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SOPHIA. I looked at myself in the mirror, seeing the love marks that Lucas had left on my body and my face burned. OH. MY. GOD!What just happened?My heart raced and butterflies fluttered in my stomach as I replayed the scene in my mind. I could still feel his tongue on my core… his hands expertly massaging and caressing my body… his manly scent that I was already so addicted to. Was this a dream?The tingle between my legs told me it was very much real… and I wanted more. But Lucas didn’t go further, saying he only wanted to pleasure me, that’s all. It was strange that he would make me feel good without wanting something in return. It might have been a simple issue for him, but it warmed my heart. I had never been put first before...I quickly went into the shower to clean up, still feeling sticky between my legs. I never even knew I could get this wet or turned on.Indeed, everything feels forced with the wrong partner. But with the right one, desire, feelings- everything flo
LUCAS. “Are you ready for tonight?” I asked Sophia as we took a walk in the tangerine orchard in the backyard. It had already been three weeks and the day of my welcoming party had finally arrived. I had noticed Sophia was on edge, so I asked her to go for a walk with me to help her calm down. She looked at me, a small smile on her lips. “I am ready,” she replied before sighing. “What is it?” I asked, stopping and turning to face her. “There’s something on your mind and it’s weighing you down.”“It’s nothing,” she said in a low voice, averting my gaze. Oh, it definitely wasn’t nothing. I cupped her face. “Talk to me, Soph. What’s eating you up?” I asked. “If you’re not ready, you don’t have to attend tonight’s party. I can find a good day to introduce you to my father as my wife.” She shook her head, worry flitting through her eyes. “I’m ready for tonight… I can’t keep hiding anymore. It’s just that…” she sighed heavily, biting her lower lip. “What will your father say abou
ELIAS.Everything changed when he walked into the hall.Everyone who had been buttering me up changed sides quickly like a chameleon changes colours to match its environment.I coiled my hands into fists as all of my grandfather’s friends went to Lucas to chat with him.What was so special about him? I was a Hart too... why didn’t I get the same attention?“Elias, where’s my daughter-in-law?” Mom’s voice came.I looked at her. She looked nice in an elegant emerald green gown and her smile brightened up her face.But only I knew what hid behind that smile... being forced to arrange a party for my uncle must have been hard for her.I looked around, searching for Violet who was now my legal wife.“She said she got hungry,” I replied. “Maybe she’s gone to check out the buffet.”“How can you let her wander around alone? She’s carrying your child. What if something happened to her?” Mom scolded.“Mike is protecting her in the background, Mom. Don’t worry.”My phone suddenly buzzed in my pock
SOPHIA.“The necklace looks good on you, Mrs Hart. A necklace fit for a Queen,” Tracy, my personal stylist, complimented as she did my hair. I looked in the mirror, admiring the necklace that Lucas gave me. It had a white gold chain with a teardrop-shaped diamond at its center. Smaller diamonds surrounded the larger rock, adding more sparkle to it.“It was a gift from my husband,” I replied, my heart swelling with warmth. Lucas had not said anything about the necklace, but I had a feeling it meant a lot to him and for him to give it to me… did that mean…?No, I couldn’t jump to conclusions. He was yet to answer my question about the nature of our relationship and it was starting to make me anxious. “Your husband loves you a lot. I’ve never seen Mr Hart treat any other woman so well before,” Tracy remarked. She looked at me through the mirror, smiling. “How do you want your hair done?” “Put it up… I want the necklace to show,” I replied. He did say I should show it to everyone. Tr
SOPHIA. Gasps echoed around me. I turned to see none other than Ashley Kent, Elias’s cousin from Olivia’s side of the family. She was quite beautiful with dark blonde hair and brown eyes. However, behind all that beauty was a woman with a very bad personality. We had never seen eye to eye. “Yes, that’s me. Can I help you?” My words were curt and cold, my face devoid of any emotion. Ashley sneered, looking me over before crossing her arms across her chest. Her clique of friends flanked her sides, looking at me as if I was their worst enemy. They didn’t even know me on a personal level but they already hated me just because their friend did. “Everyone knows you’re not part of the Hart family anymore. So, what are you doing here? Elias came with his wife, are you here to disturb them?” Ashley taunted and her friends snickered. I rolled my eyes. After the divorce scandal, Elias had announced that Violet was pregnant with his child and that he did the right thing which was to make
SOPHIA. My heart skipped a beat and I turned, seeing Lucas walking towards us like he owned the place. His eyebrows were creased and he had one hand in his pocket as he looked at the scene before him. He stepped closer, his expression dark with fury. “What’s going on here?” “U-Uncle… I’ve been looking for you. Grandpa said you were in a meeting with some of his friends,” Elias immediately said, trying to distract him. However, Ashley suddenly smirked. “Mr Hart, you won’t believe it. This divorcee claimed you would fall for her!” She rolled her eyes. “I told her if you fall for her, I would cut off my pinky! What a joke… how dare she make such claims? She’s just an abandoned woman who doesn’t deserve your time!” The air around us suddenly turned cold and Elias’s face turned pale. “Uncle… let’s go back to the—”“She was so confident, Mr Hart!" Nicole cut in eagerly. "She even dared to place a bet on whether you would give her the time of day. Ha! I told her I would kneel and bark
SOPHIA. The hall fell into stunned silence. Everyone stared at us in shock, their jaws on the floor as Lucas’s words sank in. Elias let out a nervous chuckle. “U-Uncle Lucas, you’re joking, right?” He turned to me. “It’s not true, right? How can you marry someone else when you love me?” I rolled my eyes at his delusion. “So, the reason you cheated was because you believed I loved you so much and would tolerate any bullshit that you threw my way?” I questioned, letting go of Lucas to face the two traitors as anger and hatred bubbled up within me. Lucas took off his black jacket and draped it over my shoulders before rolling the sleeves of his black shirt until his elbows. He had worn an all-black suit for this event and it looked good on him, giving him mafia boss vibes. “M-Mr Hart, Elias is your nephew. I don’t think it’s right for you to side with an outsider and help her get back at him. You’re supposed to support your family,” Violet said, looking at Lucas with a longing gaz
SOPHIA. Ashley and her friends were visibly shaking now. Long gone were their complacent expressions. Their faces were crumpled like a deflated balloon as if someone had popped their pride with a pin. “M-Mr Hart, we are family, there’s no need for all this. We were just joking… it wasn’t that serious,” Ashley stammered, fear flitting through her eyes. “You were joking?" Lucas spat icily. "You mocked, bullied and insulted my wife and you say it wasn’t that serious? What the heck do you take me for?” “It was all Ashley, Mr Hart. She’s the one who told us to mock Sophia! We didn’t want to do it but she said she would give us a Hermes bag each!” Nicole yelled, pointing at Ashley. “If anyone should get punished, it’s her. Not us!”“That’s right!” Michelle uttered. “I didn’t want to do this in the first place.” Ashley’s eyes grew into saucers when her friends threw her under the bus. “No... it wasn’t me!” She denied it and turned to Violet before pointing a finger at her. “It was her!
SOPHIA.“I’m surprised you can still walk after how hard I fucked you this morning,” Lucas whispered in my ear when we walked into a bridal store, my face burning at his words. Indeed, he was like a beast that had been unleashed from its cage this morning. I had to soak in warm water to soothe the ache between my legs. But I wasn’t complaining. It felt like heavenly bliss. "For a man who's been too overprotective recently, you sure didn't hold back," I teased. "Baby, the doctor said exercising is good for you. Sex is the easiest exercise," Lucas replied before whispering. "Fuck, thinking about the sex we had this morning has just made me hard. I want you again."A chuckle escaped my lips just as a man who seemed to be in his thirties approached us. He was dressed in a light blue designer suit, and he had short, dark hair which was slicked back with gel. “Hello, my darling, how can I help you?” He asked me, his voice soft and cheery. “Are you looking for a wedding dress?” I nodded
LUCAS. A groan escaped my lips, feeling intense pleasure rush through me just as my eyes snapped open. I found myself lying on my back, and my wife who had been sleeping in my arms was kneeling between my legs, sucking my cock like it was the best thing she'd ever tasted. My eyes slightly widened. “Soph, you–” I threw my head back as electric currents seared through me, hissing when she twirled her tongue around the tip of my rod. “Fuck, baby.” I never thought it would feel so good to wake up with my dick in Sophia’s warm mouth. But it did. So very fucking much. I swear, I could get used to this. This was the best breakfast in bed ever. “Oh fuck yeah… that’s it, baby,” I groaned, meeting her eyes as she looked up at me.I loved the way she looked right now. Her hair was tied up in a messy bun, a few strands framing her beautiful face. Her lips were stretched to the limit, wrapped around my cock like it was a giant lollipop. Her eyes were watery, probably stinging from the pressu
SOPHIA.“Dad, seriously? Do those look like cat clothes to you?” Lucas asked, throwing his head back in laughter. “What? They are not?” Steven glanced at the onesie again, his brows creasing. “They are too small for me, though. Are you sure this is the gift you got for me?”This time, I joined Lucas in laughter, the sound echoing around the room. We laughed so hard that we almost lost our voices. “Old man, you sure know how to ruin a surprise,” I said, wiping the tears from the corner of my eyes. I hadn’t laughed so hard in a while. “What, I ruined it?” He asked, turning the onesie this way and that until his eyes fell on the message on the front. His eyebrows almost touched his hairline as he read the message out loud. “Hello, grandpa. See you soon!” He glanced at us, his eyes rounding in shock. “You two are pregnant?” “You finally got it, Dad. I was starting to wonder if you were too old to catch on,” Lucas murmured, a smirk playing on his lips. “You’re about to be a grandpa a
SOPHIA. “Look at them. So adorable, I can't believe we made these,” Lucas said, holding the ultrasound image like it was more precious than gold. Well, this gift was greater than any treasure for us. A miracle.We were on our way back to the villa, and Lucas hadn’t stopped staring at the ultrasound image since we left the hospital. A smile crossed my lips when I saw the way his eyes gleamed with happiness. Lucas wanted to share the news with his father the moment we left the hospital, but I came up with a more fun way to give Steven the news that he would be a grandfather again. “Who do you think they will look like?” Lucas asked, still studying the image like he would see the answer there. He was like a child who had just gotten his first toy car. His face was beaming with pride and wonder. A smile crossed my lips. “I don’t know. Since there are three, one can look like you and the other like me. The third one can look like the both of us,” I replied, glancing at the ultrasoun
LUCAS. “You are already pregnant, Mrs Hart.” My breath caught in my throat, and I heard a small gasp escape Sophia’s lips. I glanced at the dark-haired doctor, my heart pounding at a thousand miles per second. “What did you just say?” I asked. Doctor Natalie smiled. “I said you two didn’t need this checkup at all. You’re both in good shape for conception. We have to do an ultrasound scan to check the baby. But the blood tests show that you two are going to be parents soon.” I froze. Her words replayed in my head like a broken record. Did she just say I was going to be a father?A soft sob caught my attention, and I turned to glance at Sophia. Her face was wet with tears, her lips trembling as she smiled through them. “My love…”“I’m pregnant!” She cut me off, looking at me, her teary eyes gleaming with joy. “We are going to be parents, Luca. I’m going to have your baby.” A flare of complex emotions rose in my chest… They were so intense and overwhelming that I felt the corner
SOPHIA. Days came and went. Life went on for Lucas and I. On the surface, we looked like we were just minding our own business without caring about what had happened in the last few weeks, but in reality, Lucas and Caspian had intensified the investigations. There were three cases we wanted to solve. My parents' murder, Lucas’s mother’s murder and the accident that almost killed us. Regardless, we didn’t let these issues stop us from enjoying our marriage. We went on dates, made love so many times and sometimes, Lucas and Steven spent time playing chess while I went out with Carla and Alice for a girls-only night. Despite having some enemies lurking in the shadows, life was perfect. Lucas stepped out of the car, balancing his right leg on the ground to avoid putting pressure on his left leg, which was still in a cast and healing. He no longer used a wheelchair, but he still needed crutches to move around. I followed him out, and he closed the car door for me. “Are you ready?” H
SOPHIA. The crowd became louder, their angry voices drawing everyone's attention. More people stopped and came to watch the scene.“We say no to unfair treatment! Don’t fire workers due to personal reasons!” “The chairwoman must step down!” “You can’t fire a pregnant woman with no pay! The chairwoman is a vicious woman!” Carla glanced at me. “Sophia, you leave with the squad members. I’ll deal with this.”I could already see my security team holding off the protestors, and some were already near me, ready to protect me in case of anything. “This war is between me and Violet. If I don’t fight back today, she will think I’m easy to bully,” I replied in a low voice. “Sophia, I know you hate me because I’m carrying Elias’s child, and you couldn’t. But that’s not a reason to fire me without my severance pay,” Violet’s sharp voice echoed around us, a triumphant smirk on her lips. She held her small baby bump like it was an award she didn’t deserve. “Elias is my husband now, and we a
SOPHIA. “My husband is my only guardian angel. No man can ever compare to him,” I said, a smile crossing my lips at the thought of Lucas. Now that he had almost recovered, we had made an appointment to go for a checkup together two weeks from now.I couldn’t help but be nervous and excited at the same time. What would it be like to have little ones running around the house? My heart already felt full at the thought. “Of course he is… what I mean is, whatever the case, this alliance is good for us. It’s not for free, so I think Mr X has no hidden motives,” Carla replied. I went through the document over and over again, but I didn’t find anything fishy. The contract was straight to the point, and I didn’t find any hidden clauses. The alliance was beneficial to both parties. Carla was right; it was good for our company.“You’re right, I can’t find anything suspicious in this contract,” I murmured. “I told you so. It’s ok to sign it,” Carla remarked. “Besides, since Mr X is willing to
SOPHIA. “What if we sign an alliance with Savvy-Tech? Will that make investors trust us?” The folds between my eyebrows creased as I glanced at Carla in confusion. Why did she sound like we had already secured an alliance with Savvy-Tech? They had been unresponsive so far. I was even planning on choosing another tech company to partner with. As expected, Daniel scoffed at Carla’s words. “Yeah, right. Even Elias, the heir of the Hart group, couldn’t manage to get through to Savvy-Tech. How can you do it?” He mocked. “It doesn’t matter if you get rid of Elias Hart or not. Today, we will have to appoint another CEO. I won’t believe that you two managed to contact Savvy-Tech, let alone make them sign a contract with the company.”I internally rolled my eyes. Anyone could tell what Daniel’s agenda was. He was eying the CEO position. Poor Elias didn’t even know that he was being used. Once he was out of the picture, his so-called backer didn’t even care. To each his own, after all. S