“Of course not. What do you think I am, crazy?” I said to Athena, my younger sister in Spanish. It was a Sunday and I was in the living room of Aziel’s house on a video call with my sister. I’d been there for a few hours ‘cause I’d talked to all my family including my older brother, Julio who had tried to cross the border with me but couldn’t make it. I had spoken to my mom and her sister’s children as well as my aunts and abuela. It wasn’t often that I got to speak to all of them at once ‘cause they were rarely in the same place at the same time but that day happened to be the fourth anniversary of my abuelo’s death so everyone had to come together. “Your skin looks really white and perfect. Your hair looks shiny and perfect. Life there must have been as easy as they say it is. I’m really jealous.” She said in Spanish, sighing at the end of her statement. I almost scoffed at the part she said life must have been easy for me. If only she knew that for the past six years that I’d been
I twirled around, doing a 360 in front of Aziel. “How do I look?” I asked him. I was wearing a double-strapped short black dress with a very low neckline that exposed my chest and little front boobs. My black purse and heels matched my dress and my long natural curly hair was straightened flat to my back, almost touching my butt. My makeup was on fleek and I could say I looked breathtaking. His eyes went over my face leisurely, down to my body before snapping back to my face. He gave a single nod. “Adequate.” I scowled at him. “It took me almost three hours to achieve this look and that is all you have to say?” “Yes.” He deadpanned. “Whatever. I don’t care.” I said before walking over to the Mercedes parked in the garage. I was a bit upset that he didn’t have any other thing to say about my looks beyond that one word. I mean did he even notice that I had to use heat on my hair just because of him, I could have fried my hair if I hadn’t been careful. Why did he say I looked beaut
“Is something the matter, Mr. Walkers?” A man whom the others address as Mr. Storms said. If I’d been told that Aziel Walker could ever lose his cool I would have told the person that they didn’t know whom they were talking about. He picked up his wine glass with the other hand and took an uneasy sip. I bit down on my lip to hide my smile and then slowly started to use his hand to rub myself. I was staring at his side profile but he didn’t dare look at me. He pulled his hand out of my hold from under my dress and picked up his wine glasses again to take another sip. “What could ever be the matter, Mr. Storms.” He said confidently as he regained his composure. The men seemed to dismiss Aziel’s weird behavior and carried on with their conversation.Sometime along the way when no one at the table was watching us, Aziel glanced at me for the first time since I touched myself with his hand. To anyone else watching him, they would have thought his expression remained the same but I kne
“Let’s go take care of that.” Aziel’s words echoed in my head and I started to think that maybe he was finally going to have sex with me. Maybe he had finally decided to forget about the contract and follow what his body wants, what our bodies want. The moment we stepped into Aziel's room, his lips crashed down on mine. He kicked the door close with his foot and in an instant, my feet were no longer touching the ground. Aziel hoisted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist not minding that my dress had ridden up to my waist. I wrapped my arms around his neck and his smooth palm moved up my bare thigh to my waist. As he continued to kiss me, one hand went to the back of my dress to pull down the zipper. His lips were soft, hot, and moist and I couldn't get enough of him. I thought even if I swallowed him whole, it still wouldn't be enough. Both hands palmed my bare ass and squeezed hard before slapping my butt cheek making me squeal. I fisted his hair in my hand, opening my m
It was a Monday morning and I was in the living room feeding my six-month-old daughter when Aziel walked in. “Morning.” He greeted. “Good morning. There’s coffee in the machine if you want some.” He nodded before walking off to the kitchen. When he got back to the living room, Aurora flailed her arms at him telling him to pick her up. Aziel dropped his coffee cup on the coffee table and took Aurora from my hands. “Morning, princess.” He greeted her with a smile, kissing her cheeks and she cackled in his arms. I’d realized a few months ago that she was a dad’s girl. I mean the only time she’d want me to carry her was when she was hungry and after eating, she’d want to go to Aziel immediately. “I can’t believe I carried her for nine months and when through a series of emotions only for her to like you more than she likes me. That girl only sees me as a feeding person.” I feigned annoyance. Aziel chuckled. “That isn’t true Red.” He sat on a couch and settled our daughter in his thig
It was my first day of college and although it was a really exhausting day for me since I had classes all day, I was still so excited to talk to Aurora about my first day of school after seven years. I wanted to tell her about how vast the school was and how large the lecture halls were. How easy it was to get lost even if you had the map with you. How difficult it was for me to tell where the halls for each of my classes were. How nice it felt to be addressed as a student by the professor. I wanted to tell her everything I saw and everyone I met that day because only she had my time and would listen to me without complaining. Aziel would have probably thought me clumsy if I’d told him I bumped into a guy when I was running to my next class or if I’d told him I took the wrong bus home and found myself in an unknown vicinity. He wouldn’t have been able to understand my excitement if I had told him how huge and beautiful I thought the school to be. He’s been rich all his life so huge bu
Many months passed by and it was finally my twenty second birthday. I woke up that morning, extremely excited about my birthday. I’d received loads of wishes at midnight from my college friends, Theo and Alex. And although I appreciated that they all remembered my birthday but the one person I wanted to remember my birthday didn’t seem to remember. It had been that way for my twenty first birthday too, Aziel had forgotten about my birthday too. Theo had been the one to tell Aziel on the night of my birthday that it was my birthday. And although he had apologized then and got me a car the next day as a gift, I couldn’t help but think the same was going to happen that day. As I walked out of my room to the living room, I realized that Aziel had left for work. I frown appeared on my face as I realized that he had forgotten it was my birthday again. He didn’t think to wish me before he left or even send me a birthday message if he was running late. I shook my head and patted my cheeks w
I woke up the next morning with my head in Aziel's chest. I glanced up at him to see that he was still sleeping very peacefully and I thought he looked cute when he was sleeping. Memories of what we did the previous night came back rushing in and then I felt a slight soreness between my legs. I couldn't help but smile at the thought that Aziel and I had finally done the deed after almost two years. I raised my head from his chest and placed a soft kiss on his chest. Our bodies were covered with the comforter so I raised it slightly to peek in it. I smiled when I realized that we were both still fully naked and that just means that we really had sex. I let my hand wander across his smooth muscular chest before gently moving downward and under the comforter till my hand was holding his flaccid member. As I slowly started to stroke him, I felt him getting harder and bigger in my hand. I found it fascinating that although he was still very deep in sleep, his member wasn't. I pulled the
Many weeks have passed and my relationship with Aziel has deteriorated drastically that even our children noticed and it wouldn’t have been that way if I hadn’t entertained Dylan or given a second thought to any of the things he told me. Although I didn’t admit that Aurora was his child, I became less hostile towards him and would even go on coffee dates with him under Aziel’s permission of course. As I started to get closer to Dylan, Aziel and I drifted apart. He indulged more in work and would only speak to me when necessary. He reminded me a lot of his old self, the Aziel I’d had a contract wedding with. Although Aziel never said it out loud, I knew he wasn’t happy with me seeing Dylan. He had told me to do whatever made me happy and it hurt to see that my actions made him less happy. The other day, Reon had asked me why Aziel rarely ate breakfast with us and I’d come up with an excuse about how he had to be at the office before everyone else but I knew it was only about time bef
I left the office late that night around past 9 pm because I was determined to sort out every pending work on my desk. I ended up being the last person to leave the office ‘cause I’d quickly dismissed everyone else in the afternoon. As I walked towards my car parked in the company garage, felt a presence behind me. I didn’t want to know if I’d imagined it or not, I didn’t turn back and instead picked up my pace and hurried over to my car. The person behind me was closing in on me and my heart raced ever faster. Why did I have to park my car so far into the garage? Who was this person following me and what did they want? I could hear the sole of their shoes hitting against the ground. I was walking so fast that I was almost running. I was really scared and thought about calling Aziel but I doubted he would have been able to do anything from where he was. When my car came in sight, I quickly fished out my car key from my purse and pushed the unlock button. I arrived at my car and just
“Aziel.” I said in a small voice, unable to look at him. I couldn’t even deny what he had said because I wasn’t sure if it was the truth or not. I didn’t know if I still had feelings for Dylan or not. I mean my body reacted to him like it had always been but still, that wasn’t enough to conclude that I had feelings for him. It’s been years since I last saw him so it could have just been a one time reaction. “Are you still unable to stop loving him after all these years with me? Are you ever going to stop loving him?” Aziel had never once asked me questions like that. Gone was the usual blank expression on his face, he looked hurt and he wasn’t afraid to let me know that. I felt a dull pang in my chest as I looked at him. He loved me, he’d always made me know that before we got married again (‘cause we had another wedding, a real one this time where my family attended). Although he might not say it often, but he’s told me he loved me before and not once have I ever said it back. “Azi
In the blink of an eye, I comported myself, standing tall with my head held up high even though my heart was thrashing so hard in my ribcage. I held his burning gaze for three seconds before blinking and walking away. As I walked past him, I caught a sniff of his scent. I shut my eyes close and held my breath, preventing myself from perceiving him 'cause his scent was beginning to stir up memories that I had locked for years, memories I had no interest in revisiting. "Wait!" He suddenly said, authoritatively might I add, and unknowingly, I stopped. I stopped. Why did I stop? Why can't I move my legs? I urged my legs to move but they didn't, they couldn't. It almost felt as if I had no control over them and he did the controlling. Like I was a puppet and his voice was just enough to control me. I felt irritated and embarrassed that I waited like he wanted. That even after all these years, his voice still elicited this unexplainable feeling in me. "You are still married..." He s
FIVE YEARS LATER"Mommy!" Reina cried out from somewhere in the house. I could hear the faint knocks on the bathroom door as she knocked on the door with her small hands. "Mommy! Let me in." She cried out again. I quickly rinsed off the soap lather on my face and looked through the glass shower to see that she had managed to let herself in. "What is it, honey? Mommy is taking a shower." She pointed outside the wide-opened bathroom door, her lips were curled downwards and her eyebrows knitted together. "Reon said his dress is prettier than mine! Mommy tell him it's not true! I have the prettiest dress, it's pink and gwOUrgeous and has a cute bow, his is just black and ugly." She stuck out her tongue in distaste. "And he's calling my dress ugly and-and Aurora isn’t taking my side...Mommy come tell him my dress is prettier! I'm prettier, my hair is prettier, my face prettier and he's just jealous of all this beautifulness...Mommy! be fast!" She whined before flailing her arms out in
“Are you going to say something?” I said after a long moment of silence. I hated that I was standing there, crying and on the verge of losing my mind while he looked as calm as the sea as if he hadn’t heard what I’d said. “I—don’t know what to say.” I had been wrong when I’d said he looked as calm as the sea. Yes his expression was calm, completely unfazed by what I’d just said but his voice on the other hand was different. I don’t think there was ever a time I’d heard Aziel sound so confused. He could have hid it with his expression but his voice gave it away that he was thrown off balance by the news. “I mean you’re pregnant that means…I’m going to be a father again. What I don’t understand is why you’re crying? I don’t know what you were thinking but I’m not like that douche. The child is mine and I’m going to assume full responsibility.” I shook my head and the tears in my eyes dropped. “I’m not having this child. I’m not. Not when I was finally getting my life together. How co
Aziel had barely stepped out of the house after receiving an urgent call from work when Athena started to bombard me with questions. “Why did your boss hug you like that? Why was he looking at you like that?” She had a skeptical look in her eyes. “What do you mean? He wasn’t looking at me in any way he shouldn’t be.” I said and tried to change the topic by asking if they wanted me to make breakfast for them but I should have known it wouldn’t be as easy as that. If I hadn’t forgotten that she and my mom would be watching us, I wouldn’t have hugged him or done anything that would make me suspicious. “Of course, he was weirdly looking at you.” She glanced at my mom as if asking for backup. “Isn’t he supposed to be your boss?” “And he is.” “So why did it seem like there’s something more between you two? Why did he look at you as if…as if he was in love with you?” If I’d been drinking something at that moment, I would have sputtered it everywhere. Aziel, in love with me? I wanted to
I woke up the next morning with my head in Aziel's chest. I glanced up at him to see that he was still sleeping very peacefully and I thought he looked cute when he was sleeping. Memories of what we did the previous night came back rushing in and then I felt a slight soreness between my legs. I couldn't help but smile at the thought that Aziel and I had finally done the deed after almost two years. I raised my head from his chest and placed a soft kiss on his chest. Our bodies were covered with the comforter so I raised it slightly to peek in it. I smiled when I realized that we were both still fully naked and that just means that we really had sex. I let my hand wander across his smooth muscular chest before gently moving downward and under the comforter till my hand was holding his flaccid member. As I slowly started to stroke him, I felt him getting harder and bigger in my hand. I found it fascinating that although he was still very deep in sleep, his member wasn't. I pulled the
Many months passed by and it was finally my twenty second birthday. I woke up that morning, extremely excited about my birthday. I’d received loads of wishes at midnight from my college friends, Theo and Alex. And although I appreciated that they all remembered my birthday but the one person I wanted to remember my birthday didn’t seem to remember. It had been that way for my twenty first birthday too, Aziel had forgotten about my birthday too. Theo had been the one to tell Aziel on the night of my birthday that it was my birthday. And although he had apologized then and got me a car the next day as a gift, I couldn’t help but think the same was going to happen that day. As I walked out of my room to the living room, I realized that Aziel had left for work. I frown appeared on my face as I realized that he had forgotten it was my birthday again. He didn’t think to wish me before he left or even send me a birthday message if he was running late. I shook my head and patted my cheeks w