LISA"I'll be your lover and server for the day mademoiselle," he said teasingly as he rose from his seat across me.I blushed so hard, I must've looked as red as a freshly harvested tomato.He shot me a low sultry glance as he noticed my blush and I looked away shyly while he opened the picnic baskets to reveal mouth-watering mini shrimp rolls which I assumed would serve as appetizers.God, this man was a genius."Here, beautiful." He handed me a small saucer with three mini shrimp rolls and curtseyed like an actual waiter making me laugh.No matter how many times he called me beautiful, I'd always feel my heart skip because I truly felt seen, beautiful, and whole in his presence."Why, thank you handsome" I made sure the compliment sounded like a tease since he was intentionally being one as well.I grabbed a mini shrimp roll and stuffed it in my mouth, it tasted just as amazing as it looked and I knew I was in for a picnic I'd never forget."Wine?" He asked as the cork of the Caber
As every minute passed, I realized that there was nowhere else I'd rather be than Axel, and in a way that scared me while equally making my heart race.I was having what would easily count as the best day of my life while I watched him make small talk and smile at his weird jokes, and as you'd expect I smiled in return because I was paying more attention to him rather than the words leaving his mouth.Every movement, every feature, every flaw, every detail, and every single thing about Axel appealed to me in a way that almost seemed obsessive, but knowing that he was just as in love with me brought me an unmatched relief."Lisa? Lisa? Babe?" His deep voice barely broke through my thoughts."Yeah?" I replied absent-minded, still trying to push past my thoughts and focus on what he was saying."Are you having a good time love? You've been so quiet" His brows furrowed in confusion as he stared at me trying to deduce my mood based on my expression."I'm having the time of my life, I'm qui
LISAWe walked into the house with our arms intertwined and I kept bumping into him slightly as we went up the stairs that led to his room. I loved that being tipsy made me bolder yet I would be able to savor every moment because I was perfectly sane.We'd barely even entered his room when his mouth was suddenly on mine and he was kissing me. He kissed me slowly, not the ferocious one that I was used to from him, as if he was trying to savor this moment. It was a very slow kiss, one full of passion, like communication of souls, like he was enjoying doing this and it just wasn't foreplay or build-up to sex for him. I couldn't get used to this; couldn't get used to the fact that Axel was kissing me as if I was a treasure, a trophy, and not just someone he was with for the sake of kissing alone. I moaned into his mouth at the intensity of the pleasure his tongue was invoking in me, and the sound caused his hand to tighten around my neck as he dug his hips into me so I'd feel the budge
LISAAfter reading Angel's text I begin to feel very uneasy as several thoughts race through my mind, the most prominent thought in my mind was that she had found out about I and Axel's continued involvement and she had told the rest of the family.I swallowed deeply as I wondered how furious my father and brother would be, I wouldn't hear the last of it and they'll definitely make sure to ruin everything Axel and I have worked so hard for.The mere thought of losing him sent dreadful shivers down my spine and I sat up in bed while still staring at the text across my screen.However, for my sanity, I convinced myself that since Axel and I had barely dated for a week she couldn't possibly have found out about us.With that in mind, I managed to calm my nerves and think of a way to get home since she insisted that there was an urgent matter at hand in the text she'd sent.I sat in bed and my mind wandered as far as it could just so that I could come up with a better reason why Angel wou
LISAAngel's mention of "a blessing in disguise" seemed to have piqued everyone's interest but it had simply stirred up my anger, however, I couldn't deny that I was somewhat eager and also anxious to hear what she'd cooked up this time around.Dad, on the other hand, needed to get a word in as usual because when he was angry he didn't care about anything else."There's no way this mess of a relationship could be a blessing in disguise because it's a disaster and Lisa has put each and every one of us at a huge risk. I mean, only God knows what Axel is planning by using Lisa as his pawn" My father's loud and authoritative tone rang through the room.I got more and more furious as every word left his lips but the smile that grew slowly on Angel's lips caught my attention even more. What did she have up her sleeves this time? Hadn't she done enough?!"I believe that we can turn things around in our favor, especially since we know that Axel Ivanov is bringing in a really important shipmen
LISAThe warmth of my bed did no good to calm my racing thoughts, I’d been deep in thoughts since I left home and it didn't get any better as I lay in my hostel room.I had my pillow in my arms as though I needed it for comfort, and at that moment I would've sincerely welcomed a comforting hug just so that I could get my mind off the chaotic thoughts that had plagued it for so long.My mood had taken a turn for the worse and I knew that only Axel could make me feel less conflicted, being with him was always amazing and I was sure that he would’ve made my burdened heart feel lighter even now.The past few days have left me feeling emotions that I never imagined were possible for me, especially during the days I’d spent with Axel, they were magical and nothing short of unreal.Every moment I’d spent with Axel was like an out-of-body experience, mostly because I wasn't used to being a love bird or a love-sick puppy but he’d made me all of these and more.Truthfully, I had no reg
My chest rose and fell in an unrhythmic pattern as I laid in Axel's roughened sheets after we'd had mind-blowing sex over and over.Even with my exhaustion, I recalled how Axel couldn't keep his hands off me the moment we got into his house. We'd barely made it into the sitting room when he pinned me against the sitting room wall and fucked me passionately despite the heated sex we'd enjoyed in his car.As though that wasn't enough, while we cleaned up in the bathroom in what should've been an innocent shower, he teased me like crazy and ended up fingering me until my legs curled in a series of exploding orgasms while he watched me with satisfaction.As I lay in his bed exhausted, my legs felt wobbly underneath me but I wouldn't give anything in exchange for the ripples of pleasure with Axel that had caused it. A sly smile spread across my face and I tightened my legs slightly as I reminisced how blissful being touched by the man I loved felt, I would never get over the way he made me
LISA"What are you doing, Red?"I heard Axel's voice and my heart stopped in my throat because his phone was still in my hands as I contemplated my decision to read the text or not.Fuck! I cursed in my head because I knew I'd fucked up big time by snooping around on his phone when he literally just expressed his unwavering trust for me. My racing thoughts on how to remedy the situation did no good in calming my erratically beating heart.My hands were sweaty as I panicked with my mind going through thoughts of what Axel would do if he found out that I was on the verge of betraying him. I couldn't blink from the fear that he would figure out what I'd been doing in his absence.I realized just how fucking dumb i'd been at that moment and I was genuinely scared that he would hate me all over again if he figured out what I'd been seriously contemplating.He'd definitely lose his shit and be extremely furious if he caught a whiff of the fact that I was trying to read the details of Prince
LISA A YEAR LATER Have I just spent the absolute best year of my life? Yes. Best was such an understatement to describe the year I just had. Axel made sure to keep on his promise of being the best thing that has ever happened to me and each day was better than the last. And he also made sure to keep up with the promise of putting babies inside me during our honeymoon because here I was, heavily pregnant and the scan has confirmed that we were expecting twins. Axel has never allowed me to hear the end of it. He was always bragging about his skills and all those yadayada nonsense and that was how he was able to impregnate me during our three months honeymoon. Yeah, we did use three months for our honeymoon and I was sure we were the only couple that had done that. I wanted us to go back after a month but Axel had insisted that we spent three months and in the end, it was all because of me. He wanted me to learn all the things I've mentioned that I wanted to learn while making sure
AXELI still couldn't believe my eyes, just like I couldn't believe everything that had happened for the past 2 hours but one thing was real. Lisa was here by my side, wearing my ring as we walked out of the airport hand in hand and into the car that was already waiting for us.“But how did you do this?” I finally asked, speaking for the first time since I confirmed that she was the one sitting beside me on the plane, “how were you able to make that happen?” I asked as the car drove us to the hotel we booked for our honeymoon. “My brother-in-law helped me,” she sassed, leaning closer to me like she has been doing since we entered the car. It was like she couldn't believe that I was here and she needed to feel my body to confirm that. Not that I was complaining though. I'd gladly allow her to enter my body if that's why she needed it. “Your brother-in-law? Prince?” I asked incredulously suddenly slammed with the idea that Prince somehow knew of where she was all these while but I k
Lisa's POVMy disappearing act was the most unplanned and spontaneous decision I'd ever made in my life and now I'd realized that it was a poorly thought-out decision, one that only caused the people I loved more pain than the relief I'd expected it to bring them.As much as it literally blew my mind that I'd finally gotten married to the man I wouldn't have dared to dream of while I was growing up, I couldn't stop myself from feeling like a burden and a magnet of unfortunate events for him.It was bothersome that I could easily trace every misfortune that had befallen him back to myself, it was as though I was a catalyst for his misery over and over. It felt as though trouble trailed dangerously close behind me and affected everyone in my life, most especially Axel.I'd broken his heart and betrayed him, stolen a shipment that he'd worked tirelessly to procure, and made being a hostage a mentally challenging chore for him, and now I'd been oblivious to the fact that I was being used a
AXELSIX MONTHS LATERMy entire life had been turned upside down ever since Lisa disappeared from the hospital, it hurt like hell that the moment I’d gotten her back, I’d lost her without single trace. I’d been wild the day she disappeared, I was fucking angry at everyone and I raided the hospital angrily.I spat threats out and shook the very foundations of the entire hospital because I needed at least a single clue as to how Lisa had disappeared. But no single person had any reasonable information to offer me and my heart had sunk with fear, what if I’d lost her forever?I regretted having gone for the meeting that day and leaving her unattended, the two days when I didn't step out of the hospital she’d been perfectly safe and then the second I left, she was suddenly lost to the fucking wind? I blamed myself and feared what would become of me if I never found her.Every day for the last six months had been a recurring nightmare, I was living in a world where Lisa wasn't by my side an
Axel's POVEverything felt like a blur in the past two days, time seemed to be at a standstill and nothing made sense to me asides from updates on Lisa's fragile and critical health. I'd been seated for hours in the private waiting lodge of the secluded recovery room I paid for to ensure she was being catered to in the best conditions.It felt like no time had passed yet time had dragged aimlessly for the last forty-eight hours, I was always on edge whenever the doctor approached me with news, I didn't know how I'd react if I lost her— I'd lose my damn mind, that's for sure.In over 10 hours, the last news I'd gotten about Lisa was that she was still unconscious and her vitals were unstable. Since then, I'd shuffled between pacing up and down, running my hands through my hair in frustration, feeling like my heart would burst from the scare, and refusing to speak to anyone that dared to tell me I deserved rest— rest? I'll rest when Lisa is awake and stable.Involuntarily my mind drifte
Lisa’s POVMy heart ripped into a million pieces while I watched what had become of the day that I’d love to keep replaying in memory on a loop, my father has turned my wedding day which had just made me shed tears of unimaginable joy into a freaking shit hole.As he called to me with an arm stretched out, I felt a wave of disgust and hatred for him that was impossible to conceal. I was certain that my facial expressions gave away just how much I detested his guts as he stood before me.My heart kept beating uncontrollably and I could barely form the millions of questions that flew threw my mind, I needed to breathe but I didn't care to catch my breath as much as I terribly needed answers to those questions from my father.I couldn't believe the smug and unapologetic look he has on his face, it was as though he didn't care about hurting me as long as she had his way. I finally mustered the courage to speak but I was certain my voice would sound cracked and snotty because of how much I
Axel’s POVA serenading symphony of wedding songs that Lisa and I had chosen was being played on the organ and my heart squeezed in its position in my chest because I knew what the start of the music signaled. It had meant that in no time, Lisa would be walked down the aisle by her father toward me.As I looked down the empty aisle I noticed that Volkov’s men has moved from the positions outside the church and had joined my men indoors.They all seemed to be in sync for some reason, but I couldn't possibly guess with the excitement in my veins, still, I looked over at Prince and nodded toward them so that he’d observe them and u could focus on Lisa, and he’d understood what my gesture meant and nodded back at me sharply.I quickly shifted my mind from worrying about what might be irrelevant and focused on my wedding day again.I became tense yet excited at the prospect of looking at her beautiful face for the last time before she became my wife before this congestion. I stood before t
Axel's POV I was certain that I hadn't stopped smiling while I got dressed for the event of the day, I was thrilled beyond human comprehension. I'd retied my bowtie a couple of times because my mind kept wandering to Lisa like the hopelessly smitten man I was, I could barely focus on myself. I'd decided to wear a dark blue double-breasted suit instead of sticking with the conventional rite of black suits for the groom. I buttoned my jacket and dusted it proudly while I checked myself out in the mirror, Lisa was lucky to be getting married to an absolute snack, I laughed as the silly thought crossed my mind. It hit me again that very moment, I was truly getting married to the woman that made love feel so good I was certain we'd cheated the laws of the universe. I'd never thought I would be so certain that someone was made for me, my soulmate, and my entire world. Just then, a hand landed on my back and rubbed it aggressively and shook me out of the thoughts I'd immersed my mind in.
LISAIf anyone had told me that my love would become an ethereal dream after being a complete nightmare a month ago, I'd have spat bitterly in their face. But yet, here I was, living the life I wouldn't have dared to dream of after all the unfortunate events I'd been through.My nerves could barely contain my excitement and my heart was an endless leap for joy because I was about to get through the day I'd fantasized about a million times over the past month. I was beyond elated and I couldn't hide it, I didn't want to anyways, it could easily pass as the best day of my life.I was getting married to the man of my dreams, the man that surpassed my dreams and made life a living fantasy. It was I and Axel's wedding day, finally! I'd already said I do in my head several times but the thought of saying it as a vow before a church intrigued me greatly."Girllll! I can't fucking believe your luck with love, teach me a thing or two please?" Tana's excited voice broke through my thoughts and