Tessa gazed out at the expansive sea view in front of her. This was the scene on the balcony of her room in the morning. Little by little, she felt calm as the sky, which was still very dark at first, slowly began to show its charm as small bursts of light coming from the eastern horizon made everything more beautiful.Tessa was still faithfully listening to the sound of the waves crashing against the cliffs. Her apartment was a little far from the sea but somehow, the splashes of seawater touched the surface of her hands.The decaffeinated coffee in the mug was no longer steamy and might even have been cold.Tessa's right-hand holds a parenting book for single mothers. Meanwhile, her left hand gently rubbed her growing belly, as her baby was seven months old in her tiny womb. The two of them had been through a lot together, sharing both sadness and happiness. Their souls were the same, and soon that body would be out seeing the world. To be honest, it was something Tessa was looking

"This marriage is up to me." How can it be up to me? Tell me what choice Daddy means by good." Axel gulped down the golden-colored liquid.The thumping music in the club didn't affect Axel at all. He was too busy in his world; he no longer thought about his surroundings other than continuing to drink without stopping.He cried like a baby. But no one could or would understand his current situation after the day he met his injury. Not a single day felt safe for Axel, as the image of Tessa's face continued to haunt him wherever and whenever. Like today, he fantasized about Tessa coming to see him. The woman comes to her in her red dress with slightly wavy hair and blush-red lipstick. One thing that caught Axel's attention was that she was smiling very sweetly at him."You came? You came to see me?" Axel raised his head and looked at the face of the woman in front of him."Why don't you answer me? Hmmm...what should I do? What should I do?" Axel hit the bar counter, surprising the barten

Not all beautiful women have a happy storyline... Beauty is a wound... Not everyone can pass through the wound with a smile. ****The night was cold like no other night before. Tessa looked down and sat in a daze, not moving for hours as she left the window and balcony curtains wide open. The sound of the waves could be heard, normally she would fall asleep easily. But the past four days had been excruciating. Swallowing a piece of bread was so difficult, that all Tessa could do was stay still. There was no light in her apartment, everything was pitch black.Crying wouldn't change anything. So, she would not cry anymore, it was enough that her pitiful cries could be heard in the hospital hallway. Unable to re-imagine how painful everything was, taken away so quickly.The stitches on her stomach hadn't fully healed, and what tormented Tessa even more was that her breast milk kept flowing, but there was nowhere to put it. The baby who was supposed to see the world was declared dead t

Days may pass.Years may also pass.Time cannot be turned back.Likewise, wounds cannot be healed with time.Everything remains the same! Only the way of seeing is different.****"Athena..."Tessa removed her hand from the small body. The little girl, whose name turned out to be Athena, ran a little towards the man on the other end Tessa and the man were only two meters apart.His body was frozen. A smile was no longer on Tessa's lips as she tried to stand on her legs that felt like they were turning to jelly, feeling pricked as the small hand grasped Axel's."Daddy.""Hmm." Axel took his eyes off the woman in front of him and focused on his daughter."Athena fell Daddy? Look at her injured hand.""Let Daddy see." Axel bent his knee to look at the small wound on Athena's body.Tessa turned around and chose to leave Axel. She didn't think there was anything that should make her greet Axel, she didn't miss Axel anymore, and everything was covered with hatred."Tessa."Tessa stopped whe

"You're awake."The baritone voice came back as Tessa's footsteps came out of her room. Tessa thought Axel had gone to work, but he was still at the dining table with his little daughter. "Hmm." Tessa just mumbled that she didn't know what to do. Because it felt, well, too foreign. "Sit down, let's eat together." Axel stood up from his seat and pulled out a chair for Tessa to sit on. Tessa was silent as Axel returned the sweet gesture that made her feel Dejavu. Instead of sitting in the chair Axel had prepared, Tessa chose to pull out a new chair for herself. This meant that she wanted to show Axel she would no longer follow his requests.Axel was silent when he saw Tessa sitting in another chair. Meanwhile, he had high hopes before. But Axel covered his disappointment with a big smile as he walked to the pantry picked up a glass of chocolate milk and poured it into a glass cup. Tessa noticed there was already one glass of chocolate milk on the table. Then why would Axel bring bac