The day went by, and my father reached out to me. He would be coming to pick me up for dinner at the King’s family house to meet my mother and sister officially.I didn’t want to dress up so I slipped into my favorite hoodie and a comfortable pair of jeans, the standard attire for a day when I just wanted to feel like myself. It wasn’t like my biological mother haven’t seen me before or my bitchy sister.Standing in front of the mirror, I assessed my reflection. The hoodie masked any hint of the baby bump that was slowly making its presence known, leaving me looking like my usual self, except for my paler-than-usual skin, which seemed to stand out more than usual.Lost in my thoughts, I was interrupted by a knock at the door. "Come in," I called out, not bothering to check who it was. A young man entered, informing me that my father had arrived. "Let him in," I instructed, and he nodded before opening the door wider to allow my father to enter.My father strolled in with a wide smil
As soon as I came down, I could see Ava coming to me with a bright smile on her face. But I didn’t return it, she looked elegant as usual with her yellow dress which looked beautiful.“Ariana, nice to have you here” she greeted and I nodded at her, so I could spot a slight frown on her face but she quickly replaced it with a bright smile.“Funny she would think I would smile at her after all she had done to me,” I thought as I tried not to roll my eyes at her. She hugged me, as she smiled at my belle.“Look how big you’ve gotten, pregnancy suits you,” she teased and Dad smiled as he placed his hands on my shoulder.I didn’t know what to say as I returned a smile to her, making the whole situation seem awkward. I could spot Briteny rolling her eyes and went back inside.“Come inside, we have a whole time and the rest of the day to sit and talk,” she said as she led me inside the house.As I stepped into the house, my heart fluttered with anticipation and nerves. The air seemed thick wi
I walked into the living room, and for the first time I was observing the room, it was beautiful and luxurious, but nothing that I hadn’t seen before.“Ma’am, the dining is ready, and I have been ordered to take you there,” a maid tells me and I nobbed as I walked toward the dining.I took my seat, and shortly my dad joined me. The table was filled with all kinds of meals and drinks, and not long Britney came to the table and sat at the far end towards the end of the table.Her mood was lightened, and I could see she had changed her jeans to a short erotic dress, no doubt to impress, you know who.She put a smile on her face, as she refused to look at either of us, and soon Ava came forward. she walked towards the head of the table as she stood there.“I want us to pretend to be on our best behavior, I know you two aren’t happy so let’s keep it to ourselves and not disclose it, and Britney, control yourself,” she warned as she looked at Britney who frowned.“Control myself, about what
My eyes widened, as I looked away from Damien, but before I could go any further, Damien held my hand.“You, how, why, “she screamed, as tears spilled out of her eyes, her voice had Ava, Brian and my dad running out of the house probably to see what the noise was about.Damien held my hand, tightly as he frowned at her, he never let me go.“What is the meaning of these?” Ava snapped at Britney, as Britney looked pale for a second, I pitied her somehow, she was obsessed over Damien and what she had just witnessed wasn’t something that she would be calm about.“I caught them kissing, mum, they fucking kissed,” she screamed as she jumped, everyone looked at us in horror except for Brian.“What is going on here?” My dad asked confused, as he looked between me and Damien. I could see the confusion in his eyes as he spoke.“Your daughter is a whore who is married but would not have her husband,and instead what’s my man,we were engaged and he called off the engagements just because of her,”
I froze, as I looked at Ava. What was she trying to do, what was her motive? Damien seemed to freeze beside me as he looked at Britney, his eyes darkened as his glance fell back to me.“What!” I blurted out,“Why?” I asked Ava, and before I could say a word Britney stepped forward but Ava stopped her.“I have wronged my daughter and maybe this is the only way I can make up for her, I can make her happy,” Ava said and I frowned.“I’m not your daughter too,” I whispered and she shook her head.“No you are my baby, it's just that,” she tried to say and I stepped back.“You would sentence me to depression and Britney to a loveless marriage just because you want to satisfy her”, I snapped at her and her eyes widened.“And so what, Damien belongs to me, and he was always mine before your slutty as crawled out of the pit where you came from”, Britney snapped at me in rage.“Enough, I think I should have a say in this matter, “Damien said as everyone looked at him.“I respect you Ava, I do,
Ava made provisions for a room for us. Meanwhile, Damien made sure I ate food after we got to the room till I was full, and Brian left after informing me Of my mother, Susan. Turns out he caught her, just when she was about to expose the truth about my secret to the press and he had taken her hostage, he couldn’t send her back to jail, to avoid unnecessary attention. So instead he took her to the mental hospital and declared her mad. So all the words she had to say were invalid, she was locked up in a facility and well taken care of, and given everything she needed Brian told me and I couldn’t help but agree with him. My mother was dangerous, and with her out of my space, life felt easier without having her breathing down my neck, and threatening me, or exposing my secret to everyone who had ears. I was grateful to Brian. Susan deserves more than that for all she had done to me, and for these plans to come to light, she had to be locked away. Meanwhile, Ava informed me, that
I was woken up by a sharp knock on the door, and I opened my eyes to see Damien wide back opening the door.Ava strolled in and soon as she saw me a smile appeared on her face.“Good morning, Sleepy head” she teased and I smiled at her.“Morning Ava,'' I said and she giggled.“What brings you here?” I added, as I knew very well that she wouldn't come to this room so early, except she had something to say which I knew she did have something to say.“I’m sorry dear, but Lucas has requested your presence, and I didn’t want him to come here, you know so I am here to tell you to dress up, and I would have my driver drop you off,” she said and my eyes went to Damien who had a frown on his face.“You know, we can just tell that bastard to fuck off,” he blurted out and Ava turned to look at him.“I would advise against that, Lucas would have the upper hand in the case ahead and he would claim you stole his wife from him, all you have to do is to follow the plan, it’s perfect,” she instructed
Lucas stormed in with a frown on his face, he looked pissed and I could only say why.“Good morning,” I muttered softly as he stormed into the room, he looked pissed off and I could only guess why.“What has gotten you so upset?” I asked, pretending to be ignorant.“Don’t play games with me, woman! Why haven't you been answering your phone?” he snapped at me.“I was at Ava's place, and I was lost in the moment,” I responded and he came closer to me.“Don’t…play…games ... .with…..me” he warmed again while gritting his teeth in anger as he spoke.I was so pissed off by his attitude. If he wanted the truth then fine by me, I was gonna tell him the truth.“You know what, why don't I just tell you the truth, I spent the night in Damien's arms, that’s where I had been all through,” I blurted out, and in a second he was in front of me.“What the fuck did you just say to me”, he gritted out so pissed off,If this was a cartoon there would probably be smoke coming from his ears.“You heard me
I stood there frozen as I fell on my knees, no, Damien was in there, the explosion got so loud that I fell on my knees and cried out. “Damien!” I yelled out as I screamed for him, pain took over me as I watched the building go up in flames. “No, no, no,” I screamed my body frozen where I stood, as I watched everything go up in flames. I dropped to my knees and screamed so loud, watching the building erupt in flames. "Damien, no! You can't do this to me!" I yelled out his name, the desperation evident in my voice. "We were supposed to be together, safe. You can't just leave me, what if our kids, our plans and future, please come back!"I cried out. I felt like walking right into the fire, as I clenched my chest in pain, he was dead, my Damien was dead and there was nothing I could do to stop it. Then, amidst the chaos, I heard his voice. "Hi babe," Damien said from behind me, I turned around and looked at him, he was a mess, his clothes were torn and he looked to be bre
You're the reward and I am sure, Damien would love it,” Lucas teased as he grinned.“You would rather kill me than let him have me, how sick of you, I snapped at him and he looked at me with a broad smile.“You should be happy and grateful, I offer you this mercy instead of the torture I had in mind wife,” he said “You're scared, that’s why you have me tied up, you know you can’t beat him, so you just want to hurt him in the process, you animal,” I yelled at him, as I struggled against the cuff.“You know, I loved you, I still remember the first time I saw you, right there in the club, dancing your heart out, that dress did nothing to hide your features, and I knew I must have you,” he recalled as he smiled.“You would never have me licas, never,” I responded as he walked closer to me and held my face.“I didn’t know you were his step-sister, I didn’t even know you were different, you know I loved different, all the women I meet fall on their knees for me, for my love and money, wome
Everyone froze, and my eyes widened, as my heart skipped a beat as if it was going to fall out of my chest.Lucas blurted out laughing, he laughed so hard as he looked at Britney.“I know you hate your sister with every fiber, in you but how dare you, try to fool me,” he said and Britney stepped back.“I’m not lying, why would I risk my mother’s life based on a lie” Britney said and Lucas chuckled.“Funny you would say that, now you love your mother, what a pity,” he said and he laughed.“Everyone knows that pig, is impotent, I thought you were aware of that?” he asked in amusement.“I’m not lying, turns out he isn't, I don’t know how, but the children belong to him, please believe me, that’s why they ran away, that's why all This is happening, she gave birth early and why haven’t thought of tgat” Briteny cried out and for a moment Lucas stopped to think.I could see him growing angry by the second, as he looked at me, my eyes were wide in fear.“Is this true,” he asked in a low and b
No words were said as the car drove off, the children were still sleeping. I could feel the tension in the air between me and Ava, and I wasn’t intending to be the one who broke the silence.“I hope you're okay,” she said, breaking the silence.“Good, how did you know that we would be at the bench,” I asked and she looked at me.“I didn’t, my men gladded Britney and met me here, I would call it luck,” she said and just then the baby started crying in her arms.“She’s beautiful,” she whispered and I smiled.“Looks like you when you were a child,” she said as the tension became more intense. I looked at her and we held eye contact for r while before I looked away.“Ariana, I’m sorry, please,” she begged and I looked away from her.“Sorry wouldn’t fit what you did, it would fit how much you have damaged me,” I snapped at her and she looked sorry for a while before she looked away.“I can’t fit, what is broken, but I would do my best to make sure you're okay, I would fit this mess,” she s
Ariana’s POVFive days went by, and I was locked in the room which was my prison. After my confrontation with Lucas, I never saw him again.I have been checking on the kids once a day, and the guards would let me say more than an hour under Lucas' orders, Maria kept me informed about all that had been going on and told me how she had kept the kids safe.I was restricted from a lot of things, I couldn’t go out of my room on my own, and I wasn’t given access to a phone, Maria stopped coming around after a while, as it became suspicious.But she informed me that, Damien as been confirmed to be alive and had made several appearances, I could see why I could hardly find Lucas around and why he had tightened the security to In the Maison.He was scared and pissed off all the same, Susan had stopped disturbing me to sign off the fortune to her, after she found out Damien was alive.Today was just a normal day in my room, I spent the day watching TV, waiting, for something to happen. Maria to
It took me hours before I was in New York, and my men did all they Could to protect me from the public, news of my death was all around, but I could only worry about how my family was.Family, what a strange word it was, I was now a family and I had a responsibility to my family, my wife, and my children. I missed her I missed hiding her and looking at for her.Soon I was escorted to the safe house, where I found Ava there already with Ariana’s dad. I could tell the man did t like me and I paid him no mind as I approached Ava.“Tell me the situation on the ground” I demanded and she sighed.“Lucas has all men looking for you high and low, but the luck is they aren’t aware you are in New York but he is searching here too, the security had tightened, and it would be hard to get to them,” she said out of breath I loved at her.“Did you know?”I asked and she looked caught by my question.“Excuse me?, I don’t understand you,” she asked with a raised eyebrow.“Briteny, she was the one who s
Damien pov As I opened my eyes, a sharp pang of pain shot through my head, and I groaned instinctively. Sitting up, I could feel the weight of a throbbing headache, a relentless reminder of whatever had transpired. My gaze fell to my arms, noticing the bandages wrapped tightly around my left arm. What had happened? My eyes widened, as I stared deeply into it, where was I? What happens? I asked myself as I looked around me at the unfamiliar environment where I found myself. Surveying the unfamiliar room around me, a sense of disorientation settled in. It looked almost empty except for the bed that was there, and to add to that it looked dirty. Every corner seemed foreign, and every piece of furniture looked strange, I got up from The makeshift bed and walked towards the entrance, just then, the entrance door swung open, jolting me into a defensive stance. Without hesitation, I maneuvered, swiftly slipping my leg under the intruders, and sending them crashing to the g
I lay on the cold ground for hours, tears streaming down my cheeks; my baby cried, and I could not find the strength to comfort her while I wept, the weight of fear and despair pressing heavily on my chest. The door creaked open, and Maria dashed in, her face etched with concern."Are you all right?" she asked, her voice filled with concern as she helped me onto the bed. I sat up, leaning against the bed.I shook my head, unable to speak due to the sobs that were coursing through my body."Let me get the babe, she must be hungry; I could hear her from miles away," she exclaimed as she dashed to get Nadia. Maria gently placed my baby in my arms, and as she snuggled closer to me, I felt a rush of love mixed with desperation."She's hungry," Maria whispered, her eyes searching mine as if to comfort me. I smiled at the baby, and as warmth spread through my heart, I realized that his smile alone could brighten my day in any situation.I wasted no time nursing my baby, finding comfort in
I knew I was going to fight with my hands as he approached me, but I was not going to back down. I would not submit to his oppression, no matter what he threw at me. I said, "Let me be Lucas," my voice quivering with anxiety that he would hit me. “You are my wife, I am ready to let go of the fact you ran from me, humiliating me in front of the whole world, and destroying my image,” he said and I smirked at him. “I don't remember you ever being so forgiving”, I said and he looked at me with a glare. “Looks like the death of your lover, did nothing to you, did it,” he asked with a smirk and I glared at him in an offensive way as he spoke. “Killing Damien wouldn't stop me from hating you,” I snapped at him and his smirk widened. “The children will be taken from you, I have hired a wet nurse and you will stay locked in this room until I decide what to do with you,” he growled and I looked at him with shock and bewilderment. “No, my children will stay here with me, you can't