Later in the afternoon, Coco came to see me, I had not left the room all day neither did Carlos come back. I expected her to tease me about my morning with Carlos but instead, she came in with a very serious face and a box of clothes.“There are different gowns you can choose from but I already went through it, I think this one is the best. Carlos sent this jewelry for you, they also go best with the gown I’ve picked. I think we should stick to black for your clothes, your hair is enough to shine.”She sounded a bit sad to me, I had seen Coco very serious but she had never sounded so sad to me. It made me curious about where we were going that evening. My hands went to my hair automatically at her last words.“I could dye it back if it’s too much this way,” I murmured, a little bit intimidated.She ignored my offer. “I wonder if these heels are not too high,” She looked at me from head to toe. “How well can you walk?”The question threw me off guard. Hadn’t she seen me in heels before
Shouldn’t I have been warned?They had dressed me up like a doll without the slightest idea where I was going and now I’m being told we would be meeting his parents?At least I should know what his parents looked like, a little about them so I would know what to expect and when to be surprised but now I was led like a lamb to the slaughter.I opened my side door and put a leg down, Carlos grabbed my hand to stop me from leaving the car.“Hey… what’s wrong?” He asked, looking surprised.He dared to be surprised which pissed me off the most. He didn’t think I would just follow him like that when this was supposed to be an important meeting, right? The words I had heard from Coco only confused me about his mother and father and I had been hoping for more information but instead, he was taking me to meet them in person.“How am I supposed to meet your parents when I know nothing about them?” He opened his mouth to reply to me but I cut him off just in case. “Don’t you dare tell me you can
The man didn’t answer Carlos but fastened his eyes on me.“The rumors were true.” Before he turned to Carlos. “How dare you get married behind my back?”The woman looked at me in disdain. “When had Cory ever honored you?”They turned to lead the way inside and we followed. I wondered if the woman would appreciate my gist at all, she wore no jewelry.Carlos squeezed my fingers and pulled me in.We walked closely behind his parent and my hand tightened around my purse which held my most likely won’t be welcomed present.“Dinner isn’t ready yet, how about we sit for a little discussion while waiting.” His mother offered and she led us to the sitting room, but her husband didn’t follow.“I’d like to talk to Carlos in the library, you women can do whatever women do.” His voice is serious as he moves ahead.I looked at Carlos and he gave my hand a little squeeze. “We’ll be back in some minutes.” His hands ruffled my hair from the top. “Don’t miss me too much.”I leaned closer to murmur for
******* Please note that previous chapters had been in Rayna's POV but this and a few chapters ahead would be in Carlos'**********CARLOSI stretched my legs lazily as I sat opposite my father, I had hated the man all my life but lately, something else had taken up my mind. A little woman with the nicest body I had ever laid my eyes on. Only that she decided to take up frustrating me as her life mission, constantly running away from me. I hate having to chase anything, but I just didn’t have it in me to let her go, so badly that I went ahead to make her my wife.For the first time in a long time, I felt fear when I came home and saw them looking so pretty and different, it almost seemed like marriage wasn’t enough to keep her, and I had run out of options. I couldn’t stop myself from taking it out on her body. It didn’t help because as satisfying as she felt, I only wanted more, I had my dick in her, yet I was still wanting all of her, every fucking she had to give.I wanted her unabl
CARLOS“I’m hungry.” Rayna pouted in less than an hour after we got upstairs. She sat at the edge of the bed playing with her new phone and barely paying any attention to me. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. “All you do is starve me.” She looked very cute when she complained.“What would you like to eat?” I asked. Closing the pad that I had in hand. I wasn’t doing anything on it anyway.Rayna laid back on the bed. “What can I get at this time of the night?” She whined.“Anything you want,” I replied confidently.She immediately sat back and faced me. “You serious?”The woman didn’t trust me. Our relationship had lots of potholes and I have decided to take my time to fill those holes. With time our marriage would be a perfect one, with babies.I wanted her carrying my babies. Rayna didn’t seem the type that would be against carrying babies in her womb, unlike Ophelia.“Can you cook?” She asked me mockingly, she had a very low opinion of me, willing to believe every worse thing.“Yes,
RAYNA.We had indeed gotten a room; the night was sweet. I couldn’t tell yet if it was all acting, but I loved the new Carlos except that he didn’t talk much.The next morning, I woke up in Carlos's arms, he was already awake, watching me. It was the first time he would wake up before me. My head was a bit light, and I wasn’t feeling so well. Maybe it was the place. I want to go home.“Are you okay?” Carlos asked, he had probably noticed the change in my countenance. I wondered if telling him about his father’s house made me feel sick.“Can we go home this morning?” I asked instead.“You want to go home now?” He asked as his fingers brushed a hair that had strayed to my face and was covering my eyes. My hair on my head didn’t feel blue, to be honest, I still felt like a blonde but seeing it on my face reminded me they were blue. Maybe I’ll keep it that way, being a blonde was said to be tiring, although I didn’t see what was tiring about having any color of hair.“Yes, I want to go ba
“Rayna. Would you please have dinner with me?” Carlos had the look of a man whose patience was being tried.“No,” I replied blankly.“What the hell is wrong with you?” He was losing his cool.“What the hell is wrong with you?” I asked back but didn’t wait for an answer before turning to Zade. “What’s for breakfast.”Coco left angrily, deciding to not include herself in our business but also didn’t give us food. Instead, Zade ordered us Chicken, chips, and cheese which we ate together with Zane, Carlos had disappeared to God knows where and I didn’t care.I’ve been without a phone for a very long time, so I didn’t care for a new phone, instead I wanted to go out.“Is there a cinema nearby?” I asked Zade as I swallowed my last chicken.Zane replied instead. “Yup, I intend to go to one this evening, Rainbow is going to be in the cinema for the first time.“Can I go with you?” I asked in a sweet voice.“No, you can’t.” His voice was sarcastically as sweet as mine.“I hate you.”“I don’t c
Tickets for the movie could be gotten online so I had Zade put me through and ended up purchasing 3 tickets. (It was good to hear that anything I bought with my phone was being paid for by Carlos). I didn’t know how but my phone was linked to his money in a way. The only disadvantage to that was I could not buy anything behind his knowledge.Another good thing was that I had lots of clothes that suited such outings in my closet. I’m sure the maids in charge of moving my clothes would hate me by now, I’ve had them move my clothes from one room to another more than 4 times.“How do I look?” I presented myself to Coco and did a 360-degree turn so she could get a full view of me.“Go ask your husband.” She replied curtly.“Why are you mad at me, you’ve been angry all morning.” I moved close to her; it was the first time she maintained an angry face at me. I had made her angry before, but she was never angry for long.She gave a deep sigh. “I’m not angry with you Child.”“So, what’s wrong?
EpilogueRAYNAI smoothened my hands over my off-white dress. It had been a long and dramatic year but even through it all, this day had come.My wedding day.Because I was married once, I couldn’t wear a white gown so I decided to stay put with off-white instead of baby pink. I still wanted to feel like a bride.Planning for the wedding had been fun but I didn’t like how I didn’t get to see much of my new husband.Juan came in the door with a small smile on his face, he’s been smiling more lately, Surprisingly he was also good friends with the couple. Anna and Zane.They both had moved out after everything settled and were now staying in their own home. We tried convincing Anna to have an official wedding but she insisted the one she had was enough. She was married and satisfied.“You look pretty.” He said tentatively. I raised my brows at him, it was almost the first compliment I’d heard from him.“I just wanted to do this one more time.” He breathed, “Are you sure about this?”I sm
CARLOSIt would have been insensitive for me to ask Zane to check the car for the remains of his brother’s body so I managed to do it myself.Even as we raced down as we heard the explosion, there was nothing we could do other than to watch the car burn into crisps, they would have been dead even before we got there.We had to wait for the fire to be completely put out while Rayna was taken to the hospital, She had been given excess sleeping pills but they had been too strong for her body, and we could do nothing other than wait for her to sleep it off, it was torture watching her look so lifeless.Louis and Juan didn’t leave her side all day, I knew they would insist on taking her back to Mexico as soon as she was unconscious but at this point, I knew I would just have to live with whatever choice she made.Zade had disappeared as soon as Rayna was settled in the hospital, both of us were hesitant to return to the side, not ready to see or collect the bodies. Zade might not show his
CARLOS“None of your business, where is my money?” He barked.We stood approximately 10 feet apart. I tried to look at Coco who was behind him, she looked okay, not bruised or injured, but I had learned that wounds were beyond the physical, they were mental and emotional bruises too.I raised my hands to signal for Zade to come out of the car with the briefcase, which he did. I had a trick waiting for him in it.Zade came forth and handed the money to him, while he tried to open the box, Zade brought Coco over to us, Monday didn’t even try to stop him because he had sighted the many that had been neatly arranged in up the box, little did he know that there was a surprise awaiting him if he searched a little further.“Are you okay?” I asked, holding her face up and searching for any form of wound on her skin.Her lashes were already wet with tears as more threatened to escape. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry I couldn’t protect her. I told her to stay, but now he’d taken her away.”Even at this m
CARLOSMiguel Sinclair“He used to work for me, He was a big man, skilled, good with guns, knives, anything, I used to wonder where he came from but I appreciated his skills. That was why I put him to guard my daughter, she had just clocked 16, I couldn’t keep her locked in forever, she wanted to go out to make friends, so I needed someone to watch over her. He wasn’t the first I put to guard her but she hated it, she had hated them all before she met him. I could tell she liked him. It was fine with me, she was a kid, and this infatuation would die before long, but I began to feel wary when I noticed it wasn’t one-sided. It wasn’t her at all. It was him. He was obsessed with her.” He covered his face with both hands. I could feel his pain, the guilt, that It was all his fault, he brought Miguel into her life. I placed a hand on his shoulder because I knew he wasn’t alone, I had my share of faults too.“Now isn’t the time to point fingers and blame, we need to find him.” My voice came
CARLOSReinforcement wasn’t here yet, but calls had been made and strings had been pulled. I held the list of every active member of the cub for the past few years, I had gone through it twice but there was no familiar name or word, there was nothing fishy about the organization I had to admire whosoever was in charge, he did a very good job, he did well to pay necessary taxes and maintained order.The gambling club might rid people of their wealth, but it didn’t try to rob the government. If anything happened and they were taken to court, there would be nothing to use against them.I was getting frustrated, it was almost dawn, and all the leads we had led to dead ends. Blueblood was doing his best but no result seemed to be showing forth.“I’ll go through the names again, you should eat.” Zade took the papers from me, and I let him take them, I had gone through them over and over, and I could almost recite the names offhand, I stood up to brew myself a cup of coffee. Sleep wasn’t an
RAYNAMonday came in with a smug smile on his face.“I’ve decided to treat you well since I’m getting a huge sum of money after this, it wouldn’t have been possible without you.” For some reason, I had the feeling he was talking to Coco and not me, which was strange considering he had both of us.“I’m about to get dinner, What would you like to eat?” He finished.Just to test my assumption, I spoke fast. “I would like a sandwich.” It was a safe choice, sandwiches were sealed in their pack, and I wouldn’t eat them if the seal was broken.“I wasn’t talking to you.” He shot back without even looking at me, his eyes were all for Coco.I remembered when he had said earlier that one of us was for exchange, I knew at that moment that he had no plans of sending me back, no matter how this turned out. But why?“We would both like a sandwich,” Coco said, I could tell the attention he was giving her was freaking her out.He smiled at her, “If you insist.” He turned and left smiling.“Something i
CARLOSIt’s been six hours and there were no traces of Coco and Rayna’s whereabouts. It was an easy guess that this was Monday in action but he was yet to contact me, and it was not an exaggeration that I was freaking out.Monday was normally dumb but I couldn’t shake off the feeling that he was up to something this time around. I had expected him to give up on the whole inheritance thing a long time ago. Ordinarily, the guy lacked tenacity, but when he kept coming back, I couldn’t shake off the feeling that someone was behind him. He was getting advice and help from someone and the fact that the person was yet to show face meant there was more to come.I hated not knowing what I was dealing with, especially now that the two most important women in my life were in their care.It was also unnerving that both of them had been taken, they could have taken one and left the other, but no. he took both of them.I had a sick feeling that I could have to make a choice, that I might be able to
Monday, I collected the keys from Coco and switched seats with her while I was held down and taped in the mouth by a man I didn’t recognize.They tied both mine and Coco’s hands after collecting our phones. Coco’s mouth was left free while mine was taped.Where was he taking us? I looked at Coco, but she was still and calm, she probably trusted Carlos to come to save her, but he didn’t even know where we were. They might have not even gotten home yet.“You might be wondering why or where I’m taking you. Where I’m taking you doesn’t matter, but what matters is why I am taking you.” Monday began rattling, very dumb man. I could guess what he wanted.“I intend to make an exchange—a woman for a woman. Kavinsky gets to take one of you if he gives me Anna, I haven’t decided what to do with the second person but I’m first excited about who Carlos is going to choose. His wife or his mother.“I’m not his mother,” Coco said quietly. It was the first thing she said since the ride began.“You’re
There was no serious talk after that, we drove, we sang, we laughed, but most importantly, I called her mother, and she called me daughter.The birthday we delivered cookies for was for a very beautiful 6-year-old. Her mother seemed very nice and invited us to the party, Coco was sad she had brought no presents, but we stayed, nevertheless.It was the evening before left.The house was quiet when we got home, I didn’t see Carlos, but I couldn’t help but wonder where he was, he didn’t text me all day neither I he.“Rayna?” Coco called.“Yes?”“Can you spend the night in my room? Just tonight?” She asked in a small voice. I had been hoping to talk to Carlos tonight, but it would have to wait.“Sure.”We ate the cookie we had kept aside for Carlos together and talked. Coco had a big heart, but as much happiness she had in her, there was so much pain too and she had no one to tell.“Are you still in love with him?” I asked later that night, I wondered how she must have coped all these yea