Eggust's POV “What do you mean she’s not in her class?” I hurled at Derek, one of my most experienced security guards, who was in charge of watching Juss. Without going to her office to confirm, I knew without a single doubt that Juss had not come to school today. When she was around, even the air was different. It smelt like Christmas and pure joy mixed together. But right now, the air smelt like despair and sadness. She still hadn't called me or reached out in anyway. But that had been acceptable because I could still see her at school, but now ........... Was she still so mad at me that she would skip work just to avoid me? She loved her job! It was all she ever talked about. Or maybe she was feeling ill due to my baby. The thought made me smile. I was going to have a baby with Juss Indigo! I had never imagined my life would turn out to be like this: having a child with the only woman I’ve ever loved. She was my soulmate. “Maybe my baby gave her severe mornin
Juss’s Pov After spending the last two days in a shitty hotel, I was glad to move into my new apartment, which was quite small. It wasn’t so different from the hotel I had been in, also might not be an ideal place to raise a child, but it was a little upgrade and would make do for now. I hadn't expected to get one so soon, before now, I hadn’t been to Manchester, I didn’t know what to expect. So when the agent called to say that there was a space available, I jumped at the offer. I tried my best to keep an open mind coming here, I just needed a fresh start. It didn't matter to me when he said it was small or not very upscale. I didn't mind. It was a place I could call home. It turned out that the previous owner had suddenly moved out due to an emergency so the place was available. My thoughts drifted to the apartment Eggust had gotten for me. The new owner would probably think he had struck gold because I suddenly moved out. That was if Eggust would agree to let someone e
Eggust’s Pov. It's been five days and I still had no lead on Juss' whereabouts. It was either my men were practically useless or Juss had gotten better with her hiding games. Either way, I was getting impatient, I needed her back here as soon as possible. She wasn’t safe out there by herself. Juss had no family besides my mum and I, she barely had friends too. I had a list of all her friends, it was just my mum and some woman in Mexico. Or did she go back to Mexico? That should have been on the top of their search list. I retrieved my phone from my pocket and dialed Mendez’s number. He’s a PI based in Mexico, I used his help earlier when I was searching for Juss. It didn’t take him long before he found her then. And soon enough, I had all the details on her. I paced nervously, phone gripped tightly in my hand as it rang. I had to find Juss, the only hope I had was Mendez, if she was in Mexico. He didn’t pick up after two rings, with shaky fingers, I dialed his numb
Juss’s Pov After my meal was delivered, I wasted no time in devouring it. There were no more growls from my stomach, which meant the baby had been satisfied. I didn’t know why, but the thought of it filled my heart with warmness. A wide grin suddenly formed on my face, this baby was growing on me and I couldn’t have it any other way. Having a child wasn’t a bad thing, yes I wasn’t prepared to have one, and I sure would have never wanted Eggust to be its father, but I had grown to love the baby. It was a part of me and something about that made it magical. I began to think, would the situation have been different if Marco was the father? Was I having second thoughts about having the baby solely because Eggust was responsible for it or was it because I was way older than him? Because now that we were here all by ourselves, it didn’t seem like a bad idea. I decided to let go of any thought that dwelled on the past, and to focus solely on the future. I took a quick show
Eggust’s Pov Between the day I got a call that Juss had a knife to her wrist and last night when Ezekiel told me that the new investigator had a lead on Juss, I didn't know which scared me more. I had a brief talk with Ezekiel that evening, he advised against going to meet her, as it might scare her off even more. But I didn’t care anymore, I just wanted to see her, to breathe the same air as her, to touch her even though it was just for a while. Why was no one seeing my side? I was only possessive in order to protect her. It didn’t mean she wasn’t free to do anything she wanted. Her safety as well as her happiness have always been my priority. I loved her for fuck sake, so much that I respected her decision and left when she asked me to. I gave her space even though it killed me to have her so close and yet so far away. I had always wanted Juss in my life even before I knew what love meant. When I found out she was pregnant with my child, I wanted her beside me even mo
Juss's Pov It was daylight when I woke up. The sun streamed down into my room in beautiful rays reflecting off my white vanity table. Wait, my white vanity table? I blinked and stared at it. As far I could remember, my vanity table was a dull faded blue with chips and signs of use along the edges. But this table looked.....brand new. Maybe I was imagining things. I felt so tired and worn out, like I had been unconscious for so long. I wondered how long I had slept for. The last thing I remembered was Eggust holding me when I felt like I was blacking out at the pharmacy. Speaking of Eggust, was he really here? It felt like I had woken up from a very long dream. I admired the sunlight for a while longer before my eyes skipped to the walls that were now painted a soft pink shade . Pink! What was going on? I sat up quickly and regretted it immediately. My head swam and tears rushed to my eyes as I battled the overwhelming urge to puke. I would probably have, if my stomach ha
Hera’s Pov “He didn’t recognize me,” Isla said from the corner of the room where she sat, folding her clothes. “Huh?” “Eggust, he definitely didn’t recognize me. I saw him going to Ms. Indigo’s office. I figured it was because she had been absent for two days. I followed him there, hoping he would recognize me and I would ask him why he abandoned us. But he didn’t even recognize me.” I immediately understood what lsla was talking about, she was a student of Juss, the bitch Eggust was obsessed with. After I sent her those threatening mails, I passed by her house to see if my threats had worked. Apparently, it didn’t for the first few times I sent them, she seemed to be unaffected. But after I threatened to expose her to the whole school, Isla told me she suddenly just stopped coming to class. We went to her apartment to check for ourselves, and her neighbor informed us she had left abruptly with her things. Now, all I had to do was wait for Eggust to come back to me,
Hera’s Pov After much persuasion, I was able to convince my boss to give me a few days off from work, which he grumpily agreed to. It was so freeing being away from the bar for a while. Accommodation would not be a problem since I already informed my grand aunt there that I'll be staying with her and she was happy to have me. I finally got to the train station after much deliberation. Isla had tried to talk me out of it, “I don’t think you should go after him, I’m certain if we continue to threaten Juss she will fold and leave him eventually. When that happens, he'll come back to us.” Those were her words. However, I knew better than to wait until something I want finds its way to my hands. I’d never been the one to sit idle in hope that things would fall in place, rather I work towards it. So against Isla’s judgment, I embarked on my journey to Manchester. It had been a long ride because of traffic, even though I had woken up early to beat it.
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