ZACHARY'S POVIf I stepped any more closer towards her, I would have not have been able to control myself for what happened next. That thought alone was despicable enough. Hannah wasn't aware of my thoughts and let alone what's conspiring. "Then what is it ?" She asked."It's not important." I mumur. I tried as much as to avoid eye contact with her. "Very well, thank you for the dance." She said warming herself with both her arms. "Cold ?" I teased."Nope, I'm pretending as if I'm shivering." Hannah nudge. "Too bad we aren't in a movie, I didn't have a jacket with me." She stared me down, more of she glared at me. "And you had the audacity to invite me up here." I shrugged. "You could have declined." I mutter."Maybe next time I will." She said and for some reason I felt something like a thorn stub my torso, it was similar to a sting. "Do you feel better now ?" I asked hoping a change of topic will make me avoid interrogating whatever that weird feeling was."No, I'm still cold." I h
HANNAH'S POV"She's changed, ridiculous. Could she be anymore naive." I spat bitterly. Maybe this time if Naomi eventually shows up I'll actually kill her.Maybe I should track her down and murder her right before Kerry makes that phone call."Would you not have that look on your face anytime I see you ?" I turned to see Zachary, he's the last person that I would want to talk to right now but he's better than Kerry. "Would you stop telling me how my face should work, you have other things to control. One of them is not my facial expression." I recite bitterly. "Fine." Zachary hummed. "It's your face, just get back in there so we can all reach a conclusion." Zachary insisted. I already did conclude, when I walked out."Are you deaf ? I said I'll do it myself." I repeated."That was only you talking the rest of us didn't get a vote in it so your opinion is irrelevant." He was right.I walked passed him and then ahead of him. "Where are you going ?" His voice was loud enough for the who
ZACHARY'S POVI wondered why Jacob wouldn't wake up even though there wasn't any kind of fault. "So you're still working for your uncle ?" I asked Hannah who didn't seem to have a knack for talking."No." Hannah mutter. I wonder if the fact of her always being afraid was not because of the Sinclair problem. It had something to do with her uncle."Then is Kerry lying ?" I asked, she tried to avoid my gaze. She let go of my hands and shakes her head."She's not lying, I did poison Jacob. I didn't have any other choice." Hannah said. What did she mean she didn't have any other choice ? Didn't I make it clear to that family not to make Hannah do their nasty errands. "What else ? What were you also ordered to do ?" I asked. For her to keep me busy with her depressive state she had to be pressured to do something else."That was all." Kerry said. "And you were aware ?" I asked. "You're just making yourself look worse." I told Kerry hoping she knew she wasn't off the hook."Right now who l
HANNAH'S POV"So, you forgive me ?" Kerry said with a nervous smile. We were at the hospital's cafeteria. She met me there scrolling through my phone and proceeded to offer her apology.I stared her down. Kerry can keep secrets but when it comes to Naomi she forgets she owns two lips and doesn't care to control her tongue."What would you do if I don't forgive you right now ?" I muttered waiting for reply. "You'll forgive me." She said confidently. "You always do." She added. I blame myself and no one else. "Who's more important Naomi or our friendship ?" I added as she put on a distraught look."Are you making me choose ?" She gasped."Not today." I told her. "You still don't have the right to make me choose." She declared, I shrugged. I've had enough. "That's why I'm giving you time." I pressed my palm against my face, my elbow supported my weight so I wouldn't slam the table flat on my face."You know that's not right." She claimed."It's not right to loose your senses to a woman
ZACHARY'S POVThe fifteen days went by like 15 seconds. Hannah avoided me, I think she was avoiding me since she was always at Jacob's ward at first, till she also started avoiding him.Today I was getting discharged so Tammy came to the hospital and I had her look for Hannah while I checked us all out.Kerry stood beside me waiting for Hannah as well.She was also acting weird as well, she mostly paid me a visit just so she could eat my snacks as well as take over my TV.But recently she's been a little bit quiet. Normally she's talks a lot and it started after I heard Hannah forgave her as I wished.What did Hannah say to her ?"So this would be your last day at the hospital, you don't exactly have a reason to be here in the first place." I pulled her out of her thoughts. She gave me a small smile and nodded. "This hospital was my only excuse for my dad to stop sending me to blind dates. Now I don't have a reason to be here since Hannah is getting discharged as well. It's back to g
HANNAH'S POVI looked at the ring that was branded with two chains to look like a necklace. "How do you expect me to pay 200 grand for this ?" I questioned the retailer."How do I know you didn't toss away the ashes and bring me this ring ?" I expressed my doubts."They are indeed the ashes, it's just that expensive because of the amount of ashes we had to use to make that single one." The retailer explained."I'll give you 50." I muttered writhing a cheque.I still had some change leftover from the money Zachary left me. I write the cheque and hand it to the retailer. "Next time you won't be able to bargain." I smiled and got up. I picked up the the ring and walk out leaving her.I won't need to make another one.I took an Uber and drove to the psychiatric hospital that Olivia was put in. After filling in my information, I asked to see Olivia.I was asked to wait, so I did.I was nervous. The last time I met Olivia was when she told me about her engagement. That's the happiest I've s
ZACHARY'S POVA week passed. Jacob was still at the hospital. I'm forced to visit him at the hospital due to my mom being superstitious. She believes if a discussion was held in person. The person in sick bed would heal faster.She also threatened to pull out in the middle of sponsoring if I didn't at least pay her a visit.I walked in to sit on the stool next to Zachary."I see you came alone." Jacob tease. I guess he's insisting I didn't bring along Tammy."She's at the company attending something that doesn't concern me. I mean to say a meeting. I've been in meetings back and forth." I said venting out my frustrations. "So you are a workaholic but you hate meetings ?" Jacob summarized."So, how long till you get out ?" I ask Jacob on his condition. "The doctors are giving me three weeks. When I told them I was poisoned they kept doubting me. I need to know what Hannah used, because it ain't Neqor." Jacob said while I arched a brow.What was he going to do with poison that makes you
HANNAH'S POV"Hannah Victoria. The name is Darrin." my agent assigned to me greeted me formally. It wasn't much of a greeting though. It was more of an introduction."It's nice to get acquainted with you." I gave him a smile. He tried to act normal but failed woefully. "Are you okay ?" I asked noticing his face was red all of a sudden."It's a hot day after all." Darrin claimed. It's been raining for the past three hours. It stopped recently and that's how I was finally able to meet Darrin today. "Of course. So how's my schedule like ?" I question Darrin who immediately went through his bag and brought out a tablet. "We don't have much to do today. I'm supposed to meet you, collect your contact and drop you back at the company by 4. It's 3pm, why don't we get acquainted with each other over a cup of coffee." I nodded and followed him to a cafe nearby.He ordered a coffee with cream while I ordered a black coffee. "Miss Hannah, you're not fond of sweets are you ?" He asked."Oh, I do l
"You look gorgeous." Kerry holds her chin merely glaring at him, if he was expecting a compliment back she wasn't going to give any. "See, you're behaving just like your mother, quiet, obedient. If you're lucky you could be my submissive as well." Kerry held her disgust down her throat."Well if I'm lucky you could loose your mind and snap my neck before then." Sinclair didn't mind her, he turned his back at her. "Hannah and Zachary are coming you better try your best to convince them you have to marry me or…""Yeah, yeah, or you'll tell the world that I was the one who murdered Liam Drew. I get it Sinclair so if that's all you got kindly find someone else to piss of I don't have the energy." Sinclair cast his gaze at her but she was unaffected, she was not like Hannah who would do anything to survive even though she was cornered. Kerry was different and it irritated him, he already hit her but she wasn't fazed, it was as if every single thing he tried to do to her was non threatenin
Beads of sweat stroke down the tepid across her face. Her sight was everything, he was the one taking in her agitated view, he wondered how carmine it would be with his member wrapped around the cusp of her lips. Hannah laid her head hoping to cool down the warmth across her face, she surmised him struggling, curious, she faced him head on just to see him devoid of his customary covering.Hannah basked at his bare figure, her teeth clamped her lips and if she dug any further she might have bled. Zachary leans over brushing his thumb over her lower lip, he held himself back from nibbling on them but the image of sweat drenched with blood aroused him. Another hand disposed of her under garment and Hannah couldn't stop a grin breaking across her pompous face. Her eyes stayed dove-like believing he would keep to his promise faster."You really are goddamn poignant." The grunt that followed lingered in Hannah's ears. He didn't even give her time to unwind her thoughts. He spread her legs
"How was today ?" Hannah brushed off his question, breathless between the kiss. Zachary smiled enjoying how oblivious she was to his question.He stopped the movement below their torso, curving a hand over her waist while the other hand helped hold her chin. "How was your day ?" Hannah didn't find his interruption funny at all, she didn't just encounter a death scare for this. "Don't do this Zachary." She almost whined trying to connect their lips once again but Zachary would not allow it."Not until you answer my question." He pressured."Christian finally shows up out of nowhere and planted a bomb on Olivia and Flora but I killed him before he could set the bomb off." This piece of information made Zachary weak all of a sudden, Hannah held his face crashing her lips on his as though she's been deprived of them for years.Zachary pushes her back. "Are you okay ?" Hannah's could understand his concern, he appeared as though he had witnessed the incident himself. "Mhmm." She mumbled
ZACHARY'S POVWhen I recommend for Claire to drop by sometime I didn't say she had to come by my house. I was busy or should I better rephrase that I was being drowned by work until she came over using my statement as armour. She waltz in without an invitation proceeds to raise the bridge of her nose. "You seem to have your work cut out for you." The irritation she had earlier was gone, it was her usual fake cheery self."Again, I'll repeat myself, get out of my house." I raised my voice a bit since the last two times were uneffective. "But you were the one who invited me Zachary, don't you think you should at least pretend you're happy to see me ?" "But I'm not happy to see you." I clicked my tongue at her. She pressed the back of her palm over her forehead. "Oh goodness Zachary can't you get a joke." She dropped her palm when she realized I'm dead serious about her absence."Why do you hate me so much ?" I don't know how she could so oblivious to the reason why so I just ignored h
"Hannah it's enough.." he increase his pitch a bit louder. Having enough he lunges to her fighting for the gun, her elbow nudge him away but he didn't let her go that easy. "It's enough.." Jacob yelled clamping a hold of the gun as well, she turned to him with tears rolling down her cheek. "It's not enough Jacob, it's not enough for what they did to me. They killed father, they drove my mother away. They made every damn day of my life a living nightmare. They exploited me and made me this mind fuck of a mess, I should have killed Ephraim not Sinclair, I should have murdered every single one of the Mendovas." Jacob nodded encircling his arms over her, he buries his forehead on her shoulder."I'm sorry for what happened to you, it must have been hard for you anyone in your situation would have ended everything so please just drop the gun okay ?" His soothing voice calmed her nerves, she was sobbing looking down at the gun in her grasps.Hannah found the scene familiar, the time she kill
Kerry looked at the documents Sinclair placed on the table for her. It was the actual will her father left behind. She didn't know how Sinclair got it but she wasn't surprised. "What is this ?" Kerry opened her mouth a little gasping in shock. "What do you mean by that ?" Sinclair's entire right arm cleared the table."You tricked me, I'm supposed to be the rightful heir to the widoeth's property, you made me look like a fool in front of everyone when your father.." Kerry put a hand up as pissed as Sinclair was, he paused."Look Asher, you're fucking loaded you don't need my father's property more than I do. I'm his fucking offspring and the original will did say it all belonged to me, the only difference is I'm not in a miserable position like my mother." Her hands were pressed on the table, she slowly lifts up her torso, pressing her back to the comfort of her seat."Taking what's rightfully mine isn't a trick, besides this documents could be a farce since you can't back down from l
HANNAH'S POV"What are you doing ?" Hannah watched Jacob fidgeting to get his phone from his pocket, beads of sweat dripping from his face with his face weighed down in panic. "What does it look like I'm doing ?" He quickly paid her a glance before going back to his phone. She leans over to him peeping the ID of the person on his phone."The police ?" Hannah raises her brow, what could the police do ? "I know you're not a fan of cops but my sister is close to being cafeteria's chili." His panic was understandable to Hannah, Flora was his sister and unlike the Mendova's the Montiquez actually like each other. "I doubt the police might have any knowledge on how to diffuse the bomb, your sister will end up dead faster if we contact them." Jacob held his phone in a pause mustering Hannah's words he couldn't help but think she was right"So what do we do ? Wait for the person who planted it to actually blow them up ?" Hannah shook her head. Jacob didn't understand how she was able to be so
HANNAH'S POVOlivia no longer likes me and that's okay I'm beginning to dislike her as well. I knew it wasn't going to be easy getting her to like me but she keeps bringing up stupid shit I did in college when we all went for the family dinner. She did say she was going to take everything from me and end me in ruins but petty banter seems rather sluggish.She stopped later on when Zachary and her had a talk, I didn't know what it is about but I'm glad that got her to shut up.I didn't want to handle it myself, I might have ripped her tongue out if I tried. The family dinner wasn't as bad as I thought it would have been.Diana did most of the talking and Flora talk when she could. She was mostly on her phone and I didn't mind. She did talk with Olivia mostly it's expected since they had a relationship to begin with.So tell me why Olivia met me with Darrin when I was at work to tell me how she and Flora were planning a girl's day out and to my surprise Flora wanted me to be there. How
ZACHARY'S POVTammy slightly bowed the moment she walked in and spotted my father, she quickly relays what she could and quickly leaves me and my old man to talk."She's like a robot." I nodded, I didn't really want to talk more on Tammy, I wasn't interested in discussing that. There wasn't even a need."Your wife how is she ? I heard she's working for another company now ? Trouble in paradise." My father may look like someone who has nothing to do with gossips but this man is the first one to know when something happens. Maybe it's because he and my mom married early and he had nothing better to do than to gossip with her all day, I suspect that is the case. "She was demanded by another company but the royalty she got alone from there was enough for Mom to give her the green light. If you want someone to gossip with you why don't you ask mom. All she does is call in Hannah and eat with her." If my father didn't get the gist I went straight to the point."Go and gossip with your wife