Ivanna
"No!" I whisper to myself in disbelief with my entire body icing over there.
It's not possible. I feel sweat forming all over my forehead and goosebumps all over my body. It can't be true.
Adrian!
He can't be. In just a single moment, all the flashes of that night rewind in front of my eyes. I shiver, gasp and sweat, grabbing the pillar next to me.
"Okay, that's fine. I'm coming over there," he adds.
I gulp, drawing my eyebrows together and looking behind.
Adrian is on a call.
IvannaI love the sky. And I love his company while staring at the countless stars over there. He knows it so well.He brings me to an unfamiliar spot. It has nothing around. No construction, no locality. It's an open field, surrounded by a row of trees. As he said, the place is under review to have some construction and the best place to watch the dark sky.I don't remember for how long we're staring at the stars. I'm indeed looking for mom and chase and he must be doing the same for his lost ones. At least, there's a similarity between us which connects us more than anything.When two lonely people looking for comfort after ages, they are automatically connected. I always wondered what's the only thing to make me bound to this man even after so many crucial secrets.Because unknowingly enough, he filled all the voids of my life as I did to him."Why didn't you look for him?" Chris
Ivanna A week passed after that weird moment. Adrian never behaved like that again and I thought I was overthinking all that. How can Adrian be the person? He just came back from England a few months ago, as Noah said. He couldn't be in Texas almost two years ago. Besides, why would he hide it if he recognised me? Until then, I wanted the person to come back but now I don't want it. Because when the need becomes more important than love, all we care about is need. Christian is my NEED. I have come to meet Irene after the gym session since I usually have an hour's break before my class starts. We met in the same coffee shop. When she called me last night to catch up, I gave her a condition. I would only meet her if she didn't talk about Christian at all. I literally hate it when she even utters his name. Is that insecurity or jealousy? I don't know.
IvannaMy brain stops functioning right away as I gawk at him in disbelief, shaking my head. Closing my eyes tightly, I strive to wake up. It has to be a nightmare.It better be one."Face it, Ivanna", Adrian husks in a low tone as I feel him getting closer to me.I take my steps back, widening my eyes at him. He's staring at me intensely."Face the truth", he groans."It's not. It can't be", I can hardly speak."It won't change if you want it to be, Ivanna", as he gets closer to me, softly speaking, I take another step back.If he's the one, I'm surely in love with him.But I don't know why it feels so wrong. So damn wrong. It feels so sinful to get closer to him."It's true that—" his hand lifts towards my face but I immediately nudge it away. My body shivers with anticipation as I don't even dare to look at him.
Christian As I try to solve the issues in the pile of sheets—frustrated and annoyed, a knock occurs at the door. "Who's that?" I groan. "Come later. I'm busy" "Okay" That one light voice stops my hands from moving on the sheets and leaving all the stupid things aside. My eyes automatically drift to the door as I see Ivanna turning back. "Wait!" I jump off my seat as she immediately looks up at me. A silly smile curves on my face. "That was you? Why on this earth do you need to knock?" I sniff, smiling at her. "It's not our bedroom", she mumbles. "So, what?" I walk towards her as she reaches me. She says nothing, just peers deep into my eyes in silence. I realise she doesn't often come to my office. The last time she came here was when she was angry. Now, she's calm. "What a pleasant surprise, Mrs Scott", my hands spiral aro
IvannaMy eyes widen at the screen. Cold shivers run across my body and I cut the call right away without assessing anything. My heartbeats raise again. I look at Christian.I can't do this.Responding to Adrian will indirectly lead me to something I don't wanna do. I value our marriage, no matter how messed up it is. I value Christian.Shoving my phone under the pillow, I get inside Christian's arms and close my eyes tightly. He moves a bit and tightens his grip around me protectively.As I strive to inhale his odour which can make me fall asleep in no time, I feel the phone vibrating under the pillow.Damn!I'll have to switch it off before Christian wakes up. He has been toiling all day and he deserves a good sleep.I squirm in his arms carefully and take the phone out. Aiming to switch it off, I find a message from Adrian. What does he want?He couldn't help telling me everything a
ChristianIvanna wakes up after a while and I cancel my plan to leave early. Lying on the bed, I stare at her looking for clothes in the closet. She closes it and her confused eyes come on me."What?" She rolls her eyes."Are you going to take a bath?" I ask, smiling at her."Yeah. That's what I do every morning""Cold one?""Yes," she frowns."Have you taken your towel?""Yeah," she looks irritated with my dumb questions now. But I love that freaking irritated face.&n
IvannaAs I told Adrian, I reached the firm after my classes ended. Everyone kept asking me why I left suddenly yesterday to which I had no answer. Adrian didn't show up the entire day which was a kind of relief.I'm assured that he's not going to trouble me but the awkwardness will surely gonna kill me off. I wonder how things can change overnight.Just a day before I knew about him, I was still adamant in my place with a bunch of things to tell that person. But when the moment came, I ran away from him.Sometimes I feel, it wasn't overnight. The change happened to me gradually but I kept giving myself false explanations that I'm still into him. At this moment, or even in the future, I'll never te
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