EMILY“Where have you been?” I murmured sweetly, sounding like I missed him when in truth it had been him searching for me.Alexandro slipped a possessive hand around my waist and faced Portia. “You should know not to cross your boundary.” And with that, we walked toward Nina.“Emily!” Nina shrieked as she sighted me, “Have I ever offended you? You just disappeared.” She scolded but her eyes were light. I wondered if it was real.Bella had made me skeptical about even people who acted nice.I played along, trying not to show my doubt and being as sincere as I could be. I kissed both of her cheeks and whispered into her ears, “Honeymoon phase.”Maybe because I was so close to her, she saw her eyes flicker, and her next words were carefully picked, “Should we expect a baby soon?” Nina asked sweetly.I didn’t know why I was so sure but I knew. She knew about my baby. I willed myself not to show my pain and moved back to stand beside Alexandro before I replied to her. I needed his support
EMILYSomeone pushed Portia off me with so much force that she screamed.I struggled to come pull my head out of the water, forcing the water I had swallowed out of my stomach and trying to clear my lungs.I looked up to see Amelia holding Portia down and pulling her out of the water. The woman was dumped. Wasn’t it me she should be helping?I walked offshore with unsteady legs. What just happened?Amelia held Portia down, her fingers tangled in Portia’s hair as she stared at me with disgust. “You’re pretty but too weak. This tiny thing would never have taken Sarah down so easily.”“And you have mood swings.” I retorted. She insulted Sarah yesterday, saying she wished Sarah was more like me and now she insulted me that Sarah was stronger. I didn’t take any offense in it though. While she was wrong about Sarah being unable to attract a man, she was right about the fact that I wasn’t as strong as Sarah.Portia groaned, trying to wringle out of Amelia’s hold but Amelia held fast. She did
ALEXANDRO“Emily! Emily!” I shook her but she didn’t wake up.She was fighting in her sleep, struggling and sweating but didn’t come awake. It seemed like shaking her forcefully wasn’t working so I cradled her into my arms, squeezed her into a hug, willing her to stop trembling. Thankfully it worked. She didn’t wake up but she slept more peacefully, I didn’t want to let go of her.Sarah sighed in relief as we both saw that Emily was calm. I wondered why Emily had chosen to ask for her help instead of listening to me. The girl lived in one of the numerous cramped apartments in Paris and from the background check I did on her, she was nobody.Sarah caressed Emily’s hair even while I held Emily and murmured, “I shouldn’t have taught her to swim. She got too comfortable in the water.”The action was too intimate, I didn’t like it. “Who are you? Why did Emily come to you?” I shot at her. I’d have slapped her hand away from Emily’s hair but the action seemed to soon Emily so I let her be. “
EMILY“Portia won’t talk. We’re sure she was sent but she won’t talk.” Alexandro said.It was bad that she wouldn’t talk because it meant someone wanted me dead and that person was roaming freely, but that wasn’t what was bothering me. Although they were related.A note came again. It was a picture of me on the beach, quite normal, but it came with a note.The unkillable Emily Fitz.“Did you confirm Alisha’s words? About being sent to get me by Anthony? Can you do that for me?” I asked and Alexandro frowned. “I have a feeling she lied, or someone probably used the name, or we can check with her if she saw his face or something.”“Did something happen?” Alexandro asked. I couldn’t tell him.“No, just a hunch.” I lied. He looked at me with disbelieving eyes but said nothing.We were at his Condo, the one he had taken me when I fainted. I had gone back to Sarah’s place but I still came here when I needed to talk to Alexandro.Sarah’s dad had tried to reach her twice and both times all he
EMILY“What’s in this Emily?” Alexandro asked again. I could see he was angry with me.I didn’t tell him. He asked and I had intentionally kept it away from him. I hadn’t trusted him to take care of it. But it wasn’t because I didn’t trust him, it was because I was ashamed. I hated that someone knew me so well and I couldn’t voice the fact that I was being watched.At first, I felt safe in Paris but it seemed like the person had found his way here too. Watching me.“I’m being stalked.” I voiced, making it sound ordinary.“Sexually,” Amelia added and I shot her a look saying shut up.Alexandro froze for a second, then the next he was tearing the envelope open, his face ashen as the pictures fell to the floor along with the letter.I squeezed my eyes shut as he started at the letters, I couldn’t bear to see the look of disgust on his face.Alexandro calmly tucked the pictures back into the envelope and turned to Amelia. “Who is it?” He asked.Amelia looked at him in disbelief, “I want m
I thought someone was watching me so closely, but it turned out that it was just someone a little too good at photoshopping.“I can’t believe you fell for it.” Alexandro scoffed.Now then I was almost naked, he didn’t hold me, instead, he gave us some distance and stood by the door. After a few seconds, like he wasn’t comfortable watching me naked, he pulled off his shirt and threw it at me. I broodingly draped it on.“You let someone good at photoshopping disturb your mental health and you almost got robbed of two million dollars.” He scolded me.“How did I get robbed?” I asked, not catching on.“The diamonds,” Alexandro explained.“Well, it wouldn’t have been my loss. I stole it too.” I shrugged.“Doesn’t matter. You’re not allowed to get scammed as my wife, or even get scared. I want you to bring whosoever hurt you to me and let me deal with them.” His eyes were pleading as he said the words, they went straight to my heart like arrows and burned.I looked away, breaking his gaze, “
EMILYI wasn’t going to accept being rejected. Hell no. I knew just the way to make him change his mind, it was easy when I could see he wanted me too, the bulge in his pants was very noticeable.My hands came up to the buttons of his shirt; he knew what I was about to do even before I touched the first button.“Don’t.” He moved out of the room immediately, and I followed behind. I had three buttons done by the time he turned back. “What are you doing?” He screamed.One side of the wall was glass and his men only had to pass to see me naked. I pulled the shirt over my shoulder and just in time someone passed by. Alexandro pushed me back into the room in an instant. I pulled him along and clicked the door shut, blocking it with my body, then threw the shirt on the floor.I was going to die of embarrassment if he rejected me now.He closed his eyes, willing himself not to look at me. And I smiled, victory was close.I pulled his hand, taking his fingers in between my legs to show him ho
EMILY“You reek of sex,” Sarah complained disapprovingly as she drove me home. I said nothing but couldn’t stop smiling. “So you’re getting back together with Alexandro?” She asked.That made me frown.She was ruining the good mood three orgasms had put me in and I didn’t like it. “I don’t know yet.”“So, the sex was just a mistake or what?” She asked, avoiding my eyes. I was fine with that, I didn’t particularly appreciate it when she took her big sister role to this angle.“No, it was very intentional.” I wouldn’t deny that I even initiated it if she asked.“But you’ve not decided what you’re going to do with him. That’s a bit harsh. You’re giving him the wrong signals. You’re using him.” She scolded.Now that got at me. “Would you rather I fucked someone else? He’s my husband for Christ’s sake.” I was getting irritated.Sarah noticed because she stopped pushing but the seeds she had sown in my head began to take root and grow.Just a few hours ago I had been ranting at Amelia, but