Adams POVMorning came faster than I had expected. I didn't need to look at my diary to understand that the day is going to be long and busy for me. However, what pulled my attention from the tonality I had set for myself, was the sudden buzz on my phone, when i had turned the data on.Check-in through the media's timeline, I am shocked to the bone by the headline of the news set before me."Adams Russell 's beloved wife caught in the act of infidelity?" My mouth was wide apart and my eyes couldn't believe the words I was reading. This must be some sort of joke.It wasn't a joke however, when the videos suddenly popped up in my dm. Apparently, some anonymous person had decided to send the videos over for me to look through.The moment I finished watching the video, my anger was uncontrollable. I didn't want to imagine Selina had done this, but it was there; there evidence was there in bare sight for the whole world to behold.Getting out of my bed, I had one place in mind to get to,
Selina POVOn arriving at the mansion, Adams 's Car was parked outside and although I knew I was innocent from the allegation, I felt a wave of anxiety hit me.Upon stepping into the premises, I was shocked to see my luggages outside, while Adams and the familiar face of Alice, holding hands together."Can we talk privately? I can explain." I managed to find the right words to say. Gray's stoic eyes made my heart beat faster. I watched him extend over to me a paper in his hands.I took the paper and the content, had me in total disbelief."I don't have all the time in the world Selina. Do what's necessary and give it back." I couldn't believe this. I felt a hole had been created in my heart from the decision that Adams was about to take."You wouldn't even allow me speak. All you had to do was hand me a divorce letter." I mentioned, at the brink of tears.There was no reply from Adams . He kept staring at me like was an object of his curiosity. It was obvious he didn't consider me i
Selina POVThere was silence after I broke the news to Sir. Russell . His face was neutral and I was anxious to know how he felt about it. "So what you are trying to tell me is that you are pregnant for Adams ?" He asked, trying to maintain a good composure, but I could see the shock in his tone."I wanted to break the news to him today and now this came outside." I said, referring to the news about the infidelity."I know that you are going through it at the moment, I want to suggest that you come to my mansion and I can make preparation for you and we also discuss how you are going to give birth to the child. I want you to know that you are going to give birth to that child." He assured.His plan was perfect and I could not help but be grateful to him for not giving up on me through the controversies. Once he hang up the phone, I grabbed my bags and leave Adams 's mansion. I know Mr. Russell wants me around to have his grand child, but I did not consider it a safe space for my chi
Selina POV"We will like to congratulate you on your latest project with our investors. We knew you were going to be a top asset with us." "It is nice working with you Mr. Joe " I responded with a handshake politely."There is one single problem though." He mentioned once we broke free from the handshake. "One of the investor is hosting a private party in California in his island and it is mandatory that you come for it." My smile disappeared the moment I heard Carlifornia. How do they want me to returned to the place that I most dreaded, a place that almost made me look like a whore, a state that threw several allegations against me and sabotage my marriage."Are there no other options? I mean excuses that will be considered by the executive of why I am not in attendance?" I pointed out."I am sorry, I know this must have ccaused you a serious inconvenience, but I need you to understand that this party is important, if we have you in attendance, it open us to bigger investment cli
Adams POVWhen the night had come, I was already tired from the amount of calls that Jolie had been sending for me.Everything about this woman has been toxic since I got engaged to her. I could understand her frustration being that we had no child, but it was not my fault. I could still remember the words of the doctor and I clearly did not want to believe that was the case with me. I cannot be impotent not to have a child.I switched the phone off and stepped out the premises of the hotel, which was one of my biggest investment. I noticed a limousine parked beside my car and wondered if the special guests that the investors were talking about could be the owner of this ride.My eyes suddenly caught a young little girl staring at the direction of my car. Her curiosity picked my intrest and I approached her."Hey little Kid." She turned around and I froze at the sight before me. This young girl looked exactly like me. Her eyes were the same colors with mine and we shared the same t
Selina POVI walked away from Adam ignoring his his stares bored hole into my back or how Ella kept turning her small frame to get a better look at him. He was my past, no amount of his good looks could change what he did to me. Beside, he was married. I did not want him close to me neither would my daughter. "That man looks like me," Ella said immediately we got back inside. Her inquisitive eyes that glistened with intelligence bigger than her age looked up at me as if expecting an explanation. "Really? People look like random people all the time," I lied. It pained me to have to lie to my daughter but I believe she was too young to know the circumstances around her birth. I've raised her alone just fine abd I would continue to do so. "Oh look! I found a Polaroid camera, here, pose for me baby," I distracted her her raising up the camera so she cool see. Ella giggled as she gave different poses successfully digressing us from that conversation I did not want to have. It took hour
Selina POV.My mind drifted apart with many thoughts as I stood rooted at the doorstep, unsure of how to react. I stood frozen at the threshold, Adam’s grip on my arm grounding me in a moment that felt surreal. The doorway was a barrier, separating the chaos outside from the fragile sanctuary I had built for Ella and me. My heart raced, not just from the encounter I had narrowly escaped, but from the presence of the man I had tried so hard to forget. The past years weren't easy as a result."Selina" He called in a low voice, his voice a low rumble that sent shivers down my spine. “Please. Let me stay. I can’t just leave you like this. What if he came back again to threaten you? I need to stay and ensure your safety”I glanced back into the dimly lit hallway of my suite. Ella was safe, but the thought of that man returning loomed large in my mind. Adam’s concern stirred something in me—an unsettling mix of gratitude and the remnants of old feelings I thought I had buried.“Why do you
ADAMJolie was sitting up in the couch waiting for me when I got back home. There was a worried look on her face as she ran to me. "Where the heck have you been? I have been trying to find you since yesterday. You were supposed to come back home after the private party. Where did you go?" She immediately started to question me..I was in a bad mood and I wasn't prepared to deal with her questions. I had met Selene again and even though we had sex last night, it was clear that she did not want to have anything to do with me after the way that I had treated her. The last thing I wanted was to deal with this woman I had married .Marrying Jolie was the biggest regret of my life .I was sad after I believed that Selene actually cheated on me and because she was there for me through it all,.I got married to her. I should have known that it was just a ploy. She just pretended to be there for me because she wanted to be my wife. "I don't think that I need to explain anything to you. Don't f
SELENAI was really scared, I had no idea what the man was going to do to me. He was standing outside, and I had thought about escaping, but I knew that I could not get away from him fast enough. I would just be putting myself in more danger if I decided to run away. I just decided to pray that whoever decided to kidnap me was not doing it because he wanted me dead . I just hoped that Adam would realise that I was missing and he would come running to help me. We had argued before I was kidnapped. What if he thought that I was angry and that was why I didn't want to see him?And my daughter, Ariel, I was really worried about her. I wondered what she was doing now and if she was fine. The door was pushed open just and the masked man walked in again. He walked over to me and untied me. Then, he pulled me up and started to drag me away. "Hey, where are you taking me?" I asked him. He scoffed at me. "You don't get to ask me any questions. Just come with me and do as I tell you if y
I had no idea how long I had been awake for. I thought the person who kidnapped me would come see me soon, but I had been waiting for quite some time and yet no one had come into the small room. "Hey, is there anyone out there?! Can you please let me go? I am someone with a lot of money. I can change your life. Please....please just let me go and I will pay you right?" I begged. The door was pushed open and a man walked in angrily. He was wearing a mask and so I could not see what he looked like. "Shut the heck up or else you are going to get it from me. What the heck are you making a mess for?" He yelled at me. Even though I was really scared, I tried my best to act like it was all fine. "Who sent you to me?! You have to let me go now or else you are just going to regret it!"" I yelled. The person walked over to me and he raised his hand at me, as if he was going to hit me. My heart was beating fast against my chest but the slap that I was expecting, did not come. "You had be
LUCIAN"Do you really think that Selena would be touched if you do these things for her?" Jolie asked me. I glared at her with a menacing look on my face. "What did you say?" Jolie scoffed and looked at me straight in the eye. "Do you really think that she cares for you? You are doing so many things to break her and Adam up but even if they break up, what are the chances that she will get together with you? Think about this carefully. You are just like me, Lucian. Selena and Adam don't care about both of us. You are just wasting your time with her!" Jolie snapped at her. "Shut up! Shut up right now!" I yelled. What I hated the most was being reminded of the fact that despite being in Selena's life for a long time, she had never really looked at me. She was always running after Adam no matter what he did to her. That really drove me mad. She scoffed when I said this. "Oh please. You know that you're just wasting your time with her and that is why you're mad at me! I am not the
LUCIAN "What do you mean she's not been here all day? She is your CEO for crying out loud. Are you telling me that not a single one of you thought about calling her and finding out where she is?" I yelled at Selena's assistant. I had come to her office to see her because I wanted to talk to her but I was told that she had not come in to work today, and I was really worried when I heard that. I knew she was a woman who cared about her work a lot. There was no way that she would stay away without a word. The assistant looked away from me guiltily. "I.....I called her and she didn't pick up. I assumed that she didn't want to come in today because she's been working really hard...." "You know that she would never stay away from work on purpose...you...." I wanted to go scolding the assistant, but I stopped myself. It wasn't as if it would help me find Selena. Finding out where she was and making sure that she was fine was the first thing in my mind. I brought out my phone and calle
SELENA"My father is a man who only understands the language of violence. I have tried to talk to him several times over the years, but he just refuses to listen to me. I want to speak to him in the language he understands!" Adam told me. I shook my head. He really was not willing to be reasonable. "Do you think that just because he is my father I am going to let him get away with doing whatever he wants? I have already washed my hands off him and my mother. I know that she is never going to leave him. But I am not going to let him act the way he wants under my roof. Ariel was in that house yesterday. What do you think would have happened if she had seen him slap my mother yesterday? I just want to be a good father? " Adam asked me. I shook my head. I felt like Adam did not understand any of the words that I had been saying to him from the beginning. He was just doing whatever he wanted and using Ariel as an excuse. "It seems you didn't listen to any of the things I have been sayi
I was sitting on the ground as I watched Adam pull Selena away. I was boiling in anger just watching them go. All of this was that woman's fault. She was the one who caused this. Adam wasn't that kind of person before! Ever since she came into his life ...I was upset just thinking about it! I wanted to get rid of her! "Someone....someone help..." I heard Philip call from inside the office. I rushed inside to help him and I gasped when I saw how beaten up he was! Adam was crazy! He was fucking crazy! "Call.....call the ambulance!" He said. .I nodded my head and started to make the call. ....Janet rushed to the hospital as soon as I called her and told her the situation. She was there in less than ten minutes. "What....what happened to him?" She asked me as she rushed to me. I eyed the older woman in front of me. I felt like she was also to blame for this. She and Selena were the cause of this situation. Adam hit his father because ha wanted to stand up for her. She was s
"You want me to leave? I am sorry, but I didn't do that. I am not going to leave. You are quick at using your fists on defenseless women and children right? Well, since you like violence so much, I figured you would like it when you're the one on the receiving end. What do you think?" I asked. My father started to move away from me. "Adam, I don't know what your mother told you, but I know that you can't just listen to one side of the story. She..." I did not want to hear whatever excuse he had. I punched my father hard. He fell to the ground in no time. Time had really taken a toll on him and he was not as strong as he was in the past. It was better for me ..he had picked on me when I was a weak defenseless kid and I would do the same to him. "Adam! I am your father! How dare you treat me like this?" He yelled at me. I kicked my father, without a single care for our father son relationship. "It's exactly because I am your son. Where do you think I learned from this?! It's fro
SELENA Ariel and I went back home together the next day. Because she was not willing to part with her father just yet, Adam drove with us back home. They even played some more before he had to leave. I felt awkward around Adam and I did not know how I was supposed to act. We had sex the previous night ..did that mean we were together? We did not get a chance to talk about it because Ariel had come knocking and we had to make ourselves presentable. I was tired of running away from Adam. I knew I loved him, I would never love another man the way I loved him In fact, I would never fall for anyone else. If I didn't get together with Adam, I would stay single for the rest of my life. I knew that he was really putting in effort to change and to be a better man for our daughter. I didn't want to keep running away from him when he was doing so much. I walked out with him when he was done playing with Ariel. I thought Adam was going to talk about what happened between us last night
"I will always be here for you " I said and kissed him on the lips. Adam's eyes went wide when I did this. He had not been expecting this. I pulled away from him and smiled, but just then, Adam grabbed my waist and pulled me back to himself. He kissed me. It wasn't just a peck. This time, he properly kissed me. I responded to the kiss, and we pulled and tugged at each other's lips. The kiss made me realize that I wanted more, so I did not hesitate when Adam led me to the bed. I helped him when he took off my clothes, and when he entered me in one swift stroke, I felt fulfilled. ......LILY "What was all of that about ,Philp?" I asked. I could tell that something was wrong when I saw Janet leave. In fact, I could already guess what had happened to her. There wasn't a single person in our circle who did not know that Philp hit Janet. This was the reason I did not take her seriously. I knew she could not help me when it came to Adam and so I did not waste my time on her. She