*****Nikita POV*****It’s exactly a month after our marriage when we land in Lilly town and find Owen and Lucas already waiting for us. “Niki! Welcome back,” Owen embraces me excitedly and Lucas follows after him. “I am here too, you weasels!” Leo complains and they laugh at him. “We know, we missed Niki more,” Owen says, earning himself a cold stare from his cousin, followed by a brotherly hug. Now I miss my own brother. “She’s my wife. Keep this up and I will keep her in my bed and you two will never see her,” Leo threatens and I roll my eyes at him. Leo insists on opening the car door for me. I don’t like how he is claiming every part of my heart with his seemingly small acts. Owen gets on the drivers seat with Lucas next to him.“You two are not divorcing, right?” Owen asks the moment we get into the car. “You are just perfect together,” Lucas adds. Him and Owen definitely discussed this. “And no one can survive either one of you.”Leo and I exchange looks. That is probabl
*****Nikita POV*****Two months later, there’s nothing on Able. It’s like the man is a ghost. Hunter and half of my men have been all over the world looking for him. Besides the two houses in Kali and Bali island that are under his name, there is nothing. Even the housekeepers who maintain those houses have never seen him. I walk out of the Booi mansion and find Owen flying the drone as usual. Now that he can make one from scratch, he does his own modifications to make it faster. “Morning Niki. Your sleepyhead still sleeping?”I smile at him. He always calls Leo names to get to his nerves but loves him like no other. “He says Able is Nick’s father.”I nod my head. “What can you tell me about him?”Leo has not been much help. He claims to not know much but he also thinks I should just let the whole thing go. Owen shakes his head. “I really don’t know much except what Leo has told me. I was staying with my parents somewhere else back then,” Owen says. I know that he only moved into
*****Nikita POV*****What the fuck!I blink and look at the dna results again. A 25% is all I needed, not this! This means Leo lied to me. The bastard hijacked my womb! No wonder he’s been pushing me to let him see Nick. My heart is already pounding by the time I pull out my suitcase and throw all my clothes in it. “Sweetie?” Riah asks when I get downstairs. I shake my head and leave her standing there. She is like the mother I longed for but I am too mad to say anything right now. I can tell that something is up when I get to my estate. The guards won’t even look at me in the eyes. I run inside and meet Becca in the lounge. “Niki,” her nervous voice makes things worse. Something is definitely up. I peep behind her. Nick should have ran out ahead of her by now. “Where is my son?”“Leo to…took him,” Becca stammers and my head starts spinning. I shake my head a few times wondering if I heard her accurately. I must be going crazy. “What did you say?”“Leo took him a few minutes ag
*****Leo POV******Two hours earlier*Owen and I are at one of our retail supermarkets going through accounts when I receive a call from an unknown number. “Yes?” “He..hello, Mr Booi,” the female voice hesitates.“Who’s this?” I really don’t like private calls. Very few people have my number and that’s intentional on my part. “I.. I’m the tech from the laboratory. You asked me a few months back to let you know when Miss, well now your wife runs a dna test,”I get on my feet. I have completely forgotten about that. “Jenny, is it?”“You remember my name!”“Off course I do,” I say charmingly and Owen shoots me a cold disapproving stare. I know what he thinks. I wave my hand dismissively at him. “I take it she ran one?”“I was on leave, I found out when I got here this morning. The results were sent to her a few minutes ago and it’s a 99 percent match,”I curse inside before thanking Jenny and promising her a reward for her work. “You wanted Niki, now you have her and you are flirti
*****Leo POV*****It’s been almost a month since we moved into the Davi estate but I hardly see or talk to my wife. She walks out every time I walk in and won’t share a bedroom with me. I miss her like hell. Today I will force her hand because I can’t take it anymore. I get into the kitchen to find Riah and Kyla making lunch. They get on very well with the Davi head maid and have worked out a schedule. Owen is sitting on the table having a pudding. When Riah walks out, I fill in Kyla on what I want to do and she reluctantly agrees while Owen shakes his head at me. “I am doing what I have to do to get my wife back,” I tell him and Owen continues shaking his head. He obviously does not approve of my strategy but this is all I have right now. I pull Kyla to sit on my lap. One message to my wife and the ball is rolling. I can hear Niki greeting Riah in the passage and Kyla’s hand starts shaking. She is terrified of my volatile wife and should be. I hold her hand and pretend to be kissin
*****Leo POV*****Niki under my body and screaming my name is heaven. I could live the rest of my life life this but unfortunately, it’s short lived. Shit! I know that I went too far when she looks away, refusing to lay on my chest or to even meet my eyes. That’s when I notice tears roll down her cheeks before she turns alway from me to face the wall. “Babe,” I call her softy. Silence“Niki.”SilenceShit! I start panicking. I would do anything right now to get a smile from her, but she won’t even look at me. “I won’t touch Colton, I swear,” I reassure her but she still does not respond. We lay like that for almost an hour before I see her breathing slowing down and I know that she is fast asleep. I quietly get off, put on my clothes and sneak out to find Owen smoking on the balcony. It’s a bad habit he has when stressed out or pissed off. I grab the cigarette from him with an aim of smoking it myself. I know that it’s the latter when he does not stop me, but gives me a cold sta
*****Nikita POV*****I wake up in Leo’s sexy arms. The same man I spent the past month hating everything about. Him and his whole family have really made themselves at home in my estate. So much that I found myself an outcast. He is too familiar with my men while they are terrified of me. Yes, I did shoot their legs but they deserved it. Riah has completely taken over the running of the household and the kitchen, which I don’t mind because I absolutely adore her and she is a great cook. I thought Anna would object to Riah taking over her duties but the two of them get on so well, you would swear that they have always managed this place together. Riah has however, had heated confrontations with my other maids, who had their eyes on Owen and Lucas. Then there’s my son, who just thrives in all the attention he is getting with everyone in one place. Riah is like the grandparent he never had. As if Becca was not spoiling her enough, Riah is so much worse. So much that I’m starting to wor
*****Nikita POV*****I wake up to find Leo nowhere to be seen, but a gift bag next to me. Sitting up, I immediately recognise my favourite boutique’s bag. A man after my own heart. I can’t help but smile because I love everything they sell there. Taking out the red two piece swimsuit, I can’t wait to put it on. Jumping off the bed to take a quick shower and putting it on. It fits perfectly. Now, I definitely want to go to the beach.I am still standing in front of the mirror when he walks in and whistles. “My drop-dead gorgeous wife. Let’s go give some bastards at the beach a heart attack,” he says while wrapping his arms around my waist. I can’t help but appreciate the reflection on the mirror. I can’t believe that I am saying this but we look…perfect. He is still the sexiest man I know and my heart flutters the moment our eyes meet on the mirror. “The swimsuit is great. Thank you.”He nibbles on my ear, making my already galloping heart race. “The body on the suit is what makes
*****Leo POV*****When more hours pass without a trace of Niki, I completely lose my sanity. “Hang in there. Niki is the strongest woman I know,” Owen says but I can’t believe anything until I see her. “She is my everything.”“I know and most importantly, Franco and Dion know it too.”“They are monsters, Owen, and Niki is pregnant.”“She will be fine. You have to believe it,” Owen insists and I nod my head. It’s only when Hunter gets intel about the murder of a man he and Nick once hired to build a secret grave Crego and the signals going off from the Crego grave that hope returns to me. We are an hour off but Niki is definitely still alive. Getting that assurance gets me pumped up again. My heart leaps when I see her. The love of my life. She weeps on my arms while I thank heavens for her safety. We all get a reminder of how crazy and mean Nick Davi was when Niki opens the vault. I know that he is dead, but I want to punch him really badly for speaking to my wife like that. We a
*****Nikita POV*****I wake up in an unfamiliar place. The hazy image of Franco standing above me gets clearer and I sit up. “Morning sleepyhead,” Franco beams. There is really something wrong with this man. “Where am I?”“We are in the great Crego and the weather is wonderful!” he responds with so much excitement, you would swear we were related or friends. “You drugged me,” I accuse. The last thing I remember was arriving at the cemetery and someone putting a sack over my head. Crego is in another country away. He shrugs his shoulders. “You are not the cooperative type, my friend.”“What do you want, Franco?”He opens his hands. “Money, Niki, money and you have loads of it.”“I thought we were friends,” I accuse. “Of course we are.”“You kidnapped my son!” I exclaim, Anderson rising within me. “Come on now, Niki. The little guy was not harmed.”I shake my head and bite my tongue. Nick might not be physically harmed but being snatched by strange man will still scar him. “Why C
*****Leo POV*****A week later, the country is still in chaos. People are fed up with the ruling party and begging ex president Marlone to lead them again. The politicians are throwing each other under the buss and literally begging us for forgiveness. I look at Niki. “Babe.”“You can’t be serious!” she exclaims in disbelief. “The country is burning, My Love. We can’t let it continue.”“They tried to kill us!”“I know. I think we made our point. Everyone now knows the truth. I don’t think they will ever mess with us again,”I explain. “I agree with Leo. It’s enough now,” Daniel says. “I know that you are angry, I would be too if someone attacked my family like that. Dad says people are angry and getting desperate. He can’t lead again, that took a lot from him the last time. Please, Niki. I want to get out of here and plan my wedding,” Lorraine pleads. She definitely inherited her father’s diplomatic ways. We all look at Niki, who thinks we are all too soft and weak. She is probable
******Nikita POV*****It does not take long for Hunter to return with Lorraine. As expected, he has taken extreme measures to ensure that they are not followed and Lorraine has nothing that can be used to track her here. It’s easy to see how devastated Lorraine is by Daniel’s death. I’m really curious to know her reasons for turning him down because it’s not lack of love.“Hi, Lorraine.” I keep my cold straight face. She runs to my arms and starts weeping. “I.. I.. loved him. I really did,” she chokes on her tears and I now feel bad for the lie I told. “My parents spent their lives and went through hell to unite this country,” she mumbles, a story we all know too well. “My siblings and I have always been under scrutiny. We learned very early on that anything we did could be used by the opposition against our parents,” she continues. I know that too. The whole country got to know when President Marlone’s children were mean to anyone at school. It’s been like that even when they we
*****Leo POV*****A day later….“Hey everyone, Daniel’s father-in-law is on television,” Lucas shouts and we all congregate in front of the screen. Former president Marlone’s views matter a lot to us for different reasons. He still has a lot of followers and influence here but we now we have our eyes on his daughter for Daniel. “Former President Marlone, many consider eliminating the mafia the one thing you failed to accomplish during your presidency. What are your views on what’s going on now?”the journalist asks. Former President Marlone smiles and shakes his head. “My mandate was to eliminate the criminal organisation called the mafia. So, I, and my government appointed the best detectives in this country to only focus on that. We had the best undercover agents, who infiltrated the Davis, the Booi’s and Siko’s. The so called DBS or big players in the mafia world.”We all exchange looks, wondering which one of our previous men were undercover agents. “And?” the journalist asks ea
*****Leo POV*****I get into the bathroom and find my wife puking over the toilet. This should be disgusting, right? Then why do I feel like kissing every part of her body?I crouch down next to her, gentle tag her hair back and pat her back. “You don’t have to stay,” she says before gagging and puking again. “There’s no place I would rather be, My Love.”She frowns at me. “Eew.”I can’t help but laugh at her reaction. “We are in this together, Babe,” I say with a lump on my throat. So much has happened between us, but we are still here and this baby is the stamp of our love. She gets up, flushes the toilet and rinses her mouth before responding to me. “You are very weird, Mr Booi.”I chuckle before whisking off her feet. “We are pregnant. Babe, we are really pregnant!”She wraps her arms around my neck and looks down at me in disbelief. “I told you this a few hours ago and you did not seem interested.”“I thought you were too smitten and speaking in tongues.”She rolls her eyes
*****Leo POV*****We can see the bullets but thanks to the impenetrable walls, none get through. This wall in my books, still the most impressive invention of all times. “They are not in uniform and did not identify themselves as police,” Hunter says and my lethal wife is absolutely thrilled. “We have already won the case. We just have to live through this. On them boys,” Niki says and we gladly comply. The bastards clearly did not expect us to retaliate like this. I don’t really blame them. Guns, yes, but I wouldn’t expect any mafia to have bombs and drones. We are definitely winning this without even facing the fire. Owen and Lucas are even competing on who has taken down the most of our attackers and Daniel is actually not bad despite his complaints. We are still celebrating our victory when a missile comes out of nowhere. “Abort! Everyone to the basement!” Niki shouts and we all dash to the basement. The walls and the roof shake at the point of impact, before tumbling down. T
*****Leo POV*****Niki opens and closes her mouth, speechless. Did she really think I would ever let her go?“You have a lot to make up for, Missy,”I tease and she looks at me in disbelief. Sizzling hot! “Shooting you was an accident, why am I making up for it?”“Not telling me that it was an accident and trying to tear us apart, thats what you are making up for,” I say while wrapping my arms around her tiny waist. I plan on shamelessly riding this wave forever. She smiles and curves her sensual lips. I know that means she is about to fight me and I decide to change my strategy. “I will tell Nick that you shot me.”“That will definitely get Mrs defiance in line,” Owen responds. He’s himself again now that he knows Niki did not really pull the trigger. “You wouldn’t!” Niki cries and searches my eyes. I stand my ground, knowing that I have won. “Nick! Come to Papa, my boy!” I shout very loud and Nick shows up and runs towards us. That’s my boy!“Fine, I will make it up for you,” Ni
*****Leo POV*****Niki shot me right through my heart. I took my last breath. I should be dead, except I can hear them talking. Is this how someone dies?My fingers are crossed when Owen approaches. I pray and hope that his first instinct is not to avenge me. I hope he knows that I would never forgive him if he killed my wife to avenge me. I sigh with relief when he sinks down and sobs instead. I know that he will be fine eventually, it’s Lucas I’m worried about. He is just staring into space. The boy has seen too much trauma in his lifetime. I should have insisted on keeping him away from the mafia despite his determination to stay. I hope Luca will forgive my failure in protecting his boy. Hey! If I am dead, this is not so bad. My volatile wife is still fuming, but she can’t stop herself from grieving for me. Madness is wishing you could reach out and embrace a woman who killed your, but I can’t move. I guess I am really dead. It’s a pity I will never get to kiss, touch, make sweet