hayle's povI stirred around in bed, yet nothing came on. I had spent the entire night tossing from one side of the bed to another. I wasn't sure if it was all because it had a thing or two to do with my state of mind. I was bothered a lot.I swallowed hard. Slowly, I pushed myself up against the bed and flipped the light switch on. It was nineteen minutes past three in the morning, and I still haven't gotten a wink of sleep. It wasn't the thought of just losing the land , repaying my debt, or losing godmother, but I was under pressure.Maybe it had something to do with Mary's death; maybe it has a lot to do with the odd man who really did look like alex .But why was he in a wheelchair? Why was he in that part of town? Was there something I was missing? I couldn't help that my mind played in a continuous loop and no solution had set in yet.I reached towards the card, which I had earlier placed on the table. I scanned through it and saw nothing peculiar to it, other than the fact t
hayle.It's been days already, yet nothing sensible has happened, apart from the fact that he was indeed alive, nothing else new to me. My search for him was futile. The first woman I had hired turned out to be half of the money that had been sent to her before I realised.As soon as I demanded results or at least proof of work, she blocked me. I had not reached out to her; I did more research and hired a new person who had found out that alex was indeed alive, but his location wasn't accessible at the moment.A lot of this money had been drained; I had just a little left, and at this point I wouldn't even be able to find alex if I was spending the last dime I had on the private investigator.A call settled in, and I raised my eyes slowly to see it was ethan . Ever since he got me a phone, he kept calling me around, even the most basic. I couldn't just shove him off, could I? He has been helpful to me in a lot of ways.Only little could be done. I swallowed hard, picking up his call
MORGANs POV.I pushed my way into his office, cursing beneath my breath. I wasn't impressed with the new attitude.“What do you want?” Ethan asked, not lifting his gaze away from the files before him.“You're not replying to texts or picking up your calls; I came to ask you why,” I asked, swallowing hard before placing myself on the seat before him.“I've been busy; you can see I'm at work, can you?” He asked, still not having a single strand of respect for me.“Busy with my sister? ? For real?” I asked out of the blue.“And why is that a problem?”“Why is that? Do you even care about me?” I snapped; a giggle essed its way through his lips, pissing me off the most.“We talked about this, Becca; I don't love you; we agreed for it to be sex only, and I'm getting married to her spoon, which means I no longer need you,” he explained, hurting my feelings in the process, but all I could keep up was a stoic expression.“Alex , did you kill him?” I asked, and he slammed the file in his hand
ethan“Took you long enough; you had me waiting up here!” She complained as soon as I made my way into the hotel room. I had been carrying a hard on in my pants ever since Selena had returned to the hotel. She looked beautiful, and I couldn't take my mind off her. I texted Viole , who was desperate enough to fill her sister's position and would do just about anything.“Strip viole , I want to see you!.” I ordered, my voice hoarse as she nodded. She slid off the arms of her top and pulled it down as her perky books came to view. I swallowed hard, reeling each moment into my mind, and enjoyed her sight; she was indeed beautiful by all fucking means.“Come closer.” I called forth; she hesitated a bit; she seemed ignorant of the whole thing. Her legs were shaky with each step she took; a smile formed on my face as I recalled the first time we were intimate.She needed to know that whenever she was around me, all I needed was for her to be free, and by the time I was done with her, she wou
Alex's povI pressed against the doorbell continuously. Minutes passed, and then slowly it made its way to hours before the gates were opened. My gaze matched that of Jerome and the gateman in guard.“And here I was beginning to get worried that you yourself were in an accident.” Jerom retorted, there was something about the mischievous glint in his eyes that made me want to make my way into my room. I wasn't pleased with how it had been two fucking hours, but I wasn't ready to kay, soon enough.“Please talk to me; let's make this clear. Were you aware I had been by the gate all along?” I asked, waiting for a response.“What if Wd did? I was on duty all day! day and I think I had someone in a wheelchair through the dashcam. I believed it was a beggar, but it turned out to be a bayou, not that you are different from a beggar anyways,” the security man teased.I watched as he erupted into laughter, and both seemed to be having a worthwhile time. I cleared my throat continuously, remindi
ALEX POV.The silence was deafening, and the tension between us all could slash through the air.I didn't know a bit; I had recalled the uninterested look he passed at me when he had seen me all dressed up.“I should excuse you all,” Jeron finally broke off the silence as he proceeded to walk away.“Of course not ; you are as good as family, so stay here and let's talk about it all, shall we? Besides You are a very important witness at the venue, so tell me, had happened earlier today? Father asked.It doesn't sit right with me; why was he asking Jeron for my side of the story when I was seated right here?“Do we really have to do all this? I have a spa appointment to get to "Esther was quick in; father however shot her a gaze that silenced her for a bit.“Now tell me what exactly happened,“ he asked again, keen on his words.“I'm sorry, sir, I wasn't really there, but I do recall seeing that the guard had delayed Martins here for some unknown reasons; he claimed to not have seen him
hayle.“You're what now?!.” I asked, taken far by surprise as my lips parted open and my jaws hung ajar.“Stop talking like I asked you to be a stand-in wife. It's anything if sports; all I'm saying is something quite simple, nothing too much. I'm having a family dinner, and you have to be present as my fiance. Is there anything wrong with that? You owe me, don't you, and I sure as hell have other options. We can bail on the dinner,” he asked, staring intensely at me.I realized he was right. I had caused a scene by yelling and made a total fool of myself. What was I even thinking, talking about things like that and the like? I was a fool, and I knew it already. I was so desperate to visit Mary.“I'm sorry, it just sounded somehow. A little odd, you know, with everything going on and”“hayle , I would plead with you not to make wrong assumptions henceforth; I told you that chapter is closed, and now it's nothing but progression; either way, I understand if I and you feel in any way co
Alex“You can walk?” Father asked. I could see the surprise in his eyes as he spoke; he had not expected it, I made sure not a single track was left. I had him exactly where I wanted. I nodded slowly. “Yes, as a matter of fact, I've been able to walk for a while now. I Had the doctor kept it discreet, he would of course have told you about my progress if you'd asked, but I guess you were too busy with other things to worry about your crippled son.” I explained sure enough that the words were shot towards him like daggers.He seemed ashamed after hearing my words; he averted his gaze from me, but I didn't flinch by a bit; I wasn't worried about what his outcome might be. So long as I had all that I wanted, and things were fine so far. “Goodness, this is coming as a surprise to me, Alex , and I've been really busy. I expected him to reach out to me if anything came up. I have failed in that aspect, but tell me, why put yourself through the stress of Wheeling back and forth when you