"Hey, babe! My boys!" Riley greeted enthusiastically as she pulled the door to her house open for Frema and the twins to enter. It was her daughter, Halsey's birthday that evening and the house was already full by the time they arrived."Hey, babes. Wow, we're really late, then." Frema observed and Riley laughed."Not really. Most people are just early." She replied, walking towards a set of chairs. The boys took their seats dutifully and then Riley whisked Frema away for some gossip in the kitchen, while they worked."Where's birthday girl?" Frema asked when they got to the kitchen. Riley sighed."Sleeping." She responded, shaking her head as she did. Frema gasped and then burst out laughing immediately after."What?" She questioned and Riley began to laugh as well. "I swear, I shouldn't have fed her so much before the party. We're literally just playing games with the kids first, to keep them entertained while we wait for the queen's wake." She reported. "I can't relate." Frema sta
The blinding rays of the early morning sunlight poured into the room without restriction, causing Frema to squint as she stretched and yawned simultaneously. She had fallen asleep on Riley's bed, which was not a surprise. Riley was not on the bed when she woke up, so she got off it and began to look for her."Riley?" She called when she got close to the kitchen."I'm here." Riley shouted back from the kitchen and Frema walked into it, leaning against a counter once she was inside. "Did you dream of me? Sweet dreams, I mean." Riley questioned, putting a frozen container into the microwave. Frema picked up one of the chocolate tarts she had made and stuffed it in her mouth before replying,"No sweet dreams. Fortunately for me, no bad ones either." Riley glared at her for talking with her mouth full of food, but Frema only laughed at her expression. Barely a minute later, Riley was rushing to the sink. She threw up immediately she got there and just as she was about to turn back, she fe
BONUS SCENEArsen slammed the door shut and staggered in, turning on the light in the living room. Even with blurry eyesight, he caught Riley's image seated on the floor and he saw the bowl in her hand. He ignored her and went up to their room, falling to the bed immediately. But even as he lay there and pretended to be falling asleep, his mind still wandered off to Riley; everything about her kept him awake. He wanted her explanations, but at the same time he did not want to hear it. She was driving him mad and making him drunk with not just liquor, but disturbing thoughts concerning their marriage as well. Sighing, he lifted himself off his bed and began to walk towards the living room. He met Riley there—puking again— but he was too drunk to ask her what the matter was, so he sat there, beside her, with his eyes tightly shut. She threw up again and his eyes opened."Are you okay?" The words escaped his lips before he could stop them. She nodded wordlessly. Arsen wondered why he th
"Kayla texted. She wants to see you." Eron lifted his head from his office desk and stared up at his fiancee, who held his phone out to him with an indifferent look. He took the device from her, silently peering at the message and in seconds, the door opened and slammed shut, indicating that Frema had left. Eron rose to his feet then, dialing Kayla's number—the woman had been pestering Eron all week, asking to talk, and by the way Frema had reacted, he was sure she had read the other desperate texts."Hey, babe." Kayla drawled as soon as the call went through."Straight to the point." Eron bit, right away. She hissed into the phone but spoke up anyways,"We have to see. This shit isn't stuff for casual phone calls." Kayla said matter-of-factly. Eron almost laughed at how she thought he would be seeing her after the stunt she pulled when he went to see his daughter. Drugging him into unconsciousness and stripping him out of his clothes for her selfish pleasures was unforgivable and it
Riley groaned and dragged her hand along her face. It was already a day after the incident already and Frema was currently in Riley's house after she had dropped her kids off in school."I just can't believe she also sent you pictures and videos. What the hell is this bitch trying to prove? She's doing too much at this point." Riley spat, whilst pacing about her living room. Frema said nothing, just sat on the couch with her face buried in her palms."Now, I hate to say—I told you so, so I'm not going to say that. I'm going to say instead, I'm so sorry this happened and I cannot even be mad because I also am a cheat. I'm just like Eron." Riley said regretfully. Frema scoffed."Do not dare compare yourself to Eron. You didn't get the man pregnant, it was only a kiss." Frema interrupted angrily. Riley sighed and kept pacing. "You're messing with my vision, Riles, sit down." Frema groaned and Riley finally took a seat beside her friend."I don't even know what to say to comfort you right
Frema stayed with Riley for hours, until it was time to pick up her kids and Halsey. When she drove her car into the school premises and parked, she rested her head on the car's steering, drifting into deep thoughts. She would drive the children to her brother's house, she decided; she could never allow them go home to a man like Eron. She would not let him touch her children ever again, never let him in her life again."Ma'am?" Her head jerked up on impulse and she brought down her window to see the dark woman outside the car, half glaring at her. Frema smiled, nonetheless."I'm sorry, is there a problem?" Frema asked."Wrong parking space." The woman announced and Frema apologized, following her instructions to park right.Then, she went inside the building and picked the kids from their respective classes. After a long while of greeting kisses and playfulness, they were on their way home. Drake chattered on about how he missed his father and Frema ignored him, turning on the radio
"Unfortunately not. Now, if you would excuse me, Eron." Frema pushed past a fuming Eron and was marching towards the entrance until Kayla blocked her."Come on, why are you so mad? I promise I have something you'd be interested in. Don't you want to see if your fiance is truly lying, or telling the truth?" Kayla queried in a sickly, sweet tone. Frema glared at her for seconds before shoving her aside and storming off. Titi grasped her hand and pulled her back. Kayla then shoved the phone in her line of vision and the first thing that Frema saw was Eron, eating the life out of Kayla's fake lips. They looked so sensual together, Frema wanted to throw up. She hated herself even more at that moment, for being so blind in love. Obviously, that was the kind of sex life he wanted, and not the amateur positions she engaged him with."I get it. Y'all had sex. Can I leave now?" She asked, now wishing she had allowed Riley to come with."No, we didn't just have sex. We made another baby. I mean,
Eron walked into his company's conference room, feeling as lifeless as he looked. He had not yet figured out what to do with, or to Kayla for messing his life up like this. It was obvious that he had been drugged, but he was sure at that point, that he did not have sex with Kayla. But only if his woman would believe him. How could she? There were tons of evidence pointing to the false notion that he was guilty, and until he came up with something that would vindicate him, he knew he had to stay away from her. "Let's go straight to the point with the meeting. The presentation first, any other thing will be postponed until the next meeting." Eron spoke rigidly, as soon as he took his seat. A nudge here and there, some mumbling, before the board member responsible for the presentation stood up and began to dish out his speech. Eron zoned out during the course of presentation—a habit that was very much unlike him. He missed everything that the man said and as a result, he had to tell hi