Jansen was crouching in his chair in his office. His chair is Captain style on wheels with leather seat and back. Jansen leaned way back in the chair and cranked his neck hard over, he could see the sky from the office window, hazy-blue and cloudless and so smoggy.Inside, the office was small and cold. Four cubicles shared an empty common area. The carpet was sea green. There was one window, vertical, narrow and fortified with chicken wire. Jansen sat up and he glanced at the bouquet of red roses lying on his desk. It was wrapped with a luminous white leather on the sides. Jansen rose to his feet and he leaned the bouquet towards his face, the fragrant scent oozing out flowed into his nostrils and he grinned from ear to ear, "Mia's gonna love it." He purchased the bouquet since forenoon to present it to Mia during their anniversary dinner tonight.Suddenly, a broad image of him grasping Juliet in his huge arms and kissing her lips affectionately flashed through his mind and he giggled. He glanced at the bouquet and hurled it harshly on his desk and sighed stroking his hair, "I want you Juliet, I wanna be with you." He closed his eyes and images of him and Juliet making love flashed through his mind in quick succession concession. He broke out of his thoughts and groaned, "why can I not forget you? It was only a one night stand. I should've forgotten all about you but I'm missing you so much."He envisaged her lips rubbing his and he stroked his lips and recalling the fluffiness of her lips made it feel quite real. The boisterous beep in his phone banged in his ears and he pulled his phone from his jacket and glanced at the screen. Juliet's text message popped on the screen and he read her messages his brows furrowed sensing that Juliet's life could be in danger. Jansen grasped his car key from the table and scurried outside his office as if having a running stomach.
Juliet leaned forth resting her hands on the ground and attempting to sit up she felt some smooth sand beneath her palms she glanced at the goon advancing towards her and hoisting his dagger, he nearly plunges it into her tummy and she hurled the heap of sand in her hand into his eyes he groaned feeling irritated as the grains were itching them.
The other goons felt quite anxious watching him rubbing his eyes. Seeing how distracted they are, Juliet rose to her feet and scurried as fast as the breeze the goons panicked staring at her darting and they scooted after her.
The hazy mist shrouding the street was making the road seem dreadful and for a brief moment, she looked like a lost Thrall. She reached a forest nearby. The silver moon suspended in the velvet sky was glowing dimly. All she could see is the obscure, vague shadows of the trees swaying on the floor letting her have the illusion of thousands of devils dancing slyly in the night, planning some evil trick. She halted and glanced over her shoulder. Although she could not see the goons as the mist was encircling the air, she listened to the thick and hefty noise of their boots and heard the footsteps, she sensed that they are almost close to her and she panicked and scurried inside the forest. She still heard their footsteps, could they have stepped in? She pondered. She felt the weariness in her legs, her knees shuddered and she moaned audibly. She was going short of breath and was feeling faint she paused trotting and was only walking. As the road proceeded up, there was a gentle slope guarded on the right by a thicket of bushes, a landscape followed by tall trees that quickly give way to a rocky precipice to the left. Juliet trudged towards there.10:59 pm. Mia rested her cheek in her palm softly, her eyes rolled in dizziness and she yawned audibly. She glanced at the glossy screen of her wristwatch and realizes it is 11 pm her face contorted with rage she clenched her fists and rose to her feet she grasped the table cloth yanked it off the table and hurled it on the floor screeching. The bowls, cups, and drinks plopped to the floor from the table cloth emitting a shrieking noise it banged Nanny Macy's ears as she was walking across the sitting room.Mia grasped the chair one by one smacking them at the walls and she grasped a voluptuous huge vase off a table and hurled it at the wall it shattered with a boisterous noise. Macy felt jittery staring at Mia she haven't seen her that outraged and she started to her. Mia was almost smashing the wall clocks, Macy held her arms and Mia couldn't freely move them she slowly dropped the clocks."Calm down you might awake Isabella she's fast asleep."Tears spewed from Mia's eyes, "I can't believe I got so mad I did not think about my daughter.""What's wrong?" Macy looked at her with pity staring into her somber eyes."Today is my wedding anniversary with Jansen and he isn't even home Macy, " she sniffed, "I thought that since it is our anniversary he'll try to prioritize me and try to avoid any schedules to come home early. I dressed this good just for him and he isn't even here to share a glass of wine with me or a cake. This is the most horrible wedding anniversary of my life." Mia screeched."Maybe he's on his way home and he might be planning for you a beautiful surprise." Macy winked at her."I'm not an idiot to expect any surprise, " Mia kneaded her jowls, "he told me he was gonna be home sooner before eight and look at the time it's past eleven. I should not have gotten excited for our wedding anniversary. I do not regret damaging the table and wasting all those expensive drinks. Nothing matters to him. I do not matter to him, " she bowed her head weakly, "how could he ditch our anniversary?" Mia crossed her arms on her chest."Maybe, there is an emergency.""Emergency my foot!" Mia screeched, "Today is our anniversary he should be here with me and nowhere else or with anybody. I am his wife I should come first right?"Macy advanced to her and pulled her into a hug patting her back lovingly. Mia shed tears on her neck, "nanny I'm fed up that he doesn't take me seriously. I wanna stop dreaming and anticipating that he's gonna give me his time just like when he was courting me and for my anticipations to no more be anticipations but happening for real. I'm so sick of hoping nanny."Mia clenched her fists firmly, "he shouldn't have dared to stand me up like I'm wasting my time for us. I made this dinner for us, I spent my time for us and he can't appear." She gnarledThe breeze turned heavier in extreme viscosity as the trees were dancing in unison. Juliet became cold as ice she feebly dropped to the ground like a sack. She didn't realize she was lying on the steep sloppy ground and with the little strength she could muster she attempted to rise to her feet and she unexpectedly commenced tossing like a ball as if jabbed.The goons immediately halted speaking on the sloppy ground, they glanced left and right thrice, their torchlights gleamed the road and they did not spot Juliet. They gnashed their jaw in disgruntlement they were anticipating trading Juliet's organs to an organ trafficking syndicate. They are brutal criminals and have been wanted by the cops. The only time they roam the street is during the late hours of the night. They swerved and were walking away.Juliet tumbled for what felt like forever, hitting branches along the way. She felt helpless and out of control like an unsteady breeze. Her arms were getting scrubbed by shrubs she howled and she was now hurtling over grass, earth, and rock until the cliff slope became even steeper and she fell farther.It was 11:52 pm. Jansen arrived at Havelock street, he quickly stepped out of his car and had to grasp a torchlight as he observed that the road is murky and covered with a mist. He strode the street glancing left and right pointing his torchlight at wherever he looks. The rays of his torchlight gleamed on the road. "Juliet!" He screeched. He did not hear any response and his heart was fluttering he screeched her name thrice still the street was utterly silent and he rubbed his hair in nervousness, he sighed, "where are you?" His eyes trembled and tears were soaking them."I hope you're not dead, " Jansen clenched his fists, his face contorted with rage, "I swear I'm not gonna spare any of the goons should anything happen to you." He kneaded his cheek, and a tear dropped. He continued to waddle.Juliet felt as if she is being pricked by sharp thorns as she tossed and the slope pulled her toward the edge of the cliff, she rolled off the edge and she glanced down noticing huge sturdy ro
Jansen lazily rose to his feet, he was almost swerving from the pole the rays of the torchlight shone on the road towards the forest and he specked Juliet's shoe lying near the entrances to the forest. "Could that be her shoe?" His face was puzzled and he hurried over there. He stared at it closely, it looked like a lady's shoe and he grinned from ear to ear, "this could mean that she went this way and is not dead. She walked here so she is not dead, " he let out a chuckle in excitement, "She's still breathing."He sighed, "got no time to waste I gotta find her." He was shivering and although he was in a coat, the cool wind pierced his skin. Jansen stepped into the forest and glanced from left to right, he could only observe the trees and he walked further into the forest, "where are you, Juliet?" He muttered.Juliet's arms were starting to become numb and she was starting to feel dizzy her palms were slowly slipping from the rocks. "Help! Someone help! Anybody!" She screeched.Her vo
Mia rolled on her bed, a soft rumbling noise hummed in her ears and she unhurriedly opened her eyes she noticed a gleaming radiance in her room. The windows were large, they were allowing natural light to enter the room. Mia sat up and she yawned audibly she listened to the birds chirping noisily and she realizes that it is already dawn. She flipped her blanket off her and attempted to step down from the bed she halted feeling stunned seeing Jansen standing by the door. He was clasping a small tray with a cup of black coffee sitting on it, he stared at Mia and grinned from ear to ear. Juliet awakens, she could not feel Jansen's arm around her she panicked and swerved glancing at the left side of the bed. It was utterly empty she glanced around the bed and neither of his clothes or shoes was in the room."Jansen!" She screeched sitting up. She did not hear any response and she attempted to rise from the bed she paused spotting a small pile of baked bread with fried eggs in between them
Jansen approached Juliet's bedroom. He has been standing outside the door waiting for her to change into the turquoise crepe dress he bought her. He was starting to feel bored, and he grumbled, "baby I've been waiting outside for a while now."Juliet replied, "alright you can come in now."Jansen grasped the knob of the door and pushed the door open. Juliet observed how his eyes were seeming marveled glancing at her in the dress. It was divulging her chest, the dress left the entire length of her legs bare. With the slightest movement, her panties will be on display.Jansen ogled her hips and he ambled towards her. He grasped her by her waist and he lifted her in his arms, she was staring down at him he coiled a bit and she giggled noisily. He gently dropped her into her fluffy bed and he lay on her losing his sleeveless shirt and taking off his jacket. She wrapped her hands around his neck as he smooched her neck vigorously and he stroked her hip tenderly.8:07 pm. The wind roared and
Mia sighed feeling exhausted and she lay on the floor, "I wanna die...I don't wanna live..this betrayal is more painful than a cobra's sting." She reached for the knife she dropped on the floor and stretched it to her stomach. "I can't anymore." She shook her head amid tears and hoisted it above her she stretched it closer to her stomach and deliberately let it drop from her hands it landed on the floor she sat up and sniffed."Why should I take my own life? I should live my life seeking revenge on Jansen's mistress. I will make her feel my wrath and I won't let her have Jansen. I have spent most of my life with him heck I bore him a daughter so I won't lose him to anyone. That mistress of his better is hiding 'cause once I know who she is, she will not escape the hell I'll put her in." Mia clenched her fists firmly and she kneaded her jowls.Mia glanced at Jansen and she lay him stroking his jaw and staring at his face, "Jansen is mine and he is all mine and no one else's." She gnas
"Sister.." Mia muttered and tears uncontrollably poured on her jowls."My sister." Juliet trotted towards her and she threw herself in Mia's arms she grasped her firmly like an anaconda grasping its prey, "I've missed you so much sister." She shed tears on her neck and she moved from her arms holding Mia's hands."Why haven't you come to my mansion to visit me since three weeks you returned from Brazil?"Juliet's eyes drooped spotting Mia's eyes and cheeks somber she stroked her cheek, "sister you look so unwell.""I know." Mia ambled to the sofa and crouched on it. Juliet crouched beside her. Mia sighed and tears prickled her eyes, "it's the tumor I have. It's depleting me." She sniffed."Oh, I'm sorry." Juliet patted her lovingly on her arm."I don't know what's more painful? This cancer or my husband having an affair?""Your husband's cheating on you with another woman?" Juliet's raised her brows feeling stunned."I just found out, " Mia nodded, "I tried to kill myself. You see me h
Mia stepped out of the washroom and she waddled through the hallway which flows towards the sitting room. Juliet sniffed the bouquet, it scented magnificent like a mixture of bananas and mangoes. "The roses are extremely gorgeous.""No you are the one who is gorgeous." Jansen stood so close to her their nose was nearly touching and he leaned in smooching her lips.Mia reached the sitting room and she was almost stepping in she paused feeling stunned seeing Jansen. She shivered, "is that not Jansen? Or is my eyes playing tricks on me?" She rolled her eyes and she blinked thrice she looked closely at Jansen and she was aghast realizing it were him.She observed as Jansen and Juliet kissed passionately and Jansen stroking Juliet's hip. Her hands trembled and she screamed in her mind, "no way!""No...no..., " Mia muttered, "this can't be happening." She shook her head dramatically in disbelief. She felt dizzy, she almost stumbled on the floor tears gushed from her eyes. "Am I dreaming? I'
Mia calmly sat back, "Who are you?" She raised her brows."My name's Mark. I picked you up from the roadside. You were lying under the harsh rain." It dawned on Mia that it is raining. She listened to the rain roaring angrily."Would you want to have coffee?" She nodded in reply, "yes please.""Hold on a sec."She stared at him walking out of the room.After a few minutes, his footsteps started echoing in the room. Mia glanced at his feet, they were covered in a pair of jet-black boots. He stood at a corner nursing a cup of coffee. Mia noticed him staring at her as if she have wrinkles on her face she felt so unrelaxed, "what's it?"Mark advanced to her and he stretched the cup of coffee to her. His arm was lengthy as a mopstick and she grasped the cup, kneeled her head sipping the coffee through pursed lips.Mark folded his arms and he looked at her that way again. Now she found it annoying and she wore a tight frown wondering what was going on in his mind. Mark sighed and sank his
Mia's eyes grew wide as plate and she gasped feeling stunned staring at the noodles drooping on her dress. Her dress was moistened with the pasta sauce.The customers seated in the same row as Mia's table glanced over their shoulders staring at Mia and observing the stains on her dress.Juliet felt jittery seeing Mia covered in noodles and she apologized with a soft voice, "I'm so sorry I didn't mean to."Mia's face contorted and she screeched, "sorry? Or you did this on purpose.""I'm sorry Mia. If I hadn't been clumsy your dress would be okay. Please accept that it was just an accident.""You splash my order on me and you are requesting to me to take it as just an accident? How dare you tell me that? My dress is damaged and you cannot tell me to take it as just an accident. You have no right to make demands!" Mia screamed."I know your dress looks horrible but splashing the pasta on you is unintentional."Mia folded her arms and she smirked as an image of her spilling grease on the
Juliet crouched on a sofa resting her hand on her cheek pondering over the rent of her apartment soon expiring and how she is going to pay her rent. She approached several organizations requesting for a job. She also submitted her credentials and still, she did not receive any feedback. It's like they are all ignoring her on purpose. A manager of an organization she went to for an interview complained that she cannot be employed and when she asked why he explained that it is because of the viral video on-line of Mia at her birthday party accusing her of being a mistress. And that she may distract the male employees.Juliet felt insulted and embarrassed she stormed out of the Manager's office. And ever since that day, she quitted job hunting.It was a luminous Friday afternoon. Hailey arrived at Juliet's apartment. She approached the entrances to the sitting room. She noticed the door opened and she strode in.Her heels clicked on the floor as she walked across the room. Juliet listene
Jansen grasped her arms and he screamed at her face, "of course I don't want Isabella to lose her mother that's why I want you to undergo the surgery so you can recover and have more time to live with us because I cannot handle the thought of losing you. I'm afraid that I'll wake up the next morning and see your corpse lying besides me. It's that important that you live. I'm afraid that I won't have enough time to love you and to spend time with you. So I want you to undergo the surgery for our sakes. I don't want you to die hon." Tears were forming in his eyes. They obstructed his vision and spewed on his cheeks.Mia sniffed and she shook her head, "I can't. I can't do it. I can't take the risk of losing you and Isabella. What if I don't survive the surgery? What if the last time we see each other is when you escort me to the operating room? I'm too scared to die. I don't wanna. Stop telling me to undergo the surgery." "Okay hon. If it'll make you feel alright, " Jansen clasped her
Several minutes after, Jansen arrived at Mia's ward. He pushed the door open. Mia listened to the door hissing and she turned slowly and stares at the door. She glances at Jansen striding in. Jansen's lips curled into a smile seeing her awake.He halts besides her and he pecked her on her forehead, "hon how are you feeling?""Where did you go to Jansen? I opened my eyes and you were gone. How long did you leave?" Mia's face contorted in anger."I wanted to grab a snack. I was famished. Anyways Mia, I bumped into Hailey on my way here and I think that Juliet is unwell. I want you to check on her to know if she's safe.""What the hell is my business with Juliet?" Mia screeched, "and how is it your business if she is unwell? I thought she no longer matters to you since I'm your legal wife. I thought she is now a thing of your past.""I know I don't have anything to do with her anymore but what's wrong with worrying about her if she is not okay?""I don't care if she is not okay and you s
It was 8:09 in the frosty twilight. Mia was sitting up on her bed munching a burrito and staring at Jansen grinning from ear to ear. Jansen arrived her ward clasping a basket of snacks and fresh fruits. Jansen specks some sauce underneath her chin, he yanks a handkerchief and stretches his hand to her face and kneads her chin tenderly."Thank you." Mia stretches her hand towards a table beside her and she drops the burrito. She stretches slowly on her bed, she was feeling drowsy and she yawned audibly. She grabbed Jansen's arm, she yanked it nearer to her face and she leaned her cheek on it. She peeked at him under her lashes, "hon, can you lie besides me?"Jansen couldn't resist her request staring into her dull eyes, "okay hon." He climbed on the bed and Mia was starting to feel squeezed. The bed was not huge, it could only contain a person. Jansen squeezed himself on the bed, he curved and pulled himself nearer to her their arms were touching and he held her by her waist. Mia lean
"I know you enjoyed my husband!" Mia screamed, "I know you were having a good time with him, with my man!""Forgive me sister. I had no clue at all that he is your husband.""Liar!" Mia screeched, "I saw the way you two looked at each other at your party, you even flirted with him. You didn't act surprised around him, you two were chatting and he was defending you. You wanted him to be yours, you even went as far as seducing him.""I am telling the truth." Juliet's voice cracked as she spoke."Do you know how many times Jansen ditched me to be by your side? And anytime he did, I was dying inside. I wanted him near me and he was close to you. I always waited like a stupid fool expecting him to come home but he couldn't come home because you ensnared him."Juliet moved closer to Mia, she pulled her into a hug, "I love you Mia don't think I wanted to hurt you. I didn't mean to.""Stay away from me you tramp!" Mia shoved her from her arms and she hurled a slap on Juliet's cheek, "don't yo
It clocked 6:09 in the frosty dusk. Mia moved slightly on her bed, she unhurriedly opened her eyes. She has been asleep since an hour. Mia specked a figure of a person in a sparkling white dress standing besides her. Her vision was blurry and she blinked thrice till her sight got clearer and she peers again at the figure and she realizes that it is a nurse.Mia glanced left and right in her ward hoping to see Jansen near by and she asked with a weak voice, "where...where's Jansen?""He just left."Mia's brows creased, she turned her cheek to the side of the window and stares in to space. The cool breeze nudged the curtains and it flowed into the room nuzzling Mia. The breeze smooth caresses felt so tender like butter.Juliet stood in the middle of her sitting room clasping a photograph of her and Mia of their childhood and she stroked it sobbing. She leans it on her chest snuggling it. Jansen approached the entrances to the sitting room, he arrived Juliet's apartment and he parked his
Jansen held her hand gently and he leaned in pecking her on her cheek. Tears threatened to obstruct Mia's vision and she glanced at him pulling her into a hug and she shed tears on his neck."I love you Mia and I won't betray you anymore. It's gonna be you and I and our daughter. We'll be the family we were." He nuzzled her on her back and unhurriedly moved from her arms. She held his arm and looked into his eyes and he glanced at her parched lips and arid cheeks. "Tell me. How long were you planning to be with Juliet? If I didn't discover your affair, you will still be with her. Do you still love me Jansen? Did you still love me when you were with Juliet even when you kissed and snuggle her? Was I still on your mind? Or was Juliet all on your mind? You told me one time ago when I was pregnant with our daughter that you will love and cherish the two of us and that as long as you shall live she and I will be the only ones in your life. Yet you shattered that promise. What did Juliet d
"move!" Said a husky deep voice. Jansen glanced over his shoulder seeing Mark advancing to Mia. Mark arrived the resort in a red sleeveless shirt and a pair of black jeans. He arrived fifteen minutes ago, he glanced left and right in the hall looking tirelessly for Mia. He was hoping to speak to her before Juliet's party commences.Jansen's brows creased feeling quite perplexed. He glanced at Mark attempting to hold Mia and he furiously yelled, "who the heck are you? What are you doing here? How dare you come close to my wife?""Your wife?" Mark chuckled, "it's funny how you yry to act as if you care or worry about her." He frowned upon him."Who are you? You have no right to meddle with me and my wife." Jansen springs to his feet.Mark grabbed Mia off the floor. He walked past Jansen and he was walking away."Hey, what are you doing? Where are you going with my wife?" Jansen screeched. Mark waddled farther in the hall, he held Mia firmly and he leaned her face on his chest. Her legs