(Akira’s POV).I stood facing Sebastian who was looking at me with a strange expression.I rolled my eyes in annoyance and then looked at David who was standing behind Sebastian. “I won’t be long, David. I’ll see you later”Sebastian smirked at me and took a glance at David, “You are going to regret being with him. Don’t come crying about it”I raised my hand to stop David from starting a fight with Sebastian, “David, I need to speak with Mr Strauss, In private. I’ll be fine”David walked towards me and whispered, “I’ll wait for you with Nedim, over there”“Are you two lovebirds done? I don’t have time for this sh*t! Akira, I’m here for one reason. I need answers!” Sebastian shouted at me. I gestured for David to get away from us. I wanted to have that chat with Sebastian to end this misery.“Four minutes, Mr Strauss”“I deserve more than your four damn minutes. I paid you to be my lawyer and you still owe me that”“You paid for my company’s service, Mr Strauss. And if you could reca
(Sebastian’s POV).The dark sky was lit with the stars up above. The sky was aglow that stretched to what I would say as infinity. Beautiful was an understatement.I sat in my car with the roof down, feeling the cool breeze of the night. Comfort and peace.Closing my eyes for a moment, I recalled what my hypnotherapist said to me after our first session. I might experience some side effects. Headaches and drowsiness were one of them.At that moment, I was wondering on whether it was the effect of the hypnosis session or the fact that I had to fake my interest to attend Suzanne’s grandfather’s birthday party. It was most likely the latter.I was told that hypnosis session was a safe experience. In fact, several of our daily activities could be associated with hypnosis such as when we were meditating, reading or daydreaming.But on the flip side, it could lead us to having false memories.Our memory itself could be molded into something else which did not exist. A wrong question could
(Sebastian’s POV).I grabbed her wrist and pulled her to the side of a wall. Blocking her way with my hands on the side of her head, I said in anger, “Why Akira? Why David?!”“What is wrong with you? Get off me” she tried to push me back with her hands on my chest. But I was not going to let her go. Not yet.I had so many questions to ask her. There were so many things about her that had bothered me much. I needed to know why.“Why are you here, Akira? Why are you with David? Tell me, why him?”“What are you talking about, Sebastian? Why does it bother you much that I’m dating David?” she looked into my eyes and I could sense she was nervous, “You have Suzanne in your life. There may be women out there wanting to be your mistress, but that is not me, Sebastian. It would never be me”Mistress? What made her think I want her to be my mistress?“Did he tell you about Janet?” the look of her face was an indication that she never heard of that name before. I chuckled and got closer to her
(Akira’s POV).“Sebastian..” I whispered in between our kisses. Feeling his mouth on mine was so unexpectedly, hot!My right hand moved to his hair, pulling it gently as he deepened his kisses, devouring my mouth coaxing me to allow him to control them. Up-close seeing his beautiful face, I trembled while trying hard not to breath too loudly.Then, I moaned in his mouth unable to contain that hidden desire I have in me, wanting him, lust for him. What was wrong with me?“Akira, do you have any idea how much I want to have you, to taste you, to feel you” he whispered his words as his lips slipped to my cheeks, moving slowly down to my neck. I hitched a breath and opened my mouth to breathe.As I felt his tongue circling on my neck, I exhaled shakily. “S-Sebastian, please”He looked up at me with his hypnotic sexy blue eyes staring at me, fervently. “You want me to stop?”I knew he was teasing me. That smile that came on his face with his soft expression were signs of my defeat. Confid
(Akira’s POV).I moved away from his car and walked aimlessly. I just needed to get away from him. Oh, what have I done?That was definitely not part of my plan.While I was walking away, I was fixing my dress and checking on whether the wooden box was still tucked inside my dress. I sighed of relief seeing it to be there.“Akira” I gasped in surprise seeing David in front of me. He looked at me from head to toe and frowned. “What happened to you? Are you alright?”I nodded and fixed my hair a little, “I’m fine. I was feeling.. a little dizzy.. and I.. and I tripped and fell”I pointed my finger randomly and hoped David bought that story. Swallowing my saliva I said while avoiding his eyes, “I tripped around there. A little slippery. And I’m.. I think I had too much to drink earlier”He moved to held my face with his hand and checked on it. Moving my head gently from side to side, he smiled, “Any pain? You look fine to me”“Yes, I’m fine. David, can you take me back to the hotel. I’m
(Akira’s POV).I was back to Emerald City. Definitely not by choice.Although I had made it clear that I wanted nothing to do with the case between Virtus and Axel companies, Fate somehow managed to keep me under Sebastian’s control. And that control was Ronald Barton.He was awake. And I needed to see him before he talks to anyone about Melina Cage being me!I arrived at the Hospital early morning. I heard Ron was recovering well after intense physiotherapy to make him walk again.I went to the Hospital under pretense of investigating the case with my colleague Jacob Dubois. It was not all a lie. I was helping Jacob as much as I could while managing other cases on my list. But that morning, Jacob was not with me.As I reached the door written as Patient X, I frowned, “Patient X? Who did they think he was? A test subject?”I rolled my eyes and knew it was most likely Sebastian’s doing. He seemed to have his say on how the Hospital operates. Entering the door, I saw Ron already seated
(Akira’s POV).It had been two days since I last met Ron and even Sebastian. I locked myself in my apartment not knowing what to do next. And I was surely avoiding Sebastian again, after that night in his car!Ron had given me a choice that would not have a good consequence. The last option I had was to run away from everyone.A new name, a new life. Would that also require a new face?Unfortunately, my face was well known. Thanks to the case I had won against Tom Reiner, I was becoming more popular.“Oh, what should I do?”I had informed Henry about our cover would soon be blown. Once the bad people found Kingsley, it would not be long till they find Henry. I would never forgive myself if anything would happen to Henry.“There is one option” Molly who was seated at a couch opposite me said while she smiled looking at her phone. She came to Emerald City to help me deal with Dr Raymond.Dr Roland Raymond was Ramona’s brother. Someone that Henry trusted to keep our secret.I had told h
(Author’s POV).One the day of the death of his son, Marcus Cage, the old man asked his nurse to take him to his son’s old office. It was something he does to cherish what ever memory he had left for his late son. His favourite son.Ignoring his weak body that could hardly move much, he pressed the button of his wheelchair to take him to the home office room.“Hold on. I’ll switch on the lights and open the windows, so it would not be so gloomy in here, Master Cage” the nurse said politely. She had been working with the Cage family for decades.Retirement was an option for her but she had chosen to stay to care for Master Cage. She could not bear any longer seeing how he was mistreated by his daughter in law and remaining son.“Hmmm.. g-go.. t-t-theree” Master Cage whispered his word faintly while slowly raising his finger to point at the mahogany work desk that was hand crafted by his own late father.“Of course, Master Cage” the nurse helped to guide the electric wheelchair towards
(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