SCARLETT
“Thank you Scarlett,” Ethan says as I place the bottle of water he requested in front of him. He cracks the cover open and gulps it greedily, releasing a sigh as he drops it back on the table. “I needed that.”
“I’m sure you did,” I give him a small smile. We’re all in Damian’s office. Ethan had requested for the water when he passed by my office.
Damian has an angry pout on his lips, not paying attention to either of us as he flips through a document in front of him. I resist the urge to smile at how handsome this man is. He ju
DAMIANThe sweet flowery scent that the wind brings to my nose tells me it’s Scarlett coming towards me as I stare at the blue skies that mirror the colour of the vast ocean in front of me, reclining on the sun lounger, under an umbrella tucked firmly into the caramel beach sand that spans the expanse of the shore.I keep my eyes ahead, watching a few other guests surfing in the wave ahead. I have a glass of beer beside me and I smoothly toss my cigarette a few metres away.She hates it when I smoke and gets into a mood. I'd rather just avoid that today, although giving me cold shoulders has been her forte recently. She mistakes it for bein
SCARLETTI just don’t get him. I don’t understand him. What does he want from me? What exactly does he want me to do? Continue flirting with him and pretend like he’s not going to be cuffed by another woman soon?Does he know how fucking hard it is to be around him? To be around something you desire but you can’t fucking have because it’s not yours to have. It’s right there, begging for you to take it, clawing at your heart to make it yours but it’s not a move you can make because it will only leave you hurt.If I didn’t need this internship more th
SCARLETTAfter he gave me that reply, I didn’t wait another second before I grabbed my laptop and disappeared into my room to finish the work he had given me as I could no longer be in his presence.Right now, I’m sitting at one of the outdoor bars at Pearls cove, listening to the music and drowning my sorrows in alcohol. Actually I don’t feel sad, I just feel empty, like there’s a big fucking hole in my chest and I’m hoping the liquor can fill it up.“Are you a parking ticket?” I hear someone say from behind me, giving me a light tap of my shoulder.
SCARLETT“She’s here too?” Sharon asks, a deep frown on her face. For the first time she actually acknowledges my presence, she’s always interacted with him in my presence like I don’t exist.Damian stands up, leading her to a table a few metres away. Whatever he’s telling her, she’s not having it. She crosses her arms against her chest, frowning deeply as Damian continues to speak, gesturing with his hands.He slumps his shoulders, shooting me a cold look and Sharon smiles widely. I guess he wasn’t able to talk his way out of having drinks with her tonight.
SCARLETTThe waves of water from the ocean washes against my feet, soiling my dress and drenching the lower part of my body from where I sit at the edge of the beach. My knees bent to my chest and my arms wrapped around my legs.I cannot stop myself from sobbing, neither can I stop the tears falling freely from my eyes. The pain in my heart is nerve wracking and the confusion surfing my mind is crippling.Am I making the right decision for myself right now? Should I not just quit this internship and stay away from Damian, in fact the entire Cole Family for good?
TREVORHow do I fix this?How do I make her see that I want her? Everything I’ve done to get her to me has had the opposite effect. I need to change the way I approach this. Scarly has a soft side, she’s very forgiving and no matter how much she hates me right now, I’m sure I can wiggle myself into a tiny spot in her heart to deserve her forgiveness and I can start from there.There are some things I wish I could take back, some things I actually regret, but regret is not going to make her mine, I need a plan of action before it becomes really too late.What the hell should I do?Fuck!I can’t believe Damian actually gave her the internship, that day I thought he was bluffing, just to show off his power over dad but he meant it, he actually fucking meant it.Sometimes I wish I had the power to hurt him, to br
DAMIAN“Do I have any meetings for today?”“None sir, just the board meeting you asked me to decline,” Scarlett replies in a curt business tone.It’s been a few days since we returned from Pearls Cove and her attitude only worsened. Even calling me boss changed into the cliche ‘sir’. I thought taking the time away from this work environment would help us settle the unease between us but then Sharon showed up.It wasn’t my intention that day to take her back to the beach house, knowing Scarlett s
SCARLETT“Goodbye sir,” I stand up from my seat and bow as Grandpa Richard storms out of Damian’s office. He doesn’t even spare me a look as he mutters something about Damian’s stubbornness to Gerard who gives me a small nod as they both leave the office.Is Damian still refusing to marry Sharon?I’m not going to go down that trail of thought and put myself in a sad state. I’ve accepted my fate and what will be will be.I turn my attention back to my laptop, browsing from some new shoes to buy online. It’s
SCARLETT“Mommy huwwy, Bad wolf will catch us,” My two year old daughter, Carmela, drags my hand, giggling as we run into my room, looking for where to hide from the big bad wolf with red scarves tied on our backs.“Roar….I’ll get you,” Damian’s voice comes from under the stairs as his footsteps make heavy thudding noises.This is Carmela’s favourite game and Damian loves nothing more than to make her happy. If there is anyone that can compete with his love for me, it is the love he has for our kids.“They went into mom’s room dad,” Jayden, my annoying and beautiful five year old son yells at the top of his voice from their room which adjoins mine.“Jayden talk too much, now daddy will catch us,” Carmela makes an annoyed face.I smile at her, wondering why she took all of her dad’s features and barely any of mine, the black hair, deep black eyes, full and plump lips, his slightly wide nose and even at just two, the glare she has on her face is so similar to his icy one.“Quick, let’s
SCARLETTI slowly pick up the gun, pointing it at his forehead with my hands trembling. Hate, anger, frustration, all compounding and marauding my thoughts. The memories of everything he did to me, cheating on me with Ashley and humiliating me time and time again for her sake, conniving with her to use me to frame my father and send him to prison, an act that plunged my life into hell and then the verbal, emotional and physical abuse that followed.He doesn’t deserve my forgiveness, I don’t want to feel pity for him, even with the tears streaming down his eyes or with how genuine his words sound. This is Trevor, it could all still be an act to do something more evil but if he hadn’t been wicked and done those things to me, I never would have met my hero, my rock and my shield, my resting place.
TREVORI took a life for her and I became a fugitive, living from hand to mouth and constantly evading capture but not anymore, I need to get out of this city for good.I didn’t want to kill Ashley that day, after I knocked her down to prevent her from shooting Scarlett, she was determined to still do it and while wrestling with her for the gun, I mistakenly pulled the trigger and she died on the spot.I became scared, I panicked and did the only thing I could do, bury her body and run for my life. The first few days were the hardest, having to rely on my boy scout skills and living in the open forest, feeding on fruits and nuts and weaving leaves and vines for shelter.&n
SCARLETT“I demand half of all his cash and assets! I have been married to him for over twenty years, I deserve good compensation,” Dahlia yells at the top of her voice in Dad’s new mansion that he bought for him and his new sweetheart, my mama bear, Lexi.The moment dad got out of prison, I wasted no time in telling him the truth about Dahlia and the woman I now call mom, Lexi. Despite how much Lexi protested, I just could not stop myself. She has loved him for years, refusing to fully give herself to another man and yet she never made a move to snatch him from Dahlia.What kind of a daughter would I be if I just folded my hands and watch my father and mother continue to be betrayed and deceived by a vile woman like Dahlia.
DAMIAN“It’s good to have you back home Damian,” Ana says, smiling at me as I step into the house, feeling the welcoming sense of home, but it’s not the fucking building, it’s the gorgeous angel beside me because I know, anywhere she is will be fucking home to me.I spent the last month and a half at the hospital recuperating and the doctors only just discharged me today but I have to keep going in for weekly check ups for the next three months until my heart gets back to its full functioning capacity.Right now, I have a small tube somewhere in my chest and until I am fully healed and it is removed, I cannot be medically declared fit even though I feel no physical pain or discomfort and my body seems to be functioning properly.&n
DAMIAN“Happy birthday gum gum,” Her father says, stepping out from behind my egghead friend and in a flash, she’s gone from my hand which suddenly makes me feel empty as she rushes and hugs him, crying loudly in his arms.Yesterday, when I woke up, the doctors told me how lucky I was to have survived and that if she hadn’t brought me in when she did, I would have died and that even then, my survival was nothing short of a miracle.I know the only reason I survived was because of her, because I wanted to be with her, to hold her, to love her, to cherish and adore her, my beautiful angel, my sweet kitten.She was the first thing on my mind when I woke up yesterday and it took a l
SCARLETTI walk straight towards him and give him a dirty resounding slap for almost killing me with such a prank before I plunge my lips into his, kissing him with reckless abandon, letting all my emotions flow through the kiss.The pain of these past few weeks, the pent up passion and desire for him, the relief to know he is alive and well, I kiss him with everything.He drops the bouquet, sliding his hands down my waist and squeezing my butt, pressing me into him as his tongue invades my mouth, engaging in a dance of passion and pleasure with my tongue. I let out a salacious moan as he sucks on my tongue and I feel his hard-on press against my thighs, I grab his head, plunging my tongue further into his mouth, loving how he is making me feel.
SCARLETT“We’re trying our best to find them. We found a pool of blood at the scene and after running tests, it matches the blood sample of Ashley Barnes. We have men stationed at every exit of the city and their pictures are on red alert at every airport, train station and seaport. Be rest assured, they will be brought to justice,” The chief of police says to me and Ethan in his office.It has been two weeks and Trevor and Ashley are yet to be found, Damian is still in a state of coma and the company’s lawyers are insisting that unless they get a written or spoken confession from Trevor or Ashley, dad’s case will continue in court.Everyday without Damian gets harder and harder, I have moved back to the mansion and I sleep in his
SCARLETT“Congratulations Misses Cole, you are five weeks pregnant and your baby looks healthy and fine but I’ll write you a prescription for some vitamins and mineral supplements that will help,” the doctor says to me with a big grin.“Thank you,” I reply wryly, my eyes full of sadness. It’s not that I am not happy that I am going to be having a baby but who can be happy bringing a child into this world when the father of the child is tinkering on the brink of life and death.“My husband, how is he? Will he make it?”The doctor takes a deep breath and her smile vanishes. “We have done our best, it is between him and his maker now. It is already a miracle t