Chapter 99Six months laterZelina JacobsPOVAria is ten months old already and Aaron is almost two years old... my kids are getting older by each day.Which makes me feel old... We found out that Zia is pregnant after Raven and Sidney's wedding she is seven months pregnant now...I was sleeping when Niklaus woke me"My Lina" he kisses my shoulder."Yes?" I ask not opening."Honey get up we have to leave in two hours" he tells me"Leave to where?" I ask"A family vacation" he tells meI open my eyes and sit up. "What?"He chuckles lightly "We’re going on a family vacation to Marseille""We going to France?" I ask in shockHe nods. "Yes...""Oh okay...” I lay back down covering my head under the sheets. “Five more minutes" I tell him"Get up Zelina" he tells meI roll my eyes and sit up. "Fine..."I get up get ready... We have breakfast and then head to the airport... I did not know the whole family would be coming, Niklaus's grandparents, He's parents, aunts, uncles, sisters, and cou
Aria JacobsPOVHey, I'm Aria Jacobs daughter of Zelina and Niklaus Jacobs... I am eighteen years old... I have an older brother named Aaron Jacobs, my brother spoils me too death he took over dad’s business a few years ago and he always makes sure he has time for me... He is a year older than I am...Today is a big day for me it’s my high school graduation, all our family is flying in just for today I'm so excited to see my aunt Catherine, I'm going to be interning at her company in Greece for the summer vacation... I love tech and my family has encouraged me to follow my dreams and I promise you I am...My mom hated the idea of me going to Greece for the summer, but she would never get in the way of my dreams..."Aria..." I turn to see my mother standing behind me...I was currently standing in front of the full-length mirror in my walk in closet... My aunt Alexis designed this dress for my graduation... It was a long black mermaid style dress with lace in the front and a very deep
Zelina Gold POV It has been three years since, I have moved from New York to California, Los Angeles, I needed to get away from my horrible family drama and I had no choice but to flee. I could not stay there I was not safe in New York.Today I am on a blind date set up by my best friend Zianna, funny thing is she is not even in the country, but she is forcing me to date. She does not want me to be alone and I have no way of saying no to her. This would be my Fourth blind date this month. One after each one after the other complete and total creeps.I look up this extremely good-looking guy walks up to me. He is wearing a navy-blue tailor-made suit. You could see it was expensive just by looking at it."You must be Miss Gold?" he says in the most seductive yet not seductive tone I have ever heard. It was so deep and honestly it suited him completely."Yes. Yes, I am" I say hurriedly. I was surprised that I did not squeal in response. "Hey, I'm Niklaus Jacobs" he says sitting down.
The next day when Zelina woke up. Niklaus still had not returned home. She quickly bathed... When she come out of the shower she headed to the walk in closet attached to the bedroom she noticed that there were men’s clothing and woman's clothing hanging in the closet she quickly took a high waisted skinny flair blue jean with a white lace T-shirt that was tucked into her jeans, she looked at the heels she grabbed a pair of navy sharp toe heels and a navy peplum style blazer, she grabbed a LV bag from the closet and put all her necessities in the bag, she wasn't used to all the name brand clothing but she knew the clothes she was wearing was expensive... Her husband had not hidden his wealth from her, but she still felt that he should not waste money on expensive clothes... But since he took the time to get someone to get her these clothes, she felt touched, she has been through a lot, and no one has ever done something like this for her... When she realized that she had no way of gett
Chapter 3 – Niklaus’s apologyAfter lunch Zelina had a meeting out of the office. When she returned to the company late afternoon Niklaus and Alexis were walking in the lobby side by side, discussing something silently. Zelina tried her best to ignore the two as she looked the other way as she passes them, but Alexis Jacobs had other plans in mind."Miss Gold?" Alexis calls for her brother’s wife.Zelina sighs inwardly putting on a brave smile and looked over at her boss. "Yes President Jacobs?" she asks "Come here I want you to meet someone..." Alexis calls her over.Niklaus frowned you could see the displeasure on his face his been phoning his wife all day, but she has been ignoring his calls, he thought she was ignoring him, but he discovered she had left her phone in her office. And she was not around, he went pay his sister a visit, discovering his sister has already met his lovely new wife without him present was unnerving and he did not like the pit in his stomach. Dealing wi
Chapter 4After leaving Zelina, Niklaus headed back to work and got a few things done before meeting her for dinner. He was going to take her to a private restaurant owned by his family. He didn’t like big crowds and he wanted to have a private dinner with his wife. And their restaurant had private rooms.After he was done for the workday, he asked the driver to fetch Zelina from work and he headed to the restaurant and waited for her. When Lina arrived, they headed inside the restaurant. The couple were led into a private room because Klaus had always known Zelina was shy and wasn't fond of eating in front of people."Zee you can order whatever you like..." Klaus said looking at the menu. He knew what was on the menu, he had been coming here for years."There aren’t prices on the menu." Lina stared at the menu like a fish out of water.Niklaus smiled. "Don't worry I own this restaurant or at least half of it" he told her to calm her nerves.Zelina gaped at him "Oh... Who owns the ot
Chapter 5Zelina calmed down after a while, but Klaus refused to let go of her. The door opens in the private room..."Niki??" A beautiful woman who shared the same smile as Alexis did walked into the roomNiklaus turns to the door... He turns Zelina around without letting go of her."Zee this is Emma my cousin" Niklaus introduces his cousin to his wife. "Hello... Why do you look familiar?" Emma says as soon as she sees Zelina. She could not place her, but she has seen her somewhere before.Niklaus gives Emma the stink eye, Emma tries to avoid his murderous stare."Hello, I'm Lina" Zelina offers her hand to Emma and Emma takes it."Lina?" Emma looks at Klaus with a playful smile"Nice to meet you Lina..." Emma smiles widely. She finally knows who she is. And she could not wait milk this cookie.Zelina notices the weird vibe coming from the two of them...Emma's phone rings, she looks at screen she does not seem happyShe rolls her eyes and looks at Niklaus "Crap its Raven, I didn't w
Chapter 6Soon Niklaus came downstairs with Taylor (Kevin and Rebecca's daughter) his arms wrapped protectively around her."Zelina this is Taylor my cousin, Tay this is Zelina my wife" he introduces Taylor to his wife proudly. He was happy to have Zelina, he was happy he found her to make her his wife.Zelina stretches out her hand to greet Taylor, but Taylor looks at Zelina’s hand in disgust, she declines Zelina’s hand and just nods in distain. It was visible to everyone present that Taylor thought Zelina was beneath her…Niklaus frowns. He let us go of Taylor and looks at her in with an unreadable expression."Nick why did you bring her?" Taylor pouts leaning into Niklaus.Niklaus side steps her and holds Zelina in his arms. Taylor may be his cousin, but Zelina was his wife, no matter what he would always take Zelina’s side. It did not matter if Zelina were wrong, he would fight anyone who tried to hurt his wife even his own blood. "She's my wife she has every right to be here" he