Ivan’s POVI knew the answer I gave to her sudden question was wrong because it was a big fucking lie but what was I supposed to say? Was I supposed to tell her I love her and risk what happened the last time happening all over again?Why did I tell her No when the right answer was Yes?I’m head over heels in love with her but I just stupidly answered and that too quickly. I had no idea why but I knew it was because I thought that I was protecting myself but mostly her.“Lexi,” I called and her eyes met mine as she lifted her gaze to meet me. Her facial expression had changed and I knew that she was hurt.There was no point in me trying to explain things to her anymore. I tried saying something else but the moment I opened my mouth everything I wanted to say got stuck in my throat and I just wanted to kiss her.I took a step closer to her but she moved away from me and I knew that that was cue to stay wherever I was standing. I wanted to apologize to her but I couldn’t find the right
Ivan’s POV“I just asked you a fucking question, Ivan!” She yelled at me as I tried to make my way past her and she had the fucking nerve to also pull me back.“Celine, you really don’t want to start this tonight and while you still need your life or pretty face, I’ll suggest you just leave me the fuck alone.” I growled and she was scared for a moment but she got over it.“You don’t scare me, Ivan!” She yelled at me again, I clenched my fist as I tried to keep my anger at bay, “I have been waiting, waiting for you to get back but you’re so stuck on that bitch to even realize that I’m here for you.” She finished as she stood in front of me as if daring me to do something.“Let it go, don’t get me angrier than I already am.” I sighed as I called to Optimus to tell my mood which he claimed to be of anger.My eyes were red and if Celine doesn’t stop yelling at me because she thinks I can’t do anything to her because of her parents and mine then she’ll really have it coming in huge.I trie
Ivan’s POVHer features looked so beautiful that I couldn’t stop staring at her and the fact that she was wearing a really big top with a possibility that there was nothing underneath it wasn’t helping my situation.Leaning on the door frame, I decided to take in her physical features and my dick kicked just by me staring at her. Her body is perfectly shaped and her figures were curbing and regal.She looked like royalty and she can literally make a garbage can look really cute if she got into it. She was tall but not tall enough to reach the top of the shelves without the shirt going above her ass.Her seductive young body and wholesome good looks screamed out to me and I just wanted to go over there, stay behind her and reach up to what she was trying to take.Her thick dark brown hair hung in long graceful curves over her shoulders. She jumped again and my eyes darted to her long and perfectly straight legs.She was standing on her tiptoes and also holding the clothes as if she kne
Lexi’s POVI tried to wriggle away from his hold and I guessed the doorbell ringing was also very sudden to him too but he recovered from his shock faster than I did.“Optimus will get it.” He moaned, pulling me harder into him and I just couldn’t resist. I wanted him, the smell of his sweat was so masculine and husky that it turned me on even though it was gross.“But, Optimus is dead and is charging.” I reminded him, both of us completely forgot to plug Optimus in and after he left the kitchen I never saw him again until when he was malfunctioning in the hallway.“Fuck!” Ivan groaned and a slight smirk played on the side of my lips, “you’re enjoying this?” He asked, squinting one of his eyes and raising one of his eyebrows which made me laugh even harder.“I’ll go get it.” I answered and he sighed before letting go of me. I was about to leave the study when he gently pulled my hair in a playful manner. I snarled at him even though I loved it.I didn’t know how long Ivan and I spent
Lexi’s POVI opened my eyes to see Ivan’s blue eyes wide open, he looked like he wanted to say something about the kiss but he didn’t.What was I thinking before kissing Ivan like that?“I’m sorry, I wasn’t thinking and….” I pulled away from him and tried to explain myself but before I could even finish talking Ivan pulled me back into him and kissed me faster and even harder than I’d kissed him.He grabbed me by my hips, pulling me even closer to him, “you’re so fucking sexy.” He moaned into my mouth and I felt my pussy throb at once, it couldn’t wait for Ivan’s cock to fill it up.With his lips not leaving mine, Ivan pulled off my top and without much problem unhooked my bra too. I also helped him pull his shirt off and now my boobs were pressing really hard on his muscular chest.He pulled my skirt up and my pussy could feel the kicking bulge in his pants. My breathing paced as his fingers explored the entirety of my being.His mouth left mine and they went directly to my neck, Iva
Lexi’s POVThings have been going on fine between Ivan and I and I couldn’t feel any more special. He does things that just makes my heart flutter and my stomach feels like the butterflies in it will just let themselves out.I was still rummaging through my closet in search of what to wear when I heard my bedroom door open and close.“I have nothing nice to wear.” I groaned as I turned around to see Ivan grinning from ear to ear and he had a bag of the most expensive designer clothes with him.Just some days ago he’d told me that it was time to meet his friends and get to know them outside of work. Of course I was a little bit nervous but Ivan calmed me down and told me there was nothing to be worried about.“I took care of that for you,” He pulled me closer to him as he kissed me while also carefully dropping the bag he had with him, “open it.” He smiled.“It’s so beautiful.” I moaned when I pulled out a beautiful blue short strapless gown from the bag. It wouldn't be too exquisite i
Lexi’s POVThe sound of my bedside alarm ringing jolted me out of my sleep and I groaned as I sluggishly stood to get ready for work because it’s going to be a busy day at work today.Lesson one: Don’t ever get shots when you’re working the next morning.If I felt like this I wonder how Reece and Ansel would feel. I looked around but Ivan wasn’t in the room with me and I could tell that he probably left early.I made my way to the bathroom and soon I was ready for work. Walking down the stairs, the aroma of scrambled eggs filled my nose and my stomach growled instantly.“Here, have this before we leave.” Ivan pushed the plate of toasted bread and scrambled eggs at me as soon as I got to the table.He was also dressed up and I could tell that he was only waiting for me to get ready. We ate together and when we finished we both drove to the company.The day seemed to be moving slow and not only was it slow, it was also hectic. Ivan and I have been attending meetings since we arrived and
Ivan’s POVThe fact that Lexi remembered the moment we had in high school made me feel a swirl of happiness within me and in that instant I knew that she hadn’t forgotten all about me.She only forgot my name and the way I looked without those geeky glasses but just as I’d planned to ask her to be my girlfriend at prom night, she also wished she had kissed me or had a chance to be my girlfriend.Buying the last bouquet of flowers from the homeless boy, I knew he was going to be excited because I paid more than the price for the flowers but Lexi was worth it.Making my way back to the office, she looked so worried but relieved and happy as soon as she saw me and her face when she took in the fragrance of the flowers made my heart flutter.“Beautiful.” I sighed as I pulled her into me and she nodded as she opened her eyes, bringing the flowers up so that I could also smell them.“They’re really beautiful, thank you.” She thanked me again and I shook my head lightly. I wasn’t referring 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,