Seth••••••• "Two more to go!" Jerome announced.  Letting out a loud groan, I pulled my chest forward, did the last two push-ups. What a relief. I was finally done working out for the evening. It had felt like it wouldn't ever end.  "Thank God," I said amidst hard breath.  "Good job." Jerome and I hit our fists against each other, and he gave me a bottle of water.  "Thanks," I appreciated. I gulped down the whole content in the bottle, then we made our way out of my home gym.  When we got to the kitchen, he took his backpack from the counter, began arranging his gym clothes into the bag. I took my phone from the counter too, went through my messages. Seeing a text from Dad's doctor, I felt something heavy dropping against my chest. I tugge

As I cleaned the dishes I had used to cook breakfast for Seth and me, I couldn't stop smiling. I felt so joyful and shy. For the first time in my entire life, I had gotten laid last night. And, what made me even more happy, was the fact that it hadn't been lust. It had been purely love.  Immediately I had woken up, I had had my bath, and had come downstairs to cook something for Seth and me. Erin had sent a text, saying I had to come to work as soon as possible. Though I still felt like spending some time with Seth, I knew I shouldn't joke with my work.  "How's my baby?" I flinched on hearing that voice. Well, I guessed I had to get used to getting startled by him. But why did he like doing that? He wrapped his arms around me from behind, pecked my neck. "Did you sleep well?" "Yes, I did." I giggled as his breath hitched my ear. "And, what about you?" 

I really didn't want to believe this. Not for once would I have expected the culprit to be Neo. Wait, he was only my bouncer. We shared no personal relationship, so what did he have against me? Despite all I had done for him? Why were people always this ungrateful to me? "Ms. Warren, do you know him?" The officer cut me off my thoughts.  Petrified, I nodded hesitantly. "Yes. He works for me. A-And I don't get what he wants. I haven't ever done anything bad to him." "Oh, great. If you know where he is right now, we'll get him arrested immediately. This is a case of attempted murder. He'll have to go to jail," he avowed.  I took my intercom, called Rachel, trying to be as stable as possible. Soon, she came in. I also pressed the emergency button which was installed on my table, which made twenty to thirty of my men rush into my office.  I turned around to face them a

Erin••••• Since things hadn't been going so well for me, I had decided to brush off my unnecessary emotions by spending some time with my friends. And yes, that decision was working well for me. Louella was busy with her man for the night, Lina had travelled to Los Angeles, my cousin wasn't around, so I had had no choice but to come out here and have dinner with Fred.  We were both walking down the silent and scanty street, chatting, being completely free and comfortable with each other. Okay, I wouldn't say I was completely comfortable. Well, it wasn't because I was alone with him. It was because we were on the same street Jerome usually stopped by to have his dinner every week, after getting back from work. In particular, he always came to a small restaurant by the end of the street. "Um… I'm sorry to bring this up." Fred cut the silence bet

I watched as the emergency nurses pushed Erin, mom and my driver's stretcher towards the emergency room. I couldn't cry anymore, because I was in a state of shock. I had only ever seen people get this injured in movies, and wouldn't have ever thought that it would happen to people I knew.  The blood which was dripping from Erin's head didn't seem like it was going to stop. They were all unconscious, but I had a great feeling that Erin might not survive this. Mom and my driver weren't bleeding this much. They didn't look so injured like her.  As soon as they shut the door of the emergency room, I froze in my tracks. If anything had to happen to these people, I wouldn't be able to live a good life. I would be in grief for the rest of my life. Only about an hour ago, I had seen them. Mom had been smiling, Erin had been crying. Only if I had known, I wouldn't have let them go in my car.  "It'll be fine." Seth