KaneWho the hell did this to the tire? I kick against it in frustration. There's no way it can get punctured while staying in the same position. That means someone messed up with the last two tires."Isn't there a single-vehicle available?" Nova curls up her face. "No""You have a spare car, right? Where's that?""I asked my driver to drop Miss Benson", I tell her. Nova's reactions stiffen as she pulls on a dirty look."Oh. I should have known that. Anyway, we can cancel the plan then. I'll have dinner with Olivia in the office""No. Wait", I scoff, scratching my head as Nova passes me a wide smile. "We can hire a cab though it's gonna take some time""I can't believe that you really want to go on a dinner date with me""Of course", I smirk. "It's been a long time, right?""Yeah. It's been so long. In fact, it's the first time I can see your interest in having some time with me", she decreases the gap between us. Keeping the smile on, I take a step back. "Let me book a cab"I calle
Kane I'm not supposed to do that. I'm supposed to make her suffer and hurt her as much as I can. But I can't help consuming her painful agony inside me as she whimpers against my arms.I stare at her gorgeous face in the fading moonlight and she looks so innocent and pure as she has always been to me. I used to die for this innocence once and it feels like I have gone back to the same moment. I don't feel like the person I had been for four years. "Kane!" Her moan is more like an urge to feel me as she holds my forearm. Okay, that's it. It's time to just let her ache. I was here to play around anyway. But my grips stay steady and my eyes remain fixed on her, her trembling lips. She squeezes her legs, keeping my hand in between as I feel her hot and wet core inviting me. Why does it feel like a punishment to me? Fuck! It should not. "I won't do that silly act again", her voice comes out more adorable and childish as I recall the clip again. It makes me smile wider and wider. Wh
Author's POVThe atmosphere in Smith International has been heavy since midnight when Nova Brandon got missing. All the major meetings and conferences are put on hold when David has been trying his best to locate Nova. At a moment, Olivia insists on taking the case to the high department of the police commission when Nova finally shows up in the office. Relief gets back to the surroundings, not because all the employees like Nova, but Oliva had forced everyone to worry about her and stopped all the major work.As soon as Nova steps into the office, everyone gets back to work."My goodness, Nova. Where have you been the entire night?" Olivia snaps at Nova, seated in her cabin with her head hanging down."I'm talking to you, Nova. Do you have some sense left? We had been worrying about you the entire night and I don't know where you were messing up with"Nova heaves her head up towards Oliva with her burning gaze."It was all because of you", a groan escapes her mouth, leaving Olivia s
Emily's POVI step into the building with a pounding heart. I don't know how Kane is gonna react if he finds me here. But I couldn't stay back at the cottage when tension was crumbling inside me, knowing Kane might be the last person Nova was with. Nova has been missing and Kane isn't answering my calls since the morning.I badly need to talk to him about Nova's disappearance. When Mr Smith asked me about her, I didn't tell him anything about Kane. God knows why I'm even trying to hide it. I believe Kane isn't straight behind all this but there will be some connection. I walk towards the elevator faster. Kane's cabin is on the next floor."Miss Benson!" Hearing a familiar voice, I turn around, finding one of our clients, Mr Standford standing over there. "Hello, Mr Stanford", I force a smile. After the last incident, I'm still not out of embarrassment. Nonetheless, I'll have to work with these people. There's no point in hiding around."You're late", he folds his lips. "We were ab
EmilyMy legs wobble to the response of my pounding heart as Mr Stanford surges towards us. Kane tilts his head backwards, my anxiety rising.I wonder what Mr Stanford is gonna do or say in front of him. I'm not ready to take more hurtful words from Kane. He had no mercy left for me when he leaked our pictures. How can I even expect from him he'll not blame it all on me?He's not the same Kane I knew once. "Mr Gabriel, glad that I got you here", Mr Stanford maintains his gaze on me with that creepy smile on his face. I hate to be looked at by him now when I know how disgusting his thoughts are for me. I wish I could escape.But I can't. Reason!I'm a woman!And I'm not rich!Gulping down, I downward my eyes and wait for the storm to come. My eyes start welling up. "Miss Benson was telling me about her plans. And I must say, I'm impressed"With my eyes flinging up at them, I gasp in shock. Mr Stanford keeps the smirk on when his eyes land on me. By that gaze I can say things are goi
Kane"You're not gonna beat me. Are you?" Her eyes shiver, anguish filling in them. Her rosebud lips slightly part and seal within nanoseconds. It brings an unexpected laugh across my face as I touch her cheek, tucking a few strands of hair behind her ear. She squirms away nervously, her eyes still darting at me. "You're not so innocent. Are you? I can't believe it" I chuckle at her confusion-filled eyes. She literally didn't understand what I meant. "But I think you are- in a few things. Don't worry. I'm gonna make you experience everything"I see her gulping down slowly. "When did you start having such kinks?"Her face curls up into a frown as she finally comes out of her frightening shell."From the moment, you walked into me again and kissed me," I say straight, watching her ebony black eyes enlarging at me. It's so fucking true that all my desires of four years were bottled up when she walked into me. She has to fill the voids she made in my life for the last four years. It'
Kane I can feel her body shivering. "Kane, please," she pleads and I freaking enjoy that. The next second, I nudge her around and bend her over the centre table, sticking her ass out. I rub her ass cheeks with my palm, delivering shivers all over her as she groans."Kane! Ahh!" She whimpers as I spank across her ass. "Fuck, baby. I didn't even spank your bare ass. If this takes your breath away, I can't believe what will happen when I'll print your beautiful bare ass," I rasp, fisting her hair and yanking her head back to look at her face. Her eyes are wet. And I suddenly feel a bit weird. That wasn't even so hard that she would get hurt. She was supposed to have pleasure. But— maybe, the pleasure is overwhelming her. And why am I even caring if it's torture for her? I hold the edge of the towel and gradually pull it down. "Kane!" Her whines go painful. "Please, don't!"I stop. I shouldn't stop.No! Just continue, Kane. You're not supposed to listen to her. She's bound to you.
KaneI literally shuddered on the spot. My head went numb— completely numb for a whole second. I pushed my brain to work. I already believed it must be mine. It had to be mine. Maybe, the birth control didn't work and she got pregnant. "Pregnant?" Still, I tried to make sure I heard it right."Yes. She's three months pregnant," she said.That was it.My hands slipped down from Emily's shoulders. My brain stopped functioning completely.Three months?"Three— three months?" My voice shook and I looked over at Emily in disbelief. "Three months?" I repeated.How could she be three months pregnant when we literally had sex seven months ago? That was so fucking impossible. Was I really doubting her? The love of my life?How could I think like this? How could I have such a thought? Maybe, something was wrong. Something went wrong.If she was actually pregnant, that must be my baby.I knew her. I trusted her. But she chose to be silent, lowering her eyes like a culprit. It only increased
THE END NOTEThe journey of Kane & Emily ends here. You may find the epilogue a bit incomplete because Samuel hasn't accepted Kane wholeheartedly but there was indeed a step toward him. Such kinds of relationships are hard to form. and I hope this loose ending of their relationship doesn't look too negative at all. I tried to make it bitter-sweet as it certainly is in the real world. Let me know how you found the book overall. What you loved, what you hated. This book was a spin-off of my other book MR CEO, MARRY ME ON CONDITIONS. Many of you might not know. Kane and Emily were the side characters in that book. And I hope you could read it as a standalone.I'm plotting another book in this series. you might have guessed until now. Chrisanna and Samuel.I'm not sure when I'm gonna start writing that book. I'm too busy this month. even the next month can be hectic. I'll most likely write Samuel and Chrisanna's book in September. You may follow me on Instg with my pen name already writt
I let out a deep sigh and look down at Emily. She's almost on the verge of crying. And she does. Just when I strive to hold her again, surprisingly, Samuel comes forward and cleans her tears with his small palms. "Don't cry," he gasps in a cold tone, frowning at her. "I'm angry. I don't hate you"Emily smiles in tears and hugs him right away, breaking into tears. "I'm sorry. I'm really sorry, my baby," she sobs, hugging him tightly as I find Samuel staying calm and rolling his eyes around. Poor boy doesn't even know what the hell is happening in his life. He lifts his eyes and stares at me coldly. Emily breaks the hug and his face. "You're angry with me? I'll remove all your anger soon," she kisses his cheeks and all over his face. But he seems to be too stunned to take it all. "Let's go now. I'm here to take you home," she says."I won't go," he shakes his head. "I wanna go to dad. I want dad"Emily pauses, gawking at him. She says nothing. Tears roll down her cheeks as she low
Emily"The court is adjourned"My attorneys cheer up as the judge exists and Ivanna hugs me from behind. "Congratulations!" She exclaims in joy and I feel nothing for a couple of seconds when Damien is taken by the cops in front of me.As he gazes at me with his hatred and disgust-filled eyes, I glared back at him, hot tears streaming down my cheeks as I recall the dead face of my dad, that cruel hour of my life and years filled with pain and darkness. "Congratulations, Mrs Gabriel," my head attorney, Lana, hugs me. "I hope you feel better"I move my gaze from that view of my ugly past and thank my team for being so patient for so long and finally turn back to the man standing behind me, who has always been there ever since we reunited. Kane is smiling at me. His eyes are moist. I don't think I would ever be able to do it if he wasn't there to hold me each time I fell weak on this journey. We don't share words, we just look into each other's eyes. Five years. It took five years to
Kane The entire night was spent in anxiety. I had been staying in a small guest house, just a kilometre away from that foster home. In the evening, Ethan came and told me that he had handed the wedding dress to Rylie Mae. She looked happy. But she said Emily hadn't talked to anyone after I left. She didn't even come out of her room. I know it was going too fast and I believe she'll know what she wants. I wasn't lying when I told her I would leave everything behind and make her world mine. I'll definitely do it for her. I just wanna see her happy and satisfied. When I met her yesterday, I saw that urge in her eyes. She was so hesitant when she asked me to leave as if she was unable to convince herself. If I had found a bit of resistance in her eyes, I would surely walk away. We're gathered in the small church situated a few yards away from the foster home. And it's already the moment. Ethan comes rushing when we all were waiting outside the church. "Kane!" He huffs. "Coming from t
Kane"Emily is in Atascocita, a small village in Houston. She joined the foster home recently. Two years ago she helped an elderly woman to found a foster home for young girls. She loves to be around them and helps them to find a direction in life"Auntie Rachel's voice echoes in my head as I drive faster in that direction with a bunch of hopes. I look at the sky. It has turned pink, and the sun is slowly moving to the horizon. Everything feels unreal now. I know where she is. But I also know that it's gonna be harder to face her now. How am I gonna ask her to come back to me? Will she ever trust me with everything? Enough of this. It's time to face it, Kane. It's time to fix all the damn damages I did. I rub my eyes and get into the car, keeping the jar safely in the backseat, then I drive faster towards the direction which leads to the exit from this small town. *I reached Atascocita till dawn and waited for the sun to come up so I could enter the village. There's no doubt why
I brace myself before reading it. "As you sow, so you reap. That's what dad used to say. But it has never been the same in my life. I got the worst in return for a single NO. I can't believe I'm a woman of this era where we're still not allowed to say NO to anything. We don't have a right to make decisions and any random person thinks that they can make decisions in our lives as if we're obliged to do whatever they want.I realised this fact in the worst way. I never thought turning down a silly offer would bring a nightmare to my life. Damien Porter is a demon with the skin of a human. That's what I found out the day when I was taken by his men and brought to him in darkness. I still remember that horrible day when I was surrounded by darkness in that empty room. I kept screaming and crying to break the shackles when he came in front of me. I still remember his creepy face when he walked toward me with his horrible smirk. I knew it was not going to end well. But I wasn't the kind
KaneMore than seventy days since Emily left. Seventy days since I have realised there's no way I can survive without her. Seventy days since I realised I love her more than I used to do years back. Seventy days since my life feels meaningless, full of emptiness. And today after those painful seventy days, I'm stepping out to bring her back again. But a part of me still emerged with fear.What if she refuses to come back to me.What if she has fixed her life again and my presence ruins it all for her. I have been selfish all my life, especially when it was about her. I have been greedy for her love, her existence in my life, her tender body in my arms. That greed increases each passing day. I keep battling with my thoughts while driving through a narrow parkway in between green fields, away from the busy city, the only place where I can find her or at least her exact location.Her parents' home. Emily can abandon everything but she can never abandon her mom. And I believe Auntie
KaneEthan said Emily asked him to hire a cab. She didn't tell him where she would exactly go. I believe she'll go back to Austin. After all, she has her dream job there, her family in her agency. But I'm not sure if she's gonna go back to David's company after this mess. If she goes there, I believe she'll know what I confessed at that party. She'll know Monica isn't my wife. I hope it'll give her some relief. Ethan insisted that I should meet her when she was leaving but I didn't go. I didn't think I'd be able to control myself. What if my mind changes and the bastard in me wakes up again and it tries to force her to stay back again. "She has left, Kane," Ethan says as I take a long stroke of smoke from the cigarette. I try to smile painfully, rubbing my eyes repeatedly. "Are you okay?" Ethan grabs my shoulder."I'm relieved," I tell him with a painful smile. "I'm proud of you, Young Master," Ethan says with a big smile of pride.*It's already been a week since Emily left for
EmilyWhen I opened my eyes I didn't expect to be in that place. I roll my eyes nervously around the room. For as long as I can remember I was near the Cascade last night. It was raining heavily. My heart was heavy. I don't remember how long I cried but gradually my brain started functioning. I recall every single thing from last night.I remember how all those disgust-filled eyes landed on me, how my entire existence felt nasty and sinful, and how I have literally spent thirty days with a married man. I cover my face with both hands and breathe heavily. I can't take this anymore. I just can't. Now, it doesn't hurt because the man I love the most is not mine. It hurts because the only thing I had as my own isn't there anymore. My dignity is tainted. And it hurts more than anything. Whatever happened to me throughout my life, I never felt like this before. But today, I have stooped so low in my own eyes. Gathering the sheets tightly against my chest, I close my eyes and strive to pr