Ember slowly opened her eyes as she tried to adjust to the bright light that was right above her. As soon as she was able to fully adjust to the bright light she was finally able to look at her surroundings. There were no windows, the only light in the room came from the light bulb that was right above her. She tried to move but she couldn't, it seemed like she was paralyzed, aside from that her hands and legs were tied to whatever it is that she was lying on. She could tell that it was not a bed because it was very uncomfortable. The room was empty, the only things in the room were her and the thing that she was laying on. It was quiet, very quiet. She didn't like it at all. The door was right in front of her but she couldn't move. So she had to wait for someone to enter the door. She wanted to be as calm as she possibly could even though she had no idea where she was and who the person that kidnapped was and what they wanted to do with her. She closed her eyes, she wasn't trying t
Ember's eyes widened in shock when she heard Karen's words and saw Elias' body on the table. "Karen, are you crazy? How could you do this? What did he do to you?" Ember asked. She knew that Karen was capable of a lot of things, murder was one of them too, but she didn't think that she would ever have a reason to kill Elias."He kept on getting in my way, so I had to eliminate him. And guess what bitch? You are going to be blamed for it." She said, smiling at Ember. It was not a friendly smile, it was an evil smile."And do you seriously think that everyone is going to believe you?" Ember asked, scoffing."All I need is evidence, the murder weapon is right there in your hands." She said, pointing at the gun that Ember was holding. Ember quickly threw the gun on the floor."Don't worry I already have your fingerprints on it." She said and then she picked up the gun. Ember only noticed then that Karen was wearing gloves. Ember quickly stood up from the couch, wanting to snatch the gun fr
After a few hours, the car came to a stop in front of a huge mansion, it was Royal's mansion that he lived in. "Come on, let's head to the helicopter. Time is what we don't have." He said pointing at the helicopter that was in the yard. Ember didn't question him or anything. She didn't know why he was helping her or if he was helping her. She was going to save her questions for later. They both got out of the car and ran towards the helicopter, one of Royal's bodyguards opened the door for them and they got in. As soon as they did, the helicopter took off not wasting any time.Ember watched as they moved up from the ground. She knew that they were leaving the city, maybe even the country. She never imagined that there would be a day in her life when she would be escaping her home country. A country that she had called home ever since she was born. Tears fell from her eyes, she couldn't control them. Royal wiped them for her, she looked at him, she was a bit shocked by his actions. "N
"Madame, it's time for you to wake up." Aliyah, the head maid said, knocking on Ember's room. It was 7:30 in the morning and Ember still felt like sleeping some more. "Okay, okay I am up." She said, covering her ears with her hands. She sat up on the bed and stretched her arms and she yawned. She looked at the windows, they were still closed. She got off the bed and walked towards the windows and opened the red and white curtains, she was met by the bright and beautiful sunrise that was emerging from the mountains. She opened the windows, breathing in the fresh air.This was her first morning in a foreign country, a country where nobody knew her. It felt good because no one was going to label her as the woman who cheated on her husband with her ex-boyfriend even though she didn't. She wondered what Jaden was doing at the time. The country that she was in was six hours ahead of her home country. So Jaden was sleeping at that time. She looked down at the pool that was right below her.
Axle was brought back from his thoughts by a sudden knock on his office door. "Come in." He said and the door opened, and a man in a black suit walked in. He sat down on the chair that was right across from Axle. "So, did you find her?" He asked. The man sighed and he shook his head. "Well, sir she was seen jumping into the river. And you know that that river flows heavily, so there is no way that she might have survived." He said."She jumped into the river?" He asked. The man nodded his head. Axle sighed, shaking his head. "Damn it! You have to search more and find her. Even if she's dead you have to find her. She murdered my brother and I can't let her get away with it, do you hear me?""Sir it will be impossible to find her, besides no one can make it out alive from there. So sir the only assumption that we can make right now is that she didn't make it out alive." The man said."You are dismissed," Axle said and the man stood up and he walked out of the office. Axle leaned on hi
"Royal we need to talk." Emner said, barging into Royal's bedroom. He was standing near his bed and he only had a towel around his waist."Uhm, Missy there is something called knocking you know." He said as he turned so he was looking at Ember. His towel looked like it was about to fall off."Well…uhm can you please put something on first?" She asked, rubbing the back of her neck with her left hand."Uhm, no. It's night time and I sleep naked, so I am not putting anything on." He said."Well can you at least fix your towel? It looks like it's about to fall off." She said pointing at his towel. Royal looked down at his towel and he just shrugged his shoulders."Turn around." He said."Why?""OH so you don't have a problem seeing me naked?" He asked, winking at her. Ember let out a gagging sound and she turned so her back was facing him. He took off his towel and he got under his bedsheets. "You can look now." He said. She turned around so she was facing him again."I thought that you w
"Wow, has it really been six months since I came here?" She asked Royal who nodded his head repeatedly. Ember shakes her head, it has really been six months away from her family and friends. Six months of being dead to others, six months of living with a man she barely even knew, six months of planning her revenge on those that did her wrong. It has been six months of everything actually."And now we are only six months away from going back there." He said. He had promised her that it would only take him twelve months to put everything in place so that they are ready fir whatever comes their way. "Yeah, but it kinda felt like forever you know." She said, sitting down next to Royal on the couch."I know, I know. You miss your kid and Axle…""Please don't talk about Axle. Even though it has been long, it still hurts because I love him a lot. So thinking about him makes me sad, happy and angry at the same time. Royal have you ever loved someone so much that it hurt like hell when they c
Ember looked at Royal, with teary eyes. She didn't know how to react at all. A part of her felt sorry for him for what happened to his woman and a part of her felt betrayed because he didn't tell her his true intentions when he saved her life, but she had every right to be angry at him and question him. "Why…then why did you save me?" She asked. Royal looked at her and then he said. "To help you." Ember was not convinced by his answer, who would be?"To help me? Royal, tell me the truth, why did you save me?" She asked, grabbing him by the collars of his shirt with both her hands and she looked him straight in the eye."You've already given up on Axle and if I help you then obviously Karen will suffer the consequences of her actions and Axle will bear the pain of losing you. So isn't that me getting my revenge? Karen will get the worst of it because she did worse." He said. He removed her hands from his collar and placed them down."What if I hadn't given up on Axle? What were you go