ChristianThea pauses to look at Ivanna for a while as if she didn't expect her to interfere like this. "Well—""Thea!" Ivanna interrupts before she could say something. "I know there must be something urgent I have no clue about. But why don't you please wait until tomorrow? Because our entire day is occupied today. There's no way we can skip any. I have taken a day off too. So, I hope you can understand""Sure", Thea says in an unimpressed tone as she glares at me. "Mrs Scott, could you please come inside?" The nurse comes out of the cabin while looking for Ivanna."Yeah, sure", Ivanna immediately gets onto her feet and looks at us. "Excuse me"As soon as she goes inside the cabin, Thea turns to me."What the hell is wrong with your fucking mouth, Christian?" She grunts. "She was answering on behalf of you. What does that supposed to mean?"I'm not interested in replying to her but there's no choice left for me."She's been hard on me since last night. She thinks I'm physically si
ChristianI chase her outside as she walks faster towards the car, opens the door and jumps inside. I take a few seconds before quickly getting into the driving seat. She has crossed her arms on her chest while looking away angrily. "Iv—" "I told you. Didn't I?" She shoots me a glare. "There was definitely something wrong with you. And you're being so careless about it""You heard her well. Right? It's just a typical high blood pressure problem. It'll be fine. And that stupid disease she was talking about hasn't attacked me yet", I tell her."That doesn't mean it won't, Chris", she glares at me. "What is wrong with you?"This time, she turns to me, curling up her face which makes me wince a bit. "What? Nothing. What are you talking about?" I exclaim.She pauses, staring at me intensely before she eventually looks away."Nothing. I'm talking about nothing", she groans. "You're being too hard, Iv""Let's not talk about it, please. I need to pick up a parcel from the pickup point", s
Thea"Thea! Thea! Wake up!" That annoying sound wakes me up as I groan. "What the fuck! Who's that?"I put the pillow on my face so that the sound doesn't reach my ear."It's me. John. Wake up", he jerks me.What the hell is wrong with this man? I growl, not getting up and switching sides. "Thea. It's urgent. Please get up", he screams again. "For God's sake!" I yell, turning to him. My eyes burn as I strive to open them. I believe it's not dawn yet. "Why the fuck are you yelling?"He lets out a deep sigh and puts a pile of clothes into the luggage."Just get up. I'll explain to you", he says, hurrying to pack more stuff. Then his phone buzzes. He immediately picks it up, "yeah, Lora. You got the tickets? Great!"He cuts the call when I still fumble on the bed to get up. I usually never get up before 5 a.m. And it's just 3:50 in the morning. I didn't get enough sleep. "Are you going somewhere?" I ask, yawning and getting up from the bed. "Not me. Us", he says, leaving me stunned.
ChristianIvanna places her hands on my shoulders when I'm occupying the couch, darting my eyes on the laptop screen. She gives a gentle squeeze on my shoulders."Hey, you have been waking up the whole night?" Her voice is heavy as it always sounds after she wakes up in the morning. "Yeah. It's kind of a mess", I rub my mouth, leaning toward the screen. Ivanna bends down to my neck and wraps her hands around it, burying her nose into the crook of my neck as her long wavy hair slides down to my shoulders. She places her other hand on my cheek, kissing my neck softly. It makes me smile even though my eyes are burning like hell. I tilt my head a bit and kiss her cheek. "Slept well?" I ask."Not as good as six hours sleep but better than no sleep at all like you", she giggles.I smile back. "Yeah. I don't know how this happened. I mean the fashion week in New York was supposed to be held next month. I can't understand why Albert did this. He says he got to know we're ready. Who the hel
ChrisWrapping Ivanna with a towel, I carry her out of the bathroom and place her on the bed. She squirms over and gets under the sheets.I must be a beast today!But I know she enjoyed it as much as I did. I place a kiss on her hair.She doesn't respond. This is what she does after a hard session. I just give her the time to recover. Meanwhile, I feel the sound of vibration on the table. When I look back, I find my phone buzzing. I'm already feeling like it's Thea. Gulping down, I slowly walk towards the table which is a bit away from the bed. It's her!I curse under my breath when I spot Thea's name on the screen. I immediately receive it."Hello!" I clear my throat, talking in a very low tone so Ivanna can't hear me. She doesn't respond. "Hello", I groan.Then I hear the sound of heavy breaths. As if she's groaning in anger."Are you playing games with me, Christian?" She gasps.Dammit!This is what I feared."What are you talking about?" I gasp. "Just stop it! Stop lying
ChristianI cut the call and let out a deep sigh, hoping she has believed what I said. I indeed meant it. If I could play any game to avoid this situation, I would never sign the agreement in the first place. That was the first time I gave in to such a condition. There's no way back. No matter how much I regret it, it's gonna happen anyway. And I'll make sure I spend these five days with Ivanna as a better version of myself. Because after five days, I won't be the man she deserves. Besides, we're gonna admit Chrissie to the hospital tomorrow.I'm still in the basement of the office after talking to Thea. Nicole has sent me the whole schedule for today. And if I stick to work throughout the day without getting distracted, I can easily get enough free time at night. I fish out from my pocket and write a text to Ivanna."Free after work tonight? I was thinking of going out for dinner", I send the text and it doesn't take her a minute to reply to me back."Not sure about that yet. But I
ChristianWhat if?""Yup. Incidents that could happen if situations were different. What would we do over that", she says."Sounds fun. But I have a condition", I say."I guess we're never out of conditions. Okay. Say it""You won't ask me what if I didn't find you or you were not in my life. Because I can't imagine or form an answer for it"She cracks up."What?" I throw her a dirty look."You look cute when you're annoyed", she giggles."That doesn't mean you'll start annoying me. Definitely not with that question", I warn her."As you command", she chuckles. "Okay, let's start. Let me think""Don't come up with a deadly one", I say nervously. "Nope!" She takes my right hand and playfully smiled at me. "Okay. So, what if that night in that club, I didn't disappear? We woke up in each other's arms, saw each other and recall everything from the previous night"There's a beautiful smile on her face when she asks that question and it also makes me smile wider."I don't think I could ex
Christian "Chris!" Ivanna exclaims, peeking out of the window. "Are we really in the Texas club tonight?""Yes", I pass her a playful grin. "No place can be better than this one to celebrate our anniversary. Heck! It's been literally more than a decade since we met here. Isn't that insane?"I come out of the car and open the door so she can come out. She looks at the club and her eyes fill with the same emotions that I'm going through. "It's totally insane and beautiful", she looks at me and wraps her arms around my neck. "But Mr Scott, we can definitely come here some other day. You didn't sleep last night either and it's midnight now""Do you think I'll let this ruin our anniversary? Come on. I can sleep later", I grab her wrist and drag her inside the club when she keeps calling me and asking me to stop.We reach inside, hand in hand. I was going through a light headache but it seems to be increasing with the loud noise. "Chris", Ivanna wraps her palms around my arm. I look down