PEARL’S POV~“Liam?” I whispered the kaichou laughed, “Davis Malone, I didn't think you’d honour this invitation.” He started. “2 million dollars Kenji, and I buy her outright from you” he continued, I was stunned, buy me? The thought of belonging to Logan's brother sent pure irritation down my spine. But it was an irritation I had to endure.“3 million dollars” I heard another voice announce before raising his arm. Kaichou looked into the crowd, “what do we have here?” he laughed.“Tony is that you? I thought I'd recognised you earlier when you came in shortly after Mr Davis Malone” he continued.He got up and pulled me along, “she’s not for sale, she’s just available for the night, I'm going to keep her, she belonged to Don D’angelo and now she belongs to me” he stated.I was scared, a room full of men ready to devour me and here is Liam trying to buy me like a piece of property, how did he know I was here?Did Logan get him to save me? So many thoughts ran through my head and my
NICO’S POV~From above I watched the crowd disperse, men of equal power all scattered in different directions.I'm Nico for a reason, even though I am also a danger to myself.The smoke bomb ignited as soon as the entire room was filled with laughing gas and they all laughed.I saw Kenji cover his nose before he dived into the crowd and out of the room.With the rope I swung down, running after him, when I got outside cars were hurrying to leave, but I recognised some useful faces I would use to exact my revenge.“Kenji, I'm not letting you get away with this” I yelled, stopping him in his tracks. He snickered and turned to me, “I don't remember extending you an invite to my show, this is trespassing Don”I removed my mask, a look of daunting surprise on his face.“It doesn't have to be this way Nico we can still work this out” he snickered.“You almost made me sign my daughter to you you fucking pervert!” I cursed.He was shocked to see I learned his trick and he played it off.“Loo
Pearl’s pov~The high-pitched sound of a baby’s cry filled the air as I caught it in my arms.“Good job Kiko…” I smiled at her, blood seeped out of her and I showed her her child, I looked between her legs and smiled, what a shocking surprise.“It's a boy” I sighed, tony turned, he had been my little helper to this point.“No!” Kiko shrieked, and shoved the baby away, “kill it!” she cried, I pulled the child away from her, what’s going on with you?“But Kiko” I started, just then we heard a gunshot and soon a man walked in, he was panting like a dog trying to elude someone.Then he turned to us, and he saw Kiko lying on the table, a baby in my hand.“Kiko” he called before walking over to us, “is that a boy you are holding?” he asked.Tony stepped in front of us and he shot him point blank in the chest, he fell to the floor.“Oh my God!” I squealed in shock, I froze with fear, soon the only thing separating me from Kenji was the gun in my face.“Is that a son?” he asked, stretching ou
ELSIE’S POV~The violence of the ground beneath me shook me awake and I blinked my eyes open. The next thing I heard was the sound of a woman.“Please fasten your seat belt” I blinked again, where am I?I protected my eyes from the light, and I sat up slowly, I looked around, eyes looked back at me.“Are you okay Pearlita?” his calm voice asked, I blinked again and looked up at him.“Yeah,” I finally said, my voice was faint and I looked up and it was Nico.“Where am I?” I inquired, looking around, “in my private jet” he replied touching my face softly, I sighed.I sat up completely, and looked around I was looking around, “Oh my God Kiko! What happened to her how did I get here?”Nico retracted into his seat, “I'm sorry, but we couldn't save her” I heard Tony say from behind me.“Is she…” my voice went cold, “yeah, she’s dead pearl, Kenji killed her, and took the baby with him” Nico completed.I burst into tears, I thought about her son back home with her mother, could he be Kenji’
PEARL’S POV~Who was this man before me, suddenly he wasn't the same man who saved me anymore, he was different, he is now the man im indebted to.How did I get roped into this mess?“Have you both concluded then?” he asked, coming closer to me, he brushed me softly and I could feel his breath on me as he passed.As though he wanted me to feel that, who is this man who has just suddenly come into my life?With no prior notice.“My uncle is crazy, look I don't know what he is on about and I've not come into any sort of agreement with him” I heard myself say.“That’s a shame, but you owe me, and I am bound to collect, im sorry but those are the rules” he replied, stopping behind my uncle.“Uncle Conrad, what the hell happened? How did I get roped into all of this, this is your debt, this has nothing to do with me” I exclaimed.“Im sorry Pearl, but when I took the loan from them your name was still on the door, but you are doing this for our family, think of your father, he is struggling
PEARL’S POV~“What does that mean doctor, what’s going to happen to Sophia” I asked with a quivering tone, i felt so sad, I'd broken her little heart.Nico had left shortly after that, he couldn't bring himself to think he had done that.I could see the blazing anger in his eyes, he had left with me with a parrot with a viper’s tongue.“So you are the donor” she started before crossing her arms, “I thought it would be a man this time” she continued.I ignored her, before touching the scared doctor’s arm, “Please doctor, what’s happening to her?” I had to understand, why I was bound to give my life to a total stranger who for some reason I'd bonded with.And now, I get this feeling I can't detach from.“ she has a disease, a very rare type, a gene mutation caused her bone marrow to stop producing healthy cells, she has spent an entire part of her childhood anaemic, and heart failure is slowly creeping in” he paused shaking his head slowly.I gulped, my heart beating with guilt, I have
Nico’s pov~ The air between us was tense, I could feel her trying to fill the gap with her absence.The ride home from the hospital was filled with insurmountable emotions.I almost lost my baby girl, but Pearl… thank God I had Pearl right when I needed her.I sighed, my grandmother was elated when I told her that Sophie was doing okay.I stepped down from the car before her, i opened the door for her and she still wouldn't look at me, was the kiss too much?I'd been thinking about it, even though I pretended it didnt happen afterwards but Camille had been giving me a nasty glare all the way home.“Sir” she called stopping me, her hand on my chest giving Pearl a cold glare. Pearl and Sophie stopped and turned, “Go right ahead I'll join you in a moment” I smiled, and Sophie waved and pulled Pearl along.I waited for them to enter before I snatched Camile and pulled her to the side of the house. “Don't ever stop me like that ever again,” I cautioned before releasing her, her face squ
PEARL’S POV~Logan’s voice shook me back to reality, i gasped and ran out of the room before he could see me.What the hell is he doing here? I peered from the kitchen I ran into, I watched him come in, Nico’s grandmother, Rosa offering him a seat.Nico stood, his face blank but I could tell he was angry.When suddenly I felt Someone grab me from behind and hold me against the wall, it was Camille.“Are you in love with him?” she inquired, eyeing me dangerously, “what?” I started before pushing her off me.“Are you in love with my man!” she exclaimed, the look in her eyes terrified me, I started to wonder if I was safe here or if I should leave, but for Sophie, I just couldn't.I now belong to Nico.“No, but I belong to him now” I replied before stepping away from her, her face turned red with instant anger.“No you don't, you never will, Nico is mine, not yours” she moved close to me and whispered in my ear, “and ill make sure to prove it to you until you pick your shit and go back
Camille’s POV – The air stuck in my chest and im unable to breathe. Staring at my reflection, my hands trembled aggressively as I held onto the edge of my vanity. I picked up my brush and struck it at the television.“Fuck I want her dead!”My chest is pumped faster and faster as my eyes bulge out with hate. My flawlessly painted lips are pushed into a narrow line. My mind keeps repeating the headlines. ‘A Love Like No Other: DM holding owner, Nico D’Angelo and his new wife, his appointed Ceo Pearl Cavil, Survive Another Attack!" I want to yell, scream the roof down!I should be Nico’s wife not that bitch who just strutted in like she owned the place. This was meant to be handled by Kenji, but he has done a pathetic job of killing her!Simple clear instructions!Kill her and let the child Go!Pearl should be dead and decaying in a ditch, out of sight and out of fucking mind. Rather, she is alive and absorbing all the pity while draped over Nico like a tragic heroine. Oh Go
Nico’s POV ~Mr Winters is a charming man, isn't he? Suddenly logan was no longer my competition, it was a strange-looking man.Making Pearl my wife in the way I did, without raising suspicions or making Camille so on edge that she’d release my documents to my enemies was the perfect plot.It took the grace of God in me not to snap his neck in two the day I married her.He dared to kiss my wife!I've been surveilling him, scratch that've been surveilling everyone Pearl has been in contact with, forgive my obsession but I can't help it.Some have soon disappeared overnight and she would never know.Camille, I had plans for her, I just can't come through on them yet, I'll hurt anyone who hurts my wife a thousandfold and only I know that.As it prepared to take off, the private jet's engines hummed as it sat shining in the sun. August had pulled all the strings to ensure Pearl and Sophie enjoyed a sumptuous three-day getaway.Reasons I'd never know but I knew my obsession would soon urg
Pearl’s pov~Something happened last night, something I had to remember.Nico averted my gaze now and again but there was this smile that lingered too often.I excused myself to go to my room when he cleared his throat, “I had them put your things in my room since we are now married….”“No!” I interjected, “I will not be staying in the same room as you, I w…”“Then you shouldn't have said I do” he interrupted.“We share a room now and that’s final” I looked back at him, unable to understand what he was thinking.I fumed and raced up the stairs to my room.I couldn't for the life of me understand what I'd put myself into.I'm married again!I sobbed, picking up the snow globe from the dresser, I stared hard at it.I shook it and The globe whirled. I couldn't tell if the sluggish, creeping haze clouded my mind or if the wind rushing past me was to blame. I was unable to release my fingers from the around the round object, I fixated on it like my life depended on it.My mind let loose
Pearl’s POVThe D'angelo Residence had turned into an endless battlefield fought with whispers, sidelong glances, and carefully sown seeds of doubt and confusion rather than the typical swords and bloodshed. Camille was an experienced warrior in matters of this nature.She was a natural-born Amazon displaced from her people. Although Sophie had always been a bright and self-reliant child, something felt strange tonight, it lingered in the air and I could taste it. I didn't come out from my new room until later that evening when I was in there thinking about the worst.If this is a fake like Camille said then have I just destroyed my chances with August forever?Sophie, sat across from me at the dinner table, frowning and picking at her mashed potatoes, stabbing them with her fork, as if she were punishing them for something. "Not hungry, sweetheart?" I asked, attempting to sound light, she’d noticed I'd been distant all dinner long.“I overheard Aunt Camille talking,” Sophie admit
Am I in a dream or is this real?I was drifting…. My body felt weightless, stuck in a dream that didn't feel like mine, it felt like I was watching another version of me getting her happy ending.A part of me that wanted Nico too, somewhere between truth and illusion. Like a scene from a movie I wasn't sure I had agreed to star in, the wedding played out in front of me, I saw myself shocked beyond reasonable doubt, my mind in endless fractions, imagining and reimagining scenarios.Nico was in front of me, something I couldn't quite put my finger on smouldering in his black eyes. What was it that covered his beautiful hazel eyes as he gazed upon me?Love? Want? Lies? As he spoke his vows, his smooth and deep voice enchanted me.And I still couldn't believe what was happening. "I knew” he started, touching my lips softly, “from that night I saved you from that car wreck I knew you were going to be my wife” he smiled.What were these words flowing out of his mouth?“ I recognized som
NICO’S POVAll I could see was Sophie's little hand holding mine as the celebration whirled around me, complete with music, laughter, and the soft murmur of conversation. She looked excited, as though she couldn't wait for her special day.Even at the age of seven, she possessed her mother's keen gaze and quiet resolve. Her mother was Pearl, in this case, the confusion lingered.Who exactly is my daughter’s mother?"Are you certain of this? There’s no going back now Sophie, are you sure you want it" I crouched to her level and whispered. She smiled toothily at me, her loose tooth smiling at me."Don't you trust me?" she giggled.I let out a sigh and shook my head. That problem I do, a grown man trusting a child, what has the world come to?” She fled with a loud giggle, squeezing past guests like a cunning sprite, waving at them and shouting “It's my birthday!” she let out a giggle. At that moment, my grandmother came over, her shrewd eyes piercing me, she tapped my shoulders ligh
Pearl’s pov~Something is off with Nico, what did he mean by he knows they are up to something?I thought he had believed them, but still, there was a familiar disdain when he saw August coming around or calling to familiarize last-minute details with me.I had created a beautiful wonderland on the D’angelo Estate. Beautiful floral arrangements adorned the tables, a magnificent carousel had been prepared for the kids, and sparkling fairy lights streamed down the marble archways. Only Sophie, Nico D'Angelo's daughter, could have such a spectacular birthday, a birthday fit for a princess of her status, no expense was spared.I watched as they mounted a wedding podium right after it.It sickened me to watch Tilly strut around making final adjustments for what seems to be her wedding day.I navigated the crowd, feeling alienated at a party put together. Sophie's day was supposed to be today, but now her aunt had put her selfish interest and had convinced her father to follow suit.Key
Pearl’s pov~I knocked while my fingers were shaking in the dark hallway outside Nico's door, my heart beating like a machine was pounding yam on top of it. I had been caught off guard by the vow renewal, what the hell was that?How did Tilly get him to do that? And where the hell was the guard when this was going down? I should have never asked her to pretend now she thinks it's all real?But still, my mind raced endlessly and I couldn't get over it.What was this feeling I felt? Hurt?Why do I need to hear it from him? I needed clarity, I needed closure.My heart was broken, I thought we had something special together and now he is marrying a woman faking this to upgrade her lifestyle!He was wearing a black silk robe, his hair still fresh from a shower, when the door flung wide, he groaned softly, yet weakly as he held his side.The corner of his mouth tipped slightly as he saw me and he raised an eyebrow, he grinned and winced in pain again.Swiftly I walked to his side."You ju
Pearl’s POV~Sophie’s seventh birthday was just days away, and I was drowning in last-minute preparations. With Nico’s sick ass at home, Camile has been making my life miserable, and Tilly is MIA. A birthday fit for a princess—that’s what I wanted for her. Balloons, a cake so big she could barely reach the top, and a day so perfect she’d forget, even for a moment, that our lives were entangled in chaos.She hasn't needed my blood in a while, the doctor says everything is going fine, “she’s a fighter” He smiled as I fought back tears.It had been an amazing family reunion between Nico and Sophie, he seemed to remember her now but he called her my daughter too often and it made me wonder if he still thought I bore sweet Sophie.But, of course, Camille had other plans.I should’ve known, everything with her was a fight, a fight no one ever took my side for.And I was sick and tired.Everything was going smoothly until it wasn’t. Orders were mysteriously cancelled.The venue manager cal