ELOISE’S POV.The moment Klein and I arrive at the hospital’s private parking lot, there are four people dressed in scrubs, waiting for us. Three of which look very young and seem to be resident doctors and a woman much older than them and was the nurse who assisted the doctor who attended to me with Logan had brought me in on the day of the accident.“Good morning, Mr. Wesley…” She greets Klein with a curt bow and then looks at me with a polite smile on her face. “Mrs. Wesley.”“Good morning.” Klein and I reply to her in unison. The other residents greet as well start leading the way to the elevator.“We got your call and everything has been set.” Says the nurse I’ll take you to your ward right now where you’ll wait for doctor Nolan. He’s rounding off with his morning rounds and will join you shortly. I hope that’s not an issue.”“Not at all.” Klein denies as we step into the elevator.Five minutes later, we are being shown into a private ward that looks nothing like a hospital ward.
ELOISE’S POV.“I don’t understand. Rejected? How? When? Why?” I give a quick glance at my wrist watch and the time reads nine thirty am. I look back at their melancholic faces. “We’ve still got thirty minutes before we pitch our proposal so why are you telling me it has been rejected?” I ask in genuine confusion and Ward, who gave the announcement, steps forward and lets out a heavy sigh. My heart is beating out of control as I wait for him to give me an explanation.“Forty-five minutes ago…” He starts. “Miss Bradfords’ secretary came into our office space and asked us to join the others in the conference room. We were confused as to why we were being summoned to the conference room when it wasn’t time for the pitch, but obeyed regardless. When we got there, we were told by Miss Bradfords that we had to pitch our proposal immediately. We were all taken aback and tried explaining to her that it wasn’t time yet and that you would be coming in a bit late and even the higher ups knew and
ELOISE’S POV.The moment I step out of Jasmine’s office, my legs carry me as fast as they can back to my own office and as I walk into the shared space, all of my teammates stop whatever they are doing and cast me expectant stares, but none of them utters a word. There is complete silence in the room as I walk further into it. It’s like even the wind is afraid to make a sound. My gaze flickers from Ward, to Kacey, Shannelle and then Nadine. They are definitely expecting me to tell them something encouraging.I clear my throat.“I’m going to start by apologizing for what you all had to go through in my absence. I am your team leader; therefore, I should have been there to defend and support you.” A brief moment of silence goes by before I ride on. “Anyway… I have given Jasmine… I mean…” I shut my eyes and exhale heavily before prying them open again. “Miss Bradfords. I have given Miss Bradford’s twenty-four hours to reverse her decision and have us all compete once more for the final s
ELOISE'S POV“Eloise.” Klein calls after the red dragon exits the room, leaving just the three of us.And yes, I will keep referring to her as the red dragon. I would have addressed her by her name if she had had the courtesy to introduce herself to me before bringing me here.“Please come over and have a seat.” Klein urges because I have not moved an inch from the door since I stepped in and saw them. My gaze does a quick scan of the room and falls on Jasmine who’s smiling from molar to molar. Her favorite time is when she’s beside my husband.And there I was, feeling reluctant to get Klein involved in this issue, but Jasmine here has already thought it through and acted. Sharp girl.“I apologize for the unexpected summon, but Jasmine reported something to me that needs to be addressed immediately.” He explains as I take the seat on his right and stare at him blankly.“And what’s that?”“She told me you plan to write a complaint to the Director of Affairs of PHOROMA because your proj
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE.ELOISE’S POV.Jasmine’s threat lives rent free in my head for the entire day. A single second has not ticked by without her words replaying in my mind and even though I don’t want to admit it, I’m a bit shaken. She said something about me always getting in the way of her plans. What bloody plans is she always cooking up and for what reason. I know her main objective is to kick me out of Klein’s life and take my place in his life, but her tone and the look in her eyes when she dished out that threat spoke volumes about the horrors she’s prepared to cast in my way.I need to watch out for her.“Mrs. Wesley.” Shannelle’s familiar voice pulls me out of my drowning thoughts and when I look up at her, I notice she’s carrying her handbag, ready to leave. It’s closing time.“Yeah.”“Nadine and I are leaving.”“Oh…” I exclaim softly as I look over at Nadine who’s also set to leave. She flashes me a small smile and waves me goodbye and I do the same before looking back at Sh
ELOISE’S POV.“Why do you seem so shocked?” He asks with a small smile and his voice sounds like his throat is coated with honey.“I uh…” I croak. “I’m not shocked, I’m just… I’m just surprised because this has never happened before. That’s all.”“Surprised.” He mumbles as he comes closer to me and only stops when we are a few inches away from each other. We are standing way too close to each other and it’s getting me embarrassed because we are not alone in this room, but he doesn’t seem to care about that. Shannelle and Nadine will not let me rest with this particular act of his until this month runs out. “If you’re surprised by the fact that I’m coming to take you home from your office, that means I have not been doing a very good job as your husband. I will start doing this more often so you get used to it.”“No.” I quickly deny, shaking my head. “You don’t have to do that. We can always meet in the parking lot like we always do. I’m satisfied with that plan.” I try to explain and
ELOISE’S POV.The sound of the smack reverberates like a gunshot throughout the living room, sending shockwaves down my spine that almost render me crippled. My head stays in the bent position and when I struggle to open my eyes again, all I see is shiny little stars twinkling in the darkness before me. It takes a few bats of my eyelids before my vision starts clearing up again.“Mother!” Klein thunders as places a protective hand over my shoulder and gently pushes me to stand behind him. “What the hell did you just do?” He sounds very angry, but his mother doesn’t even flinch. My hand is carefully massaging the stinging spot she just assaulted and I’m actually surprised by the fact that I haven’t burst into tears yet and I’m not even feeling as to do that. I am angry and if looks could kill, my mother-in-law would be six feet right now.“I just smacked some sense into her. I hope it settles in that thick head of hers and that she learns to use it from now on.” She fires and I suck in
ELOISE POV.“Mrs. Wesley.” A voice calls through and I look up from my computer and my gaze meets Nadine who is standing before my cubicle in a very professional manner. “It’s nine thirty am.” She quietly announces and I look at my watch to confirm and it’s indeed, nine thirty am. I flash her a small smile.“Thank you, Nadine.” I say and turn to Kacey who is typing away on his laptop. “Kacey.” He looks at me. “Are you done proofreading the complaint I sent to you?” I ask, rising to my feet and stepping out of my cubicle and he does the same. We both meet at the center of the office where he hands me a brown envelope and I stare at him with creased brows, utterly confused.“It’s been proofread and printed. You just have to give the order and I will have it submitted for you.” He says, stretching his hand again for me to hand him the envelope back, but I hold it behind me and shake my head.I only asked him to proofread it, but Kacey being the sweet and helpful person he is, has proofre
ELOISE’S POV.“… from now on, I will be staying here with you and Klein.”Jasmine’s words spatter on my face like hot oil. Tension hums in the atmosphere as I stare at her in catatonic stupor. I am momentarily dumbstruck and I wish I could sew her smiling lips into a permanent scowl. There is nothing funny or amusing about what she just said.“What?” I ask in a harsh whisper, shifting my gaze from her to Klein who has not moved an inch from her side. His face looks expressionless like always. Even his mother is not saying anything.I’m so shocked and confused that it makes me burst into laughter. My entire body shakes as I fill the living room with echoes of my loud hysterical laughter that does not stop bubbling from my chest until several seconds later. I look back at Klein who now looks confused.Good.“That has got to be a very expensive joke.” I say in a quiet, but dangerous tone. “Klein. It’s a joke, right?” I ask as the smile on my face fades and is replaced with a serious deme
ELOISE’S POV.Morning comes and I wake up to a searing headache that almost throws me into a state of unconsciousness. I gently palm my forehead and wince painfully as I bring myself to sit upright. I’m struggling to open my eyes as well, but my eyelids are as heavy as lead, probably because they got swollen from all the crying I did last night. The bright fluorescent light brimming from the bulbs above is making it even harder to keep my eyes open because they hurt like shit.After Klein left me last night, I cried and then cried some more.His sweet and caring actions towards me these days got me thinking that I finally had him all myself. That he had realized that it was just simply ridiculous of him to keep being so close to Jasmine and condoning her bratty attitude when he was married to someone else. I thought our marriage was starting to be like a normal one, but, boy… was I wrong! Very wrong.Jasmine is still his queen and he’s always going to go rushing to her whenever she c
JASMINE’S POV.When I first brought up the idea of calling Klein and lying about me being attacked by burglars in my home, I was a bit unsure if that would be enough to make him leave his wife on their vacation and come to see me. I thought he was simply going to ask his mother to take care of me until he got back, but I was wrong. He went into full blown panic mode the moment his mother called and told him I had been admitted to the hospital and was unconscious. He’s going to be here anytime soon. This just goes a long way to prove one point.Klein cares about me way more than he does his wife, Eloise.He adores me and even after all these years, I am still his favorite girl.Also, I have a theory.It’s possible that Klein is in love with me.Yes.I mean romantic love. Romantic feelings. It could be that Klein has romantic feelings for me but he just can’t show them because he’s married. Maybe he’s waiting for me to ruin his marriage with Eloise so we can be together. It’s not entire
ELOISE’S POV.Little stars are twinkling above the ceiling and I’m grinning as I struggle to catch my breath. The room is filled with our breathless pants and when I turn to look at Klein, our eyes meet and he smiles. Instinctively, we both turn and lay on our sides to face each other. We are both still stark naked and drenched in our perspirations from all the sex we just had and I cannot feel my insides because they’ve completely melted.Klein had each other cumming like there was no tomorrow.Before, we would do a single round of missionary and that would be all, but today, this man fucked me in angles I could have never imagined to be possible. He went total beast mode and I loved it. Now I’m looking forward to having more sex with him.This was the best sex ever.“Eloise, remind me again why I always insisted we used a condom in the past?” He in a cool tone and laughter bubbles from my chest like boiling water from an overfilled pot.“Am I supposed to have an answer to that?”He
ELOISE’S POV.That’s a warning which I take very seriously. In the next five seconds I am sitting on his thighs and he’s smiling at me as though I just did the most amazing thing ever.I can feel my blood pressure rising very rapidly. I am going to die of a heart attack one of these days and it will be all his fault.Adrenaline spreads through my body like poison when I feel him slide his arms under my knees and rises from the couch along with me. He stands on his feet, with me, bridal style in his arms, staring at him with a mortified expression.“What… what are you doing?” I am genuinely scared. He starts walking towards the bedroom and if he wasn’t my husband, I would be screaming by now.“I think we’ve done enough talking for tonight. It’s about time we did something else, don’t you think?” He kicks the room door open and steps into it.That was not necessary.“And, what is that “something else” we are going to do?” I ask with a shaky voice as he gently lowers me onto the bed and
ELOISE’S POV.“Is this where we’ll be eating?” I ask Klein as we both head over to the sitting area of the living room where dinner has been set on the center table.“Eating on the dinning table feels too formal. I want us to have a casual, fun dinner, that’s why I asked the staff to set our meals here.” He calmly explains and my smiles grows wider.Indeed, eating on the dinning feels too formal. It’s like eating at a dinner party with all his business associates and I only ever play with my food during those dinners. I’m happy he did this instead.“I hope you like it.” Concern flashes in his eyes as he eagerly inquires and my heart melts completely. He’s so considerate, it makes me want to hug and kiss him right now.“It’s perfect. I love the idea of a fun and casual dinner.” I say with a smile that nearly splits my face into to halves.“Cool.” He says, taking a seat on a couch while I go over to the one opposite his and sit on it. When my gaze meets his again, the frown on his face
JASMINE’S POV.“Klein!” I almost scream in relief the moment the call connects. I shoot his mother, who’s sitting beside me, an excited grin which she reciprocates before I turn back to focus on the call.“Hello Jasmine.” The sound of his deep, gravelly voice calling my name almost makes me moan. This is the voice Eloise wants to have all to herself for the rest of her life. I’m only going to let that happen over my dead body. Klein will be mine! It’s just a matter of time.“Klein…” I call yet again, this time around in a softer tone. “You’ve been ignoring my calls." I say in such a small voice that it almost makes me sound like I’m crying. I hear him let out a small sigh on the other end of the phone. I know I frustrate him with my shenanigans, but I’m his Jasmine. He could never grow tired of me. Ever!“Jasmine, where is this coming from?”“You still haven’t come to check up on me even after knowing that I’m not feeling too well.” I say pouting.“I haven’t done that yet because I’ve
ELOISE’S POV.“No way!” I exclaim in disbelief the moment the car is opened and I take a peek of the premises. Excitement is coursing through my veins like a raging river as I step out of the car and ogle the surroundings. It’s dark, but I know exactly where we are.Unbelievable!This is unbelievable!When Klein refused to disclose our vacation destination and called it a surprise every time I asked, I had no idea it would be this. I knew he was going to take me to some exotic sight-seeing facility somewhere out of the country. I did not expect this man to bring me to my favorite recreational spot here in the country. My father used to bring me all the time since I was little and even before I married Klein, this was my to-go spot when I needed some time away from the world and its harsh realities.“Do you like it?” Klein asks, stopping beside me.“Like it? I love it! How… How did you know about this place? The smile on your face tells me you were expecting me to react this way. How d
ELOISE’S POV.“Eloise, I cannot believe you made me stay on call with you as you shaved intimate parts of your body and showered." Maeve laments over the phone.“Don’t be such a drama queen, Maeve. We both know each other’s naked bodies as well as we know ours and we’ve done worse than shaving together at the same time. This is nothing.”“Yeah, that was when you didn’t belong to someone else.”“I don’t belong to anyone. I belong to myself!” I argue and I know she just rolled her eyes on the other end.“Yeah, right. I dare you to say that to the hearing of Klein Reece Wesley.”“You’re a nutcase.”“Yeah, whatever. Just make sure not to be shy when the time comes for you to seduce your man. After all this torture you’ve put me through, I will be expecting some juicy details on how your first vacation night with your husband was spent.”“Eww! I will not discuss my sex life with you.” She snorts.“Says the girl who rang my phone at three am in the morning after losing her virginity to her