“She is not a toy,” Ryan stated.“I know. She is human. She is Elena. And… she is definitely not a toy. I don’t want to own her… I want to earn her, and I will.”After he said that, he turned to look out the window again and a soft smile tugged on Ryan’s lips.He ended the voice recording that he had switched on and then returned his phone to his pocket.One day… When the time was right to help his friend plead for Elena’s mercy again, he would probably have the evidence to show her that Zeke was not the same person from six years ago.===“Are you sure they are still in there? I didn’t see them coming out,” Ryan said as he walked to the entrance with Zeke.“They could still be there. You know they would probably wait till their guests leave… and well, they might have left through the back door. We can only know until we get there,” he said.As they stopped at the entrance, the two bouncers stood in front of them and then asked for their invitation cards.“Is the event not over?” Zeke
“Mr. Basker…”“What in the name of the lord is this man doing here?!”His voice thundered and everyone, including Elena, could swear that they had never received such a vibe from the man before.Zeke swallowed hard and then raised his head to look at the man. He looked angry, like never before. His brows were crumpled together, and his lips were mashed together while his chest kept rising in anger.When his eyes met with Ramon’s who let out a short smirk, his blood boiled but this was not the time to show his anger for the man.“Mr. Raymond, I…”And he slapped him across the face again.Zeke bit his lower lips, swallowed the blood in his mouth, and then raised his eyes to look at the man again.Where was he even going to start?He was not giving him the chance to talk or even look at him.Guess he should have listened to Ryan.It was as if the man saw what was going to happen and then warned him strongly from coming here without settling things with Elena first.He turned to look at E
“Wait for me!”Ryan turned to look at the familiar voice after he had seen Zeke enter the car.“Chloe.”Chloe hurried past him and then entered the car in front of Zeke.Ryan did not say anything and then entered with them, sitting beside her and then opposite Zeke.“What was he thinking?!” She snapped as soon as the car ignited.Ryan shrugged his shoulders off and then dropped his eyes on Zeke whose eyes were closed and his head rested on the head restraint.“Zeke!” She slapped his thigh.“What do you want?” Zeke groaned in displeasure.“What do I want? Why were you there?!” She snapped.Zeke did not answer and only exhaled and after a few seconds before the lady talked again, he raised his head and sat upright.“What were you doing there?”“Excuse me? I was invited,” she rolled her eyes.“Exactly. How did you get them to forgive you so fast and even invite you?!”Chloe shook her head, palmed her forehead, and then smacked her tongue. “The last time I checked, it was you who had issu
“We should…” Chloe breathed out in between the kiss but Ryan was quick to cut her short with another kiss.“Not be doing this…” she breathed heavily and broke the kiss again.Their head joined together, panting heavily to catch their breaths, Ryan curled his hands around her neck and tightened his grip on it gently, in a way that wouldn’t hurt.“Why?” He asked in a whisper as he caressed her neck.Chloe closed her eyes shut and brushed her nose with his nose. It felt too real to be true.Ryan… her crush of over five years… almost ten years was kissing her, very passionately as if his life depended on it.She was not sure if she should trust this sudden emotion from him or if she should not.Although, Ryan did not seem like the type that would do things on an impulse like this. She believed deep down that for him to have done this, he must have thought it through.But… What if she was wrong again?This was Ryan, her brother’s best friend and this man had never given her the impression
“I don’t want to see you with that man any longer!”Raymond exploded the moment he entered with his family.Elena drew her brows together and asked. “What are you saying?”“I know that you two have been meeting since you returned to the state. He has been coming to your office literally every week!”“I have it under my control!” She snapped back.“If you do have it under your control, he would not show his fucking face there today. You must have given him the impression that he is welcome or something!”“What impression? The impression that I might want him back again or what?”“Guys, it’s okay. We don’t need to shout over that…”“Then why has he been visiting your company every damn time?!”“That is his problem and not mine! Why would you even assume that I might want to forgive him or something?” She interrupted her mother.“That is because women tend to have a weaker heart and before we know it, you have forgiven him and gotten everything behind you!”“Well, I am sorry to disappoin
Elena returned her property to her bags, as she glanced at her wristwatch repeatedly. It was quarter to two and her kids had cried to her before she left home in the morning that she must come pick them up from school.At first, she had declined that she would not be doing that as she had a lot of work to do, but when the two of them burst into tears as if they had planned it beforehand, she agreed to them and then promised to come pick them up.Afterward, she told their chauffeur to not bring them back as she would be going for them herself. At least, she would be meeting with their homeroom teacher and then doing the necessary things as their parent.That is killing two birds with a stone.She grabbed her bag, and then her phone before she hurried out of her desk.The door opened as she looked through her bag to check if she was not missing anything and then stated, thinking it was Marvella, her assistant.“Cancel my schedule for the next couple of hours,” she said and then raised
“See who we have here!” Ryan exclaimed the moment Zeke barged into his office, not minding the men who sat with him. Still looking as if he had just seen a ghost, he dashed to Ryan, dropped his hands on his table, and then exclaimed. “Guess what?” “Let’s take a break, please,” Ryan said to the two men in front of him and then clasped his hands together. After the man exited the room, Ryan stood up and before he could ask Zeke what was going on, Zeke burst out. “Elena has children!” Ryan twitched his mouth upward as if he didn’t hear the news and then walked to the small refrigerator in a corner of his office. He nodded his head, opened the fridge, and then brought out a bottle of water. “I think you need to drink cold water and chill. There is no way—” He was saying while he stretched the bottled water to Zeke but the man was quick to slap his hands away. “I saw them! Two children!” Ryan raised his brows and then opened his mouth agape. “Wait, you are not joking?” “Jesu
“Dickhead. You said you never slept with her!” Zeke hissed, settled back on the chair, and then palmed his cheeks. “You were going to judge me.” “For fucking your wife?” Ryan raised a brow. “I didn’t love her.” “Who fucking cares?!” Zeke exhaled, raised his head, and then parted his lips. “You think they could be my kids?” “There is a huge chance that they are. If… they are twins. Or… if she was truly pregnant before she left the house.” “So, what do I do? Do you think I should meet with her and…” “And ask if they are your children?” Ryan cut him short and he nodded his head. “If she said no?” “Well… does that matter?” “And if she says yes?” “They are my children so I have the…” “Right to them?” Ryan completed and Zeke nodded his head. “See, I don’t know if this is truly stupidity or if you are only pretending.” “What do you mean?” Zeke snapped his brows together at Ryan’s statement. “If they are your children, you will fight for their custody?” “Of course not! Jesu
“M… Marry? I…”“Why? You don’t want to marry me?” He raised his brows.“Fuck, yes! I mean… no! I want to… I just…”“Hold on…” he dropped her hand, looked around, and then rushed off to his closet.Chloe waited patiently as he was in the closet too and after a while, he rushed out, a box in his hand which made her crease her brows together.“Ryan…?”He went on a kneel instantly and opened the box.Chloe gasped as she stared at the ring in the box. It was an almond shaped diamond ring which was in fact, her dream ring.“I have had this… for a while now. I just… I wanted the right time.”“Babe…” she sobbed gently.“I guess I didn’t want to burden you and wanted to go at a slow pace. Trust me, I’ve wanted to wife you up since the moment we got together. But… I could not bear to scare you.”“I love you so much, Chloe, and I will forever do. With this ring, I ask you to go on the journey of life with me. With this ring, I ask that you take my hands forever. With this ring… I ask that you be
Chloe stared at the backside of the man who cooked for her in the kitchen while he hummed gently.One of the things Ryan loved to do so much for her was to cook.He always made sure she ate properly at least while they were together.It’s been a week since she had last seen him and a week since she had found out about the little human growing in her womb.“Babe,” she called out.“Yes?”“Have you ever… No, what are plans for the future?”He took a quick glance at her and chuckled and then returned to look at what he was cooking. “Plans for the future?”“Yes. What are your plans?”“Hmm. I really don’t wish for much, honestly. I just want to be by your side forever…” She sniffed, and nodded her head, “Fair enough.”“Is something bothering you?” He asked while he dished the food.“N… no. I guess I just wanted to know,” she clasped her hands together and he nodded his head.“How about you too then?”“Hmm. Be with you and… raise our children together in happiness,” she muttered the last pa
Shortly after the doctor finally announced to the family that he was out of danger already and had left the room for them, they surrounded Zeke’s bed, watching him. “Okay… can someone say something already?” He breathed out. Still, no one answered him and only watched. After a while, Brenda cleared her throat and then shook her head. “A gunshot in America? Is this some movie show?” She raised a brow. “Let’s go home, Mother,” Chloe moved over to her mother and then grabbed her arm. “No! I should…” “Just… listen to me,” she gritted her teeth. “I will drive you home,” Ryan sighed and looked away from his friend. “Could you… drop me at home too. I think my phone would blow up anytime soon as my wife would not stop calling,” Ray chuckled. Ryan nodded his head with a smile. Ray moved over to Elena, handed the car key to her, patted her back, and then moved away from her. “Will you call me when you get home?” She asked him. “Of course.” “And the twins. Don’t…” “I w
By the time Ryan and Chloe returned to the room, Brenda had already collected herself and only watched her son who lay in the bed.“Chloe,” she turned to look at her daughter and then the man who stood beside her, his hand on her back.“Are you good, mother?” She sniffed.Instead, Brenda moved over to the couple, grabbed Chloe’s wrist, and then pulled her away from Ryan.“Come with me,” she stated and then turned away.“What is going on, mum?” She asked as she followed her mother out of the room and then took a last glance at the confused Ryan.They didn’t stop outside the ward where others were. Her mother kept pulling her along till they got to a corridor and then let go of her.“What are you doing?”“Chloe,” Brenda breathed out, glanced at her daughter’s lower body, and then pinned her eyes on her.“Mother.”“I want to ask you a question, and I want to hear nothing but the truth from you.”“Go ahead, Mother.”Brenda sniffed and then swallowed. “You… are you…” she looked at her bell
Two hours after Zeke had been wheeled into the recovery room, Elena was finally granted the chance to meet him.Her father and Ryan urged her to go in and she did after adjusting her clothes and hair. Zeke could wake up anytime, she thought. It would not be nice if he saw her rumpled and rough.She entered fully, stood beside his bed, and then palmed her mouth.The man who was usually strong and agile was strapped to some machines and this sight broke her heart.She settled gently on the chair beside him and then watched him slowly.She didn’t know how long she had spent watching him before she finally leaned forward and then dropped her hand on his arm.“You better wake up soon…” she sniffed.“You’ve got a lot of things to say and do… so, wake up.”“Well… I could at least try to forgive you if you wake up now. But… if you take any longer, I would not.”She bore her eyes on his face and got no movement still and then sighed.“Nathan and Natalie… they will be so sad if they find out s
Before Gerald could move an inch or fire another bullet, a group of police ran in, and then he looked down at his body to see the red points that were all over his body.He turned to look outside, and sighting the uniformed men on the roof away from the building, he sighed in defeat.“Shit.”“Drop your gun, and take a step back!” He was ordered.He knew there was no escaping this. Aside from just killing off a person with proof, he has had prior charges of murder, rape, assault… oh, how much the list goes on.He raised his head to look at Zeke, tightened his grip around the gun, and then sniffed. At least, this mother fucker should not stay alive either.As he pointed the gun at Zeke, he was shot in his hand instantly and he dropped the gun and screamed.“We need an ambulance!” One of the police shouted and rushed to Zeke, scanned him, and then leaned down to check Camila.While the other men rushed to arrest Gerald, Zeke gestured at the man who was checking on Camila’s condition and
“Z…Zeke!” Camila gasped and scurried away from the man to grab a cloth to cover her nakedness.“You didn’t want me to come because of… this?” Zeke chuckled as he dropped his eyes on the man.Even while he was naked, he looked less bothered to have seen him and all he did was drop his hands on his waist and then stare at him like there was a competition going on.“What is going on?” He asked.Zeke scanned the man from the head. He was a thug, he needed not to be told.Everything about the man screamed that.Aside from the bold, ugly tattoos that he had all over his body, the multiple piercings on his nose and ears were proof too.Zeke entered fully and then turned to look at Camila who rushed to wear her pants and then a top before she turned to look at him, breathing heavily.“H… how did you find me? You brought the police?” She asked perilously and then looked around their environment.“Chill, it is just me,” he answered, “Yet,” he added under his breath.“Uhm… he is… she sniffed an
“Has she contacted you since then?” Ryan asked Zeke the moment he entered the office. “No. Something up? You asked that I come over,” he yawned and then settled on the couch. “Are you good?” “Sure. Just dropped off the twins at home.” “Oh, they are back to Elena?” Zeke pressed his lips together dejectedly and then nodded his head. “Yes. What’s up by the way?” “I found a method to end this shit with her faster. We still have Ethan to deal with. We don’t need her drama.” “How?” “Call her again.” “Her number is not going through. I tried calling her that day, remember?” “Well, use another line. You need to talk to her so that we’ll be able to get her location.” Zeke nodded his head and then removed his phone from his pocket. He dialed the number Camila had used to call him a few days back and then it directed him to voicemail as usual. “Here,” Ryan picked up a phone lying on his table and then pushed it over to Zeke. “Whose phone is this?” “Use that to call
“Are you sure you are good?” Elena asked as she dropped a glass of juice on the table and then settled on the couch opposite Chloe.The lady had come to visit her quite early in the morning and she needed not to be told that something was wrong as the lady did not look exactly nice either,“Y… yeah, sure. Where are the twins though? They are not back?”“Yes. They are returning tomorrow though,” she answered.The twins had spent over a week at Zeke’s place and it was time they returned home. Although, they were against it. They wanted to keep staying with him. Their words, not hers.And Zeke had not gone to work for over a week because he wanted to be with them and give them all the attention that they needed.“I bet they are enjoying their stay,” Chloe wrapped her hands around the glass cup and then chuckled.“Of course, they would. Unlike me, Zeke let them eat whatever they want… every time. I keep telling him to stop that too. Too much sweets is not good for them, but what did he s