[ Emma ]"I can't believe, Mom. You kept it a secret between you and Brandon bro. You both planned this family dinner without telling anyone and since evening I had been asking you the occasion for which you cooked this lavish meal." Elle's exclamation caused us all to chuckle as we seated on the dining table to have our dinner."Brandon called me in the afternoon. He said that they're coming here to meet us and also asked me to not tell you because you have a big mouth and tell your sister." Mom replied her.Ellie grinned sheepishly."So, how is Evangeline and her baby?" Dad asked."They're healthy. The boy is really a cute one." I replied to him while Brandon was busy explaining my younger brother an equation he asked."When are you two planning a baby? I want to see my great grandchild before I die." Grandpa shot the question I had been dreading to face from my own family."Grandpa!" I looked down shyly."He is right, kids. We also want to see your little one." Mom joined him and I
[ Emma ]"You should have controlled yourself, love." Brandon said once we entered in his penthouse. All the excitement and joy died down when my grandfather came up with his ridiculous demand of securing my future by adding me in Brandon's will.My husband's money and other assets are the last thing I wished for. I only needed my husband."Are we having this conversation now?" I gave him a look of disbelief.He ran his hand through his hairs,"Emma, you can't stay mad at any of us. We all love you and the way you disrespected your family, it was wrong." He stood firm on his ground.I threw my handbag on the floor and approached him. My anger was boiling up. I didn't know why but Brandon and my grandfather, they both pissed me off."This isn't what I want from you, Brand. Your fucking money and property? Like seriously!" I threw my hands in the air."Love, please try to see the things from his perspective. He is right on his place. I would have done same for my daughter if she was in y
[ Brandon ]"Are you crying?" She cupped my face and tried to look into my eyes which were actually glossy."Please look at me." Her soft voice rang into my ears, it was on the verge of cracking."No, I am not and please go now before I drag you back to our home." I pulled myself out of her embrace. I had a very hard time bidding her a goodbye."Please don't do this to us, Brandon. I won't be able to focus on my work if you give me this face." She said."Please go, Emma. It's really hard for me to let you go. I want to come with you." I let my guards down and showed her my vulnerability without her. She became my weakness."It's not possible, we both know this. Your presence is needed here." She remidned me of what position I held and it felt more like a prison than a opportunity to seize my fortune but it felt like a bane.She hugged me tighly and it was the last nail on my patience. I hugged her back and buried my face in the crook of her neck. My tears flowed without any shame. Thi
[ Brandon ]"What?" "Yes, someone has been sending me threat texts and mails regarding my past. Emma isn't their aim but I am. I don't know what do to, Colton. For the first time in my life I am feeling helpless." I told him."Shit!" He cussed under his breath,"Why didn't you tell me before, Brandon?" He looked at me in disbelief. "You have your own life, Colton. You recently got married, had a child on the way after a long phase of struggles. I couldn't drag you into another mess." I said and I knew it'd hurt him. "Brandon, you're my brother and you were the one who helped me keeping your own life aside when I needed you. I am always there for you, Brand. Please tell me what can I do for you?" He said. "I have two suspects, I don't have a proof yet but I don't think anyone else has to do something with my life." I replied. "Who are your suspects?""Kate and Reid." I sighed."Kate? What makes you doubt on her. I mean she has moved on from you a long time ago and next month she's
[ Emma ] I couldn't find peace since I drew apart from Brandon. I couldn't focus on the work served on my platter. The craving to fly back in my husband's arma intensified. I made a promise to him that I'd make him proud and bring our company from this crisis. When we reached Seattle, it was already evening. We checked in our hotel. We had a lot of homework to do before visiting our head office in the city to examine the statics prepared by the company's working organization in Seattle. Elle was on the top of the ninth cloud. She was jumping and watching everything with wide eyes. We were free of our parents' strict watch. It was our first time on our own to venture. We had our dinner but I ate a little. I had no appetite. I was missing him terribly. We only talked for a minute or two when we landed. He was taking Colton's kids to the fun fair. I felt relived, at least he had them but I was all alone. Elle was with me but she had her own life. "Emma, come and sleep. You have a big
[ Brandon ] "The kids seem to enjoy their day. Thanks Brandon for bringing them here." Evangeline, who was sitting beside me with a gurgling and blabbering baby Evan said to me while we watched Mia and Chase enjoying their ride on a swing with Colton fretting for their safety. "Don't thank me, they needed this break from their life and Colton is too busy nowadays to take them out. We can't blame the poor man who has become a multitasking person." I replied. "How's life going with Emma?" She asked. "I have no words to explain how I feel when I am with her. Emma completed me, Eve. That woman taught me the value of time and the relationships we have. She broke the walls I built around me years ago. She gave me a new birth. I feel like a new person." I smiled while talking about my wife. "I am very happy for you and Emma. I just pray you both live like this forever and no evil eyes cast on your pure bond." She said. "Thanks, Eve. I want a marriage like yours. I want to devote myself
[ Emma ]"Are you serious? I mean you ripped that man off his reputation in front of everyone even his own subordinates like a total badass?" Elle exclaimed in disbelief when I narrated her everything that happened at the office.It was hell of a dramatic day. When I returned to my hotel room, I was completely exhausted."Yes, he seemed ready to eat me alive if he was given a chance. I felt bad for the others though, they acted upon his orders to save their jobs but they cheated the company. I had to remove them. If they could be bought once, they'd do it again." I sighed and rubbed my aching head."You need rest, Emma. I am observing you since yesterday. You don't look quite good. I think you should visit your doctor for a routine check-up." Elle said with concern."I am fine, Elle. It just the tension and over workload I have been taking for a long time or I say since I was promoted."I tried to assure her but deep down I knew that I wasn't fine."Emma, don't torture yourself. If you
[ Brandon ]The night turned out to be the dawn of my painful memories surging back on the canvass of my present. The encounter with Fiona after a decade brought back the agony, pain and cut open the deep wounds of the past.I hadn't told Colton about the encounter with Fiona. He was having a great time with his family and it'd be selfish of me to but a brake on his happiness.She was my demon to deal with.The clock stuck nine in the night, I hadn't talked with Emma throughout the day as it was one of the busiest days. We had a brief conversation twenty-four hours ago. I couldn't gather the courage to tell her that my past was back to haunt me in the present.The loud blaring of my phone diverted my attention from my laptop to my phone screen. It was flashing Damien, my head of security and most trusted man whom I sent after Emma and Elle.I wasted no time in swiping the green button and place the phone near my ear."What's it, Damien?" I asked him before he could say a word."Boss,
[ Brandon ]I groaned in annoyance as the sunrays falling on my face forced me to wake up. I hardly got time to rest during week days and the day was the only day when I could get some sleep and spend time with my family.I patted the space beside me to pull Emma closer to me but much to my dismay, the space was cold and empty. She had already woken up."I hate mornings." I sat straight on my bed and ran my fingers through my messy hairs. I winced when I felt pain on my back."Emma Black, you're totally a vixen." I muttered as they were scratches given by her last night.I glanced at the time, it showed seven fifteen in the morning. I didn't intend to wake up this early but I wasn't going to catch sleep again. So, I dragged my body out of the bed and rushed to bathroom to do my mornings business before I search for my lovely wife and my bundle of joy, our son. Who was quite a naughty boy for his two years old age.I felt my muscles relaxing under the luke warm water. After fifteen min
[ Emma ]I had no words to describe how those three seconds felt when the obsessive woman shot the gun and the sound resonated in the air.My ear begun to ring and vision got blurred for a moment."Emma!"Brandon's ear deafening scream followed breaking the silence and I found myself pressed to his chest."You're okay?" He asked checking my face and body for any possible sign of injury."Yes..yess."I somehow whispered and buried my face more on his chest. I could practically count his heartbeats. I was still shaking in the trauma. If I wasn't hurt, Brandon looked fine then who was the victim?"I was scared to death but thank god you're fine, love." He showered my face with kisses."Ahh, you..you son of a bi..bitch ahh." A painful whimper forced us to follow the voice and I felt bile rising in my throat when I saw blood on the floor and a wounded Fiona shooting daggers at us."Thank God, I walked in at the right moment. This bitch has always gotten into my nerves." Mrs. Black's voice e
[ Brandon ]Emma's courageous come back on Fiona left me in complete shock and it resulted in every single fibre in my body to drown in guilt. I indeed took her as damsel in distress unintentionally. I actually never tried to see through her.There was a tigress in a fawn's skin. Emma didn't flinch or intimidated by Fiona, the woman who could bring the universe down just by a single glare of her cunning eyes.Emma faced her with no fear and actually warned her to stay out of our lives. Well, I wanted it to be like this way but I had a feeling that the storm was approaching us.A week had passed since our meeting with Fiona at the restaurant. Our life fell back on normal routine and luckily we got a Sunday together to relax at home."Umm..yeah, just like this." She moaned sweetly, her head dropping back while I moved inside her on a very slow pace.Her pregnancy hormones turned her into a wild vixen, nowadays she wanted sex more than I did and currently we were having sex in the music
[ Emma ]"Emma Black?" The beautiful woman smiled at me like she knew me for years."Do I know you?" I asked her straight. I might had sounded rude but one thing I learnt from Brandon, being too polite or good to others may backfire sometimes."No, you don't." She shook her head slightly, her smile not leaving her plum lips,"But you're the woman who changed Don. He's a complete opposite person than I knew him once. I like this version of him." She talked in riddles."Don? Who is Don?" I frowned and honestly she started getting into my nerves. I wanted to walk away as the earlier encounter with Brandon was taking a toll over me but her magnetic personality caught me there."Oh sorry, I thought he told you-" She started but her rest of the words died down in her throat when we felt the intimidating presence of Brandon.He snaked his arm around my waist and I felt thankul that he came on mean time. She was giving me a creepy vibe."Don, you're here. What a pleasant surprise!" She exclaim
[ Emma ]"This dress is looking pretty on you, Ma'am. Black is your color." Rachel, who was assisting me to get ready for my date and after trying half dozen dresses, she approved the black bodycon dress with a sweetheart neck and quarter sleeve."You sure?" I glanced at her and again checked my reflection in the mirror. The dress fit me perfectly."Yes, Ma'am, this one is perfect for your dinner date. Mr. Black won't be able to take his eyes off you." She said in a teasing way."My husband can't ever keep his hands and eyes off from me, it really doesn't matter what I wear or how I look, Rachel." I said."That's, true. We have never seen him this happy before. You changed him." She replied while doing my hairs."You shouldn't tie your hairs, they look more prettier when you leave them open, Ma'am. She commented."You have a good knowledge of hair and styling. You should had persue your career in that." I said to her.A sad smile appeared on her face,"I thought about it but sometimes o
[ Brandon ]It had been three days since we returned from Seattle. We stayed there for two days as Emma too wanted to visit the famous places of the city. It was a memorable trip. We had a lot of fun and for a brief time, I forgot about Fiona and other problems in my life until the present time.I had to tell her. Although, I hadn't seen Fiona or received any threats from the sender, I had to tell her anyways before she got to know this from a third person."May I come in, Boss?"I tore my eyes from the computer screen to my beautiful wife who had the pregnancy glow on her face. She was leaning on the door."Yes, you may, Mrs. Black." I leaned back on my chair.She walked leisurely towards me. Her red skirt and white blouse. She could kill a man by the red shade of her lipstick. I should ban her from applying it because I was having a boner just by looking at her luscious lips and cute bangs.Yes, Elle forced her for a new haircut and I must admit, it gave her a combination of innocen
[ Emma ]"I can't believe whatever doctor said. We're having a baby." She whispered. Tears welled up in our eyes."Yes, we're having a baby, Emma. It's a shock for me as well but I'm feeling on the top of the world. I am going to be a Dad soon and you're a Mom." I kissed her forehead. In that moment, we forgot everything that had been going in our lives."Mr. Black, we'll discharge Mrs. Black by nine in the morning. She has just a cut on her forehead, nothing serious but you must consult a gynecologist for the pregnancy monitoring. Otherwise she is fit to travel."The doctor told us."Thanks, Doctor but please keep it confidential. We'd be very grateful if this news doesn't come out. Our child's life can be on stake. I hope you understand." I requested the doctor.He gave me a reassuring nod,"Don't worry, Mr. Black. We keep our patient's profile confidential. We're leaving for now. A nurse will keep a check on Mrsm Black until she's here." He said and left with the other medical staff.
[ Brandon ]The night turned out to be the dawn of my painful memories surging back on the canvass of my present. The encounter with Fiona after a decade brought back the agony, pain and cut open the deep wounds of the past.I hadn't told Colton about the encounter with Fiona. He was having a great time with his family and it'd be selfish of me to but a brake on his happiness.She was my demon to deal with.The clock stuck nine in the night, I hadn't talked with Emma throughout the day as it was one of the busiest days. We had a brief conversation twenty-four hours ago. I couldn't gather the courage to tell her that my past was back to haunt me in the present.The loud blaring of my phone diverted my attention from my laptop to my phone screen. It was flashing Damien, my head of security and most trusted man whom I sent after Emma and Elle.I wasted no time in swiping the green button and place the phone near my ear."What's it, Damien?" I asked him before he could say a word."Boss,
[ Emma ]"Are you serious? I mean you ripped that man off his reputation in front of everyone even his own subordinates like a total badass?" Elle exclaimed in disbelief when I narrated her everything that happened at the office.It was hell of a dramatic day. When I returned to my hotel room, I was completely exhausted."Yes, he seemed ready to eat me alive if he was given a chance. I felt bad for the others though, they acted upon his orders to save their jobs but they cheated the company. I had to remove them. If they could be bought once, they'd do it again." I sighed and rubbed my aching head."You need rest, Emma. I am observing you since yesterday. You don't look quite good. I think you should visit your doctor for a routine check-up." Elle said with concern."I am fine, Elle. It just the tension and over workload I have been taking for a long time or I say since I was promoted."I tried to assure her but deep down I knew that I wasn't fine."Emma, don't torture yourself. If you