I still could not stop smiling as my head continued to replay all that happened at the Director’s office.Was he like that with all the other rich people’s kids or he just suddenly became nervous to address me because of whom I had become? Again, Luisa is fucking right!Even being Logan’s wife did not stop him from looking down on me or issuing me a suspension the very first time I caused a scandal.I am freaking sure that a lot of other students have been causing scandals or “uproar” as he earlier mistakingly put it, but as it was me, an ordinary wife of a famous actor who got into their prestigious school without the proper way of going about it, I did not deserve a second chance.I mean, this is a fucking college, and students are bound to be naughty often…especially the kids of these godforsaken wealthy men.The only thing is that I have not been keeping up with the school drama, and I am also certain that as strict as they claimed to be, they have no idea that a secret party was
I arrived at the location Kozlova sent to me and switched off my phone, just in case Logan would still come to pick me up when I close and then start to call my phone.Again, I sighed in relief that Logan had chosen this day to do this.The universe is definitely working for me!The house is on the other side of town, and I had to pay the taxi driver extra charges for getting me there, because he kept grumbling and murmuring about not wanting to go there and all that.“What does someone like you want going to such a place?” he had asked and I had ignored him. I would have told him that it was none of his business, but that would have been rude, and it would have given him enough justification to drop me halfway.I made sure he drove off before I went over to the house and opened the door. It is an old house with fallen fences and fragile walls.The bushes have overgrown, and the walls have some spirogyra on it, and the front porch was so fragile that I had to take careful steps to arr
I stood still and held my breath, as though that would make me disappear from here or make me completely invincible. And it was as if the trail of smoke was specifically sent to me because it came directly to where I stood.But it wafted past me, and it smelt of cigarette.Maybe I had thought that it was a smoke of the firehouse or something, and this only goes to prove that I am not alone in the house.Now, my guess has been confirmed that all along someone has been in the house, and he fucking knows that I am in the house too.So why has he not shown his face? What if I had walked back out and gone away after entering and finding out the state of such a building? Also, it goes to explain the reason why the paintings and pictures look neat, but then why such lovely portraits? If this was a house for dirty dealings, why not portray it at such? And why don’t they freaking clean up the damn place?! Surely, the dust alone could suffocate their victims even before they end up killing them
Logan’s POVAfter getting Alice’s text message, I decided to go over to the casino instead.Yeah, I know I did say I was going to rest and all, but I just couldn’t.The house suddenly feels like a strange place to me, especially with Leah gone to the spa, and Ethan away handling some businesses-which I am really grateful for, because they are the last kind of people I want near me right now, and Alice in school.Just being alone with only the sounds of the shuffling feet of the servants was really making me uncomfortable.It is weird, I know, but I cannot recall the last time that I stayed all alone by myself with these humans. And I know that they are awfully trying to be quiet by whispering and attempting to not make their footsteps sound loudly at least, but it is insane. Before now, I would not have minded it, but seeing how Alice relates so well with the Cook, it makes me feel like I am being a beast, otherwise why are my domestic servants afraid to talk simply because I am in t
Ethan shook his legs impatiently as he waited by the lonely road. The fucking bastard was taking more time than expected, and it was killing him.He knows Logan would be mad as hell if he should find out what he went behind him to do, but he just had to.When Alice had collapsed and was receiving treatment and he had gone to check up on her when she had been sleeping, he had seen a beep message, and the number had looked like a number he recognized from the side of the enemy, but he could not touch the phone or be so sure about it, because the doctor turned to them then and asked Ethan to give Alice some time to rest.When he had returned another time, the opportunity was gone.And ever since, Ethan has been working tirelessly to make sure he does his investigation just to be sure.Ethan knows that Alice comes off as a naïve and innocent girl who knows nothing about what is going on around her, but then, Ethan knows too well to let looks and composure fool him. He had used an opportu
However, I stood and faced the devil regardless.“I just want to know what Logan will not tell me,” I told Kozlova general, albeit in a softer tone.Although I am displaying a brave front, I have now started to shiver inside. This monster can indeed snap the life out of me by just lifting a finger, and no one, absolutely no one would know what happened to me.I guess that in the news, they would say that Logan D’Nores’s wife just disappeared from the surface of the earth.Even in searching for me, I know that no one would think to search this old and abandoned dilapidated building, and my bones will rot along with the woods.My pictures would be all over the internet, and people would sigh and heave when they read about the disappearance, and I doubt the taxi driver who drove me here would read the papers or check the news, and even if he did, he would barely recognize me.He is only trying to survive, and he does not really give a fuck about who he carries in his taxi, as long as you
“Honey, if I truly hold anyone in a grip, there is not rescue or that person,” Kozlova said and puffed out way too much smoke from his nostrils and mouth. Can he just stop with the bloody endearing words?!“So then what next?” I asked him.“Your father allowed himself get caught,” he answered.I became alert immediately. My father had allowed himself get caught…does that mean that Logan knows that my father was meeting up with him when he was away? I remember Ethan asking me about it, and when I had lied without blinking, it did not occur to me for a second that they could actually know the truth, but they only wanted to hear me confess it.Damn the men!So if they knew, especially Logan, why would he offer to drive me all the way to school, kissing and touching me like that? Or was that one of their ploys and plans? Not that it is beyond them, after all they had done it before in the past, but thinking deeply about it, what would they hope to achieve doing that?“How?” I asked him,
As Ethan drove back, he thought of driving back to Logan’s mansion to check up on why the man was texting him, especially as he called Logan after he finished his business with his investigator but Logan did not take his calls.However, Ethan cannot just drive straight to the house right now; he has not been to the casino all day, and there are some checks he needs to look into in the books…maybe he would see his old buddy afterwards.Besides, he needs to let Logan in on what has been going on behind their backs.He would have asked the girl first, but he had tried that once, and she had out-rightly lied to him without flinching, which only goes to say that Alice Morgan is not as naïve and innocent as they all thought her to be.Who knows, she is probably just the same as her father and brother, or even more cunning, which is not entirely surprising; Ethan did not expect this apple to fall far from the tree for once in human existence.He would have been able to handle it without Loga
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