AUTHOR’S POV.“I am so sorry. I have not been very chanced,” Sapphire apologized with a soft smile on her face while she awaited Mogan’s response.“Let’s hang out one of these days. What do you say? I’m returning to my business and I would not have much time when I do,” she said.“How about Saturday? Would you be free then?”“I will free up my schedule for my sister-in-law,” Mogan said and Sapphire giggled.She heard a soft knock on the door and then raised her head to look in the direction of the door.“Anyways, take care of yourself, okay?”“I will. Take care of yourself too.”Sapphire stood from the edge of the bed that she was sitting on and walked to the door.Her eyes scanned the woman in front of her as she opened the door and her brows pulled together.It has been a while since she saw this woman and right now, she does not look like her usual self. She knows that for sure.She looked like she had had a bit to drink as she staggered a bit and her eyes were tiny.“Kira?”Kira s
AUTHOR’S POV.Sapphire pressed her lips together shyly as she looked around the room and then looked at the underwear again.She was feeling so tempted to wear it, and she was going to.If only she had been in her room, she would have done that without worrying about Daniel barging in or anything. But then again, he was outside and now that Kira was back, it was possible that he might not return inside soon.After all, they had not met in a while and might need some catching up to do.She walked to the door, peeped out of it, and looked around again before she rushed back to the bed, picked up the lingerie, and scurried to the closet.She pulled off her pajamas and tried them on.After she was done, she stepped out of the closet as the mirror there was not as large as the one in the room.She looked at herself in the mirror for a while with a smile on her face before she decided it was fine she took it off.She rarely wore stuff like this. No, she does not wear them. Not even swimmin
DANIEL’S POV.I stirred gently in my sleep and I felt my muscles pulled as I felt the hand in my hair.I snapped my eyes open and turned to look at Sapphire who was sleeping beside me with her hand in my hair and I breathed out.I hated being touched on my head. It was as if I had dealt with something traumatic in the past as I always flare up or palpitate whenever people touch my head.Even my parents were aware of this, and they would never touch my head.However, I do not know why I feel somewhat relaxed right now. I closed my eyes gently again and breathed out. She curled her body against mine and she shivered which made me assume that she was cold.Did she increase the air condition? Because I was sure it was not like this before I slept.I reached my hand to my phone in the drawer beside me and pressed the home button to check the time.The moment I saw what the time was, I sprang up, unconsciously moving the woman’s hand from my head and detaching her from my body rather roughl
SAPPHIRE’S POV.I might not know a lot of things, but I was aware of something. Daniel was hiding something from me.There was no way to find out. I could not find it out unless he told me.While we both prepared for work, we did not say anything to each other, and by the time we got to the dining room, it was almost eleven.I had slowed us down. If it were up to only him, he might have finished about thirty minutes earlier.I entered the bathroom before him and I had spent a lot of minutes there before I came out.When we got to the dining table, we met Kira there and I frowned in confusion as they both looked away from each other without exchanging pleasantries.Daniel handed me my coffee and I collected it while I took glances at the lady who stuffed bread in her mouth.“Hurry up,” he said as he took a sip and dropped it on the table.“You’re not taking your coffee again?” I asked as he walked out of the room.“I’m coming!” I added when he did not answer me.What a cranky man!I g
DANIEL’S POV.I snatched the key from the driver after I had adjusted Sapphire in the back seat and rushed to go behind the wheel when I heard a voice and looked up.“C… can I go with you, sir?” I frowned at the lady, Tina, and shook my head.“I feel like someone should be at the back with her so that…”“Get in the car,” I cut her short and got behind the wheel.After she had settled in, as she had adjusted Sapphire and placed her head on her thigh, I ignited the engine and then drove out of the basement.This was the first time that I was seeing my wife like this, and right now, I felt like I was choking and was going to die.I pressed the pedal as I increased the pace. I was a rough driver, but the last thing I was going to do was allow another person to drive my wife in this position.==“We have the test result, Mr. Preston,” the Doctor said to me carefully.“And? What is wrong with her? Is she good? Can I go see her now?”There was something I hated about hospitals. Even though th
DANIEL’S POV.I sat on the chair beside Sapphire’s bed and took her warm hand in mine gently and fondled it. I stared at her pale lips and her white face. I hated the way she lay on the bed and the way her hair sprawled on the pillow. “I’m sorry,” I sniffed and dropped her hand on my cheek while my hand was still on hers. “It’s all my fault,” I mumbled and then dropped her hand gently.I dropped my hand on her cheek and caressed it gently. I wished that she would just wake up with the usual frowny face and then tell me to stop being sentimental.I did not know how much I liked my wife until now.I mean, I knew that I liked her, but I felt like I did not know how much I did until now.I should have treated her better.If she was going to go through something like this because of me, I should have treated her much better.I should have been good to her. I should have let her have her way and never yelled at her.Of course, it would not have changed anything, but it would have at least
LIAM’S POV.I crossed my arms across my chest while I took glances at the crying woman who sat beside me.I shook my head, smacked my tongue, and then removed a handkerchief from my pocket, and then handed it over to her.Hilda pressed her lips together and wiped her tears with the back of her hand before she finally collected the handkerchief from me and then watched as I tightened my arms across my chest back and she looked away from me.I shook my head as I heard the woman blow her nose into the handkerchief and I took another look at her.Anyone who does not know her would think she was a vulnerable and pitiful woman. If I had not met her before, I would have thought that way too, not to lie.Right now, her face was swollen from crying too much and I was almost looking like a bad person as the people who walked past us would not stop giving me some looks.God knows I was not the reason she was crying anyway.“Thank you,” Hilda groaned as she stretched the handkerchief to me.I sna
DANIEL’S POV.I palmed my forehead as I watched my mother and Mogan who began to discuss how Mogan was going to move into my house and how well she was going to take care of Sapphire.My father just shook his head and gestured to me to let them have their way.It was not like there was anything I could do though. Mogan coming to stay with us means more trouble.When we were little, I used to think Mogan was my mother and not my sister.Aside from being too bossy, Mogan would hit me each time she was not having her way.She was just this cruel sister that I did not almost like while growing up.Not to lie though, she was still the best gift ever.I loved my sister so much that I would lay my life down for her.I took another look at Sapphire who was still sleeping and then leaned down. I cupped her cheek while I hesitated to kiss her lips before I finally leaned back.“I’m coming,” I said to my family and then walked out of the room.—-I looked around for Liam for a while before I fin
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“Spending a whole three months in France made me assume that you and Daniel will not return here again,” Hilda snorted as she settled on the chair beside Sapphire who had her eyes glued on the big screen in the in house Cinema. “We had to return. I’m near my due date and we don’t want to deliver our baby there,” Sapphire smiled as she dropped her hand on her friend’s hand. “You really spent three months there! I thought it was just going to be a week or two vacation!” Hilda hollered. “Trust me when I say that I don’t even wanna return. It’s really fun there. Plus, we were not there all through the three months, we traveled to Rome, Amsterdam, and so on.” “Tsk, no wonder you don’t always pick up my calls.” “You nag too much, Hilda. At least you came to see us in France with Liam about two months ago.” “So? That is enough. You don’t miss me at all?!” “No, no, I’m not saying that. Of course, I miss you a lot,” Sapphire shook her head. “Oh, Pookie… come here,” Hilda leaned closer t
FINALE.~~~DANIEL~~~I settled on the bed beside my sleeping wife and then dropped my hand on her stomach.“Amore, time to get up.”I stared at her sleeping, innocent face and then shook my head. Since we returned from Mogan’s party around eleven PM last night, till now, 10:56 AM, she had been sleeping.I proceeded to move the hair from her face and caressed her cheeks.“Amore.”When she did not answer nor stir in her sleep, I shook my head and then smacked my tongue.I do not like waking this woman. It usually takes a while before she answers.I raised my head as the maid walked out of the closet and I raised my brows, “Are you done?” I asked as I glanced at the bag in her hand.“Yes, sir.”“Take it to the car,” I said and she nodded her head, bowed, and then walked away.Today was the day I was going to show her the surprise that I have for her and I can’t wait for her to see it and be happy.I kept shaking her gently till she finally stirred in her sleep and then I exhaled. “Good mo
AUTHOR’S POV.“Babe, come help me with my shoe,” Sapphire said after she finished adjusting her dress.“I’m coming!” Daniel said from the closet.She settled on the edge of the bed and then sluggishly picked up the shoes from the ground.This evening, she was feeling heavier and lazier than usual. She just wanted to stay in bed and sleep, but it was Mogan’s party, and they gotta be there too.She panted as she felt beads of sweat gathering on her forehead and she wiped it off.She turned to look in the direction of the closet again and then Daniel did not come out still, she exhaled and shook her head.This was something she could do herself. However, she could not as she was tired and pregnant!She needed him to come help her, but he was not leaving the closet.“Babe,” she swallowed hard.When Daniel did not answer, She tried to wear the shoe herself but her stomach was making it hard for her so she just gave up again.“Daniel!” She snapped.“Amore, I’m coming,” Daniel came out of th
AUTHOR’S POV.For about a minute, the room was quiet as everyone kept mute.They definitely did not see that coming.Alice was the first to find out about Ethan and Mogan. She just knew something was up when Ethan had stopped calling and coming by to tell her to beg the woman.At first, she thought that Ethan was giving up on Mogan, but then again, she knew that was not the case.He had been waiting for her for several years to give up that way.So, she dug into it after sharing her thoughts with Daniel.As usual, Daniel and her husband just told her to mind her business and leave the two alone but she didn’t agree.When she found out the truth, it was when the two had rented out the whole restaurant just to have a date and immediately, she called Daniel and then Thomas.The three agreed to keep it within them and not say anything as it might be as if they were invading their privacy.Alice, at first, didn't agree with that. She literally wanted to go in at that moment and be like, “B
AUTHOR’S POV.Sapphire carried the funerary urn tightly in her arm as she stared at the sea with Daniel beside her, and then Liam, Hilda, and Carlo behind them.She closed her eyes as she muttered words on the funerary urn and then sniffed gently.Her mother had specifically told her that whenever she died, she wanted to be cremated and then that her ashes be poured into the sea.Sapphire had tried to persuade her mother not to do that as it was better for her to be buried, but Charlotte declined. “LETTING GO.”Charlotte had said. She said it was the best for her and Sapphire.The cremation process had taken two hours and afterward, Daniel had driven them to the sea that used to be her mother’s favorite“Amore,” Daniel patted her shoulder gently, gesturing to her that it was time to let go of her mother.After a while of clutching it closer to herself, Daniel watched as Sapphire began to sprinkle the ashes in the water while she muttered words and smiled.“Till we meet… to part no mo
AUTHOR’S POV.Daniel clicked on the button on the laptop, leaned back, and then raised his head as Liam moved over to him.“What’s that?”“Let’s watch,” he smiled.When Daniel had told Liam about his experience with Baldwin, the man had felt very bad and sad for his friend.Instead of getting mad at him for keeping it to himself all that while, he instead pulled him into a hug and muttered words of encouragement to him.As Daniel and Liam heard the scream that came from the laptop, they glued their eyes to the screen.Baldwin was hung up in the air while his feet were dangling around. He was stripped naked and looked around in fear.“Holy Moly!” Liam exclaimed as he watched the video in front of him and then glanced at his friend who had no expression on his face.It definitely was his idea.“What are they doing?” Liam asked as his eyes met with the firewood on the floor centered on where Baldwin was dangling from.“Showing him what hell feels like,” he raised the corner of his lips i
AUTHOR’S POV. Charlotte sat patiently behind the counter as she waited for the man to appear and after what seemed like an eternity, he walked towards her with two cell guards behind him. “See who is here,” he snorted as he settled on the chair and then tapped the glass which divided them. Charlotte stared at George and then nodded her head, she watched as the guards left them alone and then leaned her back against the chair. “You must have missed me, no?” George laughed. “You left without telling anyone. Should I be happy about your presence? You don’t think I am going to accept you, do you?” He raised his brows. “You… you look so good in that jail uniform,” Charlotte commented and then chuckled. “What?” George frowned. “That uniform. I said it looks so good on you,” she smiled again. “Hey!” “I heard you’re sentenced to twelve years imprisonment, with four years probation afterward.” “So? Do you pity me?” “Pity you? Come on, no way. I don’t even mind if you’re sentenced to
AUTHOR’S POV.“How could you say you don’t want to meet him?” Sapphire pulled her brows together.“You might not know… no, it is something that you know very well. I am not like you. I’m not going to seek validation from another man just because MY DAD, George, is in prison. Never. He treated you wrong… not me. Get your facts right, while growing up, I was loved by him. He hated you so it is understandable if you choose to accept another man. As for me, I am not interested in that shit. All I need is to get away from this fucking country and away from you all. I hate you very much and staying in this country with you all is messing with my head and I might want to do something bad again… you know I always do,” she breathed out and swept her hair to the back.“Have fun with your new father… but I don’t care. Just give me money, and I will leave. I know you want that more than anyone else.”Sapphire smacked her tongue and exhaled. Of course, she wanted it. She took a glance at Carlo who