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Lyra
I did not know what I was going to do with the information that Viola provided me just now. Why would she do that? The answer was forthright. That was what she had done since childhood. She took away things that I liked. If anything or a person made me happy, she did her best to snatch that away from me, and right at this moment, that was what she was doing.
The way she fixed her eyes on Nathan, the sultry smile, slow, lazy talk, she was flirting with my future husband right in front of me, and like a fool, I was watching all this.
For as long as I remembered, Viola only said bad things about Nathan. Whenever she opened her mouth regarding Nathan, she said dreadful stuff about him to Owen, Brian, and dada, or whoever she talked to. If anything, she never mentioned this childhood kiss or any of her memories regarding Nathan that she was talking about now. The way she judged Nathan, and the Halls, was enough to confirm that she didn’t see him
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Twisted Pain Nathan
“Are you okay?” Luke asked me after our morning meeting with the marketing team.“Yeah.” I picked up the file and left the conference room, Luke following.“You don’t look okay.” He came in front of me and stopped me from running away from his interrogation, which I intended to do.I wasn’t in the mood for anything. After last night’s dispute between me and Lyra, I was frustrated. I was a patient man; had no idea waiting for her or gave her the time she needed for adjusting to all this. I was okay with everything, but when she bought her brother, I didn’t get that.If it were about us, then she and I would be the ones making decisions. It was our personal stuff that we dealt with the way we wanted or preferred. Why were we involved in a third person here? She was an adult, independent, educated woman, enough capable to do what her heart says.I got everything—s
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This man was impossible to understand. His unpredictable mouth was another delinquent. He spoke his mind that was rare in a man, or maybe the kind of man I saw in my twenty-three years of life. He was different from all of them.My family’s men were mostly quiet. They only opened their mouths if that was important or needed, if not, they loved to stay mute. Brian, Owen, dada, uncle Josh all are like this, the serious kind of human being, although that may be wrong about Owen. He was the Joker of our family, but in the end, he was a McCoy, so, yeah; he had that curtain of seriousness in his prankster nature.Other few whom I dated over the years or ago, all of them were quite vigilant around me, even Brad, too. They tried too hard to be a gentleman, kept their guard high all the time, and that was frustrating. Sometimes I wondered if what I was doing with those men was romantic in nature, or was it just for a show?I didn’t get
Twisted Pain Lyra
I tried to move the upper part of my body to sleep, strangely; it didn’t move a finger, tried again, and failed. It was outlandish, but when I took the third attempt, a heavyweight rock pulled me in. I frowned, and my finger found its way to the rock naturally as I gently poked the unpliable or something like that. Something moved a little, and that shot my eyes open in fear.The ray of the sun came into my eyes directly, and it all felt wrong. If this were my bedroom, then the curtain should have covered the window. No one came into my room early in the morning, it was a rule that I liked to follow. In the morning I liked to spend at least half an hour by myself quietly, otherwise, I would stay cranky the rest of the day.In this one hour I do all my personal stuff, yoga, dancing to music, writing a j
Twisted Pain Lyra
Nathan put the ring on my finger at the lavish engagement party that was arranged by our families. Owen and Luke were busy all week for this party. They were constantly in touch with calls and texts, even met outside for coffee and dinner. It was a delight to see both of them friendly and not after their lives. I knew my brother was happy to go any further for my happiness, and that he did, which I was thankful for.We organized the party in a VIP hotel; booked the entire place, and invited all the people around Chicago to this party tonight. Luke and Owen went overboard with the invitation. Business associates, politicians, celebrities graced their presence at our party. There were at least thousands of guests whom I didn’t recognize, but Nathan was familiar with everyone. Every time someone came to congratulate him, he shook his hand with them and talked to them, smiling, and all of them had a story with him. Every single one I came across in th
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Something distracted Lyra during the entire party after she came back from the bathroom. Penelope and she were together when they were gone, and now she lingered around Lyra almost all the time as the evening continued, but there was a noticeable change in both of them. The way they both were gazing at one another from the corner of their eyes every few seconds, the shaky smile, frequent lips licking was weird and suspicious. It was clear they were hiding something important which I wanted to know but didn’t pressure.Every time our bare skin came into contact, she went stiff or removed my hand from her body skillfully. She was uncomfortable, which didn’t sit well with me, given the fact a few hours ago we were in one another’s arms on the dance floor. Sometimes she would nudge a little, so my hands would fall from her hand, or sometimes simply she would discard her from my touch.I had yet to understand this sudden change of be
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Something was different in my house today. The instant I set my foot inside my house, a distinctive cloud sheltered me from all around me, and that unusual feeling bought a smile to my face. My living room felt a little altered to me. The change was nothing big but some pictures of Lyra and her family beside my pictures shelves. She placed different pictures here and there, and that brief touch made this living room ours.A warm food smell was coming from the kitchen, and that was another blow. As I walked towards the dining room, she set the table with plates, spoons, glass. Lyra was on her knee staring at the oven, so she didn’t see me arriving in the kitchen.“Hey.”“Oh, God” she jumped from her sitting position with a scream. “Oh, it’s you.” She put a big smile on her face and asked me, “How was your day?”“Never been better.” I took two steps towards her an
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“This is your baby.” My OB-GYN, Layla, who was performing my ultrasonography, pointed to a white stone that was inside my belly. “You are ten days pregnant, and till now it’s going well.” She smiled at me and turned to the monitor again. “The baby looks at you, so do you. I don’t see anything to worry about.”A drop of tear slipped from the corner of my eyes seeing the little thing on the monitor, there was a human body inside me growing every day, living with me, moving, and one day he/she would come to this world.This was my baby, my child. I was the mother.Suddenly, I had the desire to do better in life, to live a good life, to make a good life for my child. I wanted to prepare a blissful life for my child, which I didn’t have. A wonderland, a cheerful place with love and laugh, everything I didn’t get my child would own every single one of them. With the security, love of bo
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Nathan didn’t come home last night after he left without saying a word to me. When I was in the shower, getting ready for bed, Nathan was right in the room, but when I came back from the bathroom, he wasn’t in the bedroom or anywhere in the house. He didn’t reply when I texted him or received the calls. Later in the night, he messaged me saying he was in his parents’ house as some urgent work was coming.I assumed he would be here in the morning, but I woke up late and the note on the kitchen counter informed me he was here when I was enjoying my beauty sleep.The day was long and tiring and lonely. I was so used to my job that now staying home all day felt annoying to me. The morning sickness that I was experiencing because of the pregnancy was worse. This morning I was in the bathroom for half an hour, gagging near the washbasin. It felt like seasickness. The headache that came after I was done with my vomiting was somet
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