บททั้งหมดของ Night + Rum = Passion : บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

RILEY“Aunt, you should go join the others in the living room, I'll take care of things here in the kitchen,” I smiled entering the kitchen and trying to take the cutting stick from my brother's mother-in-law.Just a few minutes ago, I had been seated in the sitting room, laughing alongside my entire family and friends, but that was until he walked in. Nathan Martinez, next to him was his twin, Ethan Martinez. The duo was smoking hot as ever. They looked identical and almost had the same walking style, but then there was something about him that tugged at my core each time I set my eyes on him. Unlike his twin, who was outspoken and made friends with almost everyone, Nathan was cool and reserved, his intelligent blue eyes always calculating and sizing up everything. He had this commanding aura that made me want to go down on my knees before him. “Walk up to him and ask him out, instead of sizing him up from here,” A familiar voice resonated next to me. It was my younger sister, Leah.

RILEY TWO WEEKS LATER“We’ll launch the new product in a week after having tested it. That will be all for now,” I announced, rising from my seat and dispersing my employees.They say the best way to take our mind off certain things is to focus on a completely different thing. To ease the hurt that was weighing down my heart after the incident, I dedicated all my time to launching a new product here in my company. It was a drug we had gotten approval to produce but had been taking things slowly. However, being the CEO, I was able to push the production forward and here we are, after two weeks we were almost ready to launch it.Getting back to my office, I lowered myself onto my seat and rested my head on my desk.“You should go home and get proper sleep, you've been sleeping here for over a week now,” my assistant, Nancy’s voice resonated from a corner of my office.“I have nothing to do at home…”“You've been saying the same thing since forever. I don't know what went wrong, you don

THREE YEARS LATERNATHANIt's been three years since that incident, three good years since I fled from my wedding. Honestly speaking, back then getting married was the last thing I had in mind coupled with the insistent problems I was falling into. Starting a family merely as a result of a one night mistake was obviously not the best decision for me at that time. To save myself from it, I left when no one was looking. Three years later, my entire family still hasn't forgiven me. After I left New York for Texas, I haven't had any contact with my family or anyone there of. According to my mum, I disgraced and made them look bad. My twin brother cut off all ties with me, apparently, his fiancé, Riley’s younger sister broke off their engagement after what I did.To be sincere, I didn't really care about all these, I have my own life to live and so does my brother. My parents had already become what they would be in life and this was my turn to make a name for myself and I wasn't going to

NATHAN “Do you know who he is?” Standing there and watching Riley throw a series of questions at Leah, ignoring my presence sent waves of inexplicable emotions within me. “His wife suddenly attacked me,” Leah lied, eyeing me. It was as if she was trying to avoid something. “I should just gauge out your eyes!” Riley growled at Nancy who had just managed to rise to her feet. Seeing Riley’s angry face must have scared her, she stumbled and fell flat on the ground again. “You didn't only act uncultured. You also brought your wife to cause trouble,” She turned in my direction. “I don't think I'm interested in investing in any of your projects both now and in the future. I hope we never see each other again.” Eying me unpleasantly, she took Leah’s hand and headed back into the company. I watched the duo disappear before turning around and heading towards my car. The moment I got in, I turned on the ignition, ready to move, when someone hit my car loudly, it was Nancy. “D

NATHANWalking over to my closet, I took my time to pick out an outfit, today is a very special day to me and I honestly want to look my best. Last time I went to LLH company, I didn’t really put much effort into looking nice, I never expected to see Riley that day, if not I would have put an extra effort into looking good. However, today was going to be different, I have decided to look my best. After listening to my mum talk about how much I hurt Riley, I didn’t know what to think. I never knew I hurt her this much and it was never my intention to do so. It was all Nancy’s fault. “No, it’s my fault for not standing up to that bitch, it’s my fault for not even putting an effort into getting rid of her…If only I did something to her back then things wouldn't have escalated to this point.”After picking up the last piece of clothing, I picked up my car keys and walked off, mumbling to myself.I had transferred all my shares in my family company to Ethan, it was all to make everyone hap