Blake’s POVI shot Helen an angry gaze. How dare she? Did she have to take advantage of my kindness? I might be nice to her right now, but that didn’t mean she had to. There were things that I did not talk about, and my mother was one of them.“Umm, you look very angry. Is it something I said? Is it because I asked about your mom? I was just trying to know more about you, that’s all.” She said, apologetically, but it was too late for her to be sorry now.I was angry and all the painful memories I had tried to keep buried all my life flooded my head right, filling me with a very bitter taste in my mouth. This was the issue with women. You showered them with a little bit of kindness and they would take advantage of you and hurt you in the worst way possible.“You know what? I think we have had a nice dinner. Let us call it a night.” I said and wiped my mouth with my napkin and threw it on the table, showing I was done with dinner.“Come on Blake. There is no need for you to get mad at m
Helen’s POVBlake and I were yet to say a word to each other after the flopped dinner at the resort’s restaurant. I still couldn’t comprehend how a simple question had turned into something so dangerous. The way his body had tensed up and his mood changed at the question still shocked the hell out of me.Was I right all these while? Did he have something against his mom that prevented him from being nice and kind towards other women? I couldn’t understand it and I wanted to get a logical answer as to why he acted that way. I had cried myself to sleep and promised not to allow myself to get affected by his words or get invested in his emotional baggage, but helping the man to get dressed this evening, I just knew it was impossible. There was an insistent push within me that was begging me to unravel the mystery that was Blake Robinson.“You better be at your best attitude today. I am certain you know the caliber of people we would meet today. Don’t do anything to embarrass me.” He w
Helen’s POV“Oh my God, you are making me feel so bad right now. Please don’t cry.” She begged and wiped at my face.“I am not crying. It’s just, I feel so embarrassed right now.” I said, trying to get a hold of myself. I could never just be perfect.She was right. I ought to be way better dressed than this but no, I was looking like a clown. Blake must be constantly embarrassed by my looks and it could contribute to why he hated me so much. I was so unexposed and childish.“Hey, there is no need for you to feel embarrassed at all. Look, I understand that you just got married to Blake and you are still used to your usual style, so I have a proposition.”“Allow me to make up for that incident at the pool by elevating your style game. You may not be aware, but I am a model myself and I assure you, I can take your dress game from a 2 to a 10 in no time.” She bragged.I stared at the woman and couldn't help but smile. Her confidence was contagious and honestly, I wanted to look half as g
Helen’s POV“Is it safe going out to shop late at night?” I yelled over the loud whirring of the helicopter fan blades as soon as we were airbound.I was seated beside Valentina with two other women seated on the other side of the helicopter. This was my first time getting on a helicopter. It felt wobbly and I was scared we were going to overturn and crash. It didn’t help that the sun had set and the place was getting dark. One would have thought that with the status of my parents, I should have experienced some luxuries in life, but I was not fortunate. Isabella got all the perks and lovely experiences. I was usually left with only oral accounts of how their vacations and trips played out.The women all shot me confused glances and I wondered if I had said anything wrong.“What did you say?” Valentina asked.I noticed the smile playing at the corners of her lips and wondered if she didn’t hear me or was trying to be funny.“Umm, I was asking if it was safe for us to go shopping thi
Blake's POV The moment my phone pinged with a debit alert from Helen's first purchase, my mouth hung open. No, it wasn't because of the price of goods she had bought, nor was it because she was really spending my money. What shocked me was how she had figured out the pin to the card. I had gotten that card earlier on to give to her so she could use it for her running around. However, I had held onto it, hoping to teach her a lesson with it. Using her day and month of birth as her pin had been a good idea since I was getting the card for her. However, I was really surprised she had figured it out on her own. Maybe she wasn't as stupid as I always believed. More debit alerts had come in after that and I could tell she was having a swell time shopping. The last one, though, had come in just as I was getting into our suite. Funnily enough, the money she was spending from my card was nothing compared to what my celebrity girlfriends usually spend on themselves in one outing. I could
Helen's POV I felt so naked with him staring at me. My eyes were fixed on the floor, doing their best not to get in contact with his. I knew him well enough to know that the worst way to get all heady with the need for him was to look into his eyes. "What's that dress over there?" He asked and my head snapped up to see him pointing at the pile of clothes I had on the bed. "What dress?" I asked, wondering which of the dresses he was interested in. "The one with the pinky stones. It's glittering. Looks interesting." He said. I immediately recognized the dress he was talking about. It was the first dress I had bought at the store, the dress that had revealed my birthday was his ATM card's pin. I was still lost on how that was possible. Was it a coincidence, or had he deliberately set my birthday as his pin? Why would he even do something like that? I knew he was unpredictable, but at the same time, I least expected it from him. It was so unreal, especially with the attitude of hat
Helen's POV The next morning, I was all smiles as we moved to the poolside. Blake was in a really good mood and he had been nice to me ever since we woke up.All I could hope for was that he kept on being this nice to me. It was blissful and kept me at ease. This was the most at ease I have been in a very long while and I loved it. "Someone is looking good this morning," Valentina said as soon as she saw us. She was dressed in a bikini and a light kimono over it. She had an exotic body, and I had to confess that if I were a man, I would be drooling over her. "Good morning, Valentina. Thank you so much for last night. I feel so much more confident in my clothes." I waved at a nice beachwear she had insisted I got last night. "Oh, it's the least I could do for a sweetheart like you." She brushed my words aside and shared pleasantries with Blake. Whatever bad blood between the both of them was completely gone now. Blake could be a little nasty when he was mad at someone and I was
Blake's POV I watched her pack our bags and my blood chilled. It was happening. It was really happening. The last two weeks we spent here were the absolute best. I hated to admit it, but as soon as I had fallen into her seductive charm, I had something to look forward to daily here. It has been so freeing to relax around a woman. And now that it was time to leave, I suddenly regretted that decision. She had grown on me and knowing women, that was such a terrible thing to happen."Alright. And we are all packed." She announced excitedly as she zipped up the last of our bags. I stared at her happy face and nodded unenthusiastically."Come on, what's wrong Blake?" She asked and wrapped her hands around me. She dropped a wet kiss on my face and it took everything in me not to flinch. God, I must have let her cross a lot of boundaries that she felt it was right to kiss me as she wanted. "Are you sad we are leaving? You don't have to worry. We can always come back here. It would be fu
Blake's POV I stared at the screen of my phone, not believing that he had ended the call on me.I was working way harder than he could ever imagine to ensure that his crimes were cleared, and he returned Helen to me. There was no way he could kill Helen. I still had some time, roughly about 5 hours. I dialed his number again, but unfortunately, it didn't go through. My heart was beating at a thousand beats per minute and this rate, I was certain it would burst and I would die.Travis might be a shrewd man, but at least, he ought to respect his words. The timeline he had given to me wasn't up yet, so what the hell was he up to? As many times as I tried to dial Travis, his number didn't go through and I knew I was fucked.He might be killing Helen at this point and I wished I had opened up to the chief of police earlier on. At least, with all the details I would be able to provide them, they could have figured out where he is at this point."You are such a foolish man." I hissed at m
Blake's POV "Mr. Robinson, you know this is impossible. There is no way I can help you to do what you are asking for." The chief of the police force said to me as he stared at me from his chair. We were separated by a very large table, but with the level of anger I was currently feeling, I was certain that I could overturn this table on him at any moment."Sir, I get that what I am asking for is quite difficult to achieve, but I believe you can make all of this go away. How much do you want me to get it done? I promise you I can pay whether it is what you are asking for." I said to the man in a fit of desperation. Words could not explain the level of desperation in me. I was desperate. Very desperate. What the hell was wrong with me? My dad would hate me for this, but if it was necessary, I did this to help Helen out of the grip of that bastard. I was the reason she was in this situation. I needed to make this sacrifice for her. The elderly man opposite me let out a breath, lean
Helen's POV "And there we have it. Your man has agreed to do my every bidding. I guess it isn't so hard to get to him after all." Travis beamed at me and ran his fingers down my body.My skin crawled, having him touch me like that, and I really wished that my hands were free enough for me to bite him or slap him away. He was a disgusting piece of shit and I hated everything about him."Why do you have your nose scrunched up like there is a smell in the air? Please, don't tell me that you don't appreciate me touching you?" He asked and wrapped his palm along my neck, making me feel so claustrophobic."Can you please just stop touching me?" I begged and faced away from him.I was having a hard time breathing and coupled with my disgust for him, I just felt as though I was going to cave in and faint."You should be glad that I am touching you. You know you are worthless and way beneath any billionaire's level. You should be filled with joy and gratitude that a man of my caliber deemed i
Blake's POV "Helen?" I called out in both fear and relief.The fear was because I didn't know what the hell she was currently going through and the relief was because she was still alive. The fact that she had not run away from me also filled me with relief."Blake, I..." She never got to finish her sentence to me because the phone was quickly taken out of her mouth. "You both sound very excited to be hearing from each other," Travis said. I gritted hard on my teeth as my palm curled harder around my phone. Adrenaline and anger were quickly rising in me and I couldn't wait to put this bastard in jail where he belonged. For months, the police had been searching for him. And now, he had the effrontery to kidnap my woman and call me. Well, this time around, I was more than ready to kill him if I had to. I had yet to get justice for what he had done to me, and now, he wanted to do the same to my wife. That wouldn't be possible. "Let my wife go this instant, you bastard, or else, I
Blake’s POVI paced from one corner of my sitting room to the next. This wasn’t happening. It couldn’t be happening. There was no way in hell Helen could be missing, not when I had finally managed to get her back by my side. Yes, I had intended to punish her and keep her far away from Dominic, but as it stands now, it seems other forces were trying to keep her far away from me. As soon as Jeffery, the head of my security team, had come to inform me that Helen had been kidnapped, my mind had immediately gone to Dominic. They might have planned this so she could get away from me and be with him as much as she liked. However, my brief conversation with him showed that he had no idea of her kidnap. My current suspect was Isabella and Dad, but they have refused to say a thing, both of them maintaining that they know nothing of what is currently going on. “You know, Dad, if you don’t tell me the truth, I am going to report you and this little lying whore to the police,” I growled at my
Helen's POV My eyes fluttered wide open to be greeted by dark, dank, and dusty surroundings. I couldn't say exactly where I was, but I was certain this was not a place one was meant to be at."Where am I?" I asked no one in particular as I tried to get up from the chair I was seated on. Unfortunately, my body was unable to get up as ropes were tugging at different parts of my body. "What the hell is going on here?" I asked no one in particular as I tried to free my hands from the ropes keeping them bound behind the chair. But no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't free myself or my hand. My feet were also bound, and I could not feel them at this point."What is going on, Helen?" I asked myself and tugged harder at the ropes. Images from the press conference flooded my head, and I recalled my sister showing proof of her and Blake being together. A sharp pain stung my heart and I quickly blinked back the tears that were threatening to run down my eyes and embarrass me. I was
Helen's POV I graced the microphone with a smile on my face. I had no interest in doing any of his, but Blake had insisted that we do. He said it was important that we cleared our names. The FCI had already given a report to say that Dominic was behind all the fraud in the company. I wondered just how much Blake had to push forward to make them drop my name from the case and pin it on Dominic. I knew for a fact that Dominic was innocent of all charges. When Blake had told his dad about this press conference today, the old man had gone berserk on hearing that he and I were back together. That only further convinced me that Dominic was right. The older Mr. Robinson didn't like me and he may do even worse right now to make sure that Blake and I are never together. I still couldn't understand why the man hated me this much and hoped with everything in me that I would never ever fall into any of his traps again. Just as I was about to speak, my eyes caught a very familiar body frame f
Isabella's POV I smacked my lips together, testing the new makeup products I had bought for myself from my shopping spree.With Blake out in the market now, I needed to make sure I left no stone unturned in getting him back into my life. He deserved me. We were meant to be together, and with his father's plan currently rolling, he is bound to fall into my arms anytime soon. "You would get him, Isabella. You are the only woman for him." I said and stood up, revealing my full length in the mirror.I may not be as curvy as Helen, but I was more than certain that I looked way hotter than her. She didn't have the confidence and seductive gaze that I had. Men were simply beings, but she still didn't know shit about how to pleasure a man. I was a pro and I would give Blake everything he wants in a woman.I was still admiring myself in the mirror when my phone rang. As usual, it was my mom. It worried me a bit knowing that the only person who bothered to call my phone was my mom. None of
Helen's POV "You know, what? I am certain of this. You and Dominic really do have something going on. He might have tricked you into it, but you definitely have something going on." Blake said, disrupting the silence between us. My eyes blazed hot at this statement. There was absolutely nothing going on between Dominic and I. He was only a concerned friend whose benevolence I wanted to repay."Blake, you are mad at us, and I understand that, but believe me when I say that nothing is going on between Dominic and me.”“Anyway, this isn't why I am here. I am here to see Dominic and I would appreciate it so much if you can make that happen. The officers here are telling me I am not allowed to go in and see him." I said, hoping I would be able to draw out that favor from him. If he could spare a few minutes to talk to me, then it meant that he still had some feelings for me and I better use that to my advantage here."Unfortunately, I would not be able to help you with that." He said.