My face blew up with his statement and the staffs present chuckled at his statement. If he cared, he didn’t show and strolled towards me.“Where is the nurse?” he looked around.“She left,” I got out of the bed and started towards the food, finding every thing so appetizing.“She left?” he questioned. I didn’t bother turning back to him though because I was now looking at a lot of delicacies I wanted to try. We had everything. It was a breakfast for goodness’ sake. Yet it looked like a whole menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Including desert and appetizers. He was over doing it. But my stomach growled again, telling me it was ready to consume just about anything.“I am perfectly fine, so she left,” I responded and looked down at the sea food in front of me with interest. All sorts of fishes were in it, but the huge crap in front made me think of the headache I would face to eat it. That thought was only forming in my head when I found a chocolate fountain coming into the room. How
JORDANThe loud ringing sound had a familiar ring tone, reminding me that it was my phone. It had been ringing for a while and it wouldn’t stop. My sleep had been disturbed because of it, but because I was unwilling to let go of this very peaceful moment, I had with a certain woman who was still naked in my arms. I shut my eyes tightly, like the phone would shut up if I did that. However, it didn’t. And the caller did not stop to call not even once till I snapped my eyes opened and thought of smashing the phone.A soft groan came to my ears as Genesis snuggled against me and that thought disappeared immediately. I might wake her up and that phone was doing it already. With great control, I allowed her snuggle to a comfortable position in my arms before I moved, slowly, gently and slipped out of her arms, before I picked the phone. I still had intentions of smashing it against a wall but I had to go outside to do that. or I could just throw it inside the bathtub. Though water would do
“If you didn’t invite him over, who then did?” I growled at Aiden, feeling rage and panic swelling from inside me as I paced to and fro in my studies.“I have thought that your mother might have sent him the message. I only just received mine,” he explained calmly and I froze. Realization dawned on me and I realized how foolish I had been to have thought they would invite Nathan over for dinner after I had told them what had happened between us. They would never do that, not to me or my new found happiness but since mom did not know, she might have gone ahead to send him an invite. I groaned, regretting why I didn’t inform her of the new issues that arose between us but who knew that Genesis would have wanted dinner and mom who was not in good terms with Nate would go ahead to invite him over when she could not stand the sight of him?“You should not have yelled at me that way, Jordan,” Aiden mumbled and I sighed realizing how wrong I was to have wanted to rain nothing but thunder and
Mom waltz in, not realizing who she brought with her or what she had done. But my heart ached at the sight of him and at a split second, I was disliking Nate so fast. He caught my eyes and smirked at my direction, before he looked away and Tiffany and Tiana walked up to him. Mom and the Connor’s started speaking and I turned my attention to Aiden who was staring at me with a wary look. I sighed and started back down towards them and found my mom. She pulled me into a hug and eyed me from head to toe in assessment before I turned to Nate.“You came with him,” I began dryly.“Yes,” she turned to Nate and flashed him a wry smile.“I found him at my door step and had no option,” she turned to me and I smirked. He knew that I was going to chase him out the moment he came, and he had decided to go to my mom because with her beside him, my guards would not dare. How wonderful?“Don’t you look amazing,” Mom entered, still accessing me and I frowned at her.“I always look amazing,” I retorted
GENESISA smile appeared at Nathan’s lips when my mom turned to him and my heart skipped instantly. I could feel eyes on me as well and I looked around to find Tiffany and Tiana staring back at me with worried gazes. My lips curved into a smile, or rather a smirk when I saw the worried look on their faces. Where they worried about me? how could they be worried about me when, this was all them? They had no right to look at me that way when it had been them all along. It was too hypocritical to stare at me worried when it was just a day ago, they hid Nate in their room to have a conversation with me. I looked away from them, seeing no need to speak, not like I had spoken to them at all when I came down. I noticed that the twins were staring at me with worried gazes too, however, I was also very angry at the both of them, so I looked away without offering a smirk. It was pay back time. I turned to Nate instead whose gaze were on me and he had what I could say was amusement within them. a
Dinner had turned to a disaster in a matter of minutes and Nate was dragged out while he suddenly fell unconscious. I could feel my parents’ eyes on me and I could perceive the tension that had suddenly clogged the air. Jordan had the worse look so far with his gaze turning hard and his eyes burning anger so brightly, it was bound to frighten anyone.“What is going on? What was he talking about?” my father’s voice rang loudly, breaking the silence that fell over us. I gritted my teeth and slowly turn my gaze to him since it was inevitable. Nate had said what he needed to say and it was left to me to either lie or tell the truth, the whole truth. Where was I supposed to begin from, the recent one or from the very day of my marriage to Jordan? I could not afford to imagine what it was like for him, the gaze, the look, the way my parents would perceive Jordan from now on.“Will someone say something?” Father growled when it I gave him no reply. I could hear the anxiety in his tone and th
“Wait. What?” I entered with my thoughts running wide and my heart racing at the very thought of leaving.“We are leaving,” father got up on his feet, his words sounding so harsh and cold and leaving no room for an argument or protest.“I can’t leave,” I retorted and turned to my mother with pleading eyes and fear.“Yes, you can, dear and you will.”“This isn’t a marriage, its prison, it’s a cell, its dangerous and we are really sorry we brought you into this,” she came closer to me and took my both hands in his while she stared at me with pain in her eyes.“No..” I pulled my hands away from her and shook my head as tears came running down my eyes as well.“Its not a prison yard neither is it dangerous for me,” I kept protesting.“Samantha is gone and yes, I can be put in danger because of the family’s past and position, but Jordan is here and he would keep me safe. I trust that he would.”“He had not kept you safe the first few times you were taken or attacked,” father entered, his e
Jordan had fallen asleep in my arms the previous night, while clutching onto me like his life depended on it. It was strange to see him so clingy and his constant request that I do not leave him was beginning to bother me in as much as it made me understand that he wanted me.I opened my eyes, since I could no longer sleep. It was morning and I was supposed to be out of bed already. But the morning was extra ordinarily cold and I liked being cuddled by him than being away from bed.“Do you still want to sleep?” his voice suddenly came from behind me as his hot breath fanned my neck. I smiled, loving the sound of his voice first thing in the morning and adjusted myself to turn around so I could look at him. His eyes were sparkling and it made me crave for coffee so bad or hot chocolate and his smile had returned to his face, easing my heart.“How long have you been awake?” I asked and he scrunched his nose.“Morning breath, wife…” he began and I paled. My face heated up immediately aft
My phone rang again and I smiled as I picked up my husband call this time. “Miss me yet, wife,” he teased immediately and I groaned. “No, but the kids want you home.” “Too bad. My flight got delayed.” He sighed. “What?” I jerked up from where I sat. He chuckled. “Easy their wife. I just got to town and would be home soon,” he entered and I sighed. “Bye…” I ended the call abruptly, feeling angry at such expensive joke. I had everything ready already. After two hours, I was perfectly ready and had stepped out of the room and back down only to find out that I was a late host. Everyone was present. My parents, my sister, Tiana, Nate, Tiffany and her fiancée, Jordan’s cousins, their girlfriends, his mom, my p.a and Margaret. Yes her. she was a huge part of Jordan’s life for long and we could not let her to keep being a staff here so we freed her with a lot of money, a house, something to keep her going and a family. “I told you that she might be painting,” Julian’s loud mouth entere
FOUR YEARS AFTERI ran down the stairs, feeling completely exhausted and disheveled, not to add, disorganized and slightly angry. With my robe on, I decided to check if everything was set and ready. I couldn’t help it, it had to be perfect, it all had to be or I might lose it. Anna strolled into the house at that particular moment, and she stared at me with a wary look as I made my way to the kitchen.“Is everything alright?” she asked in her very sweet voice.“Go change and rest up,” I reprimanded. She had only just returned from college and shouldn’t be concerned by things like that, yet she was ever so humble and would in fact start on chores the moment she returns from college which was slight annoying. We made her go to college for a good reason, to better her life and not to turn out like a staff her entire life, yet she looked so dedicated to being one.“I would the moment you tell me what is wrong,” she followed behind me with dedication and became a nag that I didn’t want at
GENESISEven in my unconsciousness, I could feel that emptiness inside of me. I could feel the hole, the empty, painful hole that was once filled with life, I could feel the vacuum there. I knew that something was different and I feared what it was. When I opened my eyes, the first sight I wanted to behold was my beloved husband. His scent was the first thing I wanted to caress my nostrils, his warmth the next feel I wanted to feel against my cold skin. But he wasn’t there as I had hoped. And that had shattered whatever was left inside of me. He had threatened to leave me, maybe he did.The fear of such possibility had made me fear and panic especially when I didn’t see him around me. It scared me but the familiar faces gave me a little bit of comfort. They were family and ones I loved. They had such effect on me. Not till I recalled what happened, how I fell. My hands had voluntarily found its way to my stomach where I wanted to feel the life inside of me. I was in a hospital for sur
I could hear my baby crying in my ears. Screaming in pain and asking me why I did what I did. I could imagine the judging, hateful look those blue eyes would give to me once she opens her eyes and the pain that would show itself in those eyes of hers. The pain was enough to consume me, to burn me, to torment me. With heaviness in my chest, I looked away from her unconscious body, lying on the bed with families around her. I could not bare to look at her, I could not dare to even think of going close to her, not what after I had done.I should have been more patient, more careful, more tolerant, I should have attempted to listen to her. But I didn’t. It was not her fault and I would have accepted my own child. She came at a time that our world was dark and I was about to lose my life, she came way before I decided that I didn’t want to have a baby, and like a miracle, she survived. How I snuffed the life out of her.I would forever live with this pain, wouldn’t I? This guilt, the memor
JORDANThe scream….The screams…The scream of my wife and the staff was what it took me to stop. Fear engulfed me and swallowed me whole, leaving every anger, betrayal and pain I felt earlier. I snapped my gaze back to the direction I had come from, knowing that her scream came from there.“No…” I screamed, seeing her rolling down the stairs. I could feel life leaving me at the sight of her. My legs started towards her as fast as I could just as everyone else. She came to a halt at the edge of the step and my heart died at her position. Then the blood.“Oh God! No…no…no….”“Get the car,” I screamed, feeling tears burn my eyes while I slowly placed her head on my thighs. She was bleeding and still fucking naked with just that robe.“Get the car,” I cried at the top of my lungs, fearing for the worse. I immediately checked for her pulse, praying, hoping, wishing that it would not come to that. I might as well die if it did.We rushed her to the hospital and the doctors immediately plac
GENESISI took a longer time in the bathroom this time around. The heat and steam of the shower had become my comfort and I was scared of leaving it. I would only return to our bedroom that had turned to a hunting ground for me. Each place and thing smelt of my husband and with the feel of him reminded me of the anger he had against me and the secret I had adamantly been keeping away from him.I missed him, each part of me missed him. It was almost like life was leaving me slowly and gently, yet I couldn’t stop it. Not that I couldn’t, I still didn’t know how to. I looked down on my tummy to notice the slight bump that showed the life growing inside of me. It was still so small and with my present choice of clothing, no one could notice. But how long? He deserved to know, I had to tell him and explain to him how it all happened. I had to before I completely ruin our marriage.I sighed heavily, feeling a familiar burn in my chest area while my hand ran in a circular motion around my s
JORDANI ended the meeting and shook the hands of the Russian investors. In a polite tone and a business manner, I thanked them and watched them leave the restaurant before I left. I got to the car and thought of what was left for me to do before I returned home.The thought of home made me smile, yet it made my heart ache. I had been away for five days and things had still not changed between Genesis and I. she was hiding something from me and I was losing my mind. I picked up my phone and stared at my wallpaper for a while. It was a picture of her, sleeping, and it was the most beautiful I had seen her. But again, she was beautiful in all ways, especially when she had her blue eyes opened. My heart ached and still longed for her.Just in the nick of time, she called and my heart leaped inside my chest. I picked it up quickly because I had missed her, I missed her voice, her face, her warmth, I missed being close to her. I simply missed her.“When are you coming home?” her whinny voi
“What happened?” Tiffany pulled me into a hug the moment I walked into the house and once again, I broke down before her. She took me to the sitting room where I sat down and cried my eyes out while she soothed my hair and simply allowed me cry.I recalled the pain in my husband’s eyes when I told him that I could not tell him the truth. I recalled the hurt, the pain, the fear I saw within those gazes, it burned my chest. I had looked him in the face and told him that I could not tell him the truth. What kind of wife was I? I was breaking all the promises we made to each other and keeping this, this preciousness away from him.“What happened to her?” I heard Tiana voice as her footsteps followed too.“She came in this way,” Tiffany answered and rubbed my back gently. None of them said a thing and simply comforted me while I cried till, I could no longer do that anymore.I drank a cup of water after which and I relaxed into the couch with the heaviness of the world on me.“I still can’
Days went by with nothing much happening. Jordan was constantly busy with work or simply being a loving husband while I grew lazier by the day. It was a good thing I had subordinates to handle my business, I would have totally been thrown into the dust with the rate at which my laziness grew. I slept more, ate more, slept more again, ate even more. My taste buds were also acting different, making me want something entirely different and hating things I love too. Margaret would usually get me what I want no matter how it got and she paid even closer attention to me now.I suspect she knew exactly what was going on with me, but had not said a thing, so I was happy about it and relaxed with her. However, I tried to sleep less and control myself when my beloved husband was available.It was burdening and aching my heart as the day goes by. But what was I supposed to do? I still hadn’t found a way to tell him what it was that was going on and I still didn’t have the boldness to speak out l