“What are you implying?” my hands are all shaking, as a new kind of pain washes over me. He uncrosses his legs and leans forward. “Simple, I kept the company and built it back up. Of course, I renamed it and made it under my image. It’s one of my many companies now.” Anger and pain washes over me.
Fuck! Why me? Why now? Why today, of all days? Fate has already established that she hates me, but this is too much even for that bitch. Why the hell did she loathe me so much? To be honest, I’m afraid of looking up. Afraid of looking at both Gabriel and Lilly. I try my best to calm down my erratic
“You can’t be serious,” I whispered, trying to wrap my head around what he had just said. Like I said, I know Gabe and I know this isn’t an idle threat. Given that, I still needed to make sure, because after all, this is Lilly we were talking about. She’s not only my daughter, but also my life. I c
Emma. I remember the first time I saw Calvin. We were in high school, and he’d just transferred to our school on a scholarship. I was the welcoming committee chairlady, because come on, I was good at everything, and who wouldn’t want to have me show them around? Who wouldn’t want to see my face on
Gabe. It’s been a week since I met Harper again after years of distance. I never thought that I would seek her out, but life has a funny way of twisting things. When we got divorced, I thought, ‘Good riddance’. I’d wanted her gone, and the moment that chance came, I didn’t think twice. I was happy
Harper. “This is so cool!” Lilly screamed as we stepped into Gabriel’s private jet. I don’t say anything. I just looked around the spacious area. It is cool, as Lilly put it, and I did admire it, but there was no way I was going to admit that in front of Gabriel’s arrogant ass. “I can’t believe w
I get out of my car and slowly walk towards the mansion. My hands were trembling and my body was sweaty. I still couldn’t believe that it was done. That I was finally divorced from him. The proof of that was currently in my handbag. I was here to bring the final papers to him and to pick Noah up.
“I need to go, could you please stay with Noah? I don’t know how long I’ll be there” I say absent mindedly as I pick up my handbag. “Sure. I’ll be there as soon as I can get my mother to come baby sit him” Rowan responds but it is drowned by the ringing in my ears. Nothing much registers as I say