“We’re done for today,” Mabel heard her physiotherapist say to her, and she turned off her machine. “I’m going upstairs,” Mabel then said, not bothering to say her goodbyes to the woman. All she wanted was a cool nice shower. Her meeting with Nala had made her thoughts disorganized as she wondered why Nala looked at her with so much disdain. If only she had her darn memory then she would have been able to sort things out but that didn’t look like it was going to happen soon. Once she had overheard the doctor speaking to Christian about her amnesia and the doctor told Christian that one of the reasons she had still not regained her memories was because she was happy with her peaceful life and her brain didn’t want to bring her painful memories. It seemed her amnesia was a way of escaping from her past. It made Nala wonder just how terrible her past life was for her brain to lock those memories away. She wanted to know and she was going to find out. As soon as she was done with the
Christian didn’t understand what came over him to say such a thing. It was as though he spoke without thinking but for some reason, it didn’t appear as though he was lying. He would sort out those feelings later, for now, he needed to clear the air “Have a seat, we need to have a long talk about how we met,” Christian said and Mabel sat on the bed. He then started to tell her the full story from the time they had met till the time she was poisoned. The only part he left out was the identity of her family.“Who are they?” Mabel questioned after Christian was done speaking. “The Devilles,” Christian revealed.“Your arch-nemesis,” the colour drained from Mabel’s face. She had heard Christian and Dorian talking about that family multiple times and she knew the two families hated each other.“You’re not a nice person so why didn’t you just kill me?” She asked. “Our relationship has always been one weird one. I was supposed to but I felt sorry that you were abused for the greater part o
Warmth and passion filled Mabel when Christian pushed her to the door and placed his lips on hers. It had been so unexpected and her mind completely went blank as all she could think about was Christian’s lips, the heat, the pleasure, and the feeling of the soft guide of his tongue on hers as he took control of the kiss.A moan escaped from her throat when Christian’s hands went to her nape and tilted her head so he could have better access to her lips. Mabel didn’t know when her hands slid into Christian’s hair and gripped it due to the intensity of the kiss.Her toes curled as she felt warmth in the middle of her legs. The kind of feeling she only experienced when she had sinful thoughts about Christian and her. ‘Christian,’ she moaned against his lips when she felt herself starting to run out of breath. Her moan elicited a groan from Christian and it made her toes further curl.When he finally left her, her breath was heavy and his hair was disheveled. “Fuck, you’re addicting,” wa
"Who were you with last night? You were with those lovers of yours right?" John scoffed in anger. “I’ll find every last one of them and I’ll kill them right in front of your eyes like I did to that foolish lover of yours,” he said as he looked at the time.“We’re having dinner with your family tonight, put some makeup on and be on your best behavior,” He said to her in a soft tone as he adjusted her clothes. “And if you’re not, you know what your old man will do to you, Get dressed,” John smirked before he turned and left the room. Nala reached out to touch her eye and just as she expected, it was swollen. Knowing just how John nor her father would spare her if she was late, she got her feelings under control and went out to change her clothes. ****“Christian, no more,” Mabel said as she broke free from Christian's lips. As much as she loved it, she needed to talk to Christian. “We need to talk.” They were currently in Christian's bed after their little rendezvous downstairs and
“Christian,” Mabel gasped as the heat in between her legs increased. Her hand immediately went down there to attend to herself where she was throbbing, but Christian caught her hand and placed it above her head, causing her to whimper as she wanted friction. “Not yet, Pearson,” Christian grinned as he kissed her once again before tearing her clothes off of her. Mabel was so lost in Christian's kiss that she didn't realize when Christian took off her clothes. It wasn't until she felt the cold air brush against her skin that she realized that she was now half-naked before Christian as she wasn’t wearing her bra.She immediately felt shy, and her face reddened with embarrassment as she quickly covered her breasts with her other hand. Christian, however, removed her hand slowly from her chest, and he locked it with the other hand above her head. “Leaning closer, he nibbled Mabel's ear softly, causing her to hiss sharply, both due to the pain and pleasure. He then moved down to her ne
Nala’s heart plummeted when she set her eyes on her family's mansion gate. It was just another prison that she had been trapped in. When they arrived at the mansion, John held her hand before she got down and he said, “Remember the rules or don't. Either way, you'll get punished by your father and myself,” he grinned in satisfaction.“Add some more powder or whatever, I can still see a bit of your bruise,” he said to her before letting go of her hand and getting out of the car.Nala immediately brought out her mirror to look and she did indeed see that a bit of her bruise was showing. She quickly covered it up before getting out of the car and going to join John who was waiting for her.“Were you giving birth in there,” John rolled his eyes and he grabbed her hand, and led her into the mansion. As per the custom, she and John always had dinner with her family once every month alongside her other siblings and she hated it just as she hated living with John and being his wife but ther
Dorian was awakened with a start when he heard a bang on the door. This made him jump off the bed and grab the gun he always kept off the bed. The same person banged on the door once again and Dorian slowly approached the door with the gun pointed at it. He slowly opened the door and when he saw who it was, he scowled in irritation.“It's freaking seven o’clock in the morning and it's my day off, why the hell are you at my house and banging on my door, Aaron,” he growled in anger as he lowered the gun.Unlike the cordial relationship Aaron had with Christian, the same couldn't be said for him and Aaron as they both hated each other. Mainly because, Aaron took it upon himself to frustrate him for no reason all because of a stupid prank he played on Aaron.“I have the details of Nala, you know, the woman you asked me to look into,” Aaron said, holding up a file.“Couldn't you have just waited for a few more hours before bringing it?” Dorian glared at Aaron.“Well you made me work all n
Christian looked at the file in his hand and he frowned as he read further. They were currently in his study after he had managed to outsmart Dorian from seeing Mabel in his room.He wasn't planning on hiding the fact that he and Mabel were seeing each other but he didn't want to tell Dorian just yet as his brother would never allow him to hear the end of it.However, that was a small matter compared to what he was looking at. “My mom once tried to get me married to Alicia Keystone?” He remarked as he read further.“Yep, Nala's older sister,” Dorian affirmed. “You almost ruined their family,” he sighed.It had been another one of his mother's failed attempts to set him up with the daughter of another rich family.He however found out that they were on the verge of bankruptcy and he didn't hesitate to use that to get the Keystones to leave him alone.Due to the fact that he called off their alliance, their stock market dropped and it led to the Patron being removed as the CEO of his ow
Eugene stared at the mansion which was built away from a residential area in the middle of nowhere which was swarming with guards and he squinted his eyes.His brother had to be very foolish if he thought he didn't keep an eye on him even while outside the country. There was no property his brother brought that he didn't know about and that included those that weren't even bought in George's name.He was standing in one of such mansions and he chuckled when he saw the guards as if they would stop him from getting his hands on George.“Dad, please get a move on it!” He heard Mabel say to him through the earpiece that was shoved in his ear.His children as well as Christian had wanted to come along but he refused as this was something he wanted to do by himself. It was a score only brother-to-brother could settle.Seeing as they wanted in on the action, he settled for attaching a camera to himself so they could see what was going on.Hearing how Mabel was impatient, he nodded to his ri
Eugene paced around the room as he waited for the asshole to be brought in. The bastard had dared to treat his daughter like that? He would make him pay for the rest of his pathetic life.The door opened and he came face to face with the bastard. The guard nodded to him after which he closed the door.“Who are you?” Anthony squinted his eyes at Eugene who immediately closed the gap before them and landed a punch to the former's face.“Are you crazy?” Anthony roared as he moved to attack Eugene.Eugene easily dodged and he landed another punch on Anthony. This time, to the gut.“That is nothing compared to the hell you put my daughter through for the last sixteen years,” Eugen growled and the realization hit Anthony.“Eugene Lansley and it's not a pleasure to meet you,” He said as he lifted Anthony and threw him against the table.“Guards!” Anthony called when he realized he wasn't against the man who was allegedly Mabel's father.“You decided to punish my daughter because your fragil
Kate then smiled at her and she smiled back. Mabel felt Christian rub her fingers and when he turned to look at him, he had a smile on his face as he was happy that they had sorted out their differences.Mabel and his mother were the two most important women in his life and he was happy they had found a way to co-exist. “I'm going to kill him,” they suddenly heard Eugen roar. Everyone at the table with the exception of Mabel immediately got up to see what the commotion was all about. When Christian noticed that she wasn't following, he immediately came back and dragged her away from her seat.“What happened?” Mabel heard Reginald ask when they got to where Eugene was. He was currently heading out of their mansion but he stopped upon hearing Reginald speak.“Check your phone, George has made his move,” Eugene told George. He had been in the middle of catching up with Dorian when he got a call from his men asking him to check his phone and when he did, his blood boiled when he saw the
Dorian didn't like how Pauline blamed herself and so he decided to hug her to assure her that he wasn't mad. It wasn't her fault and people dealt with grief differently. He didn't want to imagine what would have gone on in her head after losing her second child. “I'm so sorry, honey,” Pauline apologized as she hugged Dorian back. All those years of suffering immediately vanished from her head as she held her son. Her mind took her to when he was pregnant with him and how he had troubled her by keeping her up late at night. She remembered the first time he kicked her and how she had been so excited to see him. She had been so happy that she got a son as she won the bet against Eugene who prayed for a daughter, one that would look like her while she wanted a mini Eugene.“It’s not your fault,” Dorian stated. If there was one thing the accident that almost claimed his life had taught him, it was that life was too short for him to delay accepting his parents who had already been throu
When Mabel opened her eyes, she saw that it was already morning and when she turned to look at Christian, she saw that he was not beside her and when she touched the bed, it was cold.She immediately picked up her phone to see if he had left a message and sure enough he had. He informed her that he was going to visit George’s mansion as the bastard had gone into hiding. Her eyes darkened when she remembered what George had attempted to do to her had Christian not shown up. As violated as she felt, Christian had made her feel better by holding her in his arms till she fell asleep. Thoughts about Dorian and the two people who were claiming to be her parents rang in her head but she pushed them to the back of her head as she wasn’t playing when she said they weren’t her parents, nor Dorian her brother. Her stomach growled, reminding her of the fact that she didn’t have dinner or lunch the previous day. Without wasting time, she quickly brushed her teeth and headed down to have whatever
Dorian turned to look at the woman who had fallen asleep beside him, which was the reason why he had asked to watch a movie in the first place. He had known that she would be too worried, and he didn’t want that.He gently made her lie on the bed, after which he covered her up. Taking one last look at her, he headed out of the room and gently closed the door behind him.Without wasting time, he headed straight to the liquor room and when he got there, he stopped in his tracks when he saw Christian already seated down and he already had a glass in his hands.“I’ve been waiting for you,” Christian stated as he tapped the other glass he had brought out. “How’s Mabel?” Dorian inquired as he went to sit beside Christian.“She’s sleeping,” Christian answered as he poured a drink for Dorian. “What about Nala?” “Sleeping as well.” Dorian didn’t waste any time in gulping down the contents of the glass. “A lot has happened,” Christian sighed as it still felt surreal to know that his brother
“Dorian, how do you feel?” Nala asked him as she entered his room. They were currently in Christian’s mansion as Kate had refused to allow him to go back home. She wanted the entire family to be together so her mind could be at rest. Nala couldn’t sleep as she wanted to see Dorian to know how he was holding up, hence, the reason she came to his room.“I don’t know, Nala. I don’t feel anything and it’s puzzling,” Dorian answered. He didn’t know how he was supposed to feel after finding out that Mabel was his sister and that his actual parents were back.Ever since he was young, he had wanted to know who his father was and after he had found out that his mother wasn’t his real mother, he had been itching to know who his parents were and now that he had discovered who they were, he didn’t know what to feel. All the taunts about him being a pauper who leeched off a rich family came to his head and he didn’t even feel excited to know that it wasn’t true. He just felt numb.He turned to
Everyone turned to face her and they watched as she stood up. “Because one bastard says you're my biological parents, doesn't mean I'll accept you as my parents,” Mabel stated and it was as if someone had poured ice on Eugene and Pauline.“Mabel…” Eugene was the first to speak.“My mother died because your brother killed her. You two are not my parents and you are not my brother,” she faced Dorian.“So I suggest you don’t think too much about it and leave me alone,” she told them and with that, she turned and headed up to her room so she could finally get the rest she needed.Pauline blinked hard to stop the tears from falling. After years of sorrow, she finally found her happiness and her daughter wasn't accepting of her and that hurt deeply. Christian immediately got up and he followed Mabel as if there was someone she would talk to, it would be him.When he entered his room, he saw her changing into one of his shirts and he smiled before he approached her.“Go have a shower and ch
When they however got back to the mansion, they found something waiting for them there. “What the hell?!” Dorian exclaimed when he saw the gates of the mansion had been brought down.Christian frowned as he had spoken to his father minutes ago and the old man didn't tell him that something had happened or did it happen after the call.The guard at the gate on seeing the car quickly approached them.“What happened?” Aaron was the one who asked and the guard didn't waste any time in narrating all that took place that night.After the guard was done, Mabel raised her head and she turned to look at Dorian especially due to the fact that the guard said the man bore a resemblance to Dorian. It couldn't be, Mabel thought to herself.“Let's go meet them,” Christian simply said and Aaron drove past the gates of the mansion.When they got to the mansion, Dorian was the first to get down and Christian assisted Mabel. Her heart pounded in her chest as there was a possibility that George's brothe