I hurriedly pulled my hands over my chest to keep my torn shirt intact on the front. The icy breeze hit my back, and it wasn’t bad. It was crazy because I didn’t feel the wind until I was certain he was done with me.I nodded my head, preparing to walk with my naked back exposed. I was sobbing, angry at myself. I didn’t blame anyone but myself. As I took another step to move forward, I tripped and landed on my buttocks. It had become a habit of mine to lose my balance, but tonight, I lost my dignity when I lost myself in his arms. He stepped closer again, and this time he didn’t make a nasty comment. I raised my face, and our eyes connected.He steadily removed his coat while not breaking eye contact with me. My sight was blurred from crying so much. If he could break a girl like me who knew what he had been doing around, I wonder what he could do to girls like Olivia, who saw him as a saint."Take this," he knelt down beside me, bowing his head so that he could make sure I listen to
Unknown: ?I rubbed my eyes, trying to focus on the time on the clock and the messages I was receiving.Me: Who is this?I hoped it would stop now, and I'll figure out what to do about this unknown number in the morning. But that didn’t end up happening because soon I got a response.Unknown: Devil.That was actually not very surprising because I could expect a devil to come to life in this town. Still being angry and annoyed with how Mr. Mayor made me feel a few hours ago, I decided to be petty.Me: Mayor?I stared at the screen, blinking away the tears when I recalled how I let him crawl over me."You stupid girl! What happened to the self-righteous girl?" I cursed at myself. I was so glad I fell asleep because once again, I was swimming through a pool of emotions.Unknown: Jace :/I sat straight in shock, pulling my blanket over my chest. Why would he text me right after what his boss did to me?Me: Jace Austin?I knew I shouldn't be responding to him, but I needed to vent my rage
I jumped out of bed and ran to my window, peering out, praying that I hadn't seen him around my house. There was no one out there. The air was strong, dawn arriving after a long, hectic night. For a moment, I forgot why I was in the window. Sliding the glass door open, I stepped onto the small balcony to inhale fresh air. I finally searched the road; there was no one there. My phone rang in my hand again, and I knew it was him. Unknown: You have been crying the whole night. I frowned at the text. Why was he so concerned about what I had been doing the whole night? It is not like he cared or anything. Me: Stop acting like you care. He ignored my response and mentioned my eyes. Unknown: Your eyes. Me: What about my eyes? I knew they were swollen and had bags under them. I lowered my eyes and grasped the railing as my body felt a tingling sensation of being watched. Unknown: Don’t cry. I looked at the text, and then to the road, where my eyes searched for him. I can’t see anyone
"See, it wasn’t that hard." I jumped in shock at the voice from behind me. Jace smiled my way innocently. How can he act innocently after being a part of the humiliation of innocent girls? "Yeah," I replied, tugging strands of hair behind my ear. Just because he took good care of a grandma, he was acting like a hero. "You are still upset about what happened to Olivia? Look, just because he never speaks his heart out," he pointed a finger towards Mr. Mayor, as he referred to him. I partially turned my body to have a glimpse of him, "doesn’t make him wrong." He completed. Seriously, this dude was defending his evil acts. "Is that supposed to make me forget about that horrible incident?" I raised a brow, swirling to watch him, my back facing Mr. Mayor. "No, but what he can do to you must force you to think twice before going after him." He was correct; shielding the devil while speaking the truth was beyond my comprehension. "And it is not only Olivia; many girls came before her, to
The moment he did that, my body reacted. I didn’t want him."Mr. Mayor." His name slipped out of my mouth unintentionally. I swirled around and saw him glaring at me in anger. After all, he should be the last one to be upset. I got pinched, and my anger was justified."Miss Phoenix, would you like to join me in the front yard?" He, who looked like he had made a plan to humiliate me, spoke confidently. Quickly getting up and mending his coat, he jogged out of the room. There was something in his voice every time he said my name that made my skin feel like it had goosebumps. I’ve never admired my name so much before. No, I wasn’t falling for him at all, but those were just facts. Besides how sexy his voice was, he still demanded I go outside like I had a choice."Yes, Mr. Mayor," I said as I sauntered alongside him, making sure we were a safe distance apart."Tell me, Miss Phoenix, how can I repair your pathetic little mind?" The sexiness in his voice arose, but his words tormented my s
I held my breath and waited for him to approach me so that I could plan a defense. But he didn’t reach me at all. He ran past me towards the owner of the house. So, it wasn’t his house, and he didn’t bring me here to punish me. Then what exactly were his plans? "You wanna walk away from your mother?" He clutched his collar and shook him as a beast would do. The guy looked terrified. He couldn’t even speak on his behalf. "That woman, she gave you life. She brought you up and made you what you are today.’’ He growled at him, making him shiver under his rage. I held the curtain behind me in fear and stayed silent, breathing silently as if my breaths would gain his attention. The man looked like he was having a good day until we showed up. "Now that you can wander around and earn for yourself, do you think you can chuck her out of your life like she never existed?’’ His voice had a pain in it, a pain he had felt as well. I was silently watching as he dug at his nails while grabbing his
He silently drove me to my place. None of us spoke a word. I had been running excuses through my head for what I had done to his coat. The moment I saw my house in view, I prepared myself for rushing inside and not even listening to him call for me.“Okay bye,’’ I quickly slammed the car door shut and ran inside my house, not even looking back. I don’t know if he has called my name or asked me about his coat again, or even if he has started driving. I laid my back on the door as I locked it from the inside. The car engine never started again, and that was a sign that he was not leaving. My body was startled when I heard a knock on the door. Luckily, everyone was asleep that night. I didn’t plan on opening the door at first, but the thought of him ringing the bell scared me. Pretending not to hear him was not an option anymore.“Mr. Mayor, do you need anything?’’ I faked a sweet smile. I’m a master of fake expressions sometimes.“My coat,’’ He tiredly stared me in the eye and murmured
I held my breath in and calmed myself down. It was our fault that he was able to fool so many girls.“I knew he was wrong. How the hell did I fall for his tricks after what he did to other girls? It is my fault,” I muttered as I cleaned my tears and put on a brave face. She was trying so hard to make him undress but it wasn’t like he was stopping her.At the time I was thinking about burning my bed. I lifted my face and saw Mayor's eyes open. I gasped when I noticed how he stared me in the eye.I let out a breath and took a few steps back. He didn’t respond to her again. We were staring at each other like we had a history together and I found him cheating on me. I lowered my eyes, giving a clear hint of disapproval and sorrow over his actions. That’s when I heard him say,''That's enough,'' I heard him ordering Zoe, tossing her side by slightly pushing her face with his hand. He got up from the bed and cleared his throat. Zoe looked disappointed because she hadn’t even started yet and
"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