Elle could hear faint voices from not so far away as her consciousness returned. Her heavy lashes pulled apart, and her eyes fixed on the ceiling, trying to wrap her head around her environment and also how she got here. She heard the heart monitor beeping on her left side. Beside it was an IV pole stand holding a drip bag hung on top of it, which was connected to her left hand through its little tube.She stared around, trying to figure out her environment. She figured she was in the hospital, which meant something bad had happened. She wondered how bad it was and how long it had been since she had been in the hospital. Her head hurts a little, and they made her eyes dim.She stared around, despite her pain, and found someone beside her with his head lowered and his hand holding onto her right hand. She knew it was Lyon—his hair, his touch, and the smell of him.Her head hurt a little when she tried to recall the past event that brought her here. Could it have been that bad? She wonde
Jace was barely out of the shower when his phone rang. He walked over to the bed stand where he kept his phone with only the white towel around his waist and glanced at it. The caller ID read Lyon, and he wasted no time in answering the call.“Hello, Lyon.”“Elle is awake,” was all he said before ending the call.Jace arrived at the hospital thirty minutes later. He had made plans to meet with the board of directors this morning and discuss prospects for the company amidst his battles with the authorities. However, he changed those plans after getting a call from Lyon about Elle’s awakening. He called his PA, Becky, and asked to have the meeting shifted from nine a.m. to eleven a.m.It was a sudden change but a necessary one, and he took advantage of that and headed for the hospital, where the woman he loved waited for him. His heart raced in excitement with every minute that went by, and he wanted to see her. He needed to and couldn’t wait to be in the same room with her.He came to t
“Wake up already!” Darcy tugged on Elle’s shoulder, but she only turned to the other side and continued as if she felt nothing. “Come on already. If you don’t wake up, you’ll be late for your graduation!”Estelle’s eyes snapped open at the last word, and she pulled herself up to sit down, a yawn leaving her mouth. She rubbed at her still sleepy eyes as they settled into awakening.Darcy had been staying with her the last couple of days, heading towards her graduation. She wanted to be present for the celebration and took leave from work to be beside her and support her.The graduation, as planned, would have been held a month ago, but Lyon and Jace stepped in to request a shift. Their positions and impact on the university made the heads consider their request.The vice chancellor, Mr Phillips, intends that Estelle is important to them as well since she has been heavily involved in the institution’s affairs since joining, and they wouldn’t mind going out of their way for her. It was pe
And you make me feel like I’m out of my mind, but it’s alright. (it’s alright)Nothing ever gets me high like thisI pick my poison and it’s youNothing can kill me like you do.Rita Ora - Poison Estelle Bigg’s POV“The countdown has begun, Elle!” Darcy Khan, my roommate and close friend announced, stepping into the lecture hall. Her high-pitched Indian accent gave a sweet melody to the words she just said as she approached the desk I sat on. She slammed her heavy textbook on my desk and caused a bang. A few heads of the students also in the hall turned in our direction, but she paid them no mind and kept her attention on me.I glance up at her and found her beaming. I knew her words were aimed at me because I had wearied her about my desire to go home in the last month and I ticked the calendar every day as a way to encourage myself. “I can’t wait,” I admitted, releasing a deep sigh."Are you ready for it?" It was the last week of the second semester and it was also the last week of
Six days later,I released a deep sigh as I stepped out of the examination hall, knowing that I was done with my third-year exams. My first instinct was to call Lyon and tell him I was done and taking the afternoon flight like I had already planned, but telling him I had completed my exam would leave him in an expectant mood, which might disrupt his ability to work with a straight mind.It would be my first time, but I was going to leave without informing him of my departure just to surprise him. I had spent three months in Oxford, and I couldn’t wait to get home. Also, I couldn’t wait to see the look that would be on his face when he saw me in a few hours.I grabbed my bag and turned to see Darcy at the door. I saw the bittersweet expression on her face as she stared at me, and the excitement I had on my face decreased.“Sorry, I do not mean to ruin your excitement.” She said this, her eyes dropping. She had also packed up her bags and would leave with the six a.m. flight tomorrow, bu
After a five-hour flight in turbulent weather, we arrived in Lagos safely, and I headed for Banana Island, where I lived with Lyon. On my arrival, I saw how the workers and maids warmly welcomed me, and it warmed my heart. It was a Friday, and so I expected Lyon to finish work earlier, but Yao, his driver, informed me of an ongoing deal at work, which was still ongoing.He asked if I wanted to wait for them to finish and come home, but I had travelled seven hours to surprise him, and I knew I didn’t have the patience to wait.“Take me to him,” I said, and his brow narrowed at me.“You just got back and still look stressed out. Are you sure you don’t want to wait for him?”I nodded in agreement. “I know, but patience has never been my strongest virtue.”He knew that, and a few scars I had since childhood attested to the fact. “Alright then, let me grab the keys.” He said this and departed from the living room.Two minutes later, he returned and nodded at me. I fell in line with him, and
Father talked all the way home; he was trying to feed me with all the important stuff he believed I had missed in the last two years of being away from school. I didn’t mind; I wanted to hear all the petty gossip, and I missed our little talks all the while I was away.“So, what about you? Any boyfriend I should be sharpening my boots and preparing for?” He cocked his full brow at me.I chuckled and rolled my eyes. “I wish.”“Why do you wish? You are a beautiful young lady, and let’s not forget that you are smart. These are all qualities you inherited from your old man. You’re welcome. You should have men swooning and fighting each other over who will take you.”I laughed harder, covering my mouth because my laughter was turning ugly. “I wish that was the case.” I said this after my laughter subsided.“Or are the men at Oxford blind or retarded?”They weren’t; I was messed up in the head.I had a boyfriend at the university after I started, but I knew it was a mere distraction, which w
I moaned out as his lips met the space where my shoulder and neck met, and he nibbled on it. I squirmed and twirled under him, grinding my hips and upper body against him for friction.“Oh fuck, fuck...” I gasped as his fingers applied pressure on my swollen clit, rubbing me with a sure touch while thrusting into me. “Jace...” I breathed, opening my eyes, which were glazed with lust, to gaze up into the intense amber eyes above me.“Let go, baby,” Jace whispered as he rocked his lower body, plunging into me faster, deeper, and harder. His thrusts grew more frantic. His compelling eyes, which were dilated from breath-stealing bliss, never left my lust-filled eyes even once. “Come for me.”My eyes snapped open, and I turned around in bed, coiling myself into a ball. This wasn’t the first time I’d seen Jace in a dream. Nor was this the first time he had touched me and had his way with me. It started when I was seventeen, and it has integrated since then. Now, I see him at least three time