LindsayI woke up to someone standing close to me, watching me closely. My eyes felt heavy and my head was on fire. I was certain I was in the house, not in a hospital.“What happened?" I stared at the woman in front of me "who are you?“ I scowled at her."I'm a doctor, your husband... “I didn't let her finish before speaking again."Where is Asher?” I sat up from the bed. The back of my head hurt as I struggled to sit. I was certain it was bruised.“He stepped out" she replied.“Why wasn't I taken to the hospital, why are you here instead?" I stared at the brunette woman in confusion.“That's what your husband wants"“I sighed as I leaned back on the bed. "I'm fine now, you can leave” she was about to part her lips to counter what I said, but I cut her off."Don't say anything, just leave” I was being mean, but I didn't care about how I acted. I was too angry to care about that. Each time I thought about my life and what was happening, I felt rage."And I don't want any pills” I add
All Asher did was put up an act. He knew he couldn't cage me in the house forever. After much argument for countless nights and continuous slaps I got from him_ that was the highest he did, probably because he didn't want anything to happen to “his baby". We concluded. I could work, but not at a firm.Asher surprisingly bought an already ongoing restaurant for me. He set things up and got employers there. I wasn't doing anything because there was someone for everything. That was the biggest thing Asher had done for me since we got married. I was so surprised when he told me. Even though I could see the contempt in his eyes as he spoke, I was still happy. At least I got to leave the house.But to think of it, Asher wasn't the type to do something as big as that for me. The last big thing I remembered Asher did for me was planning an anniversary that turned out to be a disaster. It wasn't my fault. Maybe if he had remembered the date, that wouldn't have happened.Asher was probably plan
Shaun's POV “We couldn't find her boss" I heard them say. The anger that took hold of me made me toss the glass cup of wine in my hand to the wall, shattering It in the process.“What the fuck do you mean?" I snarled at them in anger. With the look on Bella's face, it was obvious she was surprised by my outburst. I was going insane all because of a woman I thought I would be fine with."There's no lead sir. It's harder to work that way. She is certainly not in L.A”"I fucking know that” I snapped at him in anger."Boss” he tried to speak, but I didn't let him."I don't care how many states are in this damn country, or how many countries are in this world, I want you to find her. Get it?” I pointed my index fingers at him.He bowed his head "yes boss,” he said and they all walked away."And what are you so upset about?" Bella asked after they had gone.I took another glass and filled it halfway with wine. I took a big gulp before turning to look at her.“Lindsay" I replied faintly."T
Lindsay's POV.I cried so hard that night until I found it hard to breathe. Assuming I and Asher went to court, Leia would have chosen Asher and I wouldn't be able to see her again.It was pathetic and sad. I stared at the man who slept next to me and I wondered what I ever did to him. He hated me so much, yet he claimed he didn't. Shaun would never do that to me. I was certain he would have cherished me and treated me better than Asher would, but I just had to be so stupid. It was almost midnight, but I didn't feel sleepy. I slipped down from my bed and walked to the sitting room. It had been tidy. After Asher was satisfied with how much I had begged, he stopped the threats to take Leia from me and all was restored to normal. The staff cleaned the house too.The wine stand still had a few drinks which I could use. I took a bottle of wine and poured it into a cup. In the process of taking the wine, a pack of cigarettes fell from the stand. I shook my head. It belonged to Asher. Why d
Lindsay POV.Getting up from bed every single day had been war for me. Being pregnant wasn't easy at all. It seemed like each day I woke up, my energy was being drained. Being pregnant was exhausting. I had forgotten how it could be because I had Leia, a few years back I had to be at the restaurant, which I did nothing in. Asher just did it as a way for me to get out of the house. He wasn't even totally fine with me there. After performing my normal daily routine. I left the house for the already busy restaurant. I didn't even understand my use there anyway.“Good day to you ma'am" spoke Fay, a young red-haired girl. She seemed busy in the counter with orders“Coming through" One of the staff that I hadn't even seen before said as she walked through with her hands filled with a tray.I sighed as I turned to look at Fay. “How did things turn out yesterday?" I couldn't make it the previous day.“Everywhere was super busy. I had to give out a lot of orders" “You were the one on duty ye
Lindsay POVI almost choked on the water I was drinking when I heard Asher say. “Let's renew our vows" I had to make it repeat before I realized he was serious. Then I laughed. It was truly funny.“I don't see what's so funny," he said with a scowl on his face.“Because it seems like a joke to me honestly"“We have been married for 7 years, Lindsay. It's only right.."“Asher, don't start with your pretense that this marriage is okay" I pointed a fork at him angrily. He had to be kidding me. What the fuck did he mean by that. There I was, thinking of a way of eloping with Shaun and Asher just had to ruin the moment.“We can it work out, can't we?“"You can't bring back what Is already dead can you?“He dropped the fork in his hand back on his plate as he stared at me. “Our marriage is not dead," he said firmly. How could he even get angry for what he knew was true?“A marriage where I am being threatened not to get a divorce. You think I still love you, Asher, you better think again"
Lindsay's POV Remember when I told Asher I didn't want to be a part of any vow renewal? Well, that didn't work out. There I was, walking towards the aisle, staring at Asher who stood at the altar. Of course, it had to be a church. He was dressed in a black tuxedo while I on other hand was dressed in a pink flowing fitted gown. If my mother hadn't threatened to tell Asher the baby wasn't his, I wouldn't be here. It was exhausting. I had to seat for hours to get dressed and have my Makeup done when I hated the man I was doing it for.Asher smiled at me, but I didn't smile back. I couldn't. My cheeks felt numb and at the same time, my heartbeat was fast and loud.When I got to where Asher was, he took my hand. I hated it. I hated it so much. The audacity for him to do that.After smiling at me, he parted his lips to speak. “On our wedding day, I pledged to love you in sickness and in health, and for better or worse. The past year has tested those vows, but our enduring love for one an
After gathering more courage, I brought my hands to the door and I did the dreadful. I knocked. Not once, not twice, multiple times to ensure he heard it. Then I brought my hand down and placed my bottom lips between my teeth, waiting patiently for the door to be opened.After some time, I was about to raise my hand to the door to knock again, but before I could, the door opened and my heart flew. Everything I practiced to say flew out the window as I stared at him.There was a glare on his face as he opened the door, probably out of frustration, but when he saw it was me, the stern look on his face instantly softened. He didn't expect to see me there.“Hey" my voice had turned raspy. I had to clear my throat to try again. “Hello"“Lindsay," he said with his intense eyes scanning me. I was dressed off. Common I just ran away from a vow renewal.“I came to see you"I forced a smile on my trembling lips.He didn't say anything, he stepped back a bit with the door wide open, gesturing me
Lindsay's POVShaun laid beside me, deep in sleep while I stayed awake deep in my thoughts. He had assured me that Asher couldn't get to me in the house because of how secure the place was, but I still saw Asher as the psycho that he was. He might not be able to get to me today, but he would eventually. Even though it would take him years.The scariest part was, a divorce wouldn't stop someone like Asher. Only death and he was more like a spirit_ hard to killShaun tossed to the other side and I thought he was going to continue sleeping, but he raised his head and looked at me.“You aren't sleeping?" He asked tiredly“Can't sleep" I confessed and Shaun sighed as he sat up.“I already told you Asher can't get to you"“You don't know him. If he can't get me now, he would get me eventually. Now my daughter wants him. That means if he is able to get to her, he would take her and she would show no resistance" I almost cried at the thought of that.“That's not going to happen" he assured me
The next day I allowed the guards to follow me to the mall. I figured Shaun still insisted on me not going out alone. After hours of stubbornly staying at home, I finally decided to go to the mall with the guards. On getting there, I got to realize, Shaun bought the mall for 3 hours so that I could shop alone. I didn't know if he did that for my protection or if he did that to show me he had the power to do something like that.“Can we get that Mum" Leia pointed at a doll in an aisle we passed. I had to stop to look at it. When I saw what she was pointing at, I got to realize why she wanted the doll so much. It was the same doll Asher had bought her when she was 5.I sighed as I looked at my daughter whose eyes beamed in excitement as she stared at the doll in adoration. “We can't get that," I said and immediately her face dropped. She looked at me in confusion.“But why mum?"Did I even have a reason? Oh yes, I did. I wanted to successfully wipe Asher's memory from her life, but that
Lindsay's POV.Shaun got back from where he went after hours and with the way his eyes still looked the same way they looked in the morning, it was certain, he was still hurt or better still hated me. Could Shaun really hate me? My paranoid self askedI sat on the couch waiting for him to return for hours and the way he just walked past me hurt me a lot. Shaun in his nature would peck me on my cheeks or wrap his hand around my waist to acknowledge me, but this time he acted like I wasn't even there at all.“Is this how it's going to be now?" my voice was shaky due to how hard I was fighting the tears that threatened to fall. It was then I realized all the text I sent him didn't mean anything. Yeah, texts and calls weren't going to mend what I had done, but there was nothing more I could do.He flung his suitcase on the couch as he turned to look at me. “I am not ready for this Lindsay," he said calmly as he turned to continue walking, but there was no way I could let him leave me in t
Lindsay POVThe next morning I woke up sore, like the 'I couldn't feel my legs' type of sore. It was a good type of sore, especially when my mind kept replaying the wonderful sex I and Shaun had.“Where are you going?" Came the raspy voice of Shaun as he turned to look at me.“I have to get Leia ready for school," I replied and he groaned.“Let Lydia do it" he was talking about the help we hired not too long ago.“I gave her a day off" I pointed out something he already knew, but probably forgot.“Let me take her then" he offered, but I rolled my eyes.“I still have to go work" "You can take a day off. You don't answer to anybody remember?” He was right, I didn't answer to anybody because it was my clothes-store, but it wasn't the first time he was asking me to stay back and I knew the reason even though he tried multiple times to deny it. I sighed as I turned to look at him. “Shaun the reason I brought about the whole job idea is to actually leave the house and now you just employ
Lindsay's POVStaring at the black net lingerie from the mirror, clinging to my body at the same time exposing my well-cared-for curvy body, I know Shaun was surely going to go nuts at the sight of me.It was the night of my birthday and since he had made me happy, it wasn't a bad notion to return the favor. A sinful smile earned its way to my lips as I ambled out of the room. He was supposed to be working at that hour, but it was going to come to an end.I took casual steps down the stairs where he seemed very busy with his laptop. His eyes transfixed on it and his attention grasped so much that he didn't turn to look at me.“What are you doing?" I reduced my pace, walking towards him as stealthily as possible.“Trying to validate all these resumes. Plus there were changes in some of the products and I have to approve them" he said with a crease on his forehead. I could tell he was frustrated. I was going to take that frustration away.“You can take a break, Shaun. You are the boss a
Lindsay’s POV We both watched Leia play on the swing. Shaun had been feigning anger since I had denied him sex and his act alone, I considered cute. It was good to have power over my body. Shaun understood consent and that was something I wasn't used to.“Tell me about Asher” I collapsed beside him. He seemed busy with his phone and I could tell from the way he snapped his head to glance at me, that it was the least he anticipated from me. “Why do you want to know anything about him?” he asked due to how haphazard the question was. And I was his wife I ought to know more about him, but I just wanted to hear about him from his own brother. “I want an explanation for why he turned out to be so heartless. Something must have happened”. His lips puffed out air. It was evident he didn’t want to say anything pertaining to Asher, but the pleading look I gave him made him reconsider. Reluctantly, he began. “Francesco had a rough childhood. My father had always been hard on him because he
Chapter 68 I stayed on the bench, waiting just right outside the ward. Some of the nurses tried to talk me out of it, but I wasn’t leaving until I was certain Lindsay was okay. My legs bounce simultaneously as a result of my nervousness and my hands just couldn’t stay in one place. After about 6 hours of me patiently waiting/losing my mind, the door opened and one of the nurses walk out. She didn’t walk past like they always did. Instead, she walked towards me. “Mr. Marco” she called out even though I was already up on my feet in anticipation. “How is she?” “She is stable. We were able to flush her system and she is as good as new” “Can I see her?” “Yes you can, but she is still weak,” she said and I was already walking to the word before the last word left her lips. I opened the door to the ward. There was a nurse there, but the moment she saw me, she left to give the two of us some privacy. “Lindsay” I called out. She slowly turned to look at me. “Shaun” she called and that
Shaun's POV“Fine, I’ll do then,” Asher said and immediately after the words left his lips, he pulled the trigger. I had accepted my fate that I was going to die, but I was still standing there with a gun still in my hand. He had pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. The bullet of the gun he used had gotten finished. I could see the color drain from his face as he stood in front of me unarmed. He hadn’t spared me, so I didn’t think he expected me to spare him. With the gun still in my hands, I was about to bring him down when I was interrupted by the forceful opening of the door. One of his men came through with a gun in his hand. He was about to shoot at me but I was swifter, bringing him down before he could pull his trigger. That was the perfect opportunity for Francesco to get away. Before I could turn back to look at him. He ran past the front door, not after pushing me to get me unstable. When I finally found my stance, I began to fire, but he was lucky_ too lucky. He did
Shaun’s POV Bullets flew all over the place, guards dropped to the floor as their blood spilled on it. The best part of it was my men were winning. A guard approached me with a gun in his hand, but I was quick to pull the trigger before he did. Someone attacked me from behind, sending me to the floor. He jumped on me and began rendering punches on my face. He didn’t have a stance. With one flip, he was on the floor and I had the upper hand. I punched him till I was satisfied and when he was almost lifeless, I took my gun which had left my hand when I was pushed and I shot him in the head, making his blood splatter on the ground. It didn’t take time before we were able to take down every one of Francesco's men. At least that was what I thought until I was called by one of my men. “Boss” he called out and I turned to look at where he was facing. More of Francesco’s men trooped out from the house. Bullets went flying again as my men and his men began to fire at each other again. I wa