DAMIAN'S POVElla had been quite distant for a while now, she said she needed space, little did I know it was going to be a total avoidance. I watched her do everything humanly possible to avoid any physical contact or meetings with me, on cases when meeting me was non negotiable she came with Laila, I was getting overly impatient as I needed the grab her shoulders and shake her off her mindset. I was glad she didn't totally leave work at least, I could still stare at her from a distance and they was a brainy ready to give her all for her job or maybe in this situation the downfall of her Ex, She always brought in new methods to make use of in going up against Ken's Empire.I found her going physical with Jason quite unappetizing, I knew how much she loathed him, but here she was wanting to have a physical meeting with him over some hacking trick. I kicked against it but I knew Ella to be quite adamant, my refusal only meant she was gonna do it underground, and I better let her do it
ELLA'S POVI woke up earlier than I normally do, maybe it was because I slept with a heavy heart.First I couldn't reach Julie, I knew she was traveling back to California but I didn't expect or think she would go so soon, I made a mental note to ask Damian about her the following day.And then they was Jason, I needed to confront my nemesis the following day, it was something only I could do.Living it in the hands of Damian only spelt out trouble, I knew how to handle Jason I had thought. I woke up with a throbbing headache, as I tried forcing myself back to sleep, It wasn't working.I got up and headed straight to the bathroom and sitting into the tube, it was so chilly that I had to adjust the temperature, I wouldn't freeze to death before meeting up with Jason I thought.I hoped I didn't freeze on seeing him though. After staying in the tube for almost an hour, I felt a bit relieved and stepped out to get prepared for work, I walked towards the wardrobe to get what to wear.When
ELLA'S POV I walked into the car as Diego opened it up for me, and I felt the breeze of the AC flush on my skin, that moment fear crept in along with the breeze as my palms and forehead began to sweat despite the temperature of the car. “Are you okay ma'am? Diego asked, his eyes piercing through my face. “Yeah I'm fine” I voiced out as audibly as possibly I could, shaking off the fear I felt. “We're gonna stop over for a bit” he said before driving off, I would assume we were stopping over to pick up the hacker, but on getting there I realized we stopped over to meet and talk with a bunch of men. “Hey miss Ella I'm Luke” I saw a tall looking, gray haired guy walk towards me and stretched his hands for a handshake, I smiled and stretched my hands out to him. “Ohhh I work for Damian” he continued I nodded in understanding, I didn't need all this information I just wanted to be done with everything and head back. “So what am I gonna do?” I asked to get him out of this introd
DAMIAN'S POVI drove off in high speed as I tried Luke's number over and over again, he wasn't picking.I had lost my patience and rushed out except I had no intention of ruining our long drafted plan, I only wanted to be sure of what was happening and here Luke wouldn't pick up his phone.I wouldn't slow my pace cause anything could happen or have happened to Ella in less than a minute.I found myself in front of Ken's Empire as I tapped my phone screen impatiently, I spotted the black van opposite the street and I guessed it harbored Luke and all, I stormed out of my car and rushed to the Vans door tapping on it lightly as I couldn't see through it.The glass pinned down and I found Luke's eyes staring at me in awe.“Howww, did you get here?” He seemed to be in surprise as the words dropped out his lips like they were heavy rocks.“Were the fuck did you keep your phone” I asked not minding his question, he turned around the van in search of his phone.“Open the Goddamn door” I said
JASON'S POVI was having a good morning dose when my door flung open.“Fuck, why was Ella here and at such early hour I thought as I hurriedly pulled up my pants, but there was Lilly still bent over on my table like she hadn't seen someone barge in few seconds ago.“Fuck off!” I had said at the top of my voice, she was really a dumb one and I would waste no time in discarding her.I only needed someone who would willingly take her position. I watched her slowly get dressed and I almost lost my temper.She picked her scrunchie in a slow motion format and I chuckled wondering what she thought she'd done to me with that, she smiled and walked out the door.I had expected the door to open immediately but it took minutes before Ella finally stepped in, by then I was fully settled into my seat. She had a black mini skirt on a buttoned up shirt, the buttons were not completely fixed and I guessed she did that on purpose. I knew what she came for and I was ready to give that to her.“Look
JULIE'S POVIt had been almost three days since mum took me back to the Rogas villa and I hadn't heard a word from my brother or even Ella, I had begun to believe what mum said.“No one was coming for you, you've gotta fight all by yourself” I had spent most of my days crying, I hated the turn out of my life but mum had assured me Damian's safety if I stayed still, for the millionth time I picked up my phone to call Damians but advised myself against it. Mum made it clear, if I contacted brother she was gonna turn a coin, I was restless and worried, why hadn't Damian called me had he gotten into trouble? I decided I was gonna go see him even if it had to be from a distance. I made sure mum had gone out before getting dressed and storming out of the house. I decided against carrying out any car, I wouldn't want to attract any form of attention to myself on leaving the gate. On getting to the gate I sighted the men who dragged me down here earlier on and I knew it only spelt out problem
DAMIAN'S POVAfter my phone conversation with Maria my worries skyrocketed, Julie had decided to move back to California so why did she decide to go back to the Rogas, why wasn't she picking, was it guilt or was she being held down?. Maria had warned me to stay away from her saying she didn't want to have anything to do with me, I would have believed to some extent since I was actually a jerk but the situation with which it had happened looked fishy, my phone clicked and it was a message from Julie. I hurriedly picked it up to read it's content.“Hi, mum is in a relationship with some strange looking guy. They seemed to be searching for something on you, please be careful” I read it's content over and over again, why did she text not call, if she was back with her mum she at least could have let me know.“Are you okay!”“Don't we need to talk”“Stop ignoring me” I texted over and over again but got no replies from her, this time she wouldn't even open my text. Was this a cue that she
DAMIAN'S POVI had forgotten all about my nightmare and my breathing settled in as I kissed Ella. I moved my palm towards her chest region and she placed her hands on my shoulder. I caught myself at that moment and we both pulled back from the kiss staring down into each other's eyes.“I'm sorry” he muttered underneath my breath as I wondered if I had crossed the line again.“No, it's fine” she let go of my hands as she spoke and I knew she wasn't over what had happened in the library the other day.“No it's not”“The other day at the library, I shouldn't have done that. And I shouldn't have asked you out after then, I was just being stupid” I watched Ella nod and shake her head, she wasn't interested in this conversation as usual but I wasn't closing it in any longer, I sure needed to apologize.“And Jason, I shouldn't have thrown out a punch. I was just angry”“Hey, it's fine. I understand” she said placing her hands on my shoulder, I would have done the same you know” I chuckled at
DAMIAN'S POVI found myself recently having nightmares, the next worse than the previous, I obviously was stressed as fuck, I couldn't focus on a thing the of Julie was really wrecking me into pieces, Luke's crew hadn't found anything of value after last identifying her at the airport.It seemed as though she had vanished right at the airport, Maria wouldn't let me in on anything and I knew she felt pleasure seeing me suffer, knowing fully well where Julie was kept.“Jullie is only a child, please let her out of this” I had said the last time she picked up one of my numerous calls.“She ain't involved in anything, she's fine where she is. She's happy too” Maria had said, but trusting on her words was the last thing I was gonna do in my whole existence. She clearly wanted Julie under her hand to have full control over me, I felt bad for jullie who would only feel like a tool being exploited by her own mum.I needed to see her, hold onto her hands and tell her she was gonna be fine an
ELLA'S POVI let the taxi driver take me around the whole of Texas as I watched through the window how beautiful the place was, I needed to think, I was being lied to but by whom I couldn't place a finger my fingers on that face,I heaved out ones more and I was sure if I had kept count of the numbers of times I had done that, it was gonna be the twentieth. I had noticed the driver's eyes were on me for over half of the ride, he kept on peering through the overhead mirror, maybe to confirm if I was gonna lose my sanity at any moment.“I'm good, stop staring and drive” I said to him when he wouldn't focus any longer on the road.“Where to?” He spoke up for the first time since I stepped into the car, only then did I realize I hadn't said a word to him on where I was headed. No wonder he was staring at me, I chuckled.“Downside Texas” I said as I smiled towards him, he nodded and took a left turn as he drove towards the house, I shut my eyes as I tapped my foot in the car. I needed to me
JASON'S POV“You gonna have to do it anyways” sounded like a threat, she didn't have to threaten me to get me into action.I now understood what she needed, it was violence, she had been trying to provoke me into treating her the worst way I could.Maybe she would have demanded it but she chose the wrong way, I was gonna torment her till she begged on her knees or maybe not.“You need my help with Damian don't you? She added as she let out a wild smile. I chuckled, seeing an older woman do the unexpected just to get laid was quite arousing.I moved my hands from her breast region back to her neck and choked her so hard as I hungrily kissed on her lips, she freed her hands from my grip and moved them down towards my pant unzipping them hastingly, I held back her hands in the air throwing it off, I pulled her by the hair and dropped her into the chair behind me.She seemed anxious but I wouldn't care, she needed to pay for the slap's she had earlier given me. I pulled out a single belt
JASON'S POVMaria was such an obscure woman, she thought differently and does her things in a different perspective, whenever she brought new ideas I was always left in awe, how the fuck would a woman think this way.I loved her for that, she matched my energy a lot. She's the best partner I've ever had. After my anger led me over to her house, for the first time I saw her range.I knew for a reason I shouldn't have gone over to her place but I couldn't control my fear, what if Damian made a move with the new information he got before I could get to her, he took me off guard and I wasn't gonna let him win this lap, not while I also had a card to play.“I'm in” I had texted Maria the moment I felt threatened, she was the only one I knew could be of help to me this moment and why not?.She was Damians biggest fear and weakness and I knew what a weakness could have on a person. I would love to see the iced Damian melt before a woman figure, how exciting the view is gonna be. I waited res
DAMIAN'S POVAfter my meeting with Luke, I was overly restless, I couldn't focus on anything as I checked through my phone for the seconds hoping a message popped up from Luke saying they had found Julie.My worries grew into fear as I wondered if she was okay, I tried her line over and over again, I dropped her messages by the second.My heart was no longer in its place as I wondered what might have happened to her. My phone beeped and it was a message from Dave talking about real estate investments and all.I flung my phone to the wall in anger and watched it fall to the ground with its scattered broken pieces. I hate that I couldn't do anything for jullie at this point. It was the worst feeling ever to exist. I took my bath and stepped out of the house.I had gone home earlier than I normally do but couldn't focus on anything, I needed some air. I drove towards downsides in Texas and found myself at a bar, I couldn't resist the urge to walk in.“Look at that car” I heard a voice fr
ELLA'S POV “You finally came” those words from Kayla's mouth made me feel welcomed, she'd been waiting for me all this while I guess. Maybe the day I came over with Damian she had lots to say but kept it to herself. She stared at me grinning from ear to ear like she had seen her savior and I was about to say “Hey I'm here for informations not to let you out” as if reading my mind she chuckled and motioned with her hands for me to come closer. “You can't get me out I know” she laughed out loud after saying those words and sat back the way she had initially done. “So how can I help you” she asked giving a knowing smile on her face. “Uhmmmmm about the other day” I continued and then paused staring into her eyes. “I don't regret my actions Ella Keyla continued” and I wondered why she would say such to me, or was that why she'd wanted to see me all this while? to tell me she doesn't regret all she did that lead to the death of my mother?. “I love my family so much, and I will do
JULIE'S POVI layed on my bed counting the ceiling and naming everything I found around, for all of my morning I'd been doing that. I had walked into a mum and dad conversation the previous evening after she'd collected my cell phone, although I had no intention whatsoever to tell Dad what I've been going through with mum, I knew he cared less about things like this. I paused on my steps as I heard dads voice from the dining hall.“Why is the more security in stand by than necessary”“Uhmmm, I just thought we needed more” mum answered and it became quiet for a while.“I never instructed that”“But I did, I'm the one always home, so I know exactly what is needed here”“You took Julie against her will didn't you” mum chuckled and I heard the clashing of cutleries on the table, she must be dishing out food i thought.“I didn't ask you to do this, I asked a question and you ain't gonna ignore me”“You asked a silly question honey, how will I kidnap my own child ”“I thought so too, but yo
ELLA'S POVI hurried back into the house not minding anyone, it was quite early and so the house had workers around, I walked straight up into the room shutting the door behind me as I paced around wondering what next to do. Damian had a huge cockroach in his cupboard, I prayed it would have nothing to do with Sylvia's case for any reason. I dashed back out the room headed straight into the library, I checked through all I had checked before and still found nothing. I walked down to his desk and found a locker or two tightly locked, where could the key be? Or maybe I was actually just chasing a wild goose. I should go down to his office. There I was gonna find whatever it is I was looking for.“Kayla” I called out the name remembering she's being held in jail and she definitely had some kind of friendship with Sylvia, I was glad I had left work earlier today, I could still meet up by visiting the police station.“Going somewhere” I heard Anna's voice the moment I stepped out of the ro
ELLA'S POVListening to Damian talk, I could sense the fear in his voice and I guess Maria did so too. Maybe that's why she keeps on harassing him because she knows he's weaker whenever he gets around her. We walked into the Rogas villa and Damian became as cold as ice. He stared all around the sitting room like he was in a haunted house. The moment Maria walked in claiming Julie wouldn't want to see us, I could sense the fear that gripped him. His speaking became slower, his breath quicker and he rubbed on his hair more than he normally does.“It's Damian” the same old voice that had being tormenting Damian spoke up“I've missed you. Ohh look at you, you look so thin” she'd continued.“Uhmmmmm Ella” yeah that's the name, I and Damian stared at her dumbfounded as she hovered around us.“Damian you were coming over and with another guest for that matter but you wouldn't inform your mom so I would have made something nice for you”“Where is Julie?" Damian asked visibly to change the sub