|Penelope’s POV|“Hi Mr Niklaus, or should I say, Dear Betrothed, how was your day? We have a lot of explanation and discussion to do.” I stated calmly, my facial expression as calm as a brewing storm, I looked at my husband flabbergasted like a rat caught under a headlight, he was shivering while his lips quivered but he could not form a coherent speech, and his eyes flickered at the file I was hiding, upon seeing that, his eyes closed while he mumbled an audible ‘fuck’.“Oh, now that is confirmed that you haven't lost your voice and that you can very much speak, so start before I lose my shit, I have seen all the things written there but I would still like to hear from your point of view so I can conclude that the contract was fabricated, I don’t want to believe that you instigated this whole thing because I have a load of fortune attached to my name.” I croaked out, barely recognizing my voice, I blinked my eyelid rapidly, trying to push back the river bank that was brewing in my e
|Hunter’s POV|“The suspense is killing me Bella, I don’t know what her decision is, she is not even yelling at me and that is a bad omen, I prefer it when she yells at me, at least I get to know that I don’t have to watch my back while I am sleeping, I have a feeling that she might probably strangle me in my sleep,” I whined, stomping my foot on the floor like a kid whose candy was snatched, but I don’t give two fucks right now because I think I have been demoted from a husband to a housemate.“Ouch, that doesn’t really look good though, and I have nothing to say, you should have told her earlier or probably destroyed the evidence.” She scolded, clenching my teeth together while thinking of what I could probably do to get her to yell at me.“So, in other words, you have got no valuable advice for me? Then get the hell out of here and stop scolding me, let me call other sensible people for advice, I could use Big Drive and Gabriel in this situation. Thanks for all the kind words you
|Penelope’s POV|“I think we’ve had enough of this, it is very painful and sad to find out but the deed has been done, and it can’t be undone, the only solution is to move on from this, I forgive you. As for the fortune or inheritance attached to my name, we can always give it to children, right?” I gritted out, clenching my teeth but I know we have tried, I see then hesitation and protest whenever I go into the nursery to sleep, but he had no choice and no control over what happened.“Are you serious? So you mean I do not necessarily have to sleep without not watching my back thinking you would strangle me in my sleep or blow out my brains while I am sleeping? Oh, does that mean we get to cuddle?” He asked, his eyes lit up like a kid who was given a new toy, bouncing his knees in anticipation, the joy radiating all over his face could be detected even by a blind man.“How did I not come up with this earlier, I could have done those two and put myself out of the misery of thinking ab
|Penelope’s POV|“Who is this?” I gritted my teeth while looking at the strange number calling for the third time after endless search for my baby and not seeing her yet, Hunter already left to check the cameras, leaving me with a gun in case I need one.“Oh, you will find out dear, if you want your child alive, without the knowledge of your husband as we don’t want any complications, so do well to make sure you don’t tell him anything, I will know the moment you say a word to me, and once you do that, the next message you will get will have an image attachment of your child’s corpse, and by the way, I don’t make empty threats. I would advise you to take my words carefully.” An automated voice from the other side of the phone instructed, I could hear the faint sound of a baby’s cries that were undoubtedly mine.“Okay, where should I meet up with you? I won't tell my husband but you need to assure me that you would deliver the child back here, or we make a bargain, I bring my child ba
|Penelope’s POV|“What did you come up with? We will find her, don’t worry, you look like a crazed woman right now.” I chuckled awkwardly while looking at the crazed look on her face and her bloodshot eyes indicating how tired she was and it was barely twenty-four hours.“I think Liam is the one behind this, undoubtedly, I told you he is been acting suspiciously and trust me when I say he is the only one who can enter your house without your knowledge, let us not forget the fact that he is also one of the best assassins we have ever trained, I know I should be ashamed to say this but I haven’t been able to beat him in a combat before, and that is a bad sign……….. because that only means that it is only either Hunter or someone more powerful would be able to take him down.” She slumped on the chair while easing more into a relaxed position, I inched closer to her.“Wait, how sure are you? We have to work with a piece of accurate information, we don’t want to risk framing the wrong per
|Penelope’s POV|“Why do I have a feeling that you have something in mind, and I have a feeling that it wouldn’t be something good,” Big Drive walked into the room, looking exhausted as fuck, the dark bags underneath his eyes was all I needed for the confirmation that he hasn’t been sleeping.“And you look like shit, I would think it was your wife abducted if I didn’t know better, we would find her very soon, but I won't be double tasking myself, don’t make me attend your funeral while celebrating my child’s comeback,” I warned sternly while pointing my index finger to him, attempting to shut him up and distract him.“You are not getting rid of me any time soon so that you know. I still need to produce heirs and heiress that would protect you children, I would lie if I said serving you hasn’t been an honour to me, I know Don might come off as wicked to another person, but trust me, he is a good person ion this wicked world we are, I would admit the fact that he has become softer but t
|Hunter’s POV|“Don, we found her already, I went to the surveillance room to check if there was anything suspicious, but on getting there, I found Donna breastfeeding a baby in a pink blanket that was undeniably Sloane, she then rocked her to sleep before closing the door. Although I feel like something is suspicious because she looked at her with one kind of longing look I couldn’t discern, it was a goodbye look.” Gabriel informed me, his orbs staring intensely back at me while I tried to comprehend what was truly going on, I needed to see for myself even though I knew he wouldn’t lie to me.I took long strides in the direction of the nursery, trying my best not to wake Duke up, my head spun at the possibility of my wife doing something as stupid as that, and to my relief and disappointment, I found Sloane sleeping soundly in her baby bed, my eyes roamed round her body to see if there was any cut of scratch on her body, I sighed heavily after realizing that she smelt fresh which mig
|Penelope’s POV|“Oh my God, who do we have here? The legendary female hacker?” A voice sounded so distant, yet so familiar, I tried to shake my head out of the trance or probably the injection effect because that was the last thing I saw and felt before I fell into an unending abyss of darkness.“Hmm,” I cried out weakly as I shivered from the bucket of icy water thrown at me, my eyes fluttered weakly but I couldn’t conjure the image of the person standing in front of me, all I could see were blurry images of a tall figure while a taunting laugh left his lips.“And if this isn’t the legendary Penelope Kings, the most beloved child of a Mafia family that was killed in an arson accident.” He chuckled, at the mention of my origin which not many people know about filtered into my ears, I fought harder to open my eyes, at this point, I almost pat myself on the back after seeing that I was progressing, because I could now see the silhouette of the owner of the familiar voice, but the perso