Iris Pov.Once again I felt the sicking atmosphere of the hospital office in which I was seated. It felt as if the chairs in the doctor’s office had spikes in them because I felt extremely uncomfortable sitting in them and could not wait to take my leave.Weird silence filled the four corners of the hospital office once again, I could feel the doctor's eyes all around me and Arthur’s hands still entangled with mine.I sat quietly, still trying to comprehend all that had happened earlier with Arthur.The mixed emotions Arthur showered on me caused me to question my reasoning faculty. I tried to wrap my head around different ideas, suggestions, and behaviors Arthur signaled to me.Initially, he brought me to this goddamn hospital without my approval and then he scolded me and remained me in my state of captivity; How I was supposed to obey him and his meaningless opinions were to him because his decisions were final.When I thought he was one cruel being, he went on to show me some acts
Arthur POVIris hasn’t spoken much after the news, unlike the talkative person I knew, she was quiet and calm.I took another glance at her for the second time, seemed like she was thinking about what the doctor had said.“Iris” I called out but she didn’t reply.I decided to leave her to think about the decision she had just made, This happens to be one of the most difficult decisions in life and aBut I was going to make sure the operation was held by the best doctors in the world.Somehow I felt bad for her, she was innocent and it was all my fault she was blind.I wished I hadn’t attempted to burn the house, she was so innocent and didn’t deserve to pay for her father’s sins.But on a second thought, there was no reason to be guilty, her father had killed my parents without thinking twice.He had killed them in front of me, not caring if I watched or not.I can vividly remember how he shot my parents on their forehead and left.One thing that surprised me was the way the case was
Kelvin’s POVI took a deep breath as I stepped into the mansion, there were tons of maids and guards working relentlessly in there, and it was too huge for me to start roaming around and guessing where Arthur or Iris was, so I simply approached the nearest maid.“Would you be kind enough to point to me the direction of Arthur's room”? I asked politely.Her eyes widened in shocked, and she curtsied, I could understand her reaction as Arthur was a big shot here, as the owner and their employer they had to accord respect to him, she left what she was doing immediately.“Follow me.” She politely requested.I nodded my head and followed her. We walked past several rooms, ascended the stairs and took a left turn twice before we arrived at a huge room. She knocked gently on the door, and it was opened from the inside. She bowed her head and excused herself. I understood what she meant and took a deep breath right before I stepped in.The house was nothing like what I knew before.The interio
**Arthur’s POV**I walked into the mansion and saw a car parked outside, it looked familiar, but I just couldn’t recall.“Welcome sir” The guard greeted as I came down from my car.“Do I have any visitors?” I asked.“Yes, Sir Kelvin is here” He replied and I nodded before entering the house.Kelvin was not a visitor in my house, we were once leaving in the same mansion, but as time went on I wanted my space and privacy.I decided to check on iris before taking my shower.I knocked but got no reply, I entered the room and it was empty.“Where has she wandered to?” I questioned myself before calling out iris maid.“Where is Iris?” I asked.“She is in the garden talking to Sir Kelvin” The maid replied.“Kelvin?” I asked and she nodded.Immediately, I walked out of the room and headed to the garden.On getting to the garden, Iris's laughter was all I heard, I have never seen her laugh this hard and to worsen it, Kelvin was holding her hands.They haven’t noticed my presence yet, and I use
**Iris’s POV** A familiar scent hit my nostrils as I turned over on the bed. I was reluctant to leave the dreamworld. Hence I laid there a few more minutes, but I knew I couldn't stay there forever. My eyes fluttered open and I sighed. It wasn't as if I could see a thing, but I had no choice. Only in my dreams do I get to know what it feels like to see again, and I mumbled a word of prayer to the goddess. I felt a presence in the room but didn't freak out since it felt familiar to me. Ever since I lost my sight, I had horned my other senses, my sense of hearing and perceiving became more sharpened as that was the only thing I could do to help myself. I reached out for my cane, which was always beside my bed and struggled to get on my feet. “I see you're awake.” A familiar voice said. “Good morning.” I greeted in return. I imagined that look on his face, he hated being corrected or worse, scorned . I could feel his slight hesitation before he moved closer to me. “Did you sleep we
**Iris POV**My tension soon dissipated as Anna introduced herself as Arthur's sister, I could hear her chuckle and my face flushed red from embarrassment.“You look astonishingly beautiful!” She exclaimed.I blushed once more, it was nice hearing someone compliment me.“Thank you, I bet you look more beautiful.” I replied.She chuckled loudly and held my hands in hers. Her hands felt soft like a baby's hand and her touch was gentle and filled with warmth. I was beginning to like her. I felt Arthur's hesitation to leave, but it seemed something caught his attention as his hands slipped away from mine. Furthermore, I wanted to hold on to him, but I knew better and stayed put. Not only that, but I was in a strange place and worse; I couldn't even see, but I knew he wouldn't leave me alone in somewhere that's not safe. Hence I relaxed a bit.“Excuse me ladies, I have to attend to an urgent business.” Arthur said.I smiled, knowing well that my guess wasn't wrong after all. It was almost
Arthur's POVI had only left for a few minutes when Anna had hijacked Iris and began to ask her personal questions, Iris was about to innocently answer when I intervened. I halted at Anna, who rolled her eyes at me and opted to use Iris as a model for the most expensive jewelry that we had for sale. Furthermore, I was against the idea, but Anna being stubborn and strong-headed; she ran off with Iris just before I could stop them.It took quite sometime before they emerged out of the dressing room, and the Jewelry Iris wore made her look more beautiful than ever. It enhanced her beauty and made her look like a top model, her perfectly curved body also added to the alluring aura that she carried around her. I sucked in breath into my lungs as she looked breathtaking, but I wasn't willing to admit it.Anna rushed towards her and whispered something into her ears, soon the bidding started, and I stood among the distinguished guests and watched proudly as they fought and showed off their m
Chapter 40Arthur's POV“Get back here, Anna!” I ordered.She suddenly froze dead in her tracks and slowly walked back to me, she pouted and made a baby face; something she always does to pacify my anger, but I wasn't in the mood or even swayed the least that day. I felt Iris shake at the impact of my scream, I ached to soothe her and tell her not to be afraid of me, but I was still angry.“Arthur.” Anna drawled.“Don't.” I growled.She pouted and withdrew back. I sighed and regained my composure, her issue was giving me a headache, but I decided to keep it all in for now. Kelvin, on the other hand, stood a few meters opposite me and winked at me, the bastard was intentionally getting under my skin. I inhaled deeply and chose to ignore it.“Let's go, the party's over.” I said in a tone devoid of any emotion.Anna scrambled to my side and held Iris's hand, I glared at her, and she laughed nervously before letting go of her hand and intertwining their arms.“Let's go Iris.” Anna said ch
Iris's POVI blushed as the events of the previous night replayed in my dreams and I smiled wish before opening my eyes, I took a moment to reflect on the happenings of the previous day and I couldn't believe my luck. Arthur was so passionate and loving, I was finally getting my dream life and my hand roamed freely on the bed in search for Arthur, but I could only feel bed linens, my eyes widened in shock and I sat up almost immediately.“Arthur.”I called out for him thrice but got no response, I stood up and checked the bathroom, but he wasn't there, my heart raced, and I almost burst into tears as it crossed my mind that he might have left me, a million questions flooded my head, didn't he believe me? Was all a dream? Did he deceive me into thinking he accepted me back? Does he not love me anymore? Am I now a burden to him? Has he been kidnapped again, or anything bad happened to him?Still confused about all that was happening, my door burst open to reveal a smiling Anna, I immedi
Arthur's POV Watching the men fight to death wasn't as interesting as I thought it would, but I seized the opportunity to try to find a way out, my arms ached as they had been tied behind me for a long time and I tried to stretch them, I realized that the rope that were used to tie my hands loosened a bit, this realization was the chance I had to escape, so I began to skillfully yet carefully try to get my hands out of the rope. Seeing that it would take ages before I'd wriggle my hands out of them and by then Knight would have murdered me or found out what I was trying to do, I decided to do it the old-fashioned way. Though it was a painful process, I had no choice, so I dislocated the bones of my thumb and bit my bottom lips in a bit not to yell out in pain, it was successfully dislocated, and I slipped it out of the rope. I tried to conceal my hitching breath and I put the bone back to its normal position and I tried it for the next finger, it was more painful than the first, b
Iris's POVDays had passed by, and I still couldn't muster enough courage to face Arthur, there are times I'd get up and even go as far and unlocking my door with the aim of going straight to his room and clarifying things to him or even forcefully demand for an explanation, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Most importantly; I was scared and confused at the same time, I wasn't pregnant with Kelvin because I didn't sleep with him and I didn't know how old the baby is so I could confirm my doubts about the paternity.Given the circumstances and happenings around me lately and the better part of my life, things aren't always as they seem, there might be a mix-up somewhere or this might be a set-up but my morning sickness and constant nausea coupled with the fact that I haven't seen my period for months now confirmed that I was pregnant.I finally ate after starving for a few days, but I didn't step my foot out of the room and only allowed the maids to drop it by the doorstep,
Arthur’s POV I watched in awe as a fight now ensued between Sebastian and kelvin, they got verbal, and it was an eyesore, yet I was more than willing to watch them, this provided an opportunity for me to look for a means to escape, but their noises were ear-piercing, so I had to painstakingly listen in a bid to get some information out of them. There was no way I would leave the place easily or in one piece unless I got rid of them first, but that seemed like an impossible task. I decided to worry about them later, as Iris was in danger and no one would be able to save her. Things are even worse as Kelvin, whom I thought loved her, could stoop as low as using her as bait against me, I didn’t regret coming after Iris after knowing his true intentions. Though Iris had been around me long enough to see things were, yet I fear that she was too petite and wasn’t built to go through this sort of hell. We all present in that room had dined with the devil himself and gotten our hands st
Arthur's POV“Now, I might just spare your life if you tell me where the secret treasure is" Kelvin said after a round of punching me wherever his fists landed.I looked up at him and my face broke into a smile.“Is that all you got? What a disappointment”He bent down and gave me an upper to my jaws. My brain rattled around in my skull and I suddenly felt a sharp pain building up in my thoracic region. I knew I wouldn't last much longer, but still, I would rather die than just give out the location of my family heirloom.“We knew you will be a hard nut to crack, and as such, we have prepared various gifts for you.”Kelvin moved to the table and picked up the landline, punched a number and put it to his ear. The phone beeped, then it got picked up on the other side. Kelvin paused and replied.“Bring the toys now, let's watch him play”I knew I just got into bigger trouble, but I was more prepared to die than give out the location.The doors opened and a man with a Russian build came i
Arthur's POVI could see Kelvin, then Sebastian and Knight. No way, I was probably seeing visions. Maybe the guys had tampered with my brain, perhaps I was hallucinating. Kelvin came forward and poured a glass of ice-cold water on me. It chilled to the spine. I was certain I heard footsteps, but they were all here?“Wakey wakey”Sebastian and Knight walked towards the chair where I was strapped with leather belts like a feral animal.“Oh forgive my ungentlemanly attitude, allow me to perform a little introduction here” he said mockingly.“Sebastian, Dad meet Arthur, the prodigal son”The word dad suddenly sounded differently to his ears.“Arthur, meet Sebastian and meet my father; Knight. I've heard you guys have gotten acquainted”.I was shocked, and could feel bitterness at the same time. I felt adrenaline rushing through me, and I could feel anger and disgust boiling in my bloodstream. I literally felt like killing the trio; like tearing them to pieces and feeding them to street do
Kelvin's POVThe thought of being on the run and having to go into hiding never crossed my mind when I mapped perfectly out all of my plans, everything was going smoothly so smoothly that I praised myself, Sebastian also voiced out his respect for me as I had managed not to only fool Iris but Arthur as well but little did I know that I was fooling myself.I almost this close to getting away with everything and couldn't believe my eyes when Arthur suddenly barged in and intercepted my plans, I had to flee for my dear life because no one knew Arthur better than I did. He wouldn't blink an eye to trade everything he owns for the one he cares for, but once his mind is made to destroy someone, he wouldn't stop until he did. The look on his face had shown that he was determined to kill me.Iris would have definitely known about me since Arthur took her with him, besides; there was no way he could take Iris with me as I needed to save myself first.Finding a place to stay wasn't easy as Art
Arthur's POV My plans were already in place and I began to give orders to my men, I couldn't wait to get to Kelvin and shove my gun down his ass. The tracker showed his location was in another state, and it was a long ride down there. All through I repeated the line of action and expected results to my men and contemplated calling for backup, but I didn't want to cause a huge scene or attack unnecessary attention to myself. Kelvin was smart and would try to find his way out of this, but I smirked knowing that I was smarter and a step before him, I cocked my gun and ensured I carried enough ammo with me. We got to the state hours later and headed straight to the location the tracker was pointing at, I stopped my men midway and suggested we take different routes and arrive there ar the same time, in case Kelvin had already positioned his men to watch over any suspicious activity ongoing. I prepared myself for the worse as we approached our destination, the place looked shabby from
Arthur's POVMy heart broke the moment I saw Iris's pregnancy report, words couldn't express and quantify how shattered I was, she made things worse by denying the claims which infuriated me. I love Iris, she means the entire world to me and I have come this far just for her sake, when she left me, and I was shattered I still held on hoping that she'd realize her mistake and come back to me.When she made plans to get married to Kelvin, the urge to free her from the clutches of his lie and clear her misconception about me kept me going, and I had sleepless nights trying to find tangible evidence. When I brought her back with me, and she fainted I was scared, scared I would lose her once more but seeing that she was pregnant? I was scared as well, scared I'd lose my sanity.I didn't know how to react to the hurt and kept mute even when she tried to strike a conversation with me, I was losing my mind, and it was the love that I had for her that held me back from breaking down but when