[ Evangeline ]"Why you choose this hotel?" I blinked my eyes a several time to believe as I read Thai restaurant's name."I thought you have grown to crave spicy foods nowdays. I saw you arguing with your cooks to add more spices in your food. An authentic Thai restaurant is a paradise for spicy food lovers." He said shrugging his shoulders."Thank you so much, Colton. You fulfilled my wishes." I gave him a quick hug. It was indeed a food paradise as I sniffed the aroma of freshly cooked food in the small place."What about the security measures?" I raised my eyes as he practically turned my house into a protected castle."My men are all around, besides this place is located in the busiest street of the city and laced with cctv cameras everywhere. A fool may try to get caught." He explained."I am flattered. You and Dad practically made me a Rupunzal caged in a high tower where even a bird can't enter." I rolled my eyes and it was true."Sorry, love. I can't take any chance with you
[ Colton ]"Hey, it's alright. Don't overthink." I said to Evangeline who had been stressed since we walked out of the restaurant after our tensed dinner with Brandon and Emma.Evangeline hadn't eaten properly. So, I parked the car outside another diner and brought her favorite Chinese takeout."Freya." I touched her softly."Umm yeah.."She jerked out of her trance and looked in my direction."Your food. Please don't tell me that you're not hungry because I won't buy your excuse. Come on, eat before it gets cold." I spread my handkerchief on her lap and placed the packet.A weak smile appeared on her lips as she took the fork from my hands and swirled it in the noodles."Thanks for the treat." She said and took first bite. The satisfaction on her face made me feel elated."This is really good." She said after taking few more bites."I always take you to the best places I know." I said."You also haven't touched the food. Please have some with me." She forwarded her fork near my mouth.
[ Evangeline ]I glanced over my wrist watch anxiously as there was no sign of Colton. He promised to pick me up at 12:15 but it's almost 12:45 and he's nowhere to be seen. I tried calling him a few times but it directly went on voice-mail."What happened baby? You look stressed?" Dad's voice forced me to wipe my moist eyes and I turned to face him with a smile. But with whom was I kidding? He's my father who knows every single fibre in my body.He inched closer and dabbed his fingers on my eyes."You're worried about Colton,right?" He asked.I said nothing instead shook my head slowly."Don't worry, he is outside talking with the security team. His phone fell from his hand and broke as he told us. Go and meet him." Dad said and I could feel my heartbeats returned to normal rate."Thanks, Dad." I kissed his cheek and hurried out of the mansion.There I spotted him talking to the guards, the frown itched on his forehead rang alert bell in my head. He hadn't seen tensed for last two wee
[ Evangeline ]"I'm waiting." I nudged him again as he remained silent."It's about Evanca." He finally broke his silence."What?" I exclaimed and tried to process his words."Did you just mention, Evanca? What the hell did she do? Please don't tell me she's here." I threw my hands in the air.I hadn't heard from Evanca of Francis for a long time, it was only Dominic who had been lurking over us as a danger."She barged at my penthouse when I was about to come to your house. She has turned completely lunatic after whatever happened in Mexico." He paused and played with his ancestral ring."What exactly happened in Mexico, Colton? You never told me anything." I said."I didn't want to scare you, Freya. It was horrible and I don't want to remember anything specially for Mia's sake." He said but I had a feeling that he wasn't telling me a lot.I placed my hand on his shoulder. The afternoon breeze in a deserted park gave us the opportunity to talk freely without any disturbance or the fe
[ Colton ]I felt numb.The excruciating pain in my body, dried blood on my cuts and a throbbing headache didn't feel at all as my heart bled for the woman laying lifeless inside the OT. I couldn't understand what just happened within a few seconds. We were talking and going back to home ans suddenly my world collapsed."Colton."A faint yet very soft voice reached into my ear but I didn't react. Moments later I felt a gentle touch on my shoulder and the person sat beside me."Please don't loose your faith in the God. Evangeline is a strong woman. She'll survive this, mija.""I don't have left any faith in the God, mother." I finally tilted my head to face the woman who gave birth to me.I didn't know how she came here as the storm had taken a dangrous shape. Her family could also not come to the hospital.Her old, moist eyes stared at me with pain, agony and sadness."But I have full faith in Almighty. Evangeline will be fine but you have to be strong for her and for your children."
[ Colton ]"How's she?" We asked the doctors impatiently.The senior doctor removed his mask and shook his head passively. My heart sank."Miss Parker is fine. There's no major injuries on her body just a concussion on her head due to the blow and a few cuts on her hands but this isn't our concern, Mr. Black." He told us which gave me partial relief."How are her babies, Doctor?" Mr. Parker asked him. Sweat beads formed on his forehead."That's what my concern is, Mathew." Doctor addressed him by his name,"Your daughter lost one of the fetus due to the blow. Her stomach was hit. We managed to save one baby but next few hours will be very crucial for the alive one." The doctor said in a pensive voice.I stumbled on my feet. It was a news which was more like a nightmare for me. I didn't want to believe it."My daughter is out of danger, right?" Mr. Parker asked the doctor but I couldn't hear anything."Yes, she's absolutely fine but we have given her high dose of sedatives so her body c
[ Evangeline ]Numb and void.That's what I felt since I woke up and my Dad broke the news of my baby's demise. I couldn't believe him, for me it was like living a horrible nightmare but it was reality, a nightmare in reality.My baby boy.It had been hours since I woke up, the medicines numbed the pain in my body but my heart bled and the irony was I couldn't share it with anyone because no one could ease my sorrow."Evey, my child, please eat something. Your other baby needs the nutrition, you need strength to heal faster."Mom's constant begging went unheard by my absent ears. I was lost in my sorrow and didn't want to come out from the darkness as the light hurt even more."Evey, don't hurt yourself more than you already are. Think about Chase who always saw his mother fighting bravely. He is sad to see you in this condition. At least, you have your two babies and Mia to live for. Don't loose them because you're mourning for the one who would never come back." Mom said, her words p
[ Colton ]"What they've found this far, Brand? I am waiting here like a fool when my love and my kids need me." I exploded on Brandon who was pacing too and fro in the living room of his penthouse."Please have some patience, Col. This isn't easy. They are rats who can hide beneath the ground. Trust me, my team is searching them like dogs but there's no single trace of them being found so far but I promise you, Colton, within the next two hours, you'll have Evanca's location." Brandon responded in a pleading way.I knew it was too harsh of me to blame him for the delay but I was helpless. I promised Evangeline and her father to bring their sinner to them and the time was running out of my hand."Please do faster." I rubbed my temples and slouched on the couch near the window to watch the gloomy sunset.The grey clouds were again covering the sky. It was going to be another stormy night same as the storm inside me.My heart badly wanted to see and talk to Evangeline but I made a promi
[ 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