Semua Bab Goodbye Jerk, Hello Mr. Perfect?: Bab 131 - Bab 140

Oliver POVI knew I said some hurtful things that rocked Veronica to the core, but I believed she needed to hear them as much as I needed to tell them. She had been caged for years in pain and anger, and any moment she would be near to bursting. She was like a firecracker ready to explode. I don’t know what happened between her and Katherine or what they had talked about, but I could see how it had affected her. She was erecting walls again. And I hated to see her enclosed in a tower of pain and loneliness. She was drifting to a place where she felt secure, but that's no way to live. Veronica needed to see that she was more than her pain and aches. In the past few days, I came to see the real Veronica. The scarred one. She was like our beneficiaries in SF Assist - buried in the quagmire of sheer hopelessness. I figured she needed to have hope back in her life. I hated to admit that I was partly to blame. I accused her when I should have listened to my gut instinct. But like

Veronica POVI was looking straight at his chest, afraid to venture further to boldly tilt my head like I wanted to because I was keenly aware that he was looking at me. I knew because he bent a little, and I felt his breath fanning the top of my head. I closed my eyes, nervously allowing myself this moment and taking a good whiff of Oliver's manly scent mixed with his favorite cologne. I had not realized that I had already familiarized myself with his distinct smell - lemony with a hint of aqua. To be unobtrusive, I held my breath, afraid he would notice what I did. When I felt that it went unnoticed, I slowly exhaled my breath before carefully taking another lungful. "You can always sniff me, you know. I wouldn't mind." His playful tone registered on my brain, and I felt warmth spreading through my face, neck and the roots of my hair. I closed my eyes, and this time, I let discretion fly out of the window. It's useless anyway since I was busted. I can never really pull a fas

Veronica POVI shook my head and saw the disappointment in Ollie’s eyes. It was only a split second. You won’t see it there unless you have been looking intently at his face as I have been doing. It was gone now, and he was back to the naughty, annoying Oliver I knew. “You don’t have to say it. I only have to badger you until you don’t have anything to do except acquiesce. You see why I am very successful in my job? It’s because I am the king of persuasion.” Then, he pulled something out of his pocket.To my surprise, it was a yellow scarf. With a sleight of his hand, a few flicks here and there, and some mumblings, he ended with “Tada!” A rose made of plastic came out of his scarf, and he presented it to me. “To the most beautiful girl in this room.” He said. I laughed, washing away the awkwardness that seemed to have settled in my heart when I refused to accept his invitation. But Ollie seemed to have taken my rejection in stride. A smile laced his face while he watched me

Veronica POVWhen we reached the elevator bay, I immediately saw Erin with her parents. She was playing skip and jump while waiting for the elevator to arrive.Lucas tried to warn her. "Careful." She looked up and noticed our arrival. At once, she was all smiles. “Uncle Ollie, Aunt Veronica, you are going home, too?” Lucas stood behind Katherine’s wheelchair. He turned around to greet us. “Mom, Aunt Veronica, and Uncle Ollie are here.” Erin nudged Katheirne.She turned her head and nodded slowly to us, but she refused to look me in the face. The whole time we waited would have been awkward if Erin had not filled the gaps with her nonstop chatter. When the elevator door opened, Lucas wheeled Katherine inside. Oliver hesitated since they had a bevy of security guards following them. “Oliver?” Lucas asked, poking his head on the gap. Oliver made a signal, telling him to go ahead.“We will take the next one.” He said. All this time, Katherine did not even bother to look at me. S

Katherine POVI woke up feeling ticklish. At first, I tried to rub the tickling area with my palm and fingers because the pull of sleep is much stronger. But the more I tried to go back to sleep, the more persistent those light touches became, making me squirm in response. “I want to sleep,” I mumbled, eyes still closed, and heard soft giggles. Forcing open one eye, I saw my daughter with her face close to me. “Mommy, wake up! It’s dinner time.” I groaned in my head, wanting to continue with my sleep, but knowing Erin, she wouldn’t let up. She will continue to harass me in my sleep until I am fully awake. Then, I felt someone blow on the back of my ears, creating a tingling sensation that made me squirmish. “Stop it!” I cried, opening the other eye.Now that I was fully awake, I glared at my daughter and her father. Erin grabbed her father’s arm and hid behind his back. Lucas, on the other hand, bent his body toward me.It was only when his arms curled around my body that I f