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The One He Never Put First. Marry me.
*Flashback*"Marry me.""What?""Marry me."I look at my boyfriend like the crazy person he is but I'm surprised when I don't see even a hint of humor in his eyes. So I look back at him again, now with the same intensity he's radiating through his eyes. But it's to ask him again,"What?"Aaron Miller has made a declaration, to himself and the people around him. That he would never again get married and he put that on his life. Dating him, I had to accept that we would never get past the dating point. That marriage was something I would never experience, at least not with him. I'd happily given that up because I'd never felt for anyone what I felt for him. No man had ever made my heart beat a mile a minute just by a single stare.We're now laying in bed, at 2 p.m. Something we've been doing a lot lately, mostly because it's winter time and there's nowhere else we'd rather be. But also because we can't seem to be able to be apart from each other. Wherever he is is where I want to be, a
The One He Never Put First. Consequences.
Wait.Is what they were told to do.Mrs. Sinclair paced around the corridor of the familiar hospital ignoring her husband's desperate attempt to calm her down, there was no way at all that she could be free from stress in that moment, she was in complete agony.Why? Because it was all her fault, at least that was what she kept telling herself. The doctors warned that putting her under a lot of stress might do more harm than good to her already compromised state and she simply didn't listen. She just had to get revenge, and because of that her daughter's life was in danger. Again.Her daughter's life was in danger, because of something that ultimately proved to be useless.She knew very well that the system didn't quite cater much for people who looked like them, especially not against affluential beings like Aaron Miller. Shame on her for having faith and hoping that the system would prove her wrong, but an even bigger shame on her for ever thinking that her ex-son-in-law cared even t
The One He Never Put First. Unspecial.
*Flashback*"I don't know I guess I've always imagined it to be a little more... special."I was never really a kid who cared much about my wedding day or the dress I would want to wear on the day but that doesn't mean I didn't want the day to be great. It doesn't mean I didn't want the day to be so amazing I would want to tell my great-grandkids about it."You know I can't love." He says to me as he packs up the things he needs to go to the office, further breaking my heart.I take a breath to calm myself down and then make my way to the kitchen where he follows me not long after.We sit in silence as we relish the omelet meal I made for us. My mind is racing but his isn't, because as always - the thing that means everything to me means nothing to him. He's sitting reading the business section of the newspaper that's hiding half his figure. I know it's not purposeful but that doesn't stop me from being irritated.Not because of the newspaper of course. I'm irritated because he's bein
The One He Never Put First. Spoken truths.
"All he's done has just been laying around...""Do you think he's depressed?""Well his wife's left him...""No she didn't!" His tone let out a lot of emotion he'd clearly been keeping inside."You know absolutely nothing!" He hadn't meant to take out his anger on them, he knew they were only trying to help, but he'd been sick of them talking about him and his situation like he wasn't in the same room as them."We're only trying to help Aaron, We're...""You're what? Sorry... please! I'm surprised you haven't yet thrown a party." The pent-up anger accompanied by liquor courage carried on on his behalf."Wasn't this what you wanted all along? Huh? For her to not be in the picture anymore... well go on and celebrate!"If he had to be honest, he wouldn't have said any of the things he was saying if it wasn't for his current state, partly because he was afraid of them, but also because he'd always respected them.It had been a week and his wife was still barely conscious in the hospital.
The One He Never Put First. Wound.
*Flashback*"You're late."I hear him say as I make my way into his office. I stop in my tracks because his tone is that threatening. He doesn't even bother to look up from his laptop and that hardly surprises me. I'm late because I didn't want to come, I'd decided against it. But also because I wasn't necessarily given any instructions other than the fact that I would be starting on Monday.'I've got things to do Ms. Sinclair, I will see you on Monday. Goodbye.' Were the exact words he'd used to dismiss me.That wasn't the reason I'd decided against it though, Something about this man just screams 'run away!'. Something about being in his presence tells me I'm going to regret it. That I might be sending myself into a wormhole and will never make it out.But I don't have much of a choice now do I? I guess I'm screwed either way, but at least this way I'll have a job."Sorry, Sir,"I finally say then roll my eyes but of course he chooses to raise his head right at that moment. I bow
The One He Never Put First. Stranger to vulnerability.
*Flashback*"What's wrong?"I ask as I watch him and his team frantically walk around his office in hassle.Two of the men are scrunched up on his desk seemingly plotting something. His secretary is historically typing on a laptop as if her life depended on it. And he's on his phone, he's standing facing the window with his hand in his pocket. He's holding on to his phone so tightly you can see the sharp knuckles on his fingers. The arms of his T-shirt are folded up to his elbows and I frown slightly because I've never seen him so... un-neat. But that's not the weird thing.The weird thing is that he's still got yesterday's clothes on, indicating he hasn't yet gone home. Because if he had, he would've no doubt freshened up. He would've put on a lighter T-shirt shade because it's Wednesday today, I already know he's feeling unorganized just by that alone. And judging by the mess in his office and the fact that none of them seem to have had a clothing change, they've all been here the
The One He Never Put First. Proximity.
*Flashback*"Hey... I know you don't do sympathy. At all. But I couldn't leave without telling you this."He playfully cringes and I roll my eyes at him. Then I continue,"This summer has been great with you... I mean shadowing you in your workspace. I know I was reluctant at first but I'm beyond grateful for this opportunity and I'm happy to have been the one you chose."He could've simply gone with literally anyone else but he chose the girl who was rude to him."And also, you weren't entirely as horrible as I thought you were going to be" I finish with a dramatic eye roll.Today is my last day because schools are reopening on Monday. We're at his house because he had a couple of zoom meetings that he usually prefers to do there.He surprised me with a McDonald's meal because he knows it's my favorite. I was especially thankful because I know he doesn't like it very much but he still got himself a meal too regardless.He doesn't 'do fast foods' he says."Eww are you done?"I roll m
The One He Never Put First. Choices.
"Hey"..."Hey"..."Thanks for doing this."She wasn't doing it for him, but she'd thought against telling him that. She wasn't a rude person. So she'd simply smiled and nodded her head before,"Mr. and Mrs. Miller, I'm ready for you."Kayla internally cringed at her legal last name she'd now hated being referred to as, but she'd tried to not let it show because again, she wasn't a rude person. So she'd instead sweetly thanked the tall man who stood opposite them with his hand on the doorknob and a smile painted on his face.'Of course they know each other. Great.' she'd thought."Thank you so much Earl for seeing us on such short notice. I know you must be very busy."Dr. Scott was one of the top in his field, getting an appointment with him was so hard that his waiting list ran down to a year."Anything for an old friend," he'd said with a smile as he escorted Kayla to have a seat and Aaron followed shortly behind."How are the kids?"'Is this even allowed? Isn't there some kind of a
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