Chapter 35 Jeffrey Cooper I tossed on the bed for the umpteenth time before I sat up on the bed, unable to sleep. It was already midnight, but I still couldn't sleep. After the incident at the hotel today, I couldn't get her off my head. It was my first time in three good years, to have sex again, and it felt so good, although I was having bad feelings about this now. I should've called her when I got home, but I didn't for some reason I couldn't even explain. I reached out for my phone to text her, but after five minutes of writing and deleting the text nonstop, I finally tossed the phone on the bed and ran my fingers through my hair. I left before she woke up because I couldn't face her. I was scared she would regret what she did, I was scared I would make her feel uncomfortable even though it was wrong of me to have left like that, but still, I couldn't help it. "I must've gone crazy," I mumbled before I stood up from the bed and headed to the bathroom to ease
Chapter 36 Aliyah POV "Mommy, let's play a game together with Uncle Liam today, since you won't be going out," Nancy suggested as I bathe her in my bathroom. Since I didn't have anywhere to go today, I decided to bathe her instead of Liam. I have missed doing that. "No. I have deadlines to meet," I replied to her, trying not to sound angry to her. "It's not close to the end of the month yet, mommy. We can just watch a movie together, play together, and you can start writing later," She pouted her lips, and I sighed frustratingly. "You have to understand me, dear. I need to work, ok? I have to form notes on something, and get ready for tomorrow's class, and I also have meetings with a few of my clients tomorrow, so I can't do it. I don't have time to spare. If you want to spend time with Mommy, you can just stay in the room with me, and we will deal with work together, ok?" I said to her as I picked her up from the bathtub and stood her up on the floor. "It's be
Chapter 37 Aliyah POV It was finally Monday, and I needed to go to the office, but I wasn't also feeling like going there, knowing that I would bump into Jeffrey there, but then, it wasn't something I could avoid. Maybe quitting my job there later would work for me, but I needed to work for one fucking year before I could quit, according to what was written in the contract. "Are you ok, Mommy? You look tired," Nancy asked as I walked into the dining room where I met her having breakfast. "Hmm. I'm fine. Good morning love. Did you sleep well?" I asked her as I stroked her hair, and she nodded her head. She was already done getting ready for school. "Did you know? Uncle Liam got injured yesterday. Did he tell you about it?" She asked me, and I quickly hid my hand which had a band-aid, pulling a surprised expression. "What happened to him?" I asked her, and she sighed. "I don't know. He said he slipped and got his hand injured. The wound seems deep. I think he
Chapter 38Aliyah POVAs much as I wanted to ignore the fact that Liam was hurt, a part of me felt guilty. Besides, it was my fault. I did that to him, so I should take responsibility, right? All he did was try to tend to my wound and I ended up hurting him."Don't think about him, Aliyah. He doesn't deserve your mercy," I tried to convince myself, but a part of me was thinking about him. Nancy would definitely be mad at me if anything happened to him, she won't ever forgive me if she found out that it was my fault.I finally made up my mind after giving it a thought, and left for the hospital. The drive there took pretty much time before I arrived, and luckily, I found the doctor tending to his wound in the ward whose description was given to me by the receptionist. I rolled my eyes and sighed briefly before I pushed the door open and walked inside."Aliyah... You are here?" The big smile on his face as soon as he saw me was evidence that he was excited that I came."Hmm. How are you
Chapter 39Jeffrey Cooper"When are you going to get married again, Jeff? You are driving me nuts, seriously," Mom ranted, and I swear I felt like fainting. If she had told me she was coming to visit me, then I would've given her an excuse that I won't be around, but in a real sense, I know Mom would never listen to me."Mom, I told you I don't need a wife. I haven't found someone that...""How do you expect to have someone when you are married to your job, huh? All you do is go to work every damn day and come back late in the night. How do you expect to get married with that habit?" I sighed frustratingly and finally threw myself on the couch. I came back around 7pm only to find Mom here, and guess what? She started nagging me as soon as I had my bath and came down for dinner, and that has been going on for hours now."Mom, I'm going to get married when it's the right time...""What right time? Are you planning to stay single for the rest of your life? You should get married to a wom
Chapter 40Jeffrey CooperI returned without Marcus because he insisted he didn't want to come with me, and I couldn't force him. I was worried about him all through the night and couldn't even tell Mom that his son was sick. He wouldn't like the idea of Mom butting her ass in anything that had to do with him.The drive to the company after I left the hospital was tedious especially as I was held in a traffic jam for about thirty minutes, but I arrived late, regardless. Aliyah's car was already parked at the garage by the time I arrived, so I headed to my office. Being in the office with Aliyah's thoughts clouding my mind was driving me crazy, the way I craved to see her was driving me nuts and I couldn't even control it."Should I just go and see her?" I mumbled, but that had to be the craziest thing to think of.I tried to hold it in, but when I couldn't, I finally decided to go see her even though it may look stupid. It was finally lunchtime, so as usual, I ordered lunch and took
Chapter 41Aliyah POVIt's crazy how he acted so jealous when he told me just three days ago that we should stop seeing each other. Is he confused about his feelings? I asked myself but scoffed and rolled my eyes.I felt a slight pain in my abdomen and realizing that it was that time of the month, I sighed knowing that I would be down later with cramps and mood swings.It was finally closing time, and by the time I got to the parking lot I saw that his car wasn't there which meant that he left pretty early, so I drove out of the company. I drove to the pharmacy store where I got some drugs for myself, leaving to go take a walk afterward. That will help me reduce the cramp later.I spent hours outside and it was already late by the time I got back home, it was already 8:30pm. I sank on the couch as soon as I got home, feeling so tired like I was going to pass out. The house was tidied, and the aroma coming from the kitchen told me that Liam already made dinner, but I had no idea if I
Chapter 42Jeffrey CooperI came home quite late yesterday after spending hours at the hospital with Marcus. He has agreed to move in with me as soon as he is discharged from the hospital, and I couldn't be happier. Mom kept nagging me and asking where I went, but I couldn't tell her that Marcus was sick. Well, I was planning to tell her this morning so she could go to the hospital and at least say hi to him before he moves in with us.'She has a nanny now' I scoffed when I recalled what Aliyah said to me yesterday. I have been trying to get those annoying words off my head, but they were stuck in there and it didn't seem like they were ever going to get the hell out of there. I would've gone to her house to pick her up so I could see that man if she didn't have a car, but I didn't have any excuse to go there and see her, so I concluded to just wait for the perfect opportunity to see her.Walking back into my room after having my bath, I found my phone screen light on with a mail disp