Juss….As I stepped into the study with Eggust, Sylvester, and Marlani. My heart raced like a wild animal who was being attacked by a predator. My head was spinning due to how tired I was, my palms were sweaty and I felt bile rising to my throat. Eggust gave me a reassuring look, but it wasn’t enough to change the way I felt. As Grandfather looked up at us, his stern expression at first made me nervous.Noticing my discomfort again, Eggust held my hand tight, giving me a gentle squeeze. “You’ll be fine.” He whispered. I felt a bit better with him by my side.There was a brief staring contest between Eggust, his father and grandfather. Three generation of the Flemming men going into a silent war because of me. The contest resulted in Sylvester asking the question that lingered on everyone’s mind. His question was ignored by grandfather, who instead beckoned on me. "Come, Juss." He gestured. My feet felt heavy, but Eggust encouraged me to move. I walked slowly to Grandfather's side,
Juss..The room fell completely silent, that the sound of a pin dropping would have literally echoed throughout the entire hallway. Ezekiel and I exchanged quick glances, no words were said, but we communicated through our eyes. His eyes then flickered to Eggust for a brief moment. Something about the way they stared at each other, made me feel certain they knew about grandfather’s dilemma. I mean, Eggust was a total control freak, so he definitely kept tabs on his grandfather periodically. He thinks it’s his way of protecting his family, but that’s just a way to trivialize how much of a control freak he is.Eggust wouldn’t send some random men to tail his grandfather, and that’s where Ezekiel comes in. They had definitely processed the news before the rest of us got a chance to- something about it made me feel unease.Why didn’t he tell me? Or at least give me a hint?The air became thick with shock and tension, as a result of grandfather’s revelation. I felt like my insides were
Eggust….The car made a whistle-like noise as I turned on the engine. Juss seemed to be lost in a world of hers, the only time we talked was when she asked when and who brought the car to grandpa’s place and I told her one of his drivers.After then, she went awfully quiet almost all through the drive, her eyes were glued to the window. She never spared a single glance at me, unless we hit a speed bump or we stopped by a traffic light. It was almost like I didn’t exist in her world at the moment.“What would you like for dinner?” I placed one hand on her thighs, in a bid to get her attention, while the other one steered. She jerked up in shock, and relaxed only when her eyes found mine. “What… what did you say?” Her words were slurred, like her brain was just rebooting or something. “I asked what you wanted for dinner,” I clarified. “Or they,” I moved my hand from her thighs to her bump, giving it a gentle rub. Her hands found mine, both hands placed on top of mine, for a moment I
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
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…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
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,
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