Dionysus Dausel's  My blood suddenly boiled at the mention of that man's name.  Eric.  The man who came home with Zhanaia.  From how they looked earlier, I knew they were close and their closeness was more than just friends. He was even close with Zhanaia's family, I could see it, especially the way how Heartly jumped in glee when he saw him.  Although I was able to be close with Zhairo's girlfriend for the past few days, it wasn't the way that Eric was close with her. My closeness with Heartly was just because she was naturally friendly and kind, other than that, nothing. The bond that I saw between her and that Eric was something.  With that, I knew he has been with Zhanaia for a long time. And now, I was at a boiling point hearing that he would be the one to stand as a father to my child and a husband to Zhanaia. Does he think I'd let him? Oh, definitely, no.  I looked at Zhanaia who was al

 It has been an hour since we arrived at the heart of the city. The boys came with us as our parents suggested. Of course, Zhairo was looking after Heartly; Francis to Caroline; while Dion and Eric were looking after me. Although the set-up was like that, Dion's face was as if all the problems of the world has been given to him. He has been scowling from time to time, Eric wasn't minding him and instead, was asking me from time to time if I were okay or if I wasn't tired yet.  As I've said, I wasn't feeling exhausted easily today. My energy was unlimited, well, at least, that's what I was feeling. Heartly too wasn't feeling tired easily, it was a good sign because that meant she was getting better. Unlike before, she easily gets tired because her heart was so weak. I guess the medication was working fine with her, it should be. All of us including her parents were working hard for it. Though her parents weren't working that hard because they were more on paper work

 "Can we talk now?"  And instantly, I nodded. My anger was gone same was the pain that was suffocating me a while ago. If it was possible for his smile to widen even more, then it did. His cheeks were almost ripping because of the wide smile on his face.  "But before anything else, can you tell me what time is it so I can inform my family about my whereabouts? They must be worried,"  I've fallen asleep and lost track of time. The windows in his suit were closed hence I couldn't see if there was still light outside. He kissed the top of my head and told me that they knew I was with him, he also called our parents earlier to confirm that we're still together.  "Caroline sent me a message earlier, telling me to take care of you and the baby, or else I'll face hell."  I smiled, "She wouldn't think twice doing that if you harm me."  "Oh, sweetheart, I mean no harm. After all what I've done and after knowin

 I was looking outside the window, staring at the snow falling. There were some people outside, mostly children playing with the snow and creating snowman, and some elders. All of them has smiles plastered on their faces and I knew from there that they could feel the holiday spirit.  My eyes then landed on the young couple at the side of the road, they were holding a  cup of hot sweet corn as they feed each other. A small smile appeared on my lips as I imagined that the couple was me and Zhanaia but the smile immediately vanished when I remembered that it has been a year now since I totally lost communication with her.  Oh, no, I didn't lose communication with her, I just chose to cut my communications with her. It has been five years now since we parted ways because I needed to pursue brain surgery so that I would get better. And I did.  Thankfully, the surgery went well and was successful. Although there were some complications, dad

  "Oh, sweetie, I'm so happy for you!"  "Congratulations, Zhanaia! It's about time!"  "Zhanaia, I'm so happy for you!"  I smiled as mama, Caroline, and Heartly hugged me. First thing in the morning, what Dion was to inform everyone that we would come home and announced that we were officially together again.  The three were the first ones to welcome me the moment we arrived at our house, followed by papa who hugged me and kissed the top of my head, then Zhairo who hugged me and congratulated me for finally making a decision. Eric was here too which surprised me. I wasn't expecting him to be here, but here he was.  He smiled and hugged me as well and instantly, I felt Dion's deadly glare behind us but I didn't mind him for a while. Eric congratulated me though I could hear the suppressed emotion in his voice which made me emotional. When I looked at his eyes, there were unshed tears in the depths of them. I raised