Erica pov
As I walked back to my room, I couldn't help but wonder all I just heard about Sophia and her stepbrother. Hopefully, I don't ever get to see them making out in our room.
The fact that Sophia is even attracted to her stepbrother is even more disgusting, an abomination!
What a weird family!
I got to my room feeling exhausted from all that I had done for the day. I was tempted to hit my bed and call it a night already, but I needed to shower and change into my nightwear.
Sophia had still not come back from where we went to. And the thought of her possibly smooching her stepbrother crossed my mind.
Disgusting! Erica, it's not your business, yeah I know.
I took off my sneakers, a white chiffon top, followed by the blue high waist jeans. Then I tied a pink towel across my chest. I went into the bathroom to take a long bath.
I was almost done taking my bath when I thought I heard someone knocking on the door. I turned off the shower to listen, the person knocked again.
"come in, the door is not locked," I screamed.
Thinking that must be Sophia finally back from wherever she went to. it's too late to have other students coming in to visit.
I heard the door open and close. After taking my long bath, I came out using one side of my towel to dry the water on my hair.
Immediately I open my bathroom door, I saw him, he was standing in Sophia's corner, his back turn to me, his Aura filled the whole room.
"Excuse me?" I said as he turns around to face me. I could recognize him from this morning at the parking garage.
His eyes were dazzled with wonder, he took a few towards me with such charisma as his blue eyes twinkled in the dark, they were afire with passion. they were pure magic.
He had a playboy outlook, his hair a combination of gold and black though rough looked so good on him. His shoulders were broad and toned abs not in any way hidden by the deep blue slim fit shirt with black pants he had on. His lips are so full and enticing. His expensive cologne made my nose tingle and makes me want to go closer to him.
He just stood frozen at a spot, while our eyes did what our lips failed to do. That instance I remembered how short my towel was, it barely even covered my tiny ass. I felt embarrassed but safe.
" Excuse me." he finally spoke sensing my discomfort. his voice warm and charming.
He cleared his throat before continuing "I thought you were Sophia." He said quickly turning his eyes away from mine. He was so tall that he towers over me.
" Sophia is not here," I said not being able to recognize my voice. His eyes came back to mine, as he scans all over my body and I found myself enjoying the attention.
"Are you a new student," he asked while trying to lock eye contact with me.
"Yes, I moved in today," I said while trying to cover myself properly with an invincible extra yard of the towel. He looked away again.
Oh no!
"Please tell Sophia to call her Mum when she gets back." He said walking towards the door.
"and who should I say dropped the message," I asked. At least I needed to be certain that I was gazing upon the same person the other girls warned me to stay off.
"Tell her Damian, Damian Anderson," He said his name as he owned it, of cause, it's his name, maybe it's the way he said it, it sent waves down my spine.
"And for next time purposes, always ensure you know who is at the door before you answer because you just happened to be in one of the busiest rooms in the whole school," he said.
"Thanks" I managed to say.
As he was about to close the door, he looked at me as if having a final bite of a sweet snack.
"Welcome to Franstar college." He said smiling and winking at me. And before I could respond, he was gone.
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Erica's POV.
The first day of attending class in college feels the same as high school, you look like a little lost puppy.No matter how well you want to blend in, people will always fish you out.
I clinched to my books as I was headed for class, while some older students rolled their eyes at me, others smiled and a few others just whirled.
Locating my first class was not easy and by the time I finally did, the class was almost filled up with the tutor already in the classroom.
I could see head mostly boys turn to where I was standing. architectural courses are mostly populated by boys.
"And you are Miss Williams, I assume?" The tutor, a man in his early fifties asked.
"Yes..yes sir" I stammered making the other students giggle.
"Please ensure to be on time in your next class or you get yourself a suspension, understood?" He said with a straight face.
"Yes sir," I said as I scrabbled my foot to an empty seat at the back of the class and sat down my tiny ass.
What a way to start my academic year.
When the class was over, I quickly rushed down to the other classes and when I was done, I felt exhausted.
As I walked by the school field, I saw the school soccer team practicing. As my eyes scanned through the team members it landed on Damian.
Seeing him on the field gave me a different version of him, he played with so much enthusiasm.
I watched as he laughed with his other teammates, how his sweat-filled skin shone through the evening sun. His muscles flexed at every of his movement.
He has to be a god to be this good-looking.
the thoughts of having his hands on my skin made my pussy twitch.
I didn't know I had stopped in my tracks, till I heard another voice calling on me.
"Erica" Sophia called out as she and her cheerleader's team stopped whatever they were doing to look at me.
How appropriate they can't seem to do without each other, family goals.
"Hi, Sophia!" I said hoping she did not notice I have been gazing upon her gorgeous breathtaking stepbrother.
"What are you doing here?" she asked with a straight maleficent look.
"Just taking a tour of the school," I said disappointed at the fact that she was obstructing my view.
The soccer team had stopped their practice too, as they were now leaving the field one after the other. I saw Damian gulp on water from his bottle.
I have never been so jealous of an inanimate object like I did for his water bottle.
Please let me be your water
He look my way, his eye checking out my bare legs revealed in the short yellow-flowered summer dress I was wearing. The wind seems to heel his bidding as it blows my dress up to reveal my tiny thighs. I thought I saw him smirking at me.
Although he did look away almost the same instant, making me believe I just imagined what I just saw.
"I thought you wanna try out for cheerleading," she said sarcastically breaking through my already flustered mind.
"No thanks I am not interested," I said still trying to steal a look at her gorgeous stepbrother.
"OK bye," she said as she swayed her perfect body covered in only skimpy cheerleading clothes back to her team.
I am going to have a very interesting academic year, and even though I may not be in the Cheerleading team, but I am interested in Damian Anderson.
Call it lust, call it to crush or love at first sight. One thing is certain I know he is that fire that I will gladly burn-in.
Erica's POV It's been three weeks since resumption, I was still trying to get myself familiar with the school environment. I have been unable to make more friends aside from Beatrice. Most guys in my class only want to date me and the girls don't seem to like me at all. It's been difficult trying to stay in the good books of my roommate, as I have been trying to avoid her gorgeous breathtaking stepbrother. I have never really fancied any guy since I became a teen as I do for him, since our first encounter, I can't seem to get him off my mind. Not that I plan on throwing myself on him though, but I sure do like him a lot. This day I take extra time to make myself beautiful. I even bought a few dresses from the mall recently. I guess college has influenced me a lot after all. It's a beautiful Saturday evening as I take a walk around the campus. I wore
Damian's POVWe got to my room where I quickly but carefully placed her on the bed, while Lucas quickly gets the first aid kits. I normally keep a few medical supplies in my apartment as recommended by Lucas. As the student union president, I have had situations where injured students were brought down to my apartment instead of the school clinic. Some were done purely out of panic and others mainly for attention purposes. It was a few minutes of chaos, but Lucas did all he could to handle the situation. I left them to go catch my breath in the sitting room. I was so tired from carrying her from the field to my room. She has beautiful spotless skin, so soft and delicate just as I have imagined it. She smelled like strawberries and wild roses. The picture of her in her pink towel flashed through my mind again, the way the water rolled by her skin, her lips looking soft and edible. Her wet dark and long
Nadia's POV The door opened and as I was about to hit whoever was coming in, I missed and fell. The shattering of the beautiful lampstand electrified the entire apartment as little pieces of glasses were dancing on the floor. "Are you alright?" A concerned familiar voice asked me. I turned and saw it was Damian, Damian Anderson! I froze. He looked so damned handsome, he was putting on just a single with a brown short, bringing all his even abs tone to bear. "Are you alright?" he asked again as his eyes falls on the shattered pieces of glasses on the floor. He lifted me with his strong and steady hands and carried me to the bed, he looked at me as if he could see my son as his eyes devoured my very essence. "I....I...I'm fine" I stammered. who knew I was good at stammering, with his strong hands he helped me sit on the bed, every touch of his sent quivers down my
Erica's POV I was invited by Beatrice to a mask private party that was been organized by a few older students. Which I would have turned down on a normal day, but due to the whole craziness going around me lately I figured I could use the break. It would be fun to listen to loud music and have some fun I said to myself as I deliberate on what to wear to the party. I have heard that college parties can sometimes turn violent so I opted for blue high waist jeans with a gray crop top and black sneakers. Just in case of necessity. What if you run into Damian? A tiny voice inside of me asked, so what if I see him? he probably will be too busy with the many ladies in his life to notice me. But I would like to see him there though. My mind drifted back to when I was alone with him in his room. I found myself wanting to kiss him, wanting all of him
Erica's POVI was invited by Beatrice to a mask private party that was been organized by a few older students. Which I would have turned down on a normal day, but due to the whole craziness going around me lately I figured I could actually use the break.It would be fun to listen to loud music and have some fun I said to myself as I deliberate on what to wear to the party.I have heard that college party can sometimes turn violent so I opted for a blue high waist jeans with a gray crop top and a black sneakers.Just in case of necessity.What if you run into Damian?A tiny voice inside of me asked, so what if I see him? he probably will be too busy with the many ladies in his life than notice me. But I would like to see him there though.My mind drifted back to when I was alone with him in his room. I found myself wanting to kiss him, wanting all of him. I fi
Erica's POV I slept in Beatrice's room when we came back from the party. The following morning, I went back to my room. Sophia was still sleeping when I came in. As I head out for class, I deliberately pass through where I know I will see Damian. In as much as I was still angry at him, a part of me still wanted to be around him, still wanted to have his hands on my skin again. To hear him talk to me, the more I tried to control those thoughts, the stronger it becomes. I tried to tell myself that what I want is not possible, we both belong to different social classes. Children of the rich only move with rich children in other to protect their wealth and status. He can never love a girl like me. On that, I decided to take another turn, to the faculty. Is that Damian, I found myself asking when I saw him kissing a girl, I got closer to see that he was the one
Damian's POV I left Erica's room to meet up with Sophia in my apartment. She already made herself comfortable, she was putting on a transparent red bra on a boom short, sipping from a white mug cup. She looked so damned sexy. I had called her earlier, to come to wait for me in my apartment because of something I needed to discuss with her. It was just a way of me ensuring that she does not see me with Erica. "Where have you been?" she said, faking a frown. "I am sorry, I was caught up with official duties," I said in a calm tone, but she looked like she was angry. "Are you angry with me?" I asked as I moved closer to her in my playboy manner just to tease her a bit. she offered me a drink from the glass she was drinking from. I gulped down the entire drink and was hit by intense hotness in the chest region, I almost choked. "What the fuck?. Who drin
Damian's POVI woke up with a terrible headache, lying next to me was Sophia covered up in a duvet, she was sound asleep. How did she get into my bed I wondered. As I tried getting up, I discovered I was naked and there was a used condom on the floor. OMG!!! What have I done, how did I let myself sleep with my step-sister, I tiptoed into the bathroom just to avoid her seeing my nakedness. It just felt awkward I sat on the sofa, using my hand to support my head from the terrible headache that was almost splitting my head apart. I was still trying to get my head around what happened, I just couldn't bring myself to understand why Sophia is lying next to me. I am not a heavy drinker, I stay within my limits of taking a glass or two. Just then the bedroom door opened and Sophia walked straight to me and attempted to kiss me but I turned my f
Epilogue Six months later Erica's POV "Do you Erica Williams take Damian Anderson as your lawfully wedded husband, to love and to hold, till death do you part?" the priest asked, directing his attention to me. "Yes, I do" I answered staring into the eyes of the man that I love and crave. "Do you Damian Anderson take Erica Williams as your lawfully wedded wife, to love and to hold till death do you part?" The priest asked Damian. "Yes I do" he answered, staring into my eyes as I watched his eyes water and a drop of tears slipped. "By the power vested in me
Two weeks later Erica's POV We came back from my father's funeral, and there were lots of guests in the house. The funeral reception was held at the beach. There were so many people trooping in and out of the compound. I was only familiar with a handful of them, most of them came through Damian. All his effort to keep private how rich he was, has been soiled. Every newspaper and magazine house has managed to uncover more companies that are privately owned by him. They are even recommending him for the presidency after his unbiased sentiment at Sophia and Cassandra's trial. He has recruited more security guards for me and Alex since I left the hospital. I told him I would like to go back to work after all things said and done. He is still thinking about it. "Hi, Erica or should I say, ma'am?" Frank said smiling while
Three months later Damian's POV "When will mum be coming home," Alex asked, as I got him ready for school. He is been asking after his mother and all my explanations to him have fallen on deaf ears. He is yet to get used to living with me alone. I am yet to get used to living alone. "Soon buddy," I said. Its been three months since Erica was poisoned by Sophia and her cohorts. It's been difficult going through every day uncertain of what my next call will be about. I tried to stay strong if for nobody, but for Alex, who has been constantly asking about when his mother will be coming back. That is a question I don't have an answer to, but hopeful that one day I will hold her in my hands again, and we would laugh and joke about all that we have been through. Those days may look like a fairy tal
Erica's POV I stood at my mirror staring at the white dress I had on, with my makeup lightly done, and my hair packed to one side. I was beautiful on the outside but was a total wretch on the inside. I had some point wishes at some point, I was the bride. I can't believe how my decision was about to change my life either for the better or the worst. My mind drifted to the first time I saw Damian in my room back in the university, we had a connection. I knew he was always going to be the one that made my heart mad or merry. I knew he was always going to be that fire that I will gladly be consumed in. I thought of how many troubles we have been together and the years we have spent apart. I can't believe this whole dumb idea came from me. I heard a car horn from outside my apartment as I worked to the window to go see who it was. The driver came down from the car and I recognized him as one of Damian's drivers. He was the same man that drove me t
Erica's POV With just two days to the wedding, I was starting to grow cold feet over the decisions I made weeks ago. I had gone home to drop Alex with my parents and decided to spend some time with them. Cassandra has been acting up and I seriously wish that she doesn't show up for the wedding, that she should stick with the original plan. It would break my heart to see Damian be separated from me again. "Hey pumpkin" dad called from where he was seated to get my attention. "Yes dad" I answered rolling my eyes. I wonder why he still calls me pumpkin, someone needs to tell him, I am a grown-ass woman now. "Have you seen this?" He asked pointing to the magazine he had been reading to me, I went closer to him to see what he was trying to show me. On getting there, I discovered it was the picture of Cassandra and Damian Photoshop together. I felt sad, Cassandra looked happy in the picture, what if she decides to go ahea
Erica POV It's been two weeks since I resumed at the head office, working here has been a lot of fun, and If anything, I did not see my happy ending coming so soon, especially not in those days I was struggling between school, and baby, and work. It was a tough road, but I'm glad I finally found my happiness. I sat in my new office, going through some documents that has been placed on my table. The head office is different from my previous office, this one was larger and well equipped. The environment is nice and very comfortable to work in. My office is on the ninth floor, and I have just a handful of others here with me. I was told the tenth floor is for the CEO only and that no one is allowed in unless, of course, he authorizes it. My office is spacious and beautiful. I have a fridge that has different drinks and snacks, a comfortable space where I can take a nap, and a beautiful view from outside my window. I also have access to an official car that would be given to me anyti
Cassandra's POV After the show, we sat down, counting our money backstage. the business has been very slow lately because people that come to the club these days hardly spend as they should. Big spenders do not come to locally owned clubs for their own safety sake, as there have been reports of extortion, robbing, and drugs being slipped into the customer's drink. So they rather go to big clubhouses, where they are assured of security and safety precautions. "What's up with you and Damian?" Sophia asked, after some time of watching me arrange my money. "Nothing much, he has found his girl and making plans to discard me soon," I said in a sad tone. "So after all these years, he still loves and wants her," Sophia said, a lot of envy is evidence in her tune. I have been friends with Sophia for close to five years now. We first met when she came as an escort with another Mafia Don that was killed by Gabriel. He then took possession of her and made her his whore. She told me of how
Erica's POV "So what is going to happen now?" I asked after a long time of silence. Cassandra was sitting close to me, while Damian stood at the far end of the sitting room. We have been deliberating on how to handle the marriage issue between Damian and Cassandra. The press has gotten wind of it, and it was slowly becoming the talk of the town. I just sat down there feeling bad and guilty, because I somehow feel this was my fault. I mean, if I had just accepted Damian the first time we met, all these troubles won't be happening. "I'm so sorry guys, I did not know how this got out so fast," Cassandra said, sounding genuinely sorry, from her tone of voice. "It's alright Cassandra," Damian said as he walks towards us. "I should be the one saying sorry, I should have just told him it was a rumor when he called me, I am so confused, this is why I hate bringing press into my personal life, they have a way of escalating things," Damian
Damian's POV "What is wrong with you? Are you trying to give my girl a heart attack?" I said, to Cassandra who started laughing hysterically. "You should see your face," Cassandra said referring to Erica, who seem lost in what was happening around her. "What's going on?" Erica asked still looking confused. "It was all a setup," I said looking at her puzzled face. "I don't understand," Erica said. "Well your baby daddy figured out, you were too proud to admit that you loved him so he used me to try to get to you," Cassandra said amidst laughter. Flashed back scenes. Night after Erica left Damian's house Damian's POV.