_______________...I suspected hearing crickets after Eric's proclamation."Why?" Was what came out of Gabby's lips after a good two minutes."You know why.""Nice," Rowan whispered, and I gave him a pointed look.He mouthed a sorry and turned back to the couple in question."Please tell me this is a joke." Gabby tilted her head, a nervous frown on her face."I could, but that will not change the truth." Eric mirrored her.Why was I so unaware of this spark between the two of them? The chemistry was all over the place. Was I truly so caught up in myself that I did not see any of this?Gabby turned to me, the expression such as if I was the cause of all this problem. "Rory, ask your stupid friend to fuck off. He is not welcome here as long as I am staying with you guys." "That sounds like a you problem." Eric seemed like he was in the mood of adding fuel to the fire. What was wrong with him?The guy had sworn off love after his last messiest breakup of all time. Maybe things had c
______________..."My sweet child. My sweet sweet child." Elizabeth Keller kissed my cheeks with the love, affection, and warmth of a mother. My memory of hers was only from the galas and charity balls we attended but from the way she behaved, it seemed as though we were really close, closer than me and my mother perhaps. "I wanted to come visit sooner but your husband wouldn't let me, saying that I would overwhelm you and scare you." She let out a laugh. "As if that was possible. You always loved me more than you loved him." "And I was right, wasn't I?" Rowan rolled his eyes, trying to get Elizabeth off of me. "Look at you latching onto her and overwhelming her. She doesn't remember you, Mom. You are a stranger right now." That was the Rowan that I knew. The one who did not care about anyone's opinion and said what's on his mind without caring what others thought.The Rowan that I had been seeing since I woke up from the coma was completely different. He only cared about me an
_________________...Ki turned two months old today. And of course, Gabby had to go and buy a huge ass cake. "She can't even eat it, you dumbass." I smacked her head as she gleamed up at it. "Her aunt will eat for her." Gabby clapped like a toddler. "Sure she will..." I rolled my eyes. "Oh my." Rory walked in with baby Ki in her arms, looking pretty in a yellow sun dress. "What's going on?""We are celebrating Ki's months and years from now on with the exact same cake that woke her mother up from a coma," Gabby announced. "Until she is old enough to tell us what kind of cake she wants." She added. I nodded. I could agree with that. "She can't eat cake or any solid food for another four months, you idiot." Rory handed Ki over to my waiting arms. "That's what I said," I told her. "I don't care. Cake is cake. Everyone should get a cake for the smallest of smallest occasions." "Are you endorsing cakes now?" Eric appeared. "Who gave him the pin to the apartment?" Gabby turned
______________..."I don't think she will be happy to see me back." Eric stood there, running his hand through his hair as I was about to put in the code for my front door."Just say 'I love you' and see her change her decision like this!" I snapped my fingers together."I don't think I am ready for that step just yet." He said.I sighed. Men are dumb. I was dumb once and now he was being dumb. It was a Canon event that could not be changed. Men and their dumbness. "Alright. But Ki turned two months today. You need to come to eat the cake. It's too huge for the refrigerator."He nodded with a small smile on his face and I opened the door.Rory and Gabby sat on the living room couch, Rory's hand on Gabby's."It seems like Gabby has gotten to know the story behind your personality as well," I whispered to him and he looked at me, panic in his eyes."I am sorry. It was only right that she knew." Rory shrugged at Eric. "I know you will be mad but it was unfair for my sister to feel th
_______________...Everything was a mess.It had been over a month since I lost my memory and woke up from a coma. But I had no flashes or echoes of my past. All the movies do is lie.If this was a movie, then I would have had one recollection of something... anything... whatsoever. But no, I was stuck in Nadaland."Lost in thought again, I see." Rowan sat down opposite me, sipping a cup of coffee and placing a glass of watermelon juice in front of me.I had such an amazing husband and all I did was suspect his intentions when I was not busy swooning over his actions and affection.It really was messed up.I needed more information."Cupcake-"Rowan splurted out his coffee back into the cup while I snorted, laughing at his shocked face."I thought you liked me calling you cupcake," I said."I do." He nodded eagerly as he placed his cup down and pointed at the glass for me to take, which I did, for his sake. "But as I said, it never caught on and you never called me that so I was sh
_________________________ . . . "Rory, do you even hear her?" Sonya yelled as she came down the stairs, stomping her thigh-high boots. I looked up from my laptop and lifted my hands, shrugging. "I didn't. What's going on?" I asked as I closed my laptop and got up from the living room couch. "She's being disgusting. That's what! I am sixteen years old. What does she take me for?" Sonya came to a stop in front of me and pointed at the stairs where I saw no glimpse of her mother. I knew better than to listen to a sixteen-year-old's one side story so I waited for her mother and my mother-in-law, Elizabeth Keller, to come down the stairs. "What's going on, Beth?" I asked her, a small smile playing on my lips. Teens and their mothers made up for some fascinating drama, and I missed that experience with my mother because I was in a boarding school on another continent, but watching Elizabeth and Sonya fight over the smallest things was very endearing. "You need to come upstairs and
~2 years ago~"This is such great news!" Bianca Stanley, my best friend, squealed as she jumped around in our apartment. I rolled my eyes, sitting back on the couch and resuming the movie I was watching."I know." I smiled. "Dad finally thinks I am ready to face the world."Bianca stopped hopping around and looked at me with a wide smile on her face and pride in her eyes. "My baby is all grown up." She sniffed dramatically as she wiped away invisible tears making me roll my eyes. "You make Momma hen so proud.""All right drama hen. Sit down!" I patted the spot next to me on the couch. She sat down excitedly and gave me a side hug, not failing to rearrange a few bones in the process. She had too much strength that she wasn't aware of."We will go clubbing!" She exclaimed. "I will inform all our friends and we will go clubbing to celebrate you finally getting the job that you wanted in your dream company."She was already on her phone as she spoke and I knew better than to try to talk h
_________________________...~The present~"I want a divorce.""What?" "Is there any connection problem, Rowan? Did you not hear me clearly? Should I text you instead?" I sass, rolling my eyes. "I think there is, Aurora. Because you clearly could not have just said what I think you did." Obviously, what I said must have gotten rid of all of his sleep because his voice is clear and alert now."Try listening more carefully now Rowan. I said I want a divorce." "Excuse me?" The indignancy in his voice makes me almost want to snort. He is reacting as if he did not see that coming despite his actions."You heard what I said, Rowan." I roll my eyes again as I take the turn to our penthouse. "I am going into the apartment and packing my bags right now.""We signed a contract!" There is shuffling on the other side and panic in his voice. He cannot get a divorce now, because if he did, then Simon will pull out all the investments he has made for the new project.It is one of the reasons