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CRYSTAL POV“I knew I did the right decision entrusting this task to you. You outdid yourself.” Mr. Dankworth drawled mostly to himself while taking in the vast hall stretched in front of us. His deep timbre was carried along by the silence of the night, and I felt it rumbling all around me. “I wouldn’t have done it without my team’s help, sir.” I jibed, taking a small step backward and out of his vicinity. His head rolled on his neck before he lavished me with his attention, and a shiver ran down the length of my spine. “Do you feel like I am overworking you, Crystal?” He asked, a shadow flickering in his intense gaze. I searched for the words inside of my brain, something to help me come off as confident and not arrogant. But the way he looked at me stole all the words from me. “I wouldn’t use the word overworking.” I blabbered the first thing that came to my mind, and a spark of interest flickered in his eyes. His lip curled up in an intrigued smirk before he spun fully on his
CRYSTAL POV I was such a mess.A beautiful disaster wrapped in a red satin gown that clung to my body like the second skin. It was a long bundle of woven fibers and neatly perfected threads that stretched all the way down to sweep the ground around my feet, a seductive yet classic slit cutting from my mid-thigh and down to the lower hem of it. The bodice was tight around my breast, tight enough to pull them together in cramped globes creating those heaps of raw enticement. It was carved neatly and carefully to sheath me fully, yet left room for the now visible bump that was hanging proudly on my front.I would have ignorantly discarded it off as just another dress I had in my closet, but the material of this one made it different. It felt like I was wearing a dream; a red, fiery, and enchanting fantasy that resided in the innermost levels of my soul. I have never been attached to a dress the way I was with this one.A red lipstick on my lips, Smokey eyes to go with the look…I was the
CRYSTAL POV He was here. I did not need to be told, but he was here within these walls. And he was looking at me. I was up bathed in the spotlight, the blinding light refusing to let me see anything that flickered in the shadows of the sitting area, but his presence was unmistakable. It was that warm sensation that always had something hot unraveling in the pit of my stomach whenever he had his eyes on me. I have been looked at before, but not to a point of having goosebumps sheath my skin completely, tremors habituating inside of me in a matter of seconds. That has always been the one superpower he had, the kind of weapon only HE could wield upon me, and one thing he excelled in since day one. And now… it was even more heady. I felt it in the air as soon as I stepped in here. The warm tingle of consciousness all around me, the licks of fire on every inch of me.I could barely keep up a straight face as I soared through the program, keeping a smile on my face and fighting to jus
DUNCAN POV The cacophony of cheers and vigor was like water on my wings as I left the hall with a little somebody in my arms. There was something vibrant that was soaring through my stream from the simple idea of having her walk beside me, her little hand clasped in mine. Although her soft sniffles made me want to punch a hole in the wall, I was just damn glad I found her. Hell, I was glad for many reasons and that was just one of a million. “I’m staying at this hotel,” I informed as we waited for the elevator to come to pick us up from the underground hall to my suite. I have never felt this much gratitude towards somebody before than I did with Dankworth right in this moment.Imagine if he had booked me accommodation some place far from here, and then I had to travel with my little babe all the way there... “When are you leaving?” Her voice was hoarse when she inquired, and before I could brew a quick reply in my head, the silver double doors slipped open in front of us. I hoi
CRYSTAL POVThe bathroom was the only place that had oxygen infused into the walls. The only place I was able to breathe.I placed myself center and front before the giant mirror and the white marble sink and stared back at my reflection.The beautiful girl I saw when I left my place not more than 5 hours had transitioned into such a mess of mascara cascading down my cheeks, ruined makeup, and puffy eyes. It was as though I had been through 4 world wars' and I was still going strong.But that was nothing compared to the roaring flame that pulsed between my legs.This was not how I planned it.Hell, this was not how I hoped our first meeting would be. In my head, I had replayed our first meeting to be grand, classier than what he just happened. I planned to meet him in a coffee shop and buy him his favorite red velvet cake and coffee before spilling everything out. I would watch the shock and surprise on his face, and I would explain that I was just afraid he would hate me for bringin
CRYSTAL POVThe world's most unforgettable and indelible moments of history were always tragic. Plain and simple. The world always tends to forget all the good things happening on it but rushes to note down the gut-wrenching happenstances. Hell, the night I broke up with Duncan lived rent-free in my head. Any minute of the day, I just had to close my eyes and see the hurt in his eyes as I handed him his heart, shattered and broken on the platter, while wrestling to keep composure at the expense of my own heart. Watching my parents’ house burn to nothing but cinders and ash had been dismayingly harrowing, knowing that the only tangible memory I had of them was gone, turned into the cradle of nothing was even worst. But that look on Duncan’s face as he looked at me with eyes snapped wide, shock, pain, all the horrible emotions dancing vividly in his eyes… the confusion that has clung onto him, sitting on his tongue as he tried to talk; asking how it all went wrong, That always had m
CRYSTAL POV“Soooooo… are you like back together now?” Anna jibed before stabbing the rock-hard ice cream with a knife, causing the tub to collide with the marble counter in a loud crash. I glanced at the poor tub, pity laced in my stare before I yanked it off her clutches and placed it in the sink. “Well…” I opened the faucet...“We didn’t actually have ‘the talk’. I guess we will fall back to our pattern as time goes by.” I stated, leaning back against the sink and staring back at Anna.I have never felt so lighter in all my life. It was as though I have been revived, reborn again and now here I was, so fresh and ready to take over the world again. “Okay now, your eyes are sparkling.” Anna teased causing me to blush all shades of red. I rolled my eyes at her, attempting to subdue the smile on my face. “Where is he right now?” She folded her arms on the counter while fixing her inquisitive stare at me. "He is flying Aurora in. We will be spending Christmas together." Just the thou
DUNCAN POVThe rise of the Christmas sun started with a crisp.I woke before dawn broke and started doing what normal ‘dads’ would do on Christmas morning; lavish the Christmas tree with presents and have the elf saving Christmas from the hands of the Grinch. Although Burkie told me flat and square that those things didn’t exist, and that they were for kids; I still had to do them for the sake of his siblings. Little darlings were convinced that he was lying and that all fairy tales are real. Who was I to burst their little bubble?Burkie on the other hand was a totally different case.He was such a genius and a brilliant chunk of energy, and he was so clever for his energy. He always managed to surprise Crystal and I every single day. I knew I made a good choice taking him to Cambridge. There was no telling what that little mind was capable of, but I knew it was something great. Who knows, maybe we were nurturing Albert Einstein.However, his little big brains didn't go hand in h