Novels by Marshall

Leila felt lightheaded as she woke up, she remembered nothing. The room was empty and she could feel a sharp pain in her head when she tried standing up. She looked down and she was wrapped in just the duvet, she tried remembering how she removed her clothes when she was just talking to the moving guys but her head was blank, her phone was buzzing with messages, she unlocked it to see several angry texts from Gavin. She sat up immediately, ‘why was he angry?’ She thought so she placed a call to him, he picked up immediately “Your messages seemed extreme, what’s wrong?” She asked groggily, her interests piqued, she was sure she did not do anything so why was he being extra in his texts, their conversation last night was really good and she was sure they were actually in a good place after everything that had happened these past few weeks. “You slept with the moving guys!? That is low even for you” Gavin said, every word laced with spite. Leila’s head still hurt so it took her a f

There was no way around it, Leila had to talk to Jordan about leaving, she was actually nervous about it, a part of her was still scared because of how he was in the past, so she stood in front of the apartment, waiting. Gavin had sent a moving company to help her move her things so the stress was not on her at all. She finally found the courage to go inside.“Hi, Jordan,” She said with a forced smile. She had left abruptly last night, so it was still kind of rocky between them. Jordan closed his eyes gently, before opening them, “I am really sorry about everything Leila, I really wish I told you way before yesterday but it has been really hard to bring it up”She smiled stiffly again, “It’s all good. I am leaving though, you can have the apartment, the lease is on for two years, and I don't really care”“You do not have to leave, I’ll leave. I can always find somewhere else to stay, I did you wrong, you don’t have to suffer for what I did. I already called Adele Cooper, I told her t

“Is it going to me be or Adele?” Leila repeated again. She was done being the understanding one, she had decided to keep the baby for a reason and she will not get stepped on by either Gavin or Adele.Gavin stood there dumbfounded, he still could not believe that Leila was pregnant. He was going to be a father of two children from two women. He sighed heavily, words not coming out from his mouth.“Answer me Gavin! Her or me!?” She said glaring at him. She had all night to do this.Gavin rubbed his eye, “Come in first, let us sit and talk about this like two matured adults”“Okay”, She said without arguing.Gavin led her in and pulled her to the couch, sitting directly opposite her. “When did you find out?”Without batting an eye, she replied, “Few days ago. I did not tell you because I was contemplating whether to keep it or not. No offense but you have not been the perfect boyfriend lately. These past few days have been hectic and being with you has been a rollercoaster on its own,

“I made you dinner” Jordan said in a sweet voiceShe did not know if his voice was sweet or she was the one thinking it was that way because of the fact that she had started to forgive him. It did not hurt whenever his name popped into her mind. Maybe he was actually all changed. “Thank you Jordan. You really did not have to” Leila replied after an eternity. Her mind was occupied, she was contemplating informing Jordan that she was pregnant already. One mind was telling her that she needed to tell him, he was still her husband and they were living under the same roof and the other mind was saying that she should not tell him since the father of the baby also did not know about the baby’s existence. “I made your favorite though, Hurry before it gets cold” Jordan said calmly. Leila actually smiled, a sincere smile, it was not forced at all and she had started to actually like Jordan staying with her. She thought about Gavin again, she could not get the man out of her head.She sighed

“Why did the board members hold a meeting without informing me!!????!” Gavin raged, looking at Armstrong with bloodshot eyes. “Because you were the center of attention” Gavin gave him a bigger smile, “What do you mean center of attention? Does that even sound right to you?” Armstrong took a deep breath, “Mr. Hasters, whenever someone is employed in this company, they are expected to sign a contract and in this contract, love relationships are not allowed because it affects work activities and efficiency. I am surprised you do not know about this” Gavin took a pause as he searched for the right words to say, he could not deny the fact that employees were not allowed to date In the work premises but he was the president of the company and that should make him immune to that silly contract. He did not say this to Armstrong though, he did not want to come off as a self-entitled kind of person. “But I should still have been informed even if I was not welcome to the meeting like you

“One American iced tea please” Leila said to the waiter at her favorite coffee shop, she wanted to take alcohol on her way back home from Emily’s place but she caught herself fast enough, she was pregnant, it still felt alien to her, the way she was, a life was growing inside of her, it felt terrifying and peaceful at the same time and she could not explain why. Her stomach growled angrily and she silently cursed while looking around to make sure nobody heard. On a normal day, she would have stayed hungry till the next day but now she had to eat something because of the baby, everything was changing so fast. “You can have your order ma’am” the waiter said in a polite voice. Leila scanned his name tag, “Thank you Thomas” In front of the coffee shop, she contemplated calling Gavin to inform him about the pregnancy but she decided against it, they were not really in a good place and Gavin was already expecting a child from Adele, she could not just tell him without having a plan. She