“ Dean, do I look okay? I don't want Nathan to be ashamed of me..”, He stopped her midway, “ You look beautiful, Ava.” She knew be didn't say that to make her feel better, he meant it sincerely. She had on a blue jeans with a black top. She had them picked among the clothes in the wardrobe this morning. A lot of clothes there were not her size, but luckily she found one that fit. It would be ridiculous wearing a dinner gown and heels to work at the grocery store. Seconds ticked and she was still seated. Dean decided to allow her take all the time in the world. He understood it was a first time thing and she would be overwhelmed. Ava was about to step down when her eyes caught a few paparazzi coming their way. She stayed put with her hand which were initially stretched out to Dean, withdrawn. He followed her gaze and facepalmed. This was definitely not the time for them to show up. Dean whispered, “ Stay right here and here you go..”, He signaled to George who handed a ba
“You shouldn't be here, Ava.”Where else should she be at that moment? Considering Dean successfully gave her a ticket for loosing her job. Anyways... He rubbed his temple with his his hand and Ava notice his stare go from deadly to harmless. His eyes became as clear as water in a matter of seconds. That monster they had seen few seconds ago was gone and in his place was a meek, harmless Nathan. How possible was it? “ Good morning Mr. Lewis.. I sincerely apologize on his behalf for whatever he might have said”, Dean spoke calmly to the older man and a glint of anger flashed through Nathan's eyes, if Ava hadn't been in his office at this particular time, he would have lost it completely. “ Lewis.. as you can see, I have a visitor. Please shut the door behind you..”, he muttered in the coldest tone but his face was without expression. “ You don't have to talk to him that way, Nathan. I can come back later, if you are busy..”, Ava chipped in. She felt really sor
“ Do your worst, Camille... I dare you.”The last words he said before he hung up and blacklisted the number she had used in calling. ‘ Camille, you messed up. This wasn't what you were supposed to say, remember? You were supposed to explain to him that you have never even met her before and you are not the one behind the threats..’ The voice in her head kept scolding her. She was right, she successfully convinced Nathan in believing she had been the one threatening Ava all this time. What would she do now? How does she solve this? She took the nearest turn and parked quickly in front of a bungalow. It was her best friend's house. This was were Lilly lived, she had been Camille's best friend ever since they were little. She stepped down and ran into the house without knocking. Well, she never did. She always barged in and out whenever she wanted to. “ Lilly, I'm doomed. I'm done for Lilly, please I need your help.” “ Jesus Christ, Camille you gav
A tear slid down her cheek and she stared at the necklace one more time. She was going to wait, she would wait for two days and pray her mom comes back to her. But who then was it? It was her best friend, Camille. Her mom had dropped her off and she waved at her as she drove away. Her dad had probably told Camille's Mom about it and she decided to bring Camille over to cheer her up. She smiled sadly as the little girl kept waving at her mom. At least she had a mom... She felt a warm hand on her shoulder and a strong presence behind her. It was her father and he stood there without saying a word until she did. “ She's gone dad, it's all my fault..” A tear slid down and Jeff turned her around, giving her a warm hug to reassure her he would always be there. “ It's not your fault darling. It's not... Umm I asked Camille's Mom to drop her over, I didn't know what else to do to cheer you up..” His voice trailed off and she nodded. “ Thank you daddy. I could reall
Uncertain about what to do, her mind wandered around deep in thoughts. She had been quiet ever since and Hazel had to snap her fingers repeated before she realized how far she had gone. “ Girl, you been lost in thoughts. You didn't even hear the last thing I said or did you?” Hazel asked with a hand on her shoulder protectively. “ Pardon me, I didn't know I had gone that far. Did you ask a question?” “ Of course I did. I asked about Vince. How's it going? When is he coming to see you?” Hazel asked with her eyes off the road for a second as she threw a glance at Caryn who seemed like she had a lot on her plate. Of course she did, her family's company was one step away from crumbling and even though his dad had been able to get a loan, it wouldn't last long. They needed to find a solution and quite fast too. “ Yes, he's coming over this weekend.” Her friend smiled and playfully punched her. “ Finally, someone's all excited to meet her baby. Am I lying?” She asked raising a brow at C
“ No. You don't own me, Oliver. You can't use me whenever you want to and then apologize for your insane behavior later on. You're sick, Oliver. You're sick.” He smiled, twisting the belt he held. He would make sure she regretted all what she said. “ No sweetheart, you are the sick one here. You must be sick in the head if you think you can spend my money recklessly and still not submit to me.” With every word said comes a whip on her back. Her groans could be heard in the neighborhood but none of them bothered to intervene. They were used to this already. Everyone in the hood knew about the Roberts ,the couple who always had arguments everyday. They knew Oliver, the alcoholic brute who physically assaulted his wife. Neighbors would troop in and out of their house to plead with Oliver and he would promise to change but things got worst and the neighbors decided to leave the couple to sort their differences on their own. It was midday and her cries could be heard few mile
Late in the evening, Nathan's residence. He was working on his laptop in the living room when the security personnel came in to announce the august's visitor's presence. “ There's someone at the gate Sir and she's requesting to see you.” “She? Who's that?” As he asked he, checked the time. It was 7pm and quite late for a lady to visit him. Besides he couldn't remember asking anyone to visit him. “ I don't know Sir. She refused telling me her name.” “ Alright, send her in.” He went back to work and Dean descended the stairs with a bottle of water. He had been upstairs ever since he got back from work, he was tired and needed rest. The meeting had gone smoothly and they were able to agree on something. Dean had his ways around and he always succeeded in convincing his clients. Nathan on the other hand was not really as good as Dean but he is quite good in paperwork and making sure the money rolls in. He had no time to talk for hours trying to convince a bunc
“ I do. I'm serious Megan, this old chap here found someone” Dean replied grinning from ear to ear while Nathan facepalmed. It's barely been minutes together and they're already doing this. “ No fucking way. Nathan? Other things I can believe but this? I can't buy this story please.” They were both talking about him like he wasn't even there with them. “ Yes way. Believe or not, your brother is off the single hood. He's old anyways, he should get married.” “ Why do you people derive joy from picking on me? It's barely minutes since Megan stepped into this house but I'm loosing it already.” He complained and they laughed at it. “ Congrats Lewis. Mom would be so proud, I still can't believe you moved on. What's that girl's name again? The one who he was so in love with?” She was snapping her fingers and trying to recall. “ Caryn.” Dean said and she screamed, “ Yesss, that's the one, Caryn. I'm glad you finally got over her. I thought you were going to give u
[ 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