LOGINI watched as he made his exit, slowly reaching for his shirt, deliberately as if to prolong our time together. He took even more time, turning away from me, slowly moving towards the door.His steps were unhurried, as if he were waiting for me to stop him, but right now, the only joy I could feel would be if he were out of my presence and I waited.I watched, waited as he took his time, but I made no comment about it. There was no need to waste any drop of saliva for him anymore; it was over.It was over.The words echoed in my mind as the door slammed shut behind me, loud enough to make me flinch.However, now I was left alone in this silence, one nearly suffocating, but I did my best to breathe through it.Slowly, in and out. In and out.‘This was for the best.’ I whispered to myself, yet why does it feel like anything but that? Why does my heart ache so, a gaping hole left from where he has gone?I thought I didn’t feel anything for him. This was supposed to be physical. It had bee
I woke up disoriented. Actually, disoriented couldn’t really explain everything that was happening to me, but it was all my limited vocabulary could bring up.First, the room was in pure darkness, doing so to calm the raging storm in my head. Apparently, I was in a bed, even tucked in under the sheets. However, I managed to push myself to a sitting position.Reaching towards the nightstand, I found a little remote that sat there, and I pressed a button, and the curtain slowly parted.“Shit,” I cursed slowly as the ray of sun attacked my eyesight, and I shrank from it like a vampire would.My stomach rumbled, as if trying to churn out whatever it had last night, but I swallowed hard, pushing it down. Instead, I shuffled towards the edge of the bed, placing my feet gingerly on the ground, and I stood.A violent wave of vertigo hit me hard, the world spinning so fast, and I immediately sat back, taking deep breaths to stabilize myself. I waited for some minutes, inhaling and exhaling, un
I inhaled deeply, gathering enough air in my lungs, but even I knew it was already useless. His scent had filled my nose, clouding my brain and probably my sense of judgement.Yet, one look at him, and it was easy for the anger to rush back in. It flowed like an endless stream, almost like an active volcano, bubbling to a point of combustion, and it took everything in me not to bolt out there or even do something stupid, like slapping him.At this point, it was justified.My fingers twitched beside me, folding and unfolding, and I had half the mind to ignore him, but he was standing literally face-to-face with me; I couldn’t do that without being considered outrightly rude.So I took another deep breath, slapping a smile on my face.“Aaron.” I called in a voice so detached the echo reaching me sounded nothing like me. He thought so too because he jerked back, his brows immediately pulling tightly in a frown. However, the frown was swept away, giving way to a face more remorseful, or
The storm had settled finally. Martin was prosecuted and fined. He had demanded to see me to apologize and make things right, but I refused to grant his wish. Sometimes, the out of sight, out of mind rule that was placed seemed necessary now, and I was unaware of what I was capable of doing seeing him in such close range. However, one thing was sure: he wasn’t going home with all his body parts complete. So, I chose to remain on the sideline, reluctant to step back into my world. I didn't realize how suffocating and toxic it was until I was forced away from it. And now, the more I stayed in this peace and quiet, the more my reluctance grew. My schedule was practically clear for another two weeks, so there was no rush. Especially now that I didn’t have a phone and spent most of my days with Raina and Nana. But things had to start changing. “Raina?” I called gently from outside her room, waiting to hear her, but the silence that came was baffling. It wasn’t time for her beauty nap,
And the storm did subside, although it took way longer than it should.Jamie had been furious about my decision to suddenly leave the face of the earth, his exact words, and so were the numerous emails he had sent until I finally shut the MacBook.But he couldn’t fault me; I would be useless to them there, so it was better this way.It was nice though, staying in the house with Raina and Nana, and this time, they tried to do everything to ensure I was well and ready for whatever.For one, Raina didn’t try to bore me with fasting, nor did she bother me with eating veggies, an action I was thankful for. Nana had also decided to treat me to her rare special meals.I was resting in my room, catching up to the series of America's Next Top Model, when a soft knock was heard.“Kim, are you asleep?” Raina’s soft voice passed through the openings of the door, reaching me, and I immediately straightened.“No. Come in.” I waited as she twisted the knob, wondering what could have brought her ins
Tears poured from my eyes at a very alarming rate, my chest rising and falling so rapidly, like I had run a marathon. But this was no marathon, or maybe it was.I knew I had asked him to take his call, basically giving him the leverage to leave, but I wish he had insisted. I wish he had hugged me. I wish…The only rational being spoke in my head, blaring her alarm so loud I shrunk further into the floor.‘Don’t you dare. He abandoned us.’ Her voice drowned whatever longing I was feeling because it was the truth.Yeah, he did.He had ghosted me for weeks now. I could understand if he had mentioned he was busy then, but I entered into this mess that was threatening to tear me apart, and not even when the issue was in the heat of the moment did he come to at least support me. Now he claimed he had so many things to do, and as time went on, it was impossible to reach out.Did he take me to be a fool?The anger I had thought fizzled out swelled inside me, feeding every reason why I should
“I could literally kiss you right now.” I yelled to the other person on the phone, smiling. Of course it was my brother that could be my lifesaver, and he didn’t know how important his call was.“Stop trying to change the question, Annie. Are you fucking Kim?”“Ewwww.” I frowned, sitting gingerly o
My eyes narrowed at the setup waiting just at my door, my lips curving in a frown almost instantly. A gigantic rose bouquet took my focus, and I was already reaching for it, unable to resist.I was a simple girl—okay, not exactly simple, but there was nothing I loved more than roses. I loved gettin
“Anna,” he sighed like he had found breath, but my brows furrowed as I tried to make sense of it, and then I remembered how he had left me alone on my honeymoon, and anger engulfed me.“Why are you here?” I asked, surprised at how calm my voice was despite the fact I was shaking with rage. “Yeah,
Let me introduce myself again.I am Anna Sinclair Walton. Daughter of infamous Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, sister of Aaron. The wife of Dr. Hale Davy Walton, and I was currently alone on my honeymoon with only my fingers to help me in need.For the first few minutes after Davy left, I kept staring at th







