Chapter 33CommitmentsEdwin chuckled at the little girl's message. Though she was not that little but with her tiny figure she looked sweet little thing."See you by 11:30 same place" he texted her back. He no longer wanted to go and get the painting but thought of spending a little time with her would ease his nerves and if possible she could guide him on what to do next.I cooked hot black coffee for Stella and left it on bedside for her to have when she gets up incase if she gets up when he was in a shower.Though facing her was going to be difficult. He wished that she'd forget what happened last night therefore cleared the mess of the broken glass immediately hoping her to be oblivion about itHe kissed her forehead and picked his towel and under garments and headed to get a hot shower.The warm water lingered on his cold skin erasing all the bitterness of last night. He stayed underneath the hot water for a little extra time than needed.He was almost dry with damp hair and p
Chapter 34Meadows In The PainIris was fresh like a like a daisy blooming up from a bud early in the morning.Apart from her hectic night, she was excited and thrilled to join Edwin on a road trip for his Mission Love.She was unnecessarily excited and he was unexpectedly dull for he did not like the idea of gifting Stella one of his paintings. But Iris had been looking forward for today since the whole week.She was thrilled about the idea of spending her whole day with Edwin. Also since they were traveling on the outskirts of the city, away from local town, no one would recognize her and Edwin was therefore safe.Edwin however had been a party pooper ignoring all her texts since morning.'Either he is cuddled with Stella in the bed or he is avoiding going and getting the painting.' The thought of him and Stella in bed together had a strange impact on her.She did like the fact that they were together because that is what will make Edwin happy and since the day they had met, her s
Chapter 35SavingIris hands were flailing on the surface trying to save herself from drowning.She heard a huge splash besides her "Iris seriously" Edwin stood in front of her furious. "If you didn't know swimming why the hell did you jump? Are you insane?'"Edwin breathe" Iris laughed with everything she had and held his hands tightly"Edwin look the water isn't deep. It's just four feet." And she continued laughing."Really I am standing in the lake. Vow!!!!" he said relieved followed by a genuine heart throbbing smile on his face."You like it" Iris asked splashing some water on his face as he stood there stunned enjoying the beautiful landscape in front of him."It's beautiful" he murmured"One more surprise!" Iris giggled and went into the water swimming and returned after a small swim deep into the lake. "It is a little deeper ahead but not very deep, enough to swim.'You CAN swim ?"he asked shocked."You can't?" she asked teasingly."So catch me." Iris ran a little deeper and
Chapter 36Love- It Comes With An * [Asteriks]"You want me?' Iris asked panic and scared."Gone. Gone. She's gone" he mumbled"Edwin please I want to see you. Meet you." Iris begged, her heart ached with his pained voice."Stella. She's gone" and he went silent."Edwin where are you?" she asked loud enough for the whole diner to stare back at her.Ben came to her and murmured something but she rushed to the washroom her mobile pressed to her ears."Edwin listen. I want to meet you. Just tell me where? Or I'll drive to your place" Iris said worried like hell. Why is it hurting me so much to see Edwin in pain?He was sobbing at the other end and Iris could feel tears rolling down her cheeks."I am okay. Leave me alone Iris." He uttered slowly to convince himself."Edwin either you come to my place or I am coming to yours." Iris declared."Iris. Stella" he was repeating these two names again and again."Edwin I am coming to your house, you better be out on the main road or I'll have to
Chapter 37What Is Love?"Really?" he asked with a twinkle of hope in his eyes "But I am scared Bob, her ex you remember we met at the diner lives in an immediate neighborhood from her aunt's place. He's surely going to try his luck on her when he realizes she's there." The twinkles of his golden turning into worry now."Edwin" Iris gave him a warning look "I told you to let her free. Have faith she'll come to you. You two are sweet couples and no one can love her more than you do.""You feel so?" he asked as if he doubted himself"I am positive about it." Iris kissed his forehead. She couldn't stop herself. She had to hug him. He needed that touch, that soothing.And she was right, he felt better after that. They had dinner after that, the one she had ordered from a nearby diner. He had it like he hadn't eaten since ages. "Actually I was starving since Stella left" he admitted when he went for third helping Iris was enjoying watching him. She was planning to save all the memorie
Chapter 38Let Love Be A GameEdwin was shifting places. It was a long and tiring day for him. He had been busy the whole day but his hands were fiddling with the mobile every now and then checking Stella's calls or texts if any but in vain.He had also planned for his new project for both Stella and Iris but decided not to disclose it to both of them till the details were finalized and he was affirmative about it.‘I missed Stella a lot but I am looking forward to meet Iris.’ Edwin was drumming his fingers on his mobile screenHe's been looking forward to her company these days. She was always so positive that he believed it was a good idea to stay with her especially till Stella doesn't return.Sometimes he finds himself selfish for troubling Iris but he could not help it. He was even determined to introduce Stella with Iris. He expected them to make good friends with each other.They both were both similar in a way.Both of them had very humble and caring hearts."I would introdu
Chapter 39Games Of Love"Game?" Edwin asked surprised.Stella is so sweet and girly.Edwin was falling for her every moment, every minute and every second I am spending with her"You say those three words or I say those three words." She stated."Three words?" Edwin asked innocent and ignorant."The three words you want me to say." She tried to explain waving her hands showing her hand gesture completely feminine. Edwin felt like stopping the car and kissing her thereon in full swing but he was also not letting it go.He wanted to hear those magical words from her and the anxiety was on an exaggerating scale."What? I did not ask you anything." Edwin said as he switched on the music player of the car."Edwin"she hit him on the back of his hand to stop him from switching on the music "Smart ass come to the point. You want me to say or not?" "What do you want to say Stella? Please be clear. Its dark outside and I am finding it difficult to drive in this foggy weather" he said in a ve
Chapter 40Enjoy Being A Slut?"She will" she said assuring and then composing her feelings to herself as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.."Can you cook Edwin?' she changed the topic "this barbecue is amazing.""Yeah I did try to bake a cake once but later used it as a hammer." he said trying to make her laugh. He hadn't invited her to sulk over his love story."Good then how about coffee?" she asked like an interviewee."Yeah that I am good at. We used to have lot of alcohol in nights during our college days so to survive next day in the morning, I had to excel at coffee." he explained."I thought you'd say I tried with tea and ended up making coffee." She mocked.They spent the evening laughing and chatting over silly things. Though some talks were not even worth a giggle but yet Iris laughed at it. She even laughed when Edwin narrated\ "I had to eat boiled eggs for a week as a punishment when I threw a glass of milk in the basin hiding it from my mom because I hated
Chapter 121It is NormalIris always knew that she loved him truly but hearing him from Edwin simply was enigmatic, it was a kind of turn on."hence” edwin sighed as he put back her fray strands of hair behind her ears “I love you and I love each and every part of your body even your abdomen where Isabelle rested for nine months" he smiled and went back to her torso.His hands moved around her lower abdomen creating tiny crackers insides her body the soft harmless ones that erupted every where making her moan. Just when Iris got used to his magical touch, his fingers were replaced by his tongue, which raised the level of pleasures the tiny crackers increased on their intensity forcing her to make cries of moan.Iris closed her fist unable to control what was happening inside her when he bit exactly below her naval, the magnitude of pleasure reaching new heights and Iris closed her eyes."No do not close our eyes" he said commandingly as he looked at her. When her dark met his hazels
Chapter 120Beautiful Love "I am sorry Edwin." Iris said. "I did not trust your love, I was scared and disturbed of having $ex with you" she looked at her toes embarrassed of what she was saying. "It was unfair. I knew I hurt you. I feel very low of myself."He cupped her face in both his hands, his touch tender making her lean her face, giving up her strength and submitted to him breaking all her wallsIris looked back at him as he repeated the words "I am sorry" he said "I should have understood, I forced myself on you. I should have courted you first, showed my love, made you believe in love and win your trust first that I do love you.""Edwin" Iris called his name; his words so polite and sweet making her heart melt. Iris was not used to something like this and couldn't believe that this was happening. She wanted to stop him, so that it does not get washed away. "With all the hardships in my life somewhere I had accepted happiness is curse for me and I cannot have it and so" s
Chapter 119Picture PerfectIris turned around to see Edwin and a red blush embraced her face."Umm... I guess I am early." Iris said to cut the intense silence between them.Edwin complimented me. He said I look pretty.I am blushing!"No you are on time." He offered his hand for Iris to take and she did.He walked with her at the start of the first painting.He pressed her hand softly making her look at him.The innocent grin in his hazels made Iris lock her gaze at him. He raised his eyebrows gesticulating something. Iris was so lost in his handsome face that was full of love for her that she couldn't decipher his actions.He put both his hands on her shoulders and turned her around pushing towards the first painting from the row.The painting was covered with a netted curtain. Edwin lifted his neck asking her to undo the curtains.Iris looked around as if she was stealing from a departmental store. I mean who was she to unveil somebody else's property?But Edwin gave another
Chapter 118Date NightEdwin...Iris sighed... She was behaving like a teenager in cliché' love.After the day she let her fears out to Edwin, he'd been distant. He never shouted or lost temper.He'd even polite and normal with Isa and her too.Sometimes Iris wondered if she had kept her mouth shut the other day, things would have been different.I should have tried on my own, I shouldn't have bothered him. I could have made excuses but I couldn't lie to him direct on the face..Again the way he asked, it felt that he cared and so Iris let the doors of her insecurities wide open in front of him.For better or worse... it's yet to decipherOtherwise she believed he would have easily guessed it out. Exactly like he guessed that something was seriously wrong within Iris and their relationship.Probably Iris's confession the other day made him realize what she was earlier and now What if he loathed me, felt disgusted with the thoughts of having $ex repeatedly with a prostitute.' Negati
Chapter 117I Am Not A Virgin"You are in love." Twain couldn’t be happier, he was smiling from ear to ear."I do?' Edwin spoke for himself "I don't know how but every time I shout at Iris with an attempt to hurt her so that she despises me and walks out of my life, I feel the pain, ." He shuddered at the memory "Her eyes that'd turn glassy for a fraction of a second and jump back to normal again hurts deep in my heart.I cannot hurt her. Ever""You two good now?" Twain could see the answer on Edwin's face but still he asked "She looked so pretty in the morning when she was showering all her love on Isabelle, the way she looked at Isabelle, helped with her tiny feet to wear those shoes, the patience she was portraying when Isa was showing her tantrum throwing her shoes away every time she tried to put them on her. My heart constricted with a strong feeling for her." Edwin smiled faintly "That feeling made me realize that I was doing what Stella wanted to do. I was falling for her but
Chapter 116Can We Fall In Love Twice?Edwin held her from shoulders, his grip tight enough to hurt as he pulled Iris making her look at his eyes which were not furious; they were confused."Hate you... tell me how do I hate you Iris? Tell me? I tried to hate you. I told myself Stella didn't fight her disease because she had YOU.' He stressed on the last word and then loosened the painful grip. Iris's hands brushed the place he held tight to rub away the pain.But her eyes and ears focused on the man who was her legally wedded husband.For the first time the authority of his voice made her realize he was her husband"I want to hate you because you agreed to sleep with me. I want to hate you because you loved me even when you knew I was married and you could never have me. I tried to hate you." His voice soft now and his hands closed to her, his fingers brushing her cheeks for a second and then he moved the strand hair on the face behind her ears.He moved closer giving a short peck o
Chapter 115Hate Me Like You DoIsabelle turned one year and six months today. She was the sweetest child Iris had ever seen, not that she had seen much of children in her life but still Isabelle was the best and she loved every bit of her. She gave meaning to her existence, she was heir to my unconditional maternal love, and she was her world.Today when it was time for Edwin to take Isabelle for a morning stroll, Iris was playing with her trying with the new jumpsuit and shoes that she had brought for her especially for a morning walk.Edwin saw Iris with her and cringed; he was getting restless to take Isabelle in his arms. He got so impulsive that he shouted at Iris that even Isabelle got scared and leaned her shivering body close to her.She was so scared that she hid behind Iris peeping at Edwin's figure in dismay"Its okay baby." Iris kissed her forehead and handed her to Edwin.Edwin had a grimaced look on his face, completely disappointed at the fact that Isabelle was scar
Chapter 114Time & PatienceVoices of playful Isabelle gurgling, laughing and Edwin's soft honeydew laughter woke Iris up in the morning as she lifted the covers put on me while I was asleep.Iris knew who the one behind it is and her lips curved to a smile....Antonym of emotions seared in Iris.She felt guilty, ashamed and terrible about herselfHow can a mother sleep when her child is in danger? Or was it all a dream?Iris opened her eyes to shut them again.The bright sunlight emanating from the windows made het squint as she reopened them, her heart pounding with fear. Iris was jerked back into the past when she was surprised waking up in a complete different ambience.Isabelle crying, her abdominal pain and then Dr.Simpson uttered those words 'Isabelle is critical', Iris went out of control.Oh shit! I even slapped the doctor.Iris behaved like a possessed screaming, shouting and cursing when the staff and the nurses held her tightly making her wince with her inner pain and sh
Chapter 113Cruel Words With pounding heart Iris reached Stella's room She panicked when she found Stella lying on the floor straight, her face reflecting pain and Isabelle in her arms.Stella looked at Isabelle with concern and as Iris scanned the room.Iris could judge with Isabelle's crib half fallen and Stella's leap to save her falling from that cot of hers.Quickly Iris picked Isabelle who was shell shocked at her happening, Stella's pained face doing no good to calm her down.Lulling her for a second Iris nestled her on the bed and still she sat straight at an instant, fear lined on her face as Stella stayed on the floor with helplessness, small moans of pain escaping her mouth.Being a healthy baby of almost 11months Isabelle tried to reach Stella.Stopping her with a stern 'Sit" gesture Iris attended Stella. Iris tried to lift her off the floor but with the pain she was bearing, lack of cooperation on her part did not help."Stella please try." Iris begged."Isabelle" Stel