Healed Me E-Book

Nalwanga Gladys Trina

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

Josie Pyre,a 22 year old virgin,no boyfriend,no job and no dad finds herself drowned in a state of depression. she decides to take a breather out on the streets at midnight and thats when she faces her worst nightmare or lets say blessing in disguise.

Matthew Bentley, a 27year old single father of 3,the fiercest businessman,a loner,and one of the hottest bachelors in town finds his life turned upside down when on one fateful night he saves a lady from a gang and finds he cannot get her out of his head.

what will happen? will there be romance between Josie and Matthew? read to find out.

Leseprobe

Nalwanga Gladys Trina

Healed Me

I dedicate this book to my best friend, Jabeth Sinzinayo who motivated me to write. LlBookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 Munich

PREVIEW

Josie P.O.V

"Quit the noise merijn" ,I shouted at my brother who was Playing his guitar at 5:30am. Ever since my dad died,home has been a wreck. Mom became a workaholic,my older brother merijn joined a rock band and my baby sister is into ballet.

I on the other hand have been locked up in my room,only letting myself out to go to my not so favorite place,school. I was a straight A student which made me a teacher's favorite but fellow students' enemy.I had no friends,everyone thought I was weird and this made me a  bullying target for everyone who felt like taunting someone. This went on until I graduated high school.

At first I didn't mind having no one talk me but I went into depression,when the one person I thought liked me decided to embarrass me in front of the entire school,telling everyone I was throwing myself at him. I felt my heart break into a million pieces,I ran home,locked myself up and cried myself to sleep. The next day I swore that I would never trust anyone more so love anyone.

Highschool got done so fast,though I was happy it was all done. I didn't have to see everyone who was so mean to me again and I thought I would make some friends at college. Everyone planned what they would wear for prom,their dates,the limousines,the after party at Maxwell Santiago's home,the last person I wanted to see besides his new toy Brittany who loathed me as if i had robbed the world from her. So as the rest of St James' High School seniors were dancing the night away,confessing their feelings for one other,being crowned prom queen and king,I Josie Charlotte Pyre was home,snuggled in a couch with 3 throw blankets,a box of tissue because I was crying,a pack of chips and a bottle of red Drink watching Harry porter or lets say harry porter watching me.

I graduated highschool on top of my class and the best student in my district. For a student with a normal life that would mean,celebration with family and friends taking photos for remembrance,crying and hugging best friends but that wasn't life for an average highschool loner nerd. I picked my diploma and went home to my world.

Matthew P.O.V

I am home exhausted but still have to care for my 3 children between the ages of 1-6. I have a multi billionaire company to run and I do this all by myself.

I don't trust anyone with my kids so I handle them by myself. This may seem weird for a billionaire because I can afford any nanny I want. But I have demons in my past that make it hard for  me to trust easily.

Chapter One

Josie P.O.V

I had just graduated college with a bachelors degree in accounting 2 years back. When I got my college degree,I thought I would finally have a chance to build my life again,I would get a job, buy a house and car and maybe adopt a little girl because after Maxwell broke me,I wasn't ready to let the walls I had built around myself as regard romance crash down. 

I was determined to live my whole life without a man in it. I would die a virgin. That's what i would say to myself every morning in the mirror.

But luck wasn't on my side. I had made applications to almost all companies in my town but received no feedback.

"Why is this happening to me?" I asked myself. "I have all the qualifications its takes to work in any of the big business companies but why is there no one getting back to me. ?" I cried.

I graduated college with a first class honors,merits and with many certificates of excellence. All these were my hope of acquiring my dream job. But it seems life had other plans for me.

Thinking of this made my emotions get out of place. I wished my dad was still alive to help me out. I wished I had a friend to talk to. I wished my mum and siblings were not locked up in their own worlds. All these broke me.I ended up thinking of something i thought i would never wish for or made myself believe i would never wish for.......... I wish i had a man to make me feel special and loved. l cried myself to sleep that night.

Chapter Two

Matthew P.O.V

"Daddy,dad,dada", i snapped out of my dream as i felt 3 pairs of feet jumping on my bed. I decided to pretend to be sleeping thinking they would get tired ,give up and let me sleep. It was 6:00am for crying out loud.why couldn't these kids just sleep in.

"Dad! Wake up! ",shouted my sweet 6 year old daughter,jumping up and down with her jet black curls bouncing on her head. Oh i loved her so much....... .I had another scream from my 4 year old son,"Daddy! Wake up now!,we nweeeddd bweakfwast.i is hungwe." He sounded like he was about to cry but i want to keep my act.

Then my 1 year old little girl tired of keeping up the jumping with her older siblings snuggled next to me and yelled,"Dada! Dada!" And evily gave me her sloppy kisses filling my face with saliva. That was all i need and jumped right up,grabbing all three of my angels,tickling them and smuggling them to me. Making them squeal with delight.

"Daddy..please stop tickling me", my 6 year old ,latoya giggled. "I will not stop because you asked for it when you decided to wake me up from my sleep at 6:00am",i said continuing to tickle them. After like 3 minutes of tickling my babies ,i got out of bed to get ready for the day.

I helped my kids brush their teeth,wash their faces and dress up. I usually give them baths at night so in the morning they just wash the vitals and he dressed. We all got downstairs to have our breakfast before heading out.

"What will my royal highnesses have for their breakfast?", i asked my kids making a bowing gesture which made them burst into laughter. "Dada fun!",laquisha ,my 1 year old babbled.she knew a few words like dada,fun,sippy (if asking for water,milk or juice) sissy and bubba( for her sister and brother respectively).

"Scrambled eggs and grapes" they said in unison. Leonidus and latoya love eggs and grapes. They could ask for that every breakfast. And being a superhero dad i would never say no to my babies. They were my world.  As my friends would say,they had wrapped around their little fingers.

"Scrambled eggs and grapes it is my royal highnesses",  i announced in my butler tone,gaining more giggles from my children. They loved cracking the eggs into the bowl and i would give each an egg for crack while me and laquisha whisked the eggs.

As my children had their breakfast i prepared their lunches,cleaned the kitchen and also sat down to each my breakfast.By the time we were done it was 7:30am,i picked up all our stuff and carried it to my black SUV,then came picked up laquisha because she was fussy and didn't want to walk,locked up and left.

Josie P.O.V

I woke up at 8:30am feeling my eyes swollen and puffy from crying the previous night. Though i didn't want to i forced myself out of bed,brushed my teeth,took a cold shower and dressed up. I walked by merijn' s room and i could hear him playing his music i didn't want to bother him,so i headed for jolanda 's room,i greeted her,we talked  alittle since we were not that close and i proceeded downstairs to fix myself a bowl of cereal for breakfast preferably cheerios.

As i ascended the stairs i could smell an aroma i had taken some years without smelling in the house. I proceeded to the kitchen and the sight in the kitchen made my mouth drop...." Mom?" I half whispered. It had been years since my mum was home more so in the kitchen. I was shocked,i just stood and looked at her like she was some stranger.Since my going to college i had not seen my mum. I felt tears build up in my eyes,i tried holding them back but i failed when i heard her say," josie....baby....". I broke down. I missed my mum so much. I could see age had taken a grip on her,she had a few grey hairs. She pulled me into a hug,i hugged her tightly like my life depended on it.

I didn't want her to let me go,we held each other for a few minutes until i had a surprised merijn,"mom? Is that really you?". my mother broke from our hug and amidst tears shook her head as a reply to merijn question."I know baby,i shut you all out when your father died. I was so selfish please forgive me",she cried. Merijn rushed to her and hugged her so tight,he also called me to join in the hug until my mum said," you guys are going to suffocate me,enough with the hugs".

We all burst into laughter and the laugh was interrupted by a voice,"What am i missing? Its been years since i heard you two laugh.",said jolanda as she came down the stairs. My mother was crying again. Jolanda shouted in shock and excitement,"mom? Is that really you?" As she ran past us into our mum's open arms. We all cried for some good 15 minutes. It felt good to be in the same room all of us after my dad's death.

"We better stop crying and get eating because we have alot to catch up on" said my mum as she pulled away from the hug and finalised the breakfast she was cooking.We all sat at the table and enjoyed our mum's cooking.How i missed this food!.

I was happy though that atleast my family was back together. This moment made me forget my problems as i watched everyone smile something we hadn't done after dad's death.We talked as we ate,telling each other our feelings.After so many years i could gladly say this was the best day ever.

Chapter Three

Matthew P.O.V

I dropped my two older kids off at their school and as always Leonidus clinged to my leg and cried hysterically," Daddy don't leave me here. I don't want to go school.I want go with you and quisha( laquisha nickname).Please don't go Daddy".  I bent down to his level and held him to my chest as he continued crying.

"Hey buddy ,if you promise daddy that you will be a good boy today,we shall have pizza for dinner". I told him. He loved pizza so much that i knew it would magic. This doesn't mean I let him have pizza every single day to bribe him to enter school,every day has its own bribe.

" Will I have cheese cake too?",he innocently asked  looking at me with his brown big eyes.

"Only if you promise you will be a good for mrs Wittlemen" I said. He nodded and gave me a kiss and ran to his teacher.

" Bye,I love you daddy",he called out to me.

"I love you too,bud",I called back.

Then i quickly turned to Latoya who was patiently waiting for the ordeal with her brother to get done.

"I love you princess,be a good girl for daddy and have a nice day," I said as I knelt down,hugged and kissed my first baby.

"I love you too daddy,bye "she said as she ran off to her class.

I watched with a smile as she ran as fast as her little feet could take her. I couldn't hide the swelling  pride in my heart as I looked at my children.

I turned back to my car where we had a sleeping Laquisha. My baby looked so peaceful and beautiful in her sleep all buckled up in her car seat. I couldn't resit the urge to kiss her sleeping eyes,God she was so cute.

She looked so much like her mother with that jet black hair like toya,brown eyes and small lips.

Looking at my sleeping daughter brought back memories I didn't like and I quickly placed them at the back of my mind and drove off to work since i was already running late.

Josie P.O.V

After breakfast with my family,I hurriedly rushed upstairs to do my makeup and continue with my job hunting. I wasn't ready to give up yet. My mother had already told me it wouldn't be easy but I shouldn't give up the search. Her words were the energy I needed to swing back into action.

I walked back downstairs said my goodbyes to everyone as they wished me luck and God I needed that luck. I walked to the bus stop since I didn't own a car.

As I waited for the bus to arrive,I looked through different job listings on the internet trying to find something that would work for me. It was 9:00am and I still had 30minutes to wait for the bus. I continued searching but found nothing.

The bus came and I head to the upper west side of town to drop applications since I had covered the upper east side but in vain. After about 2 hours of  dropping applications, I was so exhausted that I decided to enter a restaurant to get something to eat and rest up. I ordered for my food and as i waited,I came face to face with my worst night mare.....

Matthew P.O.V

I reached work abit late but who cares I am the boss and no one questions me. I unbuckled my sleeping child from her car seat,carried her as she rested her head on my shoulder and with my other free hand I carried her diaper bag.

I reached my office floor and handed the sleeping child to my secretary,lynda.she was the only person I trusted with my kids. First,because she was so good with kids being a mother of 4.Second,we grew up together,so I knew her well.

I proceeded to my office to start on my day's work. I had so much paper work to sign and files to read through. I worked on these for the next 2hours until I had a knock on my office door.

"come in ",I called not moving my eyes from the many files on my desk.

The door opened to reveal my best friend,Benjamin.

"Hey man,didn't see you today morning,I thought you didn't make it to work today",He said as he sat down on the chair opposite me.

"I had to get my children ready for school before coming here and you can imagine how it can be with 3 children under 10". I answered him still not looking away from the files on  my desk.

"Man,you have alot on your hands.The company,the kids,why don't you get them a Nanny to relieve you of certain duties?." Ben suggested.

Hearing what he was saying,I stopped what i was doing and looked up to him.

"Ben,you of all people know how i feel letting strangers around my children,Why would you make such a suggestion?" I answered.

"You know it wouldn't kill to take the risk. And besides before you employ someone you need a background check so atleast it will be someone you have researched about".He said. "You need help. You cannot continue doing everything on your own or you will run yourself mad" he continued.

I knew deep down that what he was saying was true but i wasn't ready to break my walls and let a stranger around my kids.

" What if what i feared most from my past came back and hurt my kids when i am not there to protect them,?"I thought to myself.

"That is not happening Ben,let me finish with the paper work and we can go grab lunch together as I also relieve lynda of quisha because am sure she is about to get cranky." I told him.

" Alright man,but think about it. See you in a few because its already 11:45am",Ben said briefly looking at his wrist watch ,and leaving my office.

"This guy is not ready to give up easily".I laughed to myself.

I continued think about  what he said but then concentrated back to my pile of work awaiting me. Until i heard another knock on the door and the door opened even before I allowed the person to come in and I faced a............

Chapter four

Josie P.O.V

I came face to face with my worst nightmare.....

"Look who we have here. If its not the little ugly whore,josie pyre" said my nightmare. I didn't have time to hide as my eyes locked with brittany. My biggest tormentor in high school. The person i thought i wouldn't see ever again in my life. I wished the table i was seating at would swallow me as she continued walking towards me.  I was at the verge of tears but remembered this was not the time to show my weakness.

"Hey there brittany,its so nice to see you again. I can see you haven't changed a single bit",I said.

" Trying to act smart with me bitch?," she growled. I just sat still and smiled and i felt a wave of courage wash over me.

"Over the years after high school i told myself i wouldn't let people of your kind get to me anymore." I smirked at her.

She raised her hand to hit me but i caught it,"Look here Brittany,i am not the cowardly nerd you tormented in highschool,i am grown now and i promise i can handle you pretty well too. So if i was you,i would gather my little pack of minions and walk out of here"I told her with a firm grip on her hand.

She winced in pain," let me go you good-for-nothing whore". I smirked at her and her minions before loosening my grip on her hand.

"We are not done yet.i will get you",she threatened but i could see anger,embarrassment and fear in her eyes.

"Lets go brits,she is not worth your time",her minion ,olivia scoffed.

I waved them off like they were dirt. I couldn't believe i just stood up to the person i feared most all my teenage life. I was still between emotions when the waitress arrived with my food. I smiled and thanked her.

I prepared to dig in my meal when someone sat across me....

Matthew P.O.V

I was faced with a frustrated lynda and a wailing quisha.

"I tried everything to calm her down but she seems bent on being cranky today",Lynda said.

"Give her to me",I said as i stood up and took quisha from a tired looking Lynda.

"Thank u for helping Lynda,i know this is not part of your but thank you". I told her as i rubbed a crying quisha's belly.

"There you go baby,dada is here. Why are you crying? Did you miss dada? I whispered as i tried to calm her down but it was not working.

"Matt,i know i have no right to tell you this because am just your secretary but i think its high time you got a Nanny." Lynda said.

"Not you too,Lynda. You know i cannot let a stranger around my kids", I whined.

"Matt,you have built a wall around your kids,young at not giving them an opportunity to be kids. Play with other children,meet other people,go to the park. Your children need a life Matt,away from office and people older than them." Lynda protested.

"Are you trying to teach me how to raise my own children?" I yelled. "And besides they meet other children while at school." I justified.

"I am not trying to teach you how to raise your children. I am just pointing out your flaws. You are a great dad Matt,but your children need more than just their dad,they need other people to relate to." Lynda shot back.

"They have you,Benjamin and other people here at the office to relate to". I said knowing that she was right i was concealing my children from my own fears not theirs.

"All I will say to you now,is think about it. If not for you,then do it for the kids,Matt before they miss out alot on their childhood".Lynda said as she kissed now a sleeping quisha's forehead and left my office.

I continued cradling my little girl as she slept,soft whimpers escaping as she slept because she slept herself to sleep.

My mind was now filled with what my two friends had told me....

And i knew they were right.

Chapter Five

Lynda P.O.V

I wondered to myself what was wrong with my friend. He wanted to protect his children but he was unknowingly hurting and damaging them.

When i walked to his office to handover a crying quisha,i looked in his eyes and i could see he was tired,stressed and alone.

I suggested he gets a Nanny to relieve him of some duties like washing the kids,making them breakfast,dropping them to school and picking them,babysitting quisha because the office was not a day care and he clearly was not ready to send his child to day care at an early age.

I was snapped out of my thoughts when i heard footsteps walking towards me. "Hey Lynda,you seem so lost in thought,Is everything fine? Everyone today seems so lost in their little worlds." Said Benjamin.

"I am fine,just worried about Matt." I answered walking and taking a seat in my office closely followed by Benjamin. "Have you noticed stressed and distant he looks of late? I suggested he gets a nanny but as sturbbon as he is he wouldn't listen to what i had to say." I continued.

"Yes,i always told him the same thing but he didn't listen to me. Honestly lynda am worried about our friend.If he doesn't get help he will run himself mad." Benjamin said.

"Maybe we should persuade him some more?" I suggested.

"I don't think it will work lynda,she really broke our friend and i don't know how we going to help him build trust in people again." Benjamin said as his eyes looked above me and i could see he was hurt by what happened to his best friend.