RayaF*ck, I was going to cum.My hands moved faster as I rubbed the oversensitive cl*t I had deprived of good pleasure because of my stupidity.That was the only thing I could think of when he came into the room, sucking him off. It had done the work though, as he forgot immediately that I had been going through his stuff, so here I was giving myself that pleasure.I felt my hips buck as my orgasm washed over me, and I let out loads of breath before calming down on the bed.Yup, I was still in his house and needed to leave now.So I did that, hurrying out of the house and taking a taxi to my apartment building, where Kendall opened the door. She was in her apartment with the children behind her, and she gave me a glare when she saw me.Yup, she was still angry."Kendall, I said I'm sorry.""Yup, and I heard you.""But you're still mad...""Who wouldn't be? You just up and left in the middle of the night without any warning. Do you know how worried I was? That you might have gone to
MaxwellI was still dumbfounded by what my dad had told me hours later when I made my way out of the family house later that evening and I headed straight for Macayla's hotel, where she opened the door for me, surprised."Max?"I walked in, going straight for the bottle of wine she had open on the small table in the mini-living room of her suite, and I drank straight from it."What is wrong? Did something happen?"She walked back in, staring at me with this concerned look in her eyes, and I gave her the picture I had collected from my dad."Who is he?""Our younger brother." "Younger brother?"I nodded. "Apparently we have a younger brother.""Then that means... Was dad cheating on mom?!"I shook my head and took another gulp. "Well, yes technically, because he had slept with another woman to have him, but it had apparently been a one-time thing. A mistake..."I ran a hand through my head, "Like, how do we even tell this to mom?" She's barely coping with his sickness news, which he h
RayaI should just move in with Maxwell at this point because tell me why he was always taking me to either of his houses whenever there was a problem, and it was not as if I was complaining, but it was making me get dependent.I can take care of this on my own.It's just a prank...Okay, maybe not a prank because the person has taken time to follow me around to know what I'm doing and also painted most of the picture in blood.My mind could only go to one person, William, but has he always been this childish?It was surprising.Using paint as blood and sticking a knife in the middle? It was something an anti-fan might do to a celebrity, not a fully grown senator who has a wife and kids, thankfully my child, not among them.But my body wasn't buying that.All the explanations I kept giving myself in my head didn't stop my body from shaking as Maxwell drove me and Kyle to his house.His hand was intertwined with mine as expected, and he kept glancing at me the whole ride.F*ck, why was
MaxwellMy walk up the stairs to Raya's apartment was pretty uneventful right until I got to her floor and saw a man dropping something in the mailbox by the side of her door.What the f*ck?!Was that asshole sending another threat message, not even a week after the first one he sent?I hurried to meet the man before he could leave and grabbed the letter from the box."Who sent you? It's William's, right?""What? Who are you? Are you Miss Johnson?"The man asked as I detained him and ripped open the envelope it was in.For a threat, it was pretty well packaged.But it wasn't until I saw the logo on top of the real letter that I understood that it was not a threat.Dove's clinic?Was she sick?What?Wait, what?A DNA test?I read through the letter that said Mr. Sterling was the father of Kyle Johnson.Mr. Sterling?"Are you Miss Johnson?"I snapped out of my mind, which was jumbled at this point, and stared at the man who was alarmed by my behavior."Yes, no, I mean, I know her...""W
RayaF*ck, I needed to stop crying.Crying won't solve any of my problems, especially this one."We should call the police." "What?" I pulled away from Maxwell the minute he said that, my eyes darting to his face."You can't mean that.""What? Why? I mean, he has Kyle."Yes, I knew he, William, had Kyle, but I wasn't about to make it worse by involving the police."He said we shouldn't.""And you're actually going to listen to him?!""Yes, I am. I'm going to meet him."It was his turn to be stunned. "You can't be serious.""Oh, I'm serious."Now that I was over my crying phase, I had needed that to get myself together. I was totally thinking of murder now.He tried to mess with my child?!Thank God he already said not to involve the police because I was more than willing."Kendall, talk some sense into her please."Kendall knew there was no point stopping me because she would do the same if it was her kid, so she didn't even bother."We can just... I don't know, track her and keep in
Raya"Oh, that bastard..." He moved away from me and shrugged. "Somewhere safe... For now. I just thought the adults should have a conversation first before I turned to him. Pity he'll be paying for his mother's crimes.""You asshole, don't you dare touch my child."He chuckled and got close to me again, and the action he performed next on me sent my eyes reeling back into my head.He had slapped me, and his hand was fisted into my hair now. "Seems like you don't understand the situation just yet. I'm in charge now; your little boyfriend is not here, and I can decide to end your pathetic life with just one flick of my finger. Asshole? You're the asshole for lying to me; how dare you claim he was my child and humiliate me in public?""I. Didn't. Tell. You. That. He. Was. Your. Child. You guessed that all on your own."My cheeks were hurting, and it didn't help that his grip was tight on my hair. I'm pretty sure some of them would fall off by the time he released my hair.He snickered,
Maxwell He wasn't the one who had sent the package? F*ck, he had found the camera. "Have you found it?" I asked Ryan, who tapped away, busy, inside another one of my cars where I waited, and he turned the laptop to face me after a while. "This is the last property he has in the state, but how sure are you that he is one of his houses? I mean, he wouldn't be so stupid as to do something criminal in one of his properties." "Then where else will he do it, one of your properties? Of course he'll feel safe in one of his" I started the car at another property that he supposedly owned and drove away to the address he gave me. God, I hope she's okay. Who would have thought that that asshole would turn on his words like that, but it was understandable. He was probably wary of the fact that I had seen it, or worse still, that she had shown it to the police. "Have you sent it to them?" "Yes, though I'm pretty sure that they've seen it. I'll email them the address when we've c
Raya It wasn't until we got back into Maxwell's car, Kyle in my arms about two hours later, that I realized I had just faced the man that made me the weak, vulnerable person I was today. I had slapped his face, stabbed his thighs... The thought of it had my hands shaking almost immediately. "Raya, relax; the adrenaline is just rushing in because you both are safe," Maxwell said as he covered me with the blanket he had gotten from the police, and he winced at the pain the movement caused him. F*ck, I had been so caught up in myself, I forgot that he had faced four men all on his own too. If anything, he had done all the work. "Are you okay?" I asked, and he nodded, leaning back again in his seat. "We have to go get Kyle checked; I think he was drugged." I agreed to that because even now, he was still sleeping. God, I couldn't believe I had almost lost him. "Come here." I went into the arms of Maxwell at the back where we were seated, and Ryan ignored us while he dr
RayaThe day of the wedding arrived, my dress ready, the makeup artist, and the hair stylist in my room to make me the most beautiful bride ever, and I had the support of my best friend and soon-to-be mother-in-law."My God, you look so beautiful," she said when I finally put on the dress, my hair and makeup done, and I scrunched my face, trying not to cry."Thank you.""I'll be the best mother I can be to you, and trust that you can tell me anything and everything."I knew that already considering the time we had spent together before even getting proposed to and the time for me to walk down the aisle finally came, Maxwell's dad meeting by the door where he was to lead me to the aisle because I had asked him to hold my arms.He was going to be the dad I never had, was already even, and I felt myself tearing up as I finally saw my husband-to-be by the pastor at the front of the little audience.I had only invited the closest people to me, which weren't many. My son, of course, Kendall
RayaI was pregnant.The pregnancy kit test had said so, and I had done it multiple times, my heart dropping even lower as each one confirmed that fact, and now I was going to my best friend's house to tell her."You're pregnant?"She looked happy, but should she? I mean, I wasn't sure I was."Why aren't you happy? This is good news, right?"I shrugged, my panic probably showing in my eyes, and she held my hands. "I mean, what if he doesn't want it?""And why wouldn't he want it?""I... I don't know."She squeezed my hand, drawing back my attention to her, and her face looked fierce. "Don't you dare let your past invade your future again. I thought we were past that."I thought we were too, but the memory of William kicking me and beating me when I first told him I was pregnant wouldn't just get out of my head."I don't know Kendall; I'm scared." She pulled me into her arm, squeezing me tight as I let out my tears, and I sniffed loudly when I was done."So what are you going to do now
RayaI couldn't believe this.Maxwell had proposed.Like, yes, I had suspected something was up with the way Kendall kept acting suspicious when she took me to the mall from my workshop, and it had basically to get into a new dress, which she said was for an event she wanted me to accompany her to, but guess what? She wasn't dressed up, so which event?My proposal.The thought made me laugh after we pulled away from the kiss and Maxwell stared into my eyes, "What?""It's just... Did you put Kendall up to that? Getting me to dress up and keeping me away from my house."He chuckled at the realization too, "Uhm... Yeah, I couldn't let you find out that I was proposing until I was ready, and did she do a good job?"I shrugged, "Not bad, but I did suspect something was up.""I know, right?"I stared into his eyes seriously after we stopped chuckling and pulled him even closer to me, "I love you."He smiled, "I love you too.""I love you even more."We kept going until he picked me off the
Maxwell"And how is the pop-up event coming up?" I sat on the chair in my office, having a Zoom meeting with our manager over in South Korea, and he nodded his head."Going well, it'll be announced during the official campaign of the new collection.""Okay good. Send me a final review when it is ready, okay?""Okay sir"I cut the line and I turned to my secretary, who had been waiting for me to finish."So...""The financial report, sir.""Right. Are they ready for me?""Yes sir""Good"I took the report from her, taking a look at it as we headed to the financial department for our meeting, and I had a meeting with the marketing department before deciding that it was time to clock off work.It'll soon be time for Kyle's football competition, so I had to close early."Maxwell..." Raya waved at me from where she sat with Kendall and Leah because Michael was also playing too when I got there and I made my way to them."Babe"I kissed her on the lips lightly, smiling at the small kid tha
RayaIt was no surprise to both me and Maxwell when Diane finally got admitted into a mental hospital two years later after injuring her supposed best friend, Tyla, whose relationship she had also scattered, and the world seemed confused by that.Not so much me and Maxwell though, even though it was quite crazy considering how normal she looked.Like, who would have thought she was an unhinged person with issues?Anyway, I made progress in my school, ignoring the scandals and all that always seemed to involve me and my boyfriend, and when I was finally done with it, like, can you imagine, I was finally a graduate in fashion designing, my son and boyfriend were there with me to support me.I walked onto that stage with pride to receive my certificate, and the sight of my son and boyfriend cheering me up in the crowd made me tear up.We took photos when we were out, and my son took photos of me and Maxwell while he carried me into the air.It felt so surreal.Kyle wasn't a little boy ei
RayaI couldn't concentrate on anything due to the recent happenings, and I still hadn't heard from Maxwell.It was disheartening.He must be annoyed that I had slept with another person even though I had been drugged, right?I too was jealous about him and Tyla, but the whole matter had died down just as quickly as it had risen up. The people had found something else to talk about.As for me, I hadn't moved on because I was the one involved and the other person involved still hadn't called me.He wasn't picking up his calls either, and his friend had no idea where he had gone.So I got into my car the next day to go back to his house. I'll stop on the way to see Kyle at the family house, then maybe I'll have some more strength to face all this because if I said I wasn't discouraged, I would be lying.Kyle was happy to see me as well as Maxwell's parents, though they had seen the news, so I had to explain everything to them.Maxwell's father seemed to be doing better, maybe because he
MaxwellA trip to our family hospital confirmed that not only Raya had been drugged but me also, and that made me baffled.I picked up my phone when it rang, "And?"It was Raya, so I knew she wanted to know the results."We were both drugged.""But why? Why would anyone do that?"I wanted to know too. Why would she want to destroy our relationship?After all, she had been the one to dump me, not the other way around.I cut the call with Raya after a while in order to go find my answers, and I cocked an eyebrow when I saw Tyla's car leaving her compound just as I drove in."Diane!"She came to the door, surprised when she saw me, and she let me in. "What's wrong?"I turned on her almost immediately, "What's wrong? Really? Are you trying to play dumb right now?""What's wrong? I don't understand.""You don't understand? What don't you understand? Drugging someone or arranging with your best friend to destroy my relationship."Her face was blank, like she didn't know what I was talking
MaxwellI woke up to the feeling of someone's arms around me. Soft and feminine.The smell too.Wait, that's not... That's not Raya's smell.That's...The f*ck!I opened my eyes to see the person wrapped around me to be Tyla, and I jumped off the bed, almost pushing her to the ground in the process."The f*ck!"No, no, there's no way.My God."Maxwell...""No, no, don't you dare."She stirred on the bed, finally coming to her senses, but she didn't look... Surprised.If anything, she was calm."Can't you see that we're... We're naked?""Yes, naked indeed."She looked down at my d*ck, which I hadn't even known was exposed. I thought I had my freaking boxers on, and I picked it up from the ground immediately to put it on."God. How could you? How are you...."She turned on the bed, the covers slipping off her body, and I shook my head at her exposed breast.There was no point in talking to her.I had been a fool.I picked up the rest of my clothes, putting them on as I left the room, an
RayaThe bar was loud, the music playing over the speakers as people danced on the floor, and I went through my phone again.Still no message or calls from Maxwell.He should have called by now, or maybe he was just busy."Raya, you promised not to sit in a secluded corner while the rest of the world had fun. What are you? A female character in an enemies-to-lovers novel?"I chuckled as my roommate, Hailey, came to meet me by the counter.She had been the one to drag me out on a Friday night because I was obviously such an introvert who needed to have fun, whether I had a boyfriend or not."You don't have to hook up with anyone; just dance and have fun.""Yes, but you're forgetting that I offered to come so I could take you home. I'm having fun; I'm not much of a dancer."She rolled her eyes and picked up a new glass of alcohol before swirling away back into the crowd, and I went through my phone again until someone sat beside me.I sighed, ready to give the speech of how I was taken,