OLIVIA“Do you understand what I’m saying to you, Olivia?” His voice cut through the silence, sharp and commanding. My breath hitched, and suddenly, I was reminded of everything I had long since forgotten. It had been months since my husband, and I had lived as anything more than strangers under the
XANDERA dark chuckle escaped my lips when I saw the alert three days ago, notifying me that someone had remotely accessed and reviewed my background. There was no mistaking it, it had to be them. No one else would have any reason to dig into my past like that. They were making moves, and they were
NICKI was in the middle of tending to the bay when Ethan’s call came through, pulling me out of my thoughts. Olivia had been distracted, almost lost in her own world ever since she spoke to her husband three days ago. I could see it in her eyes, she was far away, locked in some distant memory. I ha
“Why would he do this?” Luke’s voice broke through my thoughts, and it took all my restraint not to snap at him.“Why would he do it?” I repeated, my tone getting sharper. “I don’t know, Luke. But whatever it is, it has something to do with you. No man targets your daughter without a damn good reaso
OLIVIA“I don’t think it’s wise to tell her.” Nick’s voice floated through the crack in the door as I walked back from the kitchen, a glass of water in hand. The tone of his voice was serious, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t right. Who was he talking about? What was going on?
I took a few moments to steady my breathing and gather my thoughts. My pulse was racing, but I refused to let fear take control. I needed to act. I stood up with renewed determination, brushing the remnants of doubt away. I didn’t want to think about Lupita and Grandma any longer. I had to find Xand
XANDERI had thought it would take longer for my plan to unfold, that I would have to exert more effort to see any real results. But I quickly realized that Olivia wasn’t the patient, calculated type. She was impulsive, more than I had anticipated. Being the good girl she was, she didn’t make me wai
Time was slipping away, and I couldn’t afford any more distractions. But for now, I let him continue, savouring the moment. When he eventually realized that Olivia wasn’t there, it would be too late for him. By then, my plan would already be in motion, and nothing would be able to stop me.Ethan’s s
MARCUSI sat there and watched my wife. From the first moment we arrived at the restaurant, and she saw the guys to the moment that woman arrived. When she saw the guys, she had been disappointed, she wanted the celebration to be just us.I got that but I didn’t want them coming to our home, I had p
OLIVIAThe last three months had been…I didn’t know how to describe them. Quiet was not the right word, maybe lonely would have been better in that situation. It took a while for us to get used to being alone, just us. It had never been just us since we got married. Nick and Ethan always hung around
NICKI wanted to wipe that smug look off his face with a punch, who the hell did he think he was? to blackmail me like that. Using my son! I looked him dead in the eyes ready to punch him. “Go ahead, punch me. it will be more evidence against you.” He smirked, “See these cameras around?” the bastard
MARCUSI looked at the man, the audacity he had to come into my house after everything he had done. He even looked scared as if he were a man caught cheating by his wife. What the hell was going through that moron’s mind?I couldn’t even be angry at him anymore, it was no use, Nick was obsessed with
MARCUSAnger, that was what I felt as I left that room. leaving my hurting wife behind not knowing what the hell happened to her while she was away. She was happy when she left, she couldn’t wait to see Lupita. What did that woman do to her?I walked downstairs with Ethan following me behind. “How i
OLIVIAI was holding tears the whole drive home. My chest burned and my heart was sore. Our families and those closest to us could deceive us sometimes. Tell us we were good, doing good, but they failed to point it out when we were doing wrong. When we were hurting those, we claimed to love.No one
OLIVIAI straightened on my seat looking at her for a moment without saying anything. I knew she was hurting, and I wanted to find the right words to say to her. “I know I have put you through a lot, being around me has put your life in danger many times and I am sorry I neglected you in all those t
OLIVIAI woke up early, got myself and the kids ready. By the time Marcus woke up, we were already in the kitchen having breakfast. “Where are you all going without me?” I just smiled and served him breakfast. I had been missing Lupita a lot since she moved out.I had given her time to settle in lik
NICKI thought I could hold it in a little while longer, keep pretending to like her but when she mentioned being angry with Olivia. I couldn’t hold it in anymore. Who the hell did she think she was? She couldn’t even compare to Olivia.Yes, her grandmother died, but that was not Olivia’s fault. Tha