Chapter 67Eden pov“Thank you Alex.” I smiled at Alex who dropped the wine glass in our table, there was no one at the top floor of the bistro as Magdalene had put it out of order for our Dinner this night. Equally dressed up in a golden slip on gown, she wasn’t quite surprised to see Cole.“You must be Cole Thatcher, the manager.” She greeted when we first entered, she extended her hand to him and he accepted it with a small kiss to the back of her palms. Magdalene blushed and I watched the two exchange deep glances that made me happy and sad at the same time. It reminded me of Percy, but I didn’t want to think about him. Not now. Now at our table, i examined the wine with a swirl.“You look stunning in that dress Eden, very very stunning.” Alex complimented me with a boyish smile when he returned with the tray of food. “Thank You Alex.”“Yeah but you know what else is stunning? Not ending up on Percy Alexandro’s black
Chapter 68Eden POV“Nothing man.” Cole answered calmly but Percy wasn't looking at him, he had his eyes on me. “It's nothing Percy, why are you outside?” I asked holding his gaze. “I came to check on, to see if you were okay.” he turned to Cole. “But he seems to be doing just that.” his words weren't in the least calm.“He didn't come out here for me, okay.” I defended. Was he accusing Cole?“Right, he didn't. He just came out for some fresh air.” Percy replied, his voice dipped in heavy sarcasm. “Actually, that's why I'm here.” Cole said, either he didn't read the room or he really didn't care about what Percy was thinking. “You know what i’ll just leave you two to talk?” He said and turned to me, he gave me a small warn smile and a gentle squeeze on my arms. He ignored the glare Percy gave him and walked past him inside the bistro. I sighed and turned away from Percy. “What in the world was that?” he asked from behind me. “It was nothing-”“It sure didn't look like nothing, yo
Chapter 69Unknown POVIt's been a month since I started following her, my precious green eyed queen. She has grown so much that's she's now happier, was it the billionaire that she was engaged to? Or the fact that she was back here.Over the weeks I have been getting sloppier in my act, and she had been perceiving that she was being watched. Like last night, when she was going out for dinner with her manager, I thought she would see me, but she didn't. I saw how her eyes remained alert as she scanned the parking spaces, my lips spread in a smile as her grip on the coat in her arms tightened. She was very much afraid.
Chapter 70Eden povRed handed.Percy stared at me with his phone still clasped in his hands. Who was he on the phone with and why was he tensed to see me?“Uh- sorry I just wanted to uhm-” I cleared my throat looking for an excuse, “I wanted to ask if the wifi is still working.” I said instead, it was absurd because I had never used his wifi before. “What are you doing here Eden?” he asked tucking his phone away. “I wanted to check in okay-” that was partially true. He had been too quiet and it bothered me. “I had to make sure you aren't dead.” I met his eyes and he sighed raking his hands through his hair. The awkward silence had me counting numbers in my head. “Well I see you're all fine, so I'll leave now.” I said moving backwards. “Wait!” he said and I halted. “What did you hear?”“What made you think I heard anything?” I asked pretending to be confused. He studied my face some more making me conscious so I chewed on my button lip.“Right.” I skiddled outside and shut the doo
Chapter 71Percy pov“Yes, send them over, I'll make sure it gets to him.” Zachary said as he entered my office, I had my eyes on the door. Zachary gave me a nod and raised his tablet to me showing me what's on the screen. “Thank you, yes. I definitely will.” he answered placing the tablet in front of me. I frowned at the headline and glanced up at him for more context. He tucked his phone into the pocket of his suit pants and scrolled to the picture right underneath it, it was a group photograph of women who were working with Jades cosmetic company in the coming campaign, I didn't understand what he was showing me until I saw both of them, side by side each other with broad smiles on their faces. Stella and Eden. In one place.“How?” was the first thing I could ask.“Apparently everyone on here agreed to work with Jade cosmetics, even Eden. The why, I'm not so sure but they're both together now. That could be a big problem for you Percy. What are you going to do?” he asked with his
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 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?”