SCARLETTI know Damian already informed me that he was going to fight his dad to keep his position in the company but actually seeing him do it made me feel good. He deserves it. He’s a great leader and a wise businessman.I overheard him having the meeting with them and they seemed pretty adamant on him getting married. I felt a tug in my heart when Damian promised to announce his fiancée at the next board meeting.I don’t know when that will be but I know it will probably be Sharon, or will he ask me to marry him again? What if I had accepted his proposal that night? Would things be different now? Even if he did, I can’t say yes anymore. I wish I understood it like this that day, I wouldn’t have reacted the way I did.He didn’t come to see me again after he stormed out yesterday and this afternoon when I was leaving his house, he didn’t come to see me off as well. I didn’t mean to upset him by saying I don’t want to be indebted to him but he seems really upset about it and I just
DAMIANI’m almost settling in for the night when Ana knocks on my door, poking her head in.“There’s someone here to see you,” She says with a cheeky smile on her lips.I raise a brow at her. “It’s late Ana, you know I don’t even like to entertain visitors during the day. Whoever it is, they can come back tomorrow.”“Are you sure you don’t even want to know who it is? She asks in a suggestive tone, that smile remaining on her face.Any other person in this house wouldn’t dare question me after I just gave a direct response but Ana’s not like any other staff in my house. She used to be my nanny and we both grew fond of each other and formed a relationship since then.Even though it’s not an official job I gave to her, Ana runs the affairs of the house like a butler so I don’t even have one. She has no children of her own and considers me her son and I do consider her as my mother.“Ana, please, I just want to sleep. If it’s that important, stash them in one of the guest rooms,” I reply
SCARLETTMy heart almost jumps out of my chest and the confidence with which I had entered the room suddenly went missing under the mean and cold glare Damian’s father is giving to me but when I glance at Damian, he smiles and nods at me and I take my seat, feeling the confidence return.I smile back at him, remembering how we put this plan together.******That day, after getting that text about dad from the restricted number that I couldn’t even text back to, I went to a bar and had a few drinks, painfully recounting the events of my life since Dad went to prison and at that moment, I realised that in the troubling times, it was always Damian who brought a spurt of joy and comfort into my life and he was all I needed in that moment.I didn’t care about the consequences of going to him, what his dad would do if he found out, I just wanted to be with him, to be in his arms, to cry my heart out and let him comfort me. Even if he was mad at me, I just wanted to be his sad kitten at tha
SCARLETT “Scarlett, what are you doing here?” Trevor’s dad’s voice is menacing with every other eye in the room fixed on me with curiosity.“Throw her out!” Grandpa Richard says to no one in particular. “What is this insolence Damian?”His cold eyes are eating deep into me, warning me of the repercussions of my actions but with Damian beside me, I feel I have all the protection I need.Damian pats my thigh gently and stands up. “Forgive me father, brother,” he nods at them both. “I ought to have made this formal introduction to you before now but anyway this should suffice. Scarlett and I got married. You all wanted me to get a bride, she’s the one I chose.”“What nonsense is this?! Do you take us for fools? Get this silly girl out of here and stop playing these stupid games. You were asked to marry Sharon Stone for the betterment of this company, not some little girl with no experience or benefits,” Trevor’s dad pounds the table pointing at Damian.“You can take yourself for whatev
TREVOR“One job!” Dad slaps me across the face, sending me tumbling to the couch. “You had one job!” “What the heck did I do?” I ask, holding my face and feeling my cheeks burn as I stand to my feet.Dad is a nut job on his day but he very rarely loses his temper to the point of hitting me. What the hell happened?“You still have the fucking guts to ask me questions?” He barks, taking another swing at me but I duck out of the way.“Can you just tell me what the fuck happened?” I glare at him, keeping my distance.He hisses. “Your whore of an ex-girlfriend happened,” he says with so much spite in his tone. “You convinced me to get you a job in the company, for one singular reason. Tear her and Damian apart, but guess who the latest couple in town are?!” He yells, grabbing the flower vase on the side stool beside him and hurling it at me but he misses by a wide margin.“Stop throwing my stuff around and speak in plain terms, what do you mean by the latest couple in town? And I did my f
DAMIANThe look on Austin’s face when the old man reinstated me as CEO was beyond worth it but what warmed my heart the most was the reception my kitten received once the board members knew what potential she had.When she asked me if our contract marriage was going to be like a real one or just for show, I gave her the logical answer.I know I feel different about her than I feel for other women but I don’t want to thrust myself into any commitments with her only to realise it’s not what I really want and end up hurting her. I don’t want to keep her hopes up and later dash them because of my own issues. I asked her to return to work as my personal assistant but she declined, choosing to join the finance department instead and I didn’t object.I want her to know that with me, she can truly be what she wants to be without feeling the need to please me or do my will all the time. Even if our marriage is more of a partnership, an alignment and even if I do have the fucking upper hand,
SCARLETT“So this is really your life now?” Delia asks on the video call.“Yep,” I reply, propping the pillows under my head properly.I wasn't feeling too well at work today so I left quite early. Damian and I always go to and return from work together even though I now work in the finance department and no longer as his personal assistant.As much as I would love to be in close proximity with him throughout the day, I need to learn and do more so I can support the company and not just appear as the CEO’s trophy wife, plus it also gives me the liberty to look into dad’s files at the debt arm of the finance department.“Girl…I’m so jealous of you,” Delia replies with a pout and I chuckle.“Hey! You’re not allowed to be jealous for another man while I’m right here,” Asher appears behind her, hugging her from behind in a sitting position and peppering her neck with kisses.Delia chuckles, turning back to cup his face. “Of course baby, it’s just girls talk, you know you’re the only man a
SCARLETT“We don’t have to go to this dinner, my brother and his family will also be present,” Damain says in a begrudged tone as we’re riding in the back of his Rolls Royce to his father’s mansion for dinner.Yesterday Gerard informed us of the dinner and as much as I don’t want to even catch a glimpse of Trevor, grandpa Richard specifically said he wanted me there.“You ask me to forgive your aunt but you can’t seem to let go of your grudge against your brother,” I reply, making a face at him.He frowns deeply, looking away. “It’s not the same thing. You and your aunt have a great relationship, you just currently have a misunderstanding. My brother hates me for merely existing like it’s my fault the old man couldn’t keep it in his pants and knocked my mom up.”His mom. This is probably the first time he has ever spoken about her.“Your mom, where is she?” He looks back at me, a conflicted look in his eyes.“I wish I fucking knew. She became tired of raising me in a poor environment
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