LaylaThe day of the anniversary came, and I stood in my closet undecided about what to wear. Leo hadn't said if there was a theme or particular color to wear, and I wasn't sure what to wear to the anniversary party.Maybe something formal but not too formal.Another maxi dress?I looked through the collection of maxi dresses I had, most of them from my brand, and decided on a black one yet again.Black made one look mysterious while still staying classy and charming and I loved to stay in the background. A bright red dress or any other bright-colored cloth wouldn't help with that, so I picked up the black maxi dress I had decided on and placed it on the bed.It was armless this time, having a corset type of style for the upper body, while the rest of the dress was free around the legs with the split stopping at my thigh yet again.I took out another black leather purse from my brand's collection and paired it

LaylaMy thoughts were jumbled up in a mess by the time I woke up the next day and the pounding in my head didn't make it any better."Ugh!" I groaned and went into the kitchen where I made a cup of coffee for myself. As the water boiled, my phone rang in my bedroom and I went to get it. It was Hannah,"Hey Hannah""Are you hungover?" she asked as she stared at me on the screen since it was Facetime, but I couldn't concentrate as Nathan's face filled the screen, "Mommy!!""Hey honey""He won't let me rest from this morning, asking me to call you.""It's not that late yet, just..." My eyes widened when I saw the time."What the f*ck?!"The memories seemed to flood my head at that moment and I remembered kissing Leo, getting drunk after going back to the party, and being carried out by him."Knew you got wasted last night, it's freaking 10 pm, and you just cussed in front of a child"Oh, that's right, "I'm sorry, I'll be there now."I've never left Nathan alone for this long by himself

LaylaI bent down in front of Nathan when we got to his class and smiled, "Uncle Leo will be picking you up today, and you'll spend some time with him.""Yay!!" I wondered if he'd even miss me."What of you mummy?" he suddenly asked, making me smile, and I ruffled his away, "I'll be in another city for about two to three days, so stay with Uncle Leo, okay?"He nodded, and I watched him go to meet his friends. I faced Miss Honey, his class teacher."As I've said, Mr Cooper will be picking him up""Okay ma'am""That will be all then, bye.""Bye Ma"I left and started my ride to the airport. My flight was slated for nine, so I should make it, right?I made it just in time and the necessary documents were all checked before the flight attendant on the plane led me to the first-class area."Would you need help with anything, ma'am?""No, I'm fine for now."The announcement was made by the pilot, and soon we were in the air. I sketched a few things on my pad when I was not eating, and I pla

LaylaMy meeting with Henry and Amanda went well, and she promised to contact me once she got the idea for the business planned out with Henry. I was going via Zoom since I wouldn't be around then and I got into my car.The ride home was long and spent thinking to myself. I thought about the happenings of the last few days and how Henry had ignored me after the meeting. He had been hurt, and I planned to apologize.I should apologize.I waited outside my room when I got there, knowing that he was going to come up soon, he came up looking so gloomy and all. I walked up to him as he passed me and cleared my throat, "Henry"He paused, leaving his back to my face and I got even closer, "I... I'm really sorry about the other night. I shouldn't have said that and I..."He faced me, "It's probably the truth. I know you don't like me and have been wavering since Leo showed up, but no matter how much I try to assure myself that you'll come around, I find myself getting hurt each time. I'm just

LeoI stared at my dad who seemed to be more anxious than I was, "what's wrong dad? You couldn't just have called me here not to say anything again""I'm coming, I just don't know how you'll react to it.""Just say it."I had a feeling he had done something bad, like really terrible, and I wondered what that was..."I had an affair"I had no time to process what he just said. The coffee I had swallowed came back out of my mouth as if it was bitter, and it splashed on the table in between us.My dad was beside himself explaining, but I couldn't understand, wouldn't understand, "I just thought it was a.... And then she met me.... Told me she was....""Stop stop stop!" I affirmed when I got my tongue back and started at him as if he was an alien."You what?""I... I had an affair"The people in the café were probably starting at us cause of my initial reaction and a waitress came to hand me a napkin which I used to clean the mess. "Thank you," I said to her and she left."So what were yo