James pov FINALLY
" I'm a gangleader" I mumbled quietly, I was afraid of this, of her being afraid of me. I finally got the courage to look back up and all I saw in her eyes was worry.
" James" she whispered looking at her feet and then back up at me. I could see fear in her eyes, pure fear. Well fucking done James you've scared her away.
" I can't" was all she said before she left the room taking my rotten black heart with her....... Shit I sound like a bitch now. She didn't even listen for the whole story.
She doesn't know why I'm here, she doesn't know what I've been through or what I've had to deal with.
I can't fucking let her walk away from me like that, not many people make me feel.
Ava's pov
Shit. He's a gangleader How could I not see this coming. Nothing ever goes right for me I should have fucking expected it.
I have to take Emily and leave fast. I'm not risking anything if they find us this time we're going to die, don't get me wrong I don't care about my life whatsoever but I will do absolutely anything to keep her alive and happy.
I have to leave Dixie and Greg, no one ever stays because they can't I won't let them. If someone hurts them because of me I'm going to go high into the mountains train like a beast and come down leaving body bags everywhere. They've already taken too much from me, hell no am I going to let this carry on.
Once I get away from James I'm going to prepare, prepare for war.
Si vis pacem, para bellum -
If you want peace, prepare for war
I ran home and packed our clothes, quickly running to Dixies, I gently lifted her from the sofa. Dixie was beside her with some chocolates in hand, Emily looked up at me, she may be a child but she can tell what's going on. Her little features began to look sadder.
" what's going on Ava" she asked, I grabbed Emily's coat from the hanger and smiled, a sad smile.
" something difficult, I'll try to be back, please stay safe and tell Greg the same"
" I love you"
" take care my children I love you, Emily here's some sweets" she approached us quickly, handing Emily the sweets she kissed us both on the forehead. I could see her eyes become glossy. Oh god no.
" love you aunt dixshiii" Emily squealed. With one last smile I ran out.
Without stopping I gathered all our shit, mostly Emily's toys and clothes, I can deal with mine later there's not enough time.
I managed to get most of our stuff in 2 little suitcases, Emily dragged her peppa pig one as I held our bags and my suitcase. Once we reached outside I picked Emily up and held onto her bag.
Glancing around the frosty cars I looked for a taxi, luckily a yellow cab stopped right in front of me.
I was just about to get inside when someone grabbed Emily from me, I spun around ready to fight until I realised it was James. He looked at me with many emotions running through his usually emotionless eyes.
" where were you going?" he asked calmly, it felt like the silence before the storm,
" s..somewhere" I stuttered, he gripped tightly onto Emily and she snuggled into him happily not knowing or caring about what's going on.
" avvy said we going on trip" James glanced at Emily then back at me.
" trips fucking cancelled get inside"
I stared into his bluish orbs trying my best to force the words out of my mouth. They wouldn't come out. James gently held my hand rubbing them to make me feel better. " I...I was abused" I whispered slightly turning my head so I don't have to look into his disgusted eyes. Taking in another deep breath I started with the full story. " I was abused every day by my parents, I kept Emily safe by hiding her they forget she even existed" I laughed with no humor present in my voice, wiping away the falling tears I kept my eyes glued to the floor." one day I decided to escape, so we ran, I stole money from my dads safe, he had millions but I only took a few thousand, yes I was a bit stupid. We ran here to start fresh" I'm not even near finished, he hasn't even heard the most important part but he interrupted me." I'm so sorry Ava" he said as he pulled me in for a hug, " but why did you run, you know I can protect you" he whispered huskily into my ears, I looked up at him and wiped the
We had been in the penthouse for a few hours and James had been in his room since he showed us around. He said he had some business to take care of, I tried not to dwell on the word business to much.The clock hit 9pm, Emily and I were busy watching spongebob whist James was still stuck in his room. I should probably go check what he's doing. Slowly pulling away from Emily I nervously walked towards his door and knocked three times. After a few seconds I heard a 'come in'.
After I put Emily to bed I walked into the room opposite. The walls were black and white and so are the bed covers, there's 2 other doors which I'm guessing lead to a closet and a bathroom. Like his office there was again nothing sentimental or anything that reflected a home.This penthouse feels like a pretty prison.
I woke up on top of a hard yet soft rock, oh wait it's James. Snuggling deeper I sniffed him by accident. Honestly he smells so fucking good all the time. I was too busy in my sniffing moment that I didn't feel his body shuffle under mine. Oh shit, he probably thinks I'm a weird sniffer person." good morning avyy" he sighed, I internally smiled at his beautiful morning voice, mumbling a morning I stayed laying on his chest comfortably until his phone rang.
James povI woke up with the feeling of guilt floating in my stomach, maybe it's because I know I have to tell Ava that Im going to kill her father.I need her help to do it.
I woke up to an empty bed,I almost started to scream when I realised James definitely had her, it's hard to get used to this. Slowly crawling out of bed I fixed my clothes before walking towards the living room.James sat feeding Emily pancakes, the amount of happiness shining on his face in this moment is slightly unbelievable. Aiden and Connor would not believe the sight in front of them.
Stopping my body from shaking I slowly stepped out of the room whilst wiping the sweat of my palms onto my black trousers.Looking up from the ground I stopped mid step when James gasped in shock. He gleamed up at me in shock.My face was coated in light make up bringing out my greenish blue eyes. I left my bru
James came two minutes later and hugged my frozen body, I leaned into his warm embrace and couldn't help but let the tears flow." hey baby it's ok, I promise you never have to see him or have anything to do with him again " he whispered, he lifted his head and kissed my forehead trying to make me calm down, Sighing slowly I wiped the remaining tears and let go of him.
This is just an overview of everyone's lives 10 years later , after Angel is bornAiden is now married and his wife is pregnant, him and James are still best friendsConnor is a single pringle and still has his playerish ways, he had a serious girlfriend when he was 21 they wer
5 years later" James get your lazy ass downstairs now" I yelled, hearing his loud footsteps coming down the stairs, I gently sat on the sofa leaning my body against the back casually." baby I'm sorry I was changing are you ok" he asked before glancing down at my large p
I woke up spooning with James and let me tell you he didn't just wake up with stinky breath if you know what I mean ?.Before he had to go work he made sure I remembered the date.It was 6.00 when I finally checked the time, obviously I'd be late to our first date. Ja
I don't even think I remember getting up from Julie's lifeless body never mind be back at James' penthouse. When I woke I was laying down on James' bed, staring at the plain white ceiling....... I BLOODY KILLED SOMEONE.Whilst I was cursing myself in my head James walked into the room, he laid beside me and pulled me in for a hug. Snuggling into him I slowly closed my eyes lost in his musky fragrance.
James and I got into his BMW I8 and the boys got into a charger. We left Emily with Dixie and got ready for our long journey ahead.We reached the mansion in 5 hours, I held my feelings down and balled up my fist, before zipping up my hoodie. We still had Ricardo locked up so the security would be tight but I know the flaws since I've already escaped twice.
" Jammmesssss" I mumbled into his chest, he did not move an inch. I'm not usually a morning person but I needed to get the mission over and done with. With one last huff I slapped his chest and slid out of the warm cozy bed." Ava what the fuck" he yelled, smiling at his reaction I started gathering my clothes for the mission. Turning my head towards the sexy man in the bed I threw a hanger at him.
James came two minutes later and hugged my frozen body, I leaned into his warm embrace and couldn't help but let the tears flow." hey baby it's ok, I promise you never have to see him or have anything to do with him again " he whispered, he lifted his head and kissed my forehead trying to make me calm down, Sighing slowly I wiped the remaining tears and let go of him.
Stopping my body from shaking I slowly stepped out of the room whilst wiping the sweat of my palms onto my black trousers.Looking up from the ground I stopped mid step when James gasped in shock. He gleamed up at me in shock.My face was coated in light make up bringing out my greenish blue eyes. I left my bru
I woke up to an empty bed,I almost started to scream when I realised James definitely had her, it's hard to get used to this. Slowly crawling out of bed I fixed my clothes before walking towards the living room.James sat feeding Emily pancakes, the amount of happiness shining on his face in this moment is slightly unbelievable. Aiden and Connor would not believe the sight in front of them.