CHARLOTTE'S POVMy head spun wildly as I stared at Micheal in shock. My hand tightened around Owen's and he turned to look at me in alarm as he placed his hand on my cheek. “Are you okay, cupcake?” He asked worriedly and my eyes drifted back to his. My heart relaxed as I realized that I was already married to this romantic billionaire and that he was all I needed. “Can I talk to you for a second?” I asked as I got up and pulled him with me and he got up too. I held his hand and he followed me to the kitchen. “Is something wrong? You're acting strangely.”“Can we not hire him? I don't like how he looks. He looks scary and intimidating.” I lied as I pouted slightly and he chuckled, a look of relief settling on his face. “Cupcake, the scarier he looks, the safer you are. He wouldn't hurt you, he's here to protect you.”“But he looks terrifying!” I whined as my eyes drifted to Micheal and I could see him staring at me, his eyes boring holes into my body. Wait a minute… He made me cry
OWEN'S POVI sighed, devastated at the news I just got from Caleb as I walked back to the room. The company's revenues were dropping drastically. Father won't let me go to work and I can't fix anything from home. I need to have a talk with him as soon as possible. I opened the door to my room and was surprised when I saw the newly appointed bodyguard in the room with my wife. She looked flustered as she saw me, like she had been caught doing something bad. I raised my eyebrow at Micheal and he cleared his throat as he stood straight. “I heard her scream from outside, so I came to check in on her. She had missed her step and fell while trying to get out of bed. All I did was help her get up. I was on my way out when you came in.”I immediately walked over to Charlotte as I looked at her in worry. “Did you get hurt? Why did you get up? I told you to stay still till I'm back.”“I needed to use the bathroom.” She mumbled and she avoided my eyes as she spoke. I waved a hand to dismiss M
CHARLOTTE'S POVMichael's presence has made me nothing but uncomfortable. He always found ways to come close to me. Either by brushing his fingers over mine, walking extremely close to me so that our skins touch and even going as far placing a hand around my waist when no one's there.Owen has been a very romantic husband but he's been having less time for me recently. He's either buried in his laptop, or flipping through different files.I'm laying with my head on his lap right now and he's flipping through files that look so boring. I looked up at him and I fell for him again for the umpteenth time.He looked so attractive with glasses and his hair packed up into a ponytail. I pouted as I tried to get his attention but none of it was working.“You don't love me anymore.” I complained and he glanced at me for a while before returning his attention back to the files.“You're overreacting, Cupcake.” He replied and I folded my hands in annoyance. “I'm not overreacting! You love your pa
OWEN'S POVCharlotte has been acting weird since we left the house. She looked very majestic and ethereal, and it was evident that Roselia did great work on her but something was wrong. She kept avoiding eye contact, she wouldn't let me hold her hand and she kept fidgeting beside me. “Cupcake, I'll ask you this one more time. What is the matter? If you don't feel comfortable about going to the auction, we could make a u-turn right now.” “I said I was fine, Owen. I just feel a bit nervous.” “Then let me help with that.” I mumbled as I took her hands in mine and lifted it to my lips but she quickly pulled away from me as she cleared her throat. My expression turned sour and she turned to look outside the window. Did I do something wrong? “Are you mad at me, sweetie?” I asked, my voice dropping to a low rumble as I inched towards her and placed a hand on her waist. “I said everything is fine!” She snapped and I moved my hand immediately, hurt written all over my face. “I'm sorry.
CHARLOTTE'S POVMy entire body ached as I struggled to open my eyes. A dull throbbing in my head made it all worse and the harsh light made me shut my eyes immediately.I groaned as I opened my eyes slowly to adjust to the light and when I looked around, I realized I was in the hospital. How did I get here?My head throbbed harder as I remembered the incident that happened in the auction hall. Catherine had shown up from nowhere and injected me with something that was probably poisonous.That explains why I'm here. I tried to sit up and I felt someone else move on my bed. I turned to see Roselia sleeping peacefully with her head on the bed. I sat up finally and the movement seemed to wake her up and she jolted up when she saw that I was awake.“You're finally awake!” She looked happy as she held my hands in her and I smiled weakly at her.“Do you remember what happened?” She asked and I looked out the window to see that it was bright as day.“I remember sitting and waiting for whatev
CHARLOTTE'S POV “Mr Sam, Please don't do this! I'll pay you all your money I promise!” I frantically begged as the huge man approached me, a lustful look plastered on his face and he licked his lips as he crouched in front of me.“Do you know how pleasant you look when you cry? So beautiful and ready for me.” My insides churned with disgust at his words and all I wanted to do was spit on his face. So I did. His face flushed with anger and he smacked my face so hard that my nose bled and my mouth was filled with blood. He pulled my hair harshly and smacked me again and it felt like my skull had been split open. The walls spun around me and everything was turning black. When he noticed that I was losing consciousness, he pushed me away and cleaned the spit off his face. “You better be grateful I'm in a good mood today. You'd have been reunited with your dead parents today.” He spat on my face and left the house with the rest of his boys and I passed out.Hours later, I woke up to a s
OWEN'S POVMy phone kept buzzing on the table and I flung it away in anger. I was in the middle of an important meeting yet my father kept on calling me just to annoy me. Caleb snorted beside me and I glared at him. He raised his hands in surrender, trying to suppress his laughter and focus on the meeting.Sometimes I wish I was like him, so calm and collected. I shook my head and focused on the meeting, feeling my anger increase as the worker presenting kept spewing nonsense. I banged the table hard as I stood up and everyone flinched in fear.“Is this what I pay you to do? How many months have we been working on this project huh? Why can't you guys ever get anything right!?” I yelled, anger and frustration written all over my face as everyone bowed their heads in fear. Caleb sighed and placed his hand on my shoulder, urging me to calm down.“This meeting is postponed, the next time we'll be meeting here, you better have something better to present. Or your sack letter will be presen
CHARLOTTE'S POV“Let's break up Charlotte.” My head rang at the words he said and it felt like a bomb had been dropped inside my heart. “What did you say?” I asked as I took a step back, wondering if I had heard wrongly. “You're joking right? What do you mean? Why? What did I do wrong? What happened? Did-” “Just stop Charlotte. You did nothing okay?” He said with a frustrated expression and I stood there frozen and dumbfounded. This is a lie right? I'm definitely dreaming. I closed my eyes and slapped myself hard to wake myself up from this dream and when the pain resonated on my face as I opened my eyes, I realized it was not a dream. This was real. “Micheal…” I said as my voice cracked and I cleared my throat to stable myself. “At least tell me why. What I did wrong. Tell me where I failed as a good girlfriend. I can fix us. I'll work on myself so I can be better for you. Just tell me…”“I-” He started and looked away with guilt all over his face. “I found someone else. She was