“Hold the fuck on, what is this?!” Mia exclaimed as they got out of the car and then walked to the gallery.“It is for my… painting,” she answered unsurely.Should she not have brought the woman here?Should she have informed Lorenzo first?“You paint?”Leilani shrugged her shoulders off as she entered fully, ushering the woman in.“Yes, and I have started taking classes to hone my skills more.”“So, this space is yours too?”“Lorenzo presented it to me.”Mia watched Leilani for a while, and then moved away, her eyes scrutinizing every bit of detail in the room, from the canvas to the brushes.“What is wrong?”“My brother is about to go berserk.”“Who? Lorenzo?”“No, Shane!”“I don’t… understand.”“I am not really certain as I wasn’t interested in the gist back then but after Enzo’s accident, Shane asked that Lorenzo give him the warehouse that was near his house.”“This one?”“Yes. I made my findings and it was this one.”For someone who was not really interested in the gist, she kn
Leilani dropped the brush, raised her brows and then sat upright before she turned her head to look around.She had been feeling, for a while, that someone was watching her, and she had even gone outside to check.It was almost eight in the night, and she had spent more time than planned.“Who is there?” She asked softly, still looking around.When she didn’t hear any response, she resumed her work, humming softly.Maybe it was all in her head that someone was watching her.Her guard was right out there, so there was no way anyone was there.Lorenzo was really thoughtful while he set up this place for her.Although it was dark, she wouldn’t know as the room was so bright that she could see the details of what she was doing and each stroke that her brush made.That was one of the reasons she first lost track of time. When she first checked the time, it was just Seven pm and she had planned to rush what she was doing so that she could get going.Now, it was almost eight and she was rea
It had been over week since Leilani had started to attend the classes, and she needed not to be told that she was improving.After she had uploaded her first painting on the internet the previous week, people had told her how beautiful it was even if she didn’t believe that herself.Some even went far by correcting her and telling her on where to add more strokes and where to not.She appreciated it all, and deep down, was grateful that she had shown the people.Rushing down the stairs, she breathed heavily and then said, “I’m coming!”“Don’t rush. I’m not leaving yet,” he said gently.She got to where he sat and then panted. Lorenzo had stated earlier that he was going out and she had asked that he drop her.“I am ready now,” she said and adjusted her bag.Over the week, her mode of dressing had changed and he could only smile gently each time he looked at her.Today, she was wearing wine-colored palazzo pants and then a white T-shirt.“Let’s go?”She nodded her head and picked up th
“Really? You are around?“ Leilani smiled widely as she looked around the premises.It was time to leave already, and she was just about to call her driver as she had not heard anything from Lorenzo yet.“I’m almost there. You’re going to see the car now,” he said, and she nodded her head, giggling softly.She rushed ahead to her friends, Caleb and Anna who were walking ahead of her and then the woman asked, “Your driver is not here yet?”“He is not coming. Someone else is coming to pick me up though.”“Who? Your friend?” Caleb asked.“No,” she shook her head and then glanced at Anna.“My husband,” she added.Caleb swallowed hard and tilted his head to the side gently.“Your… husband?”Anna laughed gently and then cleared her throat. “I’ll get going. My driver is here.”“See you tomorrow!” Leilani waved her hand at the woman who scurried away.“You didn’t know I was married?” She turned back to ask Caleb.He had his doubts.There was no way she was married yet, he had thought.The woma
All through the journey back home, Leilani wouldn’t stop laughing and all Lorenzo did was look out of the window, in silence.He had thought that he loved to see the woman smile, or laugh, but at this moment, it was literally annoying.She kept picking on him and wouldn’t stop laughing just by saying nothing.“I have heard you. You’re not going to another institution. Fine, can you let me breathe?”When he had said that, the woman had only laughed harder, telling him that he had transitioned from being jealous to being pained and he could only watch again.God, this side of the woman was really not pleasing.It was not cute at all.She was bringing out the sides he didn’t know existed in him and she was still laughing at them.First, why on earth would she let another man touch her?She was married, had she forgotten.“I remember how Ariana or whatever her name was had touched your chest. I didn’t even say anything.”“It was not my chest, Lani. She touched my shoulder.”“And that man
“Who did you say was here?”Lorenzo asked, stopping halfway as he walked to the closet in his room.“Your stepmother, Agnes,” she said again, waiting patiently for the man’s reaction.Lorenzo turned around gently, his hands leaving the button of his shirt and his brows furrowed together.“Why? What did she do to you?” He covered the space between them and grabbed her arm gently.“Nothing, come on,” she said and snatched her arm from his grip gently.“Tell me the truth, Lani,” he said again and then picked up her arm.“She didn’t hurt me. She didn’t do anything. She was just here.”“She must have been here for a reason, Leilani.” He breathed out lazily.“I have warned the securities to never let her in. God, I am going to—”“Chill, big guy. I said she could enter when I was asked. I didn’t know there was such an order, I am sorry.”“You don’t have to be. Did she touch you?”“Yes.”He growled in an instant and she laughed, “Your stepmother hugged me!”“Stop calling her that, and wait, w
“Mrs. Lorenzo Byers!”Anna exclaimed, sneaking up to her from behind.“Don’t do that, please,”Leilani rolled her eyes.“Don’t do what?” She chuckled, settling beside her.“Don’t call me that. My name is Leilani.”“Are you denying that name too? I thought you were married.”“Of course, I am not denying it. But, would it not be better if you called my name?”“No. I will not stop calling you Mrs. Byers.”“Why? At this point, everyone will know my marital status.”“Are you hiding it?”“Of course, no.”“Ooooh, you bad girl. You wanna flirt for a while before you run back to your husband’s arm?” She asked, tickling her which caused the woman to laugh out loud.“Jesus, no! Stop it, Anna!” She laughed uncontrollably.“Tell me the truth. I can keep a secret. I’m not gonna tell him. You want me to link you up with a man?”“Don’t be naughty, I have a husband,” she rolled her eyes and Anna laughed.“Do you, really, baby girl?” She asked, patting her butt like she was patting a baby.“Can you sto
“He said he is going to take a while before he arrives and that I can go ahead to have dinner without him,” she informed Martha as she entered the dining room.“Oh, really? Do you want me to dish your food then?”“No, no. I’m not very hungry at the moment,” she answered.Wondering where the man could have gone to that he had not returned home even though it was past 8, she breathed out and then unlocked her phone.Her sister-in-law, Mia’s message came in at the moment, and she smiled before she opened the message.“Do you have any tips on how to kidnap and rape a man?”“What?!” Leilani burst into laughter as the message read and then stood up.She placed a call to the woman immediately, laughing.“I knew you were going to call!” Mia grunted and she could imagine the lady rolling her eyes rather dramatically.“Why are you asking me for such tips?”“Because I need to kidnap Jason, and sleep with him forcefully.”“God, are you still on his matter?”“Of course! He has threatened to file a
She stirred in her sleep, groaning and whining like she was in massive pain.Her hands found their way to her head and she pulled the bun of her hair gently before she scratched her head.Leilani hissed as the ray of sunlight that had crept into the room through the curtain settled on her face as if she had asked for it.“Fuck,” she groaned again and then pulled the bun of her hair as the throbbing headache hit her again.“Fuck, what’s going on with me?” She cleared her throat, and without opening her eyes, she sat upright, and then stretched lazily, yawing at the same time.Finally, she stood up from the bed and prepared to move to the window to close it shut, she became conscious of what she was wearing and then bent down instantly like there were some pairs of eyes in the room, looking at her.“What is this?!” She whispered energetically and then looked around again.This was definitely not her shirt.She thought as she stood up.Not only was it overly high for her, but her hands w
Arriving in the room and dropping her on the bed, the woman curled around swiftly and then wrapped her legs around his waist.“What are you doing?”“Anything to see your face better, Hubby.”He relaxed a little, leaned closer to her, and then shook his head.“Do you know what I cannot wait for?”“What?” She drawled.“The walk of shame and the look of shame that you will have on you for the rest of the week.”“Me?” She moaned while she stared at him through thin eyes, smiling.“Of course, and I am here for it all.”“Are you here for me too?”“Of course, Lani,” he said softly and then moved the strands of hair that fell on her face.“You are so handsome…” she yawned at his face and he shook his head.“You reek of alcohol, Jesus.”“Do you want to kiss me?”He raised his brows at her question and then shook his head.“You are being wild. Is it the alcohol or have you always had it in you?”“Hubby, trust me, I am wilder than you know,” she wriggled underneath him gently and then struggled
Lorenzo got back from his outing and wheeled into the living room, he looked around and then asked Martha who walked towards him.“Has she gone to sleep?”“Your wife? She has been out there for the past hour.”“Out where?”“It’s on the premises, calm down. She is with Ella and John.”“Leilani?”“Yes. I went to confirm, and they are together.”“And it’s been an hour?” He asked again.“Yes.”“Martha, are they drinking?” He asked and then the woman chuckled, raising her brows.“You bet.”“God,” he shook his head and then wheeled back outside, the woman trailing closely behind him.——“Is that… her?”He stuttered as he continued wheeling while he stared at the woman who was… dancing.Leilani was dancing.He did not even need to reach there fully before he knew that she was drunk.And not a little. Madly.“Really?” He groaned as he got to where the couple sat, clapping for his wife.“Boss,” they chorused and then stood up.“You gave her alcohol?” He frowned.He was not offended, they could
“He said he is going to take a while before he arrives and that I can go ahead to have dinner without him,” she informed Martha as she entered the dining room.“Oh, really? Do you want me to dish your food then?”“No, no. I’m not very hungry at the moment,” she answered.Wondering where the man could have gone to that he had not returned home even though it was past 8, she breathed out and then unlocked her phone.Her sister-in-law, Mia’s message came in at the moment, and she smiled before she opened the message.“Do you have any tips on how to kidnap and rape a man?”“What?!” Leilani burst into laughter as the message read and then stood up.She placed a call to the woman immediately, laughing.“I knew you were going to call!” Mia grunted and she could imagine the lady rolling her eyes rather dramatically.“Why are you asking me for such tips?”“Because I need to kidnap Jason, and sleep with him forcefully.”“God, are you still on his matter?”“Of course! He has threatened to file a
“Mrs. Lorenzo Byers!”Anna exclaimed, sneaking up to her from behind.“Don’t do that, please,”Leilani rolled her eyes.“Don’t do what?” She chuckled, settling beside her.“Don’t call me that. My name is Leilani.”“Are you denying that name too? I thought you were married.”“Of course, I am not denying it. But, would it not be better if you called my name?”“No. I will not stop calling you Mrs. Byers.”“Why? At this point, everyone will know my marital status.”“Are you hiding it?”“Of course, no.”“Ooooh, you bad girl. You wanna flirt for a while before you run back to your husband’s arm?” She asked, tickling her which caused the woman to laugh out loud.“Jesus, no! Stop it, Anna!” She laughed uncontrollably.“Tell me the truth. I can keep a secret. I’m not gonna tell him. You want me to link you up with a man?”“Don’t be naughty, I have a husband,” she rolled her eyes and Anna laughed.“Do you, really, baby girl?” She asked, patting her butt like she was patting a baby.“Can you sto
“Who did you say was here?”Lorenzo asked, stopping halfway as he walked to the closet in his room.“Your stepmother, Agnes,” she said again, waiting patiently for the man’s reaction.Lorenzo turned around gently, his hands leaving the button of his shirt and his brows furrowed together.“Why? What did she do to you?” He covered the space between them and grabbed her arm gently.“Nothing, come on,” she said and snatched her arm from his grip gently.“Tell me the truth, Lani,” he said again and then picked up her arm.“She didn’t hurt me. She didn’t do anything. She was just here.”“She must have been here for a reason, Leilani.” He breathed out lazily.“I have warned the securities to never let her in. God, I am going to—”“Chill, big guy. I said she could enter when I was asked. I didn’t know there was such an order, I am sorry.”“You don’t have to be. Did she touch you?”“Yes.”He growled in an instant and she laughed, “Your stepmother hugged me!”“Stop calling her that, and wait, w
All through the journey back home, Leilani wouldn’t stop laughing and all Lorenzo did was look out of the window, in silence.He had thought that he loved to see the woman smile, or laugh, but at this moment, it was literally annoying.She kept picking on him and wouldn’t stop laughing just by saying nothing.“I have heard you. You’re not going to another institution. Fine, can you let me breathe?”When he had said that, the woman had only laughed harder, telling him that he had transitioned from being jealous to being pained and he could only watch again.God, this side of the woman was really not pleasing.It was not cute at all.She was bringing out the sides he didn’t know existed in him and she was still laughing at them.First, why on earth would she let another man touch her?She was married, had she forgotten.“I remember how Ariana or whatever her name was had touched your chest. I didn’t even say anything.”“It was not my chest, Lani. She touched my shoulder.”“And that man
“Really? You are around?“ Leilani smiled widely as she looked around the premises.It was time to leave already, and she was just about to call her driver as she had not heard anything from Lorenzo yet.“I’m almost there. You’re going to see the car now,” he said, and she nodded her head, giggling softly.She rushed ahead to her friends, Caleb and Anna who were walking ahead of her and then the woman asked, “Your driver is not here yet?”“He is not coming. Someone else is coming to pick me up though.”“Who? Your friend?” Caleb asked.“No,” she shook her head and then glanced at Anna.“My husband,” she added.Caleb swallowed hard and tilted his head to the side gently.“Your… husband?”Anna laughed gently and then cleared her throat. “I’ll get going. My driver is here.”“See you tomorrow!” Leilani waved her hand at the woman who scurried away.“You didn’t know I was married?” She turned back to ask Caleb.He had his doubts.There was no way she was married yet, he had thought.The woma
It had been over week since Leilani had started to attend the classes, and she needed not to be told that she was improving.After she had uploaded her first painting on the internet the previous week, people had told her how beautiful it was even if she didn’t believe that herself.Some even went far by correcting her and telling her on where to add more strokes and where to not.She appreciated it all, and deep down, was grateful that she had shown the people.Rushing down the stairs, she breathed heavily and then said, “I’m coming!”“Don’t rush. I’m not leaving yet,” he said gently.She got to where he sat and then panted. Lorenzo had stated earlier that he was going out and she had asked that he drop her.“I am ready now,” she said and adjusted her bag.Over the week, her mode of dressing had changed and he could only smile gently each time he looked at her.Today, she was wearing wine-colored palazzo pants and then a white T-shirt.“Let’s go?”She nodded her head and picked up th