The Lives We Live

Chapter 1

In New York City, the thirty-one-year-old Toni Topaz came from a wealthy family, she owned a newspaper company, and she had inherited the organization from her father and promised to honor his reputation in the business field. The brunette has one younger sister, Veronica, who worked in the newspaper as an IT manager in the same company. They had a very close relationship since they only have each other. Veronica would know if her sister is sad, mad or even worried by just looking in her eyes. In other words, she lived for Toni and vice versa.

Toni got married to Diane at the age of eighteen and her wife was able to give birth to two amazing kids, Noah and Nora Mitchell. The fifteen-year-old Noah and Nora were twins, both having to look like Toni. The brunette lived for them and lived to make them happy and safe.

The brunette was born in a rare condition, she had both woman and man parts, she had a rough childhood, her parents passing away at a young age, she was dealt a shitty hand. She met her blond wife at the age of sixteen and got married by eighteen. She wasn't happy with her life because Diane was always jealous of every single woman that Toni meets.

Toni had a house in the mountains which was far away from the city, she goes there every weekend to get away from the city and write her book, Noah and Nora loved going with their Momma because sometimes they couldn't handle Diane's screaming or whining about Toni. The brunette and Diane are complete opposites, Toni was calm, relaxed and loved to read, and Diane lived to have fights with the brunette and get jealous over stupid things. Toni sometimes hated the moment she stepped into the office because of her wife who was also working in the company.

The newspaper owner loved to travel, most of the times she traveled alone, knowing that if she took her wife with her, they would fight. But what Toni didn't know is that, while she was traveling to back to the US from Canada, she never knew that her life would change from meeting a certain redhead that she might not meet again.

Toni and her wife Diane were driving back home from an event they had to attend. The car ride was driven in silence until the blond spoke up.

"Who was that you were speaking to her in the event?" Diane asked in a jealous tone.

Toni sighed. "I talked to a lot of people,"

"That woman who was wearing black." The blond stated.

"Seriously Diane? Half of the women in that event wore black."

Diane huffed. "That woman who was standing with you and Liam, the owner of the design company."

Toni rolled her eyes internally. "Oh, she's the new graphic designer at his company."

"Wasn't Loren their graphic designer?"

"True, but she took her position; they were having problems with Loren. That's what Liam told me." The brunette said focusing on her driving.

"Aha, I heard something like that, what's her name?"

The brunette sighed. "How would I know what's her name, Diane? Why are you asking all these questions?"

The blond shrugged. "I don't know, but from the looks of it, she isn't pretty. I asked myself who was that ugly woman who is talking to Toni." When Toni didn't answer, Diane spoke again. "Why did you stay quiet? Don't tell me she's pretty."

Every single time we go out this has to happen!  Toni thought, sighing she looked at her blond wife. "No, she's not pretty. She's very ugly Diane." She said shaking her head and looking in front of her. Diane rolled her eyes and kept quiet. Jealousy was ripping through her.

A few minutes later, the couple reached to their villa. Opening the door, they found their fifteen-year-old boy with Diane's brother, sitting on the couch and playing video games.