[ Evangeline ]I didn't see anyone. After spending a good time with Chase in his room, I slept beside him not realizing how mentally exhausted I was after all the revelations. Next day, I woke up with a mild headache which I thought I had due to the uncomfortable sleeping position.Chase wasn't in the bed. He is an early riser but nowdays, my lifestyle had turned irregular and chaotic.I lazily stretched my arms and made my way to my old room which my Mom arranged for me to stay. Nostalgia hit me as soon as I step inside my room where I spent nineteen years of my life. Mom hadn't changed it much except a new closet and a bigger bed. I stared at my old photographs from my childhood to the day I graduated but one picture caught my attention which brought a flood of memories.My engagement photo with Colton. I remembered the photographer asking us to pose as a romantic couple. He had his hand on the lower of my waist and I had my hand which had his ring on his chest. I was blushing prof
[ Colton ]My heart had been uneasy since I dropped Mia off at her school. I could had stopped her from attending school for a few days but I didn't want her normalcy to be eclipsed by the mayhem of my life. It was the hardest decision for me to leave her on the trust of my guards.She wasn't my blood. The test I had done just after Evanca told me the truth proved it but she's my daughter and I loved her more than anything in the world. She's the center of my happiness along with Chase now.After dropping her at the school, I decided to visit Evangeline whom I didn't meet the last night as her mother told me that she fell asleep. I didn't want to disturb them so we left."Everything will be fine, Col. You're over thinking. Our team has been working on them and I am sure that we'll soon get their tails under our feet."Brandon, who was driving the car, said to me but even his words couldn't comfort me."I don't know, Brand but I have a strong feeling that something is going to happen, s
[ Evangeline ]My heart broke seeing Colton in a devasted state. He looked defeated and lost as he sat across me with his cup of tea, his eyes were staring blankly at the plain wall in front of him. His daughter was taken away. I could feel his pain. I went through the same phase when Chase was abducted.The air in the living room was getting heavier with tension. I couldn't take it anymore so I decided to break it."Colton, nothing is going to happen to Mia. Please don't stress yourself or how will you fight them. I know they have an upper hand on us but we can't loose our hopes this easily. We'd find them soon." I tried to divert his mind but all the efforts seemed to go in vein as tears rolled down from his eyes and fell on his lap.He was crying for his daughter and it forced me to reevaluate my perspective about him as a father. Undoubtedly, he proved himself an ideal father figure for Mia who isn't his blood.The truth came like a big shock to me when Colton told me. Evanca is a
[ Colton ]I bit my mouth walls in nervousness. The adrenaline rushing through my blood cells as I watched the screen of my phone, waiting for my prey to come into light and fall into our trap."Don't stress yourself, Col. She knows what she has signed for and she is a brave woman who faced lot worse than this situation. Please calm down." Kate, her best friend who decided to help us, said to me with confidence dripping from her words."But she never came across a psychopath man who knows her, her strength and her weak points. He will use it against her." I shared my fear with her.She craned her face in my direction, a smile was floating on her face."You love her, don't you?" She asked with a raised brow.Her words left me speechless."I don't know. We were never like those couples who felt something for each other but I don't have hard feelings for her that I can assure you." I answered.She said nothing further and again focused on the screen in front of us. My eyes lingered on the
[ Evangeline ]"Hola, mi dulce pequeña esposa."All the courage I built to come here and confront my worst enemy flew in the air as soon as Dominic appeared in front of me with his signature sinister smirk. He looked like devil's incarnation in human body."Let's cut the formalities, Eve. I missed you so much." He marched closer to me. His deep footsteps were piercing through the pin drop silence. His dark eyes resembled the devil's hell.I retreated a few steps back."I am not here for any pleasantries, Dominic Rodriguez. You should rather maintain a distance between us. Just remember, we're under the cameras. Your one wrong move can destroy your life." I tried to sound confident and fearless but in return I heard his laughter resonating in the stilled air.Oh God! Please help me."You broke my heart, princess." He clutched his chest to imitate heartattack,"I never thought that you would turn this bitter. I am really sorry if my actions hurt you but think from my perspective. I have
[ Evangeline ]"Ahh.."I heard a very familiar masculine scream which forced me to open my eyes and they widened in shock."Colton!" I screamed.There he was laying on the ground clutching his left forearm which was bleeding profusely. He took that bullet for me.Seeing his shot missed and hit a wrong person, Dominic fled. I ran to Colton whose face reflected the pain he must be enduring."Hey, look at me. Everything is going to be fine." I cupped his face and rubbed his hairs to soothe him."Are you..you fine?" He asked me in between his groans."I am fine but we have to take you to the hospital." I said and pressed my hand over his wound. Meanwhile our backup team rushed towards us."Fuck! What the hell did happen here?" Brandon cursed under his breath and ran his hand through his hairs."Dominic was about to shot me but Colton came in front of me to save me." I said while my voice begun to crack."I..am..fine, Freya. Please don't..stress yours.. ahh...self." Colton groaned."Let's
[ Colton ]I groaned as a sharp pain shot through my left arm. I winced at the sudden tension in my muscles. I tried to open my heavy eyelids and found myself in a hospital ward.Just great!I recalled the moment before passing out due to extreme pain. I blocked the bullet to save Evangeline from the gunshot and the bullet hit my hand.I tilted my head and found Brandon and Evangeline talking in hushed tone in a corner of the room."Bra..Brand." I called out for my cousin whose eyes instantly shot at me with surprise and joy."Oh God! You're finally awake." He rushed me to followed by Evangeline who couldn't look into my eyes. I knew she would be blaming herself for my condition."How are you feeling now?" He asked me."First give me some water." I coughed as my dry throat stuck."Sorry, I should have offered you some water first." He immediately apologized and forwarded me a glass of water while Evangeline tilted my bed to a sitting position."It's good to see you awake, Colton." Eva
[ Evangeline ]"Evy, baby wake up. You have slept for a long." I heard my Mom's angelic voice and her hand caressing my hairs.I fluttered my eyes open and the first thing that came into my view, was her beautiful face. She's smiling down at me."Sorry, Mom. I slept long." I said in a hoarse voice as I sat straight on my bed and met with bright sunrays coming into my room through floor length windows.I yawned and wiped my drool which earned me a chuckle from her."Who says you're a mother of a six years old and two in the way. You're still a kid, Evey." She laughed."Mom, please don't tease me." I rubbed my sleepy eyes embarrassingly."You look cute. I don't have my phone right now. Get up, it's quite late and you missed your first dose of meds." She said showing me the door of bathroom.I looked at the clock and my eyes widened at the time. It was twelve twenty in the afternoon."Shit! I slept this long and you didn't wake me up." I yelled and jumped out of the bed."Easy, you'll hu
[ 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