Three months have passed and here I am in the bathroom, vomiting. Why is it so hard to be a woman? You will carry the baby for nine months, you will also suffer from morning sickness. Then the men will enjoy their lives.Besides being pregnant, I’m still the one who takes care of the house. However, he hired an additional staff in the house to help me and lessen my workload. I still wake up early to prepare breakfast because he doesn't want someone else to cook his food besides me. He says I cook better than the other staff here. I also clean his room, as he doesn’t want anyone to enter his personal space.I only work with him to pay what I owe him. We had our signed agreement. One of our agreements was I still needed to pay my debts. Second, we will get divorced when the child turns one. Yvan will give our child a house where our baby and I will live. Third, we were not allowed to meddle in each other’s matters. And even though we are married, we still have separate bedrooms.Within
It was Saturday morning, and today was the day of my prenatal checkup. Yvan cannot join because he has something out of the country and the schedule for his return home is still open. But I’m used to not being able to have him during my checkups because he’s busy with his company. But that doesn’t mean he’s not responsible enough. He doesn’t neglect my needs. If before he forbade me to eat unhealthy foods, now, he allows me as long as I limit myself to food because I might get bloated and have trouble giving birth. He can’t do anything about it because my cravings are weird. Sometimes he canceled his meetings just to buy the food I was craving.The other day he called me to check how I was doing at home, but he got confused when he heard me crying.“Why are you crying? What’s the matter?” he asked. His voice was panicking on the other line. But it felt so strange that I found it cute to hear his voice. I don’t know if this is just because of my pregnancy, but I suddenly feel giddy whe
“Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll head out first. Have a nice day, Mrs. Mendez” I smiled before I turned my back to them, ready to walk away, but before I could escape, I was shocked that someone suddenly pulled my hair. “You bitch!” she swore at me while pulling my hair hard.“Mrs. Mendez, let go of me!”“Mom!”“Mom, please let her go!” Mico pleaded while helping me remove his mother’s hands from my hair. Mico tried to protect me as he hugged and pulled me away from his mom.Every time her mother attacks me, Mico takes the hit and not me. And I appreciated what he did to protect me. Suddenly, a frightening voice echoed in the hallway and stopped us all.“What the hell are you doing?!” “Yvan,” I muttered as I breathed a sigh of relief.He took me away from Mico and checked every part of my body to see if I had scratches. He looked at my messy hair and brushed it carefully.“Are you alright?” He asked me with his eyes showing concern, but deep inside, I could feel he was mad.I don't k
It was early morning, and I had to prepare for work despite my body not being in good shape. I have a slight fever and I couldn’t do anything but drink medicine and go to work.I have been working as a janitor in a company for a year now. I did not go to college and started working when I was eighteen. I need to help my mother sell vegetables in the market, as I have an irresponsible father who does nothing but gamble. They’re still my parents, so all I could do was understand our situation and strive for our future. As I opened the door of my apartment, a group of five men came to approach me. I rolled my eyes in annoyance, as they visited me almost every day.“Good morning, Aurora,” one man greeted me.He has this long scar on his right eye. He looks scary, but I don’t mind as I’ve known them for a month since the day my father died.“What was good in the morning when I first saw your faces right in front of my apartment?” she murmured.“What are you saying?” Their leader looked li
“Aurora!” I can see the shock on their faces as our eyes met.Mico immediately stood up on his bed and covered his naked body with a white pillow, while Lucas made a poker face. I clenched as Lucas looked at me unbothered, with his brows raised. He even smirked. Hah! The nerve of this snake!Lucas and I made eye contact as I gave him a deathly glare. We looked like were in a staring contest. Who blinks, loses.“Aurora, let me explain.” My attention turned to Mico, who already had his pants and was still shirtless.I shook my head disappointedly. What else should we talk about? I already saw what I needed to see. It’s all been clear to me that he just used me. He lost our two years of being together. When did he start cheating on me?“When did it start?” I asked, trying to calm my insides, as I was shaking in madness.Lucas looked at me ridiculously, as if I had said something funny. While Mico approached me and tried to reach out my hand, but I shoved him.“Don’t hold me. You are disg
I woke up, and it felt like my head would break into pieces. Damn! I will never drink alcohol again. Damn this hangover. I looked around to find my phone, but my eyes widened in horror when I realized I was not in my house. This place is not my room! Where am I?! I searched the room with my eyes, only to realize I was in the hotel. Fear immediately rumbled in my chest, and it felt like I was splashed with cold water as soon as I discovered that this was not my room but a hotel room. And my body was naked under the white sheet!!! What had just happened?! Quickly, I picked up my clothes, even though it was difficult for me to walk because of the pain in the middle of my thighs. I stopped picking up my clothes when I heard the splash of water coming from the shower as if someone was taking a shower there. I did not remove my sight of the bathroom door. After a while, the water turned off, and I heard the door latch open. I suddenly held my breath while waiting for the bathroom door to
I wondered how he became his uncle when they had different last names. But whatever their story is, it’s their story, not mine.I have a lot on my plate right now, and I don’t have the time to find out the difference in their last names.“What were you thinking?”I jumped in shock when I didn’t realize he was already in front of me.“W-when did you get here?” I stuttered.My eyes leveled at his chest, so I needed to look at him as he was taller than me.“So you are my nephew’s girlfriend,” he stated.I gulped. I wanted to speak, but no words came out of my mouth.“Did he know about what happened to us? Did he know you cheated on him?” He whispered in my ears, which gave chills down my spine.I clenched my fist. Did I cheat on Mico? I scoffed at that thought. Isn’t he the one who cheated on me and not the other way around? But of course, this man didn’t know everything that had happened to us. And it was easy for them to judge people without knowing what happened.He turned to go back
“Who on earth would do this to you?” My friend, Belle, gave me a glass of water. After I saw the letter, I immediately called Belle to ask if I could sleep over at her house. I told her the incident happened at my house, and he came to fetch me. I put the glass on the table and looked at her. “I think it’s my dad’s shark loaners.” I could see the shock on her face as her eyes widened in surprise. “They came to ask for payment last Sunday. And I told them I couldn’t pay them yet. I’m still jobless. I promised to pay them on the 30th of the month. But maybe they were too eager to kill me because of my arrogance.” “Why don’t you borrow money from Mico? He’s your boyfriend. I am sure he will help you.” I shook my head at her suggestion. Right. I just remembered I hadn’t told her about what happened to me and Mico. “We broke up.” Her eyes widened as she gasped in shock. “When?! Why?! What happened?!” she asked simultaneously. “Calm down.” I let her sit on my side. “We broke up two w