Chapter 26

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The vacation was over and Nathan never showed up. Michelle was furious and decided to return to Washington. Derek offered to accompany her and Sandra back which she didn't object to.

They got to Washington and a chauffeur was already waiting to pick them up in a black limo. Derek had sent for the chauffeur before their arrival. He asked the chauffeur to drop Michelle and his niece off first before taking him home. He bade them goodbye before heading home.

Michelle got into the house and Nathan wasn't home. She guessed he'd be at work, so she decided to unpack her things and freshen up just to kill time. She had dinner and rocked Sandra to sleep after feeding her. When she was sure that Sandra wouldn't be up, she left her baby's room with a baby monitor in her hand before going to the living room to wait for Nathan's return from work.

Nathan got home from work and was surprised to see Michelle in the living room. He had forgotten that they'd be back today.

Michelle just sat on the couch watching him carefully. Nathan walked towards her and was going to place a kiss on her cheek when Michelle turned her head away, making him sigh.

"Baby, I'm sorry. I know I-"

"What excuse are you going to give, huh?"

"Michelle, I was busy."

"Busy... Did you just say busy?" Michelle was already getting frustrated.

"Tell me, Nathan. What could've been more important than I and your daughter?"

"You have to understand, Michelle. What I had to do was important,"

Michelle scoffed, running her hands through her hair, trying her best not to yell because she didn't want to wake Sandra.

"You didn't even bother to call, Nathan. You should've respected me enough to at least let me know that you weren't going to show up."

Nathan didn't know what else to say to that.

"Not once did you call, Nathan... Not once," she said the last part in a trembling voice as she was already in tears.

"If you didn't think of me, you should've at least thought of your child."

"Michelle, I'm sorry."

"Sorry isn't going to help, okay?" She yelled and walked out of the living room.

Nathan didn't know how he was going to face Michelle. She was right, he should've called to let her know that he wasn't going to be able to join them but he didn't. He had hurt her, he felt really bad about it and had no idea how to make up for what he had done.




 It's been three days since Michelle and her daughter came back from Hawaii. Michelle didn't talk to Nathan after their argument because she was still mad at him.

Nathan tried all he could to apologize to Michelle so she would forgive him but she didn't want to listen to whatever he had to say. So, he made up his mind and took a break from work so he could spend time at home with his family to make up for ditching them in Hawaii.







Nathan and Michelle were in their bedroom, it's been a week since Nathan stayed home with his family. He hadn't had any bodily contact with Michelle, which worried him a lot because he needed her but she wouldn't let him touch her. She no longer slept in his arms like she used to. She now kept her distance between them with her back against him. It was like they were strangers.

Nathan moved closer to Michelle and placed his hand on her waist. He trailed kisses from her neck to her shoulder but she didn't budge. He slowly put his hand beneath her nightshirt and began caressing her.

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