Their eyes collided for a moment before Rican saw her taking her eyes down to look at his palm which she had been holding in her hand. “Come here and sit,” she patted on the place beside her on the bed. His brows arched in confusion but still he followed her words and sat on the bed beside her.Nina looked at his palm and found his fist was slightly clenched which made her sigh. When was the last time this man had felt relaxed from the inside? But little did Nina know that, 7 years ago, he had lost his each and every reason to feel his serenity again. He could never be at peace ever again.Lifting her hand, she slowly unclenched his fist and he just stared down at her until he found her eyes falling on that cut on his palm which he had gotten with that knife while fighting with those two men who tried to harm her.Nina's heart felt a stinging sensation when her gaze landed on his wound. It looked extremely deep and even very big too. If it would have been her in place of him, she mig
“Done being a pervert, Ms. Halzen?” Nina's eyes widened, hearing his words. So he had been aware of her presence here all this time. How foolish of her to think she could keep her eyes on him and he would not even notice it. His senses worked more than that tiny size brain in her head. In fact, his senses worked overtime for him whereas her brain believed in staying on leave even on working days. Nina frowned, witnessing now she had started insulting her own brain because of him but wait…did he just call her a pervert? How dared he? Scowling, she dashed towards him and stood beside him. “Did you just call me a pervert?” She spat, glaring at him who was punching that punching bag more aggressively now. “If your last name is Halzen and you are a Ms. then I guess so,” he answered, without stopping his punches. His answer hardened her scowl whereas the fact that he was not giving his full attention to her, had started irritating her. “Shut up. I am not a pervert,” she retorted back.
“Are you a mafia?” Nina questioned him directly because that question came into her head after she connected a lot of dots. She saw him stop doing his workout and then he looked at her.“Like a mobster or mafia boss which we usually see in fiction?” She asked him, curiously.“And what makes you think like that?” He asked her, showing his genuine interest to know her answer. What had made her think about him like that?“Like ... .you can kill people so easily, you can fight, you have a gun and….”she paused and he saw her taking a thorough overview of his whole body with no hesitancy. Yeah ... .one of the most innocent creatures in existence. After satisfyingly scanning his entire body in front of him, Nina looked at his face.“I am never going to accept it again except for this time that you have such a kind of body and you are even quite intelligent and very sharp headed, so …” she elaborated and he just gave her an amused look. So her head worked beside thinking about arguing with h
“So I am not going to get your attention anymore, mi reina?” Nina heard him saying that to her. She knew he was using her words to lighten up her mood and somehow it successfully tingled her heart. He had started thinking and caring about her so much but it didn't mean she could forget so easily what he had just said to her and how he hurt her in that gym room of his. Rican waited for her reply or any reaction but she gave him none. He witnessed her trying to get up and attempting to leave from there but he grabbed her arm to stop her. “Nina, I….” “No, I don't want to hear anything from you anymore,” she finally opened her mouth and turned around to look at him. He saw her eyes still shedding tears which had turned a bit red now. Her cheeks and the tip of her nose had also reddened. “It's so easy for you to always say such bad things to me,” she spat at him, tearing up more. “You have called me a beggar, a wanton, a girl who can sleep with any man for money and now this….” Nina b
He entered his house and found her sitting on the floor of his hall while leaning her head against a sofa. Her eyes were closed whereas her arms were hugging her knees which made him sigh heavily. Even her sitting posture was telling him how much hurt she was.Rican was about to walk closer to her when he heard his phone ringing. He took out his phone from his pants pocket and saw the doctor who checked her that night, her name, Dr Alison, was flashing on his screen. “Hello,” He picked up her call.“Mr Alfanso? Actually I called you to inform you that Ms. Nina's blood test reports have come,” she informed him. The doctor was supposed to inform him about Nina's blood reports yesterday but she couldn't because of some uncertain reasons which she told him yesterday.“Is everything alright?” He asked her with no hesitancy.“Yes, the test reports are showing that the drug which had been infused in her body has caused some harm to some of her fertility and other hormones because the dosage
“I get punished by someone for doing nothing to them,” she breathed out. Her voice came out as a shivering whisper but was piercing enough to get peered inside his very existence.His utterly numbed gaze remained glued at her watery hues which were continuously dripping tears of pain, anger and might be even hatred. He saw that glimpse of hatred in her eyes for that person who had turned her life into a living nightmare completely in that moment when she might not even be aware of the real meaning of life. He caught hatred in her pain and anger for that person who punished her at that moment when she was not even properly aware of the difference between virtue and sin. He saw hatred in her existence for that person who destroyed her completely and that person was standing right in front of her but the irony was she was not even aware of it.“This is the reason I am terrified of showing myself to anyone. This is the reason I never felt comfortable getting closer to anyone because I kno
Nina didn't even notice for how long she continued to remain clung in his arms. Her face was buried into the crook of his neck whereas her arms were tightly holding onto his back. Her naked body was pressed against his uncovered one with no inch of distance between them which made him clutch the mattress beneath them. His arms refused to hold her back but they didn't try to push her away either because he knew she needed him to win over her own fears and he was giving her what she needed just because he was the existence of those tears of hers. She continued to hug him until his phone beeped and it took Nina back to her senses. She slowly opened her eyes and noticed how she was practically squeezing him in her bare embrace. Her cheeks heated up in embarrassment because this time, not only was she naked but he was also shirtless and this was the very first time she was touching him with no shred of clothing. Her naked bosoms were pressed against his hardened chest which brought more co
“It's pleasure to finally meet you, Mr Alfanso,” Rican heard their client saying to him with a beam on his face and saw his extended hand in his direction for a handshake. Sending him a curt nod, he shook his hand with him. “Please, have a seat gentlemen,” Ameline said to all the men present inside that meeting room as she was the spokesperson of that meeting. All the men nodded at her and joined their seats, except for Rican which made Ameline look at him.Ameline noticed that he was looking a bit distracted as it was evident in his face that his attention was not present here in this meeting which had never happened before. Rican had never shown leniency towards his professional life. Secretly clutching his hand, Ameline shook it which took Rican finally out of his thoughts. He looked at her and found Ameline signalling him to join his chair as each pair of eyes were on him and they all were waiting for him to join his seat. Sending her a nod, he sat on his chair.“Let's begin th
“She loves me more….”“No, she loves me more….” “No, me….”“Me…”“Me…..”“Nori…Rina….” Hearing that voice, both the girls turned their heads and saw their father standing at the door who was peering at them with a startled look on his face as he was watching both of his daughters grabbing each other's hairs and trying to make each other go bald. It made him recall about his own childhood when he and his sister, Flora, used to pull each other's hair in every fight.Sighing heavily, he walked towards his daughters who were still glaring at each other. Rican kneeled beside both of them as they both had inherited their adorable heights from their mother.“And why are my princesses fighting again?” He asked while trying to make them lose their grips around each other's hair before they would rip each other's hair apart.“You both know that if mamma hears you both fighting again then she will throw all of us out of our home,” he uttered, making both of his toddlers giggle as last time which
Her hands were surrounded around his naked back. He had stripped both of their bodies completely bare which were grazing against each other. Laying under him, Nina was enjoying his mouth claiming her sweetness as his. Their tongues were colliding with each other while their mouths were sucking each other’s warmth. Nina gripped his hair when he trailed towards her jaw and started putting sloppy kisses there and then travelled down towards her neck. Her body shuddered when he gave a suck on her sweet spot. After that, he licked her skin with his warm and wet tongue which erupted numerous sensations inside her body. Nina squeezed her legs, unable to control those tingles which she was feeling in her lower region.He took one of her bosoms in his mouth and started sucking on her nipples which made Nina nibble on her lower lip. Bliss washed over her. This man surely knew how to drive her crazy for him. Nina was busy enjoying the pleasure he was giving her when suddenly she remembered somet
“I wanted to spend our first wedding night in our home because we needed to meet her,” Nina said to him whose gaze was fixed at those celestial sapphire orbs of Noelle's in that picture in front of him.Nina watched him staring at Noelle's picture wordlessly which made her sigh softly. Nina held his hand which made him slowly trail his gaze towards her. Rican found a soft smile playing on her face.“You know that day when I met her for the very first time….” He heard her pausing and then she turned her head to look at Noelle's picture.“That 12 year old Nina fell in love with her, especially when she gave her that rose because that 12 year old Nina used to believe that we gave rose to that person whom we love,” Rican wordlessly heard every word of hers which she was saying to him with that tender smile on her face.“And you know when I asked her if she loves me…she told me that she loves me a lot,” Rican saw her smile widening as he was sure she might be recalling that day when she ha
“You are looking mesmerising, Nina,” A soft smile formed on her face, hearing Aniya while her cerulean eyes were gazing at her own reflection in the mirror where she was watching herself wrapped in that beautiful pale white gown which had shining stones encrusted on it. A long veil was attached to the top of her head. Her face had no layer of makeup which was showing her tiny freckles. Her lips had a natural flush of rosy pink but the most beautiful part of her appearance was her slightly swollen belly which had started showing finally as she had stepped into her third trimester of pregnancy.Smiling, she placed her palm over her tummy and gently caressed it.“So how is Mr Junior Alfanso feeling about his parents getting married today finally?” Flora asked, beaming. Her question made Nina blush. Yes, today was that day when she was getting married not just only to the love of her life but also to the father of her baby. No, it was not feeling like a dream anymore because her devil Al
Both Rican and Nina got up from the sofa, seeing Cain and his parents walking in their direction. Nina found Rican not just only stepping closer to her but also ahead of her a bit with Cain's every step coming towards her and she knew exactly why. He had now turned viciously possessive and protective of her after everything that had happened in their lives and especially when their child was breathing inside her now. He didn't want to take any kind of risk in any way. They both saw Cain standing in front of them while his parents stood behind him. They saw Cain lowering his eyes before them. “I am sorry, uncle Rican, Nina. I am really very sorry,” they heard Cain apologising to them with his lowered head. Lifting his hands up, he joined them in front of him. “I know my mistakes are not forgivable, especially the inhumanity which I had tried to do with Nina and then getting blinded by hatred for you, I ended up harming uncle Rican whom I have always considered as my family, so please
“I am sorry,” Nina saw him uttering those words to her. His glossy gaze lingered at her like he had been terrified that he was not going to see her again and this was what she had been feeling since the moment she got to know about his attack. She had died in those few hours with every passing second to just get a glimpse of him. She was turning lifeless just to witness that his life was safe and protected. Nina felt a scorching pain evoking inside her heart when she saw a lone tear rolling down from the corner of his eyes. It made her heart bleed. “I am sorry, Nina. Please forgive me for hurting you, mi reina,” he breathed out, staring into her cerulean watery eyes which glossed up more at his words. Sitting beside him on the bed, Nina slanted herself closer to him and his heart finally found its peace when he felt her pressing her lips against his forehead. She kissed his forehead with everything she had, telling him how much she had longed for him and how much she had been hurting
“Mi alma….” Rican's froze completely. After seven long years of that painful yearning, he was finally seeing her in front of him. His best friend, his existence, his very first love, his alma. Immediately tears stung his eyes. Rican threw his arms around her and bursted out crying. He tightly clutched her in his embrace, fearing she would vanish if he would loosen just even a bit which he didn't want. He didn't want to let her slip from his embrace again. He didn't want her to fade again.“I missed you. I missed you so much, mi alma,”he uttered in between his sobs while hugging her more tightly. After seven years, he got to hold her in his arms. He got to see her again. He got to talk to her again. He got to feel her again.Rican felt her wrapping her arms around him which gave his heart the tranquillity he had been dying to feel all these years. It made him tear up more like a little kid.“Hey! Why are you crying?” he heard her saying to him before she pulled back to look at him. Ri
“It has happened because of me,” That voice made Riccardo tilt his head and his eyes enlarged, seeing Cain in front of him. His head was wrapped in a bandage. Multiple bruises were visible on his face. It bewildered Riccardo, especially when he saw Kester and Niley standing behind Cain. Kester and his family avoided attending their wedding anniversary party, saying that they were out of town but everyone knew they didn't come to the celebration gathering because of Nina and Cain's past. But respecting their decision, Riccardo didn't force them to attend the party then what they were doing here?Riccardo watched Cain walking towards him, followed by his parents, Kester and Niley. “Uncle Rican is in this position because of me, grandpa,” Cain uttered, lowering his head in front of Riccardo. His words startled him even more. Riccardo looked at Niley and Kester and saw their heads were lowered too. Tears were falling from Niley's eyes. Riccardo darted his gaze at Easton and found him nod
“How is he now, doctor?” Riccardo uttered, extremely tensed and worried. They all had come to the hospital after finding out about Rican's condition and that attack on him. “We can't say anything till the operation won't be finished. The bullet has been aimed at his chest and he has been attacked by a knife multiple times, so we need to find out if he has received any harm to any of his vital organs,” the doctor informed.Nina's eyes filled with more tears, hearing the doctor. He had been hurt so much and it was just because of her. She told him to leave her alone. She told him to leave from there and if she would not have said that, if she would have tried to listen to him for once, if she would have not been so selfish with him then none of this would have ever happened. His life would not have been at stake if she would have kept him closer to her. It had happened because of her and her selfishness. She turned so blind in her own pain that she forgot that she was his only cure and