Legs? What the hell?Ethan looked around wondering if Lucian was referring to someone else behind them but he didn't see anyone then he looked at Saira who was still but no longer looking pale."I see you've not changed one bit." He eyed her clothes. "Still dressing in clothes that are way too big on you. Are you really that scared of someone noticing your curves?"Ethan almost choked on his spit, looking shocked. This bozo had a lot of nerve talking to his wife like that as if he wasn't standing there."Hey, What do you think you're doing?" Ethan demanded angrily. "How dare you talk to her like that?"Lucian cut his gaze to Ethan who looked very pissed and he grinned. "I've always wanted to meet you in person, Ethan Delnoi. I'm Lucian Chamberlain." He held out his hand. "Peridot oil and gas."Ethan stared at his hand like it was something disgusting then looked at his face. "Peridot? You mean the company that Delnoi corporation owns majority of their shares? That Peridot?" He arched
Two days laterSaira sat in the reception of the registrar's office waiting to see the person in charge when the electronic doors slid open and someone walked in. She was busy texting Ethan on the phone so she didn't notice the person sitting beside her until she felt a hand brush the nape of her neck and she jumped."Hey Legs." Lucian grinned.Saira glared at him. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" She spat acidly. "How dare you touch me like that?""I always touch you like that." He smirked. "Remember?""I see that your nose is still intact." She shot him a saccharine smile. "Maybe I'll have Ethan aim for your nose this time. Just you wait." She grabbed her file and moved away from him.Lucian sighed, rolled his eyes and went to join her on the far end of the recliners. "Why did you marry that douche, anyway? He's a player and I know he's not your type." He said."So who's my type? You?" She questioned mockingly. "I'd prefer to date a mad man than to date someone like you."
Ethan took a deep shuddering breath when he felt Saira's hand pull from his and he turned his head to look at her. He watched her take a step back, watched her swallow as she stared at the baby in Jeanette's arms. The baby who was his exact replica except that his eyes were green like Jeanette's and he had blonde hair like her but it was a given, even without conducting a DNA test that DJ was his biological son."Saira?" His voice was shaky as she took another step back. Was she leaving?"Um..." She paused, looking everywhere else but at him. "You should um... go upstairs and finish this."Ethan backed Jeanette, completely forgetting about her and focusing on his wife who looked like she wanted to be anywhere else but in the lobby at that moment."We can talk about this. Don't leave." He pleaded as she continued backing away from him."I have to go." She turned and ran down the opposite direction towards the fire exit."Saira!" He called and made to run after her but Jeanette's voice
Ethan was stupefied wondering what just happened but he got himself and ran after her, grabbed her elbow and whirled her around to face him."Let go." She snapped yanking her arm from his. "I'm being ridiculous right? Why don't you and your smart self get into your smart car and leave me alone?""Saira...""Don't talk to me for a few days." She ordered. "I'm going to my mom's house." She held up her palm."What?" He frowned."I need money to go there, doofus." She snapped."There's no need for insults now." He scolded her as he pulled out his wallet, took out his driving license and dropped the wallet on her palm. "You can go now.""I do not need all of it." She protested."Yeah, whatever." He muttered and walked away."Are you really leaving?" She looked stunned."Just following orders... ma'am." He called over his shoulder.Saira huffed planting her hand on her hip as she waited for him to turn back and look at her at least but he didn't and just kept on walking."That's how you wan
Two days later"Dude, what's going on with you and Saira?" George demanded. "Everyone has noticed that the two of you are having a lovers quarrel. Don't tell me it's because of that mysterious woman that showed up here two days ago?""We're fine." Ethan said. "You don't expect us to be with each other every hour of the day, do you?""I'd believe that if you were studying a different course." George huffed. "You know you can talk to me Ethan."Ethan groaned. "Okay fine. But that will be later." He said. "Where's Harry?""Talking to Saira.""Why?" He looked for Saira and found her sitting at the back where the bench warmers usually gathered which made him frown wondering what she was doing there. Harry had his arm around her shoulders talking quietly to her."We decided that I'll be the one to talk to you and he'll talk to her." George shrugged. "We don't like what's happening with the two of you so we want both of you to kiss and make up.""We'll kiss and make up when we're ready." Eth
Ethan sat in the restaurant of the hotel waiting for Jeanette to join him. He'd wanted to tell Saira where he was going but decided at the last minute. He didn't want to be the one to talk to her first and have her gloat about it even though he knew she wouldn't because she wasn't someone like that.He was missing her like hell and as George said, they needed to kiss and make up but not yet. "Sorry for keeping you waiting." Jeanette apologized as she joined him. "I had to... feed the baby.""It's fine." He said. "Let's order. I'm starving." He signaled to the waiter.The waiter came and they told him their order and he left. Jeanette picked up the glass of water on the table, took a sip and dropped it."You wanted to see me?" She asked."Yeah." He stroked his chin. "I'll just go straight to the point." He let out a sigh. "I want a DNA test done.""Okay." She said. "I figured you'd want that." She smiled faintly. "When?""Tomorrow. I booked an appointment with my doctor at our family
Saira was stunned as she felt Daniel's lips touch hers and she immediately drew back then glared at him. "What do you think you're doing?" She demanded. "He doesn't deserve you, Saira." Daniel said. "It's not even been a month and he's gone back to his old ways. You should get out while it's still early.""Get out of where?" She feigned ignorance."This toxic marriage. Do you really want to be with a man who doesn't respect you and the vows you both took?""You caught me at a bad time, Daniel." She told him. "I just got an unexpected call and I wanted to talk to my husband but I couldn't reach him...""Because his mistress picked the call and told you your husband had just finished banging her and was in the shower washing off the scent of her body from his before he returns to you." Daniel cut her off harshly. "You really want to be with that kind of man?""Maybe I misunderstood her." She shook her head. "Ethan loves me."Daniel laughed without humor and sighed. "You're seeing thing
The happy couple walked casually and without hurry to the department of Business Administration despite being an hour late to class which was unlike them, but at the moment they didn't have any care in the world. They walked holding hands, smiling widely and teasing each other and were oblivious to the person watching them from a distance. After all, what harm could befall them in broad daylight with other students loitering around?"Hi!" A voice called out. "Ethan!"Saira and Ethan both turned simultaneously to stare at the person and saw a lady coming towards them with a big smile on her face."Do I know you?" Ethan frowned when she got to them."Uh no, I'm sorry." She apologized. "I just... I've been wanting to meet you for a while now. I'm a big fan of yours."Ethan was surprised. "Fan? I'm not a celebrity or anything." He said and looked at his wife. "Or am I?"Saira chuckled, saying nothing."Well you're more famous than Brad Pitt these days." The lady said laughed. "What a...
"Ethan!" Saira cried."Now your turn." Daniel stood over her with the gun pointed at her head. "My love for you has turned to poison, Saira. I'm sorry, but I have to do this." Then he pulled the trigger, but the bullet wasn't discharged and she watched in shock as Daniel fell to his knees with a bullet lodged in his head and he slumped to the floor beside Ethan."Not on my watch." A female voice remarked from the doorway.Saira looked up with wide eyes at Ethan's mother who was still pointing the gun at Daniel as she walked into the room as if she wanted to shoot him again."Mom?" Saira croaked out. "How did you...What are you doing here?""I called her when the police were taking too long. She got here faster than they did." Harry walked into the room. "I'm beginning to think you were a car racer in your previous life, Mrs Delnoi."Eileen chuckled. "Ethan's father taught me." She knelt beside Ethan. "Oh, my poor baby.""We should take him to the hospital." Saira's voice was hoarse fr
A week laterEthan"Are you sure you want to do this without involving the police?" Harry asked me as we sat in the car a few distance from the house where Daniel kept Saira. "I mean...""I want to do this myself, Harry." I cut him off. "He won't get away with this."I'd contacted Uriel Yamaguchi alright, and he'd promised to help me out. He knew everything one could possibly know about hacking computers and was also a professional hyper realistic mask creator. He'd been able to hack into Daniel's phone and computer and even his car and had gotten me all the information I needed to find Saira. I'd wanted to come and save her the same day, but I'd decided to wait and make a plan so everything would go smoothly.I reached out to carry the box on the back seat and dropped it on the console between our seats then looked at Harry."I'm going in." I told him."I'll come with." He said. "You can't tell me not to come with you. He'd probably have more than enough men guarding her, now that h
Three days later "What did you do?!" Saira cried immediately Daniel came into her room. "What did you do?!""You killed him." Daniel shrugged."Excuse me?" She was dumbfounded."You said you'd rather die than be with me. You said you wanted to be with him and not me, so I thought I'd just make it easier for the judge by judging him myself." He replied flippantly. "You kill using a gun... so, one must die by the same weapon.""Where did you put him? No one can find him." She said through gritted teeth.After the shooting, the men had gone to look for Ethan to finish him off finally, but they couldn't find him. He'd just... disappeared. They'd set the house on fire thinking that if he'd survived the rain of bullets, then he wouldn't survive the fire. "He was probably hit so he went to hide somewhere to die alone." Daniel said. "Now you can be with me forever.""Over my dead body. You have killed my son and husband. I have nothing else to live for." Saira sobbed."I would never harm an
"Actually no." She said flatly.His smile dimmed and she smirked smugly back at him, happy she'd stolen his thunder."I already knew." She shrugged. "Darina loves Ethan too much, so it's out of the question that she'll want him to plead guilty in court. Lucian doesn't have anything to gain by kidnapping me, so I figured that you would be behind it." She waved her hands in the air. "It wasn't rocket science.""Very well." He breathed. "Then you must know the condition I set for him.""Ethan would never do that." She scoffed. "It seems you don't know him.""I know he loves you very much and he'd do anything for you." Daniel smirked."You're asking him to throw his life away!" She yelled."Pssh. I'm sure he'll get a lesser sentence." He shook his head. "His dear mother wouldn't let him go down like that.""And this is how you want to repay the woman who opened her arms to welcome you? The woman who treated you like her son when your own biological mother abandoned you?" Saira questioned.
"No!" Saira cried. "Pay him no mind Ethan!""Do that or you'll never see your wife again." The leader said and disconnected the call, shut the laptop and tucked it under his arm. "Better pray he loves you enough to do that." He turned and walked out.Saira was pissed off at the turn of events, but there was nothing she could do. She was tired of going through the same motions over and over again and wanted to end it all, but the thought of never seeing Ethan or her son again prevented her from doing that. What was more annoying was the fact that she didn't even know the person behind her kidnap even though everything within her was screaming Darina's name, but then... She was much too in love with Ethan to want him to go to jail for life.Lucian Chamberlain? He had nothing to gain from doing this, so he was also ruled out and the third option was Daniel."Bastard." Saira hissed. "I'm going to kill him when I see him. I swear it." She clenched her fists in anger.There was no doubt no
"Sir, Mrs Anderson is here to see you." Adelaide informed Ethan.Ethan looked up from his laptop in surprise. "Saira's mom?""Yes sir." Addy nods."She's here with my wife?" He rose to his feet."She's here alone sir, and she looks very mad." Addy winced."Right." He sighed. "Is DJ asleep?""Out for the count." She smiled."Good." He said and left.He got downstairs and met Jesselyn sitting on a single wingback chair in the hallway. She hadn't even bothered to go to the sitting room to wait. He took a deep breath as she stood up when she saw him and from the furious look in her eyes, he knew something was up with Saira."Good morning, ma'am." He greeted."There's nothing good about this morning if your face is the first thing I have to see." Lyn said. "Where's my daughter?"Ethan's brows furrowed in confusion. "Your daughter? I don't know where she is." He replied. "Did she run away from home?""No you bastard!" She yelled. "Where the hell is my daughter?!""I don't know. I've not see
A few days later"What are you doing here?" Saira glowered at Daniel immediately he stepped into the sitting room. "Who let you in?""Your Mom. How are you doing sweetheart?" He walked around the sofa and bent his head to kiss her, but got a slap in the face for his effort. "Why did you do that?" He rubbed his cheek."You tried to kiss me. Should I have let you?" Her voice dripped with sarcasm.Daniel glowered at her and took a seat on the table in front of her. "How are you doing?""I'm fine. Thanks for asking, but it's none of your business." She snapped."Anything that concerns you is my business." He reached out to hold her hand, but she withdrew her hand and folded them across her chest. "You don't look fine to me, Saira.""Please leave me alone, Daniel.""Is this because of Ethan? Your mom told me you've refused to eat." Daniel said. "If you kill yourself because of love, Ethan Delnoi will continue to live on and find love again.""Don't talk rubbish." She spat. "You don't know
"I can't believe that girl had the guts to kidnap Saira." Kaisha remarked as she watched the news on TV. It'd been a week since the incident but news stations still reported the news like it happened yesterday, and why? Ethan Delnoi had been arrested by the police for murder.The Lawsons were very adamant in having him arrested, but they had no power like the Delnois. Not even close and sure enough, Ethan was bailed out that same day by his mother's lawyers."She got killed for it, so it was her loss." Darina said. "She didn't even get to finish what she started." She clicked her tongue in distaste. "Stupid girl.""So are you still going ahead with the plan?" Kaisha inquired. "For the video tape?""I was going to, but after the stunt this foolish girl pulled with Ethan... I'm dropping it." Darina said. "I'd rather not see my head hanging on his wall as a prize, thank you very much.""I pity Ethan though." Kaisha mused. "The guy's not had a break since he started dating that Saira and
Ethan paced to and fro in the waiting room with his hands clasped together in prayer. Saira had lost a lot of blood from her injuries and though he'd donated some of his for her but, it still wasn't enough.Harry had been checked for injuries but he didn't sustain any except a deep cut on his cheek which had been cleaned and taken care of."She'll be fine dude. She's strong." Harry croaked out."You should really go home and rest, Harry." Ethan told him."And leave you here? No way." Harry shook his head. "That bitch would've killed us if you hadn't come in when you did. I owe you my life, bro."The door to the waiting room opened and Eileen rushed in with Eugene, and surprisingly, Harry's mom."Mom?" Harry was shocked to see her. "How did you...""It doesn't matter." His mother, Dorathy shook her head, pulling him close. "All that matters is that you're fine." She pulled back and looked at Ethan. "I want the name or names of the people who did this.""Name. Anne Lawson." Harry said.