OLIVIA“I didn’t mean to hurt your mother; you have got to believe that. we spent weeks scouting and learning that man’s routine. Your mother was never with him, he was always alone. We thought he was alone that day as well, but your mother was with him.” he tried to explain but my head was buzzing and the pain I felt in my heart was unimaginable.He claimed to love her and yet, he killed her. “Why did you want to kill the poor man in the first place? He did nothing to you!” I yelled in anger. “He was not as innocent as you think, he did nothing to me, but he was abusing your mother. The bastard hit her, and I was not going to sit back and let it happen. The plan was to get rid of him and take you both into hiding so the Don won’t find you.”I chuckled. “How did that work out for you, huh?” he averted his gaze from me and looked back out the window. “It didn’t work out as you know, the love of my life died because of me.” that was all he could think about. What about me? I suffered af
MARCUSAs soon as I was told about what Jones was doing. I asked my people to make sure my money was safe, I didn’t care about the businesses he was targeting, they only represented a fraction of what I owned. The man didn’t know who I was, he thought he was dealing with an ordinary man, but I was far from it.I was raised by my mother until I was sixteen when big men in luxurious cars showed up one day. I didn’t know who they were or why they were there. Their auras scared me, I was after all just a poor boy living with his mother, such cars I only saw on tv at a friend’s house as we didn’t have any at home.There was just something about them I couldn’t put my finger on. Something familiar especially about the one who seemed like he was the boss and yet, I had never met the man. My mother called me that day and told me that the man who came was my uncle.I thought mom didn’t have family, but she told me he was not from her side but my father’s side, my blood boiled when I heard tha
OLIVIAAfter staying in my room for hours with Lupita comforting me. I ended up falling asleep. I don’t know when Lupita left my room but when I woke up this morning. She was nowhere to be found but Samuel was next to me watching me. A smile formed on my lips. “Morning baby how are you?” he giggled burying his face on my chest.My heart warmed, in whatever happens in my life, I would never be alone, and I have unconditional love from this little boy. I am blessed. “Food mama.” I smiled getting up then picking him up going to the front. Breakfast was already there; grandma was already eating. “You are here, good. I thought I will have to come and get you two.”I placed Samuel on his seat and took mine. “Mmm, everything looks so good.” As if on que my stomach rumbled. Samuel laughed. “Mama is hungry boy.” I was since yesterday but when I got back, I was too sad to eat or even think about food.“Turn on the tv Lupita, I want to watch the news or at least listen to them.” grandma said, he
OLIVIAI didn’t know if I heard right or if I was hearing things, but I just stood there waiting for him to repeat himself. “Talk to me.” he said, and I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. “Am not sure what am supposed to say.”“It’s a simple answer that I am looking for, a yes or a no.” oh, Lord, he did ask me to marry him. oh God. I never thought I would get married again and I was fine with that. also, Marcus and I just started dating. “You don’t know me that well to be asking me to marry you and besides, we have a lot of work to do. Nick is attacking you and that means his attacking me too. Let’s focus on that.”He said nothing and just looked at me. I didn’t know what else to say, so, I took a seat and looked out the window. “Look at me, Olivia.” I turned to look at him. “Do I look like I am worried about what Nick is doing?” he didn’t look worried at all. It was like those businesses meant nothing to him.“No and why is that. why are you not worried about wh
NICKMy feet felt heavy as I walked out of the room, I felt empty inside as I was leaving my heart behind. She did not want me anymore and she was ready to marry someone else. Why couldn’t she see me, why couldn’t she see that I was there, trying to make things right between us. Why won’t she give me a few minutes of her time to explain what I had been doing?It hurt me to see her cry like that, for the first time since she got out, I saw how hurt she was by my actions. I wished I could tell her how much I regretted everything, how sorry I was and to tell her that I had fixed grandma’s grave. That I had sent Sandra up stairs and had her locked up in there. That she was never going to hurt her or us again.To tell her that everything was going to be okay, that I didn’t care if Samuel was not my son or that she slept with Marcus, I didn’t care about any of that. I just wanted her back. I needed her back. Tension gathered on my shoulders, and I felt like I couldn’t breathe. I went to the
NICKEthan liked exaggerating things, what could a small-time businessman do to me? I am Nick Jones, and I have more wealth than he did. Why would I fear him? Ethan shoved his hands in his pockets and gave me a look like I was the biggest moron who ever lived. “What?” he chuckled dryly. Opened his mouth to say something but closed it again.I knew what was happening when he was like that. he was trying to tell me whatever it was in the most respectable way possible to avoid swearing the shit out of me. “You know how my company is mostly into information gathering?” I nodded like a five-year-old.“Do you think I would have let anyone near Olivia without doing a little research on them?” I shook my head again, maybe I was the biggest moron who ever lived. Why didn’t I think of that, why didn’t I ask him to look into Marcus? I think it was because she knew him from back in high school that I never thought he was a threat.What a moron I was, that was how I lost her in the first place. No
OLIVIAI looked at the man before me and I couldn’t help but feel lucky and blessed. Not many would want a damage woman like me, but he knew everything, and he still wanted me. “Marcus, this means I can’t carry a child and…”“Does it also mean you don’t have eggs?” I frowned. “Olivia, you have everything we need to have a biological child if that is what we want in the future. We can get a surrogate to carry the baby for us. Also, we can adopt if that is what we want. You have no excuse to refuse to marry me, at least you can’t use that one.”I looked at him, he had everything in the world at his disposal, he had the money, the looks, the charm, everything! He could get any woman he wanted but he was choosing me. I didn’t understand. “Olivia, I love you, scratch that. I am in love with you. I always have been since high school.”He took my hand in his, giving me a tender look. “When I was away, I had people keeping an eye on you. I was still studying myself and had no access to my mon
NICK“Don’t you even think about it!” Ethan bellowed next to me. he might have seen my fists and thought I would go crazy again and punch the elevator doors this time. But that was not the case, I was angry seeing her wearing his ring, but I decided not to do anything. It hurt so badly that I was numb.I didn’t know what to do, all I wanted was to get home and drink myself to a stupor. “I was not going to do anything.” Ethan gave me a sceptical look, his hands that were in his pockets were now out and hanging on his sides. He was ready for anything, if only he knew that the only stupid thing, I wanted to do was to drink myself to death.Elevator doors opened revealing my mother. She looked shocked to see me but said nothing moving to the side for us to enter. We silently entered and stood there. “What happened to your hand?” I glanced at it. but said nothing, looking forward and waiting for the elevator doors to open so I could get the hell out of there.As if it heard me, it opened,