"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
Emner inhaled deeply as soon as she got out of the private jet. She looked around her, the trees were swaying because of the cold and strong wind. She bent down and took off her hand glove. She then touched the ground with her hand, it was cold. She put the glove back on and she smiled. "Damn it feels good to be back." She said and she took another deep breath. It had been fourteen months since she left. She was supposed to have returned two months earlier but there were some delays, but now she was glad that she was finally back."I hate winter," Royal said. He stood next to her."Well, I love it." She said, looking at him with a smile on her face. A smile that he had somehow managed to bring back after a few months of trying. "Good for you. Come on let's go." He said, She nodded her head and they both made their way toward the car that was parked right ahead."Can you turn on the heater?" Royal asked the driver. The driver nodded his head and he did as he was asked. The driver drov
"Ember, is that you?" He asked. She looked at him, she could tell from the look in his eyes that he had nothing but anger and hatred towards her. So it meant that he still blamed her for everything. She felt like laughing in his face for how stupid he was for believing lies instead of the woman that he claimed he loved and trusted, but it wasn't the time for that. Everything happens for a reason. She pointed at her chest."Are you perhaps talking to me?" She asked. He knew from the sound of her voice that he was not mistaken, but the look in her eyes was different. It wasn't the same look that the sweet and loving Ember he once knew had. She was just way too different from her."Ember-" She cut him off before he could finish his sentence."Uhm, sorry. But why are you calling me that, my name is not Ember and I am pretty sure that we have not met before." She said, She didn't show him any hint of her lying, she had prepared for this moment and she was more than ready to answer every si
The Beeping sound of the alarm clock woke Ember up. She smashed the alarm clock so that it would turn off and it worked like it always did. "I Kanda feel sorry for that alarm clock, getting smashed by you every morning." Royal said, as he entered the room with two cups of coffee. Ember sat up on the bed and she leaned on the headboard. He handed her her coffee. "Here is your coffee I made just the way you like." He said. He then sat down next to her."Thanks…nothing feels better than strong coffee for me." She said, taking a sip."Not even I can make you feel way better than that coffee does?" He asked. She rolled her eyes at him."You aren't seriously jealous of my coffee right now are you?" She said, He chuckled."Well it seems to be getting a lot more affection and attention every morning than I do, I kinda feel like a third wheel." He said. "Well I think I have been feeling more like a third wheel here." She said,"And why is that?""You seem to be giving your play station more a
After thirty minutes of showering and almost an hour of figuring out what to wear, Emner was finally ready and fully dressed, so was Royal. It was 11:30 am and Ember was waiting for Royal in the living room while he took a phone call from the office. He sounded a bit worried so it meant that something was not right.After a few minutes he walked down the stairs. "Sorry babe, I can't come with you, something happened at the office and I am urgently needed. I am sorry that you have to face them alone. I have informed my secretary to tell them that only you'll be coming." He said, kissing her on the cheek. She sighed and she looked down at her feet and then she looked back at him."It's okay, I'll manage. It's not your fault anyway, just go and attend to whatever it is that you need to attend to at the office…I'll keep you updated on everything." She said, smiling at him. "Alright, my driver will send you off. Inform me if anything happens, okay?" He said. He really felt bad that he was
"Thank you for your time, I'll be in touch with you."Ember said, standing up from her chair. She shook hands with them and she walked out of the restaurant. Karen sat back down on her chair and she buried her head in her hands. She still refused to believe that the woman who had just left was Jennifer and not Ember. Since Ember's body was never found, it was hard to believe anything at the moment. She felt Axle's hands on her shoulders, she lifted her head, to look at him. She didn't realise that she was crying until he wiped her tears with his thumbs. "We should go." He said. She nodded her head and she stood up from the chair and they both walked out of the restaurant. She knew now that she had to find out the truth no matter what. She had worked so hard to get what she had now and she was not going to let anyone or anything take it all away from her no matter what. If this Jennifer became a threat to her, she would get rid of her, but first she had to keep an eye on her and monit
Ember continued to stay in Axle's house until she completely healed. She didn't want to but she didn't want to leave Jaden, she had left him before, she couldn't leave again because being away from him hurt too much. Both her and Axle agreed that they would live in the same house for Jaden's sake. They pretended to be happy in front of Jaden but treated each other like complete strangers when Jaden was not around. Ember was yet to visit her mom's house because the media was all over waiting to throw questions at her. She wanted to wait for them to give up on wanting to interview her so she could go back to living life peacefully, away from Axle. Because that is what she wanted, but it wasn't going to be easy considering that Jaden was in the picture, and she couldn't leave him with Axle or take him away from Axle. Jaden loved them both, and she didn't want to take what he loved away from him. She loved him too much to hurt his little heart. ● ●Ember woke up early, and she got Ja
Ember closed her eyes as soon as she heard the gunshot. She waited to feel the bullet entering her body but she felt nothing, just a scream from Karen. She opened her eyes and she saw someone wearing a black hoodie in front of her. It was a man, she didn't recognise him until he fell down on the floor, her heart stopped as soon as she saw him, it was Royal. He got shot instead of her. The bullet went through his forehead. "No! No, no, no." She tried to move closer to him but Axle's grip around her was strong, he didn't allow her to move closer to him. "Axle, let go!" She tried, but her body was too weak.While Ember was trying to break free from Axle's hold and his attention was no longer on her, she pointed the gun in Ember's direction and she shot her, right on her chest and she ran away. Axle took out his phone and he called his men. They got to where he was after a few minutes, Ember was still breathing, but Royal was already dead. They took Ember and they sent her to a hospital,
"Ember!" She heard the voice again, probably for the third time. It sounded distant and it was like she was dreaming, but it got louder and more real. She slowly opened her eyes, and she saw a figure standing right above her. As soon as she was able to see clearer she saw who it was, it was Axle and she could see the look of panick in his eyes. "Axle?" Her throat was dry and her tongue felt heavy."Thank god you are okay. We don't have much time." He said, untying her and he picked her up from the metal bed. She was still trying to krocess what was happening, when he walked out of the room with her in his arms. Her body still felt heavy so the drug was still affecting her. "What's going on?" She manged to ask."I'll explain later. We just gotta get out of here before the security system comes back online again. Royal, is waiting outside with a van and he's watching the hallways for us." He said. She nodded her head. She felt tired so she decided to relax in his body, while he ran ou
After getting her dress, Ember drove to a pastry shop to get something sweet to eat and some for Royal."That'll be two fifty." The pastry shop owner said. Ember nodded her head and she took out a cash of two fifty bucks from her purse and she handed it to the shop owner. "Thank you, have a nice day.""You too," Ember said. She took her box of pastries and she walked out of the shop towards her car. Before she could unlock her car, she felt someone tap her on her shoulder, she turned around and saw an old lady, who looked like she was in her late 70s or early 80s."Excuse me dear, can you help me out please?" The old lady asked."Yes, of course. What do you need help with?" She asked."I lost my ring in the alley and I can't find it. Can you help me look for it? It was my husband's ring, it's the only thing that I have left of him." She asked."Sure, okay. Lead the way." Ember put her car keys in her pocket and she followed the lady. She didn't fully trust the lady so to be safe, she s
"Why did you open the windows so early in the morning and in such weather?" Ember asked, pulling the blanket over her head. It was -5°C outside so it was too cold for her liking."Early? Honey, it's almost noon." Royal said with a slight chuckle."But it's still fucking cold, close the damn windows. Do you want me to die because of the cold?" She asked."So what do you plan on doing? Sleeping for the whole day? You have to try on the dresses today to find the perfect one to wear at Karen's party tomorrow night." He said. Ember pulled the blanket off her head, she quickly sat up on the bed."Why didn't you tell me?" She asked, getting off the bed quickly and she ran to the bathroom, Royal followed behind her."You knew.""Yes, but I forgot. You should have reminded me, you know that I have to find the perfect dress and I need time for that, I still have to pick the jewelry too." She took out her toothbrush from the bathroom cabinet."That's exactly what I did, I just reminded you." He
"What do you mean he's gone?" Axle asked. Karen had told Axle about Jaden going missing after a few hours of searching for him and not finding him."He's gone. He's been kidnapped." She said, running her hands through her hair."By who?""It was that woman, Jennifer or whatever her name is." Axle groaned. Karen knew that he probably thought that she was crazy for thinking that."Seriously? Karen, we've talked about this multiple times, that woman is not Ember, Ember is dead, we both know that. So please stop with this madness and focus on finding Jaden, I'll send out people to search for him. I can't believe that he disappeared under your care." Before Karen could say something he ended the call."Fuck!" Karen screamed. There was one place that she was yet to look at and was the Royal's mansion. She had to try her luck, if Jaden was with them then it could prove her suspicion that Jennifer is Ember and she will finally find a way to get rid of her for good, this time with no mistakes.
Three months had passed since her encounter with Jaden. She tried everything she could to get that moment out of her head. She overworked herself, worked out for long hours, went out and many other things, but nothing seemed to work. She was hurt, she was sad and angry as well. She was angry at Karen for taking her life from her, she was angry at Axle for not trusting her, for letting Karen take away everything that she loved and valued so much. But most importantly she was angry at herself.She allowed herself to love a man that didn't stand by her side at the end and fight for their love. But she knew deep down that blaming herself wasn't going to solve her problems, so the best thing to do was to just keep fighting for what she loved and wanted, and that was Jaden and to get revenge. Today was a Saturday so she had nothing to do. She took her iPad and she checked her schedule for the week. It was mostly empty except for Friday. It was Karen's birthday and she and Royal were invit
"Babe, are you done yet?" Royal asked, checking his watch. He has been waiting for almost an hour. Royal wasn't good at waiting at all, patience was something that he didn't have. It was 1 pm in the afternoon and they were supposed to have left thirty minutes ago, but since Ember takes forever to get ready (according to Royal) they couldn't go early. He still didn't understand why women took so much time to get ready."Just a moment!" She said. This was the third time that she was saying that. He hoped that it was just a moment instead of forever. It was hard for him to get used to it, no matter how hard he tried.After about five minutes, Ember walked down the stairs. She was wearing blue jean shorts, a pink thin strapped T-shirt, and blue sandals. She was tied into a tight and curly ponytail. "I am ready." She said. He had to admit, she looked great, even in simple clothing."You know with that much time that you took I thought that you were putting on makeup or something." He said
"Thank you for your time, I'll be in touch with you."Ember said, standing up from her chair. She shook hands with them and she walked out of the restaurant. Karen sat back down on her chair and she buried her head in her hands. She still refused to believe that the woman who had just left was Jennifer and not Ember. Since Ember's body was never found, it was hard to believe anything at the moment. She felt Axle's hands on her shoulders, she lifted her head, to look at him. She didn't realise that she was crying until he wiped her tears with his thumbs. "We should go." He said. She nodded her head and she stood up from the chair and they both walked out of the restaurant. She knew now that she had to find out the truth no matter what. She had worked so hard to get what she had now and she was not going to let anyone or anything take it all away from her no matter what. If this Jennifer became a threat to her, she would get rid of her, but first she had to keep an eye on her and monit