Simply Something Between Us

~Veronica Beckham.“Thank you, Mr. Donald,” I said with a wide smile as I took the keys from him. “You finally paid off after three months eh.” The old man said with a friendly chuckle that made me release one of my own. “It took me everything I had,” I said as I raised the key to my eye level, inspecting it with love. I had been borrowing Mr. Donald's car to work every day since we moved to Manhattan and I finally brought it from him. It's mine now. “I'm glad you decided to sell it to me,” I told him as I patted his shoulder. “Yeah right, I don't drive it that much anyway, and besides, that old hag keeps complaining that you're coming every morning.” He said the last part in a whisper and jerked his thumb toward the fence where his wife was lurking. I smiled at Mrs. Donald when we locked eyes and she narrowed her eyes at me. “She is healthier these days,” I commented as I looked ahead at the empty street. “Of course, she's started taking her medications and ignoring my pies

~Arthur CallaghanThere were a lot of things one had to go through in life. One had to face the struggle of growing up, one had to face the struggle of the process of growing up, one had to struggle to do every damn thing and it was frustrating.Life was supposed to be easy for the rich, like wasn't that why they made the money? But for fuck’s sake, why the hell did rich people have to have a money-hungry self-obsessed villain of a relative that just causes problems?That was crap! I refused to live my life like a book written by a fantasy-living teenager. I was twenty-eight, not eighteen. “Mom I am not letting that money-hungry dwarf take what’s mine from me, for a fucking absurd reason” I raised my voice for the third time while I try to fix the fucking tie that keeps tangling. I groaned in frustration.“Language Arthur, your father just died and I need you to calm down. At least for me. This is also hard for me as it is hard for y-“ She began to sob lightly and I sighed. “Listen

Arthur grabbed my hands again as we walked out of the building. All eyes were on us and I could hear whispering voices. The parking Valet handed his car keys to him, and he opened the door for me, “I’m not entering your car except you tell me where we’re going. “Stop being difficult and get in the car, I’m not trying to kidnap you. Even if I wanted to, you wouldn't be able to pay the ransom fees”, He said to me coldly as he slightly nudged me forward. I got in and he closed the door harshly. God, please give me the strength to be able to hold my tongue. If he disrespected me one more time, I would give it to him. I relaxed into the chair a little bit, my tense body starting to hurt, my shoulder especially, but I couldn't afford a massage. Opening my bag I checked my phone and truly, there was a message from an unknown number, I clicked it and read, Unknown: “Meet me in my office at lunch break. Unknown: Where are you? I’m coming to your office now! How rude! Such a commanding

I could see Lilian peeping through the window of our house. I went inside and she didn’t even let me breathe before drowning me in questions.“I can’t believe you’ve been dating Arthur Fucking Callaghan all this time!“Language Lilly”, I scolded, throwing my bag on the sofa, I crouched down to take off my shoes, placing them on the shoe rack.She totally ignored me and carried on ranting.“And we’ve been suffering. You’re engaged to the country's most handsome rich bachelor Vee! How the hell did you not tell me? I’m your favorite sister!”, she whined.“You’re my only sister and sibling, chill”“That’s all you heard with all I just said?”, she frowned.My mom walked into the living room, at least she’ll come save me from Lilly, “Don’t you have homework to do?”, she eyed my sis.“I have done it and also all my chores so nope I won’t be left out of this conversation”, she held her head up high, standing her ground.“Fine! We wanted it to be private alright, he’s like a celebrity, he want

Veronica gawked at me and I could see the wheels turning in her head. I wondered what was on her mind, probably trying to process what I just said.“Why are you staring?”“Nothing, just waiting for your response. What do you mean by today? I don’t even have a ring on my finger”, she said bluntly, wriggling her fingers in my face.“That can be sorted now”I brought out the small blue box from my pocket and opened it. Her eyes widened, and she clamped her hands over her mouth in shock. She starts to shake her head in denial, “I can’t take this”, she uttered, pushing it back to me.The few customers gasped in surprise, waiting for the speech and her response.“What do you mean you can’t? It’s part of the contract”, I whispered closely to her ear, so the onlookers wouldn’t overhear. She looked at me in confusion, I looked left and she followed my signal to see people with their phones out and Greta smiling with tears shining in her eyes. I never thought I could kneel to profess my love to