Samuel entered his penthouse tired as hell. He flopped on his couch and released a breath he did not know he had been holding. The last couple of hours had been strenuous for him, and he hated that Ciara had to make him go through such hassle. If Samuel could hate the Summers girl any deeper, he would. For a while now, Samuel had rested a little from everything that required him to stress himself. The last time Samuel had gone through this kind of stress had been when he was fighting to get his legacy back from the Fury’s. Lately, he had been worrying about his mother’s health, and that had been enough stress for him, because it drained him physically, emotionally, and mentally. But to go through this stress for someone he did not like with such a bad record did not sit well with him at all. If not for his vow he made to his mother and what the doctor had prescribed, he would have gladly allowed her rot in jail. People like Ciara Summers deserved to be punished for their crimes, bec
Samuel stood there, unable to move his legs. Usually, he would be turned on by seeing a woman naked in the shower…in his own bathroom, but this was something entirely different.This was a different scenario.Samuel had never seen anything so scary in his life. He had also been through a lot of hurdles growing up, but there was nothing like these scars on him. How in heaven’s name did Ciara acquire such cruel scars? They spoke of nothing but cruelty and misery; something like what Samuel had only seen during art exhibitions, and even at that, he had often thought that the artists who put up such things are either sadists or they were missing something in life.And here he was, staring at them in real life.The gruesome marks cut across Ciara’s back like welts. Samuel remembered seeing some of them on her neck the other day at his penthouse, but they had been in a flash, and he had not thought much about it after that, although he had hoped to confront Ciara about them later, but other
Ciara grabbed a chair and sat close to Aunt Mary’s bed. She had dried herself and even applied some strawberry flavored hair shampoo and oil to add to her sweet scented perfume. Samuel had told her, not that he explained explicitly, that Aunt Mary needed everything good and nice to feel better, and so Ciara had put up her best.She hadn’t used those lovely scented things for weeks now. In fact, she had almost forgotten that she had them, but thankfully, she could still use them; anything to make Aunt Mary feel better.“Hi, Aunt Mary, I am here,” Ciara started with a shaky voice. She had never done this before, and being used in such a way was new to her. She did not know exactly what to do or say, but since her presence might make Aunt Mary feel better, Ciara was willing to try, although she hoped that Aunt Mary would not sense her uneasiness.Tears welled up in Ciara’s eyes as she watched Aunt Mary lying almost lifeless on the bed. It must really suck to just watch your life ticking
Ciara and Samuel stared at each other, their breath mingling with each other’s. Ciara’s heart beat heavily. Of all the things Samuel could ask, she had not expected this particular question, because she had done a fair job at hiding them.“What…what are you talking about?” Ciara chose to feign ignorance, and it seemed to infuriate Samuel even more.“Don’t play dumb with me, Ciara Summers. I am sick and tired of your little lies and dirty manipulative games,” Samuel breathed out. They were so close to each other that they could literally see themselves through each other’s eyes. “Pretending or lying would be pointless, so the earlier you start talking, the better for the both of us. Tell me all about your scars, because I know they exist already.”Know? Know? Know! Ciara’s mind picked up the situation at hand as fast as possible. She had been in a lot of tricky situations to know that Samuel Fury was not speaking out of ignorance or mere speculations, and the fact that he said he knew
“We have a bigger problem on our hands now,” Ruby admitted finally as they all sat in their living room and deliberated on the information they had gotten from the local hotel receptionist, Lottie.Linda became agitated at the sound of her mother’s voice. Ruby’s confidence and ability to handle every kind of situation always boost her confidence in such a way that no one knew. So hearing her speak that way meant that they were actually in a deep shit.“We cannot let this happen, mum,” Linda said. She willed her voice not to come off as shaky and scared, but she could barely handle that.Ruby turned and looked at Linda when she sensed the fear and agitation in her voice. “Uh, sweetie, come here,” Ruby said tenderly.For a moment, Linda was surprised. She grew up to take Ruby as her mother, respecting and looking up to her, as well as doing her bidding and trying her best to fill her shoes, but one thing Linda had lacked from Ruby was emotional understanding and support. Whenever Linda
Ciara sat beside Aunt Mary and hummed gently. She took her hand in hers and caressed it tenderly. Aunt Mary’s hand was soft and frail, as though it would break from just holding it.“It has been two days now, and we are hoping that you would surprise us and open your beautiful eyes,” Ciara said as she stared at Aunt Mary with a warm smile on her face. She figured that feeling pity or scared for Aunt Mary would not help at all.If she was truly going to get a good result from this, it had to be from a place of warmth and love, not pity or anything like it.Ciara was now doing this, not as a job or threat, but from the depth of her heart, because she wanted Aunt Mary to get well, especially now that Samuel Fury had accepted her own part of the deal. He had been worried about Ciara telling the story of being watched while bathing that he had agreed to help Ciara use his connections to make those allegations go away.“Anybody can have power over anyone, as long as you have them in a situa
A reconciliation dinner, Ciara thought to herself. She could not shake off Ruby’s invitation. It was the first time she had heard Ruby sound so genuinely nice and polite.Ciara swallowed the rest of the food in her mouth, dropped the food, and got up. “Why?” Ciara could not help but ask.“Like I said, dear, my husband and I had a long talk about you, and we realized how horrible we have been to you. You did not deserve any of it. We are sorry, and we would like a chance to rebuild a better relationship with you,” Ruby said. She sounded as though she was at the verge of tears to Ciara.Something was definitely going on, because even when Ruby forcefully took Ciara away from her mother, she had not been the least remorseful about it. “Please, do not say no to us,” Ruby pleaded.Tears gathered in Ciara’s eyes. For years, especially after she was separated from her mother, all thanks to Ruby, she had yearned for the love that a family gave. Even growing up, she had loved the idea of a fu
Samuel stopped kissing Linda who became weak in the knees. “We should do this more often,” she purred and reached out for Samuel’s hands.But Samuel stared down at her with an unreadable expression. He allowed Linda to hold him, and in return, squeezed hers. “You came unexpectedly. We…I wasn’t expecting you,” Linda said as she stretched her neck towards the gate.There was a feeling of agitation about her, and Samuel was sensitive enough to notice. “Are you expecting someone else?” Samuel asked as he also turned to look at the gate.“Um, no, not at all. I am just surprised to see that you came to see me, and the kiss, of course,” Linda said with excitement mixed with apprehension. “How is the baby?” Samuel asked.“What baby?” For a minute, Linda was confused, but she was quick to pick herself up. “Oh, yeah, about that, I am doing just fine. Do you mind coming in?” Linda asked trying to patronize Samuel.“No, I would like to take my leave now,” Samuel said and before Linda could try
“…You have fallen in love with Ciara Summers.”The words of Doctor Pedro continued to tug Samuel’s heartstrings.“That is a blatant lie. Doctor Pedro has no idea what he has said,” Samuel said vehemently to himself, fighting strongly against Doctor Pedro’s words. “He is a bloody medical doctor, not a love therapist,” Samuel added as he stubbornly resumed his position by the door of Ciara’s ward.He had convinced himself that Doctor Pedro was lying, so why couldn’t he discard the words. Usually, Samuel never engaged himself in words that were even remotely related to love, so he could not understand why he couldn’t stop thinking of those words. In order to distract himself, he called Kingston.“Have you run the errands, Kingston?” Samuel asked.“Yes, I have,” Kingston answered without stuttering this time around.Samuel still felt skeptical about his delivery, but he did not have the time to dwell on that.“That is impressive,” Samuel said, and for someone who acted as though it was im
“Mr. Fury, you were supposed to meet me in my office. I have been waiting for you,” Doctor Pedro said as he walked over to Sanuel who was still standing by Ciara’s door like a guard.Samuel just couldn’t bring himself to leave Ciara’s door. He hadn’t still gone in to check up on her, but he believed the doctor when he said that Ciara was doing just fine.“I have to stay here until she is ready to be discharged,” Samuel said.Doctor Pedro looked at him in shock. “You can’t possibly stand here until then. You have been standing right on this spot for hours, Mr. Fury. You will get yourself exhausted if you continue to do so,” Doctor Pedro tried to warn Samuel.Samuel had been in the worst situations. He almost told Doctor Pedro that he had been in more tedious situations, and hadn’t broken down, so this was little compared to what he had been through before.“I am good, thank you,” Samuel said firmly.He had a lot of things he was worrying about, so it would not be ideal to add Ciara’s s
Samuel remained in the hospital after what the doctor told him, although he was battling with the urge to pay the Luscious family a visit.Things were gradually coming to light now, and all fingers were just pointing to the same family. “Gosh, I can’t believe this,” Samuel said to himself.He could not believe that this was the same family he had a contract with. He still had unfinished discussion with Jess; Ciara’s distress call had interrupted it. The moment Samuel had picked Ciara’s call, he had dashed out of Jess’s place, but Jess’s last statement stayed glued in Samuel’s head.Something was wrong, and he knew now that he was close to finding out. Jess already told him that Colt Luscious was responsible for the most horrible experience of his life, but he needed to know why, and without a doubt now, Samuel knew that Linda was not the woman he spent that night with.“Then who was she?” Samuel asked himself, deeply worried. “Oh, Jess is going to be swamped with a whole lot of craz
Samuel tried to drive as fast as he could without drawing the attention of the patrol officers, because that would only make things messier and more complicated. Ciara had stopped screaming now, but she was groaning in deep pain that Samuel felt deep in his bones.“Ciara, are you okay?” Samuel asked, turning to take a quick glance at her. His heart, against his will, shattered at the sight of Ciara in severe pain.“Mm-hmm,” Ciara hummed in response, unable to talk. Her voice was overwhelmed with the pain she was experiencing. Samuel’s heart squeezed in agony. Looking at Ciara now made him remember seeing his mother in her own pain. Samuel did not understand why women, who are tender and fragile, needed to be going through pain. If he could, he would have gladly taken on the pain from them, especially his mother, and now, Ciara Summers.“Just hang in there. We are close already,” Samuel said in an attempt to soothe Ciara. Deep down, he was scared that something would happen to her…or
“What should we do now, Ruby?” Colt asked his wife, tensed.They had both been restless ever since Colt got off the phone with the head cop who informed him that things did not go as planned. “I need a moment to think,” Ruby said.“We don’t have a moment, Ruby!” Colt said desperately, his voice almost reaching the roof; he was losing control again. “Samuel Fury is up to something, and I know it. If he ever finds out, then we are doomed!” Colt continued.“Well, I will not be able to come up with a concrete plan if I keep hearing your loud voice in my ears,” Ruby said, but deep down, she was deeply worried; more worried than she was letting on.She knew the consequences of being caught by both Samuel and Ciara. All their dirty dealings from the past would come to light, and they would all go to jail. Ruby couldn’t let that happen.But then again, she was even more worried because she had been unable to come up with anything useful recently. It was as though her mind was beginning to f
Ciara paced about the penthouse as Martin’s words kept ringing in her head. He eventually wanted to talk to her, and here she was, locked up and unable to go anywhere. She still hasn’t been able to get in touch with Rudge and meet his demands, because clearly now, he definitely knew something that would help her. “I am so close. So close!” Ciara said desperately to herself.All that she had fought for were coming to her with ease, but yet again, Samuel had managed to make it far from her reach. If she was still in the woods, she would have just driven down to the cabin. The last time she was there, he refused to tell her what she needed to know, but now, by some sheer luck, he was even offering to talk. Ciara wasn’t exactly sure why he now had a change of heart, but she knew that sometimes, conscience did lead people into doing the right thing.“I need to get out of here,” Ciara said desperately to herself.If only Samuel would show up, then she would be able to get out at night, whe
It had been hours, and it was getting dark, Samuel was yet to return. Ciara became increasingly worried.She had eaten as many times as she had gotten hungry for, and did everything else, like launder her clothes, and hid in her room while she got it dried, but still, no sign of Samuel. “Where could he be?” Was the question that Ciara asked herself all day.Then she was beginning to regret falling asleep, but she could not have controlled it, even if she wanted to. As the pregnancy progressed, Ciara noticed that she had become easily hungry, tired, and sleepy now, and this really scared her, because it also meant that she might not be able to achieve most of what she wanted to achieve.Ciara was yet to visit the hospital and register for antenatal health care, and that was another problem that plagued her mind.It would be difficult to achieve, especially now that she was hiding out in Samuel’s penthouse, and was being sought by the cops.Ciara’s phone rang, jolting her out of her t
"That’s a joke, right?” Samuel asked Jess.“You know I only tease on the phone, and not physically,” Jess answered.She was right, and Samuel knew this. He was just overwhelmed by shock to believe what Jess said. Samuel turned and looked at where he parked his car, and everywhere seemed peaceful and clear. Jess’s place was very open, so it would have been easy to spot anything amiss.“You don’t think your trailer would still be right there waiting for you to see him or her, right?” Jess asked, shaking her head when she noticed that Samuel was looking around, searching for his trailer.“Now I know that you are lying, because you can’t even tell if it was a male or female,” Samuel said, wanting to believe his own words so that he would feel relieved.“It is a black Mercedes with tinted glasses,” Jess said, indicating why she couldn’t catch the identity of the person. “And unfortunately, I didn’t get the plate number,” Jess added.“Are you being serious, Jess?” Samuel said, confused and
Samuel got into his car and zoomed off, headed straight to the penthouse. He knew that Ciara might be worried about where he went, and also, he needed to tell Ciara about the recent development, and they did need to have a long discussion about what to do next. One thing that Samuel was grateful for was keeping his penthouse completely private, and even so, no one would ever be able to get in except he gave them the code.His phone rang, and when he looked at his screen, it was Jess that was calling him.“What have you found?” Samuel said the moment the call connected.“Slow down, mate!” Jess said, laughing. “Days ago, you weren’t so eager, so what changed?” Jess asked lightly.“Not everything is a joke, Jess,” Samuel said. There were a lot of things running through his mind, and the more he had knowledge of what was going on, the faster he could fix everything. “Don’t bite my head off,” Jess warned. “I am not one of your puppets, Fury, and you know I am not afraid of you,” Jess sa