I was spending the weekend at Isaac’s place because we had decided to plan Ben’s birthday together since his parents were going to be present as well because they insisted.
I’d rather have Jennifer spend a day in our house than have her come over and demand to stay for as long as she wants. My mood and hormones wouldn’t allow me to tolerate her especially if I had granted her long-awaited request.
I opened the fridge and picked out the jar of pickles before I sat down the opened it. It didn’t taste right so I got up and picked out the peanut butter and dipped the pickle in it before I moaned at the taste.
“Leslie, I need…” Isaac froze when he entered the kitchen before, he stared at what was in my hand. “Jesus Christ! What are you eating? Is that pickles?! With peanut butter?!”
“I was hungry.” I replied as I cleaned my mouth.
Isaac grabbed the peanut butter and wh
054AzraelI woke up to the smell of something burning and my smoke detector beeping loudly.Not again.I stood up, walking to the kitchen where Cherry was extinguishing whatever she had decided to burn today in my kitchen.“It seems you enjoy terrorizing my kitchen.” I said as Cherry smiled.“Good morning.” She greeted to drag my attention from the foam that covered the burner.My eyes went to Cherry who was wearing just a shirt and her lacy pant, revealing every time she raised her arms or bent. I sighed.“You should have a sense of decency to honour my burnt pot in full clothing.” I said as I took out slices of bread and put them in the toast.The moment the pot cooled down, I threw it into the trash and replaced it with a frying pan.I took the responsibility of making breakfast as Cherry stared at me with a cat grin on her face.“Wha
055LeslieI moaned in pain as I gently hit my hand against my lower back. Reina came in and smiled when she saw what I was doing.“Hold on for a second.” Reina said as she walked to her office.She came out a few minutes later with heating pad before she signalled for me to enter.I stood up and entered before I closed the door and she pulled out one of the pads from the box.“Lift up your shirt.” Reina said as I nodded.I turned back and revealed my back before she pasted some heating pad across my back making me exhale in the relief the heat was giving.I lowered my shirt as Reina dropped the rest back in a cabinet.“Thank you.” I said as she shrugged.“You’re welcome. I usually use that when I have to work overtime.” Reina said as I smiled.“It does feel good, I guess I should consider getting a heating pad for work or a port
056“Leslie.” Ben said in a worried manner as he took a few steps towards me but I moved back.“Don’t come anywhere near me.” I warned as I shifted my eyes to Arena who had already burst into tears.“Leslie it’s not what it seems.” Ben said as I covered my mouth and lowered my hand.“Then why are you here with her? Why would you be in a cake shop on your birthday with a pregnant woman if you have nothing to do with her?” I asked as I tried to keep my emotion under control. “Explain it to me Ben so I can understand!”Ben was silent as I ran my hand through my hair, my hands trembling too much as my temperature rose.“You’re the father, aren’t you?” I asked as Ben kept quiet. “Ben is the father, isn’t he Arena?”Arena cried and nodded and I exhaled before placing my hand on my forehead and my waist. I exhaled, trying to cr
057 Azrael I was late to come to the office because I had to drop Cherry at the airport back to Australia. She had overstayed her welcome but she was determined to come again next time and with her parents. I was heading to my office when my path was quickly obstructed by one of the employees. I stared at her, trying to remember her then I noted she was one of the editors of team A. The one who worked under Reina and Leslie’s senior in office; Jade. Reina also came, hands on her waist before she tilted her head for me to follow her. “What is this about?” I asked Jade who expressed worry. “It’s Leslie sir.” Jade said as my eyes widened. I walked hastily following Reina who was ahead of me until we got to the floor of their office. I saw some employees from team B and C staring inside while there was noise coming from inside. I looked in, surprised to see Leslie scolding the new editors Melody and anoth
058LeslieI chewed on the apple Isaac peeled while waiting for him in the room. I knew he was upset because my husband was his brother if not, he’d have loved to be my lawyer to secure enough properties under my name for the divorce to compensate me.Isaac coming to see me and believing everything I said was enough for me.The door opened and Isaac stepped in before he closed the door behind him with a serious expression.“I just spoke with Sarah, asked her to get a room at my place ready for you.” Isaac said as I stopped chewing.“I can’t stay with you Isaac; I don’t want Ben to know where I am.” I replied as Isaac sighed.“He’ll find out eventually especially since he isn’t willing to accept a divorce. He came over to my place multiple times hoping he’d see you and as much as I support your decision to avoid him, he’s still my brother and you
059“Congratulations you are finally in the normal weight class and you are finally in the second trimester.” Dr. Owen said as I exhaled in relief.The second trimester, it scared me since it was at this stage that I’d lost my first child.My hand lowered to the little bump that I noticed had developed recently and my other symptoms were starting to get better.“Is there any issue you are experiencing that I should be aware of?” Dr. Owen asked.“Well my chest is getting softer than usual and it hurts when I try to squeeze it or massage it.” I blushed at the thought of what the sensitivity made me do. “I get nauseous at the scent of fish especially canned fish and certain types of meat but I used to eat them at my earlier stage.”Dr. Owen laughed when I said so.“Did that happen during your first pregnancy?” Dr. Owen asked.“Well the nausea was common unli
060“I’m sorry for my behaviour last week, it was rude and inappropriate to pull a scene in a work environment. I also apologize for talking rudely to my senior in years of experience no matter our performance rate, I didn’t have any right to step out boundaries especially to you Ash.” I apologized as the whole team stared at me.The mood was a little tight since I entered the office and even with my apology letter, everyone was being cautious as though I would explode.I felt a public apology was the best approach to ease the mood.“It’s all in the past plus there were things you said that were right just try to take it a little easy on us next time. We wouldn’t want you dying so soon.” Ash said as I smiled.“True. You’re better now?” Melody asked and I nodded.“The truth is I passed out of exhaustion. I can’t overwork now because I’m expecting a baby in a
061The next morning, I woke up to the smell of food wafting through my nose buds. I peered my eyes open and touched the bed and my body… Empty.Isaac or Sarah must have woken the kids up for school and I was the last to rise which was a usual habit since I got pregnant or rather since I started living with the Adam family.I walked down to the dinning room, scratching my hair and massaging my stomach before I got to the room where everyone was seated.I sat down and Isaac dropped some food on the table before me. I didn’t say anything as I faced the twins who seemed satisfied with their huge bowl of cereals and waffles.Sarah was trying to feed Everest who chewed the mashed food given then spat it at Sarah when she tried to feed him and giggle.“You should try the egg.” I said as I handed her my egg.“Don’t you want it?” Sarah asked.“I don’t like it.” I replied as