Leah dumped me at the boutique where wedding dresses are sold and disappeared. Since the incident, Leah has avoided me like a plague. I do not care, though, I only want this nightmare to be over, and for me to return to my world where I still had college classes to attend, my crush coming to class, hanging out with my small circle of friends after school, and returning home…where I would wait for Samuel to return home as well, much later in the night.We would have macaroni and cheese that I have poorly prepared, because my cooking skills sucked, and Samuel will make jest of me, but finish his plate of food. And then we would play scrabble afterwards, we always did after having dinner. And if he did not have a soccer game to watch a friend’s house, we would talk and laugh about random stuff, and go to bed afterwards, hugging and pecking each other good night.The salesgirl was friendly, and she did not ogle me even after finding out that I am Logan’s bride to be.“How old are you?” I
“Hello miss, welcome to our boutique where we sell exquisite wedding dresses for the best brides! Are you an intending bride?” The chatty salesgirl asked Riley.I lost all the excitement of me in the gorgeous wedding dress when Riley walked into the boutique. I have never seen her this close before, but everyone in New York knows she is not only an actress, but also Logan’s ex-girlfriend. Well, except for this chatty salesgirl.Riley stared at her, upset the silly girl did not give her the recognition she deserves. “Do you know who I am?”“Yes, yes, I do.” She said, grinning from ear to ear.Riley hissed and ignored her, then she turned to me. My breath hung in my throat as her got gaze landed on me. She eyed me from my head to my toes, disgusted at what she was seeing, and I just stood there, rooted in my spot, and allowed her to eat me up with her eyes.“Gorgeous, right?” The salesgirl chuckled, oblivious of what was going on between Riley and me. “Oh, it’s sold out already, she is
Leah is working round the clock trying to fix everything in place for our perfect wedding. I still cannot believe that I will be getting married to the beast in the next two days. Of course, I went with that gorgeous wedding dress, but I let Leah pick out every other thing that she claims that I need. Who cares anyway? I am dreading the day, instead of anticipating it. For some mornings now, I have woken up regretting that I did not die in my sleep instead. At least, that is the only way to get out of this charade, and have Logan let me go. And let’s not forget that I have not seen him since the last incident. I was relieved that I did not have to face his devilishly handsome face, and then battle between getting swooned by it or remembering the horrible things he is capable of doing. I have seen him on television anyway, just yesterday. He is currently having this in-house celebrity show, and he has been paired with another beautiful actress. I was actually enjoying the show,
Logan’s POVI stood at the altar and waited for my bride to come into the church and walk down the aisle. Leah had picked a small church in the outskirt of town, just as I have instructed her, and so only a few selected guests are seated in the church.Ethan is my best man, because I would not have anyone else, and his black suit shone bright. It was well tailored and designed, just like mine. Ethan had insisted that he would be the one to pick out our suits and tuxedos.“There is no way I’m allowing a woman pick out your suit, Logan,” He had told me days ago.I had laughed and asked him to go ahead and do whatever it was that would rock his boat, as long as I was not naked on that day, but when I saw a debit alert on suits purchase, I almost peed on my pants.“Ethan!” I had yelled. “Get the fuck in here!”When Ethan had entered, I had gotten up and backed him up by the wall in anger, towering over his miniature self, but Ethan had not recoiled in fear or anything. Damn the man, he is
It is the same people in church that are also present in the reception. People kept taking pictures as Logan and I posed, plastering fake smiles on our faces. I am pretty sure that by tomorrow morning, our pictures will be splashing all over social media. There are so many chops and food and wine, and I tried not to act overwhelmed so as not to give the guests any wrong impressions. Logan held my hand all through while we accepted congratulations and a few hugs. Now that I have taken the gloves off, I can fully feel the contact of his soft palms on mine.After we were done playing the newly-wedded perfect couple, Logan left me and went to Leah and Ethan, who stood somewhere in the room talking about God knows what. I took a glass of champagne and just allowed myself be. I am a different person now, and I must constantly remember that. I now bear the name of the same man who killed Samuel, and so I must not allow myself to cower at any slightest challenge, or run off in fear. What co
We are being driven in the limousine Leah had hired for us to take us to our honeymoon destination. It is my first time of being in a limousine, and it took every ounce in me not to scream at the interior beauty of the car. After the drama I had drunkenly created at our short wedding reception in Logan’s extravagant living room, Leah had pulled me upstairs, clearly embarrassed, and packed up my things for the honeymoon.Or rather, the clothes she had single-handedly picked out for me. Anyway, I had to quickly pick up a nude colored gown without even looking and throw on, because Ethan had in his good nature, sent the guests on their way and Logan was impatiently waiting for me in the car.Looking at myself now inside this beautiful car, I became aware of the dress I had hurriedly worn. It had Leah’s signature on it. Tiny straps, exposed back and extremely too short for my comfort. It is a good thing I don’t own very large breasts, otherwise my cleavage would have been all over the p
We got to the cottage a few hours later. After planning, cancelling and re-planning revenge strategies in my head multiple times, and staring out the window again to admire the beauty we were driving past, I finally got bored and dozed off.The driver gets out of the car and help us take our boxes inside, although there are only two boxes; one small box for my clothes and undies, and an even smaller one for Logan.We would be spending just a few days anyway. The driver happily carried our boxes inside while I just stayed put and stared at the incredible beauty of the place. He was so happy doing it as though he is the one having the honeymoon. He hummed and whistled while climbing into the cottage.The cottage has stairs leading into the main cabin, which is built above the ground. I could hear the creaking sounds of his shoes as he mounted up and down the stairs.Logan is still trying to gather his files from the car seat; I ignored him. The expanse of the land, from where I stood is
The next morning, I woke up to birds chirping and cool breeze strolling into the room. I smiled and rolled on the large soft bed until I almost fell off the other side of the bed. I am literally in heaven! I have not enjoyed my night in such a long time, and I dreamt of Samuel the whole night.In the dream, we had gone to buy ice-creams in the neighborhood, and then we detoured on our way home, talking and giggling like two little children having their first ice-creams.I even dared him to eat up the cone, and without thinking, Samuel threw the whole thing into his mouth, and I yelled in both excited horror and glee. Then we held hands and continued our way home in the dark. In our neighborhood, we did not have streetlights, therefore, once it was late at night, the whole street became dark.Samuel used to roam about freely at night, because he claimed to be in good terms with all the bad boys in the blocks, so they would not harm or rob him at all.I got up, stretched and went to th
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