I am really f***ed up. I try to mend situations but I end up ruining them.”“Ethan!!”“What?” He groaned.“You do not want to apologize. That is why you are coming up with these silly excuses.”“Stop making up stories, Greg.”“I am not making up stories. I know you and I know w
“You all need to stop taking my love life seriously. Kelvin and I ended it and please do not ask me why. Or wait, I will just give you a brief summary so you do not think I am being too irrational.”“There is this girl. I think a receptionist on the ground floor. Holy sh*t, I can’t believe I am already into office gossip.” She massaged her temple, making Lara chuckle.“I don’t even know her or her name. I just discovered her today. Apparently, she is into Kelvin. She heard about our date last night and came to warn me to stay away from him.”“Unfortunately, she met me sitting on Kelvin’s lap so….”“Holy sh*t, that must be so bloody!”“You cannot imagine!”“I am so sorry about that. And what did Kelvin say?”“He was really pissed! I told him the whole thing is over and I want nothing to do with him.”“And before you start supporting him, you know how triggered I am by office drama? I really want nothing to do with him anymore and I made that clear already.”“That is so sad. I was serio
Once Gloria left, Samantha shut the door, locking it from behind after which she heaved a long sigh. She could not believe that she was having the whole weekend to herself. She missed Princess already but she was rest assured since she was going to be with her brother and sister-in-law. The people she trusts most in her life.Deciding she was going to make this weekend worthwhile, Samantha made her way to the bar area, and reached for her favorite bottle of wine and a glass cup.With the items in her hand, she proceeded to her bedroom and went directly to her adjoined bathroom.She positioned the bottle of wine and glass cup by the counter, and prepared a bath which took a few minutes because she wanted the right temperature. Once that was all set, Samantha undressed, put her clothes away, opened the bottle, and poured some wine into the glass cup, putting both items by the stand beside the bathtub.Remembering something was missing, she dashed into her room naked and reached for her t
Literally, Ethan had more strength than she could ever dream about having but with everything in her, she pushed him away from her and ran straight into the bathroom with her boobs falling out of her silk. night dress.She shut the door behind her and Ethan heard her lock it.He sighed, running his hands through his hair. Heaven knows he does not regret a thing but a little part of him was starting to get anxious of the probability of ruining things already.”“He pulled up his briefs as well as pants, buckled up, and decided to stretch his legs by taking strolls around the room before deciding what to do next.”For the first time since he stepped into her room, Ethan took notice of the details in his environment.Super tidy and beautifully decorated with fine pieces of furniture. It was also spacious too, making him remember how organized his Samantha usually was.Ethan found himself taking steps toward Samantha’s nightstand.When he got there, he picked up the picture frame that was
She stopped what she was doing and turned around to face him. “That was nothing. I was just carried away. I feel absolutely nothing for you. Let that sink into your head and get the f*k out of my house.”“I think we have gone past the stage where we both have to be in denial.”“You may say otherwise but your eyes do not lie.”“What now? You can read my mind by looking into my eyes? What are you again? A soothsayer?”“Don’t do this, Samantha. We are not going to get anywhere by going back and forth!” He said with a pleading voice, trying to direct his eyes to her face and not her naked body. He could not believe this was what he had been missing all this while. Her body has changed so much and he loved it. She now had well-defined curves in the right places which appealed to him the more. The thought of her belonging to another man or another man touching her was sending so much jealousy to his heart already.”“We made love and it was good. I saw the way your body reacted to my touch a