I woke up drenched in a pool of sweat and quickly kicked away the covers, only to see Cole on the other side of the bed looking at me with a blank expression. He was lying on his side, his head propped up by an arm with his phone in the other hand."How are you feeling?" He asked and I was about to nod my head when I looked into his face and shook my head instead, pouting my lips as I began to shiver. I watched with a bit of guilt as his eyes widened into saucers and he instantly got off the bed, making quick work of getting out the drugs. I could not remember the last time I had been taken care of so well; large hands playing with my hair as I drifted in and out of sleep, hourly temperature checks, routine towelbaths. Fortunately, his actions helped as my joints were better now but surely, it was not a crime to just pretend for a while longer. Right?I focused my attention on him as he dropped the pills as well as a bottle of water on the duvet and then climbed back in. He placed his
"But you treated me badly for the first year, sending me off on impossible tasks and hurling insults at me," I complained, eager to hear his answer but he just trailed a finger across my chin and put a knee on the ground to balance himself on the mosaic floor."I was trying to fight against my feelings for you. I didn't want a relationship, most especially with my secretary. It was unethical and besides, I still wanted freedom.""So what changed?""Simple. The deal." He shrugged and smiled at me, but I just returned a blank gaze and he sighed. "It was a wake-up call for me. Life had thrown me a deadline, and there were no acceptable excuses so I had to ask you. I wouldn't have asked anyone else," he explained and his gaze flickered to my lips.I sucked in a breath and matched his gaze, my focus moving between his eyes and his soft lips. They looked so full and inviting, and when he leaned in, I met him halfway. Time stopped when his lips met mine, but the flutter only intensified in m
Later on that night, I woke up to the sound of loud chuckles which signified that our hosts were back from the party. I heard their noisy thumps and quiet murmurs as they climbed up the staircase as well as the opening and closing of doors opposite us. When I glanced at the wall clock it read three am, and that meant that they had spent the whole night outside. Someone knocked at the door and I started to get up to answer it when Cole pushed my body back onto the bed and shook his head. "I'll get it." He padded out of the bed, his lithe form lightly swaying as he walked the small distance to the door.Not surprisingly, Crystal's voice came through in a whisper. "How's she doing?" Her words were slurred, rising and falling in intensity and I guessed they must have drank alcohol to their fills.Cole whispered that I was feeling better, thanks to the drugs that I reluctantly took and I silently agreed with him. The bitter taste was still evident in my mouth, and I struggled not to swallo
Elizabeth's POVI could see his eyelids flicker and his eyes brighten. I bet his heart had informed him about who I truly was but his mind didn't seem to take it. Cole didn't bring himself to accept the suspicion that had borne in his mind." Wait a minute, is my suspicion right?", Cole asked. He was staring into my eyes with disbelief. My heart thrummed faster and I couldn't help but gasp for breath. I knew how Cole was. He wouldn't spare me if he ever finds out the truth. But, what could I do? He had caught me redhanded and there was no way out for me. Then, a thought popped up in my head." Tell him already, he should know the truth now!". I tried to shove it but it kept humming in my head over and over again. I pushed Cole away and tried to hide my face away from him. " I am right? Am I?", he asked. I felt a sudden rush of sadness overwhelm my whole body. My hands began to shake. I didn't know how to face him. " I'm talking to you, Liza! Why do you have green eyes? Is my mum right
The morning sunlight peeped its head through the window and it made me squint and cover my eyes. I turned to the other side of the bed and it was cold. Cole had left.Suddenly I remember as my brain dredges up the reason for that and I became all teary. I started on another crying spree. I didn’t know that it would eventually turn out to be like this. I ran to my bathroom and suddenly had the urge to see what I looked. I stood at the door for a while as if the bathroom was some dangerous place in the world. Indeed at this moment, the bathroom was like a warzone. Firstly I was attacked by Cole’s cologne. It filled the air in the bathroom. This was a scent I had grown to love. Something I always wanted to sniff but now it felt like it was judging me. Asking me where I had hurt it’s owner. Only if they could hear me out too just like their owner but they couldn’t. No matter how I explained it to them, they would never understand. The lighting on the bathroom suddenly looked so bright a
I woke up a lot later than usual the next morning. My eyes fluttered, trying to keep out the sort of light that came from the late morning sun. They could only do so much, as the rays fell right on my face, from the window I had left open the night before.“Fuck,” I muttered as I suppressed a groan in frustration. I had woken up very irritable and the stupid light from the window wasn't doing any favors to my mood whatsoever.This made me wonder why I was angry at a window. It took a minute, but I soon remembered that I wasn't angry at the inanimate object, I was angry at something— someone else. Elizabeth.I opened my eyes fully and was bombarded by the brightness that I had been trying to avoid for so long. Soon the light faded and all of the things in my room began to morph into view. The bed, the chairs, the wardrobes, they were all there. The only thing missing was the woman who had shared my bed for some time now.I wasn't even surprised by this, I was the one who had stormed of
I always knew I was meant for great things but nobody believed me. As I sat in the waiting room I realized that life was good for the people who knew how to grab opportunities. For instance, someone else might have felt bad about selling out a family’s dirty secrets but I did not. That I get a big scoop, a career advancement and a paycheck and they do not. Simply because they think it is against morals. As far as I know, morals are just society’s way of forcing us to conform and I am far too great to conform to any man’s rules except mine.“Miss Waylon will be with you shortly” The pretty Latina looking receptionist says in fluent, un-accentuated English. It still baffles me how these foreigners in our land manage to blend in at places like this. As far as I am concerned any ass that is that thick belongs on my sheets and only on my sheets. Suddenly I wonder how my dear Beth is doing. I had and amazing night with her. She was so supple and so warm. Along with a great fuck, she also pr
I couldn't believe what I was seeing. My phone had beeped signalling a message had come in while I was busy trying to figure out a way to contact Cole and try to explain the whole situation and why I kept my real identity away from him all these time. Only for me to receive this heart wrenching message again! It was a video of me and Nate while he took advantage of me and raped to fulfil his own desires. A gasp escaped my lips and I felt dizzy for a while as I lost my balance and fell on the floor, my phone still in my hands but I was panicking.Why was all of these happening in such a rush to me? What on earth was it that I had done to Nate to deserve this? First he drugs me then takes advantage of me and rapes to his satisfaction. Not only did he stop there, he also made a tape to intimidate and blackmail me. My heart began to beat faster as another gasp unconsciously fell from my mouth and a sob threatened to break through from me. I watched the whole video and my face was obvious