“And you?... Why aren’t you in a relationship?” Gabriel asked taking Nicole by surprise.
She hasn’t talked to anyone about her personal life. Vanessa and Rick were are friends but she wasn’t so close to them on a personal level because of what had happened to her in the past.
“I-um. I had a rough relationship.” she replied taking a sip from her wine, hoping it help calm her nervousness.
“Look, If you don’t-“
“No, no, it’s fine. I actually want to talk about it since I haven’t done that with anyone. It eats me up sometimes.” she said cutting him off.
“I had this boyfriend from high school. We were so in love, or so I thought.” she began with a shaky smile.
Gabriel knew she was only smiling to cover her pain. He gently placed his hand on hers, showing h
Three months had gone by since Gabriel and Nicole started their fake relationship. Everything has been fine between them. They’ve also gone out on several dates.It was late at night on a certain day, Gabriel was in his study working as he usually does when Nicole walked in.“Hey.” She greeted, taking a seat across him.“Hey.” He replied and went back to what he was doing.The room was quiet for a while before Nicole spoke up again.“What do you always do with all these documents?” she asked, leaving her seat and walked to Gabriel, standing behind him.“I’m working.” He flatly replied.“It’s quite obvious you’re working. What I want to know is do you understand all this stuff?... I mean, doesn’t it get complicated sometim
Nicole hurriedly went to look for the house administrator, she needed him to get a doctor to come check up on Gabriel. When she did that, she instructed the maids to make chicken soup for Gabriel.After about half an hour the doctor arrived. He did a check up on Gabriel and told Nicole that he was down with a fever. He prescribed some medication for Gabriel and told Nicole how and when they were to be taken. He also told her that Gabriel needed to rest for a week.Before leaving, the doctor strictly told Gabriel not to wear himself out with too much work when he eventually gets better.Nicole thanked the doctor for his time and saw him out. She ordered one of the maids to go buy the prescribed drugs, then she returned to Gabriel’s room and told him to shower before taking his drugs.He dragged himself out of bed and Nicole helped him to the bathroom. She ran his bath and went into
Nicole ran into her bedroom. She slumped on her bed, crying.This was a mistake. She never should’ve agreed to such an offer.She thought he was different. She was starting to see some kindness in him, but she was wrong.She had tried to make him warm up to her after all those months of him being closed off. She even cared for him during his illness, but still he doesn’t see her as a friend.How could she be so stupid to develop strong feelings for him.How was she going to get him off her mind, now?She needs to get over him. She encouraged herself after being done crying her eyes out.Nicole stood up from the bed and went into the bathroom, to wash off the tear stain on her face.After that, she headed downstairs and asked a maid to tell her chauffeur to get a car ready for her.
Nicole stood in front of the mirror staring at her reflection. She looked paler than she used to be and had lost some pounds. How did she get to this point? She wondered. She applied some makeup to hide the paleness under her eyes. She wore a brown crop top and white jeggings with gladiator heels. She wrapped her hair in a ponytail and looked at herself in the mirror one last time before picking up her brown jacket and phone from the bed and headed out of her apartment.Nicole went to a coffee shop to have some cupcakes and coffee. She didn’t realize how much she has missed a proper meal until she felt this one on her tongue.After finishing her breakfast, she bought some donuts that she would take home before leaving the shop. She also bought a newspaper in hopes of finding a new job on the advertisement page. After getting the paper, she headed home. Nicole got bac
When they got to the mansion, Nicole surprisingly had this feeling of being at home. She quickly refrained herself from having that kind of feeling because soon, she would be leaving the mansion for good, when Gabriel’s parents are gone.Gabriel went to the kitchen as soon as they got inside, probably to keep to his promise.Nicole decided to head to her bedroom. She had missed that place a lot because it was now her safe haven.She opened the door to the bedroom and noticed it was spotlessly clean. She looked through her closet and found out that her things were just how she had left them. Just then she heard a knock.“Come in.” she said walking out of the closet. Gabriel appeared in the room.“I wanted to let you know that I’ve ordered the chefs to make your donuts.”“Thank.” She quietly replied.
Gabriel went downstairs and saw his parents seated in the living room.“Hi mom. Hi dad.” he greeted as he walked into the living room.“Hi son.” his dad replied.“Oh honey, how are you? My God! Gabriel you’ve lost weight.” his mom exclaimed.“Mom. I’m fine.” Gabriel replied, hugging his mom.“Why didn’t you tell me about Nicole? I felt hurt finding out from Charles.” his mom scolded.Wow! She already remembers her name, that was fast, Gabriel thought to himself.“I planned on bringing her over but I was too busy, I couldn’t make out time for that. I’m sorry.” Gabriel lied.“You’re always busy, don’t you get tired?” his mom replied.“So where is sh
It was time for dinner. They all went to the dinning room.Grilled chicken, seasoned veggies, chicken Caesar salad and chocolate filled banana cake were what they were having for dinner.Nicole couldn’t help but feel hungry as she saw the different meals on the table.They all sat down and ate their meal in silence.“So.. when are you two getting married, so you can start making babies?” Helen suddenly asked, making Nicole choke on her salad.“I know that reaction.” She continued.“Weren’t you two planning on getting married?” she asked, staring from Gabriel to Nicole.Nicole gulped down a glass of water.“Mom, we haven’t talked about that, yet.” Gabriel replied.“You two are never going to talk about it if it’s l
Nicole woke up to the sound of movements. She noticed the maids walking in and out of the room with clothes in their hands. When she took a closer look at the clothes, she realized they belonged to her, making her immediately jump out of bed.“What’s going on here?” She asked in confusion.“Ma’am, the boss's mom asked us to move your belongings to this room.” One of the maids replied.“What! Why?”“I have no idea, ma’am.”Nicole hurriedly left the room and went into her bedroom. When she got there, she saw Helen giving instructions to the maids.“Helen, why are you moving my things?”“Good morning to you too.” Helen replied, ignoring Nicole’s question.“Helen, please make them stop.” Nicole