57 Richard stood before his father, his eyes were trained on him. He had not spoken to his father since he came back from the party because he needed some time to himself and thankfully Daisy had not disturbed him with calls which reminded him that he has to speak to her concerning her behavior she had exhibited at the party by bringing older women who would do anything to cheat on their husbands to him. Not like his father had come to meet him, in fact he was not at home when he came back that night and it was until the next day midnight that hr had arrived home and was surprised to see his awake and watching some documentary as he ate some miscellaneous. "How was the party?" He asked, sipping his hot coffee. Richard lifted his shoulders in a half shrug and moved forward."It went just how a party should go." He replied with a note of nonchalance. His father glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and faced front."Did you meet the people I told you about?" He asked him again.L
The door bell rang twice before Nicole rose to her feet to answer it. Just as she opened it, she came face to face with a delivery man who craned his neck to look into the house. "Is this Miss Nicole's house?" He asked. Nicole's brows rose up as she gave him a skeptical gaze."Yes?""Oh, good. This package is for you. The sender deemed himself anonymous." He said and handed the package to her which she reluctantly collected from him."I will need you to sign these papers." He handed the file and a pen to her and she did as told. With one last smile, the delivery man got on his bike and was gone.Checking out the package in a wrapped paper, Nicole stepped back into the house and sat down back on the chair, her eyes still looking at the package.What could anyone want to give her? Not even with a name? What if it was a bomb or something worse?She bit her lips and thought of what to do. Maybe she should open it and see what was inside. She reached out for it and began to tear the paper
The car stopped before the apartment. The hot sun was quite scorching.Was this place the said place in the address book? He thought as he looked out through the window of the car.Finding a proper place to park, he turned off the car's engine and stepped out of the car. He dipped his hands into his pockets and made his way to the apartment. Standing before it, he glanced around and knocked on the door. He waited for some seconds and heard a shuffling coming from inside. He braced himself up to meet Aspen. The door knob twisted and it was pushed open. He raised his face up only to meet Sheba who he once saw when he was at LA. She smiled almost immediately as if recognizing him on instance."Is Aspen in?" He asked, knowing fully well that it was weekend and it was a probability that she could be at home. Sheba gave him a positive nod and stepped back to pave a way for him to enter."Have your seat." She said as he entered the house. Richard looked around the living room, it looked quit
Floyd stared at the dining table, he was just coming back from a meeting which he left to Aspen to round up. Nicole had surprisingly been a faithful and less nagging fiancee these days that Floyd always thought she had been delivered from whatever demonic spirit was battling with her. She had started taking her culinary class seriously, even now she tried to prepare meals for the both of them including his mother. She placed the last dish on the table with a grin as she turned to him."Mother once told me that a way to a man's heart is food." She said. Floyd tilted his head to the side to access her, he pursed his lips and moved towards her. She had a particular glint in her eyes that Floyd could not pin point what it was. He sat down and watched how she dutifully served him. He bit his lips, contemplating whether to eat it because he did not know how it would taste, spicy? Tasty? Salty?He could say he was quite scared. He reluctantly picked his spoon and dug into the food she made.
Weeks later, the relationship between Ace and Aspen had grown quite well. Ace will come over to play with the kids even though Cora always hide from him. And sometimes, Aspen would meet him and they will talk about most of their experience with Aspen saying little of hers even when he tried to pry for more out of her. She would always evade it with a smile as she still felt insecure.And tonight was one of those nights where she would take a walk with him back to his house. Ace suddenly stopped and she did too. He looked her in the eye and scratched the back of his neck."I know this might sound weird but I have been thinking about it for a while. I..." He hesitated, swallowing hard. "I will love to date you. Like just give us the chance." He finally said. Aspen was quite shocked at what Ace said. She did not know how to reply, she just stood there surprised that he would ask her such. Like it never occurred to her that he would her ask such thing. He never showed that kind of interes
Nicole was quite scared as she stayed over at Floyd's house. She did not know what to do. Even Floyd's mother had gone to bed with worry. And yet Floyd still did not open the door or answer her calls.He had just slept off, forgetting everything and woke up the next morning. He did his casual things before exiting the room, praying to God that he does not meet his mother but it seemed he prayed too late as he saw Nicole placing some tray of food down on the table. She seemed to notice him and looked at him head to toe, he had a suitcase in his hands which meant one thing, that he was headed to the company. "What are you doing here?" He asked her, his eyes staring at her with spite. Nicole swallowed softly and smiled."Mother called me last night, saying something bad had happened to you and I rushed over but ..." She trailed off as she finally noticed his bursted lips and the bruise on the left part of his eye. He raised his right brow and she moved closer to him."What happened? Did
When Floyd arrived at home, he noticed the house was at peace and he was quite okay with it. He went to the kitchen and cooked some meal for himself. It was something he taught himself to do, to cook for himself. He did most of it when Aspen had just left, he refused to eat when the rest of the people were awake. He would come back late and cook for himself, avoiding everyone.When he was done with the preparation, he picked the chop sticks and dug them into the noodles he made. He slowly swallowed them and after he had finished he washed the dish. The shuffling of feet behind him made him whirl his head to the side."That is not how you behave towards a lady who is your fiancee." His mother told him, walking towards him and adding water to her jug.Floyd let out a deep sigh and shook his head. "Mother, she asked for a break which I gladly obliged to. Tell me what else do you want me to do? You asked to divorce Aspen, I did. You asked me to send to the doctor for some useless abortion
Floyd felt someone scrambling up beside him. His brows creased together as he forced his eyes open, only to see a naked Nicole smiling sheepishly at him. He jerked up immediately and gave her a confused look."What are you doing here?" He questioned her.She moved closer to him. "I... I missed your touch." She whispered to him, glancing around as if someone was watching them. Floyd was confused even more."Didn't we establish that we are on break?" He asked her and she blinked her eyes before gulping softly."I wanted to tell you something." She told him, her chest heaving in the process."I... I am pregnant." She said, her voice almost inaudible. Floyd's ears rang and it felt like he was suddenly thrown in the red sea. He stared at her like she had not just told him that she was carrying his child... No... She was pregnant. "For who?" He asked, still in shock.She raised her brows at his question. "What do you mean by that? You are the only one I have ever been with?" She told him an