“Why don’t you come with me?”It felt like a line from one of the romantic books she read. She wasn’t in a good mood for many reasons, but his loving stare stirred the passion hiding deep in her heart. She didn’t know what it was, but something felt different whenever he was around her.Would this feeling stay forever even when she would grow old, weak, and unattractive? Would he still make her feel special after forty years down the line?She didn’t believe in love at first sight. To her, love was a beautiful feeling cultivated between two people and would grow over time. From tickling and teasing one another to wiping each other’s tears and forgiving and forgetting each other’s mistakes, love was a romance without an end.Benjamin’s love surely grew on her, much more so than she ever thought it would. But what if he would also one day break her heart like everyone else did? Would she be able to bear it?All these crazy thoughts didn’t make it any easier to answer his simple, straigh

“Jane, is it really you?” Steve couldn’t believe what he was hearing through the phone. She just called the police station to talk to him, after all. “Yeah. Can’t you recognize my voice?” “I-I’ve never heard your voice over the phone, so it’s hard to believe that it’s you.” “You have five freaking moles on your left ass cheek. Is that enough? Or should I give you more details?” “ENOUGH! That’s plenty enough!” Steve coughed on purpose because he was in the police station. “I’m coming right away.” “Good. I’ll be waiting.” Jane hung up. Steve put his hat on. “Are you going somewhere?” his partner asked him. “Yeah. A lady is in danger,” Steve replied. “Let me also come along then,” his partner got up from his seat. “No. I’ll handle this alone,” Steve put him back on his seat and rushed out of the station, almost dancing like a little chick that just found its wings. He was so happy she remembered that he had moles on his ass, even though they only had sex for one night. Steve dr

A few minutes back in time.Nolan was still yet to open his eyes. Dorothy fingerpicked his favorite melody with a guitar, but that didn’t seem to work. Once the song ended, tears overflowed as her heart spoke to him in silence.He soon opened his eyes and disrobed the gloom off his wife’s face. There were no bounds to her joy from seeing her husband come back to life from a near death situation.Nolan tried to speak, but he found it hard to move his jaw. “Where… am… I?” He didn’t seem to remember what had happened before the accident, at least not yet.“In a guest room,” she replied, wiping her tears away. “You don’t remember falling from the balcony?”“Balcony…” as seconds passed, what had happened with George flashed in his mind like the fastest poison out there and stung his soul sharper and deeper than any sword ever could. And he started crying like a baby.She thought he was crying because of the situation his body was in, but she had no idea that it was the sense of emptiness s

At midnight.Jane was resting on her bed, covered in the sheet from neck to toe. The last time she checked her face in the mirror, she looked like she was possessed by a ghost, with spots all over her face. Could someone ever love her after seeing her in such a disgusting look?She looked to her right. Benjamin was talking with someone on the phone in the living room.“Who’s he talking to at this hour?” she wondered. When he finished the call and came to her room, she said, “I’m thirsty.”He poured small amounts of coconut water in her mouth. After that, she smiled at him gratefully. But then she couldn’t control her curiosity and ended up asking, “Whom were you talking to?”“You will know soon.”His words only puzzled her. “Aren’t you going to sleep?”He just tilted his head in response.(Was that a yes or no?) Jane couldn’t tell. Because of the pain all over her body, she couldn’t even sleep. Again, Benjamin picked up a neem stem and gently moved it on her face. It was greatly comfo

“So you want both of them for yourself, huh?” Donovan amusedly laughed. “Fine. I agree, but if you fail, will you leave the two girls to me?”Benjamin’s gut twisted when he heard those words. “That won’t happen.”“Hmph, let’s see how you’ll buy that house.” Donovan picked up his mobile and called his friend and spoke to him about buying this house. Then, he looked at Benjamin with a cocky expression. “No matter how much you try to buy it for, I’m ready to buy it for a higher price, so who do you think they’ll sell the place to?” he laughed arrogantly. “You lost the game before you could even do anything. All I needed to do was make a phone call. Now, why don’t you touch my feet and apologize? Then I might just let you take that house. Of course, Jane and Rebecca will be mine since you’ve lost the bet.”Benjamin took out his mobile.“What? You’re going to call your mommy now?” Donovan mocked. He knew that the Sterling family is having a hard time recently, so he couldn’t think of Benja