AELLA My arm hurt, my legs ache from kneeling for hours in the car and I am sore. Ace doesn't let go even when I continue to scream my lungs out and rain curses on him. Only a miracle would save me from this man. Ace pushes the door open, dragging me inside like a rebellious teenage daughter. Doctor Clara frowns immediately when she sees us. I must look awful with my hair scattered and mascara running down my face. "Mr. Hale, there has to be another way." She should be in her late fifties, but she looks beautiful regardless. "You are not here for counselling Clara. Just do your fucking job and leave." She raises her eyebrow frowning. I expect her to fight him for me, but she sighs resigning, moving back to arranging some really armful tools on the table. Oh my God. what is she going to do to me? I know Ace would never hurt me; I know I am the safest when I am with him. But I also know I am not sick. I think I must have exhausted mysel
AELLA "This is a knife." well thank you so much for the update, I had no idea before. "It can bring you pleasure and pain." He leans over me and pecks my lips. "Let me go please." He is scaring me. I have never been scared of him, but the man in front of me differs from the one I know. "I only plan to bring you pleasure with this." I gasp When he touches the tip of the knife to my throat. "But that would depend on you." "What do you want from me?" I ask swallowing. "The truth." "I already said I was sorry. Why are you doing this?" "I would show you pain when you run from me again." "I would never do that Ace, I swear." "You would, you will always fight me every step of the way, it is who you are. I would never have wanted you if you were any different." "You know this, and you still try to control me." "Don't ever call my need to protect you control. I warned you before I touched you." This man is a psycho. "Please let me go, you are sc
AELLA His mouth wasn't gentle on mine. His lips branded, teasing another moan from me, his tongue possessed my senses, forcing me to taste and savour. I start fighting to breathe when the kiss goes on for long. I bucked, fisting his hair in my hands, breaking the kiss. When he finally lets go, I open my mouth, struggling to breathe. He winks at me before he starts to undress. I would never get tired of this, man. Down to his beautiful perfect face, to his hands. I lick my dry lips when he pushes his shorts down until he is gloriously naked in front of me. He is hard, I know he would fit, but that never stops my breath from hitching whenever I see his beautiful huge cock. He pecks me again, before slamming to his knees and wrapping strong arms around my thighs, jerking me towards him. I screamed as his mouth connected with my clit, his hot breath driving me crazy. He nibbled my swollen clit, forcing his name from my mouth. I open my legs, hooking them around hi
ACE I love watching her sleep. Her red hair is spread across the pillow. She looks like an Angel, my own Angel, sent to rescue me from my hell. I watch her closely to ensure she is not having another nightmare. She has been having them lately and I desperately want to know what they are about. But I won't rush her, she will talk to me about them and the scars on her thighs when she is ready. I curse when my phone starts ringing in my pocket, startling me. I quickly silence it to avoid waking Aella up. It is Ryker. "Hey man, Jake told me you found your woman." I massage my temple; my headache has been going on for weeks now. I need to sleep, but I cannot sleep besides Aella, and even when I leave her to sleep and go to the office, I always end up working. "I am sorry I didn't call back yesterday." "I understand man. I just hope she finally realizes how much you love her." That keeps me speechless and confused. She had said she loved me y
ACE Her grip on the sheet tightens, her cheeks turn red and her pretty mouth opens in shock. This woman was made for me. The fact that she lets me do dirty things to her and gets shy the next minute would continue to be a mystery to me. After what felt like forever, she let go of the sheets. I can't help but notice how pink her cheeks are, I know she is fighting the urge to use her hands to cover herself. If I waited for Aella, She would take forever. unfortunately, I am not a patient man when it comes to her. I drag her towards me and smile when she kneels on the bed and rewards me by fixing those magnificent eyes on me. I don't miss her wincing. "Are you sore?" She pouts, rolling her eyes at me. I quirk an eyebrow, she seems to be rolling her eyes a lot lately. "Roll that eyes at me again, and I would put you over my knees. I don't care if you are sore, I will push your body down this bed and fuck you sideways, resting your legs over my shoulder
ACE She lets me hold her hands when the car finally stops. I know she is still fuming about the marks on her skin which are clearly on display right now for the whole world to see. I didn't have to bring any of my men because Ryker never goes anywhere unprepared. I smile when I see the amount of men surrounding the restaurant. I breathe in, I can get comfortable knowing that Aella is safe here. "You are welcome, Mr Ace, Miss Aella," the waiter at the door greets, walking us to our seats. I pull out Aella's seat and I don't miss the blush on her face. I keep forgetting the fact that she is just twenty, I need to work on giving her more romance, which is going to be very hard. I don't know how to be that guy. I look around surprised. There is no sign of Ryker, except for his men surrounding the building. I also don't see any guests around. It is either we are super early or extremely late. I take a seat beside Aella, she relaxes when I put my hand on her thighs.
ACE This woman makes me forget time. I fucking lose my control regardless of where we are. I would have dragged her out of this restaurant immediately to teach her a lesson if not for Ryker's interruption. Aella immediately gulps her wine before I can stop her. Ryker finally reaches our table smiling. He is a very handsome man, if I were gay, I would be head over heels for him. I have never been concerned about how good-looking my friends were, I never had any reason to be, but now that I have Aella, I never want her to look at Ryker and Elijah and start wondering if she settled for the wrong guy. I exhale smiling back at Ryker, my friends are obsessed with their women, and I trust them with my life. "I almost gave up on you. I thought you were never going to show up." I comment, standing up to hug him. "I would never miss a gathering like this. Who misses an opportunity to see a beautiful woman." He turns to Aella, his eyebrow raised in confusion. Aella
ACE Aella snuggles closer to me when we get to the car. I forget all about the unpleasant conversation in the restaurant when her hand began to roam on my body. After an hour or so, she sighs softly. "Are you awake?" "Hmm." She lazily ran her tongue down my cheek to my, exposed throat. "Fuck me." "Wow," I say laughing. "I don't think I would ever get used to this. Alcohol makes you brave. I am not going to touch you if you are going to sleep off on me." She grabs my cock, massaging me slowly. "I won't." At that moment, the car stops. we are home. I move out of the car first, before helping Aella. I nod my thanks to my driver Kevin. I meet Jake and Ryan at the door. Jake avoids my eyes, he knows that I know what he did. I carry Aella to the room and I can't help smiling when she keeps kissing and sucking my exposed throat. I drop her gently on the bed, and I start undressing. When I am left in just my brief, I move to her to help her undress too.
ACE EPILOGUE I frown, holding my tongue when Aella carries a chair outside, Ryker is whispering to North beside me, he must be saying something funny because it has her giggling. I lose it when Aella comes back inside to carry the second chair "Baby, let me do that" "Christ Ace, I am four months pregnant not handicapped!" North laughs beside me, and I give her the side eye. "You might shake the baby up with all those lifting" Why can't my wife see that I am making a lot of sense here? I have more than enough men around to help arrange, but Aella is hell-bent on doing things her way. When I confronted her yesterday, demanding that she let an event planner do it, she cried her eyes out and told me she wanted to plan her daughter's third birthday party herself, like she didn't plan the last two. "Dada, dada!" The smile on my face widens when Mia runs towards me. I bend to carry her, and she yawns. Aella immediately abandons everything, giving her attention to our daughter. "D
AELLA I push her hard when she tries to punch my stomach. I have blood all over me, but I take consolation in the fact that they are hers. She screams furiously when she lands on her butt. I am getting dizzy from all the hair-pulling. I yelp when she grabs my hair. "You should never have left your cage whore. You caused all of this, you drove me to this point child" She shouts, pushing, me to the floor and kicking me accurately. Pain slices through me and my eyes tear up, flowing freely. If I could get my mind past the pain and shock, I would fight back, she is trying to kill our baby. She draws her leg back and kicks me, I scream, my body folding over protectively, my arms wrapping around my tummy to protect my baby. Her first connects with my thighs in an angered, frenzied scream. "You will die with this bitch inside you, I will save the world from another whore like you." She sounds breathless. I don't know where I found the courage, but I suddenly got on my feet, punching
ACE My hands were shaking when Jake turned on his laptop. "Thankfully, she was taken here, I don't think she knew you had cameras in here." He clicks on the video, and I suddenly forget how to breathe "Aella mo... you know her?" I was suddenly sweating, "Not as Aella's mother." We would have found her sooner if I ever took the initiative to request pictures of my woman's mother. I slightly open my mouth to assist myself with breathing. "She was there that night Jake." Jake pauses, staring at me like I might have lost my mind. "We have never seen any woman in any of the videos sent to us all these years. You confirmed that they were all men." I sit, I fear I might fall if I don't. "I think my memory has been messed up all this while, I might have gotten it all wrong. But I swear to you, I know her," I look back at the video playing on the laptop. "Her hair, voice, that smile, how could I ever forget it? She had the same smile on her face when she killed my mother." "You said
AELLA I remember Ace telling me his father came home angry, and for the first time, raised his voice, he died that same day. Oh God, my eyes widen in shock, and I stare at Mama, hoping she tells me I am wrong "Please, tell me you didn't kill him." "Well technically no..." She smirks. "I only told Joe that he tried to rape me when I found out he was planning on snitching on us. Joe and Luciano were furious, so they made his death look like a car accident." I want to throw up, so I do. Ace would hate me when he found out that Mama had a hand in his father's death. "You would need a bowl by the time I finished my story." "It doesn't end there?" "Is that question number three?" God help me "Yes." "Tighten your seat belt, honey, it is about to get messy." She said, "I didn't like the fact that he chose his family over me, I wanted to destroy everything he worked for." "God, please no" "We went to their house, it was easy, Luciano had made a name for himself, he had m
AELLAI just want Ace, I know I would feel better when I saw his face. I make quick work of locking the front door, before running upstairs to the bedroom. I burst through the door, frenzied and out of breath, only to be met by a woman, standing in the middle of the room, staring at the window. She turns to face me almost immediately, and the knife in my hand falls to the ground dramatically. "Mama?" I feel dizzy and confused all of a sudden. I must have died at some point and ended up in hell with Mama, how else do I explain my sudden ability to see the dead? "You haven't changed Aella." She looks at my bump with disgust "I always knew you would end up a whore, prophesies never lie child." I don't know if I need to run, or defend myself. "You are dead." Someone, please wake me up from this dream. She laughs and my eyes widen in shock when I see the syringe. why is everyone so obsessed with drugging me? "You haven't changed Aella, still the same old child, looking for val
AELLA My heart immediately breaks, but I sniff to avoid crying. "Oh God, you were... you were like that till morning?" "Yes, I was at the hospital for weeks. My father's family took me in but later sent me away, Mike came to the rescue when I had no one else to turn to." "All of these don't define you, Ace, it only proves that you are a strong-willed man." "Thank you""I love you now, more than ever." "I have not been able to properly sleep since then. I keep having nightmares Aella, crazy ones. I end up physically hurting anyone around me when I am unconscious." "You are scared of hurting me? We wouldn't know if we didn't try Ace." "Remember I told you my uncle sent me out after a month because Lysandra told them about my trauma?" "Yes, how could I forget that." "We happened to spend the night together once." I raise my brow "Just sleeping Aella, we were kids." "Don't blame me for going there, I don't like her, you know that." "I hurt her, it could have been so mu
ACE I watch Aella sleep. There is something peaceful and calm about it, her red hair spread around her like a blanket, her small mouth slightly opened, and her eyes tightly shut. She looks like an angel straight out of a museum. I gently touch her hair, then her brow and she sighs. I never imagined I could ever have someone who genuinely loved me like my parents, someone ready to protect me like Mike and my mother. I fucking love Aella with all of me, and she doesn't even know she is giving me the most perfect gift which is our child. I never truly wanted to be a father until I laid my eyes on her. I suddenly had this animalistic urge to own her, to get her pregnant and when all this was over, she would be completely mine, she would be legally tied to me forever. I want to call her wife so badly, this time around, I don't want to just slip a ring on her finger like I did the first time she met my family, I want to properly ask her to marry me, and I know she would say ye
AELLA Ace looked older and tired, I didn't notice how much his hair and beard had grown, or the dark circles around his eyes, he looked like he hadn't slept in weeks. I wish I could say he looked like he hadn't slept in two days because I was away. I sigh, and he stares at me. We have been silent since I came back home, I guess he feels guilty after all. "When last did you sleep?" "Uhh?" My question threw him off guard. "I want to tell you the truth." "Then, tell me." "I hardly ever sleep Aella, and no, it didn't start because of you, It started way before I met you." "When you were molested?" I haven't seen the video, but with the little North told me, I guess molested is the best word to use. "You have seen it?" I am immediately mad when he buries his head in his hands in shame. I hear him sniff, and I force my butt to remain on my seat, if I move to console him now, he would think I perceive him as weak. "I am sorry you had to watch that, I would not stop you from leaving
AELLA "How could a beautiful woman like you, love a man like Ryker," I say, copying her. She laughs, smoothing her baby hair. "I know right." She frowns "I have been a terrible host. Do you want anything Aella?" "Water please." My throat is so dry. "Of course. Elena, a minute please" A beautiful young lady in her twenties comes in, holding a glass of water. I accept it with a smile, drinking greedily from the cup. "Here, do take her with you." She pouts, and Elena smiles, holding a laugh "I hope she sleeps longer; I might cry with her if she starts again." Elena loses the battle, laughing her ass out, with her hands on her belly. "I now understand why Mama sent me here, what would you do without me North? Give her to me, I will leave you two to talk, don't worry about this sleeping beauty." She waves at me, before leaving the room with the baby. "Your sister?" "Yes. bless her, she agreed to go to school from here, she is obsessed with Celeste." That explains Elena's bea