“He really likes you…” I said with a smile.Time for Little Hayden to earn some favor points so that he can keep his name and also his life. Hayden looked down at the puppy and sighed again. I wondered if he regretted getting the little thing and prayed that that wasn’t so. “What did you want to show me?” Hayden asked. “You bought dog toys, right? I was with Little Hayden earlier in the garden, but I was too busy working on my sketches, so he had to play all alone…” I mumbled. “And?” Hayden urged to me to get to my point. Well…“I was just thinking that it’ll be nice if you could…you know…play with him a little outside. Of course, when you have the time like on the weekends…” I suggested hesitantly as I reached out a hand to stroke Little Hayden for some courage. Hayden looked at me with an incredulous expression like I had asked for something quite crazy. Did I just ask for something that crazy? I started to doubt myself for a moment. Hayden stared at me for a moment longer befo
It was so unusual for me to receive so many emails like this all at once. Were these spam emails? I frowned as I pressed on the notification to open my mailbox to check. I gasped in shock when I found out that the emails were notifications for form submission on my website. It can’t be, there’s so many. My first reaction was that someone must have started spamming or abusing the form on my website by filling it with nonsense. “Come along, Little Hayden,” I called out to the puppy for him to follow me out of the art studio. I decided to quickly check the form submission on the website on my computer just to be sure. If someone was spamming it, then I must report it. I sat down in front of the computer and pulled up the backend of my website to check on the submission form responses. There were so many of them and they were all sent from different people? My eyes narrowed as I focused on scanning the headings of the form submissions. There were almost twenty of them and the notificat
All I could do was blink rapidly to make sure that I wasn’t just seeing things. No matter what I did, I couldn’t take my eyes off the picture on the front cover of the magazine or calm the racing beat of my heart. I stared down at the magazine in my hand while Auntie chatted away proudly about Hayden's achievements. However, her words were lost to me as my mind zoned in to focus on the picture that was printed on the magazine cover. Hayden stared back at me from the sketch that I had drawn of him. It felt like forever had passed since I last saw this drawing. Back then when our contract was coming to an end, I drew a picture of Hayden as a farewell gift for him. Back then, I honestly thought that we would never see each other again and I never thought that I would see this drawing again either. But how did my drawing end up on the cover of this magazine. My eyes narrowed as I suspected that the rapid inflow of commission requests definitely had something to do with the fact that my
“Really?” I asked as I narrowed my eyes at him.“Sure…” he replied as he smiled back at me with a mischievous spark in his light blue eyes. He’s crazy and so reckless. I knew that but still this is something else altogether…“I don’t even know what to say or what to do. This is crazy, Hayden,” I mumbled softly before sighing loudly.I have never felt so overwhelmed like this before. “Some of my friends and other business partners asked about your work too, and of course, I utilized my perfect sales skill to pitch your talent to them. Guess my hard work paid off. These people are loaded so you can rip them off with whatever price that you want,” Hayden said with a proud laugh. “Why did you do that?” I asked before rubbing my temples. This is all too much. He could have checked with me first on whether I was ready for this. “To help you find clients for your work. Why else?” Hayden said with a shrug. It was apparent that he couldn’t understand why I was so distressed about all thi
Opening up the responses to the request form, I started going through them one by one and sorting them based on the detail of the request. As I read the requests, my brain began thinking about ways that I could complete my work without meeting the client in person. I could paint from a photograph and some requests actually wanted me to paint based on a photograph so I could work on those requests without any issues. For other requests, would doing some kind of video call help act as a reasonably good alternate method? Honestly, I haven’t tried it before, but it might be worth a shot. The issue was that most clients probably didn’t know the process of getting their portrait painted. Perhaps, I could get back to them to ask if it was fine if I didn’t paint them in person. There were so many requests that I had to find some way to prioritize them. I hated to admit it, but Hayden was right. I wondered how many portraits I could finish in a month. Perhaps one per week? That would make it
I should head back. It’s too late in the night now and Hayden is probably sleeping. If I knock on his door now, I’d just disturb him and wake him up from his slumber. So many reasons ran through my mind as I stood there in front of his door in silence without moving. My body wouldn’t move as my fear started taking over. Suddenly, all I wanted to do was walk away from the door and head back to the safety and sanctuary of my own bedroom. Deep down, I knew that all those reasons that my mind was conjuring up were nothing more than convenient excuses for me to head back so that I wouldn’t have to face Hayden right now. The truth was that I was scared.While I stood there rooted to the spot, to my utmost disbelief, the large door behind me creaked opened and light shone into the dark hallway. It seemed like my choice was just made for me. My body froze in place in shock as more light shone into the dark hallway. Slowly, I managed to move my body and turned my neck around towards the opene
My body stiffened as he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me back against his hard frame. I could feel the hardness of his muscles against my back along with his body heat. The nightgown and robe that I had on was made of very thin satin and it didn’t provide much barrier between our tightly pressed bodies. I could feel his breath in my ear and knew that he was staring down at my face. I kept my eyes averted as I tried to think of what to say. “Answer me,” Hayden commanded in a low voice.When I lapsed into silence as I hesitated, he started punishing me by hugging me even tighter than before. I need to answer him before he either crushes my ribs or I run out of breath. “I didn’t…come here to…sleep with you…” I managed to say in a struggle. Hayden’s arms around my body relaxed and I quickly drew in a deep breath before I lost my chance to breathe. He’s such a bully…If I thought that Hayden was satisfied with my answer, I quickly found out that I was so wrong. “Do you re
I wasn’t a saint, but I was determined to keep myself in the right as much as possible. I shouldn’t have taken my anger and stress out on him after he went to such lengths to help me. No matter how much influence he had, it must have taken some effort if not a lot of effort to publicize my work like that. “I told you just now, it’s fine,” Hayden said flatly. “No, it isn’t…” I murmured. Hayden shook his head at me, and he probably thought that I was a very stubborn girl. Perhaps, I was. “Next time, if you find it hard talking to me, you can start by texting me,” Hayden suggested. “But it’s not the same…” I countered. “Of course, it’s not the same but it’s good to start out somewhere,” he replied. “No. I’m not going to take the easy way out. I’ll keep talking to you…until…I can figure it out…or get used to it…” I said with determination. However, I still found it hard to meet his gaze when we’re having difficult conversations like these, and I found my gaze shifting elsewhere as
I was sure that Hayden knew something, but he wasn’t willing to tell me about it. What is he keeping a secret from me? “Tell me, Hayden…” I pleaded as I reached out my hand and shook his shoulder Hayden smiled as he shook his head at me. His lips remained firmly close even if his blue eyes did return to my face. “You can figure it out yourself,” Hayden finally said.“That’s not an answer at all!” I launched my complaint right away.“Not all questions have answers. You know that much, right?” Hayden replied with a careless shrug of his shoulders. “Hayden…” I called out his name in disappointment as my brows drew together in a frown. “Just go to sleep, my curious princess…” Hayden said.His large hand landed on the top of my head before he started patting it. My attention immediately got absorbed into his blue eyes as he stared deeply into my eyes. I felt like there were many complex emotions swimming around in the depth of Hayden’s eyes. His eyes were truly beautiful, and I probab
"Wow…your pussy is drenched, Malissa…” Hayden said in a sexy drawl. I spread my legs wider apart when I felt his cock at my entrance. Hayden wasted no time in thrusting his thick shaft into my wet tunnel. My hips bucked and my hips thrusted upwards to welcome his cock inside of me. Hayden began moving his hips immediately, thrusting his cock in and out of my pussy hole. I was so wet and the lewd wet squelching sounds of his cock beating into my wetness was the proof of that. The lewd sounds of cock messing up my wet insides turned me on so much along with our passionate moans and cries of pleasure. I wrapped my arms around his neck as he continued to give it to me fast and hard. The pleasure was so intense that I dug my fingernails into his back before I started clawing at it for temporary relief. “It feels so hot inside you. Your pussy is sucking in my cock…” Hayden groaned on top of me.“Ahh! So deep!” I cried out as his thrusting intensified. His cock felt hot inside of me too
“Ahh! So deep…Hayden…Ahhh!” I screamed when he thrusted his cock all the way into my cunt in a single thrust. It hurts…but it feels so good…His sudden and forceful entrance stretched my opening before his massive length and thickness filled my entire love tunnel up. It hurts a little at first but as my pussy began clenching and adjusting to his shape and size, the pain slowly subsided and what was left in its place was a pleasure so fulfilling that it made me moan his name. My pussy clenched wildly around his hot rod before Hayden pulled his cock out of my hole completely.I felt him position himself at my entrance again before he rammed his love stick deeper and harder into my went cunt. He growled softly from behind me as his hips began moving. His cock pounded repeatedly into my wet pussy hole. Over and over again, he rammed his cock into me. Each thrust felt deeper and more forceful than the one before. My hips began moving, thrusting backwards and lifting to meet his animalisti
His finger captured my hardened nipples between them before he started twirling them around. Jolts of pleasure invaded my body from where he was teasing my nipples playfully. I moaned before biting on my lower lip as Hayden buried his face into the side of my neck. His lips placed small teasing kisses along the side of my neck before he began sucking on my skin quite loudly. All the while, his hand proceeded to massage and pump my breasts roughly. I cried out at the endless waves of pleasure that coursed through my body. I felt the heat of his hard and naked body against my back as I leaned back against him while thrusting my chest forward. Hayden played with my breasts a little more before his hand slid down the curves of my body to my waist and then the sides of my hips. He thrusted his hips forward a little and I felt his hardness grinding against my buttocks. His cock was already so hard, and I could tell that he was already very turned on too. The hardness of his cock hitting ag
I giggled softly to myself at how obedient the children were in Hayden’s presence. Hayden was quite strict with the children although I knew that he loved them very much. It was probably because he cared for them very much that he was extremely strict on them and their upbringing. In a way, the children were a little scared of Hayden. I didn’t blame them at all because I knew well that Hayden could be very scary at times.“When you’re done, Lilly will take you upstairs to your rooms. Make sure to brush your teeth and wash your face properly,” Hayden instructed curtly.“Yes, Daddy…” the two mumbled in unison.That was the standard response that our kids would give when Hayden used that tone of voice with them. It was a great thing to have such obedient children, but I also hoped that they wouldn’t feel too tense around Hayden. Usually, Hayden wasn’t stern with the children. However, when he gave them instructions, they needed to follow it to the letter.“Please come with me…” Lilly, on
Although we had not been actively telling our children about their relationship with the mafia, it wasn’t like we thought that we could hide it. As a result, we never bothered to hide it. We let them learn through their relationship with the boss, Harris, Luka and even other members of the senior management of the gang.Although our family was no where close to being a standard and normal one, we were extremely happy to be together. Harvey, Amelia, the boss, and everyone else were always supportive of our family and what we wanted to do. Hayden and Harvey remained close even though Hayden no longer helped out with the gang’s business anymore.…If I had to choose, I would say that the family that I managed to build with Hayden is my greatest life achievement thus far. However, that didn’t mean that I didn’t have other achievements to be proud of in my life especially when it came to my career as an artist.“We would like to award our amazing artist friend, Malissa, for her outstanding
“Hi…” the boys said with clear disinterest. Harris and Andrew looked up at me with cold eyes while I plastered a smile on my face. These two kids were clearly told about the specifics of their family business from such a young age without leaving out any details about what was expected of them when they grew older. Harvey was heartless when it came to training up his boys into the ideal next bosses of the gang. Although the boys were still young, they already had a cold and calculating attitude.“Are you heading back now?” Amelia asked. Unlike me who was busy with my career as an artist and running my art gallery business, Amelia was a full-time mum. I didn’t envy her at all, she had her hands full just dealing with her two boys and not to mention dealing with Harvey as well. Amelia was always surrounded by a large team of bodyguards, and I bet she spent more time with them than with Harvey. Despite her burdensome life of being the new boss’s wife, she seemed quite used to everythin
**6 years later**“Wow…you came back pretty early today…” I said while cocking my head slightly to the side in wonder.With his busy schedule for the week, I hadn’t expected him to turn up at my gallery early in the afternoon. “Things wrapped up pretty well at the hospital today so I thought that we could go pick up the kids together for a change,” Hayden replied with a smile. “Perfect timing. Now that you mention it, we should head out now or we’re going to be late…” I said as I started grabbing my things.I turned to flash him a bright smile. Honestly, I was thrilled that he could spare some time to pick up the kids together today. Hayden was still busy with his work at the hospitals as ever and the fact that the numbers of hospitals in his network has grown over the years did not help make him any less busy. That being said, my career as an artist and gallery owner had also flourished handsomely which meant that he wasn’t the only one who had gotten busier. Layering taking care o
“You’re not going to eat? Are you and the baby not hungry?” Hayden asked from across the table. I doubt anyone could get hungry when faced with this kind of food. However, I couldn’t bring myself to tell Hayden that after all the effort that he put in to ensure the best food for me and the baby. “I’m not that hungry but I’ll eat…” I replied before forcing a smile. “Do you want me to feed you?” Hayden asked. “Umm…no. There’s no need for you to do that,” I refused while trying to maintain my smile. “The food looks and tastes bad, doesn’t it?” Hayden asked but it didn’t really feel like a question. I guess he did realize it after all. There’s no point in lying about it now so I just nodded at my head in response. “You should have told me. I can fire the chef or get the nutritionist to change something to make it more palatable,” Hayden said as he stared at me from across the table. “I just didn’t want to burden you with something like this. Plus, I guess it isn’t that bad when I