(Jeff’s Thoughts)I am a few more hours away from the States, a few more hours away from my fiancee, Avery. “I know she’s cheating on me. I’ve known all along, but I guess my love for her is just bigger than any of it,” I say to myself while currently reading a blind article about a billionaire who spent his vacation with his girlfriend in Macau. A picture of them is taken from behind, not exposing their faces but their backs. But the thing is, I memorize Avery’s back. I know her back very well, because, for more than two years, her back is all I see. She barely lets me before her, and rarely allows me beside her. As a result, I am used to just looking at her back. For a good reason, I can easily prevent her downfall, and easily pick her up. But every kindness has its limit. Every person has a threshold. Unfortunately, this is as far as I could get. “Is that my role in your life, Avery? Just a picker? A technician to fix you every time he breaks you? I am tired, Avery. I am fucki
(Jeff’s Thoughts)Our conversation is disturbed when Nikolai’s phone has been calling nonstop. He doesn’t want to answer probably because he already knows who it is, and given Kendra’s reaction, she doesn’t like it. And after a text message is sent to his boyfriend, she snatches the phone from him and angrily lashes out to the person calling, “My boyfriend is not your errand boy.”The conversation continues and Kendra’s worried face appears. And as soon as the phone call ends, she looks at me again. “Do you still want to marry her, Jeff? Give me the truth,” she demands. And this time, I look down, “Not anymore, I am hanging on a thread here, Kendra. It hurts so much,” I say trying to hold back the tears. “Then, what’s keeping you from calling off the wedding?” she asks me with prying eyes. “For once, I just want her to be honest with me. If she admits she cheated, and maybe swear she’ll only love me, then maybe that,” I calmly say. “And if she continues lying?” she asks again. “
(Jeff’s Thoughts)The three of us are patiently waiting for Avery to regain consciousness while a nurse tends to my wounds and I listen to Kendra’s nagging at the same time. I look at Nikolai to help me out but he won’t help me, he’s far afraid to go against her when she’s like that. Well, Avery warns me about her, she’s feisty, loud and fearless, a completely opposite personality Avery has. “Goodness, Jeff! We are at a hospital! And you two are full grown-ups!” she continues her bickering. “Brawling is for kids, boys, immature kids you know. And you chose the best place to fight, great job, Jeff,” she mocks me by clapping her hands.“I brought you here so we can take Avery back, not get back at Dmitri! I thought you could fix it like two civilized normal functioning citizens, but I guess you two both hit your head in the past. Now the people are talking, and what, Avery would be put in yet another scandal, huh?”And that’s when it hits me. She definitely has a point, so to stop he
(Dmitri’s Thoughts) “Oh my goodness, Dee, what the hell happened to you, my sweet sweet twin brother?” DeAndre says full of concern while continuously checking on my face. “What have you done with our handsome… I mean your handsome face, brother?” he even adds with his feminine voice. “Darling, could you please get me some disinfectant and some cream and some band-aid so I could fix his handsome face?” he sweetly requests to his lover and kisses him. Then he grabs Luke’s ass when he walks out of the living room where Andre is tending to my wounds. I spit some of the blood still in my mouth and endure the pain, “He got me hard, Andre,” I share with him what happened. “Huh,” he scoffs, “Of course, he would. You’ve been playing around with his fiancee for a long time, dear brother.” Then he continues disinfecting my wound after Luke delivers everything he asks for. I gasp when the fluid stings my chapped blessing lips and broken nose, “Ugh, careful, will you?”But instead, he hits
(Avery’s Thoughts) It’s been days since I got admitted to the hospital due to fatigue and too much stress. But when I came here, Dmitri put me in a VIP room. But because of what happened to him and Jeff, I requested him to transfer me to another hospital, and of course, to give him some peace of mind. He quickly agrees to it and they transfer me the next day. Now, I am still here, lying down and currently looking at the ceiling. The sliding door opens and when I look in the direction of it, a handsome little boy runs to me and climbs the bed with all his might. Then I hear Kendra’s voice from the outside, “Oh my god, Kervin, be careful, get off at aunt’s bed, she’s not yet well,” she screams and puts him down. But the little boy throws his tantrums, “No, no, I want Aunt Pretty. If I kiss her, she will be okay, right? Right?”Then he pulls my hand, and I hold his gentle tiny hands, “Yes, of course, baby boy. I haven’t seen you for two years, and here you are, you have gotten so b
(Kendra’s Thoughts)Avery finally got discharged from the hospital and in the meantime, I invite them over to stay in my apartment instead of wasting all their money paying for a hotel room. I have two more spare rooms in my apartment so I guess it is fine. Kervin is still here, so they will look after him while I go out with Nik and enjoy our anniversary. I am about to finish dolling up when A enters my room. “Hey there, gorgeous,” she says while leaning on the side of the door. I am currently wearing my earrings when my side zipper comes undone. So she goes to me and says, “Here, I got this,” she says and helps me out. I can’t stop smiling. I am just happy to know she’s here. I am happy we get to do this again. I hear the zip sound finishes, “Okay, you are good to go, sexy K. Are you going to bring the house down tonight with your fiery red velvet bodycon dress?” she pokes my side. “Oh god, no. We will just eat and then go home since that bitchy wife already knew our annivers
(Kendra’s Thoughts)Then a slight touch on my shoulder and a breathy apology are enough to get hold of the situation, “I am sorry, Kendra. Let me fix this,” is all he says. And even without looking, I know this one is definitely Dmitri’s voice since it triggers the hatred hidden deep within my bones.And as he passed by me, he steps up and grabs the arms of that tallest guy, “Let go, Luke, please,” he calmly says.Then the man who fell suddenly stands up continuing his tantrums like a child, “Why are you siding with them, Dee? He punches me first, you should get mad at that bitchy Heather’s husband” then scowls at Dmitri. But Dmitri is true to his words for the first time in his fucking life, he is trying to fix the situation. He glares at him and Luke, “I said Let go, Luke. Don’t make me say it for the third time, and you, I told you to be more careful with your words, this is my city, they know me here as a businessman, you should have thought of me more before creating a scene. T
(Avery’s Thoughts) “Hey, we are going to be late for our flight!” I yell when I notice Kendra still struggling with how to put all her stuff in one big luggage. “Wait up! This stupid luggage just won’t listen to me!” she frustratedly yells back at me. Kendra is not a patient and she hates dealing with this kind of stuff. So I go to her room to check up on her. And there I see her leg wrestling with her luggage just so she can close it up. “Stupid-little-luggage!” she yells and kicks before she pounds it hard in the end. And then she sits beside it looking at me with so much energy wasted. “Help me out, A?” she begs. I smile at her and then gently hit her on her forehead. “That’s why I’ve been telling you to pack a week ago,” I nag at her a little and she sticks her tongue out for a moment. “Hmm, let’s see what unnecessary things you put in here,” I tease her. Then I begin to take out some clothes and things she can’t wear to our destination. “Nope!” “–But I need it.” “–It’