All Chapters of Winter Bear; Stay With Me.: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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Chapter Eleven

“Oh dear…I nearly forgot you were still here. Tell me, who are you?” Sharon could only bite down on her lip. She was fuming and she felt insulted by the woman’s utterance.Looking over to the man she came with, she found him with a bored expression as he sipped on his tall glass of red wine. He seemed not to care and was waiting for the opportunity to leave.“Uh…um y-yes. I…I…” She couldn’t go on. Who was she? Just his secretary at work. They never spoke outside of work. What was she going to reply her? All the confidence and resolve oozed out of her and she felt deflated. She was cornered now and couldn’t even mumble her name to the waiting woman.Just then did the man next to her rise to a stand, holding his phone close to the ear and he stared down at her. “Get up, we’re leaving. Now”.She didn’t mind his cold tone, she was just happy she could finally leave the oppressing woman’s presence. So she stood up eagerly with a smile that had the CEO lifting a brow.“Dad I gotta go, give m

Last Updated : 2022-01-28

Chapter Twelve.

Bloom thought she must have heard wrong. The ice king was offering to drop her at home? Her lips fumbled for words and she stuttered out.“Y-you d-don’t h-have to…” It felt like pushing out a huge lump of rock out of her throat. He was only studying her again, wondering why he was so drawn to her.“Don’t bother about it. Hop in” And he spun to quickly walk over to the driver’s side of the car. Bloom pouted, ‘He’s taking advantage of being my employer. Cruel ice king’.Bloom strapped on the seatbelt and focused her attention on the scenery outside the window. It was the second time she was riding in his car and like the first time, she couldn’t deny the comfort that was enticing her to lay her back properly.Hayes glanced over at her to see her with a relaxed ambience as she continued to stare out the window. Something in him…something so distant was beginning to light a bonfire within him. He didn’t know what was transpiring within that far distance in his chest. What was this strange

Last Updated : 2022-01-31

Chapter Thirteen.

Bloom kissed the little boy goodbye and waved at him as she watched him go. A smile hugged her face as she turned to leave.Bloom arrived at the Company early that day. She changed into her work clothes and headed straight to boss’s office. She said her greetings to the snobbish secretary and went further in.Something peculiar caught her attention. It was a photo frame and it was the first time she was seeing it.There was a woman who looked to be in her late thirties and had the same eyes as a certain man she knew well. The woman was sitting in the middle of two little boys. They all appeared to be sitting on a picnic mat and all smiling so happily together.Bloom smiled softly with warm eyes as she caressed the photo with her fingers. She could easily tell the older boy to the woman’s right was him. He looked so happy, ‘It's almost unreal that he’s currently nothing like this’.Just as she moved away from admiring the picture, she sang out. “We’ll take the highway to heaven, and I c

Last Updated : 2022-02-02

Chapter Fourteen.

That Saturday morning, Bloom was glowing with unmeasurable joy. She had received a notification that informed her of the payment of her salary into her bank account. That was why the little rabbit was all sparkle and sunshine as she speedily tidied up the boss’s office even when she wasn’t supposed to be there.She couldn’t control the spurt of excitement rushing through her so she raced into the company and thought to thank him for hiring her by cleaning his office before she went to the nearest ATM to cash out the money.“I’m back! Ben! Mario!” She flashed into the house, a humongous smile sitting on her glowing face.Benjamin was the first to show up and wondered over her merry mood.Bloom only giggled cheerily and approached him. “I just got my salary! And I’m taking us out”.Now he smiled down at her, raising a hand to pat her head as if praising her. “That’s great sis. Mario is going to bring the place down with his joyful screams”.Bloom laughed, looking away to see her droopy e

Last Updated : 2022-02-04

Chapter Fifteen.

Something shifted, glided down with such speed and shattered into several uncountable pieces as Hayes watched these happy people playing on the street.‘She…she has a daughter?’ He thought that little boy was a girl from his squealing girly voice and what the kid was wearing didn’t help to distinguish him from being a girl.That wasn’t all, that little girl just referred to this new man he didn’t know, as daddy?! His grip on the steering wheel fastened tighter till his knuckles went white.What? And she said she wasn’t in a relationship. Now she not only had a child but a lover as well!At first, he was struck bewildered when the child referred to her as mommy. He couldn’t believe it…that child looked to be around four or five years old. It felt impossible!And when that same child called out to this- wait a minute, he was…. The man turned with the kid in his arms and Hayes instantly wore a flummoxed expression. His gaze were like crystalized ice as he glared at the man’s very existenc

Last Updated : 2022-02-05

Chapter Sixteen.

Bloom returned hurriedly, held the door knob and pushed inwards. She was about to say something when she bumped into a wall and winced, “Ow”.She had bumped into the CEO and when she tried to look up, she suddenly discovered something was restricting her. She tried again and met the same result.Hayes stared at her with wonder until he finally saw what was troubling her. One of her bells had gotten stuck onto his cufflinks. He held on against helping her immediately to enjoy her sweet torture to free herself. She even wore a frown and gritted her teeth.‘How amusing…’ Hayes, who never believed anything else in his life could revive a genuine smile back on his face…was smiling in such a mesmerizing way as he observed her torment even more.That was until a snap sound was heard, followed by something softly clinking against the floor. Bloom gasped dramatically with eyes bulging out and had palms to her agape mouth.“Oh no! I just got this” She panicked and squatted on the floor to pick u

Last Updated : 2022-02-07

Chapter Seventeen.

“What am I even doing?” Hayes chuckled to himself as he watched her walk into a an elementary school. He had parked his car at the other side of the road to watch her walk in through the gates of the school.Bloom was there to pick up Mario and when she resurfaced, he tensed up. He spaced out for a moment as he stared at her. She held her daughter’s hand and was saying something while the kid was nodding happily. He couldn’t help the suffocating squeeze in his chest.How could she have such a beautiful child? And for that man? He was…sad? He rubbed that aching area to sooth the panging pain as he started his car. He drove right in front of them and rolled down his window.Bloom was bewildered. What was he doing here? Mario was curious as to who this person was and moved to ask, “Hello? Are you a friend of mommy’s?”The child was just too adorable and Bloom almost fainted at the smile the ice king pulled as he stared down at her son. “You could say that, little girl. But I’m her boss”.

Last Updated : 2022-02-09

Chapter Eighteen.

It was lunch break. Bloom wanted Mario to leave the men and come have lunch with her. She had brought a food flask along with her and returned to the boss's office to get her son."You don't have to. Sharon will get lunch for you, or what do you say?" The CEO threaded his long, slender and masculine fingers in a caressing manner through the boy's soft thick curls and wore a simple smile.Bloom and Adrian gasped and Sharon nearly fainted. Who the hell was this?! Where did that cold-hearted ice king drift off to?! They revelled in their individual conflicting thoughts till Adrian was brave enough to dare interrupt the ice king. "B-but..."But, Mario nodded eagerly, a sheet of happiness etched across his adorable face. "Yes! That's even better...if it's okay..." His voice lost its charge at the end, his shoulders slumming and head lowering as he slowly turned to his mother.'This kid!' Bloom was amazed. He was acting all pouty and spoiled all of a sudden. But what was more pending in dang

Last Updated : 2022-02-11

Chapter Nineteen.

"Hurry up Bloom!" Stefano called out to Bloom who was frantically searching for the right key to lock the house."Just a minute!" She hollered back, clammy fingers now able to grasp the right key. She sighed in relief and quickly locked the door before racing towards the black van waiting on the coblestone driveway.Bloom ran into the van as fast as she could but couldn't avoid getting a little wet from the heavily pouring rain. Mario was sitting at the back and staring out the windows to watch the rain. As Stefano drove off, Bloom busied herself with tying up her unruly hair.She had woken up late that day and didn't have ample time to treat her hair as she was running late. After Stefano dropped her off, he drove off with little Mario to drop him at his kindergarten.Bloom got into the building, chased by the rain and shut her beige umbrella. She wasn't soaked and it made her smile in relief.As she got into the change room, she dried her dampened hair with a towel and a frown on her

Last Updated : 2022-02-12

Chapter Twenty.

Bloom, now noticing the unnatural silence, stopped her tiny giggles and straightened with a plain face. "Uh...um...it looks okay".Hayes wanted to chuckle outward but let it go as he walked up to her. "Thanks. Do get us cups of coffee will you?" He spoke softly to her as opposing his cold aura.She was surprisingly unaffected by it and pushed to ask, "For us? Are we...""Yes miss Santiago. I do owe you for the aid you lent me" He smirked crookedly, secretly eying the bells dangling around her head.Bloom displayed a smile and whipped around to go get the task done. In that swift motion, her straps swirled, making the bells clank loudly against each other. The CEO's gaze softened and oozed a compelling amount of tenderness that had the other woman glaring hatefully.Bloom returned with the mugs of steaming coffee balanced on a round tray and held carefully in her hands. Her bells were jingling softly from how she walked cautiously so she wouldn't spill the coffee by accident like she di

Last Updated : 2022-02-14

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