After Natasha had finished berating Malvika for her involvement in Diane and Nicholas’ break up, Malvika left for her own room, her heart heavy with guilt.
As she opened the door and slowly dragged her feet to her bed, the image of Diane’s hurt and broken face kept appearing in her head. Her conscience kept pricking her and she felt like a heavy weight had been placed on her shoulder.
In as much as she tried convincing herself that whatever she did was for Diane’s good, she couldn’t help but feel like she had a hand in breaking Diane’s heart. ‘It’s for her own good,' she whispered to herself. ‘Nicholas would never treat her right.’ Despite trying to assure herself that what she did was right, she couldn’t shake the feeling that maybe Natasha was right; maybe she should never have been involved in this.
Malvika slowly relaxed into her bed and sighed. This was all over right? Diane will divorce Nicholas a
Diane walked into the company, smartly dressed in a long black skirt that had a slit at the side, a black shirt tucked into the skirt and a black suit to top it off. She held her bag and walked towards the elevator, her heels making a click-clack sound on the floor.Although she was uncomfortable, she ignored the stares that her workers were giving her. While some mumbled greetings to her, some basically just stared rudely at her till she got into the elevator.She waited for a while as the elevator jerked and moved slowly. Then, it stopped and slid open. Diane stepped out.“Good morning ma,” Her personal assistant greeted, rising up from her desk. Diane grunted in reply, walking towards her office. Her personal assistant shot towards her, obstructing her path. “Ma, I don’t….I…I…don’t think you should go in yet.”Diane stared at her like she had grown two heads. “What? Why shouldn’t I go
“Are you ready?” Jayden asked as he drove towards The Langston’s house. It was evening and Diane had called him that she was ready to go and pick up her stuff. He had left his place of work to pick her in her office.He found a proper place to park and turned to look at Diane who was staring outside through the window with her hands folded on her thighs. She had this far away look in her eyes that suggested she was in deep thoughts. “Diane?” Jayden interrupted her thoughts.Diane jerked her head towards him. “Uhn?” She replied absent-mindedly. Clearing her throat, she adjusted herself on the seat. “Yes, Jayden?”“What are you thinking about?” Jayden asked.She shook her head slowly. “Nothing, really,” she whispered.Jayden gave her a doubtful look but shrugged. “We are here,” he announced. “Are you sure you can do this alone?” he asked.&ldq
“Hey, Malvika,” Diane said as she and Jayden walked towards her. “Are you okay? You look a little pale,” she observed as she took in Malvika’s appearance. Malvika shook her head. “I'm fine, Diane. What are you doing here?” She asked, ignoring Jayden who had gone to open the door. Before Diane could answer, Jayden interrupted them asking them to come in. Diane nodded her head in Malvika’s direction, gesturing to her to go in first. Together, they stepped into the house and Jayden closed the door behind them. As they walked into the living room, Malvika said to Diane, “You haven’t answered my question yet. Diane, what are you doing here?” “Jayden is a friend and he has agreed to let me stay here for the meantime,” Diane replied smoothly, moving towards the couch. “I just got back from Nicholas’ house and Natasha said you were not around. I had no idea you will be here.” “Yeah,” Malvika replied, lowering herself unto one of the wooden chairs in the livin
Jenny climbed up the stairs slowly but instead of walking to her room, she headed to Nicholas’ room instead. She wanted to see Ashley and was sure she was going to be there. However, when she opened the door, she was met with the sight of Ashley throwing her belongings into a large bag, muttering furious words to herself. “Hey Ashley, what are you doing?” Jenny asked with a puzzled frown. “What does it look like?” Ashely snapped in an unusual snarky manner, while continuing to throw clothes into the bag. Jenny was taken aback by the time of her voice. “It looks like you are packing up your stuff but I’m surprised which I why I asked. Why are you packing up?” Ashley whirled around suddenly. Her eyes looked bloodshot, her mascara was smeared with tears and cause black lines to run over her cheeks. She pointed a sharp finger at Jenny. “You ask your brother! Ask your stupid brother!” “Nicholas? What did he do this time?” “He broke up with me,” Ash
Diane closed down the files she was working on and proceeded to shut down her laptop. Running her hands through her messy hair, she closed her laptop and placed it on the bed. She stood up and walked towards the dressing mirror. Peering at her reflection, she took in her appearance – the messy hair, her shirt pajamas that was sliding off her arm, her swollen eyes and the bags under her eyes that screamed sleeplessness. She had woken up since three o'clock in the morning and had been unable to sleep bag. She had tossed around on the bed, trying to get herself to sleep but she couldn’t. Instead, images of her special moments with Nicholas kept flashing in her head and it annoyed and saddened her at the same time. Desperately wanting to put her mind off Nicholas and her marriage, she had sat up, picked her laptop and started working on some certain files she needed in the company. It had helped but she couldn’t sleep again. Now, it was six o'clock in the morning
“Hey,” Jayden gave Malvika a tight-lipped smile which she returned with a bright one of her own. It took all his will-power not to scowl at her. He was still very upset about his discussion with Diane earlier today. “Get in,” he instructed Malvika who opened the door to the car and climbed inside.“Hi, Jay,” she greeted, smiling brightly. “Diane told me you wanted to take me somewhere.”Jayden tightened his hands on the wheels. “She did, didn’t she?” He muttered, frowning. “Your seat belt,” he said, nodding in the direction of the seat belt. He waited for her to clip it in before starting the car.“So where are we going?” Malvika asked, her bright smile still on her face. She looked extremely happy; too happy to notice Jayden’s gloomy mood.“For a picnic,” he replied gloomily, his eyebrows still furrowed into a frown.“I’m so happ
Diane sat on the couch in Jayden’s living room, a couple of files and papers spread across the center table in front of her. She crossed her legs and tucked it underneath her, then, spread few more papers and files on her legs. She had a pen in her right hand while her left hand adjusted her glasses.As she flipped through the files, her mind and thoughts wandered aimlessly, distracting her from her work. She shook her head, trying to refocus her thoughts but that was hard as she found it hard to concentrate. She found her self staring at a particular page in a file for more than ten minutes without actually reading anything. Then, when she caught herself, she would have to start over again. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t concentrate. Her mind kept wandering back to the events in her office.Derek Hale. The name popped into her head and she unconsciously gritted her teeth as she thought of him. That bastard of a man. He had resorted to threateni
Diane stared at Jayden, shocked to the bones by his confession. She dropped her hands carelessly to her side and her phone dropped to the ground with a loud clatter. She stared blankly at him, noting the desperation in his eyes. She was unable to talk. Each time she opened her mouth to form words, her mouth would go dry and she would shut it close.“I know this comes as a shock,” Jayden said, panting, “but I just think I should let you know that I love you. I really really love you.”By the time Diane could finally compose herself, the only word she could get out was, “Wow.” Then, she closed her mouth and continued staring at him.“Diane? Please say something,” he begged, desperation laced his tone.Unable to form coherent words or bear the tension, Diane turned on her heels and all but ran out of the living room into her room.