EthanI stared down at Skylar she came out from the water. She hesitantly looked at me while I grabbed a towel. Swinging it over her, I wrapped it around her body. She started to feel uncomfortable as it was after a long time that she was bare to my eyes.I helped her out of the tub and helped cleanse her. Her eyes still looked swollen as tears remained in her eyes and the sight of her made my heart churn.My chest tightened at the mere sight of her appearance. She looked devasted. The bastard laid his hands on her seven years ago and I refused to believe her back then. Heck, it was partly the reason why we broke up.My eyes burned when I looked at the bruises on her shoulder. It took all of my strength to not break down in front of her. She needs me to stay strong for her. I can’t break down.When she laid there, helpless with her dress stripped apart, my entire body shook with anger. I felt as though my blood boiled with the anger that needed to come out. I could only imagine how di
“Skylar, let him explain!” Ethan said in annoyance once I shut my mouth.My face turned toward him, fixing him with a hard glare. “I told you I don’t like it here.”He sighed. “Give me a valid reason as to why this place is bad.”“He doesn’t respect me!” I said, looking at the manager who was now worried about his employment in the hotel. “Where is my freaking name?”“He said Mr. and Mrs.Parker!” Ethan complained. “Don’t complain that he didn’t go with the first name. He probably doesn’t know your name.”I glared at him harder.Actually, when we finally reached the hotel here in London - yes, that’s exactly where he planned our honeymoon - I had literally seen every freaking thing named as ‘welcome Mr. And Mrs.Parker.’So I politely asked the manager to not do stuff like that and if he really wanted to welcome us, he should also mention my name in it.To this, he disagreed. So to stay in his hotel, I disagreed. And to this behavior of mine, Ethan disagreed.“Just get me the key and le
My heart stilled for a second. “Jake?”“You know me so well, sweetheart.” He said. “How are you doing? Missed me?”I gulped and looked around to find Ethan. He was talking to the salesgirl who was taking his card from him.“Uh-uh, don’t call your husband, baby.” He said. “That won’t be a smart move considering the hooded guy behind him.”Sweat began to form on my head as I looked beyond Ethan’s shoulder to find a hooded guy with a mask gesturing me to shut my mouth. I gulped at the sight of him and spoke into the phone.“What do you want?”“You.” He said, with an evil laugh. “Haha, I’ll have you later baby. But now, I need you to remove the changes you’ve pressed against me.”“Rot in hell, Jake,” I said. “I will-”“Do you see that guy behind your husband?” He asked. I looked back at the hooded guy to bow see that he held a pistol underneath his gloves.My eyes widened. “No..”“It won’t take a second for him to shoot your husband..” he said. “He is a very loyal person to me. He will ki
He smiled and shook his head. “You think a lot about the people around you, don’t you?”I shrugged.“Then to what do I owe this horrible treatment from you?” He gave me a tight smile.I smirked. “Well, unlike you, people here are nice and less annoying and controlling.”“Don’t you dare call me controlling.” He said. “Everything in this marriage is basically controlled by you!”“Excuse me?” I laughed with fakeness dripping from the core. “I’m controlling this marriage? Please, I didn’t even know where we were going for a honeymoon until I landed here. You tell me nothing and do everything according to your wish!”“That’s not true.” He said. “We’re in London because you have always wanted to go here for a honeymoon.”“When did I-”“Remember the time in high school where we used to pretend we’re in the future and you always used to say how you wanted to go to London for a honeymoon because it’s romantic?”“Yes.. but that.. how do you even remember it?” I asked, shocked my self.“Of cours
Ethan’s P.O.V.I got out of the hotel cellar when my phone rang in my pockets. I grabbed it from the inside and took the call.“Who’s it?” I asked in a hurry.“How are you doing, cousin?” Jake’s voice rang in my ears. “Did the news reach you?”I gritted my teeth in anger. “I’m not even surprised. How can you fall so low on your part?”“Well, you got me arrested. Who puts their family behind the bars for some chick who’s going to be in your life only for the next few months or perhaps, years.?” He said.“Skylar is my family. At least for the next few months. So don't you dare go there right now.” I said.He chuckled in response. “Well, you know you can’t trust her completely. She did get me out of the jail.”I gripped the phone in anger. “And such ungrateful piece of shit you are.”He laughed again. “Ungrateful? What are you talking about, brother? I’m going to make sure to have her in safe hands.”“Yes, like being with you is the safest place she could be in,” I said.“Hold on there.
Ethan’s POV“Talk to your father about this before doing it. He has a right to know.” Owen tried again to prevent me from signing the resignation. But today, the odds were not in his favor. Nothing was seeming to appear more important to me than Skylar.I refused to listen to him and placed the nib of the pen on the paper to sign. Right when my hands were about to end my deal with my own company, my phone rang to the side.Owen’s light green eyes looked to my side, right after where my forearm was. “You better take that call.”I set the pen down and took the call. Pressing it to my ears, I forced my voice to maintain the calm. “Yes?”“Ethan, is that you?” Skylar’s voice rang in my ears.I stilled for a second. My heart almost sank into the deepest pit of my stomach thinking of the mere possibility of this being one of my hallucinations. But her voice proved me wrong.“Ethan, this is Skylar!”“Skylar?” I asked in disbelief.Owen snapped his head at me. “Put it on speaker.”I obeyed him
Ethan’s POV“Do you think he’s doing alright?” Skylar looked over at me in worry.We were right now heading towards our house in LA. We flew as soon as we could since that’s what we thought would be the best. Skylar was worried about Ben, who was apparently hit by a car in my story.I was mentally wishing for her anger to be in minimal amounts so that I didn’t have to struggle a lot.“You know you don’t have to worry so much about him.” I said, “He’s just met with an accident-”She turned around to give me a startled look. “I can’t believe you’re jealous over this. He is your best friend, Ethan. At least pretend that you care about him.”“I’m not jealous about you worrying over him, Skylar,” I said. “I’m saying that you’re worrying over nothing.”“He met with an accident, how can that keep me calm?” Skylar said.“Actually, there’s something I need to tell you.” I said, looking at her hesitantly.“Can it wait?”“I’m afraid it can’t,” I said.She sighed. “Okay, what is it?”“I lied to y
Skylar’s POVI stepped into the coffee shop as the door pinged, hinting at my arrival. The air around us was thick with the scent of caffeine mixed with a classic room freshener. Two coffee mugs were already placed on the table I sat by, with a nerdy man waiting for me in his glasses.“Hey.” I smiled.“What’s with the formalities? I was waiting to hear a curse word from you.” Zac looked surprised as I took his coffee mug instead and pushed mine to him.“A little change won't kill you, idiot.” I sipped on the coffee and resisted the urge to appreciate it. “And why would I curse now? We’re not shooting.”“Well, Ethan didn’t sound chirpy when he called. So I guessed you needed me to listen to you curse about him.” He said, "Knowing him, I was sure he might have acted like an asshole again."I looked at him in surprise. “Ethan called?”“And ordered me to take good care of you. Isn’t he the most caring?”I rolled my eyes. “Overbearing control freak.”“Excuse me?” He frowned at me.I shook