Chapter 72Eden Pov Freida’s wide smile made me guilty as I stepped in the shop, she had taken off her apron and was in a midi length skirt and top, her platform boots added to her height.“At a point I thought you abandoned me for good.” She pulled me into a warm hug, one I could never get used to. “I’ve missed you too.” She rubbed my back and pulled back. “You look- tired.” She added as we sat on one of the empty tables, the place was empty and it was barely seven.“You’re closing up early today?” I asked. “Yeah, someone back in the house is sick and needs me.” She answered. “I didn’t expect to see you today, what’s the occasion and where’s Percy?”“Wel, I didn’t think I’ll need to come here myself but here I am.” I chuckled nervously and put my hands on my laps. “I just need a box of doughnuts, I’ll be leaving the city tomorrow for a meeting down in Asia, so I won’t be around for the next few days.”“Oh- that a bummer. Are you going alone?”“Likely, my plus one had an emergency
Chapter 73Percy POVI nuzzled further into the soft skin in front of me and inhaled the scent that calmed me down; scent? My hands squeezed on the soft supple skin under its touch. My eyes opened and the first thing I see is swollen breasts, Eden’s swollen breasts through my shirt. It’s difficult on first glance but the outline was there and so was her hardened nipples. “Good you’re awake.” She muttered, her fingers in my hair let go and she pushed away from me to her feet. I should’ve held her back and told her to stay but I had crossed the line I said I wasn’t going to cross, I cleared my throat and leaned back on the headboard. “You’ve been up for a while-“ I asked as she skidded around the room, her fingers raked through her messy hair and she sighed.“Yeah, I have.” She answered plainly, her eyes refused to meet mine as she struggled to find something. “Where’s your clock? I need to know the time.” She bit on her lips and rocked o
Chapter 74Eden Pov Don’t cry, Eden. Don’t f***ing cry Eden, you’re on the road and he’s watching you. It was difficult not to with everything he didn’t say to me back there. How stupid was I to think he would open up and tell me the reason why he had been avoiding me. It had to be because of Stella, he was seeing her behind my back. They were probably going to g at back together after this stupid contract ended and I was here falling in love with a man who had no single regard for my feelings. “Miss. Eden.” I snapped my head up and stared at the woman at the front desk.“That’s me.” The woman’s smile faltered as she saw my face. “Right, your package came in late last night-“ she paused and moved closer to me. “Are you okay? You look a little bit sad?”She could tell, bravo Eden you’re a walking sad person.“Yeah, I just- can I get the package?” The woman nodded and brought it to me. “Thank you.” I turned to leave when I walked into Greta and her son by her side, she hadn’t not
Chapter 75Eden pov“Get out of my way.” I said firmly. He remained still and my arms wrapped around myself. “Not until you tell me what you were about to say back then.” He replied leaning back to the door.“I don’t owe you anything-““You owe me that much Eden,” I snorted and rolled my eyes at him which made his eyes darkened. He moved closer to me while I retreated, his frame towered over me and I stopped, not wanting him to intimidate me anymore. “You don’t get to say I owe you, it’s not my fault that you’re the one lying right now.” His lips remained stilled and his eyes glued to me like he was trying to figure out what was in my head. I stared at him hoping he’ll say something to but the only thing that transpired is our breathing. “Get out of my way.” I said firmly. He remained stilled unmoving, I pushed his with my hands against his chest, it was the most ludicrous thing to do but I had to try. His hands wrapped themselves around my wrist and he pulled at my wrist tugging
Chapter 76Eden povIt ended up with me at the back of the car with Percy, he insisted on getting me a new phone and I really needed to get back online. The ride was quiet as I stared out of the window, it was my first time here and nothing looked familiar, I had caught a whiff of places like this online. I sighed and leaned back at the leather seat, I needed to shower and have a long sleep, and my hair kept on disturbing me. “Here.” He handed me a scrunchie, it’s was pale pink and still in the packet. I frowned as I stared at the material in his hand, did he get it back at the airport? I accepted it, my hands brushed his lightly which had me pulling away immediately. I packed my hair in a ponytail and the car slowed to a stop.Percy got out of the car and I followed, he moved in fast strides that had me skipping to keep up with him. The doors parted and the gust of cold air rushed through my bare arms, I chewed on my buttom lips as I followed through the crowd to Percy who had alre
Chapter 77Percy POVShe practically behaved like I didn’t exist, we had breakfast downstairs at the hotel restaurant but she barely said concerning last evening. “Hey, can you look at this for me? What do you think?” I dropped my fork as she turned her laptop towards me, I glanced at her but her gaze was fixated on the screen and her lips were in a thin line. I glanced at the screen and read, I gave her my feedback and she thanked me going back to ignoring my presence. Her meeting was in forty minutes and Cole had briefed me on all that I need to know. It turned out that Cole wasn’t as interested in Eden as I thought and I over reacted.“Are you ready to do this?” I asked as we stepped out of the car into the new building, from the corner of my eyes I saw her swallow and chew on her lips.“Yes, I am.” I noticed how out of breath she was but knowing she’ll not want to talk about it I dropped it. It was natural to have eyes on us because of the aura we brought into a place, women sp
Chapter 78Eden Pov“I like you.” he repeated this time I didn't have to think that something was wrong with my hearing. “No you don't. You hate me.” I said in rejection and pushed back in my chair. It was difficult to look into his eyes. “People change-” he was clearly messing with me.“No, they don't. You can't just like someone you hate.”“Eden- I'm not joking here.” he objected. My mind was arching and his lie saddled on there. “Well I don't believe you.” I announced again with a fiercely. “I don't believe anything that you'll tell me right now Percy because you've always lied to me and then you want me to believe that you like me just when I caught you with your ex girlfriend which I remind you, you told me you'll never see if she even wanted to, and now you did-” I gasped trying to recover all my breath. There was a shallow hole in my chest as my eyes met with his, he had been watching me the entire time.“Eden-” he called slowly. “Breathe, your face is red.” I sighed and clo
Chapter 79Percy povIt was difficult to sleep, even after seeing her awake, it wasn’t enough to keep me from worrying. After I watched her have a full blown panic attack, I blamed myself for it. Now she laid peacefully on her side deep asleep, it had taken a while for her to go back to bed but she did eventually. I had climbed in the other side and had my back to the headrest, the soft rising and falling of her body calmed me down but it wasn’t enough to send me to sleep. The rumbling from outside held my gaze for a few seconds, it was dark and the flash outside lit up the sky. “Y-“ my eyes moved down to her face, her slightly parted lips moved with no audible sound and her hands curled into her chest. Her hair was beginning to loose out of the cage of the scrunchie. I brushed some of the hair away from her face and tucked it far away, she moved again and turned with her back to me making the blanket shuffle down her body. My phone vibrated on the night stand and I grabbed the de
Chapter One hundred and Four Audrey POV “I know Eden-” I opened the bathroom door and brushed my messy hair backwards with my fingers. My eyes landed on the man sleeping in my bed, his bare chest was on display for me to see and his hands crossed over his face, blocking his eyes. My eyes trailed further down to where the Duvet stopped which was around his hips. He moved and my gaze reached up his face. “Audrey? Are you there?” Eden said through the phone and I blinked. “Yeah, i am.” I answered lowly while rubbing my neck, my fingers crossed one of the bruise on my neck. It was a love mark from Zach from last night. “So what do you say?” she asked and i moved closer to Zach who was still asleep, the bed dipped from under me as i sat on the bed. “You should go for it, i’m sure it would drive him crazy.” I giggled. I placed my hands on Zach chest and traced on the toned mucles of his chest. He stirred but doesn’t open his eyes. “Thanks Audrey- you’re a life saver.” She sighed in r
Chapter 103 Eden POV One month later “I can’t believe we’re going for this trip.” Maggie squealed as she adjusted the belt of her wrap dress. I stood in front of the mirror while i rushed my hair. “Better believe it.” I answered. Three daya back, Audrey suggested that we went out on vacation and today we were on our way to mauritius to spend the next two weeks. “Are you guys done?” Audrey strutted out in her short summer dress. She had her hair up in a neat bun. They were all making an effort with the dress and there was me. My black swweat pants sat on waist and my body hug crop top held the upper part of my body, revealing my toned muscles. I grabbed a scrunchy from the table and packed my hair in a messy bun and applied gloss afterwards. “Its how you make no effort yet still look as hot as a model from a cover magazine.” Maggie said as she grabbed her bag. I chuckled and grabbed my phone, Percy was yet to reply my text from the day before. The guys weren’t coming with us be
Chapter 102 Eden Pov He held unto my waist as his hands held me in place, blindly he kicked the door to the apartment shut. My hands held unto his shoulders for support as we moved further into the room. The lights flooded slowly as i kicked off my shoes and stood on my tiptoes to keep myself from falling out of the kiss. His lips held mine as the urgency to have me where he wanted. My hands fiddled with his jacket but i managed to peel if of his shoulders, his fingers around my waist detached as he helped me get rid of the material andd discard it to the side. His hands brushed against my hips and down to my thighs where he squeezed on the skin through the material of my dress. A soft moan escaped my lips and my eyes closed shut at the pleasure that caused through from his lips. He pulled away and stared at me for a moment, his fingers brushed a strand of hair away from my face to behind my ears. “You’re as red as a tomato.” he teased. “It’s all your fault, my body always reacts
Chapter 101Eden Pov“Surprise!!” I clasped my hands over my mouth as I found the entire group with happy faces, there was confetti and shiny decorations fixed up in the ceilings and the corners of the house.‘Okay, what in the world is going on?” I asked as I walked further in. Audrey and Maggie with a bouquet of flowers walked to me with bright smiles. “Audrey? Maggie? What's going on? What’s all this for?” “It's been three months since you started out with rebuilding your mother’s business-” Audrey started. “And you’ve done a great job with it that you're growing tremendously. As of yesterday We hit three times the quarterly report projection.” Cole said from behind me with a bottle of wine in his hands. “This is congratulations to you Eden, you’ve worked so hard amidst everything that was going on, you did it.” Coel said and the group cheered. My eyes watered as tears formed and my heart swelled.“Guys, you didn’t have to.” I stated.“Well, we know that, but we wanted to do it
Chapter 100Two weeks later Cole pov“Youngest son of deceased billionaire, Richard Alexandro was found dead in a basement after getting caught up in as fight with his partner who was responsible for the abduction of the newest couple, Percy Alexandro and Eden Maverick. The two were found unharmed as authorities were able to get to them before anything serious would've happened-” the tv went off and Percy dropped the remote on the glass table. “I was watching that.” Eden Protested and pulled her jacket tightly against her shoulders. “You don't need to see it,” he replied and raked his hands through his hair. “Are you ready?” he asked moving to where she was. She sighed and smacked her lips together. “Ready as I'll ever be,” she replied and reached for his hands which he held. He planted a soft kiss on the back of her hands and squeezed gently. As if it wasn't enough, she leaned further into him and kissed him. Percy held her waist as their lips moved together. “You two forget tha
Chapter 99Henry POVLucas Callahan and his sister were in my office when I got out of my meeting, it was unexpected seeing that their father was one of business rival, yet they were carefree about the places they went to. They must be the black sheeps of the family.“What are you two doing here?” I asked as my assistant walked away. “We need your help.” Audrey rushed without batting an eye lid.“I’m sure you’re at the be wrong place-““No we’re not.” the guy Lucas Argued, I spared him a quick glance and sighed. “It’s Eden. She’s been kidnapped.” My breath hitched and my eyes bulged. “What kind of game is that Kevin kid playing this time?” I snarled. Lucas and Audrey shared a look and turned back to me.“It’s not Kevin. It’s someone else- it’s Percy psychotic brother.”As we all walked towards the elevator while I typed away from my phone. There was no news going on about it yet and that was a good, for now.“Graham? How did it happen?”“I don’t know but Zach reached out to me and h
Chapter 98Percy povMy eyes burned into the head of Graham who was enjoyed me being tied up. How did I get here? I pulled my hands but they were restricted by the hard duct tape which was rounded around my upper body, my wrists were bound together by a thick rope.“How did you get me here?” I asked whilst struggling. Graham wouldn’t like me if I got free.“It doesn’t matter now brother, what you should be more worried about is yourself and her-“ he nudged to his right. With a grin on my face I turned in his direction and my eyes widened. Eden. She was hunched over, tied to the chair and unconscious. My heart thumped in my chest and anger cursed through my veins.“What did you do to her?!” I yelled at Graham who only laughed out loud and stared at me like I’ve lost my mind. “Oh, nothing much. I just gave her some sedative to get her not to scream.” He answered brushing some of his long hair backwards. “You sick bastard! I swear if you laid a single-““I don’t think you are in any po
Chapter 97Stella PovThe first time I heard of the name Eden Maverick, I thought it belonged to a nobody, but I was wrong. The first time I set my eyes on her on the internet, I had goosebumps and I rarely had goosebumps. I was Stella, Stella the supermodel. I was the one everyone wanted, except for Percy. He rejected me even after I brought myself low to apologize to him. He was supposed to take me back because they’re was no one else like me.And then I’m hit with the news that both of them were engaged and score to get married. There’s no way Percy would move on to marry anyone, he wasn’t going to marry anyone. “Stella, didn’t you say that Percy Alexandro was your ex?” One of the other models said in the changing room one day. We were preparing for a show and the hair stylist was working on my hair.“Yes why?” I answered with a slight raise. “I mean how can you break up with such a man, he’s hot as hell.” The girl fanned and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. “And he’s a gent
Chapter 96Eden povI hurried out of the car with grocery bags in my hands, I should’ve been back ten minutes ago but Audrey insisted I dropped off something for her at her apartment. Percy was back home alone and I didn’t like it, even after he assured me that he was going to be fine I just wanted to be with him. I pushed up to Audrey’s apartment which was unlocked, I sighed in relief when I pushed the door opened. “Audrey- I’m back!” I yelled and walked into her apartment with the bag tucked in my hands. There was no answer, maybe she was up in the bathroom? I placed the bag on the counter and turned to leave when I noticed a paper on the counter, it looked like a letter. It wasn’t any of my business so i ignored it. “Audrey! I’m leaving-“ “Eden?” My head snapped towards Zach who was standing in his sweats with no shirt on and the way his hair frizzled and bare chest glistened in sweat, I couldn’t help but raise my brow at him. “Oh Zach- you’re here.” I said. “Where’s Audrey?”