Waking up, Aurora found Arthur’s arms still cuddled around her just like when they fell asleep. She let out a wide smile as she stared at his sleeping face. ‘He’s so handsome!’ This word kept ringing in her head as she took her time to admire his beauty again. “Are you going to keep staring?” Arthur uttered, causing her eyes to slightly widen in shock. He opened his eyes and let out a smile too. “I could feel you staring at me from under my eyelids.” He added, planting a kiss on her forehead. “Good morning.” She greeted shyly, staring into his eyes. “Good morning. Did you enjoy your sleep?” He asked, caressing her hair. “It was short, like you know, but it was sound too.” She answered, and they both chuckled. “What would you like to do today?” He asked her, and she shrugged. “I don’t know. What do you have in mind?” She asked, and he breathed out softly and looked up at the ceiling. “Maybe we can go to the mall not so far from here to get the boys some things. I promised them
Throughout their journey back home, Arthur remained awkwardly silent and so was Aurora. Arthur seemed to be lost thinking about his meeting with Anita, while Aurora couldn’t stop fuming. She expected him to say something to her, at least apologize for treating her that way in front of his Ex, but he said nothing. She waited patiently for them to get home before she said anything about it. Getting home, Arthur carried the bags of goodies in the car and headed into the house, still not saying anything to Aurora. While he walked to the children’s room to drop the gifts, Aurora headed straight to his room. She was so pissed to even say hello to the kids. She needed to say what she had to say first. She needed some explanation from him. Entering his room, she began to pace in the center of the room, waiting for him to walk in. The door eventually opened, and Arthur walked in to see Aurora in his room. “We need to talk.” She uttered, and he let out a loud sigh. “Do we need to do tha
After seeing the Therapist’s call pop up on Arthur’s skin, Aurora couldn’t help but think, and she didn’t mind letting her curiosity take the best of her. But she couldn’t and didn’t want to talk to Arthur about it. They just argued about Anita, she didn’t want to entertain another. ‘I’ll ask Derick instead.’ She thought, reaching for her phone so she could put a call across to him. “Hi, Derick. Are you home?” She asked as they got talking over the phone. “Hi, Aurora. Yes, I am. Are you two back?” He asked. “Yes, we are. I needed to see. I’ll be coming to your house in an hour.” She responded, getting out of bed. “Of course. Are you alright though? You’re sounding the way you sound anytime you’re bothered about something.” He uttered, and she let out a sigh. “You’re right but don’t worry about it, okay? We’ll talk about it. Is Carter home with you?” “Yes, he is. He’s sleeping as we speak.” “Okay. Except me soon.” She added and hung up afterward. Without wasting more time, she
While Aurora and Carter were out having fun, she noticed Carter wasn’t his best self either. “What’s wrong? You seem pretty distant too.” “What?” Carter chuckled, looking at her as he took in a large part of his vanilla ice cream. “Don’t pretend like everything is fine, Carter. I know you well enough to know that you are not always like this. Is there something bothering you? The least we can do is share it.” She tried to convince him to talk. He heaved a loud sigh and nodded. “I’ve been trying hard not to think about the future lately, you know? I mean, the future is now. I’m not getting younger. I’m in my early forties.” He muttered, taking another bite from his ice cream. “What are you trying to say, Carter?” “I’m saying I don’t know where my relationship with Derick is heading. I know he has stood up to his homophobic parents already, but we can’t just keep dating forever. I want to get married to him badly, but I don’t know how to tell him. I don’t know if he’s even ready.
Arthur impatiently checked the wall clock in the living room, waiting for Aurora to return. It was 9 p.m. and she had not returned. He tried to think of places where she could be, but aside from Derick’s house, he knew no other place she could go. He also didn’t want to call Derick either, so he tried calling her multiple times but her phone was switched off. “Daddy, mummy isn’t back?” He heard one of the boys ask from behind him. He looked back and saw Rowan, yawning sleepily. “Rowan, mummy isn’t back, but she’ll be here soon. You should go to bed, okay? It’s late. I’ll make sure she kisses you goodnight when she comes back.” Arthur assured him, brushing his hair playfully. Rowan nodded slowly and walked out of the living room, heading back to the boys’ room. ‘Where the hell are you?!’ He asked in his head, staring at his phone. He tried her phone again, but it was the same thing. Her phone was switched off. Just when he was about to lose it, he heard footsteps at the door.
~The Next Morning~ As Theo advised, Aurora headed to Arthur’s room still in the clothes she wore the previous night. Theo already told her the suit he planted the wiretap already. Getting to his room, she opened the door and walked in to find him dressing up. TtyHe turned to look at who it was, and when he saw it was her, he heaved a sigh and looked away. “Good morning.” Aurora greeted with a faint smile, but Arthur ignored her. He kept buttoning up his shirt in front of the mirror. Aurora moved close to him, fiddling her fingers. “About yesterday…” “We don’t have to talk about it. I need to get to work.” He muttered, still not looking at her. “We do need to talk about it.” She moved closer and stood in front of him. “I’m sorry, Arthur.” She uttered in a low and remorseful manner, causing him to finally look at her. “What exactly are you sorry for? That you came home late and drunk? That you left me worried sick about you? Or that you started saying things you shouldn’t say?”
Getting to the office, Arthur met Anita waiting for him in front of his office. She wore a white shirt that exposed her cleavages and a very short skirt that hardly covered her thighs as she sat. ‘Who even let her up?’ He thought in disbelief as he walked to his office. “Arthur! You’re here.” Anita uttered with excitement as soon as she saw him. She sprang to her feet and ran cutely towards him, but he wasn’t having it. He moved away from where he stood and headed into his office. “Go away.” He muttered, but this wasn’t going to stop Anita. After grabbing her bag, she headed into his office too, still grinning widely. She stood in front of his desk and looked around his office. “I knew you always had good taste. Even though your apartment wasn’t the biggest back then, you knew how to take care of it the little way you could.” She uttered, while Arthur kept ignoring her. He removed his suit and hung it on his chair before proceeding to sit. “Blue? I thought your favorite colors
On Arthur’s way home, he kept recalling what the therapist had told him to do. He had to forgive Anita and move on, and this wasn’t going to be so easy. He had to train himself not to be so mad at her when she appeared. ‘But how will I do this? Setting my eyes on her makes me hate her every single time!’ Arthur yelled in his head, hitting the steering in anger. He let out a deep sigh as he tried to calm himself down. “You can’t keep using Aurora, Mr Arthur. It isn't good to distract yourself with a romantic relationship or it won’t end well, we’ll have to start from the very beginning because, in the end, one of you will get hurt. “You need to be sure she isn’t just a distraction, and if she is, you should try to take things slow.” The words of Mr Richard came to him again. He began to think of ways to take things slow, but it was all cloudy. ‘She doesn’t want to be a girlfriend for a long time. She wants me to marry her, but how can I do this when I’m asked to take things slow