POV: Harper“Is this true? “ he asked me, his voice breaking.“Are you…Are you…”“I’m pregnant,” I said softly, answering him with a smile on my face Ethan erupted with happiness, he jumped in excitement and yelled at the top of his voice,“I’m going to be a father!” He screamed out in excitement, and then he ran towards me and swept me into his arms, spinning me around happily. He kissed me so passionately, His hand was placed on my stomach as if he could feel his baby as he kissed me. How long have you known about it, why didn’t you tell me?” he asked me after the kiss, sounding a bit offended. “I planned to tell you on our anniversary night. It was meant to be your anniversary gift and I would have told you about it that night if you didn’t walk away in anger and left me all alone. When I told you that you ruined our anniversary dinner, I wasn’t referring to the food I had made for you. This is what I was talking about. I was so excited about it and I wanted to surprise you
POV: HarperI guess she doesn’t know that Ethan has already apologized and explained their history to me. So I am not bothered by her words actually, just that, I have to counteract her accusations because a few people around could hear her and I don’t want it on record that I tried to kill Emma, my husband’s ex-lover. It would ruin my reputation if everyone thought that I was a vindictive lover. If only Ethan was close by to see her talking so rudely to me. He just stepped into his home office for a quick meeting with a business partner. She sure knows when to pick on me, she always waits for him to leave my side before she comes over to antagonize me.“Stop making up stories, Serena. I never hurt your sister and I never intended to. I only went to see her because I was curious about her relationship with Ethan. But now that I know the truth, I won’t bother her anymore.” I responded firmly, surprised by my own voice. I saw the fierceness in her eyes diminished when I told her tha
POV: HarperThe party atmosphere had shifted from raucous laughter and dancing to a tense, suffocating silence, caused only by Serena's cries as Ethan escorted her to the door. Outside, a cool breeze rustled the leaves, a stark contrast to the heated emotions boiling within the house.Her screams about Ethan’s promise attracted the attention of our guests. They started whispering amongst themselves, speculating about the relationship between Ethan and Serena. I could’ve leave just like that, I had to follow up with Ethan, running to catch up with them and stop him from saying or doing anything that might hurt her.“Ethan, please…Don’t hurt her….Stop, Ethan, please!” I called out to him as I blinked back the tears that threatened to pour out of my eyes. Ethan heard my voice and he turned to comfort me, pulling me into a protective embrace while glaring at Serena. “Ethan, please… don’t hurt her…” my voice rang out, trembling but firm, pulling at Ethan’s heartstrings even amidst
POV: SerenaI sat on the hospital bed, staring at my sister Emma as she slept. I’d snuck in here to avoid signing the visitors register. I do this when I’m angry so I would have an alibi in case I get pissed and strangle her to death in her sleep. I stood there looking at her, hating the very air that she breaths. The fact that she looks exactly like Harper makes it even worse. Merely looking at her makes me sick in my stomach. In my heart, it felt like I was staring at Harper. Both girls look alike and they both found a way to steal Ethan from me. So, to me, they are both the same and I hate them. I imagined myself grabbing a sharp tool from the doctors surgical tools and stab her repeated in her sleep, stabbing her right in her abdomen and killing that child she is carrying.No one can have Ethan’s child, but me!I have work so hard to have him all to myself, I won’t let anyone take him away from me, not after all my hard work. I was standing over her, glaring daggers at her wh
POV: Serena“Let’s meet up Ethan, its urgent, please meet me at the Millennium restaurant next to our families favorite park.” I texted him, smiling as I thought of the mischief I was cooking up for him.After I left the hospital where I visited my sister, I called Ethan and asked him to meet up. I made it sound urgent, knowing that he might not want to see me after I bullied his wife last night. But he didn’t pick my calls and I know he is still pissed, so I texted him instead.“I’m standing on the bridge before the park. I’ll toss myself over the bridge if you don’t respond to my messages.” I told him, smiling to myself as I knew he would totally fall for this one. Yeah, I learnt that one from my conniving, manipulative sister, Emma. For some weird reason, he doesn’t always give in to her requests or give her whatever she asks for until she pulls this trick on him. She is such a pest!It always work for her, he cares too much to let her carry out her threat, even if we all knew
**POV: Ethan**“Emma, what is wrong? Why are you refusing to speak with me?” I asked her when I finally went in to see her. I drove down here after I left Serena at the restaurant. I was so pissed off at her that I had to leave her presence before I did something stupid.I’m so close to cutting her off and breaking whatever promise I made to her. I'm hanging on a very thin thread as it stands. I kept battling with the idea of abandoning both Emma and Serena, along with the promise I made to both girls after the death of their parents. I pinched the steering wheel in anger, cursing out loud as I recalled the way she had tried to sneak her hands into my shirt, trying to seduce me.I should have known the first time I saw her looking so hot and showing so much cleavage. I should have known that when I saw her looking this sexy, she was up to no good. I don’t wish to break my promise to her; my guilty conscience will kill me if I go back on my word after causing the death of their parents
**POV: Harper** My heart raced as I held Ethan close to me, feeling the weight of his stress seep into my skin. It was hard to watch him so burdened, especially when he was usually the one with a bright smile lighting up the room. The gentle rise and fall of his chest beneath my fingers was a brief comfort against the storm brewing in my mind. I cuddled him in my arms, playing with his hair as he slept peacefully. He looked so sad and stressed out when he arrived. I would have thought that he had so much to do at work, but his countenance said otherwise. And his warning about my visit to Emma said it all. They were the reason why he was stressed. Emma and her sister were using his guilt against him, making him do things that upset him. I didn’t know what they had done to make him so upset, but I felt so bad that I was the reason why they were angry with him. I should not have investigated his past and unearthed secrets he was trying to keep from me. Though the light in the roo
POV: HarperThe sterile smell of antiseptic assaults my senses as I fight to blink away the haze of sleep that is tormenting me. My body is heavy, like a heavy weight was wraps around me like a tight blanket. Pain radiates through me, a dull throb that seems to pulse in time with my heartbeat. But amidst that pain, the first thought that pierces through the fog is primal and fierce: My baby.“My baby!” I scream in panic, sound of my voice coming out so loudly that it hurt my throat. My hands fly to my abdomen, cradling the life that grows within me as I hoped and prayed that it is still there. I struggled to sit upright, and in my frantic attempts to sit up, pain flares through my body like wildfire. But I ignore it, desperate to ensure my baby is unharmed. I need to get up. I have to protect it, I have to protect the one thing that makes sense in my life right now, the one thing that makes me feel completeI struggled to sit upright, but the pain was unbearable, my body is badly b
POV: Harper You know, While they were in college, they had always talked about our future and how we would love to live after college. I had no idea that Liam paid attention to the details I have about my preferences and the type of house I love to live with my family. His house is built just like I described do many years ago. it has a garden at the back of the house with benches to sit and let the fresh hair with the scent of flowers fill your senses. It's painted all white, with a touch of blue and black to make it look more masculine and mature. There are trees and flowers all around the house, just like I've always wanted. I was sitting in a room that is no different from the way I'd described my dream apartment. it was painted purple and white, with imported Italian furniture and expensive beddings and curtains that I love so much.As if that wasn’t enough, he led me out of the room, taking me down the hallway to a room at the end of the hallway. He opened the door and showe
POV: HarperThe airplane cabin was quiet, the sound of the engines a distant hum as I nestled deeper into plush seat. After I left Ethan, Liam gave me a little sedative to help me sleep a little and ease my troubled heart. The little sedative Liam had given me worked wonders, lulling me into a peaceful slumber while memories of Ethan and the ache in her heart faded into the background.I slept off on the plane, and when the plane touched down, when I finally woke up, we had arrived at a beautiful mansion that took my breath away. I stirred, blinking against the soft light that poured through the window. As I stepped outside, my breath caught in my throat. Before me stood a magnificent mansion, beautiful and magnificent, perched majestically above a sprawling estate with a lush backdrop of woods and a shimmering stream, complete with a cascading waterfall. It was everything I could have ever dreamed of and more.“Get used to it, Harps. This is going to be your new room,” Liam reveale
POV: Harper “Anything, Harps. I will do anything you want,” he replied, his gaze fixed on me.“Promise me you won’t tell Ethan where I’ve gone, promise to keep my location a secret, even from Kate. He must never find me, Liam, and he must not coax Kate to reveal my location. Promise me Liam, promise me,” I said, the plea scraping out of my throat. It hurt to say, but I couldn’t risk him confronting Serena and infuriating her further. I can’t risk him going after Kate or thinking I had betrayed him. “Promise me you won’t let my choice hurt our friendship, and you will not let them hurt my child,” I asked him, more like begged him actually. I’m looking for a lifeline to hold on to, a promise of friendship and protection.“Harper…” he started, his brows knitting together. But I held up a hand, stopping him. Then I held his hand and looked into his eyes, looking deep into his soul.“Please, Liam. He needs to deal with this on his own. I’ll always love him, but I can’t be part of this,
POV: Harper After hearing Serena's threats and knowing in my heart that she is capable of hurting me without mercy, I decided to leave town before she hurts me and cut my unborn child out of my womb like she threatened. She wasn’t kidding me when she made that threats, she meant every fucking word, I could see it in her eyes. I just have to leave now before it’s too late. I did not say one word about it to Ethan, just like she asked. I kept to my word, but I’m not convinced that she will keep to her end of the bargain. Which is why I have to go now before she activated her next plan. If not for anyone, I'll do this for my unborn child. I need to save my unborn child from that monster. I love Ethan, and I know I'll never be happy without him. but he needs to deal with Serena and her obsession with him before I can think of coming back to him. She loves him and she has threatened to hurt me and my unborn child if I don't leave him. so I need to stop thinking about my selfish desires
POV: HarperShe doesn’t care for him like she did before. No wonder she would pull a stunt like this when she knows that he is around and he could wall in any minute now. I have to go away from here, I have to leave Ethan. There is no other way around this, we are getting a divorce.“I’m leaving here, Serena, and I’m leaving Ethan. If you dare come after me and my child, I will fight back and I won’t go down easily!” I told her fiercely, pushing her off my face rudely, making her laugh hysterically like a fucking lunatic. Her friend tried to hit me, but she held her back and pushed her away, turning to glare dangerously at her,“Nobody touches Ethan or any of Ethan’s girls, but me. She is mine to hurt, mine to torture, mine to kill. When the time is right, I will give her what she truly deserves, I will hurt this bitch and make her pay,” she told her sternly before turning to me with that hateful glare that makes me want to hide in fear.“I will hurt you, Harper, I will make you s
POV: Harper“Alright, The guys are out, Serena, it’s just you and me. You can stop acting now,” I told her, folding my hand on my chest as I stared at her. She raised her head up from the position she had left it since we walked in here and she smiled back at me, smirking evilly at me.“Awwww, so annoying to pretend to be all nice and good, don’t you think?” She asked rhetorically.“One more minute in that position and I’ll fucking go crazy for real. Can you believe I had to practice being limp all night because of this visit?God, it’s so frustrating and annoying. And guess what?It’s all your fault, Harper!” she told me furiously, standing up from the wheelchair to straighten her legs. I looked at her wide eyed and Kate had her mouth wide open too as we both stared at her in shock. She kept her eyes fixed on me, eyeing me dangerously, checking me out.“I knew you were smart, Harper. But I didn’t know that you have the balls to come after me and actually uncover the truth. Tell me,
**POV: Harper**“Why are you doing this to us, Harper? Are you happy to see us this way? Would you want our child to come into a broken home?” he asked me furiously, pulling his hand through his hair in frustration. He tried to convince me to come home with him, reminding me of our unborn child. But I didn’t have anything to say to him, and so he left angrily, his face contorted in a deep frown.I half thought he would not come back as we agreed. With the way he stormed out, I assumed our visit to Serena would be canceled. But he came back anyway; he came back to pick me up as he promised. My friends insisted on going with us. Kate wouldn’t let me visit Serena alone, so they got into Liam’s car and followed us, accompanied by a few guards.“Really, Harper? You’re bringing so many guards to visit a sick lady?” Ethan asked me, scoffing incredulously. I ignored him, refusing to say a word. I guessed he had no idea what Serena was capable of. He hadn’t faced any of her attacks, nor had he
POV: Harper“What are you saying, was she sent by someone?Who sent her,. Harper, is it someone I know?” He asked me, his eyes deep in thought. He still doesn’t get it, or maybe he just doesn’t want to say it.“It’s your crazy friend, Ethan, it’s Serena again!” I told him throwing my hand in the air in disbelief. He paused and moved back a little, and then he gave me that look again, that same look that has crazy written all over it. “Ahaa…That’s it, that same look you give me whenever I bring up Serena!” I yelled at him, pushing him away from me roughly. “A few minutes ago you were ready to go hunt down my stalker, you were looking for a lone wolf to main, leaving the Alpha wolf roaming free. The stalker is not the problem, Serena is the real problem. If you want to help like you claimed, then get rid of her, Ethan!Get rid of her!” I screamed at the top of my voice, my eyes blazing in anger. He held my gaze for a few minutes, biting his teeth in anger. Then he chuckled weirdly l
POV: Harper“Please Harper, don’t bring up Serena today, I’m not here to talk about her. I’m here to talk about us, I want you to listen to me, please. I want you back, my love. I need you,” Ethan told me, trying to wrap his hand around my waist. I shrugged him off roughly, putting my hand up to tell him to stop trying to seduce me because it’s not working. “There is no us, anymore, Ethan. You destroyed us, you ruined our relationship. I tried to warn you, I told you Serena was nothing but bad news. But you didn’t listen, you chose her over me, and now you have to live with your decision!” I told him sternly.“We are getting a divorce, Ethan!I won’t endanger myself and our unborn child because of your desire to protect your friends from childhood. You care more about the promises you made to her parents, than you care for me and our baby. I can’t take it anymore, Ethan, I want to live!” I told him sadly, letting the tears slide down my cheeks.“Where is she, Ethan, where did you put