[ 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
[ Evangeline ]"You're going to Mexico?" My heart dropped in the pit of my stomach as Colton told me that he and Brandon were going to leave for Mexico in a few hours."Yes, we are leaving in an hour." He said taking a glance over his wrist watch which caught my attention.Nostalgia ran through my blood as I remembered this watch. It was my gift on his first birthday after our marriage. He didn't even opened the gift and ordered the maids to lock it in his spare room with other gifts."I have been using it since you gave it to me, Freya." He said as he noticed me staring at the limited edition watch.I bought it with my own savings.A smile crept on my lips. I vividly remember the day when I searched the whole city to find a perfect gift for him which might earn me his attention. I found this watch and immediately bought it but didn't get the chance to wish him let alone give him the gift as he celebrated his birthday at Brandon's hotel where Evanca came. I saw the pictures on Evanca'
[ 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