Novels by Sparkles✨

Maybelline.Next Day.Wednesday 8:00am.“Sweetheart,”“My love,” I heard Grayson whisper to me, I slowly lowered the duvet over my head, he was standing by my bedside with a tray of pancakes, eggs and coffee. “You didn’t have to,” I muttered with a small yawn, as I stretched and slowly sat up on the bed. He flashed me a small smile as he gently set the tray on the bed.“I wanted to,” he whispered, he squatted beside me and pressed a soft kiss on my forehead. “Do you feel better?!” He asked, I exhaled deeply and nodded slowly.“I do,” “Sure?!”“Yeah. Just a little sad about my job but yeah, I’m better,”“We can always start over once this blows over,” he said to me, I took my lips into my mouth and nodded optimistically.“Yeah, I know,” I whispered. “I got your mail just yesterday. I realized you’ve sent it days ago. I’m so proud of you,” he said to me, my shoulders slumped with a small sigh immediately he mentioned it.“About that, do you think I should just hold off on it?! With

Next day. Tuesday.Maybelline. 10:30am.“How many packs Ma’am?!”“One, one pack” I muttered back in reply to the attendant at a restaurant just close the the hospital. Betsy was still asleep and I wanted to get her something to eat. The doctor says that she might be worse than she’s letting on. I remember telling her to take it easy and rest, I have no idea why she didn’t, now I’m super worried and super scared. “Isn’t that the host from love and laughter” “The Lady sleeping around with three men if not more?!” I heard whispers around me, before I knew it, two ladies walked up to me. “Ohh my God, she’s the one” one of them muttered as she raised her hands to my head and removed the scarf I used as disguise.“If I were you, I would never show myself in public again. Have you no decency?!”“How many marriages have you ruined. How do you feel being an home wrecker,” I spluttered at the attempt to speak and the hallway bursted out in taunting laughter.“I wonder why Grayson Nash is ye

10:00pm.GraysonI exhaled deeply, turned off the bright light in the hallway as I stepped into the dimly lit room. I heard soft, tearful sniffles that stopped me in my tracks. Ofcourse she was just trying to be strong earlier. This is her dream and I know how much it meant to me. My gaze landed on Maybelline, wrapped tightly in the duvet, curled up as if she were trying to shield herself from the outside world.I moved closer, taking a seat beside her on the edge of the bed. “Baby,” I whispered, reaching out gently. I slowly peeled the duvet away, revealing her tear-streaked face. Her eyes, red and puffy, met mine for a brief second before she looked away, blinking back fresh tears.I brushed a stray strand of hair from her cheek, my thumb lingering against her skin, wishing I could absorb all the pain she was feeling. “Please don’t cry,” I murmured, my voice barely audible. “Talk to me.”She swallowed hard, her eyes fixated on the ceiling as if searching for words that would mak

Later that Evening 7:30 PMGraysonAs I opened the door, I let out a sigh. It was Becky, Cole and Katrina."You guys didn’t have to come," I said to them. Earlier today, they insisted on handling things so I could stay with May. The situation today hadn’t been good PR for any of us."Of course we did," Becky replied as she stepped inside with the others. "We wanted to check on you and Maybelline. How’s she doing?""She’s asleep now," I said, shutting the door behind them. "Tyler came over with his daughter earlier, and I think that helped her feel a bit better.""Thank God," they murmured, settling into the living room. They sank into the sofa, a mix of concern and exhaustion on their faces."So, how did the meetings go?" I asked, easing into a chair. Cole exhaled. "Well, on my own end, we managed to reassure the owners of the Hilton account. They’re staying, as are our other major accounts. As long as Nash Tech is not affected, they are good,” I closed my eyes, releasing a deep

Maybelline.2:00pm.-Betsy, please pick up your phone--I’m sorry, I didn’t want to lie to you either. I was going to tell you all about it , I promise--I know you’ve been completely honest with me and I haven’t quite reciprocated that. But please I want you do know that it doesn’t in anyway define the relationship that you and I have--I Cherish and care about our relationship, Betsy please pick my calls. I need to talk to you-I texted Betsy for the umpteenth time. Grayson had his driver drop me at home and I was almost going crazy from the lack of what to do. I kept calling and texting Betsy but she wasn’t replying to any of my text or calls. I exhaled deeply and dropped the phone on the dinning table. I buried my head in my palm and ruffled my hair frustratingly.“Argghhh!” I growled, I have cried and cried and I doubt there were any more tears in my eyes. I picked up my phone and scrolled through the posts again. When exactly does my life get better?! When I think I’ve got it a

MaybellineNext day. Monday 8:30 am.“She’s the one,”“This is the first time I’m actually seeing her at the office”“Yeah, she looks so innocent behind would have known,”The moment I stepped into the office building, I sensed something was off. Conversations died down, replaced by hushed murmurs and sidelong glances. I brushed it off, it was probably just in my head, but as I walked further, the stares intensified, growing more obvious, more uncomfortable.I fumbled in my bag, pulled out my employee card, signed in, and headed toward the elevator. When the doors slid open, I stepped in—and everyone else instinctively shifted away, pressing against the walls. The silence was unsettling, and I could feel each and everyone of their gazes on me. When the elevator finally reached my floor, I stepped out, heart racing. What’s going on?I pushed open the door to my office. Betsy was already at her desk, I could not see her face but her posture looked stiff, her eyes darting up to meet min

DELANY OUTSIDE OF THE COURT “You did great,” the attorney said to me with a small smile and I nodded gratefully. We were standing by Nathaniel’s car. He ended up picking me at the office and driving me here. “Thank you,” I responded.“Alright, I should get going now. I’ll have your marriage certificate dispatched to you,” he said and I nodded again.“That’s no problem, thank you Scott,” Nathaniel said to him and he smiled in response.“I was just doing my job,” he said and with one final nod, he turned and walked away. Just then I saw my family and his, step out of the court also. Without missing a beat, I stepped forward and wrapped my hands around Nathaniel in a tight hug. His body tensed up at first but he seemed to notice the reason I did what I did and he gently wrapped his hands around me tighter. “Thank you,” I whispered against his chest and he chuckled lightly.“What for?!” He asked in a whisper as we slowly disengaged and he placed a soft kiss on my forehead. My stomach

DELANY NEXT DAY 8:30am, Hospital. I squeezed the napkin out of a bowl of warm water as gently dabbed it on my mother’s body. I came in when the nurse wanted to clean her up, I just asked her to let me do it. Six months before now, my mother was diagnosed with End stage renal disease. She had almost no symptoms of kidney failure until it was damaged beyond repair. I donated one of my kidneys to her but she almost didnt survive the damages it had done to her. She fell into coma immediately after the surgery. In my previous life they said she wasn’t responding to treatments and her organs were failing so she had to be put on life support, she was on life support for eight months and that Eight months, Emily made sure to torment my life for every payment she made to keep my mother alive. They hadn’t moved her to life support yet, which is why I’m still able to afford the bills. I really just want to move her out of here as soon as possible, I have every reason to believe they sabot

DELANYLATER THAT DAY, 2:30pm A small knock came on my door. I rolled my eyes to the back of my head. If it was possible to get a restraining order inside of company premises I would have gotten one, because I was tired of seeing Emily and Lenny walk into my office at intervals to threaten me into going back to being just a normal worker in my father’s company. The door slowly went open after three consecutive knocks and I saw Uncle Conrad walk in, I swallowed my words and slowly got up to my feet. His lips spread into a wide smile and I tried as much as I could to respond with a smile, even if it wasn’t as wide as his. “Delany!” He called as he approached me, I cleared my throat and bowed slightly. “It’s so good to see you uncle,” I said to him as I gestured to the visitor’s chair in front of my table, he gently pulled it out and took his seat and I took my seat after him. Uncle Conrad is my father’s younger brother. He was not the heir to DTI group ; Davenport Technology and i

DELANY Next Day, 8:00am “You’ll still keep working?” I heard Nathaniel’s voice behind me. I zipped my bag and slowly turned to look at him.“Yeah, I know my father really wanted me to be more, I won’t seat back for Emily to do whatever she likes anymore,” I said to him. He tucked his hands into his pocket and nodded slowly. “You look really good” he whispered but loud enough for me to hear what he said. I narrowed by brows and moved my head backwards subtly. That’s weird, I can’t even lie. I can say categorically that this was the first time he was complimenting my looks and we have seen each other a couple of times. We used to be very close as kids, we used to bond over being the forgotten one, but after he travelled abroad and got back, we just did not click anymore. Almost like we both have become very different people.Maybe I did look good, compared to my normal bland and untasteful appearance, Living with Adrian for a year sure made me look older than my age. I was putting o

NATHANIEL Later that night “I don’t think Delany will be able to take over the company” Nolan said to me. I was seated by by the small study desk I had in my room, I was on a conference call with Nolan and my lead streategist, Paul. “She’s supposedly the one you have an affair with, so stepping down for her to step up is not a good plan. It won’t improve the company’s image,” Paul continued, I just stared at them, my mind constantly replying the conversation I had with Delany earlier. She has been avoiding me ever since, why does she seem so cold. “Sir, what do you think?!” I heard Paul ask. I blinked slowly and turned to his video frame.“I’m sorry, come again I didn’t get that,” I said to him. Nolan raised his brows at me, but Paul nodded politely and proceeded to repeat what he said. “My suggestion is to bring in someone who isn’t in any way affiliated with the company presently. I came up with a list of very efficient business men that can take over for time being, while you

DELANY “You shouldn’t have allowed that!” Nathaniel said as soon as he walked into the living room and slammed the door shut behind him.“You shouldn’t have let him lay a finger on you!” I gently tapped the nurse treating my bruises and signalled to her to give us space. She got up with a small nod and walked away towards the veranda.“But it’s good for us, at least people are starting to believe my words” I said to him as I got up to my feet. “So you had to get yourself beaten up just for people to believe you?” He snapped lowly. He stepped forward grabbed my cheeks softly and checked frantically as if searching for hidden scars. “See how battered you look. What if it was more than this,” he snorted and I could tell he was doing everything to not speak at the top of his voice.“Look, Nathaniel I’m fine,” I muttered as I gently removed myself from his grip and stepped backwards.“I’ve told you this before. I’ll do everything possible to make sure that Adrian and His cohort don’t ge