Chapter 9. Sienna;I curled into Adams's chest, wrapping my arms around him, and I felt so warm and safe.His fingers slide under my chin, lifting my head to look up at him. His light blue eyes filled with love and immense desire.“Thank you, Sienna,” he said softly, his voice filled with emotion.“For what?” He didn't reply immediately, he leaned in and brushed his lips with mine.My heart skipped a beat, but before I could regain my composure, he had captured my lips with his. Kissing me with so much fervor, it caught me by surprise.“What…what was that for?” I found my voice, as I pulled away slightly, breathing hard.“For giving me a chance. For giving ‘us’ a chance. I was…I was a fool…an idiot in high school. Treating you the way I did...”“Shh….it's okay. It's all in the past,” I reached up and speared my fingers into his hair, loving how soft and thick his locks were. His soft groan had me whimpering for more.He slipped an arm around my waist and hauled me off onto his lap.
Chapter 10. She wouldn't dareMy heart raced at the sight of the gun, and I involuntarily took a step back.“What do you think you are doing, Lisa?” I asked, “ You never changed, did you? Is this some kind of joke? One of your taunts? Because this isn't funny, so I would suggest you get your ass out of my premises if you don't want me calling the cops on you.”But instead, she laughed harder. Her eyes trailed over me for the second time now, and she smirked, “ Hmph. I see someone has finally got some sass,”I rolled my eyes, and a scoff escaped my lips. Does she think she would be able to scare me with that?Obviously that was what she came here to do, after four freaking years, thinking that I was still the same girl they bullied.“it is such a pity, you know? Four years later, and you still decide to be a thorn in my flesh, Sienna. You think by marrying Adams you would suddenly have an edge over me? You still want to be with him so bad that you haven't gotten over your little obse
Chapter 11 Adams; It's been days, and ever since I stepped foot on this company's floors, it's been series of meeting and collaborations. Everything was so messy and the company was almost at the brink of ruin. I didn't want to imagine what would have become of it, if I hadn't arrived on time, on the day the board intended to sell some shares to Highlife Pharmaceuticals. As much as I loathed my father, and everything he represented, I was not foolish enough to let all these go to waste. It was mine now, and my duty and responsibility to take care of them for ‘me’. “I would very much like the new rule implemented as soon as possible,” I instructed, staring at the twelve board of directors sitted across me in the conference room. After making sure I was loud and clear, I stood up and headed out, with Henry slowly trailing beside me. “Phew! That was intense man! I never realized they could actually chicken out this way. But did you have to fire those ones?” “I did what I had to d
Chapter 12Adams;My head was a mess as I sprinted to the garage to my car.I didn't know how long I drove, but I was in the hospital in no time. Highlife Medicals, which was roughly two and a half hour trip from the company.My feet stomped quickly into the hospital, the moment I got there, eager to see her.An accident? How had that fucking happened?With everything in me, I really hoped she was safe.I was directed to her ward immediately, even without asking, making me wonder how they must have known who I came for.My feet paused in their movements, when I caught a familiar figure standing with some doctors just outside her ward.“Where is my wife?” I found my self yelling, “ And what the fuck are you doing here!?”The doctors turned to stare at me, but my gaze was fixated on him alone.Kelvin Stone, son of Fredd Stone, the CEO of Highlife Pharmaceuticals, who was my father's biggest rival.Kelvin took over from his father years back after he was diagnosed with kidney failure an
Chapter 13. Lisa is here?My cheeks throbbed from where she had struck me, and I clenched my fists by my side, trying to rein in my annoyance."I understand that you are upset," I tried being reasonable with her, " but Sienna is my wife, and I would never do anything to hurt her,""I know who the fuck you are, Adams Black! Can you be any more useless?"My brows shot up in pure shock, "What did you say!?"Something must have been on my face, because she immediately smirked and stood tall in front of me. She was tall. Extremely tall, and had an attitude. She stood with her shoulders squared, almost at my eye level.I might have forgotten to do a background check on her as well, when I found out she was Sienna's best and only friend.I didn't know she would be this fearless."Do you have any better idea whay king of danger you had subjected her into for years?" She yelled, her voice rising more than necessary." Her husband? Your wife? Same person you forced a marriage upon? You know wh
Chapter 14 SIENNA; The smell of disinfectant filled the air, causing me to feel groggy. I opened my eyes softly, instantly recognizing I was in a hospital. Hospital....? What was I doing here, and....on the bed? Just as suddenly, the memories of the explosion filled my head and I jerked up in a sitting position, my eyes roaming the room. I heard a relieved gasp from beside me. " Sienna? Oh, thank goodness!" " Sasha?" Her arms wrapped around me in an instant, holding me tight in an embrace. Her body kept shaking with sobs and her tears soaked my back. "I am..." I cleared my throat, realizing it was chappy, " I'm fine, Sasha. I'm fine," She pulled back and quickly reached out to bring a bottle water from a table, " you must be dehydrated. Here." I took the water from her, but couldn't help but stare at her for a bit longer. " What happened , Sasha? Why do you look so....unkempt?" Her curly hair was frizzled and all tangled up, plus it was all over her face, not to talk of
Chapter 15 Sienna; I didn't know how long it was, but Adams just stood there, staring at me. His eyes flickering from instant surprise, to what I could interpret as pure happiness, if I was in fact delusional. But I wasn't. And whatever that was in his gaze, I was sure it was just a ploy. He began to make his way into the room, "Sienna..." " Don't!" I snapped, standing up, same time Sasha took few steps towards him in a defensive position. His eyes drifted between us both, halting in his tracks. And then he met my gaze. For some reason that I couldn't understand, I noticed there were horrible dark circles under his eyes as well, and he seemed to have grown a lot of stubbles since the last time I saw him. I didn't want to see him. But I also couldn't tear my eyes away from his. He was pleading, but not saying a word. How I could tell muzzed me a whole lot. From the corner of my eyes, I saw Sasha glancing at us both in confusion. " You need to leave," she finally
Chapter 16. Suppressed Emotions Sienna; My widened eyes found Adams, as I watched him sprout out those words. She was not capable of what!? I suddenly had this great urge to laugh out loud at his comment, especially as I could see that he was being damn serious. But this was not funny at the least. Not at all....but he kept speaking. " I know that I, especially had done so much to you, but I assure you, Lisa would not do that. She actually came to see you and....." " What the hell, Adams!? Can you fucking hear yourself!? Are you being for real right now?" At this point, I just couldn't take it anymore. He reached out to grab my hands, but I stepped backwards. I didnt even need to say any more words. Not like he owed me any explanations. I did not give a damn what he thinks or believe in. " You know what? I don't care about all these..." I chuckled, " why the hell is this a surprise to me anyways? She was your fuckin person. You both should have just gotten married as
CHAPTER 82SIENNA'S POV;I was a mess by the time she was done speaking“ What do you want to do now?” She asked, reaching out to hold my hands.“ I need to leave,” I said, wiping the tears off my cheeks.She let out a breath, “ That is why you signed the papers.” “ Yes,” I nodded.“ I still don't get it though….how did he agree to this? He signed it right? Why? What was….the reason he held on to?”“ The news, Sasha. The same.... one you sent to me this morning. He never released that. He never told anyone about it. And now he thinks I did it.”"So....who did?" She asked, with a curious tone."I have no idea. I'm actually pissed that he would think so low of me. Why would I do that? What on earth do I have to gain from it?"Sasha rubbed my shoulders, "Don't let it bother you, Si. You have a lot to focus on right now."I shrugged as I stared out the living room, worried a bit that I hadn't heard the twin's voice for a while.“I'm sorry that this is such short notice, but I really need
CHAPTER 81Sienna;"How is this possible? A few weeks ago I would have sworn that man would do anything to keep you within his clutches. What changed, Sienna? Something definitely happened for him to have signed it ‘cause I doubt it was a moment of goodwill?"My heart clenched as her words resonated in me. The reason he had signed the papers was definitely not because he was doing me a favor. I could clearly recall the hurt in his gaze earlier.....I could recall the ferocious look in his eyes as he cornered me in the shower and ripped my blouse.....A shiver wracked through me, and of course, Sasha noticed immediately.“ Is that….are you crying?” She muttered incredulously, peering into my eyes.“ What? No!” I defended, as I wiped my eyes. Sasha's hands held my wrists, stopping me halfway as she stared at me with worry etched in her gaze.“ What happened?” Her voice was soft, and she held my shoulders. And just like that, the tears flowed down my cheeks. I couldn't control them anym
Chapter 80Adam's POV"Is this supposed to be Joke, Henry? Cause this isn't funny one bit." I responded."Definitely not. I am as confused and surprised as you are." He answered, seemingly serious.I huffed impatiently, "Can you hear yourself right now? You are not making any sense here, and I really need to have a much-needed rest,"I needed time to process the events of the day and I would very much love to be alone at the moment.Just a few hours ago, I had sent away some news reporters gathered at the front of the house. Those motherfuckers didn't hesitate to pull up at my gate, hoping that could get a speech off me.I was utterly pissed, especially since I couldn't sue the agency who leaked the news. According to them, it was sent in through an anonymous link, and it was 'their duty'1 to release it.Speak of utter bullshit!Right now, I was in no mood to listen to Henry rant about....whatever it was he had seen. And I absolutely didn't want a single reminder of Sienna at the mome
CHAPTER 79ADAMS;I wasn't expecting her to come back here. And I definitely wasn't expecting her to find me in the shower as well.My fists clenched as I stormed towards her in the bathroom, and when I saw how she recoiled, a new wave of anger surged through me. My eyes trailed down to the little wet patch on her blouse, and filled with an intense rage I didn't see coming, my fists reached out and ripped it off.Her startled gasp was everything. "I asked you to get out, didn't I? I clearly said I didn't want to see your face ever again, but you are just so stubborn, aren't you?"Her eyes were wide, and her hands convered her breasts, as she stared at her in shock.Suddenly, there was a bang on the door, which made me pause momentarily as I tilted my head to the side.I stared back at her, and then I grabbed a towel on the rack behind me and stepped out.*****My brows furrowed, when Agatha Informed me, yet again that Henry was in the living room waiting for me. What the hell is he d
SASHA;My fingers tapped on my cell phone screen as I paced along my living room. What the hell is going on? I wondered.Sienna was supposed to be here any moment. She had called quite earlier, a few hours to be precise, that she would be on her way now and was saying some stuff that just didn't make any sense.For days she has been acting a bit strange, and all my attempts to coax her into telling me what was wrong proved futile. Her instructions and pleas to keep the kids locked up in the house were the only thing stopping me from making my way to where she lived with that mother fucker.I could feel something was definitely off, especially with the accident that happened a few days ago, just outside the house.Releasing a sigh, I collected myself as I watched Liam who sat on a sofa, quietly watching an animation I had set up for them. Nick was nowhere in sight, but judging from the noises coming from their bedroom, I could tell he was having a great time.Sienna's words this mo
KELVIN; To say that I was fucking thrilled would be an underrated understatement. I sat in my office, my legs up above my desk, as I watched the News. A sly smile spread across my lips as the thought of how smoothly the plan had gone. Quite out of initial expectations, but this was a discovery I, for one was stunned to hear. "You should wipe that smirk off your face. If I hadn't come up with the idea of cloning his office, we wouldn't have gotten here." Instantly recalling that I wasn't alone In the office, I turned to stare at Lisa, where she lounged lazily on the sofa with a glass of wine in her hands. "I am quite curious, too," I mused, my eyes narrowed, "You seem to be really ecstatic about this. I thought you are in love with him, or something, and wouldn't want to see him sad?" Lisa shot me a glance, and scoffed, "Of course I care about him. That does not mean I am stupid, you know?" "How so?" I asked, as I picked up my glass of wine and chugged it's contents down
Sienna; I was still reeling from the shock of it. How the hell was this on the news? Staring at Adams sitting there with his hands on his head, I knew this was it. This was why he was so angry, not just because of the divorce. But, it still didn't add up. It didnt make sense. The words at the headlines caught my eyes again, and a deep frown settled on my face. "Adams..." I took two tentative steps towards him, Instantly feeling really really shitty. He didn't move, didn't say a word, nor raise his head. And just then, his words the day before rang in my ears, and I froze. He had mentioned he never told anyone about this, so why.... I shook my head. No way was he thinking I was behind this, was he? "Adams, what is this? Why are you on the news?" "I need you to leave, Sienna. Please, just get the hell out!" He snapped his head up and glared at me. "Don't tell me you think I did this? Adams, you can't possibly think I would stoop this low, do you?" I asked, feeling quite
Sienna;I took a step in, and then another, swallowing harshly as I finally found myself in front of the desk.His eyes didn't leave mine, and hell, I could see them swirling with an intensity I couldn't quite place.The tea tray dropped down on the desk with a silent clatter, and I heaved a sigh "For you," I whispered, wanting nothing but to turn back and get the hell out of this office, but my feet stayed rooted to the spot.Adams stared at me for a long while, but eventually tore his eyes away from me. He was angry, judging from the way his fingers clenched into fists on the desk and the not-so-subtle way his jaw ticked continuously."Are..are you okay?" I found myself asking, unable to tear my gaze from him. He looked so broken, but he wasn't really expecting me to throw everything he did out to the air just because of what he went through or because of last night, did he?Granted, I felt shitty he had to go through that, but I had a valid reason for doing what I did. It still d
Sienna;I had dropped off the drive as instructed by whoever the blackmailer was, and it's been exactly five hours since I left the house.Not only did...whoever was delayed in sending me a location where I could drop it off but it also made me trek a long distance from where the taxi dropped me to an uncompleted building.I had no idea what importance it holds, but I was sure It was something of great value, for my children's life to be at stake for it.Still, I was far from relieved, especially after knowing that whoever that was, definitely knew her address already and might not hold their end of the deal.I had called Sasha a few minutes ago to check up on the kids whilst informing her I would be at the house in no time.But in the meantime, I needed to get something from the house. Glancing at my wristwatch, I nodded, determined that Adams would most definitely be at work by now.I needed to get something rather important I had forgotten back in the room. If it wasn't of great im