Chapter 126Iris's POVI couldn't stop the tears as they rolled down my cheeks like it was an highway. The more I tried to stop he more I cried bitterly, Arthur couldn't look me in the eye as he drove as fast as he could. He tried to pacify me and gently touched my hands but I slapped it away and looked outside the window. The sound of my crying became rhythmic with the sound of the running engine of the car.My cries intensified as we journeyed past the familiar road to Arthur's mansion. The moment he try to speak I'll raise my voice even higher and cry louder until the sound of my cries overshadowed his own voice hence he relented and didn't speak to me anymore. I couldn't stop thinking of all that had happened, few days ago my life was going perfectly well. I was to get married to a man who love me and I would be free from my father.Less than an hour ago I was standing on the altar, waiting to say my vows when my wedding was interrupted by the last person I ever wanted to set m
Iris POVArthur looked worried as he stared at me, I was covered in sweat, and he eyed me suspiciously. He hesitated for a second before cautiously approaching me, I stiffened on the bed and relaxed as he moved closer. He sighed before sitting at the edge of the bed, I moved a few inches backwards, and he shook his head, he stretched his hands and touched me.I instantly felt repulsed at how soothing his touch was, he looked me straight in the eye and smiled. My blood boiled, how dare he smile at me when he had ruined my life completely? Was he being serious? I yanked his hands off and frowned at him as he tried once more to touch me. He looked hurt by my actions, but I wanted him to feel a thousand times more the pain I had felt as his pain was nothing compared to mine.I scoffed loudly to show my displeasure at this presence and as he opened his mouth to speak I looked the other way, I waited patiently for him to leave, but it seemed he had other plans, I turned to face him with t
Iris POVThe tears I tried hard to fight back rolled down my cheeks with ease, I had broken my oath of not crying and instantly regretted my actions seeing the look of pity on his face. He tried to touch me in a bid to soothe me or whatever, but I sneered at him, and he held his peace, he didn't say a word and I understood this, no one would dare say a word seeing how badly hurt I was.“I was used to being alone and rejected before you came into my life and made me alive once again, but you abruptly left me no choice than to leave and prefer to be alone rather than stay with you!” I screamed at him.I wanted to scream more, louder and yell at him, I wanted to wipe that stupid look of fake pity away from his tempting face. I felt a bit relieved, pouring out the contents of my heavy heart. I'd spent days crying myself to sleep when I left him, some days I tried to make sense of what happened and began to make up excuses for the reason he never made efforts to reach out to me after tha
Iris's POVSniffing uncontrollably and still crying profusely, I trued to wrap my head around what I had just heard. It occurred to me that Arthur might be lying to me, but it all sounded too realistic to be faked. I laughed hysterically and cried simultaneously, my world was a lie, my life was a blunt lie. Arthur shifted uncomfortably, and his eyes held regret and pity and I scoffed, I opened my mouth to speak but nothing came out.Arthur's feet shuffled, and he made to switch off the computer, I held out my hand and stopped him, whatever was on the drive, there certainly was more there and at this point I didn't know what was real or not anymore, this was a bitter pill, but I was willing to swallow it rather than continue feeding myself with lies.“Is it all true?” I asked, my voice croaky.Arthur sighed loudly and let the computer be, he moved towards me and trued to caress my face, but I moved a decent distance away from me, I needed space, time and literally every other thing.
Arthur's POVMy heart broke seeing Iris in such a petite state, she had cried her eyes out and wouldn't stop crying. I had already foreseen this and promised myself to never reveal this dirty truth to her because I knew it would hurt her badly, but I had to break my promise because I love her. I'm ready to do anything just to keep Iris happy, but not at the expense of losing her or even making her to hate me.I've already tried to live with her hatred for me and her misjudged opinion of me, but I knew she would always find a way to leave me and I fear that someday she will truly leave me forever; hence I had no choice than to reveal this truth to her. I inwardly cursed Kelvin and swore to snap his head off his neck the next time I see him for causing the woman I love so much pain.As she kept apologizing I felt a stab at my heart, and it was as if I could feel her pain and agony, she kept apologizing over and over again, and I could tell that she felt stupid and everything seemed unr
Iris's POVDarkness; that was all I saw and remembered, a ray of light suddenly shone through the darkness and illuminated the entire place, it was empty of void of anything. I called out but got no response, instead; my voice echoed, which stunned me, it felt a bit different and weird, but a force coursed through me and I gasped thereby opening my eyes. I shut my eyes almost immediately as the light invading my retina was blinding.I stood still with my eyes shut for half a minute before I opened them slowly once more, everything was fuzzy and still not clear, and I blinked severally trying to adjust to the intensity of light my eyes were being exposed to. I felt light-headed and weak, I wanted to speak, but my throat felt parched, so I kept mute.My hands roamed freely, and I tried to feel the nearest object beside me to give me a clue of my environment, I felt a soft fabric which signifies that I was on a bed. My butt felt soft, and my body didn't ache, I let out a sigh of relief a
Iris POVThe doctor took my wrist and pressed it softly; the coldness of his palms sending little jolts of electricity to my brain as he checked my throbbing pulse, then he took a pen and noted something's down.My eyes wandered around, and it fixated on Arthur as he sat across the room looking sheepishly.His mind was not in the room, and he just sat down; staring emptily at the space in the ward.There was something I still couldn't get my mind around about him today.The doctor took out a pocket flashlight, flashed it at my left eye, then stood up and motioned to him; they both stepped out of the room.After some time, one of the nurses who had attended to me earlier came to the ward and detached the IV drip bag, she then asked me to follow her into the reception.As I followed her, I paid attention to the nurse and I subconsciously wished I had her body type; full breasts, a petite athletic body frame that fitted into the nurse's uniform and a skin that had the color of snow.The
Iris's POVAs my hands trembled, I struggled not to give in to the urge to go crazy at that moment. The world seemed to crash down on me and I couldn't even scream about it, I wanted to run my eyes with the back of my palm, but it would be unnecessary as it wouldn't change what had already happened.'How could this happen?'I muttered to myself, and my voice quivered. It then dawned on me the reason behind Arthur's sudden cold attitude towards me and his reluctance to pursue any form of interaction with me. No one in their right senses would, the note in my hand were hospital test results that showed that I was pregnant! Me! Pregnant! My hands flew to my mouth almost immediately as I felt a bit nauseous.I shook my head slightly at first and then violently, refusing to believe whatever it was the note said, my thoughts ran wild, and I wasn't thinking straight anymore. I began to shake vehemently and could almost feel my body go cold. I laughed sadistically to myself for thinking it
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