Control your emotions…******Unable to believe what just happened, Tom and Martha turned simultaneously to stare into each other’s eyes. Then...“Why did you do that?” Tom’s voice was quiet with shock as he held unto his blazing cheek.“Yo...you...you kept laughing and would not stop, so I had to stop you before it would lead to something else.” Martha explained firmly despite her fear of the situation.“You slapped me because you did not want me to laugh?” The logic of it was not clear to Tom as he kept watching her with blazing eyes that were more confused than angry.“No, I slapped you because I knew the laughter was from shock.” Martha corrected and then she took a deep breath.“Shock?” Tom doesn’t understand.“Tommy, I know you love Belina and with everything that has happened since you came back and now, hearing she was married while thinking she was dead, I know you kind of lost it. But please, don’t be like this.” Martha implored.“Don’t be like how?” Tom asked quietly.“Like

Be happy for people doing good…******She knew the meaning of that look from Mike!‘Woe betides anyone careless enough to show its disapproval of Mike and Liza together. They better hide their displeasure very well, else they will have Mike to contend with.’ Liza got the message loud and clear and while she was pleased to know Mike would support her all the way, she also felt some pity for those people.“Then I hope they are happy for us. I don’t want you slaying heads off for my sake.” Liza told him softly.“My dear, not just heads, I will also savage bodies and hearts for you.” Mike said this in a loud whisper just as the lift brought them to their floor.Unwilling to miss the rest of the show, the others dragged their feet as they evacuated the elevator. Following Liza and Mike into the office lobby, they kept glancing at one another, in anticipation of the news they would share among themselves later.Glancing up suddenly, Mike saw that and his look changed. He made a quick deci

A true love is worthy of a Media Announcement…******Dropping her red colour purse on her desk as she took a seat, Liza gave a loud sigh.She really did not know how to feel; relieved to know everything had been let out and no need for secretive meetings? ‘Or should I be sad because of that look I glimpsed on John’s face?’ He looked so wretched after that sardonic look from Mike that Liza wanted to go to him to comfort him. To be candid, Liza is really surprised with all she was feeling, considering she had never encouraged John nor thought of them as an item. It was not her fault that he had feelings for her despite not giving him any familial attention. She had always been professional with all the staff members and now, he is making her feel like she betrayed him.Holy cow! The guy sure knew how to pull in the punches with that boyish hurtful look. Liza found it was hard for her to ignore him totally despite not having any feelings for him. Well, that would be a lie. She felt s

You share other's pain when you love them…******Tom could not breathe!For close to thirty minutes now after sharing his story and ordeals with Martha, she had refused to say a word, despite his eagerness for her understanding.He had told himself he was not expecting her sympathies and forgiveness for his misdemeanours, but now that he was done explaining about his childhood, he found he was disappointed with her attitude.The silence was not what he was expecting!But despite his prompts, she just kept staring into space, unable or probably not interested in saying a word.Maybe his story had shocked her beyond belief and the poor girl was in a mental state of distress.‘Or maybe she was judging him? Unfavourably?’ Tom did not understand, but he found the more she was quiet, the more he wanted to crawl to a hole and hide.He never thought he cared for her opinion of him but obviously, he did.He cared way too much than he should…than he had the right to.It was so glaring to him

Love that transcends time and pain…*****Unable to look Belina in the eyes, Martha kept her gaze to the floor.“Martha?” Belina prompted with a perplexed frown.Raising her head, Martha did not bother to mask her emotions as she gazed back at her friend in pleading hopelessness and bleakness.Belina gasped loudly before covering her mouth with her hand.Martha is in love with Tommy and judging from the look of things, it seems she has loved him forever.‘Does that mean Martha has sacrificed her love for me in those days despite loving Tom also?’ Belina could not wrap her head around this.Wondering if Tom was aware of the situation, Belina glanced at him, but from the obvious way in which Tom was lost in his thoughts, it’s obvious he really had no clue. Hopeless man!Taking her gaze back to Martha, Belina raised her brows in silent questioning.“He was my best friend, Belina.” Martha said simply but in reality, she was begging her not to say a word about what she saw in her eyes. To