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Stacy thought long about Liam's suggestion the entire weekend and as she drove to work on Monday, with so many thoughts in her mind that were supporting the reasons why she should agree to the suggestion instantly. She didn't know if Liam could truly get Carlton changed from being her home client, but she wasn't sure she would have a definite answer, even if he would do it for her. 'Was she really willing to change Carlton even if she hated that he was making her feel so guilty?' she thought endlessly. Ever since she left his house the previous week with the atmosphere around him heavy with distance, the weight of how awkward the situation ended, bore on her shoulders wearily, and left her drained with the disturbing speculations of how to handle things between her and Carlton. Though she knew it was weird to handle the fact that she and him were once married with levity, she at least wanted to make something work between them, even if it wasn't marriage. 'If she couldn't be enough
Stacy had her mind constantly scrutinized by the thought of the embarrassment which flooded through her like tidal waves, and engulfed every inch of her being as they replayed the unlikely situation that happened between her and Carlton over and over again.It took extra effort to help him from the floor after he reflexively rolled off her body after their face bumped further, and he tried to stand up hastily to save his mortification too. However, it wasn't easy to stand on his own, which ended up with Stacy helping him back on the chair and into the house. She shook her head in pity and blamed herself endlessly, because of how guilty she felt for causing him further pain instead of helping him to get better. If only she had not played a prank on him, made him lose his balance, and made their lips….. Oh!"I am so sorry this happened, Mr. Howard. I didn't intend for it to be like this. I just wanted to help," she apologized profusely as she pushed him on the wheelchair back into the h
"How was your day? You look so tired," Nadia asked Stacy as soon as she opened the door after it rang, just moments after drying her hair from leaving the bathroom. "You are home," Stacy's face brightened up at the sight of Nadia, as she hugged her with a big smile on her face. Living in the same house with her had made her life change better than she thought it would, and it cured the boredom of having to live in the same building with a hundred unknown others. "Yeah, I got off work early today," Nadia pulled her inside in that embracing position with an endearing motherly smile, "I made dinner. Go and have your bath and come eat every good thing I cooked for you," she added. "You are the best," Stacy pouted cutely with a thankful grin and entered her room instantly to have her bath to wash out every stress out of her body. It had been a long day. After she left Carlton's house, she drove for almost forty minutes to a coffee shop that was far from the city, so that she could get t
Carlton's heart had been bound by the same weariness ever since he met Stacy again, and seeing their relationship after meeting one another degraded even more by misunderstandings made him frustrated. As usual, sleep evaded him with anxiety nestling nonstop at the corners of his mind at night, and he faced pain that consumed him like a dark cloud and followed him relentlessly without a bright day to offer. The guilt of having to toss away the one good person he had and landing in a hot mess afterward, drowned him endlessly in a deafening silence of loneliness. He had never ever thought that they would ever meet again, and that she would ever become his doctor or that they would ever share the same space for hours in a day. However, from the moment they met again as doctor and patient, everything had become a jumbled ball of mess. Their lives had become tethered once again. Carlton had thought in his heart that time would help him and Stacy find a part to tread on peacefully with on
"You should raise your legs a bit above this level, and then try to match up with the pace of the leg press. We will go for two minutes and then increase the weight and number of minutes with time," Stacy stood in front of Carlton as she re-positioned his legs on the machine, and helped him get ready for the exercise. She was dressed in comfortable sports clothes that she had brought along intending to make him exercise, and also wanted to ensure that she would not rile him up till their session for the day ended. She wanted to have her first successful training day with him. "Please inform me when it gets too uncomfortable. We do not want you to push beyond your limits," she constantly reminded him as his legs went back and forth, steadily for many minutes, while she had in her hand a stopwatch to record his progress from the previous records she had gone through. Carlton continued the exercise carefully and calculatively with so many thoughts in his mind, which was centered on
Nadia's head hung tiredly by the side of the bus she had entered home, with her mind wandering endlessly in the weariness of the unexpected fact that she had just stumbled upon. It was so unbelievable to know that the new doctor who was even better in attitude than every other person in their department, was a direct offspring of the family that owned the hospital. 'How unbelievable!'"Nadia……" Stacy's voice trailed happily as soon as she heard the door open, and walked up to welcome the only friend of hers, who she had been expecting since she got home. "Hey babe," Nadia smiled. "Come in," she greeted and tugged Nadia's cheeks as she made her way inside, "You look tired," Stacy observed looking at the stress etched upon her face, "Come, I cooked something nice for you already," she added as she ushered her in. As they both sat in the dining room to eat the waffles and chicken that Stacy made for dinner, Nadia's mind continued to wander endlessly in thoughts of how she would act ar
"Please, hold my hand and try to stand up," Stacy offered to Carlton as soon as she pushed him to the garden, as she readied her mind for whatever would come out of trying to make him exercise his legs by walking.'Last time, it didn't end well,' she reminded herself. "Do you think that is a nice idea, doctor? I have weight and you have a smaller body frame. We can both fall if I miss my steps," Carlton speculated as he stared into her eyes with doubt, remembering what happened between them not quite long ago at the same place. Stacy darted her eyes instantly to another direction when it felt as if his eyes would bore deep into her soul and answered, "Please, do not bother about that. Just watch my steps and do as I tell you." "I can use the walker instead," he persisted again but she smiled instead. "I have my reasons, Mr. Howard," she assured, and knelt before him to adjust the pads that she had attached to his knees. She also checked the ones around his elbow to be sure they
"Please, Mr. Howard. A friend is coming in my car. It developed a minor fault this morning. Can you talk to the security at the neighborhood gate? They have confirmed the car bio-data, but they want to be sure that it is not stolen," Stacy walked up to meet Carlton during their break time, after Liam called her that he had fixed her car and brought it. It was his day off, and he offered to do it willingly for her that morning when he called, and was told by her that the car developed a minor fault. James was the one who had gone to pick her up at the gate as early as she could that morning, after she called him to inform him about what happened. "Sorry for the inconvenience. It is for security reasons," he answered her instantly, and grabbed his phone immediately to text James to inform them. He was feeling so rejuvenated after he went up to take his bath again, while the housekeeper served a compulsory lunch that Stacy asked for. "Thank you," she murmured gratefully and proceeded
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It was a beautiful morning at a big, luxurious wedding hall, where every detail had been meticulously crafted to exude a sense of elegance and sophistication, and Carlton and Stacy stood at the altar holding their hands and gazing into each other’s eyes with a synchronizing smile curving their lips, as they prepared to take their wedding vows. Stacy donned a voluminous luxurious lacy white gown of exquisite and intricate adorning diamond that shimmered with fierce intensity of beauty, as she looked so radiant like a celestial being before the altar. Her veil softly framed her beautiful face like a halo, as she held a bouquet, her eyes illuminating so much affection for the man that was standing beside her. Carlton was daunting and dashingly ethereal in his custom-made black suit, his tousled, dark hair framing his breathtaking beauty and piercing beautiful eyes, which were a mesmerizing shade of deep blue that gazed into Stacy's eyes, with sheer happiness radiating within him. G
It was still the early hours of the morning, and the atmosphere was still quite dampened with barely any sign of sunlight, when Carlton entered the room to find Stacy still sleeping. He shook her shoulder tenderly and teased around her face, as she stirred for a few seconds without waking up. Then again, Carlton whispered something into her right ear as she remained in her deep slumber, which aroused a ticklish feeling in her as her hand tried to rub her ear. “Wake up,” Carlton whispered with a smile, and she finally turned in response to his barely audible voice, her eyes flickering awake, even if she was still slightly groggy. “What is going on, Carl?” she mumbled tiredly as a yawn escaped her lips, but a smile curved his lips instead as his hands grabbed her body and pulled her up from the bed, “What time is it?”“Shhhh. You will wake the kids up,” he cautioned, seeing that she was chuckling quite loudly, as she planted a kiss on her cheek and neck, “Put on something and follo
Months flew by faster than expected, and Stacy had been living her best life with Carlton after Nadia moved to Phoenix with Liam. They kept in close contact through video calls and phone calls, telling one another about the new things they were now invested in and how the new city moved in. Nadia launched her new book after she moved to Phoenix, and better than she thought it would be, it was doing excellently well through the influence of her lovely lover, and social media, which gained her thousands of followers in less than six months. And with the brilliant response and love she received for her medical romance book, she started a sequel. She and Liam moved to the penthouse of a hundred-floor skyscraper in one of the wealthy neighborhoods in the city, which had the best view that she could ever wish for as a home. More than anything, Nadia's life had changed beautifully, more than she could have ever imagined, because of the people she got to meet in her life. Within those few
“Arhhhhhhhhh. I am feeling the heat,” muttered Jasmine, who kept chuckling endlessly as she watched the two endearing couples. “This is making me hate that I am single,” Fiona rolled her eyes playfully and took a glance at Connor, whose attention had been on her for a few seconds, which caused both of them to look away instantly. “Please, do not gloat about your sweet love in our presence,” Jasper whined with a chortle, as everyone giggled wildly as they nudged one another. Natasha raised her glass in a toast amid the sweet public display of affection, “To friendship, and new beginnings!” She declared, her high-pitched voice reverberating everywhere in the garden. Everyone around them lifted their glasses, joining in the toast with cheers and clinking glasses, as they continued to engage in light conversations, while getting prepared for a new dimension of the party. As the evening progressed, the party moved to the center of the garden, where a large open space had been cleared
It was the night of Stacy's baby shower and the party that Nadia had planned went better than anyone could have imagined, especially because of the additional guests that were invited, who were mostly Stacy's and Liam's colleagues from medical school. She invited Ryan too, but he was far out of the country and would not be able to make it. The garden in the mansion was transformed beautifully into a perfect banquet, and the soft hum of beautiful music played in the background, blending seamlessly with the laughter and chatter of the people present, as they ate and drank with their faces lit with joy and merriment. Liam and Stacy stood by one of the tables as they welcomed their few friends from the party that was invited from their medical school, while Nadia invited about four people from her new department at the WILLAND hospital without minding the ordeal everyone's tongues had put her through in the hospital. “I still can't believe you are having a baby!” One of their friends
It had been almost two weeks since Stacy came back into Carlton's life, and their most torrid glow of love had been rekindled countless times so that they couldn't even keep a record anymore. They could not stop snuggling into each other at every moment like young puppies. He was spending his vacation time with her as he had planned to do before, as they caught up with everything they had missed, while he had to spend time with her, and accompanied her to the hospital for her medical checkup. Stacy asked him to keep the house and not move out as he planned, since the entire estate belonged to him, because every memory that they had cherished together was made in the house. It was a beautiful moment when she talked about starting a family together with him in that same house. It was no old news anymore that he was seen spotted with a pregnant woman in a facecap at different places, as media houses blew up with headlines, wondering who the strange lady he was seen with was. It broug
“I am sorry it took this long to come back,” Stacy whispered softly, her heart aching terribly the more she saw the sullen expression etched upon his face as he gazed incredulously at her. He was finding it so hard to believe that it was truly her. Tears streamed down Carlton's face as he slowly buried his head in her shoulder, when he could finally comprehend in his head that it was truly her, “I thought I lost you forever, Stace,” he choked out, his voice laced with so much angst, breaking, “Where have you been? I… I searched for you everywhere.” She sobbed softly, clutching at him with her arms wrapped around his back as if her life depended on it, “I… am so sorry,” she whispered, “I ... .just lost my mind, you know. The truth was too much for me to bear.” “I am so sorry, Stace,” Carlton's voice was heavy as he apologized, “I am so sorry for making you go through a lot by yourself. Please forgive me,” he implored her deeply. “I am more sorry, Carlton. I shouldn't have been sel
TWO MONTHS LATER It had been the longest days of Carlton's life, and he could not even remember how long it had been because he was back to the same pathetic state Stacy met him months ago, when he had just silently lived the saddest and most pathetic life without her. He had begun working from a tiny space in a suffocating and tight space where he separated himself from the world and the world of his own mind, which haunted him with sadness and a pressing weight of depression with which he had no idea when it would end. Though the company was back on track because he had distracted himself by working restlessly to surpass his goals for the remaining half of the year in just a few weeks, he had been like a ghost, haunting the light of the deep darkness that had taken over his happiness. After Alison's cremation, he had sent a lot of emails to Hudson to talk to him, and had even journeyed to his company on several occasions to see him, but every one of his efforts to get through