All Chapters of Fragile Ties Of Love: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

I pull up in the compound and find dad's car parked at its spot. "That's weird," I frown, entering the house. The house is very quiet and my live in nanny Tania is nowhere to be seen. Double weird, she normally greets me immediately I walk in and give me a hug. I walk into her room and it's empty. Before I could react, I hear a loud thud coming from Dad's study. I run to check it out immediately. The door is slightly open and I peek in to see mom sitting on the floor. Dad had a deep frown and he looked frustrated. Were they arguing? Triple weird. First dad came home early, Tania is nowhere around and my parents are arguing? What is going on?"I saw you with my own two eyes Joseph. There's no need to deny it," mom sobbed, getting up. What did she see? What was dad denying?"I know it has been going on for a while now but I chose to stay silent for my daughter's sake..."For my sake?"Not any more, I won't stay with a cheating husband," mom yelled angrily. Dad is cheating on mom?

'' Zara, you're just making a mountain out if a molehill," Kaylee whined as we joined the driver in the car. He had been kind enough to drive me home so that I could pick some things up. I packedy books and some extra clothes I would be taking to Kaylee's after school." You have a secret crush on Liam and you're secretly stalking him on social media....not only that, you also fall asleep looking at his pictures and you tell me what?' I said, letting out mocking chuckle."Why are saying that like it's a bad thing?" She pouted."I thought we all agreed he was an asshole," I rolled my eyes." Yeah he is, but he's still handsome," Kaylee shrugged.I agreed with her on he being handsome. I mean, I also went through his social media and looked through all his pictures and videos as well. That guy is good looking, I mean how can a human be as handsome as he is. "Zara?" Kaylee's voice pulled me out of thoughts."Are you coming down or not?" She raised a brow making me aware of our surround

LIAM The day went by swiftly as it should but my brain was in a mess, especially when I see her acting as if nothing happened. She doesn’t deserve to be happy. She deserves to be punished. She deserves to pay for all the humiliation she put me through and I’m going to deal with her in the worse way possible. I just need to figure it out. “Hey man, you coming for practice?” Levi asked and I nodded, grabbing my bag and walking out of the classroom before the other boys followed me. I was so lost in thoughts about her that I didn’t even realize they were planning another pool party. “Liam, are you ok?” Mason asked, placing an arm over my shoulder. I nodded and quickened by pace instead to the changing room. I threw my bag into my locker and changed into my jersey before taking the lead to the basketball court. Training soon started and I was a mess, I threw the basketball into the net for the fifth time today and missed. You want to know why? It’s because of

ZARA: Nick was standing in front of the school when we arrived. I rolled my eyes in annoyance when I saw Kaylee run to him. “Hi Nick,” Kaylee greeted him cheerfully but I just rolled my eyes again and scoffed before walking past them. “Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today,” I heard Nick tease me but I just ignored him and kept walking. I stopped by my locker and packed a few books before slamming it shut. “Won’t you take anything from your locker?” I turned to ask Kaylee but she and Nick were busy giggling over something. “What now?” I asked exasperated. “You won’t understand sis,” Nick said with a smile. “Sis? Don’t you ever call me that Nick. I am not your sister,” I said angrily, remembering dad’s betrayal all over again. Fresh tears pooled up in my eyes but I took in a deep breath and blinked them back away. “I’ll see you in class,” I told Kaylee before walking away. The bell soon rang and students flooded into the classroom in large

The final bell rang and I all but bolted from my seat, stuffing my books into my backpack with the grace of a sleep-deprived raccoon. School drained me enough without the added headache of navigating the social landmines that came with Beatrice and her ever-watchful gaze. She’d been acting strange lately. Not her usual cold and calculated self—but tense. Uneasy. Almost as if something was unraveling, and I couldn’t help but notice that Liam was always somewhere in the background of that fray. He’d been… different. Looking at me longer. Smirking more often. And earlier that day in the hallway, when he caught me by the waist after I nearly slipped on a spilled coffee, it felt like the whole world paused for a second too long. I hated that. I hated him. The air outside was crisp, sunlight spilling across the parking lot as I made my way toward the sidewalk. My headphones were in, volume turned up to ignore the usual crowd of students piling into cars and buses. And then I saw him.