NEW YORK~SEBASTIAN~ When I woke up in the morning, Anastasia was standing there with her hands folded on her chest. So, I just slammed my head back on the pillow with a groan. “You didn’t call me last night to ask if I got home safely or apologize for making me feel as if I mean nothing to you,”
NEW YORK~SIENNA~As I walked outside the driveway to the car, I swore under my breath and slipped Sebastian’s business card inside my handbag. When I got inside the car at the back, Zac’s eyes were burning on my skin, and he looked very angry. But he didn’t say a word until we got inside our hotel
NEW YORK, FEB 2010~SEBASTIAN~“Do you, Anastasia River, take Samuel Frost as your husband?” “I do.” My heart shattered as I watched her get married to my brother. It was as if someone dug their hand inside my chest and squeezed my heart until there was nothing left in it. I stood up and clapped
PRESENT DAYNEW YORK~SIENNA~“Sienna?” “Meet me where we first met,” I said and then hung up the call and slipped my phone inside my handbag. My heart broke a little when I realized that I was heading to the same bar that I regretted ever setting foot at ten years ago. I wished that I had never
NEW YORK~SEBASTIAN~After Sienna hung up the call on me, I did a quick U-Turn and headed straight to Highveld Bar. It wasn’t far from where I was. I was just a couple of kilometers away as I was just coming back from a restaurant to get takeaways and heading home. On my way there, I called the ma
NEW YORK~SIENNA~As soon as Uber arrived and I got inside the back, I couldn’t stop the tears that started falling. It felt like an old wound had been opened. I wasn’t crying because I saw him and walked away, hoping that I was never going to see him again. But I was crying because he was with her
NEW YORK, NOV 2009~SEBASTIAN~“Oh come on, Sebby, it’s going to be fun. You just have to loosen up a little.” Anastasia said as she and my brother tried to convince me to go to a seaside resort with them to celebrate their engagement instead of working my butt off all the time. I rolled my eyes a
PRESENT DAYNEW YORK~SIENNA~ “Do you want to spend the night or should I accompany you to your hotel?” Daphne asked as she brought me another cup of coffee. She was my hero. “I can go back to the hotel in the morning if you don’t mind,” I answered as I accepted the cup of coffee from her and took