(Akira’s POV).I sat at the very end at the corner of the back passenger seat of his limousine. I could not even look at his face. My eyes were stuck looking outside the window, waiting for the right moment to open the damn door and get out.I could not breathe properly. The longer I was in his car, the faster the air in my lungs seemed to be closing in to suffocate me. I closed my eyes, trying my best to calm my breathing.“Akira”“Shut up. Just, shut up”I opened my eyes and looked away, not wanting to see him, and definitely not wanting to talk to him. Mostly, due to me not knowing what to say.How did he find out about me being Samuel’s mother? I was careful. Henry and I had planned it all to perfection, not wanting anyone to know that Samuel was my son.Where did I go wrong?My mind spiraled on how I needed to explain to Sebastian in a way that would not jeopardise my plans to get my son back. I could not lose my son. My baby boy was my whole world.If Sebastian knew I was Melin
(Sebastian’s POV).“DRIVE! FASTER!” I shouted at my driver not caring we were on a busy highway. “Get Kwan”I held her tight in my arms and kissed her forehead, “Wake up, Akira. Please, hear me”“I got Dr Kwan on the phone. What now? Hey, you need to take her to the Hospital” Lennox said to me and passed me his phone.“Kwan, get to my penthouse. No, the other house. Akira is shot. Come, discreetly” I ended the call and instructed my driver to send us to my penthouse where I rarely go to. Unless, to bring in women for pleasure. It was my luxurious looking bachelor pad I bought even before I found out I had a son.And since I met Akira, I have not been to that place. And what was worse was my ability to get my d*ck hard for any other woman than Akira! She was the only one my body craved for.“Call Mary to get the place ready. Tell her, Code Blue” I instructed Lennox to call my trusted housekeeper Mary to keep the place secure. She would know well how to keep it a secret about my affair
(Sebastian’s POV).I sat on the sofa in the lounge area and sighed. “He is not answering my calls. Something is not right”Lennox poured me a drink and sat in front of me. He let out a loud burping sound after the heavy lunch we had, “Excuse me. Mary really knows how to feed a man”“I only hire the best” I emptied the content of my drink and checked on the time of my watch, “It has been almost five hours, she is still not awake. I’m going to check on her”“Hey, man. Just chill. Kwan said he’ll inform us once she is stable. Let him do his work up there in the room” Lennox was right, but I could not focus on anything else until I was made assured that Akira would be fine.“Dr Kwan is a capable man. She’ll be fine” he took his phone out from the pocket and made a call to someone while speaking in the language of the Amberose City.While he was on the call, I sat back on the sofa and recalled the last hectic hours we had to get Akira treated. The bullet taken out of her was a specialised
(Author’s POV).Out in the garden of a large mansion, there was a place of privacy. A place surrounded by greeneries and blossomed flowers. A luxurious scenery built for a rich family.In the middle of it all was a glasshouse constructed with panes of modern glasses that had allowed natural lights into the building. An antique structure that the Cage family was proud of.Surrounded by nature, the glasshouse was calming place to be and situated far away from the main building. A good place for a hideout from the public. Definitely a good place to hide someone.“This is a bad idea, Suzanne” her mother, Sandy Jones said while peeping at the glass walls ensuring no one would come in at the large glasshouse.“No one comes here except for Grandpa. And he is out there somewhere with Melina. This is the best place to hide this man, Mom” Suzanne walked towards a man who was seen tied to a chair. His mouth and eyes covered with a cloth. Unconscious.“He is going to wake up. Then, he is going t
(Sebastian’s POV).“Are you sure he is here?” I asked as I followed Lennox, standing behind him behind a tree. “Are they that stupid to bring Bodhi here at their own home?”Lennox chuckled and took a glance at me, “Do tell me. You were the one who got engaged with Suzanne for many years. I always wondered why you kept her that long”“For my son”“Really? Your son huh?” he said in a mocking tone, “Did you sleep with Suzanne?”I refused to answer that. It was a long time go since I last touched Suzanne. I was drunk and that sex was something I could not recall much. A decision I had regretted for ever to meet Suzanne Cage.“Kimberly, what are you doing here?” I heard Lennox whispered and turned to his side facing Kimberly.“How do you think I find out your friend Bodhi is here? I don’t know what is going on here. But Bodhi is also my friend. I’m here for him and you, Sebastian. Why have you been avoiding me?”“Go home, Kim. I don’t have time for this. This is not your fight”“Fight? Wi
(Sebastian’s POV).Knowing the truth did not make me feel any better. It was quite the opposite. I felt like a fool knowing she had lied to my face these past few months. And I fell for her tricks.What was her intention of hiding her identity from me? Lying to me meant lying to our son, Samuel.I kept quiet as we walked towards Lennox’s car, ignoring questions asked by Westin and Lennox as they accompanied me. My mind was thinking about what I should do next.Should I confront the truth with Akira? Or should I play along with the charade she was playing in lying to my face? Either way was hurting me much.“I can’t believe I tried to seduce Samuel’s mother. And I actually wanted to sleep with her” I looked up with a frown hearing what Westin had said. He sat in front next to the driver seat, looking out of the window. As usual, Westin would say things without thinking, and at the wrong time.I hit his head from behind making him scowled at me.“Alright. Alright. Quit it, Bastian. I w
(Akira’s POV).She smiled while she unpacked a delicious looking pudding to serve me, “My name is Mary. I work for Mr Strauss. He asked me to take good care of you. You are indeed very special to him. I’m sorry, I don’t know where he is”“Special?” I scoffed to that, “How special am I until he keeps me here like a prisoner? It has been days since he left me alone in this place! He did not call or left me a note. How special is that, Mary?”Although I was in anger, I could not resist the delicious looking pudding placed in front of me and took a spoon to taste it. Probably one of the most delicious tasting puddings I had ever tasted in my life.“Of course, you are special to him, Miss West. Mr Strauss would never allow a woman to stay in this place for more than a day. He would usually force them to leave the next morning. Please make this place as if it is your own home”“Home?” I raised my eyebrow and looked at Mary. She seemed to know a lot about Sebastian, “So, this is where he br
(Sebastian’s POV).“Seven years, Akira. You left your son for seven years!” I walked closer to her, trapping her at a wall with my hands. I was in agony looking for her to save our son’s life. “Did you not even care to look for him?”She looked up to face me with those eyes that resembled my Samuel’s eyes. It was the first time I was seeing those unique coloured eyes of her. One blue, one green. Mesmerising. Beautifully shaped eyes and colour.I wondered why she hid them from everyone. I would have fallen in love with her by just staring into those hypnotic eyes of hers. The lustrous colour of her eyes was twinkling in the light. Bewitching me.I sighed and shook my head. I needed to hear the truth from her. I wanted her to confess on why she had left Samuel behind and never search for him.“Akira West, talk to me. Explain!” But she remained silent with her mouth slightly opened. No words heard, just her breathing erratically and I could see her eyes forming a pool of tears.“Akira,
(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