Lahat ng Kabanata ng My Stepfather, My Ruin: Kabanata 101 - Kabanata 110

Nicole Harper~•~Sharing a bed with Tristan for three nights straight was not good for me because I was beginning to get accustomed to his warmth around me while I slept.I loved the way he unconsciously pulled me closer whenever I shifted in the night. When I woke up on Monday morning and found his side of the bed cold, a strange pang hit my chest. The sheets were still rumpled where he’d been, but the pillow was cool. He’d been gone for a while.I sat up, rubbing sleep from my eyes, and glanced at the clock. It was just past six. While it was a Monday, our break wasn’t over so he didn’t have to go to work. Then again, someone like Tristan didn’t wait for work days to work, he worked whenever he had the chance. He was such a workaholic.I slipped on one of his oversized shirts that I’d claimed days ago and padded downstairs barefoot. The house was quiet since most of his staff weren’t back. For a brief moment, I wondered what would happen when they came back. Would I still be able

Tristan Michelson~•~The house was quiet when I got back from work.When I saw Nicole leave immediately it was five o’clock, I was tempted to pack my shit and leave work too, but unfortunately, I was in charge of a lot of things that I couldn’t just outsource to my employees.So when I got back home at seven in the evening, I was hoping to see Nicole waiting for me on the couch or something. She wasn’t on the couch. She wasn’t in my room. She wasn’t even in her room.I set my briefcase on the bed and brought out my phone from my suit pocket as I took it off.[Me: Where are you?]I stared at my phone for a few minutes, impatience bubbling under my skin when she didn’t reply immediately like she usually did. When I went downstairs after work, I hadn’t seen her car in the parking lot, which meant she’d actually left.I paused. Could something bad have happened to her?I quickly called her, but the phone rang once, twice, until it eventually rang out. I kissed my teeth and called her aga

Tristan Michelson~•~Only after I walked out of Nicole’s room did I realize I might have taken it too far.But strangely, I didn’t want to take back my words. I wanted them to sit with her.I hated that she was trying to dismiss everything we had by labelling me a fuck buddy. Fuck buddies didn’t spend the night at each other’s house, cuddling and shit. Fuck buddies definitely didn’t cook for each other, which was exactly what I realized I was going to do when I went down the stairs.We were much more than that and if I wasn’t married to her mother, I would have already made sure the whole world knew she was mine.My feet carried me to the kitchen even before my brain could finish processing it. I looked through the fridge and the cupboards, gathering all the ingredients I’d need for steak and roasted potatoes.Then I unbuttoned the first few buttons of my shirt, threw an apron around me, and kept myself busy for the next sixty minutes.I didn’t want to think of Nicole during that tim

Nicole Harper~•~I think we did reconcile because the next two weeks passed by in a blur. Surprisingly, we didn’t argue anymore, but the feeling of wanting to be near him all the time grew every second.I already knew I’d be having withdrawals by the time my mother came back.It was a Saturday and I was already looking forward to spending the whole day with Tristan… after he finished working out.I wanted to watch him while he worked out but he chased me out because according to him, I always distracted him and we always ended up having sex against the glass walls. Like it was my fault I was attractive.After being banished from the gym, I decided to go and make myself useful in the kitchen. Tristan had hired a temporary housekeeper, but we still had to take care of breakfast by ourselves most of the time.I’d just finished frying the bacon and was about to crack the first egg when the doorbell rang. I froze. Was Tristan expecting a visitor? He didn’t mention anything about that. A

Tristan Michelson~•~“So whose idea was it?” I asked.As soon as Nicole ran up the stairs, I directed my friends to my office and closed the door after us. “Nico.” Sebastian didn’t hesitate to throw him under the bus.Nico shrugged. “You were going to have to introduce her to us eventually.”I placed my palm over my forehead. This was what I got for telling my business to other people. But even if it was Nico’s idea to come to my place without informing me beforehand, only one person knew that I was alone in the house with Nicole.I glared at Julian and he chuckled. “We’re already here. There’s no point in pointing fingers.”“It’s not like you don’t visit my place unannounced.”I turned to Nico at his words. “The difference is that I don’t bring three more people along with me, bastard.” I hissed. “What if you guys scare her away?”Sebastian snorted. “If you haven’t scared her away, I doubt we could do much.”I opened my mouth to speak, but Julian clapped my shoulder, interrupting m