Reina's POVI stood, pacing up and down endlessly as I tried to come up with different reasons why Richard wasn't home yet. There had to be something. It was days already, and he wasn't home yet. I knew that I was supposed to hate him. I wasn't supposed to feel an iota of pity for him, but I couldn't stop thinking about it, I was sure that that shadow I had seen was his. I was so sure and …I flicked my head around, gazing at the door which was pulled open, the smile that had lighted on my face a minute ago faded when I saw who it was. It wasn't Richard. “ Mother…?” I whispered out loud, wanting to be sure that I wasn't dreaming. She didn't like Richard so the last thing that I was thinking was her being here, so what exactly was she doing here? “ Reina” her arms were open wide apart, urging me to step in. I did just that. Paying attention to how tightly she had squeezed me. “ You are holding me so tight, did you miss me that much?” I said jokingly when she tilted her head to the
Reina's POV“Richard” I ran out in a daze as fast as my legs could take me down the vast hallway. “Reina please” Nina screamed behind me. “Get a grasp of yourself, what do you think that you are doing? You should take a chill pill and think of something. It wouldn't be helpful if you go in there like this. You are literally panting” I sniffed in before gazing at her.“What room is he in?”She held me firmly. “Promise me that you won't break down in tears when you see him, you have to give me your words first that you will act properly before we go on” I sniffed before nodding. “I will be on my best behavior “ but that was a lie because immediately I saw him in the cast that he was wrapped in. I had lost it. Tears cascaded down my cheek as I struggled to think. He was looking awful and he had his head in a cast. Every single part of him. Who would have done this to him? I gulped in while taking steps toward him. “Richard” I whimpered, before wrapping both of my hands on his wrist.
Richard's POV“ Reina” I whispered, while trying to sit upright. The room I was in looked desolate, and it showed no sign of her. I sniffed in when memories came running in and with my mouth wide agape, I tried to figure out who exactly it was that had rammed into my car, but I couldn't. It was suspicious, seeing that I had just stepped out of the bar I had walked in, and it might have been Jackson. I didn't want to believe that he could descend so low, but he looked like a man who could do anything just to get her back. “ Be careful, although the doctor said he is fine. You wouldn't want to get him agitated, okay?” I could make out Reina's voice from out there. When the door was pulled open, and she had a hand on the door knob. I watched her reaction, “Richard” she whispered, letting go of the kids who ran toward me before bursting out in tears. “ You wanted to leave me all alone, right?” She questioned. I was shocked because I wasn't expecting the reaction that I was getting. I
Richard's POV A smile accentuated on my face as I leaned against her ears, whispering tender words into it. “ What are you doing?” I chipped in, biting slightly on her ears when she flipped her head around, peering into my eyes. “You aren't blind, are you? And why are you sneaking behind my back? I was holding a knife, what if I had ended up hurting you with it?” She pouted her lips slightly, before dropping it on the kitchen sink. I wrapped my hands around her waist, lifting her up, only to drop her on the counter. “ I would have taken it in good faith” I winked at her. “ Have I mentioned how dazzling you look today?” She shook her head, giving me an answer. I placed a finger underneath my chin, bobbing my head at her. “ What about telling you how much I love you?” “ You haven't, now, let's hear it” she was being unusually sweet, and it wouldn't go down well with me. What if I ended up taking her here? “You are the only one for me. Reina. No one will ever make me feel the same
Reina's POVI waited, until I couldn't anymore, for Richard to step in with the food laid out on the table, but he didn't. Utterly frustrated, I dropped a cover over them before walking up the stairs while letting my mind wander to what he might be doing. He wasn't picking my calls and there was no way I could get across to him. Sighing out, I ran a hand through my air. Pain gnawed at me as I tried to picture numerous scenes of what he might be doing now, but they count come out properly. I had on lingerie which was covered with the see through pullover I had strapped on when I had heard the honking of a car which still wasn't his. Plopping on the bed, I decided not to pay attention to it before forcing myself to sleep, the night was going to be a long one, so I had to do so. The scent of alcohol drifted into my nostrils, occupying my brain for a while. I tried to think when he heard me tightly. His hands were on my stomach as he pleaded. “Let me please” he exhaled into my ears.
Reina’s POVI patted his back gently, while making sure that he was okay. “ You should have some little faith in yourself, have you forgotten who you are? Richard? Don't say that”.I had to force myself to say those words and when he smiled at me before kissing me gently on the lips, all I felt was disgust running through me. I was tempted to wipe that off my lips, but I had to wait. Wait because it wasn't the best time yet. To think that he had been cheating on me all this while, was stunning. How could he think of doing so with Ariana? The same entity who had caused our split the first time? Was he insane? “ I will be back soon, hopefully with some good news” I held his briefcase, insisting that I would take it instead. “ Hopefully, it will be” I whispered underneath my breath, my lips curling upward into a smirk as I watched him drive away. What exactly was he thinking? That I would be sympathetic? Flipping my head to the side, I sauntered back into the room, I had somewhere to
Richard's POVFlicking my eyes open, I tried to get into my surroundings while trying to recall what exactly had happened. My heart skipped as I fumbled around, my eyes gazing around as I tried to search for Reina, but she was nowhere to be found. The room I was in was devoid of her presence, I didn't need anyone to tell me what had happened because it was still running through my head like it had happened today. Stretching my hands forward, I tapped hard on the bell which laid close to my bed, waiting for the nurse to come in. “You are awake” the door had creaked minutes after with the nurse revealing herself as she stepped in. Dressed in blue scrubs and crocs of the same color, I could decipher who she pretty much was. “ My wife, I need my wife. You must have seen her, tell her to come in. I want her. I want my Reina”. She furrowed her brows, like she was having a hard time understanding what I meant. “ Pardon…?” I swallowed, trying to think straight. “ I can't find my wife her
Richard's POV“You have to stay in for quite some time before you can be allowed to leave,” the nurse who stepped in said to me. “ Your blood pressure is so high that I am still trying to fathom where exactly it is coming from” I had my hands on my cuff links, my hair was ruffled as I gazed around. Time was moving so fast and I had to act fast. I had been here for days now which was slowly trickling into weeks and Jackson was out there with her. I had seen pictures of them together, the news and tabloid carried verything, they had even sugarcoated the news that Reina was back for revenge, but I didn't care. All I wanted was her. “ I can't stay here any longer than I already have. You have to understand,” I explained to the nurse. How was she going to know that this was a life and death situation and Reina was my price? She was the one that I had to do everything to get. “But Mr. Richard…” her voice drawls, before swallowing the next words that she had intended on saying. “I wil
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