26, June 2008.
Seconds rolled into minutes, minutes into hours, hours into days, days into weeks, and weeks into months. The enmity between the stepsisters grew with each passing second, so was the love between Daniel and Christabel. The bond between them was stronger than a covalent bond, more fierce than thunder and lightning, and, more radiant than ever before.
Monica's hatred for Christabel intensified when the latter got a job to work under the development team in the company where she worked.
Monica always made sure to tell Christabel how poor of a church mouse she was and for that reason, she must never tell anybody in the company about the stepsister's relationship between them - because she saw
26, June 2008."Are you still angry with me, come on babe, you know it was a ridiculous joke, you are pretty and you know that even if you are not I will have done the same thing," "En...but you shouldn't have said that to..."Christabel was cut off by Daniel's lips on her. Time stopped in a collision of sense when his lips meet hers. Her whole body tingled, the feel of his frame leaning on hers as his arms wrapped around her nearly felt forbidden.A second of intense gaze, Daniel pulled her In, claiming her mouth, hungry and fierce, giving in to the sweet scent of her hair. Christabel's heart pounded in her chest as her knees got weaker. She could only focus on how soft he felt against her mouth, how addictively he overran all her senses, how the taste of him nearly silenced all thoughts. Heat ro
26, June 2008."Are you still angry with me, come on babe, you know it was a ridiculous joke, you are pretty and you know that even if you are not I will have done the same thing," "En...but you shouldn't have said that to..."Christabel was cut off by Daniel's lips on her. Time stopped in a collision of sense when his lips meet hers. Her whole body tingled, the feel of his frame leaning on hers as his arms wrapped around her nearly felt forbidden.A second of intense gaze, Daniel pulled her In, claiming her mouth, hungry and fierce, giving in to the sweet scent of her hair. Christabel's heart pounded in her chest as her knees got weaker. She could only focus on how soft he felt against her mouth, how addictively he overran all her senses, how the taste of him nearly silenced all thoughts. Heat ro
26, June 2008."Are you still angry with me, come on babe, you know it was a ridiculous joke, you are pretty and you know that even if you are not I will have done the same thing," "En...but you shouldn't have said that to..."Christabel was cut off by Daniel's lips on her. Time stopped in a collision of sense when his lips meet hers. Her whole body tingled, the feel of his frame leaning on hers as his arms wrapped around her nearly felt forbidden.A second of intense gaze, Daniel pulled her In, claiming her mouth, hungry and fierce, giving in to the sweet scent of her hair. Christabel's heart pounded in her chest as her knees got weaker. She could only focus on how soft he felt against her mouth, how addictively he overran all her senses, how the taste of him nearly silenced all thoughts. Heat ro
It has been two weeks since the incident, Christabel was more dedicated to her work while Monica carried on, pretending nothing happened, waiting for the perfect time to revenge. Seeing the ring on Christabel's finger every day was a torture to her. "Monica, Are you sure you are okay?" Grandma asked her worriedly, of course, this is not her first time asking, she had kept asking ever since she noticed her sad mood. She forced out a smile. "Grandma, nothing happened, I am fine," "I noticed you keep staring at Christabel's ring, that has been happening for the past few weeks," Teasingly. "If it is about the ring, that should not be a problem, I am sure a husband will come your way, you are rich, good-looking, and beautiful endowed, what el
Christabel was very happy, her team leader praised her for a job well done, she was so very happy that Sarah and her Mum had to ask about the cause of her happiness, apparently, they are the only one that cares, except the bulging Monica though.Her mum was very happy when she relayed the good news and Sarah behaved like the mad Sarah she was whenever she was happy, today was not an exception, she was very happy and mad!At the other side of the wide kitchen, Monica heard them and hissed. "Your doom is still coming." She whispered before she left for the living room. "How was work today?" Her Dad who was flipping through newspapers asked. Monica was surprised that her father asked her abou
After Christabel left her mother view she went straight to Sarah's room."Sarah wake up," She said and tapped Sarah but Sarah only yawned and changed her sleeping position. "Sarah!" Christabel called, again, Sarah didn't answer not until Christabel splashed water on her face did she managed to voice 'hmmm' "Abeg stand up!" Christabel yelled. "Why are you calling me and besides what are you doing at home by this time of the day?" Sarah said as she finally sat up. Her eyes were swollen with sleep and Christabel thought it wise to asked her the questions as fast as possible, so that she can drive back to her dreamland. "Did you send any message through mum's phone?"
Outside, the harmattan tore across the mansion, ruffling the plants in a circular garden, bending the leaves and branches of trees, coating the parked cars with dust. None of this seemed to matter to Christabel as she washed the dishes, her eyes were swollen with tears and the area around her right eye was the black-purple shade of an overripe avocado. She was smiling at Sarah jokes who was dramatising and gesturing with her hands to tell how funny the jokes were but one could instantly tell the smile was not genuine. Christabel knew she was doing that to make her happy, and of course, it did lift her drowning spirit a little.Their breakfast was rice and beans with chunks of chicken, Christabel ate a little and went to her room to rest since it was a Saturday, reversed was the case for Monica she ate to her satisfaction
Christabel had learnt to cushion the effects of her situation in life with hard work, and here her work - the source of her motivation was going down the drain right before her very eyes, her solution to the problem was to act fast, was to save her falling job and pride...but then, how will that happen? Graduating with good grades, getting a good job and working hard to fill the vacuum her dad left behind. Getting married to someone she loves and having children...in that order, was what she always wish for, what she does crave for, but now it seemed life had different plans for her; plans in which her dreams were buried in the land of fantasy...way too far from coming into reality. Perhaps if she hadn't promised Sarah under the hill when they were pondering over the mystery of thunderclaps, and flashes of lightnin