Todos los capítulos de Contract With The Ex That Left Me: Capítulo 21 - Capítulo 30

NATHANIEL STORMShit. I fucked up. I shouldn’t have gone that far. I should have stopped when I saw the tears forming in her eyes.Fuck. I gripped my hair as I glanced behind, my worry snowballing into guilt. This guilt worsened the weight my heart has been struggling with, and I wondered why my words became that intense. All I wanted was to warn her—not to show up at my workplace, not to expose us to scrutiny. But I let anger steer the conversation off a cliff.I…My thoughts paused as I sensed someone standing before me. It was Raya, staring up at me, eyes narrowed in judgment, her lips scrunched with anger, which was more cute than intimidating.“Uh… Raya?” I managed to smile. “D-do you need something? I-”Suddenly, she kicked my leg. When she saw that my reaction was a small tilt of my head, she kicked me again, and I gasped because I felt a little sting. “Bad man!” she yelled.“Raya, let me explain—”Whack.“Bad! Man!” she grumbled, deepened her frown, and stomped out of tha

NATHANIEL STORM“We are done with the meetings,” Amir announced as we bounced out of the conference room. “Flamez will start their world tour tomorrow. The girl group, Gnarly, is debuting in two days.”“Good. And my trip to Barbadon?”“Ticket purchased. Amazing seat,” he said, his voice lacking its usual thrill “Keep up the sass, Amir. It will go a long way.”“Sorry,” he grumbled. “What happens between me and Sarah is none of your business,” I remind him. “Be careful with your attitude.”“I just feel that-”“Huh uh.” I shook my head, halted my quick steps, and faced him. “Don’t feel. Don’t think. Just shut up.”“Okay, sir,” Amir muttered, eyes narrowing with unspoken words.“The videos and photos from the day Sarah came?”“Taken care of,” he replied rapidly, the way a secretary working for me should. “Am I done for the day?” I asked, my feet resuming the journey to my office.“Almost. We-”“Nathaniel!” Rosaline’s voice interrupted our discussion, her hand waving with too much excit

SARAH PIERCE“Mummy!” Raya whined, her hand pulling the door handle which kept making a weird clicking sound. “School!”“Baby, I told you,” I tiredly say while getting up, “there is no school today. You have to wait till monday.”“No.” She was now hanging in the air, I hurried before she could hurt herself. “School, mummy! School!”“Okay.” Why did I wish for her tantrum days to happen? Her screams are slightly frightening. “Come with me.” I bundled her into my arms. “Let us go to school.”She stopped her whining. “Really?” her babyish voice asked. “Yes.” I headed to the living room, sat on a sofa, made sure she was no longer kicking, then with the remote, turned on the TV and found a fun and educational Youtube program. The moment the delightful singing of ABCs filled the room, her focus was drawn to it and she crawled herself out of my arm to sit on her own. “Oh, thank God,” I muttered beneath my breath, grateful to have peace back. In a while, this is the first time I have had a

SARAH PIERCE“D-Do you freaking hear yourself?” My eyes widened in disbelief stayed fixed on Crawford who just uttered the silliest thing. “Me? Your ex? You must be crazy.”“Hear that, Mr. Popo?” Crawford asked, his head shaking in amusement. “She denies me. She is ashamed of me, ya know.” “No. I am ashamed of myself. That I am sitting here, listening to this nonsense.” I faced the cop taking our verbal statement. “Saturday was the first time I saw this man. He came asking for Nathaniel and-”“Who is Nathaniel?” Officer Micheal, asked. “My… husband.” My head almost lowered in shame for a reason I can’t name.“I need you to be more audible.”I don't… God! “He is my husband,” I replied with more volume. “Okay. So, Crawford asked to see your husband?”“Yes. Nathaniel left for a trip so he's not around.”“Did you call your husband to confirm if he was expecting Mr. Crawford?”“He said he doesn't know who Clawford is.” Wait a minute… Earlier, Nathaniel talked breezily, suggesting that

SARAH PIERCE“It was a success?” I nearly exclaimed. “Oh, goodness. Amir, I was so scared. I didn't want to think that you were dead since I didn't hear any news. I thought no news meant good news.”“I also did not expect to live. The doctors were very certain that the surgery would not be effective. But…” His head lowered as he toyed with his cup of water. “I guess God had a different plan for me. I am here, alive and next to you, my beautiful Sarah.”While imagining how happy Amir must have been because his preparation for death led to defeating it, my lips settled into a satisfied smile while my eyes darted to Raya, who was busy scribbling in her playbook. We just had dinner, and I told Amir to stay back because we needed to talk. And also to feel safe since there’s a deranged fool claiming to be Raya’s father. “I came back to Lanville. To look for you,” he continued. “But two years had passed. Your set already graduated from high school. But a part of me was hoping that you didn