ASHER'S POV This is so messed up, I left the house this morning feeling so excited because I was going to see Nicole today but prison life is so unpredictable and now I am back home without being able to see her. I even tried to use my power as a staff to see her even though the visiting day was cancelled but it didn't work."Someone is home early, is this how the visiting normally goes? I was under the impression that you will be with her for hours." Logan noted while playing video games with Aaron.I left them in this same position a while ago when I left for the prison and they are still here playing games."I didn't get to see her." I said as I plopped on the couch."Why, did something happen?" Aaron asked while his eyes remained on the television screen."Yeah, someone was stabbed this morning, so the warden decided to to cancel the visiting so that she can search the inmates. The whole stabbing thing has become too frequent, so I couldn't see her." I explained."Oh that's reall
NICOLE'S POV Three days later..."Arghhh, I feel sick." Ruth whined and I stared laughing. "I should have tried to get some sleep last night." Ruth and I actually tried to sleep but we couldn't sleep, we were just too excited.Knowing that today is Tuesday made me fucking happy, after nine months I am finally getting out. Who the fuck can sleep knowing you are getting out the next morning?"Well we tried to sleep." I pointed out.The moment I started having a tickling feeling in my stomach, the type you get when your going down a roller coaster, I just knew there was no way I will get any sleep, so I didn't even bother to try so hard. I am still having the feeling in my stomach and it will probably end when I finally step out of here."Yes you are right, I was just too excited to sleep. It feels like a dream, it feels so unreal." "Yeah, it feels like a dream." I would have called Mike just to confirm that everything is still in order but I already gave my phone to Shelly just in cas
NICOLE'S POV I can't remember the last time I was this nervous for anything, I have been so nervous from the prison and even now that I am out and free, I am still very nervous... I am fidgety and sweating and I really want to run into my house to see my brother and best friend but I can't seem to get myself to come out of the car.I know they will be excited to see me and I am happy too but it's been like three minutes since Mike parked at the garage and I haven't made a move to step out of the car."Are you ready?" Mike asked when he noticed that I didn't make a move to leave the car."Of course, yeah." I lied because lying was much easier.I mean how do I explain to him that I have been locked up for the last nine months and I have dreamt of this days and now that I am here, I feel awkward and nervous.I reluctantly stepped out of the car and I made my way to the main entrance, my hands shook as I tried to open the door."Wait here boss, give me a minute." I don't understand what
NICOLE'S POV "Oh I really needed that." I said as I finally stepped out of my bathroom.I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a bath like I did a while ago, in fact I almost did not want to step out but I remembered that Betty is waiting in my room for gist, so I reluctantly left my bathroom."I know right, God I have missed you so much." She said and I started laughing."I missed you too." I entered my closet and I am in awe.I am a fashion freak and I can't believe that I left all my designer clothes, shoes and bags behind and stuck to wearing an orange uniform and a white basic shoe for nine months... "Wow." I whispered as I admire my numerous clothes like I just bought them. "Gosh, I have missed everything here."I can't even count the number of clothes that I have and to think I still have more than twenty clothes that are still new and still having tags... I walked over to my casual home cloth section and I picked out a simple black dress to wear.After dressing up, I spraye
ASHER'S POV "Oh no, today is going to suck." I said when I heard the front door open.I am pretty sure that it's Aaron, I don't understand why he has refused to accept the fact that I don't want to celebrate my birthday. I am not in the mood and frankly, there is nothing he can do to make today special except he can miraculously get me to the prison and celebrate with Nicole which is impossible since today is Wednesday. Honestly my birthday should have fallen on a Thursday or Saturday and it would have been more fun and exciting."Hell no, this is not how you will spend your day." He pointed out as soon as he got to my room. "What do you want man? I honestly don't want to do anything, let's just treat it like a normal day." He insisted as I reluctantly got out of bed. "Logan specifically told me to make sure you don't spend your day locked up in your room." He pointed out."I know you will rather prefer to spend your day with Nicole but she's not here, so have fun with me and then t
ASHER'S POV I took my glass of whiskey while Aaron and I went over to the kitchen to join the chef, I still can't believe that I have a private chef to myself courtesy of my trouble maker. "What's your name man?" I asked curiously as I sat on the bar stool. "I'm Benito, I am the head chef in Kings and queens restaurant." He introduced himself. I see she really likes that restaurant, I mean their food was really good the last time I was there, they are really fancy. "Oh that's good, I am surprised she was able to get you out of there." She must have spent a lot of money and I am just realizing that I don't even know what she does or the life she has outside of prison. "Well cooking good food is my passion and I can cook anywhere, I don't really mind." "That's nice, so what are you making for us?" Aaron asked curiously and I am not even surprised because he is a food lover and anything food related excites him. "Well Miss Nicole said that I should make his best meal, wh
ASHER'S POV "Oh shit, this is a dream." I confirmed to myself as I staggered back a little to take a proper look at the box.I mean this is so impossible, there is no way that this moment is actually real. "Someone please wake me up from this dream.""Man this is no fucking dream, I am staring at a goddess in a box."Babe." I said but I'm not convinced that I am seeing the right thing. "Nicole are you really here?" I asked curiously while staring at Nicole in white sleek backless mock neck long bodycon dress with a side slit, standing in my fucking living room."Yes baby, your one and only trouble maker is here." She confirmed and I quickly lifted her up and spun her around the room.I held her to close because I still believe that I am either dreaming or hallucinating and if I don't hold her tight enough, she might just disappear or fade away and that will be the most cruel thing ever."I was just wondering while I was in the box if any one of you was going to open it, honestly I wa
NICOLE'S POV I am glad food is ready because Asher is staring at me like he wants to devour me in front of his friend and I am a little shy but at least the food will distract him a little. "Oh madam Nicole, I didn't know you were back. How was your trip?" Benito asked when he noticed me in the living room with the guys.I guess he was too busy in the kitchen and he didn't notice all the drama. "It was fine Benito, thanks." None of my staff knew that I went to prison, they thought that I traveled for work or something and I talk to them over the phone sometimes, so it felt like I was just away on a trip, so I called him over the phone to give him instructions on what to cook and when to come here. He had no idea that I was around. "How's the restaurant?" I asked curiously, although this is not the time and place for business discussions."Well it's fine, everything is going well. Although there are a few things I want to discuss with you but that will have to wait." "Of course, I w
NICOLE'S POV I can't believe he just threatened me, is he really going to send me back to prison? I can't believe it, I am the victim here and now everyone is upset and judging me because I want revenge, he ruined my life and sending him to prison is just too easy and I need him to suffer."Nicole, you have to drop this. You heard what he said, are you really going to throw everything you have away because of revenge that won't make you feel any better?" Betty asked as she followed me to my room but I am so upset with her for defending and supporting them instead of supporting me."How do you know, how do you know that it won't make me feel better?" I asked angrily."You have killed five people already, do you feel any better or different than you felt before you went in your adventure of killing spree?" She asked curiously. Why is she attacking me like I am the worst person on earth."No I don't feel better because I have not killed the most important person, Logan is the leader an
ASHER'S POV This is a nightmare, what am I going to do? I went into the room to get my phone to call Logan but his number is unreachable, so I decided to call Aaron instead."Hey man, what's up? I'm right in front of your house." He said as soon as he picked up."Well come in, there is a problem." I said before hanging up the call."Hey, was that not Nicole's car I saw on my way here?" He asked curiously as soon as he stepped in."Yeah, there is a situation at hand Aaron. She just told me now that she left that day because of Logan, she saw the scar on his nipple and that she gave him that scar and the one in his brows six years ago when he invaded her house with five guys and Logan himself raped her but the real problem right now is that she said she will kill him." I informed as I started pacing around again."That's ridiculous, she can't even hurt a fly." He stated while laughing and I see nothing funny here."She can and she will, she has already killed the five guys he went with
ASHER'S POV Today was a long day, in fact the last one week has been ridiculously long. I go to Nicole's office every morning before I go to work and I check her at home every evening after work and honestly, I am tired. I am tired of stressing myself trying to figure out what I did to her that warrants this sudden change... It's been over a week now since she rushed out of here with no explanations, so I have decided to let her be. I am going to give her the space she's looking for, no more chasing after her like a fly, I am done.I made my way to my room after work and I got rid of my suit and I was about to take my shit off when I heard a knock on the door and I made my way out to get it. "Nicole?" I opened the door and I am shocked to see her standing there. "Ummm, come in." I said as I left the way.She's definitely the last person I expected to see standing here today and I am not going to lie, she doesn't look good. Her hair is messy and she has eye bags, she looked stressed a
NICOLE'S POV "I'm going to kill him." The only question now is how and when, I mean I can't just kill him cheaply like I killed others, he was the gang leader and the architect of everything that happened to me, so a quick death will be a waste of revenge... I spent six years of my life looking for him, so I have to give him a befitting death, something worthy of the chase."He deserves a tremendous death." Something grand but painful and slow, I need him to beg for death the same way I begged him now to rape me. I need him to beg for mercy like I did, I need him to offer me things in exchange for his life like my parents offered them everything just to spare me but he refused. I need him to cry, scream, beg, explain why he decided to ruin my family and after that I want him to beg for a quick death while I derive pleasure in watching him squirm.I stayed in bed all day looking for the best way to kill him and everything that comes to mind seems too easy to be compared to what he did
ASHER'S POV If I say that I understand what happened this morning or what's happening right now, it will be a blatant lie. I'm confused as fuck, she came in here looking excited and she even brought food and the next minute, she started acting weird and she was even crying before she rushed out of here without any explanation.I got back into the house and I met Aaron and Logan laughing and eating the same food she brought over."Hey, how did it go?" Aaron asked as soon as he saw me."I don't know, I didn't see her." I pointed out as I plopped on the couch... I am so frustrated and upset, I didn't see my weekend turning out like this.She showed up unannounced and I was really excited about it, I thought we were going to spend the day together but all of a sudden, she saw Logan and she acted like this was her first time of seeing him, they work together for God's sake. If not that I know how much they like each other and get along, I would have said that she doesn't like him because
NICOLE'S POV As I sat on my bathroom floor, the weight of my discovery came crashing down and crushing me, tears streamed down my face like a river and my body shook uncontrollably as I kept sobbing. I want to stop crying but I can't, it's just too much. "Arghhh." I screamed as I gasped for breath, my chest heaved in an unhealthy manner with each ragged breath I took. "Why did it have to be him?" I sobbed as I managed to get up and I stood under the running shower while still wearing my clothes.I just want the water to wash away all the tears, pain and confusion. "Oh my God, why?" My mind reeled of thoughts of desperate answers. "What am I going to do, Asher, Logan... What will I do?" My heart shattered into a million pieces as I found myself drowning in a sea of tears or maybe it's just the water from the shower."Nicole, Nicole." Betty called and knocked but even as I tried to respond, my voice is barely audible. "Your phone is ringing Nicole." She informed and I know without a do
NICOLE'S POV ONE MONTH LATER..."Wow, someone looks nice." Betty said as soon as she stepped into my room and noticed that I that I am dressed.I want to go over to Asher's place to surprise him this Saturday, he is not expecting me but I asked the chef to make something nice that I will take over to them."Thanks girl." I spun around for her in my orange yellow color summer vibe set two piece, it's consist of dark orange yellow T-Shirts and color-block wide-leg pants. It's was part of the things I bought when I went shopping with Shelly and Ruth last month, it's beautiful. "I am going over to visit Asher." I said while smiling."That's nice, anyways enjoy your day. I am going out with Mike too, he wants me to meet his friend." She pointed out and I am so surprised that he even has friends.I have never seen or heard him having a friendly conversation over the phone before, so this is really new to me but I shouldn't be surprised, I mean he is dating Betty right? So he definitely has
NICOLE'S POV The first thing I did when we got here was to send Asher a quick text because I know I can get carried away and forget to tell him.ME: "Hi doctor hot lips, I am around now. We are a bit early, so we will have to wait a bit. How is your day going, if you are not free to come over, don't stress it. We can see at home later in the day." MY BABY:"Oh I am sorry babe but I have a session right now and it just started, so I can't get out of it but I will come over to the house later, you guys should have fun... Love you." I read his text before putting my phone away, I actually didn't expect to see him, I knew he was going to be busy by the time we are here and it's fine, I prefer him to come over to the house anyway.We got to the prison pretty earlier than I thought, we have been here for like five minutes now and it's just fifteen minutes to two which means we will still be here for like twenty minutes or more because of the checking out process... I seriously don't kno
NICOLE'S POV I woke up the next morning to the sound of the shower running and I checked the time to see it's already a few minutes to nine. How does he do it, how does he manage to stay up all night and still manage to wake up early enough to go to work in the morning without feeling exhausted while I am feeling so knackered and to think he did all the work and all I did was to just enjoy it."I can't go to work today." I said when I remembered that I am supposed to go to the prison to pick up Shelly. There is no way I can make it out of bed early enough to get to work first before going to the prison, so I think it's best I stay here and we can leave from here, I really don't have to go to work.I managed to convince myself as I stay in bed, rolling from side to side until I found my phone, I need to call Ruth and ask her to come here instead of going to my office. I called her like twice but she didn't pick. "Maybe she's still in bed or something." I said before tossing the phone