[ 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
[ Evangeline ]"Mia has been kidnapped by the same bad people who took you away from us."He blinked his eyes at me in confusion."You mean those bad people took Mia just like they kidnapped me?" He repeated my question."Yes, baby, they have Mia but your Daddy and all of us are doing our best to bring her back home." I added so he could feel less insecure and scared of them but he looked pretty calm much to my surprise."I know, Daddy loves us a lot and he will find her just like he found me." He said.I felt my breathing getting normal again. I pulled him into another hug. He too wrapped his tiny arms around my neck."Don't worry, baby. We'll bring your sister back in no time. I promise you." I kissed his hairs.I spotted Colton leaning on the doorframe with moisture in his eyes. I gestured him to come inside and join us to comfort our son who needed his both parents more than ever.He took silent steps inside the house and crouched down to our level. Chase broke the hug feeling hi
[ Colton ]The conversation between I and Chase turned out to be very fruitful as my son spilled a name which might lead us to our enemies who had been laying low profile. They were untraceable. Our team checked the penthouse and discovered that they left in the same night when Dominic pulled that stunt."Are you still thinking about what Chase said?" Evangeline's musical voice snapped me out of my thoughts.I turned to face her and the face which used to made my day merrier came into view. She was holding two cups in her hands."Here, some coffee. I thought you might need it and I guess I was right." She forwarded a cup in my direction.I quickly took it from her and sipped the content. It didn't taste like old times when she used to prepare my morning coffee and sometimes during my midnight work."You prepared it?" I raised my eyes above the rim of the cup. I knew the answer but I wanted her to speak to me.She shook her head in denial,"No, the kitchen staff. I rarely lifted a spoon
[ Evangeline ]What's happening to me?I and Colton shared a kiss. I couldn't resist him, in fact, I started craving for him more. I wanted to stay close to him. Initially, I blamed my hormones for corrupting my emotions but I knew it's a lie I had been telling myself.I needed him so badly.Not only physically but also emotionally. He could read me like an open book and for the first time, I didn't mind it at all. I was ready to be explored by him."Back to the earth, Eve." Kate's voice jerked me out of Colton land. I looked at her and found her smirking at me like she also read my mind."A penny for your thoughts?" She raised her brows."My thoughts are more worth than pennies, Kate." I rolled my eyes and tried my best to avoid looking at her."Oh come on, woman. Just spill the beans. Don't you tell me that you and Colton were fucking in your dreams?" She bluntly put forward her question which made me look down in embarrassment."Kate! You're too loud. Don't forget that I live with
[ Colton ]The conversation with Evangeline didn't end how I planned it. I went to her house with a leaping heart. I wanted to take her and Chase out for a dinner at Brandon's restaurant, of course, under tight security but what I heard in her garden broke my heart.She still sees me only as Chase's father, which is reliving for me but I want to be more than that. I want to be the partner she needs in all thick and thins. I want to old her hand whenever rough phase comes in our lives. I want us to watch our children grow. I want to die in her arms so I can have the peace I have been earning since a long time.But for that, we need to be together."Colton, I think we should deal with Miss Hailey in a different way or I don't think she'd open her mouth. These guys have either fed her a good amount of money or blackmailed her with something she holds dear. I highly doubt it's the latter." Brandon said who had been saying a lot of things but I didn't pay any heed to his words but this sen
[ Colton ]"What the hell!" I stood up as anger bubbled up in my body.This woman sitting in front of me had completely lost her mind. She was calling my daughter as hers."Hey, please calm down and listen to her. I know she wants to share more." Brandon tried to cool down my anger but the more I recall her words, the more my head started spinning.However, he nudged me to sit. Reluctantly, I sat down and focused on her."Miss Hailey, please don't play tricks with us because it's not working." Brandon said in a calmer tone."Why would I lie about my own child, Mr. Black. She is my daughter whom I gave birth on the same day, Evanca Black delivered a dead baby. I was only seventeen back then and had no one to support me with the baby. My parents were really poor. They were hardly providing to me and my three siblings. Evanca came up with a proposal. She offered my parents a huge amount of money and a bigger house in a good locality if we hand the baby to her. I wondered how Evanca came