The illness had hit me like a truck, yet it took its time to leave, clinging onto me, unwilling to let go.I had lost a lot of weight. But I didn't want Nicholas to think that I hadn't been doing well without him, so I purposely wore something thick.After covering myself up, I found a pair of sungl
Jasmine's lips twitched as she forced a smile. She sneered as she asked, "Ms. Jones, how can you be so harsh with your words? Are you upset?"I smiled and looked at Jasmine. "I'm just feeling worried about you. He's raising you as a pet. No matter what, it sounds a bit cheap."Jasmine paled as her h
Nicholas' heaving chest finally calmed down, and he immediately held Jasmine's shoulders and pulled her tightly into his embrace."So what if I'm raising her as a pet? If I were to raise a pet, I'd only want pets that are good and obedient. I wouldn't want to raise a pet like you."So what if I spen
The news about my divorce from Nicholas had spread quickly and caused quite an uproar.It wasn't due to the divorce itself, but because Nicholas had done what he said he would. The night of our divorce, he lit the city up with fireworks. He was doing it because he wanted to show me that all of his
Pete didn't seem to be joking as he looked at me calmly. His burning gaze slowly morphed into one of anxiousness. He gulped repeatedly, seemingly waiting for my answer.My thoughts began to swirl as I listened to his words as I remembered the past.When we were young, I used to find Pete annoying. H
The atmosphere immediately turned heavy due to Nicholas' presence. I shivered slightly when I saw his car. Shouldn't he be accompanying Jasmine instead? Didn't he want to give her the best of everything?My emotions began to swirl out of control. Who was he to disrupt my life over and over again? I
I quickly ran over and placed my hands over the arm Nicholas was using to hold onto Pete's collar. I tried to break them apart, but Nicholas' grip was so tight that the veins around his arm had popped from his wrist up into his sleeve.Looking up, I saw that his entire face was dark and even his ga
As expected, Nicholas entered my apartment with ease. It was almost as if he was entering his own home. He turned on the lights and looked at me. He even asked, "Aren't you going to come in?"Head inside? Why should I head inside and be in the same room as him?I felt like I was in a dream as I loo