Ryan's POV It wasn't difficult to know who exactly the man who had stepped in was. Those Hazel eyes which were the same as Nina’s and the face had given it away, but I had no words for a man who didn't care, who had left his responsibility. So why was he back?“ Eduardo” her mom mumbled out as she swirled her gaze around, her eyes stopping in track when it met mine. I gave her a wink before snapping my attention back at the man who had just stepped in. “ What are you doing here?” He didn't say a word as his eyes traveled behind her to Nina who sat on the couch. “ Is that her?” Nina stiffened on the couch, her body sinking. “ Is that our daughter?” Samantha shielded Nina from him. “ She wasn't yours to begin with” He swerved, his hands in the air, not saying a word before his eyes went to me. Richard had stood upright, strolling across the room to where I stood, waiting for what was going to happen. “ What are you doing here?” She questioned between gritted teeth. Her eyes flic
Nina's POV “ I am never going to let them take the company away, what exactly are you even saying!” my voice soared. “ There is no way that is going to happen, she has done everything possible, I can't let her lose them because of me. I can't let her lose what she cherishes” My head went to the bed as I watched her chest heave slowly. Reina's hands patted my back as she cajoled me to let down the tears that were in my eyes, but I just couldn't. They seemed to have been stuck permanently. Sneaking into her chest, I held her to myself, squeezing her so hard. “ I can't… I can't let this happen. It would break her” “ You know your mother wouldn't want anything happening to you, she would do everything possible just to make sure that nothing happens to you, even if it means giving up the company” I listened to her words. My eyes brimmed with tears in them that refused to slip down my cheek, I was so pissed off and at the same time, tired. Unable to raise a hand, or say a word anymor
Ryan's POV I could sense it, the hesitation immediately I had driven in, and I didn't know what else to do. The air tingled with our breath mingling in it for a while. “We can go back if you don't want to step in,” I offered, to which she shook her head. Beaming at me with a smile on her face. “ I am here already, what is the need of going back when I am? She pulled the door open, stepping out before I could offer to help. I watched her step as they clambered in, before she was yanked into an arm. I stood watching both women. She was weeping and Gladys was doing the same.I leaned against the car, my eyes squinted as I watched them chatter on about all that had happened and when Nina brought out her phone, showing Gladys a picture, probably one of the twins, she squirmed before glaring at me. I shook my head to the side, wondering if she was cursing at me as well for being so careless when I shouldn't have. I pushed myself off my car, sauntering toward them, holding Nina by her
Nina's POVMy heart skipping contradicted what I had just said, but I couldn't help it. I fiddled with my hands wondering if there was a way he was going to know, especially with how his eyes kept peering into mine. I swallowed, not thinking of anything else aside from the fact that I was here to eat, but I wondered if it was going to be just that with the massive drape of lust that lingered over us threatening to puncture at any moment soon. “ I am sorry I made you lose all the love you had for me” I nodded. Not saying anything else than I should have to him. “ It is fine” I waved him off, a sneer escaping my lips. “ Are you going to stand there or cook?” My stomach growled, directing his gaze back to the table where he had placed all the items he was supposed to use. He nodded at me before directing his hands back into the sink, trying to rinse them when I dipped the broccoli in, and our eyes met. I stumbled back, almost dropping my ass on the floor when he held my wrist pulli
Ryan's POV “ Have a good night's sleep. I will be back tomorrow morning” I planted kisses on her forehead, watching as she glided back into the house. The smile on her face widened with each step she took and only when she was in the house was I able to take in a breath, while thinking of what to do. Nina hadn't said anything about the poisoning or what she was going to do, instead had just indulged at the moment like there was nothing going on. As though her life weren't on the verge of breaking down. Stepping on the pedal, I raced down the road, swerving off course to vault. I had given them a task, and that was to get whatever they could on the poison. It was almost impossible to find where Brian had kept the antidote, that bastard had kept it pretty well, and I couldn't help but compliment his skills also. “ Yes…” I pushed the door open, my gaze softened at how fast they were all working. I was thinking of giving them holidays soon, maybe after all the dusk had settled and e
Ryan's POVI pushed past the door, panting while I tried to find Nina. “She had slumped, and the doctor said her condition is critical” Those were the words Richard had spoken to me, and I couldn't think as I drove right here like my life depended on it. I didn't want to think about the fact that we were together not too long ago. That we were so good together and everything seemed to be going on well until this. I pushed the door open, meeting a solemn atmosphere. Everyone's eyes fixated on me, including her mother who had gotten better and was grasping Nina's hands. “ I can't let anything happen to her. I can't” she repeated countless times while my eyes went to her. I had barely talked to her, barely knew her again, barely had a chance to get to know what she wanted once more and I didn't want to let her go. We had kids to teach, they were still fragile and small, and they didn't even tell me. “ What did he say?” I questioned Richard, who stood, his hands gripped Reina's sh
Nina’s POV I tried to force myself up, shutting away the excruciating pain that coursed through my very bones. Grunting gently, I flipped my eyes open, a grunt slipping out when I noticed a hand gripping mine. My hands weaved through the hair, one that felt silky in my palm and I knew who it was, but why exactly was he here? I could recall that I had been with him, and then I had slumped. “ Fuck!” I exhaled out, sitting upright. Reina was lying on one of the beds in my room with Richard beside her. My mother sat on the couch barely able to sleep and Ryan, he was seated on the floor, his hands gripping mine firmly like he was trying to beg me not to leave. His eyes flew open while I tried to make a move, barely recognizable. “ Nina…?” He called out gently. My eyes stared at his for a while as I gave him gentle glimpses. “You look like you have seen a ghost, is something wrong?” I asked when I saw the people in the room. I couldn't help but wonder why, I knew that I had slumpe
Nina’s POV “ His nerves” I blurted out because there was nothing else that I could place my hands on right now. This was making me so pissed. All I wanted to do was wrap my hands around his neck and cut his life short. “ There is no way he expects me to do something like that. Hell no! I am not!” I snapped, waiting for what they were to say when Ryan stepped in. “ You will” that was the only thing he said in the tiniest voice he conjured.“ I don't get it, what are you even saying? I am not going over to the press to do whatever he thinks is right” “ You will,” he insisted, pissing me off even harder than before. What exactly was he saying? Didn't he say that he wanted me to be in his life? So what exactly was he doing right now? Pushing me away? Was he trying to crush whatever feelings I had conjured up for him? Right now? Because it seemed to be the only thing he was doing. “ There is something you don't know, that is I acted as the solicitor between your mother and Brian, w
Ryan's POV “Am I doing too much?” I questioned Richard who stood by my side. I had on a sea green suit and a blue lapel which was to match with the gown she had on, but she wasn't here yet. I didn't know what to do, if I was going to cry, but I wanted to do this clear headed and without shedding a tear. It wouldn't make me masculine like I was supposed to be. She shouldn't see me tearing up. Richard stood by my side, in a peach suit to match Reina's own. “You doing too much would be you tearing up when she shows up to the aisle, please don't do that. You did before and it wasn't easy for me to stop you, don't make me do that again” he pleaded. I bore a hole in him at the words he had just spoken. He wasn't supposed to say that .He was still going to rub it over my face. “You did the same to me, remember?” he quizzed when he saw the look on my face. “So I don't really think I am doing anything wrong by telling you what I just did” I shook my head, not wanting to listen to him.
Nina’s POV “ You don't get it Reina” I hadn't known when exactly this had happened, but it was too much. I had given up on Christopher right now because I had no other option, but that was because my mum looked so happy with him. I knew he was young, well, too young if I am asked, but my mother being happy was everything to me and I wanted her to be. “ You both were going at it raw, what did you expect? A truckload of gifts?”Wait, what? “ I am almost in tears right now,” I explained. I just couldn't explain it, but I was really tearing up. She stood up, patting me on the back. “ It's the hormones, you are actually tearing up” “I am pregnant, just a month to our wedding and I don't know how to tell him, the wedding gown won't fit” “ The designer can always work on it, we can have her do that” “ But still, I am not ready for this. I don't know if I want this child, it is too much for me to bear right now, what exactly am I to do?” I questioned. I had to think about this. All t
Ryan's POV That name didn't ring a bell at all, why would somebody who wasn't affiliated to them do something like that? Or was it that we didn't know what exactly we were searching for? “ I can't really say” We both got into the Porsche as I answered.“ There is no one else that would be able to give an answer except her, but I don't know where she is”“ Who?” “ Her mother of course, I am so sure Nina doesn't know anyone by that name, and it will be so awkward bringing that up to her, we need to be certain. We don't want her suspecting us now, would we?” A part of me was glad that I didn't have to do this anymore, it would have pricked me a bit to know that. Richard was a drive away from the bar when my phone rang out. “ Ryan, where are you?” I could sense the urgency in her tone as she asked. I swallowed, gazing at Richard whose eyes were probing to know what's wrong when I answered. “ With Richard, is something wrong?” “ Yes, can you come over? I am at the morgue and I di
Nina's POV I had never felt this jittery in years, months even with how tense I was, I thought I was going to mess things up. “ You have to calm down, he is just your mother's spouse” That brings us back to why we were here, my mother's spouse, the one she said she wanted to introduce to me. I had wanted to be here first, just to get along foremost before passing it on to anybody what exactly he looked like, but my mother had insisted I came with Reina. She was better than me, as it was to be expected, and she was here to keep me in place or so I had thought. “ Something bulging your mind?” I shook my head when she asked. We had just gotten to the spot, fine dining with a reservation so difficult to get even if you were well known, but we seemed to be here, my mum had said this was the designated venue, and so we had to be here on time. “ It's now or never” the door opened with a slight push from me and we were in. It didn't take so long to find the booth that we were looking
Ryan's POV A smile crested over my face while I hummed alongside to perfect by Ed Sheeran, that was how my life was like currently, it was going the right path that I wanted it to be. Stepping on the gas, I couldn't keep thinking of how everything was just the way it should be presently, but there was merely a problem and that one had to be taken care of. I slammed the brakes in front of Richard's company, swept my gaze around when I stepped out of the car, beaming at the CCTV camera that told me he had his eyes glued on it. I figured him letting out a string of curses at what I had just done, before turning his attention back to his pile of documents. When he wasn't with Reina and the kids, playing the obsessed husband, he had his head into his documents trying to work even harder. Stepping into the elevator, I waited for it to drop me in front of his office and when I did, I pushed the door open. “ You should take a breath, you are always working” I pointed at him when I was
Nina's POV I beamed at the hand that had wrapped itself around me, before kissing me noisily. Pushing him off gently, I let out a plea. “ Let me sleep a bit, hmm” I pleaded while trying to shut my eyes a bit when the scent of freshly baked potatoes and cabbage lamb roast stew had me opening them in a sec. “ You surely do know how to get me” I gave him a slight jab at the arm before staring around, my mouth watered at the sight before me. “A little bit burnt, but I guess it's the intentions that matters” Ryan said while being nervous. I could tell because he was unusually jittery, which wasn't a fine attribute of his person, unless he had done something wrong, or he intended to do something that has him this way, I hope it was the latter because I could do without any huge thing at the moment. “ Spill” I urged, taking a scoop of the delicious goodness in front of me. A moan escaped my lips sending a little tingle in-between my legs when he stared at me like I was the most delic
Nina's POV “ Mother” I ran across the pavement after slamming the door shut, accepting the hand she had given me. “ Nina” she enclosed me into her arms, savoring the moment. “ Are you okay? I heard about the verdict?” I bobbed at her, giving her an answer. “ It was nothing, I feel better now, and I am glad that I had to watch” She searched my eyes probing before she pulled away, grasping my hands in hers as she sauntered off with me in suite. “ Is something wrong?” She shook her head. We were at our house, the one where everything had gone down, where I had been poisoned, where I had come to seek refuge after Ryan, and where my father had decided to get. We had memories from this house, a lot of it and I would have kept them all if the very last wasn't as painful as it had been. She smiled briefly before shaking her head. “ Would you want anything else? I am bringing down the house”“ Mother” I exhaled. That must have caused a lot of decisions and I didn't really know if
Nina's POV My hands squeezed around Reina as as we waited for the judge's verdict, my heart slammed so hard as she made a point on how he had committed murder, and had burnt an orphanage killing kids as well. Everyone had watched the video and it had been brutal. So brutal that I had shut my eyes through it all. “ Brian is sentenced to death by shooting for mass murder, and it should be carried out immediately” she snapped the pen she held into two. He stood up, eyes bloodshot as he glared at the judge. My heart spiked as I recalled what he had done the last time, thinking of how he might make a repeat of the same thing, it was going to be heart-wrenching. “ You won't be able to kill me. You won't be able to, what makes you any different from me? You do the same thing as I do, and you are still alive, you can't!” My eyes brimmed with tears in them, as Ryan punched a hand up in the air, his eyes were on me as he mouthed out. “ We did it” I knew he was also trying to tell me abou
Ryan's POV My eyes slithered into red when I saw him pinning her against the wall. “ Fuck” I cursed, pushing against the chair in my way before shoving the door open. It came open in a crank and shoving him away from her, I threw a punch into his face. He collided against the wall, before aiming one at me. He threw one on my face, which I returned before we were pulled away. “ I will make sure you live the rest of your life behind bars” I yelled at him, venomously. Even if it was going to take my last breath, I was going to make that happen. Nina stood at the far edge, a hand around her neck as she took in gasps of air, pulling off the jacket I had on, I threw it over her before guiding her out. I made sure we were safe in the car before zooming off. I didn't know what I was going to know if he had hurt her more than this, maybe send his body rolling, I would have made him regret every single thing about his life. I might have ended up punching him to death, the rage in me st