"W.h.a.t?" I stammer, feeling confused. "Turn around," she asserts. What the heck is she up to? I do as she asks, albeit with dismay, and I meet with the only person I was hiding from. Right in front of me stands my tormentor, my.... What the hell is he doing here? Did this bitch friend of mine set me up? Did...I turn to look at my phone in my hands, and wow! Just wow! My friend hung up on me a long time ago. Ooh, I will kill that bitch friend of mine! How dare she? She better... "So you want to forget me, huh? Can you?" So he was listening to our conversation? Shit! I did not want this. Damn you, Rita!All the same, I think it's high time I show him what Tania Marie Lawson is made of. How dare he challenge me? Is he enjoying toying with me this way? Is he taking pleasure in torturing me with these stupid kisses of his? I hear his footsteps getting closer, and I stand up to face him this time around with all my guards on. I won't be swayed by his sweet, cold talks or anythi

"Listen, Tania. I won't refute that I feel something for you. I do feel something. I like you. I like that you are getting along well with Angel. I admire your nobility and your openness. You are an excellent girl. But, you see, every affair requires an essential thing called trust. Without trust, there is nothing, and that's something I don't have. I cannot trust you again. I have nothing to offer you." I was about to ask myself if it is practical to love someone you cannot trust, but then I recall that he said "like.". He just likes me. He likes me, which is why he has been kissing me so passionately. He likes me so much, and that is why he was so angry last night because I did not let him kiss me. Wow! I like his fucking way of liking! I take my maced... whatever tea and start taking huge sips to calm myself. He takes his tea too, and we drink in silence. Through the corner of my eyes, I can see him stealing glances at me once in a while, but I do not care to look at him. It is o

"Is she so heavy? We can lie to her at the back." Andy speaks after noticing that Angel fell asleep in my arms. "No. I'm fine. I think she has gained weight of late, though." I remarked, shifting my gaze to him. This tiger is going to have me on his bed tonight. I wonder what he has in mind. I am having goosebumps already, but I think I can trust him. "Why wouldn't she? You feed her like you are feeding an elephant." Andy says, chuckling. "And I am not apologizing for that. As long as she has the appetite, let her eat." "I'm not whining either." "It sounded like you were." "I am sorry if it came out that way. I am glad that you are taking good care of my precious girl. She looks big for real." He says this, sloping his hand to caress the back of his daughter. After a minute, his hand falls on mine, and he rests it there, intertwining our fingers. "Thank you." He says it with a smile on his face. "You don't have to thank me. I'm just doing my job." I mumble to him. "Still. Thank

Andy strolls to the kitchen, his whiff being the first thing to announce his arrival. I don't turn to meet him because I am involved in arranging the cups on the tray for breakfast. He encircles his arms around my stomach from behind, giving me a peck on the neck. This has been blathering on for weeks now, and I am fascinated by what we have. He has been passionate but respectful all the same. He has opened up to me a lot, and I suppose this has done him a lot of good. This is all that I wished for. For him to be unrestricted with me. For him to entrust his secrets to me. He hasn't said a word about him being entirely ready, but I know we are making progress. He is a man of few to no words, but I can point it out from his eyes and the way he behaves with me lately. I can sense that he is gradually getting out of the cage he has been living in for four years now. I am mesmerised by how sweet and childish he acts with me at times. Those times, he just hugs me out of the blue. Those ti

I wake up to the most beautiful pair of dark brown eyes staring at me in my room. After that mind-blowing lovemaking session we had yesterday, we fell asleep right after, with Andy fondling me in his arms. I had just lost my purity to him, but I had and still have no regrets whatsoever. I surrendered to the man I love. I love him so much, and I want to do anything and everything with him. He made lunch for us yesterday, and we had it on his bed after changing the stained sheets and having a warm bath together. I stood, yes, with the proof of my virginity that I had willingly given to him. I experienced something so sweet yesterday, and Andy was no less sweet and gentle. He wanted me to remain on his bed after he left to pick Angel up from school, but after he was gone, I had to leave his comfortable bed and drag myself to my room. It's not because I was ashamed or that I didn't want to remain in that bed and room that have beautiful memories of our first time, but because I thought of