Damian’s POVThe sight of my father as he stood outside his car with his walking stick disgusted me and for a moment I’d wanted to sprint over there and just snap his neck. It was horrible but for years I’d wanted my father dead and not just that, I longed for the satisfaction of being the one to do it.“Why are you here?” I asked, “this is my territory and you have no right being here. Let him go.” I ordered, finishing my statement as I turned to leave but the sound of his roaring laughter stopped me.“Oh Damian, you never cease to amaze me,” He started as he walked over to me, I looked at his leg and the state of it gave me a sense of satisfaction. I’d done that to him.“Just a few years on your own and you think you know how to run a Mafia now?” He asked, coming to a halt in front of me.“Well thankfully, it runs in the blood. I have nothing to say to you and I have no idea why you’re disrupting my men but that package is mine and it should get to my warehouse if you don’t want a p
Damian’s POVI walked back to the club angry and frustrated, loosening my tie, I made my way to the bar and ordered for a glass of vodka. I watched as the usual lady I do meet there threw me a flirtatious smile as she served.None of my workers really knew their boss and the one that did signed a contract never to reveal it. I looked sideways and there she was. Hazel was seated and focused on her phone as she typed away frantically.I took my time to try and read her and I could tell that she was tensed, there was a wrinkle on her face that disappeared and appears each time but above it all, she looked really beautiful.Her brown hair that still fell perfectly on her shoulders, her blue eyes moving with each tap as the light from her phone brightened her face and the shape of her curved lips as she bit on it and slightly moved it turned me on.She looked just like her, no one had ever really had that kind of effect on me before and after her, she was the most beautiful figure I’ve eve
Hazel’s POVI looked up to find Damian staring at me, I’d looked back to check if there was someone else behind me that he was looking at.He looked as if he was in a trance and I could see the softness in his eyes. I stared at him for what seemed like minutes and it was as though we were both searching each other’s soul.I’d tried to read him but his expression was unreadable, although he looked somewhat sad but I couldn’t tell what it is. I watched as the lady stood in front of him for a while and he hadn’t acknowledged her until she snapped her fingers in his face.He smiled and pulled her into him before grabbing her ass in a way that made me roll my eyes in anger.“What a jerk.” I breathed as I rest back and pulled out my phone to continue what I was doing.I was having my usual chat with one of the match I’d seen online, he seemed sweet and not only that, he was rich and if we could end up dating I could use him for a little bit of his money.I have never been interested in lovi
Damian’s POVI watched as she walked out of the club with the waitress I now figured is her friends, something about her thrilled me and I wanted to know more about her. I downed my vodka and I smiled at the girl that was still in front of me.“Excuse me.” I whispered as I made my way out of the club too, I needed to know things about her and there was only one person who would be able to help me with it.I pulled out my phone to make the call and I hadn’t expected that he would answer on the first ring.“It better be something really important because you’re ruining my date!” He yelled in a whisper into the phone, not giving me a chance to say my hello.“Is She there?” I asked and I heard a sigh that answered my question.“No, she isn’t. She went to the restroom.” He answered.“When are you doing it?”“As soon as she’s out, you don’t have much time. What do you want from me?” He asked and I thought I would go straight to the point.“Okay, I’m calling because I need you to do somethin
Hazel’s POVI laid back down on my bed, I felt exhausted and all I wanted to do was take a shower and sleep but I was also curious, Alesha had no idea the man she’d showered lots of praises to at the club was her boss.I pulled up my phone and went through the internet, I had typed the club’s name there and it was mentioned, rated five stars and one of the biggest and most expensive clubs in the city but no where did the owner was mentioned.“Damian— Gray.” I said as I punched the name in the search bar and there he was, my phone screen was filled with his picture and I couldn’t help but trace my fingers through my phone.He looked absolutely stunning and as usual he was on one of his gorgeous suits. I saw his net worth and my jaw dropped, I knew he’d be rich but I wasn’t expecting him to be as rich as that.I dropped my phone back as I sighed, I needed to rest. I made my way to the bathroom and I let out a wince when the cold water touched my skin but my body soon relaxed under the c
Hazel’s POV The emergent sound of my bedside alarm ringing woke me up from my sleep, I had jumped in fear before realizing it was just my alarm, “Son of a bitch.” I hissed as I hit the snooze button on it and stood to prepare to go the hospital.I had nothing to do for the rest of the week, I only needed to visit the club, sign the paper works and resume the next weekend.I got dressed and picking up my car keys, I walked out of the house to my car and I soon drove into the busy street of the city.I was late but I had managed to get there earlier than the initial time for the appointment.“What are the improvements?” I asked, I couldn’t wait to hear what the doctor had to say about my brother’s health. It’s been years and he’s finally responding to treatment.“Like I said, it’s not really something we can act on but his heart rate is improving and it’s extremely rare in cases like this—““But that’s a first right? I mean, it’s great news, it means there’s still a little bit of hope
Damian’s POVI watched as she blabbed on and taking my concern out of context, I decided I was going to leave her to do whatever she wanted to. I kept watching as she drank her shots and how she’d even made it to that baffles me, I’d thought she’d pass out after the fifth, puffing my cigarette I took one more glance at her and I could tell that she was already drunk.My eyes followed her till she got to the dance floor and I rolled my eyes when she started dancing and curling herself around the stranger that had probably invited her to dance.“Hi handsome, can I buy you a drink?” I heard an unfamiliar voice say drawing my attention away from the crowd, I turned to look at her and giving her one of my flirtatious smile.“Sure, why not.” I replied, monitoring Hazel with my side eye. Why was I worried about her when she isn’t even worried about herself? If she could throw herself at strangers then she would have no trouble taking care of herself.She smiled and signaled to the attendant
Hazel’s POV.I opened my eyes and my room was unusually bright, the curtains were opened and the brightness of the sun lightening up my room wasn’t helping my headache.I sat up on my bed with my palm placed on my head and that was when I’d realized I was naked. How? What had happened last night? I didn’t remember any of the things that had happened. One minute I was talking to Damian and I’d left him to go to the dance floor and the next minute I’m opening my eyes in my room, on my bed, completely naked.I turned to see a note by my bedside and I picked it up to read the content, my stomach churned and it was as though I was going to vomit when I read it.I heard a slight knock on the door and I’d forced myself to answer, I looked to see Alesha carrying a tray of food and I silently prayed that she was the one who’d helped me to bed.“How are you feeling?” She asked softly as she extended her hand to give me two tablets of Advil and a glass of water.“I’m fine,” I answered, taking th
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