AGNOR: “And you thought it'd be better to part ways with Blue for her safety and play into Ariel's delusion?” I comment. “I had planned everything but Blue misunderstood and escaped” I stare at him. For one, my brother isn't the type to break anyone's trust and there's no denying he does love Blue. I have seen the way he looks at her. The same look he had on their wedding. A burst of love. “You are married, Asher” I state. “That marriage means nothing to me. It's more of a cage for me” he shares in a sad voice. “I don't want Blue to be scared of me or to think of me as someone cruel,” he adds. “What do you plan on doing? About Ariel?” I ask carefully. “I'm trying… I have a few detectives on Dale's case to find any clues that prove Ariel's crime and once she is locked away in prison, I can get my family back. Alex, Blue and me— “Hold that thought” I cut him off, my voice stern which leaves him surprised. “You’re forgetting something very important” I start and he frowns. I l
AGNOR: I haven’t touched the file in front of me in the last thirty minutes. It’s open with numbers and projections laid out neatly across the page, waiting for my analysis but all I can see is Blue's face. The way she looked at me this morning after I said those things. Like I had just confirmed every fear she’s been carrying around in her chest. Weak. I hate that I said that. Hate that I meant it even if only for a moment. I lean back in my chair and rub a hand over my jaw, eyes narrowing at the city skyline outside my office window. It’s a clear morning but everything inside me feels stormy. I should have kept my mouth shut. Should have let it go when she asked me to. But how am I supposed to stay quiet when she’s still defending the man who nearly destroyed her? Who has her son and still acts like he has any right on her. My fingers curl around the file, ‘He doesn't have any right’ Blue doesn’t get it. Or maybe she does and that’s what pisses me off more. The tho
“When a man is in love. He is consumed by the thought of only that woman. Whether it be days, months or years and when she is close, those thoughts explode, the feelings intensifies and everything urges you to just focus on her”He doesn't stop, keeps getting closer and my breath hitches when his cologne engulfs my senses. My fingers curl around the edge of the table.“It’s like the world stops. All that matters is that one person. Around them, you can't breathe yet feel the most alive” he rests his palm on the table, a little beside my hand at the edge.He leans down, eyes pining me with something so strange yet intense, my heart pounds in my chest.“That kind of love is lethal, addictive and most importantly permanent” his face is a few inches away from mine.I tear my gaze off him, my heart still racing and my mind completely scattered.“Asher’s love was temporary” he adds, leaning back and I breathe sharply.“The love that is damaging you and now, you're refusing to let it leave y
BLUE:Asher shouldn't have been bothered that I am with someone else especially when he is with the woman he betrayed me for. But why did he say all that? Why did he look so hurt?No matter how much I try to shrug it off, his face and eyes full of hurt keeps replaying in the forefront of my mind and the ‘I love you’The soft noise from inside the door averts my attention. The noise came from Agnor's room. My heart sinks.I didn’t mean to slap him. The memory of it burns through my head.I pace the living room of the apartment, chewing the inside of my cheek. I contemplate whether to knock and apologize but he didn't say a word after we got in the car and even here, he just walked straight to his room.I keep glancing at it, half-expecting him to come out, say something or maybe have dinner since we didn't eat at the event but he never does.I only meant to stop the fight before it gets worse. He almost threw the chair on Asher. My hands moved instinctively like I had any right to prot
Asher's chest rises and falls, “How could you?”I grimace.“How could you do this to me? Why would you cheat on me? Why!” His voice is lacing with hurt and anger.“You love me then how can you be with him? Blue, why would you do this to me!” He yells.“All those years of love and it took you so less time to be in someone else's arms already? Did you not think of me once?”My heart cracks at the sight of him so broken. But I don't let him corner me for his own mistake.“Did you think of me once, Asher? Tell me did you think of your wife while touching someone else the same way you touched me? Did it not hurt you?” I ask, pushing him in the chest.“How can you demand answers from me when you did the exact same thing?” I yell, pushing him even harder. He stumbles back.“You have no right to question me, Asher Vorozi. After everything you did to me. After how you snatched my son and tried to kill me! How dare you come here and act like you're hurt when I am the one suffering!”I breathe h
Two days later: I stand in front of the mirror, staring at my reflection. The blue flowy dress Agnor got me fits me nicely. My hair is styled into a bun, some loose strands framing my face. And makeup, just light enough to hide the gloominess off my face. Despite how well I present myself, I don't feel ready. To be announced as someone else's wife, that too the brother of my ex husband's is enough to cause stir. I might end up bringing dirt to both of our names. As the thoughts swirl in my head, my hands fumble with the earrings. I can’t get the clasp to hook right. A knock on the door pulls me out of my thoughts. “Blue?” Agnor's voice wafts from outside the door. “Yes Agnor?” I say, just loud enough. Agnor steps in, dressed in a black suit, crisp and clean, looking sharp as always. He is handsome but in an intimidating way. His eyes skim down at me and something unreadable flickers through them. “You look... stunning” he compliments. “Don't flatter me” I say, turning my att