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
PEARL’S POV~Logan grabbed my arm and I shook him to get free but his grip was too tight around me, “let me go!” I exclaimed, Nico shoved him aside and stood in front of me.“She has made her choice Logan, she doesn't want to go with you, and I sure as hell won't let you drag her out of here” he said, logan was visibly upset.“You are making a mistake Nico, this has nothing to do with you”Nico gave a small laugh and put his hands inside his pocket, “on the contrary logan, it has everything to do with me, because I know about your deal with Kenji, or didn't Liam mention our little run-in with the bastard” Logan was shocked and turned to his brother who looked away, it seems Nico was not the only one he had to be wary of.He went silent after that, but he tightened his jaws and glared at me, “she’s accounted for Nico” he finally said.I saw Nico motion to Lorenzo who got out a document and walked up to him, he placed it in his hand.“Not according to these documents she’s not, you see
PEARL’S POV~I felt the air on my burning skin, I winced in pain, “Aarrgh!” I cried, I turned to see Camile holding a cup in her hand, “im sorry Pearl I didnt see you there” she smirked.“The hell you didnt!” I was about to grab her when she stepped back, the slippery fluid on the floor gave way and I slipped.I landed on the floor with a thud, and she stood there laughing.“Oh my god, are you okay?” Marcel asked, he was the man I was conversing with and now shame had taken over and I had no idea what to say to him.I saw Nico approach, and he was furious.He pusMarcelrcel who was being helpful aside and carried me up into his arms, he set me on the floor beside him and faced Camille.He grabbed her by the shirt and pulled her to my face, “apologisePearlearl at once!” he roared angrily,She was silent, both shared silent glares, something about it ticked me off, what the hell does Camille have over Nico, could she be warming his bed, she did call him her man.“Right now Camille or ill
NICO’S POV~I reached her just before she fell over the roof, her blood seeping into my arms as I carried her, “why would you do this?” I asked, I was terrified, if she could do this to herself I wondered what she would do to Sophie or worse Pearl.Can I protect them when im not here?I ran for the stairs, I pushed past Pearl who was visibly shocked as she held on to my crying daughter. “get the chopper ready! Fast!” I thundered as I raced towards my helicopter perfectly sitting on the helipad on the roof.“Nico…my love” she called faintly, her bloodied hand running down my cheeks, “Camille, hang on we are almost there” I said, but her eyes were starting to close, the end of her life drawing close.And with her eyes closing forever the whereabouts of where she may have stashed it gone with her forever.No, I can't let that happen, this is not one of those things I can let go of.I placed her gently on my lap as the rollerblades started to whirl, I took one look at Pearl who was frigh
PEARL’S POV~I couldn't believe it, he lied!“Pearl!” I heard him call, he got up but Camille held him back, he sat back down, her hands in his.“Let her go!” she exclaimed and he turned away from me.“This is a mistake” I stated in disbelief before bolting out of the room, tears stung my eyes and I was too ashamed to let them roll down my eyes.I shouldn't have agreed to this arrangement, my mission was simple, get back my company and get revenge by becoming bigger and better but here I am, tangled in the web of lies.I ran aimlessly, I had no idea where I was going, I just had to get out of there fast, I saw the elevator open and a couple got out, a smile on their face that soon turned sour as I frantically pushed past them to enter the elevator.“Watch it, idiot!” I heard the woman yell, and the man gave me a distasteful glare.My heart raced uncontrollably, how could I have trusted Nico to ever say anything but the truth, he is literary the most dangerous man in all of New York, s
PEARL’S POV~“Give me what I want and I'll let you walk out of here with no charges, full immunity” Agent Jenny Beacon started, I was confused, conspiracies and murder? How? “I was silent, I knew enough not to speak without a lawyer present, hopefully, Nico saw me being hurled away and he is on his way right now to solve whatever shitstorm this is.“Answer the question Mrs. Davis-Malone! Where did Kenji take the baby, how did you help him, your case would be so much better if you started talking!” she thundered pounding her palm on the table in front of me before tapping a picture of the Kaichou in front of me.“First of all im Miss Cavill, I am no longer married to that asshole, second I will not be speaking to you until my lawyer gets here, so get me a goddamn phone so I can make that phone call that I'm entitled to” I corrected, leaning back into the seat and crossing my arms.She was now visibly upset and her eyes twitched. I knew this was a baseless accusation, and there was no
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