"Where are you?" Leo questioned Kiara when she was done speaking. From the tone of her voice, he was certain that she was hurt and he wanted to be there for her while she passes through the tough decision that she had just made"I don't wanna see your face, Leo. Just get it don't with. I want to stay beside Levi when it's all over, please." Kiara said.Since he knew she was hurt and it was the only thing that he could give her in exchange, he decided to let her do it. " If that's what you wish, Kiara. He said." There was silence between them both for only about 20 seconds"This is the best choice you'll ever make, Kiara, trust me."Kiara didn't utter a word, and a few seconds later, she ended the call.Kiara was in no mood to say a word to anybody anymore. If what she had done or she decided was going to make Nathan his, then she had no other choice.She began to climb the stairs, wrecking her hand into her hair as she walked."I have to go now."There was no response from her.The ma
"What is it, Sasha?" Bryan said, his voice almost like a whisper. The worst thing that would happen right now was Taylor finding out that he was still talking with Sasha."I need us to meet right away, it's really urgent." She said desperately.Bryan today or tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow would not work. Those days were meant to be spent with Taylor."Text me if it's important. We can't meet for now, or when I spare some time I'll call you.""Are you with your wife?" "How's that any of your business, Sasha?"She scoffed, "Is what we're doing really more important than this? You know how important this is to me and most especially your family.""I can't talk for now, got to go," Bryan said. He heard Sasha's voice one more time but ended the call a second later. Taking a deep breath in, Bryan stared at his phone, and a text appeared on the screen."I'll be waiting at your company at exactly 12, please be there."He continued to stare at the message without uttering a word. Th
A few hours to 12, Bryan and Taylor were ready to leave the hotel. Bryan held Taylor's hands and after she grabbed her bag, they walked out of the room."Here." He handed the keys over to one of the receptionists. She smiled and collected it from his hand, and before he walked away, lowered her head in respect, "Have a nice day sir."Taylor let out a smile as they both walked out."Don't tell me you couldn't feel it?""Feel what?" He inquired.Taylor scoffed aloud, "You must be kidding me right?"Bryan suddenly halted and gave her a questioning look. "Care to tell me what's wrong?" Taylor turned around to stare at him because he wasn't moving. The serious look on his face made her burst into laughter, and it made Bryan realize that Taylor might have just been teasing him.To apologize, she walked towards him and took his hands."You mad at me?"There was no reply from Bryan, and she instantly took it that he was pissedShe lifted her legs and reached for his face to peck him, "is this
The car halted and Bryan was the first person to step down from it. Taylor did after a few seconds. It was written all over her face that she badly wanted to see her kids.Bryan outstretched one of his hands and she took it. He held her hand and they began to walk into the house.They both stepped into the house, but the living room was empty. "Nanny!" Taylor called. It was 1pm in the afternoon and it was Saturday."Nanny!" Taylor called again, but there was no response. "Nanny!" Bryan decided to call since his voice was louder than Taylor's. A few seconds later, one of the nannies came rushing down the stairs."What's happening? Where are the kids, and where's Talia?""The kids are in their room, and ma'am Talia isn't back home yet?" The nanny answered.Taylor arched her brows, but then she suddenly heard Kyle's voice. "Momma!!" The little guy called, running down the stairs with his Nanny behind him."Easy sweetheart, don't run too much or you might hurt yourself."She lowered her b
"I swear, I swear I didn't do anything! I swear on my life, I didn't do anything to him. Nathan!!" Talia yelled out in pain as she kept banging the door hard even though her hands were hurting.What a fucking coincidence it was.No one was ready to listen to her no matter how much or how hard she cried.Talia wasn't worried about herself, instead, she was worried about Nathan. She had watched him get shot right in the forehead and she had watched him bleed before passing out"He's going to die. You have to let me go! I wanna see him!" She begged, but no one wanted to listen to her. A few minutes later she stopped yelling and huddled herself in the small and dark room where she had been kept.Talia had to think back to how it all happened.It happened so quickly that it was so hard for her to recall anything.The only thing she recalled before she passed out was Nathan getting shot and falling on her. She called his name severally hearing him groan in pain, but there was no answer. A
Natalia had no idea where the men holding her were taking her. She no longer had the strength to struggle and so she simply allowed them to drag her along.When they got outside, she was forced into a car and the two men who had been holding her got in with her while the third one moved to the front.He ignited the engine and immediately drove the car away.Tears rolled down Talia's eyes.Her life just simply took a drastic turn and she had no idea how it started because it happened too fast for her to even comprehend what was whatThe bad people were holding her captive and refusing to hear a word she had to say.Talia wanted to ask about Nathan and if he was dead or not, but she decided not to. She waited patiently until the car halted."Step out." One of the men said to her.Natalia didn't wait for a second. She stepped out of the car and waited for the second man to step down. Seeing she was obedient, they decided to make her walk on her own.As Talia walked, she continued to star
"Admit to it, and then maybe I'll consider letting my brother live. I can see it in your eyes, that intense love you have for him and honestly I do not blame you because Levi is truly one of a kind. he's charming and has always been."Natalia didn't understand a word he was saying so she remained quietWhen the man who had gone up the stairs a few minutes ago came back down, he handed something in a white nylon bag to Leo.Leo collected and opened it."Here." He said.When Talia saw it, she instantly recognized it as her phone. "What for?'"You have just two things to do and we'll be cool.'Talia still didn't understand what he was talking about. "Text Taylor. You absolutely know she's gonna be worried about you and might even come in search of you. If you really love her and you don't want her to get hurt, then maybe you should do what you can to prevent her from ever finding out you're here.""H….h…""Shhhhhhh." He touched her cheek with his palm to calm Talia a little bit."Listen
Sebastian emptied the third glass and dropped the glass on the counter with enough force to break it, but it didn't. The bartender seemed to be staring at him and had been shaking his head in pity the entire time."I'll have two more glasses." He requestedThe bartender seemed to be cleaning up some glasses when Sebastian requested more. He could feel Sebastian was definitely going through some things and the alcohol was the only way to suppress his anger because it was so evident in his eyes.As Sebastian had requested, he dropped the glasses of drink and went back to his business, but didn't stop staring at him.Sebastian could feel his phone buzzing in his pocket, and it had been like that for an hour now.They were calls from family members who still wanted Nathan to lead them and wanted to know about his condition, but he had nothing for them because it was no good news. Could he possibly tell them that Nathan was in the worst condition ever and there was a 50 percent chance of