Lexi’s POVIvan finally left and it’s down to Camille and I together, she shot me a glare but I also shot one of mine that told her that I didn’t want to talk about anything aside from her trip and her meeting with her boyfriend’s family.She dropped her bag and I poured us both a glass of wine as we sat on one of the couches, “now tell me everything.” I said.The smile on her face widened and I could tell that she was trying her best not to squeal because the children were asleep already.Her cheeks were flushed and the more she told me about her trip the more excited she became, the happier she seemed and the more happy I am for her.“Safe to say that I can see this leading to the altar.” I laughed but she smacked me on my boobs before pulling my hair so that I would lean closer to her.“Not before you and Ivan though,” she teased and I playfully snarled at her before wriggling out of her head, “it’s so obvious that you both are crazy about each other, stop trying so hard to hide it
Lexi’s POV“It was the worst decision I made and the worst moment of my life.” I continued, Ivan’s eyes bore into mine probing me to go on with my story.Talking about Darren was hard but I needed to talk about him so that Ivan was going to see where I was coming from, so that he was going to understand that it’s not my intention to keep his children away from him.I braced myself and told him everything about Darren and what I went through in the marriage. Ivan’s expression shifted from feeling pity for me to getting angry.“I don’t want to move in because when I do I want to be sure that there won’t be any going back,” I started after a long pause.“I want to be sure it’s something that I really want to do and when Cassian and Adeline knows that you’re their father, I want them to love you even more.” “I don’t want it to seem like I’m moving into another Darren’s house to them, I want it to be special for them, I want….”My voice trailed off and the tears flowed freely, Ivan caught
Ivan’s POVSilence prevailed around us as Cassian and Adeline stared at me before looking away to stare at their mother and then back at me.The look of disbelief evident in their faces as they stared, I’ve never waited and wished for someone to talk so desperately in my life.Adeline’s mouth opened but she shut it back and the same thing happened with Cassian. I decided to give them time and give myself a break because quite frankly they need time to digest what they’d just heard.“Really, someone needs to say something now.” I was taken aback when I heard my own voice break the uncomfortable silence with a nervous laughter and the twins shot glares at me like dagger.I looked at Lexi, my eyes asking multiple questions and most of all why she thought it would be perfect to say this tonight when we both agreed to give it time.“Is it true? Are you really our dad?” Adeline finally asked, I’ve known she was going to be the one to come up with a logical question that I might be too scare
Lexi’s POVIt’s been Five days and the tension still remains. Ivan would come to check on the children but they’d outrightly ignore him like he doesn’t exist.I had tried bringing up a conversation but neither of them wanted to talk about it and it hurts to know that I couldn’t do anything about it either.I can’t try to change their minds because I miss their father too. I need them to wallow in their pain and then when they’re ready to talk about it they will, they always do.It was easy to tell that they miss him, even more easy to tell that anytime he comes around and they try their best to ignore him, it kills them so much.“I just wish I can help,” I sighed as I placed my head on Camille’s shoulder, “I’m their mother, I should be able to do something, I should be able to fix this broken bond or whatever but instead I stopped Ivan from visiting.” I added.“You can do something.” Camille said and my head shot up as I turned to look at her with a raised eyebrow because I have tried
Lexi’s POVWatching the kids with Ivan immediately became the highlight of my day and I couldn’t do anything but watch with tear filled eyes as they all held each other.“I told you that they’d come around, didn’t I?” Camille’s low voice jolted me out of my thoughts and I sniffled as I turned to look at her .“You did.” I admitted, covering my mouth with my palm. I didn’t want to interrupt the moment they were having and soon, Ivan pulled them out of his arms.“I am so sorry,” Ivan sniffled, laughing at the same time as he was apologizing, “I’m sorry that you had to go through something as cruel as that but I promise to be better.” He added.“It’s Okay,” Adeline smiled, cleaning the teardrop off her father’s eye, “I just don’t want mom to go through what she went through with uncle Darren anymore.” She added and my heart melted.My jaw dropped, my mouth opened but I couldn’t bring myself to say anything. I hated the fact that they still had the memory of what happened years ago.I bla
Ivan’s POVNothing matters to me more in this moment other than to satisfy all of her urges, to take away every frustration and make her feel like this new beginning that we're about to have is going to be everything for us.Her words were short, releasing themselves from her lips no more than a gasp as she told me that she was just at the verge of orgasm.A smiled formed on my lips as I continued with my service, I have no intention of fucking her but every intention of making her feel as satisfied as she wants to be.Doubling my effort for the last few moments of glorious ecstasy that would be followed by yet more waves of ecstasy, her body shuddered and she pressed my head further into her.She was radiating a musky yet intoxicating aroma, her neatly shaved pussy tightened as another juice dripped and I licked that too.Shoving my tongue deep inside her and withdrawing only to slide up her exposed clit. She moaned and whispered my name again as her grip on my hair tightened even mo
Lexi’s POV“You’re going to make us late!” Adeline called out to Cassian who was still having trouble packing his bags but still doesn’t want my help because he’s now a big boy.It’s been four days since Ivan took such a big step and things have been going better than it was before and I couldn’t be anymore grateful.“Let him take his time, he’ll be out soon.” Camille laughed, “you forgot this.” She added as she handed Adeline her doll, she doesn’t go anywhere without it but the excitement was so much that she’d almost forgotten it.“Thank you, Aunt Camille,” Adeline pouted as she took her doll, “I’m going to miss you so much.” She added before hugging Camille.“Miss me?” Camille scoffed, “the minute I start to miss you, I’ll be in your house and you won’t even have the chance to miss me, you know I’d always miss you so much more.” Camille said.Adeline’s laughter filled the air just about the same time that Cassian finished packing his bags and coming out to join us.“Let’s go, your…
Ivan’s POV“No.” I let out, it felt as though everything happening around me stopped for a moment as I saw Lexi’s body hit the ground.Groaning, I tried to stand, my head hurts so much from the hit I took but it would be worse if I ever lose Lexi.I tried to run after the car that had my kids hauled away but I didn’t have the strength to do that either. I should’ve known that something like this was bound to happen.I should’ve known that she was going to do this and I shouldn’t have taken her escape from the police with leniency.Kneeling beside Lexi, I carried her and placed her on my lap. She was losing too much blood and her eyes weren't opening.Why does this have to happen today of all days.“Call an ambulance or the police, damnit!” I yelled at the shocked audience who were waiting to see what I was going to do next.“Lexi?” I called, lightly hitting her face and hoping that she would open her eyes, “Lexi, you really can’t do this to me.” I added, my eyes already stinging and t
Lexi’s POVTHREE YEARS LATER.“Food is ready!” I called out to the men while Camille, Reece and I set the table. I knew they weren’t going to answer me because of the game that they were watching.“I can bet you a hundred dollars that they wouldn’t leave that couch even if they were dying of hunger.” Reece sighed and Camille quickly agreed but I only smiled.“I’ll take that bet from both of you so if I get them to stand up, I get a hundred bucks each from you guys?” I asked and they agreed.Not calling them anymore, I went about setting the table and after a while I decided to lean against the wall, cleaning off the sweat on my forehead and rubbing my belly.“He just kicked! The baby just kicked!” I screamed with a wince as the men flew up from the couch, Camille’s boyfriend inclusive with Ivan leading the army.My eyes lit up and an eyebrow raised, Cassian caught on immediately and told the rest that I was lying, they were about to return to the sitting room when we insisted that the
Lexi’s POV“You can keep tapping your feet but that wouldn’t stop this wedding from taking place.” Reeces voice jolted me out of my thoughts as I turned to face her.“My offer still stands, I’ll rip this gown apart and take the kids and we’ll run away from here if you’re not sure about this.” Camille blurted but Reece smacked her.“She wants this,” Reece responded, “she’s just nervous and it happens to a lot of people.” She explained but Camille only shrugged.She was right, I was nervous and although there wouldn’t be many people, just a few of Ivan’s clients, people from his work, Camille and her boyfriend, Ansel, Reece and the kids.Those aren’t faces that I haven’t seen before but still the more I think about the fact that today is my wedding day, the more nervous I get.It’s a joyous day of course and I’ve been looking forward to it since Ivan asked me to marry him, I still didn’t know how to feel because I’ve always talked about this day with my parents.My father always spoke a
Ivan’s POV“Hi princess, Hey champ.” Andrei greeted with a smile on his face as he crouched in front of Adeline and Cassian.“I’m sorry it took so long for us to meet but Uhm,” he continued, lifting his gaze to meet “I’m glad we finally got to meet.” He added as he extended his hand for a shake but they hugged him instead.“If you’re brothers, how come you don’t look alike?” Adeline asked, I wasn’t expecting anything less than that from her.Andrei and I laughed before finally explaining to them that we aren’t real brothers but foster brothers. It took a while for it to finally sink in but they soon got it.“But despite that, he’s still family and I love him so much.” I finished with a smile and they both nodded. I could tell Andrei was holding back tears and I wanted to shorten the meeting but he insisted on getting to know them more.Moving away so that I was going to give them the privacy that they needed, I walked over to Lexi who was still admiring her ring. I’ve always wanted th
Lexi’s POVCamille squealed before I could bring myself to say anything, her voice jolted me out of my own thoughts and I turned back to look at Ivan.Excitement washed through me, I opened my mouth to speak but I couldn’t form a coherent word so I just shut it back.Ivan’s eyebrow raised, he was waiting for my answer, “I believe the word you’re looking for is, Yes, Ivan, let’s get married.” Camille whispered behind me and I shoved her away.I wanted to get married too, getting into a real marriage with Ivan would definitely mean my biggest dream had come true but I didn’t want to make the decision alone.I knew that they loved him so much and they’d literally ask if I’m insane to be asking them a question like that but I turned in their direction and knelt in front of them.“So?” I asked, tears welling up in my eyes and I was trying all of my best to not let the tears fall, “do you think your dad is worth marrying?” I asked, laughing.Cassian and Adeline also bursted out laughing bef
Lexi’s POV“I missed you too.” I responded as I hugged him, I didn’t want anything to interrupt this moment and I just wanted to be holding him forever.“Want me to show you how much I missed you?” He asked and I smiled, I didn’t need a soothsayer to tell me what he meant by that and my god, do I want it just as much!He took my face in his hand and kissed me, slipping his tongue between my lips, teasing and making me shiver in pleasure.He nibbled at my tongue and I moaned in his mouth, my hands moved to his chest as I felt his heart pounding. He caught my hand and began to move it down until I could feel his hard cock.“You probably already know this,” he whispered into my mouth, “this is what you do to me, you know how hard it was for me to not be able to do things that I want to you?” He asked and I smiled.Leaning against him, my hands seemed to have a mind of their own as they began to unbutton his pants. All I could feel right now was waiting and urgency as I undid his trousers
Ivan’s POVAndrei, Reece, Ansel and the undercover policemen came right in just about the same time that I knocked the gun off Darren’s hands.“What the hell took you so long?!” I snapped as Andrei made a call for paramedics. Cassian and Adeline’s eyes were closed and even Lexi had passed out already.We got into Andrei’s car, leaving the police at the scene of the crime while we followed the ambulance to the hospital.I was in pain but the pain was nothing compared to the kind of relief that I felt knowing that everything was finally over.“Will they be fine?” I asked, my eyes not leaving the ambulance in front of us and Andrei nodded. I never would’ve thought that he was actually going to help me out in all of this.“I just thought you should know that it also took you so long to call for help.” He rolled his eyes as he stepped on the accelerator when he noticed that he was losing the ambulance we were following.Smiling, I rested my back against the chair and closed my eyes. It's f
Lexi’s POV“What? No! Darren, you can’t do that, please.” I begged, wanting to crawl over to my kids but the men’s knives on both their necks and Celine’s gun pointed in the direction of Adeline caused me to stop.“Don’t pull that trigger, Celine, you got what you want and they’re innocent, they’re still too young, they don’t deserve this.” I sniffled, Cassian and Adeline’s eyes closed and they both looked tired.It’s been a week and the only thing they’ve been taking since I joined them was water, my babies were weak and seeing them in that situation caused fear to ripple through me.What if they died now? What if Celine didn’t pull the trigger and they drop dead out of weakness.I shook my head to get the horrible questions that were racing through my mind, an act I regretted almost immediately because my head started pounding.My vision had become blurry and I could barely see or hear anything clearly. My stomach hurt and I tried to apply pressure on it so that it would at-least st
Lexi’s POVI watched as Ivan handed all of the papers he came with to her. I had no idea that this was going to happen, that he was just going to give away his blood and sweat because he wanted to save us.The pain I was feeling was starting to become unbearable and I clutched my stomach as it felt like someone was twisting my insides with a very sharp dagger.“Why?” I finally asked as I lifted my gaze, stopping the exchange that was about to happen between Celine and Ivan.“Why are you both doing this?” I demanded, it all just didn’t make any sense to me that Celine was using the kids and I as leverage to get Ivan.The fact that she asked him to propose to her and threatened to kill us if he doesn’t just to prove that she could get him too.It all just seemed stupid but I also knew that sensible would’ve never really been a part of a psychopath’s dictionary.“If you aren’t going to think about me, Darren, at-least think about the children.” I continued, I have no idea what I think I
Ivan’s POVThe closer I got to the location, the harder my heart pounded and the more difficult it got for me to breathe.Checking my phone to be absolutely sure that I was in the right place, I lifted my gaze to take a good look at the old building in front of me.My phone chimed and I looked at my side mirror to see Andrei’s car and four other cars packed behind me. I recognized Ansel’s car too.No one would have known that they were with me so I summoned all of my strengths, drew in a deep breath and got out of the car to see a man waiting for me right outside the old building.“Your phone?” His voice was husky and slightly intimidating and without any questions, I handed him my phone.I’d already cleared all chats between me, Andrei, Reece and Ansel and I’d already cleared my call logs too just in case they wanted to go through my phone.“Where is my family?” I asked, swallowing the lump that had formed at the back of my throat as I forced it down with saliva.Not saying anything,