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Alan’s POV“You’re in a very delightful mood this morning.” My mother gazed up from the brim of her tea-cup to pass on an amused smile. “Do you want to share the happy news?”“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I shrugged in a nonchalance but smirked back at her nonetheless.“Oh, of course, you know what I’m talking about,” She set aside her cup and leaned in eagerly.“Truly, I don’t.”“Is it that girl then?” Busted.“She’s got a name, you know?”“Yeah, I know. So it is about her, isn’t it?”“Mom, leave me alone. Let me enjoy my tea in peace. I’ve had to deal with a terrible migraine last night.”“Quit lying to my face, Alan. You look more peaceful and healthy than I’ve ever seen you before.” She scoffed and leaned back to fold her arms across her chest. Narrowing her eyes at me, she gave me an accusing look, “Are you in love with her?”The sip of the hot tea I’d taken just milliseconds before she said those words had ultimately sent me into a round of choking and I was forced t
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Alan’s POVMy mother shook my head, "Alan, I know that you think you can, but handling suppressed emotions is a lot more difficult than hiding acknowledged . The more you try to suppress them, the more obvious and clear they become. Before you know, they'll be all over the place.""So what do you suggest I do? I can't confess to her yet, that's completely off-limits. She asked for some space and time and that's what I'm giving her. I am willing to wait for as long as she needs. That's the only thing she had ever asked of me and that's the least I can do for her.""Well, I get where you're coming from, Alan, and I know that you won't like what I want to say so I'm going to refrain from it. But I will suggest this - go with your gut feeling. I appreciate that you're thinking logically about this because when you do that, you often avoid unnecessary damage. But please, there will be a time where the situation demands you to act in a way that pleases your heart. Listen to it."When the ri
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Rachel's POV“What took you so long?” Henry scowled as soon as he spotted me.“Yeah, what did Sugar daddy want with you? Was he trying to talk you into taking the fellowship here?” Mark asked. “And please don’t tell me you’re actually considering it.”Damn, there goes the conversation I’ve been trying to avoid for a week now. “Can we please not talk about it? I’m in the mood for some celebration right now.” That was a blatant lie.“Yeah, this is the tenth time you’ve dodged this conversation. Don’t think we haven’t been noticing it.” Emilia warned in a strict tone.Groaning, I rubbed my temples in despair. “I know. I just haven’t made up my mind about it alright? I’m not sure if I want to move across the country for a fellowship. It’s not that easy a decision to make. Let me have a breather.”“Fine, but just promise us you will give it some serious thought and won’t let silly things hinder your career.”“Fine.” Not really.Though unconvinced, she gave me a nod nonetheless. Since we we
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Alan’s POV“He’s lying.”He had to be. There was no other way he’d be breaking so well under the pressure if it weren’t for the lies he was so cautiously masking under that deceiving face of his.“I wouldn’t be so sure.” Mused the gentleman in uniform.Both of us were standing outside the room where the interrogation was taking place. The man I had been intently observing the entire day was proving to be very annoying as he was insistent on standing on his original answer.He confessed that he was a poor man that could barely make the ends meet every month. His old Volkswagen had been troubling him for quite a while now, and since he earned just enough to keep the family from drowning, he had managed to ignore the services that were demanded by the faulty vehicle.He paid the price of his ignorance when the brakes on his vehicles betrayed him right when he was speeding past the expected limit in one of the deserted streets of London. Unfortunately, he was not the only person who had p
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Alan's POVWhen I first heard her voice, it was quite evident to me that I had woken her up from her sleep. My heart melted at listening to her. Since I barely had any time to even breathe these two days, it was only after her voice reminded me that I realized that I had missed her immensely."Alan?" Her voice was now more alert, and I believed that she was clearly taken aback by my call at this ungodly hour."I'm sorry, did I wake you? I almost forgot that we were in different time zones."Clearing her throat, she whispered in a low voice, "One second,"I heard some ruffling noises in the background that were dominated by her quiet breathing. After a good few seconds, she talked again, but this time, her voice wasn't as low anymore."Sorry, I was in Emilia's bedroom, didn't want to wake her." She explained. "I just came to sit in the living area. Is everything alright?""Yes, I'll come to that bit later. But I first want to know how you performed at your boards.""It was alright."I
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Rachel's POV“I love you.”“I love you too, darling.”“Will you marry me?”I pushed myself up by placing my hands atop Emilia’s shoulders to peek a glance at her figure. Endless tears streamed down her face at that instant but it only made me smile as they were nothing but tears of pure joy and happiness.“Of course, I will.” Her voice cracked but soon, she was swept into a tight embrace. All the nurses and the doctors, including Doctor Merch, who occupied the boundaries of the room broke into loud cheers and claps. The happy couple looked toward all of us, as though they were silently thanking us for making this happen.But in all honesty, Doctor Merch deserved all the credit there was. If it weren’t for her, there would’ve been no wedding. But thankfully, the pre-term baby was delivered healthily and gave enough reason for the couple to consider getting married. The couple had earlier lost all hope that their baby could make it. Since they had already been battling several issues, s
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Rachel’s POV “Did any of you inform him of my condition?”“No, not yet,” Emilia spoke up. “Apparently I am your emergency contact person so I figured you had a reason for it. Plus Mark and Henry told me that we should probably leave that choice up to you and since you were expected to wake up soon I decided to listen to them.”“Thank god,” I sighed in relief. “Please don’t tell him just yet. I don’t want to worry him unnecessarily.”“Unnecessarily? Rach, he would want to know.”“I know, but I’m not in a very dangerous situation right? I am fine. These are not exactly grave injuries so the news can definitely wait. He’ll be flying back tomorrow anyway so he’ll know then. I don’t want to ruin his trip further. He has too much on his plate anyway, I don’t want to add another reason for him to worry about.”“But, Rach,” Mark said with apprehension, “He’s not going to like it when he learns that you kept it from him.”“I know, but he’ll come around. It’s not like he can do anything even i
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Alan's POVI hadn't noticed when my bag fell from my arms.But I was guessing it happened somewhere between closing the door and noticing her swollen cheek. My heart fell into the deepest pits of my stomach. Upon further inspection, I noticed that she even had a slightly bruised eye.Soon, anger consumed me. Before I could stop it, I felt my blood boil within me. Despite having no idea who, I had managed to form immense hatred toward the person who had inflicted such pain upon her. She clearly looked like she was attacked. Badly."Who did this to you?" My voice was colder than I had intended it for. But I didn't bother correcting it because it was not directed at the girl standing before me."Um," She managed to mutter, "What are you doing here?"I walked up to her and tenderly held her jaw within my hand. Carefully, making sure I was not inflicting more pain than she was already in, I ran my fingers over her swollen jaw and then her bruised eye, in hopes of discovering what truly hap
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