"You're soaking wet for me," He murmured, his warm breath dancing across my skin, sending shivers down my spine. His thumb traced a gentle path along my jaw, his touch igniting a spark within me. His eyes gleamed with a raw hunger, their intensity making my heart skip a beat. I felt a flutter in my chest, despite the warning bells ringing in my mind. "Say it" he whispered, his lips inches from mine. 'Say you want me, Maya.' I hated him. I knew I shouldn't be doing this. He had hurt me before, and I shouldn't be giving him the power to hurt me again. But I couldn't deny that I still had some feelings for him. After all, I had loved him before I even knew what love meant. I was certain he'd hurt me again. This time, I wasn't sure I'd ever recover from it. I closed my eyes and whispered the words that would certainly lead to my doom " I want you" . . . After being humiliated and abandoned by her in-laws, Maya found herself working as a stripper to make ends meet for herself and her baby. A few years later, she came back determined to exert revenge on all those who wronged her. But she was faced with some conflicted emotions. How would she deal with this? Will she let go of her grudges and forgive the people who hurt her? Or will she make them pay at all costs?
Lihat lebih banyakChapter 13.Maya pov I don't want it to end, the moment shared with him and my daughter marked the end of the world and everlasting one.I noticed the vision getting more blurry, the thick fog surrounding me dissolving around me as I felt an intense pull from another side.“Maya! Maya!” The tension in the voice and the subsiding pain I felt around my cheeks all seemed an entirely new realm to me.I felt the voice getting sharper, the tension getting clearer with the echoes that surrounded the voice. The more I tried to go back the more the voice grew, the fog dissolving.“Hey…Maya! Maya!!”I blinked away the blurriness adjusting to the new sight unfolding right in front of me.I exchanged gazes with different faces, known and unknown.I was so confused about my state, hoping to rectify the empty pieces in my memory; I checked around, and that was when I realized I was in the hospital.The clothes, the gown, and the strange faces I found out to be the Nurse and the doctor. Mindsets in
Maya'sThe days were beginning to feel different—not necessarily better, but different. There was a softness in the air, in the way the light came through the curtains, and even in the way people moved around the house. It wasn't peace, not yet, but it was close enough to let me breathe without pain.Alex had been consistent. He didn't press or demand. He didn’t try to rewrite the past. Instead, he just showed up—every morning, every night, for our daughter, for me. At first, it felt like a performance, something he would grow tired of. But days turned to weeks, and the performance never stopped. It started to feel real. Real enough to scare me.One evening, Grandma invited me to join her in the garden. The sun was low, golden light bathing the flowers. I sat beside her on the old wooden bench while she pruned the marigolds."You are thinking too much," she said without looking at me.I smiled faintly. "Is that wrong?"She snipped a stem and dropped it into the basket. "Thinking is on
Maya’s POV.I didn’t sleep that night. I lay on the bed with my eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling, feeling my heart thump with every breath I took. Alex’s words kept echoing in my head: "She is my wife to be." I didn’t even know how to feel about it anymore. That moment, that bold declaration, it felt like a lie I told, and yet he made it real. Did that mean I said yes without meaning to? Did that mean we were getting back together?No. I couldn’t just let that happen. Not without answers. Not without understanding what went wrong before. I wasn’t going to fall into his arms just because he suddenly decided to return. I needed to know what happened that night. The night everything broke. The night I called him in my most desperate moment and Lisa answered.I stood up from the bed. The room was dark, the moonlight from the window spreading across the floor like a path. I followed it, wrapping a thin shawl around my shoulders as I walked to the window. The air was still, quiet, too
Alex’s pov.I watched her walk away, the hem of her maroon gown brushing lightly against her calves, that silver anklet catching the light just enough to keep my eyes stuck in a loop. That woman could light up a room just by walking into it. And now, she was mine again. Or maybe she never stopped being mine.I sighed, running a hand through my hair as the door shut behind her. I could still feel the heat of her palm in mine, and the words I had just spoken echoed in my mind: "Yeah, she is my wife to be."Did I mean it? Yes.Did I plan to say it right there and then? Absolutely not.It was a moment of impulse, but not regret. I had spent years messing things up, making wrong decisions, choosing fleeting things over what really mattered. And Maya... she had always been the one who mattered most.Lisa's eyes were still locked on the closed door like she wanted to burn a hole through it. I didn’t feel sorry for her—not anymore. Not after all the lies, the manipulation, and the role she pl
Chapter 9.Maya’sMy mind was screaming in my head after the bombshell that was released.“This is an opportunity for you to regain everything you’ve lost”“You deserve more than this baby girl! He didn't deserve you at least not anymore”“This is the last chance for you to give your kid that father figure she has been looking for for years!”My mind suddenly turned into an arena of debate where tongues and teeth fight against one another to present to you that convincing statement, but at this moment my tongue and teeth weren't in any fight; the fight was between my mind and brain.My Noodles went from hot to soggy as I felt the time stop spinning around us; my head hung low while I wore that accomplished smirk, the smirk that gave me the confidence of what I portrayed.“Yeah, I want him, and I wish for that chance and opportunity to come almost every day, and it was so funny how I was so presented with this opportunity at the platter of Gold.” I thought.“You're still there, right?
Chapter 8 Maya POV It had been three years, and coming back here caused a lot of feelings to rush through me, but I didn't want that to bother me. I took off my dark-shade glasses and walked through the security check. "It's so good to be home," I muttered, walking with the luggage. However, the stares I got and the mutters coming out of the people's mouths made me slightly uncomfortable. "No she's a star, it's obvious..." Another answered. But I Ignored their words and continued moving. I got outside the airport where the taxi I booked was waiting for me. "What?!" I exclaimed, and he did the same. It seemed we were both shocked to see ourselves. "What are you doing back here looking so..." He trailed off shocked. "You look so good..." He paused and then continued. "You've changed a lot from the last time I saw you. I mean, you're all mature, and pretty." His words were kind, and I gave him a small smile to show my appreciation. "Thank you so much for the complime
Chapter 7 Maya's pov.I inched closer to the supermarket, my heart drumming. It seemed like my conscience was okay with what I was about to do, but it seemed like I had no choice. I was so broke."No other thoughts, Maya," I urged myself again. However, I reached the entrance of the mall quicker than expected.It took me some time to come to terms with, but in those times, I stood there, planning on how to carry out the operation, when I heard someone call out to me."Hello miss?" His voice was tender. Yet, I shook with fear not so visible to him.The man who had called me was so well dressed that I wondered what he wanted with someone like me."Me?" My palm rested on my chest as I questioned and he nodded. "Yes you," he responded, making me swallow.I thought it was one of the staff of the mall, or maybe the head of security, who found my standing there suspicious."How may I help you?" I finally took the bold step to ask, but his next words almost caused me to sink."A beauty li
Chapter 6Maya's POV"As the ambulance rushed me to the hospital, fear gripped me due to the professionals' serious faces and the pain piercing my belly and lower abdomen. In the delivery ward, a nurse urged me to push, assuring me I could do it, despite my worries and weakening body, bathed in sweat and pain. Finally, after one last push, I felt a strange release, and my body collapsed onto the bed, relieved to hear the cry of my newborn.“You're going to be alright. You shout "take a look at your pretty baby,” the nurse explained, her eyes fixed on me with a small smile on her lips.“Finally, a family I can call my own,” I muttered as my eyes closed on their own. I woke up feeling really tired, my body ached, and I was going it wasn't as I expected it to be. My body shivered, and I was scared. Up until I heard a knock on the door which caused me to swallow.Maybe the nurses were aware that I was awake. She walked into the room with a couple of medications on the table. Once she
Chapter 5Maya I bit my lower lip as I pondered on Alex's question. I contemplated hanging up due to his harsh tone but I decided against it. I needed the money. “I called because I haven't been receiving any living expenses since I got here.” I was slightly ashamed as soon as the words left my mouth, but there's nothing else I can do. I heard Alex chuckle from the other end. “Of course, you called to ask for money,” he drawled " Can you not be a burden for Once? You should have gotten the memo by now. No more allowance for you because you don't deserve it."I swallowed past the lump in my throat. I was about to reply him when he said, “And don't you ever call me for something like this ever again. I have important things to do, a company to run.” He ended to call before I could say anything else.I stared at the phone confused, but not surprised. It seemed like life has a way of making me feel as though I was not meant to be in this world.It was still a shock that his love ch
Chapter oneMAYA I stood frozen at the spot as my sister tripped and fell down the stairs. Lisa's screams of horror reached through the hallway.I heard hurried footsteps approaching. That was when I remembered that Grandma Loretta was throwing a launch party in the ballroom. It was filled with people of high status.I dragged my gaze around to see many unfamiliar faces pour into the hallways. “Oh my God, someone fell down the stairs.” I heard someone say. “She is losing consciousness.”“Somebody call 911.” My legs finally decided to function and I rushed down the stairs to a groaning Lisa. “Oh my, Lisa, are you okay?” I asked.Her groans of pain only grew louder. "Was she trying to kill her sister?" "I guess so. Her sister is pregnant for the king's family, but she is not." “How pathetic! "Soon enough, all the people there started pointing accusing fingers at me.“No, I swear, I didn't push her. She tripped. I didn't… believe me…please.” I pleaded in a petrified tone. No...
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