Damian’s POVWithout any more time, I hurried to where I’d packed my car and a bright light shone in front of me as I groaned. I knew there wasn’t any light in front of me and I’m only seeing the light because of my headache.“Hey pal, why’d you leave like that? What’s going on?” Isaac asked as soon as he picked up the call and for a moment everything he said sounded like it came out like a slur.The sound of the car honking in front of me made me swerve right and I’d almost hit the tree in front of me, “wherever you are, just stay there and I’ll track your location and get to you.” Isaac said and hung up immediately.He knew what might’ve happened with me but I couldn’t just stay behind and wait around for him to come, “there’s no time.” I whispered to myself as I shook my head and regretted it immediately.Not waiting, I got into the road again and I was grateful for my retentive memory, I’d memorized the plate number and it wasn’t long before I found the taxi again.The taxi driver
Hazel’s POVThe question was more shocking than I’d expected it to be, my heart skipped a beat and for a moment I could’ve sworn that I froze.Clenching my fist in anger and closing my eyes in frustration, I turned to look at the man I once loved. I still love him now but I can’t let him know that.He doesn’t look like the Damian I know, Alesha was right when she said he was miserable because he looked like it. His lips weren’t as beautiful looking as I remembered but weirdly they still called out to me.He staggered and I saw Isaac help him but stopped after he said something to him. He looked really sick and as though he was keeping a secret.“No,” I answered firmly as I turned to move closer to him as I looked at him, “Asher is not your son.” I added as I stopped to stand in front of him.“And I’m telling you for the last time,” I continued with my index finger pointing at him, “stop bothering us.” I added.I’d turned to leave when I felt his hand on mine, pulling me back and stopp
Hazel’s POVIt’s been two days and I barely left my room or even ate properly. Groaning, I stood up from my bed and made my way out of my room to find that breakfast was ready.“Why are you still home?” I asked Alesha, confused because she was supposed to be working now but she only shrugged me off.“Someone needs to take care of him.” She answered, referring to Asher and also scolding me about not coming out of my room.“You’ve been indoors for two days, who’ll keep an eye on him?” She scolded and I groaned as I apologized to Asher. He doesn’t deserve to see me like this.Alesha told me she had the week off work, the company decided to give her a break but we both knew that Damian was the one who’d authorized her break.“So, I’ve decided to spend this week with my best friend and my godson.” She laughed and I weakly joined in. Alesha had suggested that we go to the park to have fun but I wasn’t in the mood to have fun.Like two days ago till now, I just wanted to be in my room cuddle
Damian’s POVAfter almost passing out the last time I saw Hazel, I had no other choice than to go to the hospital and allow myself to be treated.“If you had consented to the surgery then all these wouldn’t have happened.” Isaac scolded and his voice kept making my head to ache even more.“Keep your voice down,” I groaned, “I’m not doing the surgery until I’m sure things are good between Hazel and I.” I explained and I watched Isaac slam his hand on the steering wheel.What good is life if I’m unable to spend it with the person I love the most in my life. Seeing her again despite her anger towards me gave me a sense of peace that I’ve been missing for years.I couldn’t stop thinking about her and I also didn’t want to. I didn’t want to get the thought of her out of my head.Picking up my phone, I ordered that every one of her movements be watched. I needed my men to be with her everywhere she went and make sure that she wasn't troubled about anything.I made sure that they reported to
Hazel’s POVEverything happening around me seems more suspicious than usual. First it was the park and when I’d tried to pay for everything we got the vendors all kept telling me the same thing that it had been covered.That wasn’t the only strange thing happening to me, I felt like I was being watched or followed. I never really felt alone in places I should feel alone.“Don’t you think it’s suspicious?” I asked Alesha who only shrugged and shook her head, she has no problem as long as she doesn’t have to pay for things.“Come on, someone probably already has a crush on you and is just making sure you don’t have to stress yourself trying to pay for things.” She replied, shrugging me off and not seeing anything wrong.“Exactly why it’s so creepy and dangerous, how would anyone know where I’ll be even before I get there?” I asked and a realization fell on her as she sat beside me.“I also feel like I’m being watched and followed,” I added and her eyes widened, “I told you coming back t
Hazel’s POV Did he just ask me to get in his car? Just when I’d humiliated and embarrassed myself in his house like some minutes ago.The sight of him caused an internal conflict within me and I was stuck between listening to him and getting into his car or snapping his head out of his neck.But most of all, I was angry. He’d seen the things he could do to me, he knew how extremely vulnerable I get whenever he’s anywhere around me and he’d decided to use that to his advantage.Angrily, I stood and walked away from the bus stop, from him but his car wouldn’t stop following me. I turned to see that he was still driving behind me.The car stopped and he got out of it, his massive shoulders filling the cloth he wore, his muscles rippling under the comfortable white shirt he wore quickened my pulse and I gulped down when he stopped in front of me.“Stop following me and just let me be, Damian please.” I tried to tell him off but I could also hear the vulnerability in my voice.“I will lea
Damian’s POVI knew she wanted to get a reaction out of me, I could see right through her and just like I’d told Isaac, I knew she wasn’t married.Watching her leave the coffee shop, I stood to follow her and offered to drop her off but she needed to pick up her child from school which makes me feel even better.I’d be able to execute my plan just how I wanted to.“You don’t have to worry, I can pick him up with you and I’ll drop you both off at home.” I offered. She refused and said she was going to pick him up herself at first but soon changed her mind when I insisted on driving her there.Getting into the car, the drive to his school was silent and although I was dying inside, I wanted to do things to her just like I usually do six years ago.I wanted her to feel comfortable around me like she once did. I still loved her and since she left It’s been like there’s a hole in my heart which only her presence could fill.We soon got to his school and we found Asher waiting for Hazel. Th
Hazel’s POV“He asked if Asher was his son and I didn’t know what to say so I just lied.” I explained, answering Alesha’s question when she asked about what was going on between Damian and I.“You lied to him about his own son!” She was almost yelling but soon controlled herself when she remembered that Asher was in the other room.She doesn’t seem too impressed with what I did but I knew deep down that even if everyone chose to go with my lies, Damian wouldn’t.He knew everything about me, he knew when I’m lying and when I’m telling the truth and I silently prayed that he doesn’t find out until I’m able to tell him that Asher is his son.“That is so not cool, he deserves to know and if you don’t tell him he’ll find out sooner or later,” Alesha’s voice jolted me out of my thoughts.“Have you seen the both of them, they look exactly alike and hiding the truth for so long would do more harm than good.” She added and I hated to agree with her but she’s right.“I’ll tell him, I just need
Hazel’s POV“Damian, do you take Hazel to be your wife? Do you promise to be faithful to her in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love her and to honor her all the days of your life?” The priest asked.The hall fell silent as Damian took my hands and stared into my eyes, “I do.” He responded and that answer loosened some kind of knot in my stomach.“Hazel, do you take Damian to be your husband? Do you promise to be faithful to him in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love him and to honor him all the days of your life?”“I do.” I replied without hesitation, my eyes fixated on his lips and I just couldn’t wait for the priest to ask him to kiss me.“Now that you both have committed yourselves to your holy union and the sharing of rings, I now pronounce you husband and wife,” The priest affirmed and I could hear Alesha’s loud shriek from the audience.“You may now kiss the bride.” He added and that was just the moment I was waiting for. I closed my e
Hazel’s POVMy heart raced when he popped the question and I just couldn’t get my eyes off the beautiful ring. It’s the exact ring I’ve always wanted except he made sure that it had a Diamond on it.I’ve been waiting for this day for so long and I should’ve known that they were planning something like this because of how sneaky they’ve been for the past weeks.“Incase you haven’t realized,” Damian started as he cleared his throat, jolting me out of my thoughts and daydream.“You haven’t given an answer yet.” He laughed and the rest joined in as I looked at them. I was so happy and whatever I wanted to reply with was stuck in my throat.The butterflies in my stomach had gone berserk and I could hear my heartbeat thumping away as I tried to get the words out of my mouth.“No.” I breathed and the sound of laughter that filled the air suddenly stopped.“No?” Damian asked, looking at me with wide eyes and raised eyebrows. I knew how long it took him to finally muster the courage to do this
Damian’s POV Everything died down and I finally got a hold of all of my properties. Lucas survived the hit but is still in the hospital under custody. I made sure that Theodore went to jail too because if I had to handle things by myself I would’ve killed him.I couldn’t stop thinking about what Callum said about Hazel having a long list of what she wanted her dream wedding to be like and now I want to make sure that it’s exactly the same way.“Callum!” I called and he came walking towards me, he’s been discharged from the hospital and since he knew nothing much about the outside world I decided to give him a little surprise.“Damian and I have something we’d like to share with you.” Hazel started as she turned to look at me and I nodded slightly as I walked towards him and placed my arm around his neck while we both walked out with Asher behind us.“You’ve been talking about your education and since you don’t want to go to a real school we decided to hire a professional teacher for
Hazel’s POV2 MONTHS LATERThe last two months were horrific for all of us, Damian and I at the brink of death. Asher’s kidnap and everything going on. We were lucky to not have had it all get to the press before it got curbed.“I’m glad it’s all over.” I sighed as I laid down beside Damian and placed my head on his chest.He was mad at me for jumping into the scene and it took a lot more than just apologizing to finally get him to stop being mad at me.“Yeah, me too,” he responded, his lips meeting mine as he cuddled me, “what do you say we go to see Callum tomorrow?” He asked and my eyes beamed.Callum is finally recovering and the last time we went to see him the doctor told us that not only has he been responding to treatment, he’s been able to move his hands and legs slowly too.I couldn’t wait to see him, I had no idea how he’s going to react when he sees me for the first time in almost fifteen years.“What do you think?” Damian’s voice jolted me out of my thoughts as I shifted
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Damian’s POVEverything I tried to stop Hazel from crying proved futile and I knew that Theodore and Lucas just wouldn’t stop at only holding Asher hostage.Given the history between Lucas and Hazel, he might try to come for her too and that was why I’d ordered all of my trusted men to guard the hospital and her room.“We have to find Asher, I made a promise that I intend to fulfil and I will not stop until I have both their heads in my hand.” I said through gritted teeth as I paced around.Isaac had laid down bunches of suggestions but none of them seemed to work for me until my eyes landed on the piece of paper in front of me.“I have a plan.” My voice echoed in the silence as Isaac lifted his gaze to look at me with a raised eyebrow while a slight smirk formed on my face.Theodore won’t be able to resist this.My mother had let it out already that Theodore isn’t my real father and the only reason he agreed to get married to her was because of the mouthwatering benefits it came with
Hazel’s POVDropping Asher off at school, I went over to Alesha’s place so that I could give her an update on what had happened between Damian and I.“I told you you both would work things out.” She shrieked and I could tell that she was really happy for me as she pulled me in a hug. I never thought Gray’s fashion house was this big until I saw Alesha’s working place.She seemed like she was the main brain behind some of the designs and I was extremely happy for her too.“Alesha, we need the designs you’ve prepared so that we can start working on it and are you still down for dinner…”He was still talking, his eyes fixated on his iPad and when he looked up he was shocked to see that Alesha had a visitor.He was handsome, chiseled jaw and dark brown eyes with hairs that stayed just above his eyebrows. Alesha had damn good taste.“I’ll come back later.” He sighed before walking out of her office and I turned to see my best friend's eyes closed. I thought that we were friends but I had
Damian’s POVStaring down at her beautiful body beside me, I couldn’t help but let out a slight smile. I love her so much and ignoring her for those days did more harm to me than I initially thought it would.She’ll always remain the highlight of my life and for as long as I live I knew that I would always love her. The way she slept so peacefully beside me.It was almost as though she trusted me enough to keep her away from whatever danger might be coming her way while she slept.Groaning and stretching, she pulled out her arm and her beautiful face rose before falling right back on my chest.Trying to get my thoughts right, I tried to think of ways that I could get the rest of my properties back from Lucas and my father without putting Hazel or Asher’s life in danger.I knew how much danger they’re in already and causing even more was the last thing I wanted to do.Sighing, my eyes soon felt tired and it didn’t take long for it to close immediately.***The blaring sound of my phone
Hazel’s POV “Damian… please.” I stuttered, my lips quivering as I tried to set myself free. Groaning, I realized that I’ve already been set free from the bondage.My eyes opened slightly and I winced at the effect of how bright my room was. I’d thought that all these while I’ve been in a dream but my half naked body made me realize that it wasn’t a dream.Looking down at myself, I had a new nightgown on and the panty I had on wasn’t the one I had on the previous day. I rubbed my thighs together and I could still feel the moisture.Wincing, I stood from the bed and made my way to the mirror, the hickeys were visible and the beautiful bruises that I usually love on my ass were there except this time I didn’t really like it.The torture last night was so much that I’d passed out. Damian was still mad at me, he still thinks that I didn’t tell him about Lucas because I was trying to keep the truth away from him.Dejected, I made my way out of the room and searched the entire building for