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
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
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
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
“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
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
“She is dead.” Matero entered the study room of my parents’ house and announced the news.“Great, perfect,” I shouted.“Shit.” Luke kicked the chair where he was sitting a few seconds ago. Mom silently fell back on the settee and closed her eyes, and the man whose new house prison was waiting for him was nowhere to be found.“Where is he?” I asked with composure as much as I could provide this moment.“I don’t know.” Mom replied without opening her eyes.“Someone call him and tell him to come home, please.”Luke was already on the phone seeing his expression and cutting the calls and calling, again and again, which proved our great father wasn’t picking up the calls.The clock kept ticking, time flew away faster than yesterday. A moment the sun was in the sky shimmering the earth radiantly, the next moment the darkness cons
This was my second time in the Hall mansion. The atmosphere was similar to the first time I was here, but yet there was a difference. The tension in the air was evident. There was something else that I couldn’t point out until I met Amanda.When I came to the house, Nathan and Luke were in the study room with the force lawyers. They were inside for three hours, and they locked the gate from the inside the whole time. Mrs. Harrison, the housekeeper of the house, was in the kitchen, preparing dinner for everyone, even she was anxious about the current situation.It was a rough patch for the Hall family, of course, sort of make or break situation. I didn’t see Amanda. Mrs. Harrison told me she was in her room and refused to come out or eat anything. After I made sure Luka and Nathan had their dinner, I filled the tray with plates of food and made my way towards the second floor of the house to the master suite. Amanda and Richard’s
“Nathan, oh God.” Lyra moaned, and my lips sucked her clits roughly.We were at my parents’ house for our traditional Sunday night dinner. Oops, my mistake, it was my parents’ house when they were married. After the divorce, it was my mother’s house. This house belonged to my grandfather. According to his will, if ever my parents got divorced, my mother would be the owner of the house. As expected from a great grandfather.He was such an amazing person, compassionate, polite, down to earth. Sometimes it amazed me how my father was his son. There was zero similarity between them in personality, even in their thinking there was a gap as huge as the sky and the land. That was the reason for most of the fights when my grandfather was alive.My father was the only son; he was born after several miscarriages, and it understandably thrilled my grandparents to have a kid of their own. They lavished their kid with money with