…Mekayla POV…
This man is absolutely sinful; he can be dangerous one moment, then all sweet and sexy the next. And now, he is staring at me with that darn cheeky smile on his face,"Come on, princess, just a minute.""Mr. Caruso, I somehow don't think that you are a one-minute man, and No! we are in my office."Yes, Xavien has come with me for the day to see where I play, to see what I do that is so important to me. Even though I might have found the man I love, I am still not giving up on my dream to open my own practice. So this is why I brought him here to understand that no matter what wealth we both carry, this is still the only thing that I want to do. And, apart from trying to pin me down onto my desk, I think he seems to understand.Well, I think that is until…Hi picks me up and sits me on the edge of the table; he grabs my ankles and slides me closer to the edge of the table."Xavien, I said no. Not here.""Pleas...Xavien POV...Leaving her in there with him is driving me insane. The man looks like nothing but trouble, no wonder she has not mentioned him before. And by the looks of him, he was obviously not worth mentioning in the first place.As I stand here against the door, I cannot hear much of what is going on. I keep on telling myself she is fine and if she is not that she will call me.And then, just as I feared, I hear her scream. I grab hold of my gun and burst through the door only to find the bastard raising his hand to my princess."Get your hands off her!"The minute he sees me raising my gun and walk toward him, he drops his hand and looks at me with a goddam grin on his."Wipe that shit off your face and get your fucking hands off her."The minute he lets go, she runs straight into my arms. Her soft historical sobs are enough to get my blood boiling. It seems that someone needs to be taught how to have respect for a woman. Unfortunately for
...Mekayla POV...He is refusing to answer my questions; I need to know what he did to Damian. If Damian is dead, then it will be my fault; I should have never let him leave me alone with him, for I fully knew what Damian is capable of doing. But we did not hear any shots or, for that case, anybody screaming, but the construction outside was very loud you would not have heard a thing.And now he wants me to move my office to him. This was not quite how I saw myself starting my own practice. I always thought that I would have started it back home, but I know that somehow we will never move back there, and to be honest, I do not really want to.But Mr. Caruso is about to learn how dirty I can play to get the answers out of him. Is lowly sway my hips as I walk toward him where he is sitting on the chair?"You know what is going to be a pity.""No, tell me, princess.""We are never going to be able to have sex on my desk.""Well, we do have some time n
...Mekayla POV...So it seems that my mom's little pet, Raymond is that scumbag that I first thought him to be after all. No to say that he actually has some guts to go as far as this remains to be seen even after Xavien has warned him on more than one occasion to stay away from me. Well, it seems that the man is still left to learn his lesson; I just hope for my mom's, wait, that woman that I use to call my mother, I just hope for her sake that she is not the one that has told him where to find me.Now to say that Xavien is not scared of his head would be a blatant lie, and I hate to say that it all in only but a matter of one day. I hate that I have to put him through this. The past week has been nothing but a battle for him, to think that for what can now be the third time around, he has to fight for me to remain by his side. Yes, I need him now, but I also need him to know that I am not a scared little girl. I deal with a bunch of assholes every day; one stupid man is
…Xavien POV…She is like a breath of fresh air on a fluffy white cloud. That is what her naked body feels like as she lays pressed peacefully up against mine. I am not a man for soft and tender moments, but this is something I could easily get used to every day. I do sound like every part of me has gone all mushy inside, but this is how I shall feel about her for as long as I possibly can.As I see her slowly start to stir, I cannot but help get an enormous smile on my face. If I thought I looked like a mess when I wake, her head of fuzzy hair is the cutest thing I have ever seen."Morning, princess.""Hey, you.""How did you sleep?""Like a baby. What was it that you mumbled before I fell asleep last night?"Damn, I was so hoping she did not hear what I said last night. I never thought that I would say it to a woman, at least not so soon anyway. My ego is far too big to admit it to her now."Nothing; I think I might have just ki
…Xavien POV…Just as we step out of the car, Raymond feels he needs to make his authority and presence known as he walks out the front door; it is as if he was almost expecting our very arrival."What seems to be the matter?"It does not take me but a second to snap at him. "Oh, you know what is the matter, Raymond.""It is between my fiance and me.""Wow, when did that happen?" Mekayla says, surprised."No need to get clever with me, Mekayla. You know that you have been promised to me.""Mekayla is not your property, Raymond, and it would be wise for you not to refer to her as your fiancé.""The last time I checked, she was, and she is not yours, Caruso, so why do you not just do us both a favor and leave."Then, at last, Mrs. Winters decides to step in. "Now come on, boys, let's all play nice and take this inside."I show for Mekayla to go ahead of me into the house. But before I do, I adjust my weapon in the b
…Mekayla POV…Xavien is not himself after the encounter with Raymond. I do not know if he is scared that he is going to lose me or if he won't be able to protect me.Yes, that woman and Raymond have gone too far, but there is no way that I am giving into their schemes. To think that she went as far as to do something like this is beyond me; I doubt that my father and Catalina know about it, for they would have never approved.The fact that it has gone and spiraled so out of control does scare me. First, it was Damian coming after me, and now it is Raymond. I can honestly say that I have truly tested Xavien's love for me. I sometimes wonder if I am not pushing him too much, but I know him, and he is a man that will not do something if he does not feel it is right.So, after spending an endless amount of time in the bathroom this morning experiencing the very first joys of an expecting mother, I make my way back into the room where Xavien is sneakily
…Xavien POV…Sometimes you the moments that you are the most frightened of are the moments that feel right."Princess, I am not a man of many words. So please excuse me if I get this wrong.""Xavien, what is wrong?""Please, please just listen to me, please just listen until I am done."I shift but a fraction even closer than what could even be possible and take her soft hands into mine. My trembling hand that right now wish that I could just fall into an abyss and disappear. But I can do this; I have played this moment in my head over and over now for days.So here it goes."Princess, until I saw you first, love, at first sight, was just an overrated phrase for me.When I saw you, I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.From the moment we first met to this day, if there is one thing that has always been constant is love, care and excitement, and the fear of the unknown. I was single and likely to stay single until
…Mekayla POV…In front of me, I have Xavien on his knees.Who is more scared at this very moment is left to be seen. But apart from the fear of the unknown, not knowing what to say next, I know that there is only one thing in life that I care about the most.And that is Xavien.So I gently take his face between my hands and whisper to him,"Now it is your turn to keep quiet."With one deep, swallowed breath, I find the words that have never been so easy to roll from my lips."Xavien, you are the only precious thing in my life.I hold close to my heart. There's no moment that I don't think about you. I've always wished to experience that kind of love shown in movies, not knowing I was a step closer to experiencing it. It's so great to finally have someone as beautiful as you are to enjoy life with. You're my push, my strength, my best friend, and my fighter. You've seen me at my worst and terrific moments and watched me cry on the
...Xavien POV...Life does not always go as you plan. Your best-laid plans are sometimes going to fail. The question is, how do you deal with failure?Well, life is made up of these defining moments; it is up to you have you let these moments affect you, for they shall shape who you are and what you will become.How do you deal with a marriage that you thought was completely stable, a marriage you thought was heaven-born.You cant.I simply don't.I have never known failure in my life, yet though, I have had my share of heartache. Heartache makes up that defining moment. And my choice is never to love again.Yes, it sounds like some country and western song; hey, I can even throw my boots on and dance to it. The sad what is, when something comes to an end, then it comes to an end.Mekayla was, well, yes, as her name says, Mekayla. Mekayla that comes with sunshine, that brings a new day. She was the light of my life. I will not
...Xavien POV...The day has finally arrived.Today the babies are born.Mekayla is completely petrified, pacing the room as she is trying to get into her hospital gown. She has been going to see this doctor, but to me, it does not seem that there is any approvement. Now, I have asked her and the doctor what is going on, but neither of them wants to tell me. And as for Tina, Mekayla has not told her either.Now she is here working herself up, and believe me; I ain't the one telling a pregnant woman that is about to give birth to calm down. Well, not that she would listen because what I say really does not count, for she does keep on reminding me that we have separated. She does not want to understand my perspective, and I don't know what is wrong with her. At this rate, it is not helping us both.So once she has put on that godawful hospital gown, the nurses come to push her bed through to the operating theatre. Not once does she hold my hand as we move thro
…Mekayla POV…I am losing my husband; in fact, I think that I have already lost him. My insecurities have taken me over. I fear that I am not strong enough, or even a good even wife for him, for I cannot keep myself together. I have taken my failure to trust him about how I feel out on him. How is he supposed to have meant to know that I was going through a hard time dealing with what happened? If I only sat down with him, then he would not have left our home.So here I have Tina, that is just as frustrated at me for not wanting to listen, for refusing to go speak to a doctor that will listen. Have I really gone that mad that I find myself in this room? I have trusted no one to help me; why should I trust someone to help me now? Our precious little babies are to be born in a few weeks, and here I cannot control my emotions. Not the hormonal ones, but the ones that will drive you to insanity.I guess I drove the man away from me that I truly did love. I h
...Xavien POV...I have moved back to the ranch and have been here for two weeks now. I can honestly say that I feel more relaxed and myself again. I have been able to do the things that I enjoy and still run my company at the same timeAs for Mekayla, yes, I miss her a lot. We keep in contact regularly, but that is mainly talking about the babies though. I try at all costs not to say anything else to avoid getting into an argument. Well, not that I am saying that the arguments have stopped, for I do get the angry message and then a call out of the blue.It has been a real challenge having to start a new life again when you thought that you had the perfect one. Every time I look at those divorce papers, I really wonder if we did just moved into things too quickly. Perhaps, if I did not insist on us marrying so soon, things would have been different. Who knows? All that I know is that our marriage has not been working.Tina has been struggling to get Mekayla to th
…Mekayla POV...Things between Xavien and me have not been going well. We are constantly fighting, and it just seems to me that he has lost all interest in the babies and me. His work has become more important to him. He is a completely different man; I honestly do not know who he is anymore. In a way, I think that Xavien and me moved too fast, too soon.I know that I am hormonal and that the pregnancy is taking more out of me than I thought it would. I am not coping; the idea of having to bring up two babies scares me. I don't know if I will even be a good mom if I cannot be a good wife. But then again, Xavien himself is not really trying.Instead of us talking this out, we are just running apart. I feel like I am losing my mind. I am falling into a deep depression. I want to have it all, I want to have two beautiful babies, a handsome husband, and a perfect career, but right now, all I have is the fear of bringing these two into the world.It is not like
. ...Xavien POV...I have moved out into the guest room permanently.Things in the Caruso household have gone from tense to nothing at all. Mekayla and me barely talk to each other, and when we do, we find ourselves in an argument. I have stopped counting the number of stupid things that we fight over. That damn cribs are still standing there; Grant told her to sort her shit out and to stop being so unreasonable. Now when I wanted to agree with him, I found a plate come flying towards my head.Mekayla has gone completely insane, and I mean that in the nicest of ways.She is working herself up to a frenzy every day, which the doctor told her to clearly stop doing for her stress levels are not good for the babies. She is going for thirty-four weeks soon, and she is going on like a complete lunatic.I have found any and every reason to stay at work these days, and of course, I am having an affair with Barbara. Well, if I wanted to have an affair, I wo
..Xavien POV...I guess at some stage in every marriage; the honeymoon phase becomes over. Well, that has no officially happened with Mekayla and me. Now, if I say that we want to kill each other, then that is a slight understatement. We cannot be in the same room for longer than a few minutes before heading out into an argument. Mekayla has become completely unbearable to be around. I do understand the woman is pregnant, but her behavior is completely irrational.This morning I am trying to sneak out of what has been my new room, the guest room, for what is now the third night in a row. I am trying to get out of the house before she sees me to start yet another fight over something that I have not done or, even worse, that I have forgotten about.So after having a shower, which, unfortunately, I cannot do in silence, I quickly get dressed and head downstairs with my laptop bag in hand. The moment I step my last step towards the door, I near jump as I hear her voice c
...Xavien POV...It is a very long and painful drive back to the Winters's mansion. My dear wife is not in a good mood today. She, as of a few minutes ago, decided that she does not like the dress that she is wearing. So guess what?I had to turn around and go home.Now we are finally back on the road to the town, officially extremely late. Yet, she is still not in a better mood. Mekayla is absolutely grumpy. The snacks that I packed for her are completely wrong. The way I cut the pickle is not right and let us not forget that I did not put enough strawberries with the chocolate spread.She is absolutely impossible.I am already annoyed as it is because we are living in the damn city again, and now my wife is driving me insane. Mekayla is in her own world by herself; she only lives for her; I don't know if she sees the babies as real little people or toys that she can dress up. She has been buying the most ridiculous outfits online, I am putting it
...Xavien POV...It is a very long and painful drive back to the Winters's mansion. My dear wife is not in a good mood today. She, as of a few minutes ago, decided that she does not like the dress that she is wearing. So guess what?I had to turn around and go home.Now we are finally back on the road to the town, officially extremely late. Yet, she is still not in a better mood. Mekayla is absolutely grumpy. The snacks that I packed for her are completely wrong. The way I cut the pickle is not right and let us not forget that I did not put enough strawberries with the chocolate spread.She is absolutely impossible.I am already annoyed as it is because we are living in the damn city again, and now my wife is driving me insane. Mekayla is in her own world by herself; she only lives for her; I don't know if she sees the babies as real little people or toys that she can dress up. She has been buying the most ridiculous outfits online, I am putting it off to be