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2025-03-26 22:00:21Patricia
We entered the house and my mother suddenly brought out a collection of books from a bag she was holding and handed them over to Nelly.
“All these are for me?” she looked at them, wide-eyed.
Mom smiled down at her. “Yes Lana.”
Nelly frowned. “But what’s the occasion? My birthday has passed.”
Mom chuckled. “There shouldn’t be a specific occasion for gifts.”
“Thank you so much grandma and grandpa. You're the best!” she exclaimed. “Can
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Passion in Broken Love Fifty-Nine
PatriciaFlashback continued…“Seriously what in the world could’ve possibly brought you here? What are the odds?” I stared at him wide-eyed, still in shock.“Who said it was a coincidence?” he smirked, using the deepest voice he could muster.“Oh my goodness, be serious for once.”He only laughed at me. “Sorry, sorry. My cousin invited me. It was an easy yes when I learned Ethan would be here, meaning you would be here.”“Oh,” I nodded in understanding. His cousin did work with Ethan. I had been so worked up that it hadn’t even crossed my mind. His mention of Ethan made me realise how lucky I was that he had popped up here. I needed someone to talk to. Even if it wasn’t about my husband. “Well I’m glad you’re here. This whole gala is really not my thing.”He nodded, scanning the room. “Where is Ethan?”My gaze dropped to my nails, feeling an 'I told you so' moment imminent. “He’s with his friends,” I
Passion in Broken Love Fifty-Eight
PatriciaFlashback“What are you still pouting about?” Ethan sighed, taking a turn out of our neighbourhood and onto the main road. I heard him loud and clear, but I still kept my gaze out the window, still frowning of course.“Patricia.”There with mentioning my full name again. I nearly rolled my eyes, but I didn’t want to escalate matters. I was attending his work party as his plus one, and I had to make sure I preserved the rest of the energy I had into looking nice for him, even though he clearly didn’t appreciate it. I wasn’t sure if I was blowing things out of proportion, but he clearly wasn’t making things better.“I already said sorry.”That got me to turn to him with my mouth of the floor of the car. “Sorry?”“Yeah.” He glanced at me. “So can we just move on and enjoy the night for once.”Sorry… move on… for once…Those words angered me even more than they were naturally supposed to. Every time I raised an issue with him, about him, I end up being the one who had to change,
Passion in Broken Love Fifty-Seven
PatriciaHe smiled at me, so genuinely that a passerby would believe we were the best of friends. How could he always act so normal after everything? And what did he still want from me after how hostile I had been to him?“I’ve been looking for you everywhere. I thought you weren’t going to come.”“I didn’t,” I told him blankly. “I’m here for another event, not yours.”His smile faltered. “Oh, that’s why I didn’t see you.”“Yeah,” I nodded. “Now I have to go back before I’m missed.”His hand closed around my wrist, forcing me to face him once again. One look at his hand on me disturbed my composure. I yanked my hand away and narrowed my eyes. “Bryce…” I seethed. “I don’t want to talk to you. Okay?”“I understand, but don’t you realise where we are right now?”
Passion in Broken Love Fifty-Six
PatriciaMy hand gripped the door.As if this wasn’t enough, something Betty said flashed in my memory.“… thank goodness there’s a party to compensate.”A party Bryce was organising to celebrate a merger. I remember being annoyed about the location that day, but I didn’t think much about it because I had already resigned not to attend.But it was today. At the same hotel I was headed to right now.Goodness.If I didn’t hold myself together, I was going to be sick. And I wasn’t referring to a measly cold.Something touched my arm and I flinched.“Tricia?” His voice was laced with both shock and concern. “What’s on your mind?”I fixed a smile immediately and shook my head. “Nothing. Why?”He raised a brow, amused. “I’ve been calling you for a while. We’re here.”“Oh.” I looked outside and found that we were in the parking lot. “That was fast…”He chuckled and opened his door. “Let me get your door.”I forced my breathing back to normal. The day was already going so well. I couldn’t mess
Passion in Broken Love Fifty-Five
PatriciaMy cold cleared up in time for Stephanie’s wedding. Thank God. I didn’t even want to imagine how uncomfortable and embarrassing it would’ve been to be sniffing and attending to my runny nose throughout the whole service.Contrary to that, I was thankful for this whole ordeal, because in a way it had put our relationship back on track. I could even dare to say we were closer now, and probably that was the source of the excitement sitting at the pit of my stomach- not the fact that Ethan’s cousin was tying the knot today. Interesting.“Your makeup is pretty, mommy.”Nellana’s high pitched compliment drew my attention back to my tablet on the side of my dresser and I smiled. “Thank you so much, baby.”“I’m giving the phone back to grandma now.”“Alright.” But she ended the call before I could get the whole word out. I chuckled and turned back to the mirror.“What are you giggling about?”Ethan came into frame, so much so that I could see his entire outfit from the mirror. He was
Passion in Broken Love Fifty-Four
EthanAbout an hour later- probably even more than- I dished the soup into a bowl and cut some fruits into another to help her appetite. She still hadn’t come out of the bathroom when I got back to the room, but I didn’t have to wait too long. A second after I put the tray on her nightstand, I heard the bathroom door open.She came out dressed in my bathrobe. I could say she was buried buy it with the way she looked so small, nearly hidden in the oversized wrap. Her hair was wrapped in a matching towel, making the whole situation slightly funny. I nearly burst out laughing, but I managed to stop it at a smile. The bath had made her look a lot better, but she was still unwell. I had to stay nice.“I thought you had left,” she muttered, sauntering over to the bed.“That’s why you’re in my robe?”She hugged the robe tighter around her, stopping in front of me. “I couldn’t find mine.”I smirked and nodded, not believing a word. “Right. This is what kept me away this whole time, by the way.
Passion in Broken Love Five
EthanTwo hours had already passed, but I was still sitting in the same place, in the driver’s seat of my car, not knowing what to feel. I was trying hard, really hard to convince myself that I could hold it all in, but I could only deceive myself for so long.Even though I said I wouldn’t, I was t
Passion in Broken Love Four
PatriciaI rushed out of my office and ran down the hallway, ignoring the weird looks people shot in my direction.I found Jessica after some time at the normally isolated part of the office building, with her phone in her hand. I halted, frightened of what she was thinking of doing.“W-what are
Passion in Broken Love Three
PatriciaFlashback- *two weeks ago*My hair was in a mess, just like my papers were. I had to submit my analysis report by the end of the day, but I couldn’t seem to concentrate. My mind kept going back to what I had done during the weekend. I still didn’t know why and how I had let that happen, bu
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I rushed to my room and entered the bathroom, rummaging through the drawers. Ethan was the last to use the kit and he was fond of not placing things back where he picked them from, one of the causes of our little petty arguments; arguments we couldn’t even have anymore. My eyes rested on the kit as
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