“ You're asking me to leave? Why not we talk this out?” “ There's nothing to talk about, Nate. Please leave, I need to rest.” Okay now, he felt she was being dramatic. She even went as far as showing him the way out. Picking up his shirt, he regretted making advances towards her but he wasn't sure he regretted telling her how much he loved her. At the door, he smiled at her. She could see pain and maybe regret all covered up with a smile. She was ashamed to tell him. They were about to spice things up when she remembered and she could only use this as an excuse. “ I love you, Aviva. I feel at peace now that I can say it loudly without having to hold back. Fall in love with me, Ava.” Fall in love with him? She was way too deep in love with him. She was deeply into him and all he thinks about is this? “ No, didn't mean it that way. Before I saw the light, you did. You loved me while I was busy deciding if it love you or not. Now I'm askin
It had been two months. Two months but he was still holding on. Holding on to what they shared in the past. Hoping a miracle would occur and she would come running back to him. Dean never felt it was hard to let something go but with Hazel, he realized how hard it was. He realized he would be lying to his self if he said he didn't love her. He thought about her all day long and he just couldn't help it. She was in his head, taking charge of whatever was going on. He sucked at saying goodbyes to loved ones. How would he say goodbye to a woman he waited for? A woman he spent all these years hoping she would come back to him. They couldn't say their goodbyes cause their love story was just beginning. When he woke up at the hospital that day, he longed to see her there, maybe assure him she was there for him but she wasn't and he felt so broken. He thought that she would come around around after a few days but days metamorphosed into weeks and weeks weaved in
“ Hazel, I will be back home soon. I booked a flight for tomorrow. I have evidence that will make me Nathan's wife. But for now, I will just enjoy my time with this guy I met at the hotel. He's so handsome and well loaded too, if you know what I mean.” Nathan? Come to think of it, she learnt Nathan was Dean's best friend and his doom was also Dean's doom. What has her crazy best friend done? “ Caryn, what have you done? Or what did you do rather?” Hazel asked over the phone as she whisked eggs for breakfast. Harry had left earlier so she had the house to her self. “ I spiked his drink, Hazel.” Caryn muttered enthusiastically and Hazel screamed, “ you did what?” “ Calm down. It was worth it though. I had someone take pictures of us like he actually had sex with me.” “ Oh wow, but you didn't have sex with him right?” Hazel blurted and Caryn laughed. “ I didn't..I just had his clothes taken off. You know, to make it look real, I had
Caryn wasn't the only one who flared up when she saw the news, Avery and Camille did too. Camille couldn't believe he had actually settled for less and Avery? Avery never imagined their relationship would go beyond the contract relationship thingy. “ That's my baby over there. She's making us proud. Mom, do you know what this means? We are rich for life!!!” Carolina was jubilating. They were in the sitting room when they saw the news. Grandma and Grandpa were the most excited about it. Tears ran down their eyes as they watched Ava's reaction when he said “ my wife to be.” “ At least, a child of mine is making me proud. That's my daughter, not Alex's daughter.” Lina rolled her eyes at Avery who was at a corner sulking. She showed disapproval openly, she no longer hid how much she resented her sister and Ava stayed away from her, right from the day were she called her “ Nathan's contracted girlfriend.” “ Mark my word Lina, they won't last. Not when you
“ Most of you know her as the girl on baseball cap who always snuck in to see me while some of you don't even know her at all. This is Ava, my lady and bride to be.” Nathan addressed the one hundred staffs who were present. He had called for a meeting so he could introduce Ava to the staffs. “ Now, you would accord her as much respect as you accord me. Treat her well, I trust you will do unless you want to get fired.” Ava was a bit tensed as two hundred eyes stared back at her. She was beginning to sweat and just like he noticed, he slid a hand under the table and touched her legs. They stared at each other and for some reason, she was relieved. Relieved she had him here by her side. The meeting ended after ten minutes and everyone was free to go back to work. They moved out in groups and spoke in hushed tones. “ Isn't she like twenty?” “ He left Camille for that? How pathetic. She looked like she was going to pass out.” “ She's not
“ Uhm, Dean? Open up, I need some help.” Nathan knocked at Dean's door. “ What's up? Is anything wrong?” the door was ajar and Nathan stepped in quickly. He was looking grim and needed a few tips on what to do. “ Okay, Ava's family wants us at their house for dinner.” “ Us?” “ I and Ava, I didn't want to let them down on this first dinner so, I accepted and right now? I'm super nervous about how to behave and what to say.” “ Just be yourself, Nathan. They just want to see the real you. Be the person you are when around Ava. Be that kind of person and you will have the key to their hearts.” “ Should I take flowers along? What should I wear? Suits?” “ Yes, get some flowers and some chocolates. Also get wine and you are all set. Suit? It's a dinner for God's sake. An informal dinner not one of your business meetings.” “ Alright then. I will do as you say..” “ And one more thing, Nathan. You will do well, just don't show y
“ They are here.” exclaimed Lina both excited and anxious at the same time. “ They are? Where's my granddaughter?” Grandfather asked as he stared out the window. A car had arrived but no one had alighted yet. “ Now, listen everyone. Mom, Dad, please go easy on him. We do not want to scare him away. Ava is deeply in love with him, please go easy on him. For your granddaughter's sake.” “ Carolina, this is the third time you have said this and we promised to be at our best behavior, at least for the rest of the evening. Didn't we?” Grandma threw the question at Lina while staring at her husband. “ Yes, you did. I'm just scared we might mess things up. Aviva has never been this happy and I just don't want us to ruin things.” Patting her on the back as a form of reassurance, they let their eyes do the talking. They all loved Aviva equally and would do anything to see her happy. Even if it meant putting on their best behavior for the rest of t
“ Ava, you overreacted out there.” Nathan whispered the moment he hopped in. He knew he would recieve some kind of tongue-lashing if she's in a bad mood already. He could see the clouds darken on her face and they threatened to rain as they became darker and if there was anything like that, angry clouds. “ No, I didn't. I feared this would happen since the moment I received a phone call. That was why I hesitated a bit. Avery ruins anything good. Now I'm fully convinced that the jezebel in there isn't my sister.” “ You don't have to talk that way, Ava. Just breathe. Breathe Ava and get those stuffs off your mind.” She did exactly as told but that was the end of the conversation. She never muttered a word throughout the rest of the ride and he respected the fact that she wanted to be alone and quiet. It was 7:30pm but she had no idea what was coming. Nathan knew this would happen. He had foreseen it but he wanted to be present just for her sake and
[ 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