Chapter TwelveElla’s Point of View ‘What did you do?!’ I screamed as I ran into the room, ‘What the fuck did you do?’ I went straight to Peyton and saw her arm was in a sling, ‘What’s this?’ ‘Just keep him away from me!’. ‘What did he do?’ I repeated, slightly annoyed, for what felt like the 50th time. I looked over at the two men, now standing together, looking just as confused as I was. Michael said something and they both went into the bathroom and closed the door. Well, I suppose the fact they were giving us some privacy was something, nothing amazing, but something. ‘W-we were talking and then... And then... He was being really nice and complimented me and..’ ‘He complimented you? And?’ I was waiting for the big awful thing that made her scream, but the more she rambled on, the more it became clear that... Nothing had actually happened. ‘So.. he complimented you, and you freak out?’ She just glared at me, like I had said something wrong. ‘Are you for real?’ ‘What?’ ‘They
Chapter Thirteen I tossed and turned and eventually woke up all together. It wasn’t until I sat up and looked around, confused as to where I was, and then remembered again, that I realized just how freezing cold it was. My arms were pricked up with goosebumps and I shivered. Why the hell was it so cold? ‘Michael?’ I called out into the pitch-black room. ‘Michael?’ There was some groaning and mumbling but eventually, a voice in the dark answered; ‘Yeah?’ ‘Why is it so cold?’ ‘It's an old house, Just wrap yourself up in the duvet’. ‘I have’. There was silence again. I figured he’d just fallen back to sleep, so laid back down and closed my eyes, attempting to just try and forget about it… which was easier said than done. It wasn’t until I felt the bed dip that my eyes shot open and I sat up. ‘What the hell are you doing?!’ I screamed, holding the covers up to my chest. I wasn’t naked, but I still felt uncomfortable with him being this close to me, in this situation. He was tople
Author's Note: There is so many Point of View changes in these first chapters because I want you (the reader) to have a good understanding of what each character is thinking and feeling. Plus, there are other things going on within the house that Ella and Peyton wouldn’t know about, hence why I’m giving you an insight into Michael, Damon and Luke’s thoughts/lives. As the story progresses, the book will swap to Ella’s Point of View only (Except for the odd snippet/chapter here and there) Enjoy!! *************************************** Chapter Fourteen Ella’s Point of View My hand was on the door handle, but I stopped. All those what-ifs running around in my head, if I did this, I’d be ruining any chance I had at Michael LETTING me go, which, in the long run was probably my best option… I looked over my shoulder at the man still fast asleep, before I let go of the door handle and tip-toed my way back to the bed, putting my shoes carefully on the floor and got back under the sh
Chapter Fifteen Peyton’s Point of View Walking back into Luke’s room, He closed and locked the door behind us. I just kept my head down and walked over to the bed, sitting down with my back to him. ‘Why the hell did you run? Even after last night, what we spoke about, you still don’t feel safe with me?’ He asked me. I could hear the …almost vulnerability in his voice, but I didn’t look at him, I couldn’t… *-*-*-*-* The Night Before *-*-*-*-* Arriving in Luke’s room, he closed the door and walked past me, fiddling with someone on the bookcase. I just stood awkward;y in the room, not really sure what to say or do. ‘What made you this way? What made you want to hurt people?’ He didn’t turn to look at me, he didn’t answer me either, ‘I just want to understand you more’. He dropped whatever he was holding, it made a loud clattering noise. ‘Please?’ Sighing, he turned to face me. He didn’t look impressed. ‘I don’t want to talk about it’. ‘Why?’ I pushed. ‘Because it's none o
TRIGGER WARNING! While there are no details, there is mention of Gang-rape and torture in this chapter. For updates, chapter previews and exciting book announcements, including updates on The Deviant CEO Book III, follow me on Instagram @amandastjames.vw ********************************Chapter Sixteen Ella’s Point of View A couple of hours had passed since Peyton and Luke left the room. We hadn’t gone further than the kiss, and as soon as reality came back to me, it stopped immediately. I had no idea what came over me… and then not long after that… the kissing resumed. It was strange, it was like… I knew it was wrong and I knew that it shouldn’t happen, that I needed to stop it when it was happening but then as soon as it did stop... I didn’t want it to. I was so confused. Currently, we were laid on the bed, he wasn’t on top of me, just leaning over me, and we were locked in an intense make-out session. I knew I should stop it, but honestly… I didn't want to. We were so preocc
Chapter Seventeen When I opened my eyes again, I looked up at Michael. Why wasn’t I dead? He pulled the trigger, I know he did. ‘Again’. I heard Damon demand, and there was another click, and another, and another, but... Nothing happened. Taking the gun away from my head, He looked in the chamber and then turned to his friends. ‘It's empty’. Damon let out a loud, evil laugh. ‘Of course, it's fucking empty.’ As soon as I heard the words, I burst into tears, crying, relieved, I was never in any danger, at least, not from being shot. Thank fucking god! Michael looked at Luke, and he checked his gun, also empty. It was all just a mind game. Why? To test them? To test if they would rally shoot us? Kill us? Damon walked around behind me and Peyton and grabbed us by the backs of our necks; ‘You both have 48 hours to play with and then kill these bitches. After that, me and Joey will do the job’. He pushed us forward, releasing us as we fell to the floor at Michaels's feet. With
Chapter Eighteen ‘Good Evening Sir. I’m Officer Ronald, and this is Officer Cal, We are investigating an incident that happened at a Local 7-Eleven a few nights ago’. A 7-eleven? What? ‘Can we come in and ask you a few questions?’ 'Sure, I’m Officer Jones, I work for the LAPA myself, How can I help?’ Wait, what?! I looked at Peyton, She seemed just as horrified and confused as I was. He was a fucking Police Officer?! Damon? The one who seemed to be actively pushing Michael and Luke to do all sorts of things to us, to murder us, who helped hurt both of us that first night, HE is a POLICE OFFICER?! The two uniformed officers came in and Damon shut the door. They looked over at us, sat on the sofa and the woman smiled. ‘I see you have company, we won’t be long’. She told him. ‘What is this about exactly?’ Damon asked, he seemed to be the one taking the lead with this whole charade. ‘Well, There was a robbery at the convenience store that you went to at approximately-’ She chec
Chapter Nineteen Love’s Point of View The very loud and very annoying buzz of my alarm clock woke me up. I slowly opened just one of my eyes to reach out and grab it, turning it off and then groaned in happiness as I rolled over and hooked my arm over, expecting to find my boyfriend, but he wasn’t there. I’d love to say this wasn’t a common occurrence, but unfortunately, it was. He was rarely here when I woke up. He would be there when I go to sleep, he would be there if I woke up in the night for the toilet or to get a glass of water, but by the time the sun comes up, he’d be gone. Admittedly, sometimes it was because he had work, but even on days I know he doesn’t, he’s never normally here in the morning. Knowing I wouldn’t get back to sleep now, no matter how hard I tried, I threw the covers off myself and walked over to the pile of clothes I had set out last night for today, and headed to the bathroom. I had a bath last night, but since my boyfriend spent the best part of t
Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen -- Final Chapter! ** Jenson’s First Birthday **Michael’s Point of View Maybe throwing a big family party and having family come in from out of town wasn’t the best idea, considering we hadn’t long moved into our house, but how many times do your children turn one? Today was a special day and while it would be ALOT of hard work, it would definitely be worth it. I was in the kitchen making breakfast while Ella was up in the shower. ‘Do you want some toast?’ I asked my very happy birthday boy. He looked up at me and beamed a smile, nodding before he continued playing with his toys on the floor. Another thing I loved about this house was the large open plan kitchen, it meant we could cook food while Jenson played in his toy room, which, technically was the dining room, but it worked so, meh! I quickly made him his food and went over to put it on his tray before going back to cooking the bacon for mine and Ella’s sandwiches. As I was finishing them
Warning: This chapter contains some detailed sexual content. Also, after this chapter, there is only one left but there is a bit of a time jump. Enjoy! ___________________________________________________Chapter One Hundred and Sixteen Dinner was absolutely lovely and now we were all just sitting around, chatting about anything and everything. Jenson was sleeping in Mike’s arms, and Kacey was in Luke’s. Me and Peyton were having a glass of mine. It was really nice to just sit and relax with them. ‘So, how hungover did you get in Vegas then?’ She asked. I couldn’t help but laugh, ‘Oh, THAT hung over, huh?’ I nodded. ‘You have absolutely NO idea’. We shared another laugh, which caused Kacey to sturr. ‘Why don’t you take the kids upstairs to bed?’ Peyton suggested. ‘Oh, I’m sorry, would you like us to head home, give you some time to chill out, just yourselves?’ I suggested it, but she shook her head. ‘No, No honestly, it's fine. We have the cot still set up for Jenson, so no har
Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen Ella's Point of ViewThe rest of the day crawled by but honestly, I was so annoyed now I just didn't care. Peyton had really gotten under my skin with her selfish comments. She just couldn’t be happy for me because I had something first... For once in our lives. Absolutely ridiculous. Mike poked his head around the door to look at me. I had decided to just come into the lounge and relax with a book. Jenson was on the floor in front of me, happily playing. ‘Hey, I'm gonna take Jenson to the park, do you want to come?’ I looked out the window, it was looking a little gloomy. ‘Is that a good idea? It looks like it's going to rain’. He just smiled and walked over to the baby, picking him up. ‘If it rains, we will come home, Come on, be fun’. I just shrugged. ‘I’m just not really feeling it, baby, Why don't you take him?’ He frowned but just shrugged, mumbling a ‘’fine’’ and walked out of the room. I sat there for a moment, suddenly feeling guilty. Sig
Chapter One Hundred and Fourteen Ella’s Point of View We were on the road home, our weekend away was over, but it was without a doubt the best time I've ever had, obviously not counting times I spent with Jenson. We were about 2 hours from home, but we were making good time. I looked down at my hands, playing with my wedding ring. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about sharing our news with the family. Mike noticed me messing with it and reached over to take my hand. ‘Don’t worry, I’m sure it will be fine, and like I said, we will just have a big party to celebrate’. I sighed and nodded. ‘I know, You’re right, you’re right’. I smiled, not wanting to sour the mood or the feeling of Love in the air between the two of us. ‘I can’t wait to get home and see Jenson’. I smiled again. I loved hearing Mike gush over our son, it was the cutest thing ever. ‘Me either!’. Mike focused back on the road while I started playing around with the stereo, and hooked it up to my phone to pla
Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen The trip was going great but it was going by so fast! Yesterday we explored and did some sightseeing, had an amazing lunch and dinner, went to the concert, stayed out late getting drunk and then stayed up most of the night making love in the hotel room. Today was a bit more chilled out. We slept in and cuddled, ordered room service and now... We were at the wedding chapel, waiting to get married! I was so nervous but so excited! Sure, I was a little sad that our family and friends weren’t with us but at the same time... I liked that. It was a lot more personal. A super special moment just between me and Mike, and we had already agreed that we were gonna throw a nice, big party once we got home and treat that as a sort of wedding reception. …I just hope Peyton and my parents aren’t mad at me for them not being included… It seemed to be an ongoing rotation. One couple went in, afew minutes later, they came out and another couple went in, and so on a
Note: This chapter contains detailed sexual content. ------------------------------------------------------ Chapter One Hundred and TwelveElla’s Point of View Walking down the strip after dinner, Mike had his arm wrapped over my shoulders, and mine was around his waist. It was night, so all the lights were on and it was beautiful. ‘I miss Jenson’. I blurted out, he squeezed my shoulder;‘Yeah, I do as well, but it's nice to have some alone time, isn’t it?’ I nodded, agreeing. Yeah, it really was. ‘So, do you want more kids in the future?’ His question caught me a little off guard, it was just so..out of the blue and random, but I couldn’t hide the smile that crept onto my face thinking about it. ‘Well, I mean… Do you?’ I stole a look up at him and he was smiling too. Well, that's a positive sign. ‘I do. I wanna have a million kids with you’. I couldn’t help but laugh, and he joined in, ‘Ok, maybe not a million, but maybe another one or two wouldn’t be so bad’. ‘Can you believe
Chapter One Hundred and Eleven*** A Few Months Later ***Ella’s Point of View‘Ok, are you super, super sure about this?’ I asked for what felt like the millionth time. I felt so guilty leaving Jenson at home while me and Mike went on a weekend trip away together, but I felt worse considering she was pregnant and they already had Kacey to look after, but she just rolled her eyes. ‘Mike, come and get my sister!’. She called over my head as he and Luke continued to pack the bags into the car. ‘Yes, they are super sure, stop worrying’. He called back, clearly already knowing what I was asking. Me and Pey shared a smile. Honestly, I was really looking forward to this weekend. We were only going a few hours away. There was a concert in Vegas that both me and Mike wanted to go to, and Peyton had offered to have Jenson so we could go. Plus.. we haven’t had any time to ourselves in a while and it would be nice to just.. Reconnect a little. Don’t get me wrong, things were perfect between u
Chapter One Hundred and TenElla’s Point of View The sounds of arguing woke me up from my deep sleep. I felt like I had been hit by a truck. Grabbing my phone, and squinting at the sudden bright light, I checked the time. It wasn’t even that late, I had only been asleep for about 2 hours, but it felt way, wayyy longer. I just laid there for afew moments, before I had to get up to go to the toilet. Typical, always when you’re the most comfortable… Once I was out of the bathroom, I headed downstairs, in search of the reason for the shouting. Noone really noticed me at first, and the argument seemed to be between Joey and Damon. Mike and Luke were sitting on the sofa with the kids, and Thomas was sitting on the arm chair, scrolling through his phone. The guys seemed to be arguing at a million words per minute so I had no idea what was actually going on; ‘Hey?..’ No one answered, ‘HEY!?’ I shouted louder, getting their attention. ‘What the hell is going on?!’ I swear sometimes it was
Chapter One Hundred and Nine Ella’s Point of View **A few Days later ** I laid down on the bed, feeling completely exhausted. I was able to come home from the hospital yesterday after only a day in. I just wanted to come back home and get settled and since the birth was relatively straight forward the Doctors had absolutely no issue with that, which was good. Peyton and Luke had been around a bit, but they knew when to go home and give us space. Same with Joey and Thomas, Damon however, had completely vanished. God knows what he was up to these days, he had been acting hella weird, but no one else seemed to have noticed… or they had and just weren’t mentioning it, and I didn’t feel it was my place to say anything. I closed my eyes, just feeling like I could sleep for a million years at this point, but I heard a chuckle and looked up, seeing Mike standing there holding the baby, smiling down at me. ‘See that, your mummy is so tired, shall we let her sleep? Shall we? Yeah, co