(Akira’s POV).I did not know how long I have been sleeping. My head throbbed in pain and my eyelids were heavy to open. Where was I?I swallowed my saliva for feeling such dryness in my throat. Groaning in pain, I tried to move my body that was aching all over.“Akira, can you hear me?”“C-Charles? Where am I?” my voice croaked, finding it hard to talk.I felt his hand comforting my shoulders that moved to caress my cheeks, “You are safe now. In a hospital and cared for”I blinked my eyes slowly to open, and saw his charming looking smile at me. He held my hand as I asked him more questions, “Charles, where is my grandpa? How long have I been here? Why do I feel so much pain?”He moved to press a button to call for some help. “I’m calling the Doctor to check on you. Everything is going to be fine, my love. You need to rest”“Charles, what happened?” I could not remember much. My last memory that I recalled was being in the car with him after being chased by men who wanted me dead. T
(Author’s POV).Time passed by quickly for Akira, but not once did she forget the choice she had to make when she returned to her real life. A choice to be made to let go of her life as Akira West and to be Melina Cage.Or leave her old life, family and wealth, to be what her heart wanted to be. Akira West was the life she had built for seven years, and that life had brought her peace.But life was full of surprises for Akira. And she was facing yet another obstacle for her to reach her happiness.At an island where privacy was its upmost priority to its guests, Molly sat on a beach chair facing the sea. She sipped on her tropical themed alcoholic drink and sighed deeply. Watching over Akira was something she had volunteered to do to keep her best friend safe.“What’s the matter, babe?” she took a glance at David who asked a question which she had no answer to. She then exhaled her breath. It was not her choice to take him along for the holiday she had planned with Akira and her gran
(Author’s POV).“I’m here to see Sebastian. NOW!”Kimberly stood in front of the desk of Sebastian’s secretary. A new secretary who seemed not to know who Kimberly was. The sexy looking secretary ignored Kimberly’s request and pointed on a chair for her to sit.“Hey, do you know who I am?”The secretary rolled her eyes in annoyance. It was not the first time someone with status who used their title and reputation demanded to meet Sebastian fast. And many came that week.But Sebastian was in no mood to meet anyone. He was very busy and kept himself locked in his room most of the time. Not even his assistant Nigel was allowed to see him without an appointment set.“Sebastian!” Kimberly shouted from outside the door to his room. It was to no avail as Sebastian kept ignoring her anger calling to him.“Miss, if you do not leave right now, I’ll call the security” the secretary stood up and held her phone on her hand. “Alright then, security then”Seeing the secretary making a call to the s
(Sebastian’s POV).An hour later, I was still seated in my office room. I had asked Westin to take Kimberly to the hospital. I did not want to have anything to do with Kimberly’s problems.She was as good as dead to me. For the things she did to me, there was no forgiveness.One could call me heartless, selfish or inhumane. I did not care what others were calling me. I was used to being called with such names.I had asked my secretary to clean the mess Kimberly did in my room. The blood stain on the floor was making me sick to the stomach. I had requested to replace the whole flooring in my room, soonest possible.She had the audacity to claim that child she was pregnant with to be mine. I scoffed to that and poured another glass of alcoholic drink to numb the pain in my heart.One month. She left me not leaving a word. Where are you hiding, Akira?The fact that the media was showing photographs taken between her and Charles had made me lost my mind. “Charles. Why Charles?”I smirked
(Author’s POV).The sound of the machine in the hospital beeping was heard. Whispers among the nurses did not miss from being heard by Kimberly.She was on the bed, not able to move or felt anymore pain in her lower abdominal body. One could mistake her for being dead.For the past few hours, she stared at the ceiling. A mild sedative was given to her, to calm her mind that was not doing so well after hearing the news.She became violent and the nurses had to strap her to the bed for her own safety.The news had taken away her hope for a future for her to be with Sebastian. It had crushed her heart and her soul. Tears were not helping her much. Tears had dried out from her eyes.So, she had stopped crying.“Kim, are you awake?”His voice was heard but not responded to. It was the drugs that had made her mind in a sedative mode. And she could not move a muscle.“It is Westin here. I heard the news and –” he exhaled slowly as he sat down on the chair next to her bed. “I’m sorry that it
(Sebastian’s POV).“This is what happens when you don’t listen to me, Bastian”I looked at Lennox and squinted my eyes at him. “And that is what would happen whenever you go against my wishes”“What?”I then pointed at his blackened left eye which was obviously caused by someone who had punched his pretty face. He touched his eye and stood up from the bench, “Why does it hurt? Hey, does someone got a mirror for me to see my face?”I chuckled seeing him walking around the prison cell asking for a stupid mirror from the police. Lennox was always careful on his appearance. Having a blackened eye would show his weaknesses on winning a fight.And his wife would not like to know he was in a fight.“Strange friend you have” I heard Charles talking while he sat on my left side of the bench.“Give me one reason to not kill you right now”Charles chuckled and wiped his face with his hand, “What else do you want from me, Sebastian? You won”“I always win. And I will not let you have her” I face
(Akira’s POV)Another week has passed. I walked towards my office and smiled seeing my company was up and running with most vacant positions almost filled in.An old two storey building was purchased and renovated to be a new building with modern architecture. I was happy with the choice of furnishing that Molly had helped me to decorate.She had decided to join my company a week ago. More with the reason to care for me during my pregnancy. Molly was worried for me to raise babies all by myself.But I was no longer alone. I had met with some family members from my mother’s side from Blue Mountain. They were kind and helpful.I never knew them. My grandfather introduced them to me.Finally, I felt love that I had seek for many years. They filled my lonely heart with happiness and laughter for the past couple of weeks.And finally, I could slowly let Sebastian go. I needed a fresh start.For several days, I refused to read any news online about Sebastian. I did not want to know about hi
(Akira’s POV).“Miss Cage, we have one more candidate waiting outside. A walk-in interview” Sandra closed the door behind her and smiled at me, “He is very handsome”“Then, what are we waiting for. Invite him in. I need to leave early today to pick up my son plus.. you did mention he is handsome” Vivian seemed excited for interviewing male candidates.There were not many male candidates that had applied for the position as my personal assistant. It was a position with a job description that would be well suited to be for a woman. And I even remembered requesting a female candidate. I was not sure why Vivian ignored my request.“I have already shortlisted two candidates that we have interviewed today. They are to my liking. The girls seem promising. Perhaps, there are other position suitable for him” I cleared my throat before drinking a glass of water. “He could apply to be a receptionist or the driver for Lady Violet? So, do we still want to proceed?”“Oh, come on. He has been waiti
(Akira’s POV).Three years together.I never expected for our relationship to last that long. And to my surprise, Sebastian was a devoted father to our children. They loved him and I loved him more each day, with my whole heart.“Honey, I kind of miss our children”“Sebastian..” I laughed softly and rested my head on his shoulders, “They are just away for less than two hours. Let’s spend tonight, for us”He smiled and kissed my head before both of us looked up to the sky watching over the starry night. The night was calming with cool breeze brushing my cheeks. I sighed as I wrapped my arms around his waist, loving his scent, “Do you think your parents can handle our children? The girls are quite a lot to deal with. They will drive Donna insane. Remember what they did to her the last time?”“You mean when they used her lipsticks to draw on her walls?” Sebastian chuckled and brought me closer in his embrace, “Don’t worry, Honey. My father is there watching over them. And my sister is t
(Akira’s POV).‘BANG!’I turned my head sharply after hearing the whizzing sound of the gunshot that whipped past my eyes. The loud sound of the gunshot was making my ear drums ringing so loudly. I lost focused and almost tripped down to the floor.Sebastian caught my arm and held me close to his body, “I got you, Honey. It is going to be alright. Look at me, Honey. Look at me”I blinked my eyes before my vision was focused on his face. I smiled seeing he was alright, “He missed”The smile on his face was not the usual ones I see on him. There was something wrong.“Honey, I want you to run. Don’t look back. Keep running”I shook my head and held his hand. It was then I felt something wet on my palm. Blood!“Sebastian, you got s-shot! No! No!” I held his body close to mine in a reflex to protect him against harm.“Sebastian, that was just a warning shot. The next one will be the one that will end your f*cking life!” It was Charles’ threatening words. I turned to face him and stood in
(Author’s POV).Kimberly sighed in annoyance and faced Charles, “Can’t you see I’m busy? I’m looking for my soulmate. He is hiding somewhere. Sebastian loves to play games when we were younger. I’ll tell you a secret”She tiptoed and whispered to Charles, “I’m a very good seeker. I know he is hiding behind that rock. I’m just waiting for him to come out”“You are insane, do you realise that?”Kimberly laughed and patted Charles chest teasingly, “It takes one crazy person to know another. But I wonder, who is crazier? You do realise your plan to kidnap a pregnant woman with a child is a stupid plan. No offense”“And your plan to make Sebastian falls in love with you is just a dream that would never come true” Charles smirked at Kimberly and looked at the rock formation where Kimberly said Sebastian was probably hiding, “As for me, Akira loves me. I just need her to be brave to take a leap of faith with me. She is just afraid, but I will make her realise that her love for me is still t
(Akira’s POV).I smiled while hearing the voice I had missed so much. Tears fell on my cheeks, almost making me choke from them, “My baby. How are you? Where are you? Are you hurt?”“Mommy, where are you? Are you coming to get me?”“Baby, I’m coming to you. It is not going to be long. Are you alright? Did she hurt you?”I took a glance at Charles and smiled of happiness being able to hear my son’s voice again. He smiled back at me and stopped the car at the traffic light that was turning red. Lifting his fingers, he wiped my tears away as I continued talking to my son.For a moment, I was touched by his kindness and love for me. But I knew things were not going to be well for us. My love was for Sebastian, and I could not wait to see him safe again.“Sammy, where is Daddy? Is he with you?” My words were obviously not to Charles liking. He ran his fingers across his hair before he calmly continued driving.“I don’t know, Mommy. Daddy asked me to run as fast as I can, away from Kimberl
(Author’s POV).“Daddy, you are here! I know you will come for me” Samuel’s excitement to see his father again had made him forget that they still had Kimberly as the problem, somewhere in the house.“Sammy, we need to be quiet” Sebastian whispered to his son with a smile of content. He was relieved to see his son not physically injured. But frowned seeing his shirt was a little torn, “Are you alright? Did Kim hurt you?”The boy walked closer to his father and whispered, “I think Kimberly is not well, Daddy. She is acting weird. Is Mommy alright, Daddy? Kimberly said you need to go away with Mommy because Mommy is not well”Sebastian exhaled his breath shakily, controlling his heightened anger on Kimberly. She had fed his son with lies. “Mommy is fine, Sammy. I need you to be brave. I need you to run as fast as you can. I think I know this place. There should be houses nearby. It is going to be a little scary out there, but I need you to be brave and call for help”“I’m not leaving y
(Sebastian’s POV).I closed my eyes and held my breath. Channelled my anger towards Kimberly for the pain she had cause both Akira and me. It became unforgivable when she involved my son in that crazy scheme of hers wanting us to be together.I was not going to lose control of my body for her. Not again.“You are playing hard to get, Bastian. I can go on and make you hard for me” she teased with her tongue licking the top of my hardness. She was not going to give up and I was losing her dangerous game.I tried hard to let the rope tied on my hand loosen up. My efforts were just making my wrist felt pain and I could guess they were already bleeding.Kimberly stood up and moved her body in a seductive way. I did not know what suddenly happened to me. My sight was getting blurry and my eyelids heavy. “What did you do to me, Kim?”“I did not do anything. But I’m not sure if the men I hired earlier did something to you” she smiled and slowly lowered her dress to her waist showing her nake
(Sebastian’s POV).I held my breath, feeling Kimberly’s lips on my skin as it moved to my sensitive spot on my neck. I closed my eyes and held on to the thought that my Akira was waiting for me to come home.A mistake was done before, and I was not going to break her heart again.“Bastian, I know you want it. I know you. Free your mind and remember those days when we were so happy together” she blew her warm breath in my ears as her hand touched my body, slowly unbuttoning my shirt. “Let loose. Let me satisfy your desire”She moaned as she placed her hand under my shirt and caressed my chest. I took a deep breath to calm my breathing not wanting to lose to her touch. “Oh, Bastian. I miss this. Smile for me”My hands were tied behind the chair that I was seated. I could not move as she sat on my lap, moving her body on my legs. She whispered before she sucked on my earlobe, gently, “I’m going to make you hard for me tonight. I’m going to make you remember tonight forever as I let you
(Sebastian’s POV).I stood at the door of my room looking at the mother of my children. She was not willing to let me go. But we had not much of a choice. Kimberly had to stop the madness in her head.I was the only one she wanted. And I needed to act fast. She need to be stopped before she hurts anyone.“Honey, I’ll be fine. I’ll bring our son home. I need you to trust me. I love you, always” I cupped her face and lowered my head to kiss her. We had the time to ourselves before I decided to go.Feeling inside of her again was amazing. It had helped cleared my mind. But it was not enough to cool down the anger I had for Kimberly.“Don’t go. Don’t leave me here. Please, Sebastian” her trembling hands gripped on to my shirt while she kissed me. When my tongue slipped into her sweet tasting mouth, I was lost for words.All I wanted was to feel inside of her again. It was never enough. I wanted more of her.It was so instantaneous, and our urgent tongue wrestled for dominance. The next t
(Akira’s POV).With the search team moving their operation at Sebastian’s house, I was practically living there. Everyone played their part in locating my son. Not a minute spared to rest. Sebastian made sure their time was devoted on our search for Samuel.Three days was too much for me to bear not being able to see, hear or touch my son. I missed him so much.“Melina, what are you doing out there in the cold. Come inside, my dear” my grandfather came walking towards me using his cane. I was happy to see strength coming back on his knees. I knew Lady Violet was part of that recovery.He was looking much better than when I first saw him months ago. “Grandpa, you need to rest”“I am fine. Come with me and let’s have a good hot chocolate. Violet made them” I took his hand and walked with him to the kitchen.There were several people in the house. Police, private investigators, search team and our families. Mine and his.We did not like the idea of having Sebastian’s parents staying at