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,
ETHANHearing my friend utter words like that stung. Sometimes we take things and people for granted. A few days ago, I was determined to take my friend’s wife, well. Ex wife from him because I felt like he didn’t deserve her. that he didn’t appreciate her enough. All true but, I never stopped to think what he might be feeling.Nick has always been bossy and acting like he had everything under control. Like life for him is not something that just happens, that he makes things happen and controls the variables. Because of all of that, I forgot that my friend was a person too, that he had feelings and got hurt. I knew Nick’s anger very well and most of the time it was just that.Unreasonable anger caused by business and nothing more. But I was starting to see a different side to the man. The human side he has been hiding well from all of us. The side that is vulnerable, the one that showed that the man also needed support, love and care. He fucked up big time and that is something he wa
OLIVIAI got out of the car and Marcus got out as well. He gave me a passionate kiss before pulling out. “I miss you already.” I blushed. He was dropping me off at the hotel. We needed to pack our stuff and move into the house I bought for us. We went to fetch the key after leaving the hospital and I wanted us out of the hotel the next day.“I miss you too.” He smiled then kissed the tip of my nose then my forehead. “You are loved, Olivia Williams.” He said before getting back into the car. I watched it drive off before getting inside the hotel with a huge smile on my face. I was happy, for the first time in a long time, I was genuinely happy, and it was all thanks to that man.I rode the elevator up to the penthouse and when I got there. Lupita was at the door with her arms folded in her chest. “Spill!” I frowned stopping in front of her, I raised an eyebrow wondering what she was talking about. “Oh, no girl! I saw you down there. I was standing on the balcony when I saw a scene down
NICK“You jerk assess should stop looking at me like that as if I stole something from you.” I wondered how he wanted us to look at him and he did steal from us. My bottle of scotch in his hand or did he think he brought that with him when he decided to crush our drinking session? Bloody mafia! Thinking everything belonged to them and they could take anything they wanted.I stood up and went to open the cupboard taking out another bottle. “See, you have more alcohol and yet you were giving me the looks for this bottle. Stop being stingy.” Ethan dramatically threw his hands in the air. “Man, are you serious? If you wanted to drink you could have bought your own and drink it wherever you used to drink. Why are you here?”Luke gently placed the bottle on the table then turned to Ethan, giving him an icy looked. Ethan backed up. “Listen man, you don’t get to look at me like that. I am your daughter’s saviour and if anything happens to me. You will never have a relationship with her.” My f