Hazel Quin's "He's coming soon. Don't worry now, okay?" I could help the nervousness I was feeling now that Athena confirmed that Caleb would be coming. Though I knew it would still take him time even if he used his connections to be able to fly here immediately and earlier, I could still feel the mixture of excitement, fear, and nervousness in me. "Athena, how did he react?" I asked. "Was he mad? Surprised? Happy? Or something? How does he sound when he responded?" She looked at me for a while, then chuckled and shook her head. "Come on, Hazel. I know what you are thinking. Don't worry, I know Caleb will take responsibility." "But I still want to know how would he react. What if—" "Okay, stop there." she moved to sit beside me and started caressing my shoulder. "Calm down, okay? Don't stress yourself. It won't be good for the baby." And how I am supposed to do that? My shoulders slumped in defeat. I was just enjoying my time in New York, slowly clearing up my mind,
Caleb Craige's "Mirna, I don't care if I have important schedules tomorrow and the next few days. And I don't care if I need to spend even millions of dollars just so I could fly to New York as early as possible." I blurted as I shut Mirna's protest that I couldn't go to New York and follow Hazel. "But—" "No more buts!" I aired. "Just do it. Now!" She didn't have a choice but to do what I told her. With a defeated face, she nodded and left to arrange my schedules. I sighed when she was already out of my sight, I knew she was against Hazel again. But she couldn't just dictate me now though I understand her. Hazel was pregnant with my child and nothing could stop me from going there. I don't care if I would lose one, two, or even three companies under Craige Inc. if I wouldn't attend the important meetings that were already scheduled. Hazel and my child were more important than them. I stared at the empty space of my office, I was still here and it was already nearing midnig
Caleb Craige's The flight to New York still took us time even when on a private plane. But at least, we arrived on time. My pilot made it 21-22 hours of flight with quick stopovers and though it was still long, I was thankful that it didn't take too long like those on commercial flights. "Thank you, you may come back to Australia if you want, or stay here. But I don't know how long I would be staying here, I'll take care of your fares." I told Dave, my pilot. He nodded, "I'll stay here for a day and come back to Sydney tomorrow." I nodded and let him be. My steps towards the exit of the port were big and quick and because of connections, thankfully, I didn't have to undergo several checkings that may take time as well. It would leave me no patience if ever. The cab that Mirna booked for me online was already waiting for me and I immediately rode on it, telling the hotel's address where Athena and Hazel were staying. "Will you please, drive faster?" I requested. "I need to get
"C-Cal?" I mumbled upon confirming that it was him. He smiled, genuinely and painfully. And maybe it was because I've missed that smile of him because it has been a while since the last time I saw that, or maybe just because of pregnant woman thing but nonetheless, his smile affected me and it made me smile as well. He looked surprised upon seeing me smile, then he mumbled, "Damn, I didn't know that your smile was a light to my dying and dark spirit." I didn't expect it when he leaned to kiss me. I was surprised at first but my heart and body just knew what to do, my arms immediately snaked in his nape and I kissed him back. It was a passionate and longing kiss. All the weight of what happened in the last few weeks was now just a small ball of cotton. It might be exaggerated of me to think and see it like that, but the hell with it. If only I knew his kiss would remove all my worries about all the problems we have been facing, I should have just kissed him from the start. Bu
I have known already that Caleb never wanted everything to happen between him and Callista. Neither of them wanted that to happen, they were both victims of broken families and poverty. But that was something I failed to understand the first time I found out about their affair. I was blinded by disgust and I was too shallow to understand that. "I do understand that you weren't expecting it and that you wouldn't understand it immediately. But what I didn't expect was what you did. I really thought that you have already gotten rid of that plan of yours." I was muted as Caleb told me how he didn't expect everything. He was shattered and broke when he found out that I told everyone about what I found out, though it wasn't me who published the article, I was still the one who wrote it. And he was right. We couldn't do anything now but to face everything because it was already here. Though we could have prevented it from happening, I could've prevented it if I wasn't reckless. "I'm
"I know it won't be easy. I wouldn't forget this immediately. There would be times wherein I would remember this and worst, bring this issue up whenever we are having an argument. But I know we can make it. Misunderstandings and things like this happen to couples, this is normal, especially since we are just starting." My head was resting on Caleb's chest as he continued to tell me the words I needed to hear. It wouldn't be easy for us but we could make it together. Hopefully. The issue brought us into a mess we didn't expect, I was eaten up by my emotion, I got carried away and became too shallow upon finding out his secret. I failed to understand him and judged him immediately. And it led us to this, chaos. Stephanie used this as an advantage to ruin us. And though it was me totally who caused all of these, Caleb was still at fault at some point. It takes two to tango. And we agreed to settle down on that, just let it go after settling and fixing everything. And we could onl
"Why does she have to go in now? Can't she see that I have so much on my plate now?" Caleb sighed heavily after that. He just finished his call with his mother and by the look on his face, I knew it wasn't a good news. "Is there anything wrong?" I asked though it was obvious. He glanced at me then shook his head, "It was mom and Mirna. They weren't up with the idea of still going with you even after all that has happened." "Oh," That was the only thing that I could say. I knew from the start that Mirna doesn't like me and now, Callista too. Now I knew it was what I was feeling the first time I met her; she didn't like the idea of Caleb being with me because of what happened to them. And with that thought, the question that I've been dying to ask for came back to me. I looked at Caleb first whose brows were still creased in stress before taking a deep breath and asked him. "Cal, if you don't mind, may I ask something about you and Callista?" He didn't seem to be taken a
Caleb Craige's I sighed heavily for the first time today after reading my mother's text, they were on their way here. This has been sent last night when I was already asleep and Hazel was the first one to read it. "We have booked our flight. We're coming to wake you up from your dream. That woman is no good for you." "Just when will they understand that it would be me who tells who and what is good or bad for me?" I asked myself. "I'm no longer a kid to be controlled and tell what to do. Hell, they don't even know anything." Damn, I have already fixed half of my mess with Hazel. And we were now working to fix everything and here they come to cause another trouble. It was them who was making everything worse. They shouldn't even be concerned about this. It should be me and Hazel. I looked at my woman who was still sleeping soundly. My eyes went down to her belly, it was still flat but it would be only about three months before it started to become bloated. And even when she's