In the kitchen, Mel felt devastated when she heard her sister cry about how she didn't want her to go into depression again.
A lone tear escape her eyes, and she sat on the dinning chair burying her face in her hands.“You can't let him affect you like this Mel,” she told her self, “he has already moved on and so should you! You can't continue dwelling in the past when a beautiful future is right in front of you.”She took a deep calming breath,'I won't go into depression again, I will stay strong and fight for my life.'She wiped the last of her tears, took another deep breath and stood up.Lara just silently stood there, watching her.Melissa took her headsets and played some music on her phone then distracted herself with the cooking.*In the living room*Veronica told the Leightons everything about Mel, how she was bullied, quit school two months before the exams“Are you ready?” Kaden asked Melissa who took a deep breath shaking her head in denial.They were both currently in the parking lot of an Italian restaurant where she was officially going to meet his father and brothers.She was so not ready for the meeting and was only here because it was necessary for her to meet them.“Don't worry, you will be fine.” Kaden squeezed her hand in assurance.Melissa took another deep brother and both of them walked out of the car.Her mind couldn't stop running with all the possible scenarios of how the meeting would go.She wasn't worried about his brothers because they already claimed to liked her when she met them this afternoon,The one she was worried about was Mr Leighton, his father.He was a ruthless and hard man who never smiled or tolerated nonsense andrumourhad it that he killed when
Kaden's jealousy and anger kept on growing to such an extent that he couldn't take it anymore!Where he stood, he felt like strangling his brothers for talking to his girlfriend and making her smile!He clenched and un-clenchedhis fists until----“Okay, shall we proceed now?” He cut their conversation, his tone laced with frustration.His brothers who sensed the frustration and anger in his voice instantly went quiet and so did Mel.She wondered why he was suddenly in a bad mood but didn't question it.Perhaps he was hungry and wanted to start dinner as soon as possible.“Have a seat, sweetheart.” He calmly said to her, moving the chair.She quietly satdown andhe did toofollowedby his dad and brothers.Once the waiter who was standing a few&n
“Anyway, it's getting late and it's not good for a beautiful lady to be out at this time now, is it?” Eric spoke once the laughter had died down.“Yeah you are right dad I think it's time for me to take her home,” Kaden responded, Melun- buried her face from his chest, and they all stood from their seats.“Be sure to come by and visit us sometimes oh and by the way, when will you two officially become a married couple and consummate your Marriage?” He asked looking at the couple.“Well dad, I'm waiting until she becomes more comfortable with me and when we fall in love with each other, right babe?”“Yeah you are right,” Mel affirmed.“Okay, that's fine by me.” Eric responded, “Have a good night Melissa Leighton and say hi to your family,”“Thank you father-in-law, have a goodnight too!&
“What time are you coming to pick me up?!” Melissa who had been waiting for Kaden to arrive, asked with a tint of anger and impatience in her voice.He had called her earlier inviting her over to his place and told her that he would come pick her up in an hour but it was over two hours now.“Sorry baby girl, I've been caught up with some work. But I promise I'll be there in a few min----”“Don't bother,” she cut him off, anger and frustration evident in her voice, “I've changed my mind. I don't want to come over!” Without even giving him a chance to respond, she cut the call throwing her phone on the bed.It has been a month since they became an official couple and after Kaden repeatedly asked her to visit his place, she had finally agreed but now, the urge to go there completely vanished with the way he was tripping.Her phone began ringing again and without checking the caller, s
“Will you marry me?”These words shocked Melissa to the verycore andshe stood there frozen with her mouth wide open.“Say yes girl! Men don't marry these days and you are so lucky to have him kneeling in front of you.” Someone from the crowd said followed by people chanting"say yes."Mel placed her hand on her mouth not sure what to do and how to react.She wondered what had gotten into him!Nine years! She waited and begged him to take her back for nine whole years and now that she had completely moved on, he wanted her back?What sort of Karma was this?“Listen to everyone baby girl and marry me. I promise I will treat you right just the way you deserve to be treated." Anderson said stretching the hand that held the ring towards her.M
“I LOVE YOU!” She said on top of her voice and the last three letters echoed around the house.Kaden came to a halt, slowly turned around and looked at her.He couldn't believe his ears!He had been waiting for her to reciprocate the love he had forher andshe finally did!“I love you and only you okay?” Melissa said taking a step towards him.“ I promise I have nothing to do with him. He just came up to me and told me that he wanted to marry me. I wasn't even planning on accepting him because my heart belongs only to you. I promise I have nothing to do with Anderson, nothing! He is just trying to ruin my life again the way he did back then.” At this point she was now standing right in front of him.His eyes fixed onhers andhe was able to see the truth in them.“Please believe me, I only want to spend my
The kitchen was bustling with giggles and small chuckles.After their talk, Kaden had agreed to give her, her phone back and in returned she was making him dinner, fulfilling his desire to taste home made food.“Will you let go of me now, I need to check on the food.” She said between giggles placing her hand on his naked chest, trying to push him off ofher buthe didn't even move an inch.She was sitting on the kitchen counter with him standing between her legs and with his hands safely tucked under the shirt that she was wearing.He didn't want her to cook in the dress she wore earlier and so offered her his shirt instead.“No, I won't let you go baby girl.” He said with a smirk squeezing one of her boobs causing her to whimper softly.He continued squeezing while his other hand softly touched her bare thigh.
“Deep breaths honey. I'm sure everything will be fine, you'll do great!”Melissa gave herself a pep talk when she finished dressing up.Tonight was the night she andKaden was finally going to do it andshe was feeling nervous as hell.It was going to be her firsttime andshe was afraid she wasn't going to being good enough for him especially since it was clear he'd been with more than one girl before.“Shit, maybe I should just cancel it and pretend I'm on my periods, that should work but again---”shesighedsitting on her bed, pushing her hair back,“I made a promise. I can't just back out now,”She just sat there staring into space not sure whether to go through it or not and wondered whether she would
Seven years later "Celeste!" Melissa screamed on top of her voice and the sound of small foot steps were heard running into the living room. "I swear I'm going to kill you little ---" she let the sentence hung and wobbled towards the living room were celeste was sitting on the couch her face hidden in her father's chest. "What did my baby do now?" Kaden asked in amusement while staring at his wife's big baby bump. She was due in just a week. Four years after their wedding, they had twin boys and now she was pregnant again with baby number four. Not only that but six months after the wedding, brandon finally maned up and asked Leah out and two months later she was pregnant with twins boys. Their relationship was on fast forward because the same day he found out she was pregnant he proposed marriage and a month later they were married. Aiden equally found a girl for himself two years ago but their relationship was on off until last year when she fell pregnant although he didn't
"Oh my God I'm so nervous right now!" Melissa said with a nervous laugh as the hair stylist worked on fixing her hair.It has been six months since she got out of the hospital and she and Kaden were finally getting married.The last six months have been nothing but joy and happiness for both Melissa and Kaden even though they had to struggle with Celeste's constant crying every night but luckily Brandon and Leah, her godparents came to the rescue and acted as her baby sitters including Aiden who was still upset that he wasn't one of the godparent even though they assured they would make him one for their next child.In the last six months, Brandon and Leah's relationship has also grown stronger and anyone looking at them could tell they are in love but sadly neither of them wants to make the first move and admit their feelings.Melissa has tried everything she could to urge Leah to tell him but Every
"Hurry up, places everyone. They will be here any minute!" Veronica urged as everyone scrambled around, putting things in order and making sure everything was perfect for the arrival of the new family members.It's been a month and one week since the incident happened and both mother and baby were getting discharged from the hospital.On that fateful day after the doctor came out of the room, he told them that she was in a critical condition due to loss of blood and needed a blood transfusion immediately.Kaden volunteered to give her blood but sadly, it wasn't a match and worse off the blood bank was empty.Everyone went into a fit of panic searching for blood until they found the perfect match who was non other than Leah.She donated her blood in a heart beat and three weeks later, Melissa woke up from a coma.The doctors didn't let her leave even after she
"Ahhh!" Melissa let out a scream of pain holding her stomach, blood covering her hand."Mel!!" Everyone rushed towards her as Hannah who had just been shot by Leah fell on the floor limp with her eyes wide open."My baby!" Melissa whispered in pain.Kaden looked down and blood was covering one side of the bump while the shorts she was wearing rapidly became wet with blood and what looked like water."Oh no she has been shot and is going into labour!" Aiden said in horror and without thinking twice, Kaden picked her up in his arms, running out of the building with his brothers and Leah following while his father and their men stayed back to make sure Hannah was truly dead."Please save my baby, I don't want to lose her," Melissa whispered again.Sweat mixed with tears trickling down her face,She was in a lot of pain to such an exten
"Let me go you stinking animals!" Melissa said to the men while they dragged her into a large and empty hall-looking room that had about four armed guards moving around on high alert. They had already removed the cloth that was on her mouth and the sac on her head. "I swear I'm going to lose my temper and hit this woman! I don't even know why the boss told us to ungag her. Damn, I hate nagging women," one of the guards complained. "Well, I could make it easier for you if you could just let me go! How dare you even kidnap me! Do you even know who I am!" She yelled at them again and all they did was drag her towards the metallic chair that gracefully sat in the middle of the room. They made her sit on the chair and each one of the guards held her arm making sure she wasn't doing anything stupid. "You all will pay for this, I will make sure you regret doing this to me you
Meanwhile"I'm so excited about this!" Hannah said taking the divorce papers from the table. She flipped through them and the widest grin in history spread across her face, " I will just go take these to court and finalize the divorce, see you guys later, and Kaden make sure you treat Angelica right, she's your wife now and deserves all your love and care," she added giving him a small hug and walking out of the house.Kaden let out a sigh and Angelica just awkwardly stood there not knowing whether to stay or leave."And this woman," Aiden looked at her and she lowered her gaze, "just because he signed those divorce papers doesn't mean he will stay with you. As soon as he finds a way to end all of this, I will personally kick you out!" He threatened and Angelica silently looked on." Don't worry Aiden, she already has a man in her life, she's been forced to do this just like me," Kaden explaine
"Then why did they bring you back knowing full well that she was still lurking around?" Kaden softly spoke cupping her face." Because they want to lure her out plus If I didn't come then you wouldn't have know she was the mastermind now, would you?"" I found out she was the mastermind a month ago and I've been secretly trying to find a way to make her pay!"" Wait you know? But Aiden and Brandon --- they told me that---""I didn't tell them about it," he let go of her cheeks and ran his hand in his hair, "I kept it a secret from them because I didn't want Hannah to ease drop on our conversation and know that I know. Listen baby it's dangerous for you and Celeste to be here, please listen to me and leave. She already told me that if you don't do it then she will kill you for real this time," he pleaded."But I don't want to. What if she tries something that will make you f
"No this isn't true, tell me this isn't true Kaden, tell me that you are lying and that I'm the only woman that you love!" Mel said standing in front of him and shaking him lightly."Miss Young please, I don't have any feelings for you okay, I'm in love with someone else who isn't you, so stop daydreaming! I can never love you," he said looking her dead in the eye but Mel could see that he didn't mean it, she wasn't ready to believe what he was saying."Yes miss Young," the lady Angelica said with a warm smile. She held Kaden's arm and lay on his shoulder, "He is all mine now please stop touching my man, I'm very possessive,"Mel felt all the strength leave her body,She stumbled back and Brandon, Aiden and Leah rushed towards her, giving her support.She looked back at Kaden and for a moment she saw fear and worry flash in his eyes but it quickly dissolved."Son wha
"We are waiting Mel, we deserve to know what happened," Aiden coax and Mel let out a soft sigh sitting on the couch,"Okay, I will tell you everything. That day after Tasha finished pouring gasoline on me and she and her workers left, father and Grandfather came.At first, I thought that they were really going to watch me die because that's what they said that I needed to die in order to catch the criminal.I accepted my fate and they drugged me with chloroform to help me get a 'peaceful' painless death. I passed out and when I woke up, I was in the hospital with Leah at the bedside waiting for me to wake up. I was shocked and thought I was in heaven until grandfather and father in-law came and explained everything to me including how Kaden tortured and killed the people who were behind everything.After they explained, I ask both grandpa and father-in-law to let me come back to you guys but he refused because----" she posed for a while taki