~Avery~
The words from the officer played over and over in my mind for a few seconds. I never did anything to warrant an arrest unless they were trying to pin the blame on me given as I was the only witness there before Scott got injured. Stephen left my side and walked to the officer who was about to pull out a handcuff. “Arrest? But on what terms?” “A complaint was filed against her by the victim's wife. Mrs Brandon. So stand aside Mr Harrison..and let us do our job” I corked a brow. So this had something to do with Scott's bitch, a subtle grin left my lips. I'm not about to give her the satisfaction she wanted. Rising up to my feet, I approached the cops and outstretched my hands out to him grinning from ear to ear. I could also tell that he was confused at my behavior but what does he know? This Avery before them was not the same as the one six years ago. Stephen was alarmed, he barely touched my hand to stop me from whatever I was about to do. “Avery..what are you doing?” I winked teasingly at him which was my way of assuring him that I knew what exactly I was doing. Since Ella had chosen to start this war before I could even begin my revenge then she better brace herself up. “Let me see how long your cell is going to hold me..go on put the cuffs around my wrist” And like an obedient soul he placed the cuff around my wrist and began leading me away. “Stephen please ensure that Allison goes to school on time today..and inform her that I'll be on time to pick her up from school too” *** The male and female officers standing next to me in the interrogation room banged the desk for the umpteenth time trying to get me to speak. I don't get why they were hellbent on forcing me to admit what I'm innocent of. “Speak! Or we will take drastic measures!” Visible veins could be seen popping out of his neck. The poor dude must have gotten fed up of repeating the same line for the last ten minutes. Until..I decided to speak up. “Can you guys make this quick? Because I have a ton of work to do at the office as you know it's my first day as the president of my company” “Shut up!” The male officer roared before taking a step back granting the female officer a chance to interrogate me. I rolled my eyes checking my wrist watch from time to time. What was taking him so long to arrive? “You better speak up otherwise I'd- “I wasn't scared of him ma'am what makes you think that I'd be terrified by your presence?” I questioned hoping she'd give me a response but I doubted because I completely rendered her speechless. This was all I could do to stall time before my lawyer gets here. “How dare you- “Miss Brown..sorry I'm late” I smirked at the two as soon as I heard the voice I've been hoping to hear for a while. My lawyer was finally here. *** Few minutes after my lawyer presented my bail papers and also the CCTV footage of last night to the police, I was finally allowed to leave the station. In am instant, the media surrounded me like headless buzzing bees throwing questions my way. For all I know, they were everywhere and I wouldn't be surprised if I found out who might have invited them over. As expected, a black Mercedes Benz rolled up before me. The backdoor was pushed open and the last person I had expected to see stepped out of the car. I didn't miss the shocked expression she had on. She probably didn't expect me to be released as soon as I was arrested. Her eyes turned vicious while her hands fisted into tight fist balls by her side. “I won't spare you bitch!” She marched straight to me and lifted her hand up in an attempt to hit me but who was she kidding? I caught her skinny wrist effortlessly and sent a quick slap to her face. The slap she received from me wasn't because she tried to hit me. But because of the hardship I had to endure all these years till today because of her. For a moment, I completely forgot about the media clicking their camera's at me, what I was more focused on was to teach this conniving woman a lesson. “That is just a reminder to keep yourself in check whenever you cross paths with me. After degrading my name this way, you think I'd go easy on you?” I took a glance behind me where the camera's were still clicking. Since she was the one who called them over, I was very sure she wouldn't allow this little drama go on air. I took a step closer to her and leaned next to her ear. “It's unfortunate that your husband was attacked. But you both should better brace yourself for the worst..” After I was done whispering to her, I took a step back with a light chuckle. There was so much fear in her eyes or maybe she was still trying to come to terms that I've changed a lot.~Avery~ In the midst of this chaos Ella had created beforehand, I spotted Stephen trying to pave a way through the crowd in order to get to me. His face was streaked with worry and frustration. It had slipped my mind to inform him that my lawyer had taken care of everything. Once his eyes set on mine, he quickened his pace and suddenly engulfed me into a deep embrace and in the process he unintentionally pushed Ella from my side which resulted in her staggering backwards. “I've never met a stubborn woman as yourself before Avery" He scolded, stroking my back tenderly. I heard him sigh before he pulled away from me. He cupped my face in his palm staring directly into my eyes. “Are you okay?’’ “What do you think honey?" I answered back before throwing a look towards Ella. My lips pulled up into a sly grin when I spotted the look of confusion on her face. “Miss Brown.. does this mean you're in a relationship with Mr Harrison?” One of the nosy female reporters asked me to almo
~Avery~ My hands gripped the steering wheel tightly as I stared ahead at the car that just blocked my path. Could it be Ella again? Haven't I taught her enough manners for today? I had promised to pick up my little princess today after school since I was unable to take her to school today all because I was falsely arrested by the police. Sighing, I carefully pulled off my seatbelt and pushed the car door open, I could also see the figure at the other car copying my movement. Once I was fully out of my car, I approached the other car since the owner was taking the whole time in the world to get out. As I drew closer to the car, the figure turned out to be masculine rather than feminine. So if it wasn't Ella then who was it? The door opened and a tall figure stepped out of the car. My eyes rounded in surprise. Scott? Well.. my guess wasn't wrong either after all, there wasn't much difference between him and his pathetic wife. I snorted at my thought and proceeded to him.
~Avery~As soon as Allison sighted my car, she bounced up from the wooden bench she had been sitting on for God knows how long. If only Scott hadn't made my go through that long route, I'd have been here on time.She flapped her hand up and down in excitement while running towards my car. So much excitement for her first day in a new school. I slowed down and parked at a nice spot.Unfastening my seat belt, I stepped out of the car only for her to crash into me.“Mummy!!” I crouched down to her height and engulfed her into an embrace, a deep soothing one. I pulled away from her after a few seconds with my hands resting on her shoulders.From her bubbly expression, I could tell that she had a fun day today. Or maybe she must have done something naughty or epic. I knew my daughter so well. She was the mischievous type. “Woah.. Ally, you look so happy.. did you make new friends?” I stood up. Taking her small hand, I helped her get into the car's backseat and got in after her.“Yes I m
~Avery~Glancing to my side, I took a peek at Allison's face, she hadn't spoken or said anything to me since we hit the road. I noticed she avoided staring in my direction. It felt like she was hesitating to tell me something.Few seconds more into the overbearing silence, I heard my phone ring, with one hand on the steering wheel, I used the other to search for my phone buried deep down in my purse.Once I was successfully able to reach for it, I took it out.“Hey Dad..” Dad didn't say a word until a few seconds later. My wild instincts kicked off immediately. Something must have happened, or is still happening “Avery…the board members are becoming more persistent, they didn't support the idea of rescheduling the meeting” I sighed in relief. So that was it? Those oldies better know who they were dealing with. Dad might have been the down to earth happy man when he was still the president, but I'm not like dad. I can be down to earth too but…not to the point where people step over
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~Avery~My head was in chaos but I tried my very best to keep a neat smile on my face. Never in my wildest dream did I plan to meet Ella in my daughter's school. I guess fate has its way of bringing people together.It turned out that she was the mother of the boy Allison had bullied the previous day. Now that I was here, I felt a little bit guilty about scolding Allison. This mother and son don't deserve any sympathy at all.My grip on her hand further tightened. This was the same hand she had tried to use on my child and I wasn't going to spare her for that mistake. I applied a much stronger force on her wrist twisting it until I heard a small snap.“Argh!!” “Apologize!” I ordered still holding firm to her wrist. Beads of sweat settled on her forehead, her face twisted in pain. She was still so arrogant to apologize for her wrong doings. Good! I was more arrogant than she was. Until she apologizes to me, I'd release her from the torture. “Sorry!” Ella screamed in agony before pul
~Avery~Deep black eyes. Ink black hair and a well chiselled face. These features, I was once well familiar with them. It was the face I woke up next to gazing upon every morning. But all that was once upon a time. All that was left were just the bitter memories. I stood there trying to catch my breath.“Avery” His deep voice called out sending shivers down my spine. Once I had regained my senses, I placed both hands against his chest and pushed him with all my strength, the farthest he could go away from me was barely two steps backwards.He just scared the crap out of me. But most importantly, what the fuck was he doing at my company? How dare he show his face to me again? “What the hell do you want?!” I demanded sending him cold stares. Suddenly realizing how loud I had been a while ago, I looked around hoping no one was around.“Avery I need to speak with you..Let's go somewhere private to-A snort left my lips before he could complete his words. “Private? Mr Brandon..aren't yo
~Avery~ Ella's face turned a light shade of red under my scrutinizing gaze. What do they really think of me? Of course my words about her family was very correct infact. They all had a criminal record well except for her or maybe she hadn't been caught in the act yet.Lucy's gaze was fierce, her eyes almost drilled a hole on my face. I didn't have the time to exchange words with them now. Or more like, I didn't want to exchange words with Lucy. She had been a good mother-in-law when I was still married to Scott. Unfortunately, I had no idea why she had changed so much.“Excuse me?! Do you have any idea of what you just said? You dared to insult my family?” I rolled my eyes at her pointless question. Yes! I insulted her family because she did the same to mine. “Ella.. I've never interfered in your affairs with Scott..but you have a lot of problems with me.. don't you ever get tired? I know I'm awesome and an amazing fellow..but you just have to lessen your excitement whenever you se
~Ella~My heart almost leaped out of my chest at the sudden crash next to me. I shuddered when Scott grabbed me by the shoulder. He sent cold glares to my face. “For the last time Ella! How did that little girl end up here?!” His voice was hoarse and chilly. With every word he spat out, I could see the anger he was trying to push down.He had been like this since the previous day trying to get an answer from me but I wasn't going to give myself away. That was just like stabbing yourself in the foot.Avery ought to have involved the Cops in this matter by now. That was the reason I brought her daughter back home. If she files a complaint against him, his image would be ruined and tarnished in the face of the public. No one can ever recover completely from that. Not even Scott.He'd eventually learn to hate Avery and her daughter.“How would I know that? I only learnt about her daughter yesterday after she came here. I'm also as confused as you are Scott. Why don't you believe my word
~Avery~My eyes narrowed down at Ella who was openly challenging me. There was nothing anyone would say to convince me that Allison wasn't here. Scott couldn't do anything. He just stood there staring at me with the most confused face I had ever seen on a person. His face wasn't about to fool me now. My baby girl was in this house and I'm gonna find her.I turned to the direction of the stairs and started walking towards it slowly. My ankle still hurt a lot but I was more desperate to find my Ally. I didn't know what Scott wanted to do but I heard a deep grunt which made me peek over my shoulder.Stephen was no longer where he was standing. He was holding back Scott from coming to me. I averted my gaze and continued walking away slowly.I've lost count of how many turns I took. The house I thought I was familiar with was now difficult for me to navigate properly. If I remembered correctly, Scott's room was two rooms away from the balcony. That was the same room we both shared as a hu
~Ella~If there was anything I loved the most, it was to see Scott suffer because of Avery's sake. My poor dumb husband, I felt some kind of pity for him. But whatever Avery was doing benefitted me in many ways.Scott was always in need of a shoulder to cry on and who else is best when it comes to this other than your wife? I knew instantly that I needed to make a drastic move after Scott threatened to spill my real identity to everyone.I took a glance out of the glass. It was a little bit difficult to spot Ken in the midst of several kids running around while they waited for their respective parents to pick them up. Knowing fully well the kid I gave birth to, I instantly assumed that be must be at a corner with his little gang of friends bullying another weaker kid like he always does.I've received countless of reports about him concerning his naughty ways, I wasn't proud of it but I couldn't lay a hand on my precious boy or scold him. So things had to be that way as long as no o
~Avery~My eyes never left Stephen's face even for a mere second. Although, he was avoiding my stares. I just needed like five minutes to explain everything that I wanted him to know. “Stephen I-He tore his gaze away from mine and placed the white bowl on the nightstand table. He had been feeding me the soup mum made for me but I doubt he'd be doing that again since I brought up the topic.“The doctor said you need plenty of rest” He jerked to his feet. He pulled the white duvet over my feet up to my belly. “Get some rest. I have some work to do” I held his arm before he could walk away. My head tilts to the side while I gaze at him with the most sincerest look on my face.“You deserve to be angry. I kept something so important away from you. But the truth is that I tried to tell you but I couldn't find the courage to do so” I paused a bit to find out if he was ready to listen and when I did, I continued. “I'm sorry Stephen. But you need to know that Scott and I parted ways years
~Ella~Was I happy? Yes of course! Even though my intial plan to attack Avery didn't go well last night at least she gave Scott the final blow to his face. He was so torn apart last night to sleep or react to anything.And as always, his doting wife, which was me, was by his side all night long to watch him suffer more in pain. I love Scott a lot but he was just making me look like a fool. If only he had any idea of what deeds I've done so far to get him.“Once we are in…don't say or do any thing” He warned sternly.I turned my head to him and gave a nod. He unbuckled his seatbelt and stepped out of the car leaving me to ponder hard on my thoughts. Taking a glimpse outside of the glass, I peeked at the tall building.The hospital..Who were we here to see? I guess I have to find things out by myself. I opened the door and stepped out. Scott was a few steps away from me and by the way he was in a hurry to go in, I had a feeling we were here to see the one person I hated the most.I ha
~Avery~“Stephen…” How much has he heard?It pained me so much to see the look of betrayal in his eyes. There's no one else to be blamed but me. I should have informed him at the earliest but I didn't if not, things would have turn out differently..“Stephen I swear I can explain everything to you-Stephen took a step backward as soon I took a step towards him. He shook his head slowly with a sardonic smile on his lips. It was really hurting me deeply to see him this way. How I wished I could turn back the hands of the clock. I'd have prevented this from happening. He deserved to know the truth.“You think it was fair to keep this away from me? I've always known there was something about the Brandon's that you were hiding. I guess I'm not so lucky” His words broke me. It felt like several knives were being jabbed into my heart at the same time. How could I be so foolish?“I was going to tell you tonight believe me…” My vision was getting blurry as a few balls of water rolled out o
~Avery~What was he trying to do? Only the heavens knew what he was about to do. I pulled my gaze away from him and inched closer to the people surrounding Stephen and I.With each steps he took closer, my heart pounded. I still haven't told Stephen the truth yet and I didn't want him to find out from someone else because if he did, things would be a lot messier.Thud!The little noise stole my attention. I took a glance back at Scott's direction and immediately, my eyes grew large at the sight. Allison!Just few metres away from me was Allison holding an empty glass of wine and in front of her stood an imposing figure with wine dripping down his pants. Stephen excused himself and so did I. We both moved over to the duo who were still in a staring battle. A cold sweat broke out on my forehead. This whole hall suddenly felt stuffy for me. This was what I was so scared about. I never wanted Scott to meet Allison and that was the more reason he never got an invite from me. But yet he
~Avery~I stood before the mirror, my eyes locked on the stranger staring back. The elegant red gown hugged my curves, its silk fabric shimmering in the soft light. My hair cascaded down my back in loose waves, and the diamonds around my neck sparkle like tears of joy.As I gaze at my reflection, a smile spread across my face. Tonight was the night I had chosen to start a new phase in life for my daughter's sake.I took a deep breath, feeling a mix of excitement and nervousness rushing through my veins. This was just the beginning of everything. I gave myself a reassuring smile trying to force down that tiny part in my heart that was begging me to stop whatever I was about to do.Hell no! I wasn't about to stop now. I've put in so much effort to make this day happen and I was very sure that Stephen was going to be a great partner to me and a great dad to Allison.A brief knock fell on my door and after a second passed by, it opened. I didn't bother turning around to find out who it
~Blue~ This past week has been filled with so much grief that I had to pause writing this book for a while. I've received tons of messages from some of you loyal readers asking me on F* about the sudden pause in the new book. The thing is, I lost a close friend of mine recently and it has really been so tough for me. 🥺💔 But I assure y'all that updates will resume fully this time like I had promised earlier. Please bear with me during this difficult time. 💙💫