“I can handle it, Avery.” Zoe replied immediately. The tone in his voice as he asked the question had scared her, but she wanted to know everything there was to know.“You are just saying that because you are curious.” He replied, closing his tablet.“Avery, you have to tell me.”“Well, it’s nothing.” He said. “I have to get to the company. Stay with Mia until I come get you.”Zoe rolled her eyes at him while he stood up and left. He had been serious when he asked if she could handle the truth, meaning that there was indeed something he was hiding and she needed to find out about it.Quickly, she finished her coffee and headed over to Mia’s room. Thankfully the teenager was alone, surfing through television channels. Zoe walked straight to her and took the couch provided beside her.Mia kept groaning and moving from one channel to the other with the television remote. When she couldn’t find anything suitable to watch, she turned the television off.“Nothing in the whole freaking telev
“You knew that I was married before?” Zoe asked him again.“Zoe?” Avery called to pacify her.“You knew about Francis and you pretended all this while?”“It wasn’t any of my business.” Avery tried to explain to her but she was not interested in any of it. He knew about Francis and she had been keeping it to herself all this while.“Did my mother tell you? Was it also included in your little discussion with her before you met me?” She asked, staring daggers at him and he shook his head immediately.“Then how the hell did you find out?” she asked coldly.Avery sighed and turned away from her. She watched him unbutton his shirt, pulling it out of his trousers. “Let’s just say I have my ways, Zoe.”“You have your ways? What else do you know about me?” She asked furious all over again. “What else have you secretly leant about me that I do not know?”“It is not a big deal, Zoe. You kept it probably because you didn’t want anybody else to learn about it. It is fine.”“It is not fine, damn it
Zoe woke up to see Avery’s face directly close to hers. He was watching her sleep with a very huge smile on his face. Last night had been very weird for the both of them. They had barely said more than ten words to each other and now, to have him smiling at her that way was confusing.She stirred on the bed and turned to her side in order to be able to get her face in good shape. Avery never woke her up in such manner before. In fact, with the way things were between them, she wasn’t expecting him to still be in bed at this time.It dawned on her immediately so she turned back to take a good look at him again. He was still dressed in his night trouser only that this time, his upper body was bare, but he still had that big smile on his face. That very big Simon smile that was now imprinted in her brain even after meeting him only once.“Simon?” She called just to be sure and his smile widened.Of course, it was Simon. Avery wouldn’t wake up that cheerful especially now that they were n
“I did not take the gun, Simon. I swear.”Simon continued to pace the garden, furious at her for losing the gun. Zoe watched him, wondering how someone so sweet a minute ago could turn into the angry fellow she was looking at now. He was angry with her and she could not understand why.“I told you it was important.” He said.“And I am telling you that I did not take it.”“That gun has been there for a while already now and no one has taken it. But the moment I showed it to you, it has gone missing.” He snapped at her with clenched teeth.“Then maybe someone probably saw it and took it.” Zoe answered, trying to defend herself but he wasn’t having any of it. She placed her hand on her temple and continued to look at the hole he built.It was strange enough that they were getting death threats but if guns were now going missing, what the hell was she supposed to do?Someone began to bang on the door of the garden. Zoe walked over to open it only to see Aaron and Jacob waiting. One was bo
Zoe shuddered at his words. She didn’t realize when she moved closer to him so that they were just few breaths away from each other. He continued to watch her with dreamy eyes as if he needed an approval before acting on his desires. When he saw that she was inviting him to make the move, he raised his head from the bed and slid a hand around her neck to bring her as close as he wanted.Zoe closed her eyes, expecting the kiss but when it wasn’t forthcoming, she opened them again to see him looking at her. She could see the raw desire in his eyes and she wanted to scream at him to just kiss her. His calm breath laced over her face and his thumb moved to the hollow of her neck, massaging, rubbing, feeling. She could feel her own pulse racing as if she would die if he didn’t take her.His hands moved to her face and his thumb caressed her lips. His touch sent a sweet sensation down her legs, making her writhe on the hard floor that she realized wasn’t as hard as before. Then his lips mov
“I could cut through your smile with a scissors.”Zoe smiled at Mia’s arrogant statement, completely forgetting that she was in the room. Avery had sent her flowers. Not just any type of flower, but roses and she just couldn’t stop looking at them. Resuming her position beside Mia, she placed the flowers in front of her before accepting the cup of coffee Kara dropped on the table.“Aren’t they lovely?” Zoe asked Mia, her eyes still on the flowers and the teenager scoffed.“Yeah, sure. Very lovely. Is this the best he could do?”Zoe gasped jokingly, turning to look at the shrewd child who just insulted her husband’s gift of love. “Now you are not romantic.” She said. “You should take a few pointers from your brother.”“Or he should take a few pointers from me.” Mia replied immediately. “Even as a woman, I believe I can do better than he did.”Zoe chuckled not just because she was making fun of her brother, but because of the look on her face while she did it. Avery would never believe
Avery lifted Zoe off the counter, helping her to adjust her dress before facing his intrigued family. He had no words for each and every one of them aside from a look of disappointment. Disappointment that they just interrupted what he had been dreaming of doing while working miserably all day at the office. He wasn’t sorry that they caught them in that position, it was his house after all. He was sorry that they came all together.“Now to what do I owe this lovely surprise?” He asked with a scowl on his face, walking past them into the main living room.“Why do you look so disappointed?” Aaron asked, amused and not the least guilty for interrupting their lovely act.“Uhmmm, maybe you could stay in your houses at this time of the night?” Avery grumbled like a child who had just been stopped from watching his cartoons.“Or maybe you could get a room.” Mia murmured innocently. When Avery turned to offer her one of his dangerous angry looks, he saw her shaking her head, as if she was try
“I asked you a question mum.” Avery snapped at her just so that she would think she was wrong. “Where did you hear such a ridiculous news from?”Felicity stood up and faced him directly. He was her son afterall and she wasnt scared of his anger. In fact, she was used to his anger.“Well, I have my ways, Avery.” She answered. "Your very pretty wife whom you were having intense lovemaking with, is married.”“And I ask; where did you hear that from?” Avery demanded.“Does it matter? I am trying to tell you that your wife is a liar and a pretender and all you are interested in is the source of the information?”“I know every single thing about Zoe, mother.” Avery said to her while his gaze travelled to the faces of his siblings to be sure none of them were entertaining their mother’s opinion. Mia wore a surprised look while Aaron’s was filled with suspicion.”Damn it.“Or, you think you know everything about Zoe.” Felicity said to him.” I may not know whom her ex-husband is or when she go