Noelle stepped into the mansion slowly, scanning the hall. The house seemed strangely silent and dangerous. She could feel the heaviness of his dark aura. She could sense he was furious. She could feel his gloomy mood even though he was not there. She glanced at the screen of her phone and only found thirty-seven missed calls from her husband. She was unable to receive his call because she forgot her cell phone in the car. Walking into the kitchen she gulped down a glass of water all at once and tried to stop herself from trembling. She didn’t know why she felt scared of her husband. Luther would never hurt her. The only mistake she had made was leaving Xavier with his nanny. Though Xavier had his nanny, he would not get the same comfort as his mother. Noelle looked at her phone’s screen and read the text from Luther. I FOUND XAVIER CRYING AND SCARED IN HIS ROOM! That message was from last night, 10 hours ago. “When did you come?” Noelle was startled when she heard Luther’s dangero
“How are you feeling now?” Cassius asked Winnie as he helped her to sit against the hospital bed. She let out a sharp breath and gave him a shaky smile. “Much better…” She placed her hand on her tummy. “I was scared as hell.” “I knew…” Cassius placed his hand on her hand, giving her an assuring smile. “Everything is going to be okay. We’ll get through it, Winnie. You just need rest. Now, you’ll promise me that you’ll take proper care of yourself when I'm not there for you. Promise me.” Cassius held out his hand in front of her, nodding her toward his empty palm. “I promise you, Cassius.” She smiled as tears rolled from her eyes. “How could you be so kind to me, how?” “I love you and I can do anything for you.” “The feeling is mutual,” Winnie said while lying her head on his chest. Cassius started caressing her head, inhaling her feminine scent. “Where is Noelle?” Winnie asked with frowned brows. “She’s home.” “Does Luther get mad at her?” “I guess yes.” Cassius sighed deeply. “
“What happened to your face?” Winnie asked when she saw her husband’s wounded face. “Oh my god! Did Luther do that to you?” she gasped, examining his face. “You need treatment, Cassius.” “I know and I’m fine,” Cassius said sadly, sitting on the stool next to her bed. He fixed his eyes on his joined hands as he tried to process everything in his head that happened an hour ago. He still couldn’t erase the broken look on his brother’s face. How could Luther think that he could do that to his wife? “Shit!” He grabbed his head in his hands, sighing heavily. “I just messed things up, Winnie.” “What’s wrong, Cassius? You’re just scaring me, please tell me what happened.” Cassius looked at his wife, licking his dry lips as he felt his racing heartbeat under his chest. He didn't want to tell her that he had to tell her. “Please don’t get me wrong, Winnie.” He inhaled a long breath before continuing. “After leaving the hospital I drove straight, to Luther's mansion and went straight to his
Luther strode toward Xavier’s room where Noelle was sitting on the couch, playing with her son but she paused when Luther barged inside and unannounced, glaring at his wife. “Dadda…” Xavier ran to his father as soon as he saw him and lunged at him but Luther’s attention was on Noelle who was still sitting on the couch and staring back at her husband. “We need to talk,” he said roughly and grabbed Xavier who was throwing his little arms at his father. “It’s your nap time, honey.” He put Xavier on his bed and sat next to him. He forced out a smile for his son, ignoring the burning anger running through his veins. He closed his eyes, letting out a frustrated smile before looking at his son. Xavier frowned and grabbed his father’s hand as if he could feel tension in the room. After an hour of struggle Xavier fell asleep and Luther headed straight to his room. Noelle was on bed, her face tense as she looked at her husband, wishing him to cool down. “I told you it’s not like what you see
Noelle was unable to fall asleep so she walked to the balcony inhaling fresh air at midnight. She hugged herself when she felt a chill on her skin. Looking at the moon, she smiled at it. “How could you manage to look always beautiful in the light of the sun? Even the sun couldn’t look as beautiful as you with its light.” Noelle smiled, recalling old memories of when she and Ned used to sleep in the backyard, staring at the moon and counting infinite stars. “I wish you were there for me,” she sighed. “I have nobody to talk to, Ned. I felt like I was paying for my karma. I killed you and it’s slowly killing my happy family.” She stared at one of the brightest stars in the sky. “I know you were shining there… You've been a good brother, Ned. You were just brainwashed. I’m sorry I didn’t want to kill you but I chose the father of my baby over you.” Suddenly her phone chirped with a notification. Frowning, she checked her cell phone and found a clip from an unknown number. She clicked on
“You’ll do what I’ll ask you to do, okay?” Luther said to Noelle. She gave him a nod and they walked out. “First I need to find out who was the person who was doing this to us. I swear, I won’t let go of him in one piece.” “You need to calm down, Luther. If you keep losing your shit you won’t be able to work out our plan,” Noelle lectured him which made him raise his eyebrows. “So let’s start the drama.” Luther winked at her which brought a little smile to her face. “What the hell is this, Luther? You just cheated on me, how dare you fucking bastard!” Noelle screamed while grabbing Luther by the collar and glaring at him. “You just cheated on me. How can you do this to me?" “What is happening here?” Cassius and Winnie got out of their room, looking at them in confusion. “Who cheated on who?" He asked, looking at Noelle and Luther.“He just cheated on me.” Noelle walked up to Cassius and showed him the video. “Do you know this woman?” Cassius said nothing and watched the video car
Winnie went into the bathroom before splashing cold water on her face and washing her neck. She bit into her lower lip to stop herself from breaking into a cry. She looked at herself in the mirror and at his fingerprints on her neck. She brushed it with her hand in irritation but she knew it would not go away. She rushed out and grabbed her makeup box before removing a concealer. She started to put it on her neck to hide marks. She glanced at the doorway checking out if Cassius was coming but he was nowhere in sight. She gave the last touch to her makeup, looking at herself in the mirror. Everything looked fine to her. She was about to move toward bed but then…“Fuck him! Fuck him!” Cassius barged inside and banged his fist on the wall, growling wildly like an injured animal. “He’s not ready to fucking listen to me. He just fucked up! I hate him! How could he do that!” Winnie watched her husband banging and thrashing his anger on walls, chairs and lastly on his cell phone. She would
Winnie tiptoed into the backyard where Ethan was waiting for her. He was in the same black suit and skull mask on his face. A sinister smile pulled across his lips when he saw Winnie coming out, scared. “I know you would do that for us my dear sister.” He moved toward her but Winnie backed away from him, shivering and sweating profusely. “Just don’t come close to me!” She warned him, clutching a blueprint against her chest. “Go away.” “If I don’t come near you, how will I get that blueprint, sister?” He slowly stepped towards her, making her heart race under her chest. “First you’ll listen to me carefully.” She swallowed hard, stepping back from him. “You won't burn the mansion.” “You know fucking well that I’ll not be interested in your damn chit chat,” he growled, getting impatient with her behaviour. “Now hand me that damn blueprint, bitch!” “I won’t…” She stuttered, making her way back into the house but he lunged at her and grabbed her hair, pulling her toward him. She screa