Alex held the iron bar in his hand tightly as he approached the man who had no idea what was to occur, Alex felt somewhat guilty about what he was about to do but remembered he needed to do away with George so that Ashley could be safe. He lifted the bar and just in time the man turned around but it was too late as it hit his head making him pass out instantly."Forgive me." He mumbled while dragging the man and looking around to ensure no one noticed him. He hid him in a corner and quickly changed their clothes. He put the hood over his head and a piece of clothing to hide his face. He walked into the car and revved the engines driving down the road to where he was to meet with George as discussed. After a while, he found him by the side of the road looking around somewhat nervously and felt relieved when he saw the car approaching. Alex parked by the side not getting out of the car and just looking at the window trying to act unsuspicious."I'll go get my things." George walked back
"How are you, Baby?" Alex asked awkwardly as they had been staring why at each other for a while."I should ask you that instead." Ashley smiled weakly as she stared at the tea in her hand, not knowing what else to say."Miss, you can go have a bath." A maid said and went away. Ashley slowly got up along with Alex who seemed scared to leave her again, worried that she might disappear again."I'll take you there." He offered. She just nodded without hesitation and walked behind him, she wanted to speak to him but had no idea where to start, she didn't know if it was okay to bring up the note he had left for her to see or the fact that he disappeared and how he came back. She didn't even know how to tell him that the child in her stomach was his since he hadn't known she was ever pregnant for him."Why don't we bathe together?" Alex offered taking her by surprise, she stared at him in shock and her cheeks beamed with a light red color."Um… I-""You don't have to if you don't feel comfo
The news had reached the whole country about the return of Alex who was thought to have been dead for months now. Alex stared at Ashley who seemed to be lost in thoughts as she sipped her glass of juice."What seems to be on your mind darling." He placed a gentle kiss on her lips while stroking her hair, she watched him beside her."I never thought this day will come, those dreadfully long months that slowly ate me up…" Ashley stared at the guests who had come to celebrate with them, her eyes filled with tears but she held them in so as not to ruin her makeup."It's alright, we are together now." Alex soothed her, pulling her closer to him as he sipped his glass of champagne."I'm glad you're okay." A couple approached them with a warm smile, Ashley couldn't help but notice how beautiful the woman was, her perfectly made-up face and her pointed nose along with her neatly curled brunette hair. She had an hourglass shape which was snatched with a cream-fitted dress."Why don't we catch
The whole room went silent and a piercing scream erupted with people panicking around."There's blood!" Someone yelled in fear."Someone got shot!" Another screamed.Ashley stared in horror frozen in a spot, the glass of champagne smashing to the floor as she tried calming herself down, she gasped for breath as her heart raced in fear."How can this be?" She mumbled to herself as she tried to make sense of the situation. Some of the guests made their way outside the house so they won't be questioned by the police."Are you okay?" Alex held her in his arms slowly stroking her back to calm her down."He's here…. He's here." She repeated as hot tears filled her eyes. "It's going to start all over again." Her lips quivered in fear.Alex looked around also confused at where that bang came from but what mattered to him at the moment was that she was okay."I'm the only one here with you darling, calm down." Alex convinced her but it didn't seem like she was buying it"Someone just got shot,
Ashley silently stared at the file in her hand still looking around to know who had dropped it, the first thought that came to mind was that George had found her again but she decided to be sure and slowly opened the file to know what it was that had been dropped at her doorstep. She took out the paper and furrowed her brows in confusion. 'It's high time you knew the truth' was what was written and nothing else was detailed in there, Ashley was more awestruck in confusion than she has ever been. What truth is there for her to know? Who could this person possibly be? How does the person know her whereabouts?"What's going on?" She mumbled to herself while walking back inside when she saw Alex approach her."What's that and why did you go out all alone?" He scrunched his face in worry."I found this at the doorstep". She handed the paper over to him and he glanced at it and bit his lips, he started back at her furrowing his brows trying to make sense of what the paper said."What's th
Ashley was filled with curiosity and at the same time fearful that things might go wrong. She continued to stare blankly at her phone still thinking if it was a good idea or not to go, she slowly sat on her bed still engulfed with curiosity, she planned to tell Alex but discarded the idea that if it was George, then she couldn't possibly put him in harm's way.She quickly washed up and dressed up rather casually, she put on a flowered maternity gown Alex had bought for her recently accompanied by a scarf to cover her hair and sunglasses. Thankfully no one was aware of her little sneaking out plan as she didn't want to bother anyone, she needed to find this out on her own or she won't be able to take it off her mind. She snuck into the garage where a driver was already waiting for her, she told him the address and got in, a few minutes later she arrived at a small cafe that wasn't at all busy even though it was the middle of the day.She got out of the car and walked in slowly looking
Alex snapped his head in her direction and let out a sigh of relief as he walked toward her."I'm fine. Ashley answered knowing quite well he would ask that question, he curved his lips in a frown thinking of ways to punish her without hurting her."You should have told me, I was under a lot of pressure I couldn't find you and even though you told me you were safe I still wasn't assured." "I just needed to chill out, just me and my baby." Ashley rubbed her belly."You know there's a lot of space in the house.""I'm tired of staying inside, it's been choking me you know." She shrugged walking towards the couch as her legs had begun to ache, Alex noticed the file in her hands and scrunched his brows wondering if she had gone to get a scan of the baby."You went to get a scan?" He asked, wanting to be sure, Ashley nodded negatively. " So what's in your hand?" He pressed on but Ashley wasn't sure if it was right to tell him or not, before she could finalize her decisions he snatched it
"I Can't promise that honey." He snickered still massaging her legs, she pouted her lips not wanting to tell him anymore and he knew that. He brought his mouth to her feet again about to tease her, she tried wriggling it away but his grip tightened although not enough to bruise her skin or redden it, she gave up struggling to get away and sighed in defeat."I was just thinking of the night we first met." She covered her face with the pack chips, not able to look him eye to eye."Hmmm, what happened on the first night?" He smirked at her trailing kisses down her feet teasingly."Don't do that." She whined yet she loved every bit of it, she wanted him to hold her, lean over her and do all sorts of things to her yet she was shy to ask for it."I know you like it, once our baby is born, I'm having you all to myself." "And you can do all sorts of things to me." She gently got up, sat on his lap, and gently touched his chest, she leaned her head on his shoulder teasing his neck with her li
Alex stepped into the house, he took note of a strand lying on the floor, he looked around for an item with weight, he took a few steps backward and threw the item toward the strand and just like he thought, an explosion occurred. George was on his way to the ship when he heard the explosion. “Yes! “ He yelled, laughing boisterously, Ashley who looked half dead, too weak from her wailing, mourning Alex just stood there as he pulled her toward the ship. Hearing the explosion, she was startled, she wondered why he would blow off the abandoned guest house when he was about to get away. “It's finally the end, we can finally start a new life, with nothing to worry about, Don't worry I will take care of the child since it means a lot to you, All you need to do is love me, much more than you did Alex” He blurted out, caressing her cheek, she slowly pulled away from him. He clenched his teeth, as he watched her pull away, he pulled away as he was filled with ecstasy from the realizati
Alex lay on the hospital bed, watching as the fluids flowed through the line into his veins. “Buzz!” his phone buzzed, he tilted his head to pick up his phone, and he saw a message from an unknown sender. He yanked himself off the bed and he punched his phone to check the message. “If you want your wife and child in one piece, show yourself, and let’s end this once and for all” Alex read it out, he looked around but no one was there, at that moment another message came in “Involve the police and she gets it!” Alex looked around panicking, the thoughts of Ashley stuck with the monster again scared the shit out of him, He groaned, flipping his phone out of sight. He was not ready to dance to George’s tune, more so he wanted all this to end as soon as possible. He looked to make sure no one was watching him, he pulled out his car keys from the shelf next to his bed. He got up, walked toward the door, peeped through, and rolled back to his ward, pacing around the room as Cops w
Alex opened his eyes slowly, staring at the ceiling with his lashes constantly falling on each other, he titled his head to his left but there was no one next to him, he titled to his right, same emptiness, he rose off his bed, he looked around him, nothing felt familiar to him, stroking his hair, he walked through the walkway before him. ''Hey Alex, you’re up" Ashley hurled toward himHis jaw dropped, and puffed out a sigh of relief, seeing Ashley hale and hearty with their child still in her belly. He dashed toward her, pulling her into his arms, ''Oh baby, I was so worried, I thought something bad happened" He shivered as he held her hands. She pulled away gently with an awkward smile, “Something did happen but I'm glad you’re okay, let’s have breakfast” She urged as they walked together “Ashley, where is this?” Alex asked as he looked around the unfamiliar house, “What do you mean? We bought this house months after we got married” Ashley answered as she set out the table f
Ashley slowly opened her eyes as she had shut them when he was about to pull the trigger. She felt the worst might have happened and was scared to see the horrible sight before her, she slowly looked at Alex to see if he was okay and thankfully he was, she looked at George whose arm was bleeding at the moment, Ashley gazed up to see who had shot him and gasped."I told you I was going to kill you myself." Mika stood in the doorway panting and holding her stomach in pain, Ashley recalled her being shot and thought she had passed away but thankfully she had saved them. George scoffed at her, aiming the other gun at her."If you really intended to kill me then you would aim for my chest or head." He sounded cocky, not a single shred of fear in his voice. Alex used the opportunity to launch an attack on George and punch him in the head thereby making him stagger forward, Alex took the gun from his hand and hit his hand where the bullet had been fired, he groaned in pain as blood gushed ou
I would do it and that's a promise." Alex assured him staring him right in the eye. "All you have to do is let my wife be and live your life."George burst out laughing at him knowing quite well, what the proposal was going to be. "Do you really think I'm that frightened that I can't leave whenever I want?""You can't leave, isn't it obvious to you already? You would need my help and the only way you can leave is if I help you." Alex tried to bargain with him but George didn't seem to be interested in the offer and just burst out laughing at him."I wonder what you would do if people going out with you wanted to help a mafia out of the country just to keep his girl.""She's not yours you idiot!" Alex ranged in anger even though he felt like crap he couldn't stand the nonsense being spoken by George. One more kick in the stomach and he would literally cough out all his intestines if this carried on."Do you really think things are going to go your way because you feel so?" Alex laug
A week had passed and still no response or return call from George which had Alex really worried, he had tried to track the number which was used in calling him but to no avail, it was as though it was erased and never existed. He got a call from an unknown number instantly answering it knowing who it was."If you want to talk, meet me at the location sent to you, bring someone along with you and she's screwed." George said from the other line of the phone and ended the call. Before he could say anything, the call ended. Alex quickly grabbed his keys making his way down the stairs, Tracy stood up at the sight of him making his way down the stairs so quickly wondering why he was in a rush."Have you found anything yet?" She asked him."He asked me to meet him up somewhere.""Let me go with you, maybe I could be of help somehow." She offered seeming somewhat restless, hoping that her friend was alright."Stay with Susan and I'll handle this, besides it could be dangerous for you to be
Ashley silently sat on the cold floor staring in silence and not knowing what to do in her situation, She believed that Susan would be fine and by now they would have realized she was nowhere to be found, She felt sad that she didn't tell Alex about her plan but hoped he would understand her decision.Her train of thought was disturbed by the sound of the metal door opening, she looked up to see George approaching her with a big smile on his face as though he deserved it."What seems to be on your mind, my lady?" He grinned, placing a can of soda and some bread beside her."Predicting your death, what else?" She retorted sarcastically, he let out a light chuckle and paced around the room looking around as though finding if she had created some sort of escape route."Hmmm, dying by your hands doesn't seem like a bad idea you know? I won't make that possible because I don't want your hands to be stained with blood." He winked at her, and she rolled her eyes, staring at the junk beside h
Ashley looked around the place to see if anyone was coming and when she saw no one, she became more frightened, she had left the house under Alex's nose but this was the sacrifice she had to make to ensure the safety of Susan."Thought you weren't going to come."George snickered from behind, she jerked her head to look at him and her body followed, a frown shown on her face as she gazed at him in hatred."Have you set her free?" She asked and he nodded at her reassuringly but it was hard to believe his words but she had no other option. "So what are you going to do to me now?" "Continue from where we stopped." He smirked at her, dragging her by the hair and pulling her closer. She screamed in pain trying hard to release herself from his grip but to no avail. "Did you really think that I would let it slide you bitch?""I dont care if you're angry, you deserve to die.""Who is talking about dying? If at all anyone needs to die first it should be that baby in your belly." He smirked a
Ashley took out the tracker she had in her hair and handed it over to Tracy."I'm glad you're safe, I hope your didn't get hurt." Alex observed her body for any signs of injuries but she was okay."You don't have to worry too much darling, I'm doing just fine." She assured him."What happened to Mika?" He asked her and her face instantly turned to a frown."She betrayed us, she had intentionally exchanged the ring tracker to divert the attention of the cops but thankfully I had another which she had no idea about." ,shley explained."I'm sorry about that… for putting you and our baby in danger." He held her hand in his with a guilty face."It's alright but I didn't have trust for her from the onset and thankfully it paid off." She shrugged."The doctor would be here soon as you requested," Tracy told Alex who nodded frantically, Ashley looked at him in confusion wondering why he called the doctor."What's wrong?" She asked scrunching her brows and waiting for him to respond."I need t