THE NEXT MORNING "Jude, Jude" Jacob yelled and shook his arm. He had been waking him repeatedly for the past two hours, but Jude would only reassure him that he was awake and still go back to sleep. "We have an exam this morning for goodness sake! What will happen to us being the future of the nation? Get your fucking ass up!" Jacob grumbled as he couldn't bear his friend's sluggishness anymore. They were already late and were only reassured to still be able to write the exam because no one would question them for their lateness to the exam hall. Jude's eyes fluttered open, and he groaned as the sunlight hit his face. He rolled on the bed twice and slowly sat up, his head pounding, and his stomach churning. The previous day alcohol had taken its toll on him, and he felt like he was moving through molasses. His mouth was dry, and he could taste the remnants of beer on his tongue. His whole body ached, and he felt exhausted. He wondered if he'd ever be able to drag himself out of bed
Jude's fierce eyes narrowed as the white in them became red with an effort to keep his anger in check. There was a faint tremor as his jaw clenched tightly. The overall effect of Micah's insults on him shows how much he was barely containing his fury, ready to explode at any moment.Micah's heart was in turmoil of fear, but she was still trying to keep up with her pride. "Tell me the lie in what I said" she urges. "If you ever speak of her like that again…" Jude's tone was cold, controlled in anger, and a hint of danger underneath. "If you say such a thing again…" he repeated, "I will make you pay. You think I don't know that you and your fucker were the ones behind those pictures? You should keep yourself, and words away from me" he speaks slowly and deliberately, enunciating each word carefully.As Micah heard Jude's words, she felt a chill run down her spine. The fury in his voice was unmistakable, and she could feel the tension in the air around them. She wished she dared to deny
"Are you..sure about..this?" Gerold stuttered in disbelief as he stood on his feet. He had caught the flu about a day ago but his health suddenly felt improved at Raina's acceptance to be his contracted wife. Gerold had foreseen her to call a few days ago because of how confident he was about no other easier solution to the crisis on ground. Not like he totally wished for her unhappiness. He had begun to have some silly heartbeats for her, and couldn't wait to make her joyful too. He felt that was the right decision as his nephew, Jude would surely get over the news of their marriage easily, and move on. Throughout the last week, Gerold had almost given up on Raina when she didn't call him. He had made the detailed contract a long time ago when he first wanted to marry her a few months ago and had remade it with the new conditions and terms. He felt dire for being the one behind the rim of her sadness but he was knowledgeable about the hardship she would face regarding her pregnancy
"Uh…uhm.." Raina stutters "It's fine if you don't want to" She inches backward and looks away. "If that is what you want, so it is" Gerold affirmed with a smile.Raina smiled sadly as she recalled when Jude told her to think about the country they would go to for their vacation after his exam. He had told her that he would skip prom and had also out of jealousy asked about who her date was during her prom. Raina only smiled and said she wasn't able to attend as a regular student. She had practiced dancing choreography to entertain the students for money instead. Jude then promised to make his own prom night to be the best night for her. He had said they would send it together but it all seems impossible now. Raina jerked when she felt Gerold stretch his hand across the coffee table in an attempt to tap her. Apparently, within that time she had drowned in a deep trance, he had ordered two cups of Espresso and he was saying something. "I'm sorry. What were you saying?..." Raina trail
Raina's father was speechless as he felt trapped in his daughter's dramatic life. All in one, his greediness for money was first regarded. "You should have married Gerold in the first place, but you never listened. You have a lot of explaining to do," He grumbled and snatched his leg out of Raina's hold. He exhaled heavily and out of frustration, he trudged out of her room. "I might have listened to you if I knew that it was a contract marriage. I might have listened to you if only I knew that it would be this difficult to love someone my heart desires" Raina whispered and wept bitterly.Raina's father watched a delighted Jude from a corner. He shakes his head one more time before sauntering to meet him. Jude looked back and his expression fell in disappointment when he didn't see Raina. "She doesn't want to see you.." her father looked away. "What took you this long to visit her in the first place? Even if she sees you, there is nothing like you guys coming back together from her e
"Your father told me the strangest thing I have ever heard and I do want to believe that it's one of his tricks to make me let you go because what will happen to our vacation? What about me? We made promises, Raina. Promises aren't meant to be broken" he says as she cries bitterly. "Are you manipulated by your father again? What happened? Where did things begin to go wrong? Do you want me to rip my heart out to make you believe that it truly beats for you? Just tell me and I will find a way to fix things up. Please my dearest" he pleaded. He was totally exhausted. He never expected things to turn out this way. He desperately hated himself for not talking to her throughout the last week. "I am getting married…." Raina bit her lips. "You will get over it very soon. I can assure you that if I risk everything to be with you and then you later leave me alone with the thought that I am worthless… I wouldn't be able to forgive myself. Jude…nothing can make me change my mind. I hope you live
~~~~~~FIVE YEARS LATER~~~~~~~ "You know Mum, a friend at school told us that he bagged into his mother's room this morning, and his father jumped out of bed just to excessively nag at him. He is the big guy in my class and I was beyond shocked when he came into the classroom weeping" Noel narrates innocently, with his eyes shimmering in concern as he recalls his friend's situation in the morning. He and his twin, Noelle were just back from school and were descending from the staircase on their way to watch cartoons after a cold shower. They just wouldn't quit talking about every single thing that happened in school to their mother who also listened attentively. "Truly, he wasn't supposed to dash into his parent's private room. Something important must be going on in the room for his father to nag at him to the extent of crying" Raina explained trying as much to respond perfectly so that he wouldn't ask more questions as they all settled on the couch. "You won't believe what Noah d
For the past 35 hours, Raina waited patiently while trying not to make her kids suspect her dilemma. She called and messaged both Gerold's phone number and that of Mrs. Alexander, but there was no response. She felt a gut feeling of an upcoming bad occurrence after her daughter ran to her room the night before while sweating profusely and crying about them being tormented by a devilish creature in her dream. Raina had slept in their room and lured them to sleep as Noelle kept murmuring for her not to let them go. Ever since then, she considered her daughter's revelation and the message from Mrs. Alexander as a threat to their life. She realized that she was despised beyond what she had imagined, even though throughout the last few years, she had tried her best to form a bond with them but had given up after Gerold's restriction. Raina sighed in anguish as she thought of escaping again. She doesn't want to be a coward again, or else she would continue to do that for the rest of her
Jude's private security personnel connected Raina's phone number tracking information to his phone. His heart was beating abnormally as he traced the signal into the airport's clinic. "Are you sure this thing works perfectly? I am at the sanitarium..." he kept monitoring his movement, and staring at the phone at the same time. "Yes, boss. It works correctly..." "Ok" he answered and cut the call. Jude gulps nervously and calls the attention of a Nurse. "Hi, ma'am. Can you accompany me inside? I am tracking someone who is probably in this infirmary and I don't want any disturbance or queries until I confirm my search" He pleads even though the nurse's eyes widen in surprise. She nodded her head, her cheeks turning red. They stopped at the front of a room when the tracking red light continued to blink, "I think it's here," Jude's anxiety skyrocketed, his palms and forehead now soaked with sweat. He held his breath and opened the door, his eyes seized on the pale figure lying
THREE WEEKS LATER: GABRIELLE'S WEDDING DAY Raina sat on a chair at the front of the huge mirror, while the hairstylist re-curls her hair. The past three weeks had been tough. She recalled waking up at the Harmony Hospital with just a minor injury on her arm. She had asked about Jude from his mother who coincidentally visited at the time she gained consciousness, but his mother just kept wailing in despair. A good Samaritan had helped Raina and Jude to a nearby hospital before they were transferred back to the Bellingham Family Hospital. She had spent only three days at the hospital, and within those three days, like a miracle, the twins hurriedly accepted the news that Jude was their father when Gerold visited them at Gabrielle's residence. Surprisingly, there was no harsh backlash from the internet. People viewed everything revealed about Raina and Jude like a love story, but unfortunately for the characters, it seemed like a departure when Jude finally began to respond to tre
Gradually, he continued to thrust inside her, groaning into her mouth each time a sparkle of extreme pleasure ignited in his body. Her moans assured him that she was enjoying it too, and he made himself lose guard, mercifully banging her with all his efforts without looking back. He release her lips and placed his mouth on Raina's succulent nipple, biting them and pinching as he continues to relentlessly thrust into her, his tip hitting her womb, "Ooohh, damn Dove!!!" He groans, sweating profusely. "Ouch! Ohh...baby...Jude...too sweet" Raina moaned out incoherent words as the ecstasy threatened to tear her apart. She wrapped her legs around his waist, her eyes rolling at the sweetness of his dick. She realized that she missed it more than she thought. Jude pulled out and tugged her on her knees while she held the bed frame for support when he thrust deep inside her from the back. Her head fell on the bed, honing her butt to him perfectly, his hands resting on her hip as he bangs he
Jude's hands were firmly around Raina's neck, he tilted her head and devoured her lips, sucking and licking in fervor. He ravaged her tongue and lips with sucks that made her squirm in ecstasy. He allowed her endearing taste to flow in his body, igniting a jerk in his manhood. She was too appetizing and he wasn't ready to let go. Raina flung her tiny hands around his neck, shifting to meet up with his pace of kissing. She moved one of her hands back to his cheek and the other one shoved into his soft hair, "Jude..." She mewled, her stomach churning as her core got drenched with aroused liquids. "You taste heavenly, Raina. Too tasty that I keep wondering if you were the same person I made love to years ago," Jude breathes and slowly withdraws his lips from hers for them to catch their breath. Their forehead slightly leaning against each other. He pecked her swollen lips, staring at her with extreme hunger in his eyes. "You are beautiful," he complimented and gently bit her nose
There was a threatening silence in the building. Jude's mouth hung open in astonishment as he gazed at Raina's reddened face. He could recall that most of the time, he was the one who sexually teased her even though her body had always responded to his touch. He wasn't expecting her to be so blunt with her words, at least not in a sexual aspect. He thought she was going to venture on pleading about how much she felt sorry for breaking his heart when she told him about her mission to set things right. "What..." He paused and smiled, looking at her in amusement. "Yes. It's what I want" Raina breathed, her eyes dripping with fondness as she stared at him. "Well...you are not getting that from me." Jude snapped. "What the hell is wrong with you?" he faked a creased brows like he was baffled. He ignored the warmth that spread through his body at her admission. At the same time, he didn't want her to think she could lure him effortlessly. "Is it so wrong to do it since I am not
Raina wasn't ready to sympathize with Gerold who was already on the verge of breaking down. Nurse Kathlyn stood with eyebrows furrowed in confusion while gazing between the two of them. Mrs Alexander's desperate tone when telling her to be selfish resounded in her head, "I'm sorry, but I can't do this anymore." Raina whispered, her voice shaking as she turned around and dashed out of the room. Gabrielle stood up from the hospital's waiting chair when she saw Raina rushing forward with a guard, "What's wrong?" She asked, her face disgruntled with worry as she scurried to meet with her best friend. Raina ceased running, her hand rubbing her chest to steady her breathing. "I have to go to the airport, Gabrielle. I need to tell Jude everything. I can't continue hiding like a coward while some vicious lady destroys his life. Even if we can't get back together, maybe he will finally be able to concentrate on himself after I patch the potholes." "But he is now engaged to Beatrice. It's t
"I don't seem to understand what you are trying to say, ma'am." Raina wiped her face and laughed nervously. "I guess I misinterpreted what you said because my sense of hearing is malfunctioning. I was quite disgruntled by yesterday's tragic announcement...God. Things are getting too complicated, please don't tell me it's what I am thinking, How did you..." She whimpered tiredly and nibbled on her lips. "You revealed everything when you were drunk." "Ohh! No" Raina pulled her hair in remorse. "Gerold's fear of losing his share from the inheritance his father bestowed him was my fear for Jude too. You see...it took several disputes before the Bellinghams accepted me and Alexander's marriage. They were against it. A complicated family with weird rules. You aren't strike dumb because you've not met them." Mrs Alexander coughed. Her calm tone of speaking made Raina feel relaxed as she strained her ears to listen attentively. "Alexander's father married three wives because he was fr
"He had died three years and a month after your wedding. I did more research and realized that he indulged in betting and drinking all night which had given a negative result to his health. Jude had invited him one day to ask about you as usual when he found him dead," Gabrielle's voice shook as she flung her arms around Raina who had stiffened from the shock. Gabrielle had purposely skipped saying that the main reason Raina's father had perished was because no one was there to seek assistance on his behalf when he collapsed in the building.Raina sucked in small breaths as she murmured incoherent words. "I killed him. I didn't stay to take care of him. What type of daughter am I?!" She shook in regret. Her lips were quivering badly. Gabrielle trembled at the mental consequences of an individual blaming himself for such matters. "No! You didn't kill him!" She bit her lips and arrests Raina as their cries resounded through the whole building. THE NEXT MORNING AT 'GRACIOUS CEMETRY'
Gabrielle left the weekend meeting she was in and drove very rapidly on her way to the restaurant. Her heart was beating with fear as she mulled over what could have pushed Raina to call while sounding so miserable."Ooh! There you are" She breathes in relief at the sight of Raina's car. She hurriedly alighted from her own car after parking at one side. Gabrielle scurried like a cat chasing its prey towards Raina's car, "What happened? Open the door" Her eyebrows scrunched in worry as she knocked on the driver's window. Raina rashly opened the door, and burst out in another round of tears while her best friend hauled her in her arms, patting her back to comfort her "I'm tired!" Raina wailed in distress. "Release them. You got to cry when you need to." Gabrielle hugged her tightly. She was immersed in comforting her friend as she shut her eyes to stop the tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes too. The moment she opened them, her sights set on two kids who were shining th