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"Where are you going?" Augustus questioned with his brows furrowed as he saw Lisa coming down from the stairs, dressed nicely."I had told you, Augustus." Lisa rolled her eyes at him while walking towards him at a slow pace."You told me that before you got ill and it's been three days now." Augustus replied back and Lisa frowned, "Still, I am going." She announced and then walked to the main door as Augustus held her hand to stop her."Lisa, I think you should go to the doctor first." He advised but Lisa rejected it bluntly, "No need.""Why?" Augustus raised his brow in questioning feeling confused. "Because I already know what's wrong with me," Lisa said and then gave him a playful smile."How do you know about it, What do you..." Augustus scratched his forehead, lost in deep thought, and then something hit in his head as he stopped and looked at Lisa with wide eyes, "No... are you sure?"Lisa nodded her head with a huge grin and then AugustuLaura was sitting on the bench, her gaze kept going on the door of the ER as multiple nurses rushed in and out of it. She was quite apprehensive about the future and her palms started getting sweaty at the thought of it. Her legs were slightly trembling from the nervousness as she was waiting for the doctor to come out of the ER and report her about her sister's condition.Just when she was lost in her worries, her phone rang, making her jump in fear. She quickly looked for it in her purse and then answered the call with trembling hands, "Steve..." She cried out in a heart-wrenching voice making the other person anxious."Where are you?" Steven asked straightly and Laura replied with a shallow breath, "Hospital," Just when she was supposed to give him the full name of the hospital, she heard the heavy footsteps and looked up, her eyes widened, and then she lowered it with guilt as she quickly stood up while hunching her shoulders and holding her phone tightly in her hands.
"You should eat more," Steven said with concern as he filled her plate that was half empty. Since the beginning of knowing her, he knew how much of a foodie she is and would never skip her food no matter what but now looking at her, with empty eyes and blankly looking at her food, his heart tightened and he felt distressed.Laura nodded her head, with no emotion on her face, the black bags under her eyes were proof that she didn't sleep too well last night. Just when she took a bite of pancake, her stomach churned in the contraction of food and she then ran to the bathroom while covering her mouth.Anxious, Steven also followed her as she threw up in the bathroom getting paler and weak. "Haven't you checked with the doctor?" Steven asked with his brow furrowed."I did," Laura said and then stood up while taking his support, she rinsed her mouth and then brushed her teeth again. "I am fine," Looking at the worried face of Steven, Laura comforted him.His gaze stay
The days passed in silence, looks like Laura's personality has turned completely opposite, she barely touched her food and talked with Steven. She isn't in contact with Tina too and Tina also didn't try to look for her since their last encounter.Lisa has regained her consciousness and is recovering from her grief and loss, while Augustus as a good supportive husband, accompanied her in the hospital.Laura didn't go to visit her sister, Lisa, at the hospital again, after that day incident and neither Steven asked her anything about what actually happened that day in the restaurant.***RING...RING...RINGThe continuous ringing of the phone disturbed Laura's sleep. She turned and then realized that it wasn't her phone but Steven's, she lightly shook his shoulder, "It's your phone," she informed in a hoarse voice and Steven blinked his droopy eyes.He then sat up and took his phone from the side table, after answering the phone, Steven's face started gett
Standing in front of the huge villa, Laura's heart was beating faster than it could ever be, the cold weather in Rome wasn't even helping to stop her hands from getting sweaty in nervousness.After taking a few deep breaths, she finally walked to the gate of the villa and rang the bell. Ms. Davis appeared at the door and frowned with surprise when she saw Laura standing at the gate."Miss Laura," She gasped and then pulled her to the side as she looked back at the door to confirm that no one was behind her, "Young Master has forbidden your entrance at the villa, please leave before he will see you." Ms. Davis whispered into a low voice and Laura's brows furrowed together feeling unhappy."What do you mean? Inform my sister, I am here. She will surely meet me, who is he to decide for us, huh?" Laura said as the anger started rising in her heart."I am her husband," A voice shook her and she tilted her head just to see Augustus standing at the gate of the villa wea
Lisa sat emotionlessly as the yoga class finished and Augustus bid the lady goodbye. He then turned to Lisa who has now lost a lot of weight and getting back to her old shape, but instead of getting happy he was afraid and worried as Lisa doesn't seem to get any better.He sighed and then walked to her, "Lisa," He called her as he stood in front of her and then very gently touched her shoulder, "Go and get ready, we're going somewhere." He informed her but Lisa showed no interest in it."Augustus, I don't want to leave my room. please..." She forced the last word, displeased, and then walked to the bathroom to take a shower."Didn't you love Cristian anymore?" He yelled from behind and Lisa stopped dead in her track, "Didn't you want to grow his cafe? It's been more than a week since you haven't visited the cafe and neither talked with the manager. Do you want all his and Leila's effort to go to waste?" Augustus questioned her sharply and Lisa turned, frowning."
The next day, as Augustus woke up, Lisa was nowhere to be seen. He felt upset by her indifference to him but still stayed quiet as he could understand that she is going through a hard phase.After getting ready, he went down and was surprised to see no one in the hall, "Where is everyone?" He asked Ms. Davis, who was pushing a trolley of breakfast towards the dining table."Everyone has gone for the Christmas shopping," Ms. Davis told him and then placed the breakfast on the table. Augustus, feeling stunned and angry, left the home without even having breakfast."How could they all leave me alone like this?" He fumed like a child and drove away.***In the evening, Augustus came back home with a poker face. The kids rushed to them with a happy and excited face, they squealed with joy. "Daddy," "Dad," Augustus's bad mood quickly faded while looking at his kids, Simon and Maria.They both have grown up a lot as now Augustus didn't need to crouch down on h
Augustus sighed helplessly and then embraced her in his arms, "Why not? Can't we both go together somewhere while Aunt Ena will take care of the kids," he said and Lisa was lost in thought for a while as Augustus stared at her little face.Her lustrous lips appeared extremely moist and tempting. Augustus felt that his throat was becoming drier, taking a deep breath, he suppressed the heat rising from his lower body and waited patiently for her to reply."Did Aunt Ena ask you to do this?" Lisa asked out of sudden and Augustus's brows twitched, getting distressed. "Why does it matter?" he asked, not replying to her question."It does Augustus, you are again doing the same thing proving yourself as victim and me as a culprit who keeps trying making trouble in our relationship," Lisa suddenly got agitated and refused him straightly, "I won't go anywhere with you, I am happy with my kids and I don't need a man like you in my life anymore," she said those harsh words too bl
"Where is everyone?" Augustus asked, trying to keep his voice as cold as he could."They have gone to visit their grandma," Lisa answered politely."When they will be coming back, it is getting late," Augustus said with a frown while looking at the time in his mobile."They would be staying at Mom's place tonight," Lisa informed him and he paused for a moment, "Tommaso is also gonna stay there," Lisa said meaningfully and Augustus scoffed in his heart."Really? Just like that you're gonna win my heart back?" he thought and deliberately started dialing his mother's number in front of her while murmuring, "Tommaso shouldn't be staying there, he is still too small.""Augustus, stop," Taking away Augustus's phone from his hand, Lisa's voice turned a bit loud, "I mean... You wanted to spend some alone time, remember. So, I thought maybe why not today?"Augustus stared at her face that looked alluring, he then tried to focus on all the past things she did so