OLIVIA“Why do you have that look, what happened.” I lifted my head and looked at Marcus. “I just said yes to dinner with Ethan, tonight.” He paused what he was doing and just stared at me for a minute. He then places the plate he was holding into the sink then wiped his hands. “I think it’s time fo
OLIVIAI was drifting in and out of consciousness. The first time I was woken up by water dripping onto my forehead. At least I thought it was water. With difficulty, I opened my eyes and looked ahead. I saw shadows moving. My eyes were so heavy that I closed them again and passed out.The next time
NICKI budged into the hospital doors and ran to the reception. “My wife, where is she!” the woman behind the desk looked scared by my outburst. “Olivia Jones, I was called and told she was in an accident. Now tell me where the hell she is?” her eyes widened. “Oh, Mr Jones, she is in the intensive c
ELODIEI was called by the doctor and told to get to the hospital immediately. I thought something happened to Olivia. On the way I was praying for good news but the way the doctor spoke made me think of the worst. It would be a shame for her son to grow up with out her, Olivia had a lot of love to
NICKI walked out of my ward with mother calling my name. I bumped into father outside. “Son, I thought you just had a heart attack. Was your mother just scaring me to get me here?” he looked so worried. “Apparently, I did have a heart attack, and I just discharged myself.” I walked past him. “Nick,
NICKA week past and Olivia had not woken up. It was driving me crazy. I had tried everything I could think of to get her to wake up. I have asked the nanny to bring Samuel to the hospital to see and talk to her. hoping that she would wake up, but she didn’t. I even let Marcus go into her room and t
NICKI thought Ethan has something to do with my men at the prison disappearing but after what I had witnessed with mother, father and the man. I was beginning to think that whoever they were afraid of was the one responsible. I hit the wall repeatedly feeling angry and helpless.With all the fuckin
NICKMy whole body shook in anger, and I pushed myself off the wall. “I am going to fucking kill HER!” I pushed right past Ethan and just as I rounded a corner my sister appeared out of nowhere. “Woah, where is the fire?” I glared at her, the sight of her made my stomach churn. “Get the fuck out of
MARCUSI regret ever listening. I wish I had kept my distance, stayed out of it, and resisted the temptation to eavesdrop on Olivia’s therapy session. I only wanted to understand what that man, Xander, had done to her. I needed to know the depth of the damage he had inflicted upon my wife. Never in
LUKEI stood outside, listening to Nick as he worked on breaking Xander down. The boy was good, too good for my liking. I never intended for those boys to be involved in my line of work. Keeping Nick behind was never meant to have him do this, it was meant to keep him away from Olivia. Being around
NICK“Do your worst, Nick,” Xander sneered, blood dribbling from the corner of his mouth as he spat it onto the floor at my feet. “See now? You people shot me, and I haven’t been able to contact my guys. The alert is out. It’s no longer just about Olivia. Now, your whole circle is fair game.”I coul
MARCUS“Olivia, you’re still not well,” I said, my voice firm but laced with concern. “And yet, you want to know about that? I’m not telling you anything right now. Recover first if you want to be included. Until then, I’m not saying a word.”I could feel my frustration rising. We had just gotten ho
OLIVIABy the time we landed back at New Village, Luke’s men were already waiting for us at the airport. The moment we arrived, Marcus spoke with them outside the car, while I settled inside with the kids. My baby girl was still fast asleep in my arms, and her brother had just started to stir as the
Nick“Nick, calm down. There was nothing you were going to do there. You promised not to interfere with her anymore. She left with her husband and kids to fix herself, to fix her marriage. You don’t belong there.”I stopped, the words hitting me like a slap. I turned to glare at him, fury bubbling i
MARCUS“Home. I want to go home.”Those were the first words Olivia spoke when she finally woke up. The urgency and exhaustion in her voice were clear, and it broke something in me to hear it. Home. The place where she could feel safe again, where she could begin to heal. I didn’t hesitate for a sec
OLIVIAI couldn’t tell how long I had been unconscious or why I had lost consciousness in the first place. The confusion lingered in my mind, but when I finally opened my eyes, everything shifted. There, sitting quietly beside me, was Marcus, his head resting on the edge of my bed.His presence felt
MARCUSI trembled with fury as I watched my wife in such a state. The sight of her, broken and trembling, filled me with a rage that burned so intensely, I could barely contain it. The urge to scream, to shout, to lash out at everything and everyone was overwhelming. I wanted to destroy everything,