I have not been going to school since that day, not that it bothers me though, after all, they are all a bunch of mean students making my life a living hell. Leah has made sure to stay clear off my path, and I have not seen Logan since after that confrontation. He always does this. Anytime there is an argument of some sort, he runs away for days before I set my eyes on him, and ever since I moved into his room, he has been very much absent.When Tia entered my room to inform me about lunch being served, her face was moody.“What is it, Tia?” I asked immediately, praying that it isn’t some bad news from home, and that she has to take a leave of some days to get things sorted out.“Miss Leah changed the food menu you adjusted,” she said.I sighed in relief. “That’s fine, Leah. It’s just food, and it does not bother me.” I told her, and meant it. I really do not care about what is being prepared. I do not have food allergies like some people that I have met, so whatever is on the menu i
Riley and Emma met up at a low class restaurant downtown as usual. Riley made sure that this time around, nobody will be able to trace her to the restaurant, or to Emma. She had fired her manager the moment she landed back in New York;the stupid girl had been visiting every beach and chasing after young hairy boys without shirts on instead of doing her job, and employed someone else. She made sure she went for someone who is as eager to get a job done as he is to getting paid. It was he who found out the local restaurant for her, and she was grateful that she would be paying for whatever they would have in cash, instead of card payment.Emma strolled in just five minutes after Riley settled in at a booth reserved for them in the hidden corner of the place, and she sighed in relief, thankful that she did not have to wait for hours for Emma to show up. Emma did not bother herself much in the area of disguise like Riley, but of course, the bitch rarely cared about what most people think
Logan’s POVI stayed up late at the casino that night just making sure that everything is going on smoothly, and to clear my head at least. Alice has not picked my call since I left the house, and she has not replied any of my messages.I have tried to pretend that not hearing from her is gradually driving me insane, and consciously avoiding those who can read me like a book. I have called the house phone severally in hopes that Alice would be the one answering it, but the domestic staff have been the ones taking the calls, so I had to stop otherwise they would think that something is definitely wrong with me.Even the other day when Leah and I spoke on the phone, I had stylishly asked her about Alice, and she had offhandedly responded that my wife is doing okay. I did not pursue the subject with her, although I am glad that she was a bit distracted by something else.I sat at my private lounge and watched the activities going on: strippers twirling on the poll, dancers entertaining c
I supposed the one that gets me the most is the boy dying. I had asked Ethan to get him a private doctor to tend to his injuries, because we cannot afford to take him to a hospital and risk getting exposed at all. And with Kozlova’s quest and thirst to bring me down, he is recruiting every gullible and greedy young boy in my team against me, and thanks to Ethan who does an excellent job at finding out things in time, he has been unable to succeed.What other means and length will the bastard go just to bring me down?If Kozlova has not given up in almost ten years, he is not about to give up now, and I am even surprised that he is still using the same method he has been using that has not worked for him. Although I really appreciate Ethan for being smart and sleek, I do not like the way he approaches these things.I am very sure there are other ways to get these young boys punished rather than being so brutal and fatal about it, but I think Ethan has gone beyond listening to me regard
I snuck out of the house to have an arranged call with Kozlova. We have already made plans on the days and time to call. Thankfully, Logan has made himself scarce in the house, and Leah and I are not in talking terms, so the arrangement suits me just fine.I had to go outside because I cannot risk anyone listening in on our conversation. I cannot jeopardize my one chance of bringing Logan D’Nores to his feet, crying and pleading for mercy for what he did to me.I was about opening the door to my room when I saw that it is ajar. Who could have entered the room in my absence and at this time of the night? I am pretty sure I closed the door when I left. Or had Logan come in when I was out? That cannot even be possible, because if he did, I would have noticed him driving in or something.Now this is why I had to go all the way outside to talk to Kozlova because of incidences like this. I would have been caught red-handed, and I am certain Logan will feed me to the dogs should he find out
I rolled from one end of the bed to the other end that morning feeling bright and cheerful for no particular reason. I got up and checked the clock, it is almost 10am. I have been waking up awfully late these days, and even though I want to blame it on sleeping late last night, I know that that is not the reason.Anyway, I got up and went into the bathroom to freshen up and get ready for breakfast. When I came out of the bathroom, I heard a knock on the door. Expecting it to be Tia, I happily opened the door, surprised to see one of the male staffs standing there with a full box of package in his hand.“Hello,” I said to him.“Good morning, Mrs D’Nores,” he responded with a wide smile.Mrs. D’Nores…if someone had called me that in public filled with so many people, I would have ignored because I always forget that I am a wife, much more the wife of who I am, and I definitely do not want to be a D’Nores, now or ever.“Mr. D’Nores had this delivered for you this morning,” he said and ha
I woke up with a filled spirit that morning, and as I sat down to eat breakfast, I scrolled through names of fashion brands in my phone that has been recommended to me by that chatty salesgirl. I had reached out to her, and she had immediately sent me a list of a hundred good designers in New York. The house cleaner walked up to me and cleared her throat.“Excuse me, ma’am, you have a visitor.” She announced.I wouldn’t have bothered to look up at her face because she always has this sour expression on her face whenever she is around me, and I am glad I do not have to deal with that look often.I have never had a visitor since I was dragged into the mansion. Who on earth could want to see me, much less have the audacity to come to Logan’s house to look for me? Logan’s house is very precious and sacred to him, and according to him, only people who are extremely close to him are allowed into his home.“Who is this visitor?” I asked her, and she shifted for the man to be seen.Before me
Logan’s POVI am currently shooting a movie scene on set with one of the super talented actresses in Hollywood. Initially, the casting crew had cast Riley and I for the role of a couple madly in love with each other and fighting against all odds to be together, but when the script got to me and I read and discovered that there are way too many intense kissing and sex scenes in the movie, I quickly called my director and asked him to change the female lead character or I would not be taking the project.After much grumblings and thankfully Riley had not been informed yet, he finally accepted.“And please, I don’t want any of my ex-lovers either,” I had told him.“Oh, for fuck’s sake, Logan!” he had grumbled, but then went for an equally talented actress who happens to be happily married.Thank goodness!I knew he would not give the role to someone else even after threatening to do so, because he knows that I am the idol in Hollywood, and people love to watch movies that I am featured i
Logan’s POV“Why isn’t Ethan picking his damn phone?!” I muttered in exasperation and I continued to dial his number and pace around the living room.Leah just sat on the couch and stared.Ethan has been gone for some days now without telling me where he was going, which is unlike him, and very upsetting.“You need to relax, I am sure Ethan will soon be here,” Leah said to me.Then something clicked in my head. “Hold on, did he tell you where he was going?” I asked Leah and she looked away, a sheepish grin playing on her lips.Damn these folks, they are indeed playing a fast one on me.I heard the door creak open, and I turned immediately to scold Ethan, knowing he would be the one entering the house, but everything in me went still at who I saw beside Ethan.Alice.Leah and Ethan immediately went upstairs, leaving us alone. Seeing Alice after the betrayal is shocking, but nothing prepared me for the sight that beheld me; her stomach bump.We stared at each other for a long period of
I sensed that Ethan shook his head.“Logan could have told you, but he was protecting you way too much. Little did he know that you are slimier and more devilish than he would ever have imagined,” Ethan said.I expected to feel venom in his words, or scorn and anger and vengeance in his voice, but all I felt was an unexpected calmness.Something tells me that he is not exactly calm instead. Why should he? He is practically standing in front of the woman that plotted and killed his best friend and boss.Well, maybe this is the calm before the storm, which I am fully ready for now, only that I would rather he did not do anything violent in the home or even around the home that took a total stranger like me in without questions and showed me nothing but love and hospitality.Ethan cleared his throat, but he still did not move an inch. “Well, I will tell you what Logan failed to,” he said and paused.I have no idea if he expected any response from me, and I have been through so much to ev
Indeed, the farmer’s wife was right about their daughter; she is a chatty and vibrant teenager who unbelievably knew so much about the world even though they lived far away into the bush. I have spent a couple of months there now, and each time, my heart ached for what could have been; the love and happiness the farmer and his family shared were rare.I have never met a family so contented and at peace with their environment, and to think that his wife gave up her job in the city just to move down to his ranch.It even came as a shock to me when their teenage daughter spoke so fondly about Logan D’Nores, and to prove her point, she has magazines of him in her bedside drawer, and her most desired dream would be to see him someday and tell him how much of a fan she was.“She buys magazines that carry his pictures any time we go to town,” the farmer had said so one evening over dinner when she would not stop talking about the famous Logan D’Nores.Apparently, she is not conversant with
Logan’s POVI woke up feeling like shit.“Took way longer than I expected,” Ethan said.I recognized his voice immediately, and I turned to him. “Ethan,” I muttered.“Do you feel any better?” Ethan asked.“No, but I would like to have a mirror. I know I look a mess already,” I said and ground my teeth.“There is no way I am letting you get close to a mirror right now until you are completely on your feet,” Ethan said.“Aside feeling like shit, I don’t feel much pains,” I said as I stretched my body on the bed. “The doctor has confirmed that you will be fine. There are no broken bones, and that is why you are not wrapped up in bandages,” Ethan said, chuckling.I groaned. “I detest bandages.” I said, and then looked at Ethan worriedly, “Where is Leah?” I asked.“Relax, man, she only went to her room to get a nap. She has been up by your side ever since the accident, and she hasn’t slept a wink.I had to literally force her to go and rest her head. You gave us all a scare, Logan,” Ethan
When I woke up, it was at around 4am. The pain had stopped, as well as the dull headache. There was a dim light glowing from the bedside lamp, but it was just enough to illuminate the room.I could still hear the chirping of the birds, which reminds me again of Logan and his multimillion naira mansion.Then I jerked up!My baby! I touched my stomach, and my heart started to race really fast.I am no longer in pains, and the bleeding has obviously stopped, and I really slept for hours; I am not sure I have slept this long since I was a child, and now, I have been sleeping uninterruptedly for hours since I met this stranger who is being extremely nice to me for no reason.What have they done to my baby?! I wanted to wail and scream, but it is still dark outside, and I am yet to fully understand my new environment.Silly me, I should have thought and made adequate plans on my own before running away just like that. Now what if I have landed myself in the hands of an evil man and his fami
I ran as fast as I could without stopping. My heart was pounding really fast. “I have killed Logan. I have killed Logan. I have killed Logan,” my heart continued to remind me. Fortunately for me, I did not have to run long enough before I heard the sound of a moving train.There was a stop just ahead, and I added extra speed just to meet up so that the train would not leave me. I got there just in time.The train had just finished taking in its passengers after others got out of the train, and I jumped in as well, looking like a lunatic.I could not get a seat, and worse, I did not even know the destination of the train, but I did not mind. I head onto the pole to steady my quivering feet and my breath.“Hey, are you okay?” I heard someone ask.I turned and saw that it was an average looking man. He looked like a merchant to me, or possibly a hunter with his cowboy hat and boots. Without meaning to, tears gathered in my eyes instantly. He immediately noticed this and got up.“Please
Kozlova texted me the moment I woke up that it is time, and I needed to act fast or else he would take a different action that I would not exactly like, then he went on to send me the details of it.We already had the plan on ground, all I needed to do was get Logan D’Nores to the location for execution.I waited for Logan with bated breath, and when he eventually entered the room carrying a tray of food by himself, guilt nabbed at my heart.He has practically been babysitting me since the accident, and paying him this way is not exactly right, but there is nothing I can do.The nausea and dizziness have reduced, but I sense Logan looking at me in a way that is sort of suspicious.I know the doctor did not divulge the secret of the pregnancy to him, so why would he be staring at me in a weird sort of way? Does he suspect anything? Is it so obvious that I am pregnant? According to the doctor, the pregnancy is just a month and a week old, which means it definitely cannot be so obvious.
“We need to talk, man,” Ethan said the moment he entered the room about an hour later. Alice is still sleeping peacefully, and Leah has since gone to change and freshen up. Before I left Alice’s side, I made sure she was breathing fine.“We will not spend more than five minutes,” I said as I stood up and followed Ethan to the study.He nodded in agreement. Somehow, he and Leah have decided to be very co-operative this period, which is very sensitive of them.“What have you found?” I asked him. “It is Kozlova general, is it not?”Just then, Leah entered.I wanted to question her as to why she is present. Usually, I do not approve of Leah being present or involved in my businesses.I prefer to keep her protected, and completely out of the way, as it has always been, except of course, it is unavoidably urgent. But right now, I decided to just let her be.If she wants to be here to know what happened, then she can, and it is also because of the genuine concern she showed to Alice earlier
Logan’s POVAlice got discharged from the hospital three days later. According to the doctor, she was really fortunate not to have sustained any severe injuries, and the few bruises would not cause a scar.She still looked sick to me, and her cheeks are swollen now, but I am just glad that the accident did not take her life.I have ordered Ethan to make sure he gets me the person responsible for it, and even if it is the last thing I spend my life doing, I will.I had wanted her transferred to my hospital where my competent doctor would look after her, but eventually discovered that the small hospital she was rushed to was equally competent. Another advantage to it is that it would not get out to the press.The last thing I need right now is for fucking news to be flying about, about Alice’s near assassination.Of course, I suspect Kozlova general, he is the only enemy I know, but according to Ethan, we mustn’t jump into conclusions until he has made his findings. When we arrived hom