NELLY "Nelly, can you hear me?"I open and close my mouth, managing to stop myself before answering. The last time we talked about Kaciana, he got upset, and we got into a fight. This other one is also just as delicate."Can we go another day?""No, I'm coming to your building. I'll take care of you."He hung up the call before I could argue.I sighed.Having him here was a bad idea for many reasons, but the main one is that I'm not ready to pick up where we left off, but my hormones disagree and scream his name every time we meet.The man is engraved in my mind and heart.Very much.And making love would clear my mind for a few minutes, not to mention it's a natural relaxant. Even more so in the protective daddy mode he finds himself in. Seriously, the guy made a relaxing music playlist, so I could listen to it at bedtime and soothe the baby.It's cute, and I don't know how to deal with that version of him.I mean, I was ready to run away and raise my son on my own when I found out a
DAVID I feel like a fake man, as fake as his mother, as I wipe away his tears and whisper that I'll always be around. So when she asks in a low voice what I've done, I know it's going to be the end of us, because she won't forgive me after listening to me and finding out the truth. I squeeze her shoulder and bring her to me, taking the opportunity to inhale her scent and kiss her head.I don't regret blackmailing Kaciana, for me, she never comes back to our lives.Nelly shivers in my arms."I love you." I whisper against her hair, allow myself to smile as she winces again. Maybe I'll still have a chance, then."David, please.""I'm not lying" I say, as she starts to pull away from my touch.Nelly moves in my arms, putting space between us but staying close enough that I can still see the red spot on his cheeks and neck. I clear my throat, needing a second or ten seconds to decide if this is a good idea, confessing that I was responsible for your mother's departure and risking being wi
NELLY I fight back tears until I realize I deserve the right to cry without all the self-pity, because pity is all I've felt for myself since I kicked David out two days ago. The anger dissipated within hours of his departure, however, I finally understood how emotionally dependent I am on him.I mean, I already knew that after all the psychological help I've been getting, it was just cruel to allow myself to fall into the same trap again.He believes he did me a favor by sending Kaciana away, but he only robbed me of my right to fight in the war, and I won't back down until he understands that. The woman and I have a story to wrap up, but I have no idea where to find it now. Anyway, I put all the drama in an imaginary drawer inside the emotional room I keep in my mind and wipe the tears off my face.I decide that today I begin to live for myself and for the little being in my belly.I text Kiara and confirm her going to the obstetrician with me, she replies saying that she will meet
NELLYThe indifferent way people continue to move around the few square meters of the club irritates me. And I'm not even talking about most of them almost having sex in public, it's the other thing, the laid-back way they navigate each other as if no problem exists, like the world is perfect and smells like roses.Urgh.Nothing against roses.Actually, that's all about the news I received earlier. The fact that I'm having twins from him.TWINS.As if a mini David wasn't enough, well, I'm not sure if it's going to be them because I'd rather be blind about the sex, the only information I've received is that my babies will be identical twins, which made the doctor super excited. She gave a speech about how rare and precious it was, elevating a start from 1 to 250.I wasn't impressed, because of course David wasn't just going to impregnate me like a normal man. He put two versions of him inside me!Somehow, knowing about it made me more nervous.Not that I'm denying my babies, no. It's mo
DAVIDMy eyes roam her body hungrily, pure desire guiding my steps as I advance towards her and reach her waist."What do you want from me, love?" I murmur, completely surrendering to the feeling of possession in my chest, sliding my nose down her neck to get more of her tempting scent. I went crazy when I saw her talking to Gilliard, even though I knew the bastard was crazy about Delilah, I felt jealous. The idiot knew his act would gain my attention and make me act, he did it all on purpose.She doesn't answer, but cautiously backs away from me, studying every inch of the office before leaning against the desk."I don't know, David."I let out a shaky breath, so tired of the emotional distance between us that I could do anything she demanded right now. Holy trinity, I might even hunt Kaciana down and bring her back with a smile on my face"Tell me what I can do to earn your forgiveness, my girl." I plead, locking his gaze with mine. His expression changes for the briefest of seconds,
NELLY I hold back a laugh as I watch Hordellis Bragança explain the difference between a good man and a rubbish boy to Cassandra, inevitably the latter looks to me for help, and I'm forced to interfere, reinforcing to my babies' grandmother that Cassandra can't just hit her his ex-lover's wife's door and say she's expecting the guy's baby. It would be cruel.However, the Bragança matriarch disagrees and waves her hand at me in pure disdain." We women need to unite, warning that poor woman of the treacherous snake she keeps indoors won't do any harm." argues, and I cannot disagree. Alice, on the other hand, said that she would prefer not to hear about a betrayal from her lover's mouth.It's a good point, too.Anyway, it's an unnecessary discussion now that Cassandra has started going out with Octávio, my former psychologist.I mean, she keeps saying they're just friends, but I don't miss the twinkle in her eye when she mentions his name.Kiara just laughs and brags that she never fel
NELLY"I've never seen anything cuter. " Alice mumbles, wiping away a solitary tear as she looks at the pink mini dress, with lots of ruffles, that I bought for her little one.When I saw it in the store earlier I couldn't shake the thought of Cecília, despite having bought many others, this one was overflowing with delicacy and is a unique model. The two of us still haven't returned to the complicity we used to, since for me trust is something difficult to deliver after a disappointment, but we found a way to make it work."I can't believe we're having babies at the same time! " she says, touching her belly and I can't help but smile. We're both seven months along, well, she has a few weeks to go, but the possibility of us going into labor at the same time is real."All that remains to be seen is whether we will have three little girls running around the house."She grimaces."Nah, these babies are two big boys who will compete for my girl's heart."We both laughed, because yes, we ha
NELLYMy body was frozen in place and everything felt delayed, from the sinking of his chest with each breath to the narrowing of his eyes.Kaciana walked past me after a long moment of silence and touched my shoulder gently, offering a warm smile that looked wrong on her face. She looked different, but I couldn't identify what it was as I closed the door behind me and followed her to the couch. I watched as she surveyed my living room and turned her nose up at the pictures on the wall. They weren't works of art worth millions, no, I bought them from a lady at the market near the mall the other day. She must have noticed and disapproved.So many questions were being thrown around in my head at this very moment.I stared at her figure for another full minute, hoping and hoping that she would be the first to speak, as I looked and looked for any difference, I was drawn to the golden ring with a small stone on top on her left-hand ring finger. No, she can't... Is she? I looked more close