One month later..."Careful baby, You don't want to hurt yourself." I said to the kids as they were playing under the ramp. I begin to reminisce back to everything that happened over the course of one month.I could still hear the words of the doctor to Ayla and myself. I had escaped the hands of death because the bullet missed my heart by an inch. Everything had changed since that moment, the company was back to fully functioning and I had dropped all shady deals that Alex had signed using the company's influence. The underworld had gone back to the way it used to be, with Levi being given a befitting tribute by every gang out there I suddenly felt arms wrapped around my torso and her cologne would always mesmerize me. She placed a kiss on my neck, as I squeezed her hands gently."You know something babe, I have been thinking we should move out of our comfort zone. This house would always bring the trauma of past events and we want to be happy right?" Ayla suggested and I agreed
AYLAI walked through the long corridor of the hospital, my steps tired, my shoulders were drooped in exhaustion and my face held worry unconcealed. I hated hospitals but I had to be here, for her sake. She was family. My family and a little girl. She did not deserve to be alone.I had just returned from work and had come down here as soon as I had finished for the day. I opened the door to the room she was put in, I watched her small frame lying on the bed, ridden by tubes and IVs.Oh, Hailey. Tears blurred my vision.I walked quietly and took my position by her side, holding her still hands. “Hello, Hailey.”The steady beeping of her heart was the only response I got. The evidence that she was still alive. Barely.My eyes trailed the lines of transparent wires infused into her skin, the liquid treatment trickling from the bag that held the drug into her veins. “Please find a way to fight this, Hailey. Please come back to us alive. Come back to me alive.”I paused to comport myself,
“I’ll need you both to deliver coffee and a box of doughnuts to the staff at XM company.” Our manager at the café where I was working ordered Kimberly and I. Kim was my friend at work and she was more experienced than I was because she’d been working here before me. “Okay sir.” We made to leave when the manager called back Kim, I waited for her at the entrance of the door. “I’ll need you to personally get this cup of coffee to the CEO himself. Understood?” I heard him tell Kim.“No problem sir.” She replied and we both went to get on with our delivery.It was my first time taking a delivery to the XM company. The biggest company in the country. We had gotten there and began our delivery. Kim had her hands filled with delivery, I tried to help out.“Ayla.” She called.“Hm.” I looked up from the cups of coffee I was about to go deliver to some of the staff in the company. The building was a massive one and I needed the tip.I had to find a way to pay Hailey’s hospital bills. Her paren
I stepped into the house that was supposed to be my new home. The driver that had come to get me and my belongings from my house was helping me unload my things from the car and into the house that I was going to be staying in for possibly the rest of my life.After I had gone to see the doctor, he had been bluntly honest and explained how critical Hailey’s situation was and if something was not done to alleviate her sickness, she would most likely die. Hailey was diagnosed with leukemia, and she was at that stage where it was eating deep into her system and killing her slowly. She needed urgent surgery to bring her out of the pain she was experiencing, and this was the only way. I had no idea who I was married to. I knew of the CEO of XM company but I had never met with him before. They had only brought papers for me to sign, a legal binding agreement to be his wife. I could not forget the nerves that wrecked my system as I put down my signature on that paper, practically selling my
“And who are you to ask me that?!” His fury lashed me like a whip.I recoiled in fear, tears blurred my vision. This was his attitude. It was just a week after my wedding to Jaxon, the CEO of XM company. I had no choice. Hailey’s life was at stake, I had to give in. Moreover, it didn’t seem like a bad idea after seeing he was the same guy I had spilled coffee on. I had been infatuated with him ever since. I could live with him because he was not totally bad.But ever since I stepped my feet into the house, he had let me know he was not into me. I got the part that I was not his type but at least, he could try to respect me. Respect our union. Going out at whim and not returning when he was supposed to was a disrespectful slap on my face.I agreed there was the comfort but what about my dignity? My happiness? Did that not matter too? He did not take that into consideration too? “I am your wife, Jaxon. I deserve to be respected. You can not just leave the house and keep late nights, so
“Do you love me?” I asked him.Ever since he found out I was pregnant, he had been nicer and more considerate towards me. He took note of my feelings and tried not to upset me or make me feel sad. His recent changes made me happy. I was beginning to feel like I truly belonged.I felt like a true married woman, the kind that was loved by her husband. We were in the kitchen and he was making me breakfast, he had not gone to work today.He placed the glass of orange juice on the table before me, then he returned to the eggs he was scrambling in the pan. Soon, he had my bacon and eggs placed before me and I dug in. “This is nice. Thank you.”He nodded, saying nothing. I watched him as I ate my breakfast. “You did not reply me, Jaxon.”Immediately, I saw anger coat his expression. He was trying not to show it but I saw it. My appetite reduced, was I wrong? Did he not love me as I’d thought? Or was it because of the babies? “What else do you want?” He inquired, taking a sip of his own cof
The moment I stepped out of the moving vehicle, into the huge building that laid before my very eyes, I couldn't help but take in everything before my very sight.Standing right before me was years of hard work, coming off that horrific relationship with Jaxon.A lot of people would have gone into the state of depression, after everything Jaxon did, but I was never the type to back down. While strolling through the hallway, deep in contemplation, I was greeted by a familiar voice saying my name. "Ayla!" he called out. "It's been a while since we last saw each other!"I looked over and saw Bruce, a friend and marketing analyst, walking towards me with a friendly grin. "Great to see you again Bruce! How are you?" I asked extending my arm for a friendly hug.Bruce has been one of the main men to push me to the limit with the business and I always found a way to show him gratitude for that."How is Finn and Feris doing? I bet they are really big now " he said with a smile on his face.
Evening had come quicker than I had expected and I was grossly frustrated by the amount of calls Jolie has been making. Never had I seen a woman so triggered by the little things. Her anger was justifiable though, for even I couldn't understand how a marriage without a child would work. The doctor claiming I was impotent was the icing on the cake.I had just met with certain investors, who had informed me of an important guest in my hotel and I was glad to know that it was going to foster our business further.Upon stepping out of the hotel and headed for my black mustang, I noticed two kids circling round my car. For a moment I wanted to yell at them to get away, but I noticed something peculiar about themThey had this look of curiosity and excitement as they walked round the car, almost like they dreamt of getting one like it."Hey Kids." I called out and they were startled for a moment.When they turned in my direction, I was taken aback by the striking similarity they shared