“Hmm, that,” Mr Gordon drops his glass and stands up from the stool. “Before I could tell you what I intend to say to you, you will have to follow me somewhere.” He smiles and stretches out his palm to her.Tapping on the wine glass in front of her, to glaring at the drawing in front of her, Melanie shakes her head slowly and wonders what is actually inside the drawing.“Hey,” Melanie chuckles, she nervously stands up from the stool and slowly slides her palm into his waiting palm. “Let go.” she smiled back at him, before grabbing the drawing from the counter.Mr Gordon tightens his grip on her palm as he leads her up to the stairs, he looks down at their intertwined fingers and a smug smile creeps up his charming face.“Where are we going anyways?” Melanie asks, feeling nervous all of a sudden as she trails quietly behind him.“You will get to know if you see it.” He says shortly. “And you will love it,” he assured her with a bright smile on his face.Melanie arches her brows when Mr
Mr Gordon releases her from the hug and takes her left hand. He takes out a diamond ring and slides it onto her promise finger which fits her perfectly.He stares at her face for what seems like forever, Melanie's eyes sparkle under the coloured light. Mr Gordon unconsciously smiles at her, which makes her return the smile in two folds.“Now I feel complete. How long has it been that I have been waiting for this day?” he smiles and plants a kiss on the ring finger.He raises his head to see her smiling brightly at him. “I love you. My woman!” he says and leans slowly toward her.Mr Gordon plant a soft peck on her lips, he made to back away when she tug at his collar and pull his face back to her. He chuckles as he understands what she wants.He interrupts her with such needs as he smashes his lips against hers. She opens up her mouth, giving him access to her tongue. He devours her mouth instantly, wasting no time as he captures her tongue in a fierce battle of need.She moans out int
“Really?” Mr Gordon asks the obvious question. “You like it that much?!” he chuckles, while gently patting his back.“Very much. And I love you.” Archie mumbled into his chest.Melanie coughs behind them which attracts their attention to her. Archie let go of his father and walk up to Melanie in other to embrace her.Melanie raised her index finger in the air, stopping the boy from coming closer. “Hmm, hmm!” she backed away, shaking her head at him. “Not yet, save the hug for later.” she smiles and winks at Alfred to continue with the surprise.“Oh,” Mr Gordon beams out a charming smile. “The surprise didn't end here. We have something else to show you,” he says, bringing out a neatly folded handkerchief from his pant pocket.Archie laughs shortly. “No, you guys don't know, but I'm capable of any surprise.” he cackles and watches his father pass the handkerchief to Melanie.“I’m serious. There's no need for a blindfold I can handle any sort of surprise,” he utters proudly with his che
Melanie carefully watches Mr Gordon as he closes the door behind him, while she remains calm in his arms. She opens her eyes when she is sure they are completely out of sight.“You can put me down, now.” she yawns slowly, moving lazily in his chest.Mr Gordon stares at her face, he chuckles lightly before putting her back on her feet. “Thought you were sleeping in there, that's why I decided to carry you in my arms.” Mr Gordon stares back to the work room and then a light gasp escapes his kissable mouth. “Did you fake a sleep just so I could carry you?” he glared hard at her. He couldn't believe she could trick him to carry her.Melanie scoff. “As if I ever asked you to carry me.” she rolls her eyes at him. “I was surely dozing, but I didn't realise we were already out of there until we get here,” she confesses. In as much as she would love to get carried by him, she wouldn't fake sleep just so he could carry her. She finds it a bit infantile.“Are you mad because of that? Huh?” Mr Go
After standing by the window for what seems like forever. Mr Gordon releases his grip on her waist, and Melanie lurches backwards, crashing back into his hard chest.She mumbles half asleep as she back hit what seems like a rock. Mr Gordon gets hold of her hand and flips her over to face him.“Are you sleeping already?” He asks, staring at her half-closed eyes.Melanie groans and opens her eyes slowly. “I need to go to bed. Goodnight!” she yawns loudly and tries to walk away from him, her body seems heavy for her feet to carry.“Hmm,” she groans and staggers backwards, Mr Gordon catches her before she could hit the ground.“Don’t worry I will get you to bed.” He smiles, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.Mr Gordon sweeps Melanie off her feet and she creeps into his chest. He walks up to his bed and makes her sit at the edge of the bed. Mr Gordon goes on his knees and helps Melanie with the heels, he places them beside the nightstand, and he clears up the littered clothes on the
The humming of the hand dryer is what wakes Melanie up from her beauty sleep. She turn on her side and open her eyes slowly, only to meet with the morning ray that is emerging from the large window; followed by Mr Gordon who had his back on her.Melanie knows she is not in her room and the incident of the previous night flash through her mind. she smiles as she recalled how she shared the same bed with her boss for the second time. Not as her friend but as her lover.“Are you finally up?” Mr Gordon asks from the dresser, his baritone voice echoed through the room, and his voice sounds so thick and inviting.Melanie grins upon hearing his voice “Yes. I'm up. Good morning!” a beautiful smile plaster on her face as she realises that she finally has what she has been hoping for.“Did you sleep well?” he asked, veering his broad back on her while continuing with his hair that he is drying.Melanie rolls down the duvet from her body, she stuck her feet out of the bed and stand up to her fee
The drone of a chopper taking off from the compound of Mr Gordon could be heard even from a far distance. Melanie tries looking down at the mansion's roof but gets scared of how thin the mansion looks from up there. She smuggles herself into Mr Gordon's chest as she is afraid she might fall from the chopper if she looks down to the mansion once more. She has always been afraid of heights right when she was young and the fear is still there like a plague.Mr Gordon smiles and pulls her closer to his body, he moves his gaze to Archie who is sitting quietly in the front seat with his headphone glued to his ear with constant nods of his head. Mr Gordon smiles seeing that he is doing fine on his own.“Hey, are you cold?” Mr Gordon asks Melanie as she's shivering into his chest.She shakes her head abruptly. “No, I'm just scared I might fall from up here if I let go of you.” she groans into his chest, holding tight to his shirt.Mr Gordon chuckles at how she's acting like a child. “Have yo
Driving inside her creamy Benz, Kayla hissed a million times as her mind drift to how the department chief was telling her about teamwork. She unconsciously drops her thumb inside her mouth, and she nips on it real hard that blood ooze out of the cut without realising or feeling any pain from the bite.After the embarrassing moment with Ben that night, she clearly remembers everything that happened that night the next morning, when she sobered up. She woke up to meet herself at his apartment, she clearly remember how he took her out of the bar and how she embarrassed herself by telling him about her childhood crush, to how she called some passing cars giant ants and she couldn't look Ben in the face since that day.She has been avoiding him like a plague and didn't understand why the chief has to pair them together as a team in the next operation which they are getting ready for. She has to be there before noon and it's almost time for her to go meet Ben at the supposed target casino
TWO WEEKS LATERMelanie got discharged from the hospital a week earlier, she has been told by Alfred everything that happened that night and what happened after.She cried bitterly after hearing that her only friend, Kayla lost her life in the fight.Today, she choose to spend her day with her friend and let her know how much she misses her.The car pulls to a halt at the front gate of the police cemetery. Melanie opens the door before Alfred could get the door for her. She adjusts her sunglasses and steps down from the car.She walks over to the back seat and fetches a box. Alfred walks over to her and takes the box from her, guarding her to where Kayla’s body was lying to rest.Getting there, Melanie bursts into tears as she sees the burial stone of her dear friend. She goes on her knees, wailing profusely as she caresses the name on the burial stone with her thumb.“My dear Kayla, is this you?” she grips her chest as more tears roll down her cheeks.“Idiot?!” she sniffs, wiping her
A MONTH LATERMelanie’s eyes flutter open, slowly adjusting to the bright light of the hospital room. Her sights are groggy and disoriented, trying to make sense of where she is and what had happened. Her body feels heavy and weak, her limbs moving slowly and with difficulty. As her senses return, she becomes aware of the beeping machines around her, the scent of antiseptic in the air, and the bustling activity of the medical machines around her.She turns her head sideways to see Alfred, sitting on a chair beside her bed with his back to the wall. He seemed to be asleep.Melanie smiles, seeing how cute he looks even when he's asleep.“Alfred?” she calls out to him, her voice so low that she could not hear her own voice.Since she finds it hard to talk, she presses a button beside her bed which makes a loud noise.Alfred jerks up and rushed up to her, he seems shocked to see her staring at him with a smile on her face.“Melanie? You're awake?” Alfred gasps, he goes on his knees and w
“March?!” Kayla laughs wildly, she grabs hold of the pillar and pulls herself up. She staggered and chuckles lightly. She rests her palm on the wall to steady herself.March stands there, watching Kayla like she's in a movie. She doesn't understand why Kayla's laughing so hard, even though she just got shot in her thigh.“You…?” Kayla burst into a pearl of laughter, tears roll down the break of her eyes and she hastily wipes them off. “What is the meaning of this, detective?” she looks everywhere for her gun, but it is too dark that she couldn't see where she had dropped it.March scoff, she find it insulting to be called that title after all she's been doing.“Detective? Yes!” March grin, “Currently? Nope!” she beams as if what she's saying makes any sense to her, she tilts her head and puffs out air.“I got fired!” she whines, rubbing the bottom of the gun on her head. “After all the excellent work that I did, it only took one scheme from my colleagues to get me fired!” she scoffed
Eerie silent take over the room as they stare at Kayla in shock. “What the fuck are you doing here?” Harley gasp, her hold on Granny Vera tighten, piercing her nails into her rough skin.The old woman’s whimpers which make Kayla bite her lips in anger.“Huh, what do you mean by that? you held my friend and her family hostage, it's natural that I should be here to take them, don't you agree with me?” Kayla replies with a shrug, her aim on the trigger tightening as she gives Mia a dark stare from the corner of her eyes.Mia runs her hands through her hair. “Shit, you caused this. Why the hell did you let your little cousin get involved?” She stumps her foot on the floor, sending Harley a death glare. She grabs Melanie from the floor, her palms curling around Melanie's neck and presses her neck until her fingers leave an imprint on her skin. She spits on Melanie’s face and pushes her to the wall.Melanie whimper as soon as her head collided with the wall. She groans in pain and quickly c
“Miss Officer, I think Mom is in danger.” Archie cries out, he hugs Kayla tightly, ruining her shirt with his tears.Kayla put her hand on his back, rubbing her hand on his back, trying to calm him down. “Hey, I don't know how you get to know about this but that's why we’re here, we are here for her and we will do everything to get her out of there.” Kayla exhales heavily, she releases Archie from the brief hug and stares deep into his eyes.“What’s going on, do you know what happened to her?” Archie whispered, his brown eyes staring deep into Kayla’s forest green eyes, searching for an answer from her eyes.“Um, I kind of know what happened and I think I could sort everything out if you quietly stay here and wait here for us.” Kayla clears her throat, she takes a few steps backwards but Archie grabs her hand and she arches her brows. “What? Don't you want to stay here?” she asks, wondering why he's holding her hand when he ought to hop into the car.“I can't stay here, I want to go
Alfred cries bitterly while listening to the confession Mia and Harley were making, through the bug. Kayla smirked and tighten her grip on the steering wheel. None of them could believe that their closest person was the one behind everything.“Who would think my cousin could do such a thing!” Kayla laughs in amusement. Right now all she's feeling is rage.“Kayla, I trusted her with everything. I've loved and adored her all these years and I never for once had the thought that she might be behind her death. She always talked about Selena with a smile on her face.” Alfred sobs quietly, clutching tight at his phone in his hand.“Mia too?! I never thought someone that I took as my sister would plant my death because of a mere fortune, why?” he ask no one in particular. “If she should have sat me down and narrated everything to me, I would have told my uncle to forget about giving me anything, I've had enough, I don't need any of my father's properties, I should have told them to take eve
Melanie's p.o.v“Hello, my dear, Melanie!” a cheerful, yet deadly voice says my name by the door, followed by a pair of legs walking in.I glance at the door and the sight before me left my mouth hanging open in shock.I feel a sickening chill run through my body and blood draining from my system as I drop to my knees from the shock of what I'm seeing. “You!” I scream in terror as I watch Harley enter the room with my baby, Skye in her grips.“What are you doing here with my child, Harley?” I yell, I try breaking free and run up to save my child from these demons, but again, I couldn't break free from the rope that tied me down to the iron chair.“Relax baby girl, nothing is going to happen to your family, only if you do what we want,” Harley smirks down at me and I feel the urge to punch her in the face.Terror is visible on my baby's face, she's afraid of the scene before her and fears they might do something to her if I let her remain in their possession. The tears on her face call
Melanie woke up to the sound of a heavy booth thumping on the floor, she groans and opens her eyes only to meet with blurry faces in the room. She tries moving her hands but she feels her hands have been tied to her back.“Ahh,” she groans. Shaking her head to steady her vision but it seems impossible.“Guess someone is finally awake after being asleep for over an hour.” A voice chuckles beside her which makes her almost jump from her seat.Melanie twirl her face to where the voice is coming from, she could swear she has heard that voice before but she doesn't remember where.“Who… Who are you?” She grumbles and then a bucket of chill water was poured on her head from the back, the water dripping down from her head to her toes.Melanie shiver as her vision become clear and her eyes met with the clear face of the lady in front of her. “Mia Gordon!” she gasps in shock, moving back a little on her seat which makes the iron chair make an awful noise.“Yes,” Mia chuckle standing up from th
It has been a while since Melanie left the house to get groceries at the nearby store. Archie who has been waiting outside for her return gets tired of waiting and decides to go look for her at the store.He walks into the living room to see Granny Vera pacing to and fro in the living room. Archie moves his gaze to the couch to see Skye sleeping soundly on the couch. He carefully walks up to Granny Vera in an attempt to not wake the girl up from sleep.“Granny Vera, didn't you say the store is just a stone's throw from here?” he ask the poor woman who has been worried sick about her daughter, who has went to get groceries exactly an hour ago.“Yes, the store is just a few blocks away from here and she ought to have gotten back by now.” She replies, her voice breaks due to how cold she feels.“Oh,” Archie sighs for the nth time. “Have you tried calling her? I call her here and she's not picking up,” he complains, showing his phone to the woman.“I tried calling, but her line was not r