Alicia's POV"You must be Alicia," My head whipped up to the man at the mention of my name. I turned to look at Nathan but I realized he wasn't even looking at me. He had a hard glare on his face which I'm so sure isn't for the plate of food he was staring at. "Yes, I am," It was at the tip of my tongue to ask who he was but I held it in. He must be the man Nathan talked about. "I'm William Cadry, it's so nice to finally meet you," I gave him an awkward smile. "You must have heard about me from Nathan," "Ah, no. I heard about you from Mary. She was a lovely old woman who wouldn't stop talking about another lovely young lady," Oh! I knew that was possible. Grandma Mary loved me too much more than I deserved. "I hope they were all good things and she left the bad things for me to tell you all about," Surprisingly, he laughed. I hadn't said that to be funny but I'm glad he found it to be funny. That eased the tension that was building up in me. "She told me all good things about

Nathan's POV"Congratulations buddy," I felt a hard hit on my back and when I turned it was Malik. "Yeah, right. Wait until we see how successful the game is before you congratulate me," He gave me a side look. "Come on, it's going to be great. People are gonna love it. See, a large number of people are waiting outside just to have a first play before it's dropped on the Google play store and APP store. Trust me, it's already a success," I was launching my first game in three years and my first app in one year. We've been working so hard on the game that I'd barely had time for myself. The dedication from every team was mind-blowing. Ever since I came up with the idea, a lot of team members believed it would be a great success and I'll be finding out in a few hours. It's still my biggest launch so far. A rich, new investor means more money for marketing, right? My marketing team came up with strategies to promote the game even and William's team received a copy of the game ad to d

Alicia's POVThe family was seated, on both the right and left sides of the room while the lawyer sat in the middle. So many familiar and strange faces at the same time. I'm only here because Grandma wanted me to and because my ex-husband and pretend husband refused to be here today for the reading. Even though I could recognize a few faces, so many others who I don't even know or haven't seen ever were there. When I walked in earlier, I was greeted with a wide smile that glued to Nathan's mom, Rose's face. I wouldn't be lying if I say I was scared to the bones. That was the first time she would be acknowledging me not to talk of smiling at me. "Nathan's not here?" "He's at church. He didn't want to miss the New Year's service," I replied, lying through my teeth.Before I left home this morning, I met him at the dining table, eating some hard cereal. If we had a better relationship, I would've asked him why he decided to suffer by eating stones. I asked him if he would be coming,

Nathan's POV"Do you want to tag along?" I asked Alicia. She was still silent since I asked her to be friends. She stared at me for a while before looking away and settling her eyes outside the window.A usual habit of hers. "To where?" "Malik is organizing a new year party at his place. I want to go and I want to know if you'll love to tag along," She shook her head. "I'm tired. I'll rather go home. You can drop me off anywhere, I'll call a cab," "That's okay. I'll drop you off at home," She nodded. "Thanks," I took my phone and sent a message to Malik, telling him I'll be absent from the party and told him to inform Sylvester too. I've been attandng Malik's new year's party since I was twenty-one. He's a great organizer for informal parties like this and never ceases to make it fun, entertaining, and memorable. I guess I'll be missing out on that fun this year. I'll rather not let Alicia spend time alone this year than attend the party. I'll get to watch the ridiculous videos

Alicia's POV"Thank you for agreeing to get dinner with me," I grinned. "It's no big deal. Though, you made an offer I couldn't resist," George, who I fondly called Georgie, was my childhood friend and high school classmate. We met on my first day of junior high school and we became best friends. We were so close back then that people thought we were dating. Although I did have the biggest crush on him, we never dated. The way I liked him was different from the way I liked guys from Disney movies, k-dramas, and American sitcoms. It was pure, innocent, and unspeakable. I'd planned on telling him but he got a girlfriend and I never did. I guess some things are not just meant to be. "What have you been up to?" I asked as he pulled out my seat at the five-star restaurant. I sat down opposite him."It's been how many years now, five?" I raised an eyebrow. "Four years of college, three years post-college. It's been seven years, Georgie," "Wow, it's been a long time," Right after we