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 POVIt had been two months since Kelvin and I had been hitting things off together. He had always been friendly, bringing me flowers, and ice-cream, which I found very friendly. However, I had my suspicions about him. It got to a time when my heart was pounding, and raging around him, but it seemed like knowing him for the better made me feel free around him. I began to smile around him, go out on movie dates, and do countless fun things with him.At a point, I refused to trust him, telling him all I felt about him to his face. My lips wouldn't stop rapping to him how I thought he was like Arthur, and was looking for a way to win my trust because of Arthur. The feeling of having him around became a threat because I also saw him as a mafia who had bad intentions against my family just like Arthur did.Kelvin was sad about the words I told him, and then he began to explain everything clearly to me. He told me about how he knew about Arthur's plan, and that he had always warned A
Iris POVI was shocked by the package that arrived at the door today. I was in my room when the doorbell rang, and the next thing I knew, the twins were screaming again.Rolling my eyes, I decided to continue reading the magazine in my head. However, there was no chance to do so because the twins barged into my room.I freaked out, and began to blast them, asking them if they didn't know how to knock.Both of them giggled at the same time, seeming not to worry about what I had told them bluntly, but they didn't care. Rather, they acted like two adult pups who wanted to see their sister.“Sis, forget about that for now. A package came in, and it's for you.” I furrowed my brows, did it say who it was from?” I asked, but they shook their heads several times.Feeling rather stressed, I collected the package, and placed it on the bed before going back to the book I was reading. It wasn't easy for me to cope with my sister's tantrums.“Well, what are you both waiting for, leave…” I point
Arthur's POV My life became a total mess, I was either with whiskey, or other strong drinks just to make me stop seeing Iris. She was everywhere, at the club, at home, even in my heart, and it was getting really frustrating.“Get out of my heart, iris!” I came home drunk, thought of her, still driving me crazy. I was supposed to be a Mafia, how did I end up like this? How did I get so emotionally attached to her? There was nothing I had not done to kick her out of my life. I had gone clubbing, taken girls to a hotel room, yet I couldn't have fun with them because they were not Iris."Get out!' I recalled when one of them tried to touch me on one occasion, that was how I screamed, making her flinch. She stared at me in surprise, her eyes watching me expression with a smile on her face. It was like she wasn't ready to give up, so I pulled out a massive sum of cash, and handed it to her. I also told her she should get out of the room.She nodded, happiness showing in her eyes as she tr
Arthur's POV“Where the hell are you, you got me worried!” I tried to be calm, but the raging emotions inside of me couldn't be contained, my emotions switched from worry to anger. She had been away for a long time, and didn't even bother to call.She told me she was sorry, and that nothing like that would ever repeat, but what I wanted was different, I wanted her back home with me.It seemed like the trip didn't do much good for her, I could hear it in her voice, but he couldn't take it. Whatever it was, she should come back home right away for therapy.“Anna, go get your ticket, I'll be waiting for you at the airport tomorrow, there's no way I'll let her stay there any longer.”She didn't object to my words, telling me she would be there. I was relieved, at least, we were going to talk, and I finally found out what she was hiding from me.That night, I went to sleep knowing that my sister was going to return tomorrow. However, there was something that worried me the next morning. I
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