The moment we arrived at the mansion, Logan barked orders at everyone, changed into another shirt and black trousers and zoomed out. I was told by the staff that Leah is away on vacation, which means that it is just me and the maids until whenever Logan decides to return back.“Welcome home, ma’am,” the house cleaner greeted as she took my luggage upstairs. At first, I was confused as to whom is being called ‘ma’am’ because it is quite strange to my ears. I am only twenty-one for heaven’s sake, and this woman is way older than me, more like an old aunty or something.I expect that I would be taken to my room, but I am shocked that the house cleaner takes me Logan’s room. “Excuse me, but this is not my…”The woman chuckled, “You are the master’s wife now, ma’am, so I was requested to take your things into his room whenever you return home.”Share a room with Logan? Share a room with a man as murderous as D’Nores? My heart almost jumped out of my chest. “Are you sure?” I asked.“Yes
Logan’s POVI entered the tavern where the bloody snitch is tied and kept, hoping that I will just see him and have a little word with him, but the boy was covered in blood.His nose, bones and teeth have been badly broken.“Please, don’t kill me,” he pleaded the moment I entered. I had actually thought he was dead, considering his limp silhouette sprawled on the floor.Then I remembered him.He is the young boy I picked up from the street who was starving to death, and pleaded that he needed a job and a place to stay, and pledged his unwavering loyalty to me and my men, but then again, another bloody snitch…just like the rest of them.What is it with these street kids and snitching or screwing things up? Damn, I was once like them myself, and I fought long and hard to get me where I am today.“Who did you take our info to?” I asked him.“K…K…K…” he stuttered and coughed out a lump of thick blood. “Please, don’t kill me,” he begged again, saliva and blood gushing out from him all at t
There are things I am looking forward to achieving, but they will take extra time and proper planning, but for now, I have decided to rearrange the room to my taste. And so the whole morning, I locked myself in and made a lot of changes.From the dressing table, to the nightstand, to the curtains and bed positions, including the bedroom couch. At some point, I was tempted to call the assistance of the house cleaner, but after yesterday’s episode, she had been watching her steps around me, which is quite cool, because she is too chatty for my comfort.When she came knocking hours later and I opened the door to her, she gasped in shock. “What have you done, ma’am?!” she yelled, aghast at what she is seeing.“What?” I asked her, feigning ignorance.She brushed past me and entered the room, her hands flying to her chest as though I have created the worst chaos the world has ever seen. “Master Logan does not want his things turned upside down!” She exclaimed.I shrugged, unbothered by the
Logan did not return home even the next day, and for three days, I was home alone with the staff. Tia became my best friend instantly. We had Logan’s room painted red, and she showed me what the internet was saying about me and Logan and his ex-girlfriends and we laughed about it.The first day she made her special grape juice, kept on having glass upon glass because of how tasty it was. She said it was her grandmother’s recipes that she has been using as a chef for the two years that she has been working with the D’Nores.The house cleaner became jealous, but she could not do anything because she knows that Tia has won a place in my heart, and therefore, she cannot do anything to upset me.That night, in started having nightmares about the horrible images of Samuel’s lifeless murdered body that day.This is the first time I am having a nightmare about him since he died. I woke up and met total darkness and immediately, fear gripped me. I quickly turned on the lights and grabbed my ni
I was woken up by Logan’s loud screams.“How the fuck did this happen?!” he was asking the house cleaner right outside the room.“It is all her idea, sir…the new ma’am.” The house keeper was trying to explain.“Who asked her to move into my room?!” He asked her, and I can swear that the house cleaner is almost peeing in her pants, but Logan does not give a damn.“Miss Leah,” she told him.Logan gnashed his teeth, “Damn that girl!”He dismissed her and came back into the room, anger written over his face. If I could do a jolly dance for this victory, I would. “Good morning,” I greeted Logan, but he ignored me and went straight into the bathroom. Seconds later, he came out angrier than he had gone in, holding a pink container in his hand.“What the fuck is this, Alice?” Logan asked me.“You did not respond when I first spoke to you, so why should I answer your question?” I said. Logan was shocked, but he recovered quickly from it, because I guess he does not want me to see that reacti
Logan sent the house cleaner to call me from the bedroom to come downstairs to the living room. She delivered the message with her nose up, which is really condescending, especially coming from a maid. Anyway, I made a mental note to handle her case.When I got downstairs, the miniature man, Ethan was there, and so is Logan.“Finally, she came downstairs,” Logan said to Ethan, loud enough for me to hear. I smiled. I deliberately wasted some time, just to aggravate Logan.“Yes?” I asked, my hands on my waist.“Could you sit?” Logan asked me, his eyes pleading with me to not be an ass in front of Ethan.I flopped on the couch without a single care in the world. “So…I am seated now.”“You have been registered at a new college in town now, and…” Logan started to say, but I interrupted him.“What?!” I yelled. “Why wasn’t I informed?”“it’s…” Ethan tried to explained, but I faced Logan.“Why wasn’t I informed about this for crying out loud?” I asked Logan again.“Because I made the decision
That weekend, my car, phone and laptop arrived at the house. I don’t know how to drive a car yet, so I driver was also hired for me.The car Logan got for me is a sport convertible, and because he wasn’t there when it arrived, I allowed myself squeal in delight. Never in my life would I have thought that I would ride in such an expensive and beautiful car. Anyway, when Logan gets back from his trip, I will persuade him to allow me learn how to drive, so that I can go to places alone.I also suspect that the reason a driver is assigned to me is because he wants to make sure that my movement is monitored, and because of what I have in mind to do, I also have to make sure that a tracking device has not been installed in my phone.“It’s a beautiful car,” Tia said that evening as she served my dinner.“Thanks,” I told her. She is the only friend I have in the entire world now.“Your phone and laptop are also cute,” she complimented.“They are apple products,” I said.“I know…I know a lot a
The first day I went to my new school, I was amazed. Although I had already Googled about the school the night before, I did not expect it to be as beautiful as what I am seeing now.The day before, I asked the house cleaner to bring my stuff from the attic and I took some of my clothes that I can still wear out.But standing in front of my school now, and watching students hurry into the building, I felt out of place with what I was wearing. Taking a deep breath and giving myself a pep talk, I walked into school and into class.The school is the most expensive college around, and so only rich kids attend it, and which is why everyone minded their business.The first class we had was Geography, and even though I tried to pay attention, I could not stop thinking about my reality now.I mean, if not for Logan D’Nores, what would Morgan’s daughter be doing in a school such as this?After the first three classes, I noticed the students each had cliques of their own.Nobody made any attemp
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