OLIVIAAs soon as they left, Marcus loosened his tie then took off his jacket, shoes, pants, everything. “I am sorry about what happened. I didn’t know he never filed the papers.” He paid me no mind as he threw everything he was wearing on the chair. “Do you want me to help you out of that dress?” I
NICKWhen we got to my place, I threw myself on the couch while Ethan poured us something to drink. He handed me mine then sat opposite me. He kept glancing at me with a smile on his face. I knew he wanted to say something, but I wasn’t going to ask. If he wanted to say something, then he would say
NICKEthan clicked his tongue on the side, I had forgotten that he was there while I was having a heart to heart with my mother. “What is the matter with you, can’t you see that we are talking about something important here, what are you even doing here?” mother was annoyed. But I didn’t think she w
OLIVIAThe next day, Marcus treated me like a queen. He had breakfast brought up and ran me a bath. Then he asked if I still wanted to go to our honeymoon as planned. He said we can call it a pre-honeymoon or just a vacation then go on our honeymoon when the wedding finally happens. Obviously, I ref
NICKWhen she told me that she forgave me, my heart danced. I was so grateful to her for that and even saw our future together. That was until she told me that she didn’t want me back and that the only thing she wanted was for me to sign the divorce papers and set her free. I couldn’t help the tears
OLIVIATwo days have passed and there has been no sign of Nick. His phone was not going through and Ethan had sent out Owen and others of Nick’s men to go looking for him. He has also been everywhere looking for him in the places that they usually go to, but he was not there. Everyone was getting wo
OLIVIAI have been treated badly before by police and that was because Nick ordered them to. I thought this time would be different, but I think it was worse. When we got to the station, mine and Marcus’s lawyers were already there. We were both taken into interrogation. I thought we would be separa
OLIVIAI was about to protest and ask him to let us try on our own, but he had already cut the call. Great! Another thing for Nick’s mother to blame me for. She will think that I asked Luke to help and wanted to get her son into trouble. But then again, both Nick and Luke were grown men. Nothing I s
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,