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Love And Tales CHAPTER 14
My skin turned cold as I lay on the tiled floor. I chose to ignore thecoldness, despite the shivering and clenching sound of my teethMade.I was not conscious of my environment, perhaps that was theeffect of the cold. All I knew was that I was in my bedroom.“Help! Help! Somebody, help!” a loud voice rang in my room.I heard the sound of footsteps rushing into my room, but I was tootired to react.I felt their warm hands move on my body, shaking me forcefullyand expecting me to react. They made muffling sounds, and I couldn’t understand what was going on.Slowly, I opened my eyelids to get a better view ofwhat might have caused the screaming I heard earlier.“She is awake!” One of them said I couldn’t tell who it was.From the way they looked at me, I thought something was wrong.I looked at myself to see my nightwear drenched in a red fluid.What was that?“Are you alright?” Ralph; Raymond’s elder brother asked, a hint ofconcern in his voice.“What is going on?” I asked, ignor
Love And Tales CHAPTER 15
ELENA'S POV"You're awake!" a nurse said, with her voice full of relief. "We were worried about you.""What where’s my baby?" I asked, looking around at the hospital room. I could see that I was hooked up to a few machines, and monitors were beeping in the background."You had a pretty rough delivery," the nurse said, checking my vitals. "But your baby…...""My baby?" I said without allowing her to finish her sentence, my heart was racing so fast. "What about my baby?" I asked again like a curious child."Stay calm else you hurt yourself. A neonatal nurse is taking care of your little one,” replied the nurse. "You will see your little one as soon as he is ready to leave the nursery. But for now, I just need you to rest and relax. Can you do that for me?""I'll try," I responded, as I tried to keep my cool. I was both relieved and worried at the same time as I thought about the welfare of my child. "Good," the nurse said. "Just take it easy and try to get some rest. I'll be back i
Love And Tales CHAPTER 16
RAYMONDI sat in the dimly lit room, drowning myself in Alcohol, my thoughts were blank, not thinking about anything in particular, unbothered by the storm that was threatening to pull down the walls bar. “Another one,” I called out to the bartender as I gulped down the mixture, feeling the burning sensation as it rushed down my throat.He gave me a long hard stare and raised her brow. “Mr Raymond, I'm sorry, I can't,” She replied and kept on cleaning the glass cup she was holding.“Your reason if I may ask?” I replied, with anger brewing inside of me. Who does she think she is to deny me a drink? I muttered.“You have taken a lot of shots and yes, you look drunk,” She replied, as her gaze was firmly fixed on me. There was something about the way she spoke that caught my attention. It was her audacity, and I honestly had to spill these words.“You fucking bitch!” I exclaimed as I tried to stand but staggered a little and fell with a sickening thud on the floor.“How dare you sa
Love And Tales Chapter 16
Elena’s PovThe constant bickering outside my bedroom and the crying of my baby startled me. I tossed and turned on the bed, trying to get rid of the noise but couldn't. “Why can't I get a perfect sleep!” I groaned in frustration, sat upright, and carried my baby from his cot. After a thousand years of singing a lullaby, my baby effortlessly moved to deep sleep and I gently placed him back on his cot. I sighed. I had only been a mother for a few weeks and I was completely exhausted from the task. “Now, who could be causing the ruckus downstairs?” I questioned no one in particular, rising on my feet and dragging it to the mezzanine. I looked downstairs to see Raymond in a heated argument with his dad. I strained to hear exactly what they were saying and what the argument was all about. “Your wife has a newborn and all you could do as a father is stay away from home?” he scoffed, “Speak of fatherly duties,” his voice dripping in sarcasm.“This looks interesting,” I muttered, watch
Love And Tales CHAPTER 18
Raymond's POVI walked into the room, my gaze darting to the corners of the dark room as I held the cereal. I could see Elena and her little one fast asleep, oblivious of my presence.“ Sleeping already? ,” I sighed weakly as I beheld the pitiful sight. I walked in her direction and tapped her, jolting her awake from sleep.“I brought some cereal for you,” I said, stretching my hand and expecting her to take the bowl of cereal from me.She stared at me for a while, millions of questions written all over her face. “Why are you suddenly nice? I mean, it's rare to see you act like this,” She replied, staring deep into my eyes.I was taken aback by her question. “I'm not that bad, yuuno. Of course, I had some human sympathy. I’m not completely cold-hearted as she feels”, I pondered silently.“What? Is that a rhetorical question?” I said as I threw the cereal at her feet and moved to my bed. "You've got two options: either eat the bowl of cereal or die of hunger while asleep. It's your
Love And Tales CHAPTER 19
Elena's POVI could feel their famished eyes boring into my skin. Why are they staring? I muttered For some reason, I felt like returning to my room but I had to control myself, at least for the sake of Ralph who never ceases to care for me and my little one. I could feel a spark of curiosity as I noticed Raymond's jaw drop as I walked down the stairs. If it hadn't been for Ralph who hired a makeup artist and got me a dress, I bet I could have been perceived as one of the “Lawrence” stewards.“You look gorgeous, my lady,” said one of the guests with a smile curled by the side of his lips.“Thank you,” I responded, smiling in return as I walked into the crowd and said a few hello’s and hi’s to the rest of our guests patiently waiting to exchange pleasantries with me. After I was satisfied with the greetings, I took a glass of wine from one of the stewards and sipped it as I walked into the dinner arena.Out of nowhere, someone forcefully shoved me, and the glass of drink I was
Love And Tales CHAPTER 20
Raymond’s POV I walked to the event hall and sat next to Violet. Still reeling in thoughts a tiny voice pierced through my ears and interrupted me. “I have been looking for you. Where were you?” she asked while fixing her eyes on the stage’s show. As she said these words to me suddenly my nostrils flared, my cheekbones pushed up to my glaring lower lids, and a furrowed forehead, as my lips curved into a snarling grimace Trying to control my failing emotions I took a deep breath and averted my gaze back to the stage. It was obvious that I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone, I wanted to be left alone and focus on the queries swirling in my head. “Why did you suddenly go mute?” She asked with a twinge of concern in her voice as she stretched out her right hand and began touching my face. “What’s the matter, Ray?” she questioned as she ran her fingers through my beard. Little did she know that all her showcase of affection towards me was starting to make my blood boil. Immedi
Love And Tales CHAPTER 21
Elena’s POVWith a high head, I confidently entered my first-ever workplace.Hmm.. I sighed, I could sense the feeling of independence gushing all over me as I couldn't contain the excitement of having a job.I got into the reception putting one foot in front of the other and walked past the front desk manager into the office hallway as a warm light up my entire face.I watched other workers murmur in extremely low tones, I didn't mind their tittle-tattle because I was excited that I had finally gotten a job, a proper one at that that would be used to cater for me and my little one.All I wanted was to stand on my feet as a single mother who has the sole responsibility of caring for her baby and this job is an answered prayer to those silent wishes.“You don't have to grin like a Cheshire cat younnoo… else, the people here would assume that you are one weird freak”, a voice said behind me, breaking into my thoughts.I spun around to find who it was and fortunately, it was Raymond! H
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