Raven's povWeeks had passed. I didn't go to work for the reason that I asked for one week's leave.No pressure, no headaches about the job. away from toxic people, and one more reason was that I decided to stay with my mom without anyone knowing it."Raven, I am leaving today. Today is Friday, and I need to give the caretakers their salary. Will you be okay here?" Mom asked as she was staring at me. I was having coffee that morning, and I was planning to meet Neri, but I suddenly changed my mind."Mom, can I just come? I mean, I am not doing anything here the whole day, and I want to experience being at the shelter, even just for a day. I hope that would be fine," mom replied, so happy. I know that she's happy to tell everyone about me. Actually, she already did, but of course there's a limit to everything."Okay, mom, I will just go change my clothes. You can just wait for me in the car; it will just be quick." I go upstairs so I can change my clothes. I made it just so quick. I don

Raven's pov."Are you leaving?" It was Sunday morning, and I woke up early so I could have the whole day to be with mom. I was about to leave the house when Axel saw me and talked to me. I just looked at him without a word."I can drive you if you want.""I can.. I can take care of myself, I know how to drive, and I am used to being alone, making my day worthy.""Raven, I just want to make things work. I mean, I want to make things right. ""By doing something wrong? Do stupid things, then all of a sudden you wanted to make them right? You're crazy!" I replied..He was about to get near me, but I stopped him from doing that."Don't waste your time, Axel. I am not in the mood to do nice things now. I am busy, and I have an important meeting to attend to. Excuse me.."I passed by where he'd been standing and never looked back. I know he's not used to how I communicate with him. I can see in his eyes how he's hurt every time I find ways to get rid of him and avoid talking about our rel

Zeb's Pov.Raven left, and she made sure that I could not stop her. I don't exactly know what's stopping her. I just want to make her believe that I am serious when I say that I still love her, that I want her back in my arms, and that I want to marry her.I took a deep breath while looking at my table. I don't know how to convince her. Actually, I am willing to just be his man, and soon she will realize that we were meant for each other. But how? If all she worried about was her relationship with that jerk!It's already 4 in the afternoon, but I have not finished a single project proposal.I just kept myself busy thinking about Raven and how I would get her back.Nate may be wondering why I didn't ask him out for lunch."Hi bro! What makes you busy? Are you done—" He stopped when he realized the proposal was on top of my table and had obviously not been reviewed."Hey! Are you not done yet with this?" He asked as he raised the folder."I'm not in the mood to do anything. Can we just

Raven's povThe night just passed without any intimate moments between me and Zeb. He didn't talk to me; he didn't ask anything from me. He let me sleep in his room alone, and that is far from my expectations. Call me flirty, but I was expecting him to take me to bed last night, but it didn't happen.I was wondering what his plans were. Taking me here made me feel like I was in the same situation eight years ago.A simple life that I have witnessed, a life that I thought wouldn't change, a life full of lies"Goodmorning.." Zeb opened the door with a wifely smile. He was carrying a bunch of white roses.I didn't answer him; instead, I just looked at the flowers."For you, I hope you had a good sleep." He handed me the flowers, and you just took them."Thank you! You don't have to do this every day." "I want to. I want to make you feel that I can do everything that can make you happy, even just for five days. We still have three days." He smiled bitterly.I really don't have any idea

Raven's pov.I felt a sudden pain in my head. I tried to open my eyes, but I couldn't bear the light coming from the window.I slowly opened my eyes for the second time, and I looked around. Still, I am lying in Zeb's bed.I looked beside me, but Zeb was not there anymore.The only thing I saw was a lemonade on top of a table. Attached was a card and a white rose."Drink this to make you feel better. I'll be back in a minute."It was a note from Zeb. I drank the lemonade, and it really made me feel good.My headache eventually vanished. I smiled alone as I remembered what happened last night. We made love, and I love being surrounded by Zeb's arms.I stood up from the bed and foxed myself. I have seen Zeb's old photos with his father. How I wish I would see his mom's photo, but I haven't seen any.Until my attention had been nailed in a wooden box, I know that it's not a good idea to mind someone's business. It just happened that I have a hard feeling that I should open it.I did...T