Amy looked at Nicholas, black orbs to blue orbs, her gaze unwavering. He didn’t seem to be backing down any time soon, and he stared at her head-on.Amy looked away; his gaze was too hot for her to handle, and she looked back at Mary. Her eyes were pleading that she should let it be and let them go. But Amy couldn’t let that happen. She had been with Mary since she came here, and she knew just how much Nicholas had hurt her, and she vowed that no one was going to hurt her friend again."That is alright; I am coming.""Amy. You can’t do this; you need to stay here; I will be fine." Mary pleaded, gently squeezing her hand."I don’t care if you will be fine or not, but I am coming with you. I am not leaving you in the hands of a man who threw you out." Nicholas whined as he heard that, and Amy eyed him in distaste. "Who knows what he would do next time?""Look. Amy, or whatever you are called, I won’t tolerate any disrespect; I know my action wasn’t exactly good, but the last thing I wil
They all sat on the sofa, with Nicholas and Mary sitting together while Amy and Cameron sat on the adjacent sofa, silence reigning over them.The tension in the air was so thick that a knife could cut through it, and no one was willing to say anything."Alright, that is enough; I can’t continue pretending we are all mute." Cameron said he was shifting outward. "While we are still gathering our thoughts, we could maybe get to know each other. There are new faces here.""Sure, not like we don’t already know." Amy shrugged."Alright. I am Cameron, and that is Nicholas." Cameron said, and he waited for someone to introduce themselves. But neither Mary nor Nicholas could be bothered, so Amy sighed, deciding to do it."I’m Amy, Mary’s friend. I don’t think I need to introduce Mary since she is the protagonist here. Yeah, and that is all." Amy said, and everywhere became silent again."Who is the child’s father?" Nicholas started, wasting no time. He needed to know the father of the child, s
Mary climbed the stairs back to her room, and she opened the door to see Amy and Cole already in bed. Cole was already sleeping, and a little smile plagued his lips."Thank you for watching him." Mary said, walking towards the bed. She looked down at her son with love-filled eyes, and she leaned down to press a kiss on his forehead. "Goodnight." She whispered to him."It’s no problem. I had begun to think you weren’t going to go back upstairs." Amy replied, watching them."Sorry, I was held down by something." Mary was explaining, but they heard a knock on the door, and she kept quiet. "Come in, please." Mary said, and Cameron came in, dragging two boxes behind him."Where should I put these? Cameron asked, gesturing to the bags."Don’t worry, I will take over from here. Thank you for the help." Mary said as she got up from the bed and padded towards him."You are welcome. I will be taking my leave now," Cameron replied, and he was about to head towards the door when he noticed Amy o
The familiar iPhone ringtone blared out, disturbing the quiet room, and everyone reached to their pockets since they all owned one. But it turned out to be Mary’s.Nicholas gently placed Cole in his cot, and he went back to his seat, watching as Mary picked up her phone. He didn’t know when a wave of anger would come to him. But he was a little happy for her.He was angry that she had left the phone he had given her; if only she had carried it, it would have been easy to track her. But at the same time, he was happy that she had been living fine enough to get a phone.A nice phone at that. Now he felt stupid that he had been worried about her and her wellbeing. After he had the talk with his dad, Nicholas had problems sleeping well. He had been worried that he had cast her away to the street, and she had ended up begging or even worse.But it was obvious she was fine; she even had the money to get a phone. An iPhone at that. Those things don’t come cheap, and they wouldn't be easy for
"Nicholas." Mary fisted his head as she moaned his name. She looked down at the erotic scene, and she could almost cum from what she saw.Nicholas was sucking on her sensitive nipple; his eyes were closed and in bliss. It wasn’t until she saw his throat move that she knew that he had swallowed. Then it occurred to her.Nicholas was sucking her breast! That was still filled with milk!But gosh, it felt so good. She threw her head back, her eyes closed, as the sensations racked through her. She weakly gripped his hair as she tried to prevent him from doing that."Nicholas." She whined, but it was more of a moan than a protest, and he continued his administration.Finally, he left her nipple, dragging the pink bud with his teeth, and it squirted some milk on his chin. Nicholas' hands reached to where the milk had spilled, and he cleaned it with his fingers, bringing the same finger to his mouth and sucking it."Hmm, delicious." He smiled as he licked his finger clean. Mary flushed red, a
The couple collapsed onto the bed after that intense round of fucking and discovering each other’s bodies. Their chests rose and collapsed in unison as they tried to catch their breath. "That was wonderful. Nicholas said, turning to his side to look at his wife. Her hair was tousled all over the bed, and her cheeks were flushed from the blood rushing to her cheeks, but in that moment, she had never looked more beautiful to Nicholas. "Yea." Mary said, after a while, still slightly out of breath. The orgasm had been intense and had left her mind jumbled enough for her to think of any logical reason. The reason they had come to the room was long forgotten. Nicholas reached and tucked her hair behind her ears, all his focus on her. Now that he was experiencing post-nut clarity, he wondered why he had thrown Mary out because he couldn’t find a logical reason. "I’m sorry." Nicholas whispered, and Mary looked up to meet his eyes. His blue eyes seemed to twinkle like stars, and they seeme
"Sometimes, I think I hate you." Mary declared, and Nicholas was mute for a moment, his ears ringing from the confession. If she hated him, does that mean she was going to leave? If she decided to leave him, he was going to have to grant it to her because he couldn’t hold her here without her consent. That was the least he could do after everything he had done to her. "But I can’t because I love you." Mary said, and Nicholas whipped up his head so fast, thinking he had misheard it. At least there was still hope for him. "I’m truly sorry for the way I treated you, Mary. It was no one's fault but mine, and I know that now. But I am ready to make this right; please give me a chance." Nicholas pleaded, his voice sounding sincere. Mary looked up at him, the sincerity shining in his eyes, or that was what she wanted to see. In her heart, she prayed that Nicholas was being truthful. "I don’t know if I can do that, Nicholas; you have hurt me so much. My heart still aches from the betraya
Mary watched as Amy went outside. She wanted to call her, but she couldn’t find it in her to do so. "Do something, Mary." Her conscience was pricking her, but she refused. Instead, she continued nursing Cole, who was oblivious to all that was happening. He was just content with his food. Mary watched as her best friend went out the door and probably out of her life. Maybe it was for the best. Amy had done a lot for her, and she will forever be grateful to her, but it was time she went and lived her life. Amy stormed down the stairs; each step she took away from the room only seemed to make the rage expand. She couldn’t believe Mary had let her go like that just for some scumbag who she was sure was going to still fuck up. Maybe it was survival instinct, but Amy was wary of people like this. Plus, everything about his arrival has been suspicious, hence why she believed he was after something. She met Nicholas and Cameron in the loving room, trying to lift the baby furniture into th
Mary didn’t end up getting a divorce.No matter how she tried, Nicholas refused to sign the papers. But they got separated.She had moved out of the mansion to get her own accommodations in a bid to find herself. She had gotten a new apartment away from the hustle and bustle of New York City.She was willing to start afresh, and she hoped that the new environment would help.His friends have been against it, especially Helena, seeing she had moved there in search of her and was given a job by Nicholas.But Mary had reassured her that there was no need for all that. Helena had no issue with Nicholas, so there was no need to try to quit her job.But Mary had refused Nicholas help; I mean, there was no need to when she had his credit card and did whatever she wanted with it.But she had chosen to spend it wisely.She had gotten a job as a model for a small clothing line that deals with curvy ladies, and Mary liked every bit of it. She got free clothes every now and then, so it was an adde
The next day, Mary was no better; no matter how much Nicholas had tried to seek an audience with her, she always found a way to escape. Gone are the days when she was the one begging for his attention.She didn’t have such time; instead, she had taken to exploring—a harmless one, though.It began when Nicholas had come back from work rather early, unlike his usual self, and he found a strange lady sitting in his living room and his son playing around the house.Nicholas was alarmed, and he entered quietly in order not to startle the lady while his hands reached for his phone to call 911."Oh, you are back. Good evening, Mr. Harrington. I will be taking my leave now." The lady stood up to go, but Nicholas prevented her."Who are you, and why are you in my house?" Nicholas asked; he still had the police on speed dial and was ready to call them if necessary."I am the babysitter your wife hired. Here." She stood up and handed him something that seemed to be a card. Nicholas eyed the card
"Oh fuck." Mary cursed as she saw the doctor approaching her. The only time she decided to unwind and let loose was when he decided to be here.She sighed, lifting her eyes to the sky; only there was a ceiling preventing her. Why was the universe out to get her?"Well hello? Mary, is it?""Oh hi. Lewis." Mary greeted him cheerfully, still slightly tipsy from all the drinks. "Fancy seeing you here?"Lewis chuckled, finding her assuming. "I should be asking you that. I live here, and I am familiar with some people here. You are the one that is sort of a stranger here.""Yea. I live.." She gestured outside the door and frowned. Where exactly did she live again?"Let me pour you a drink." The bartender said to Lewis, already reaching for a bottle of wine on the shelf."There is no need for that. I am not staying long." He refused the drink."Oh, that is alright. You can pour me his share; I would take it." Mary offered and swerved to grab the glass. But a firm hand stopped her."I don’t t
Mary stormed to her room, bolting the door as she got in and headed straight for the sofa. She dumped herself on it and continued eating from her bowl of fruit, but she was seething inside.The audacity he had. How dare he come back home after so long? The only thing he could say was, "Hey, I got your message."Mary was seething in her seat. Has he always been this nonchalant and uncaring, or has she just been ignoring it all this time? She couldn’t help but wonder.Well, it didn’t matter what the answer was because it ends today. She was done being the doormat he could just toss aside. Starting today, it was a new Mary.She stilled as she heard footsteps coming close to her door, and her ears perked as they listened for movements. But the footsteps stopped just in front of her door, and there was silence.The footsteps resumed, but this time away from her, and Mary sighed in frustration.He was such a coward.If she could have her way, she would have spent the rest of her day in her
The surgery was successful, and they removed her appendix, but Mary was required to stay in the hospital for monitoring for another day. It was to be for two days, but she had refused, threatening to leave on the same day, so they came to a compromise, and it was for an extra day.She had been away from her son for so long—the first of a kind—and she was starting to get worried. She could imagine he would be crying his tiny lungs out, and she couldn't bear to think of that.She had woken up from the surgery with a foggy head and tenderness in her abdomen, and as usual, she was alone. She didn’t bother checking up on her phone for any messages from Nicholas because it was already obvious he didn’t care.He had yet to reply to her message from two days ago, so there was no way he would be here.With nothing to do, her mind began to wander to different places, but most especially to Nicholas, or rather, her unfortunate relationship with Nicholas.After minutes of deliberating about the a
The kind doctor, whose name Mary hadn’t bothered to learn, had taken an interest in her, and he had been helping her run the hospital stuff.He was lucky enough to be able to fix an operation for her with the surgeon the next day, so she had to be hospitalized.Mary spent most of the day sleeping in; the drug they had given her was making her feel drowsy, so she didn’t know when time passed by.But the young doctor had taken it upon himself to look into her case, especially when he found out she had no one with her.He had taken it upon himself to always check in on her when he wasn’t so busy, making sure she was well covered and the pillow was comfortable for her, and Mary appreciated the gestures.Her head had been fuzzy from all the drugs they had been pumping into her, and she was slippy in and out of consciousness.She had woken up later in the evening to see her phone swimming in a sea of messages and calls. All from Amy. Mary didn’t hesitate to call her, and she waited as the c
The mini-get-together ended on a high note, and it was safe to say that the three had become best friends, and Mary couldn’t be happier.It was easy since Helena and Amy had similar characteristics and were able to get along easily. She was happy that she had two females she could rely on, and Cole had two aunties who loved him dearly and would spoil him rotten.Everything was slowly looking up for her; even her academics have been going well. It wasn't as easy as it felt, but with time it had gotten easier for her, and she dare say she was enjoying the classes.But one thing was still stagnant. She and Nicholas were yet to make any headway.In fact, it had become so bad that she couldn’t remember the last time she and her husband saw eye-to-eye. It was Cole who had been keeping her company; otherwise, the house would become too suffocating for her.At least she had Netflix, and there was always food around, so she used that to comfort herself.Mary has been feeling some pain in her s
While Helena may not be living with them, the girls were still communicating as Helena was able to get a new phone and they had gotten really close.Mary had been the happiest since Amy came back, and she was happy to have her friend close by. Everything seems to be looking up for her.It was just to introduce her friends to each other that was left. Amy had no idea how Helena looked, and neither did Helena. Although Mary has mentioned them to each other, she has been planning how to bring them closer so it would be a sisterhood.It was the weekend, and that means Nicholas was out of town for a meeting. I mean, when is he never out? Mary barely sees him nowadays, so she arranged the meeting at her house.She was preparing the meal that they were going to have, all while praying that they liked each other. It would make her life easier if it were so. At least Cole would have two aunts, and he could be taking turns passing the night at their house.She had put the last batch of muffins
Helena is here.The words were something Mary thought she would never hear, and it was as if they weren’t true, but her childhood friend turned sister was in the living room, sitting and waiting for her, and Mary didn’t know how to act."Get your act together, Mary; it is just Helena." She said to herself as she stood in front of the mirror.It had all begun when Cameron called her that one Helena was in his home and wanted to see her. She hadn’t believed it at first and thought he was playing a fast one on her, so she had asked him to bring her over.And it turned out he wasn’t lying. Helena was actually heard.But she saw them as they were getting out of the car, and she panicked and ran to her bedroom."It will be fine. It is just Helena." She said to the reflection of the mirror, and she heard Cole huff as if in agreement with her.She went towards her son, who was attempting to stand on his own, and she picked him up. He let out a cry, angry that he was disturbed. But Mary ruffl