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Van was taken aback by his sudden outburst and the pure unadulterated fury in his eyes. His jaw clenched as he added icily, "you don't know Jake, and you don't know what he's trying to do!" "What are you talking about?" Her brows knitted in suspicion. "He's only using you don't you get it!" "You think I don't know that!" She flared up, too angry to bother about how pathetic she sounded. "You don't need to rub it in. I know that I'm an Idiot for falling for him but you can't choose who you love now can you? And that's just my misfortune." The slight tremour in her voice betrayed her and she could feel the onslaught of hot tears welling up, stinging her eyes but she bit her lips to keep them from falling. It had gone deadly quiet as each tried to control their flaring temper. "I should leave." Was all he said eventually before stalking to the door. About ten seconds later, she heard the familiar high pitched screech and knew that Karl had come to pick her up. Flu
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Rella winced, groaning as the first ray of sunlight hit her face. She put her hand against her face to shield her eyes from the onslaught.Turning away from the source of her discomfort, she stretched lazily.When she finally sat up she bit her lip from crying out loud at the sharp pain in her head. Muttering expletives, she cradled her head all the while reminding herself never to drink again. She has a killer headache that felt like someone was drilling a hole inside her head. "I could've warned you about how nasty it can get but it's best to experience it yourself so you don't drink like a fish next time." Rella glanced up to find Stefan with an amused expression on his handsome face. "This is not funny." She said glaring at him.Stefan laughed instead and that made her angrier. And yes she was never getting within ten feet of a wine bottle ever again. Suddenly remembering why she drank in the first place and her heart ached. Rella knew she was
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"Don't worry you go ahead I'll just be a minute and then I'll lock up." Said Van to Monica later that evening. It was eight p.m. and Josh's flight is in two hours, she hoped she'd be in time as she briskly straighten out her hair. Sifting through her bag, she brought out a little hand mirror and smeared her lips with lip-gloss. She was about to drop them back into her purse when she suddenly felt she was not alone. "Going somewhere?" Her spine stiffened in a fraction of a second before she regained her composure. After not hearing from him for many days now Van thought she'd gotten rid of him. What rotten luck she had.Ignoring him, she slung her purse across her shoulder. ‘’I can’t let you go.’’ ‘’Don’t waste your breath.’’ She began to leave but was caught by surprise when he grabbed her wrist. In a flash, she was flushed against him before his lips crashed down on hers hot and demanding, forcing her mouth open, she fought furiously against him but his hands ti
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Rella spent all day mulling over what her mom had said. She groaned. What an insufferable woman! But Rella couldn't deny she made some good points. Rella was afraid, frustrated, anxious and everything else in between that she couldn't sleep.She'd pretended to have fallen asleep when Stefan came to bed and now standing on the balcony she felt chills and there were goosebumps all over her arms. Large warm arms were wrapped around her suddenly it startled Rella that she almost hit his chin with her head if not if not for Stefan's incredible reflexes. "Easy now." He cooed. "You're wound tight as a string." Stefan rubbed his hands up and down her arm. Rella breathed deeply and exhaled. "I'm sorry I thought you were asleep, I was just startled." "Are you okay, do you feel better now?"Rella didn't think there was any point in continuing her charade. Stefan's arms around her were doing something to her insides. "I'll be okay." "That's good
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Rella stretched purring like a cat, she couldn't remember the last time she felt so happy and so full of life looking forward to a new day with Stefan. A ghost of a smile touched her lips before it morphed into a full blown grin.Turning to her side, she found it empty with her husband not in sight but she wasn't worried though because she knew he was somewhere in the house the absence of a note was one of the telltale signs. Flinging back the covers, her legs landed silently on the fluffy rug then she padded to the en suite bathroom to wash her face and mouth after which she took a quick shower. Twenty minutes later she went down the stairs to the kitchen and was assaulted with the smell of coffee as well as eggs and bacon but what had her feeling like mash mallow was the man poised in front of the stove looking extremely comfortable in his blue and white striped pyjama pants and blue T-shirt like he'd done this a countless number of times. He looked so hot standing there that
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"You didn't tell me we're going so far from home." It was part accusation part uncertainty mainly because this was the most spontaneous thing Van had ever done in her life. She believed she has to plan everything down to the last detail before executing even a fragment of it and yet she had all but up and left everything the minute Jake asked her to trust him. Van knew it was stupid of her to believe anything he says but that was just her head talking, her heart on the other hand would follow Jake Calloway to the ends of the earth if he asked her to.That's how much she loves him. Jake pulled off his jacket and draped it on the sofa in the hotel room before he turned to acknowledge Van's accusations. "I'm sorry if I caught you off guard I just wanted you to take time off working so hard to relax a bit."Van still wasn't convinced so Jake covered the space between them and took both of her hands. "I just confessed to you how much I love you and I won't stop sayi
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Ever since their encounter with Lucille Stefan has not been himself. Aside from the obvious attraction between them, Rella could tell that something was wrong. Something's bothering Stefan and she didn't know how to ask him or what to do to make him feel better. All she could do was offer her heart and body to him hoping that she could show him how much she loved him and that she's here for him no matter what. Stefan made a hearty breakfast for her in bed and he still hasn't said much. "Are you okay?" She asked hoping to get a response. "I'm fine no need to worry." "Was it something Lucille said, something about Jenny? You can tell me. I won't judge you."Stefan held her gaze it wasn't a sort of challenge or anything like that on the contrary he was staring at her like one would stare at a priceless jewel and it warmed her heart.Stefan took her hand and kissed her ring finger. "There is absolutely nothing for you to worry about. The way I feel about
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Van squealed. "Gosh keep it down will you?" Rella tried to shush her. This was not at all what Van had expected to hear but she wasn't surprised either. She had always had a feeling that something like this would happen eventually. Stefan Diamond was a good looking man and Rella was attractive too and they're both red blooded male and female so… "Wow." was all Van could manage. And then she was demanding to know how it happened… everything. When Rella finished telling her the whole story Van leaned back in her chair. "If that ain't the most romantic story I've heard in a while." It was heart melting and toe curling but a more serious question would be does Stefan know the whole truth yet? The sullen expression on Rella's face told her what she needed to know. "It happened so fast. I was gonna tell him, I was prepared I even had a whole essay memorized but then just as I was about to tell him he told me he was in love with me. What was I supposed to
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" I've missed you so much it hurts. " Stefan murmured against her neck. They managed to make it back to the bedroom before he could devour her on the stairs. "I've missed you too." Rella said a moan escaping her lips. She cupped his engorged member and Stefan stiffened and pulled back. "I think we should stop before things get a bit too heated." "Why? In case you haven't noticed I want you too." "I don't want to hurt you. You just came out of the hospital." "I'm not an invalid you know." "I'm just being cautious." " Such a spoil sport."Stefan chuckled. "why don't we get you to bed… " "You're leaving, please stay." Rella protested. "I'm not leaving." Stefan assured her before he climbed in after her and gathered her in his arms. "Try not to wiggle too much." "Like this?" Rella said wiggling her behind against his crotch.Stefan hissed out a curse while she snickered. "Fiend." It
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Stefan realised too late that he didn't get flowers, but no matter he was going to get her back first and then he'd give her all the flowers in the world. He punched the doorbell in anticipation, a woman in her late forties almost identical to Evie Cortes stood by the open door and Stefan knew without a doubt that he was at the right address. "May I help you?" "Uh, good evening ma'am my name is Stefan and I have come to see Rella.Marjorie stared at him long and hard then assessed him from top to bottom and her eyes widened for a second before it was gone in a snap. "Rella isn't here." She told him and Stefan's heart dropped into the pit of his stomach. " What, but I was told she'd be here? " " You were told wrong. I haven't seen my niece in a while. "She must be lying. Stefan thought. But what reason does she have to lie to him? If Rella wasn't here, if she didn't come here at all then where could she be?This isn't how he envisioned the day would end. No,
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Stefan smiled as he took out the gold band with a heart shaped diamond atop it. It couldn't be more perfect conveying all of his feelings at once. She's going to love it he was sure of it. "You've found her." Stefan shut the jewelry box before he turned to find his grandfather leaning on his cane by the bedroom door "The love of your life." Because that's what the ring is meant for, his grandmother's ring given to her by his grandfather before they got married which has been passed down the family for many generations now. "Not yet in a manner of speaking but I will." "When I saw your grandmother for the first time I knew she was the one and I did everything I could to make her realise that I was the one as well." His grandfather explained. " I know we haven't been able to see eye to eye since your parents died and I know that you think me controlling and insufferable but I try my best to raise you well. Everything I've done good or bad were all for you
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Stefan made a mad dash home after he was told she discharged herself. He didn't wait to kill the engine before he was flying out of the door and running towards the house like a mad man. "Rella!?"He yelled out her name. "Sir is something wrong?" Henry the butler asked meeting him halfway through the living room. "My wife, is she here?" "Madam hasn't been back since both of you left yesterday." "You're sure?" "Absolutely." Stefan walked past the old Butler and made for the stairs holding on to the possibility that she might've come home without Henry's knowledge.He pushed open their bedroom door calling out her name once more but there was no answer. He threw open the closet to find everything intact; no item was out of place. She'd taken nothing with her. Stefan staggered back, it was all he could do to avoid breaking down completely. He whipped out his cellphone and began making calls. " I'm sorry Stefan I don't know wher
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Van hated hospitals. Especially when it reminded her of her dad's condition, and how much he suffered before his passing. Hospitals are filled with gloom and despair. People die in hospitals and she couldn't shake up the thought that Jake might die just like her father.No, she had to believe that nothing would happen to Jake, that he wouldn’t share the same fate as her father because she didn't think she had it in her to survive another tragedy. Jake’s friends; Christian, Dave and Max, were all there including Rella her best friend and her husband Stefan Diamond who's also Jake's friend. They'd arrived a few hours ago and were as worried and afraid as she was but they were trying to make her feel better instead. Rella had held her hands through out the waiting period while Jake was being operated on and Van had cried on her shoulders voicing out her fear. Her grandfather had called to hear how Jake was doing after Jake was transferred to the recovery room some time late
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