Melania and Tanner were engaged. Matt felt as if someone had punched him in the stomach although he had expected it to happen sooner or later. Joel had called him that morning to tell him. “I’m so sorry, Bro,” he had said. “I’m happy for Mel,” he said. “She’s going to marry the man she… Read More Matt Bumps into Anna…Again
“Do you want a long or short engagement?” Tanner asked Melania. They were at his place. It was a Saturday afternoon. Last night he had taken her out for dinner at the CN Tower. Before dessert, he proposed and after she managed to say a tearful yes, he slipped the exquisitely beautiful ring on her… Read More Engagement & Wedding Plans
“Aren’t you coming to Bath with us?” Chelsey asked Ruth. Ruth shook her head. “No.” “How come?” “I just don’t feel up to it.” “It’s such a beautiful day. Why would you want to spend it indoors?” “If I want to enjoy the outdoors, I can go in the garden or go into the conservatory… Read More A Trip to Bath and Older Men
Safina was in London. She had been there for six years. Before that she had been in Cape Town, staying with a relative. She went there after being fired from her job with the Setons, a wealthy English couple living in Lagos. They fired her when they discovered that she had been having a relationship… Read More Ten Years Later…
“So, I finally got to meet the people you work with,” Chioma told Dushan. They were in his office and he had just finished introducing her to the staff. “They all seem very nice.” “Yes, they’re a great group to work with and we get along very well. They were all very excited about meeting… Read More Wedding Plans
Try as she did, Leticia couldn’t stop thinking about Patrizio and what he had asked her the last time they saw each other. He had asked, “…is there still hope for us?” It struck her that she hadn’t said “no.” Instead, her answer had been, “I don’t know.” Why hadn’t she just said no, there… Read More It Was No Use
There was no getting around it. He had to break off the engagement. He couldn’t go through with it. He was miserable. He couldn’t continue like this. All he wanted was Leticia. To hell with the company. It was like a bloody thorn in his side. He had been a fool to give up what… Read More Breaking It Off
“Antonia, we need to talk,” Mr. Pendlebury’s quiet but urgent voice startled her and she looked at him as he stood there in the doorway. “Yes, Father?” “May I come in?” “Yes, of course. Have a seat.” “No, thanks. I’ll remain standing.” “Did you go out?” “Yes. I went to the cemetery.” “Oh. I haven’t… Read More Mr. Pendlebury Levels With Antonia
He heard his name and looked up from the newspaper he was reading. He removed his glasses, stiffening when he saw a familiar figure approaching him. What the hell did she want? “Hello, Lover,” she said, when she reached him. A little smile tugged at her lips as her eyes traveled slowly and deliberately over… Read More An Unsavory Past
“What are you doing here, Patrizio?” “I needed to see you.” “Why?” “I didn’t like how things were left between us the last time we saw each other.” “They were left the way they were because you wanted to think about breaking off your engagement even though you and I both know that it’s the… Read More Patrizio Goes to Leticia
Notes to Women 