I frowned and shut my phone down, not paying too much attention to the person. I was tired of everything happening around me.Resting my head back, I recalled the misty eyes of Xavier. If I hadn’t moaned and enjoyed his touch earlier, I could have said I wasn’t even into him. I never led him on, but now I felt guilty. With Jace, it was different. He led me on and then believed some messed up story in his head and mistreated me. With Mayor, he led me on and I hurt him, and then he found out I was also sleeping with his assistant."Ugh! I am not sleeping with that asshole," I grunted, remembering how Jace scared me for my life. Home is supposed to be a sanctuary. He wrecked me when he crossed all his limits."I must text Xavier and ask him how he is," I murmured, remembering all the blood on the back of his neck and shirt.Me: Hey. I am aware you might not even want to hear from me or speak to me, but I was kind of worried about you. I mean, I hurt you. It is my responsibility to make s
"I came here for you." I didn’t lie this time. His grip around my arm softened for a moment, as did the harsh expression on his face, before he let go of me and stepped away entirely."You shouldn’t have." He walked over to his chair but stood beside it and looked outside the enormous window."Well, I am here now. You need to rest," I said, approaching him, but he didn’t act aggressively to get away from me. He kept looking outside the window while I stood beside him."Leave, Phoenix," he demanded, not putting a lot of pressure on his commands."I didn’t come here to leave," I whispered."You don’t need to feel like you are responsible for this," he said as he turned his body slightly and pointed at the bandage on the back of his head, which was rolled over his forehead."I came here because I care," he scoffed as soon as I said that. "Fine, if you truly think I’m the type to lead you on and then go behind your back to kiss and make out with that asshole, then I’ll leave," I yammered
He was sleeping beside me peacefully. Too peacefully. I have never quite seen him this peaceful before. I changed sides, and my eyes caught the sight of my phone.It had some texts from the same unknown number I couldn’t figure out about.Unknown: I know what you have been doing these days. Hiding behind a powerful person. Did you really think you could get away from me?I frowned, turning my face to look at Xavier, who was still sleeping. So it wasn’t him teasing me.Unknown: Enjoy to your fullest, but your days are numbered. You should have thought twice before messing with me. In fact, you should have to think twice before accusing me of anything.I steadily sat up in bed while staring at the messages. This could be only one person,"Jace!" I muttered his name under my clenched jaw and sighed. How would I ever make him confess it was him?Unknown: You know you cannot run away from me. I am coming for you, and this time, I won’t lose.My heart started beating loudly, but then the si
"I am so done with this family. Everybody is busy causing troubles for me," Derrell was walking back and forth and breathing like an angry bull. I wondered what went wrong.Oh right! He must have heard the rumor."I am not a fucking teenager anymore," Zoe yelled at the top of her lungs from over the top of the staircase, and I got the idea it wasn’t actually me who had irked him this time. Derrell raised his head before he tried to bolt upstairs. Mia rushed between them and gently pushed him back."She is your daughter. For heaven’s sake, don’t treat her like that," she yelled in whimpers, breaking down as she saw the anger in her husband’s eyes toward her daughter."My daughter is whoring herself out," Derrell yelled, slapping his forehead and making me even angrier with his mentality. He can go around and do whatever he pleases, but his daughters cannot wish for anything."What is going on?" I asked, walking in the staircase's direction and stealing their attention."Ah! Now I see w
I had been in my room thinking about Xavier and everything. There were still a lot of things that needed clarification on his side. For instance, his whole affair with Zoe. I will never be comfortable with him until I find out the truth about them.I sighed, biting my teeth, and wondered if he would be back to his sweet self in the morning. That’s when my phone beeped and I was made aware of an incoming text from Jace."Now what?" I rolled my eyes, checking his text.Jace: I heard you leave the mansion. Did he kick you out?Jace: You really thought you would go there and he would accept you with open arms? You messed up. There is no way he would want you around again.Jace’s way of taunting me surprised me. If he knew there was nothing between us, why did he accuse me of leading them both on?Me: So you knew there was nothing going on between us?Jace: Where did you get that idea from? I just know after knowing the truth about you leading us on, he will never fall for you again.The w
I watched her face for a few seconds before I realized I was ready to know about this girl.“What about her?” I asked, my body feeling a little itchy as her eyes got watery.“There was this terrible morning when these people dragged her out of her home and stripped her naked,” I got goosebumps as she kept going on, “I was only a helpless teen back then, but it was so much for me to see. The humiliation they caused her was so bad that she finally ended her life in front of the whole town.” As Nancy recalled the whole thing, her eyes welled.“But why?'' I asked, my voice quivering.“She was rude and disobedient to Mayor’s father, who had asked her to stay away from someone. The girl did nothing wrong. She was just trying to be a good friend. But Mayor’s father stood beside her and watched her get the punishment from these people. That’s the problem here. After that day, these people think they have a right to do things on their own too. And Phoenix, these two ladies were the ones who ha
"He is my unc---uncl---e," my cheat kept falling and rising with the heavy breathing. My heart was playing insane games inside my chest. My eyes were stuck on the disgusting man’s face in front of me. He shamelessly stared at me back, grinning like a moron. I couldn’t understand how someone could be so shameless and cruel. I was his niece, and he had not spared me from his dirty stares."He is?" Jace asked once he saw the tension between us. He looked at him and then at me. I had to turn my face to the side to avoid looking into that disgusting man’s eyes."Don’t tell me you had no idea about this," I muttered, turning around to walk away. The only reason I was staying in this freaking town was because of him, and now that he was here, I didn’t feel safe here anymore."Wait," Jace voiced for me, "I’ll talk to you in a minute, Mr. Morgan Delux." He excused himself and walked after me. I halted in my tracks once I was far away from that person. Since Jace hadn’t quit coming after me, I
"I---" I stuttered even more than my eyes witnessed the crowd gathering around me. As they walked towards me, I held my breath and let it out."Wait. It’s not what it looks like." I tried to keep them away from me by raising my hands. The fear of what was going to happen next has caused my body to shiver."This is her bag." Morgan yelled, dragging my bag out of the car and showing it to the people. "Whose car is that?""I--I don---t kn-ow." I lied. My eyes unintentionally averted at the boy who walked out of my house, totally unaware of the whole thing going on. He wasn’t aware that we were busted."That’s his car." The old lady quickly targeted her ugly finger at the boy. He leaped and looked at everyone. The way he turned around and ran away from them, I could tell he was frightened of them."Get him." Morgan shouted at the young group of boys. They were already ready to jump on anyone. ‘’No, it’s not his fault.’’ I yelled after them, but they had already grabbed him. One of the bo
"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