Ishita Hassan

"Ishita, taste this and see. " my mother gave me a small scoop of her curry as I tasted it.

"Maa, it's superb. " I moaned at the ultimatum taste.

We were preparing lunch on a very hot sunny day and as usual, I'm working on the cutting vegetables parts. I could never cook pass my mother as she's a master in it.

"Come on, everyone. Let's have the lunch. " I called out for my father and brother as I placed the already cooked meals on the dining table.

They joined straight away and we dine in our lunch together. My eyes caught onto the empty seats on the table and I imagined Nathan happily having lunch with my family like we do now.

I'm sure that when he returns, I will be bringing him here someday to dine with my family.

The afternoon passes by real quick and since there's a slight darkness on the sky, I was told to collect in the clothes that had been dried over the veranda. I was clipping off the dried clothes in the basket as I saw a flower van parking infront my house.

My brows were knitted in confusion and I saw the delivery man getting out of his seat while going behind to the van's boot. He held out a large bouquet of red roses and tiptoed to look into my house. I went nearer to the small gate and opened it.

"Hello, madam. Red roses from Mr Lawrence. " he said politely while smiling as he lend over the bouquet.

After I signed the paper he gave, I thanked him and he left right away. I took the roses closer to my nostrils so that I could swap up their fragrance. I examined the well wrapped bouquet and there was a small note attached onto it's stems.

I read it and a smile perked up my lips automatically, my cheeks heating up.

Red roses for the red cheeks, who's missing me right now!❤️

"What a sweet husband. "I heard my mother awing making my already red cheeks to bloom more.

Why is he making me so hard to not stop from missing him?

Nathan Lawrence

"It's a pleasure to seal this deal with your firm, Mr Nathan. " Mr Yokihama says as we shook our hands.

Here, I'm done with the meetings and now, all I want to do is to fly back to my wife.

Things were wild for my heart when I had a dream yesterday night, I dreamed of me playing with a mini Ishita as she's carrying a mini me in her huge belly. I'm engulfing them in a bear hug and I was awake right away.

I missed her right away and I'm loving the progress we are making. I booked the early flight back to my country and when I landed, my excitement to see her only rises.

I bring on my luggage with a bag full of souvenirs from Japan to gift some to my in laws before getting my wife back home, our home to exact.

Putting in the luggages with the bag in my car which I parked at the airport 3 days ago, I hopped in and called out my PA over my arrival. I told her to see her up everything accordingly since I'm back and she agreed.

I sped away to my wife and I was infront of their house in the an hour. Her mother let me in with a welcoming hug and when I entered, I greeted her father. I lend then the souvenirs I bought and my eyes couldn't stop searching for her, right from the minute I stepped in the house.

I heard a half-hearted laugh behind me and it was her mother. "She's right upstairs in her room. Go ahead and surprise her. " She said and I nodded quickly before running upstairs.

"You should slow down on the stairs. " She kept on teasing me and I was flushed in embarrassment.

As I went upstairs, I saw her room's door closed and gently knocked on it. I heard nothing and my hand reached for the door knob after two knocks been unanswered. I twisted the knob slowly and the door opens.

I poked my head inside and I saw her sitting in her bed while looking something with intense. Gosh, even her back view seems beautiful and I wanted to see that pretty eyes too. I opened the door very quietly and strolled in slowly towards her.

As I got near, I had the perfect vision of what's she is upto and what I saw had make me smile widely.

My wifey is admiring our wedding photo frame which is placed on her side table, beside her own single picture as her thumb caresses the bottom edge of the frame.

I couldn't held it anymore so I sat behind her while reaching out to hold the photo as I said, "That shows of how you miss me, wifey. "

She jumped away from the bed as she was startled and when she looked at me with doubled sized eyes, I only smiled at her. Seconds passes by and her wide eyes traveled from my tip to toe repetitively as she couldn't believe her eyes.

I took my attention back to the photo on my palm and I was adored by the natural looks we have as we are happily giggling on something. She was leaned over slightly and I was holding onto her hands.

We looked so perfect and there's no hints of us getting married by an agreement.

"How are you? " I heard this faint asking and I looked up at the woman herself.

"I'm fine, how about you? " I asked back and she nodded, her face was a little relief from shock.

"Why did you do that? You nearly gave me a heart attack. " she whined while crossing her arms across her chest.

"I'm sorry, then. I didn't mean to, it's just, I saw you admiring our wedding picture and I wanted to join in too. " I said with a small pout on my lips and she huffed one last time before turning around to stuff up her bags.

Something caught my eyes and I felt every single heartbeats of mine hammering out aloud.

"Leave now. I need to change my clothes. " My gaze averted towards her and I let myself drown in her orbs.

Everything in me was begging me to do one thing that I really wished to have since the day I left and I moved upon my will. I stood up from the bed and my palms cupped her blushy cheeks. I stroked the softness I felt over her skin and the next moment, my lips were descending on hers.

She gasped as she was taken aback and I freed my one arm to hold onto her dainty waist. I pulled away after kissing her passionately as I didn't took it to a make out session and I want us to feel the moment. But when her eyelids slowly got closed,I knew she was giving in and I began trailing kisses all over her beautiful face. I was on the crock of her neck and I started plastering wet kisses from her jawline  then to the swell of her neck.

She moaned my name and her palms came to my shoulders as they rested slowly on them. Every kisses of mine had been by gifted every moans she make and my mind couldn't process.

I want her, that's all I had in brain as I began losing away my resistancy over my libido. I just couldn't held onto myself and I was totally deprived in her intoxicating smell.

"Na-Nathan....wait..." she moaned again but this time her hands pushed me a bit.

I gave in towards her denial and we pulled away, our eyes meeting again.

She closed her eyes and walked away from my hold. Her hands raising consciously toward her temple as she massaged them. For once, I could say that she was somehow hurt over something.

"Why are we doing this, Nathan? " she asked, her voice full of sorrow.

Did I took advantage of her? But she was like all ready for me.

"Ishita, I'm sorry. I didn't mea- " I still intended to apologise but she cut me midway.

"No. I-I don't even know...of wh-what's happening...to us. We are married under an agreement, Nathan. Then, wh-why are we becoming like the real....married couple right now? You wanted something out of me...and so do I, so why are we driving apart from each other's real purpose behind this agreement? " she nearly shouted as her eyes glistened with tears.

I was speechless, unable to answer her. I have one in my mind and I'm too scared to make the move, she's my first love who I truly wanted to commit my whole life with but what if she rejects my love?

Every deeds of hers showing that the feelings were mutual and even the reason for the kiss I initiated just now was when I saw one of my shirt stuffed in with hers altogether. I thought that she missed me so badly and she brought my shirt along hers to feel me closer, but what if I'm wrong?

I can't take it if she breaks my love and I don't want her to push me away either, though, all she wants at the end of the day is freedom with no ties and commitments, then how can I tell her that I'm in love with her?

"The tea is ready you two. " We heard her mother yelling from downstairs and she wiped away her tears, looking at me with finality as she began saying right before letting me to say something.

"Listen here, Nathan. From now onwards, we would add up some space between us so that when the day comes...any of us wouldn't leave each other with heavy hearts. " she conveyed as it was simple as always while sobbing continously and my heart sunk.

I....I couldn't comprehend anything.

She wandered passed me and I catch her nearly hesitating to say, "Let this kiss be...the last mistake we did. "

Upon her saying, I turned around to face her but she had already disappeared behind the door.

Mistake? Our kisses were a mere mistake for her?