Autumn's standpoint "You know what I think," Laney said seriously, "make him jealous." "You said it, girl," Gaia agreed. "From my experience, the best way to force a guy who likes you to spill it out is to make him jealous." "Yeah, it worked for me with Andy." "Let's do it like this," I said grinningly, already dialing Jacky's number. I put the phone on speaker and signaled them to be quiet. "Hey, Jacky Chan," "Glim That," his ridiculous nickname for me, "how's my niece?" "Your nephew is fine, thank you." "So why are you calling me? We both know you wouldn't just call for no reason." I rolled my eyes. "I'm wondering if you are there with Brianna, I wanted to tell her that the dress she asked for on her date was sent to me." "Not really, she's not… Wait, did you say her date?" "Oh yeah, didn't she tell you? A doctor friend of mine has been into her for weeks now and was asking her out, so since Brianna has a crush on him, she accepted," "Why?! She's dating me! We are together
Autumn's standpoint "Meredith, save your ass for the auction, and stop distracting my workers with that jawbreaker of yours!" I shouted at Meredith who was intentionally going about her work in a very sexy and seductive manner. She looked at me from underneath her lashes and smirked. She is no longer the innocent girl. "She's practicing how to seduce Aaron tonight!" Chelsea shouted from where she stood in the dressing room, making up one of my volunteers for the auction. I was doing many ladies a favor as I would be connecting them to rich men and maybe even their soulmates. All they had to do was play their part well or go crazy. "Fuck you," Merrie laughed as she showed Chels her middle finger. Carla rushed into the room taking off her dress, not caring if there were men there. "Can you at least use the locker room?" My other cousin, Rita asked. All my unmarried cousins volunteered to help. This involved Carla, Rita, and Penelope. Don't misunderstand things. Rita and Penelope were
The auctioning was going very well with bidding high for each item. Andy's paintings made us a lot of bucks, along with the precious stones Merrie bought and a couple of other things. It was time for the ladies' auction. I sent out the others and saved my sexy friends for last. So far, the men were responding faster than I imagined. Rita and Penelope with three other gorgeous women were the highest bid so far. Carla got a date with a woman—she was not happy about that. "And here is Brianna Timberlake, age, 24. Brianna is not single, but if you still want to spend some time with her, then feel free to bid. Bidding for my beautiful friend starts at two thousand." I said. I ran my eyes through the crowd to find Jacky staring at her with mouth wide open. He came with his manager and she was laughing as she watched his face. The bidding began and kept going up thanks to Jacky's manager who would counter any that dared and at the end, they let it go to a man who bid her for $3,900. Jacky t
Autumn's standpoint A date with the devil. I officially tagged my day with Landon. So technically, I couldn't tell Cai about it because I knew he would abandon everything beforehand and come to destroy him. So, the plan was to get the date over with on time and return home before he did. It was the perfect plan. All I had to do was hope and pray that he didn't find out. I wasn't going to keep it a secret, just tell him after the date. The girls packed themselves at my place to dress up since they needed to "borrow" one thing or the other. They just wanted to annoy me… Okay, convince me to return Landon's money and not go on the date. "I'm telling you, Autumn, this is a bad idea," Brianna repeated the same words for the umpteenth time. "A really terrible idea," Chelsea added. "One that will end up bad," said Delaney. "And might cause a fight between you and Mordecai," said Meredith. "I have a date with a lesbian," Gaia complained. We all simultaneously looked at her plainly. "Wh
Autumn's standpoint"How do I tell him?""Er, Aaron, remember that time you dragged me to your house and ripped my fucking hymen open and fuck the hell out of me? Well, I warned you that I might get pregnant so here I am, your descendant growing inside my womb. How about that?" I suggested. Gaia smacked the back of my head."How is that a reasonable suggestion!""She asked. And don't slap a pregnant woman, I can lose the baby." I whined. They chuckled."Look, just tell him tomorrow, but now enjoy the date." Brianna smiled. After some more encouragement, we were ready to go. My driver was driving me to the location. I decided to leave my gossip report. I had formed the habit of telling Cai everything even if I shouldn't. He was very good at keeping secrets so I trusted him.Me: sweet gossip!I was lucky he was online.Cai: yeah?Me: Meredith is pregnant, we just found out.Cai: I know.I reread the message to make sure I wasn't seeing things. I groaned and sent him a reply.Me: know-it
Autumn's standpoint"Really, Landon?! My wife now!""It's not what you think, Cai, we—""Shut the fuck up, Autumn, not one freaking word from your mouth!""But I—""I said quiet!" He roared. I gulped and tried to control my quivering body. Landon looked at me with concern, not minding his bleeding nose."Stop scaring her, Cai, it's not good for the baby—""Fucking stay away from my wife, you dirtbag! Stop pissing me off!""Mordecai…" He grabbed my hand and pulled me along. "I am sorry, Mr. Timberlake, please don't let this affect your donation to the children!" I shouted. Cai got to his yellow metallic McLaren MP4-12C, opened the door, and pushed me inside. He slammed the door shut and stomped around.I was grateful it was late and not many were outside to get this news to the press… Or so I hoped. He sped off immediately. I was screwed because it meant rough sex for me. Mordecai was sweet and everything a woman dreamt of, just not when he was furious. And the only person who could ma
Chelsea's standpoint "Miss Boston, I plead that you help me talk to him, please—" "No, I won't let that happen because that would make me a hypocrite. People like you deserve to rot in hell." I spat out angrily. "I was in love and stupid—" "Very stupid. What if he had died struggling in the streets? What if something happened to him there? Tell me, ma'am, what would you have done now? He was trying to save you, to rescue you from death! What if you died at your husband's hands?" She cried convulsively. "I have nothing to say to you, please change this conversation. I can't tell him to forgive you when I am yet to forgive my father who ran away with my mother's sister and left my mother and me to clear debts. Please, don't make this difficult for me." "Will he ever forgive me?" She cried. "If I should be honest with you, he was going to forgive you. Well, until he found out you have made yourself cheap enough to be sleeping with a boy younger than him. It got him pissed and now he
Autumn's standpointThe bullet went through and through. It somehow found a way to twist up between three veins right above her heart. It was a tricky case since anything could make her die. Meredith was a fighter, she would survive but I just had to make it possible."Grace, hand me the long needle in my case," I said to a nurse after observing the bullet, "the long silver one in a green pack," she looked around a little before she handed it to me. The case was my father's who inherited it from his father and his father from his father. We always add more equipment and upgrade the case and tools but make sure the case remains the main body. Family tradition.I unwrapped the needle and carefully held it because it was slippery. It was invented by my father's private scientist who went the extra mile to create tools that helped us. We just didn't share it since not all would agree with them."Light," the light was pointed. "Doctor Sean, I'm going to need your help, hand him another nee
EpilogueAutumn smiled as she stared at the picture of her little family of five. Her darling husband has loved her just the way he did from the very beginning. Even though it had been fourteen years and a few months since they said their vows. His love had never wavered, even when they fought and ignored each other for days. She knew he loved her more than she loved him. She couldn't ask for anything more.Next was her first child and son, her frenemy, Kai. They loved each other, but never admitted it out loud. All they did was argue, which was mostly them teasing each other at every chance they got. Kai loved his father and younger siblings a lot and would kill to keep them happy. He wouldn't kill for his mother but would do anything to annoy her. Though annoying was his natural talent, his heavenly gift. Anywhere he enters, trouble follows. Kai The Menace like his friends called him when he was younger. He found joy in causing confusion among people, deriving happiness from frustra
Mordecai's standpointThe reception was going just fine with me ignoring Autumn as punishment for suffering me. There was an elevator the whole time and she made me carry her. Do you know how much she weighs? I was already planning on selling Kai if he should come out as a scrawny stick. The troubles he gave me were too much.I looked over at where she sat. She sat alone with hands between her legs as she stared at me intensely. And when I said intensely, I meant in a way her cuteness was troubling. It was difficult to remain mad with the way she was looking at me. She hadn't taken her eyes off me since I started ignoring her. Walking around with two intense eyes on me wasn't comfortable. It made me trip multiple times, satisfying whatever she thought she was doing.Anderson and Chelsea were receiving their wedding toast. I smiled as memories of us at our time replayed in my head. She was the most beautiful then, the most gorgeous woman, and even until now. I returned my glassy eyes t
Mordecai's standpointWhat will it take to get a woman to dress up quickly? I mean come on! What's with women and their forever dress-up?! Just like Autumn almost gave me a heart attack by not showing up on time, Chelsea was doing the same thing to Anderson and his situation was worse. It had been four months and a few weeks since the woman woke up from a coma. Andy decided a month ago that he wanted to get married, so he proposed and the wedding saga followed.Autumn dragged me to different events for the so-called quiet wedding. Who needs a dinner rehearsal for a wedding when you can just get the hell married with no stress or even planning what you want to say? I still don't see the point in it, and being dragged to it wasn't appreciated. I couldn't complain or decline because one, he was my other best friend, and two, Autumn Naggison would talk me to death and cry and scream and mix it all up. Pregnancy doesn't suit her.So there I was, going to check on why the women were being h
Two Weeks LaterThe heart monitor beeps continuously as I check Chelsea's pulse. I hummed so I wouldn't cry. Two whole weeks of hell. Brianna woke up—thank God—but the others hadn't. Chelsea was showing more signs of improvement since she kept drifting in and out of consciousness, but Meredith was unmoving which was a bad thing. I still had hope that she would be fine. Technically, she had been in a coma for a month while Chelsea had been in and out of a coma for three weeks. Brianna only lay in a coma for a week while I was unconscious for three days. My baby was still fine, thankfully.I dropped the notepad on the desk and went over to sit with her. I took her hand in mine and entwined our fingers together. A jolt of electricity charged through my body from our laced fingers. We were connected, Chelsea and I. Our bond was unbreakable and would remain that way."Chelsea, remember when we were ten?" I asked, smiling at the memory. "We went camping with Meredith's family. That was when
Autumn's standpointCrap! Crap! Million more crap!This is bad!I couldn't do anything else than follow him or he would shoot me. He was the kind that would rather kill me than let someone else have me. And if he found out that I had been playing him, he would get really pissed. I walk-run behind him, glancing over my shoulders for any sign of Mordecai or even Eugene. My hope dwindled with every step I took, freedom was as good as gone.The black helicopter spun dangerously in the middle of the field, its blades pushing every light thing away. The dust flew here and there, causing us to shield our eyes from it."Sir, we have to hurry! Eugene has noticed the copter and is com…" The short redhead barely finished his statement before a bullet hit him right between the eyes. I screamed with horror at the disgusting sight. Montana quickly dragged me around to the other side of the copter."Why don't we get in?" I asked as if I wanted to."They could shoot it down, come on," he pulled me al
Autumn's standpointTears rolled down the side of my eyes to the bed as I held the wooden bar of the headboard. Montona pounded into me as he groaned and moaned. I had to do it, I had to let him touch me or he would suspect and force himself on me. He thought the tears were for pleasure, but it wasn't. I felt filthy as I let the fool break my marital vow. He would have done it anyway, I just made it easier for myself so my baby wouldn't get hurt. Protecting my baby was my utmost priority, it was the only thing that mattered.All I wanted was Mordecai to hold me, but no, he wasn't there. I swallowed the sob from leaving my mouth, my body shaking with pain but to him, it was pleasure."Scream my name, baby, scream it," he demanded."Oh, Montona, fuck me harder, babe, that's it… Right there, fuck me harder, Montona…""That's right, scream my name louder!" I continued screaming and crying with pain though he was thinking it was pleasure. At least, I convinced him to wear a condom. He ejac
Aaron's standpoint"We don't have time!" Mordecai screamed. His phone rang at that moment. He angrily removed the phone from his pocket and answered it. "What?" He snapped. "What the fuck, Landon! Why are you calling me?!""Put it on speaker," I instructed. He put the call on speaker."How could you let him take Autumn?! You are irresponsible!" Him?"So says the idiot that couldn't handle his father's company! What do you want?!""It's all over the news, Brianna's accident, Meredith's attempted murder, Chelsea's hospitalization, and Autumn's kidnap! The whole world already knows someone out there is on to you!" He knew something."Landon, if you have any idea where Autumn is, please share.""I have no fucking clue. I hired him to get rid of you, not her. I warned him not to. I don't know where he lives, I wish I did." He said pathetically."You are completely useless," Andy spat angrily."You hired him to kill my sister, didn't you, Landon?" Mordecai said with a dark chuckle. "I will
Autumn's standpointI whimpered from pain and disgust. My whole body and that horrible smell. It smelt like dry urine and vomit, really sticky and smelly vomit. I forced my eyes open, already knowing what to expect. Unlike some people who wouldn't recognize where they were when they first woke up after being kidnapped. I knew I was kidnapped, I knew who took me but not who he was. I was more concerned for my unborn child and Chelsea, they probably knocked her out with the butt of a gun. The hit could cause a concussion and that wasn't what I wished for my best friend. If she didn't concuss, she was likely to bleed to death. Hopefully, they didn't knock her out.Surprisingly, I was in a bedroom, a dirty old bedroom. I was wondering what the hell they used the bedroom for when the devil opened the door and walked in. I rolled my weak eyes away from his evil smirk and threw myself back into my sleeping position."You are finally awake,""Yeah, no thanks to you," I said scornfully."Baby,
Chelsea moaned painfully as she turned her head slightly, she knew her muscles were tight. She forced her eyes open and blinked the blurriness away before looking around. She was in her living room, on the floor. Her head hurt like crazy. She whimpered as the pain started becoming more apparent as she put two and two together.She started panicking as she realized she was tied up and was bleeding from her head. The pool of blood spread out around her head to her shoulders. She had lost a lot of blood and was sure to pass out again if she didn't get help soon."Help," she shouted weakly, "somebody, help me…" her throat burnt from dryness and her eyes itched with irritation from falling tears. She felt like she had a nasty fever and would die soon. Her brain pounded against her skull, causing her heartbeat to speed up. She had to call out or she would die. Yet, all she could think of was Autumn and her baby, of what that man would do to her. One look at him and you'd know he's a psychop