Chapter 72Will You Marry...?"Stella" Iris called slowly as she still clung to her, Stella’s face finding comfort on her shoulder. Stella inhaled deeply before looking back at Iris. 'Something is awfully wrong....' Iris deduced.Stella tried to compose herself greeting a "hi" in her sobbed voice. "Long time" she continued with a closed smile, her smile not reaching her eyes "no mails, calls, texts...... I missed you" Iris was nervously choking on her own saliva, her lips going dry wondering what to answer that 'calling you was difficult because I wanted to ask about Edwin every time.Is he alright? Is he happy? Does he miss me? Does he still move his hands around his neck when he is nervous? Does he share things with you like he'd share with me?Did he ever take my name; even if it was a mistake? Does he still eat choco- chip cookie with his coffee? Is he still toned with his sculpted abs or has he developed some pot belly?' These and so many questionsIris was curious to
Chapter 73Hopes & Requests“I... Mmm... you.. Ed..” Iris had lost her tongue “you are out of your mind” She blurted, the temperature in the room decreasd as her entire body started shivering "It's in the darkness of your pupils. It's in the charm of your face with mere hearing his name." She said, her voice now sobbed. "Stella. Please you are scaring me." Iris bit the inner of her cheek trying to control all teh emotions she was feeling at the moment . She pulled Stella trying to make an eye contact with her. "No I am scared" she now lost her grip on her emotions making her sob bitterly. Iris's heart melted at her loss of her confidence, the elated beautiful face was now crumpled and she was begging her to take away the love of her life. She indeed loved him.Iris could read it from her eyes, the way she looked at Edwin, the jealousy she displayed or even if she didn't she was not the kind to give away a perfect husband like Edwin for any damn reason in the world. It can never b
Chapter 74Games Life plays"I am not going to let anyone walk over my self dignity!!!!This is what Iris proudly said hours ago at Mr. Brater's office.######At Brater's office"Well! Well! Well! Miss. Iris finally you are here after a long wait" Mr. Brater greeted as he sipped from his glass of wine toasting Iris's presence. He seemed to be very happy with her presence."My pleasure sir" Iris acknowledged preferring orange juice to the glass of wine.He was one of the successful directors of Italian cinemas and was trying his hand in Hollywood with biggest of the sponsors around the world.If Iris made it with the contract, it would be a huge milestone to her career as the project had already earned a lot of publicity right with the inception of the idea, one being the most expensive movies of all times and the other highlight being the action scenes that were very difficult and were the first time to be done by any female character in the history of film making.So Iris was eagerl
Chapter 75The Right Thing"No you love him more" Iris admitted though it wa snever easy for her then nor is it now to accept the fact that the only person she ever loved or could love in her life loves someone else.Iris swallowed the lump in her throat "Who else could accept a second woman in her life who she knows with well awareness that is madly in love with her husband?""But you let him go. I know you are a good soul, you did not impose your love on us" Stella reverberated with determination."He needs you" Stella mumbled she pressing Iris's hand negging her "you have to make him fall for you so that I do not die in his arms but die contended that he wouldn't spend the rest of his life crying over me.""You know what" Iris wiped her tears "you sound stupid and absurd but I can really bend on my knees for your appraisal.""We are getting late" Stella walked ahead.Iris meant when she said those words; suffering with a killer disease Stella was not asking for sympathies for herse
Chapter 76For Love, Only LoveIris was back into the past, same jealousy patronizing her when she’d see Edwin and Stella together.Although Stella had convinced her that she'd never let Edwin touch her sanity if Iris accompanied her Iris had bravely refused her to do so. She knew Edwin loved her and her rejection and aversion towards making love with him would hurt him more. After all he was a human being and also the one with both x and y-chromosomes. Also how can a man or a husband be deprived of something he wants or enjoys with the love of his life?Neither did Iris doubt the honesty of Stella nor was she doing this because Stella requested her to. Iris was here because she loved this man, for whom she had been longing for since the day she met him.She wanted to be in his arms, to feel his lips, to have him touch her to love each and every nerve of his body, to have some space inside his heart: For love... Only love....Iris's ever increasing love for him had traveled all th
Chapter 77Am I Cheating? An epitome of love I am witnessing!She walks like a beautiful princess snatching his heart away every time she shakes her waist. His eyes follow her every move that emit love for her like sun emits its rays. The way he touches her purposely trying to avoid others sneak a peek pressing her butts or moving his fingers around her cleavage and then looking distant smiling at nothing. Iris did not miss Stella blushing at that. ‘Do I lie if I say my heart constricts at what I see?....’ Iris felt miserable at the thoughtIris was prepared for this. She knew Edwin was smitten, pussy whipped by Stella but why does it still hurt ?... "Edwin Iris should be taken for a city tour" Stella said clapping her hands excitedly. "Sure thing Stella." He shifted his attention towards Iris chewing his stew "Iris how bad is it going to be?" He asked hinting towards her popularity and social status. "I really don't know. Nobody so far knows that I am here so a straw hat and
Chapter 78 Love & FriendshipAgain when she saw him smiling wholeheartedly, a sudden thought engulfed Iris 'what will he do once he realizes about Stella's diseases?'Iris was glad that she will be besides him and try to be there for him.... '''''''''''''''''''''Edwin had missed Iris so much and now when she stood in front of him, he wasn't sure if he wanted to take his wife away into my bedroom to questionnaire her and find out why she left him and that too without informing. He had been shitless worried about her. She seemed to so excited last morning when she woke him up with a sweet smile followed by longing kiss arousing him and touching where he loved to and started the day every husband would love to with his wife undressed besides him. Then she had asked him to be prepared for a surprise. Edwin was busy in the office with the biggest deal to work on with the multinational company which was to be finalized the very same day but at the same time his eyes lingered on he Ra
Chapter 79Love And CommittmentEdwin decided to pretend to be furios with Stella once back home.But when he returned home, his heart meltedStella's eyes were red and her face looked pale. He forgot all that he planned. "Damn!!! I always tell her not to work too much" he cupped her face in his hands "you should not stress. I can take care of the worst case scenario." He kissed her on her forehead and rubbed the tear on the sides of her blues with his thumb and took her to the room. Stella tried to escape from his grip. She was concerned about Iris "What happened?" he asked her softly. "Nothing" she tried to avoid eye contact. "Stella did that manager?..." Edwin clenched his fist angry if it was due to that manager of social organization, he is going to be a dead man. "Edwin... My god. It's just migraine." She tried to failingly move out of his grip "Overnight traveling since two days and this work. I am okay. Just severe headache." Stella explained looking into his eyes but
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