Zoe placed a bottle of wine on the already set dining table. After their trip to Lian, Avery had gotten a peaceful reawakening and invited Aaron to the house so that they would stick together and talk about how to help the police with their investigations. She had on a pretty white gown and allowed her hair to flow over her shoulders. Her feet were bare, because she wanted to give a homey atmosphere.She heard footsteps behind her to see Avery walk in, dressed in a white short and a red polo, also giving off the homey atmosphere.“I saw his car pull up into the garage, so he will be here in no time.” Avery said, looking over at the dining table.Zoe smiled at him, turning to investigate the table with him again. There were grapes and other fruits coupled with different types of evening dishes. Avery had told her pasta was one of Aaron’s favorites so she had asked the maids to make a very good pasta which exceeded her expectations when she tasted it.“We are ready.” She said rubbing hi
Zoe took three bold steps towards Aaron, her mind filled with anger and fear at the same time. She wanted to be wrong. She desperately wanted to be wrong but as the tattoo stared right at her, she knew she wasn’t. This was a very unique tattoo and she couldn’t have missed it. She had been staring only at it the day Francis had been shot and the trauma from it had made her not to be able to forget about it.Without warning, she touched the drawing with her hand making Aaron flinch in alert. He turned, ready to hit whomever it was touching him but relaxed when he saw it was only her.“Where…. When…” She stammered, blinking her eyes. “When did you get that tattoo?”“Are you okay?” Aaron asked, lifting a hand to touch her but she held his hand, turning his shoulders again much to his surprise.“Well, calm down, Zoe.” Aaron said smiling at her. “You shouldn’t be touching a man like that, especially your husband’s brother. I know I am more handsome but…”“When did you get the tattoo, Aaron?
Avery watched the shock in her face not knowing what to do to remedy it. This was the day he had dreaded the most with his life and it was finally here. The day he had to tell her that his brother was sole responsible for the death of her husband and he had been there to watch it all unfold. He had been the one to knock her out her senses because he knew Aaron wouldn’t have thought twice before killing her.Yes, he had been there that awful night, watching his brother give the order and someone else taking a man’s life right in front of his wife.Zoe stood from the bed and limped towards him, hitting him hardly on the shoulders. “You were there?” She screamed at him, hitting and hitting and hitting and he allowed her to. “How dare you?”“Zoe!”“You kiss me and hug me and make love to me, all the while witnessing all these?” She asked and he nodded his head.“Yes, I did all that, Zoe. I was also the one who secretly through another organization, dupe your mother, making her lose some m
Zoe laid on the bed, face upwards and eye facing the ceiling. She arrived in her mother’s house two nights ago after Avery had told her the truth knowing that it was the safest and the only place he wouldn’t dare to come into without permission. Her mother had tightened the security at the main entrance while doing all she could so that they would get an audience with Fidel. She wanted to talk to Fidel and ask him questions about the life Francis led while they were together.She couldn’t believe she had been so stupid not just once but twice by allowing two men to lie to her face. How could she have fallen in love with an arms dealer and a liar without even knowing it? Groaning, she used the pillow next to her to cover her face, ignoring her mother who walked into the room.“Zoe.” Margery called as she took a sit on the sofa in the big room. Zoe on the other hand did her best to get herself together before removing the pillow from her face.“Hey mum.” She replied, eyes still facing t
“What do you mean Aaron killed Zoe’s ex-husband?” Jacob screamed in Avery’s office after hearing it for the first time. Avery turned to look at him from the window close to his desk to see the shocked look on his face. He used to tell Jacob everything but this was the first time he was mentioning the death of Zoe’s husband and Aaron’s involvement in it. He had also done everything on his own without involving Jacob and now he was beginning to see how stupid it was not to tell him. Jacob would have at least pushed him to do things better and he wouldn’t have ended up this way.“Yes, Jacob.” Avery said to him, taking his seat again. “Aaron killed Zoe’s husband because he was interfering in his business. Zoe happened to be there when he was shot.”“And then what happened?”“I knocked her out before she could reveal herself to Aaron and then took her to the hospital. Since that day, I have always kept an eye on her. I watched her go through her mourning phase, making sure she was alright
Zoe sat with the detective on her mother’s service discussing the possibility of putting Aaron Trent behind bars. The young and handsome detective had arrived to the house without a second thought when Margery called and Zoe was grateful for that. She knew her mother had so much influence in the city but not as much as she was beginning to discover.“Avery Trent is a powerful force in the city.” The detective whose name is Carlos said to them in the large tea room in her mother’s house. “The police force is well acquainted with him and will not want to do anything that will tarnish his image or that of his family’s.”“Even if his brother is a murderer and an arms dealer?” Margery asked, shaking her head. Zoe had always known the police force to be highly corrupt but not in the manner that they would take the side of a dangerous person.“Avery has done more good than harm.” Carlos continued. “As a matter of fact, he has done almost no wrong at all. He gives back to the city in ten fold
Avery couldn’t fathom the surprise and joy he felt when he saw Zoe. She still looked the same, not that he was expecting her to look any different after just five days of being absent from his life. Her perfume enveloped him immediately and he moved closer, to have a more thorough look of her.She wore a red lipstick that brought out the full shape of her lips and a ridiculously short gown that revealed delicious legs that he wanted to run his hands over. He thought about whistling but caught himself immediately.This wasn’t a time to whistle. He knew Zoe wouldn’t leave her mother’s house, the place where she was safe from Aaron and the psychopath who wants them dead to come back to him without ulterior motives.“Did you come here to seduce me?” He asked, removing his suit and allowing her see that he was indeed staring seductively at her. He wanted her to remember what they used to share and to see that it was not gone.“What do you think?” Zoe replied, walking with him to the smalle
Zoe tried her best to hide her anger and disappointment when she saw Aaron’s car but it was difficult. The thought of facing him again after the knowledge she now has of him made her heart to surprisingly beat against her chest. Avery came towards her, wanting to take her hand in his but she shrugged away from his hold again. The arrival of Aaron in their house reminded her that Avery was not innocent either. He was in fact, the biggest obstacle between Aaron and prison and that pissed her off more.“You don’t have to see him if you do not want to.” He said to her and she scoffed.“Why wouldn’t I want to see him?” She asked. “Did I do something wrong to shy away from him?”“Zoe…”“Go and receive your brother, Avery.” She said, heading into the bathroom. “I am just going to get dressed.”She closed the closet door behind her and leaned on it, trying to get her courage back. No matter how tough she tried to be, she didn’t know facing him again could bring in a lot of memories. Downstair