NEW YORK ~SIENNA~ As I walked outside the driveway to the car, I swore under my breath and slipped Sebastian’s business card inside my handbag. When I got inside the car at the back, Zac’s eyes were burning on my skin, and he looked very angry. But he didn’t say a word until we got inside our ho
NEW YORK, FEB 2010 ~SEBASTIAN~ “Do you, Anastasia River, take Samuel Frost as your husband?” “I do.” My heart shattered as I watched her get married to my brother. It was as if someone dug their hand inside my chest and squeezed my heart until there was nothing left in it. I stood up and cla
PRESENT DAY NEW YORK ~SIENNA~ “Sienna?” “Meet me where we first met,” I said and then hung up the call and slipped my phone inside my handbag. My heart broke a little when I realized that I was heading to the same bar that I regretted ever setting foot at ten years ago. I wished that I had
NEW YORK ~SEBASTIAN~ After Sienna hung up the call on me, I did a quick U-Turn and headed straight to Highveld Bar. It wasn’t far from where I was. I was just a couple of kilometers away as I was just coming back from a restaurant to get takeaways and heading home. On my way there, I called th
NEW YORK ~SIENNA~ As soon as Uber arrived and I got inside the back, I couldn’t stop the tears that started falling. It felt like an old wound had been opened. I wasn’t crying because I saw him and walked away, hoping that I was never going to see him again. But I was crying because he was with
NEW YORK, NOV 2009 ~SEBASTIAN~ “Oh come on, Sebby, it’s going to be fun. You just have to loosen up a little.” Anastasia said as she and my brother tried to convince me to go to a seaside resort with them to celebrate their engagement instead of working my butt off all the time. I rolled my ey
PRESENT DAY NEW YORK ~SIENNA~ “Do you want to spend the night or should I accompany you to your hotel?” Daphne asked as she brought me another cup of coffee. She was my hero. “I can go back to the hotel in the morning if you don’t mind,” I answered as I accepted the cup of coffee from her and
NEW YORK ~SIENNA~ When I woke up in the morning, I felt like I'd been hit by a truck. My head was spinning, and it was as if I was catching a bad flu. I groaned and turned over to find that Zac was not in bed. I looked at the time, and it was 5 AM. I felt relieved when I realized that at least
NEW YORK ~SIENNA~ Sebastian and I were pacing up and down outside Daphne's hospital ward, impatiently waiting for her doctor to come and tell us if she was going to be alright. After we found her unconscious in her apartment in Michigan, Sebastian suggested that we fly her over to New York and a
MICHIGAN ~DAPHNE~ "Come on, I won't hurt you. I know you want this as much as I do, love," Elias whispered in my ear in the bathroom. "I can't, Elias. Luke is sleeping, and besides that, I gave birth 5 weeks ago and can't -" "You can suck my dick if I can't penetrate," he said as he licked my e
NEW YORK ~SIENNA~ "No, baby, no," I cried. "You can't do this to me. Not now. We have a baby on the way. We need you. We all need you, please," I leaned down on his chest and cried. He was bleeding and losing a lot of blood. But when I heard the police siren sound in the distance, I felt a bit r
MICHIGAN ~DAPHNE~ "Mr. Martinez sent us to bring you this, Miss," two delivery boys reported as they gave me two boxes of gifts. "Oh, thank you." I smiled at them as I took the gifts and closed the door after I was done signing on their clipboard. It had only been two days, but I couldn't cou
NEW YORK ~ARIANNA~ "Tell me when you're home," Noah stated as I hopped out of the Uber outside my house. I had forgotten that I left through the backyard gate as I went to the main gate and asked for security to open up for me. "Yes, I'm home. You can chill now, Rambo." "Rambo?" I chuckled
MICHIGAN ~DAPHNE~ I hardly slept a wink that night, scared of what could happen to me and little Luke if I even closed my eyes for an hour after receiving threatening texts from Luke's wife. After tossing and turning non-stop, I finally got up from the bed, went to the closet, and started packin
NEW YORK ~SIENNA~ "You're in my den, assholes." Lawrence snarled. "It's either my way or the highway." Sebastian and I were caught off guard when four men emerged from hiding in the room and pointed their guns at us. I swore under my breath, just thinking that we were in deep shit the moment I
MICHIGAN ~DAPHNE~ (KNOCK KNOCK) I jumped when I heard the sudden knock on the door late in the afternoon. Ever since my last call with Ian last night, it had been quiet, and I was so sure that he had decided to stay out of my hair and left me alone. I was still healing from giving birth and
NEW YORK ~SIENNA~ "Don't worry, once your husband gets here, maybe I will go easy on you." Lawrence whispered in my ear after getting me tied up on a chair. "I never did anything to you. Why are you doing this to me? I don't understand because you're the one who ended our relationship when you f