‘As you grew older, I couldn’t just stand on the sidelines and keep on watching you. You were very observant, and I did not want to get recognized.’
‘I know. I should have introduced myself once I got established, even before Clara took you boys in. But I did not know how you would react. I was too ashamed to face you and too scared to ruin your life.’
Max nodded. ‘What is he supposed to think right now? He wanted to listen closely, not wanting to miss anything, but he also wanted to analyze what he was feeling. He had a mom and a dad, and they were both alive. They left him because they couldn’t take care of him. He had horrible grandparents, and he did not know what to make of it. He had no emotions. Was he supposed to be happy? Was he supposed to be moved? He had no words.&r
‘Don’t say that. Even without my help, I think your sister would have made everything possible to achieve your dreams. She’s very driven and resilient, and I thank God everyday that He sent her to us. Good thing you were a mischievous little boy when you were a kid, stumbling upon Clara that day I saw those men dump her in front of the orphanage. They threw her out of their car when I was on my way to see you. I tried to tail them and get a plate number, but they were too fast. I’m sorry I couldn’t help find them.’‘Everything turned out well. Don’t worry about the past. I am just glad to have everyone in my life now.’‘Uhm… I know this is probably a sore topic, but have you ever heard from my father again?’ The excitement of having a family made want Max to come full circle and have
Downstairs, as soon as Tory hit the ground floor, one of the security personnel approached her. ‘Hi, Tory! Would you mind if we talked?’She gasped when she recognized who it was. ‘Drew?’‘I was there when you told everyone what happened to Max,’ Andrew Morgan whispered as he looked around to see if anyone was paying attention to them.‘Why should I talk to you? You've ignored me all these years. What is the urgency now?’‘I didn’t know Max was our Avery. Please, can we talk somewhere private?’Tory looked at him with anger in her eyes. For the betrayal and the abandonment, but then she remembered that Max had easily forgiven her, so why shouldn’t she for
-=-Having a mother gave Max courage. Finally, life had given him a break. He still couldn’t believe his fate had turned, and they were now in his favor. He has a wife and now a mother. Who knew he was a family man, after all? A year ago, he remembered fighting his attraction to Celine, and now they were married. They laid on his office couch in the aftermath of pleasuring and making love with each other. ‘I don’t want you to go home. Can you postpone leaving with your dad?’ Max asked as he caressed his wife’s relaxed face. ‘We haven’t even been together a week, and people are separating us already.’‘Nobody can separate us, babe. I am yours are you are mine, until the end of time,’ Celine smiled. ‘That sounded sappy, didn’t it? Eww…’ she giggled as Max nuzzled her neck.‘Don’t worry too much. The kidnappers are all behind bars. I don’t think any of their goons will seek revenge for them. They saw what happened to their boss and they're not going to repeat that.’ She massaged the cre
‘Yeah, but my sister, Clara, came… and I needed... You know what, it’s not important. I came by to get my car downstairs. I left it in the building.’‘Hey, tell me, isn’t the boss dating your sister? Is it true that they got married?’ she whispered while getting closer to Celine.‘Yeah, they did. It was a lovely ceremony. I helped plan it.’‘That’s a big ring you have on your finger. Rumor has it that you’re married as well.’‘Can you keep a secret? I got married in Vegas last weekend. Eeekkk…’ Celine said excitedly.May squealed, ‘Omg, are you serious? That is so unexpected. We knew you were dating but didn’t know it
Celine lies back in bed and curses. ‘How am I going to get out of here if I don’t have clothes?’ So she started exploring Raffy’s bedroom, hoping to find something more decent to wear, when she noticed the pictures on the wall. ‘Fucking pervert!’ she exclaims.There she was, splattered on every surface of the room. Different sizes and images of her. One had her laughing, the other brushing her hair away from her face, and another of her eating. What bothered her more were the pictures of her in different states of undress. In one she was in a bath towel, another in her underwear, while the others had every outfit she has donned in the past year. She even had one in the lingerie she was wearing right now. The pose reminded her about that night she wanted to send Max a naughty video, to which he ended abruptly.
‘Sebastian Colfer! Explain to me who this woman is with my sister?’ Clara barges into her husband’s office, at the same time, the security guard speaks. ‘Sir, there’s a person downstairs claiming his girlfriend never showed up to their date yesterday, and her phone shows she’s still in the building. We called her department, and they said she left early yesterday. What should I do?’‘Search the entire building and see if you can find her phone. Check the parking lot and see if her car is still downstairs. Maybe she ran away with another guy, who knows.’ Sebastian answered.‘What is it, sweetie? I did not get what you were asking.’ he focused on Clara and her laptop.‘This woman was in the elevator yesterday with my sister before she disapp
Celine pulled off all the pictures from the wall, every single one of them, and tore them up into little bits and pieces to satisfy her anger. The last piece that pushed her over the edge was a naked picture of her as she slept, with a hand squeezing her breast. She knows that Raffy probably had copies everywhere, but with Jeremy and Max’s help, they could erase all this embarrassing information from every computer, phone, and tablet Raffy might have them saved in.‘I’m so screwed.’ She cried while scrubbing her face with both hands. ‘Max will hate me for this. Fuck! Now I have to do what Raffy says or he’ll leak the pictures out. Oh, I don’t care. Fuck him! I won’t do anything I don’t want.’ she debated as she paced around the bedroom.‘Why do these assholes have to follow me all
Raffy laughed out loud as he watched the cops breaking into his mansion and finding nothing. ‘You idiots will never find me.’ He left his butler at the mansion to deal with the authorities as a taunt. He knew Max was more resilient than any regular husband, and could track him down faster than the police or the FBI could, so he had to take measures to cover his tracks.The house he was hiding in was purchased for the sole purpose of keeping his victims, like Celine. It wasn’t recorded in any of his financial books, or any of his aliases, and he figured it would take time before they find him, enough to carry out his plans and have sex with Celine. If she doesn’t cooperate, who knows what might happen? He might just do what he threatened her with, and tie her to the bed. He shook his head, remembering how the other women reciprocated his affection.