Hearing her reply, he clenched his fists, and his breathing quickened as his spilled out his rage. With reddened eyes, he asked, “Why did you sleep with him?”Her cheeks heated up from his question, “It was a mistake. Both of us drank at the wedding party, and he accidentally stumbled into my room. We were both drunk,” she explained. As it was getting later, it had gotten colder. Despite being out in the cold air for a short while, her cheeks had gotten rosy, and she almost couldn’t feel her hands. Attempting to warm them up, she rubbed them together. Noticing her do so, he took off his gloves. He carefully put them on for her after pulling her hands over to him, bottling up his pain and despair all the while.Surprised, she wanted to pull away but they wouldn’t budge as his grip was tight. In the dark stood Mark, leaning against the bark of the tree. As he watched their interaction, his bottomless looking eyes darkened further. It didn’t help that he could hear every word of
“Brother, I hope you would let her go soon if you don’t truly love her,” said the younger boy sternly.“As of now, she is my wife, and I don’t think I have to remind you of your place and what you should or shouldn’t do.” Despite sounding nonchalant, Mark’s brows furrowed while solemnity reflected from his eyes.“I will give you my blessing if she’s happy with you, but if I find out you’re not treating her well, you’ll see!”Facing Summer’s direction and watching her for one last time, Jazz told his brother, “I’m going to stay in the school dorms from today onwards. Do me a favour, and let mom know.”Since she’s now part of the family, Jazz figured that they would probably bump into each other occasionally so to prevent that, he thought it would be best for him to stay in school instead. Starting the car, the black Land Rover went back on the road. Playing with the gloves she was wearing, Summer sighed quietly as she thought of Jazz.From the corner of his eyes, Mark watched h
Stunned for a moment, she greeted her as she regained her senses, “Hi, mom.” Yvette furrowed her brows as she heard the greeting. It made her feel uneasy as she did not like what she used to address her.Taking in her appearance and clothing, “You just got up?” Embarrassed, Summer quickly tucked in the loose strands behind her ears and murmured, “Yes,” while nodding. Throwing her a few glances, Yvette did not say anything else other than noting the time, “It’s 7:30 a.m.”Summer knew what Yvette was implying to, but didn’t dare to say anything further. Walking past her, Yvette looked around the living room and sat on the couch, “Where is Mark?” “He had already left for work,” she replied while getting her a glass of water. “Isn’t there any coffee?” Yvette questioned as she watched Summer.Putting the cup down, Summer looked around and said, “Sorry mom, there’s only wine and alcohol here.” “It’s fine then,” Yvette said and leaned in her seat. “I actually came to tell you
As she entered the living room, Summer saw Gordon attentively reading the newspaper as he sat on the leather recliner sofa. With his serious-looking appearance, the military service uniform he was dressed in has made Gordon look especially stern and solemn. She greeted him as she bit her lower lip, “Hello, grandfather.” Without even batting an eye at her, he continued to flip through the newspaper as if he had not heard her at all. Summer was not too bothered by his response as she had already seen it coming.With her defined features, Yvette gave out a sophisticated vibe as she was brewing her afternoon coffee. Summer greeted her as well, “Hello, mom.”“Oh. You’re back.” Unlike Gordon, Yvette responded and continued to say, “The maids had already tidied up your room. She’ll guide you there in a moment.”A soft but high-pitched voice rang through, “So this is big brother’s wife. Right, auntie?”A slender figure dressed lavishly in black appeared before Summer. Taking Summ
When Lily saw them hugging so intimately against each other, a look of displeasure plastered on her face as she glared at Summer. Stomping towards them in her three inched heels, she squeezed in between them and forced Summer aside. “Mark, I peeled and prepared these fruits for you. Auntie said you came back, so I brought this up to you.” “When did you arrive in Santabaca?”Mark replied after eyeing Summer inquisitively, who was beside him.Lily beamed at him happily as she asked him, “I just arrived today. If you have time tomorrow, could you bring me around Santabaca?”“I can’t. I’ll be busy.” As he uttered his reply, he sat on the couch cross-legged and drank some water. Seemingly annoyed, faint furrows appeared in Mark’s brows.‘It’s like I’m not even here.’Summer grunted to herself as she just stood aside, leaning against the wall. ‘Why am I here anyway? This is so annoying,’ she thought.“You’re such a bully! I hardly ever visit Santabaca, yet you wouldn’t even spe
Lily spoke up again, "Do you not want to accompany me around Santabaca?""No, of course, I want to. It would be an honor to accompany my adorable sister-in-law," Summer said in a friendly tone; however, her smile did not meet her eyes. Lily scoffed, 'Sister-in-law? How ridiculous of her to call me that!'Chuckling mirthlessly to herself, Lily left the room after. Summer shifted her gaze back to Mark, who was sitting on the couch, and mocked him, "What a kind and loving brother you were." His lips twitched upwards as he looked at her momentarily before saying, "The way you said that sounded so lovely, Mrs. Valentine. Do compliment me again." Summer was rendered speechless. The next day. She was the only one left in the room when she awoke.Just as she was heading to get some breakfast after washing her face, Lily stomped towards her, demanding her accompany to go around town. With Gordon and Yvette in the room, Summer could not turn Lily down, so she agreed defeatedly a
Watching Lily leave looking as proud as a peacock, Summer giggled as she thought it was funny.‘She sure is childish,’ Summer thought to herself.About half an hour later, Nancy arrived looking glum and tired with heavy eyebags. She looked as if she did not sleep for a day or two. Feeling worried, Summer furrowed her brows as she asked, “What happened? Why do you look so tired?” As Nancy’s eyes started to water, she sat next to Summer. Holding back her tears, she complained to her best friend, “Howard got arrested for that no-good woman!”“Didn’t you guys talk it out after the last incident?” “Of course, we did! I even asked my friends to introduce him to other women, but nothing worked. As though he was brainwashed by that woman, he just wouldn’t snap out of it!”Nancy felt furious and exhausted of Howard, but she could not change the fact that Howard is a little brother. She had to help him somehow. “Summer, aren’t you close with Mr. Valentine? Please help me talk to him.
“Hello, Ms. Atkinson,” greeted Mark as he tucked his phone away. Rushing to stand, “Hello there, Mr. Valentine,” Nancy responded with her cheeks slightly flushed. “Where’s Summer?” Nancy was stunned to hear him calling Summer by her first name, ‘Since when were they on a first name basis?’ “She went to get coffee,” Nancy replied. What she had heard made her extremely curious, so gathering up the courage, she asked him, “Is it fine for me to say that you seem close with Summer?” “Yes. We are indeed very familiar with one another,” with his eyebrows raised, his lips moved again as he continued, “In fact, we’re married.” Nancy’s expression turned tense as her face darkened. Feeling as if there were thousands of needles pricking on her heart, making her bleed uncontrollably, she felt out of breath.As she thought of Summer’s reply saying she wasn’t close with Mr. Valentine, she felt furious. She clenched her hands tightly to the point that the print of her nails remained on he