KATERINAHe said nothing to my request, simply turned away, typing away into his phone until we got to his place. For some reason, even if I was drunk and a lot more daring now, I could not say anything else until we arrived.I waited in the car just because, until he walked over to my side and carried me out. A guard opened the front door for us to go in, and I heard him tell the guard,"Get someone to prepare a bath for her. In my room."Okay, why did that leave me feeling ticklish all over?"But I just want to sleep. I don't think I have the strength to take a bath right now." I argued. He said nothing, just laid me on the couch in the living room and sat beside me, watching me keenly.I turned away. He was staring too deep into my soul."I can help you." He answered after a while. I reversed back to stare at him with my eyes wide open."What do you mean you can help me?""If you would let me, of course." He corrected, standing up and outstretching his hand for me to take.I shook
VINCENT I wanted to wrap my palm around her neck and get her closer like that, kiss her as senselessly as I really needed to… but knowing Katerina, she would freak out and probably go to bed, horny as hell because her pride would not let her ask me to make her feel good TWICE. So I accepted my fate and settled with my hand on her waist, then her ass, squeezing and palming the soft flesh whilst struggling to go easy on her. I let her lead the kiss for a good minute and then I took over, completely ravishing her lips and swallowing her moans until her arm began to loosen around my neck from how weak she was getting. Grunting, I pulled her on top of me, my covered cock pushing against her wet, naked and fucking hairless pussy. She said no penetration and even if it had gotten me on edge a little, I agreed to it. She looked like she needed her orders taken right now and I was happy to be wh her service. Maybe I could pry about what really went wrong from her later in the mornin
KATERINAI laid there, listening to him grunt in a hushed tone every few seconds, then moan loudly when I figured that he was finally done. I bit my bottom lip as I had seriously considered going in there to help him but I just couldn't. I had made too many mistakes for one night.When he was finally back in the room, I pretended to be asleep while he settled into the bed. I had been too tired to even put anything on after he had left so I was lying there naked, as well. I felt his breath in my face and I knew that he had turned to face me.For some reason, it was not creepy—feeling his eyes on me. In fact, it did not take long before I finally fell asleep… not waking up to any nightmares, at all.I snuggled closer into his arms. I wanted to stay here forev— Wait, what?My eyes peeked open at once and I discovered that I was truly in his arms. When had this even happened? I thought to myself, blinking twice. The ringing in my ears distracted me from my thoughts for a while and I shut
KATERINAI sighed, "Sounds tempting enough.""I am not saying you should not get your revenge against me, but let me help you with yours." He coaxed, with his hand still in my hair. I wanted to lay here all day with him. Forget about all these grudges I harbored against him. I wished it was simply that easy."If you help me, I would naturally feel indebted to you and I fear I might confuse that indebtedness for forgiveness. I know I should have no reason to feel indebted to you but I just know it's the way I would feel. I cannot do it your way. I would let you know when I am done fucking you up to my heart's content, and then we can play." I told him."If you want the wine company, you can take it. You stared the rivalry based on it. Take it, and we could be slightly even." He offered. I was a bit taken aback. I had thought he had some kind of attachment to that company. I thought it was sentimental to him in a way. It turned out I was so wrong. Not only was he not attached to the pla
VINCENTI pulled the door open with a force that almost removed the metal frame from its hinges. My eyes met with Simon's and I asked with a tight, angry tone,"What do you want?"He slipped his hands into his pocket. "I just want to talk. By the way, did she go home?"No, Simon. She did not. In fact, she is currently under my duvet, probably having flashbacks of our time together or regretting whatever we had done together since last night. Hopefully, it was the former.Of course, I did not give him that response. Instead, I gave him the reply she had asked me to give him, "She left here early this morning. I do not know if she went home or not."I walked out of the room now, to avoid mistakenly opening the door a little too widely and risking him seeing her."Oh. Okay maybe after this conversation I will call her to make sure that she actually got home safely. You know, we have drifted apart lately, I feel really bad. She called me last night. I had to meet with you, so I turned dow
KATERINAKelvin came to see me a couple of times, and Simon and I had a date to talk and iron out our issues. I felt like he was acting a bit weird during our meeting but I decided that it was probably nothing. I was such an over-thinker anyways, so I decided to disregard the thoughts.At work, things were going really well too. I met this guy, and suddenly, it felt like I could actually have a normal life. I could actually meet people and get over my trauma. It should not be just Vincent who could curb my negative responses when it came to activities involving the opposite sex; sexual activities mostly.His name was Larry. Larry was a decent guy. He was the biggest shareholder in two law firms, and a highly sort out lawyer himself. He worked as a lawyer for one of the firms—the one in New York, to be precise.He had met me in an event. He did not leave my side throughout the event but never made me uncomfortable about the fact that he was lurking around me. He held good conversations
KATERINAI stood there, stunned. Was this really what I thought it was? She was plotting against me? Did that mean she knew too?If Whitney knew, then this was bad. I had to call Kelvin, she had become a threat already. I had just turned around to go get my phone when she started talking again,"Gosh, bro. That girl pisses me the hell off. You cannot imagine the discussion we just had, she literally spoke to me in the most demeaning way ever…" She complained and I was done standing at the side that moment. Like, you know what? Fuck Kelvin.I had just started to take a step into the kitchen when she chuckled briefly, continuing,"You get it! She's such a bitch, that Amelia girl. I know you have a plan for her… she has pissed you off in this life more than she has done to me, so I am not surprised if you are still plotting the perfect revenge against her." Wait, what?"Yeah… she is so full of herself. Recently got an award from a non-existent award page and could not stop throwing shad
VINCENT"I think they said it's this neighborhood. We just have to ask for a man called Fredrick Giles, known as Fred around here." James stated as he checked his phone to be sure of the address."And how many children does he have again?" I questioned when we stopped right in front of the porch that the address had called out."Seven. His wife is currently pregnant with the eighth." He told me, shaking his head."I guess he is better off dead, then. Good riddance for the poor woman."James laughed, saying nothing in return.We were currently in another state, but we are not there for business. We had watched the footages. Then, we searched for the fake driver and guard's location with some of the best private investigators in the country and the search led us to this state.Florida.Say hello if you recognize me on these streets, ladies, I thought to myself, then frowned. Actually do not, I amended as I thought of the reason I was wandering the streets of Florida—Katerina.Who probab
EPILOGUE KATERINA Forever and a long ass day; that was how long I wanted to be with Vincent. It was finally happening today, our wedding, and I was the happiest bride. Ava stepped into the suite where I was getting my makeup done, all dressed and looking every bit of the princess she was, and I could not help but fight back tears. Within the past few months since she got here, she had grown so much. She was so beautiful, looked happier now and more healthy. I loved this child so much… She had a single rose and a box in hand as she walked towards me and I shook my head, my smile refusing to leave my lips, "Vincent, right?" I questioned. She nodded with a wide smile, "Daddy asked me to give this to you, mommy." Yeah, she called out me ‘mommy’ not too long ago, and has not looked back ever since. With a grin on my face, I took the gifts off her hand and then tore the box open to reveal a blank cheque which read; THANK YOU FOR MARRYING ME… AGAIN. And I would do it o
VINCENTI could not believe what I was hearing. That fucking nanny had almost killed my wife-to-be, and her death was made that easy? I could not let my driver take the wheels on this one, I took hold of the steering myself, heading straight to the hospital I had been directed to.Katerina was not picking up any of my calls and I hated it. I wanted to know how she was doing, how my daughter was doing too. I wanted to make sure they had not ingested that fucking poison in any manner. If by any chance that poison had gone down any of my girls' throat, next believe I would be killing that bloody woman all over again.The drive to the hospital was long as hell, but I finally got there and practically jumped out of the front seat, heading straight inside the building.The moment I walked into the hospital room and saw Katerina sitting there, alive and well, I felt like I could breathe again. There she was, her face pale and tired, yet still the most beautiful thing I had ever laid my eye
KATERINAThe house was quieter than usual that night, and I was starting to get that uneasy feeling again.I sat in the living room, reading a book while waiting for Ava to finish kissing her nanny goodnight so we could go to bed together.Vincent was out for the night handling some business, and I was left alone with Ava and the domestic staff. That's when I heard it—hushed voices from down the hallway. I couldn't make out everything, but the tone caught my attention. It was sharp, scolding. The words became clearer as I stood and crept toward the kitchen. "How could you mess this up, Ava? I told you to make sure she ate the eggs, not the chicken!" Her nanny hissed. "I—I thought she ate everything. I saw her do. I didn't know." Ava's small voice quivered, her words barely audible through the door. I could not then laugh at her little grammatical blunder at that moment, as I froze where I stood, my stomach twisting into knots. The eggs? What was she talking about? "Your mommy
KATERINA "Can I speak to mommy on the phone?" Ava asked quietly, looking up at me with desperate eyes. This was not the first time she had asked it, and it broke my heart for her that I could not give in to her request. "Sweetheart, I told you many times… mommy is out of reach. You cannot speak to her yet, but you will, I will take you to see her one of these days. I promise." I did not care if Whitney wanted her to see her like that or not, they'd have to meet, I decided. "Alright, K. Thank you." She muttered. The nickname always filled my stomach with butterflies. Fun fact; she had come up with it herself. In fact, she had requested to call me that. Though I secretly hoped she would eventually call me mommy, I decided to make do with this. We sat there while she colored on a new drawing hook I had bought for a while, until the smell of roasted chicken wafted through the room, and I looked back, noticing the nanny walking towards us. I almost moaned in relief. Finally. "So
KATERINAWhitney refused to tell us anything more after that. We stood there, threatening her with all manner of things, but she never budged. She just sat there, smiling crookedly and laughing occasionally.I finally convinced Vincent to leave there and we both went home, hoping to figure out what exactly Whitney meant with everything she said about Ava ourselves.This morning, I woke up in his arms and peered up to see that he was awake already, focused on his phone. He had wrinkled lines in his forehead and dark circles around his eyes, and I could not help but feel a twinge of worry for him.The man had been working so hard these days and somehow, I knew that it had something to do with what Whitney had said about his child.Ava was acting… well, she was still detached from her father but she was every bit the bubbly child around me. Her nanny lived with us now, and continued to take care of her, in better living conditions… it was what she wanted, and she had been very grateful.
VINCENT I slammed my car door shut before I went over to the other side to open up for Katerina. "Thank you," she muttered, looking as eager to see Whitney as I was. She looked even more eager, but then again that was probably because the woman literally wore her emotions like a sleeve. We walked briskly inside the prison walls without really saying anything else to each other; we had talked enough on our way here. It was only when we were getting to her cell, that Katerina turned to face me, telling me, "I am going to let you talk to her. You are the one who is mostly affected by this, I would let you question her and whatnot without any interruptions but I also want to say stuff to her too, just so you know." She informed me, and I nodded, not wanting to say anything in response at first, except that nod, but after a quick glance at her face, I could see the desperation in her eyes for me to be okay and just like that, I just couldn’t keep to myself any longer. I threw m
KATERINA"Oh God, Ava!" I cried out as the little girl bolted away from the living room as we all had reacted too slowly because of course, no one had expected that from her.Vincent was the first to run after her, and also the first to recover from the shock. He was behind her in no time, and I was next, followed by the nanny.Luckily, the butler was quick enough to stop her. Ava was crying and kicking in his arms, demanding to be set free, but he was not having it."You aren't going out of here without adult supervision, woman!" He yelled, but she was not having it."Let me go! My mommy will hurt me, she says he's the bad guy, I cannot be around him, please…" She continued to cry. My heart broke in pieces for her. What kind of a mother was Whitney for crying out loud? "Your mother hurt you, and you still think your daddy is the bad man?" Vincent blurted out and I pinned him with a look, but he did not spare me a glance, his eyes were still transfixed in his daughter who refused to
VINCENT Katerina pulled the door open for me, mumbling to the butler, "Never mind. I got this." And then she smile widely at me after opening the door, wrapping her arms around my body in a tight hug. Her smile was nervous as fuck, as if she had something to tell me, and I knew that she did. A child was in here, at the living room. I had peeked through the surveillance, because my girl sounded nervous as fuck and I had to know what was making her like that. It was either that or me storming out of the meeting I was in. There was a nanny with the little girl too. She was claiming that the child was mine, and Whitney was her mother. But how the fuck did that even happen? Katerina pulled away from me, her face twisting in an offended frown, "You don't want to hug me back?" She started to step aside, but then my hand gripped her waist and I pulled her to me with force so her body collided with mine. Katerina gasped, then burst into a fit of giggles as I planted kisses al
KATERINA There was some commotion outside the front door. I had just heard it as I got out of the bathroom, trying to prepare to go shopping at the mall for a few essentials since I did not have work today. I ended up just throwing on Vincent’s T-shirt and a pair of shorts before heading downstairs to see what the noise was about. The noises grew louder as I approached the door and I pulled it open at once on reaching it. When my eyes met with a little girl's with her dark curls falling softly around her face, clutching a worn stuffed bunny, I almost thought she’d stopped at the wrong house. But then I noticed her eyes—a striking, familiar gray. The same piercing color that belonged to Vincent, with a touch of softness that reminded me of Whitney. Next to her stood a woman, exhausted, holding the little girl’s hand firmly, as if afraid she might lose her any moment. Our butler was asking questions, his gaze shifting between the woman and the little girl with polite suspicion.