All Chapters of Ephemeral Pain: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

12 Chapters

PROLOGUE

"I'm your husband. Do not forget it-" "We were only married because my boyfriend is your secretary and he is indebted to you-" "Shut up," he said calmly but with a hint of anger in his voice. "We are married because we love each other, get it? That's it, baby. Remember that. We are married because we love each other. No more other reasons than that. We love each other. That's it." His voice and tone are so weird. "Teivel.... please let me free," Janeah pledged while tears flowed d

CHAPTER 1

Ephemeral Pain/Kalun

“SERIOUSLY, babe? Stop joking around!” I hissed. Throwing to his face the paper he handed me. What the f*ck is he thinking? “I’m sorry babe, but you’re already married to my boss.” He said while his head bowed. “Stop pranking me! Is this one of your typical pranks again?!” I hissed. I don’t know what to feel right now. I can’t think straight. I want to curse. I want to yell. F*ck! “I’m sorry. I don’t have many choices.” He said while avoiding my gaze. “Explain yourself,” I said calmly but f*ck, I’m f*cking losing my patience now. “You know my boss. He’s… He’s looking for someone to marry, and… And… And he… He asked me to find him, someone, to marry.” He said, still avoiding my gaze. “And you f*cking offer me without asking my consent?” I hissed. He clasped my hands. And he raised his gaze and looked into my eyes. “We both know he likes you and… And you know that I’m… I’m indebted to him. So… So to be able to pay him I… I-” “You think it’s a f*cking good idea to use me as a p

CHAPTER 2

Ephemeral Pain/Kalun

JANEAH has been peacefully sleeping because of what happened a while ago. It’s already dark outside and you can hear the roar of thunder. The rain is pouring so hard and the only thing you can hear inside is the music that the drop of rain creates and the monstrous roars of thunder. While peacefully sound asleep someone entered Janeah’s room. The man walked near her and watched her while standing beside her bed. The man slowly sat down beside her. He slowly lifted his hand and rested it on her leg. He moved his hand slowly caressing her leg. When he noticed that she didn’t move, he gently grabbed the blanket that was covering her body. He slowly lifted it up while watching her face to see any movement or recognition from her. Her long and soft legs faced him after he lifted the blanket. He placed his hand above her legs. He started caressing it slowly and gently with his rough hand. The man seems not satisfied with what he is doing. He slowly placed his rough hand into her brea

CHAPTER 3

Ephemeral Pain/Kalun

JANEAH woke up with the smell of the hospital welcoming her. She adjusted her eyes because everything she sees is blurry. When her vision adjusted she saw where she was, full white and a bit of green colored room. She saw Green sleeping while sitting on his left side and he was holding her hands. She touched his cheeks and caressed them. Seeing Green made her eyes teared up again. She tilted her head away facing to her right to remove her gaze from Green. She saw a digital wall clock and it was already three in the afternoon. She toured her eyes inside the room. The room is spacious; it can pass as a hotel room. She saw a sixty five inches television in front of her. There’s a two long sofa bed and four single seat sofas. There’s a kitchen on her side and a door. A door towards the bathroom. Janeah has been thinking about what will happen to her after s

CHAPTER 4

Ephemeral Pain/Kalun

IT'S been two weeks since I came into this house or should I rather call it a mansion? For those two weeks, I never saw my ‘husband.’ When they fetched me at the hospital Green never came back to see me off. I never even saw his shadow. Reporters and fans are also waiting outside the hospital. I’ve been staying in this house, I am not allowed to go outside beyond the gates of this house or mansion?I tried escaping but I never reached the gates because the securities and maids keep finding me. I have tried escaping for almost every hour since the day I came here. That is why they assigned guards and maids to follow me everywhere I went. They’ve been watching every move I make. One time the maids that were assigned to follow me even insisted on coming with me inside the bathroom but I declined it’s my privacy for Christ's sake! And thank God they obeyed because it’s frust

CHAPTER 5

Ephemeral Pain/Kalun

JANEAH has been peacefully watching the birds flying inside the huge bird net cage with a garden. It calms her hearing the humming and tweeting of the birds. She’s been watching them for hours because she doesn’t have anything to do. She tried helping the maids with their work but they always refuse to tell her that if her husband finds out he will fire them off. They always tell her to just rest and relax so that she won’t be tired and because it’s their job. She wanted to help because she’s bored as hell but they always brush her off.It’s been a month since she came into this house and still, she never met her husband. Ma Lina said he is out of town busy managing his businesses and fixing some stuff they don't want her to know. She always hears the maids and bodyguards reporting every action she makes, everything she

CHAPTER 6

Ephemeral Pain/Kalun

JANEAH woke up because she felt something heavy embracing her. She slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes adjusted and she can only see dark because of the heavy curtains closing the windows and the lights are off. She felt a heavy breathing down her neck, she tried to reach it and she touched a furry thing. ‘A furry thing? A cat? A hair?’ she thought. Janeah’s eyes widen because of the realization that she doesn’t have a cat or any kind of pet. Janeah reached the side table to open the lampshade. Her eyes adjusted from the blurry vision because of the sudden light. Her eyes widened when she saw a man hugging her and his head buried into her neck. She wants to scream but she is forced to stop herself because she knows that this man is her so called husband and this man is tired of work because she heard from the maids that he encountered problems with his business out of the country. And yelling won’t help her for Christ's sake her room is soundproof. So even though she will yell till her

CHAPTER 7

Ephemeral Pain/Kalun

Abchanchu has been staring at Janeah who keeps playing and fidgeting with her fingers for almost half an hour now. Janeah keeps snatching glances at him. They seem to be waiting for who's gonna talk first. Abchanchu slightly coughs to catch her attention, Janeah glances at him waiting for him to speak up. Abchanchu gulps because of the stare Janeah gives him. Janeah felt her face redden seeing how his adams apple moves. Janeah removed her gaze from him. And went back fidgeting her fingers. She bowed her head because he caught her staring at him. Abchanchu coughed again but this time Janeah didn’t look up to look at him. He cleared his throat before speaking. “Are you okay?” She raised her head when he heard him speak and she immediately regretted it because her eyes were fixed on his lips. Her face reddened, and she felt her cheeks burning because his lips felt like calling her attention. “Hey, you’re spacing out. You’re lost in your deep thoughts.” Janeah gasph causing her to

CHAPTER 8

Ephemeral Pain/Kalun

A black van Twenty Nineteen (2019) Honda Odyssey LX A9 stopped in front of a huge building. When the black van Twenty Nineteen (2019) Honda Odyssey LX A9 stopped flashes of different cameras and cellphones covered the place. Reporters and fans are waiting for the person inside of the black van Twenty Nineteen (2019) Honda Odyssey LX A9 to go out. Those people surrounding the van are curious as to who is inside it. Today's event is a special event for famous people. It is a big awarding event for artists, actors, actresses, singers, and models. Today the famous award show entitled ‘Golden Star Award’ or commonly known as GSA will be held. Many famous actors, actresses, singers, and models have been waiting and preparing for this big and grand event. The door of the black van Twenty Nineteen (2019) Honda Odyssey LX A9 opened and the flashes of light welcomed a man. The man went down and he extended his hand offering it to the lady inside the van. A hand stretched reaching the offered

CHAPTER 9

Ephemeral Pain/Kalun

JANEAH has been sitting in front of the huge mirror in her dressing room for almost an hour with the makeup artist and stylist that Abchanchu hired together with her new manager and assistant that was also hired by Abchanchu. Speaking of Abchanchu, she never heard anything about him for almost a month now after that they've talked on that day. Everytime she sees him or hears that he is at home, Janeah always stays in her room because she is ashamed to face him because of everything that she's said to him on that day. Abchanchu tried to talk to her many times but she always found reasons to avoid him. He even tried to knock on her room but she never dared to open it for him and she even put a heavy bed side table on the door that is connecting their rooms. Every morning she always makes sure that he will only go down to eat if he already leaves for work and at night she will make sure that she will eat first before going up and before he comes home from work. It’s always been thei

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