AUTHOR’S POV.“I… I don’t drink alcohol,” Sapphire stuttered and shook her head as one of the team members handed a glass of drink to her while they were at the team dinner.“No, don’t be boring, please!” Tina exclaimed, snatched the drink from the man, and gave it to Sapphire who collected it unwillingly.“One shot…” Jay hit the table gently as he drawled and the rest joined him.“One shot! One shot! One shot!”Sapphire closed her eyes shut and gulped down the drink immediately. “Fuck, this tastes so horrible!” She snorted in irritation and everyone laughed.“Let’s spin the bottle, everyone!” Tina banged the table and Sapphire creased her brows.“Game of truth is the first game we play on team dinners. So, we spin the bottle and whoever it stops at is answering a question. Failure to do so is drinking two shots of drink,” Tina stated and Sapphire nodded her head.It was not like the game was foreign to her, but two shots of drink? She barely just drank that one and her throat still
DANIEL’S POV.I shut my laptop while my phone was still clutched to my ear and walked out of my office.It was almost nine in the evening and the company has closed since seven.I was actually staying back so that I would go home with the woman. I had told her to call me when she was done and when I saw her call, I thought she was ready to go home but… she was drunk?I had warned her to not drink and that was because I knew she could not drink and there was no way there would be team dinners without alcohol.“Bring the car to the front,” I said to my driver after Sapphire had already ended the call.__The car pulled in front of the local bar where the team was having dinner and before the driver could come down to get the door, I got out and dashed to the bar.As I entered gently, I looked around, trying to find where the people were, and when I caught sight of my wife who, from afar, sang with the bottle of alcohol in her hand used as a microphone.I shook my head as I covered the s
DANIEL’S POV.I lay there for a while and when I did not feel any movement from her again, I tapped her back.I moved my lips from hers and moved her gently on the bed beside me.I stood up and watched the woman who was already sleeping and snoring and shook my head. Apart from the fact that the sight of her drunken attitude was stressful, I still found it cute.I wonder how she would feel if she woke up tomorrow and the events of tonight flooded her memories.As a dramatic lady that she is, my wife would make the biggest deal out of it.I knelt on the bed beside her, and pulled off her shoe, and then trailed my eyes down her body.It would not be proper if she slept this way, would it?Whatever. I was her husband, was I not?I began to unbutton her shirt slowly and when I was down, I pulled it off her gently, leaving the tiny singlet on her.I proceeded to take off her skirt, leaving her with only her pants, and then got out of the bed.She did not even flinch while I did that. What
SAPPHIRE’S POV.My eyes broadened as my head suddenly got filled with familiar, yet unfamiliar memories and I turned to look at Daniel who had a small smile on his face.HE KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON!“You all, my husband is so cute.”“You all, My hubby…”“My hubby…”I palmed my face and rushed after Daniel who walked away while I ignored the calls from Jay and Tina.“Wait!” I snapped as I entered the office with him.“What is going on?“What happened last night?” I asked him and he feigned a frown. And that was evident.“Last night?”“Yes, last night.”“Last night… oh, the hubby part of what?” He asked and then burst into laughter.When the memory of me kissing him hit me, I cringed in embarrassment and dropped my hands on my head.“You were like. “You all, my husband is so strong!” He burst into fresh laughter and I felt my facial muscles pulling tighter.“My husband, you all!” He mimicked amidst laughter and I bit my lower lips in anger.“Shut up, it is not funny!”“It is not? Come on,
DANIEL’S POV.I stepped out of my office as I adjusted my tie and then stopped abruptly when I heard the sound of a notification. I checked my phone and then looked around when I found out it was not from me.I walked to Sapphire’s table, and picked up the phone that was lying there, and pressed the home button.She had gotten a message.I was about to drop the phone when my eyes caught the message and I clicked on it immediately.“Is it just me or do you really seem to be taking me for a joke?”My brows pulled together as I read and thenI tilted my head. Thankfully, her phone was not password protected so I began to read through the messages from the person.The kind of air that hit me immediately made me feel so cold as goosebumps covered my body.Just when I thought that this person had not been saying anything lately, I found out that he had been doing the same to my wife.I curled my other fist tightly into a ball as I saw the pictures of her that they had sent to her and the thr
AUTHOR’S POV. Sapphire locked the bathroom door from behind and went to sit in the water closet. She buried her face in her palms and began to cry silently. All this while, she had been trying her best, acting strong and pretentiously believing that this person would ever get to her. Again, the reason she had not told Daniel was that she wanted to be sure if this person was her enemy or not. All he could have done was talk to her gently. How could he think she was having fun with it? She lived and stayed in fear each time, especially when she was still in her room. It was only recently when she started staying with Daniel that it reduced. She knew it was wrong to have kept it from him too, but she had no choice. She thought it was her battle! She did not want to pull him into his mess. She believed that he did not deserve it. Although he was not exactly nice to her, still, she did not want to burden him with her problems. Sapphire sniffed and stood from where she sat. She
AUTHOR’S POV.“What are you saying? Are you drunk?” Liam asked.“Just listen to me and never get married.”“You still have issues with your wife?” “Yes, and now I am getting to know her true side. Don’t get married to anyone, or you will die. Women are not nice people,” Daniel hissed.“This is one of the reasons I don’t like being friends with married people. What is my business with that by this time late at night? What if I was with a woman?”“You can fuck as many bitches as you want. Never marry any of them.”“Hey, Scram!” Liam hissed.“Will you come over tomorrow?” Daniel asked.“Get lost. I am busy.”~~~“What?”“I am telling you to never get married,” Sapphire replied to Hilda.“What are you saying?”“Men are scum and you should listen to me.”“Please. I don’t need problems like this in my life. If you have issues with your husband, sort it out in your house. Don’t call me.”“You are so crazy and I hate the day I met you!”Hilda laughed and shook her head. “You are so dramatic!
AUTHOR’S POV.Daniel and Sapphire creased their brows as they exchanged glances. They wondered where the two had met each other and believed it was practically impossible as Daniel had not even met the woman yet. He was just meeting her.“Woah! It is indeed you!” Liam half yelled and slammed his hand on the table.“What? Is it indeed me? Of course, it is! No one else looks like me,” Hilda rolled her eyes and tucked her hair behind her ear.“You should cover your face right now. You should bury it in your palms.”“Hold on, have you met before?” Daniel finally asked.“No!—”“Yes!—”Hilda and Liam chorused respectively.“Whose word am I taking?” Daniel frowned.“This is the toxic b… woman I told you about!” Liam snapped.“Toxic woman…? Ah! The one that ruined your tie?” Daniel asked, then twitched his mouth upward.“That is all you told him? Did you explain how rude you were?!” Hilda snapped.Liam snorted and then turned to face Hilda very well. He clapped his hands and shook his head in
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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