Ken's POV“Ken! Are you even listening to me?" Thomas's voice brought me back to realityI flinched at the sudden interference, I was so deep in thought that I didn't even remember that he's here with me.“Yeah, what were you saying, I was lost in my head for a while." I said.“You were lost in your head for a long time actually. What are you up to though? All you do in here is work all day, there's nothing fun going on at all, no hot chicks too." He said."You know what I'm up to. I'd be really busy with it for a while too.” I replied, focusing my attention back to the paperwork before me.“Yeah, right. The contract and all, but can't we just pull some strings like we always do?” He asked."No, Thomas. This isn't some trivial things we do and both you and Timothy pull us out from. It's the government we're talking about here and not just some other person.” I answered with a long sigh.I went back to the work I was doing while he just focused on his phone. Timothy, his twin brother h
Annelise's POV I thought he was only joking till I got downstairs and the door was locked, there was no one in sight too. It's so certain that the key is with him.I stormed back upstairs with anger in me.Ethan had gone into his room before I could reply him after giving out that ‘order’ since we were directly in front of his door.I banged on his door really hard that he came out immediately, "What is it?”His chest was bare and if it was any other time, I might have admired it or other sh*ts, but I'm really pissed right now.“You can't just control me like I'm your daughter, I'm not some puppy you can order around!" I screamed behind him.Ethan just kept staring at me and that pissed me off even further."What gave you the right to think you can hold me up here? I'm your wife, not your maid!" I got even more angry as each second passes by.“Like I said earlier, that's your punishment. Besides, what's a married woman looking for outside at this time of the night?” He replied.“That
Annelise's POV“That is beautiful, Anne!" Esther exclaimed.She said she'd just settle with calling me Anne as it's the first letters of my real name and somehow sounds like the name I'm forced to answer now.We're face timing and she kind of saw my artwork and begged to see it.That's the only thing I've been practically doing for a while now, it's not like I have any other thing to do in here, painting is one of the things I do that makes me forget things.When I'm painting, I practically just forget things I'm worried about. Esther called to check up on me earlier this morning and we've been talking on the phone for one hour.“I wasn't even paying attention.” I mumbled, looking at the painting of sunrise I drew this morning while sitting on the window pane.I was so deep in thought and was interrupted by Esther's call.“You’ve always been a wizard when it comes to painting and I wonder why you didn't pursue it as a career, you'll sell so well.” She said,"Now that you said it, I th
Ethan's POVHeavy pants eluded my mouth with my whole body glistening with sweat. I had pushed myself past my normal limit this morning in the gym. All I knew was that I needed something that would exert a lot of energy from me and I got it.Surprisingly though, A whole lot of sh*t went down in my life in just a matter of two weeks than it has in years.Sleeping now looks like a very gruesome thing to do, it's not like I sleep that much before though, it's just that it's now so hard.The only time I slept sound and woke up the next day without waking up in the middle of the night due to nightmares was the day Anast-.No, I can't think of her, I can't say her name from my mouth.The craziest thing about all these is that despite what went down with her, i find myself even thinking about her more, it's like i can't do anything without seeing her face or anything at all that would just make me start thinking about her.The last time I heard her voice or saw her was the night I told her
Annelise's POV I flinched away from the bed, I stood upright from the window pane. Ethan looked so furious that I could practically feel the anger rolling off him in waves.“I always knew you weren't to be trusted, you're just a lying b*tch!" He yelled with his eyes shining in anger.I was dismayed by what was happening, I had no idea what was going on.“You lied up to the extent of lying about your name?" He growled.The raspy breathe that was coming up on my throat stopped, I couldn't breathe anymore. The phone in my hand fell to the ground as Ethan started approaching me.It had definitely gone off with how hard it fell to the ground. It was after my back hit the wall that i started panicking.“I-i did- I” I stuttered.His pupils were almost completely dark, the anger rolling off of him made my legs shake in fear."What now? You want to tell me another lie? The one you've done Isn't enough right? Go ahead, lie all you want, that's the f*cking only thing you're good at afterall.”
Annelise's POV I stopped what I was doing at first before continuing again. I should have finished with the cup I was washing but I kept scrubbing it because my mind was disoriented.“I'm sorry for acting the way I did since you got here, it wasn't my intention to make you feel uncomfortable in your own marital house.” She said.A snarky response bubbled up my throat but I kept it down, she's actually the least of my problems right now and I shouldn't be bothering myself over her at all."It's okay." I mumbled, eventually rinsing off the plate and drying off my hand on the dryer. She sighed, “I'm not this way. I like Ethan like mine, I don't know what came over me when I heard he was getting married then he came home with you in a wedding dress.”"Like I said, it's okay.” I had nothing else to say after that.I left her there in the kitchen with my arm almost touching her shoulder as she was on the road.There's no way I'm going back to that room so I just decided to walk round the
Ethan's POV I watched as Anna- Annelise walked over to the pool. She took little steps towards it and sat down by the edge then dipped her legs in it.Seeing her once more made me just feel like we're strangers now. Though I'm sitted in the other side of the pool that's secluded and dark.She's never going to see me unless I move, I made this place specially like this because it's the way I cool down from all the day's stress at times.She was just looking around for a while before her phone dinged then she looked at it. Her lips moved for some time with her phone pressed to her ear.Thinking of which, I don't think I've ever seen her with any other person other than that her friend, what's her name again? Mary?They spoke for quite a while before she brought down the phone again. It now looks like she's looking at me directly, her eyes were focused on this direction, but not until she looked down at her phone once more.She was directly under the bright lights that illuminated the p
Ethan's POVHe strawled into the office like he owns it and walked towards me then came over to sit down on the chair beside Lucas. “What is it this time, Ken?" I asked him.“Come on, brother. Quit with that tone, aren't we on good terms now?" He chuckled and balanced more on the chair. Lucas stood up and left the office, leaving me alone with Ken. “Okay, now that we're alone you can finally quit with the tone." Ken said after Lucas closed the door behind him. “What do you want?” I asked with a tone of annoyance.Ken is never up to something good and I'm so certain that he's here for something I wouldn't be pleased about with the smirk on his face.“It's nothing serious, actually." He started.I stared hard at him, silently telling him to continue though I have a really bad premonition about it already.“I want some money. And according to the company's rules, you're the only one who can authorize such amount of money for now." He said.“How much is it?" I asked, trying to see whe