Whatever damage had been incurred before the time before the wall was mended, that was going to be the end, it wasn't going to get more damaged, that was the chance he had been given and he was ready to throw it all away, I only hoped that he wouldn't regret it later in the future. Since Ethan himself had ended the conversation, there was no point standing around and observing his sleeping position. With that thought, I stood up from the chair and left the room, not without taking one final glance at him that is. My mind was unsettled and it came as no surprise to me when I couldn't sleep in the night, I just kept turning and tossing about in bed and when I couldn't take it anymore, I decided to get up and find a solution to my predicament, and the solution was waiting for me in the kitchen. When I got there, I heard some sounds coming from the kitchen and I immediately had goosebumps all over my body, I hope we weren't getting robbed. I spotted a table lamp at the corner I was goi
Back to the present time"I still don't understand all of this; it's still not making enough sense to me." Emily voiced out after our explanation, despite our numerous explanations. I mean, it wasn't a difficult thing to understand. Well, it was all confusing because the various times each incident happened had overlapped each other, and so we faced some difficulties while explaining to them how things were, but we made sure to iron everything out all the same.It was because of this that I was even more perplexed when Emily said she didn't understand everything we had just said, and the crazy thing was that everyone in the room with us agreed with her. "I'm confused. Why don't you understand this? We made it very clear, didn't we? Is everyone on the same page with her? You don't understand the explanation we've been giving for almost two hours now?" Ethan groaned out when everyone nodded their ears, not quite believing his ears. "This is unbelievable." He muttered quietly under h
"I wouldn't know but I didn't think much of it, not until Ethan got out of the hospital that is.""What happened after that?" She asked me further, letting me know that she was listening to the way I was explaining this with rapt attention. "She got in touch with me again and requested an audience, but this time, she wanted to get an audience with both Ethan and I. Ethan refused at first but he eventually gave in and so we had the conversation and it was there we discovered that my dad had plans for us," I told them. "Plans? What kind of plans?" It was now Liam's turn to ask the questions."It was Lucy who revealed to us that Dad was planning to come after Robinson Industries and that my dad had approached her and asked if she could confidently sway Ethan, so he would have the chance to swoop in and take over. That was how we began our search for how we could counter him and luckily, it was about the same time that grandma and grandpa visited us and they brought us some evidence tha
She slammed into me and I returned the hug as well too, "I was just telling Ethan about how impeccable your timing is." I told her when we separated and helped her with her luggage, wheeling them inside the house. "Ethan is here already?" She asked and I nodded, "Yeah, he got here about an hour ago or so." I told her. "That's a bummer, I thought I was going to get here before he did." She said. "Why didn't you fly together too?" I asked her if they could have just flown together from New York. "If we flew together to Australia, where you were, it was going to raise suspicions and you know better than anyone that your father always has people watching us, watching our every move." She said and she was right, she had just spoken the absolute truth. When we got to the living room, I knew Liam and Emily would have been curious about who our surprise guest was and they didn't disappoint because I could practically see their jaws on the floor as soon as Lucy and I entered the living ro
"So what do we do now? I mean what is the next course of action we're taking? We already have everything we can need in the palm of our hands, we can't just sit around and do nothing with it right?" Emily asked the singular question I had been wanting to ask all this while.I didn't know why, but everyone immediately averted their gaze from me when Emily asked her question and it was overwhelming, and it was overwhelming because I felt like a huge burden had been placed on my shoulders. I suddenly felt like I was responsible for this huge weight they had placed on my shoulders and I could tell you, it wasn't that good of a feeling. "Oh um, I'm not going to lie, I haven't thought that far yet, I had always believed this whole drama we were putting up was going to last more than a year, so I haven't had time to properly think things too," I revealed it to them. There was no point lying anyway, if I resorted to lying, it wasn't going to help matters not even the slightest bit and it co
Immediately in my mind, I began to map out the entire house, trying to figure out where it could be hidden. My guess would be Dad's study, it only made sense for him to keep it there, as that was the only place in the house we had restricted access to.If Dad didn't let you in himself, there was no way you could get into that study, that alone was suspicious and that alone pointed to the fact that, that was where the secret passage was, it had to be. "Where is this so-called secret passage located?" Ethan jumped in to ask, also surprised by the fact that he had never once heard about this, truth was that, I hadn't heard about it before as well. "You'd be so surprised when you hear where it's located," Lucy exclaimed. "I'm 100% sure that it's in his study, I can bet my life on it as well." I voiced out, if everyone was going to be shocked by the location of this passage that was a secret, I wouldn't be, one thing about Dad was that he could be so predictable. There were times he wo
Ever since Ethan arrived, he has had this distant look on his face and it makes me both scared and worried because I knew whenever he had that look on his face, it only meant one thing, something was troubling his mind, but what could be the source of his troubles now? What could he possibly be worried about again?Everything was going the way we wanted, everything was working out well, and we now actually had a chance to win this fight. The odds that were once stacked against us happen to be in our favour now, so I couldn't understand why he wasn't over the moon because I for one, sure was. I continued to follow him through the colossal backyard space, and it wasn't until we turned a corner that I started realizing something, Ethan was the one leading me to wherever we were going. This was my grandparent's house, so why was Ethan leading me through our backyard? And from the way he was walking, he was walking with accuracy, almost like he knew where he was going, and it was very st
A Glimpse Into The Past Ethan was angry with his dad, and he wasn't going to hide it from him, it was written all over his face and it was clear as day, he continued to sulk in the back of the seat, his arms folded across his chest."Are you still angry baby?" His mum asked and she reached out in an attempt to rest her hands on Ethan's knee but Ethan moved away from her touch, but the truth was, he could pout all he wanted or throw a tantrum but nothing was going to change, absolutely nothing because he was now in Australia, somewhere far from where he lived in New York. "I know you're angry but it looks like we might be gone for the whole week and we can't leave you back at home all by yourself, can we?" His mum asked him, trying to make him understand why they had done what they did. "I could have gone with Liam," Ethan grumbled from his seat and turned his head in the direction of the window, watching as the scenery passed them by, where were they even going?"Liam's camping tri
Four Years LaterI sat nervously in the chair that was set up on the stage, and although I had this huge smile plastered on my face, no one could tell that I was nervous, well there was one person who could anyway, and he was seated in the front row with our two-year-old son, Aiden. I looked up at him and he smiled at me and mouthed the words "Breathe." Just like that, the thickness that had lodged itself in my chest dissipated and I felt like I could breathe again. "Thank you." I mouthed back to him and he smiled and went back to cuddling our baby in his arms.So allow me to bring you up to speed on everything that has happened in the last four years. After Dad was arrested, he was tried, convicted and sentenced to jail of course and just like Ethan had predicted, he had been sentenced to life imprisonment, without an option of parole of course. It was after that that I was finally given the company. I had presented the copy of the transfer of ownership Mum had done before she die
It had been a week since the ball incident, and what that meant was that it had been one whole week of chaos and complete madness to say the least. What Lucy had told us and warned us about, that the press was going to go insane was absolutely true, the press had gone insane that night and it was only because Ethan and Liam had taken the initiative to hire more security men beforehand, that was how we had been able to get everything under control, things would have gotten more insane if it wasn't for that.Dad had been arrested and taken into custody that night, Stephanie had also fainted from shock, following the revelation we made that night. Overall, it was a very dramatic and unforgettable night, and things had only just started. An investigation was immediately launched following the arrest of dad and it was in this process that more of his crimes were brought to light and it was in this process that I myself heard of his numerous other crimes. Not only had he committed murder,
"Hello, lovely people." I heard someone greet me from behind me and immediately knew who it was. Emily hugged me from behind and I patted her arms lightly, chuckling at her manner of greeting. After I exchanged pleasantries with both her and Liam, they took their seats, our table was for five people and four were already in attendance, we were expecting just one more person. "Where is Aurora?" I asked her."She's with her grandparents." She answered me and I knew by grandparents, she meant Ethan's mum and dad. "So a little birdie told me this is no ordinary ball." Emily leaned closer to me and whispered in my ears after a while. I gave her a knowing smile as I already figured out where she got the information or from whom she got it, but I wasn't angry or anything like that. Emily was one of my trusted allies and we were in this together. "Well, that little birdie was right," I whispered back to her. "So what are we doing tonight? What is tonight all about?" She asked me, literal
"Oh yes, I'm sorry ma'am." She apologized before saying something to the Bluetooth device that was connected to her, "They said it is Mr. Miller, ma'am, your father, he just stepped on the red carpet."A feeling of fear and shock descended on me at first but I just told myself that I wasn't the same person I was last year before I left, I was bolder and more confident now, and I could now stand up to my oppressors and I wouldn't let anyone or anything, bring me down again, I could do this and I was going to do this. "Do you want us to head in first?" Ethan bent down to my level and whispered in my ears, but when I looked up, I looked at him and shook my head."No we can stay, it'd be nice to get an interview with him at least," I told Ethan and he knew what I was doing, I was already putting the plan into execution and he nodded his head to show me that he was in full support of what I was doing.Besides, like I said earlier, I knew the games these reporters played and I had been pla
Ethan helped me out of the car and the moment the reporters spotted us they swarmed us like a bunch of bees, luckily for us, Ethan had planned and he had arranged security beforehand. So immediately they swarmed us, the security details around us formed a wall and we were protected from them, "Should we just head in or do you want to grant some interviews?" Ethan asked me, talking loudly over all the noise and camera flashes. Although we had several bulky men who had formed a barrier around us, Ethan still ensured I was protected, he had draped his hand over my shoulder and brought me closer so that my face couldn't be seen by the rest of the public, he was taking my safety very seriously and I was touched by that. "It's fine, I'll grant some interviews," I yelled back to him over all the noise as well."Are you sure? These people are like a bunch of hungry lions right now and they won't go easy on you, are you sure you want to do this? You know you don't have to?" He asked me agai
When I did that Ethan groaned out and doubled over, I was scared because his groan sounded like a painful one, I immediately crouched down to his level and I was rubbing soothing circles on his back, "What's wrong babe?" I asked him and he looked up at me before saying, "You." I was confused, and I knew my facial expression must have changed from worried to confused, as Ethan read my face and explained to himself, "that thing you're doing to me is making me feel all sorts of things." He told me. "What thing?" I asked him again, not at all understanding what he was saying. "This thing." He demonstrated and I smiled. "What about this thing?" I asked again and repeated the same action and he groaned out."Stop biting your lips." He told me and I looked up at him through my lashes, and quietly asked, "Or else what?" I asked and this time, he jumped into action, he brought his hands to my lips and released them from the hold of my teeth.I rolled my eyes at his words and pushed him out
Ethan and I had enjoyed a complete two weeks of total bliss, now it was time to go back into the limelight, and by limelight, I meant, now it was time to reveal our whole truth to the world and as expected, Dad would never see it coming. We realized there was some truth to what Lucy had told us the last time she was here, things were going to get very crazy from now henceforth and Ethan and I needed all the alone time we could get and the only way we could get it was right now, no time was enough but we made the most out of our time together and now, we were ready. The news that I was back in New York or that Ethan and I were back together, the news hadn't gotten to the press or the public yet, I knew that because had it meant the press had heard about it, they would have been lining up at the entrance of the apartment since the day we got back, but we had enjoyed total peace in the past two weeks.Everything Ethan and I did, we did it indoors as we couldn't go out, going out would
"It's a hidden talent of mine," I responded and smiled at him."It's not going to be easy but just like you said, our relationship hasn't gone past the point of no repair, and all we just have to do is sit down and have this conversation, they're still my parents and I still love them, it's going to be hard but they're worth it." He said I smiled up at him, looking at him with a proud smile on my face."I'm happy to hear you say that," I told him and I leaned up and placed a quick kiss on his lips, smiling at him when I pulled back, that would not be enough for Ethan because he suddenly leaned down to my level and captured my lips in an intense kiss of his own, the rest of our night was spent I'm pure bliss needless to say. We were woken up by the sound of the buzzing on the front door and it continued to buzz like that for a while. I was surprised that I was the one that heard it. Ethan was still fast asleep and it didn't even seem like he was going to get up anytime soon. I tapped
When we got outside, Ethan went around the car, opened the door and helped me into the passenger's seat. I thought he was telling me that he wanted to be alone and that the driver should take me home and I was all but ready to jump out of the car. But I was happy when Ethan came to the driver's seat and opened the door, "Out!" He told the driver that was perched in the driver's seat and wanted to drive us home. The young man took one look at Ethan's face and he could tell that Ethan wasn't in a mood to be messed around with and immediately, he scurried out of the car. Ethan then came in and in the process of fastening his seat belt, the front door slammed closed and when we looked up, we saw that it was no other person than his mum, and it seemed like she was coming here. Ethan had immediately forgotten about the seatbelt he wanted to fasten and he reached for the ignition keys, he started the car and it roared to life, his mum had almost reached us, except that she wasn't fast enou