A Yearning Beyond Years

ey's

ber that this assignment accounts for twenty percent of your total grade, so you better resear

r who reveled in overworking students, but these were third-year college student

the lecture hall when a voice stopped me. "I

me. The tall man had on a white collar shirt that perfectly comp

that, Noah." I gave

o my chest, where his gaze remained fixed. I followed his eyes to see a small part

nd covered up the open skin, but

tably and cleared

darted back to my eyes, and his usual demeanor returned. "See you nex

as...u

. The school took pride in the recognition the basketball team had given t

f their classes to focus on training. Lecturers had no power against them,

ses. And I don't know if it was in my head, but most times I could

student for any reason watching his thirty-two-year-old professor. I walked out of the

line a pale tint of golden orange. My body ached, and a

noises coming from somewhere upstairs.

ng off Tessa, our daughter, at his mother's place because I wouldn't be home. The college was supposed to host a

oke in. You will need to get

My best option was the ceramic flower vase propped up by my side. I wr

ely ending up gett

ear the sound more clearly. It wasn't just any sound; it was moaning. It ac

reak into someone's house and have sex i

oice of a woman at the other e

or did that woman just

ly heard rig

must have

conviction to prove myself wrong. But when the door swung open,

on top of him was Agatha, her naked boobs and a

that of a child who was caught being naughty, but Agatha's expression remained firm,

" I stammered, my mouth

It's plain as day that h

I confronted him about it, he confessed to having an emotional entanglement with the woman but swor

e, not 'darling' or 'honey' like

e looked at me, eyeing me up and down, like I was covered in filth, bef

was this woman even talking about?

was appalled at how unbothered Agatha looked and her audacity to tell my own hu

spiral rage, and I rushed to wher

er by her hair and pulled her up from

t my grip only tightened around her wavy brown curls. "I

a sharp burning sting across my cheeks. "Let her go right

e of my cheek where Liam slapped me. I looked at him throug

. "Call her that again, and this time it

s before, much less raised his hand to hit me. And now, he was t

ult of Liam's drunk driving. In the heat of the moment, I had taken control of the car and managed to swerve

dashboard against my lower abdomen that caused damage to my uterus, an

ays ended in miscarriages. The emotional and psychological tur

oth parties to never meet up again after Agatha gave birth. When she did, we paid her, and we all we

ogate here? Naked on my matrimonia

s shoulder, prompting him to spill th

vigor. "Stacey, Agatha is pregnant for me. She'd be hav

backward, almost falling. I stare at the man I've been married to for the las

ha