I flew through the pages as soon as I got home from work. Sleep wasn’t welcome for me as I needed to know what was going to happen next in this secret affair that was going on between these two. One thing I was sure about was that, that affair didn’t last in the end. Whatever they felt for one another wasn’t strong enough to survive the thunderstorm of the reality as Uncle Josh and Aunt Rose were still married and together.
However, reading these words that were written by Uncle Josh, it felt like some grand, unrequited love that was blooming under the nose of society. It was wrong. Cheating on someone or keeping dark secrets from our loved ones was the same as stabbing them in their hearts with a sharp knife.
I wonder if the husband of the woman or aunt Rose ever got suspected about this affair that was happening.
Most of the pages were about why they hid their infidelity from the world, how every chance they got they would get physica
I lay on the bed, my eyes were on the ceiling, observing something that I had no idea of. My hands were rubbing my belly slowly, my breathing was stable too. A few hours left to meet uncle Josh in the café that was a few walks away from this condo.Last night I finished reading that infamous diary of his. Everything was fine, I was too. I was curious and desperate to know the identity of the woman, but I was fine. However, after putting down the diary, I wasn’t fine. I was full of disgust and hatred towards a lot of people, and those emotions kept me in bed for a long time.Last night, I was in bed with no sleep. I didn’t fight with that either, as I was busy thinking. A crap load of stuff came into my mind. I never thought about anything like that happening to me or affecting me this badly.How would a sentence change someone’s life this way that you started to question everything you knew all your life?It
One Year LaterI took a deep breath in the air of Chicago as I set my foot on the land. It felt good coming back home after such a long time. It wasn’t that I wanted to come back; I wasn’t ready yet to see the life that I left behind a year ago, but Luke made me insane with his endless nagging and whining.That twenty-seven-year-old child still got anxious when he needed to handle the board of directors by himself. I was glad he controlled everything here with such determination and care. I did leave my baby to him when I flew to Italy for an indifferent time period.When I left this place, I didn’t have any plan to come back. To be honest, I never wanted to come back here ever again. Whatever happened here a year ago wrecked me in every way possible. Even after parting away from Lyra, I was living a life that had nothing but loneliness, alcohol, and work. I repeated three things every day.
I never had many friends, not when they were from the circle that belonged to me.I had always found it intricate to blend up with these rich boys. I went to a private school where all money-loaded parents sent their children either to show off how much money they had or to sing their own praises about what they were able to afford. In my school, most kids belonged to the elite family of Chicago with money and reputation. The fees were so high that one person could live their life on that with little worry.The school was famous for its football team, which was like a legacy to the school. Every year our school was proud to be the winner of the interstate football champion; however, the worse was the boys who played on this team. The footballers.All of those high school boys were hot-headed bullies. One incident that still stood out in my mind was the one where one footballer sexually assaulted the cheerleader after the game. He lured her
Meeting Caleb after such a long time should be one of the sweetest moments; however, as the anger mechanism worked in my mind, it was tiring for me to show that kind of emotion right now. I was over the moon meeting my friends, we talked most of the time on the phone, he tried to keep me up with the news of Chicago as he would tell me things here and there. I wasn’t interested in any of them. Sometimes he would bring out Lyra, and that was my clue to cut the call even when he was talking.Caleb was still the same, there was a glow that came from meeting his new girlfriend after such a long time, who was my assistant Jessica. Both of them met two weeks before Jessica and my departure from Chicago. It was Caleb who encouraged Jessica to go with me, as he thought it would be suitable adversity for their newly blooming relationship.Long-distance comprehended only two languages of love. One, either it would be a catastrophe or two, it would be
Our plan worked, it was a hell of a lot of work to change this man’s persistent attitude. He was so stubborn about staying in Italy for his business that it took five human brains and a whole year to succeed in our heist.But he was here. It was our (Luka, Matero, Caleb, Luke, and me) plan that after he landed in Chicago, they would fetch him here, so he and I could talk. A long waiting talk between us was still waiting patiently, or should I say I was waiting for me with every drop of lenience I had in my body.It was a prolonged and sluggish wait. A year, 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days I waited for him to return, not only in Chicago but also in my life. When he left the city without telling much to anyone, everybody thought it was he for business was flying 4811 me, but when he refused to come back at any cost, it was apparent the real reason was something else.And I knew it was me.Luka and Matero told me they had Nathan wh
Lyra was standing in front of me, wearing the most flimsy dress that she could ever own. No, this couldn’t be her dress. I was familiar with her wardrobes like a dream and that piece she never had in her closet. Most of her clothes were traditionalist, with full sleeves and knee-length dresses, it filled most of her closet with jeans and blouses, shirts, and dresses. She wasn’t a big fan of fashion, but packed her wardrobe with a good number of designer brands.The lewd white dress that she was wearing right now that indulged to stop a little lower than her ass. Every time she turned, I could see her pale, creamy thigh. Her shoulder was bare as it was an off-shoulder dress, every time she lowered herself, all the men in this room could see her breasts that were about coming out of the dress. She tied her hair into a high ponytail, which gave an impeccable show of her neck. Because of that, she was smiling.She was fucking smiling towa
It was working; the strategy was fucking thriving. I could see anger in Nathan’s eyes as I talked about Devin, along with all the nonsense that came out of my mouth. The venture that I acquired this time was seducing Nathan before he returned to Italy. An arduous, complicated, and devious one that I needed to hit the target this time, no matter what. The lack of enough time was another reason that I was direct in action rather than teasing him as there was no time for that.I had only three days in my hand, 72 hours before he left for Chicago, and that was giving me an anxiety attack right now. After I told them Nathan was leaving in five days, it was a surprising punch to all of them. I lost all my hope when he announced the time of his departure, but it was Matero who was tenacious. He just wasn’t ready to accept the truth, so he came up with a plan. A solid one.Seduce Nathan. It needed to be done in this limited time that we had.
I canceled my plan to return to Italy for now; I called Jessica and told her to call off the meeting that I was supposed to attend on my return to Italy with an investor. I would do other works that needed my attention through email, my casino manager Rocky was a trusted, worthy man. He was accomplished of handling the situation better than anyone; therefore, I knew things would be alright in Italy with little hinder.But the way everything was resolved in Chicago was scaring me to death. After the night where I almost choked Devin, or whatever that bastard's name was to death, I was feeling more out of control. The fear of losing Lyra was taking all my thinking systems at once.We spent a year apart from one another, didn’t see her, talk to her, or listen to her voice, we were living our life as two strangers. During that time, I didn’t go through this fucking fear that I was having right now.I knew she was in this world some