No matter how much Rachael tried to ignore it, she couldn't stop the regret she felt. Before Shaun could wake up, she had already gone. She fought the urge to cry as she held the steering wheel, driving recklessly. Although Xavier made it clear that he didn't love her, she was certain he would be worried about her.Her heartbeat accelerated when she got to the estate. She didn't know how to face him. The marriage was all fake, but she still felt guilty for cheating on him.Xavier was just outside the house, talking to two of his guards. He turned when he heard the sound of a car. He had a tense look ok his face, but when he saw her step down from the car, he felt solace immediately.Her eyes held guilt as she walked towards him unable to say a word. While she headed towards him, it occurred to her that she did absolutely nothing. She wasn't supposed to feel guilty for what she did. Confidence took over the look on her face as she walked towards him with her shoulder squared.Xavier wa
Amelia felt exhilarated beyond words. The words "I love kept ringing in her head and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't keep her cool. She danced around the sitting room, muching on the cereal in her mouth. Cereal had never tasted so good before.Her phone which rang cut her happiness short. Sighing in frustration, she ran to the table where she had kept it. The moment she saw it was the unknown number she was reluctant. She watched it until it stopped ringing. Then it started ringing again.Amelia has no other choice than to answer the call "Who is this?" she was pissed because the caller distracted her from her happy thoughts."Amelia," The caller said and she immediately recognized the voice.After looking at the screen and placing the phone back on her ear, she spoke. "Shaun? How did you get this number?""You dropped your card. Probably it fell from your bag. I thought you left it intentionally""No, I didn't. I uh" she pinched the bridge of his nose. "Shaun, what we had
"how about I do a recap?" He asked and watched as Hardin's eyes held fear. "Martin will regret ever messing with me" with that said, Xavier fired the gun at Hardin's second leg. Before he had the chance to scream, Xavier had already pounced on him, rendering him punches until he was satisfied. By the time he was done, Hardin was too thrown off to even shout for help. He was already weak due to loss of blood and the assault made him weaker"I don't see you running your mouth anymore," Xavier said to Hardin whose eyes were already closing due to how weak he was. The floor was filled with the blood that trickled from his injury. "Maybe in your next life, you won't think of messing with my wife""If you kill me, you won't achieve anything. Martin will still ..""He won't do anything and speaking of things I would achieve. Satisfaction can be added to that list right?"Immediately after Xavier said those words, the door to the room opened, revealed Francis, one of his men. Xavier left Har
Amelia hadn't said a word as they ate breakfast and that was so unlike her. She wasn't the type to remain quiet, especially during breakfast. Amelia in her nature wouldn't let him hear the end of it about how her day went."Why are you staring at me?" she asked, dropping her spoon on her plate."You are not talking""You want me to talk while eating?""Not really," he shrugged. "It's just unlike you to care about manners""Well," she hit her fork on her plate continuously. "I just feel bored lately. I'm tired of going to only Wendy's place""You don't have any other friends?""Peter," she said and watched the way his face changed. It was obvious he didn't have any form of likeness for Peter. Probably because she kissed him or it was something else entirely."I don't have any other friends""How did you meet both of them?""At the orphanage" There was silence for a while before Xavier finally spoke. "Tell me about yourself"Amelia was taken aback by that statement. This was the first t
Martin woke up to Erica drawing circles on his chest. He looked at her briefly before peeling his eyes off her. It was only a miracle that he didn't get a hangover from the excess drink he had yesterday night."Send me your details. I'll send you your pay" he said thinking she would leave after hearing that, but instead, he heard her chuckle."You think I am a whore, don't you?". She sat up. "Anyway all this was to get your attention" she slipped off the bed and began searching for her clothes while Martin scanned her naked body from top to bottom. It was no doubt he wanted her, but he didn't do anything regarding that aspect."What do you mean by getting my attention?""You know Xavier Garcia right?""Who doesn't?""That sounds too plain for someone who once dated him.. what changed?" He stared at them with narrowed eyes."How did you know that?""When I want something, I become relentless""So you found out I dated Xavier. What are you going to do with that information?""I need yo
As she placed the last of her clothes in her box, she wiped the tears from her eyes. Inwardly, she concluded she wasn't supposed to be crying. The marriage was fake and this was bound to happen. No wonder she had a feeling that Xavier didn't genuinely have feelings for her. Or maybe she shouldn't have made him so vulnerable.She took a last glance at the room. She was about to leave, but she stopped and sprayed her perfume all over the room so that if Xavier at all entered the room, he would miss her by the scent of her Cologne. That was stupid, but she was so in love with Xavier to leave without doing something.Tears gathered in her eyes, but she didn't let them fall. She was going to face Xavier and she didn't want to look miserable.She left the room and got downstairs. She didn't expect Xavier to be home, but he was, sitting on his favorite couch with his eyes transfixed on the phone.Amelia wanted to speak, but she was too broken to look at him. She rolled her box to the door. T
Xavier looked at himself in the mirror as he buttoned his shirt. He had depreciated a lot during these last few days. His eyes looked dull and his skin looked pale. After exhaling deeply, he grabbed his briefcase and his phone from the table. He was about to leave, but there was a beep on his phone and he stopped to check.Lucas forwarded a video to him and it was Amelia's video. He hesitated for a while, but he eventually opened the video and watched it After watching it, he didn't know how to feel anymore. He was confused. He had thought he was doing better during the last few days, but after watching that video he realized his feelings for her were still as fresh as they had always been.What was he thinking when he let her go? She would never forgive him for what he did. He missed her. He missed her so badly. The thought of him living without her was a mistake. He shouldn't have thought that way in the first place.No, it had to end now. He was going to get her back even if he die
"so you are not going back to him?" Peter asked Amelia who sat beside him at the boulevard. "I don't know" she shrugged. He came back, but I didn't let his words get to me""You don't miss him?""I do. I want to go back to him so badly, but I'm scared he will hurt me again. It didn't take anything for him to send me out of the house in the first place, so it won't be hard for him to hurt me again" Silence followed and Peter was the first to break it. "When are you leaving California? "Amelia swallowed hard. This was the moment she finally got to face reality. The reality of never seeing Xavier again for a very long time. "Soon. I haven't really given it a proper thought" she said and immediately her phone rang by her side. She excused herself and took it."Hello""Amelia it's me Lucas" She heard and she instantly became confused. The last time she spoke to Lucas was when she and Xavier went to the family house."Yeah, is anything the problem?" she asked because he sounded worried
A/Nso this is the end guys. Thank you all for sticking till this chapter. Five years later.Amelia took hasty steps as she rolled her bags down the airport. Her heart was filled with ease to the point of her thinking it was going to explode. She tried to keep her smile in check but it was all over the place. She reminisced the last time she saw them and that doubled her happinessShe kept thinking of wrapping her arms around Xavier's. It had been A year since she last saw him and it felt like forever. She thought about Kingsley, her son and the smile widened.“Hey watch it" an angry old lady scolded her.Amelia gave off a nervous smile, but the woman glared at her as she walked past her.“Jeez, y'all need to tone down the makeup a bit" muttered Amelia under her breath. She was talking about the loud lipstick the lady had on her lips.She continued rolling her box with her ecstasy not reduced a bit.“Mum!" she heard from afar and her heart leaped for joy. She turned to the direction t
“While I thought about coping with the divorce and everything, I was also thinking of how to take care of the baby growing inside me” she touched her stomach as she turned to look at Xavier. "Yes my love, I am 6 weeks gone” she blurted out and watched as Xavier's eyes widened in shock."Oh my God,” Daphne squealed."Did you know this?” Lucas nudged Xavier who appeared too stunned to speak?"How the fuck do you think I'd know?”."You are the husband duh,” Erica said with a chuckle.Amelia walked towards Xavier and he gave her a warm hug. A child was the least he expected, but he didn't care. As long as it was coming from Amelia.He kissed her and she kissed him back. It was a short kiss, but she still felt the fire rippling inside of her."Aww,” Erica awed. "Now all this makes me wanna have a baby”."We could always arrange that,” Lucas saidPeter who stood by the side with a smile on his face and a glass of drink in his hands was tapped by Wendy.“Oh, Wendy" he called out, taking a goo
Amelia walked down the stairs with her eyes red and puffy. It was the day the contract marriage was supposed to end. Xavier had told her the previous day to get ready for the divorce the next day. She was devastated. She had thought he wasn't going to carry on with the divorce, but she thought wrong.How the hell was she going to raise his child by herself? She knew if they got a divorce, she wouldn't be able to stand him after that.“You are wearing that?" Amelia heard his voice and she raised her head to look at him. He was dressed in a black tuxedo and it made her wonder if it wasn't a divorce they were going for.She was dressed in her regular wear. Her hair was wrapped in a bun and her face held no makeup. Xavier looked like the handsome organized man he was known to be while she on the other hand looked like a dog's vomit.“I don't see why I shouldn't " her voice was raspy. That was the effect of crying her eyes the previous night. “The last time I checked, we are going to a divo
Xavier couldn't help but smile as he took steady sips from his glass. He was at the bar and for the first time, he felt at ease. He didn't have anything to worry about. His mind was at rest. He didn't need to worry because his major problem of over 10 years was gone.The chair beside him was tugged and he turned to look who it was. Just as he had expected, he saw Lucas. He had texted him to come over, but he didn't think Lucas would come along with Erica.“You look happy," Erica pointed out. “Well I'm glad we didn't meet the cranky side of you"“Why wouldn't he be happy? Martin is gone, Hardin is gone and he has a beautiful woman to go back to after all the day's stress"“Oh no," Xavier laughed.“That's true"“What part of your bed does she keep warm?" Lucas teased.“No part" Xavier blurted out.“Woah you guys haven't done it yet?" Erica's eyes widened in surprise.“No, we have. It's just that..."“So you guys have done it for then. I thought this was supposed to be a contract marriage
The weather was cold. Cold enough to commit murder effortlessly. Xavier fastened his gun to his trousers and brought down his suit to make it invisible.After countless efforts to reach Martin, he finally agreed to meet with Xavier. Xavier made it seem like he was going to fix all the grudges that they had, but he wasn't stupid to do that. He was going to end Martin once and for all.He had already caused Xavier too much pain.They decided to meet in an open field. It was Xavier's idea. He wanted a place big enough to contain his wrath while he rains it down on MartinMartin stood at a distance, backing the vehicle. As Xavier walked toward him, he stayed alert because he knew how sly Martin could be. He could pull up a Glock out of nowhere.“I didn't think you would show up," Martin turned to look at Xavier.There was an annoying smirk on his face which Xavier wanted to desperately smack off with a punch, but he needed to keep his cool if at all he wanted his plans to work.“You know I
Amelia didn't bother giving Peter a call. She just showed up at his pub. She knew if she called him, he might find a way to get her off his back, but today was going to be different. She was going to find out everything that was wrong with him. The peter she knew wouldn't just distance himself from everybody if the reason wasn't vital.“Amelia?" Peter called out as he looked at her in disbelief.She was also stunned to see him with trimmed hair. All his long, healthy hair was gone.“ What are you doing here Amelia?” he asked."You cut your hair?“He sighed, setting down the glass he was cleaning. It was obvious he didn't want her here.Peter regretted coming to the pub that day. He should have listened to his instincts and just stayed home. Now he had to answer the numerous questions she had. He knew Amelia was surely going to ask a lot of questions."I thought it'd look better”"You look pale”"I've been skipping vegetables in my meal” he replied plainly and Amelia gave him a 'are you
“If it was me, you would do the same," Lucas said in his defense. “That's not the point," Xavier said“Then what is?"“You should have told me"“What would you have done from the hospital bed? Even if you want to get him now. Bad news, he is missing"“What?" Xavier let out.“You heard me. I tried to take him back after he escaped from Amelia, but he is missing"“Where the fuck did he go?"“Another state, town or even another country. We should only pray he is far enough from us"Xavier sighed in frustration as he leaned back on his seat. “I don't understand how someone can be so relentless."“You did kill his boyfriend."“He tried to kill my wife"“And you think he cares about that?".“What the fuck does he want?"“You know he wants you dead”"A reasonable person would have given up a long time ago”"Martin is not reasonable, especially when he wants something. He acts mentally deranged sometimes”"He doesn't act, he is mentally deranged”Xavier said nothing for a while before speakin
Erica didn't die even after everyone had concluded that she was as good as dead. It took her one whole month for her to wake up and during that time, Xavier was discharged from the hospital. Surprisingly Martin didn't do anything even when Amelia thought he would.Xavier had healed properly and was already up on his feet. Although Amelia was not in support of Xavier going back to work, he didn't care. She cared about his health. Xavier on the other hand felt he was good and fit enough. Truly he was, but Amelia was paranoid that something could happen to him.Xavier was not aware of the Martin issue. He didn't know his wife had once adopted his worse enemy and he had no idea Erica was in the hospital because of that same man. Amelia didn't tell him, following Lucas's orders. Lucas knew how crazy his brother would get if he heard about it.Lucas wasn't trying to protect Xavier. He had the same mindset as Amelia. They both wanted him to heal first. The doctor said he wasn't healed complet
After Amelia had given Ken her order, he walked in to kill Martin.He pulled the trigger as he sauntered towards Martin. He knew how sly Martin was and he wanted to end him before starting a conversation with him.“And you are just going to do as she asked?”"Shut the fuck up or you will be dead sooner than expected.“"And what do you think you will achieve after this?”"I will succeed in keeping this mouth of yours shut for once”"And you are still going to keep taking orders”"As long as I get my pay after that” "is that what you leave for now? Looking forward to your pay at the end of the month? “Ken chuckled, “I don't think you understand”. He brought out the key of the cuffs and showed it to Martin. I have the power to keep you there for as long as I want and I also have the power to set you free. Guess what other power I have. I have the power to end you if I want” Ken smiled proudly."Remember when you tortured me to give off vital information? You were relentless. I remembere