**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**When I woke up, I found myself still lying in the hospital bed, sweating profusely because of my dreams. I looked around and discovered that Ethan was not in sight. I thought that I would sleep better knowing that my unborn child was doing okay, but the nightmares kept me awake, reminding me of my near-death experience.I wasn't surprised when I didn't see Ethan sitting next to me in my hospital bed. If anything, I felt relieved that he had taken my advice and gone home to freshen up and attend to a few things he had abandoned because of me. He had been in the hospital with me since I was brought in, so it was expected that after I got better, he would head home for a quick shower and a change of clothes. I knew I was the one who asked him to leave, but I missed him already. I felt safer when I was in his arms; in his presence, I was not scared of anything or anyone.It was after he left the hospital that Serena called me to "congratulate" me for the accident and told
POV: HarperMy heart raced, and my breath hitched in my throat as I pressed the call button. I needed a nurse—no, I needed Ethan. The room felt suffocating, filling with echoes of Serena’s laughter that echoed through my mind like an annoying melody. I curled my fingers tightly around the sheets, willing the warmth of his presence to seep into my bones, to protect me from her venomous words that wrung out my resolve like a ragged sponge. If this was meant to break my resolve and shatter my heart. Then kudos to Serena because she is doing such a great job at it. I felt my heart shatter into a million pieces as I heard her excited laughter after she disclosed to me that Ethan had been with her while I was struggling to stay alive and protect our baby too.Ethan was supposed to be my fortress, my shield against everything out there. Instead, I felt like a shipwreck, tangled in a twisted wreckage with a storm raging all around me. How could I have been so naive to believe that this wa
**POV: Harper**“This is not happening! No, no, no, no! I won’t take this! Someone must have tampered with my phone; her number has been deleted from my call log. I can’t believe this. Who would do something like this?” I challenged, looking at the maids and guards he had brought with him to help me out here. They were supposed to take care of me—why would they do something like this to me?“What now? Are you going to blame my guards and maids too? Should I send them home before they get dragged into your conspiracy theories?” he asked me, sounding a bit sarcastic and annoying. He thinks I’m cooking up stories just to make Serena look bad. Why is he not seeing the traces of the games she is playing with me? Why can’t he believe me?He looked at me as if I were insane. I could swear he was thinking that the accident had affected my head. Whoever did this to me would not get away with it; I’d make them pay for this betrayal. They had succeeded in making me look stupid. This proves that
**POV: Harper**"And by the way, Harper, I forgot to thank you for letting Ethan come to me yesterday morning while you attended your prenatal examination alone. Or maybe you should thank me for calling him away yesterday morning. I mean, I saved him from being involved in that fatal accident with you, didn't I?" She asked me the last time she called me in the hospital. I couldn’t stop thinking about it; I couldn’t get those words out of my mind. Nobody believes me—not even Ethan—believes that she called me. I had to stop talking about it so I wouldn’t get mistaken for a lunatic. I stopped asking him about his phone call that morning and even stopped mentioning her threats and evil plans. He said I couldn’t make these accusations without evidence, so I decided to wait until Serena called me again. When she didn’t call me back after a few days, I decided to call her myself. I got her number from Ethan and tried calling her back in his presence so he could hear what she had to say to
**POV: Harper**“No, my love, you can’t leave, please. I’ll tell you anything you want to know; we can talk about this. Please, Harper, please don’t go.” He pleaded, turning me to face him and forcing me to look into his eyes. “I didn’t know; I thought it was a call from work, I swear it. I have nothing going on with Serena, and even if she said something, it doesn’t matter. It was a mistake, and I didn’t lie to hurt you. I only wanted to protect you. After the stunt she pulled at our baby bash, I couldn’t tell you I went to see her to discuss business because I didn’t want you to think that I’m having an affair with her. Please, my love, you have to believe me,” he said, sounding repentant.“Then why did you keep it from me? Why did you have to lie to me?” I asked, crying sadly. My breath caught, tears spilling over as I recalled everything I’d been through. He made me look stupid when I brought it up; they even called me a lunatic. All the doctors and nurses thought I was going ins
POV: HarperI was restless, I could not close my eyes for even one second because I was scared that Serena might try to hurt me if I sleep. The nightmares would plague me in my sleep, so I decided not to sleep instead. I lay in the guestroom of Kate's house, staring at the ceiling, unable to forget the memories from the accident that still haunts me even when I’m wide awake. I admit, this new room felt foreign, too different from the comforting familiarity of my own, but the chaos at home made it impossible to stay. Different thoughts raced through my mind, I keep replaying the moments from that fateful day. How could someone know exactly where I would be? I keep thinking hard about it, but no matter how hard I try to figure it out, I keep coming right back to Serena. I wanted to wave her words aside as just silly talk, but her admittance has to be true because nothing e6mskes sense. I just need evidence to tie her to my accident and Ethan would finally believe that she is a psyc
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