"I've had thousands of dreams of you torturing me in my sleep, so if you think your rejection will ever change how I feel about you or discourage me from my quest of winning your heart back, then the only thing that will save you is my death." He leaned closer. "I will never give up on you. Not until I make you my wife again." I scoffed. "I would rather die from thirst than get back to you for a glass of water," I gritted my teeth. He leaned down to my ear, causing goosebumps on my skin and a shiver down my spine. "You will always be mine, Darla. It's only a matter of time before you realize that." *** Darla's arranged marriage to Elijah Houston was meant to stay in the past, along with her feelings for him. But when Darla comes back to Atlanta as his business partner, Elijah's determination to get her back turns both their worlds upside down. When Darla and Elijah realize that people get hurt just so that they can be together, they are forced to make a difficult choice to protect the people they love despite what they want. Will the two lovers find a way back to each other and live happily ever after, or will the world defeat them and put an end to their love story and what could have been?
더 보기•DARLA•"You can't take my kids from me, Elijah. I don't care that you feel as if I kept them from you for years, but you're the one who abandoned me when I was carrying them. Those kids are mine," I seethed as we got inside a taxi in Montana."It's because you kept them from me that I think I should stay with them for a while. They deserve to know their father and be close to him." I shook my head as I looked out of the window. "We are getting my kids, and until I'm sure that they're safe, I'm not letting them off my sight.""They're mine as well." God, I regretted ever telling him the truth. He was going to use that line against me every time he wanted to have his way and take my kids from me. I didn't say anything to him until we arrived at the station. I hopped out of the car and rushed inside the building, eager to see my kids and make sure that they weren't harmed. When an officer came to assist me, I told him about the twins, and he didn't hesitate as he took me straight t
•ABIGAIL•"Fuck," I cursed under my breath as I took a hoodie and covered my face. I stood in front of a tall building and released an exhausted sigh. I was in Chicago, and I was sure as hell that I would be caught soon. I hesitated to walk inside the building and find the person that Kathrine said would be able to help me until all the chaos had settled. I took a deep breath as I walked up the stairs and asked for Caleb from the receptionist. She gave me a stern look before she directed me to his office."Hold on for a minute," he suggested as he was on a phone call.I impatiently sat down on the chair in front of his desk and tapped my foot on the floor. I knew that Elijah wouldn't give up searching for me until he had found me. Now that it turned out that Harper survived, I had nowhere else to hide anymore. "Kathrine's sister?" Caleb asked after getting off his call. I took off the hoodie that covered my face and nodded. "Yes. She said you'll be able to help me with getting a
•ELIJAH•"I'm going to the house right now, Harper called and told me that she had arrived. I just wanted to pass by the restaurant and get something to eat and avoid my mother for a while." "You still mad at her about Harper's biological father?" Jason asked as I was heading back home. "And that she was sleeping with Darla's brother. I couldn't believe it when Abigail revealed it before she disappeared. My mother even had the guts to admit it to me without showing any remorse or shame." "Fuck. That's pretty messed up, bro. What is she going to do when she finds out that the twins are yours?" "She knows that. I told her. I wanted to see her reaction when I told her. What baffles me is that she was the one who kept pressuring me to get DNA tests after she met the twins. I don't know if she didn't think that her relationship with Anthony was going to be jeopardized." "It's okay, bro. I hope you and your Mom manage to find a common ground and fix things. The twins deserve a family r
•ETHAN•"Ethan, please tell me that the kids aren't with you. You're going to be in serious trouble if you're caught by the police with them on the road." Chris said on the phone when he called me again the following morning. I hung up his call yesterday because I was afraid that he was going to tell the police that I was the one who took the twins, especially since he was the one that I talked to. "Yes, Chris, the twins are with me. But you should know that they're perfectly safe with me. I've been their father since day one, and nothing has changed. I have the right to be with them now.""You just don't get it, do you?" He released a low growl on the phone. "The twins are everywhere on the news. The moment they see them with you, you'll be in trouble." "You and I know that you're the one who thought this would be a good idea to get Darla back to her senses. You don't think that's a good idea anymore?" "I never said you should kidnap the damn kids! Elijah's looking for them, and
•DARLA•"Elijah knows about the kids being his?" Daphne asked as I laid my head down on her lap as we were sitting in her living room. "I just found myself blurting it out because I was upset. I don't know, but my mind was all over the place, and maybe I felt guilty that the kids went missing, and he still didn't know they were his children." "How did he react?" I sighed. "I just left him there and went to my car. I couldn't even go home and decided to spend a night here. I didn't want him to come knocking outside my door." "So, you're avoiding him?" She asked as she looked down at me with a smirk. "That's not what I'm saying!" I defended myself as I straightened up from the couch and looked at her. "I just don't want us to talk about my pregnancy. Not while my kids are still out there and not found yet." "Are you sure that's why you're avoiding him? You told me that something happened between you two when you were suspecting that Ethan was cheating on you, remember?" I sighed
•SONIA• "Now that the boy is mourning his sister, I want you to be there for him. Be his shoulder to lean on and create a safe space for his vulnerability. It's time you show this family gratitude for everything that we've done for you." "Yes, Daddy." I bowed my head a little and nodded as a tear slipped down from my eye. "Are you crying?" "No!" I exclaimed as I quickly wiped the tear from my eye and looked up at him. "I'm sorry, Dad." My father sighed as he got up from the couch across from me and looked at me. "We'll talk when you come back home." He then walked out of the living room and went to his study. I closed my mouth and released the tears that I was holding behind my eyes. I was so scared of failing my father and our family. More than anything, I was scared of losing Philip, the only man who loved me for me. My father never approved of him because he didn't come from a good family background. His family was poor, and he earned an average salary. "Miss -"
•ELIJAH• "The twins are your children." Her voice kept ringing in my head, and I didn't know what to do with myself. It was Poppy's funeral day, but the only thing I was thinking about was Darla's confession. I was so angry yet sad that she had to do everything on her own when she found out that she was pregnant with my kids. I felt robbed of a chance to be there for them and know them. At the same time, I knew at the back of my mind that I deserved it. I broke Darla's heart and filed for divorce because I thought that I was expecting a child with Abigail and thought that I would raise the child with her as a couple. "Elijah, can I come in?" My mother asked outside the door. She and I haven't been talking for a few days now, and though I opened the door for her, I didn't know how to react to seeing her. "Yes?" "I just wanted -" She walked inside my room and sighed. "I just wanted to say I'm sorry for being such a disappointing mother. I didn't know that you would find ou
•DARLA• "Morning." I greeted the officer when I arrived at the police station after three days my kids had been missing. I decided to come to the station myself because they didn't seem to be doing a good job on the phone. I was so angry at how they didn't prioritize finding my children when they had been missing for three whole days, which was very alarming. "Morning, ma'am." The officer responded without bothering to look up at me. I pursed my lips into a line, trying to get myself under control and not cause a scene at the police station. "I'm here to report my missing children. My son and daughter have been missing for three days now, and the officer I was talking to on the phone hasn't bothered to notify me about the search. I am losing my mind at every passing second that my kids aren't home." "Oh. Miss Darla Sullivan?" He asked as he looked up at me, and I scoffed when I realized that he was the one that I was talking to on the phone. "Why haven't I been notified a
•ETHAN•"Hey, Uncle Ethan," Maddie pouted as she came to me on the balcony. "When is Mommy coming here?" She asked."She'll be here very soon, baby, okay? Besides, I'm here with you and will make sure that you and your brother are safe with me. Okay?""I know. It's just -" She sighed. "Mommy hasn't called us the whole day now, and you know Will, he gets grumpy when Mommy isn't around." "Where is he? He shouldn't worry himself because you're with me. We are in Grand Forks having fun. Isn't this what you and your brother wanted from me and your Mom?" I felt a little pissed that the kids were starting to be a little difficult to deal with. I just wanted us to enjoy our time in North Dakota and give Darla some little time to figure out what she really wanted in her life. I didn't want to scare the kids and make them think that they were kidnapped, but boy, they sure did try me sometimes. William was way too old to be a mama's boy, which was annoying. "I'll go and get him." Maddie ra
•DARLA•“Don't worry, my love. I will get divorced from Darla. Just promise me that you will never leave me again.” I woke up from the bed with my pillow wet from my sweat. I sat up and gasped for air, and my heart raced against my chest.I was shocked at how real the dream seemed, and when I looked beside me on the bed and saw it empty, I felt my stomach sinking. When I had cooled down, I laid down on the bed and closed my eyes as the events of yesterday replayed again in my memory. Yesterday was my second anniversary with Elijah and also my birthday, of which he forgot and never bothered to celebrate either of the events with me. “Hey, Sadie. Is Elijah in his office today?” I asked when I called his secretary to find out from her if he had planned anything for the day. “Yes, ma'am. But he's attending back-to-back meetings. I'll tell him that you called when he comes back from the board meeting at 3 PM.” “No, it's okay, Sadie. You don't have to do that. Are you sure that he ha...
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