Marlani’s Pov It felt surreal but at the same time, my entire instincts screamed at me that something was wrong. Everything was a blur, I was out in the dark, the night breeze blew in my face. It was a cold night, I could hear the frogs croaking in the distance, the owls hooting, as all the creatures of the night had come together. I stood still on a spot, my legs refusing to move nor did any part of my body as I stared straight ahead. I spotted Eggust walking in front of me now and I tried to open my mouth so I could scream to help me but it didn't work. My mouth was sealed shut, my breath rasped. I began to panic because I didn't know what was happening except that deep down, I wanted my son in my arms. I knew that there was no place safer for him but the moment I tried to scream out for his name again, I watched him take another step and fell into a hole that suddenly appeared right in front of him. “No!” I screamed. “Eggust, Eggust, please stop.” I was confused,
Eggust’s Pov I knew that I didn't need to be in this place, especially now as I felt the eyes of the women in the class piercing through my neck. College had never been my thing, and furthering to get a masters degree wasn’t what I wanted either. I was a thousand times smarter than most of my lecturers. I knew things they didn’t, and that made most of their lectures boring to me. The only reason I stuck around was because I knew it made mum happy. Also, now that Juss was back, I didn’t mind coming to classes everyday. I enjoyed listening to her, even though it was hard to focus on whatever she was saying, when the thoughts of having her tied to my bed, while I rammed into her, lingered. I was a mess. The kind of mess I wanted to be, cause Juss was the center of it. “Fuck!” I cursed, as the mere thought of her got me hard and ready to go. As for the girls in my class, I hated the way they stared at me like zombies looking for brains to suck. Probabl
Eggust’s Pov “Eggust, will you stop saying that? I don’t belong to you or anyone else.” Her words fell into deaf ears and I wanted to make her realize that. “As a matter of fact, you do, Juss, you belong to no one else but me.” I watched as she walked around, the obvious anger wafting from her small frame almost comical except I knew too well that there was nothing funny about this situation. I had been by her side through all of her moods and I knew which ones were to be avoided. And I knew that this was one of them. “You had no reason to do what you did. You don’t get to fight my battles for me, I can fight them myself.” "They were saying horrible things about you." I said but she raised her hands to silence me and I obeyed. It was funny how I held so much power that could force her into submitting to me but I wished to go by her own way. It was taking a lot of my time but I was willing to be patient. I needed her to accept the truth I had been telling her fo
Juss’s Pov For the first few days after that incident, that happened in school, Eggust didn't come to class, and neither did Maxwell, the boy I was very sure he had threatened. I wanted to ask his friend what had happened to him but couldn't bring myself to do it for some reason. From the beginning, I was completely embarrassed and... angry at how he behaved. I knew that Eggust was so much more than that because Marlani had told me how calm he had grown over the years but the version of him I was seeing was the same child that I had raised. And it wasn't making matters any better. There were days I dreamt of him and woke up with a sick feeling in my stomach because I knew I shouldn't, especially when he was still so... Young. He even acted young. I could remember the look he gave me when David had entered my office, holding my favorite Flower. He looked hurt, betrayed even. He was jealous, something I hoped I would never have to come to terms with. If I hadn’t as
Juss’s Pov I could feel the way my hands trembled as I touched my makeup over my face, how I felt like I would explode from how nervous I felt. What I was about to do. I tried to tell myself that it was necessary and I had no choice but it was becoming increasingly hard to believe. I had texted Eggust to meet me here, I booked the room because it was discreet, and we wouldn’t have to see each other after this. I had been thinking a lot about Eggust, what to do to stop this obsession of his. And the only thing that came to mind was to let him have his way with me, one more time, maybe that would make him satisfied and he’d finally leave me be. I heard the door behind me open and I turned towards it and watched him enter the hotel room. Eggust Flemming always managed to look like a Greek god even though it was obvious that he didn't put as much attention into his appearances as I did. His eyes fell on me as he closed the door, a confused expression coming to his face
Juss’s Pov Since I had no reply to his last words, he drove me back home to Marlani's place. As soon as he was packed in the garage, I tried to get out of the car but froze when I tried the latch and realized it was locked. For the first few seconds, I stared at the door, unable to process any words before I turned to him. "Eggust. Open this door right now." "Do I scare you that much, Professor?" He was not looking at me as he asked this, keeping his hands on the steering wheel with his eyes staring straight ahead. Even in the darkness, the handsomeness of his face was so painfully obvious that it hurt being this close to someone like him. "You refuse to spend any time with me—" "I had lunch with you." "You planned to ambush me." He said this so calmly that it made something in me jolt. Even though he had not yet snapped, a part of me knew that there was no need to lie to him. Just because he acted like a lovesick puppy didn't mean that he couldn't formulate thoughts of
Juss’s Pov Ever since I was a little girl, I had never been the type to be confrontational. When I found myself in a situation that didn't seem pleasant, I would run to some place and hide, forcing myself to ignore it while inwardly, I punished myself by putting all the blame on me. That was how it was with Marco, when the cheating rumors first started flying around, I had my doubts about his faithfulness, but I decided to ignore it, afraid of what I would find out if I dug deeper. And that delusion, that delusion was the genesis of my nemesis. I hid from the truth, the truth that was glaring, Marco took it as an advantage to manipulate me even more. He made it seem like I was crazy, like there was something wrong with me. He would often call me insecure and I would beg him at the end of each confrontation. Apologize to him for a fault that was his. I have always lived a life of denial. It was a bad habit that I had acquired throughout the years and though my parents h
Juss’ POV I was sitting in the passenger seat of his car with him beside me as one of his men drove. Not that it made sense how he held all this power at his age even though... Even though I knew who his Father was. We were inches apart and yet, it felt like he was right next to me, his eyes watching everything that I do and he was not even trying to hide it. Eggust's eyes refused to leave my body ever since we left the airport and I was beginning to feel increasingly self-conscious. I tried to ignore it at first. Aside from the fact that his moods were flippant and unreadable, I wasn't sure of the exact words to say to him because of how I felt. Like a caged animal with nowhere to go but I couldn't seem to stand his stares anymore as I snapped my head towards him and said with a whispered hiss, "Could you stop watching me like a hawk?" He didn't even try to pretend that he was surprised or awed by sudden anger as he answered without even blinking at me. "How can I be sure