Iris' POVI could read the look in his eyes. He was sorrowful, he couldn't even believe what I said to him. Telling him to leave me wasn't easy, but it had to be done to bring back peace. They would never be at peace if I went with Arthur, and I knew it. Asking him to leave was the only way to do that.“Iris, you can still think about this, you can make a change, don't do this please…” he pleaded with his eyes on me. However, my mind was already made up. I would rather not see him like this. I could tell he was broken. We were both in love with each other, and even when we didn't tell each other, our passionate moments showed that we were meant for each other, and just recalling it made me cry even more.He asked me to think about it, asking me to reconsider the fact because he loved me so much, and didn't want me to think he hated me. He told me he wasn't going to leave because he loved me, but I didn't bulge.“Leave Arthur!” I yelled so he could go away. He had suffered far too muc
Iris' POV“Kelvin?” I called with furrowed brows, I thought I was imagining things, so I cleaned my ears a couple of times.“Is that really you?” I slowly got up from the ground, hope, showing in my eyes as I rushed to open the door. I was kind of weak, but hearing him assure me that he was the one behind the door made me stronger.Not only that, but I gulped, my hands shaking as I opened the door. I had so many questions for him, especially about Arthur, I wanted to know what exactly was happening to him.My eyes widened when I saw him standing there in flesh, and blood. I couldn't believe my eyes, and I had to touch him to see if this wasn't one of my imaginations.“Aren't you going to ask me to come in? We have plenty of things to talk about.” A smile plastered on my lips when I heard that, and I quickly pulled him inside the room, closing the door behind me.So many questions buzzed in my mind, especially about why he was here, and since I couldn't hold back my curiosity, my lips
Arthur's POV My heart was broken beyond imagination when I walked out of Iris' father's mansion. She had asked me to leave the house, and had also asked me to leave her life. After all the memories we had shared together, I still couldn't believe she was able to make such a decision. I asked my men to stand down, getting into the car as the drivers drove away without looking back. When I returned home, the first thing I could do was to go up to my room to take a cold bath to calm myself down. Everything I had heard today was just too much for my heart to bear. “Would you be alright?” My sister, who had been filled in about what occurred there, asked with worry on her face. I guess she knew what I felt towards Iris, even when I hadn't talked to anyone about it. “Yes, I will be fine, it's just a matter of time” I replied, not wanting her to be worried. She already had plenty of things to think about, and I would rather not worry her with my problems. “You can ask the driver to t
Arthur's POVI stared at the phone for a little while, furrowed brows forming on my face as I wondered why they were calling right now.I didn't intend to pick up at first, but after giving it some thoughts, I did.Picking up the call, I placed the phone on my ear, boarding the driver seat of my car to have some privacy to myself.“Hello?” I said when I had answered the call. The voice that came afterward was a male voice, telling me we had a meeting with the mafia this afternoon.I sighed, furrowing my brows, but before I could say anything, the call hung up. Sitting in the car for a little while, the thought about what if I wanted to go to the meeting or not crossed my mind. At first, I didn't want to go. Seeing that, they really didn't have anything important to say. But when I thought about the issue at hand, my mind decided to go for the meeting.If I were to return home, I would probably keep sulking about Iris, and that won't be helpful to me. I decided to go to the meeting wh
Arthur's POV I managed to calm down, and the men took their seats. It was time to hear them out, time to know what exactly was on their mind. Knight took a seat, he had a look of disappointment on his face, but I didn't care. Sebastian didn't deserve to live, and that was final, it didn't matter what they said or what they had to say because I wasn't going to stay here if I didn't get justice. He asked me why I was so angry with Sebastian, even to the extent of taking his daughter as a hostage, and that was when I lost it. “Hostage?” I glared at Sebastian, who acted like what Knight said was the complete truth. I stared at them for a little while, promising them to tell my side of the story. They agreed to listen, their eyes fixed on me with a neutral look on their faces. After clearing my throat, I sighed, turning to them with a serious look on my face. I told them that this beast sitting here was the one who killed my family when I was little, and that was why I had been tryi
Iris' POVI sat in my room, my thoughts wondering about so many things. It had been a few days since I started staying with my father, and so far, he had made many offers to me, offers I find really strange and tempting. For someone who didn't eat anything to do with me before, my father was taking plenty of prominent responsibilities from his daughters, and was now handing it over to me.“Iris, can I discuss something crucial with you?” He asked with a raised brow. My father was genuinely interested in my life these days. He wanted to know all I did, and everything that concerned me before I came into this house. I nodded , giving him a go ahead to say whatever he wanted to say . I was feeling really nervous, my hands were fondled together, and I just didn't know how to react to my father's words. He was a really changed man, or did he miss me? He was silent for a little while after the permission I had given to him. His eyes that were staring at me made me really uncomfortable,
Iris' POVI wondered who that was as I walked through the hallway, going to the sitting room where my stepmother told me my visitor was waiting. She refused to reveal who it was, insisting that the man still wanted to remain anonymous.Her expression was still visible in my head, and I couldn't just imagine who was there. I began to hope that it shouldn't be Arthur because how then was I going to face him. I felt nothing but hate at this time, and seeing him could only bring out my dark side.“Could it be Kelvin?” The thought faded when I thought of what happened. He didn't even come back like he had promised, which made me sad, but then, I learned to live without them.As I walked into the sitting room of the mansion, my legs froze, and my eyes darted around as I thought about what was happening. I couldn't just believe what was happening now. It was like things were falling apart, and I didn't know in my body.“Kelvin?” I called in disbelief before my face suddenly turned dark. I f
Arthur's POVI ended the meeting on my accord, anger showing on my face as I moved to my car. I couldn't believe that they wanted me to apologize to Sebastian, after everything he did to my family.“That would never work!” I yelled, stepping into my car, as I prepared to go home.Inside the car, I was quiet, thinking about all that the mafia had said. They were all planning something against me, I could feel it. But why was Kelvin among them, why was Kelvin making it look like Sebastian was right from the start.Finally driving into my compound, I got out of the car, pulling my briefcase with me.Many thoughts were going through my mind, so I just secured my car as I dragged my feet into the house.“Arthur?” I had been so consumed by my thoughts that my eyes didn't catch a glimpse of my sister when I walked into the house.My brows furrowed at what she was doing here when she should be at her apartment, getting a good rest from the day's work.Her face was in a frown, her eyes lowered
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