Lexi’s POVGroaning, I turned on the bed and my head pounded so hard that it felt like the room was spinning.“It’s getting late and you’re still sleeping, there’s a lot of work to do!” Darren yelled as I tried to sit up but at this point I couldn’t care less if he was angry or not.“I want a divorce.” I blurted out without thinking and the room fell silent for a while before getting filled up with Darren’s sinister laughter that caused chills to run down my spine.“You must be kidding,” he smirked, walking to get his jacket, “get ready and meet me in the office in…”“But I’m not kidding,” I responded, “I’m serious and I want a divorce.” I added at once.Darren turned to face me, his eyebrow raised at me as though I was crazy or out of my mind with no idea what I’m saying.“I don’t know why or what I might have done to warrant this kind of treatment from you but you’ve changed,” I continued after a while of silence with tears lingering at the back of my eyes.“And I really really do n
Lexi’s POV“Thank You.” I mouthed to Camille as I engaged Adeline and Cassian in a group hug. Sniffling, I pulled away from them and we all made our way to Camille’s house.I didn’t want to go home yet because I knew how empty it was going to be especially with my children’s absence.“I’ll bring more of your clothes and toys, Okay? Don’t miss me too much, I’ll see you guys tomorrow.” I said to them when it was time for me to leave even though I knew that they weren’t going to hear.I’d decided to wait for them to go to bed before leaving and the horror of going back to the house washed over me as Camille saw me off outside.“If you need my help just call me and I’ll be there as fast as I can.” She smiled, holding my hand before pulling me into a hug.“Do you really have to go?” She asked as she rested her chin on my shoulders. She’s right, do I really have to go?I couldn’t answer her question because I have no idea what Darren was going to do if I don’t come home tonight.I’ve heard
Ivan’s POVSEVEN YEARS LATER.“Ansel please make sure you check everything with our clients if it's exactly the way they want it to be and since you’ll be the one traveling over there too.” I informed Ansel who nodded before having his seat in front of me.I knew what he was going to say but I also knew that I’ve gotten tired of that kind of conversation and don’t want to hear anymore of it so I opted for standing up.“You better sit your ass back down, Cassian!” Ansel yelled and I groaned, my body aches from how hard I’ve been working to make sure this big reveal goes according to the way I plan it.“What the hell is it?” I spat, not minding him as I walked to the mini fridge to pour myself a glass of water.“You know damn well what it is, you know what I want to say and Cassian, you’re not getting any younger,” Ansel pointed out to me as he paused for a while.“Hell, Octavia will be five years old in a few months and you’re still here, it’s been years, Cassian.” Ansel explained and
Lexi’s POV“Do you think I’m ready? Do you think we should go back there? What if we stay back here?” I asked Camille as we packed our bags rather urgently.“And risk him getting out of jail to come find you? Hell No.” She answered before leaving the boxes to go get the kids ready.My heart was beating so fast that I could feel it about to jump out of my chest. After years of going through intense abuse with Darren, I finally got a divorce and not only that, he also went to jail.My body shook again at the thoughts of going back to where I’d run away from because of the heartbreak.I felt like I was just going back and forth but for my safety and everyone around me, I needed to leave. I packed the last bag and let out a sigh as I struggled to get everything out.Camille and the kids made their way out of the house and into the taxi. I’d wanted to get in when I looked behind me to see Madam Debby watching me.Quickly, my feet padded in her direction and I hugged her tightly, just like
Lexi’s POVLooking around in fear, my heart thumped loudly and I started feeling scared as my gaze returned to Ansel. I was really glad that the taxi glass was tinted and no one would be able to see the people in it.Camille had gotten in and I could trust her to keep the kids in the car until I was done with whatever was going here.“Where have you been?” Ansel’s voice put a halt to my thoughts and I smiled, “we’ve been searching for you to no avail.” He added.“We, would mean?” I asked with a raised eyebrow, tears were lingering at the back of my eyes but I managed to hold it back.“Cassian, me and Reece, oh goodness, they’ll be so happy to see you, to know that you’re back.” He added as he pulled his phone out but I stopped him.“No, please do not do that,” I begged as I made his hand drop, “I really don’t want anyone to know that I’m back here, I need to start my life over again and telling everyone especially Ivan won’t help me do that.” I finished.“It was really nice seeing you
Ivan’s POVDriving like a completely insane man, I drove as fast as I could to the airport with my heart racing and quite frankly I have no idea which one is faster.My heartbeat or my car?I clutched the steering wheel and I almost lost my mind when I hit traffic. It’s been years and she’s finally back. My heart was leaping for joy and also for uncertainty and I had no idea how I was going to face her.What should I do? What do I say to her? Do I just hug her?Questions ran through my mind as I waited for the light to turn green so that I was going to be able to get there as fast as I could.While waiting, I picked my phone to call Ansel and it was ringing but he didn’t pick up. Calling him over again, he hung the call up instead of picking it up.Did he lose her already? Has he left the airport?The blaring sound of the car honking behind me jolted me out of my thoughts and it wasn’t until then that I realized that the light had turned green and I was the only one left to move on th
Lexi’s POVIt felt nice to know that he’s fine and probably living a good life but I couldn’t bring myself to remain with him because I had absolutely no idea what I’d do if I stayed there a minute longer.I don’t want to be that shameless woman that runs into the arms of the man that hurt her.My eyes stung from the tears I held back and I just wanted the taxi to move faster so that we can get home early.Thankfully Camille had asked one of her old friends to help her search for an apartment and we’d seen everything over a video call so we wouldn’t have to stress ourselves over that.I turned to look back at Ivan but I couldn’t see him. What if he asks someone to follow us, what if he asks someone to spy on us?Questions and thoughts ran through my mind as the drive home remained silent. I was sure that he saw the kids before I closed the door.What if he knows that they’re his kids?I’m going to allow anything but no one, absolutely no one is going to take my kids from me and I don’
Ivan’s POV“What do you intend to do now that you’ve placed almost everything going on in your life on hold?” Ansel’s voice jolted me out of my thoughts and I turned my chair so that I’d be facing him.“Are you really sure you saw Lexi?” Reece asked and that must have been the thousandth time that she’d asked.I also don’t want to believe that I saw Lexi at the airport and she’d refused to talk to me or even let me prove myself but after going to her house, I knew I wasn’t dreaming and she was really here.I was able to get where she lives thanks to Ansel and the private investigator working for me. Sighing, I rubbed my temple as I yawned.“I’m not going to stop until she’s agreed to talk to me,” I responded as I rubbed my eyes. I've been losing sleep lately and I knew that it was because I wouldn’t stop thinking about Lexi.“It’s getting late, Reece, don’t you have to pick Octavia up?” I reminded her and after shooting me a glare, she stormed out of my office, leaving me with Ansel.
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,