SELENA'S POV:“I actually find it very masculine and attractive, it’s probably why I got married to my husband, he’s like yours, just older and more…rugged. We should definitely find a drink and toast to that.” Her high-pitched voice got higher with each word and I couldn’t help but laugh as she disappeared in search of drinks reminding her I couldn’t drink alcohol.My heart raced as I stood at the end of the staircase when an inner voice whispered, “What if he’s aggressive with you like that scumbag?” But I quickly dispelled the thought muttering to myself as Mrs Long walked back with the drinks.“Henry would never.” I defended myself and a disbelieving hum followed.“Cheers!” She smiled brightly and I forced a smile right back, refraining from drinking out of the glass because I didn’t know and I wasn't around trusting and drinking from strangers. I wasn’t the only one I had to think of anymore, they were two of us.We looked at each and smiled.*************HOURS LATER…After ove
HENRY'S POV:A MONTH LATER:“Thank you, Frank. This design is to be treated with utmost attention, I will be coming in later this week.” I spoke to the head of production in the company and he responded by assuring me of total efficiency. Though recently appointed, my father had assured me I had nothing to worry about, so I remained calm especially due to the total supervision from more talented members of production.I set aside my work and glanced at the time seeing it was about four in the afternoon and Selena was upstairs grumpily preparing to go out with me. I had woken her up about twenty minutes ago to get ready for a calm, breezy time with me although she had been reluctant. I reminded her of our pact which was to always prioritize and never object to quality time since it was both our love languages.I rose up from my seat feeling giddy as I always did when I was planning a surprise or involved in keeping the secret of a surprise. Olivia had never trusted me with them becaus
HENRY'S POV:“Alright, alright, I’m taking it off now.” I loosened her blindfold and she responded with a tired ‘thank you’.As soon as the blindfold was off and she opened her eyes, everyone shouted in unison, “SURPRISE!”Selena blinked repeatedly holding her chest in astonishment , and looked around her with nothing but amazement.“What?!” She laughed as Liv and Gabby walked towards her with her pink and blue sash that read, The pregnant lady. I couldn’t help but join her as she laughed.I just knew her next words to me were going to be and as soon as she appreciated her girls she came towards me and said, “See? Your family really does throw a party for everything.”“You are not lying, I don’t think I ever missed any celebration of a birthday.” I muttered right back to her and she smiled, before the others came taking her away from me.“By the look on her face, you really didn’t give her any hints or ruin our surprise or is she really a good actress?” Liv folded her arms across her
SELENA’S POV:GENDER REVEAL PARTY:The match consisted of eight players, four on each team. The blue team consisted of Carmeron, Phil who was the son of one of Mr Scott’s friends, one of Julian’s friends, Tony and of Mr Scott’s friend. The pink team consisted of Julian, Mr Scott, and two other middle aged yet built tall men. And my handsome husband was the referee.Before the game began, Cherry had said with certainty that the blue team was going to win because younger men were on the team but Gabby pointed out that with Julian in the pink team, they were going to win. So just like many others, they had made a bet placing about a thousand bucks on it and shook hands sealing the deal. I noticed Henry had been trying to talk to both Julian and I, while I tried to let him speak knowing what he already wanted to discuss, Julian on the hand had been dismissive in speaking to him , and Gabby and I had concluded that it was getting childish but we had surprisingly become very close over the
SELENA’S POV:“Yayyyyy!” Mrs Scott and Cherry yelled in unison jumping in excitement and made signs of loser to the other team and I couldn’t help but laugh at them, walking off in search of Henry and as soon as I saw him, I ran towards him and embraced him. While Gabby did the same with Julian.“Are you okay, mama?” He occasionally called me that especially since I was becoming a mama since and it made me giddy.“Congratulations to team pink, we shall assemble by the pool side where formerly were for the reveal of the child’s gender by seven. So celebrate with your team and have some fun and eat and drink from the bounty.” Liv instructed and blew a kiss and the DJ turned up the music. “Are you excited?” I asked, and Henry grinned from ear to ear, displaying his amazing white pearly teeth.“More than you know.” He smiled and I felt so at peace as I leaned on his broad chest.*****By 7:45:Everyone was seated with either a plate or a drink in their hands, talking amongst each other w
SELENA'S POV:A FEW WEEKS:I snuggled into the soft grey duvet and slowly opened my eyes, meeting the absence of the other side of the bed and I sighed deeply. Henry had gone on a work trip yesterday, and I hoped he would be back by tonight as he had promised but it felt so strange not waking up to his handsome face.I laid on the bed thinking about my conversation with the not so ‘mysterious woman’ at the party a few weeks ago.“I forgot what it takes to fit into a rich party especially when it's a private one like this.” She added as soon as she mentioned my grandmother.“Excuse me, who are you? And what do you know about my grandmother?” I inquired, raising my eyebrow in questioning.“You mean ‘our’ grandmother.” She retorted and I frowned looking into her eyes even deeper.“I'm Zoey, daughter of Bianca Park, your mother's sister. I'm a pediatrician at Park & Brown's hospital in Freedom, about four hours drive from here.” She flipped her brown curly hair and stared at me with sinc
SELENA’S POV:“Umm…can you please not tell anyone about this? I'm going to talk to Henry when he returns later.” I pleaded and he stuck out his pinky like a child and we pinky swore making both of us laugh.We talked for a few more moments until he left, leaving me with pictures and documents that held so much weight. Now that I think about it, Grandma did speak to her daughter occasionally and I refrained from asking assuming it was just someone she had met as she called everyone ‘child.’ Thinking about it now, they didn't come to Grandma's funeral due to her own grave health conditions.I sighed and randomly thought, Why do people have to die?********TWO DAYS LATER:After speaking and spending a whole lot of time with Henry, I decided it was only best to meet up with Zoey and get to know her. I arrived at the company in order to finish up some things before finally taking a break and working straight from home instead.I sat in the meeting with the board members listening as Mr
3RD POV:A DAY AFTER DUE DATE…It was finally here, the day the couple and entire family had been longing for especially Selena, all she wanted was to pop her child out and meet her beautiful baby girl. Henry had spent nights rubbing Selena’s feet and talking to the child in her belly, telling her about everything that was going on with him, reading stories and singing to her, cautioning her when she kicked in Selena’s belly and wore her out.He would say, “You’re going to be my princess and my everything but don’t hurt my queen. Alright?” His stern yet amused tone always had Selena giggling.She could already see their baby girl taking all his attention and love, and she was excited. With the many gifts she had received from the gender reveal party, she got an S- exclusive camera, a limited edition high quality video camera, to capture the moments. It was a gift from Liv.Today, however, Selena woke up with annoyance and pure frustration. She felt heavy and quite agitated but Henry o
SELENA’S POV:He had on a blue shirt and the sleeves were rolled up and the two buttons rolled down, he stood next to Mr Gunnerside’s assistant, Jerald, who was at least around the same age bracket as the both of us and he had on black pants to match. His face instantly lit up as soon as he saw me and I forced a smile.Mr Gunnerside had some work to complete back home so he had sent his assistant. Sometimes I felt I was overworking him especially at his age but he didn’t seem to have any complaints with it. In fact, it served as an adventure for him and his beautiful wife.“Good afternoon.” I shook hands with him and he smiled, greeting me the same. Then I shook hands with Jerald who looked surprisingly anxious.“So are you ready for the tour?” He inquired and I looked straight ahead with a satisfied smile.“You look amazing by the way.” Joey whispered in my ears as we all walked into the building together with my assistant walking next to Jerald planning to take note of all the conv
SELENA’S POV:THREE DAYS LATER:After a very crazy day, days ago, Henry and I had been really occupied work and it was so bad that when I arrived back home, he was always passed out on the couch after waiting for me or I was the one falling asleep in the home office with the documents on my face while he would return home and carry me up to the room. Nanny Solidat had just told me how she watched with so much pride as Henry with his tired eyes carried me up the stairs and she had given him a thumbs up making him force a smile. It was insane that I had no idea all that was even happening.Today, Henry was meeting with a few shareholders who had heard of the complaint presented before the company about the e-waste and the investors as well as board members feared another lawsuit being brought before them. So today’s meeting was essentially to discuss them and there was an entire presentation on eco-friendly materials and an entire gadget that was created to serve as an example. Henry’s
SELENA’S POV:“How was your day, my love?” He asked in a soft yet deep tone which made my heart flip.“I just want to be in your arms and be held without putting my eyes on any document.” I told him and he couldn’t help but chuckle.“Are you ready for tonight?” I asked and he laughed, “I’m so ready to be entertained.”We both laughed and stayed together before FaceTiming Nanny Solidat to check up on our little angel just about ten minutes before arriving at the restaurant which also consisted of a five-star hotel.************A FEW MINUTES LATER:“Oh look at how bright they are smiling at us…” Henry whispered in my ears and I couldn’t help but cackle.Contrary to our expectation, the dinner was not served at the restaurant of the hotel which was at the ground floor but rather at the rooftop of the hotel. As soon as they arrived, the receptionist, who had been given clear instructions, called for our attention and announced that both Amber and Gavin Quinn were upstairs patiently waiti
SELENA’S POV:FEW WEEKS LATER:“I just want to go back on my vacation.” I whined to Olivia who was seated in front of me and she couldn’t help but laugh while sipping out of her drink.It had been a few weeks since after the short, blissful vacation at Morris Island and I think I had overheard Henry talking about purchasing it. It was a huge investment and it was a small island but perfect. Everything about it from atmosphere, to the meals, to the water, I was totally in love and I totally understood why Henry was so in love with it too. He saw the frown on my face when we were leaving, and he promised we would be back soon and hopefully longer but he didn’t mention any further thing about the buying of it. In the private jet, I had made a joke about being pregnant because of how we had sex in all corners of the house and the flashbacks of Henry covering my mouth, in order not to moan loudly and wake up Hailey, while sliding into me very slowly and other times roughly, played in mind
SELENA’S POV:THE NEXT MORNING:“Give Mummy a kiss.” I spoke to Hailey, who was simply clapping her hands together while I assisted the chef in the kitchen as he prepared a meal for us. Henry was still asleep due to jet lag and we had spent the first part of your short weekend getaway sleeping so well, and cuddling. However, this morning I was super excited to serve Henry in bed as my husband deserve nothing but the best because he was the best. Although I had not prepared the breakfast, I was there throughout the whole process making sure everything was perfect while also trying my best not to annoy the chef, Mr Rabbit, who already seemed irritated by my constant questions and monitoring eyes.“Muah…” Hailey kissed my cheek and it was honestly so cute especially with her little noises and words she often said. My daughter was so calm and gentle, I wondered if that was going to continue to be the case as she grew older since both Henry and I were both calm. Plus she kept growing cute
HENRY’S POV:THE NEXT DAY:I rocked Hailey as she was slowly drifting to sleep in my arms, and my beautiful Selena fell asleep with her head on my thigh, sleeping beautifully while we were up in the air flying back to Luresia where we both had a lot of work to do. Liv and Ace had taken Ace’s private jet contrary to my expectation that we were all going to travel back together. But it was beneficial to me either way, because now we were taking a quick stop at Moria Island. It was an island I had been trying to purchase for a while after my first visit before I met Selena…and now all I wanted to do more than ever was to put it in our family name or just in Selena’s. We were going to stay there till Sunday evening as it was just about a three hour flight from there to Luresia and we both had a stressful long month worrying about Carmeron and our safety. It was going to be a breath of fresh air and it was highly recommended by my mother who kept encouraging me after I suggested it to he
SELENA’S POV:“Cherry, the woman you are! The world is not ready for all the amazing designs you have installed. I'm so proud of you sister.” Liv announced standing proudly as sad admired Cherry who finally darted her eyes from the work in front of her for the first time and grinned.“I have an idea! We should take pictures and I will distribute it all over social media giving you great press. What do you think?” We all hummed in agreement with Gabby's suggestion and Cherry looked at us with our lips tucked out.“I appreciate you all so much! Now try your gown so we can prepare for this party!” She aaaaaatold her and the others grabbed their gowns and headed straight into the dressing room.“Do you really like it?” She inquired looking at me with uncertainty and I laughed going ahead to grab her hand.“I love it, I'm so used to boring outfits but this is different, and I am a Scott so I need to make a statement.” I stood proudly and walked around like a lioness and I flipped my hair.
SELENA’S POV:LATER THAT EVENING.After lunch with Joey, I headed to the family house where the party was to take place and I joined Liv, Cherry, Gabby, Zoey, in preparation of the welcome party for Carmeron who had gained speedy recovery. It amazed all of us and we were so happy. While we prepared, listening to music and telling stories, I thought to share with the girls my lunch with Joey and they all laughed arriving at the conclusion.“Yeah ... .I need a man who would be that intentional.” Zoey joked and we all shook our heads.“It’s giving obsession and does that really happen in real life? A man being obsessed with a girl, learning all her likes and dislikes, following her everywhere, trying to infiltrate her life and destroy her entire life just so she can be his? I’m not saying that’s what is going through his mind, just asking a question.” Gabby asked and Liv confirmed that there had to be a reality to it.“Some men just love to chase after what they can’t get because they lo
SELENA’S POV:A FEW HOURS LATER:I arrived at the restaurant at exactly noon and right before I exited out of the house, Henry was nowhere in sight when I left the house. Neither did he say anything after. I just hope I wouldn’t regret not listening to him, but it was important for him to know I couldn’t neither did I want to ever be controlled. I respected his opinion always but never a command. But I came with the entire security team for safety reasons as I wasn’t dumb enough to come all by myself.As soon as I arrived at the private section of the restaurant named, Trina’s love, I saw Joey sitting in a white t-shirt and his silver watch glimmered from a distance. His eyes were glued to his phone but he seemed to either be reading something or waiting for a message as I wasn’t texting, simply staring. He suddenly darted his eyes to mine and locked eyes with me and a huge smile appeared on his face. “You look breathtaking.” He complimented me as soon as I arrived at the table and I