r other arm across her stomach. She looked very much like a teenage girl racing away after confessing her "love" to her crush; he was very familiar with that imagery since he had to endure

omething in it caught his attention. Pulling the box back to his chest, he took out the picture frame that was revealed when some paper got di

t contained two woman standing in a park, one had honey blonde hair and bright azure eyes while the other had sandy blonde hair with deep bottle-green eye

andy-haired woman. Her gently-sloped brows and wide lips. Her bangs, her button nose. The dimple on her right cheek. He knew her. He'd recognise her anywhere

e that he never showed anyone but not the side of him that everyone knew. It had been refreshing to get to know someone who had no precon

ad forgotten but she was shy so this could be her way of getting his attention. But his mind returned to the why. Why would she want to play this game?

lright? Do you want me

the back and away from her. He didn't want her or anyone to know about Elena just yet. The way she was looking at him made h

e, Ms Walker. What did they say about the meeting? I hope t

understand. What could have cropped up in the last five minutes? Wa

e there. Why don't you go back to th

He who had been all about work and his predictable slew of women. He who liked schedules and hated any dev

m. She had made him question his view on the world. Had made him remember the boy he used to be and the man he wanted to become. Had made him want to chang

t flattering as she was not wearing any makeup and her blemishes were highlighted by the flash camera but that only reminded him of her obliviousness. And the fact that she was proficient enough with makeup even though she did not

He couldn't endure their touches. He had tried to kiss them, had gone so far as to get them out of their clothes. But even though his body was responding to the stimulus, he couldn't go through with it

rt of him was so scare

e, as he wanted, she needed to know everything about him. Feeling his heart speeding up, he slowed down. He knew

n as his stomach churned. He would

nite

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second trimester so far. She wondered what had set it off but her mind was too tired to even go along that train o

person keep holding her box? She had resigned herself to leaving without it. And she had felt sad, losing one of the mementos from Gail. They didn't have much photos together,

s. Only, didn't she pass her box to a man? He could have passed it to this woman. Yet, did she want to chance being wrong? On the other hand, did she want to let tha

gh

skin. And though she was petite, with a small face and delicate features, she had an air of authority. Her eyes, a pale gray, were practically boring into Elena as they watched her approach. The

eet the eyes. She hated how she stammered but was just glad that

yes. I mean how many employees are car

cted with the metallic eyes and she refused to look away. She hadn't expected the snotty response but now that her anger was engaged, she refused to back down. The tiny flutt

ey eyes disconnected at the same time and Elena's eyes reflexively went to the box. That was when she noticed some

e woman answered, her voi

flowing down her cheeks. Just when she had thought she had everything, something would co

he handed Elena a tissue she had fished out of her pocket.Not carin

ow she was behaving. This was the first breakdown she had experienced since she had conceived. She hadn't even broken down when she found out about her

dulity in the woman's voice

t they were almost of the same height, It was refreshing. She always had to look up to most people so she appreciated n

er. As if she had let out her own inner light. "My sister was bad. Even worse than you. She'd developed a habit of throwing things around when she was pregnant and mad. I remembered she was

the woman and they shar

along a

king about her pregnancy with someone else. She had only ever talked about her pregnancy with Gail and her best friend was just as clueless as her about her

ve any morning sickness so I'm hoping I won't su

other. Unfortunately, I seem to be the only o

ating with her, the woman appeared to be reminded about the time wh

ting, "Elena said, bringing up

lds. I was going to throw it away but

reputation for not having much patience? She was surprised he hadn't chased her after she had dropped the box in his a

he wished she had. She would have liked to look her up again. Maybe meet her for lunch or coffee, even though sh

e had been ready to confront the woman, her baby had moved. Barely able to contain

gain, she could hardly

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