Marco’s Pov After waking up in the shabby hotel I moved into after getting kicked out of Juss' house, my mood was nothing close to good. It was not a great sight to wake up to, especially for someone like me who was used to better. I still couldn’t believe that Juss actually sold the house, leaving me stranded. If it was an act of revenge, why was she doing it after so many months? Why didn’t she sell it immediately when she left? “Juss Indigo, I will never forgive you for what you did.” Now I had to make do with this place that wasn’t even fit for prisoners. I could hear the rats squeaking in the corner, waiting to munch on my leftover food. The cheap wallpaper on the wall was peeling off to reveal ugly brown stains that matched the ones on the ceiling. The window had cracks in them. The bathroom was not as neat as I was used to and the hot water wasn’t working. The list of complaints was endless. All I wanted was to go back to the way life was before; living in
Hera’s Pov As I sat at the bar and waited for Marco, I made a resolve to buy his girlfriend something. I couldn't have done this without her. However she had managed to convince Marco to pair up with me, she deserved a reward for it. Imagine my level of surprise when Marco called to tell me he was coming to Manchester and asked which part I lived in. Marco was coming to Manchester! I sipped my whiskey and smiled to myself. Things were gradually working for me. I was finally able to tick the two most important tasks off my list. * I was able to get in contact with Marco. * I also successfully convinced him to work with me. Things were looking good. The second he walked into the bar, I knew it was him. Juss apparently didn't have such a bad taste in men. He was tall and dark haired with strong features but there was a mean streak in his chin that only people like me recognized. I raised my hand and waved. Marco gave a nod and started in my direction. When he got
Juss’s Pov I woke as usual to the sense of warmth and comfort. I was getting used to waking up with Eggust's arms wrapped securely around me. After that day Marlani called, Eggust assured me that he was willing to fight for me no matter what happened, and he doesn’t care what any thinks of us. I made a mental note to give him a chance, I had been alone for the most part of my life, and spent the other part dealing with unrequited love. I didn’t want to throw away something genuine Eggust was willing to offer on a platter of gold, because of fear and shame. Although, I felt guilty for leaving Marlani like that. She had been there for me, even when no one else was. During the call with Eggust, hearing her break down in tears pierced the deepest part of my heart. I felt helpless, I was the worst friend on earth, for repaying Marlani’s kindness with something she didn’t deserve. I hoped for the opportunity to make it up to her one day. Eggust assured me that she would u
Eggust’s Pov Why was it so hard to understand women? Just when I thought everything was actually going well between us, she suddenly began ignoring me again. When I questioned her about it, she said I was overreacting and those times it seemed like she was ignoring me were times she was very tired. The memory of my dinner with Juss the previous evening had me turning and tossing all night. I had taken her to dinner at a five-star restaurant, La Casa Cielo and she had joked about the name for most of the evening. Then suddenly, she wanted to go home and nothing I said could convince her otherwise. I had gone over every word I'd said, every action, but I couldn't find anything that could have upset her. Nothing. Looking at my bedside clock, I discovered it was almost 6am already. There was no way I would be able to fall asleep again so I got up and went through my morning routine. It felt odd waking up at a hotel when I was supposed t
Juss's POV There was an overwhelming silence in the car on the ride home. Eggust, of course, was mad at me for leaving. Again. The truth is my actions wasn’t even planned, I was so fed up with being blackmailed by someone who didn’t even have the slightest clue about what I was going through. Leaving was my only resort, I had no idea where I was going to, I just needed to leave. I honestly didn’t want to leave Eggust behind, but I had no choice, he was indirectly responsible for my problems. I assumed that whoever was threatening me, must be very obsessed with Eggust. Cause the extent at which they were willing to go to keep me out of his life was alarming. I was certain it was a woman, but I knew nothing about the women Eggust had been with, to be able to generate a list of suspects. A part of me thought it could be his current girlfriend, whom he was probably hiding from me and the rest of the world. Maybe she found out about the baby and blamed me because he
Eggust’s Pov "The company is not going downhill. I am in full control and nothing is taking my attention." I snapped at Ezekiel. It wasn't really his fault as he was just relaying my father's message but I couldn't help it. My father was in Manchester trying his best to drive me crazy. I raked a hand through my hair, struggling to control my anger and frustration. Of all the places on this earth, what was he doing here at the same time I was here? Someone must have given him some kind of information because... “If he thinks I’m not handling things well, then he could take over the company, I don’t care anymore. I just want to be with Juss and our child.” “Boss, you do know your father wants the best for you, you’re his only child, parents worry like that. If you had just talked to him on the phone, he wouldn’t have come to Manchester.” Ezekiel intoned. “You know how father gets, once you entertain his stalking, he just doesn’t stop.” “I know, Sir. You just need
Juss’s POV I kicked the door to the dressing room shut the second Eggust left. How dare he? Ezekiel arrived some minutes later, just as Eggust said he would. Did he really make plans for everything? “Miss Indigo, I am here to attend to your—“ “I want to go home, Ezekiel.” “I thought you were supposed to be shopping until the boss comes back?” I rolled my eyes at him, as our gaze met. “I want to go home, your boss can save his orders for his employees.” “Very well, ma’am. I’ll take you home, if that’s what you want.” I sat in silence as Ezekiel drove me home. I caught him glancing at me occasionally, through the rear view mirror. “Ezekiel, if you have something to say, just say it. I really do not appreciate people staring at me, you know?” “I’m sorry ma’am. I just want to urge you not to worry, the boss has taken care of everything. He wants you to be happy and he’s doing everything to ensure that you are.” I gave him a brief nod before staring out the
Juss’ Pov "Think you can run?" Marco whispered in my ear, making my skin crawl. “Marco, I don’t have the time for your shenanigans. Can you leave now?” “You think I will leave you just like that, when I know you’re carrying my own child?” He scoffed. “Marco, can you just leave?” I tried to pull away, but he pulled me even closer. “How did you even get past security? Who gave you my address? What more do you want from me?” I heard the door open and shut and I didn't have to look to know it was Eggust. Fate had a thing against me. I knew what Eggust would assume he'd seen when he walked in though it wasn't close to the truth, but I was in a load of trouble. Suppressing the urge to roll my eyes at the cliché situation, I pushed Marco away from me. Eggust didn't even acknowledge Marco. He trained his eyes on me, practically breathing fire. "I'm not the father of your child?" he demanded in a misleadingly calm voice. Oh boy! So he had heard that part too. I cou
JussOne week came to an end in the blink of an eye and it was time to go back home.“Babe, can we not go home?” Eggust groaned.“No way babe. The plan was to spend three days but here we are eight days later.”“Does it matter?” He whined.Eggust has always been a big baby and he wasn’t planning to grow up any time soon.“It does! Now stop being a baby and get up.”“But I’m a baby, or isn’t that what you call me.”I raised my hands in surrender triggering laughter for the both of us. “You win. So dear baby, get up, mummy wants to bathe you.”“Mummy should carry me to the bathroom.” He murmured.“Really?” I bent down to carry him immediately and fell back on his body and we got into another fit of laughter.He ended up carrying me to the bathroom.While we were bathing together everyone was washing their bodies so I had nothing in mind when I applied face wash with my eyes closed, but Eggust had other plans.He started massaging my soapy breast. It was soft and slippery, making me moan
Eggust's POVThree years laterThe excitement woke me up. It was our wedding anniversary and I was going to have Juss all to myself all-day for the first time in such a long time.I couldn't wait. I opened my eyes with a smile when I felt little feet pushing again my rib.Yep, one of the kids had snuck into bed with us again. It had become a habit in the past one year but my mom assured me that they would soon outgrow it really.I certainly hope so because this sharing business was not funny at all.Ten minutes later, at exactly 7:00 a.m. the doorbell rang and I rushed downstairs to get the package from the delivery guy.I had ordered a breakfast package to serve her in bed because I knew I wouldn't get through with cooking before she woke up. These days the kids ruled the house and whenever they woke up, everybody else had to wake up too.Juss had been craving Chinese for a while now and so I decided to surprise her with it. I put it on a tray and waltzed into the room singing a son
Marlani's POVIt was such a monotonous routine. Everyday, I woke up with a pain in my back due to the uncomfortable couch in the hospital room. I did my morning oblations in the bathroom then came to sit by his bedside till about noon when the second maid would come with lunch, then I'd go home, change and come back.The doctors tried their best to assure me he would be fine, but when your loved one was in a coma, it was difficult to have good thoughts. Grandfather’s dream replayed on my mind over and over again. I almost found myself begging him to let Sylvester go. It wasn’t his time yet. I was on the verge of giving up. The only thing that had kept me sane was talking, and talking I did.I went on to tell him about everything!Things that were happening in the world and in my life, hoping he would wake up and ask any questions but he never did.There was nothing I did not do.I cried.I prayed.I got angry at him.I begged.I appealed to him but nothing seemed to work.He just d
Marlani's POV"We need to leave now ma'am." My housekeeper said to me very early this morning.I couldn't understand how the day was so bright when I felt so gloomy.Today, we were holding a funeral for my father in law! His death still felt surreal, he was such a pillar and leader. Yes, he was gruff and grumpy and even mean occasionally, but generally, he had been a wonderful person.Nature had to show respect and join in the mourning!!!I smiled sadly to myself as I realized the impossible and crazy thoughts I was having."What has come over you Marlani?"I guessed it was panic. A really big one.Grandfather had been the only one who had kept the family together and now that he was gone, I didn't know what would happen to us.No one was capable of or willing to fill his shoes. Sylvester had changed, but I had doubts he could fill in grandfather’s shoes. Eggust was still mad at everyone for what we did to Juss, though he tolerated us because of her, he still held grudges. I didn’t th
Juss’ Pov Today was the final court hearing for Hera’s case, I was already getting frustrated with the way the case was going. They had all the evidence, why did they still need to have multiple hearings, just to prove that Hera was really guilty?Her cohorts had already confessed to their crimes, it took a little push from Ezekiel to get them to all turn against Hera. They were released and asked to pay a fine because they were her accomplices. But her charges were more, as the mastermind.It was funny how a harmless looking person like Hera, was responsible for my dilemma. She didn’t even look like someone who would go as far as opening an anonymous account just to ruin my life. Yet, I felt pity for her. She was just a woman who fell in love with the wrong person. Her obsession with Eggust had driven her to do all of those things. I was this close to begging Eggust to drop the charges, but I held back when I realized I wasn’t the only one she put through trauma. Eggust suffered
Juss’ PovAs I slowly opened my eyes, the haze of sleep began to clear, and I was met with the sound of faint chatter. My motherly instincts immediately kicked in, and I scanned the room for my babies. My mind relaxed as I spotted them safely in the arms of Eggust and Marlani. She had been a different person since I gave birth. Two days ago, she even offered me a heartfelt apology. Of course I forgave her, but that didn’t stop the awkwardness between us from lingering. I was grateful she cared about Oscar and Elaine though. It still felt like yesterday, even though it had been a whole week since I had my babies. I was to be discharged today and Sylvester had made arrangements for us to stay in grandfather’s house, as per his request.Grandfather was the first person to notice I had woken up. "Ah, Juss, you're awake," he said, drawing others attention to me. His voice was weak but filled with love.I tried to sit up, but my vision started to blur, a wave of dizziness washed over me,
Marlani…I found myself in my car, a couple of hours after Sylvester left, driving towards Eggust’s house. I couldn’t bear the feeling of guilt that gnawed at me. His house was a few miles away from here, so it took me some time to get there. When I got to the front door, I heard some noises coming from the living room. I recognized the voices as Sylvester’s Juss’ and Eggust’s.Sylvester was here? what was he doing here?There was a bit of scuffle, Sylvester and Juss were not exactly in an argument, Eggust would definitely not allow it. But they went back and forth. Sylvester accused Juss of hating him and being the reason why I never gave him a chance to redeem himself. While Juss insisted she was only trying to protect me. She knew what he did to me, and didn’t want me to go through something like that again. Eggust only interrupted when Sylvester’s voice got louder. He repeated the same words “careful dad, I will not let you insult my fiancée in our house.”“Our house?”They wer
Sylvester’s Pov I got into my car, turned on the engine and drove to god-knows-where. I had nowhere in particular I thought of going to, I just knew I wanted to be as far away as possible. Not because I was mad at Marlani for what she said, ‘cause truthfully I deserved it.Instead, I was mad at myself, for thinking I could offer an apology, show her how much I’ve changed and the effort I’m putting in to make sure our relationship is better, then she would accept me again, and helplessly fall in love with me. That didn’t only make me a jerk, but completely delusional as well. But did she have to do it immediately though? After our moment of wild sex. Couldn’t she have just waited until tomorrow or the day after then?My grip on the steering was firmer. A car tried to overtake me, but I was too focus on my anger to notice that. Due to his frustration, the driver honked at me, cursing as he was finally able to.I yelled back in frustration, flipping the driver my middle finger. My knuc
Marlani After the meeting with Eggust’s grandfather, Sylvester drove me back to his penthouse. We hadn’t really talked about the day, which I was thankful for, it was a sour topic and the last thing I wanted was to be vulnerable around Sylvester. Things were much better now that we were living together, than they were in the last twelve years. Sylvester worked from home and barely left the house, unless he wanted to buy groceries, which was weird, because he never went to the grocery store himself. At first, I thought it was because of a lady, perhaps a new fling he was hooked on. But after his constant requests for me to join him, I realized he was doing it all to please me. Sylvester Flemming, doing everything in his power to be called a better husband? Who would have thought? Certainly not me. I just finished making breakfast and was setting the table, when I heard footsteps approaching, I turned around to see Sylvester sauntering down the stairs. He flashed me a warm smile as