AUBREYCole did not return that morning as he promised, not even at night, too. We ended up sleeping on the couch whilst playing a game, as Sofia had already taken the leave she had wanted to take for a while now.The thing was that I forgot to make dinner for Cole and when it was finally morning, I woke up to myself on a bed, alone, while the smell of fresh pancakes wafted across the room from downstairs.My stomach churned, but above all, I had surprise written all over my face as I tied my robe over my night gown and started downstairs.The sight in the kitchen made me stop at the entrance. The sweet smell had no doubt come from here. Purity and Cole stood there in the kitchen with the matching aprons that Sofia and I usually wore, tied around their waist. I took out my phone to record, unable to resist the cuteness anymore."Daddy, look! It's forming, that is Mickey!" Purity screamed as her dad held her over the counter to see the pancakes as it cooked.He laughed, "Took a good w
COLE".. the last meeting for the day is cancelled, boss, which means that you are free from 2pm. Why am I shaking from the news?" Ray asked, unable to stop shifting from one leg to the other in excitement. I did not blame him, these days we worked way too hard for no reason.I wished I could be the Boss who just felt better working from home, but right from time, I enjoyed going out to work. However, these days I had began to consider working from home, I had began to consider it so much that it was scary."Thank you for the info, Ray, you are dismissed for now." I waved him off with a hand and he simply did his curtsy thing, and walked out.I leaned back against my office chair, my mind drifting to the picnic we had some days ago. She called it a date, accused me of trying to play it down. She reminded me that it was not part of the agreement and I told her I planned to go against our agreement even more than I already had.I proceeded to ask about her favorite meals, music and all
AUBREYI sat in the living room, my eyes puffy from crying as I waited for Cole. The moment I heard the front door open, I stood up right away and ran towards it. I stopped a few inches from him, noticing how his forehead had wrinkles on it from worry. He sighed and walked up to me, pulled me into his arms and took my lips in a slow, passionate kiss."Cole…" I mumbled against his lips, trying to push away from him because I could not help but feel like he was trying to distract me from something. He bit my bottom lip to stop my protests, then deepened the kiss until I was kissing him back.We finally pulled away after a while, and then with a thumb caressing my bottom lip, he muttered, "I want to tell you something, but promise me you would not breakdown or anything of the sorts. I cannot handle another unconscious person today.""What? I don't understand…" My hand on his chest had started to sweat as I waited for the news with a growing impatience.Sighing, he said, "Purity got rush
COLEThe water was warm enough for her after some time, and I walked back into the room to see her just as I left her, covered up by my duvet, her eyes closed, but I knew she was not sleeping, just really tired.Sofia had returned two days ago, and I asked her to prepare dinner, and to make most of Aubrey's best meals. I had to take her mind off Purity for even a second. Purity would be fine, I assured mostly myself now.She had to be, if not, the school would face more than clearing up a large scandal… Another large scandal would take place. Starting to get annoyed by the thought, I walked further into my room and effortlessly picked her up from the bed, trying not to groan as she pressed her face into my chest like she had grown accustomed to doing now.When it was time to strip her, I made her sit on a small counter in the bathroom and I started to peel the top off her, followed by the pants. Soon, she was left with her underwear which I took off her one after the other, too.Her
AUBREYCole made love to me like he meant it. I did not understand why the tears kept rolling down my cheeks but I let them roll, and he just kissed them off my cheeks, recounting how beautiful he thought I was as he moved in and out of me, deeper than I had ever had him.When we both came, we were overwhelmed with how intense the sex had been, and he took my lips, kissing me while his hands wandered along the curves of my body, until I ran out of oxygen.I did not want to wake up to reality the next morning, at some point.But it was inevitable. The next morning, I woke up to the smell of breakfast and soft kisses on my nose.Chuckling, I said, "You have to stop doing that… we stopped pretending, remember?"To that, he laughed too, and then replied, "It's noon already, so this could be termed as brunch or simply lunch." I sat up on the bed slowly, then asked, "Did you wait for me?"He shook his head no, as if sensing my fear as he responded, "I already had something to eat earlier."
COLEThree days later, and we were all walking out of the hospital. At this point, Aubrey was consciously avoiding me. She would not even eat, until I was out of the room. She stayed behind when I talked to Purity, too, an action that made me burn with rage every time she did it."Take the front seat with your daddy, Riri, I'll stay at the back." She hurriedly said as Purity tried to go and sit behind.Happily, Purity skipped to the front, and when she looked at me in the driver's seat, I flashed her a small smile too, starting the engine at once.We got to the house in minutes, and she rushed down, then rushed to take Purity's hand and lead her inside as well. I said nothing, just walked behind them with gritted teeth.She took Purity upstairs, to their room, and I sat on one of the couches in the living room, racking my brain on what decision to take.I had confronted Laila, and she had called Dante right away, to tell him that I had smashed the windscreen of her car for daring to t
AUBREYIt was the last time Cole and I met each other for sex. He fucked me so hard until I was crying for him to let go of me, but he only let go of me when my voice was gone, completely sore from screaming.I was aching for him until we were done, though, so I could not really blame him. According to him, my mouth said something but my pussy said a totally different thing.On the day that we finally left his house, Purity was glued to Cole's body until she fell asleep in his arms. It was only then that he could abandon her on the bed in the new apartment, and she clutched him for a while before finally letting go after a few teases."Take care of her, and yourself." He told me, walking closer to where I stood. Hating the fiery look in his eyes, I stepped even closer to him and threw my hands around him, ever the coward which I was, and I replied,"Of course, I will. Thank you for being considerate and doing what is best for us."He scoffed when we finally pulled apart from the hug,
AUBREY"Do you need some help to take daddy down, mommy?" Purity asked, finally on my side this once. We wore matching masks, and I was sure that was why everyone in the park seemed to be looking at us.Even if I knew that we were being watched by a couple of people, I could not resist saying yes to her and we both tackled him, until he pulled us to the ground in one gentle pull, causing us to fall on him."What are you doing?!" I cried out, standing up immediately to see that my baby blue milkmaid dress was stained a bit with dirt from the grass. I glared at him when he finally stood up with Purity struggling in his arms and he only chuckled as he said,"You're so beautiful when you're mad."I kept glaring until he moved a few inches away from me. Good. He should be scared for his life.Purity soon went back to playing with the other kids, after taking a few snacks with her, and we were left alone again.He was on his laptop this time, sitting beside me on a small blanket we had spra
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AUBREYFIVE YEARS LATER…"… over the years, Aubrey Frost has proven to be a force in marketing and business. From one store and a limited range of clothing, to one of the biggest clothing lines in America, scattered across the country, and from what I have heard, the company is set to make waves in other countries as well, anytime soon. Aubrey Frost makes billions of dollars in months, and that is asides what her husband makes from his endless chain of hotels. That family is indeed, one of the most successful, if not the most successful in New York City…" Cole nudged me, taking my attention away from the presenter who had an award to present to me. I sluggishly turned to him, wearing a huge smile of accomplishment on my face. He was grinning as well."Damn, I'm sitting next to a billionaire. Nice to meet you." He joked, outstretching his hand for a handshake. I took his hand and with all seriousness on my face, I said,"Good to meet you too. You are strikingly handsome, I must say. C
AUBREYIt was our wedding.This day was a miracle. Our miracle. I thought back to the incident at the house where I had thought for sure that I had lost Cole for good. I thought it was the end, and that my life was supposed to be that way… miserable and full of disappointments every step of the way.How then did a human who was practically submerged in so much fire escaped with only minor injuries and a breathing problem which only lasted days before it cleared up?How was I walking down the aisle now with Cole's father, who also doubled as my dad—I tried not to ponder much on that, by the way—I was walking down, ready to be handed over to Cole Frost as his wife.Yes, Luke had come to apologize, Elsa too. They had asked for forgiveness and wanted to be a part of our wedding. Cole had not wanted to forgive them, he sent them away from his office so they came to the house and begged me themselves, and I forgave them. I could not help but cry with Elsa as she cried, and I felt it when sh
COLEThe first video began to play on the screen and Dante loosened his tie, watching me all through.Laila tried to talk over the video and convince everyone that they should not be watching it, but everyone had all their attention on what was on the screen already."Oh hell, I hope that isn't who I think it is…" Ferdinand whispered, but it was still very much audible and made Dante's turn in the clip even more dramatic.As soon as he turned and his face was visible, there was collective gasps in the room, even more louder when he slammed the iron against our ex boss's head. Ricardo fell to the ground, lifeless, dead on the spot."What just happened?" It was one of the many murmurs that filled the room. Dante sat there, looking every inch of the Boss he was, even with the threat to his life playing on the screen."Ricardo was being difficult. He was an even bigger thief than I ever would be. I did you all a favour—""One which no one asked for." I reminded him, then instructed Ray to
COLE"Ready?" Ray asked me over the phone, and whilst grinning, I responded,"Ready. Today we take over the syndicate." I announced. He agreed to that, and we were still talking about some things that we would like to put in place when I heard a knock on the door. I ended the call and waited for the person to come in.Aubrey materialized at the entrance, softly closing the door as she entered into my home office. It was dark in here.. not exactly pitch black, but it was pretty dim.I could see her though. I could always see her. Well damn, now I was becoming emotional for no reason."Can I turn on the light, Sir? I want to talk to you." She pleaded. "You do not need to see me to talk to me. Say what you need to say, and leave." I told her, wheeling my chair towards her now."Oh… I, uh.. I woke up with the worst hangover, but… I recalled something… you were standing and uh… you kissed me. I don't think I was dreaming about the kiss because my lips are still sore!" She said all that at
COLELaila asked me to fire Aubrey. Of course, my first instinct was to say no. I had the word on the very tip of my tongue, but I decided to try to be patient. After all, by tomorrow, I would be executing my plan and I would finally get rid of her. I told her I would get rid of Aubrey in two days, as I did not have the time for drama at the moment."I need to prepare my child for the absence of her mother." I told her."Why can't the child go with her mother?" Laila asked in an impatient manner. "Because I want her with me. No child of mine would grow up outside of my territory." I gave her my best line, and it only took a short pause from the other end before she agreed and began to talk about how much pain she was in from the whole beating she received, and I had to beg her to not tell Dante about it first, as I would handle it in two days."Okay, babe. See you when you get back." She told me and I only hummed into the phone before ending the call.I decided to go home earlier to
AUBREY"Mommy, Auntie D said she would be visiting tomorrow." Purity announced with glee but I just frowned."What?" "She said you should call her." She handed the phone over to me, and I dialed Denise's number."You know this is very wrong timing, right?" I asked as soon as she picked up, just to be sure she had heard me when I explained that Cole never let any help bring in visitors if he did not permit it."Ray said you just need to ask him. Take permission and he would let you. I miss you guys so much and I want to come visit, is that too much to ask?" She sounded like she was dying and we were her ticket to another chance at life. The dramatic bitch.The thing was; I did not trust Denise. I did not trust Denise at all. I knew that aside from coming to see us, she had another reason why she was coming here… probably to cause a scene or two. But when I looked at my daughter, I saw the way she was really elated, and so I sighed,"I'll try to ask Cole. But please do not make a move
COLE"Do I always have to repeat the fact that you should watch your tone whenever you want to speak about my wife-to-be?" I asked after a while of being stunned by her revelation.Knowing my woman, she would not just make this accusation out of nowhere. No, she was not like Laila who would make up anything out of spite; it was the reason I was so interested in what she had to say.She rolled her eyes, and I pretended not to see that, just to let her talk, "I… Look, there's a recording, so I do not have to go on and on explaining myself." She pushed her phone into my hand and crossed her arms around her chest, which only caused her breasts to strain against her tank top with the action.She noticed I was looking, but even as her cheeks reddened, she did not drop her arms. Hell, it even looked like her eyes were daring me to do something about her stubbornness.It took a while, but I was finally able to tear my eyes off her and focus on the phone which I was given. The fucking tension
AUBREY"It's yours." Was Cole's cool response, and I almost fainted from the amount of rage that surged through my body at once.Laila had a different reaction to the news, though. She threw herself on Cole for the umpteenth time since she walked through those doors. Her excitement and the way she was rubbing it in by yelling her 'thanks' in his face were enough to make me snap."What the fuck do you mean…" I trailed off, realizing that I was only going to make it worse with that tone, so I amended instead, "You cannot give her the store, with all due respect, Sir."He tilted his head to the side in the usual way he did when he was trying to understand something."And why is that?" He questioned. I responded at once,"What do you mean why is that? I mean, you might have given me the place, but I have worked so hard to get it to where it is today, there is no way I am letting a complete stranger to take over what I have worked so hard to build. How can you even do this?""I do not care