Two days later"No! No!" Darina screamed suddenly during breakfast as she stared at her phone. "This can't be true.""What have I told you about using your phone during breakfast?" Her father scowled at her."Look!" She shoved her phone in front of his face. "This can't be true, right?"Frederick Walter read the news headline and shrugged. "If it's on that website then it's true." He said. "Besides, it's about time that boy settles down.""That boy! is my future husband dad!" She snarled. "At least he was until this..." She grunted in exasperation. "I hate her!""Quit your yapping and eat. When your mother gets back today, you can scream and yell all you want in her ear." Fred rumbled."I bet that mom knew about this." Darina seethed. "I'll never forgive her for doing this to me. She knows how much I love Ethan."Fred rolled his eyes and groaned then pushed his chair back and stood up. "I'm off to the club. Say hi to your mother for me." He walked out of the dining room.Darina went t
A month later"Where the fuck are they?" Daniel's frown deepened as he stared at his wristwatch for the umpteenth time. He'd returned home from visiting his friends and when he asked about his father and Eileen, he was told they'd gone to the airport so he'd guessed that Ethan and Saira were returning today but that was five hours ago.Surely, the traffic couldn't be so bad that they'd be stuck in it for five hours!The airport was like a two hour drive from their estate so either they'd gone out to celebrate or their flight had been delayed and they weren't coming home anymore but since it was a private jet... they had no excuse whatsoever not to be home by now.Daniel paced to and fro in the sitting room wondering who he could call to ask about the jet when he heard his father's voice in the hallway and he let out a sigh of relief.The door opened and his parents walked in and closed the door but with no sign of Ethan and Saira in sight."Mom, dad... welcome." He said glancing at th
A week later"Are you okay, sweetheart?" Ethan looked over at Saira as she kept fidgeting in her seat after he parked the car and shut off the engine."I'm kinda scared." She said."Why?" He looked surprised. "Is it because of Darina?""No. Anne." She frowned. "Didn't you say she escaped being caught by the police?""Yeah, but she knows better than to come back to school or even this state." He tucked her hair behind her ear. "Besides, we'll be together all the time so you have nothing to worry about.""Many things can happen between me leaving you to go to the restroom you know." She pouted. "You watch it in movies."Ethan chuckled. "Fine. Then I'll go with you to the restroom if you want. I'll stand guard outside." He said. "That cool with you?"Saira shook her head. "I'm just being silly. I won't kill your social life just because I'm scared of a girl like me.""You have every right to be scared." He said. "She was your friend but she literally stabbed you in the back. Left to me,
Ethan sat in the cafeteria waiting for Saira and wondering where she could be. She'd told him to meet her here by twelve and he'd gotten here two minutes before twelve but she was nowhere to be found.Hoping she was okay and not in trouble, he fished out his phone and clicked on her number that he'd put on speed dial then put the phone to his ear as it began to ring. He'd had to politely tell so many girls off and he wasn't sure he had anymore polite bone in his body at this point. "Hey hon." Saira's cheerful voice greeted in his ear.Ethan let out a sigh of relief. "Sweetheart... where are you? It's 12:05." He said."I know. I'm very sorry." She apologized. "Professor Williams called me to her office to see her. I left her not quite long but I'm on my way to the cafeteria now.""Alright." He said. "Be careful.""I will. I love you.""I love you twice as much." He grinned. "Kisses." He hung up. He looked at Darina as she slipped into the chair in front of him and he sighed."You'd bl
"Eat!" Ethan ordered.The girl whimpered and with a shaky hand, dug the spoon inside the bucket and scooped up a small amount of the dirt and raised it to her lips."Please don't make me eat it." Her voice shook."I am waiting." He folded his arms across his chest glaring at her. "You either eat or you bathe in it.""What is going on here?" Saira pushed through the crowd and came to stand beside Harry, took in the scene in front of her and faced Ethan. "What do you think you're doing?""What does it look like?" He asked. "I'm punishing them for destroying your pretty dress and... why haven't you changed?"Saira sighed. "I forgot my room key at home so I can't get into my room.""You should've asked Olivia for a spare." He said."No one was there." She said, glanced at the crying girl again and shook her head. "Let her go. What happened was an accident.""It wasn't." He objected."Either way." She said dismissively. "This is not high school anymore.""Oh you've not seen anything, Saira
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