"Can you stop looking at me like that?" The flustered woman said as she felt several sparks of nervousness hitting her because of the suspicious narrowed eyes gazing at her like she was some kind of bomb and will burst anytime. Ace tilted his head slightly before spinning the pen cradled in his fingers, this woman right in front of her was actually presenting a peace treaty. He knew whatever had happened to her in these years might had finally opened her eyes but again, her loyalty with that bastard was too strong for the last 15 years to actually believe her words."Jade Maxton Corvin, you really think I will trust you?" Jade let out a tired sigh, her soft eyes yet the helplessness and pain behind them didn't go unnoticed by the hawk eyes of the man seated in front of her."I understand why you don't want to trust me, and you have every reason to not," She paused before pulling a knife out of her bag which alerted Sameul who was standing right behind her, he was about to snatch it a
Author's PovHardly detaching her eyelashes, the badly aching eyes of hers finally parted letting the dim light of the room blind her burning eyes for a few seconds before her vision got cleared. She moved her swollen gaze around the room only to find herself laid on the dirty old bed, she coughed once again touching her throat, that gas was venomous. The side affects were still present in the form of terrible ache in her throat and eyes.Pushing her weak body in a seating position, she let herself examine the whole place until the memories started flashing before her mind, tears instantly welled in her eyes remembering the name her father took before she lost her consciousness. She shook her head taking deep breaths, she still wanted to delude her mind with a false hope that her father wouldn't do that, he just wouldn't.Max had attacked her twice in those two years and one it was right in front of Alvin, he had almost choked her to death if it wasn't for the loan sharks who started
Author's Pov"Marriage?" She whispered making the man sigh in frustration, he was confused and annoyed by her lack of corporation, she always did whatever he asked her to right away, it was the first time she actually resisted his order."Aurora, I am doing it for your own good, understand it, that bastard is torturing you just to take revenge on me, divorce him, and when you will become someone else's wife, he wouldn't be able to do anything!" She drank her tears back before watching her father with a rebellious gaze as she took a step back."You say he's taking revenge on you by using me, and you're going to take revenge on him for the torture by using me, so what's the difference?" Alvin's eyes flickered in alert as he didn't expect her to actually see through his facade, did she really for the first time realised what his real intentions were behind those sweet words?"Aurora, my princess. I am not using you, I am doing it for your betterment." He used his usual soft and gentle ton
Author's PovShe yelped when again the same way Max threw her in her father's feet like that man earlier did, she hissed feeling terrible pain erupting her spine, if she kept on being thrown like this, her back will surely break. Alvin instantly tried to help her but Max was fast enough to yank her up by holding her arm, he pulled her closer making her snap her eyes to his blank ones. Her eyes for a moment fell on the annoyed guy who was supposedly chosen by her father to replace Ace, she glared at him making him narrow his eyes at her audacity, if he thought she was going to behave like an obedient slave then he was wrong, only Ace had the power to bent her to submission, Max had tried many ways to push her on her knees in front of him but when she never was obedient to the man who wouldn't mind taking her life in a snap then who this man was?"Papers," Max ordered making the evil eyed man held the crushed papers in front of him, Aurora bit her inner cheek in disappointment, she sho
Author's PovAce was the first one to leave a sharp cut over Max's arm as he skillfully moved around avoiding the raging man's attack leaving the injury behind. Max hissed slightly before raising his eyes to the blank steely eyed man who moved his gloved fingers over his bloodied dagger wiping the freshly painted blood off. Max clenched his jaw when he found a tint of disgust in Ace's eyes while trying to clean off his blood."That's it?" Max provoked the beast who snickered lowly glancing at his wife who stared between the glaring guys still sat on the ground where Max had pushed her to."Move back." Ace's nonchalant voice echoed in her ears as she without any protest followed his instructions and scooted away from the hall which has now turned their battlefield. After she obeyed him, Ace turned his hawk eyes towards the narrow eyed man who looked beyond amused yet the hint of resentment he bore for the duo was there."I thought you were better than this, Maxton," Ace said gaining Ma
Author's PovAce stared at the door wanting to turn the knob of it and barged in but something was stopping him. His stiffened frame silently heard the water rapidly running making him sigh heavily, he knew his wife was once again trying to find solace in the lonely cage she had trapped herself for the last two days.It had been two days Alvin died, the fall crushed his brain and he died on the spot, as expected his death was declared a drug overdosed which became the headlines of only a day. Ace and Aurora were the only people who knew the truth behind Alvin's death, there was no way for Aurora to overpower Max as no authority would dared to go against him, but Ace had. Ace was equally influential and powerful as Max but the bitter hatred he bore for Alvin didn't let him to try to give that bastard any justice. He didn't care how he died, his only concern was attached to this woman who hadn't cried once after her father's death, she was trying to lock away her emotions but Ace knew
Author's Pov Flashback Ace and Max were just a few months apart, their bond and entanglement was weird, they both were left at the orphanage the same day making them to share the same birthday, they were even kept in the same room and were taken care by the same people who raised them together. Ace's parents supposedly died and he was left on the door of the orphanage, he tried to find his family for years when Alvin took him in but he never was successful and eventually he gave up.While Max had a different story, he was a result of a night stand and his mother didn't want him, she was asked to abort him by Max's father but due to her bad health, she was advised to give birth to him as abortion could risk her life, so naturally she gave birth to him and left him at the gate of orphanage. Max's father was alive and he actually appeared in his life years after, but not as a father.Ace and Max shared everything with each other from the time they started understanding the meaning of f
Author's PovFlashback ContinuesAce sighed heavily taking a seat on the bench before palming his forehead. Rejected, again. He was again refused by the scorpions, as per the person he approached told him that their boss never took anyone under 20 in their gang. He had been trying for months to get in that gang but to no avail, even after his training they refused him.Ace wasn't scared of Alvin knowing about him trying to approach the scorpions as he knew Scorpions were far more powerful and confidential than him, they never revealed any of their men's information, so he knew Alvin would never get to know it, he just needed to join the gang after that he would leave Alvin and his mansion for good, the only person he would have a contact would be his girlfriend, Aurora as she already told him that she had talked with her father about them so he wasn't worry about it after all he was doing it for her and his brother. In front of scorpions Alvin wasn't even an insect, his underground b
Author's PovAurora jumped in her place getting startled when her body was wrapped up by large arms cradling her in his warm embrace, after a few seconds her tensed muscles relaxed against him as he tightened his grip over her tiny frame. Aurora smiled raising her eyes to the mirror in front of them reflecting their hugging bodies but Ace didn't meet her eyes, he simply buried his face in her crook closing his eyes."What happened?" He shook his head nuzzling deeper in her crook but Aurora noticed his unusual stance, she frowned palming his wrapped arms watching him carefully through the mirror."Tell me," She pressed caressing his bare tattooed arms with her gentle fingers making the man pull his head up and meet her concerned gaze."Jade is pregnant, Sameul just told me." He whispered making Aurora smile widely as she giggled slightly in happiness."Oh my God! That's so great! Finally after 4 years of wait, they are going to have a child. Jade must be so happy!" Aurora's smile made
Author's PovThe sunrays radiating from the messy hut made the woman nestled in bare men's arms twisted a bit before opening her eyes, she felt a shiver wearing down her spine as her bare legs were attacked by the cold wind of the sunny day after a thorough thunderous rainy night. Her tired eyes steadily raised up meeting with the smiley grey ones.She blinked a few times and reality fell on her, she was cuddled in his oversized shirt which he was wearing last night, she had nothing on her body except for his shirt, Ace also was wearing just his shorts and nothing else but the unusual warmth radiating from his body kept both of them warm and away from the cold atmosphere. She surprisingly didn't shy away but instead nuzzled her face in his bare chest closing her eyes making the man tighten his hug, Ace enjoyed the peaceful moment while hugging her closely, it was hard for him to find himself fall asleep last night especially at how he made love to her almost at midnight. And even aft
Author's PovMature Content AheadAce felt a slight shiver in his body when the tips of her fingers gently caressed the lineage of his scars, he noticed her eyes turning teary as she glided her finger over the nasty scars while tightening her grip on his shoulder by her other hand, she did see his scars before but never clear before until that night. And never this close, they were right before her eyes looking so painful yet the strength he withhold left her wanting to erase the pain he once went through.Ace leaned down and let his warm lips fell on her eyes kissing her tears away, his kisses were so soft and gentle that it made her close her eyes letting a few tears drip down to her temple, she let out a shaky breath feeling his lips kissing her cheeks before planting pecks all over her jawline leaving no space alone on her face until he reached her neck.The man didn't unleash his hunger right away instead he took his sweet time snuggling in her crook holding her closer, Aurora wr
Author's Pov"What? You should blame yourself, you kept on running away I had to follow you so you wouldn't be alone and in doing so I lost the track of the way." Ace defended himself while raising his hands, Aurora was left speechless, somehow she knew he was right, if he had left her alone she would have definitely stuck here alone.She looked down apologetically before biting her lower lip, "You're right." She admitted solemnly making the man in front of her a bit surprised at her acceptance and then he cleared his throat nearing her."Don't worry OK, we can find a way out." He carefully touched her cheek making her look up in his bright grey eyes before nodding her head."Yes, even I remember a little where I came from." Aurora was so angry and drowned in jealousy that time that she didn't care to look at the signs while crossing the way but she still remember a little."I also remember a bit, we came from that side." Ace pointed at the left side but Aurora was a bit skeptical, she
Author's Pov"How are you?" Aurora questioned the timid woman seated in front of her, she gulped making her glance at her for a second before her gaze again dropped down."I am good, how about you?" Jade mumbled looking a little hesitant and trying to sound casual but Aurora knew it wasn't easy to revive the good bond they shared ten years ago which was basically based on lies and betrayal."Better, a lot better than before." Jade smiled softly nodding her head, her fingers trembled around the warm cup of coffee, she had no idea how to start the conversation especially when it was her who called her here.Jade asked Sameul for Aurora's number and after calling her, she invited her for a cup of coffee, somewhere Aurora also knew what she wanted to talk about but she still didn't want to push her. She already had heard about the trauma she went through from Max's hands years ago, she always despised Jade in the past for her lies but after realising that she wasn't any better than her. J
Author's PovAurora after removing her coat, shoes, and muffler went to the kitchen to make the coffee for both of them, she left the coffee to brew in the machine and went to wash her hands when suddenly her breath hitched feeling a massive frame towering behind her. She gulped when he leaned his face closer to her cheek almost cornering her lifting his hand forward."W-What are you," Her words were cut off when he moved his hand and turn the running tap off, she gulped as he whispered mischievously in her ears."You shouldn't waste water." She bit her lower and tried escaping his arms but the moment she tried to side walk him, he palmed the aisle trapping her completely leaving no chance for her to leave him.She gasped out clutching the counter when he buried his face in her crook taking her aback, "You wanted me to kissyou then, but I wanted more, and now i will fulfill both of our wishes." With that he placed a soft peck over her neckline making her throw her head back.The sensa
Author's PovAurora walked out of the cafe only to find a familiar frame leaning against his car looking like a model as usual, her colleagues, her boss and even a few customers asked her who this fine man was? Aurora hesitated but remembering her promise and determination to start afresh with him, she accepted that he was her boyfriend. Her boss knew about him and even asked her why she was still doing the job when her boyfriend was this wealthy? She didn't want to reply, but did eventually, she never agreed to date him for his money. No one knew their painful history and she had no mind of revealing it to anyone. Hugging the coat near her body she walked towards the stubborn man, she told him many times to not pick her up like this but he never listened, he always uses the excuse of her being his girlfriend to do as he wished."Shall we?" He muttered opening the passenger door for her but she suddenly smirked at him playfully shaking her head."Do you know I am used to walk back to
Author's PovThe silence fell in the hallway after he completed his words, Aurora was still crouched down in front of him while Ace averted his gaze away from her fearing her reaction. Ace knew he didn't have any right to make the decision on her behalf but he knew how much kids meant to Aurora, she used to talk a lot about having children who would look like her, and he didn't want to snatch this right from her just to make her come back to him."Are you stupid?" Her sudden remark made him snap his head towards her, he met her confused gaze and slightly angered expressions."Why would you think that I wouldn't want to be with you just because the probability of you having children is low?" He blinked a few times releasing the caged tears as she sighed heavily before raising her hand to wipe his cheeks."What did doctor say?" He gulped before mumbling softly."He said that the chances of I having children is almost none, maybe a miracle but from his experience it's better if I don't h
Author's Pov"Just tell her already, why are you making decisions on her behalf?" Sameul snapped at the nonchalant man seated on the couch with his head bowed down looking disheveled, his hair messy, clothes unironed from and eyes bloodshot like he hadn't sleep for years. He steadily raised his empty gaze to the glaring man, "I am doing it for her, its for the best, she doesn't deserve to suffer with me, she already had enough." Sam huffed rubbing his temple in annoyance."I never liked her in the past after what you went through and she was one of the reasons but after keeping eyes on her for such a long time I know one thing, she loves you, so much that I don't think she can ever move on, you're just hurting her and yourself. Being truthful is what you should do and let her decide what she wants." Ace stubbornly shook his head flapping his hand as he motioned the frustrated man to get out.Before Sameul could say anything further, someone entered the house with her meek steps, she