Chapter 85: Divorce Hayley's POVAs I locked my door and stepped inside, I was taken aback by Marcelo's gaze fixed on my living room frames. A blush rose to my cheeks.I couldn't believe he'd brought dinner after work, and now he was immersed in my memories."Didn't know you looked this cute," he said, pointing at my high school graduation picture, his eyes sparkling with amusement. "Was it high school?"I paused, covering my flushed face. "Yeah," I replied, smiling as I approached the photo. Memories flooded back, and I let out a nostalgic chuckle."Are you saying I'm no longer cute?" I asked, my gaze locking with Marcelo's.His gaze held mine, in a teasing manner. "No, I was only saying your classmates were lucky to have such a beauty in their midst." His lips curled into a playful smile. "And I think you're prettier now."He said the last sentence with a tone that made my heart skip.My cheeks flushed again, and this time I looked away, composing myself. "I know you just want to m
Chapter 86: A night out Hayley's POV"I-I'm fine," I tried to stay composed but my voice betrayed me, breaking in the process. And before I knew it, my eyes were glistening with tears. Oh fuck! I attempted to walk away, but Marcelo's hand intercepted me and before I could say Jack Robinson, he pulled me into a warm embrace."Come here," he whispered, his deep voice making me shudder slightly. "What's wrong? You can talk to me." Marcelo's hand wrapped around me in a comforting manner, his free hand stroking my hair.His soothing voice brought more tears to my eyes, and I let myself cry despite feeling embarrassed. He stood there with me for a moment until I was done and I disconnected from the hug, cleaning my eyes, my cheeks turning warm as a result of his intense gaze."I-I'm sorry about that. I promise I'm not always a cry baby," I apologized with a chuckle, averting my gaze and in a hurry, walked past him to the living room.He strolled after, coming to sit beside me. I clamped my
Chapter 87: I live for you Melissa's POV I was at home, inside our bedroom, but I could not relax at all. Williams went back to take care of Andrew, and I was worried as hell. He assured me that he had everything under control, but that was still not enough to pacify me.I would had preferred to be there with him, to see the pain in that bastard's eyes but I couldn't. Seeing him disturbed me, triggering some memories–the reason Williams had to bring me back home.I had thought I could handle it, but it appeared my body didn't want to be anywhere close to the rapist. I was lucky he didn't succeed with me, but I saw a file that contained information Williams got of him; many women didn't turn out as lucky as me. And they never got justice – My guess was that he had people in high places who did a good job of burying his dirts, deeply, perfectly. I never heard of those cases until now.I knew that Williams was not going to return home until Andrew was dead. I knew he would not spare hi
Chapter 88: Tension Marcelo's POV"Can I kiss you?" Those words filtered into my ears the minute Hayley uttered them, slicing through every self control I had managed to build around her.The tense moment that stretched between us had made my heart pound louder than it ever had since I knew I had the organ."You want to kiss me?" I gently asked, wanting to be sure I heard right. I knew she was vulnerable, still reeling from her parent's Marital issues, which was the reason I had brought here. And the last thing I wanted was to take advantage of that vulnerability but then she began to apologize, hurt of my hesitation evident in her eyes.The next thing I knew, our lips were gliding against each other. The kiss started first light, then more urgently, my tongue in her mouth, exploring every corner. The familiar taste of strawberry filled my senses making me lose every tiny restraint that was remaining in me.The next thing I knew Hayley was straddling me, grinding herself sexily again
*Melissa's POV*"What?" I screamed, my eyes pooling with more tears, as I stared at my father who in turn looked devasted."That's what Dr. Riley found. Your mother's two kidneys are damaged and she needs a transplant in three days, if not, she...," he stammered, diverting his gaze from mine, without completing the sentence. But I already knew what he had wanted to say.I felt like my world just crumbled. My mother had been sick for about a year now and we had tried everything to manage the sickness until yesterday when she suddenly collapsed. I felt sad for my father, he had spent almost every penny he had and right now we were almost completely left with nothing."How much did he say the transplant would cost?" I managed to ask him, not like I had any hope of where to get money anymore. I had lost my job three months ago as an accountant in a small beverage company when they couldn't afford to pay most of their staffs again."Five hundred thousand dollars," he replied me, his voice
Chapter 01: Taking her*Melissa's POV*Two weeks laterIt had been two weeks since I lost my mother to the cold hands of death. I had lost the will to live and had only tried to be strong for my dad's sake.He hadn't been coping much at all. Infact, all he had been doing these days was drink and gamble. He said the only way to raise such amount that we owed Mr. Brown was through gambling, and betting. But I knew that was just him trying to avoid the reality.It was obvious he missed my mom so much, I did too. He had even grown thinner and less active.He had even quit his job, and I felt that at this rate, we might go live in the street soon. I had been searching for a new job for some days now but the world's luck seemed to be against me. Everything had just been so difficult and cruel towards us. What the fuck did we even do go deserve all this?A drop of tear fell on my arm, and then on the book I was reading and that was when I realized I was crying. I didn't bother cleaning it an
Chapter 02: Double her workload*Melissa's POV*I struggled as one of the hefty guards came forward and lifted me up like I weighed nothing, dropping me on his shoulder. I threw kicks into the air with my legs, at the same time hitting his strong back, but he didn't budge. He just walked effortlessly with me draped on his shoulder, till he got to the car.He shoved me inside before he entered and sat beside me. In that moment, another guard also entered through the opposite door. He sat down, trapping me to the middle. The driver started the engine and drove off, Mr. Brown's car following behind.Immediately we left my compound, I took out my phone and dialed my dad's number. When he didn't pick up, I sent him a text informing him that I had been taken by Mr Brown, and that he shouldn't worry about me. I even went ahead to lie that Mr Brown hadn't manhandled me, so, I may not be in danger with him. I told him not to come looking for me, that I would try to renegotiate with Mr Brown an
Chapter 03: His woman*Melissa's POV*It was the evening of the same day, and the blonde lady who Mr Brown had handed me to come to meet me. Earlier, she had introduced herself as Veronica Dawn. She was the house cook.She seemed to be a nice person, even though she had given a lot of chores to do inside the kitchen, she still kept checking on me from time to time, asking if I was okay."Melissa, it's time to take food to the young master," she told me, her eyes looking as pitiful towards me like when we first met. I nodded swallowing the lump in my throat and the feeling bile rose up in my stomach. Why did I have to be the one to take his food to him? I wanted to ask, but was too afraid too. I didn't want to annoy Ms Dawn"Okay, Ms Dawn," I replied reluctantly."Just call me Veronica, child," she told me and I nodded. "Now, quickly go have your bath and come take the food to him. She directed me to the maid quarters where I went to bath and returned back shortly after.She handed me