DANIEL'S POVat pregnancy doesn’t fit some women, but seeing Veronica at the hospital, I knew that saying didn’t apply to her. She looked more beautiful than I ever remembered. It had been ten months since I last saw her, and yet, here she was, glowing in a way I never expected. Standing at a distance, I found myself regretting what Simeon and I had done to her that made her leave New York in the first place. The memories came rushing back, flooding my mind with everything that had happened, and suddenly, I wished the baby she was carrying was mine.It wasn’t just a fleeting thought. It was something deep, something I couldn’t ignore. I thought I had buried my feelings for her a long time ago, locking them away like a distant past that had no place in my present. But at that moment, I couldn’t deny what I felt. Though Emma still occupied a part of my heart, Veronica’s beauty overshadowed everything. The way she carried herself with such grace and confidence, the way her face glowed un
SIMEON'S POVMy whole body tensed when Emma called me. Her voice was shaking, filled with panic."Jason is missing," she said, her voice breaking.For a moment, my mind froze.Jason… missing?I gripped my phone tighter. The words didn’t make sense at first. I had just decided to kill him before the wedding. The thought had been fresh in my mind when Emma’s call came through. It was almost funny— like fate was playing tricks on me. The irony of it made my lips twitch in amusement, but that feeling disappeared quickly.Instead of relief, I felt frustrated. Annoyed. Not because Jason was missing, but because it wasn’t by my hands.I clenched my fist, forcing my voice to remain calm. "Have you tried calling him?""Yes, but he isn’t picking up," she replied, and I could hear the fear in her voice. She was trying to hold herself together, but it wasn’t working. Her breathing was uneven, and I could tell she had been crying.I sighed, pretending to care. "Give me a few minutes. I’ll be at yo
SIMEON'S POV I never thought the day would end like this— waiting in Veronica's mansion, trapped in my thoughts, and listening to Daniel blame me for everything.That evening, Daniel and I drove for hours to Veronica’s new mansion. The reason? To confront her. She had kidnapped Jason— though we guess, and we needed answers and also to confirm if she really did it. And if she did it, I need to be sure why she did it, but I knew she will always have a reason. Veronica never did anything without a purpose. She was too smart for that. If she had taken Jason, then it meant there was something she wanted, something important enough to risk everything for.I had tried to figure out what that reason could be during the drive, but my mind kept going in circles. Was it revenge? Was it leverage? Was she trying to send a message to someone? None of the answers made complete sense. I hated not knowing.When we arrived at her mansion, we were told she wasn’t home. That didn’t surprise me. Veronica
EMMA'S POV I never imagined that my life would take so many unexpected turns. If someone had told me years ago that I would go through so much pain, betrayal, and heartbreak, I would have laughed and called them a liar. But life has a way of proving us wrong, of throwing curveballs when we least expect them.Ever since my divorce from Daniel, everything turned upside down. I thought I would finally be free. I thought I would finally find peace, finally get a chance to breathe without the weight of heartbreak pressing down on my chest. But life had other plans for me. Plans that I never asked for.Then I met Simeon. Oh, how foolish I was to think he was the perfect man for me. I was so desperate to feel loved again, to believe that good men still existed, that I ignored the warning signs. He was charming. He was sweet. He made me feel like I was the most important person in the world. He made me believe in love again. I trusted him, I let my guard down, and just when I thought I had f
EMMA’S POVI kept my eyes fixed on Jason, silently pleading that my worst fears wouldn’t come true. My legs trembled beneath me as a dreadful thought gnawed at my mind.I wanted to ignore the three women standing before us. I wanted to pretend that this wasn’t happening, that today wasn’t about to turn into a nightmare. But I couldn’t. The truth was standing right in front of me, and no matter how much I feared it, I had to know."Jason, do you know them?" My voice was barely above a whisper, but I knew he heard me.Jason turned his gaze to me, shaking his head so fast it almost looked comical. A tiny wave of relief washed over me. Maybe this was all a misunderstanding. Maybe—"Did you just deny me, Jason?" The tallest woman’s voice dripped with venom, her arms crossed in fury."I don’t know about her," the blonde one interjected, her voice trembling as tears streamed down her face, "but Jason, what you did to me was so cruel that my love for you turned into pure hatred."My stomach t
EMMA'S POVAs we stepped out of the wedding venue, I knew I couldn't go home in this state. The pain clawing at my chest was unbearable, and if I didn't find a way to numb it, I might do something reckless."Vee, I want to go to a bar." I stopped in my tracks, turning to Veronica, who was practically holding me up."But why, Emma? You need to go home, take a cool bath, and try to forget about Jason. That man isn't worth a single tear from you." Her voice was gentle but firm. "I know you're hurting, but please don't do anything drastic.""I can't go home like this," I insisted, desperation creeping into my voice. "I need alcohol to make me feel better, even if it's just for a few hours."Veronica sighed, clearly torn between understanding my pain and wanting to protect me from myself. After a moment, she hissed in frustration and nodded. "Fine. But don’t overdo it."We drove to a bar about thirty minutes from the venue. The atmosphere was calm— probably because it wasn’t dark yet. The
JASON'S POVI stood at the altar, helpless, unable to convince Emma that I wasn’t guilty of the accusations thrown at me.The evidence those women presented was damning—so well-crafted that even I couldn’t refute it. But I wasn’t about to give up. No, I would chase Emma down if I had to, and I would get to the bottom of this. Someone had set me up, and I intended to find out who.I hurried after her, following at a safe distance to see where she was heading. The last thing I wanted was for her to do something reckless in her pain.And where did she end up? A bar.Watching her drown her sorrows in alcohol sent a stabbing pain through my chest. It hurt more than I could describe—seeing the woman I love in so much pain because of me.For now, my hands were tied. She despised me, even in her drunken state.I was caught off guard when she suddenly grabbed my collar as I fastened her seatbelt in the car. Before I could react, she kissed me.It was so sudden that it took my breath away. If s
JASON'S POV We finally arrived at the basement where Lucas had restrained the woman. This had to be Nena— the same woman who had accused me of making her barren. As soon as she saw me, a smug smirk curled on her lips. Her hands and legs were bound tightly to a chair, and a thick plaster sealed her mouth shut. “Start talking,” I ordered, my voice calm, though inside, I was anything but. “Lucas, take the plaster off her mouth.” Lucas did as instructed, peeling away the adhesive, and Nena let out a slow exhale, her eyes filled with defiance. “What makes you think I’ll just spill everything?” she challenged, her determination evident. I shook my head, smirking in a way she wouldn’t understand. If only she knew what I had in store for her. “I’ll ask again,” I said, my tone sharper now. “Who sent you to ruin my wedding, and why?” Her triumphant smile widened. “Before I took this job, I already gave a statement to the authorities. If I go missing for two days, they’ll come looking. A
VERONICA'S POVI have been really busy with the wedding preparation lately, and finally today I am getting married to Simeon for real.The election and the outreach has been running smoothly as well. And Simeon, after the sex that night, has drastically changed.He treats me well, he brings the better version of me. Even when I was going for the outreach to feed the poor, I didn't think of doing it because I want them to vote for me but because I truly want to help them.“Are you ready honey?”. He came from behind and kissed my cheeks.“Yeah, I am ready”. I replied. Though I am sad that no one close to me is witnessing our wedding, I wanted to call Emma but I don't know how she would feel about the news, so it's just me and my husband to be, so I decided to leave the media out of it.“Simeon, I have one question for you”. I said to him as I stood up from the mirror to observe him.“Go ahead”. He replied. “Do you really love me? And if you do, why all of a sudden?”. I made sure to obs
EMMA'S POVAngel? What could be her mission this time?“Sis, you seemed not to be happy to see me”. She said with a smirk on her face.“What do you want, Angel?”. I asked with my eyebrow raised.“Come on, can't I say hi to you anymore? We are best of friends, remember?”. The smirk was still evident on her face. “I don't have time to chat with you, since you don't have anything meaningful to say, then I will ignore you”. I said with an irritated voice and pressed the window button to wound the car window up.“If I were you I wouldn't do that”. She looked at me with malicious intent.“Why?, you are irritating me with your presence. I don't have that energy to waste with you”.“Alright, let me go straight to the point then. The Jason that you are with right now is not your beloved Jason, he's an imposter created by me”.“What nonsense are you spatting, Angel?”.“When I ran away I promised to come back stronger and make your life a living hell. And finally I have achieved my goal. Let me
EMMA'S POVLast night was really…. I don't even know the words to use and describe it.I was thrilled by the pleasure I received yesterday. Although I woke up with a serious body ache and reminiscing about the pleasure, the ache goes off.He served me breakfast on the bed and took me to the bathroom and gave me a hot bath that made the ache less painful. He even called the doctor to come and check up on me. He treats me like a neonate whenever I am with him.The doctor said I am stressed out, and I know that it's because of the exercise we did last night.I came outside to have a view of the beach. And the sight is so lovely. The cool breeze is so soothing that it relaxed my nerves when I felt the breeze.Something got my attention, it was the beautiful coconut I saw and I was craving for it.“Do you want that coconut?”. I was startled by Jason's voice. I turned to look at him.“Why would you sneak up on me like that? Do you want to give me a heart attack?”. I asked with my lips p
JASON'S POVWhen I finally settled her in the limo, I couldn't hold my hunger for her anymore.Emma, who is now my wife, is like a drug to me, I can't resist her. She tastes so good and now that she is my wife, I can have sex with her with no restrain. I kissed from her lips till the nape of her neck. I unzipped her wedding gown because it was a hindrance to me.“Hubby, please can you take it easy with me”. She said with a whisper.“Alright wifey”. I replied then resumed what I was doing but this time I was as gentle as I can even though I just want to devour her.I exposed her cleavage and her glorious pears shot out. They were so erect and attractive.I grabbed one of it in my mouth and suckled on it. She moaned out and then covered her mouth with her right hand.I chuckled at her behaviour. “Don't worry wifey, the driver will not hear you no matter how loud you scream. I want you to moan as loud as you can”. She smiled, her cheeks were already red.“Hubby, if we do it here, how
EMMA'S POVMy eyes gradually opened and the room was dark, I couldn't see anything. But what happened to me? I calmed down to rethink about what happened. And I remembered that I was with Jason and he…..I couldn't even think about it.How would Jason do that to me? No, there must be a misunderstanding somewhere.I need to find out what's going on. I stood up and I almost stumbled with the heavy dress that I was wearing. Just then, I began to inspect the long thick gown that I was wearing. This seems to be a wedding gown.At that moment, the room's light was turned on and everywhere was very bright.I covered my eyes because my eyes weren't able to contain the bright light at first, but gradually I opened it.What I saw in the room shocked me. Jason was at the center of the room, smiling while Judith, Kelvin, in fact the team I selected for the event were also present in the room wearing smiles on their faces.“What's going on Jason?”. I asked curiously. “First of all my love, I wan
EMMA'S POVAn unknown number called me at the office. When I picked up the call, I was surprised to hear Daniel's mother voice. She finally broke the code. Before I left Daniel, she made it clear to me that if we happen to meet in the future that I should act like a total stranger towards her.I did just that at the hospital, the day she picked on Cherry. I wonder what could be so important now that she needs to call me. “Hello, who is this please?” I asked her, not that I didn't recognize her voice but because I wanted to act oblivion towards her.“We need to talk”. She replied with no emotion.“Is that how you talk to strangers madam? You didn't even introduce yourself before opening your mouth to vomit nonsense”. I retorted back with the same tone.“You are the one that has refused to let my son breathe and live a peaceful life”. She yelled out.“Accusing me now?” I asked“Accusing you? I didn't call you to barter words with you. This is just a warning, next time, I will take act
CHERRY'S POVI am now like Daniel's nanny, I took sick leave from work and had to take care of him at his house.Though I lied to my mom that there is an event happening in the office and I won't be back for some days.I have been in Daniel's house for five days now, he has fully recovered and the wound is not that fresh anymore.Today, I plan to resume at the office. Daniel insisted that he would also resume today with me.I packed enough food to eat. When we got close to the office, I insisted that Daniel drop me because I don't want anyone to know that I've been with him for the past five days.“Cherry welcome back to work. Are you okay now?”. Zara ran to me as she spotted me at the gate, she welcomed me with flowers, I was really moved by her actions.“I am perfectly fine now, how are you doing?”. I asked her after hugging her.“Very well thank you, let's go in my lady”. She said in a playful manner.We settled in the changing room with other girls.“Look, she's back to break more
SIMEON'S POVEverything is going according to my plans, Veronica doesn't know what awaits her yet.My plans are falling into place. She thinks she can use the media to threaten me to marry her, she has really overestimated herself.My second plan is to find the little boy whose mother I used to ruin Emma's wedding with Jason.My phone rang on my way to work and it was that bitch Veronica who was calling me.“Hello, little slut”. I said with a mischievous grin.“We went back to being enemies so soon”.It seems the person that I hired promised her something. That's interesting to hear.“I am quite busy right now, what do you want?”. I asked, sounding urgent.“It's nothing, I didn't see you when I woke up this morning, so I wanted to know where you are”. She replied like a good wife.“When did you start caring about my whereabouts? I hope what happened last night didn't make you misunderstand? We are still enemies”.“It's fine, you don't need to tell me, I know that we are not compatibl
VERONICA'S POVI can't possibly move in with Simeon, at least not right now that I haven't even achieved anything. I don't know what he is planning but I won't give him that chance to know about my own secrets. Today, I plan to go with my team for the outreach. The site they sent to me is really a rural area, but I don't mind as long as I achieve what I want.The election is fast approaching and I haven't even made any preparation yet for my plan B.I observed my new looks in the mirror, I totally changed, with a different face and different body shape.I got ready with my team and we traveled to the area. The journey was two hours and some minutes.My assistant did a great job, she has already arranged for the doctors and nurses, in fact treatment was already going on by the time I arrived. I watched as each person was attended to from my car. I waited for everything to be over before I would come down and introduce myself to them.Free food was given to each and every one of them