Selene POV
A soft knock on the door pulled both I and Fabrico's attention away from each other momentarily. "Stay here" he murmured before slipping his pants on and walking to the door. I cover myself up with the blanket. When Fabrico opens the door, I could hear little mumblings coming from the other section of the room then he appeared with Freya in his arms.
"Mommy, daddy is back," she said with glee, and then yawned afterward, making me chuckle. I stretch my arms out and she jumped off Fabrico's arms to come to hug me and she nestled into my bosom.
Fabrico came to sit on the other side of the bed a smile on his face despite his cock block. I know he's happy to see our daughter and so am I. She makes me happy.
"Mommy, daddy, can I sleep with you tonight?" Freya asked and I stared at Fabrico who looked like he was going to curse but he said.
"Su
Selene POVImmediately I slip into the front seat, Fabrico gripped my hand. "I don't like him" he gritted."He's now an associate with Panda Health tea so I kinda think you should get along with him" I smile at Fabrico and he huffed looking away."I don't have to like him. He's working with you not me. But if he tries one shit, he's gone"My eyes widen. "You mean out of the business right?...." I trail off when I see his eyes don't even waver or he tries to prove me right. "You're not going to kill him""Why not?" Fabrico shrugged."Ok first, let's not talk about killing anyone in front of Freya. Second, he seems like a decent man and no trouble""You don't even know him, Selene" Fabrico pressed the ignition button and pull out of the parking lot of J
. Fabrico POVMila stepped into my office with a brown paper bag in her hand and I raised a brow. "it's from Starbucks. Just thought you'd like it" she said with a grin before placing it in front of me. I stare at the paper bag for a long time."Hello, Karen!" Mila greeted my PA and they both exchanged a weird stare before Mila sits and put her laptop on my table. "Now, about Bruno...""When did the threat start?" I cut in."Some weeks back""And you didn't think to tell me? Unbelievable!" I sighed. "It's your job to update me on my social status and things like this that could harm my company but you kept this away from me...""I was only trying to handle the matter on a lowkey""And how much of it have you handled?" I throw at her and she screws her eye s
. Emiliano POVRusso is waving his hand when he sees my car park in front of his school gate and I step down. He's with that girl from the house. I think her name is Ginny. She's got a red-haired so I figured that's why her parents called her that. Either way, I don't give two fucks. I walk over to him and he hugs me."Hey, big guy" I ruffle his hair."Dad" He muttered. "Meet Ginny again" he points to his friend who smiled shyly at me. She has dimples on both cheeks. I need to access the relationship between this two."Hey, Ginny! Where's your mom. Or you'll take the bus?" I ask the little girl."My mom is over there..." As she spoke, a red-haired woman skipped over to us. The same woman that dropped Ginny at my house the last time. She smiled when she reached me."Mrs..."
. Selene POVI finished making dinner with Greta at about five and I left her to set the table. I walked into the living room the same time that Russo ran in through the front doors. Behind him, is a tired-looking Liano who I'm sure has been telling him to stop running so fast."Tia" Russo came to hug me and then went to the dining to meet Greta. I hear him ask about chocolate ice cream and Freya as well. He loves his cousin very much."Liano. Good to see you" I stuff my hand in the apron and realized I was still wearing it so I shrugged it off."Where's Fabrico?" He asked."In his study" I reply."I need to speak with both of you""Is this about Vanessa?" He shakes his head. "I'll get Fabrico down. For now, help yourself to a glass of wine" I point to a bottle of Merlot sitting on the middle table before I retreat upstairs to get Fabrico.He's been in there since
Selene PovThe garden is filled with purples balloons, lilac flowers, purple tables, and Fabrico went out of his way to get Freya what she asked for. Two unicorn statues, placed by the sides of the cake and colored purple. She sure loves purple. I told Fabrico the unicorns weren't necessary but he said anything for his little princess.My mom trotted around the garden in her fancy burgundy gucci dress that her so called romance lover got for her. I'm still yet to meet the infamous man that was able to tame my mom because believe it or not, she seems less bitchy now."I know I put those candles somewhere..." I hear her mutter under her breath before moving to one corner of the garden, peeling beging the purple lilac flowers."What are you looking for mom?" I break the silence and she looked at me."The special candles I got Freya. You know, the one that can fulfill dreams"
. Emiliano POVI handle Freya in my arms, making sure she didn't smear cake all over her princess gown. Fabrico is somewhere around the corner talking with a business partner he invited. I don't see Selene anywhere and Kay is obsessively talking over the cake with her son by her side. Everything is weird right now and it even gets weirder when Freya jerks in my arms screaming the name I so loved to hear but loathed up until now."Aunt Vanessa!" Her tiny voice rang in my ears and my body froze. Freya jumped out of my arms, running behind me, I force all my willpower in me not to break down when I turn to see Nessa standing there looking so beautiful like she just walked straight out of a vogue magazine. She's flashing Freya a smile until her eyes move up to meet mine and her face held guilt, I frowned walking out of the garden."Liano!" I hear
Selene POVI walk out of the bathroom in red lacy lingerie, my hair set down wildly, black heels on and I make a dramatic entrance towards the main bedroom. Fabrico is sitting on the bed, his hands on both his knees, and when he sees me, he stands up abruptly. "Holy fuck, Selene" He muttered before biting his knuckles softly and letting go.I stand in front of him, my hands on my hips, and lower my body, then placing both my hands on his knees now, my face just inches away from his. "You like?"His hands come up to my cup my cheek and then pull me in for a rough kiss that had my head spinning and my toes curling in my heels. He flips us to the mattress, my back on the bed and he crawls to me, a smirk on his face before he stops at my stomach to drop a kiss there."I don't like baby, I love" he whispered against my skin and I shut my eyes with a smile on my lips and when I flash them open a
Fabrico POVKaren walked into my office on a Monday morning in a white and black blazer, her hair was parked tight in a ponytail. Recently she's been coming in here and I understand why. She's training to pick up from me when I retire. Saying the word retire sounds like I'm fifty when I'm only in my late thirties but I just want to spend some time with my princess."Got everything we need for the press conference?" I ask her and she nods her head before placing her hand on my table."You know, it's bad that all these are happening right now. The whole Bruno thing...the last message he tweeted has gone viral, your publicist tried to take it down but it was difficult." She twisted her ponytail over her shoulders. "He's got some balls doing all this shit""I don't get what he wants though. Liano said he has no dealings with this Bruno and even if it's about Liano, why, attack me too?" I puzzl
The room I wake up in is white and I feel a strong tugging at my arm before my eyes flutter open and realize I'm in a hospital room. Then came the memory of me lying on the floor of the house with smoke all over the place, with Fabrico running in through the doors with a cotton jacket on and dashing towards me. His faint words as I pass out were "stay with me. Selene, come on, please. Stay with me baby"I move on the bed trying to sit up when I hear movement beside me and Kay's face looms above me, a smile overtaking her face. "You're ok" she gasped before ringing the bell on the bedside.She helps me sit up and I take the wires out of my body, my hand rubbing my forehead. I'm wearing a blue hospital gown then my eyes roam the room. It's only Kay here. Two nurses entered, checking my temperature and all that. "All good says one""What happened?" I ask."You inhaled a lot of smoke. You're lucky it didn't affect your lungs much, we able to treat some minor injuries as well as some burns
The love of his life?I feel Eros stare at me before I even turn to look at him and when I do, his eyes are bulgy."You better know what you're talking about Bruno" I grit my teeth at the man. "I hate lies"He grinned sinisterly before crossing his legs and leaning back on his chair whiskey in the cup he twirled around. Bruno is everything but a liar, I know that but to think about him and my mama once being together was something I couldn't handle."It's true Liano. We were lovers set to marry also. I bought your mom a ring and everything and your dad was going to be my best man. When the month of our wedding came, my mother told me she couldn't marry me. Your snake of a father went behind my back to seal a deal with her dad to get her hand in marriage""It's hard to imagine you call anyone a snake. What does this have to do with me or Fabrico? You're ruining his life!""Like your father ruined mine. Do you know after he took your mother from me? My sweet Aida, I lost a lot of busine
Fabrico POVA petit woman with shaggy brown curls attends to the door, her eyes bulging with fear when she sees us like she wasn't expecting company. She's wearing a white frail sweater, faded blue jeans, and white pumps covering her feet. "H—How can I help you?" She stuttered."Are you Stacy?" I ask and her eyes grow wider."I don't know anything. Please." She starts with a ramble and I quirk a brow at her, my patience running thin. I push open the door as rude as that was, entering into her home, my eyes searching around for any sign of Selene but there was nothing unless the faint smell of her floral scent. She was indeed here."Where's Jake?" I ask."He's not home and you really should be leaving!" She spits before walking to stand in front of me. Then I notice the dark spots on her arms and neck. She's a victim, I can tell because I know what he's capable of. I know the things he'd done to Selene in the past. How could she have trusted him so blindly?"Tell me where he is. Please
Selene POVI turn to leave the room when a picture caught my sight making me pause for a while before walking towards it. It was resting in a cupboard along with various parcels. Picking the picture up, my heart did a skip. That's me! I'm not saying Jake can't find my picture from the net and frame it because he's a pervert but this...this is a picture of me from college.Back in the days when I started off college. The loner kid with no parents. Before I even met Corby, my dad. And just about the period, I met Blake. He took this picture. The frame falls from my hand shattering then I hear footsteps coming up the steps. I swiftly snatch the picture from the floor."You alright in here?" Jake's head pop in through the door."How did you get this?" I ask instantly, my hands lifting with the picture in it. He steps into the room fully, his hands in his pocket. "Answer me!"
Selene POVWe walk towards the black Jeep, my hand shielding my face from the sun. I slow down when Jake takes the few strides to catch up with us, a smile on his face. "Good to see you again Selene," he said before turning to Kay. "You as well""We've been here for ages" Trust Kay to complain in a sassy way, her arms folded and a small frown on her face. Jake apologizes immediately. "So what's so important about this meeting that it has to happen today or right now for that matter?"Ok, Kay has either got some makeup trial to do or she's supposed to meet Leon. Those can be the only two reasons that she's so edgy. Or she doesn't just feel comfortable right now."It wasn't a formal meeting. More like lunch" Jake said, opening the passenger side of his car."Already had lunch," I say, watching Kay and she had the most ignorant pout ever. One that says
Kay tapped her red bottom heels on the floor impatiently as we waited in front of the gym, for Jake to appear. We've been here for about thirty minutes and no sign of him. She stared into the gym house at some of the guys working out by the corner and I catch her bottom lip between her teeth before she licked her lips."Well, if someone saw you now, they'd think you didn't have a man in your life," I tell her and she cackles, flinging her blonde hair over her shoulder."It's just amusing to see a lot of shirtless guys in one place and working out...look at all that sweat dripping...""Kay!" I interrupt her with a small laugh. "I am so telling Leon on you"She stuck her tongue out before folding her arms. "He's never almost even home" I hear Kay grumble under her breath before she starts walking away and I follow after her. We get into the car, she in the driver seat, her hands tapping on
"Strip" were the words he said next and I stared at him baffled. What?. I stand still waiting for him to say something else or more, do something. Maybe get up from the chair so we can walk upstairs. "Strip for me" that same command again."Fabrico... you're drunk""I want you to. Whether I'm sober or not...you think I can't appreciate you in my drunk state?" He winced, placing his hand on his head having a headache or a concussion."It's getting late""So you should strip now...come here" he stretched his hand out to me and I take it. He pulls me to his legs, both his hands, cup my cheek before he captured my lips in a haste and I give in immediately because I can't say no to him.Somehow my body always knows how to subject to him whether I'm in a good state of mind or not. He has that kind of power. No more are his hands on my cheeks because they're now holding my
Emiliano POVHow can I Fuck up so bad like this? I thought I'd reached my height of fuck up when I almost screwed Fabrico and Selene over years ago but this is the greatest height of fuck up because I'm fucking up the best thing I have going on for me and that is Vanessa.She's seating with Russo while he arranges a new collection of balls and toy cars he got. Vanessa stares at me when I walk the room, a strange emotion on her face and my chest squeeze. Fuck! I better not ruin this more than I have."Russo, go meet Tio downstairs. I want to have a word with aunt Vanessa" I say and he walks out of the room in silence. I know he's not a child anymore and he's beginning to understand some things going on around him. Maybe he can collect the fact that his mother is a slut too."Nessa..."She stands up abruptly and walks to me. "You don't have to explain anyth
Fabrico POVKaren poured us both tea before nesting in her red sofa, sighing. She's told me all about the divorce and how she's getting along with it. She's not fine with it because she wants her boys to have both parents especially Alvin who's already Eighteen and need a dad in his life now more than ever. In my heart, I pray this never happens with me and Selene. I don't even see it happening."Where's Alvin?" I ask her and she finally looked up from her teacup after a while of looking down."He's at school...you know it's his last month as senior before he goes off to college so he's got so many planned stuffs, especially with that girlfriend of his"I guess I never thought about Alvin having a girlfriend. He's always that sweet little boy I used to know and play with even when I and his mother were having an affair."Well, he's all grown up now. I'm sure he can handle