Emily's POV."C'mon cuties, don't make mommy late for work," Adrian groaned signalling Ryan and Nadia to hasten their step as we strolled towards the garage.He had insisted on driving us, he'll drop the kids off at school and take me to work as well. My perfect gentleman. As we drove towards the kids school, I couldn't help but ponder over Zoya's last words to me last night. "If you are getting threatened, I'm sure it's better you are a step ahead of whoever is behind it, if you let them take the upper hand, it might get really ugly," She seems to know so much yet speak so little. Could she know something that I don't? Well, I do intend to take her advice, once I have spoken to Liam, the next step will be to confess everything to AdrianLike Zoya said, it is better to be a step ahead of them than to let them get to him first."Bye Mom!" I suddenly snapped out my trance as I heard my kids calling out to me and waving me goodbye.I had been so lost in my thoughts, that I didn't no
Emily's POV.I continued to wave at him until he was out of sight, and once he was gone, I grabbed my phone and placed a call across to Liam."Hey love," his excited voice sounded through the phone. "Have you missed me so much that you have to call?" "Liam, there is no time for all that, where are you?" I rasped sternly. "At the penthouse, why?" "Send a driver to my office immediately, we have to talk," I replied.He was mute for a second. "Is everything okay? Did something happen?" "Liam send a driver to me immediately, we will talk when I get there," I snapped and hung up the call.I couldn't walk into the office, I wanted to wait outside until Liam's driver arrived. That was how badly I needed to get to him.After several minutes of standing on my heels and pacing around, almost beginning to limp from the pain.A peach colored car which I quickly recognized to be one of Liam's car pulled up beside me. Without saying a word to the driver, I quickly pulled the door open and cli
Emily's POV.It wasn't up to a few hours since I returned from Liam's place before Adrian showed up.If I had stayed a little bit longer, It would have been an entirely different story. This is the more reason why I needed to stay away from Liam until everything is under control. Adrian assisted with a few of the office activities, I had replaced his position here as the general manager upon my return to New York and that meant taking over his responsibilities, he can only assist if he wanted to and he really does. Throughout the time we spent together, I battled with myself to finally talk to him, but somehow, something always came up to distract the moment. Well, I guess I will tell him tonight. "Hey, it's time to go pick the kids, I will do that," he said. "I'm coming with you, I've rounded up everything for today anyway," I quickly blurted, standing to my feet, and started arranging my desk.I intended to spend the whole day with him just in case things doesn't go well after
Emily's POV."What do you mean? I haven't sent anyone to get my kids today," I arched my brows at me. "How is that possible? I thought I saw..." He suddenly trailed of, keeping mute for a second before shrugging. "I guess it might not be today, please pardon my dull brain, old age comes with it's package," he chuckled. "Oh, Mr Jerkins." I exhaled a deep breath. "You got me really scared for a second," "I'm sorry about that Miss Emily," he smiled. "I have to get back to work, have a great day with my little cuties." He waved at me and rolled the trash trolley away. Adrian and I turned to glance at each other and chuckled. "Isn't he a little too young to forget things that easily?" Adrian whispered to me."Let's go get the kids Adrian," I tightened my grip on him and headed towards the classroom. Per usual, the class roared with noise as the kids jumped excitedly all over the place, surprisingly, there was no sight of Ryan or Nadia. Usually, when I walked into the classroom and l
Emily's POV.The located which was written at the sheet seemed really odd.Adrian squeezed it roughly and threw it across the room."Someone is messing with me," he gritted."Emily, I have to go get to the root of this, I will be back." He turned around to leave."I'm coming with you!" I growled. He turned to face me. "You can't Emily, this might be dangerous." "I'm coming with you Adrian, and that is final." I gritted. There was no way I would sit back while my innocent kids went through such a horrible ordeal. I was determined to fight for them with my last drop of blood.Seeing that I wasn't willing to back down, Adrian exhaled deeply and ruffled his hair frustratedly. "Fine, hurry. I quickly rushed after him and we stormed towards the parking lot."I'll drive you sir," Hardin rushed towards us. "No Hardin, stay back and look after things here, we will be back shortly," Adrian replied.Surprisingly, he shook his head. "I'm sorry but I can't let you both go alone, I'm coming wit
Emily's POV."What... What do you want?" I stuttered."Now that is what I'm talking about," he stepped closer to me but Adrian swiftly stepped forward, blocking me away from him.It broke my heart knowing that Adrian was willing to put his life in line for me and my kids but all he gets is betrayal."I don't want to be violent, so I'm just going to go ahead and let you know what I want from you," "We are all ears," Adrian snapped at him."It's not a big deal, I want you in place of your kids," I froze on the spot as his words hit me hard across the ear. I trembled uncontrollably, beads of sweat trickling down my forehead under the cool breeze wheezing around the woods."What did you just say?" Adrian stepped closer towards him. He was boiling in rage right now. And it hurts knowing that everything will turn on him soon."My boss is literally protecting you against this woman, why are you making it difficult huh? And the fact that she doesn't deserve it makes it more annoying!" The st
Emily's POV.I saw the pain reflect in his eyes, I could barely recognize him, his eyes reflected betrayal, anger, and confusion. No, this can't be happening. Adrian is the strongest pillar in my life right now, if he pushes me, then my world will crumble. Where do I start to explain to him why I hid my past with Liam from him? He was already furious and with the look in his eyes. I could tell nothing I would say would have any effect on him."Mr Liam is your ex-husband?" Adrian mumbled, his voice was barely audible. I could tell that the discovery was taking a toll on him."I'm surprised you have lived with her for several years and yet don't know this piece of information; the strange man blurted. "The lady standing beside you was married to Liam for four years before they got divorced, and oh do you know that the kids you keep referring to as yours are actually his?" If I had supernatural powers, I would have plucked this horrible man's heart from his chest in a second. He was ef
Emily's POV.Without uttering another word to him, I turned around and ran off. I ran all the way to where the car was parked and surprisingly, it was still there."Hardin? You are still here?" I asked. "Yeah, sir Adrian instructed me to stay back and pick you when you are done, he took a cab and left already," he replied. I felt a drop of tear roll down my cheeks. Despite how upset he was, he still has my best interest at heart. Why does someone like him have to go through all this?First it was Elisha, I can't believe I hated her for causing him so much pain, now I have done exactly the same to him, if not more. Slowly, I pulled the car door open and climbed in. Hardin seemed to have caught a whiff of what happened, the look on his face was evident. He looked sad, and never spared me a glance all through the drive home. Once we have driven into the house, I practically jumped down from the car and started running inside, hoping that Adrian will be in, I needed to plead for hi
Aria's POV.I slowly opened my eyes to the soft morning sun that found its way into my room through the window. I had a huge smile on my face but it suddenly disappeared as I realized that I was the only one on the bed, Ryan wasn't beside me anymore.Spranging up with heavy force and anger, a piece of paper fell off from under the pillow beside me and I quickly picked it up.A wide smile broke out on my face as I read through the content."Hey beauty, how was your night? Hope you enjoyed your sleep? For me it's the best I've ever had, sorry I had to leave before you woke up, Eleanor is an early bird, if I didn't get back to her earlier before she woke up, she would notice I didn't sleep in the room, I trust you to handle Jeremy about the party too, get ready for school quickly and come down, I can't wait to see the pretty face of my lover, and FYI, don't put on your panties." I blushed hard as I read the last part."What do I do with you naughty Ryan?" I muttered to myself."Just lov
Aria's POV.I watched as he gulped down imaginary air down his throat, his widened eyes scanning every single area of my body. "How do I look?" I asked smiling down sweetly at him. "Uhmm... you look..ugh...you look perfect, absolutely stunning, seriously," he stuttered, his lips quivering."Awwn, thank you," I squealed happily, jumping around in excitement.It was all an act to execute my plan B which will be set in 3.2.1...I suddenly faked missing my step and fell on top of him on the bed.Our faces inches apart and our eyes staring deep into each others.I could tell that his self control was failing him, as his hands slowly crept up to my butt cheeks and grabbed them roughly.Our faces tugged closer till our lips came in contact, that was it, we lost all sense of morality as our lips battled against each other, suckling and nibbling passionately.Ryan suddenly pulled away, gently pushing me away and stood up from the bed."I should go back to my room now, I'm sorry but I won't b
Aria's POV. I laid on my bed with my heart beating against my chest. I was confident while talking to Ryan, few minutes earlier because I didn't want him to spot my fear, if my plan will pull through then I needed to seal every trace of fear and nervousness in me.Twenty minutes had rolled by and no sign of Ryan, my eyelids were becoming heavy not because I was feeling sleepy, but because tears had no more room in my eyes as it slowly started rolling down my cheeks.He made his choice already, he chose Eleanor over me, despite the efforts I poured out in struggling to win him back, it all went down the drain, at the end of the day, I lost him, now I have no choice but to move on also, I have Jeremy anyway, this is my clue to finally give up.Suddenly, my door slowly cracked open and Ryan walked in."Ryan, you came!" I exclaimed, cleaning off my tears."Hey, what's wrong?" He asked noticing my tears."Nothing serious, these are tears of joy, I was just reminiscing a good memory," I li
Aria's POV. "I'm really happy for you Aria, you and Ryan finally get to stay away from each other, I'm so glad," Christie continued going on and on about it as we sat in the cafeteria."I know right? each of them now has their seperate partners, case settled, now I can finally stop getting worried about my best friend involving in such an act," Josh added.If only you know Josh."Arya make sure you are with Jeremy at all times, I know you said it didn't work the last time but now that Ryan has someone too, you both should occupy yourselve's with your respective partners and viola, everything will be okay and everyone will be happy," Christie adviced."Easier said than done," I mumbled under my breath."Aria, did you just said that? Wait, are you and Ryan still having something going on?" Christie blurted out.Geez! Did i say that out loud? "My goodness, Christie how could you even say a thing like that? Have you forgotten that Ryan and I aren't in good talking terms since I rejected
Aria's POV."Welcome J," I coed happily, hugging him tightly, and opened the door wide for him to step in."Babe, I'm nervous, what if your dad doesn't like me? What if I don't end up impressing him tonight? you know they already have have a bad impression of me from the last time," Jeremy suddenly blurted as we approached the dinning."Stop getting ideas Jeremy, no one is holding what happened against you anymore, they all now understand that it was a mistake okay? So don't panic? Just do you alright? Who wouldn't like you anyway? Have you met yourself, young man?" I sang the last part in a hoarse manly voice and we both bursted into laughter. "Thank you so much Aria, I really needed that," he smiled."Sure thing," I replied placing a quick kiss on his lips and then held his hand."C'mon, lets go," I dragged him towards the dinning.***We all sat around the dinning table munching our food in silence after exchanging pleasantries.Dad suddenly cleared his throat and looked up."Youn
Ryan's POV.Shit! Shit!! Shit!!!" I screamed repeatedly hitting the steering as we drove around the street, it wasn't Eleanor's closing time, I just needed to be out of the house that minute else I would compeletly loose it."How could she want to wear something like that for that jerk?" "Does she even know how she looked?""Like a freaking pornstar, a fucking pornstar!!! Damn it," I continued speaking to myself as I drove around.My mind couldn't erase the memory of her image, from her pretty innocent face, to her flawless thick smooth thighs, her juicy boobs and erect nipples faultlessly visible to my ogling eyes through the see through singlet, and her firm mouth watering ass perfectly encased in the tight skirt she wore. "She is mine, her body, her heart, all of her is fucking mine!!! I yelled, continuously hitting the steering."Are you okay man? A man in the car next to me shouted out to me."Fuck off!! I yelled back at him.Fuck moving on! I haven't moved on a single bit, why
Aria's POV.I woke up with a bright smile on my face reminiscing about the event of the previous night, I finally admitted my feelings for Ryan and also confessed it to him, though I got a rejection from him, but then again, I got a hug and God knows, its been like ages since we last hugged, Eleanor has been taking all the glory but its time to take back what is rightfully mine no matter what it takes.My plans were to kick off immediately and I was more than ready to swing into action.I grabbed my phone to check what time it is, 11 am."Gosh, how did I sleep this long?!It was a Saturday anyway, so I didn't have anything to worry about. Jumping off the bed, I ran all the way to the bathroom, did my usual morning routine and bounced out."Aria! Ryan, come out here now!!" I heard Dad's voice calling out to us and I quickly rushed out. "Morning mom, morning dad," Ryan and I chorused as we both stood in front of them."Morning babies, trust you slept well?" Mom asked and we both nodde
Aria's POV.I found my way to the kitchen only to meet Ryan already seated quietly on one of the kitchen chairs with a glass of milk in his hand.It's their time of the night, why isn't he with her?He suddenly looked up on hearing my footsteps."Aria, what are you doing still up by this time?" He asked."Just came to grab a glass of milk, I can't seem to get a good sleep," I shrugged."You are having one already, can't sleep too?" I asked walking towards the freezer and grabbed a cold jar of yoghurt and a glass."Nah, I just needed to cool off a bit before going back to bed," he replied and I muttered an 'oh'I had hoped he would say yes, then maybe I would have believed he couldn't sleep because he was thinking of me but he had utterly proved me wrong.We both sat there, sipping our yoghurt in silence."Uhm, I should go back to sleep now, goodnight," he suddenly blurted and stood up turning around to leave."Hey Ryan, can I talk to you for a minute?" I quickly stood up as well.He t
Aria's POV."Everyone come out! I have something to say to all of you!!! I screamed walking from each person's room to another knocking on their doors.Ryan was the first to come out of his room and of course in the company of Eleanor.She practically live with us now."Aria, whats going on? Why are you calling everyone out? Can't you see it's late?" He snapped."I'm sorry guys, I just can't keep it to myself anymore, it's really important that I talk to all of you," I replied."Well then, make it as fast and as simple as possible because some of us were in the middle of something," he said, winking seductively at eleanor."Ryan stop," she whispered staring down timidly. I rolled my eyes and looked away, deciding not to give them the reaction they needed from me. Instead, I wanted to get their attention this time. Almost immediately, our parent's room door creaked open and they walked out."Arya what's the matter?" Dad asked."Uhm, I want to talk to you guys about something really v