Elise glanced at her reflection in the mirror besides her and she smiled to herself. She seemed to have added some extra flesh and it made her more beautiful.As she walked along the busy shopping mall, wadding through the crowd, she kept thinking of Richard.That morning, she had left the apartment while he was still asleep, careful enough to not wake him up. She had already mapped out how she would spend today and Richard was not in her plans because she just knew that he would not agree to go shopping with her. No matter how hard Richard tried to mask it, she could still sense that he was not okay and he was always getting lost and absent minded when they had conversations at home. Somehow, he would go into the room or bathroom, talking to someone she did not know on the phone. Other times, he would wait for her to sleep before he called this unknown person.It bothered her but she shrugged it off and told herself that she was not going to seem too interested and curious because
Richard felt guilty over what had happened to Elise , yet he held himself back from doing anything about the way Elise’s mother was talking to him with no regard.“I didn’t cause her to faint, Sir” Richard tried to explain himself, looking past Susan to James. “I only rushed home and found her in such position”“Are you sure she’s in there?” The older man pointed at the closed door of the room opposite them, ignoring his explanation.The doctor and nurses were still gathered around the patient but James and Susan could not get a better view of their daughter. Susan glanced at her wristwatch in anger and frowned at Richard. “How long has she been in there?”“Almost half an hour”“You better pray that nothing happens to my daughter because if I see as much as an inch of her skin bruised, I’ll lock you up in prison” James tried to calm her down again, seeing her wild she was growing by the minutes, he led her away from Richard. Finally, when the doctor and nurses had trickled out of th
She sat on the bed, the exact spot where Richard was seated some minutes before they walked in. Then, she reached out and rubbed her daughter’s right hand. “ Tell us what Happened, Honey” She urged.Elise looked at Richard. He avoided her eyes and glanced out of the window next to him. “I don’t know, Mum” Elise replied in a low voice.“Where you doing any physically straining activity when you passes out?” Her father asked. He had his arms behind him as he looked at her closely.She shook her head. “I was only about to make breakfast for Richard and I” “So, he wasn’t there?” Elise’s mother asked with a sneer ad she looked over her shoulder at Richard.“Mum” Elise whined. “Does it matter?”“Yes!” Her mother shot at her. “I did not allow you to move in with Richard only to end up doing kitchen work. Have you forgotten who you are, Elise Rodriguez?” The room was quiet.James was now seated on the only chair in the room. He had his arm draped over his face and his lips moved silently.
That night, when Melody returned to her stuffy apartment in downtown, she sat in front of her old PC and typed a short email about how she urgently needed to tell Niko something of great importance.She told him that it was as important as the growth of the company because more disastrous things could occur to them if he did not pay heed to her plea.She drew in a deep breath and hit the send button on the computer. Then, she shit her eyes tightly and rose up from the seat.A part of her secretly yearned that Niko would not stumbling upon the email and if he did, she prayed that he would not regard it as anything. She was suddenly consumed by uncertainty about how her boss could react if he found out that it was his own staff who had done such thing to the company.She went straight to bed after she left the computer, not wanting to stay awake and allow her thoughts to torture her. Richard was awake when the email notification popped up in his phone.He decided to leave it without o
He could taste the mint of her glitter lipstick, their shared breath, feel the thud of their combined heartbeat ad they fumbled to take off one another’s clothes. Elise’s attempted to take off her gown, in a hurry to resume kissing Richard but the gown got stuck with her hair clip. Her breathing was ragged as she panted.Richard helped her to pull it off. His eyes fell on the see of her breasts inside her pink, Lacy bra. Desire percolated through him and he tore off his shirt. Then, he pinned her down on the arm of the nearest couch as he started to unbuckle his shorts before he stepped out of it.Elise went wild with ecstasy as she saw in in those small briefs. He had always been careful enough to not get too bare around her, but now he was throwing all caution to the wind as he cupped her face in his strong hands and planted a kiss on her lips. Her lips were soft, almost silken against his own. He moaned as he delved further into her mouth. He pulled away from her, their eyes still
“Damn it!” Richard cursed under his breath, growling. “How long have you known this?”“Only this afternoon. The news have been making rounds and it’s fast gaining momentum. I’ve already been given ah invitation to come over for a press conference as a lot of news thirsty journalists are eager to cover my own end of the issue and possibly get words out of me”“This is very terrible” Richard said, “We need to do something about it.”“That’s exactly why I requested to see you, Boss” Niko said, sitting down on the bed. This time, he was very close to Richard and for a split second, Richard noticed his eye color. His eyes were brown; golden brown and they shone under the lights of the room. Something about Niko made him to remember their shared battles in the past.Together, they both had a way of going around issues that seemed to give them a tough time, but Richard thought of how troubling the issue with Sly Santiago was.“Santiago has become a thorn in our flesh” Niko said.Richard loo
Susan Rodriguez had always been a strong willed woman who was known to chase what she wanted without giving a damn about what other people thought of it. She wore red, right from the threads in her eyes, to the rouge and the color of her Lipstick. Her fiery appearance could send chills down the spine of anyone facing her. She had initially wanted to dress up in a serious dinner gown, but she chose to put on a simple red gown that had glitters at its seams. Her matching red purse was small and classy, it bounced from her hand as she walked.Herr sweet deceptive smile camouflaged an icy demeanor, which could pierce like an ice dagger. As soon as she stepped out of the car, in front of the private bar, she pulled out her favorite pair of dark shades and placed them on her nose.She was going to make some money tonight, she affirmed under her breath to herself. No matter what, she was determined to deal the new deal with that client, besides she really could not tell the next time he wo
Her mother crossed her legs and sat upright, her eyes were still scanning the room. Then, she threw her head backwards and took a long glace at the nude painting of a woman that hung on the wall, besides the glass table. “Who arranged the furniture of this place?” She asked. Elise smiled, “Richard” “Talking about Richard, Why isn’t he out yet? Or isn’t he aware that I’m here?” Elise opened her mouth to talk but she closed it immediately and squeezed her fingers. “Mum” She started to say, “Richard is not at home” Her mother uncrossed the Her mother’s mood went from surprise to anger within seconds and she pushed herself to the edge of the couch, then she placed her hands on her knees. “What do you mean by that? Isn’t Richard supposed to live here with you or did you both split up without my knowledge?” Elise shook her head slowly. She felt tears well up in her eyes as she was at lost on what she could tell her mother about Richard’s destination. She sighed softly, and brushed h