Shannon’s POVYou haven’t told us about what’s been happening with your love life for the past couple of weeks now,” Melissa began as we huddled together on the sofa, debating on what movie we were going to watch. I wanted a horror movie but Melissa was having none of it, it was in the middle of the day and she wanted to sleep peacefully at night without having to wake up screaming at some point.“C’mon,” I groaned. “You know everything already, what’s left to talk about?” “You’ve been on a roll lately and while I’m happy for you, I want to make sure you know what you’re doing.” Melissa began. “I hope you don’t take this the wrong way as well,” Melissa quickly added. “I’m just concerned, that’s all there is to it.” I nodded, there wasn’t any need for me to lose my cool over her obvious show of concern for my well-being, she was fast becoming a good friend and I enjoyed her company.In some ways, I understood her concern. I hadn’t had her life this fast-tracked since I met the Mayer
Shannon’s POVThe next morning, I hurriedly left my room as I made my way to the triplet’s wing in the mansion. Ricky had decided to pacify his father before he noticed something was amiss and in order to keep me in line, he had appointed me as his personal assistant for a short period. I wasn’t in the mood for one of his tantrums so I had decided to skip breakfast for the first time in a long while now. I didn’t know how they were going to come back from the last ugly fight that we had but I didn’t want to think about it. Not right now, not when I was mildly pissed at all three of them for taking out their frustration on me. I didn’t know how we were going to act cordially, but I was going to try at the very least. “You look like someone broke your heart,” Tracey said as she managed to sneak into the room before the door closed. Tracey was the logistic coordinator in handling their business and she was fast becoming a good friend of mine. She was holding a cup of coffee in one
Shannon’s POVI held her breath as I waited for Ricky to respond. He had been silent since I spoke those words and I was starting to get worried that he might turn down my request which would be the end of everything I thought I was starting to build.I wouldn’t blame him anyway. If he had left me hanging dry like that, I would also be reluctant to do anything else with him. It was merely a normal reaction.“When?” Ricky asked.“Sorry, I didn’t get that?” I forced out, grateful that I wasn’t stuttering.“You said you wanted to talk to me in my office, right?” Ricky asked again.“Yes, I said so. There’s something I need to address in private.” “That’s fine by me. I was asking you when do you want to talk to me about it,”“Can we do it now? If you’ve got nothing on your plate.”“The last time I checked, you’re kind of my new personal assistant, Shannon.” Ricky chuckled as he shook his head. “You should know my schedule better than I do.”I quickly pulled out my tab and checked the detai
Shannon’s POVThe past few days were a reminder of how my life was before the Mayert triplets had decided to change their attitude towards me for no specific reason to date, they did it because they could. I used to think marriage was meant to be the apex for souls looking to be connected for a lifetime, a platform which they would use to strengthen their relationship and their bond against any formidable foe. It necessarily didn’t have to be born out of love but desire and willingness to achieve an expected outcome. This was the false hope that had been sold to me and I was so eager and so gullible to believe every word that had been said to me and I gobbled it up with ease, not bothering to doubt anything they had said for one second. The prospect of being mated was too much for me to ignore in the beginning. I barely saw any of them anymore aside from when I had to do a little bit of work for them. I wasn’t one to believe in coincidences or bad timings but ever since I walked in
Shannon’s POVMy plan had worked perfectly without any issues just as I predicted. I had gone through the process of making myself appear as calm as possible which wasn’t an easy feat for me given my temperament. But for the sake of my mother’s happiness, I was willing to put her desires before mine. The moment I heard she was finally getting married to Robin officially, I was stunned beyond measure. I couldn’t believe my ears and I knew that I had to see it for myself and that was why I was here to confirm if the marriage was real or if it was a sham and much to my shock, my mother was getting married and I couldn’t help but feel happy for her.She deserved this as much as anyone, Robin made her happy and it was pretty evident for everyone to see. My mother was rather overjoyed to talk in detail about the events that led to this moment and I could understand her excitement. I only knew that the marriage was going to happen and everything was being set in motion for it to be a succ
I made my way back into the house with the Mayert triplets trailing behind me. The house was practically empty at this point. The guests had all taken their leave and only the servants remained, cleaning up the mess they had made.I couldn’t believe that they had tried to make a scene out of that little exchange during the party and they had nearly embarrassed me, not that they cared about me or my feelings in the first place anyway. We made our way to the study and as soon as everyone made their way inside, Jules shut the door and immediately turned to question me as to why I had been conversing with a male friend alone.“I don’t see how that’s anyone’s business. I am a grown woman capable of making choices for myself.” I blurted out. I couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that they were getting incensed and jealous over such a simple conversation that didn’t have any lewd or flirty remarks. “You’re not just any woman, you’re going to be a Mayert any time from now, you’re our mate
I nodded and made my way inside the dressing room. Jules wasn’t wrong, the entire room was filled with different kinds of clothes just for me and the shocking part was that they were all tailored to fit me perfectly. I picked out something modest and comfortable to sleep in, feeling nervous about showing skin in a room filled with three men to which she already felt attracted. I shook her head, it wouldn’t be a good idea. I could feel her cheeks flaming as she pictured them making love to me. I groaned, pulling down the zipper of my dinner gown. It was going to be a very long night and to be honest with myself, I didn’t know how I was going to survive the night. Deep down, I knew that neither Ricky, Jules, or Cole felt attracted to me. So it served as some sort of consolation that nothing was going to happen tonight and in a few hours, this would be all over and I would be back to the comfort of my room. I emerged from the dressing room to find that the three of them had changed al
I could feel the headache building up as my eyelids fluttered open. I blinked severally trying to regain my consciousness properly. Ricky. Cole. Jules.That was the first thing that came to my head and I suddenly remembered what they had done to me late last night and I instantly felt repulsed. They tricked me and I fell for it. That was all I needed to know that I wasn’t safe here, I didn’t know what I was going to do now that I had agreed to stay back but all she knew was that she had to get far away from everything I knew about the Mayert triplets. I felt a pair of eyes on her and I eventually forced myself to look up to see Ricky standing above me. I didn’t know who or what he was anymore but he didn’t look scary and repulsive like his nature was, he looked like Ricky, the Ricky that I had made love to. The intensity of his gaze made me scared as I could feel the tears building up at the back of my eyes. I didn’t want to be here. If he would let me go, I wouldn’t say a word ab