"Call Ramon," Maverick commanded in a strained voice."Yes, Master." The maid replied eyeing the pool of blood beneath her Mistress's limp body. The red blood stood out in contrast to the sparkling white marble tiles. It was evident something that had happened there."Wifey... Wife, look at me." Maverick cried tapping Avery's cold cheek."Why is she not answering, Butler Flora?" He asked helplessly. The old butler's heart shook at the vulnerable man in front of her. He was always collected, and cold, and his head was set. Now that he was holding his wife's unconscious body in his arms, he couldn't think for himself anymore."I suggest you take her to the hospital right now. Don't wait for Mr. Ramon to come to you, rather go to him." She advised with a bow. "Yes." He replied with a sniff. Maverick carried his wife and ran out of the room with his hand holding her head up. The door was pulled open by a maid and Maverick wasted no time in entering the car. Carter stepped on the gas ped
"How many fingers am I holding up?" Ramon asked the woman on the bed. "Three." "I'm holding up four." "Tch. Stop joking around." "She's good," Ramon said with a nod. Maverick nodded his head and kissed her knuckles. The woman turned her head in his direction and couldn't help but be awed again by his handsome face. "Ramon?" She called the man who was checking out her pulse. "Hm?" "Who is he?" She whispered. Ramon paused his actions and looked up at her face. "Who is who?" He asked his heart beating faster in his chest. "Him," Avery replied twitching her head a little to her right. Ramon's eyes went to her right to see Maverick staring at her rather confused as he was. "What do you mean by who is he? That's Maverick. Your husband." Ramon replied with a nervous chuckle. "Husband? I'm married?" Avery asked her eyes growing in size. "Avery?" Ramon called looking at his friend's face. "Yeah?" "Look to your right for me. Who do you see?" He asked pointing at Maverick. "A hand
Avery sat in her hospital room staring at the wall. She had just undergone an MRI scan but she hadn't gotten the results. She had to be wheeled over there because the muscle in her leg had gone to sleep. But that was not what was on her mind. Rather, she was thinking about Maverick. Two people have claimed she had been married to him yet, she had no memory of their wedding or their courting. She didn't even remember his face! She closed her eyes and straightened her back. She closed her eyes and racked her brain trying to remember who Maverick was. Her mind kept turning up blank and then a voice came to her. Her voice. She had said, "Hubby." Seeing she had a lead, she tried to look for who she had called Hubby at that moment but the door of her room sliding open and close chased the image from her mind. She snapped her eyes open furiously to see Butler Flora standing at the door. The sharp words that had been on the tip of her tongue that she wanted to lash at the woman died almost
"This your face?" She asked and the man nodded.Maverick wasted no time in leaning in the dark to capture her lips in a fiery kiss making the dainty woman gasp slightly. The moon shone brightly that night as it reflected in the hospital room. Beneath the shining moon were two couples madly in love with each other were sharing a passionate kiss.Maverick's hand pulled his wife's body closer and as if he was discontented, his hand that was staying on her cheeks went to her neck tilting her head slightly. Not too much that it would give the woman a migraine but as much so he could gain more access to her lips.The woman however felt her hand go to the depth of her husband's hair. She moaned lightly against his lips with her eyes tightly closed. Her other hand was hanging on his shoulder while the hand in Maverick's hair played with the strands of his hair.Maverick slowly carried the woman off the bed and she complied since her leg wasn't working or so she believed. He guided her limp le
"What are you doing?" He asked shaking the bowl in his hand at Avery."Have your food. I'll go and request another bed." She replied instead and turned around walking towards the door. "Why do you want to look for another bed?" Maverick asked from behind her making her pause to turn around to look at him."We're two. The bed is one." "I know."The woman stared at him as if he had grown two more heads. If he knew there was just one bed, why was he stopping her from going to request another bed?"We can manage this.""I'm not sleeping with you on the same bed. Especially one as small as that.""We used to sleep on the same bed back at home." He retorted."I don't remember that.""Come over here. Ramon said if you visited places that you've been to, it might trigger your memory. Come and lie down here, you'll see you'll remember something."'I guess he's not lying since I've been having fragments of my memories.' She thought."What are you thinking about?" "Nothing.""It's not nothing
AVERY"I never imagined spending Christmas in the hospital," I said with a sigh. Maverick patted my head in response and I let out another defeated sigh."Don't you have a gift for me?" I asked turning to him with a smile on my face."A gift?" He asked and I nodded my head. We were both sitting on the couch facing the window. It was night time so the sky was covered with a thick blanket of unending darkness but the snow was falling rapidly.It's been a week since I woke up. I was fit to go home but Maverick says I should stay here for two weeks more before we returned home. I have one week left to spend in this hospital. Not that I'm complaining!"Oh, that's right. You don't celebrate Christmas. How did I forget that?" I mumbled before I faced forward."Do you want a gift?" He asked and I turned my face to him."Why? You would get it for me?" I asked and he raised a brow."It's fine if you don't want it." He muttered turning his head away. I grabbed his face before he could turn it fu
AVERY"What are you doing?" I asked stretching my neck to look at the papers in his hand."Just work." He replied marking a part of the paper with a red marker. He was sitting on the couch with papers sitting around him and on the table in front of him."Can I help? I'm so bored in this hospital room! There's nothing to do! No TV, no phone, no game, nothing!" I sighed throwing my arms up."You can't look at screens for a while.""So you insist," I mumbled to myself in annoyance. "It's for your own good." He replied having heard what I mumbled. I nodded my head and let out another sigh."Here. You can help me choose the gifts." He suggested handing me an iPad."What gifts?" I asked taking it from him. On the screen was a picture of an Apple PC."The new year's annual festival.""Who's holding it?" I asked excitedly."Me.""You're holding a festival?" I asked in disbelief."Why? Can't I hold a festival?" He asked finally looking up at me."Sorry, but you can't. You're not the fun type.
AVERYHowever, before I could say another word, a cold voice echoed in the room knocking the words out of my head."What's going on here?" I turned my head in the direction of the door to see Maverick standing there with a murderous gaze directed at something between me and Ramon.I looked back at what he was staring at to see he was glaring at the tissue paper on Ramon's lips. I shifted back like I had been burned before my eyes looked back to Maverick."Mave..." Ramon started getting up on his feet but he was shut up by a glare from Maverick."Maverick..." His eyes turned over to me and I wished for the ground to open up and swallow me whole.Whatever words I wanted to say vanished from my head and formed a lump in my throat. His eyes fixated on mine and I couldn't bring myself to look away."Maverick, I can explain." He said nothing more as his eyes washed over Ramon and then me. He marched over and grabbed me by the hand. He threw another glare at Ramon before he stormed out of
"It's better," I said. Maverick looked up at me. "It's better since I'm not his daughter. That way, if we later tell people we're married, they won't say you married your rival's Daughter." I continued without looking up from the sock I was knitting."Are you sure?" He asked and I looked up at him."Am I sure I'm ready to leave behind the people I've known as my family my whole life? Am I ready to agree to the fact that he wasn't my father all along? I mean, yes, I am. It actually explains a lot of things. The treatment especially." I replied.A sigh came from him and I chuckled. He stood from his seat and came over to me. He held my jaw and turned my face to him. His thumb wiped the tears that stained my face."You'll be fine. I'm here for you."5 months later.My eyes were glued to the white and black picture on the screen. The cold gel on my stomach was tingling me but Maverick's hand that was holding my hand was radiating warmth throughout my body."Congratulations, Mr. Black. C
AVERY"What is that supposed to mean?""It means, Avery, sitting right there, is not a daughter of the Roosevelt!""What?" I asked in a small voice."It's high time you knew. Yes, my husband found you. You're not our biological daughter. When we found you, you were just a child. An infant. Your mother had abandoned you. Thrown you away. You were useless.""No. No, I'm– No! No." I muttered shaking my head. My eyes started to feel dizzy. I tried to hold on to something when a warm hand grabbed my face and set my ass down on the chair."Avery. Avery, look at me." Maverick said and I tried to look at him."Breathe. Baby, breathe."I took a deep breath and looked up at his face with tears in my eyes."Call the cops. They can take them away." Maverick commanded and immediately the men dragged two screaming women and a silent man out of the room."Hubby–" I called and he shushed me."I know. I know." He pulled me into a hug and I reluctantly hugged him back. He patted my head while I sobbed
AVERY"Current Location?" Maverick asked over his shoulders asking Carter who was only a few steps away from us."An old warehouse not far from the airport," Carter replied looking up from the iPad in his hand."Did you bring the file?""Yes Sir.""Hm.""What file?" I couldn't help but ask."You'll see." He replied mysteriously before patting my head. I smiled and nodded my head obediently."We're here," Carter announced and I stopped in my tracks almost immediately. My eyes looked at the two wooden doors in front of us. Two men dressed in black that looked twice my size were standing at the door, guarding it."Boss." They greeted with a bow."This is my wife.", Maverick said showing them our entwined hands."Ma'am." They acknowledged me with a bow as well."Hi." I greeted them with a light wave. They pushed the wooden doors apart and I immediately stared inside the room. Three figures were seated on the floor, all bound with a rope on their hand and leg."Are you sure you want to do
AVERY"We need to talk."Maverick paused his actions and looked at me on the bed. He resumed looking back at the mirror and he replied,"Hm?""The matter on ground?" I asked and he paused again. He undid the tie and tossed it to the chair. He walked towards me and say himself down on the bed right beside me.My heart was hammering against my chest for what was about to leave my mouth but I couldn't feel more confident. More satisfied."It's okay if you don't want us to do anything. If it'll cost me you and our marriage, then I'd rather let go of my revenge plan than lose you." He declared staring straight into my eyes with his thumb kneading my knuckles. I blinked at him and gulped the ball in my throat."I... I... I want us to punish him. By the Law, of course. He should be punished for his bad deeds." I said taking his hand into mine instead. "You won't lose me or our marriage. I've given it enough thought. He has been cruel for a long time. Ever since back then, he has been doing
AVERY"Shh. Go to sleep.""Lay beside me. Wait till I fall asleep.""Only until you fall asleep." I reminded and he nodded pulling me to the bed. My head was on his arm which acted like a pillow while my whole body frame was hugged by his huge body frame.My eyes looked around our room. It was dark but I could feel the sadness and emptiness looming over the room. The curtains had been drawn obstructing any form of light from coming in. The lights had been flipped off giving the room a weird vibe."I really missed you. I tried everything. I tried to do everything to keep my sanity intact. I tried doing everything to keep my mind off you. To keep me from driving over to you." I heard and I turned my head in his direction.His eyes were open so I reached out to touch his face. I smiled patting his cheeks and he smiled in return moving closer to my hand."I know. I missed you too." I replied snuggling closer to him. He pulled me closer until our bodies merged and then he let out a sigh.T
MAVERICK"Master! The Madam is Gone!" This sentence made me stand up like I had been electrocuted."Gone? Gone where?" I asked walking towards her. I walked past her and headed straight for our room."We have no idea.""When was the last time she was seen?" I asked pushing the door to our room open."Last night. After you left the room." She replied. My eyes looked around the room. She truly wasn't here."Call Carter," I instructed closing our room's door before she could give a reply. I dragged my feet to the bed that was neat like no one had laid on it. She didn't sleep in this bed. I fell to the bed and my hand subconsciously caressed her part of the bed. My hand moved to the pillow where she laid her head and I brought it to my nose to sniff it. Her pillow was doused in her heavenly scent so I took a long whiff.I hugged the pillow pretending it was her and closed my eyes imagining she was in my hands. Safe and close. I should have held her in my arms last night. I never should h
MAVERICK"And the fact that you think I would side with my Father shows how much you trust me. The fact that you kept this from me shows how much you truly love me." She said."Avery–""Get out, Maverick.""What?""Please." She pleaded. I hated the way she was pleading with me. I hated the fact that we were in this mess. I hated the fact that she found out this way. The fact that she's doubting my love for her because of this makes my heart break.It's breaking more than the times I knew she was just a few steps away yet I couldn't bring myself to her. "I'll be in my study if you need me," I said walking away from her. I closed the door behind me and Butler Flora stood in front of me."What in the world is going on?""I'll tell you once it's all solved," I replied."Make sure she eats tonight.""You keep telling me that every day yet you don't eat either. She hasn't eaten for the past week ever since you turned your study to your house and even denied seeing her. She's heartbroken."
AVERY I stared blankly at the golden-colored wall. I refused to blink. I refused to let the cry that had welled up in my eyes fall. Because if I do, more will fall and then the dam will break. My eyes darted to the clock on the side table. It read 10:26 pm. My hand that was holding the duvet clenched further and I blinked. That was my mistake. I grabbed the pillow beside me tossing it to the floor. "Why?!" I yelled tears rolling down my face. I made no move to wipe it off neither did I make an effort to stop crying. "What did I do wrong?! Why?!" I yelled trashing the bed. My throat hurt from crying so much. My cold dinner lay on the dressing table covered. Just like the way Butler Flora had placed it there earlier this evening. "Mistress!" Someone yelled and I turned my head glaring at whoever it was. "Get out! Get out of my room!" I yelled tossing whatever I could grab. If anyone saw me they would think I've gone crazy. I am. I am crazy. I'm going crazy. "Young Miss, please
AVERY"This is good!" He screeched and I shrunk back at the momentum of his voice."You don't have to yell that much," I said taking a sip of the hot cocoa that I made for the two of us."Of course, I have to. This is better than the ones I've made for myself.""Don't flatter me," I said rolling my eyes."Why would I want to do that?" He asked."True that," I replied after a short seconds of silence."I like your necklace by the way.""Yeah?" I asked trailing the sapphire stone with my hand."Maverick got it for you?" He asked and I looked up at him in surprise. "How do you know that?" I asked."He's my best friend. I know his taste in necklaces." He replied and I nodded my head picking up my mug again."Avery?" He called and I turned my head to him. He stared at me for a while before he shook his head and said,"Never mind.""Why? Is something on my face?" I asked rubbing my face."No. There's nothing on it.""Then why do you keep staring at me?" I asked in confusion."Do you want t