Leaving Him To His Own Devices Novels & Stories

Come see me now. The old me might have dropped everything, my pride included, and ran back to him without a second thought. Not anymore. I simply powered off my phone, pulled out the SIM card, and tossed it in the trash. The plane took off. The landscape slowly faded beneath the clouds. Damian and I were done now. Forever.

Just when I thought I had finally gotten a grip on life… it slipped away again. “You need to learn to live on your own first,” Mom added gently. “We… we have to leave you here.” I stared at them, unable to speak. What now?

"A⁠re y‍ou so​rry enough to let me go?" He l‍ooked⁠ a‍t me for a long‌ mom​ent. Then shook hi⁠s‍ head. "No. I want to liv​e more than I wan‍t to be good." A​t lea⁠st he was ho⁠nest. He left. Closed the door behind him.⁠ Did‌n'⁠t lock⁠ it this ti‍me. ​

“Whatever this is… please let me go. I won’t tell anyone.” No response. He left.

“I thіnk so, I just need thіѕ tіmе out tо lay bасk аnd lеt іt all ѕоаk іn.” “Do уоu wаnt tо bе оn уоur оwn? Wе can lеаvе you іn peace.” I mаdе tо mоvе аwау, but he grаbbеd me, рullіng me down bеѕіdе hіm.

I shook my head in disbelief. "Too bad then because I'm not sorry I left but still you need to leave by tomorrow," ice glided along his tone but the urgency in his voice was quite surprising. "I'm very much capable of taking care of myself Tan. Maybe you should be the one to leave. That's what you are good at, right?" He clenched his jaw then unclenched it.

He scribbled his name on the document with a flourish. As soon as I took the divorce agreement back from him, I heard him warning me angrily, "You'd better think this through, Angelica. If you leave with this document, you're no longer Donna of the Cortese Famiglia. You won't even be able to leave Napango alive without me!" I didn't say a word, took the divorce agreement, and left the hall without even glancing at him.

he said. “And I advise you to mind your business; you have to stay on your own; you have to be yourself; you don't have to put your nose in everything that matters in my life. I am now a full-grown man, and I know what's good for myself, so you have to allow me the space to make my own decisions, mom. That's what I suggest for the betterment of both of us. So if you don't have anything else, you have to leave. Okay, you are causing more headaches for me, and I really don't want them. “I see you are chasing me away from your house, but I am not done yet,” I said.

“That I’ll gonna find from the package, what I am looking for in eras?” I didn’t answer. “Or the package will disappoint me again. Tsk.” He closed his eyes to the fact that he suffers a lot of disappointment in his life, finding the precious stone and spending his time to search for it. I know it is boring stuff to look for something without any trace if it exists. And he makes his own way to entertain himself. He hands the device; I took it and return it to my staff. He spends some few minutes appreciating the fresh breeze. Then he walked out of the room as we follow him with a silence.

“This is my fifth month to delivery. The doctor said I will be fine to embark on this journey if we maintain the right pace. You should be more worried about your team. I want you to win the tournament more than anything in this world. So go strategize with your team.” “You want me out of the carriage, don’t you?” I grin weirdly. “Yeah, I do.” “Stop the carriage,” he orders, and the wheels come to a stop. “Enjoy the entire space to yourself then.” “Wait, you are not mad. Are you?” “No, why would I be?” I am pushed to explain further to avoid any form of misunderstanding. “Me asking you to leave is because I want to use the whole space. I know it sounds weird and selfish. But I am having this