Abigail Hayes~•~I was awoken by my ringtone and for the first time, I wished I had put my phone on silent before going to sleep.I was supposed to be out searching for jobs since I no longer had one, but I wanted to take advantage of my unemployment for a while. Working had been very stressful and I finally understood women who only wanted to stay pretty while their men did all the work to take care of them.I tried to ignore my phone but it rang for the second time, making me groan. I squinted my eyes and saw that it was way past noon. I wasn’t surprised because I spent the night watching movies, only sleeping around three in the morning. However, I didn’t remember giving anyone my number so I couldn’t figure out why an unknown number was calling me.What if it was George? He had been trying to reach me ever since I sent in my resignation letter. I didn’t even have the guts to go to the office and clear my table because I knew he would try to talk to me.Hoping it wasn’t him, I ans
Abigail Hayes~•~I was starting to get used to the elite social circle seeing as I was attending their events a lot. When I started working for George, I never imagined attending these events with him. I understood helping to prepare for such events but attending? He had a wife.When I stopped working for him, I didn’t think I’d be back attending them but a momentary burst of spontaneity had me walking into a very fancy house with Patrick James.I didn’t know what possessed me to say yes to him. It was George. It had to be. Whenever he was around me, I made silly decisions without caring about the consequences. I could only hope he wasn’t part of the so-called close-knit friends.“Have I told you you look stunning today?” Patrick leaned closer to whisper as we entered the living room. Apparently, they had already started but the living room was empty. “Only about fifteen times,” I responded. He had picked me up from my apartment and couldn’t stop telling me how pretty I looked. I wa
George Galanti~•~Abigail gasped as though she wasn’t expecting me.Well, I wasn’t expecting myself to walk out after her. I saw the way my father stared at me as I left but I ignored it. “George, what are you doing in here?”“The same thing you’re doing,” I responded, trapping her to the door. “Taking a break from everyone outside.”She licked her lips and tried to push past me but I didn’t let her. “What if someone saw us coming in together?”“They get paid to keep their mouths shut, Abby. Stop pretending like you don’t know why I am here. You’re driving me crazy.”Abigail frowned.“Will you just let me talk?”Abigail had always been the kind of woman to talk about how she was feeling. Despite being reserved sometimes, she couldn’t hide how she was feeling, but now she had completely shut me out and I hated it. I didn’t know what she was thinking. I didn’t know what conclusion she had drawn up in her head.The last time I saw her, she had said I wasn’t honest with her when I’d bee
Abigail Hayes~•~I didn’t know why George thought he had to explain his life to me. I didn’t ask.I hated the fact that he did though because it kept my mind on him. It made me wonder what kind of family he came from that he had to get married for the sake of it just to keep the pressure off his back. Did his parents consider his feelings or what he wanted at all?But George seemed like the kind of man who didn’t give a damn about anything. He was the kind of man that did things for himself. I understood that his parents held a special place in his heart but things became complicated when they didn’t have his best interests at heart.I didn’t know much about them but I didn’t like them already.As for Christine, there was only one logical reason for the scene she created that day. If all that George said was true, then she had fallen in love with him. That, or she thought she had some sick ownership over him.As I returned to the table, Patrick turned to look at me. “Is something goi
Abigail Hayes~•~“Why the fuck do you mean by your pregnant!?”“Shhh.” I shushed Maya aggressively even if we were the only ones in our apartment. “Be quiet.” For some reason, I thought saying it out loud would make it come true. I hadn’t done any tests so I wasn’t certain. “I said there’s a possibility.”I hadn’t told Maya as soon as I suspected it. I had waited one more week to observe things. I’d done extensive research on Google just to make sure I truly had pregnancy signs. I didn’t want it to be true, which was why I kept hoping they would be signs of something else, like a minor sickness.Don’t get me wrong. I had nothing against babies, but just not at this age. What would my mom think of me? I didn’t have a husband yet. Hell, I wasn’t even in a relationship. My mom had always warned us about having safe sex, but I met George and all I knew about safe sex flew out the window.If we thought about it, it was both our faults. We fucked raw without thinking about the consequences
Abigail Hayes~•~I stood in front of the building I’d been working in a month ago. My feet were rooted in place and I couldn’t find it in me to move at all.I was scared of what was going to happen when I finally walked in and told George the news. Would he even listen to me? Would he think I was lying? Just a few days ago, I’d told him I didn’t want anything to do with him and here I was, standing in front of his company, too afraid to go in.“Abigail?” A hesitant voice called out and I turned around, instantly plastering a smile on my face. “I thought that was you,” Zara said warmly. “What are you doing here? I thought you quit?”I nodded. “I came to clear out my desk.”I was one month late but that sounded like the best excuse I could give.“Mr. Galanti already cleared it out, but the box is in your former office though.”I bit my bottom lip, nodding again. How eager was he to get me out of his life that he went through the trouble of clearing out my desk for me? “I’ll go and get
Abigail Hayes~•~George didn’t stop breathing. He didn’t stop trying. He didn’t pause. He didn’t freeze. He didn’t make any indication that he heard me. He was still as calm as ever. I was confused.“I said I’m pregnant.”“I heard you the first time.”So he did hear me. Why was he acting like he didn’t then? “Why aren’t you saying anything?”“What do you mean?”“I just told you I’m pregnant.”“Again, I heard you. I’m just wondering why you’re telling me this piece of information.”My mouth dropped open. What the fuck was that even supposed to mean? There was only one reason I was telling him and I didn’t think he was that dense that he wouldn’t know why. He finally stopped typing again, then stood up to round his table.He leaned back on the table, folded his arms across his chest, and stared at me. “Why did you come all the way here to tell me that you’re pregnant?”I blinked, stunned. He couldn’t be any more different from the man I used to know. “Maybe because you’re responsible f
Abigail Hayes~•~I didn’t have a picture of George Galanti.If I did, I would have printed it out and made holes in several parts of it, especially his eyes seeing as I had the strongest urge to poke them.I hated him so damn much and I hated the fact that he was constantly on my mind. It was worse because now, I was carrying his child. There was no way I was going to forget about him now.And he didn’t even care. He didn’t try to take responsibility. I’d said I didn’t expect anything from him and would accept any reaction he gave, but I just didn’t expect him to think I was trying to trap him with a baby. I wasn’t that stupid.Sure, he had lots of money but if I wanted to spend his money, all I had to do was to continue fucking him. He liked spending on me anyway. The only reason he limited it was so I wouldn’t complain about it.“How did it go?”My head snapped up and I saw that Maya was standing in front of me. I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t even hear her come in.I le