A Marriage Of Convenience のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 51 - チャプター 60

Anthony's point of viewSafe to say I ignored the heck out of Vanessa the coming weeks. It was quite easy when I came back because she was always busy with her sister and then her brother and her nephews, she barely had time to keep up with her work with Valentine.I was able to stay away from the house and pretend I was doing something in the office, doing something at one of my branches, doing something outside the country, sometimes I just needed a break because of the workload.But when she finally settled in and her workload wasn't so tight neither did her sister need her that much, she had moved out of her house with her children and Vanessa helped her pay the rent for a new house. Vanessa was finally free to notice I was avoiding her.Of course she wasn't comfortable with what I was doing. She wanted to know what she did wrong, why I was pushing her away but when I wasn't forthcoming with my answers, she stayed back.It probably didn't help that I started bringing girls to the

Vanessa's point of viewHe didn't come the next day either or the day after. I spent time on the beach with my family sometimes, sometimes I spent it alone and just walked along the length of the sand, careful not to move farther so I wouldn't swim.I did not know how to swim in such a vast space and I did not want anyone to know. Sometimes Lucas sunbath with me, I wondered why he didn't just go out and have some fun like the rest of the squad. I've caught one or more girls eying him from a distance and giggling amongst themselves. They were surely attracted to him.I told him about it on the second day, hours before we would board the plane and go back home.He shrugged his shoulders, "I'm not interested in anyone here," Then he shook his head like the word he said wasn't right, "I'm not interested in anyone from here, I have my eyes on someone else and she's so hung up on a loser that she wouldn't even have anything to do with me."He laughed, moving the angle of his face and just

Anthony's point of viewPerhaps I did not realize the extent to which I had missed Vanessa or perhaps seeing her after the short time we spent apart was enough to get my head in the clouds.Hawaii was good for her. It brought out her glow and made her look even more beautiful. She looked like a goddess dressed in those shorts that were so short I could see the lower part of her bum.And a big t-shirt that had been bunched up on her arms.No one was supposed to see her this way but me."Hi," I waved my hand in greeting at her. The anger in my body dissipated from it when I saw her, looking a bit worn out from the wind outside and the fact that she held one of Victoria's twins while her brother seem to be pursuing her for some reason.She moved through three different stages all at the same time. Shocked at the fact that she had seen me, then she recovered and looked at me with something worse than hate and finally her face morphed into one of indifference.I knew she wasn't going to co

Vanessa's point of viewAnthony assured me everything was going to be perfect but I didn't believe him. I was so sure he said that just so I wouldn't be so nervous.But when you're meeting the best friend of your husband, you're bound to be a bit nervous. Sometimes I wondered what sort of conversation he normally has with Anthony and if Anthony had told him anything about us that was out of the ordinary.Dressed in a strapless white dress that brought out my figure and accessorizing with the perfect silver necklace and earrings made me look quite exquisite. I had designed this dress myself and it was the beauty at the ball."You look beautiful," Anthony's voice broke me out of my thoughts which made me jump.He had the tendency of doing that nowadays, appearing whenever I least expected it and the fact that he had been standing there for the past few minutes and I didn't notice him didn't bode well with me.I wasn't up to my usual self nowadays anyway. Perhaps because of the fashion s

Vanessa's point of viewThings always found a way of going haywire in my life, ever since I was a little girl. Once it seemed like I was going to have a little reprieve and just rest, something new must come and it must be related to chaos.It's been a month since I went on that trip and my fashion show was a huge flop. And it was that for two reasons.One, another fashion designer even bigger than Valentine made her own fashion show the same day, and everyone we invited went to her show.Second, I had to rush to the rehab facility my father was in because he was relapsing and they needed my help or something. It didn't help that he didn't recognize me when I got there and I got a huge punch on the face.Anthony officially banned me from going to the rehab centre alone anymore. If I wanted to go, I had to call him or I wouldn't go. It was crazy.I stared at myself in the mirror that morning, my hands hovering around my bare stomach as I wondered if I looked any different from what I l