She wiped off her tears and replied, ‘I’ve received the things you sent me, I’ll accept them gladly. You’re a lawyer, you should deal with the divorce agreement. I’ll visit you once I’m feeling better.’
She understood the meaning behind his actions. If he felt that doing so would make him feel better, she should not stop him.
At that moment, Armand was standing in the place where the two of them lived together for a month. While that time was short, it was the happiest moment in their lives.
He looked towards the kitchen, a very familiar place as if reminiscing the days where they were together. Armand would be cooking, with Theresa by his side munching on apples, occasionally even shoving one into his mouth. Sometimes, she would hug him from behind and asked him what he was cooking.
Theresa’s smiles were more relaxed and they were comfortable with each other.
Armand moved around. The balcony from the bedroom was still the same as it was when they moved in, the woman sitting on the hammock playing with fishes in the aquarium was long gone, however. The slim figure was also gone from the bed.
The place remained unchanged, it was its residents that were changed.
The whole place felt empty, just like his heart.
Armand turned back to the living room and sat on the sofa. He recalled the times where Theresa was there watching the television.
All of the memory trickled back into his mind like a never-ending cinema.
The phone in his pocket vibrated. As he took it out, he saw that it was Theresa’s message and opened it.
After finishing reading her message, he felt even more depressed than before.
He took a long time before replying, ‘Ok.’D
After looking at Armand’s reply, Theresa put down her phone and sat on the bed’s sides. She did not let the sadness drag her down for long, as she recomposed herself.
She tidied up the stuff that Armand gave her and got out of the room.
In the living room, Maxina was feeding some powdered milk to Joshua.
Theresa walked towards them, seeing the little sweat droplets on Joshua’s forehead since he could be tired from eating all the powdered milk. Seeing him sucking on a pacifier, Theresa could not help but smile, played with his cheeks and said, “You’re looking more and more like your mother.”
Maxina added, “She does look like Lola.”
“Well, he is her child, after all.”
Joshua finished eating the powdered milk right then. Maxina took away the milk bottle as Theresa extended her arms and said, “Let me carry him.”
Maxina obliged and instructed, “He just finished eating, so you’ll have to carry him upright and lightly pat him in the back.”
Theresa followed her instructions as she patted Joshua’s smooth back lightly.
His whole body smelled like powdered milk, which was rather pleasant for Theresa. She kissed his cheeks, smiled and said, “I’m your godmother, kiddo.” Maxina cleaned the bottle and placed it in the sterilization machine. She then stood next to it and looked at Theresa. Loredana walked next to her and did the same.
“What a shame,” Maxina said regretfully.
Theresa could have had her own child, but now…
Loredana tapped her on the shoulder, and then she walked towards Theresa and touched her son’s cheeks.
“I’m going back to City C,” said Theresa.
Loredana was taken aback by her sudden response.
“We haven’t divorced yet, so I don’t really want to face him right now. After some time, when we’ve both calmed down and are willing to meet each other, I’ll be back.” A while later, she added, “Plus, I’ll be back to visit you, and Joshua.”
Theresa looked at Joshua warmly and said, “He’s way too cute, I couldn’t wait for the day when he will start calling his parents.”
Loredana replied, “You’ll have to wait for quite a while before that.”
It would not be until he was a year and a half years old that he could start speaking.
“Well, since you’ve already made up your mind, I’m not gonna try to change your mind. I’ll send you off whenever you wish,” offered Loredana.
Theresa booked the last flight to City C. After Loredana sent her to the airport, it was already around ten in the night when she returned. Even then, Cormac was still at work, as ever since Abbott left for vacation, he had been extremely busy and spent a much longer time at work than before.
Though, Loredana had already gotten used to him coming back late.
On the same day, Jasmine had also travelled from City B to the city where Boyce was located via high-speed train.
She did not inform him beforehand as she wanted to surprise him.
Ever since the last time when Jasmine was pissed off, Boyce had been sending her a message whenever he was free. Most of the messages were trivial and boring questions, such as ‘Have you eaten?’, ‘What did you eat?’, ‘What are you doing?’, and ‘Are you busy teaching?’.
Jasmine did not mind, however, no matter how lame the messages were, they were enough to keep her company. She knew full well that he was not particularly proficient at being lovey-dovey, so it was a given that he would not spew lovey-dovey words anywhere he went.
With these little greetings, while they were lame, Jasmine could feel his warmth from the other side of the screen.
She passed her interview and was due to go for her internship next week. As such, she was scared that she would be busy after that, so she wanted to meet him before the internship began.
Jasmine looked at the time, it was around an hour or so before she would reach her destination. She started to get excited, as she wondered would Boyce be surprised upon seeing her, or would he be happy. She smiled as she imagined his reaction.
Delighted, she looked outside the window and hoped that time passed faster so that she would reach the place and meet Boyce earlier.
She wanted to see his reaction when a random Jasmine decided to show up at his door.
A message popped up on her phone’s screen, it was sent by Boyce which read, ‘What’s up?’
Jasmine saw that it was the same message that was sent yesterday as she could not help but smile. She replied, ‘Sleeping.’
‘Sleeping this early?’
‘Well, not exactly. I’m thinking about you. I miss you.’ Jasmine replied in a flash.
Upon seeing her message, Boyce started smiling while standing in a corridor. He only had time to message her after concluding a meeting, and her reply re-energized him in an instant. Then, he replied, ‘I miss you, too.’
Jasmine blinked and typed, ‘Want me to come and meet you, then?’
‘There are no more trains scheduled around this time. Moreover, it’s dangerous for you to travel alone.’
Jasmine smiled, ‘Well I guess I’m better off sleeping then.’
‘Yup.’
Jasmine was afraid that she remembered his address wrongly and wanted to reconfirm with him, “Hey, what’s your address again? Can you resend it? I’ll come over when I have time.” Without a second thought, Boyce resent his address to her like the straightforward man that he was.
Upon seeing that the address was identical to the one that she remembered, she was relieved and replied, ‘Well then, off I go to sleep. Good night.’
After that, she kept her phone in her bag and took a nap.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.