Ivanna I squirm underneath the cosy sheets as the sunlight falls on my face. Still closing my eyes, I roll onto the bed, lying on my stomach now as I feel the light in my eyes fading as if someone is standing just in front of me. Goosebumps litter all over my body as I feel the touch of a few knuckles on my bare back, tracing downwards. I hum, smiling with the soft touches. That tender hand gently shoves all my hair away from my face and I feel a whiff of warm breath near my face. Christian kisses my cheek like every morning, making me smile wider and wider."Good morning, beautiful", he whispers into my ear and slides his hand down to my back, then he slowly plants kisses all over there. I turn around, snaking my palms around his neck and opening my eyes wider at his handsome face. He's staring at me as if he has seen this face for the first time, as he does almost every time. "Good morning", I whisper back. "What's the time?""You really care about the time when you have such a

Tiffany There aren't many people in the cemetery today. It's sprinkling rain. Carrying the umbrella and a heavy heart, I walk inside with fresh lilies in my other hand. Thea liked lilies the most. At least, she preferred them when she never let us keep any other flower in the house but lilies.I halt near the grey gravestone."Thea Allen Greene. (1990-2022)"I let out a heavy sigh, staring at the gravestone, and kneel in front of it, placing the lilies onto it. Six months passed and things were never like before. Everything changed. Especially our lives. I rub the mud off the gravestone and smile."It's been a while since I came to meet you. I hope you're doing well, wherever you are. Everyone is doing pretty well. John, Ryan, and Kevin. They miss you a lot but they don't show it. I tried a lot to stay mad at you and hate you. But maybe my gratitude was stronger than anything else. I truly loved you as my family and it's hard to not miss you. You have been mean to me all the time

Tiffany He repeats and I'm still having a hard time believing my ears. That was so abrupt and unexpected. I was not ready for it. It would be an understatement if I say I didn't imagine this. He snuggles into my neck as I squirm against him, feeling his lips against my skin.I'm so thankful that we're not looking into each other's eyes now because I'm so damn nervous to look at him. "It's been a long time since I felt like this for you. But I wasn't sure if you would trust me. It would be too fast for you. And I wanted to give us some time before confessing my love", with his soft tone, I feel the heat producing all over my body. "I know it's still too fast. We've been dating for six months. You can take as much time as you can and you don't have to be forced to say it. I'll wait. It's just that I wanted to express it to you"I don't reply and close my eyes tightly, feeling his heart beating against me as the smile remains on my face. However, I feel like he's getting tense after

Ivanna "Oh, my God! Someone donated a million dollars to our go-fund-me page", Nora screams at the top of her lungs, running across the reception with her hand raised in the air, holding the phone. She halts in front of me as all the eyes around us enlarge in surprise."A million dollars? Seriously?" I exclaim."Yeah!" she buffs. "It better not be Christian", I seethe, snatching the phone from her and looking at the donor's information. Thankfully, it's not Christian!"It won't be him", Ellen says. "He respects your capabilities the most"A small grin curves on my face. "I know. But recently, he was kind of worried about me. And he offered help like ten times. I wouldn't be surprised if he did it""But the best part is we got it!" Nora cheers with everyone clapping along. "It's some elderly businessman. He's suffering from a rare disease, and doesn't have any kids so he's donating money wherever he can", Alexia says from her desk, immediately taking out the information of the donor

Author's POVChrisanna smiles at him and her eyes drift down to his legs while he swings them, sitting on the countertop. She imitates him, swinging her legs in sync with him. He notices that and looks at her. She giggles at him as if she's caught in doing something which makes him smile right away. He looks down and increases his pace and Chrisanna immediately catches up with it. Soon, they start giggling audibly, enjoying the little fun until Samuel gets back to his regular mood, yet being content and keeping a smile on. "Your smile is like a shooting star", Chrisanna says, rolling her eyes."Shooting star?""Yep. We don't see it more often", she says innocently. "But it's beautiful"He stares at her for a couple of seconds before smiling back. "Thank you""You're welcome", she beams, tilting her head."Why are you here?" he asks. "Because I want to give you this yummy pudding", she says, holding it towards him. "I don't like it. You can eat this one""Hawww!" her eyes enlarge.