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I was watching the nurses as they checked Jessica’s blood pressure when I felt a hand touch my arm. I looked beside me and saw James. He smiled at me, but it didn’t reach his eyes. It was the smile of an emotionally tired person. “It was too late, Analia. I think you need to go home and rest,” he
I glanced at the door. “Doctor,” James said and shook hands with the doctor. Jessica let go of my arms when she heard about the doctor. She rushed to the doctor and held his arms. “Doctor, what happened? How is he? Is he okay now?” she asked nonstop. James gently pulled her away from the doctor
“You really have the audacity?” Veronica sarcastically said. I slowly let go of Arzhel and wiped my tears as I turned around to face her. “Not now, Veronica,” I said, almost out of energy. She sarcastically laughed. “And when would be the right time to scold you?” she asked, irritated and lookin
My phone rang. I was already in our front door. “Hello, Janna?” I said. I called her a while ago, asking for help to find the hospital where they brought Arzhel, and for her to monitor Adrian’s situation. “I already found Mr. Arzhel’s hospital,” she started. “He’s in the same hospital as Mr. Adr
I sat on my bed as I tried to calm myself. I inhaled and released a deep breath. “I’m going crazy,” I said and rubbed my face using my two palms. I stood and went to the kids. I checked on them in their rooms. When I arrived, they were both sleeping peacefully in their own designated beds. I w
I touched Arzhel’s shoulder. I saw him glance at my hand. Adrian was speechless upon hearing Arzhel’s tone. He didn’t provoke him further. Instead, he took the wine and started to pour Arzhel’s wine. “I’m sorry,” Adrian said while pouring. Arzhel released a deep breath, and since my hand was on
“Mommy,” Arriana entered. She was holding her jigsaw puzzle. I set aside what Arzhel said. He was making it sound like she prioritized me, and I didn’t know how to react to that information. I thought Arriana would run all the way to me, so I turned my seat a little and slightly opened my arms so
“What brought you here, Arzhel?” I asked him. It felt like the first time I saw him again in my office after he started seeing Stephanie. I walked back to my table, not waiting for his reply. I felt him follow me. He sat in front of my desk. He took one of the documents I was reading earlier.
What was important was that we both still respected each other. “It’s nice to meet you again, Analia,” she said and pulled me for a quick hug. We always addressed each other using our names only. She said it was better that way since what we had was just friendly competition. I smiled, as always.
He just followed Arzhel here because he also didn’t know he would come here unannounced and that we would have a meeting because it was originally not in his schedule, which was also the case for me. Janna and Ethan sat on both sides to take down notes of our meeting. “Let’s start,” I said and cli







