"See, he just hates me,"She cried."Nah, I am sure he doesn't,""I shouldn't even be crying over him, now my make-up is ruined and I still have to go say goodbye to the guests,"Nicole said getting up to look at her face in the mirror, just as she feared, her make-up was ruined to the point of no repair, she decided to wipe it all off and go say goodbye to the guest with her bare face.It took quite a while before the last of the guest left after the ceremony ended and she stayed till everyone had left, she wasn't alone Grace, Natalie and Aron stayed with her, and when the last of the guest left, she bid the staff who already started working goodnight and turned to her sister and friends."Thank you, Aron, you were so much help,""It's nothing really, I am glad I can help,"He replied, the more she got to know Aron, the more she couldn't find reasons to doubt his loyalty, he is kind of controlling but that was it, in all he was a nice guy, not just her kind of guy."Grace, you too, t

"I am not pushing any agenda, what are you even saying Rafael?"Rafael let out a breath to calm himself, he was handling this the wrong way, it wasn't his fault he was already in a bad mood and he couldn't stop himself but still, he had to try."Listen, Josie, I like you, I like you a lot, but just as a friend, if I didn't like you I won't have gotten close to you, I mean aside from my wife, Caleb, the only other person I am this close to is you,""I thought you guys are divorced, you are still calling her your wife,"She pointed out, he didn't even notice, he didn't correct himself because he wanted her to let go of this, whatever she thinks will happen with them is never going to happen, the sooner she knows that the better it will be for the both of them, he wasn't ready to tolerate her and he damn well knew that she won't like to be made a mockery of."Whatever, I was saying that I like you Josie but as a friend, I am sorry if I ever lead you to believe there will be more, it's al

"Nope, that's not going to happen, ma'am, we are going out and that's final,"Natalie said, Nicole didn't have any choice but to get off the bed, she waited as Natalie brought out clothes for her, she reluctantly wore it, still not wanting to leave the house but when she got to the front and saw that everyone of their staffs who didn't go home on holiday were out too, she cheered up and followed them, Natalie held her hand as they walked the short distance to where the carnival was been held, she didn't even know they did something like this in her neighborhood for New year's Eve, this was the first time she would witness it even though she lived here all her life."Has this been going on or did they just start it this year?"She asked as she couldn't keep it to herself."This is the first time, I think the new mayor suggested it and it's fun,"Donald one of the staff whom she knew since she was thirteen said."Oh, thank you,"She said and they walked the rest of the way to the carniv

"What are you on about Josie?"He questioned."Don't act like you don't know,""Know what? I don't know anything, you tell me, you seem to know a lot,"He replied."I don't have anything to tell you, I just want us to be together,""That's never going to happen, now you better start talking,""What do you want me to talk about? You already know you are lying, you are sleeping with her again and ruining all my plans for us,"She cried out."As much as I don't want to answer you but Josie, you got this all wrong, Nicole and I haven't even been in the same space since we got divorced apart from New York, so where ever you are getting the narrative from that I am sleeping with her again which is why I am not agreeing to a relationship with you, you are wrong, the who narrative is wrong and bullshits,""It's not, you slept with her,""Are you out of your mind? I didn't, why am I even talking about this with you? Just leave,'"That day you were drunk, you guys slept together, I thought it w

Nicole waited patiently for it to get to her turn, she was anxious, she still didn't believe the result of the test she did at home was accurate and didn't want to get her hopes up, that she might truly be pregnant, it took a while for it to get to her turn as there were a lot of people in the laboratory she had to choose to use. when it got to her turn, she handed her bag over to Grace and went with the phlebotomist to get her sample taken after which she had to wait again for the result to be ready while waiting for the result, she was torn between praying for it to be true and wondering what she will do if it indeed turns out she was pregnant, how was she going to handle taking care of her child alone or would Rafael want to have anything to do with their child? Would he want her back if it turns out that she is pregnant and will she go back to him just for her child? The thoughts were running through her head that she didn't know when the nurse called her name and told her she was