I wondered where on Earth Tristan had gone. He wasn’t in our bedroom, and neither was he in his office.  Preparations for the restaurant and bakery had me all worked up and I didn’t have time to snuggle close to him.  After a while, I finally found him in the second living room. He didn’t notice my presence as I entered because he was laying on the couch, holding a file to his face.  I stealthily walked up to him and snatched the file from him. He frowned and wanted to yell, but smiled when he noticed it was me.  “What if you had ripped it?” He laced his fingers behind his head.  “I wouldn’t have.” I dropped the file on the table and laid on him, resting my head on his bare chest, with my legs between his. “What’s with this clinginess?” he chuckled, wrapping his arms around my waist.  “I missed you.” I hugged him and lifted my body to give him a

 “What? Are you surprised?” He let go of me, stuffing  his hands into his trousers’ front pockets.  “G-Giovanni?” I was still so lost. How on Earth was he in Aunt Mandy’s house? He still looked the same: that neat dark blonde hair and demonic dark brown eyes. I was frozen to a spot on seeing in. My heart beat felt numb at this point and my eyes didn’t close.  “I didn’t expect you to be this surprised to see me.” He smirked. “It’s so great to finally meet you again in person.” He moved closer to me.  I got out of my shocked state and stepped backwards, bumping into Aunt Mandy. I turned to her with an ever deeper frown. “You. How. Dare. You?” I asked her monotonously.  “What?”  “You’re evil.” “Are you just realizing that?” She snickered, waving a hand over her face.  “I’m not done speaking with you yet.” Giovanni grab

 I served Tristan’s breakfast to the tray and carried it to our bedroom.  Tristan was frowning as he struggled to wear his tie, muttering complaints to himself.  With a smile on, I dropped the tray on the table and sauntered to him, grabbing his tie. “I’ll help you out with that.” “Oh. So you’re still here?” He asked coldly, taking his tie from my grip. “I can do this myself.”  “Tristan, don’t act like this, please. I apologize for not spending enough time with you; there’s just been a lot of work to do at the restaurant, and I was too occupied.” “Too occupied to even spare time for anyone else?” He asked, almost rolling his eyes.  “Are you kidding me? I didn’t even have the time to spare for myself. I’ve been way too tired and busy.”  “You never listen to me when I’m at least trying to speak to you.” “Are you being

Guilt was eating me up. If only I had just let Hazel be and not insisted, she'd have been fine. We could've been doing something fun, or she could've been cooking happily or anything else but struggling for her life.  A nurse came out of the emergency room. “Will Hazel be fine?” I asked the nurse, holding onto her arm.  “Hazel? She’s conscious now. You’ll be able to see her soon.” She smiled and patted my hand before taking her leave.  “Wow. Thank goodness!” I sighed, relieved that she was alive. I had been pacing around the hallway of the hospital with no news of her for a few hours now, so this was good testimony.  I resumed pacing around the room till I received attention from any other Nurse or a worker, permitting me to see her again.  After a while, I was finally called by Doctor Steve to his office.  “Good afternoon, Tristan.” He greeted me, indicating that

“You’re finally awake.” Tristan had his gaze fixed on me, enough to brighten my morning with those beautiful electric blue eyes. I nodded, stretching my arms out. The bright ray of light that shone through the window made it obvious that I had slept for a really long time. Good thing I wasn’t going to work today. I sat up straight, stretching my arms and yawning. “I'm sorry for not returning home early last night.” He sighed, shifting closer to me. “I hope you’re fine now and you didn't miss me too much?”“Yes, I’m fine. To be sincere, I didn’t realize you weren’t at home.” I added, smirking at him. “Really?” he gruffed, “and I was so distracted by missing you. Guess I won't be wasting my energy missing you next time.” I laughed, settling on his lap with my legs by his side. “I’m sorry; I was just too tired and went straight to bed. Now that I think of it, I guess I missed you so bad.” I nibbled on my lower lip, tracing my fingers on his face to his lips. “That’s an obvious lie.