*TESSA* I swallowed and tried to calm my nerves down… He was indeed shivering.. I made him lie on the bed and then I covered his body with the duvet… He held my hand. “Stay with me.”He said again. I tried to take his hand away but he wouldn’t let go. He was yet to start getting sweaty and he

“Hey,Calvin…are you seriously going to work?”I asked pretending as if I wasn’t at war with myself. He nodded.”I have a lot of things to take care of.” “Still,you need plenty of rest.” He glanced at his watch.”You’re going to be late today…let me give you a ride.”He offered. I shook my head. “No

“I have nothing to think about.I don’t want to date you.”I said,firmly. “Soon,Leah would be a year old…she would keep growing and you know a time would come when she would ask you about her father.What will you tell her then?I really wish to fill in the role of her dad.I really do not her to miss o

*TESSA* “No…Calvin…I didn’t mean it like that.I just want…” “It’s fine.I’ll take the money.I’m sorry for making you think of me like that.”And then he headed for the door. “Calvin.”I called but he didn’t turn back. When he left,I sank down on the sofa I didn’t mean to make him feel like that.

And then,I lost my appetite. ************************ Calvin came back with our necessities. He ate his dinner and stayed with us until midnight. I took three days off to stay with my daughter at the hospital. We got discharged on the third day. Calvin came to pick us up. “You shouldn’t have

*TESSA* I shook my head pushing every thought of Declan away. I shouldn’t think of him… I shouldn’t think about him anymore…. I was with another man now… I tried to reciprocate Calvin’s kisses but I just couldn’t get used to kissing him. He moved his lips away and kissed my neck… He ran his h

I smiled seeing that Calvin was calling. Audrey stretched and glanced at the caller ID. “Awwn…someone’s missing you already.” “Shut up.”I laughed and picked up. “Hey,babe.”He began. “Hi..” “I’m close to your company…I wanna give you a ride home.”He offered. “I’m not at the company right now.”

*TESSA* I didn’t want to think about marrying him at all. “It’s Christmas,I didn’t know we were going to visit her today.I should have gotten something for her as well.” “There are two boxes on the back seat…one is my gift and the other is yours.”He announced. I glanced back and saw the boxes.

*TESSA* “I sometimes feel like I’m useless.I can’t be compared to Tessa in any way.”She grumbled like a spoilt brat. She keeps getting more vicious and it’s so scary. “I think Calvin and I had better start going.”I announced. “What?You can’t leave…I just ordered everyone a scrumptious dinner ton

“Siblings grow up but they shouldn’t grow apart.”He commented.”Anyway,I noticed you barely touched your food back there.How about I treat you to supper?” I glanced at him and smiled. He always pays attention to everything I do. “I can’t…I’ve been away from Leah the whole day.I’m terribly missing