Bad LuckKENYA POV"You people need to hurry. I got some business to take care of and don't have all day, you know?." I yelled from the entry hallway slipping into my black converses. Anna responded with a yell “coming” before the sound of her hurried footsteps thudded across the corridor. She came spilling down the stairs with Lucious pinned on her hip, her unruly hair pulled in a messy bun on top of her head. She handed Luc to me and shimmied out of her slippers into comfortable trainers. I opened the front door and took a step out the door."I seriously don't understand why you insist on donuts and ice cream this late," I called out stopping to glare over my shoulder at her. “Well, because donuts are yummy?” She huffed before straightening up, then grinned at me. I scoffed at her and shook my head before walking out the door. She stayed behind for a moment to lock the door, then hurried to match her strides with me.“We could simply order them in if you want them that bad. Besides
She’s BackROYAL POVShe hated me, she had every reason to!And I was a dick because it made me even more determined to get her. Those were the two conclusions I drew for the past two weeks, and they turned out to be the only reasons I got up in the morning. Nothing else seemed to entice me anymore.. not the money; not the fame. But one thing kept ringing in my head and made me sleep beside myself. One thing only! She was back. The woman who had been the beacon of light in my darkest night was back. She hated me, yes, and heck, I understood very well why she didn’t even want me close to her, but what mattered was that she was back. Seeing her, in all her glory and beauty reminded me of the sweet taste of love. How good it felt to have that one person who ruled your world with everything they possessed. Because that was who she was; the queen in my kingdom. She once was, and the years spent without her proved that only she can ever be the queen. Nobody else. “What the hell has got
Chapter 8: ButterfliesROYAL POV“FORSAKEN was my record-breaking novel. I put my blood and sweat into it and I couldn’t believe it when it sold like crazy. It earned me the title of the Best Selling Author for the first time. I am glad to say the title had stayed home for the past two years.” She beamed, and I swear the whole screen lit up with life. My chest brimmed with a rush of satisfaction that left me grinning like an idiot; like I had a modicum of right to feel proud of her achievements. But I couldn’t lie, I was fucking happy to see that she was up there in the clouds making a name for herself! I shuffled in my seat, then increased the volume by pressing rapidly on the small remote in my hand. This was just too good to be true. Author Lucious Brown, the New York’s best-selling author had been her all along. I was having a hard time believing it when I had the evidence staring at my face: she had just confessed to over two million of her fans who she really was... I remembe
CHAPTER 9: Launch DayKENYA POV “KENYA…. KENYA…” a familiar voice called out from the buzzing throng. I glanced behind me to find Anna jumping up and down behind the red tape among the fans and readers who were eager for my attention. My jaw dropped when I saw none but Luc perched on her hip, his small fist stuffed into his mouth and utterly oblivious of what was going on. I walked to the head of security and pulled him to the side before whispering in his ear to let the crazy woman with a kid through. He glanced at her questionably, then looked at me as though I had completely lost it.“I know it sounds crazy and unbelievable, but that’s actually my best friend and my son. I had no idea they would come here,” The little spiel must have gotten through him because he gave me a curt nod before walking straight to the throng, then pulled up the red tape and let Anna through. She came running and waved back at the few people she had undoubtedly been bragging to about me, then slammed
ConfusionKENYA POV“Honestly though…” A long annoying burp and an exaggerated belly rub. “-we need to come together as a nation, gather wood from all around the trees in the world, and burn men alive. Just who does he think he is?” Another burp and a frown. I chuckled to myself before falling backward and leaning against the couch. The stress of the launch was finally over, which meant watching money as it poured into my bank account and planning a new story. Well, that plus wasting time with my girlfriend. "Right? I would fucking buy gallons of petrol." I added up, causing her to raise her beer can in the air and take a small swig, then slam back against the coffee table before staring intently at me. "What are we going to do about him?" She slurred while swaying in her posture, causing a small peal of laughter to fall off my lips. She was completely smashed, yet she was still very much aware of everything that was happening and still able to keep the conversation going. Salut
Silver LiningROYAL POVThe back of my arm screamed as I fished my phone out of my pocket, only to curse in a thousand languages when a notification from a bloody food app appeared on the screen. I heaved a disturbed sigh before unlocking it, then went to my inbox for the umpteenth time, only to find a single tick on the message I sent sixteen hours ago. Another sigh ripped itself from out of my chest before I dropped the phone flat onto my table and then looked up from the control room into the live window then stiffened my face when the two vocalists glared at me questionably.“That’s not gonna do.” I dropped the pen and massaged my tense temple before glaring back at them. “You guys need to be serious if you are going to work with me.” I continued, leaning forward onto the desk,“But you weren’t even listening.” The other one, the blonde stupid pig who looked like he was found stashed in a rubbish bin called out accusingly.“Exactly, dude. And you are telling us we ain’t serious?
DINNERKENYA POV“If you sigh one more time, I swear by the gods I am going to drive us straight over this damn bridge and we will make it to the stats of those cars that didn’t make it off.” Anna roared from the driver’s seat ripping my attention from the side window and onto her.I glared at her for a minute too long before busting out laughing and shaking my head in disbelief.“What the hell did I do?” I asked, utterly clueless as to why I was suddenly being attacked. “You have been sighing for the past fifteen minutes and it's starting to get on my nerves. If you didn’t want to go on this date with your baby daddy, you could’ve turned him down from the get-go.” She accused me, and I slumped into my seat in defeat.I glanced ahead as the car jumped off the brightly lit bridge and onto the highway, then swerved expertly on the ramp and left the busy highway onto the bustling street of Hermitage Avenue. The night sky, with a mixture of night lights and architecture around us, came t
Chapter 13: DINNER IIROYAL POVI was about to swing the phone I clutched to my ear into the thin air when a hand landed on my shoulder and started moving in a subliminal way. I turned to the side and murmured a small ‘wait a sec’ into the device before glaring at the entity beside me. I am saying entity because it was my first laying eyes on the woman standing before me yet she was smiling at me like we had slept together for the past twenty-plus years. it was almost exasperating: pulling along the attention of the entire female population wherever I went, of course!Especially now when I was trying to right the wrongs of my past. I couldn't afford to mess this one up! The past four years were excruciatingly long and lonely, and I would rather die than go through all of that again.“Apologies to disturb you, Mr. Carter. Miss Brown has arrived.” The lady thinned her eyes at me, and no not in the all ‘I am going to bash your head in’ kind of. Hers were inviting sending all kinds of se