Isabelle stepped out of Jennifer's room and angrily stormed away from that vicinity. She didn't know where exactly to go since Josh and his mother were still having their conversation in the bedroom so she found a spot at the top of the stairs and sat there."I can't believe that I just did that," Isabelle said to herself and put her palms over her face.She wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry because she was feeling multiple things at the same time. She had always been a rational person and didn't really like conflict or confrontation but she forgot all about that when it came to fighting for Josh. She started to realize that there was something about him that made her...more passionate about him and anything related to him. There was this fire in the pit of her stomach, put there by Josh and that fire was calm for now but it was threatening to take control and engulf anyone who tried to split her and Josh apart. She was in love with him and it didn't feel like any regular kind of l
855 ADIt had been a year since Hannah and Garin had found the baby in the river and taken him in as their child.The year had been the best year they'd had since they were cast from home to live on Earth as mortals. The baby had brought so much joy to their lives that they never knew existed. He was their everything and they had grown to love and cherish him for he was their greatest treasure and had carried a message of happiness into their whole world which was why they named him Herald.Hannah really loved being a mom. She loved holding Herald and rocking him in her arms to get him to sleep whenever he was agitated. She loved feeding him and she loved looking into his soulful eyes, she loved it when he grabbed her finger and would squeeze it so tight, she loved bathing him and singing to him at night. She loved being his mother maybe even more than she loved being an angel.Garin also loved being a father. It was the most exciting thing he'd ever done and he loved doing it. He lov
Isabelle wasn't sure if she had heard right. Josh couldn't have just said what she thought she heard him say. Why did he say her name? Was he dreaming about her? Was it a good dream? Why was Jennifer in his subconscious that he would dream about her? All these questions flooded her mind and Isabelle couldn't find an answer for them.She thought back to her confrontation with Jennifer earlier tonight and remembered when she said that she was in Josh's mind already and judging from the evidence she had sleeping beside her, it was true.Isabelle wanted to wake him up and speak to him about why he was calling Jennifer's name in his sleep but it didn't seem like a good idea because she was feeling very emotional. What was she supposed to ask him? "Why are you dreaming about your assistant?" Well, he works with the woman so it's only normal that she's on his mind sometimes but it didn't mean anything more than that, right? Isabelle didn't know for sure.Nevertheless, something needed to be
“Did we do it? Did we just break the love chain?” Gabriel asked Fawn because the way they interpreted Josh and Isabelle’s conversation was that they’d broken up.“I think so,” Fawn replied.“Oh, would you two get over yourselves?” Zarif said to the angels.“You weakened the love chain but it hasn’t been broken. Thank you for making our work a lot easier. A couple more tugs at the chain and it’ll finally break and the Devil will be victorious,” Gentel said.“If the chain were to break, victory will be God’s, not Lucifer’s,” Fawn argued.“It seems these two don’t remember what the bet was. Care to remind them, Zarif?” Gentel said.“With pleasure, sister. The bet was to see who can break the love chain and end it forever, not just weaken it. End it! End it so that Garin and Hannah would not be reborn into the next generation, end it so their love would not be rekindled in the next life, and if you think that an ordinary break-up is going to do that then you’re a lot more stupid than we t
856 AD . . .A year after Herald was murdered by the demon Kari, Garin and Hannah were at a point in their marriage where they did not communicate with each other as much as they normally would.They were sad and depressed and they barely spoke to each other at that time because they both didn’t know what to say. They were both ashamed that they weren’t able to protect their child and they were also angry that God and The Devil, their fathers, did this to them.Was being cast to Earth not punishment enough? Why give them a child if all they intended to do was take him away? The couple was angry. They were filled with rage and hatred especially Hannah and the fact that she used to be an angel did not quell her anger. She felt betrayed by God, she felt let down by him and her renouncement of him was even stronger now that she felt the loss of Herald more deeply because she could compare the entire year she had him and the entire year she didn’t.Garin was in a dark place inside his o
An entire week went by and Josh and Isabelle didn’t speak throughout. Well, Isabelle didn’t speak to Josh and not the other way around because he called her several times but she wouldn’t take his calls.He wanted to fix things with her and get back together but she wasn’t giving him a chance to. He even went over to her apartment but she would always never open up her door. Her constant rejection made him feel so bad that he decided to just give her some time to evaluate her feelings and calm down. He was sure that if she felt for him the same way he felt for her, they would find a way to get over this hurdle.Josh decided to also try and get his mind off Isabelle as well because it was hard to get anything done with him constantly pining over her.He focused a lot of his time and energy on his work and spent a lot more hours in the office which Jennifer didn’t seem to mind as she was always there with him even after it was the end of the day. Sometimes he’d have to forcefully send h
“What are we doing here, Chris? Why did you even invite me to this? You know I don’t like poetry,” Josh complained as they arrived inside the poetry house.“A good friend of mine invited me to come and said I could bring a friend so I decided to bring you because I know you’ve been feeling down lately and nothing motivates better than some heartfelt words, right? Besides, it’s better than sitting at home, pining over Isabelle. You need this, man!” Chris said to him as they took their seats.“Maybe for you, I don’t want to be here. Why didn’t you tell me that this was where you were taking me?” Josh whined.“Because I knew you’d say no,” Chris said with a smile and forced Josh into his seat.The large room was packed with a handful of people who were all taking their seats and there was a little stage just a few paces in front because Chris had taken Josh to a poetry recital.A well-dressed woman walked over to their table with a charming smile on her face directed at Chris.“Chris, da
Josh was sparring in the gym with Chris and Frank, trying to blow off some steam because of his last conversation with Isabelle. He needed to get his mind off her or he was sure he’d go crazy. His pent-up rage was starting to resurface, the rage he had since he was a kid but didn’t know why, rage inherited Garin after he was reincarnated in him but Josh didn’t know this so he struggled with understanding where his anger came from.He was in the boxing ring with Chris while Frank was outside the ring, pumping him up with words of encouragement. He had his gloves on while Chris wore the protective padding suit so Josh could hammer away his anger on him.“Come on, Josh. Let’s see what you got,” Chris said.“Yeah, get him, Josh,” Frank said from outside the ring.Josh moved closer to Chris and began to offload a flurry of punches on his torso. He was completely focused and hit as hard as he could and Chris was lucky to have been wearing the protective gear otherwise he would have crashed