Laura woke up that morning to the notification on her phone.It was Storms remembrance. The day her sister died. The only person who has reminded her of having an original family—not the way she felt like a tag along with Maddie and Dave— Storm was her only family. No mum. No dad. And then Storm died. It had crushed her. Crushed her in every sense. Knowing that there was a high probability of Storm being killed. It wasn’t a natural death. No! Her sister was poisoned! And the killer might still be out there.The killer was indeed still out there.Every year, Laura goes to visit her grace. Just once a year. She never did go on any other occasion. She didn’t want to remind herself of the cirmustances around the death of Storm and her current living. It was like living in oblivion.Laura would go, sit there the whole day on her grave. Talk to her and give Storm a breakdown of what had happened in the last year. It was Maddie who took time to always visit the grave, sweep away the dead fl
Ever since Laura moved in with King in his mansion, she joined him at the gym every morning. Most times she will be too sleepy or in some cases—like today— too worn out to even move a muscle. For the past twenty minutes or so, King had been trying to get her stop clinging to him on the bed. He had work to prepare for!And even though she always headed for the cafe later in the day, she still acted out of script.“Just five more minutes.” Laura wiggled herself more into him. Deliberately rubbing on his hardened member.His heart always lept for joy whenever they did their morning ‘thing’ on the bed. She being silly and acting like a baby and not wanting him to move. Even goes as far as throwing a tantrum and then him pleading non stop showering her with kisses and reassurances.“You said the same thing twenty minutes ago! Come on. I’ll carry you to the gym. You don’t have to walk.” He smiled into her hair as she wrapped her legs tighter around him.“I can’t even walk. All thanks to yo
“So you said Violet is coming to pick you up?” King asked Laura again for better clarity.The night had been a long one for King, working on different documents non stop and taking several calls. But here he was, barely day break already headed out of the house.Laura had escorted him to the car, and currently they were both leaning on the car as King held her waist to him. Laura tipped on her toe and gave him a kiss on the lips. Pouting with an upside down smile before replying “Yes! For the Zillonth time.”Violet had called Laura the previous day to invite her for a friend’s bridal shower happening down town. It didn’t sound like a request though, it was more of a ‘you owe me one’ call. Laura had agreed and they made plans to go together. She tried to pull away from him but he stole another kiss. “Andre can always take you with any of the cars, bring you back. And get to watch over you. Hmmm?” He tried to reason. She tilted her head slightly to the right as if just noticing somet
“What.. what are you doing here?” Laura was shocked to see King as he highlighted from his SUV.“Where’s Andre?” She peeked into the car asking.Laura had gone to find a seat in front of an outdoor cafe so she could calm her self and then order a ride home. She did not expect to see King drive crazily to find her.“You shouldn’t have come.” He said, after finished kissing her and breathing her in.“I.. I didn’t think things would be this bad.” She sobbed into his shirt.“You are going to tell me everything that happened, and I’m going to take you home. Okay?” He kissed her again shortly after she nodded.King did not like that she was stressed out again! This was what he was avoiding this morning. Everyday he fears for her and the baby. Laura was too fragile and he hated that people kept stressing the hell out of her.“I missed you.” She breathed.“I know.” He smiled back at her.“Shouldn’t you be busy? Doing Batman duties or something? And how did you get here so fast! Damn I reall
“Can you hear me? Fuck it’s so loud in here.” Brian shouted over the phone.King and Laura had just gotten home when he got a call from Brian asking him to come over at Tay’s club immediately. At first he refused, he wanted to be with Laura the whole evening.What would she think of him again if he left. She overheard them and told him it was fine.He hurriedly grabbed his keys. The faster he got there the faster he could get back home to Laura.Standing by his room door she didn’t know if to protest further against him leaving or not. “Don’t wait up please. I’ll be back. It’s a promise.” he placed a quick run kiss on her lips before picking up his phone again.Chase grabbed the phone from Brian and even though stupidly drunk, he yelled as well into the phone. Advising King against coming.“Trust me man there’s no need. Brian is just being a pussy!”“King get your ass here immediately!” Brian yelled louder, the anger in his voice was beginning The last time that him and the guys had
King was in the office when he accidentally came across a blog page showing intimate photos of Karl and his sister. He hated whenever his family made it to the news for irrelevant things. He went through several blogs seeing different write up’s about them. Some even had pictures of the fight from last night. The clickbait in their posts irked him terribly.How low could they go!King was going to let it slide until he came across a page that aimed at tarnishing Laura’s image. The heading read:“A former house keeper would now have to deal with an abusive husband?” That heading alone had him riled up. He scrolled through the other posts and he wished he never did! The paparazzi clearly painted him as a monster that was against his sister’s happiness. Different opinions about Karl and Anne being love birds. There were even hashtags like #cancleKing #letLoveWin #wifeBeater.That was it. No slander against Laura would be tolerated.King grabbed his suit jacket and keys storming out of
The rest of the week had gone by so fast and unusually free of any hiccups. Laura resumed working at the cafe, but this time around she spent almost the whole day there. Due to shortage of staffs, Dave had started stressing out. He himself wasn’t always available because of his chemo sessions. One of the girls always had to go to the hospital with him. Either Laura or Maddie. So now, Laura always left home early to the cafe and came back late.King didn’t feel comfortable with the arrangement, he had grown really possessive over Laura. It felt sexy most times but at times it was choking her up. The last time she brought it up he felt hurt and ended up promising he would give her space. Well, he tried but he couldn’t. Man couldn’t give her a mile.Unfortunately, today he and Andre flew out of the state.Laura was working late at the cafe with Maddie, people were still coming in numbers. Ever since the public found out about Laura and King, the cafe had become popular. Everyone trea
FOUR MONTHS LATER…Laura was in her second trimester already, the pregnancy journey had been going smooth. King has been really supportive in every way, she felt relaxed and well taken care of. There was just her reoccurring weakness.Unknown to her, Dr.Liam always found a way to manipulate her medications. She complained to King and he adviced that she stopped the drugs for the moment, she did and everything had been fine. Both of them becoming a power couple each passing day. All that was left was for King to take Laura to the alter.But soon.After that incident with Allie’s dad—Pittsburgh. King had been extra possessive with Laura and her relation with people. She had explained to him how the man was her biggest obsessed stalker when she was a teen. He tried several times and threatened just to molest her but failed. She was lucky but some other girls weren’t lucky. He was a glorified child abuser.King knew that with the man back in her life, things were about to go south and he
“Mrs McGorrith, would you like for us to stop at the cafe before heading to St. Clement’s hospital?” The new driver—David— asked softly as Laura settled st the hack of the car.“Oh..erhhh no not at all. And we aren’t going to Dr. Manuel today. Please take me to see Dr. Liam.” Laura replied with courtesy.The young British man who was about 27 years of age was always so polite with her. He never spoke unnecessarily or made unethical comments. Laura felt comfortable around him. She was sure King had given him an earful of warnings.David drove out of the mansion, tuning the radio toan old country music station. Getting to the hospital, Laura checked her watch and saw it was already past 2pm. And she knew Dr. Liam would soon step out for his lunch break. She hoped he was still in.“Hello. Dr. Liam around? I’m here to see him.” Laura politely asked the nurse on the front desk in a rush.“Hi Miss Ferguson! So nice to see you again. Yes yes Dr. Kentucky is in but I think there’s someone wi
Laura was in the toilet urinating when she heard her phone ringing. This was the third time the person was calling already. But Laura couldn’t rush out because of how she would have to be careful with her baby bump. She made a mental note to call the person once she got out.These days she consumed more water and was frequenting the toilet often. Either to urinate or to throw up. But she was glad her constant dizziness and weakness had stopped. Ever since she changed her drugs.After the court marriage, Laura and King had become inseparable. It was just a week. She loved the feeling. I meannnShe knew she was his fiancé. He called her his wife often. But it being official was another ball game entirely. King never failed to use the title on her. He loved it just as much. She had even changed her socials to ‘Mrs McGorrith’ many people who shamed her when they had gotten engaged began to praise her and hush over her.But there were still others who dragged her by her nipples. Many were
Karl's gaze lingered on Chase for a brief moment. "Remember, our alliance relies on mutual benefit. Don't forget your loyalty lies with me. Babe." Chase mind swirled uneasily. He didn’t want to get in Karl’s bad side and he also didn’t want King to suspect anything from the call so he decided to send an ‘I’m busy at the moment’ message and then put the phone on silent.Chase was about drop turning off the phone when Brian’s call came in.Where they on to him now or what?! “Who is that?” Karl asked.“Who else? The puppy ducking Brian! I can’t even stand him.” Chase replied before turning off his phone. His anger was beginning to boil over again.“I can understand King’s hate but why Brian?!” Karl inquired with a contorted look.“He's always been the favorite. Brian's always sucking up to him." Chase bellowed our his reply. His eyes blazing with jealousy.“Really? You're still hung up on that boy over the fact that King confides in him more?" Chase's jaw clenched. Refusing to let his
The news about King’s decision to bring in Laura to the company has spread like wild fire in just two days. Almost everyone in the company were ecstatic to hear about it. Brian was the happiest in fact. He loved that his best friend—King— was now a responsible family man. The board members were still finalizing the decision. King didn’t just want to invite Laura into the building so she could be aware of her new position. He wanted to make it a surprise. Brian was on the same page as him. But when Chase was asked about his opinion he couldn’t mask his disgust.King knew Chase had always been a double sword human. But right now? He was beginning to relate with him with caution. He had his eyes on him. He also had Detective Marshal on him.The two people who were livid and went bunkers on the news were Karl and Chase. They hated that King could make such a bold step and among that, other investigations and decisions that put both men at risk.Karl's car pulled into a secluded alley, t
Andre had been watching King from the moment they left the office.“Sir, do you think Maddie hadn’t spilled over to Laura yet? You know how close those two are.” Andre spoke with a light laugh as he pulled the car to park in front of the cafe.“We were able to pull off the gender reveal surprise. I’m sure we can do this too. I can’t wait to start calling her my wife every minute.” King responded, arranging his tie and smoothing his hair as he prepared to step out of the vehicle.“And after today you better start referring to Laura as Mrs. McGorrith or I’m going to have you fired and jailed. Infact I’m going to start threatening everyone who doesn’t refer to her as Mrs. McGorrith.” King added with a smirk.“Including Dave?!” Andre gasped with a loud laugh.“Yes! Including Dave.” King got out of the car laughing in unison.He had already informed few family members and friends to come stand as witness st the court. The plan was for Maddie to leave the cafe earlier before he arrived with
“I want to hear you say that again.” King smiled into the phone talking to Laura, as he leaned forward on his office table biting on the head of his pen like some puppy lover.“King! I have to return to work. Uhhh have a nice day.” Laura replied with another round of giggles.“Don’t you dare hang up on me babe! I paused an important meeting just so I could pick you call. You’ve got to give me what I want.” He spoke firmly. Looking around at the table to lock eyes with the different men in suit listening to his conversation.“I’ve got to go bye..” Laura whispered slowly.“Laura!” King warned. His voice commanding.“Okay fine. I love you Mr McGorrith. I love you. I love you. I’m terribly in love with you and I couldn’t stop thinking about you all day. There! I said it. Can I go now?” Laura’s voice filled with happy smiles.King blushed so hard, the men in the room were chuckling and embarsssed on his behalf. They couldn’t believe the almighty Kingston McGorrith was head over heels in lo
2:45amLaura and King laid on the bed cuddling into each other, both unable to sleep.“You’ve been quiet.” King whispered into Laura’s hair.“I.. i don’t know how to feel about al this.” Laura confessed.“Tell me what’s on your mind my love. Please, don’t keep anything from me.”“I don’t want to share you with anyone. I’m already sharing your attention with this baby of yours. And now Stephanie?” She replied shyly, nestling into him.King couldn’t help the chuckle that escaped him. He smiled into her hair the more to resssure her “You’re not sharing me. I’m all yours Baby. All yours.” “And the company? Do you really plan on giving her a share? You know, I actually don’t think she’s all that evil. She just feels unfortunate.” Laura voiced out“The Stephanie I know is very manipulative. No. I don’t plan on giving into any of that woman’s demand.”“But she’s carrying your baby too..and..she said she wanted you..”King brought up her face and kissed her immediately shutting her up, while
King didn’t expect that Stephanie was going to be back any time soon. And more so, not to be back with this type of stunt. The deal was for her to leave Laura out of their business.Why wouldn’t she just listen!His thoughts were all over the place as he followed the tracker that he put on Laura’s ring. Fortunately, the location on the tracker and the one that Stephanie has sent were matching. He just needed to be there on time before she does any harm.The first time he called, Laura’s phone rang but she didn’t pick. Surprisingly, the next time he called the phone was out of reach.Unknown to him, Stephanie has seized the phone from Laura.King pulled up to the deserted warehouse, his heart raced with immense anticipation. He had always dreaded this confrontation with Stephanie. He hated that she had to put him in a spot like this!If Laura wasn’t involved he could handle her perfectly, but now he has to be extremely careful. He took a deep breath, steeling himself for what's to com
Laura was back at the cafe doing what she knew how to do best. Bake. But this time around, Dave had entrusted the cafe’s financial activities to her. So she was extra busy.Dave’s exacts word’s were “You need to put your economic degree to use. You can start with me honey, for the next one year you will have to upscale the economic activities of this cafe.”Maddie was already making plans of turning the space at the back—Dr. Hakeem’s restaurant which King confiscated and bought in Dave’s name— to a fashion studio. Maddie was already setting it up for photo shoots, make up arts, modeling and even for art work exhibitions where Lucia could put up her works and sell.They were growing. The baby in Laura’s womb was also growing big. Almost seven months gone into the pregnancy. King had instructed that when Laura entered her third trimester then she would have to stop work at the cafe. But could be working remotely.Laura did not object. She also did not object when King decided that s