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Steffan gets the permit
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2024-09-22 02:00:17Jade held Racheal’s hand as she walked the couple to the door.
She hugged her close. “I hope you can make it to our party this weekend.”Racheal nodded. With the way Steffan was acting, she would likely go to that party to de-stress.She turned to see Jade was looking at Steffan, with a hint of anger in her eyes. “All Racheal did, she had no evil intentions.”Racheal glanced at Steffan, he frowned and said nothing.“See you soon.” Jade squeezed her hand, and watched them leave.“You told her we were fighting?” Steffan asked, as they got into the car.“You think I need to tell anyone we are fighting?” She frowned at him. Perhaps the alcohol was making her bolder. “People are not blind.”They said nothing as they drove to the vault. She wondered if this was the vRelated chapters
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Steffan stepped out of the bathroom some minutes later.“It’s negative,” he said.Racheal was staring in his eyes to gauge what he felt. But his eyes showed nothing.She could not see whether the result brought him relief, or saddened him.“We still need to take that blood test to be sure,” he said.“I am not pregnant, I don't feel pregnant.” She said in frustration.Why was everyone insisting on this? She might even be barren for all she knew.She was not going to focus her mind and energy on this the way people said her mother had.She did not want to go down that line of desperation.Steffan just looked at her and said, “Rest up.” Then he walked out the door.She sighed.Here she was, hoping that they were on the verge of reconciling.
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“How can you turn a son against his own parents? Don’t you have a working conscience anymore?” Danna Sherrod asked.“And you?” Racheal retorted, suddenly feeling anger. “Where was your conscience when you tried to pin a crime you committed on me?”Danna Sherrod frowned.“I could have been your ally here. Maybe your friend even, but you are destroying all the chances of that happening.”“I do not need allies. And you are the last person I want for a friend.” Racheal said, meaning every word of it.“You will regret this.” The woman said, and Raacheal felt her heart sink.Another threat.Now she had to be careful again, and always watch her back.Why could she never get a break?She heard the convoy coming up the driveway.“Come with me.&rd
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Steffan placed his hand on Racheal’s waist, and slowly turned her around.“Let's not fight like that again?” Racheal said, tilting her head to look in her eyes.He nodded, and kissed the tip of her nose. She smiled. “Go get dressed.” “Dressed?”“We still have that vacation to go to.” Steffan stepped back, with his hands in his pockets, looking at her.“It’s Tuesday.”“Well, neither of us have to go to work.” Steffan moved close again to run a finger across her collarbone. “And we both deserve it, don’t you think?”She nodded, and turned around into the bathroom, she closed the door behind her and leaned against it, a smile spreading across her face. ***When she stepped out, Steffan was not in the room. She sighed, picked out a sundress, and slid a pair of heels on.“You look lovely.” Steffan appeared at the door.She turned around and smiled at him.“Ready?” He asked. She nodded. He walked forward, and took her hand and her purse.“What are you doing?” She asked, giggling. “He
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“Do you know how long this drive will be?” Steffan asked.Racheal shook her head.She had not been paying attention the last time he took her out of the city. But she knew it would feel like forever as he slowly began sliding her lacy panties down her legs.“You’ll not care,” he said, and winked. He took her right leg and placed it over his shoulder as he began to kiss her calves, moving upward and upward.“Uhhh.” She closed her eyes, her hands feeling around for something to grip. She found herself becoming more and more breathless as she waited for his lips to reach the spot her whole body most anticipated. But Steffan was taking his sweet time. To her distress, his lips traveled up to her thighs, came so close, and went back to her calves to restart the long upward journey.“You want me to beg again?”“Do you want to beg?” He had a devilish smile in his eyes, as his tongue darted out and lapped at her inner thigh.“Ohhh.” She gasped, pulling further into the seat. “Lift the dr
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“I can’t believe we just did that.” Racheal giggled as she pulled her dress down to cover her legs, and then up to cover her chest.“I can’t believe we have never done that.” Steffan responded, tossing the wipes in the car’s disposal purseThey watched it shrink.“We are disrespectful lots.” She said, now beginning to feel sorry for the men that had to live through that. Steffan smiled, and pulled her close.“I was joking about the screen. This is a custom-made car. They couldn’t hear anything,” he said.“Did you have this in mind when you were customizing your car?” “Maybe.” He grinned.She shook her head, and looked away. "They still knew we were up to something improper when you closed that screen.”“You think they don’t know we are always up to something improper?” He asked, softly caressing her arms.She smiled and said nothing, just continued leaning her head on his chest.“Racheal.” Steffan said, his voice serious. She froze.“Never lie to me again,” he said.“I won’t.”He
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“We might have a job for your nephew too,” Racheal said. “Anyone good enough to work for the Sherrods will do a good job for us.”Steffan glanced at her.“Oh yes. Good fellow, strong too,” The old man looked up and stopped, staring at Racheal. Racheal froze. Did he recognize her? Had she been underestimating the man’s intelligence?“My God, you are beautiful, lady.” The old man said finally. “Your wife?” He turned to Steffan.Steffan smiled at him. “Yes.”“Lucky man.” The old man said, and returned his attention to his task. “What do you want my nephew to do for you?”“We need a guard for my wife,” Steffan said, his voice gentle. Racheal was impressed. This was the calmest she had seen him. She was glad he took her cue, and was interviewing this man with kid gloves.“Hmmm.” The old man said. “Jordan may not be the man you need. You see, he is no spring chicken anymore.”“That is exactly the man I need around my wife, someone older, more calm-headed,” Steffan said smoothly. The ol
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“Mind Skylar’s head.” Steffan said, watching her get out of the car. Racheal cradled six month-old Skylar’s head in her arms and got out of the car. Steffan turned and walked ahead towards the courthouse. She knew he did not like this, neither did her mother, but she wanted to lead a new life from now on.She would only allow any dispute to be settled by the court no matter how long it took, instead of the torture, killing and all they had done up to the point that she had Sterling.“Maman," Sterling said, peeking his head around his father’s shoulders.“Yes, baby.”“Maman.” He said again, and she smiled at him. Steffan adjusted him in his arms as they walked into the building.It was an informal courtroom, and the biggest case in Xen. This case was what had disgraced Roslyn and made her lose the elections. Journalists waited outside for the final hearing.She and Steffan sat side by side after the judge took her seat, and the accused began to be escorted in by the cops. Roslyl
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Racheal followed Steffan into his house quietly. His housekeeper greeted her warmly. She nodded at the woman. She was surprised to see Chef Bennett come out.“Dinner in five minutes, sir.” Then he paused. “Mrs Sherrod.” He bowed.“Make a place for two,” Steffan said. Those were the first words he had said, since she told him she missed him.“Sure, Sir.” Chef Bennett responded.“You kept him?” Racheal asked, as Steffan led the way upstairs. “You liked him.” He said simply.She said nothing more. He surprisingly led the way to his bedroom on the second floor. It was a dark masculine room, wide, dark and intimidating.She stood in the middle, unsure of how to act, or what to do next.He dropped his bag on the bed, and glanced at her.“I am sorry I hurt you.” She said. He paused, midway into sitting on the bed, then started to take his tie off.“That’s rare. Women never apologize.”She made a face at him. But continued anyway. “I was conflicted. I wanted to be with you, but I was
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The president is dead did not cover the horror of how Spencer Sherrod had died. He stared at his father’s coffin the next morning as the priest talked on and on. He had wanted to kill this man. He had wanted to kill him with his own hand, so why was he reacting this way to the man’s death?His mind kept going back to how Spencer had looked in the video he had seen. He was headed for a meeting, surrounded by his guards, edgy and nervous, and alone.The old woman had come from the crowd, begging an audience. He had hesitated, but asked them to let her through. The woman had hugged him, even as his guards had yelled that it was against protocol.One had even reached out to pull her away. Then flames. He shook his head as he remembered the explosion sound. They had quickly found out the woman was the journalist’s aged mother. The journalist Spencer had killed at Racheal’s office.He felt someone squeeze his arm. He looked down at the little woman. She was the only good thing in
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“We should start moving. I don’t want Limuel’s men to find us here," he said as he stocked the fire. She dropped a plate of Ramen in front of him. He smiled up at her, and she smiled back.He did not mind if he lost all his wealth, and became doomed to this kind of life, as long as he had her. She was all he wanted now, all he had ever wanted really from the day he met her.“It will be a few hours still before we can start moving.” She responded. He nodded and picked up his meal. She walked closer and sat beside him. He turned to her, caressed her cheek, and kissed her lightly. She returned his kiss, enthusiastically, the way he remembered, the way he liked.He loved how much she loved his touch. They were soon grappling at each other, their meal forgotten. He squeezed her warm soft body as she moaned his name and dug into his back. He savored the warmness of her, the fullness of her curve, the lusty way she matched his thrusts, squeezing tight around him.He did not want to
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Racheal sat shocked, staring at Steffan’s face, just barely able to see it in the near darkness. But she could see clearly enough the honesty in there. His blue eyes were clear and honest, open and pleading.“You should have said that when I wanted to hear it.” She said, shaking her head, starting to move away. But he held her.“I should have. I was a fool not to have.”“I even told you once that I loved you. You said nothing.”“I am sorry.”“Stop apologising. It won’t fix anything," she said, trying to pull away. She did not have to hear this, she did not want to hear this. It would make leaving him that much more difficult. It was easier walking away from a man who hurt her, and had never admitted to loving her even once. But now…“Racheal.” He said, taking her face between his hands. “I love you. I have always loved you. My heart stops at the thought of losing you. The day Isaac told me you were dying, the day you sent that divorce document, my heart completely stopped beatin
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“I thought you changed. Apparently, you did not," Steffan said finally, looking away. “You are still as stubborn and careless as ever.”His words stung her.“Careless? You sound like I got some warning that a certain Limuel was after me and ignored it.”“I tried to warn you. I sent a dozen messages, tried to make an appointment,” he blew up.She shrank back. Well. There was no way she would have known. She had his number blocked, so there was no way she could have seen his messages. She still did not know how he had gotten her new contact number by the way. She could not think of any of her staff who could have given him her personal number.She knew he was in contact with Isaac, but could Isaac have given him the number?“After all that has happened to you, I don’t know how you can still put yourself in danger like this.”“One could say I was in danger, hiding with you in a storm like this. At least Maman would think so.” She said quietly, lowering herself to the floor. That got
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“What are you doing?” Racheal asked as she watched Steffan walk towards one of the many couches in the room. He said nothing.He placed a bright flashlight she suspected he must have found wherever he found the axe on the floor, lighting the whole room up. He raised the axe, and began to hack at the couch.She stared at him in shock, at first not understanding what he was doing. Then she turned back, and shut the heavy bolt on the door. He had to make fire somehow, or they would freeze to death before the storm was over. Between the both of them, they could probably buy a million couches for this family.She walked further into the living room, past him, checking the whole place out. The only place that was open to them was the hallway, the open kitchen in the living room, and a tiny bathroom at the end of the hallway. All the other rooms were firmly locked. She was not very eager to ruin their locks like she did the front door.She walked towards the kitchen, and turned on th
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“What? Why?” Racheal screamed in confusion as she watched Limuel’s guards pull a limp Steffan up.Then they began to pull him to pull him away, his tall frame causing his foot to drag behind him.“I had a suspicion he might come here.” Limuel said, pulling out a big cigar.“What did we do to you?” She asked, looking from Limuel to Steffan, who was being dragged away.“I have no problems with the Sherrods. Just you.”“What?” She asked just as she saw Limuel’s toddler run out of the house. The guards tried to stop the child who was not warmly dressed for the weather. The toddler screamed. He just wanted his father.Lukas Limuel turned at the commotion. “Let him through," he said, standing up. The child broke through the barrier of guards, and ran into his father’s arms.“I don’t have the time to explain anything. I hear your mother has suddenly returned from the dead. I believe she will pay a decent price in exchange for you as compensation for what your family did to us.” Lukas sa
