Emily's POVI was shocked to find out the culprit who was behind my children's kidnapping. The most shocking news to me was their death. I felt so sad, I couldn't believe my ears. Chloe Lee and Ethan's mother were dead. My heart felt so sorry for them, Ethan told me all there is to know about his underground business, the love I had for him was far greater than all that. My kids and I paid a visit to the hospital, taking care of Valerie. Luckily she was becoming responsive to treatment, she was healing faster, I had nothing to worry about. Surprisingly, Zadok would also follow us to the hospital to keep Valerie company. " You don't need to come here everyday, I'm okay," Valerie said with a smile." I just came here to give you the good news, Ethan proposed and I accepted" I said jumping up excitedly."Of course he has too, if he doesn't get married to you, he would be losing out for life" Valerie said proudly. Hearing this I chuckled. " You are really a pain in my ass, I would only
Emily's POVThe building around me echoed loudly as I was led through it. The blindfold around my eyes was tight—too tight for comfort. I sighed and kept walking, putting one leg before the other gingerly to avoid tripping over my own feet."You'd do well to walk faster, ma'am." One of the bodyguards behind me muttered. "Our boss does not like being kept waiting."I stopped abruptly and turned towards the direction of the voice. "Well, It would really help if I wasn't blindfolded." I snapped."Just keep moving, ma'am." The voice replied, and I turned and continued walking amidst angry mutters. We got to a flight of stairs and two men held both my hands, then gently led me upstairs. "Why the blindfold anyway?" I asked as I was led up. "Is your boss ugly? Trust me, I've seen a lot of ugly men, and I haven't died from that now, have I?"The men ignored me, but I couldn't care less. All I needed was the sound of my voice echoing around the building to drive away my fear. I was scared shi
CHAPTER TWOI looked down at his fingers around my arm incredulously, then back up at his face. "Are you kidding me?""You're not going anywhere until I let you." He repeated."You must be a big joker." I retorted, then struggled to break off his grip, but he was resolute. "My mother is in the hospital, dying! I need that money!""Is that what you think this is? Something you can do in the space of a few minutes and scarper with the money?" He asked, his eyes narrowed dangerously. "Right now you might be carrying my heir. The future of my family might be growing inside you already, and you will be under my watch for the next nine months till you deliver it. Do you understand that?""And in nine months my mother will be long gone, you miserable—" I gasped and stopped short as his fingers tightened around my arm."Do you understand?" He asked again, his eyes gleaming with warning."Yes." I replied, sighing. He released my arm slowly, then turned to put on some clothes. I was suddenly aw
CHAPTER THREEI knew I was screaming, knew incoherent words were pouring out of my mouth, but it didn't sound like me. Never had I produced that kind of inhumane, guttural sound. It was alien and foreign to me. The sorrow tore at my heart and left it in shreds, and I slid to the floor in despair, a boneless, bereft sliding.I vaguely registered the doctor leaving his seat behind the desk and coming to console me. "No!" I screamed and fought against his grip, but he held me to his chest, murmuring words of comfort.I couldn't accept that she was dead.Not until I saw it with my own eyes. I pushed the doctor aside and dashed out of his office, staring around wildly. A nurse approached me with concern in her eyes. "Ma'am, what do you need?" She asked."Take me to her." I yelled, grabbing the nurse by the shoulders. "Fucking take me to my mother!"The doctor had followed me outside, and he was gently prying my fingers from the nurse's shoulders. He gently steered me away from the nurse a
CHAPTER FOUREthan's POVIt was afternoon already, and I was sitting in my office, trying to sort out the bills and files that had piled up during the week, feeling the stress press down behind my eyes. My eyes roamed the large figures on the pages of the files.Sucks to be a Mafia Lord on a Saturday.My hand found the glass decanter on my table and I poured myself a generous glass of tequila, then poured it down my throat in one swig. My thoughts wandered dangerously to the young woman I'd left on my bed several hours ago, and I felt guilt spread in my chest.I couldn't get over the hateful look I'd seen in her eyes, and only several years of carefully mastering my emotions had saved me from it.She'd dozed off shortly after our sex, and I'd had to leave her to rest in my room. I knew she'd had a long, stressful day, and I didn't want to be a monster by disrupting her rest. Besides, I was sure she was carrying my baby now. The least I could do was make her feel comfortable.I slammed
CHAPTER FIVEEthan's POV Days began to run into weeks as the woman spent longer living with me. I got to know that her name was Emily Davis, which was a moment too late for me. She never got to know of mine and never deemed it fit to ask, and however much I tried to bridge the gap between us, any sort of friendship between us remained sadly out of reach.I moved her to a room at the very back of the house, so I wouldn't get to see the wariness and hostility in her eyes, yet it burned at the back of my head and kept me awake at night. To all and sundry in the house, I hated her as much as she hated me and I tried to make it known that I only tolerated her presence, but that was a lie. She was an attractive woman: slim, petite, with that thick brown hair I craved to run my fingers through, those freckles that dusted her nose and her cheeks, and damn, was I attracted to her!However, I knew my place as a mafia boss and the leader of an empire, and I knew that she wasn't worth my time. S
Ethan pov I rushed into the ward where Emily lay, my men closely following me. She was on a bed on the far end of the room, and her back was turned to me, but I didn't care. My heart was simply bursting at the seams with happiness.I'd finally have a child of my own.Giddy with joy, I called out. "Emily?"She turned her head to look at me. Her eyes were full of hope, as though she'd been expecting someone else, and I watched as the hope filtered away and her eyes hardened."Good morning, Mr Brown," she said dully and turned back to the wall. I felt the joy in me come down a notch. I walked forward and sat on the chair beside her. "How are you feeling?" I asked."Very well, thank you."The smile on my face faded at the tone of her voice. Regardless, I pressed on. "The doctor said you're pregnant. Have you heard?"Her breath hitched as she took in the news. "Is that so?" She asked, her voice shaky."Yes," I answered. "Since our...act proved successful, I would have to tighten security
Emily's POVI watched as Ethan Brown walked out of the hospital, leaving me with his men. We were all plunged into silence for a few minutes, then the man whom I supposed was his second-in-command cleared his throat."Miss Davis, if you will," he murmured, and I nodded, then stepped forward. Two guards were at my sides, with two others behind me. The second-in-command himself was at my front, leading the way. I felt utterly protected, and yet vulnerable and bare—so, terribly bare. They would never be able to shield me from what I felt inside.The ache of my mother's death gripped my heart as tightly as a wrench, made even worse as this was the very same hospital where she'd died. She was the only thing that mattered to me in this world, and that vile beast of a man had yanked her from me in only a few hours of knowing him.We reached the front door in a matter of seconds, and the second in command reached out to open the door. "After you, Miss Davis." He murmured, and I nodded in than
Emily's POVI was shocked to find out the culprit who was behind my children's kidnapping. The most shocking news to me was their death. I felt so sad, I couldn't believe my ears. Chloe Lee and Ethan's mother were dead. My heart felt so sorry for them, Ethan told me all there is to know about his underground business, the love I had for him was far greater than all that. My kids and I paid a visit to the hospital, taking care of Valerie. Luckily she was becoming responsive to treatment, she was healing faster, I had nothing to worry about. Surprisingly, Zadok would also follow us to the hospital to keep Valerie company. " You don't need to come here everyday, I'm okay," Valerie said with a smile." I just came here to give you the good news, Ethan proposed and I accepted" I said jumping up excitedly."Of course he has too, if he doesn't get married to you, he would be losing out for life" Valerie said proudly. Hearing this I chuckled. " You are really a pain in my ass, I would only
Zadok POVThe gun shots must have been so loud and it must have scared them. Nathan had some bruises on his body, but he was brave and didn't complain. But the culprit wasn't going to stay alive, I was certain that my boss wouldn't spare them. They would be dead. I stretched out my hands towards them, losing the ropes around them. Luckily, my men were everywhere. We had the blueprint of the whole place. There was no way for them to escape. Emma was still hiding behind him, clutching his shirt. She was too traumatized to speak or look at me. She had seen things no child should ever see.I reached out to her, hoping to comfort her. But she flinched and turned away, as if I was one of them. She didn't trust me " Emma, I am here to help you." I said.She didn't trust anyone."Emma, uncle is here to help, I came here together with your Dad. Come with me, I am here to save you." I pleaded. "My dad is dead, mama said I shouldn't ever go with strangers " She said, she was already shivering
Chloe POVLooking around I couldn't comprehend what was happening. My men were being shot, they were dropping dead. " Mistress , we've been surrounded, you should leave, it's no longer safe" one of my guards announced. Hearing this my heart skipped a beat. Emma was crying loudly, this made me more confused. " Shut the fuck up" I shouted. I couldn't help it. I needed some time to think."What! " Penelope screamed out in horror. Her face suddenly turned pale. " We can't just leave, get it over and done with" She said glaring at the guard. "Auntie, we've been surrounded. We need to leave, " I said looking at her. We were already surrounded and all she could think about was killing Nathan? I didn't need to be told trying to lay hands on the kids would be committing suicide, my men earlier has been shot with a sniper."Mistress, you have to leave," My guard said, leading the way towards the back door. My men rushed inside to get some weapons and rushed out again fully armed. The sound of
Ethan's POV I remember telling myself that it could be Chloe behind all this but I wasn't too sure about it. She had bluntly denied the whole thing and Emily had saved her from my grasp.After the conversation between my Dad and I, I quickly rushed home to see what I could do. I had to keep an eye on Emily, someone could try to kure her out of my mansion. I couldn't let that happen. From the looks of things I was sure Chloe Lee and Penelope had something to do with my children's kidnap.If I don't get any useful information about our kids to tell to Emily, she will be so worried and restless, I had to be with her."Zadok," I called out for my right hand man immediately I got home. He must have some information for me, regarding my kids."Zadok, You Haven't given me any update about my children. I had given you the permission to turn the city upside down and get the whereabouts of my kids. What's happening? Have you trailed Chloe? I want you to know what to do next, so tell me, wha
Ethan POVWalking into the hospital, I could see how Valerie was wrapped up in bandage. Seeing me she git up abruptly from the bed "Did you find them?" She asked.I was amazed, she was in such a state but all she was worried about was my kids. Emily walked up to her bed and sat beside her. " There are currently searching the whole city, turning it upside down, trust me. We would find them" Emily said comforting her, I knew how worried she was herself, all my promise to find our kids were falling on deaf ears. But here she was comforting Valerie.Hearing this Valerie heave a sigh of relief. " Ethan has cleared all your medical bills" Emily announced." You are a bastard, but I know you would find my little babies" Valerie said looking at me. Her words cut me off guard, was that a compliment or an insult? "I would be taking her back to my house to get some rest" I said looking at Valerie, she gave me a nod and holding Emily, we left the hospital.Arriving at my mansion, Emily looked ar
Chloe POV"You both are so cute, I wished I was the one that gave birth to such beautiful kids" I said smiling broadly at the two lovely kids. Though they looked scared, I didn't feel sorry for them, if there was anyone they had to blame then it had to be Emily, their mother. " Auntie, please let us go. I promise I wouldn't say a word to anyone" Emma pleaded, she had been crying for a long time now."Stop the tears, just like I said I wouldn't hurt you. I just want to teach your mom a lesson. I had warned her but she just wouldn't listen" I said with a frown. If I had known that she was pregnant with twins, I would have aborted the children by all means." Please auntie, there's still good inside you. Whatever my mom did to you, you can forgive her and move on"'The little girl continued. Her words made me speechless, she was just as innocent as I thought. " Darling, I wish I could, moving on isn't as easy as you think, '' I replied with a smile. " Now let's have a nice meal, I bought
Chloe pov...I held trance my hands on my neck feeling the pain I had felt earlier when he had clenched my neck, like I was nothing to him. "What a bitch!" I said angrily. Emily was there acting like my hero, she was nothing but a low life tramp. I would have killed her when I had the chance, but what did I do? I foolishly let her go.. moving away from Ethan's office, I had a smirk on my face, their peaceful days were over, this is Just a tip of an iceberg, there was more to come. This was just the beginning, when I am done with them, Emily would regret ever meeting me or Ethan.I brought my phone and made a call. "What's the update?""Mistress, everything is just as you had planned it. That fool Zadokehad ran a check on your movement but he hasn't found anything and trust me mistress he wouldn't find a thing. You had really been shopping the whole time" My guard on the other hand said. "Good, I would have to be cautious about my movement. Ethan had nearly killed me but not to worry
Ethan's POVLooking at those beautiful eyes, I was short of words. I knew from the look in her eyes that she believed my words. " I wasn't going to marry Chloe, I was just acting based on what my mom wanted. She had threatened me with her life, It's you I love. If I didn't love you I would have been married to her by now. I love you so much Emily, and I have never loved any woman like the way I love you. I have never felt the same way for any woman. When you left I turned the city upside down, I ran wild and mad with rage..I didn't want you to misunderstand me or hate me" I explained. Emily looked directly into my eyes. I could lie with words but the eyes never lie. I knew she was finding answers inside of them." I thought you wanted to take my kids away from me after birth, when I heard those things my heart shattered into a thousand pieces" Emily said walking over to the couch. She had sadness written all over her face. I knew she had a lot she wanted to say, so I stayed quiet as I
Emily POV "I have to see him, it's a matter of emergency. Move aside" I said looking at the assistant who was blocking my path. " It's about my kids, they've kidnapped my kids" I said at the verge of tears. "I promise you, you won't lose your Job " I said sincerely. Hearing that she moved out of my path, I rushed Into the elevator, heading to the top floor, where Ethan's office was located. This was the same office I had run into many years ago to sign the contract and save my mother's life. This was the same state I was in then. It seems history was repeating itself in an entirely different format.After all the restlessness, I couldn't think straight, neither could I figure out what to do next. I decided to go seek Ethan's help, I needed his help to help me find my kids, I believe he can be of help in some ways just like Valerie said.On getting to his office, I called out his name, raising my voice. I was halfway to his office. I knew he must have heard me. Seems like he was bu