Healing the billionaire's heart

“He was war, and I was peace,He was disaster, and I was flourishing,He was sorrow, and I was happiness,He was my destruction, and I was his salvation,We were opposites, but we couldn’t be apart because where there is death, there is always life.”Chapter 1Willow,“Aaaaah, I did it again. I’m late and Joseph will kill me.”I screamed the moment I opened my eyes and jumped out of bed, running around like a headless chicken.The damn alarm rang, and I didn’t hear it again for the millionth time. I mean, the damn thing is just a few inches away from my ear. How come I don’t hear it ever?Even the dogs in the street bark each time it rings and my neighbors complain about how noisy it is and still, I sleep like the dead.I shook my head and ran to the bathroom and took care of my business, then jumped under the shower, opening the water.I winced when the cold water touched my still warm skin, but I couldn’t afford to wait to adjust the temperature, so I just brushed my teeth as I wash

Chapter 3Willow,I sat as I collected Angela’s sleeping body against my chest. She went to sleep soon after she said those gut clenching words, and I didn’t know how to answer her. All I did was give her a tight hug, and she just relaxed and went to sleep soundly.I looked down at her still flushed face and her little fingers that were holding my t-shirt tightly, painfully tight that her knuckles were white.“This can’t keep going, Will. The doctor said that you can be discharged and go back home.”Joseph said, and I sighed as I kept looking at the little angel’s face and just smiled without noticing. She is beautiful. When she grows up, she will break some hearts, but I guess her beast father will chase them all away. I thought, laughing a little and Joseph stomped the floor, making me wince silently.“I know, but please tell me what should I do? They tried to take her away from me a couple of times and she raised hell. I couldn’t even do my MRI. You weren’t there to see it. She mig

Chapter 5Willow,I groaned, then closed my eyes when the light almost blinded me.I raised my arm which felt like lead, then covered my eyes for a moment and groaned again. Why do I feel so tired and drained?It is like I have been to one of those severe Muay Thai practices and I have tired my entire muscles, but I’m sure today isn’t the day for my practice, so what happened?I took a couple of deep breaths and screamed in pain when something japed my side and a burning sensation started to crawl through my entire body.“Mama, are you awake?”A small voice said hesitantly, and I froze, but then I jumped sitting on the bed and the same excruciating pain hit me again, making me now scream loudly. It felt like someone or something was stabbing my middle and it hurt so much.I heard some shuffling beside me and my tightly shut eyes opened slowly and I saw a small face watching me carefully, concerned. Then I remembered everything.The entire day rushed to my mind quickly, and it felt lik

Chapter 7Elijah,I stood in the middle of my office looking through the wall length window; I saw the busy streets and felt the urgency and the need for people to reach their destination.I saw how frustrated and depressed they were and how some of them were about to give up. I saw it all even though I was so many stories above them.It might be because I was feeling the same or maybe because I was feeling miserable and wanted the rest of the people to be the same.It has been a week since Willow came to stay with us and right in front of my eyes, my daughter blossomed.It was as if she was a wilting flower and this woman was this divine rain that nourished her back to health.The house was filled with voices and cries of happiness and the bleak cloud that always threatened to rain above our heads turned into a comforting drizzle.I pinched the bridge of my nose tiredly. Sleep was still evading me and even though I should feel better watching Angela get back to her old self, I was mo

Chapter 9Elijah,I kept clicking my fingers on my knee as I listened to the chitchat between Angela and Willow. These two looked like good buddies at the moment. If I were someone else, I would have thought that they knew each other long ago. Even a daughter mother relationship binds them too.It was eerie and made me mildly uncomfortable because, at moments like this, I always dreaded what would happen next.I know that my daughter will lose her shit and she will be worse than before, but what can I do? It felt like choosing between drowning or dying from the lack of oxygen. Different, but still the same.Robb, Alan, and even the always silent Henry talked about it, and I knew. God, I really knew that they were right, but I couldn’t bring myself to shatter this fake world Angela created.She was so young when it happened and she saw it all. She saw the pain and anguish on her mother’s face when she took her last breath.She saw the light fading away from her eyes and her shivering,