Gwen. I still can’t believe that the man sitting before me was a lawyer. He didn’t look like one to me and even with him putting up that professional look he still didn’t. He looked more like those rich kid with handsome faces who didn’t have to work for their money. “Seriously, I don’t?” His question brought me back to reality. I shook my head negatively at his answer. He didn’t look like one end of the discussion. “Wow, all this while I thought I had this professional look on.” He mused as he rubbed his non-existent beard.That brought a little laugh from me, “Well Mr Ryan it seems like your thoughts weren’t accurate at all.” He nodded then he smiled, his earlier serious look was gone. “Okay, I guess you’re done with your lunch now?” I nod. “Then let me take you home.” He suggested and I froze. Home. Do I know the meaning of that? I have never had a home my whole life, though I had a family but I was never treated like I was in home. I felt more of an outcast than a family m
Gwen. I looked at the man before and all I wanted to do was thank him for what he’s done for me and what he was going to do. But as I opened my mouth to say anything, his phone started ringing causing me to keep my mouth shut. “Oh, that must be my driver.” He brought the phone out and nodded before placing it back in his pants pockets. “Alright Gwen, let’s go.” He got up first then I followed. He made sure the bills for our lunch were paid before leaving and once we stepped out a car was already waiting for us. “After you, my lady.” He bowed lightly with one hand on his chest and the other opening the car door. “Thank you, kind sir.” A smile graced my face. Ryan made sure I was comfortable before closing the door and going around the car to get to the other side. He stepped in and also closed his side of the door then tapped the back of the driver’s seat. “Let’s go, Mark.” He nodded and the driver also nodded before turning the ignition on. Ryan didn’t say anything to me agai
Gwen. I blinked as I stared into his brown eyes that held worry and some other emotions in them. I jumped away from him, putting a distance between us. What the hell was that? I pondered. Ryan cleared his throat and apologized, “I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were coming back. But why were you coming back though, I’m sure I gave you the house keys right?” He asked with a confused look as he searched his pants pockets for the keys that were with me. I shook my head and raised the keys, “they are with me. You gave them to me earlier.” He nodded but then frowned. “Then where were you going?” He asked and all I could do was bite my inner cheek. Thinking about what I was going to do earlier on was embarrassing, I felt so guilty that I didn’t appreciate his help for me, and instead of being thankful I wanted to leave. “Gwen.” He called and I brought my head up. My eyes avoided looking at his, for I knew he would be able to tell that something was wrong.“Why were you leaving earlier G
Henry. Empty. That's how my heart feels, it feels empty. Like something had been taken from it, something that makes it function properly. It has been an hour since I practically threw Gwen out of the house and since then Jasmine has been brawling her eyes out and doesn’t have any plans of ever stopping. I sighed for the nth time as I watched her sniff and wipe her wet face with the back of her palm. “Aren’t you going to stop crying Jas?” I asked, then knew beside her. Jasmine didn’t look at me, she shook her head and kept on crying. I ran my hand through my hair then took my face upward before looking at her again. “Tell me what you want Jas and I promise to get it for you. Do you want ice cream or orange juice?” I asked but she shook my head. She brought her head up and my heart felt pained with the tears in her eyes, those eyes that are just as mine. “I want mommy, daddy. Tell me where those bad men took Mommy to?” She asked, and another tear fell from her eye. Apart fr
Henry. I couldn't help but wonder why Emily would think about that, ‘marriage.’ Sure she's pregnant and we are expecting a baby but I haven't had the thought of getting married to her….at least not yet. It hasn't been long since I got divorced and now she was talking about marriage. “Henry, don't tell me that you aren't planning to get married to me?” she asked pulling me from my thoughts. I stared at Emily and forced a smile out, “I didn't say that baby, you did.” I retorted. She rolled her eyes, “the look on your face says it all. You practically had this ‘I’m not getting married to her’ look.” she explained and I blinked. Oh, I didn't know Emily has now become an expert in telling people expressions.“So…” she drawled.My brows arched, “So what?” She let out a frustrated sigh, “So are you thinking what I just said, or do you really want to get married to me?” she asked. I rubbed my hand on my face and then looked heavenwards before looking at her. “Can we drop this please E
Gwen. The room was nice and you know that feeling when you see something and just know that this is for you, well that's how I felt when I stepped into the room. It wasn’t that big or lavished with money like the one in Henry’s house but I love it. It was comfy and just something I would like, I could picture myself in this room. “I am not going to ask any question about you liking the room, I’ve gotten my answer from the look on your face already.” Ryan’s voice pulled me from my little fantasizing. “Yes, you’re correct. I like the room.” His smile widened. “Well then I’m glad, come let me show you the other part of the house.” I nodded and walked behind me as he showed me the other parts of the house. The house has three bedrooms; one which was for myself, Ryan and the last one which he converted into go home office. It has a nice kitchen, a balcony, and also a backyard that has a nice view. I really liked the place and I wasn’t forcing myself to like it, I really did. “The fr
Gwen. I woke up the next morning with a sore body and a pounding headache, I guess it was a result of me crying too much earlier. I sluggishly got up from the bed, and even though I had no intention of ever leaving the confinement of this room—especially this bed—I had to do it. My plans for this morning were to go for some job hunting and then come back to eat breakfast. I made my way to the bathroom and took my yesterday’s clothes off, I had a quick bath before coming out of the bathroom and that was when the realization dawned on me. I don’t have anything to wear. Left with no other choice I had to put on the dress I wore yesterday even though it was dirty. With that thought I knew there had been a change of plans, there was no way I’d go out putting on a dirty dress that smelled of sweat. I left the room after picking up the phone Ryan gave to me yesterday but on my way to the kitchen, I saw some shopping bags sitting on the couch. Feeling perplexed as to why they were suddenl
Gwen. ‘Why call her when she hadn’t called for the past years to know how I was faring?’ I thought. And with that, I canceled the number and dropped my phone. They don’t deserve to be called my family. If they were truly family, they would have called once in a while to check up on me. I know I was the one who decided to leave, even when father swore he wasn’t going to take me back with open hands if anything was to go wrong. I turned my back on them and went after the love of my life. The same said love of my life couldn’t protect me when the world was after me. Instead, he pushed me to the front of the battlefield. I stared at the ceiling like it was the most interesting thing in my life right now—well, actually it was. I had no zeal to put on the TV and watch some reality shows when I had no idea what could be going on with my daughter. What if Emily hurts her as a sign of her payback? What if she doesn’t give her food on time? So many ‘what-ifs’ crossed my mind, but I decided n
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Epilogue. Henry. A little body jumped onto the king-size bed, waving the mattress and waking me up from the deep sleep that I had been engulfed in. The fucking hell. I need no one to tell me who it was. I snapped out of my sleep just as Gwen burrowed further beneath the comforter in her deep sleep. I tried to hold her before Nate jumped on the bed but yet again I was late. Jesus! He always do this every morning and I'm tired ot correcting him everytime. “Nate,” I called. “Papa, wake up, wake up,” Nathaniel sang jubilantly and then crawled towards me while dressed in his SpongeBob pajamas. It's his favorite pajamas. “It’s Saturday which means cake time, mommy. Wake up,” he said again but unknown to him, Gwen was too deep in his sleep to notice anyone. Crazy pregnancy brain. I swear. She wouldn't hear a thing. Also unknown to Nathaniel, he failed to notice the giant lumps of his twin under the comforter wrapped around Gwen’s body. I sighed when I caught the s
Gwen.I couldn’t believe what was happening, one time I was angry at Henry for driving me out of the room and the next I was walking down the hallway then stopped all of a sudden because of a huge pain that hit me.And then something wet ran down my thighs, I couldn’t believe I’d just peed on myself. But after another wave of painful contractions hit me again, I knew this wasn’t about me peeing on myself, my water just broke.And let’s not talk about how Henry suddenly froze after I told him about it, I mean the man wasn’t moving at all. He was just staring at me like I’d just turned into a big alien all of a sudden.“Henry!” I called harshly, squeezing his hand tightly to pull him from wherever his head was at but that didn’t work.I groaned when the contraction hit me again. Calm down Gwen, you have gone through this before.Breathe in and out, breathe in and out.Yes, that’s it, you are doing fine……Argh.“Henry, please say something baby,” I called, hitting his hand.He blinked but
Henry.We have been in Maldives for a while now and as much as I want to stay here with Gwen for a very long time, I couldn’t. We have a life back at home and I could tell Gwen was missing the kids and our families.So after staying for about a month—left to me I would stay here forever, we returned home and went back to our new life, only that I didn’t want Gwen to work.She always looks exhausted after coming back from work. She was having a tough pregnancy and I wanted to do everything for her. So even when she requested going back to work even though she wasn’t fine I had to say yes so I wouldn’t stress her out. Doctors advise.But for safety purposes, I got her secretary Alice to always keep an eye on her. I even made her stay in the same office as Gwen and made sure she called when she wasn’t fine.Gwen was strong, she was always there for me and the kids. She has a kind heart, she is different from every other woman and I never regret getting married to her.She’s my lifeline,
Gwen.One Week Later.It had been a week since Ryan died and everything had gone back together, even though he kinda spoiled my wedding, I was glad Henry and I did exchange our rings and vows before his appearance.It has been a week since we got married and I still can’t believe this fine man sleeping beside me was my husband. Again.I couldn’t get enough of him, he was too unreal to be this handsome. To me, it was a crime for someone to be this cute and handsome at the same time.I couldn’t take my eyes off him as he slept soundly beside me, it was day two of our honeymoon phase—yeah you heard that right, Henry wouldn’t let it go.He said he wanted an alone time with me in a different country and place so three days after our wedding and after Ryan’s death, we left the country for Maldives.Henry had already gotten the reservation and everything ready before coming, so it wasn’t difficult for us to settle down.I could remember how horny Henry was as soon as we entered our room, he
Gwen.“I have a question for you baby,” he started but I still didn’t look at him. He shouldn’t ask me anything when I’m still mad at him. Everything that happened today was a mess, though I have an idea about it that doesn’t mean I was ready for the drama Ryan was bringing with him.I wouldn’t lie that I wasn’t scared when he held me with that knife pointing at my neck, I was scared out of my mind that any movement would get me killed. I was scared but after seeing the reassuring look in Henry’s eyes I knew everything was going to be fine. More reason why I didn’t panic.“Tell me, apart from hearing your mother talk about Ryan, did you hear something else?” He asked and I kept quiet.When I noticed he wouldn’t stop asking until I answered I shook my head.“What if I told you that everything that happened today was planned?” He asked, dropping the bombshell.I froze after hearing that, he didn’t just say that.I couldn’t say anything, in fact, it felt like I couldn’t hear anything fro
Henry.The gunshot sounded in the room accompanied by Gwen’s scream and I watch, I watch with satisfaction how it went straight to the fucker and hit his chest. I rushed forward and held Gwen in my arms, protecting her from the bastard's blood. The loud thud of his body dropping on the ground and the heavy sound of a boot on the sand told me everything went well.I looked behind me and saw Ryan trying to catch his breath with his hand on his chest like he could stop the blood from coming out. I took my eyes off him as my men took him out.“Are you alright baby?” I asked, looking down at my wife who wasn’t moving in my arms.I pulled from the hug and stared at her, her eyes were open but she wasn’t saying anything.“Talk to me baby, are you alright?” I asked worriedly while searching her body for any injuries. I hissed when I saw a scratch on her neck, it must be from the knife.Gwen blinked and then as she had just snapped out of her thought she held my hand, staring at me with her be
Henry. “You want me right? Just me?” She asked and he smiled. No. “Now we are talking, yes I want you. You should know that for a long time now I have always wanted you even though you are already mine,” he said.I groaned as I flexed my jaw muscles. How delusional could one be to think someone who isn’t in love with him is his? He must be mad.“Right, then let them go and just take me,” she said.I blinked and looked at her in disbelief, she didn’t say what I think I just heard right?“Gwen…” I started only to get interrupted by her.“Take me instead and don’t hurt any of them,” I could feel my bliss boiling as I heard her repeat the same words.She shouldn’t agree to his terms, he was only above us because he was with a gun. I fear he would shoot if I decide to attack him and that is what I do not want. Someone might get hurt.Ryan paused, he did nothing, said nothing but only looked at Gwen with suspicious eyes.“You are being way too easy Gwen, tell me what do you have planned?
Henry.I knew he would be here, I knew he must have gotten a whiff of the wedding and where it would be held. I had everything planned to capture the bastard if he gets here but I never thought he would be this early, never thought he would come and spoil my wedding.The bastard was really getting on my nerves.I looked at Gwen who stood frozen beside me, her eyes wide open as they stared at Ryan in shock. I know what she is thinking right now, she couldn’t believe he was here, and not only that he also had a gun.The whole place was completely quiet as Ryan took slow steps inside, he had a huge grin on his face while taking in everyone’s reaction.“Good day people, I bet you are all surprised to see me here?” He asked but no one answered.I glared at him while trying to bring my phone out discreetly. I quickly typed and sent a message on it after making sure he wasn’t looking.I slipped the phone back into my phone pocket after doing that.“It’s very rude of you guys not to invite me