( Jordan's POV )I find the neighborhood where Evelyn stays messy. I can't believe my baby mother is staying in this environment which is not fit for a woman with pregnancies to be staying in. No wonder her mother called herself a nobody. Why then is she saying she has good work when she can't afford a good home for her daughter and grandchild?"Fuck!" I curse and come out of the car. I used my GPS to get the location. I walk through the alley and see the address number on the house in front of me. I walk towards it quickly, cursing beneath my breath when a dirty-looking dog barks at me. I am quite amazed that I am scared of the dog, I don't know if it's because the dog is dirty or because it is barking.I heave a sigh of relief when I get to the door. The dog has retreated when I am no longer in sight. I wonder why the dog is barking at me in broad daylight. I also can't help but wonder if the dog is theirs or for a neighbor's.I puff out the air I didn't know I was holding in and
( Tessa's POV )I am now a prodigal child. It is just for a few days, I know my dad will come looking for me soon. He is going to beg me to come back home. At least this will give me another chance to enjoy the best gift of life before going back home where dad's watchful eyes will be hovering over me like a hen watching over its chick.Ever since he brought up the idea of me becoming the CEO, he has been watching my every move and cautioning me to play safe so I can win the votes of the shareholders of his company. I ain't interested in the shit. It is as boring as f***, If only I can always get a good f*** from one of dad's employees from the office, maybe it will be worth it then but no, I doubt it.They are all dressed in suits and stupid ties. Jordan is the only man I like seeing in suits and ties, the rest are morons, except of course my dad.After crying for a while, I get up from the bed and move to the bathroom to take a cold bath. After bathing, I put on my clothes and I s
( Evelyn's POV )Boss came home early today. He arrived around past 6 pm and he asked me to cook dinner, he was hungry.I always wait for him to come back from work so I can cook his dinner before going home. He hates eating cold meals and my job is to cook and serve him hot meals. I work for him alone.My job isn't a difficult one, even when I am in the house waiting for his arrival, I do nothing other than watch movies like it's my home. Pamela and I chat whenever she is home but I notice she isn't always around these days. I wonder where she goes.I usually cook his breakfast and dinner, but on weekends when he is home, I also cook him a light lunch. He takes coffee only on Mondays but my early morning work starts on Tuesdays. He usually leaves for work by 8am, I have to resume early to cook his meal, serve him so he can eat before going to work.On Fridays, he goes to work late and comes back early. He leaves for work by 9am and comes back at 5pm which allows me to go home early
( Damien's POV )After the call with Donovan, the driver drives into my father's home. I look up at the building, The interior and exterior of the building doesn't cease to amaze me. I love the home because of its coziness and how comfortable it makes me feel. This is where I was born but I left home at an early age when my mother died. Ever since then, I always visit but I don't sleep here. It has a game room and an inbuilt gym house with a tennis court. The pool here is amazing andI would have loved to take a swim before going back home if only I didn't have other things to do.When the car stops, I get out and look around as I button up my long sleeve shirt. I miss being here, even though it brings memories that I want to let go of. I begin to walk in when the butler opens the door."Welcome sir", he greets me."Frederick, how do you do?" I smile at the old man.He was in his middle age when I was a little boy. I know he likes me and I like him too."I am fine, sir. Your father i
( Cassie's POV )I am angIy with my mom. After Jordan Alvarez left,I was greatly troubled about everything he said tome and I blamed my mother for it. I still don'tunderstand why she will stoop so low to go beghim. If she hadn't begged him to accept the babyand me, he wouldn't be asking me to marry him inthe lamest way ever.Is that even a proposal? He was making it look likehe is doing me a favor by getting married to him. Ihate his guts.I waited for my mother patiently, till I fell asleep.When I am awake, it is already dark and I am stillon the sofa in my school dress. I get up and placemy right hand over my head. The headache hasreduced a bit.I remember all that happened earlier with Jordanand all the rubbish he was spurting out to me, Ibegin to feel annoyed again. I still can't believe mymother went to meet him.Is she the one that brought up the idea of marriageto him or he is the one who wants to be married?Why the hell is he even talking about marriage noww
( Tessa's POV )"Yayyyy", I scream with excitement the moment weenter the club. Zoe is beside me as I begin to shakemy body to the loud music. I want to forget my worries and sorrows tonight, worries about my father, and sorrows about not having Jordan to myself. I want to enjoy tonight.I almost collapsed out of shock when Zoe's drivermentioned the man following our car. Zoe and I thought he was a kidnapper and we were going to be kidnapped. But after taking another lane towards the shopping mall where there is a large crowd instead of the quiet lane on the other side, we lost the car.Zoe says we were just imagining things but I feltthe man was really after us, even though I heaved asigh of relief whenI could no longer see him, till wegot to the shopping mall.I am dressed in a sexy off-shoulder lace floralbodycon mini dress with sleeves, showing enoughof my cleavage because of how low the off-shoulder is. It is barely covering my boobs and I chose thisdress on purpose.
( Cassie's POV )"I don't feel like going out, Pam", I complain, coming out of the bathroom in a towel."Come on", she moves over to me and nudges me."It's going to be fun", she beams.She pulls me back to the open closet and begins to search for a dress for me to wear. She sees a low maroon party dress and hauls it out."Here", she gives me. I sigh again before taking it from her.When she called me earlier and heard me crying, she disconnected the call and before I knew it, the doorbell rang.Pamela came in and hugged me tightly. I told her everything, she only consoled me without asking me any questions. Then she brings up the idea of going to a party. I said no but she insisted."Let's get you dressed so we can go have fun with our baby", she grins widely and drops the dress on the bed. I am about to move to the dressing mirror when I remember mom."Is mom still in your house?" I frown. I had tried calling her but her number wasn't going through."I didn't come from home", she in
( Evelyn’s POV )I did not know how long I sat there, with my mouth open, looking into space, but I knew it was long enough for me to get up, pack my things and leave for home.I can't believe my boss is asking me to accompany him to a party. It feels like I won a jackpot. I am excited and at the same time worked up.The way he flushed in the face speaks a lot. Is he attracted to me? Is this just a date? Is something going to happen between us?My eyes fall on the wall clock and I see it is past 7 pm already. I stand up with a smile, contemplating on whether to go knock on his door and tell him I am in or I should just go home and pretend like nothing happened, hoping he won't ask me again.This is the same person that shouted at me on my first day because I arrived late, making me feel like a schoolgirl being scolded by her teacher.This is something I didn't expect and now that it has happened, I still can't believe it isn't happening.You are just to keep his company, my subconscio
Cassie's POV"Tessa Rodrigue has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the kidnap of the Billionaire's daughter, Lily Elizabeth Alvarez", the reporter states, and I heave a deep sigh. I feel a touch and I know instantly that it is Jordan."What are you thinking about?" He asks me after pecking my lips. He pulls me closer and puts off the television with the control. I am sitting in between his legs with his back on the headboard."Nothing", I whisper. I have just finished taking a bath and Jordan is also coming out of the bathroom.We have plans of going on a tour today. We are on a vacation to Paris and we are going to begin our tour today.We have been indoors for two days now, doing nothing other than playing games, cuddling in each other's arms, and having sex. Sex with Jordan is amazing and I love every moment of it. I love my life now and I am hoping it will last forever."Are you sure?" He bites my earlobe softly, with his hands on my chest."Jordan?" I take his hands off and
Jordan's POVMy family is complete now and my joy knows no bounds. It is as if the kidnap never happened.Sometimes, I feel like spending the whole day watching Lily play, sleep or giggle, but I can't do that all day.I realize Lily only has my eyes but she has a striking resemblance with her mother.Cassie and I had gone out this morning to visit Tony and I wanted Lily and her nanny to come with us but Cassie protested. Tony was surprised to see us but he invited us in anyway. I have no idea why I followed Cassie until I got there. Tony was truly hurt and I realized a man like that can do anything.I apologized to him for my behavior the other day and explained things to Tony. I didn't want him to see Cassie as a bad woman so I told him I was the one who gave her the right to date other men while we were married. It was after she began to go out with him that it dawned on me that I might lose Cassie to him and I didn't want it because I loved her and I had refused to admit it to mys
A WEEK AFTERTessa's POVI would never have hurt Jordan's baby, I wasn't that cruel. Besides, the baby had an innocent look and I would never have hurt her because of what her father had done to me.I did what I did so I could get Jordan's attention and I can finally use the opportunity to have him to myself and probably lie that my pregnancy is his. I never knew this is where it would land me. I never knew I would be considered a criminal.I kept telling them that I am pregnant but no one seems to be listening to my lamentations. I know my father won't help me, he is mad at me and I am sure he has already disowned me by now. I don't know who I am pregnant for and I tried guessing if it is for Damien, William, or Trevor, or even the guy I had sex with at the party.One of my boys betrayed me and brought them to the house where I hid them. I had no other options left so hosting them in the mansion was the only way out, so as not to incur the wrath of my father when he came back home an
Jordan's POV"Shit!" I hit the car bonnet in frustration.This is a dead-end. I can't believe my baby won't be found. We traced the car as Tristan suggested but we found it in a bushy area with no one inside. The tracking device is still on the van which shows that they didn't take note of it. They must have decided to change their vehicle on instinct."Shit!" I curse again. I feel like crying right now. I can't imagine life without Lily. I won't forgive myself if anything happens to her.These two innocent people that were kidnapped are suffering for my mistakes. I believe this is my mistake. If I had done the right thing for Lisa by reporting Damien to the authorities, maybe he wouldn't have the guts to be doing this and seeing me as his enemy."Jordan?" Tristan holds me, as I hit the car again, more aggressively. I didn't know when tears begin to spill down my face until I begin to feel the wetness."Let me be", I struggle out of his hold."Let's go, I have a feeling.....", he trai
Jordan's POV"I'm going with you, Jordan", Cassie pulls my hand as Tristan and I get to the pavement. She kneels, begging me."No, Cassie. You need to stay here and wait for us to be back", I peck her forehead."No, I want to go with you to see my baby", she begins to cry again and I sigh. "I don't want them to kill my baby.""Cassie........"I want to come with you so I can beg them to let my baby go. Please, Jordan", she sobs.I turn to face Tristan and he shakes his head."I promise we will be back soon", I kiss her lips and release her hand from mine before walking towards the car with Tristan, ignoring her cries. Natalie comes out immediately and helps her back inside with the help of Jodie."The presence of Tessa at your accident spot will ease everything, she is a suspect" Tristan informs me as we enter the car.Tristan is of the opinion that we take all the people I know can do such a thing as a suspect and not just one person. I feel Damien is capable and responsible and his
Jordan's POV"My baby!", Cassie shouts as I enter the house. She runs out of the car before I can even park the car well in the driveway.I run after her and barge into the house. I just hope she won't hurt herself. I wonder where Tristan was when it happened.Who could it be? Is it Damien?Iknow Damien isn't the only enemy I have. He isn't the only person I am holding grudges against. Apart from Damien, Tessa is there also and my father. I remember Tony and I wonder if he is capable of doing this to get back at Cassie for deceiving him.By the time I enter, Cassie is already on the floor in the living room. We shouldn't have spent a week at my villa, we planned to spend just three days, if we had come back on time, maybe this wouldn't have happened."How did it happen, Natalie?" I ask her with my hands on my waist."I heard gunshots in the early hours of this morning and came out to check if all the doors are closed when I saw two men dragging Tania out with the baby. They had her m
Jordan's POVI have never had sex in the bathroom with any girl, not even Paige. I believe I am always in a hurry to have it done with the other girls I have had a nightstand with.I had sex with Cassie in the bathroom and it was amazing. I love her every fucking moment and every time we make love.We are going back to the mansion today. I wanted to make coming here special so I decided that we should spend a week here, enjoying the blissful moment of our reconciliation and my recuperation. I am as strong as a horse now and even though the bandage is still on my head. The doctor asked me to come to take it off tomorrow.I can begin work fully starting tomorrow. I miss my baby Lily and I can't wait to see her again.I am going to plan our vacation before the month ends. I want Cassie and I to re-pronounce our vows and have a real honeymoon. What we did here is just a mini-honeymoon, I want us to have a great one that she will never forget. I want everything to be special for her and ma
Jordan's POVThis is all my fault, I pushed her into the arms of another man. I rejected what she was offering me, her heart and she went in search of someone who would take it gladly. I didn't realize the kind of pure heart Cassie has until now, I didn't realize the kind of woman she is until now.Despite her broken heart, she kept pushing to gain entrance into my heart but I kept shoving her back, making her feel rejected and unwanted. This is all my fault but I don't know if I can survive losing her.She is the reason I survived this accident in the first place. I remember the man that pushed me, he kept telling me to go back to Cassie.I know I am a bad person, if only I am good, I would have told Cassie to go back to Tony and accept his proposal so they can be happy together but I am not good. I am selfish and I want to be selfish till the end, I can't let her go.I pull her to me in an embrace. "It's ok. Everything is ok and fine.""He broke up with me already, we are done, she
Jordan's POVLily brought back my memories before I even remembered who I was.I was able to figure out that the lady beside me is my wife. She had collapsed after I asked her who she was and her long face broke into a smile the moment I called Lily.The moment I called Lily her name, everything came back. I remembered everything, work, my problems, my mother, and my relationship with Cassie.Our relationship is kind of unique and different from other people's relationship. There was no courtship, no dating, no love before marriage, and no hope for the future of our marriage, we just ventured into it, to get what we want and when it is time to leave, we will get divorced and that will be the end of our relationship.I would call our relationship backward love because of how it started. We started by making a baby, getting married, and falling in love, instead of falling in love, getting married, and making babies.I remember everything now, as well as what and how the accident happene