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Something Gained. Chapter: 27
ELENA"Here." I handed her the cup of coffee before taking a seat beside her. "You're taking your medicines on time, right?" I asked, remembering how Dad is always the one to remind her of her medicines. "Do I have a choice? Liv and Dean are always breathing down my neck." She huffed. "Good." I nodded, satisfied to which she shook her head. "How are things back at home?" Her voice was soft but sounded tired. The dark patches around her eyes were proof of it. All this was taking a toll on her health. "Just the usual." Lie. Usual back at Rylan's house was we being civil to each other at one moment and fighting at other. However, since the last few days, Rylan had been nothing but understanding. He didn't throw some arrogant remarks here and there and he actually was caring. There had been instances where I had been impatient or unnecessarily rude but he hadn't retorted. "How's Ava?" Mom's voice broke my chain of thoughts. Thinking of Ava, my mind went bac
Something Gained. Chapter: 28
ELENAEarlier this morning Rylan had left without even having breakfast. The moment he walked into the dining room, I could sense the change in his behavior. He had straightened his blazer before kissing Ava's head. "Breakfast?" I had offered. "I will have it in the office." And without so much as a glance at me, he had walked out. Like I didn’t exist and I wasn’t sitting there in front him. Even in the office I didn't see him come out even once. Was it because he was under too much work pressure or had he gone back to being the asshole he was. I had spent my evening with Dad at the hospital. He was a little better than before. I don't know why but I felt like cooking something for dinner tonight. Stacey helped me with a little tip here and there and the difference made was unbelievable, tasted better than anything I had made ever before. Initially Ava was excited for the dinner and was waiting for Rylan but when he was really late, I convinced Ava to h
Something Gained. Chapter: 29
ELENA"You guys kissed?" I nodded to Liv's question. "And he called it a mistake?" She again asked, her posture giving out an expression of shock. "And he told you to keep your distance?" This time instead of nodding I rolled my eyes at her. "Will you stop repeating everything I just said?" I asked, a bit annoyed. "I can't literally comprehend what kind of a man he is! I literally want to smash this glass on his head." She raised the half filled glass of juice in her hand a little. I leaned back on the head rest and stared off into space. My mind was really jumbled up with everything happening. “And why am I learning it now? It’s been what, four months since this happened?” “I didn’t wanna talk about it.” "Do you have feelings for him?" Her voice broke my trance. She was looking intently at my face waiting for me to answer. I sighed and went back to looking at the wall. "I can't understand what I feel for him. I know I am attracted to him. I fee
Something Gained. Chapter: 30
RYLANI had been doing everything in my power to avoid facing Elena alone. The alternative was too fucking difficult. What were the chances that the one night I came down to the kitchen she would be there? We both stared awkwardly at each other’s faces. Someone had to break that. "Late night ice cream." I stated. She gave a small shrug before shoving another scoop in her mouth. "Ava told me you weren’t home." I went and stood beside her, leaning slightly back on the counter on top of which she was sitting. "I went to Dad’s place." I tried to not be bothered by the way she scooted further to the right. "How is your Dad?" I looked on as she wiped the corner of her mouth with her thumb. "Good. He is a lot better than he was a few months back." The small smile tugging at her lips was one of relief. I nodded and there was an awful long silence before I broke it. "So..uhh what happens after we divorce?" This fishing for small talks was something quite new
Something Gained. Chapter: 31
RYLAN"And you came up with this? Is this what I give you a salary for, to come up with this kind of trash?" I slammed the file on my desk. "Sorry Sir." The girl was almost shaking in fear, sweat beads covering his forehead while he stood in the air conditioned room. "Leave!" I gritted through my teeth and he immediately scurried out of my cabin. I massaged my forehead with my fingers. Jayce sighed and sat up straighter. "Rylan , you can always go and stop Elena from leaving you." I clicked my tongue in annoyance before looking up at him. "Why is this even coming up?" I asked in the most bored tone. "You have been extremely moody for the past few days. Whenever I am here, I see you snapping at one or the other employee, you let go a few good clients for the pettiest of reasons and you're literally surviving just on your coffee. Your mood is getting worse than that of a pregnant lady on her period." I couldn't deny that he was right. I was in my worst mood thes
Something Gained. Chapter: 32
RYLANI got into my car and followed Elena's car all the way to the apartment. She had gone up the elevator and I had taken the stairs. Fuck waiting. "Elena stop!" She halted in her steps, threw her bag on the sofa and turned back. "What, Rylan? What?" She asked, furious. "We need to talk." I spoke every word clearly, calmly. "We do? If you want it then it will happen. God forbid if you for once ask for my permission instead of giving out an order!" I pinched the bridge of my nose in frustration. The time I had spent with Elena had made me well acquainted with this one particular emotion. I had to make this right. I needed to make this right and for that the bossy bastard in me needed to be checked. "I didn't mean it that way. It came out wrong." "What is it that you didn't mean? Didn't you mean it when you said that you want to sign a contract? Didn't you mean it when you said that the kiss meant nothing, that the marriage meant nothing?" A look of vexa
Something Gained. Chapter: 33
ELENAHe hadn’t said it back. I had noticed but that hadn’t bothered me. It’s Rylan we were talking about and he had something holding him back, a bitter past probably. I believed every word he said and that expressed his feelings just enough. I could work with that. Picking the tray up, I walked out to the living room. He was sitting on the couch and browsing through Netflix. On seeing me he offered me a small smile. "I thought maybe we could uhh watch a movie or something…" I smiled and set the tray down. "Yeah, that will be nice." He nodded before I went and sat down beside him. Hardly did we start the movie when we heard Ava. "Daddy? Mommy? You're back early?" She slowed down in her steps and stared at us. Stacey was just a few feet back. "Yes sweetheart, we came home early." She came and stood in front of us before looking at the television. "You are watching a movie?" Rylan picked Ava up and placed her on his lap so that she was facing me. "Ye
Something Gained. Chapter: 34
ELENA"You know I have a lot of questions in my mind right now." Liv said, her eyes glancing back at Rylan's figure. "And I can guess what they are." She raised a questioning brow. Last thing she knew was we were still going for the divorce and now Rylan arranged a birthday dinner for me. I could see the huge question marks popping up inside her brain. I looked at Dean. Though he hadn't said or asked anything, I knew he too was looking for answers. "I know we have a lot of catching up to do. Do something. Come over to my place this weekend." She gave it a quick thought before nodding. "Okay." She gave a small shrug. "See you then." I looked at Dean to see him nodding in agreement. "When you said we are going for dinner, I never guessed we are having everyone there." I looked back at Ava sitting in the backseat. "I tried planning a little something? Did you... enjoy the evening?" He stole a quick glance before focussing on the road. "Did it look like
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