“Did you eat while you were at work?” He heard Mabel asked him and this brought him out of his thoughts. She had quickly caught on that he had a habit of hardly eating especially when he was at work and so, she made it her habit to ask whether or not he had eaten whenever he got back from work.It was a small gesture but for some reason, it made Christian’s heart full. “Yes,” he answered but when he turned to look, he found her staring at him with squinted eyes.“Are you lying to me?” She asked, and Christian sighed as she had caught on to his lie. “You get angry when I try to skip my meal, but you do the same, hypocrite,” she berated him.“I’m not the one who is sick here,” Christian argued.“It’s only a matter of time if you keep doing what you’re doing,” Mabel snapped in irritation as she then proceeded to get up.“Let me help you,” Christian immediately sat up, but Mabel pushed his hand away.“I’m getting stronger every day, I can do it,” she said as she stood on her feet. “See,”
“Start eating, I'm hungry,” Mabel urged, jolting Christian out of his thoughts, and he immediately picked up his cutlery so she wouldn't keep starving herself.“So, how was physiotherapy today?” He asked out of habit. Every day, the physiotherapist came over to do some exercises that would aid Mabel's agility.Each time she trained Mabel, the physiotherapist always gave him an update about her condition, but he still liked to hear it from her mouth.“Same old,” Mabel answered in a bored tone, then her eyes lit up with excitement as she remembered something. “I however increased the speed a little on the treadmill and I was able to run without falling, she was very impressed,” she said proudly and waited for him to praise her. Having seen how Christian interacted with other people, she knew he was very hard to please and it was even harder to get him to praise someone and so she felt very special whenever he praised her.“Really, now?” Christian asked in surprise even though he alrea
“Good one,” Dorian said as though Christian had cracked a joke.“I'm serious,” Christian deadpanned and they busted out into laughter once more much to Christian’s annoyance. This was why he hated Dorian coming over. Mabel's attention wouldn't be on him again but on Dorian and that irked him as he liked it when he had Mabel's attention.“So, Mabel, there's this new girl,” Dorian started and Mabel rolled her eyes as she already knew where this was going.“You want advice on how to get her into your bed,” she interrupted Dorian.“What do you think I am,” Dorian asked as if he was offended. “A player that can’t commit to one woman,” Mabel answered without a second thought.“No need to praise me,” Dorian responded. “But seriously, this one might be the one,” he stated and Mabel rolled her eyes once more.“You said that for the last nine or is it ten women,” Mabel pondered. “And it has all been within the space of two months.”“Now imagine what I’ve had to go through all my life,” Christi
“Hey, Dorian is finally here!” a man exclaimed when Dorian walked into the VIP lounge of a bar. "It’s been ages, Dorian, come drink with us," another man in the VIP area said just as Dorian took his seat. “I can’t drink, I didn’t bring a driver,” Dorian replied which was partly the truth, the other being, that he never drank in public as it was easy for someone to drug him and considering his playboy reputation accuse him of doing something he didn’t do.The fact that he was currently sitting in his family's bar struck out the fact that he couldn't be drugged so he just wasn't interested in drinking with the fools.His eyes glanced at the woman he had told Mabel about and he smiled at her, to which she returned. Mabel hadn’t been wrong when she said whatever had happened to the woman wasn’t serious. In fact, he had no intention of actually getting together with the woman. He was just bored and wanted to play her just the same way she foolishly thought she was playing him.“So let's
“What's your business with that? You don't even know me?” The woman argued and she tried to hit Dorian but due to the fact that she was drunk, her hits were very weak.“My family owns the bar and the last thing we need is someone dying,” Dorian said and that was just it.Before he could say anything, there was a huge commotion and when he turned to look at what was happening, he saw that a customer was sexually assaulting a female employee.“Hmm,” Dorian sighed as he walked over there to handle the commotion.When he was done, he looked over to the counter and saw that the woman was no longer there nor was she still in the bar.Making his way over to the bartender who had been serving her, he asked, “Where is she?” “She just left,” the bartender answered, pointing to the exit the woman took and Dorian immediately made his way over there.‘I hope she's not planning to drive herself in her condition,’ he muttered to himself. If she was, he was a hundred percent sure that there would b
Christian looked at the lady who was resting on his shoulder and he smiled to himself as his had been the norm for the past two months. Whenever they watched a movie together, Mabel would fall asleep on his shoulder and he would carry her to her room. “Are you asleep?” he asked Mabel when she didn't make any sound or move.“No, not yet,” Mabel answered. “Stop shaking your shoulder,” she scolded him as she adjusted his hands to which Christian chuckled.“You know that not many people get the opportunity to rest on my shoulder,” Christian told her.“Not everyone gets the opportunity to be your friend,” Mabel retorted. Something came to her mind and she sat up to face Christian. “Wait, if you don’t make friends, how did I become your friend?” she asked him.“Why don’t you remember that yourself?” Christian said and his words earned him a jab from Mabel who was upset at his excuse for everything.“You’re infuriating,” she insulting.“It’s what you get for being my friend,” Christian cla
Meanwhile, Dorian was having his fair share of trouble with the woman he had decided to help and he was regretting helping her as she refused to shut up and she kept on rambling about different things, most of which he couldn’t make out."Could you please shut up, it's distracting me from the road," Dorian finally snapped when she started talking about tampons. ‘You help someone and this is what you get in return.’ He muttered to himself.“I’m bored and you’re refusing to speak to me, just like him,” the woman fired at him and Dorian somehow knew she was comparing him to her husband. The comparison irked him more than he expected."Fine, you want to have a conversation, let’s have a conversation. What's your name?" He asked a question."My name? What's my name." She scratched her head as she was trying to remember that detail. “I don’t remember,” she finally responded.This woman was really testing his patience, Dorian thought to himself as he rubbed his temples and sighed in frustrat
The next morning.Mabel's eyes slowly fluttered open and she turned to look at the man who was sleeping beside her. She yawned as she focused his attention on him. The last thing she remembered was listening to him talk before she slowly drifted off into sleep.When she turned to look at the time, she saw that he had overslept for the office and she didn't bother to wake him up. He worked a lot and he needed rest.It was one of those times when she got to see Christian in such a vulnerable state and she smiled as she basked in the feeling. Her heart fluttered with excitement as she looked at him. ‘So handsome,’ she muttered to herself before getting up from the bed and leaving the room.As soon as Mabel was out of the room, Christian opened his eyes and he smiled at Mabel's compliment. He had woken up before her but he was too busy staring at her to get up and when he noticed that she was about to wake up, he closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.When reality snapped back in