OLIVIAA hand violently shakes me, and I groan."Love?" A thumb caresses my cheek and I groan yet again. Lips peck my lips, and my eyes shoot open."We are here," Tay says and I turn my head to look at the small window. I only see the lights. I yawn and Tay scoops me in his arms taking me by surprise."Mr. and Mrs. Payne," Hailey says with a smile on her face and I bury my head in Tay's chest.I lift my head off his chest and look at the city. I never thought I will be back here so soon. I thought I was leaving for good. A man in a suit opens the passenger seat for Tay and he places me on the seat and buckles me up. He jogs around the car and hops in the back seat with ne. The driver steers the car into the empty road, and I rest my head on the window and close my eyes. "Are you okay?" Tay asks. I open my eyes and turn back to look at me."I don't know," I say truthfully. I only came back here because of Donald. I feel calm now, but I don't know what will happen when I go to se
OLIVIAI have no idea what to say or think of what Donald just dropped on me. I didn't expect him to apologize, to be honest. He is the son of David after all, and he is proving that he is not like his father."I am truly sorry for the pain I caused you and for not turning to the police sooner. I went away to plan everything and to avoid my father finding out what I wanted to do," he informs me, and I stare at him."Please say something?" He pleads."You know, I suffered a lot after what you did…""Sometimes I’d cry myself to sleep. It was the most difficult time of my life, and I had no idea how to deal with the emotions other than to shut them off. You made me feel dirty and worthless. You had control over my body, and I hated it, I couldn't even get close to a guy. I hate you for taking what didn't belong to you!" I finally say what I have been longing to say to him. What I have bottled for all those years. It's good to finally say it to his face."I hate you for always tormen
OLIVIA"How did it go with Donald?" Tay asks when I walk out of the bathroom.I keep quiet and walk to the creamy couch."Are you angry at me?" He asks, amused and I wish I could knock his smirk off."Do you how humiliating that was?" I ask and glare at him. He laughs and walks to the couch."It's not my fault that you didn't check if I had a meeting or not. You have yourself to blame for what happened," he shrugs his shoulders like it's nothing."How are you feeling?" His tone changes to a worried one and my insides melt at his caring side."I am fine," I say, and he lifts me up and places me on his lap."Are you sure?""Yes, I am sure." I laugh because this is weird right now. We spent half of our time hurting each other rather than taking care of each other."How was it, seeing him?" Tay asks and tucks a strand of my hair behind my ear. He loves doing that, says he loves to get a full view of my face. I wrap my hands around his neck to support myself."At first I thought
OLIVIA"Dad, I really don't want to fight with you. As Tay said, I chose him and I expect you to respect my decisions." I say and Tay gives me a million-dollar smile. I know dad was shocked and hurt when he found out my past and I don't blame him for not wanting me to get back with Tay, but he also bailed out on me in Cape Town. "I guess I don't have a choice than to respect your decisions. I hope you know what you are doing Olivia because I don't want you to get hurt again. I am not going to lie and say I’m happy because I’m not. You have suffered so much at a young age, life hasn't been fair to you, and I hope that you get all the happiness in the world that you are seeking for," dad says and my heart melts at his words. "I am happy dad!" I walk to him and take both of his hands in mine."I appreciate you looking out for me. It makes me happy that you care but I promise I am happy. There is no person in this world that can make me happy like Tay does I promise," I say, and dad
OLIVIAI miss Tay terribly, but I promised dad that I will spend time with him which I regret now. He took me to a soccer game. I know nothing about soccer but the smile on his face prevents me from telling him. He took me to watch Pirates and Chief’s playing and so far, both teams haven't scored. From what I have heard both teams suck but people still support them. Talk about loyalty."Goal!" I snap my eyes from my phone to watch my dad screaming and Pirates celebrating. It is so weird watching him like this.Thirty minutes later, the match ends, and we walk out of the stadium."Where do you want to go?" He asks as we walk to his car."I am tired. I just want to go home if you don't mind?" I ask as I check the time on my phone."Of course," he says, and I get in the passenger seat. I don't have any missed calls from Tay. "Nora is happy that you are back, you should make time to visit her," Dad says as he drives me home. "I will but I am not back for good. Tay and I have decided to
OLIVIA"It's beautiful," I comment when we walk into our car. I still can't believe that he proposed! It feels so surreal.“Where are we going?”“You will see,”"Is Nate coming back for the wedding?" I ask. To be honest I miss him and his sweet jokes."Yeah, he called me in the morning that he is in Johannesburg," he informs me.We pull up in front of the club and we climb out.“What are we doing here?”“Patience.”We walk in and make our way to the VIP section.“Surprise!” I smile at the familiar faces.“Nate!” I hug him first.“Happy birthday sister-in-law!” he says handing me a glass and I don’t bother asking what it is. Future, Andrew, Jessica, Rachel are here, and this is the best way to celebrate a birthday, with family and friends.TAYOlivia is happy and I am happy but not with the fact that Nate is busy giving her glass after glass of booze.“Nate?” I warn.“Come on brother. Aren’t you curious drunk Olivia? Because I am!”“Fine.”Some song blasts through the ro
OLIVIAThe next morning, I wake up alone on the bed. I groan and roll off the bed to the bathroom and take a shower. I find Tay in the kitchen. He hands me a glass of water and a pill. I don’t ask and take it as my head hurts."What's wrong?" He asks, tucking my hair behind my ear."Don’t let me drink again." I rest my forehead on his chest, and he continues to hold me."Do you remember what you did last night?" He asks, with a smile."No! I want to go back to sleep," I run back upstairs.TAYMy phone rings as Olivia runs upstairs."Jess?" I answer."Hey, how is everything going?""What did you find out?""I honestly don't know what is true or what’s not, ""What do you mean?""It looks like this is deeper. I had to go back to Andrews's mother's case. Remember the half-brother he has that no one knows or has seen his face?" I nod but remember she cannot see me."Yes?""It's him but there is more,""I am listening,""When last did you see Chad Brown?" she asks, shocking me.
OLIVIATwo days have passed by as a blur since the incident at the club and I had back-to-back interviews. Everyone knows who wrote Behind Closed Doors and that the sequel is coming soon. I had to open an Instagram and Twitter page in Rachel's words. I got millions of followers within a week and that blew my mind away. A lot of DMs about how they love me and how much I have changed their lives. It is so crazy, and I had to help Future with her wedding. We managed to find a venue and she designed her wedding dress. It's so beautiful that she wants to open a boutique selling wedding dresses and this will be her big break into the industry. The venue is not big since Future wants a small intimate wedding with friends and family. We managed to get Sofia to agree to cater for the wedding under short notice. I have never worked under pressure in my entire life as I did two days ago. Tay and I have been so busy with our work, he comes back tired from work, and I am also tired from planning