Artemis POV. “Daymon” I tapped him gently on the shoulder. “ Daymon” I tapped him the second time before he flung his eyes open. “Yes, Artemis,” he replied, trying to compose himself. “I need you to go inside and sleep,” I said to him, pointing to the cabin entrance. “And please, don't argue with this time around” Without arguing like I asked him not to, he went straight to the cabin for some rest. Still watching the beautiful sky, I decided to go look around since I had not done that since we got to the forest. I began exploring the surrounding areas, and I saw different things which I had never seen before. I saw different beautiful wildflowers which looked amazing to me but might be dangerous. As I was looking around, I saw a big pear tree which was not that tall but wide. I saw it as an opportunity to pluck one of them for us to eat in the evening. I looked around for a big stick to pluck some of the fruits. They looked so juicy and refreshing. I made sure I plugged enoug
Artemis POV As we sat down at our favorite spot to enjoy the fruits, Daymon offered to bring the leftover meat for us to peer with it. “So what happened when you went outside without me?” Daymon asked, walking towards me with the wrap he was holding. “A Lot happened to be honest,” I answered, eager to share my experience. “Really!” Daymon sat down beside me and handed the some piece of meat to me. At first, I hesitated to reveal the part where I saw the snake but it is part of the main thing that happened. “I saw a snake” I revealed. Just saying it makes it feel creepy. “Damn!!” Daymon exclaimed. “Are you okay?” His expression turned serious. “Yeah, I'm,” I replied. “I have always known you to be a strong woman; if it were to be other ladies, they would rather just faint on the spot.” Daymon made instances of some he knows. I love that Daymon was praising so I didn't bother telling him I was afraid and also almost fainted like the other women. “You remember the saying th
Artemis POV It's a beautiful morning, the chirping sound of the birds woke me up. I looked to the side and saw Daymon still sleeping like a baby. He is looking so peaceful and handsome as ever. I moved closer to her for me to enjoy the beautiful view before me, Daymon. I was almost tempted to touch him when he woke up from his sleep. I quickly withdrew my hand and behaved like I wanted to take something from beside him. “Good morning” Daymon greeted with a gentle and calm morning voice. “Good morning,” I greeted back. “Hope you slept well?” I asked. “Yes, I did,” he replied. “Why are you up so early?” He asked. “The loud sound of the chirping birds woke me up” I answered. “Oh, I see.” He nodded in satisfaction. “The last time I checked, I'm the early morning riser here”. “Are you trying to make jest of me now or indirectly calling me a lazy woman?” I said jokingly. We both laughed and Daymon stood up to go get some water from the stream for the day. I was already getting t
Artemis POV As I lay down, I felt so weak and concerned. I hate that I have to stress Daymon and make him do all sorts of things just for me to survive. Before long, Daymon came back to the cabin with hands full of herbs and began preparing it immediately. His move was so swift and precise. He looked so stressed and tired too. I hate myself for stressing this handsome before me; he still looks handsome anyway. “But really, Daymon you don't need to do it all…”I started to say. “I want to, Artemis, I want to,” he cut me short. “If not because of anything, but because of my boss,” Daymon added. I watched him prepare the herbs in silence and in no time, I slept off. “Artemis, can you sit up for a few minutes?” I heard a voice say from my sleep. I felt so weak and reluctant, but I just had to get up from my sleep. “Yes,” I rubbed my sleepy eyes. “The herb is ready, and I brought you something to eat too,” Daymon said. “You need to eat something before taking the herbs”. “Thank y
Daymon's pov Experience is the best teacher, they say; I have learned a lot just by staying in this hidden forest, doing things I never imagined I would ever do even if I'm the wretched person in the world. I Look at Artemis sitting beside me and waiting patiently for the meat to be ready like she has no other worries other than the meal she was waiting for. My eyes drifted away from the roasting meat to her long pretty legs. They looked so good even though she had had her bath for some time now. I felt the urge to touch them, feel them, and run my hands through that smooth, milky skin of hers. I began to imagine a series of nasty things I wished I could do to her, but I couldn't. “Get yourself together, dude, she is your boss's woman.” My brain brought me back to my right Sense. I went ahead to check the roasting to help me take my mind off the crazy things I was thinking. “I can't wait to devour this thing because I'm so famished; the herb took away the one I ate earlier,” Art
Daymon's POV I was seated on a small hill beside the cabin, thinking of what happened between me and Artemis; I still couldn't find a way around it. I don't want to ever find myself in a situation where I will betray the Almighty Aiden if I don't want to get punished for it. Still lost in my thoughts, I heard the sound of someone's footsteps approaching me; I was more than sure it was Artemis. “Why can't you love?” I heard her say from behind me. I couldn't even bring myself to look back at her. Did I just hear her ask why I can't leave her? It might be a slip of the tongue, or I probably didn't hear her well. “Why are you finding it difficult to love me back?” She asked again. “Is it a crime to love you?” Then I heard her well the first time and clearer the second time. I stood up and faced her, trying to understand her facial expression to know if she was serious or joking., She was looking damn serious. “I don't understand Artemis?” I asked her, my hands in my pockets. “Ar
Daymon's Pov I finally got myself to sleep after minutes of struggling with sleep because Artemis was my greatest temptation. Artemis, on the other hand, slept like a baby, not waking up for even a minute during her sleep. I was the first to wake up from sleep because I wasn't feeling as comfortable as I used to feel. I woke up to see Artemis's body exposed. The cloth which she used to cover herself was no longer on her body. Just the sight of her body alone without touching has made him wet and gave him an erection. I stood still, admiring the Wonder beautiful creature before me when I heard her make a soft sound from her sleep. I quickly looked away to the other side of the room, thinking she was awake, but she wasn't. I looked at her again; this time around, her body was more exposed due to the way she stretched, and I could get a clearer view of her body. I took my eyes off her body and left the cabin to tidy outside of the cabin since it was looking so unkempt and I nee
Artemis POV As they walked back home, Artemis walked faster than Daymon, trying her best not to talk to Daymon. Daymon was the one who brought her to the stream, but she avoided him through the journey even though she wasn't familiar with the road. Daymon, on the other hand, was also trying to keep track of her because she was so fast. In no time, he lost her track and began to look for her. “Where is she?” I was beginning to get scared. Artemis looked around the place she found herself, it looked so unfamiliar. “Am I still going the right way?” Artemis began to panic, not knowing if she could go back or if there was still a way forward. She was confused because she did not see anything that looked like the cabin or the cabin way ahead, and she didn't know how she got to the place she was. “Artemis! Artemis!, Artemis!” I called out her name but nobody answered me. “Where could she have been?”. Different thoughts came to Daymon's mind not knowing which one he was going to choose
Artemis’ PovEverything seized to exist for a moment. Silence stole the noise that had swallowed the room earlier and the hall seemed to melt into oblivion. It seemed it had not been recorded anything time in history that the massive door of the Creeks’ Hall was busted open amidst meeting.At this point, I could see the men with their cups raised were merely startled and expectant of whom it was that had dared to interrupt their meeting with such rascal attitude. But there was nothing to see as the door remained open and without trace of anyone.“Maybe, it’s the wind,” Aiden’s father brought the hall back to life with a mischievous smile on his face. But someone snapped from the distance and cleared his throat.“It’s definitely not the wind, sire,” Benny announced on his feet. We all turned to him, and like he liked the attention he’d dragged to himself, he tugged at his suit and pointed towards the door with a proud smile on his face. “It’s another son of the Creeks.”Everyone turne
Artemis’ Pov“Don’t you think it’s time you come here and stand by me like your husband to be,” Aiden’s father gestured at me, and patted Aiden by the shoulder.Everyone turned to me. Their eyes felt like a crust of sand on my skin. My slowly broke my face into a warm smile and walked up to him. He took my hand, kissed it and hugged me.“My wife is not home and Aiden, your man, has no sisters here, so, permit me to play both the father-in-law’s role and the mother-in-law’s role, too.” He hollered.Everyone laughed, including Aiden. I smiled as his father freed me from the hug and raised his hands above his shoulders with a warm smile on his face.“Aiden has finally made his mind to become the man we all dreamt of—” he said, his eyes on Aiden and on me. “We’ll toast to him!”***The Hall of the Creeks was a large one with massive slabs of marbles which formed the word ‘Creek’ on the wall. It had pillars that looked like they were carved in the eighteenth century and the floor was smoot
Author's PovTheir ride was smooth as Aiden had devised a different route for the trip to escape any supposed ambush at the popular routes they could have used on a good day. Meanwhile, for Artemis, the trip was another silent one, and the only thing that ever felt good was the strong scent of Aiden in the fact that he offered her much warmth when he kept squeezing her hands in his.They arrived at the Creeks’ estate, the dwelling place of Don Carlos, and drove straight to the heart of the estate, but a man in white suit and white groves stopped them and ushered them to the parking lot they wished to avoid.“Who’s that man?” Artemis asked curiously.“Uncle Benny,” Aiden said with a smirk. “No one says no to Benny, unless you want to be stalked till you finally say yes to his ass.”The guards opened the door and they both alighted and walked together to the man in white suit, their retinue of guards assembled behind them while Benny watched without words.“Good morning, Benny,” Aiden
Artemis's PovSalty: that’s the best way to describe the taste of Aiden’s tadpoles in my mouth. I swallowed them after I picked every drop of his spill on the table but he didn’t stay to see me gulp them.He surely knew I wouldn’t spill his cum into the sink after I picked them with my tongue, but I wanted him to see me swallow every drop of it.I fixed my cloth and returned to the pot on the stove. The chicken soup was ready to be served. The bread in the oven was long done and I had turned off the oven before I went for the soup earlier.I turned off the stove and scooped the soup into a large plate, but just then, Aiden’s voice rippled into the kitchen. He was in an argument with someone in his phone.I shrugged and continued with the scoop till there was nothing left in the pot. I then took the pot to the sink and washed it clean before I made for the bread in the oven.***The dining was set by the hall’s massive window. Laid down the dish and shifted the curtains whish hid the m
Aiden's POV The first light of the morning broke through the gap in-between the curtains and rested on rested on my face. I rubbed my eyes and reached out for Artemis, but my hands caught just the pillow. It was then that I realized I had not been awake all night.I shrugged and turned over to meet the empty space with the pillow that had long lost her warmth. I sighed. She must have been such an early bird to have left the bed before me.I crept out of bed and yawned while I looked into the day through the gap between the curtains. The estate was calm, and the garden’s seemed to have new visitors: birds and insects. I just hope hornets are not part of the visitors.I searched my pockets for my phone, and just then, I realized I left it downstairs last night before I carried Artemis to bed. “Good lord,” I sighed and walked out of the room. The house was calm, but the but the aroma of something delicious had filled it to the brim.Artemis was definitely making something delicious in
Aiden's POV I snatched up my phone as soon as Artemis left the room and turned it on. It took a split of seconds to boot and soon, it displayed the screen with the notifications on the message icon.I tapped into it, but before I could read what was sent, my phone buzzed. The number was an unsaved one but I picked up hoping it was Hera. But it was not Hera. It was Marlon.“Sire—” his voice announced his identity. “Sorry, I had to call with a different number. I broke my phone in action. We were attacked.”My heart skipped a beat. Attacked?Who on earth is so discreet they could read my gestures? The move was meant to be smooth, unnoticed, but I knew it had gone public when my father talked of what he knew I would do. Or, maybe the enemy knew just what I will do, and I foolishly played into his hands.“Did you lose anyone?” I asked.“No, sire.” Said Merlon. “They merely aimed for the back seat. Maybe they thought you were in the convoy.”My brows narrowed at his utterance. Who else wh
Author's PovThe men were settled around bottles of cognac when Artemis entered to announce that dinner was ready. Not for all—they knew. It was for Don Carlos and Aiden and her. the guards would figure out themselves though they wished to be part of the meal.“Indeed,” Don Carlos rose to his feet. Aiden joined him and together, they followed Artemis into the building, but Artemis led them out through the backyard door to the backyard garden where she fixed a makeshift dinning and laid out the meal she made.“What the heck is this?” Don Carlos posed.Aiden raised his brows. He could have warned Artemis to be super careful with recipe she would decide to make because his father is not an easy-going fella. He was the type who would take detail of everything and grunt at whatever he detests.“It’s a makeshift—”“Yes, I love it.” Don Carlos did not let Aiden defend Artemis. He took the first seat and gestured at Aiden and Artemis to join him. the two lovers looked each other in the face
Author’s PovDon Carlos Creek, Aiden’s father had settled in the open space of the estate with his men, a bag of clubs and balls for a quick golf game with his boys when Aiden and Artemis arrived.They stopped and watched him knock a ball into a freshly dug hole with his club, and joined his men to celebrate his pretty score. “Aiden—” he called out after the celebration and hugged him as they met in close range. “Did you see me do it like a pro?” Aiden laughed. Don Carlos really did it like a pro—no doubt. He did it like he’d been doing it right all his life, but the distance was close and the hole was wide compared to the traditional holes for the golf game. But Aiden knew not to speak of the error.The man who dug the hole must have done it to suit Don Carlos.“I saw you do it like you do it for a living,” Aiden laughed, sure his father must have figured out the reason for his laughter. Don Carlos patted his back and broke the hug. “I sure do this shit for a living. Don’t you kno
Artemis POV “But—” Aiden raised a finger as I rose to follow him out of the hall. He closed in on me with narrowed eyes and ran his finger on my cheek. “You will go on blindfold.”I said nothing. “Good,” he nodded. My silence was a yes to his proposal. He fished a black pick of cloth from his pocket, and with a gentle nod, he ordered me to turn. I turned and shut my eyes, while he slowly blindfolded me with the cloth. “Can you see?” he asked.“No,” I answered.“Good,” he uttered and held me by the hands. “You have to trust me, Artemis.”I nodded. I trust him. I believe he knew I did. Especially now I needed to trust him more than I’ve ever done in all the time we’ve known each other. With his hand slung across my chest, he led me through in utter silence. The walk was slow and steady, and we did make stops that was followed by the creaking of doors he pushed open to secure a free pass for the both of us.“Here we go,” he said after a while. He took his hand off my waist and I he