When Erica quit her job as a ;sports physio , to open a bakery business, she called it quits on love and anything to do with relationships. That included soccer players. When her luck in love takes a turn for the best after being betrayed by her assistant multiple times, with men that had shown interest in her... She is stuck in between choosing an ex-soccer star who she hated only to love after he showed her his true nature heart heart, and her long time best friend & fellow Chef Marc Jasper who saved her & claimed her as his when she needed love the most . Both of which had previously resisted her shop assistant. Who will Erica end up choosing ? Will the right guy win her heart in the end ? Will she choose the right man for her heart?
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Hugo
I am a performer. It sounds weird to say because , I cannot see myself doing anything either than what I'm doing right now, and it feels utterly good to be where I'm supposed to be .
The pitch is my stage ; the Stadium is my theatre, and my audience are the countless supporters I have in the stadium stands and online. I am a footballer and pretty damn good one at that .I have everything I could ever want and that includes , the cars, endorsements, the house , a girl who loves me and dare I say I am loving the good life .
Today was a huge day for me and I couldn't be mhore excited . The team I captained was taking on our arch nemesis in the football league and this was a very important match for me because my agent had told me earlier on that ; there were going to be big sponsor's and scouts at the game . One of the scouts had an eye on me, and he had been tracking my career from when I first started playing for my Highschool team .
With the announcement of the national team coming up and having put my hand up to be picked as the national team's captain I couldn't be more excited . It was all over the news and I had a lot riding on this game. The domestic league final .
Our team hadn't won silverware in five years ,and since I've been made captain about a year ago we had been moving from. Strength to strength I have the respect of my teammates as a player and captain ,and I am unstoppable. I woke up this morning feeling good, I had an off day hey the big match and I was only due at the hotel tomorrow morning. My girlfriend Lisa was still sleeping and I was busy preparing breakfast for her. I always paid attention to her diet because; she was a model and she was really particular about what she ate .
I was sure I was on the same page as her when it came to What we both wanted eventually. She knew that I was in love with her, and my mother did t like her. Although her opinion about who I was dating and wanted to spend my life with mattered to me , I think she was wrong when. It came to Lisa , because she wasn't the type to leave when the chips were down and she is a model for crying out load .
She was thick skinned when it came to rejection. She didn't become the most sort after model in the country overnight , she had to work hard to get to where she was .
I kissed Lisa just to wake her up and she wrinkled her nose in disgust;
"Eww grab a couple of mints because your breath stinks . "
I threw my head back and laughed
" You didn't say that when you were tasting yourself on my lips last night and this morning. "
She pushed my face aside and grabbed the yoghurt & bran flakes cup.
" That was last night and what's that hideous smell? "
"I had some of the left overs from last night's dinner. That I cooked and you didn't eat."
" I wasn't hungry "
" You're welcome an I love you too ."
I stood up to go retrieve my duffle bag from the closet .
I rummaged through the secret compartment for a red box with a black ribbon.
" Aww Black come back babe. "
" Give me a second "
I double checked the seal on the box and took a deep breath. Given the time frame I had I wanted to do what needed to be done so that I could concentrate on tomorrow's game and if Lisa wanted a glamorous announcement with the spot light on us ,then I could arrange it but right now I needed to have a moment with my girlfriend who wasn't going to be my girlfriend anymore, because she was well on her way to becoming Mrs Hugo Black .
I love Lisa with my whole heart and I want to have kids with her one day. The last time I ever felt this way about a girl was ; a couple of years back before I met Lisa .
Her name was Chloe .Like Lisa she had curly blond hair and dark green eyes . Lisa has light green eyes too but she dyed her hair. Chloe was the perfect girlfriend. She was there for me when I missed out on a spot in the team , encouraged me when I was low on morale ,and believed that I was the best even when I felt like a failure. Our relationship was solid until I started cheating on her with my current girlfriend. I came clean with her and told her that I had fallen out of love with her which was a lie . I got taken away by the glitz and glamour of the lifestyle that came with being a soccer star. The last word she said were ;
" If you leave you walk out on us and there is no turning back."
Five years later I'm still madly in love with Lisa ,though I still regret the way Chloe and I ended and my mother still calls and asks me what went wrong . I still don't have an explanation.
I stepped out of the closet with the box in hand and Lisa jumped out of bed wearing only my long sleeve oversized grey sweatshirt that she borrowed from me and never returned in the early stages of our relationship she grabbed the box from me and untied the ribbon.
"Lisa can I please have that box back. "
"No can do striker . "
"As much as I love you calling me by the pet name you have me I'm serious please just give me the box ?"
She sat on the bed and continued to break the seals .
"What did you get me ? I hope it's that car that I always wanted or better yet new house ."
I sat across her from the bed and watched as her eyes grew large with excitement and my heart did an instant somersault.
"Nope . You know how we always talked about taking our relationship to the next level? "
"Yes. What's in this box? "
She continued to break the seals and on the last one she managed to crack the box open
"Another box."
" Hugo? "
" Well you know how much I love you right ?"
" Yes "
"This is the part where you say I love you too . "
I looked at her and she seemed more fixated on the box.
"Whatever I like you too get to the point."
"I want us to have babies and grow old together. "
She reached over and gently stroked my jaw .
"Aww Black . My career comes first honey, you know I want all of that With you but not any time soon . "
She opened the velvet box that had a princess cut diamond ring and she froze .I knelt down on the side of the bed and looked into her eyes
" I want us to have our moment without anyone else around just us . "
"Where is the fun in that I am used to having all the attention on me . "
"Then let me be your audience of one ."
"Are you asking me to marry you ? " I took a deep breath and nodded.
"Will you be my ever after? "
Lisa rolled her eyes and looked at me .
" No Hugo Black and screw whatever moment you want to create it's big no."
"Wow."
" Ask me the question you asked me in a stadium full of people ; then maybe I'll say yes . "
" What is it about you looking for attention and validation Lisa? "
" You don't get it I feed off it . "
I slid my hand through my hair . I was already in matching black sweats and socks all I needed was my training bag; duffle bag which had everything and I could go in early to the hotel .
" We've never had us time. "
"Don't we have sex every night? "
"That's different. "
"Well that's not what you say when I have you screaming my name in pleasure . "
"I want us to try for kids . "
" Is it because your teammates wives are having babies too . "
I lifted my hands up in surrender not wanting to argue .
"All I'm saying is think of us . "
"It's all about me. "
" Isn't it always. I have to go ."
"Where are you going ? "
" To work when you're ready to talk call me . "
" You have a game to play a lot is riding on the match."
"Trust you to know that ."
I stood up took my stuff and went downstairs to the garage and took my car I needed to drive off to a place where someone ... Anyone knew the real me . I programmed my GPS and drove out .
©#KCMmuoe
Chapter 25 Hugo I really feel bad for what I did I wish I could take back what I said I wish I could take back what I did and I wish I wouldn't have post-traumatic stress from the accident that happened but truth be told I do have post-traumatic stress and I do need help with regards to getting my mental status wrecked I cannot believe that I snapped at the wrong person. I can't explain it one minute I was fine I was doing ok then next minute I just refuse last thing I wanted to do was hurt the one person that has been more supportive through both hard times and challenging times emotionally with regards to my son if it wasn't for Erica I wouldn't have formed an unbreakable Bond with my son . Blane metro that I was seated properly and everything I needed was taken care of but the restaurant was closed for the rest of the evening which meant that we were all going to have a lovely time with one person missing and she was the one person that we all wanted to come to dinner but it loo
Chapter 24 Erica I hate disappointing kids . More than that I hate disappointing Michael . He doesn’t deserve to suffer because of what his dad did. Hugo hurt my feelings with what he said . I have seen people zone out before , the last time I had someone hurt me physically was when he came out of theatre and thought that it was the end of the world as we knew it. That person later on became my boyfriend ;then husband to be , and then my friend . I could never hate Matthew because of what we had been through together . Matthew was my boss. I was his assistant at the Soccer club. A prerequisite for the job was a degree in sports physiotherapy . I was wet behind the ears when he picked me out of twenty applicants .What had worked in my favor was the fact that I had experience with a little league club in my community and we had actually crossed paths more than once . I honestly didn’t know that he was the guy my brother was going to set me up with afte
Chapter 23HugoI have never suffered from post traumatic stress before , neither have I been caught off guard with regards to the nightmares that I have been having since the accident happened .I have had trouble sleeping but I think I’ve been able to handle it well and up until now . Erica has a calming effect on me , half the time I am not in pretence mode and I can be myself with her . I didn’t understand why Marc made sure everyone knew that she was his and no one else’s until I actually sad down and talked to her.Her forgiving and understanding nature makes it easier for anyone to talk to her and I don’t think I am the only one who thinks that Mikayla doesn’t deserve her as a boss or friend .When the truck passed by the four way stop I flashed back to the day of the accident. I started reliving the whole audile. The truck smashing into the car
Chapter 22 Erica As much as I didn't want to cry I couldn't hold back my tears. Mikayla has a flaw ; she doesn't pay attention to her surroundings and when she focuses on one thing , it's the only thing that matters. I was sorting out tomorrow's orders and packing them as they came in . I was just about done with the last lot when I saw Hugo come in . I also hadn't talked to Marc all day because I left his place this morning without saying goodbye . I would have kissed him good morning and made him breakfast before work but a woman came knocking at his door dressed in nothing but a trench coat and heels, because she was shivering and she thought I was Marc's helper because of my skin colour . She also started blabbering about how she needed Marc's cock and that it was unlike him to just not answer her texts all weekend and disappear without telling her anything. I knew Marc had a busy day today ,and I was going to leave my clothes at his house and head st
Chapter 21HugoI don't know how to handle nerves in an area that I don't have any experience in . Lisa was easy to read because ;she was predictable. When you thrive on attention everything you do needs to be observed by anyone and everyone. I had to adjust to not playing soccer anymore and it sucks to the point where I am struggling ,and I don't want to speak about it I'd rather numb the pain. I was been driven around so if I wanted to have a drink before my meeting I could . Michael was staying over at my brother's house and his show and tell was in Friday .I told Luca to bring my son with him because he wanted to see Erica and given the past weekend and the gossip that was spreading ; the last thing I needed was for Erica to have her right to living a normal life taken away from her. I knew how it felt like to have your privacy invaded. 
Chapter 20 Erica The trouble with love is that ; love can be unpredictable and by that I mean, you never know what you're going to get once you have fallen. I have loved and lost before and I have fallen only to find that the safety net had a hole and I landed on the floor on my face in pain , asking myself why the damn hell didn't I do a safety check for my heart. What's worse than thinking that you have finally found someone who gets your kind of crazy and loves all the things you love , Is finding out they weren't the right person for you in so many ways . Marc just blew everything I thought love was out of the water . I thought that he was in doubt but he was in love. After eating breakfast at the diner , he drove us back to the cabin to go pack because we had another two hour road trip back home the following day and he wanted to show me something . I'm familiar with most hospitals because I had worked with soccer clubs before but something about where
Chapter 19HugoI don’t like being part of a scandal or story that would put my private life in the spotlight . I wouldn’t mind when I was with Lisa Rose because she was a model who loved attention at any cost , that included posting pictures o f me sleeping . I mean who does that ? I drool when I sleep how can that look adorable ? Ever since I found out I was Michael’s father , I’ve been doing everything in my power to stop being in the papers.I needed to set the record straight that; none of what was written was true , and so I went online to set the record straight .I told my side of the story and disputed everything written and I also went on to say that: I would be exploring my options with regards to suing for deformation of character and that it wasn’t fair to Erica or my son to be talked about
Chapter 18 Erica I love road trips . Travelling in general is exciting for me because I am a home body . I now know that I wasn’t sure about Alexander because he didn’t seem sincere and I was in doubt before I could decide what I really felt . With Marc it came like a rip tide . You never realize that you have feelings for someone until they admit they have feelings for you and even though they claim to know you inside out ,little quirks included. Marc Jasper blew everything out of the water ,and by everything I mean this guy has made it his mission to know me like the back of his hand . On our way to a town that looked like the Hamptons in South Africa ; Marc and I were stopped by the cops on a Sunday morning . The cops thought that Marc had taken me against my will. The cop had asked Marc to step
Chapter 17HugoThere is a special kind of rush you get when you play a match , or when you are in an arena full of people or spectators .It’s a rush that is addictive. I didn’t understand what the fuss was about when I would watch post match conferences and the player ; who won man of the match would be elated and they would be smiling from ear to ear . I could almost describe it like getting an unexpected gift that fills your soul with unspeakable joy .I can remember it like it was yesterday . The vibration of the arena that is so powerful that the ground beneath you shakes, you can feel it when you walk through the tunnels , and when your boot touches the grass .The electric shock that vibrates through your body is like experiencing an outer body experience that gets you on a natural high . When you are actually on the pitch p
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