Artemis POV After getting myself together I continued my story. “We talked to each other on video calls including voice calls too. My siblings sent me pictures of everything they do over there and I sent my pictures to them too”“I spent my Christmas well because that was the first time I was spending it with my friends outside my family house, and I was sure they enjoyed their last Christmas too,” I said, referring to my parents and siblings.“As soon as the festive holiday was over, my parents were in a hurry to go back to work, but my siblings wanted to stay a little longer; maybe if they had stayed for a few more days, they would still be alive till this moment,” I assumed.“They were bent on coming back home,” I said. “On their way back home from Paris, they got involved in a plane crash and nobody survived not even one of them” “Oh my goodness!” Daymon exclaimed. “I'm so sorry about that”.“You don't have to be sorry, that's just their fate” I replied to him.“When I heard the
Artemis POV After a few months, the money I was living on was finished and there was nobody to help me. The rent of the studio I was staying in expired and the owner began to give me issues. In the long run, he sent me packing out of the studio.Life became so complicated and a living hell for me. I barely eat a burger per day.I slept on the street with nobody to save me. “I remembered the fateful day when my Landlord sent me out; it was the most pathetic day of my life.”“I walked through the dusty, quiet street, my feet aching from the endless walking, my face swollen as a result of the tests. It looked like I was the one left in the whole world struggling on my own to survive”.I kept cc x. around the street, checking to see if I would find any store to get water from. I eventually found one; I went into the store and saw the storekeeper, who happened to be a middle-aged man.I entered the store and greeted him like I should. “Good evening, sir,” I greeted him.“How may I help
Aiden's POV Everything has just been happening as a dream these days. All of a sudden, Daymon disappeared without me knowing his whereabouts, and Artemis, my girlfriend, too. I don't know if she is still with Kane or not. I just don't know what to do.I kept pacing up and down my room thinking of different possible things that might have happened to the both of them. I have sent out some of my men to go and check what the problem is but they couldn't come back with a positive answer. I sent some of them out again today, hoping to get a positive answer this time around.It was as if the men were taking too long to arrive; I heard a car pull up at the front of the house, thinking it was my men, so I quickly rushed downstream,m, but they were not the ones.“This is driving me crazy!” I wiped away all the used for decoration that was on the table because I was so vexed”I went back to my room. I have been having sleepiness nights for days now because I was so worried that I barely eat wh
Aiden's POV “ You know what I'm trying to say, Kane, so don't pretend like I'm speaking Spanish here,” I urge him angrily.Kane chuckled. “Oh, you mean Daymon and Artemis? They are... somewhere. Let's just say they're enjoying themselves and my hospitality.”My anger boiled over, and I took a step forward, staying very close to him; our nose was almost touching. “You're going to regret this, and I will make sure you pay for this, Kane!”Kane sneered. “I doubt it, Aiden,” he replied to me, smiling wickedly. “You see, I have something you want. And I'm not going to give it up easily, not until I see the end of you.”I gritted my teeth. “What do you want, Kane?”Kane continues smiling wickedly. "Oh, now you want to offer me what I want after all these years? But I think she is just your arranged mistress, why are you now sacrificing everything to get her back?” Daymon asked me a series of questions.“It is none of your business, Daymon just state what you want from me and let the innoce
Kane's povI watched Aiden and his men leave my mansion in anger. I smiled and stared at them from the window.We never knew Daymon and Artemis were still alive. Here, I think they had escaped for Aiden's place.The issue I have on the ground now is how to find them. They are the only bate to get what I want from Aiden. At first, I thought he didn't love Artemis, but with the look in his eyes and how he could go the extra mile just to come to look for her, my brother had fallen so in love with her.“We need to get them as soon as possible before they escape or before Aiden finds them,” I said to my bodyguard Matteo.Matteo nodded, his expression serious. I know the kind of person he is; a series of dangerous thoughts would have been going through his head: “I agree with you, the boss; we can't let them slip through our fingers. Not now that we know how much Aiden wants them back, we can use them as his weakness”I turned away from the window, my mind filled with different strategies
Aiden's POV A lot of things have been going on with me Lately. The business my father placed in my hands is suffering; my emotions are suffering, and my health is suffering. So many pressures are on me, and my father has been complaining lately.I was sitting in the living room, feeling so weak and tired when my father's call came.“Hey dad” I answered his call.“What have you been doing Aiden?” My dad yelled from across the phone. “You left your two eyes open, and you watched the company stock some down. Do you even have an idea of how much we have lost?”I don't know how to explain the situation of things to him, even if I explain my father is more of a business person who believes you should not mix business with your personal feelings “I know, Dad. I'm sorry. It's just that a lot has been going on lately,” I tried to explain to him, feeling a mix of frustration and anger.“Going on you say? What is going on? Even if something is going on with you, should it always affect your bus
Aiden's POV I lay down on the hospital bed, looking up at the ceiling. Life has not been fair. I remember the previous day when I was rushed to the hospital by two able-bodied men from the beach. The last thing I remembered was watching the Ocean water flow, and slowly, I started falling to the ground because my organs felt weak. I remembered collapsing on the ground, that was the last thing I remembered and by the time I woke up, I met myself in the hospital.As I lay there, I couldn't help but think about how my life had gone out of control just in the twinkle of an eye. But everything was going perfectly well the last time I checked but now I don't even understand anymore. It has gotten out of control. First, Artemis and Daymon went missing, and now I was stuck in a hospital bed, feeling weak and helpless, not even knowing the Main reason why I was in the hospital bed.The doctor came in accompanied by two other nurses, a kind smile on his face. “Good morning, Mr Aiden. How are
Aiden's POVI swallowed hard when my mom asked for Artemis who they both know as Hera. I have been praying since they entered that they would not ask of her, but my mother eventually did.Martin looked at me, and I gave him a sign not to say anything, and he understood immediately.“So how was your trip?” I asked to bury the question she asked.“The trip went well. As you can see, I'm looking okay and smiling,” my mother replied, smiling the more at the. “I even got some things for you and Hera.”“You have not answered your mother's questions_ my father intruded. “Where is Hera?” Why does this man have to always intervene in matters that don't concern him? What should I say? I can't think straight; I don't know what to answer them with.“Is something wrong?” My mother asked, she noticed the look on my face. “Did you guys have a fight?”“If we fought, it would have been better. At least she wouldn't be in the danger she is right now” I said in my mind.“No, Mom!” I answered. “So wher
Artemis’ PovFirst, Aiden didn’t see me when he stepped into the bathroom thinking he had the privacy he probably wanted from the prying eyes of his friend in the open chamber, and probably mine, but he didn’t know he walked in on me.I was done cleaning the restroom when he entered, and I didn’t bother to disturb him, not until I heard him chant the name Hera twice in the phone with tensed voice, and now, his friend asked if I’m Hera.Who the heck is this Hera of a person that got almighty Aiden so pissed he couldn’t even check well before snarling at the name.“Hera?” I raised my brows, “I am—”“Artemis,” Aiden didn’t let me finish, “my wife to be.”The fella blinked twice. He seemed to realize he’d said the wrong thing at the wrong time, and he should have knocked before badging into someone else’s toilet.“And why are you donning such apparel?” the fella pointed out.Aiden called him Rusev earlier, so, I thought I should call him the same and ask him to let me be. I can’t stand ge
Aiden’s PovI nearly pushed my finger’s to Rusev’s lips, but I didn’t because Artemis could be watching from the room. He’s not to be blamed anyways. No responsible man can skip such question, and if anyone should, it can never be Rusev.“She’s no more,” I masked the shock that braced my face with a sudden smile.Rusev raised his brows. I thought of blinking my eyes in quick signs but he seemed not ready to yield. Maybe because he must have ready of me in the dark web where I was portrayed as ruthless.Being ruthless might mean I might be so rash I could talk of my past even in the presence of my wife to be—that is if he understood Artemis’ place.“What happened to her?” he asked curiously, “is she dead?”I waited thoughtfully before I answered him. “Maybe, just not sure.”He nodded and turned once more to my mother’s picture. I knew why he’s so obsessed with my mom. She hid him and his siblings away during the dark days of the scandal that tossed his father’s life in the hands of the
Author’s Pov“You don’t mean it,” the man said with a toothy smile. Kane raised his brows and gestured at the limo down the aisle. Some of his girls were there already, waiting for him. This time, Aiden picked interest in looking though he hadn’t wished to do such earlier. The scene was nothing far from what he had seen and done in the past. It was nothing tempting, so, he felt the fella might as well turn down the offer. “Nice girls you got there, but I’m not up for some pussy,” the man said with a shrug, “I’m out here hunting for something deeper and bigger than a ride with girls and a big guy.” Aiden chuckled. The men who check in often in the Creeks crib will never fall for such fantasies. It’s that common among them. Kane smiled. He seemed to understand just why the fella had to turn down his offer—Aiden was there and no one would like to hurt Aiden to favor Kane. “What if I introduce you to my new business plan and make you part of—”The man slung his ball bag across his
Author’s PovAiden returned to the hall and met the noise and the fella nestled at his seat with his face riddled with disgust. His eyes met that of Kane who seemed eager to see either him or his masked lady returned.He made to his seat and tugged at Benny’s suit. Benny turned with his eyes red with tears that refused to spill through his eyelids.“You asked me to recite my poems to her,” Benny’s voice met Aiden’s ears in the midst of the laughter. Don Carlos was now seated, but his friends now resorted to one thing; mock and mimic the fella they thought mad and nothing else.“Sorry—” Aiden urged him to leave the seat with his eyes. Benny left the seat and Aiden sat. “You can go grab another seat over there.” Benny followed Aiden’s gesture. It was the tail of the table. Someone had just rose from there, and the person would surely return. That would be a second batch of trouble for Benny.“Okay,” Benny said and walked off from the hall.Artemis on the other hand was done with her m
Artemis’ PovI could have asked Aiden where he was off to, but I chose to play nice and let him have his way. Besides, wherever he ought to have gone wouldn’t take much time, but I was wary of someone, the woman in mask.It’s been a game since we arrived at the table. It’s been a game from yesterday during the dance. Kane had his eyes on me like I had something of his he wished to reclaim, and the lady had her eyes on Aiden like he owed her, so, I couldn’t help my curiosity as it piqued.I looked up from my plate and saw Kane. First, he was a little too crafty. He’s shoved a word at Aiden at will, though he knew Aiden would say nothing to him. And when their father showed up, he accused Aiden of saying shit about the old man.Thanks for the Don’s personality. Well, that’s by the way. The problem now is Kane still has his eyes on my skin. It felt it sting like a scorpion’s sting. I needed Aiden so bad at this moment, but he wasn’t anywhere to be found.It was then that a broad hand gl
Aiden’s PovI could tell she wanted to have a word with me, maybe to threaten me of what stunt she would pull up next, but to me, it was a close chance to pin her to the wall and snare into her face.I felt Kane’s eyes follow me as I left, but I was crafty enough to choose the south door, so no one would suspect I had gone to meet with Kane’s masked lady when I had mine.The south door was the one that led to the restroom, but he had a link to the north, a quick link at that. I charged through the link.Maybe finally, I’ll get my hands on that sickly whore. I was sure she was the one that dared dance with me last night in the mad party.Yes, she wasn’t the one I saw when we arrived at the mansion and saw Kane by his car. She might have switched with the second lady, or she was probably hidden in the car by the devil that brought her as one of his demons.Her footsteps echoed through the hall way, not just hers, though. That of the servants who used the same walkway did the same, but i
Author’s PovThe day broke gracefully with the two lovers cuddled over each other in the massive bed of the chamber. Aiden’s eyes slowly popped open. He took a long breath and yawned with his left hand placed over his lips. Artemis on the other hand clung tightly to his chest, but Aiden slowly freed himself of her arms and rolled out of bed. the curtains in the room were big and thick enough to keep the son out for good and the grandfather clock in the room was at a distant corner.Aiden made to the window and pulled at the curtain but it was heavier than the regular ones he’s had to pull in other places he’d visited so far.He returned to the bedside and picked the remote on the bed drawer.“Good morning, darling.” Artemis greeted sleepily, her voice almost stuck withing her throat. She wriggled over and smiled a week smile at Aiden who answered her greetings with a grin and a nod. “Come back to bed—”Aiden chuckled and pressed the remote. The curtains shrugged to the other end of t
Aiden’s PovI looked Artemis in the eyes. she was anxious—anxious to leave the hall and have her peace in a secluded room that is void of the sea of eyes settled on us. I could tell she’s most irritated by Kane’s presence, but the big bad thing is we can’t decline my father’s order.I took my hand off her waist, and with a reassuring smile, I took her hand and led her into the center of the hall. The hall formed a circle around us and watched us as we danced. I did my best to guide Artemis’ steps in the dance.She’s not fond of such classic dance as we ought to do, to entertain father and his old friends who wished to have us entertain the hall the way they did in their own days.I didn’t loot for the smile on their faces while we danced, I was focused on Artemis’ face. She seemed not to believe she’s the one in the center of the hall, our bodies stretched out in a dance that looked easy but required energy.“Come on, call in the ladies!” father ordered and the internal exit door popp
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