[ Sophia ]"Here take this, it will help with the headache."Mason's soft voice snapped me out of my silent sobbing.I couldn't believe what turn my life took in just a day.Last night I saw a new in my marriage,our blissful intimate moments and how he confessed that he wanted to spend his rest of life with me."I want to be alone."I said looking away from my best friend who had been waiting patiently on me since I knocked at his door having nowhere to go in a freezing night.I heard him sigh and next I felt the sofa deepened beside me and his strong arms pulled me on his chest.This was it.The last thread of my patience broke and I cried hysterically in his embrace."I can't live without him, Mason.Its not been even twenty four hours and I already missed him like my heartbeats stopped. I can not imagine living my rest of life without Daniel.I don't know when he sneaked his way into my heart but now I love him more than I ever loved someone."I poured out my growing feelings but the perso
[ Sophia ]"Daniel!"The name made me freeze. I couldn't gather up my courage to look at the entrance.I placed the mug on the kitchen counter as my hands were shaking in nervousness.What if it was my hallucination?"Where is Sophia?"I heard his voice.It's him!"Your parents have hurt her in the most derogatory way, Mr. Daniel.They forced her to sign the divorce papers,threw her out of her own house in the middle of the night."Mason's voice held anger but I felt bad the way he talked to Daniel,who wasn't at fault."I want to see her.Please let me see my wife."Daniel pleaded him gently.That's him, my husband who can never misbehave with anyone."She's inside the kitchen."Mason replied.My bones chilled as I heard deep footsteps coming in the kitchen's way and next I felt his hands wrapped around me from back,his face dug in the crook of my neck.Our bodies were so close to each other."I am sorry..."I heard his soft whisper hoarsely.I felt moisture on my cheek.Fuck! He was crying.My
[ Daniel ]I felt relived after having her back in my arms. I didn't know the true meaning of loving somesone so deeply but those few hours I spent in the fear of loosing her forever made me realise how passionately I fell for her."Where are we going exactly?"She poked my forearm with her finger while I kept driving Josh's car as our family was in a continuous surveillance by the media and my parents had no idea of my secret plan of shifting Sophia to a small cottage that my Grandpa built for my grandmother in the initial years of their marriage to spend some time away from the world,it was their secret abode where they made many good memories.It was my grandpa's idea to take Sophia there."Patience bears the sweetest fruit, strawberry."I smirked at her as I took the last turn in our way to the lakeside cottage."You're mean."She pouted looking absolutely adorable with her scowl.I laughed on her childish act and soon the cottage appeared in front of us. Thankfully, there were a few
[ Sophia ] Danial's soft breath on my neck sent jitters inside my tummy.It was a new feeling but very exciting. I had never been this close to any men before and now, the man whom I adored the most, did those magical things to me, it certainly stirred something inside me. His hands slowly slipped inside my sweater, his cold fingers played with my warm skin.It sent off a spark on my skin.He didn't go upward but teased my navel and area below my bra line.His lips peppered kisses on my face but avoided my lips which frustrated me as his lips got me addicted of their sweetness. "You're driving me crazy, strawberry specially your strawberry shampoo."He inhaled into my hairs. "Dan..Daniel.."I moaned his name as he sucked my earlobe. "I can never get enough of touching your Goddess like beauty."He praised me and it felt so good .It made me feel special for him. "Then touch me wherever you like."I blurted out loosing myself in pure bliss. His face shot up to look at me.Shock was clearl
[ Daniel ]"Don't be sad, strawberry. I will try my best to visit you on Sunday if everything goes according to our plan hmm."I kissed her forehead, who was on the verge of crying again.I could still not believe how fast our equation took a three sixty turn.In the initial days of our marriage, she used to avoid facing me and now, she wasn't ready to let of go off me."There are three more days for Sunday to come.How am I going to survive here doing nothing and nobody from our house to give me a company. I can't even attend my classes.I feel trapped by all sides."She said resting her head on my shoulder as we took a brief walk around the house after the lunch."Oh sorry, I forgot to tell you that I succeeded in pulling some strings for your online classes with a forged medical report. Your English Essay Prof. is my high school friend's father. I asked him to keep it confidential that I want to keep you out of radar so the media and our business rivals won't get a whiff of your locatio
[ Daniel ]"Mr. Daniel, we heard from the internal sources of your family that you are preparing to divorce your wife after her scandalous picture with your college friend Nicholas MacKenzie came out in the media?" One of the reporters asked me.I balled my fists to control my temperament as my parents and our family attorney were also present beside me."Well, you all heard right about my son's divorce with Sophia Stone.We accepted that girl with our whole heart, gave her the title of our daughter in law and an equal status to her family but what she did to us, it pains me here."My Mom started her Oscar winning performance as she pointed her finger at her heart."Mrs. Ashton, we have a question from you as well,"A woman reporter asks my mother," Now we all know that Mr. Daniel is divorcing his allegedly cheating wife, when are we going to hear the wedding bells in the family again?"I knew this reporter. She's famous for her impartial journalism and I mentally thanked Josh for inviti
[ Aitana ]It had been eight hours since he left me to ponder over our new equation. I saw the news of his split with me running on almost every channel who spiced it up to roast their own profits.My life became a complete joke."Ma'am," Daisy's soft voice broke the chain of my disturbing thoughts. I looked away from the book I had been trying to read to finish my 19th century poetry assignment.The smell of hot chocolate had me smiling faintly after hours of anxiety eating me up from inside."Thanks, Daisy. I badly needed this hot treat to kill this headache." I brought it to my lips ,taking in a sip and devouring at it's taste as it curdled around my tongue."Ma'am, if you don't mind ,can I say something?" Daisy watched me with sympathy in her indigo blue eyes.I gave her a tight nod of my head.I tapped my fingers on the rim of the mug waiting for her to speak further.I was yet to trust her with my inner instincts."You shouldn't let these exaggerated news to play tricks with your
[ Sophia ]The dinner time was full of fun chats among I, Daniel and Daisy. She was hesitant at first to join us as Ashtons never treat their employees as equal, partially it's true in the case with Daniel's family but my husband was an exception. He treated them with respect."Daisy, the carrot pudding was amazing.I want you to join my kitchen team if once we'd be back to our house."Said Daniel to Daisy who was collecting the dishes,I insisted on helping her but she refused to take my help.I was still one of her masters.The woman, who was busy in her work, snapped up her head to look at Daniel with shock written all over her face."Si..Sir it's..it's a huge responsibility. I am just a country woman who cooks for her family and your kitchen is acquainted with the best cooks around the country."Daisy said once she was out of her shocking state.Daniel smiled on her statement."Daisy, your food is cooked with love and it makes it one of the most delicious food.I do not have professiona
[ Sophia ]Love is an emotion that makes us feel so many things, it teaches us many things, good or bad, bright or dark, pain and joy. I found myself lucky to experience the ultimate depth of love.Love is a vague idea but I don't wish to go in its multiple layers as I was happy in what I learnt by loving Daniel Ashton, the man who taught me the undefine definition of love.Sometimes, I wonder what would I had become if Daniel wasn't in my life.I am happy in what I have today. It has been ten years since I walk down the aisle with so many uncertainties and fears of my own about the marriage but the man waiting for me at the end of the aisle proved me wrong and I felt thankful to my stars that I didn't turn down the proposal.I feel complete in my own little world with the most amazing husband and a little sunshine with her father's raven black hairs and charcoal black eyes, a unique feature on her beautiful round face. She's tucking on my dress which force me to look down at her. A h
[ Daniel ]The decision my grandfather made, it disturbed my mental peace. He was adamant to disown my parents which would lead to their worse days and it was the last thing I wished for them.I admit that they did horrible things to me and my brother, at a point, they were even ready to remove me from their way but despite their flaws, they were still my parents and seeing them suffering for rest of their lives, it didn't fit well with me.I couldn't enjoy the power and immense wealth when they live a life of adversity but my grandpa was one of a stubborn man. If he made his mind about something, it was impossible for anyone to move his determination."Daniel, what are you doing here at this hour?" Sophia's soft voice snapped me out of my deep thoughts. I looked around and found I spent the whole evening strolling by the lakeside and now, the temperature had fallen to a point when I felt my bone clattering with cold but the next moment, a blanket was being wrapped around my shoulders
[ Sophia ]"Shall we go in the living room now?" I asked craning my head a little to glance at Daniel who had his eyes closed."Can we stay here for five minutes more? I like us here, naked and in each other's arms." His grip on my waist tightened more, soft butterflies erupted in my belly but we had to get up."It's past eight, Daniel. You know your brother more than me. He has no filter in his vocabulary and he's definitely going to tease us." I said."Then let him. We're not doing anything wrong. We're doing what married couples do inside their bedroom and their guests has no right to poke their nose in their hosts' personal life." He replied nonchalantly."Hey, Aaron is your brother." I slapped his chest," And I need to use the bathroom or my bladder will burst in next two minutes." I protested and this time it worked. He loosened his grip on me and I chose the moment to slip out of the blankets."I like this view more than anything in this world." He smirked, his eyes raking on m
[ Sophia ]"Daniel, let's go inside. Aaron and Daisy must be up by now." I said to Daniel in whose arms I was cuddling for last couple of hours.The morning sunrays falling over our faces forced us to go back inside the house."Can we just stay here for a little while? I mean I prefer you being in my arms than anything else. I missed your body against mine, your vibrant smile and your sweet voice." He said in my ear and nuzzled his neck in the hollow of my neck."Your arms are my heaven, Daniel but we have been sitting here for last two hours. Don't you want to have a hearty breakfast with all of us?" I asked him while trying to control myself from moaning."I need you, Soph." He whispered in a hushed voice and slowly crawled his hand under my sweater. I shuddered as soon as his cold fingers came in contact with my warm skin."But..we're..not..alone in this..house."I tried to surpress my moan as his hand moved upward and stopped just below my breasts while his other hand slipped under
[ Sophia ]I had no words or strength to calculate the hours I spent staring out of the window of my room at the vast sky. The aching numbness in my heart was something I couldn't control. My Daniel looked happy when he annouced his elopement with a beautiful woman whom the Goddess Venus had created with Her own hands. She looked perfect in his arms, they looked perfect which made me realise a very harsh and cruel truth that I was nothing but a poor girl coming from the shitty gutters compared to their life.But my Daniel.He never let our socio-economic differences wedge a rift between us since the beginning of our marriage. He always treated me as his better half. I fell too hard for my husband that it felt impossible for me to breathe a single moment without him.I rubbed my burning eyes when they begun to rebel against my solo mourning over my broken heart. The sky had slowly turning a bright shade of gray. The dawn was marking it's presence in the horizon. I looked at my wrist wa
[ Daniel ]"This is unacceptable, Edward." Morrison slammed his hands on the wooden table making the ladies flinch by surprise. His face was radiating fury and my father had a timid cloak on."We have no other options, Mr. Morrison. My father stabbed me on the back by transferring his property on that poor girl. I am sure it's her trick. She manipulated my father by her innocent acting. All I am asking you to give us some time or accept Daniel's conditions." My father casted a disappointed look at my direction. For the first time, the man was defeated by someone ,not someone but his own blood.Morrison looked dead in my eyes. He would kill me with a single shot if he was given an opportunity. I surely put him in a big dilemma."You're going to pay for this, Daniel Ashton so your lover." He tried to threaten me but I was unphased by his hollow threats."I am not afraid but you're, Mr. Morrison. Like I said before, I fucking don't care and Sophia is far from your reach. Think twice befo
[ Daniel ]"The agreement is bound to happen in this marriage, Daniel because I do not trust you with my daughter and more importantly our business. You and your little wife has already put a daint on Ashton's image. People ridicule the Ashton family in every way possible." Morrison mocked at my face. It was a direct attack on my family but I didn't care what he thought about the latter."Alright, I heard your reasons, Mr. Morrison now it's my turn, if I am allowed to speak." I spared a glance at my parents whose faces were red with the humiliation but they couldn't say a word to Morrison as he was the biggest alliance who was going to help us spread our roots in the gulf countries."You will tie the knot with Emma after two weeks so you have all rights to put forward your opinions as long as they don't hurt our sentiments." He made it very clear that he wouldn't take any insult in return but I had no care in the world for what he thought or how he tamed my ambitious parents so easily
[ Daniel ]I felt like I was stabbed multiple times by the sharpest dagger and yet my soul wasn't ready to leave my body. I was played by the cruel game of fate or I say my very own family."Daniel, you're here. I have been looking for you in the whole mansion." My mother's regal voice echoed in the air, she put extra efforts to sound annoyed but she or my father were the last person on the earth whom I wanted to be around me at the moment.I gripped the railing bar tightly in order to restrain myself from leashing out on her and ruin everything for me."What do you want now, mother." I didn't try to hide the distaste in my tone."Daniel, do not behave like a brat that your ex-wife turned you into. Emma is the right choice for you. Jesus! She was always on the top of my priority list among those girls I want you to marry. Thanks to your grandfather who brought the little piece of rag in our family but I don't care as she isn't a part of our life anymore and I'll make sure she would ne
[ Sophia ]To say I was cool, would be a plain lie. My heart had not been at peace since Daniel left me to work on his plan to bring us out of this web of conspiracies. I mean why do his family can't let us live as we want us to be.They have problem with me and they found me unfit as their daughter in law just because I do not belong to elite rich class or my parents didn't hold a high place in the society.Is it necessary to possess wealth to get the approval of society or the virtues only embrace the people with wealth coming from all the sources.I find it total blasphemous. I mean the elite class is the one who lacks most of the human virtues, their empire is built on the sweat and blood of the poor working class or what the events from history tell us."Hey, cupcake." Aaron's always chirpy voice snapped me out of my platonic thoughts."Hey..sorry I was just..you know."I dismissed my negative thoughts from conjuring my sane state of mind."It's okay, dear sister in law. I know it