What happens now?My marriage had been thoroughly consummated. Would he want to do it again? Was this the end? Did I want him to do it again?Sitting in the bathroom wondering things like this sucks. I took a deep breath and stood up. I was just going to act like the whole thing never happened. No one lived in their first sex anymore.I took another deep breath.Maybe I needed a bath.The bath didn’t help, I still felt his hands everywhere. My insides felt empty now that neither his hands, tongue, or cock was in it.I grabbed my towel and tiptoed into the closet. There was this short and beautiful purple gown staring at me.It looked more beautiful on me, it was a bit low-necked, revealing my cleavage and making my breasts seem a bit bigger. I loved my ass in it more. I felt sexy. Maybe that could be attributed to the fact that I just had sex. Wait! Would Alexandro think I wore this dress to seduce him?Nah, he wouldn’t think so. The neckline magically seemed lower and too revealing.
EMILY KING“Try this on.” One of the ladies said the words cheerfully but before I could respond or even take a good look a the dress, another lady pushed a pink dress in front of my face, “This would blend perfectly with your skin tone, why don’t you try it instead.”I looked up to see the room crowded with all sorts of people, clothes, shoes, and jewelry. How dare Alexandro leave me with this?Like the night of my wedding, I woke up alone but at least, then I had woken up to Chloe’s smiling face. I even had Baxter, but these people? They were worse than a mob“Hmm, can I have my phone?” I called, a frail-looking girl had come this morning and introduced herself as my assistant all through my stay in France. She was nothing like Chloe and I was scared she would faint as she walked.She ran to me, stretching her hands through the crowd it passed my phone to me. My patience had begun to run out but I managed to take the phone from her. I dialed Alexandro.“Excuse me.” I smiled patientl
He hadn’t let go of my fingers which he had kissed, I tugged but he held it tight, and I raised a brow at him.“Just testing how jealous your husband can get.” He smiled.“Who are you?” I asked directly, there was no need to introduce myself because he already knew me, but he had refused to tell me his name or let go of my hands.“Ahh, you’re not the shy kind, when I heard King got a bride, I expected someone calm and docile, willing to do everything he asks.” He shot at me.I raised a brow, “Well, you thought wrong. Let go of me.” I snapped because I was getting angry. I was nice to him earlier because he was handsome, but his words were pissing me off. I wasn’t exactly angry with him, I was angry with the man who dragged me to France but now refused to show his face.I didn’t want to ask his whereabouts because it would seem like I couldn’t stay on my own without him.“Elliot, I think you’ve held my wife’s hands for long enough.” My Husband found the right time to show his very hand
“I must say, it pleases me that Alexandro has finally decided to settle down,” I said the words with his eyes on me even though Alexandro was sitting by his side. It was the same with his daughter who didn’t spare me a glance but her eyes were for my husband.I smiled and nodded, “I heard most people were surprised.” I said the words easily, playing with my bare fingers, not knowing I was only drawing attention to it.“You aren’t wearing your wedding band.” Ian raised his brow at me, he had acknowledged that Alexandro was wearing his.“Yes, why aren’t you wearing your wedding band.” Alexandro echoed the question and I rolled my eyes internally.“I was hoping I would pass off as a single woman,” I said the words boldly but internally my heart was fainting. I considered apologizing but it would only make it public knowledge that I was afraid of my husband.Ian laughed, “It would seem like Alexandro the Great has finally met his match.” I was partially relieved when Alexandro laughed too
Our shopping trip had to be postponed till the next day because Alexandro had plans for that day. There was no party, but we went around and met people. I was officially Mrs. King.At a point I felt useless, I didn’t know much about the financial world, and I thought of learning but I reminded myself that I didn’t belong to this world and would soon be out of it.I had to keep myself under control and make sure I left the place unscattered.But even as I tried to keep myself under control, Paris kept throwing surprises at me. Alexandro was different. Like he was another person entirely.“Why didn’t you wear your ring.” He asked, surprisingly he didn’t sound angry. It was like he just wanted to know.“I forgot,” I said honestly.“They’re never supposed to be out of your finger.”“Even while I bath?”“Even while you bathe, they’re not fake, what are you afraid of?”I nodded. “I’ll keep that in mind.”“Are you sure about going out with Elena? I thought you didn’t like her.” He raised his
“You should be more careful next time,” I warned as I bent to pick up the key. “What if there’s no one to help?” I stood and stretched the keys to her. “Here.”She didn’t move to collect it, instead, she stood there, tears gathering in her eyes. “I’m sorry.” She muttered.“What do you mean?” I asked, confused.I received my explanation when the van door slid open, the van covered the view of the people in the building. No one would see what was about to happen. Not even the CCTV. Fear gripped me, from deep down my bones.Two men dressed in black alighted from the vehicle and stood by my sides. The front mirror slid down to reveal the face of a man in a dark glass, unlike the others, he wasn’t wearing a mask. I could see his smile. It was like he was enjoying this moment, or maybe the anticipation of what was to come.“Hi, Mrs. Emily King. We would like to borrow you for a moment.” He said, still smiling. “Don’t you dare scream?” His smile vanished on his last sentence, and his face dr
ALEXANDRO.“You said what?” I was taken aback.“I swear I have nothing to do with this. We were in the fabric store, then she asked to get her phone in the car, then I didn’t see her again. She didn’t come back. My car key was in the car. The car was opened.” Elena said frantically, scared that I would blame her. “She just disappeared.“What are you trying to say? That she sneaked away from you?” I asked coldly. I was stupid to let Emily leave the hotel with Elena. I had forgotten… I hadn’t expected Elena to be so careless.I met Ian halfway. “I’ll need your…”He didn’t let me finish, “You can have it. We’ll find your wife. I promise.”I nodded. We all set out to the place they had bought the clothes but that was where things started to get a little bit tough. Their CCTV had a glitch, it was still all through the hour Emily was in there.I began to panic slightly. Sweat broke out on my forehead as I imagined what she could be going through at that moment.I received a call from Ian. “
EMILY“Wake up pretty.” Rough fingers poked my head.I hadn’t been asleep. It had been so dark I had to close my eyes and pretend that was the reason why I was in the dark. Because I closed my eyes.I opened my eyes to see a little light in the car, it was low and blue. I couldn’t see around clearly.“Emily, I have a proposition for you.” He began.I cut him off, “And I want to see my husband.”“It doesn’t work that way, sweetheart.” He murmured, moving closer to me. I shrank away from his touch. “Now my proposition. Not too far from here is a purple warm room, as pretty as you and very comfortable. Do you want to spend your time with me in it or you’d prefer this car?” He baited.It was a bait, “Why?” I asked.“You’ll have to promise me that you’ll be obedient.” He said smiling, his eyes dilating like a man on drugs.“I’d rather stay here.” I frowned. I was sure there would be no benefit to staying in a comfortable room with this bastard. And for some reason, I knew it would be a dar
EMILYAlexandro was too restless to do anything. he wouldn't sleep, we literally forced him to eat. All he did was sit and watch his baby.Our Miracle.I stood by the door. I was sure he hadn't noticed my presence, all his attention was on our son. It was like Alexandro wanted to memorize every one of the boy's features."You have all the time in the world. You will watch him grow, we both will." I said to him.Alexandro broke into a small smile but didn't turn to me. "Are you mad I didn't tell you earlier?" I asked. I hoped he wouldn't be.He shook his head, "I'm a bit glad you didn't, I fear I might over thought t if you had told me. Thank you for being a strong woman Emily. You did very well in my absense.""But I am not doing too well in your presence, am I?" I asked."Of course not." He murmured. I hid a smile because I knew what was wrong.I wrapped my arms around him from behind. His muscles were taut like he was tense and scared, I couldn’t help rubbing my cheeks against his ba
EPILOGUE 2ALEXANDROParis prison shouldn’t even be considered a prison. It was just another place where I was King. I ruled the whole ward in the first month I got there and was worshiped during the rest.What a year in prison couldn’t do, just five minutes with Emily did it. made me scared, made me feel weak.I saw through her façade and saw the anxiety she tried to mask her nervousness.“Well, it’s not that.” She murmured, avoiding my eyes.I would have thought it to be impossible but Emily looked even better than I remembered. Prettier. Her violet eyes shone brighter, and although I knew she was nervous, true happiness filtered out through her eyes, and my heart broke.“Who is it?” I asked.“What?” She looked somewhat lost.“Who is he?” I knew from her eyes. She was happy. She had met someone else and he made her happy.“DO you know why I couldn’t visit you even when you finally permitted me to?” She asked.I broke her gaze. I had started it by refusing to see her. I needed her to
EPILOGUE 1EMILYOne year Later.I was late.Technically anyway. They would wait till I got there.France's government had taken it upon themselves to deliver Alexandro back to America. I think it was their way of making amends considering the worth of the properties he had in their country.As his wife on paper, I had to be the one to pick him up.If it were up to me, the whole family would follow me but I didn’t trust them not to leak my big secret to Alexandro before I did. And I wanted to be the one to do it. I was a bit uneasy about his reaction, maybe scared but what was top on my heart was to see him.I wonder how prison had treated him. I was also guilty he had gone there because of me. My fault.“How do I look?” I turned to Chloe, giving her a 360 degree view of my dress. More than anyone else, Chloe was most displeased with me.A little bit jealous too that I came back with my mother.“Very much more dashing than you should.” She replied, her face stoic but I could see her ey
EMILYThe case had been adjourned three times and we had to change lawyer halfway through but finally, the trial came to an end.At first, we had thought the case and court were just for formality but it had been discovered that Russo’s long-lost grandmother was French, and the French government wanted to fight for her citizens.We claimed self defense but apart from Amelia and I, there was no one to testify against Russo in court. It didn’t help that the man was head. Alexandro had aimed for his head. His brains had popped out and the doctors marked it as intentional murder.Although I had begun to heal from the wound and my wounds were marked minor, I reported Russo’s long-time stalking and showed the pictures he had made of me. I was no longer ashamed to show it as I knew it wasn’t me but we didn’t tell the court that.Luckily, Sarah had a secret camera that had caught him kicking me. Now we were waiting for the judge to announce her verdict.Alexandro was made to pay a thousand do
EMILYI was alive.My legs hurt, and so did my chest and head but I felt no excruciating pain that should have come from a gunshot.The room was still again like everyone held their breath.“Emily.” I heard someone call. It was Sarah. I opened my eyes.Russo lay on the floor. He was unmistakenly dead and his brains had been slipped open. I closed my eyes again.Strong arms lifted me. Not sarah’s arms.Alexandro.I opened my eyes again. My head was swimming, so many things happening at the same time. “Where do you hurt?” Alexandro’s voice asked.“He hit me. My head, my legs, my chest. He hit Amelia too. Take care of Amelia.” I rasped. My head was banging. Maybe it was the noise of the gunshot. It could also be from when he smacked my head with the gun. I closed my eyes again.Alexandro’s hand touched my legs and I winced. “I think it’s broken. I’ll take you to the hospital.” Alexandro said moving me outside. “Sarah will take care of Amelia.” I nodded, letting him take care of me.I hea
“Amelia killed your dad.”EMILYMy eyes shot to my mom. “What’s he saying?”Amelia was rude and sassy, she was stuck on herself, and didn’t care about other people, but a murderer? I didn’t think so.I didn’t know what she did for her agency or whatnot, but why would she kill my dad? And I thought I knew how my dad died. Alexandro cut him off life support.But who knew what devilish things she did for the agency? There had to be a reason Sarah’s dad didn’t let her join.“Explain,” I commanded.“Explain mama.” The masked man echoed unnecessarily. “Explain how you ruined this beautiful princess’ life and mine as well.”Amelia began crying. “I didn’t know he would have a heart attack. I swear. I just wanted him to leave me alone.” She began.“He kept trying to find me, I sent letters, telling him to stop looking for me. I didn’t know how but I managed to find myself once and the agency didn’t like it. So I had to find a way for him to stop trying to find me.” She stopped, sobbing. The so
EMILY“Someone grew balls, not enough though, since you still need a mask on your face.” I rasped. I tried to sound bold but my voice sounded hoarse. The only thing I had control over was my facial expression. “And that gun.” I scoffed. “Do you know how to use it?” I placed the bag down and settled on the chair closest to the door. “What do you want?” I asked.“You have a very pretty mother.” He said, ignoring my questions and not minding my taunts. “I heard that you both aren’t on good terms.” He played with Amelia’s hair as he spoke. Then he stopped to remove the rag from her mouth.I recognized it as the kitchen napkin. He came through the kitchen while Amelia must have come through the door. He wasn’t a professional, from his muscles I could see all he had was brawn. He could smash a window open but couldn’t pick locks.I wasn’t afraid of him but I could tell Amelia was, and I couldn’t figure out why. Amelia wasn’t the type to fear.“Mommy here has a confession to make.” The man n
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
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