he held her hand when he reached her and gazed at her with pleading eyes,his eyes held so much sincerity that she gave in to him
"alright,but I give you until the night of our graduation,after that no more chances"she stated and he smiled brightly kissing her forehead before hugging her and whispering in her ear"I love you"she stayed quiet for a bit before responding"i love you too"
'i guess i have to end things with Raymond'she thought sighing deeply and hugged Neil tighter
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At Maya's house late in the night,a gorgeous woman in a silk nightgown took her phone they was placed on a dresser next to the bed that she sat on and dialed a number which was immediately answered
"yes ma'am"the person on the other line answered
"how...is he"she asked with concern in her voice
"he is fine ma'am and also his daughter,she's going to pass out of college very soon"the person on the other line answered.she smiled,relieved that he was getting well and breathed out,she gave instructions for the person to keep an eye on them and ended the call
she placed her phone on the dresser and stood up,she walked towards a door that led to her massive closet and opened it,entering inside she walked to a dresser and pulled out an old picture of a man and a woman in their early twenties smiling brightly especially the man at the camera with the man's arm wrapped around her waist,she remembered it clearly like it was yesterday as she stroked the man's faces fondly
she missed him,so much
A tear slipped down from her eye and landed on the picture but she immediately wiped her tears and placed the picture back in the drawer,she could hear some noise coming from the bedroom and then the closet door open
"sweety"her husband said calling her and she faced him putting in a smile,she walked towards him and he pulled her closer to him kissing"when did you get back"Ara asked her husband Ian who responded"just now"
"okay,you must be tired,go have a shower and we will eat dinner together"she said and was about to leave to arrange the table for dinner but he held her hand stopping her
"what's wrong"she asked gazed at his eyes and gulped seeing the lust in them,she already knew what he wanted
...
Adira silently walked home after her shift carrying some food she bought for her and her father to eat as dinner,she was too exhausted to cook,If only her modeling career had taken off earlier things would be easier for them
it wasn't that she didn't get opportunities,she got lots of it but it was during her father illness,she had to take care of him so she rejected all the offers and she doesn't regret doing so
she reached home in no time and entered through the front door she walked to the living room and saw her dad sitting in a sofa,he looked so lost in thought holding a picture he stroked fondly
she didn't need to go close to him to know that it was that woman's picture he was looking at,why can't he just forget about her,even after what she had done to them,he couldn't bring himself to hate her,he loved her too much too much that he couldn't think of hating her
"dad"she said gaining his attention as he faced her and stood up immediately seeing her and walking towards her
"did you just get back"he asked placing a kiss on her forehead and leading her to the couch to sit
they sat down with adira asking"were you just looking at her picture"
he stayed quiet before answering"yes,i saw the picture in a drawer and I couldn't stop myself from..."he stopped and looked at her picture that he had placed on the table"thinking about all the moments we've spent together...before"
"she left you for another man"she said to her father but he didn't respond and kept looking at the picture which had her smiling in it.she knew her words were harsh but he needed to hear those words,she could see the pain that was caused by that woman visible in his eyes
"what are we having for dinner"Asher asked changing the subject which adira didn't mind,she stood up and brought the food that she had bought"i bought some food for us to eat"she said walking over to the dinning table and bringing the food out,while Asher brought some plates,adira served the dishes and they ate their dinner with adira telling him all about her day
After dinner and taking with her father for a while she entered her room after taking Asher to his room to rest
she sat at the edge of her bed and began thinking of all the things that she need and had to do,she had the contact of a modeling agency that had been urging her to sign and model for their company which she decided to accept and had called them during school with them telling her to come to their agency tomorrow,it was a weekend so she had the time and also she had to move on
she had to move on from Damon,she can't spend the rest of her life loving someone who doesn't love her back,it wasn't going to be easy and she knew it,despite them not being in the same department she saw him frequently in School which was going to make it more harder but she will try,now she wants to focus on her father and career nothing more
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The next day,adira woke up early in the morning and went for her morning jog which she did around her neighbourhood for about twenty minutes before she return home
when she got home,she perceive the aroma of oats and went to the kitchen where she saw her dad dicing some apples