βYou were right, Dean. All I had to do was to end things with her. I feel so much better now that I did, it's like a burden was lifted off.β Nathan called Dean the moment he got into the car. He was relieved and happy that he finally made up his mind to chooseAva over Caryn. β We told you, right? That was all you needed to do.β Megan replied and Dean nodded. They were both taking time off the company. He had reliable staffs who could handle any issue that might come up. He needed time to win Ava back and also more time to plan their wedding. As for Dean, they had brought back Hazel's siblings without Harry's knowledge and the kids are safe. Hazel moved out of Harry's house and is currently hiding at Nathan's mansion. Dean had never been a more happier man seeing Hazel here with him. β Where is Ava? And Hazel?β he wanted to know. Ava tried as much to always avoid him these last few days. She was always confined in the walls of her room and would only come out
β I'm never leaving Nate.β That was a huge relief. He came closer and dropped the items on her bed. Rubbing his hands together, he silently mumbled. β Listen Ava, I never intended for this to happen. This wasn't what I wanted. I wanted a happy life with you, one without no dramas.β β But you ran back into her arms. Make it make sense, Nathan. I'm really not surprised. Men will always be men.β It hurt so much to hear her spew those words out. Meg was right, every iota of trust was definitely gone now. He had broken her heart and she would find it more difficult to trust anyone henceforth. β I can explain. I can explain what happened, Aviva.β She threw her hands in the air with the " What more lies you got, huh?" look on her face and he quickly interjected. β No, no I'm not lying. Believe me, I can explain what happened.β β Okay, go on. I'm listening, Nathan.β He held her hands and led her to her bed. Gesturing on her to sit down, h
β Do you still love me? I mean the way you once loved me, do you still love me that way?β Hazel who had been silent all along finally broke the silence as Dean undressed. He was going to have his bath and then retire to bed for the night but seems Hazel would be interviewing him instead. β Of course I do. I really do you, Hazel. I love you way more than you think I do.β β So what happened between I and Harry doesn't change anything? I was really scared of loosing you to another, Dean. I'm really sorry for the pains I caused you the other day.β Revealing his bare chest, he sat on the bed beside her and cupped her jaw. His tongue teased her neck and he inhaled softly. He loved her scent and would go insane just by inhaling. Hazel had always been his and it would stay that way till death. β Hazel, I think I don't get to tell you how much I love you. I just don't say it out all the time. But I really do and you should believe that.β Her hands we
β Good morning sleepyhead. Slept well, didn't you?β he woke her up with a forehead kiss and she stretched in a cute way. He had been watching her sleep for a while now and she looked more charming while asleep. He could stay up the whole day watching her sleep but he had a lot he wanted them to do. β Good morning, Nathan. Yes I did sleep well and you?β β I haven't slept this well for a while now. I'm more at peace with my self now that we have reconciled. I really missed you, Aviva. You have no idea how much I wanted you back in my life. You have become a part of me, Ava.β Her cheeks were scarlet red as she his behind the duvet. Coming from him, it meant so much to her. β When you are not there, it seems like that part of me isn't functioning. I have grown to love you and just the thoughts of you leaving would kill me.β β I told you before, didn't I? I'm never leaving, Nate. You might stop loving me but I would never. Remember when we had
β You bitch, what do you want?β those words left Ava's mouth immediately Nathan handed her the phone. β Oh, Ava. How's your darling husband? Pretty well I guess?β β Yes. Pretty well, Caryn. What do you want this time?β β Give the phone to Nathan, I need to speak with him. Is he there?β β Nathan isn't free right now. I am, so talk to me about what you have to say. I'm listening.β β Do well to tell my Nathan that I called in his absence.β Ava was dumbfounded. What other weird features did this girl possess? How possible was this that she would refer to Nathan as hers. β Of course. I will do just what you asked. He's busy with the wedding preparations and we barely have enough time for people who are desperately trying to get what's not theirs.β Caryn was silent for a while. Obviously stung by the wedding preparations. That was all that was needed to shut her up. β Have a lovely day, dear Caryn. Least I forget, Nathan was ju
The next day at Ava's house. β Mom, Dad, this is Nathan. The man I want to get married to.β Ava introduced Nathan to Carolina and Alexander. β Nice to meet you Sir. Mom, a pleasure to meet you again. Hi grandma...β β Nathan, you look like a gentleman. So, you're here to ask for our daughter's hand in marriage?β He felt intimidated by Alexander's scrutinizing gaze but he had to act calm if he did want Ava. βYes, sir. I love her very much, and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I know I have made a lot of mistakes and I hurt her a lot of times. But I'm ready to amend and make things right.β Alexander smiled and stared at Caroline, then at Ava. β My wife told me about that and I have no reason to judge you, Nathan. I did worse in my prime. But j have a question, do you know what marriage is all about? Would you be able to love my daughter and treat her well?β β Yes, sir. I have thought about this big step I'm taking, carefully. I kn
Ava and Nathan were on their way to the mansion. They had just left her parents residence and Nathan's joy knew no bound after seeing Alex warm up to him. He had his doubts at the beginning and was really frightened out by Alex's demeanor. βYour dad is such a nice man. I was literally intimidated by the way he spoke at first but later on, I got to understand that he was just looking out for his daughter.β β We just started bonding and he has been such a great support to my mum and I. I feel we would get along pretty soon.β βHi, Dean. We're on our way back home and it was a success. I nearly peed on my pants.β Megan laughed over the phone and Ava grinned. Megan wasn't even helping matters. β A full grown man nearly peed on his pants. Why, if I may ask?β Megan was definitely having a good laugh over this. β I felt intimidated at her dad at first. I was like, what if he doesn't want me to get married to his daughter? I could literally feel the
Friday already and the perfect day to execute her plan. Avery had just gotten off the phone with Caryn, so far things were going quite well. They applied finishing touches to whatever they had in mind and Avery, was undeniably the happiest person on earth right now. She was still grounded but nothing would stop her from leaving the house today. Alex had decided to spend the next few days with Carolina at their house till after Ava's wedding was over with. He had been staying a friend's place not quite far from their house. To him, it felt a bit akward about staying there especially as they were still trying to patch things up. She had her outfit for the day out and after having a refreshing bath, she slipped into a white sequin body on dress with a white heel to match and a small white purse. Girl actually dressed to kill as the dress accentuated all her curves and made emβ more revealing. Wrapped her hair into a messy bun and applied light make up. The red lipstic
[ 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? β 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.β β 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.β 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!! ***** β Do you, Aviva Alexander, take Nathan Lewis to be your lawfully wedded husband?β 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 β Strong, arrogant CEO who doesn't give a fuck about anyoneβ 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. β Uhm, I don't know if you noticed fluffy bear, but they are a
β Nathan!β 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. β Caryn, can you slow down? By the way, who's married to you?β he asked and all eyes were fixed on them. This would serve as good entertainment while the judges were away tabulating the scores. β Nathan Lewis, I will not have you humiliate me this way. I won't! Now, get up and let's go home.β she ordered like some boss who was passing out instructions to her employees. β 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.β β 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. β 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.β β 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..β β Girls, they are about to start. Come over.β 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. β 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.β β 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
β Mom. I got the money and narrowly escaped death. Someone else has been framed for stealing the money.β she informed her mom on phone and the lady went hysterical. β You got it? That's my girl. You're just like your mom, Caryn. I'm so proud of you, darling.β β 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.β β Alright love. Your father sends his regards. One more thing Caryn, be careful out there.β β I will. I love you, I have to go now.β 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. β Now that we have gotten concrete evidence, what do we do next?β Hazel interrogated. β 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
β What's going on?β 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. β Nathan honey, what is it? Why are you all seated there like some bunch of robots? Talk to me, somebody.β 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. β What are you doing, Nathan? Put her down!β Dean yelled but Nathan was no longer in control. He was infuriated and couldn't even hide it. β 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. β Hell nah, I'm not doing this. I'm not doing this with y'all, I will ask the maid to make me something.β β But it's really not that bad, Dean. Just close your eyes and chew quickly. Caryn you are such a good cook, no doubts.β Hazel spoke, forcing a spoonful of poison into her mouth. β Do you like it? I did well, right?β 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
β Why does the room look like someone went through our things.β 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. β What do you mean?β her voice was shaky and her heart was pounding so loudly. β I mean..β 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. β Nothing. Hazel is home, she lost her baby. I thought you should know.β he said with his gaze fixed on nothing in particular. β Poor little thing. I will go check on her later, she must be feeling so sad at the moment.β Playing along, he replied.β Yeah, she