I had a jolting flashback when my fingers brushed against that of the tall man whom I had almost bumped into at Starbucks after collecting my order. It was so strange but I didn't go back to look. I knew it wasn't possible for Zach to be there but what if that was him? I couldn't risk it . That afternoon, I was supervising the plumbers as they tried fixing the water supply to the various taps in the salon when Simon called. "Hey sweetie." I said to him with a little grin. "Hey beautiful. Where are you?" I switched to my back camera and whipped the phone around the room so he could see the obvious before flipping the camera back to the selfie mode. "Where else would I be, silly?" I rolled my eyes. "Well I was asking cause I've been searching for you." He said mimicking my eye roll. "What?" I was puzzled. "Come out." He gave me a cheeky grin. I ran out to the salon area, I didn't hang up just to be sure he wasn't pranking me. "Simon?" My feet came to an abrupt pause when I spot

"Yes, thank you so much." I was tired of repeating these words over and over. I dropped my phone on the kitchen island and held on to my mug of hot cocoa with both hands, blowing on it slowly to cool it off before it would burn my tongue off. I needed it to be in tact when more inevitable congratulatory calls would come in.The elevator doors came open just then. "Hey babe." He walked in with a wide grin hoisting the bags in his hands and dropping them right in front of me on the island as he pecked my lips."Hey. You stepped out really early," I unenthusiastically responded, not caring to look into the bags he had come in with. "Yeah I had to go get some stuff." He said, already typing on his phone. He paused and did a double take on my finger, "Where's your ring?"I stared down at my bare finger, void of the clean cut diamond ring he was asking of "In the bedroom, why?""I just thought you'd never want to take it off cause of how well it suits your beautiful finger." He joked but I

I woke up that morning with an overwhelming feeling to go to the courthouse to apply for a marriage license. Fully aware that I had a lot of time to do that, I kept ignoring the gnawing feeling and it still did not let me breathe. I abruptly left the house and filed for it that morning before heading to the salon. Luckily there was no line and it was successful. I was examining the walls in the nearly completed salon a few days later when a mail came in. It was from the courthouse and I almost thought that the license had been approved so quickly which had never been. I ripped the package open and hurriedly skimmed through it. "Jesus no!" I gasped. "No, no, no, no!" I said repeatedly as I paced back and forth without even knowing it. "Something wrong ma'am?" I looked up and saw all eyes on me. I nodded. "Not at all. Carry on," I said and rushed off. I had no idea how good I was running in heels until today. There was no taxi in sight and I wasn't sure I had the patience for an Uber

"Six?.., sure I'll be there." I dropped the call from my mother. Zara and James were officially celebrating Melanie's birth and it was going to be that evening. I picked out a simple outfit, going for more casual fits cause they were a lot more comfortable to wear and Simon was not here to make dress all official. One thing I admired about Zach when we were together was his impeccable and flexible dress sense. He knew when to go simple and laid back and when to go full out in a tux. I paused. Why was I thinking so fondly of Zach all of a sudden? Speaking of which, I had no idea if he was going to be there for the celebration. I hoped he hadn't told anyone of the situation at hand cause I hadn't mentioned it to my mother or anyone for that matter. I sure hoped James hadn't told Zara either. I ordered an Uber when it was 5pm. I had nothing to do so I thought I would go help out as they set up for the party. I took one glance at myself in the mirror. Jeans, boots and sassy jacket in ch

"Oh thank you for coming so quickly, I was terrified. There was no one else I could call." I said, heaving a sigh of relief when I saw him run towards me. His dapper deep blue suit brought out his eyes so beautifully. Unfortunately for me, James and Zara had whisked themselves off to Europe to see James' parents. My mother had gone with them so there was literally no other option as Simon was quite far away and as usual I did not want to bother him. "How did this happen?" He asked me, mirroring the stressed look on my face. "I don't know, I just came back from church and saw that fire fighters were trying to extinguish the fire that had engulfed my apartment. I don't even understand how this is possible because I put off all electrical appliances before leaving. All of them!" I explained, my voice going up with every word. This was too overwhelming to comprehend.He held my hands and slowly spoke to pacify me, "Calm down. Let's just be thankful you're not hurt at least. We can worry