AUTHOR’S POV.Hilda sat rather patiently as she stared at her wristwatch again. It was over thirty minutes since she'd arrived at the restaurant and the man had not arrived yet.She had purposely picked this time, 9 PM because she felt like he would be free by then. It was almost 10 and Liam had not shown up yet.He did not call to tell her he would be late and she did not do the same either. “Are you okay, ma’am?” The waitress stopped in front of her.“Oh, yeah, I’m sorry. My… date has not shown up yet.”“We’ll be closing in a few minutes, I hope you are aware.”She nodded her head as her eyes fell on the paper plastered on the wall across her informing the customers that they open by 7 AM and close by 10 PM.She picked up her drink and drank it gently while she looked outside through the glass.Shortly after, the bell rang which indicated that someone had just entered and she hurriedly raised her head to see Liam who rushed in.Liam panted heavily and then clasped his hands togeth
AUTHOR’S POV. “Five years ago, I had a massive breakdown,” Hilda started. She had finished eating already and had rested a bit when she started. Liam sat in front of her and pinned his eyes on hers as he watched her talk. “I’d been dating this guy since college and we were together for four years before we broke apart. I was twenty- two when we broke up,” she said. “He betrayed me. He toyed with my feelings. He… he hurt me. So, since then, I made up my mind that I was never going to do relationships again, and I meant it… not until…” she swallowed and bore her eyes on him. “Not until I met you.” “Hilda…” “I like you too, Liam and I mean it, but…” she shook her head and then dropped it. Was it going to be worth it? If she bent her morals… her rules because of this man, was she never going to regret it? She wanted to love as much as she was being loved. She wanted to be loved as much as she loved. What if Liam hurts her too? What if he is not the kind of person she assumed h
AUTHOR’S POV.Kira twitched her mouth as she watched Daniel and Sapphire walk out together while she stood on the balcony of her room.It seemed like Daniel was going out alone as he was fully dressed and she was wearing an indoor outfit.When the couple began to kiss by the car, her fist clenched tight and she exhaled deeply.She had had enough of this stupidity from the two.Sapphire was purposely doing this because she was aware of how he felt for Daniel and Daniel was not helping the matter either.He was aware of her feelings, and since the time she had told him, he had never looked at her the same again.She wondered why he was still letting her come to his house to stay once in a while even though Mogan was not in support of it.Just the way Mogan did not like her, she did not like the woman either and they don’t always hide it.When Daniel entered the car and then drove off, Kira watched Sapphire wave her hand over and over till the car was out of the compound and then snorted
AUTHOR’S POV.Daniel twitched his mouth upward as he tried to remember what he planned on talking about when he arrived at his parents’ sideIt was time he took charge of his life and he was overly ready for it.When the red light popped up from the traffic sign, he pressed the brake of the car and looked around gently.A lot of things have changed since he married Sapphire and amongst them was the way he drives. He was a rough driver and Sapphire hated that. She would refuse that he drove and insisted on the driver driving instead and because of that, he had to learn how to drive again.As he glanced at the countdown on the traffic light, he exhaled and then turned to pick up his phone that rang.“Sir!” His brows pulled together as he heard the evidently panicked voice.“What is wrong?”“Madam… your wife… she got in an accident!”Daniel felt his throat dry up immediately and his lips trembled at the news.“W… what are you saying? She’s at home.”“She fell from the stairs, sir. We’re
AUTHOR’S POV. “So what?” Mogan tilted her head as she walked towards Kira who took steps backward. “Why did you do that?” Mogan asked. “I did not do anything.” “You poured oil on the stairs on purpose!” “She was getting on my nerves!” Kira hollered. Mogan sucked her lower lips and nodded her head. Here is the reality of this bitch. No matter how much she had told Daniel to stay away from her, he would not listen because he kept trusting in her facade. “You are so horrible. All this because Daniel would not look at your side?” “It is all her fault. If she had not come along, I would have succeeded in making him mine totally.” “He was never yours to begin with. What sort of a ridiculous obsession is this?” She snapped her brows together. “I could have succeeded. It is all her…” “Enough.” Mogan looked around and nodded her head, “I want you all to go to her room and fetch everything that belongs to her out here. None of her belongings must remain in that room. Fetch everythin
SAPPHIRE'S POV. TWO WEEKS LATER. I picked up my phone carefully from the nightstand beside the bed and smacked my tongue as I read Emerald’s message. “Are you ignoring me?!” Over the last few days, Emerald had kept sending me messages telling me that we should meet and threats too. She kept threatening to ruin me and do other things to me which I did not take to heart at all. I exhaled when another message entered again and then returned my phone to the nightstand before I lay in beg again. It’s been a week and a few days since I have been released from the hospital and had been getting better. The cast around my right arm has been removed, remaining the one around my shoulder. I had not seen Kira around and when I asked of her from Daniel, he only brushed aside my words by bringing up something else. I exhaled when my phone rang and then closed my eyes shut. I was in no mood to talk to Emerald and that was going to remain as that. After a while that the call had ended, my pho
AUTHOR’S POV.Sapphire pressed her lips together as she noticed that she had drawn a bit of attention and then pulled her handkerchief from her bag. She dabbed her tears and then exhaled.“Since when?” She asked her, her voice low but broken.“It’s been a while, dear. It has been a while,” Charlotte answered as she sniffed.“And you’re putting up with it? Mum, why? No, why would he even do that? He’s your husband. You are his wife, so why would he do that to you?!”“Sapphire, there is more to this.”“What more? You mean you don’t mind him hitting you like that? Are you kidding?”Charlotte bowed her head and sighed. There was little or nothing she could do.“Why are you living like this?” Sapphire asked and she raised her head again.“What?”“Why are you living like this, mum? Why are you always okay with everything Dad does? You both are our parents but why do you always watch and do nothing whenever he’s in the wrong? Why are you acting so damn inferior to him?!”“Sapphire…”“You wat
DANIEL’S POV.I was in the office in the house when my phone rang and my brows pulled together when I saw the caller ID.Worried that something might have happened, I picked it up hurriedly and stood from the chair.“Sir…” I heard his heavy breathing.“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”“Madam… she fainted…”“My wife fainted?!” I asked in surprise.“Yes, sir. I just brought her to the hospital.”“Is it the same hospital?” I exhaled.“Yes, sir.”I ended the call and hurried out of the office without shutting down the laptop.I was wearing a knicker and a round neck so I hurried down the stairs and ran into Mogan who was about to take the stairs.“What’s going on? Where are you going?” She asked while I brushed past her.“I will talk to you later,” I said, not sparing her a glance as I bolted out of the house.I hurried to the car, snatched the keys from my driver, and then ignited the car.***While I was in the car, driving as fast as I could, all I could think of was Sapphire and w