TEACH ME NOT 2 HATE LOVE

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👧Tajea POV 👧

Just a simple touch from him. That's all it takes for my whole body to start going haywire. Out of control.

How? Why?

Girl, you know why. You just don't want to admit it.

No! I can't let this happen. I have to get away from him before I do something incredible, stupid, and dumb. Something I'll end up regretting.

I can't be here. I need to leave this house and never return.

No. What am I thinking? There is no way on earth I can do that. I promise to stay with little Nik. It will break his little heart if I leave. And the poor thing has already been through so much. Not to mention, life just starts to seem normal for him. I just can't ruin that for him.

But how can I be with him and avoid temptation? Now, that's a tricky question. Fuu...

I just need to avoid him, or rather, avoid being alone with him. For now, that's a temporary solution. And that's what I did for the rest of that day. I tried my very best to stay out of his path, and he seemed to be doing the same.

Good, it's better off this way. Relationship—that shit is just not meant for me. I'm destined to be alone until I die.

Anyway, nothing interesting happened for the remaining days of the week either. Only the usual. I go to work, do my job, and take care of little Nik. Go home and sleep. I repeat this process until Saturday, my day off.

But unfortunately, I can't stay home and sleep all day like I wish. Why? Today is Nik's birthday, and I promised Ms. Radnor a few days ago that I'd show up to the surprise party. So much for avoiding him.

Well, a promise is a promise. I'm sure I can survive one evening with him. Besides, we won't be alone. His mother and little Nik will be there. I'm sure that spoiled Prince Jackass friend of his will also be there, along with other people. The two are like brothers, according to Ms. Radnor.

I hope there will be strong liquor because I'm going to need it to deal with those two arseholes.

Ah, man! Facepalm. I can't. Little Nik.

You know what? I'm going to invite Regina. So I called up her phone and let her know we had a party to attend later, and she was cool with it. Now that's over with. What the hell am I going to do until then?

My phone started ringing, and I answered after realizing it was a call from Ms. Radnor. She begged me to babysit little Nik while she organized the stuff for the party.

Ugh. She knew the boy was my weakness and that I couldn't say no.

I'm too nice.

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After I took care of my morning business, I called a cab to come get me. Now the sweetest part about this is that I can travel anywhere I want twenty-four seven for free. Yes, you heard right, free. Ms. Radnor made it possible.

About an hour later, I arrived at the house. Little Nik was so excited to see me. He rushed to embrace me, squeezing the life out of me.

Oh, my sweet boy. So what if it's just several hours we've been apart? I miss him too.

Hugs and kisses—that's what I showered him with. Then I conversed a little with Ms. Radnor, who was busy with a team of party specialists decorating. Little Nik and I then left with his new personal bodyguard/driver, Kenneth. Yeah, the kid is living the life.

The little guy insisted he wanted to go to the city park, and I granted his wish. Well, if I'm being honest, I only agreed to this because I don't know any fun places to take a kid. Before I started working, I didn't go out much, and if I did, it was either the grocery store or a bar. None of which is a fun place for a kid.

So the park wasn't all that fun for an old soul like me, but the environment was refreshing and calm. The perfect environment for a long nap. But that's not the purpose of being here.

Little Nik, on the other hand, seemed to have had one of the best days of his life here. He even made a few friends and played to his heart's content for a few hours. Now he was beaten out, lying asleep next to me on a blanket.

Kenneth was close by, watching us like a guardian angel. It's kind of annoying, but it is what it is.

Now you know that anywhere there is happiness and joy, sorrow and pain lurk closely. Its goal is to rob you of a smile and make you bitter and miserable. Unfortunately, that's what's happening to me right now. The stealer of my joy and happiness, he who must not be named, is here. And he had company, too.

Lord, why did you allow the devil to do this to me?

I prayed to be protected from the gaze of that bastard, but things didn't go the way I wanted them to. One of his companions, whom I'm not so familiar with, recognized me and pointed in my direction.

And he, who should not be named, thought it was a good idea to approach me. Great. Prison, here I come.