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2024-10-29 19:42:56Charlotte’s POV
As soon as I sat at my desk I placed on my headphone and chose to ignore Jack, God I would not be surprised if he made me stand in the entry and piss on me to mark his fucking territory. After being in a possessive marriage, I did not want to feel trapped ever again. I became so focused on my work that I lost track of time, when Jack came to stand next to me, I jumped out of my seat in shock.
“Don’t sneak up on me like that” I growled at him.
“I was calling your name, and you didn’t listen. Come to the window we are about to see a treat”
“What?” I gave him a confused look as he led me to the window and stood behind me with his arms around my waist. Warren and Lance were on either side of me with goofy grins on their faces.
“Look down and tell me if you recognise anything” I groaned but did as he asked and felt pani
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Jack’s POVI watched Charlotte run off crying and sat frozen, she was right. I did not think about what Phillip might try to do with us taking in the Doc and Jane. All I was thinking was that we could get some valuable information off him. I was hoping he might be able to give us something so that I won’t have to let him take Charlotte at the work party.“Are you just going to sit there?” Ryan yelled at me “Get off your arse and go after her”“Do not order me around” I growled at him as I got up.“Then don’t act like a fool” He grunted as he walked into the kitchen, I am assuming to check on dinner.“Fuck you” I grumbled under my breath as I walked away to find Charlotte. She had headed in the direction of the boy’s rooms and the gym. My guess was she either went to her old room or the gym. I was hoping she went to the gym as I would not put it past Phillip to hire
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Grant’s POVI Filled Jack in on where I had the Doc and Jane, letting him know that I had locked the door so that they could not leave. I also had cameras and sensor alarms set up around the place, so they would not be going anywhere without me knowing about it. I felt good about how things were going, and I was excited to find out what the Doc knew. That was until we updated everyone, and Charlotte went nuts and stormed off. I guess I didn’t think about how she might feel, I was just excited to get information and get one up on Phillip. After Jack went trailing after her I went to my room, no point hanging around when I can be observing my new guests. I had just got to my room and logged into the computer when I heard the gym door slam and loud footsteps. I guess that Jack and Charlotte are still fighting I chuckled to myself as I checked out the cameras. I was shocked that Doc and Jane were both curled up on the couch watching a movie and eating popcorn. They lo
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Charlotte’s POVAfter I stormed off from Jack I went straight to the gym, I needed to burn of some steam before I had to deal with him again. I went straight to the punching bag and grabbed a pair of gloves that were hanging up. I did not bother to get changed I just started to punch the crap out of the bag and my god did it feel good. I did not even hear Jack come, it was not until he came up behind me and started to correct my stance that I realised he was even here. I was not impressed at him coming in here and then starting to correct me. I was pissed at him and needed him to leave me alone until I cooled down, did he not understand that? Was me storming off not enough of a clue?“Try now” he told meI gave him the evils, but I did as he asked and punched the bag again. I hated the fact that he was right, I had more power in my punch, and it did not hurt my wrists as much.“Did that feel better?” He asked.My god I
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Grant’s POVI tried to calm down while we all ate, but my pride was bruised, how did she managed to get a hit in without me seeing? Am I starting to get rusty? I noticed that Charlotte kept trying to get my attention and I knew I needed to stop sulking. I was supposed to be showing her how to shoot after dinner, that thought cheered me up and I finally looked up and smiled at her. How could I stay mad when she had a shiny new gun that she needed to learn how to use.“You still want to learn how to shoot after dinner?” I asked her.“As long as you are not too busy”“I will always be free to help you out” I gave her a warm smile.She returned the smile and carried on eating.“Ok Lance and Warren, I think you two are on dishes and clean up duty” Jack ordered as he stood up “I am going to do some work in my office. Grant make sure you look after my girl”“Will do boss
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Charlotte’s POVWhile I was shooting, I kept thinking back about the conversation about dungeons and I could not shake the thought away that I was right. The house had plenty of doors that I had never been though, but thinking about it I am sure that they would have the door hidden. As we finished up the lesson and made our way back to the house, I started to look around figuring out where they would have this dungeon.Jack was waiting for us in the lounge when we returned “How did she go?” He asked Grant.“By the end she was hitting the bullseye 9 times out of 10”“That’s amazing” he pulled me into his arms. “We will keep up with the practice and I also want Ryan to bring in the knife training too”“Is that so that you can use me to help torture people in your dungeon?” I made sure to closely watch his reaction as I spoke. I noticed him flinch slightly and knew that I was righ
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Jack’s POVI was sat in my office going though some of my less legal work, I thought I might as well get on to it while Charlotte was busy. I had received a message from one of my guards telling me that he think I have a thief among my staff. He reported that some of the stock has been going missing, I asked him to investigate and report back to me. He had just sent me images of one of my workers smuggling out drugs. I paid and treated my workers very well, so to do this was a huge insult. It looks like I would have to bring that person in and punish them. I had not used the dungeons under the house in a while, my hands were itching to inflict some pain on a deserving son of a bitch. I grinned as I called my guard.“Boss, what would you like me to do?”“When is the person next on shift?”“Tomorrow night sir”“Good, I will make sure I am waiting for him when he leaves. Find a replacement for his follow
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Ryan’s POVGod, I love Charlotte’s thought patten, how could she think that we would kill her for asking questions? Does she not realise how much Jack loves her? Once we had all stopped laughing and I had removed Charlotte’s knife from the punching bag I started my training. I showed her how to hold the knife so that she could inflict the most damage without hurting herself. I also showed her what part of the body to aim for depending on what she wanted to achieve.“Sometimes you just want to inflict pain on your victim without killing them” I told her.“Yeah, that’s a skill I will need when you send me down to work in the dungeon aye”“No way, I am not letting you take away all my fun jobs” I laughed “The only things you need to worry about is how to protect yourself. Leave the messy work to us boys”She nodded her head and carried on training, I could tell that she was overth
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Grant’s POVI was impressed with how well Charlotte was doing with her training, I only just noticed her hands moving to free herself. She made it look like she was freaking out, when she was really just causing a distraction so that no one would pay attention to her hands. She was fitting in with us very well, as much as I disliked change, I think she would not cause too much of a disturbance if she became a permanent fixture in our lives. After I left the gym, I went to go straight to my room, but ended up bumping into Warren and Lance as they were closing the door to the cells.“Why were you two down there?” I laughed, God are they getting that kinky now.“Jack has a thief, so we had to get a cell ready for our new guest” Lance grinned at me.“Oh fuck, Charlotte was just asking about the dungeon too”“What?” Warren looked at me shocked.“How the hell did she even find out about i
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Jack’s POV“You!” Charlotte screamed at me “This is all our fault” She screamed as another contraction shook her.“Its ok dear, just push” The midwife told her.“Fuuuuccccck” Charlotte gasped as she pushed.“I can see the first head”Yes, first head, we found out when we went for our first check up that Charlotte was pregnant with twins. Ryan one that bet so one the money that Charlotte got from Phillip and Gavins bank accounts. As for the sex we decided not to find out, so the men are all waiting eagerly. Charlotte told Grant that she did not want the property from Phillip. We have the farm to Doc who is living happily on his own. He opened his own clinic and sees all the locals and charges them a super small fee.“It’s a boy, congrats” The midwife smiled as she called me over and I cut the first cord.“One more boy and I win the house Phillip shared with Jane” Ryan rubbed his hand together.It turns out that was the first prize, and the second prize was the house that Phillip shared
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Charlotte’s POVI woke up with a grin on my face, it was Christmas morning and today Jack would find out I was pregnant. I rolled over and frowned when I realised that the bed was empty. I heard the shower running so climbed out of bed and made my way to the bathroom with a frown on my face. “What have I told you about leaving me to wake up to an empty bed” I pouted.“I only just got up to get the shower started, I was just on my way back to you” Jack tried to explain.“Ok” I walked into his arms and leaned up to kiss him “Merry Christmas” I mumbled against his lips.“Merry Christmas my love” He smiled “Come on we need to have a quick shower”“Why?” I asked rubbing my hands up his chest.“Behave” He chuckled “I have things I need to attend to this morning and some important people arriving that I will need you to greet with me”“Really?” I groaned as I quickly showered like he asked.I walked back into the bedroom, and he walked into the wardrobe and came out with a red velvet knee le
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Jack’s POVI woke up to Ryan ringing my phone, I groaned as I slid out of bed and left the room.“What” I growled into the phone.“Your delivery is here, where do you want it?”“Shit, coming” I quickly ran down the stairs and got the delivery driver to place the tree in the lounge and the boxes of decorations down in front of it. “I better go back upstairs” I told Ryan as I ran back to Charlotte. I was shocked when I entered the room and the bed was empty, but then I heard the shower running and quickly made my way towards the bathroom. I stood enjoying the sight of her naked stood under the stream of water.“There you are” She grumbled “I did not like waking up in an empty bed”“Sorry babe, I just had so sort out a delivery. I have time to join you now though” I quickly undressed and joined her in the shower. I missed looking after her, I spun her around and started to wash her hair and her body while he tried to find out about the delivery. She seemed surprised that I did not try to
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Charlotte’s POVAs soon as we got home, I hid the baby grow in Ryans room and then Grant started to show me around the rest of the property. I was shocked at how large it was, they had their own orchard and grape vines. This place was amazing, lastly Grant took me to see the pigs. They are tucked away behind the cells, what made sense.“Did Phillip get fed to them?” I asked.“Yes” Grant told me. “Does that upset you?”“No” I told him honestly “I am glad that he is dead”“On that note, you now own all of the properties that Phillip and Gavin owned”“What?” I looked at him shocked“You also have all their money too”“No” I pulled out my phone and almost fainted when I saw my bank balance.“Jack has taken over their business dealings, but I am sure if you wanted them, he would happily pass them on to you”“Fuck no, he can keep them”“The Doc was wondering if he could stay in Gavin’s old place”“He can have it” I told him “I don’t need any of the houses or the money. Give them all away to
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Jack’s POVAfter Charlotte left, I went back to my computer and booked the holiday. I decided that we would bring in the new year on a tropical island.“Do you not think it was odd that Grant was so eager to go with them?” Warren asked.“What do you mean? He enjoys spending time with Charlotte”“I know, that’s not what I mean. It just seemed like he had to go with them as he did not like the idea of Zac going”“You think that he has an issue with Zac?”“No not that, I am not sure what I think. I just think it was odd how keen he was to go with Ryan and Charlotte”“I will talk to him later at the house and find out what is going on” I told him. “I don’t think it will be anything important” I decided that I better get back to sorting out the payroll while Charlotte was gone. Since she was helping me with the gift cards, we might be able to finish work early.“Have you thought about getting tree for the house?” Warren suddenly asked.“What?”“A Christmas tree, I know we don’t usually do
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Grant’s POVI went to see the Doc first thing on Monday morning, while I had been gone, he had gone though and found a few positions that he wanted to apply for. All we had to do now was sort out his resume and figure out what he had been doing for the last few years.I had spoken to one of my old mates in the special forces and he said he was happy to act as a reference for the guy if he needed one. So that’s what we added to his C.V, he had been a medic for the special forces.Once his resume was updated, he sent off for the jobs. “Now I just need somewhere to live” He sighed “I cannot keep living here”“I was going to ask Charlotte if it would be ok for you to stay at Gavin’s old place”.“No one knows were that is” Doc looked at me in shock “He kept that very well hidden”“I have the location, and the property is now in Charlottes name, it’s a nice little lifestyle block. I thought that would suit you”.“Really, is she would be ok with me staying there that would be amazing. I will
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Charlotte’s POVI looked at Grant in shock “How did you?” I was starting to panic, would the others figure it out so quickly?“Oh my god, am right” He looked at Ryan “You’re a sly dog how long have you known?”“Not long, I found out the same time as Charlotte”“And that was?”“Saturday morning” I sighed “It was Grace who figured it out when I vomited after smelling coffee”“Shit, so no more coffee for you” he laughed.“Well not for the moment no, but please don’t tell Jack. I want to wait and let him know on Christmas morning”“You should go get a little jumpsuit and wrap it up for him”“That’s such a good idea” I smiled at him, I could get it embroidered with something like ‘Heir to the King’ I laughed.“Ok you have to do that” Ryan told me.“I will, but right now we should probably get back to the office before he has a mental breakdown” I laughed. I could just imagine how much he was stressing, wondering if I would come back.“You going to tell him what she told you?” Ryan asked as
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Jack’s POVAfter Charlotte left, I slumped in my chair, now I just had to wait and see what happens. I did not understand why she would want to cameras and stuff disabled. Was she scared that we were lying to her about me getting drugged? I hated waiting, I wanted to leave and go home so I was there when she was finished with Hannah. But I knew that was a bad idea and I needed to be patient and wait for Charlotte to come to me.Warren came and sat in the seat opposite me “What do you think she will ask Hannah?”“I have no idea and that’s what worries me” I sighed.“Lance told me that she said something that shocked both Ryan and Grant that stopped walking in shock”“Does he know what she said?”“No, they were too far away” “Fuck I hate waiting” I growled.“You are not the only one, we all want her to come back home” Warren told me as he stood up and went back to the door.I groaned I needed something to keep me distracted. I opened the internet browser and started to search for roman
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Ryan’s POVThe whole time I was in Jack’s office I was on edge, waiting for him to blow up at me for hitting him. I eves dropped on his conversation with Zac thinking maybe he was going to give him my job and fire me. Only he was offering him a job as Charlottes driver, I guess I did still have a job. Once Zac left, I waited for him to call me over. I was wrong yet again as he called Charlotte over instead and started telling her that he had Hannah in the cells, and he had kept her alive for Charlotte. Honestly my head was swimming right now as I watch Charlotte set rules in place for her going to see Hannah. I was impressed when Jack agreed, and I got to go with her. Yes baby, I was going to have a very interesting afternoon.Then Jack offered her a coffee, I was about to step in myself and quickly take it away. Thankfully Charlotte managed to get away herself.Jack then called Grant and Charlotte went back to her desk to wait, now he was going to call me over and tell me this job wi
