"Hey," I uttered, picking up Xavier’s call. Every time I think about him, he either texts me or calls me."Hey, what’s happening?" He said."Nothing much," I replied with a sadistic smile only I could see."What’s wrong, Phoenix? You were awfully silent at breakfast, and you didn’t even call or text me later. You know you can share everything with me, right?" His concern melted my heart. I've got to talk to him, but what about Jace’s mother? And what if Xavier didn’t like the fact that I left him in bed and walked out of the room for Jace?"It’s just that I’m worried about Derrell. He hadn’t been caught yet, and I’m bored." I really wanted to do something, and staying at a mansion doing nothing was making me nothing but a lame ass."He’ll be caught soon, Phoenix, I promise you." He reassured me, and I had no doubts about that."Thanks for everything," I said as I got to my feet and stood by the window, staring outside. I rarely ever looked out, but it was a pleasant view."Are you sur
It was 11pm when Xavier finally dozed off and I decided to have a round of the mansion. But before I could step out, I received a text from none other than Jace. Jace: Phoenix? I waited for a few minutes; I do not know what he wanted. Me: yes? Now, I wanted to know what was going on around me. I have to monitor their actions. Jace: Do you want me to talk to Miranda for you? The tape? Me: Why are you saying this to me? You forced me to do it, so do it for yourself because you are going to pay if Xavier finds out about it. I was mad at his words. He was making it look like it was all my doing when it was his. Jace: Okay, relax. But I need to know what she wants. Me: try, but the type of b*** she is, she will not tell you anything. Jace: At least I can try. I owned, wondering if he would be able to get us out of this mess. Oh! I wished. Me: okay. Jace: She is anyway staying in the mansion tonight, so I have a chance to talk to her. Me: Okay then, lemme know what she wants.
I saw Jace quickly jump off the bed before I could shut the door behind them. All this time, he pretended to be innocent, to be a victim. I thought everything he did was for his mother and stupid me, always doubted Xavier. I had to make sure the video was safe with me.I ran away from the room where they were. The lock won’t hold them for too long because they knew someone has seen them and they will do anything to capture the person, or at least to find out who saw them.I was shaking uncontrollably as I ran to save my life. The main door to the outside was locked. As I said before, the security was all in Jace’s hands. He must have triggered the security system since the Wi-Fi and signals from the phone got blocked as well.One thing I knew about them was that they would definitely check upstairs. Their first preference will be to find out if I have seen them. I heard Jace breaking the lock on the door and coming out, followed by Miranda. She was a mess, huffing and grunting in pani
"How did you know?" I asked, looking at him while he stared at me."You know, whenever I hear an alarm bell, the only person I think about is you. I instantly know my girl has strangled herself in another mess." He smiled and caressed my cheek. I felt bad for hiding things from him."I knew something was wrong, and the bell never rings like that. I knew it must be my Phoenix involved somewhere in it." His every word melted my heart. I felt blessed to have him with me."Why do you love me so much?" I inquired, placing my head on his shoulder."Because I do. You are all my heart wants. You are all that my mind thinks about." He stroked the tip of his finger on my nose, and we both smiled.We spent a few hours just talking to each other about our feelings and nothing else.It was late, and we were all at the dinner table. This time, I’ve asked Jace and Miranda to join us. Usually, they did, but this time I didn’t object at all."How is the dinner?" Xavier gave me a smile. I smiled back a
I froze!He did it out of nowhere. I slowly adjusted my hands on his chest and pushed him away. I couldn’t believe he just did that. He blamed it on the wine the last time, but what this time?"What’s wrong?" he whispered, trying to wrap his hands around my back."This is----this is wrong," I uttered, not making eye contact with him. "But he can’t please you like I can," he does not know what he was talking about. S** is not everything; it is the feeling of care and love that matters."I am still in a relationship with him, and I intend to remain until I find Derrell." I didn’t look into his eyes again. He slowly pulled back and pushed his hands inside his pockets. "Is that so?" he asked."Yes Jace. I am only staying in this town till I find Derrell. Once he gets his punishment, I am moving out," I said confidently."I will make sure that happens soon," he murmured, slowly rubbing my arm. ‘’Thanks.’’ I had my head down the whole time. I started walking away briskly. I just wanted t
I moaned louder as he rubbed his hand on my va**** and then pressed his fingertip to the entrance. "Ahh Fu**," I said through gasps. He dug his face into my neck and kept kissing it. I was no longer in my senses, my heart was beating like a drum and mind froze.He slowly rubbed his hand, making me moan and close my eyes in pleasure. My whole body had started to ache, my skin feeling the goosebumps and just when I thought he was going to do it tonight, he slipped his hand out. "Goodnight," I heard him say through laughter. I was still lying straight, staring at the ceiling, and calming my breaths."You are an idiot," I muttered, turning my face to his side. He was smiling sweetly at me. "Why? I mean, you said I’m old, so yeah, I’m tired," I can’t believe he was doing this. He kept smiling and looking at me with eyes filled with love for me."That was cruel," I uttered, but the way he was looking at me was heating up my heart."I love you, Phoenix," he whispered, sliding over me again
"What do they say?" I carefully asked him. He turned his face toward me, looking into my eyes."They tell me to---‘’ he halted. His breaks were scaring me, "To f*** you hard," he laughed, jumping on top of me and squeezing me under him."You monster," I giggled as he tickled me. We both stared into each other’s eyes for minutes, and soon we were off to sleep. I knew he lied in the end. He didn’t want me to worry about him, but the voices being back had me worried. The next morning, I skipped breakfast with Xavier. I couldn’t pretend to argue with him all the time for the sake of our game. I was holding a sandwich in my hand and slowly walking by Xavier’s office when I heard Miranda talking to Xavier. Looking around to see if anybody was watching, I peered inside the office. "You deserve some rest, Mayor," she seductively uttered, but she was not going near him. I gritted my teeth and squeezed the sandwich in my hand. "I’m fin---," Xavier saw me looking at them, and a nasty smirk a
I gave them all a smile as they kept their eyes on me. I even noticed Miranda scampering her hands through her hair to fix them. I bet you will need more than that to look as perfect as I look; I thought in my mind. "Can anyone explain to me that?" Xavier, who had a smile on his face, shook his head and asked a question. "Sweetie, it’s not a costume party, or is it?" Miranda asked irritatingly. "Oh, you don’t know?" I raised my brow at her, looking straight through her eyes. "Jace has appointed me as the new secretary of Mayor Xavier," The look on her face was worth watching. She glared Jace in his eyes, wide open. Jace rubbed his chin and closed one eye. He turned away to avoid eye contact with her. "And when were you going to break this news on me, Jace?" Xavier sweetly asked him. Before Jace could say anything, I intervened. "Why, do you have an objection?" I seductively uttered. He laughed secretly and shook his head. "Of course not. If Jace has appointed you, he definitely
"Are you guys okay? Did he hurt any of you?" Xavier’s voice was so calm for me. Maddox wanted to hug his father. I was craving it too, but Jace was only triggered now. "Daddy, I don’t like my uncle," Maddox said in a broken voice. A tear of fear slowly rolled down his cheek. "You scared my son," Xavier said, his eyes stuck on Maddox when he mumbled, slowly playing with his cuff-links. ‘’We can sort it out please,’’ I was not in danger of losing anyone. ‘’Let him decide that,’’ Jace smiled, looking at Xavier but this time Jace wasn’t so calm as well. "You have one choice, cousin, either save your beloved wife or your minion son," Jace said, pointing his gun at both of us one by one. "Resist, and both of them die," he added."Xavier, please save him," I mumbled, turning to look into his eyes from a distance. ‘’And let you die? Never,’’ he uttered in his mouth, his eyes on Jace. "C’mon, the clock is ticking, bro. Make up your mind,’’ Jace voiced, ‘’choose one.’’ "Xavier, please
My heart was racing inside my chest. I have more to worry about now. It wasn’t only I in the room but my son, my life: Maddox. I slowly turned my body around, shivering at the thought of seeing him again after so long. ‘’Ah! It almost felt like a decade," his voice has turned heavy, his messy beard and long hair were showing that he never aimed to start over and waited for this moment his entire life. To hold on to revenge for that long, I must say he has no other ambitions for himself."Jace!" I announced, looking at the gun being pointed at me."Oh! You still remember my name?" He mocked me, clicking his tongue and shaking his head in disapproval."Why are you here?" I asked in panic, gulping as he reached for Maddox."Let him go," I said, looking in the direction of my son, whom Jace was holding by his tiny arm. Even the thought of him hurting my son was killing me. I wished he had been caught long ago. Just when I was finally happy in my life, he had to come ruin it for me.‘’Di
We were in Paris for the past two days. It was amazing, and the boys were having a lot of fun together."Dad, why did you marry my mother?" Maddox mumbled, trying to reach for an ice-cream as we three sat on the table in a restaurant. "Your mother," Xavier whispered, bowing in Maddox’s ear, "completes me. She makes me laugh, forces me into doing the right thing, fights with me to do things her way, and you know what’s the best part? I actually listen to her. I end up doing whatever she says," Xavier’s eyes were at me, his beautiful hawk eyes digging holes in mine. ‘’Why?’’ Maddox was not the type to quit asking questions, even for once. He was a very talkative soul.Because I love her. And when you love someone, you just do everything to make them happy. Making her happy makes me happy," He slowly blinked his eyes, reminding me of the time when I first saw him. I vividly remember the first day I saw him. And whenever he forced me to do something, I ended up forcing him to do it my w
"I can’t move," I laid in my bed, holding a book in my lap, and resting my head on the soft pillow. I looked at Xavier from the corner of my eyes. He was staring at me blankly. ‘’what?’’ I annoyingly spoke. ‘’You need to eat something,’’ He put his hands on his waist like a baby and mumbled. I was not starving myself, but every time he forced me to eat something, I felt wonderful. It was just that the morning sickness was too much for me.‘’Really? I didn’t know that," I tried to hold back my laugh and buried my head back in the book. ‘’You are starving my baby,’’ he pointed his finger at my belly and rolled his eyes."So you don’t care about me, just about your baby?" I was being a little annoying. I was arguing about everything; it’s not like I haven’t done that before, but yeah! I was four months pregnant and extremely moody."No," he replied bluntly, and then a smile appeared on his lips, "Okay! jokes apart, get up and eat something," he ordered, narrowing his beautiful eyes my
"This is so unfair," I broke down in tears instantly. Zoe deserved justice, even though Derrell got his punishment, but I wanted the extreme limits of torture for him."I’m coming home, Phoenix; please, calm yourself down," his voice was so calming to my ears at that moment that I looked at him and he looked uneasy."It’s okay. Don’t rush, I’ll be fine," I said, wiping away my tears with the back of my hand. I had to be prepared to talk to him about stuff, and I've got news for him as well. At the moment, I had a feeling that he knew I had seen everything.I took a shower and changed into a tight, white, knee-length dress. After hearing about my pregnancy, so much had changed in me. I was getting over disasters pretty quickly.I waited for Xavier while watching TV. I don’t know but suddenly the hopeless life was full of meanings and charms.I saw Xavier coming with the guards. His sight was shooting into my eyes. But he didn’t look pleased."Why didn’t you call me instantly?" He voice
Phoenix’s POV:I watched the person crawl in my direction, but my heart was pounding with every little detail of this person.It was Morgan, my uncle Morgan. He crawled like a dog near me, his eyes were sewed shut and so were his lips from the sides only. His fingers were cut, and his body was naked with just shorts on. He had no hair; his eyebrows were shaved, as was his head. He somehow knew it was me. The pain was visible on his face. My eyes jumped out of their sockets at the sight before them. He kept coming towards me, and the state of shock was so intense that I couldn’t move.I had no idea when he crawled over me. I was still sitting, but his whole existence was so terrible. Suddenly, Hardie left Jace on the ground and ran in my direction. I screamed, looking away and hugging myself. It was horrible. Hardie approached and grabbed Morgan by his collar. He had a collar on. Hardie punched him in the back and pulled him inside the room, locking him quickly. I was still yelping and
Jace’s POV: A Few Hours Ago:"I don’t understand what Phoenix is up to," I was walking around restlessly, wondering what exactly was Phoenix planning to do now.I was waiting for her in the hallway after dinner, as I knew this was the only place where I could have a word with her. Once she goes into her room, she will not come out till morning.Some things were making me wonder if I was even doing the right thing by trusting her.As soon as I spotted her walking towards the room, I blocked her way to have a word with her."Jace! What are you doing?" She motioned for me to step aside."I'm here to get some answers from you," I stated anxiously. I swear I heard moans coming from their room several times."I don’t have time for this. We will talk some other time," she tried excusing, but I didn’t budge."No! I need to know what is going on. You said you didn’t want to be with him, then why are you marrying him?" I hissed at her, trying to keep my calm, but it was becoming impossible in t
That was pretty much a clue for me to check that room. But it was closed. I tried opening it or even pushing it, but it didn’t do anything. I looked at the code and thought to try it, but what if I tried it and it turned out to be wrong and an alarm blared in? I kept looking at it; I have to look at what was inside it. Taking a few steps further, I saw a room with *Sec* written over it. What if sec actually means se*? It could be second, or, wait, it's got to be security. Now all the rooms were locked to keep something from escaping, but this one was opened. I helped myself in. The biggest surprise that I got was that there were computers showing some footage. I was shocked when I saw there were cameras everywhere in his town, and this was the place where he used to watch everything. "That’s how he used to know what was happening around?" I was surprised but also intrigued.I sat on the chair and looked at the cameras. There was no footage from inside anyone’s house, so that meant th
"What are you looking at?" Xavier asked, watching me stare at the sky while we lay on the mattress on the rooftop."This will be our star," I giggled, drunk."You have drink too much, my love," He shifted his side toward me and planted a kiss on my shoulders."You make me happy," I babbled, laughing and kissing his hand, holding it to my chest."We both are each other’s paradise," he uttered, kissing my earlobe and making me giggle. "I love you, Xavier," I whispered happily."Maddox," he looked at the sky and mumbled out of the blue. I was the one drunk, but his words made me wonder if he was also wasted."What?" I asked. This time, I had my face turned toward him."I’ll name my first child Maddox, Maddox Charming," he said, a wide smile on his face. He tangled his fingers in mine and held my hand tightly. I was glad inside. Talking about children meant our relationship was growing. ‘’What if it is a girl?’’ I turned my face to him and watched him with love. He was looking at the st