Novelas de Annaliese

FabianFive years later"When I turned four, I had three birthday parties," ten-year-old William Lewis told his little sister, Natasha. Tasha, for short—the queen of the Lewis household—was not having it. Even if Tasha was just four years old, and even if she was just three years old yesterday, she was never one to back down from a fight, an argument, or even just a nice conversation."Well, this is just my first birthday party. I will be having three more this week. Four birthday parties since I am turning four," Tasha said and showed William the number three, before realising that she was no longer three and switching it up to four. I knew for sure that there was no other birthday party. Tasha's school friends, her teachers, the children of the staff, her cousins—yes, finally, my children now had cousins—Grandma, Uncle Eric, Aunt Tricia, everyone else was here for one big party. The party was in full swing already, and Tasha was wearing the biggest ball gown I had ever seen on a fou

AraI woke up feeling sated and happy. Everything was perfect. Well, technically, it wasn't, and nothing could be perfect. I didn't really believe in perfection, but at that moment, it was perfect for me. It was what I wanted — to live a peaceful life where everything was fine. And that was what I was feeling right now: peace."Happy Anniversary, Babe," I said to my husband and kissed him on the lips. We were still in bed together, and he was just waking up. He still looked a little sleepy. He looked so handsome and perfect when he stared at me like that."Happy Anniversary, baby," he said and reached out to me, pulling me back to the bed, on top of him.I just chuckled."I can't believe we have been married for six whole years," Fabian said with a smile. It was a wonder, really."It might be the fact that we have only been together for two of those years," I said. I was joking. Things were so good now. We could laugh at how tumultuous our relationship was in the early days. The past

AraEverything was over. It was okay. We would finally have the chance to live our lives again. The past was over, and it would not be easy to just forget about all that happened and move on, but at least Quincy was in jail. He would be punished for his crimes. We could live our normal lives, try to improve the business, be happy now.And that was what we did for the next few weeks. We had this talk together. It was almost like the first time we were free, so we spoke about everything. We laid ourselves bare, and we were ready to start all over again. It would be perfect. The time was right. It was five years into our marriage. We would grieve the loss of our child together and try to build our family, for William's sake and for our sake as well. At this point, we needed this. We even started planning another trip to Maldives. Maybe we would take William with us, to bond together, but we agreed that it would be best for us to go alone, especially to Maldives. We would think of somethi

AraIt felt like it had been an eternity since I came back to New York with this whole plan of revenge. In reality, it was nine months ago. And now, today, everything would finally be over. I would get justice, my father would get justice, and even William and Fabian would get justice. The case had progressed fast, and it was the sentencing of Quincy. Finally, he was going to be put in prison.The case had been wild. The entire case had been pushed forward because, basically, there was evidence. It was not a question of “Did Quincy do it?” It was more of, “Was he well when he did it?”Fabian and I were living our lives after our baby's birthday. We had spent time together. We even celebrated our fifth marriage anniversary together. Not a big party, we just talked about it at dinner. It felt like all was over. It was time to move on. At the same time, I knew that it was not time at all. We could not move on yet. Quincy's case was still in court. It was the one last thing that we had to

FabianWilliam's party was splendid. He was very excited about it, and he even thanked Ara and I profusely. I could tell that he would not keep quiet about this for as long as possible, until maybe something bigger came along, maybe Christmas, and he would talk about that endlessly instead.I really enjoyed being around the children, and surprisingly, the entire thing made me feel young again. I even jumped with the kids a few times.This evening was the dinner that we would spend with family, and I knew Ara did get an inflatable pool that came with a slide and all. It was going to be a surprise for William, along with the children of the staff that we didn't tell him we were inviting. I was excited for both. It would be like the school party, but on steroids. I was a bit worried that it would get out of hand and concerned that I would not be able to be a part of it, but that was for a little while. I expelled all negative thoughts from my mind after then and focused more on how much

Ara"I am having the best time!" William screamed. He was jumping up and down his castle. He did look like he was having a swell time. I had to give him that. I was so happy that William was happy. It made all the work that I put into this party so worth it.The day we made the list, Fabian, William, and I went to the market. We did take the chef with us because she was the one that typically worked on things like that, and it would make our day easier to do that. That was the best decision that we made.We went to the children's aisle to buy supplies for the party packs first, something that we shouldn't have even thought about. I just figured that was the best, even if Alba warned me.William became so excited and animated there. He wanted everything. He could technically get everything, his parents were rich, and we were buying a lot of toys. But one did not just buy their kid every single thing on the shelf.The longer we stayed in the aisle, the more William found stuff that he r

As expected, things were a bit awkward after the kiss. Bea was not sure what to think or believe but things were not going according to her plan, she was getting too close to him. Bea did not expect Tommy to maltreat her or her child, but then again, she didn’t expect him to be so courteous and such a gentleman.It seemed that his anger with her ended after the dinner at Kristen’s house. After kissing her that morning, he promptly apologized and left her to enjoy her breakfast alone. Bea wanted to tell him that she didn’t want his apology that she wanted him to keep on kissing her, but she killed the thoughts as soon as they surfaced. After brushing her teeth, she sat on her bed and enjoyed the scrumptious breakfast.She took her bath and wore her clothes from the previous night before she went out to the living room again. Tommy was looking as handsome and rugged as ever. He was wearing a black short sleeve tee that showed his tattoos and accentuated his muscles. He stood up from the

"You want me to do what?” Bea shouted. She could not believe Tommy. There was absolutely no way that she was hearing him correctly.“I want you to stay in my place until the baby is born,” Tommy repeated, he didn’t sound like he was joking at all.“I know you don’t want to get married and it was too rash for me to have asked you without thinking, but you have denied me almost nine months of knowing of my child’s existence. I don’t want to spend another minute being away from him or her,” Tommy continued and Bea stared harder at him.Surely he had gone mad. A few hours ago, she could vividly recall that he was pissed at her, and now he wanted them to live together.“No,” she said and tried to sit up from the bed, she could not be around him at the moment. Standing up was a bit uncomfortable, given the fact that she was still tired and her stomach was bigger than a watermelon. Tommy gave her a see what I am talking about look and helped to sit up. She hated to think that she actually ne

"Uhh, it’s almost Christmas. I can’t wait to go shopping and to decorate,” Kristen squealed and Bea rolled her eyes, she was a bit cranky and uncomfortable, but nothing could kill her joy, her baby was almost here.After the bad breakup with Tommy in April, Bea had found out that she was pregnant. She was happy, ecstatic, but she was scared of what Tommy would do when he found out. She was still nursing heartbreak then but she comforted herself with fact that she finally going to get her wish, a baby. It gave her even more joy that her love would arrive just in time for Christmas. It seemed like there was no cause for alarm as Tommy seemed to have disappeared, gone off the face of the earth. No one was in contact with him.Bea was grateful that she had not met his family before the breakup as they would have deduced that she was carrying Tommy’s child. Even Kristen didn’t know that it was Thomas’ baby that was carrying. Because she has such a strong relationship with Tommy, Bea lied t

Bea felt frustrated, angry, depressed and most of all, lonely. She could be called a big lair, if she said she wasn’t jealous of her very best friend and the fact that she had found her happily ever after. She wanted a baby.For as long as she could remember, Bea had always wanted a child. She had always wanted a little bundle of joy that she could call hers, she wanted to be able to carry a child and know that the little being was dependent on her, she wanted a child that she would watch grow, one that would swell in her stomach. She longed for a kick of a child and then the birth, oh the birth. She would be a fool to think that it didn’t hurt, she knew it did. Her best friend, Kristen just had her first child, Alexandria and had let Bea know how dreadful child birth could be. Nevertheless, Bea wanted a child, no matter how painful it was.Bea adored her niece, Alexi, she did. At six months, she was already looking so much like her mother, brown hair and brown eyes. Bea still wanted

Adrian was scared. Even though his brother tried to calm him down he could not help it, Kristen was fighting for her life and he couldn’t do anything to help her, he was just the bastard that got her pregnant. The fact that his mother had died during childbirth still haunted him, he was scared that Kristen would die through that very way. “Calm down Adrian,” Thomas said, placing his hand on his shoulder. Adrian gave his brother the stink eye and his brother promptly removed his arm. “She will be fine,” he continued. Adrian did not have the strength or even the patience to listen to his younger brother; he just ignored him and continued pacing the hospital corridors. “Mr Tremont,” the doctor called. Adrian’s heart immediately stood still. He was sure his heart stopped beating. He looked into the doctor’s eyes and searched for anything that vaguely resembled sadness or even pity, he found none. “Your give has delivered a baby boy, both mother and wife are fine,” the doctor said and A

Kristen needed to do something for Adrian. It was their sixth month anniversary and Adrian had done some much for her. He surprised her for her birthday and all. Kristen knew that he would also have something planned for the six month anniversary, but she wanted hers to be huge.She had to crack her head before she finally concluded on what they would do for the anniversary. She recalled when they talked about a honeymoon on the island. Kristen wanted to go back to the island; it had a very strong role to play in their love story. Plus, she lost her virginity there.It would be the perfect gift. She planned a two week trip in which she would tell him that she loved him. She was just two months pregnant, but yet she was already tired of out waiting whatever it was that made her husband not to tell her that he loved her. She was going to tell him first, she had it all planned. On the very first day that they got the island, she would tell him.It would have been more romantic to tell hi

Or Wedding BellsKatrina felt something undeniably wet on her face, she settled back, her eyes still covered with the daze of sleep and made herself comfortable on the bed. As she was going back to the land of sleep, the wet substance rubbed her face again, this time it was accompanied by something soft."Skippy, will you stop?" She exclaimed, holding her little dog and carrying her from her face where she seemed to contently licking. Yes, yes, Katrina had finally got the dog that she wanted, Skippy was a small white poodle that did not seem to understand that his fur was actually white as he kept on rolling about in any thing dirty and jumping, yipping, basically happily playing, everywhere, with no care that his fur was white, Katrina absolutely loved him."Merry Christmas Sis," her sister shouted from outside her door and Katrina smiled wistfully, it had been one whole year since the last Christmas, which was the most of eventful one of her life and so much had occurred after then.

And a bit of sadness in the mix."Are you not ready yet?" Tanner asked Kat for the umpteenth time."Just a few more minutes," she said yet again, they were getting ready for the New Year's Eve ball, if there was one thing his father was good at, it would be throwing parties, he threw parties for any reason and it all sickened Tanner.For the first time, Tanner was actually willing to attend a party that his father was throwing, his willingness was owned tithe fact that Kat was going to be by his side and also to the fact that he was sporting a new look.He was still mulling in his thoughts when the door to the closet

Is You"So, since Christmas is about sharing of gifts and all, and we are spending the Christmas together, what do you want for Christmas?" She asked when they had finally finished their food and their bellies were full."I think I have already gotten my own Christmas present," Tanner said and Katrina looked at him weirdly, they had been together since Christmas Eve and she was pretty sure that Santa did not sneak into the house in the middle of the night and a plant a gift for Tanner."I am serious Tanner, I actually want to get you a gift and you are rejecting it.""I am also serious, I have already gotten my gift." His conviction made Kat curious, which was quite ironic since curiousity killed the cat, the cat that she sincerely hoped was not her."So, tell me, what did you want for Christmas that you already have?" She asked unable to

Of the YearKatrina put her hand on her waist, tapping her heeled feet on the floor, waiting impatiently for whatever excuse Tanner would have.She did not expect that Tanner would actually tell his father that they were dating and what shocked her the more was the fact that he told his father that he loved her, the mere confession had shocked her to the bone, it was so unexpected that she almost shouting.The only thing that made her to keep her mouth shut was the fact that she knew that it was all a game, a game that she started her self, she wanted to let Ian know that she had moved on but ended up getting herself a brand new father in-law, before she knew it, Luke was taking them around and introducing them as a couple to all of his numerous business partners.By the time the party was over, he was suggesting a romantic getaway, thankfully, Tanner had arrested the situation cl

Or should I say, Deck the HallTanner held his glass of wine tightly in his hand as he viewed the crowd, he had always been wary of these type of parties, the type that had too many people putting on extravagant dresses, overly expensive shawls and suits that cost thousands of dollars, for no other reason than to show off.The type that all they did was to discuss their new club memberships, or the new yatchs or cars they had bought, the new companies they had acquired, for the ladies they new shoes or bags or anything of the sorts.Even if it was a Christmas party, for them it was another chance to dress up, the women were in extravagant white or red dresses, the men in Armani suits, drinking and eating and making new contacts, the only reason why Tanner was there was because of his father.As he had predicted, a day after his mother's death anniversary, the old

Or maybe The First Plane RideTanner took stared openly at the breathtaking woman in front of him. The tall and slim lady was wearing a white coloured jumpsuit that accentuated her curves, her long brown hair fell to her shoulders in waves, she was wearing a bright pink jacket over the jumpsuit and he had stared at her long enough to know that she was not wearing a white shit tucked into a trouser.She had this air of confidence as she walked down the aisle of the plane, it was as though she owned it. Her face was dazzlingly beautiful, the type that you can't just look away from, even as it was scrubbed free of makeup, he could tell that she was somebody that frequently used it.As she clicked her heels down the aisle and passed his side, it seemed like the entire plane was staring at her, and it was clear that she knew, he knew that she loved the attention. He was as flying first class but it could