Nicholas P.O.V Living in fear could be the worst thing that would ever happen to one because ever since Pedro had been arrested, that is how I have been living— Living in fear.Living with the fear that a creepy masked man would come for me if I failed at his task.One thing I could never understand was how Le Mort turned his back on Pedro! Never in my wildest imagination would I have ever imagined that something like that would ever happen. For Le Mort to turn his back on Pedro meant that he could do worse things to me but at the same time, what could Pedro have done? Amidst the thoughts that coursed through my mind, a knock landed on the door and I could have sworn that my heart almost leaped into my throat!My secretary walked in with a bright smile on her face that kind of triggered all of the senses in my head. "Good......" Before she could complete her words, my face contorted into a frown that deepened. "What are you doing here and most importantly, why are you smiling? Is
Ethan's P.O.V.Aiden strolled in with his gaze fixed on his tablet while I stared intently at him. Aiden exhaled sharply before he turned exasperated eyes at me. "I can't believe that he is dead!...""Who?" I drummed my fingers on the keyboard, peeling my eyes from his face. Aiden's shoulders slumped as he plopped into the chair across from me. "Pedro!" My fingers were caught midway in the air, darting my eyes towards him before fixing my gaze back to the computer. "So?""So?" Aiden reiterated.I responded. "He who plays with fire would surely get burnt! His death has always been inevitable"Silence reigned between Aiden and I before he finally spoke. "You are not scared?""Why would I be scared? I have nothing up my sleeves neither do I engage in shady and illegal deals so I don't care about who dies and doesn't die " Aiden sighed as he ran his hands through his hair frustratedly. "Concerning Junia, I checked the CCTV footage as you instructed and everything seemed pretty normal.
Junia’s P.O.VMy stomach lurched when I heard the devastating words that Aiden said about me. His words affected me and it wasn't because he was wrong, it was because he was damn right!I was using Ethan the same way he did. I guess that made us even. I bit on the sandwich, almost squirming in the chair as soon as I noticed that Ethan’s gaze lingered on my face. I raised my head, locking eyes with him. “Why are you not eating?” Ethan’s lips curved into a smile as he leaned forward. “I want to watch you eat”Okay! Why did my stomach flutter right now?I cleared my throat. “We came to have lunch together. You didn't come to watch me eat”l took another bite of the sandwich. Ethan heaved an exasperated sigh and I was about to sip on my drink when he caught my hands midway. He took the full weight of my gaze and muttered under his breath. “Are you sure that everything is okay?”I was at a loss for words to say at first before I finally responded to him. “I am fine…..”My words trailed
Ethan’s P.O.VOne thing I never expected was for Junia to take the documents from me without going through a back-and-forth agreement with me concerning why she didn't need my help. To my surprise, she accepted it like I had wanted but at the same time, I couldn’t help but think that there was something that was bothering her. The annoying thing was that no matter how much I asked her, she never opened up to me, and trying to know what exactly was going on in her mind was something that I found to be tedious.I untied my robe, handing it over to the maid who lowered her head in reverence for me before she scuttled away. I took a glass of wine from the other staff while taking a sip of it before handing it back to her. Slowly, I submerged myself into the pool, the warm water enveloped me as I dipped my head inside. I swam towards the maid who stood by the side of the pool as she handed me the glass of wine. Taking a sip of the wine, I asked. “Has she come out of her room yet?”She
Junia’s P.O.VI jolted awake as a sweat tracked down my face. Was it all a dream? “It was too real to be a dream!” Why was I dressed in a bridal gown with three men surrounding me? Ethan, Nicholas, and a man whose face was blurred. Who was he? I ran my hands through my hair frustratedly, muttering under my breath. “I must have been so drunk yesterday for me to start dreaming about nonsense! Only Ethan and Nicholas are in the equation…..” I attempted to stand up from the bed when someone’s hand grabbed my wrist swiftly. I froze in that instant! Who was that? Wait! Where was I? Slowly, I turned my head to the man who was on the bed with me and when my gaze fell on his face, my hands flew over my mouth, my eyes almost bulging out of its sockets when the memories of yesterday night flooded my head. “I had sex with Ethan” I gulped. The worst thing was that I was the one who initiated every single thing that happened between us. “What have I done” I slammed my forehead. Ethan snugg
Ethan’s P.O.V“I am sure that she read my message. '' I muttered to myself, leaning in the backseat with my gaze fixed on the phone’s screen.I had asked for the name of the hospital so that I could visit Brenda since she was once a family friend. I glanced at the driver. “Drive me to the office. I was thinking I was going to eat lunch with Junia here but I guess that my plans are canceled as it seems and……” My words trailed, staring through the tinted glasses while trying to wrap one and two together. My mind was befuddled at that moment. Didn't a car just drive past me now? And why did the car look like Junia’s car? Was I not seeing right? Were my eyesight starting to malfunction?At that moment, I grabbed my phone and sent her a text message. “Are you at the hospital now?”She responded almost immediately. “Yes, and Brenda says hi!” I must have seen it wrong. But deep down inside of me, I knew that the car that drove past mine was Junia’s car. Despite that, every part of me w
Junia’s P.O.VWas he going to fire me? Did he mean everything that he had said or was he just trying to gain sympathy from me by cooking up lies?But, Ethan wasn’t the type to tell a lie. How did he even know that I was meeting Nicholas? This was my major problem with him, always following me around like I was a little child. I watched as Ethan stormed out while I ran my hands through my hair. Slowly, Nicholas tapped me on the shoulders, muttering. “I am sorry”I swung my head in his direction, my eyes falling on the liquid that streamed underneath his nostrils. “Blood…..” My words trailed as he wiped the blood with his hands. “It was a hard blow though” He joked but I wasn’t having any of it. I was glad that I came here to see Nicholas. Coming to hear his side of the story has cleared all my doubts concerning him. According to what he had told me, someone helped me rise to the top and that person turned out to be the boss of the drug cartel. They were trying to make him their
Junia’s P.O.VI was stunned to silence, his words resounding in my head till I finally got a grip of myself. “Miss Junia?” I repeated, totally at a loss for words to say. Ethan dropped his pen on the table in a way that caused me to shudder. He raised his head, the expression on his face was inscrutable but these eyes, those eyes! It glinted with anger. “What? Do you want me to repeat myself or do you want me to serve you your first query to know the gravity of what you have done?” My lips parted. I was shocked and didn’t even know what to do at that moment. Aiden tapped on Ethan's desk gently. “Ethan, what are you doing?” Ethan peeled his eyes off me, ignoring Aiden. “What are you doing here? Miss Junia Kensington? Don’t you have any work to do?”I gulped, mustering the courage to speak. “Earlier…..” My words trailed and I contemplated if it was better to bring up what had happened earlier or just wait for the perfect moment to talk things out with him. He raised a brow. “Earli
Epilogue- SANTAJunia’s P.O.V It was snowing outside as I shut the windows while Ethan sat next to the fireplace, with his eyes fixed on the wallpaper. “I hate the snow….” He grunted from afar, raising his head, his eyes slowly meeting mine. “I mean, I just hate it…..” He shrugged. Ashlyn, my oldest child, a perfect replica of her father, shook her head. “How can you hate the snow? We should play in the snow tomorrow…”Ethan shook his head. “No!”She pouted. “Yesterday, Andre and I played in the snow alongside Mum but because you caught a cold. You couldn’t play with us but since you are getting better, can you just play with us tomorrow”She darted her eyes towards me, her eyes glinting as she pleaded. “Mum, can you tell him….”I sighed. “Baby, your dad isn’t feeling too well at the moment. You don’t want him to catch a cold again, right? You know he doesn’t listen to me again and he only listens to you!”Ashlyn gasped, snapping her fingers as she jumped on Ethan. “That is right,
Junia’s P.O.VAfter Two Years Was this how it felt to be all left alone?The loneliness, the heart that ached for someone who just woke up one day and disappeared.“Ethan”On the day that I regained consciousness, I didn’t find myself, the only ones I found by my side were Briella, Jones, and a hand-written letter. The letter read;“Dear Junia, I am sure that by the time you are reading this letter, you will have regained consciousness. I am sorry that I am writing this to you while hiding in the dark like a coward but I can’t bring myself to face you. I feel like meeting me has brought you a lot of trouble which I would never forgive myself for. I couldn’t even keep to my words of me protecting you, I wallow in regret, sadness, and grief every day”“But, amidst all of this, you are still very dear to my heart. If fate wants, we will meet again in a happy and healthy state. I hope that you forgive me for causing you a lot of pain. I love you, Junia.”Then he disappeared like the wind
Nicholas’s P.O.V**After A Few Months**Was it worth it?The things that I did, the people’s blood that I soiled my hands with. Was it worth it? Now, I lost everything and the only thing that remained was me wallowing in regrets. If I had taken things differently, then I was sure that I wouldn’t be in this situation!I was reduced to a pauper, I had all of my funds seized and somehow, the Government confiscated everything that I owned. I was left with nothing but sorrow. Why did I do this to myself? Wasn’t it quite appalling that the one behind all of this was never found? What happened on that island after I was arrested? Now that I thought about it, turning myself in was the best decision that I have ever made. After the dramatic turns on the island, someone or an organization went after almost all the members of the cartel, totally wiping some off while some were arrested. It was more like a huge sweep over that shook the entire country. Another mysterious thing was that whoe
Ethan’s P.O.VDread, fear and anxiety. How could so much happen in a day?When the rhythmic thud of rotor blades pierced through the air, I was supposed to breathe a sigh of relief, to be happy with the fact that help was here at last. But that wasn’t the case, staring at Junia’s motionless body as she lay in her blood. On the other hand, it was Aiden, the one that I trusted. Was this the end? No! It was the beginning of how miserable my life will be from now. Empty, desolate, and void. I wiped off my tears, at the same time, darting my eyes at the television. The news was on and it was about Nicholas who had finally been arrested and how Aiden was wanted. Tears formed in my eyes again. It was so painful and suffocating. I was so suffocated. **Flashback** Nicholas tossed the plank as his chest heaved up and down. “I wanted to run away but I saw the two of you from the shore. I saw how you were willing to protect her even if it all led to a dead end”“I felt ashamed of myself an
Ethan’s P.O.V“We have to leave this place as fast as possible, there is a helicopter that is currently waiting for us”Junia breathed heavily, glancing behind her as we ran deep inside the island’s forest. She placed her hands on her chest, muttering under her breath. “How were you able to find me?”She pursed her lips slightly, tears glinting in her eyes. “I am sorry, I should have listened to you when you told me to wait for you. I was just concerned for my sister”I swallowed. “Don’t say anything. Just run if you want to see BriellaThankfully, I was grateful that I had listened to my instincts when something kept bugging me to add a tracker to her necklace. It was as if I knew that something crazy was bound to happen because first of all, Nicholas’s name wasn’t on the guest list just for his name to be added last minute. At that very moment, I knew that something was amiss. “I tracked you here! Don’t just worry about anything, when we get to the helicopter, we can talk about ev
Nicholas’s P.O.VAiden sighed, running his hands through his hair. “From a very young age, I had always looked up to Ethan. He was the standard and he always did the bare minimum but still, everyone was like, be like your cousin Ethan. So isn’t being like Ethan actually doing the same things that he did?”My face scrunched up in confusion. “I knew that he liked Junia from the very beginning. I liked the same things that he liked, hated the things that he hated! I wanted everything that he had and no matter how much it takes, I did everything to get it”“As much as I liked him, he didn’t deserve the happiness that he had. Junia was the one who built him up so I thought, what if I snatched Junia away from him? Everyone would realize that he couldn’t do anything on his own so I used you!”He continued. “I used his weakness, Maddie! Despite everything that I did, he and Junia found their way together. I tried to tear them apart by using you, using Briella’s situation but still, they foun
Nicholas’s P.O.VThrough the help of the yacht that was already stationed at the sea behind the house, I was able to get Junia to the island and finally, I was glad that it was all over. Finally, she was mine and in the end, it was just me and her in a world without Ethan Blackwood. I watched as she shivered and I pulled the duvet over her, tucking the strands of hair that were on her face behind her ear. She was breathtaking! She was everything that I had ever wanted. My voice was barely above a whisper as I stroked her in the hair. “It is just you and me from now. We are going to have beautiful kids that will make you forget about Ethan!”She groaned, talking in her sleep. “Ethan, Ethan, Ethan,” She mumbled. The smile on my face suddenly vanished, replaced by a frown! Why would she mention his name when I was clearly before her? I lowered my head, pressing my lips on her cheeks. “Very soon, you will learn to mention my name alone”I heaved an exasperated sigh but at the same ti
Junia’s P.O.VI was so uncomfortable with the way Nicholas stared at me! It wasn’t only annoying but it made my blood boil because why in the world was he staring at me like that after the warning that had been issued to him by Ethan? While Ethan conversed with some of his friends at the event, I talked with a few people that I knew but despite all of that, I could feel Nicholas’s eyes bore into my face. His eyes almost pierced into my soul and it made me so uncomfortable. Anxiety crept at the back of my neck and I had no option but to dart my eyes towards him. I raised a brow at the same time glaring at him. “What do you want from me? Why do you keep on staring at me?” I sent him a text and he checked his phone almost immediately. He read my message, didn’t say a word nor did he type back. All he did was stare. He was a lost cause! Why did I even text him in the first place? I was sure that he had mental issues as well because if he didn’t, then why was he acting like a creep?
Junia’s P.O.VI gnawed on my fingers, pacing back and forth while trying to process one or two things together in my head. Jones sent the address that Briella had sent to him and it was another whole different address from the one that Briella had given me. Someone was playing games right now! I was snapped out of my thoughts when the door swung open and Ethan poked his head inside. He heaved a sigh on seeing the worry that was etched on my face. I rushed towards him, pulling him in a hug. I wrapped my hands around him while he patted me on the back. “Junia, you are going to smudge your makeup”On the realization, I withdrew from his embrace, darting my eyes toward his tuxedo that was already stained with my foundation. “I am sorry, I would clean it now”Ethan laughed. “Why would you clean it when I can buy another one? You don’t have to worry about that and on the other hand, you don’t have to worry about Briella. I have everything under control”I stared deep into his eyes. “Ar