A Nigerian artist, I think Davido or David, once said in his song called ‘ Assurance’ that love is sweet, but when money enter, love us sweeter, and to be frank, nothing has ever been more true. That night was a turning point for us in our marriage. We started living like a real couple, with everything we ever wanted. I moved into Hazel's room, having the leverage to as we pleased. Sex was no longer an everyday something, but we never missed sleeping together and cuddling each other, and when we eventually had sex, it wouldn't just be sex, it was always more of like a spiritual bonding, enabling us to see each other at our most vulnerable and love that about ourselves. Another good thing that came with the spice up in our marriage was that I started writing again. Writing was once a childhood passion of mine and I had written quite a number of unpublished books, but then after my inner happiness was rekindled, I resumed writing again. I got a pen and a book, and just started s
Hunter's POV Puberty is a period of physical growth and development. It is a complex and multifaceted process which involves changes in body, brain, and hormones and it occurs at a particular stage in life and never occurs again; except in my case where I had to go through the different stages of puberty all in one night just because of an insensitive jerk called Hazel. I thought I had gone through all that but that wasn't the case. I was crying my eyes out as I let my emotions take over me, making me do the one thing I thought I would never do; tell Hazel that I was just in love with him. Some people had to swallow their pride to be able to do things like that, but my own pride was shoved down my throat without any warning and I almost gagged on it. “ What do you mean?” He asked again, as if he hadn't clearly heard all that I had said. “ It's you dumbass, it's you that I love, it's always been you. But you've never noticed, have you? You've never considered loving me back?
Hazel's POV Ever since I learnt the truth from Edward, I have been trying to make up to Hunter without actually apologizing. I couldn't bring myself to apologize. Not that I was too arrogant to do so, it's just that I felt that it would bring up wounds that were probably healed already, and I didn't want that to happen. Instead, I put in all my efforts to send him a clear message that I was sorry. Apart from sending him that clear message, I found myself drawn to him more than anything in the world. At every interval of five minutes, the thought of Hunter always found its way to creep into my mind. I might just be signing documents, or listening to a project proposal and something would remind me of him. Maybe someone's clothes or the color would get to remind me of him, of how elegantly he usually dressed, or a haphazard grafted business proposal might remind me of how meticulous he was. Everything and anything reminded me of him, and I knew that beyond doubt, that I was in lo
“ Okay, so remember I told you the last time that he was acting nonchalantly and all…”, Bryan said, beaming with smiles. “ Yes”, I said, trying to go with the flow. “ So apparently I felt so dejected about it one day that I just lashed out on him, pouring all my anger on him and calling him names. I told him to fuck off if he wasn't interested and all, and surprisingly he asked if we could go for a drink. At first I was like ‘ are you sure he isn't asking you out for a drink just so that he could pay you back for calling him names?’ but I later agreed on the condition that I would choose the venue”. “ Good choice bitch”, I chipped in. “ I thought as much. So I picked a bar that was very close to my area where I was sure that if he tried to do anything to me that there were people around who would be able to stand up to him. We had a nice evening talking about literally anything. He told me that he was just a little depressed because he fell in love with someone he shouldn't ha
I was being used. What the hell was I even expecting? For Hazel to fall in love with me? It was never going to happen. I had fallen hard for him even without my realization and I reprimanded myself for that. I wondered why it was always so easy for my silly heart to fall for people. Actually, the only people it had genuinely fallen for were Hazel and Basil, but it was already too much, plus the fact that my relationship with the two were never going to work out. One might think that I shouldn't have a problem with that, since we were having sex, but I definitely had a problem with the fact that his heart wasn't with me, I really did. The fact that sex with him was just sex was something that I definitely wasn't so satisfied with. It was supposed to be something else, something deep, the two of us, inside each other, bonding beyond human comprehension, seeing each other's souls through the eyes and being comfortable to stay in that position for eternity. That was the feeling I
I walked towards them, coming in-between the two as I kissed Hazel out of the blue - I know, I was rude, but definitely for a reason. “ Why would you wonder off when I just went to the bathroom darling?” I asked, putting my hands around his neck and totally ignoring the sexy goddess that was standing with him. I might hate someone, but I will never fail to acknowledge their looks, never, except for Hazel, he's ugly. He looked at me with eyes that asked ‘ what the heck are you talking about?’ but I guess he just went with the flow after understanding the situation. “ Sorry honey”. “ And who might this be?” I asked, turning around and pretending that I had just seen the beautiful idiot. “ Honey this is Miss Sasha Banks, an employee at my company. Miss Sasha, meet my lovely husband, Mr Middleton, the CEO of T.K group”, Hazel said, a hint of pride in him as he said ‘ my lovely husband’ and just hearing him say that in that way made the butterflies in my tummy to hatch. “ It
Hunter's POV “ Can I have your attention please”, someone, a middle aged guy stood at the a designated part of the event hall, holding a glass on his right hand and a mic on his left. “ Um, first of all, I'll like to say good evening to you all”, he continued, “ and welcome to the United States CEO Association's dinner party. I am your president, Mr Urn and it's a pleasure to have you all here. I'll like to thank a few people who made tremendous efforts in seeing that this event was successful, in the person of my vice president, Miss Sandra Bullock”, he pointed to a lady who seemed to be in her late thirties and everyone gave her a round of applause as she waved around, looking stunning in an elegant black dress that covered her feet, “ and to the organizing chairman, Mr Clinton, who made efforts to see to our comfort this evening”, he pointed to the guy that was speaking with us earlier and he received another round of applause, waving at everyone like Queen Elizabeth the 2nd o
Hunter's POV “ Can I have your attention please”, someone, a middle aged guy stood at the a designated part of the event hall, holding a glass on his right hand and a mic on his left. “ Um, first of all, I'll like to say good evening to you all”, he continued, “ and welcome to the United States CEO Association's dinner party. I am your president, Mr Urn and it's a pleasure to have you all here. I'll like to thank a few people who made tremendous efforts in seeing that this event was successful, in the person of my vice president, Miss Sandra Bullock”, he pointed to a lady who seemed to be in her late thirties and everyone gave her a round of applause as she waved around, looking stunning in an elegant black dress that covered her feet, “ and to the organizing chairman, Mr Clinton, who made efforts to see to our comfort this evening”, he pointed to the guy that was speaking with us earlier and he received another round of applause, waving at everyone like Queen Elizabeth the 2nd o
Everything was moving fine, all thanks to Mom's plan and Mr Thompson's acceptance to pull the stunt that would've almost sent us all to jail. We were recording more sales at the company and even though I hated to admit it, Sasha was really good at her job. “ You have a dinner party to attend next week”, Basil said as I was about rounding up for the day. It's been a week since he returned back to me to resume his secretary duties. Hunter had been lifted from probation and was now allowed to drive, but I still insisted on taking him and picking him up from school sometimes. “ What dinner party?” I asked, getting ready to leave - Hunter's class was about to earn. “ The one organized by the United States CEO Association”, he scrolled the iPad upwards, “ it says here that . it will be held at Emily's Hotel, by 10:00 PM”. “ Okay. I'll think about going”, I said, turning off my computer and packing some documents into my suitcase. “ You shouldn’t think about it, you should go