3 years later
"Do I look okay? Am I looking fine? Elizabeth I think I need a little bit more blush on the side"I stare quietly at the ever confident Diane, who is surprisingly asking too many questions at this point.Ah! What weddings can do to you."Diane, you look gorgeous." I place my hand on her shoulder. "Don't tell me you're getting cold feet" I joke."I'm just a bit nervous. But I would never get cold feet. Benjamin and I have officially been together for seven years, nothing is going to let me draw out at the last minute""Diane, I'm happy that you're happy""Me too""I hope you are not getting your make up smeared Diane Harding" Veronica says, entering the bride room."I wouldn't dare" we all laugh.Benjamin and Diane decided to the the knot today, and Veronica and I are her bridesmaids.Veronica is now with her boyfriend, Francis. She has beeTHIS BOOK HAS OFFICIALLY COME TO AND END! I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing. Until next we meet again. - AuthorAriel
Work has always been exhausting. Being a surgeon is not easy. Especially when I'm being called in at 2am in the morning. I had to stay in the operation room for more than five hours. It's 9am now and the coffee I'm holding is barely keeping my eyes open. Meanwhile, it's two times stronger than what I normally go for. I remove my coat and hang it up and pick up my handbag, ready to hit the road for home. I can hear my bed calling my name all the way from here. If I'm to spend a second more here I'll go crazy."You leaving Dr. Harding?" My assistant asks me and I nod"If I stay here a second more I'll go totally crazy" I say with a smile.I love my job. I totally do. I knew exactly what I was going in for when I decided to become a paediatric surgeon. But sometimes it gets really overwhelming. Especially when you're being called in at the crack of dawn, the same time when sleeping is just getting better. Where I'm being cuddled in Ryan's ar
Charles Frost POVI pull back the stack of papers I'm going through as the shrill ringtone of my phone sounds around my office."Hello mother""Charles. You're the worst son ever. You don't even remember that you have a mother. If I don't call you to ask of you, neither do you. I don't even hear from you anymore. It's been two weeks since you called me Charles." My mother sobs into the phone.Kimberly Frost has always been dramatic. She likes to exaggerate things and take explanations to the next level. Although this time, I know she has every right to. I've truly been the worst."I'm so sorry mother. Work has been tiring and completely exhausting"And it's the complete truth. Each and every day I have to go through at least ten sets of huge stack of papers to sign contracts and get rid of old ones. I have to attend meetings and get new investors. I have been working twice as hard to beat
Elizabeth Harding POVI came to Veronica's after our talk in the car. Being the bestest friend she was, created blanket forts and ordered pizza. She also ordered my favourite ice cream, Ben and Jerry's Rocky road ice cream. I guess it was good for me to cry it all out. I mean no matter how much I plan on putting on that fierce shield, we were together for eight solid years. Eight years where we went places. Did crazy stuff together. Created beautiful memories. And all that while in eight years, not even once did Ryan act like we had a problem. Yes we had our ups and downs, but even then, he was still the perfect gentleman. I wonder what exactly went wrong. What did I do wrong? What did stupid Eva have that I didn't? That he decided to jump into bed with her.I wonder how long it has been going on. If I didn't see it for myself and someone told me, I would tell the person to go to hell because my Ryan is a masterpiece. But then I saw it myse
"Dr. Harding" a familiar voice calls out and I turn around.It's the handsome dude. Shame. He has a girlfriend."I saw that in there. I have a proposal for you""What?" I ask, curious."My bestfriend needs a wife and-"I'm a doctor. A surgeon. Not an actress.""I know. You don't need to be an actress. You have it in your blood. Please. I really need this. You're perfect for it"If it was any other day, this would look insane. But today, I'm actually considering it. It'll just pour fuel into the fire for Ryan. Meaning that my revenge gets sweeter."Okay""Okay? You mean like okay?""I mean okay. I'm in""Great. Epic. Perfect. I'll-"Wait. This has been enough drama for one day. Have my card. Call me tomorrow""Great thanks" he says and I turn and walk to my car.I'm officially crazy now.○&bu
Charles Frost POVHer beauty struck me the moment I saw her. Something tugged at my heart when she spoke and I heard her voice. She's gorgeous. Her long brunette hair that reaches her waist. Her arched eyebrows that furrows everytime she's trying to understand something.It's crazy I know. I've only known her for an hour and I can tell all these about her. There's something so unique and different about her that I haven't seen before. Something so special that I can't seem to put my finger on. It's been so long since someone caught my attention this way.After my last relationship that went downhill, I've never had interest in anyone. But seeing her today, I want to get to know her.Even after she's left, I want to call her back. Maybe I should be careful about all this. I mean this is just an arrangement. According to the documents we put together, she's suppose to be my wife for just a year. If I'm getting this a
The charity ball came earlier than I thought. It's like I blinked and it was here.It seems too real. The thought of whether I'm actually doing this keeps coming up.I sigh.Sometimes I wonder why it had to be like this. Why Ryan had to cheat, why he had to hurt me so much. Now my life is like a ball of tangled mess. My mother thinks I'm being irrational and stupid for letting go off such 'a wonderful young man'. The idiot of a young man who cheated on his fiancée with her step-sister. I think if it was with any other woman, it would hurt alright. But it won't hurt this much. She is my step sister but she is still my blood. She is still my mother's child, from another man of course.Eva was brought home one time when we were six. Apparently mother feared to bring her home earlier because she didn't want to destroy her marriage. But at the end of the day she realised that she can't hide her anymore. Sneaking to go out and using grocery s
"You know you just insinuated that we have sex right?" I ask Charles after the proposal"I know that very well. I mean the media wants something, I have to make it real"Right. The media. This is all for the news anyway."But we haven't even kissed. And you're insinuating sex""Do you want us to kiss?" He asks with a smirk on his facePervert."I mean how can we have sex when we haven't even kissed?""We could change that" he says, taking slow tentative steps towards me"Change what?" I ask, my voice barely above a whisper"Change the fact that we haven't kissed. I could kiss you right now." He keeps coming closer, and I don't move.Because a part of me wants this.Ah, this is crazy.The clearing of a throat breaks the both of us apart like the bolt of a thunder. The increasing rate of my heart beat and how he actually almo
"Elizabeth" the voice of my mother booms through my silent apartment and that is enough to wake me up immediately. I check my bed clock and it's 7am in the morning. What did I do this time? Oh right. My engagement with Charles. I knew this was bound to happen. I jolt out of bed at another scream of my name and pull my hair into a ponytail. I wash my face and brush my teeth before making it to my living room. "Goodmorning mom" I greet and walk past her into my kicthen, heating up a pot of coffee, I'm going to need it. She's fuming with anger of course, her facial expression shows that she's about to lose it any second. But am I ready for that? No. I mean it's a Sunday morning. I try stalling as much as possible until at least I'm able to down a mug of coffee. "What the hell is this?" She asks, throwing the news papers on the centre table. I pick it up to read it and darn, London can talk. They have some interesting headlines over here.