“ Why are we here Nathan? Who's this for? The night sky is so pretty tonight.” “ Why are we here? You will get to know soon. Indeed, it's as beautiful as you, Ava.” They were alone on the rooftop and the whole place was decorated with flowers. Candles were lit and petals of roses were used to inscribe her name on the wall. A bouquet of flower was kept on the table and the mood was set to make a toast to whatever it was they were celebrating tonight. The look of surprise and excitement on her face was clearly visible and contagious as she admired each and everything with a radiant smile. How could she repay him for all he had done? He had done so much already. He spent a lot on her and her family and would go out of his way to see her smile. Megan and Dean stood at the farthest end and watched Ava with a look of satisfaction. They had done well in such a short time, they knew the team they sent would do such a good job. “ Ava, do you like it?” Na
“ I-I..” She inhaled and exhaled. With eyes closed and everyone shut out with just her thoughts left, she agreed she had always wanted this. She convinced herself that she was making the right decision for not just her but her family also. Flashbacks of every incident that had happened ever since they became a couple replayed in her head and as the night grew darker and the little whispers from everyone present who were beginning to feel she would reject Nathan, became louder, she relaxed and took a few drags of fresh air as her lips quivered and her eyes opened and standing right there, with her gaze fixed on the man she never expected would love her in return, she muttered but it was so loud for everyone to hear. “ YES. I will marry you, Nathan.” The loud shouts of joy and glee filled the hotel rooftop as loud shutters where heard as the journalists did what they do best. They captured this fascinating, once in a lifetime moment as Nathan Lewis slipped a ring on Ava'
“ Why are they acting weird? They look like they just had a fight or something.” Megan observed the moment Nathan and Ava came out. “ There's no way that would be possible right? I mean, they just got engaged.” Megan asked again, in hushed whispers. “ There's a possibility, Megan. Whatever it is, I hope it doesn't escalate into something bigger.” Dean replied briefly and hurried over when he saw Nathan's signal. He and Meg were probably worried about this sudden change of attitude. They had left a happy couple up there but right now, Ava was pale and Nathan was just not happy. “ You okay? What's wrong?” “ Let's go home, Dean. I have had enough for the night.” He replied and George ignited the moment Dean got in the car. “ What about Ava? Are you not going home together?” “ She and Megan would do just fine. I just need to leave this place, plus she probably doesn't want to talk to me right now.” “ George, you should drive t
It was just like any other night. Except for the fact that it wasn't. CEO Nathan Lewis had proposed to her on August 11th, 2023. It was one of the happy moments in her life, one that she cherished and would always remember with a broad smile. This was the start of a new beginning, a completely different phase. A brand new life with the man of her dreams. “ I never believed he would actually do this. I never saw it coming. Who would have thought? I'm engaged to the same man who I thought would never love me in return.” She had grandma to thank for all these. If she hadn't listened to her, she would probably still be at old Mrs. Cooper's grocery store and would retire to her happy yet sad family and definitely get frustrated when she go through the bills they were meant to pay. Asides the day she meant Nathan, the day he confessed about being in love and also the day he announced her as his girlfriend on TV, today was one of her happiest days on earth.
She had gotten tired of standing by the window as her knees eventually gave way considering she had undergo a lot of stress. She went to bed after securing the door, she was too tired to slip into her pyjamas and only managed to wrap a robe around her. It was 6am. The sun was just starting to rise, beginning it's journey around the world making sure to cast a burning golden glow as little streaks were beginning to peep through her window until it finally cast his light over Mother Earth as the chirping of beds and buzzing of tiny insects came alive reminding the folks of V that it was a brand new day. A gentle breeze rustled the leaves of the few trees in sight, creating a soothing sound. Ava roused up and laid still for some minutes. She was like a computer that was rebooting and only rose up after it. It was a brand new day, could be termed sunshine after the storm yesterday. She had decided to put whatever Camille said behind her and focus on herse
Alexander had booked the night flight back home. He went through his old journal for Carolina's house address. Would they take him back? That he wasn't sure of but he wouldn't leave till he saw his girls. Funny how they were now his girls, and not the kids he had wished they died along with their mother. He packed a few of his stuffs. He was so sure Carolina would throw him out. While being driven through the streets of V, he realized nothing had really changed. It was still the way it was twenty-three years ago. Same old V, he thought with rueful affection. Eventually they arrived at Lina's house as early as 6 and after paying the cab man, he felt reluctant to go in. What would happen if his Lina and their kids want him out of their lives for good? He waited outside for no one in particular and just remained frozen at the door step. “ Excuse me, are you looking for someone?” Avery asked hostilely as she fished for her keys in her purse. Her mother wo
" Dad, please leave," Aviva whispered, her voice shaky with hurt and anger. "You've hurt us enough."Alex stared at his daughter, his heart breaking at the sight of her pain. He had hoped to make things right, but he knew it was too late. He had abandoned his wife and kids twenty years ago, and the damage was done."I know I've made mistakes," he said, almost breaking down in tears. "I know I've let you all down. But I'm here now, and I want to make things right." Make things right? He had already caused a lot of havoc. They grew up without knowing what it was like to have a father and now, he suddenly wants to make things right? Please, give me a chance to make up for what I've done," Alexander pleaded and for a moment, Ava felt some tinge of emotion. "I'm willing to do whatever it takes to earn your mother's love again. I'm so sorry for everything you and your mom went through in my absence."Ava scoffed and glared at him, her eyes filled with pain and hate. "I can't
It had been a week. A week since Nathan proposed, a week since she got her father back. Although mom wasn't all that cool with having him around, but she let him stay anyways, for her kids. She had a wonderful time bonding with Alex, although they took it really slow. And Avery, well, Avery has just been behaving just fine. She has changed a bit and only puts on her mask of repentance whenever Alex is there. Ava gave him her room as she was barely at home. She had moved in fully with Nathan even though she had sworn back then that she wouldn't till they were officially a couple; not like she ever thought they would. Ava had been getting the danger spikes from Nathan recently but she waved it off. It must be stress, she felt it should be stress. He had become so distant lately and he was gradually crawling back to his old self. He was becoming dominant just in one week. “ Ms. Ava, Mr. Nathan asks that you see him in his room.” Yes, he was more co
[ Warning! This Chapter Contains Mature Content Not Suitable For Young Readers.] He gently unzipped my dress and the gown fell to ground. His gaze was causing more bad than good. It made me crave him more. I stepped out of it, our gaze still locked. In the past one second, Nathan has stared at my body in awe countless times. And here I was in the middle of some airplane, half naked with just my panties on. What if someone walked in? “ I will go change now. Hey, stop staring at me like that. It makes me want you more.. you have to promise to be a good boy and behave. We will have all the time in the world to worship each other's body when we are off this airplane.” “ I never said I planned to be a good boy, Aviva. Maybe I was but I changed my mind the moment I saw your smoking hot body. I really can't promise to keep my hands to myself, princess.” And he was being honest. I could make out the hunger in his voice as he spoke. I had starved this man
Hi, lovelies, I'm so excited to be back. I took a break but now, I'm are back fully. I'm so sorry for the delay. Ava and Nathan's love story is about to end.. We have just a chapter or two more to go.. And also for this last part of the book, I will be making use of the first person POV. Enjoy!! ***** “ Do you, Aviva Alexander, take Nathan Lewis to be your lawfully wedded husband?” Silence. The buzzing hall was now as silent as a graveyard. I'm sure you could hear just how loud one's heart pounded if you listened keenly. I smiled at Nathan, he had tears running freely down his face. Today, he dropped the “ Strong, arrogant CEO who doesn't give a fuck about anyone” and in it's stead, was a handsome young man who was capable of loving someone. In him I saw someone who was tamed to love, someone who doesn't know just how much love he's capable of giving because he has never given it a try. “ Uhm, I don't know if you noticed fluffy bear, but they are a
“ Nathan!” What was she doing here? It's a modeling audition for crying out loud. Nathan and Aviva folded their arms and watched her yell and whine about him being married. “ Caryn, can you slow down? By the way, who's married to you?” he asked and all eyes were fixed on them. This would serve as good entertainment while the judges were away tabulating the scores. “ Nathan Lewis, I will not have you humiliate me this way. I won't! Now, get up and let's go home.” she ordered like some boss who was passing out instructions to her employees. “ I'm not going anywhere, just yet Caryn. You can either have your seat and enjoy the show or you can choose to leave. Whichever works for you, my lady.” “ Are you being serious here? You're doing all this because of this, this ugly, classless girl? Are you not ashamed being seen with her? I'm pretty disappointed in you, Nathan. We have sophisticated, elegant and smart ladies in this city but you choose to chea
Modeling Audition, Semi-final & final. “ Nervous? I believe you will do perfectly well. You scaled through the last round remember? You will get through this also. We are rooting for you, Aviva.” “ Oh my goodness, this is the first time I have ever heard you say something positive. Thank you so much, Avery. I love you so much..” “ Girls, they are about to start. Come over.” Alex called out. Avery stared at her sister, she was grateful she had everyone back. They held hands and walked into the hall which was filled to the brim with people. Luckily, Alex had been able to secure seats for them all. “ Good day, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the semi finals/ finals. We are pleased to see you all. After the first round, hundred people were screened out and only twenty were qualified to move on to the next stage.” “ Well, only five people will be taken from this round to go on to the final round where we will pick only two persons. B
“ Mom. I got the money and narrowly escaped death. Someone else has been framed for stealing the money.” she informed her mom on phone and the lady went hysterical. “ You got it? That's my girl. You're just like your mom, Caryn. I'm so proud of you, darling.” “ Thank you mom. I will transfer half of the money to Dad's account. I want his company to be back on its feet for good.” “ Alright love. Your father sends his regards. One more thing Caryn, be careful out there.” “ I will. I love you, I have to go now.” They were outside, with ears glued on her door. They had heard it all, but Nathan beckoned on them to follow him. They tiptoed, to avoid being heard. “ Now that we have gotten concrete evidence, what do we do next?” Hazel interrogated. “ We will let her keep the money. I'm gathering a lot of evidence and by the end of the day, she would be left with nothing. All she stole right now, is the alimony I'm supposed to pay a
“ What's going on?” There was absolute silence. If a pin had fell down, there was every certainty it would be heard. She walked in and met her beloved family in a state of distraught. She was sure they had heard the news already. “ Nathan honey, what is it? Why are you all seated there like some bunch of robots? Talk to me, somebody.” if there was one thing she was good at, it was pretense. She threw her shoes on the floor and rested her head on the couch. If they were not going to talk, then she would let them be. It was difficult to breathe as she felt a sharp pain around her neck. No one had expected it, not even Caryn herself. Nathan held her tightly around her neck, his fingers tightened every second, and his nails dug deeper into her skin. It wouldn't be long before she started bleeding. “ What are you doing, Nathan? Put her down!” Dean yelled but Nathan was no longer in control. He was infuriated and couldn't even hide it. “ N
The dim light in the room made it a bit easy to see. These days she kept her curtains closed and the lamp, off. Today, she felt switching on a candle would be better. She had been in bed all day, doing nothing but mope. Her door moved slowly, and the dim light barely made it easy to see the lady's face. The woman who had birthed her, but now, it felt like they were two strangers meeting for the first time. Lina had walked in, without the tiniest courtesy of knocking. Ever since the issues with Ava, her family treated her like a complete outcast, her dad not excluded. They avoided her like a plague. The only activity that brought them together as a family, was eating at the dinning table. On most days, she would have her meal upstairs in her room. She decided to tag along to Ava's audition, not because she was invited but she felt like going. Rolling her eyes and heaving a deep sigh, she rolled to the other end of the bed. Her back was turned to Carolina,
Now he knew why Dean made that prayer yesterday. He knew she was a bad cook but he didn't think it would be this bad. What happened last night was a mistake that would never repeat itself. Penne pasta with vodka sauce and some parmesan cheese. After the funny but useful prayer from Dean, they all grabbed their cutleries and proceeded to feast on the meal she had made. Dean went first and spat it out the moment it got into his mouth. “ Hell nah, I'm not doing this. I'm not doing this with y'all, I will ask the maid to make me something.” “ But it's really not that bad, Dean. Just close your eyes and chew quickly. Caryn you are such a good cook, no doubts.” Hazel spoke, forcing a spoonful of poison into her mouth. “ Do you like it? I did well, right?” she asked innocently. Nathan nodded, they all nodded. Hazel made Dean take a few more spoons of the terrible concoction she made. And for a sec, they had initially thought it wouldn't be as bad as
“ Why does the room look like someone went through our things.” he inquired after taking a thorough look around the room. Something wasn't right, the drawers had items sticking out. The wardrobe wasn't properly closed, the pillows were wrongly arranged and the bed looked like someone had jumped on them. With a smile of deceit, she rubbed her palms and walked closer. Nervously, she asked. “ What do you mean?” her voice was shaky and her heart was pounding so loudly. “ I mean..” but on second thoughts, there was really no need to engage her in a conversation or questions her, knowing fully well she would deny ever searching for only God knows what, thereby turning the house into a mess. “ Nothing. Hazel is home, she lost her baby. I thought you should know.” he said with his gaze fixed on nothing in particular. “ Poor little thing. I will go check on her later, she must be feeling so sad at the moment.” Playing along, he replied.“ Yeah, she