Avery's POV Walking down the gardening aisle, I look over the hundreds of varieties of pots in front of me. I have no idea which kind I need. All I know is that the seedlings my mother planted before she passed need to be transferred into a proper pot. "You need any help?" A man suddenly asked beside me, making my heart jump out of my chest. "Oh, uhm. I need a pot. There's this seedling I need to transfer to a proper pot, about this size." I replied to the man as I turn to face him. My breath hitched as soon as I saw what the man looked like. His facial features looked as if it was sculpted by an artist. He was a head taller than me and his arms were covered in tattoos. Safe to say, he was hot. He is hot. "How big is the plant?" He asks and I tried to motion with my hands the estimated size of it. He nods and looks over the pots before pulling out one from the racks and putting it in the cart. "Thanks," I said to him. "No problem. Do you need help repotting? I actually am a
It's been two weeks since I last saw Arturo. I did really wish to hire him, but every time I would call him I would chicken out and drop the call. I sighed as I hold the phone in my hand. I look over to my backyard and it managed to be in worse condition than it did last time. The plant he repotted was thriving among the almost dead plants around it.If my mother was still alive, I would be buried six feet underground with how I've managed to not take care of her garden. I sighed and decided to just go for it before my mother calls back out from her grave. I dialed his number and put the phone up to my ear. I waited on the phone, anxiously tapping my foot on the floor until Arturo answered."Hello, this is Arturo. May I ask who's calling?" Arturo finally answers.I paused for a moment, unsure of what to say. "Hello?" Arturo says through the phone."Oh, sorry. This is Avery." I replied."Oh, hey. You're the one with the bike right?" He asked."Yes. That was me. I, uhm. How much would i
Arturo's POVI heard Avery hiss in pain as he bent down to pick up the glass pieces. I crouch down beside him and saw that his finger was cut."Are you okay?" I asked."Y-yeah. It's just a small cut." He said before looking down and seeing that his finger was bleeding.That is when he suddenly fainted. I quickly caught him in my arms, preventing him from falling to the floor. I'm guessing he's scared of blood. I stood up with him in my arms and went inside the house. I gently placed him on the couch, making sure that he won't fall off before going back outside to fetch my first aid kit.I went back inside with the kit and tended his wound. There was no visible glass shard on the wound so I'm guessing it won't need anything major since the cut was not that deep either. I wrapped a band-aid around his finger before placing his hand on his chest. I look up to see his face was quite pale. I sat on the edge of the couch as I observe his face. He looked so sweet and innocent. I brought my h
Avery's POVIt's the day when Arturo and I are about to go pick up some plants for the garden. He said he'll pick me up so now I'm waiting anxiously on my front porch. I took my phone out of my pocket and checked to see if Arturo sent me a message. A while later, his truck pulled up the driveway. He rolled his window down and waved for me to come over. I walk to his truck and got inside the passenger's seat."Any particular plant you want for your garden?" He asked as he drives off."Tulips. They're my favorite, and so was my mother." I replied and he gave a soft smile."We could work on that. Anything else?" He asked and I just shrug.In all honesty, I didn't know much about plants. All I know was that I wanted tulips. They're the only flowers I can take care of. We soon reached the plat nursery and flower shop and we both got off the truck. Arturo led me inside and pointed out all the different kinds of plants. I was fixated on how Arturo was knowledgeable about all the different k
Arturo's POVAs I was driving my way back to the mansion, my phone suddenly rang. I pulled it out from my pocket and saw Avery's name in the caller I.D. I immediately answered the call and brought my phone up to my ear."Hello, missed me already?" I teased through the phone."Arturo, the guy from earlier is in front of my house." He whispered. "I'm coming back," I replied, immediately taking a U-turn. "Don't drop the call.""Okay." He replied.I pushed down on the gas pedal, speeding over the limit, but I didn't care. It didn't take long before I reached Avery's house and saw Christopher standing in front of Avery. I got out of the truck and walked over to Christopher. He turned around and his face quickly fell upon seeing me."Hey, Arturo. I was just checking on your boy." He greeted.I dropped my hand on his shoulder, giving it a hard squeeze. His face grimaced in pain, but he quickly tried to hide it."Why are you really here?" I asked."I was just wondering what got your attentio
Avery's POVArturo agreed to stay the night. He offered to sleep on the couch but it was honestly too small for him. I insisted that I would sleep on the couch instead and he could take the bedroom, but he refused. There was only one bedroom available since I've used the other room for storing my mother's things that I haven't organized until now. We decided to just sleep on the living room floor together so I laid down a thick comforter on the floor along with some pillows.Both Arturo and I laid down on the floor after I turned off the lights. There was a good amount of space between us, but part of me wants to move closer to him. "Goodnight." He said."Goodnight," I replied, before closing my eyes....The next day came and I woke up alone in the living room. I stood up from the floor and tried looking for Arturo in the house and even in the backyard, but didn't find him there. I stopped in my tracks when I saw the garden. It looked absolutely beautiful with a variety of flowers a
I sped through the streets as quickly as I can, I needed to get out of there. I'm hoping no one saw me or recognized my face. Fear cropped throughout my body at the image of Arturo killing a man. Maybe that's why he left so suddenly. It scared me how much I don't know about him.I finally reached home and I dragged my bike to the backyard. I went inside and locked all the doors and windows in paranoia. I checked my phone to see if anyone contacted me and sighed in relief when I saw no notifications. I don't know how to cope with what I've seen today, I could only wish to forget it. That memory is something I do not wish to be stuck in my head....It has been a few weeks since I last saw Arturo and the incident. I've woken up a few times in the middle of the night because of the nightmares. Even at work, I would flinch at sudden sounds. Elisse noticed this, but I had to keep to myself what was bothering me. The garden was even back to square one. I was too scared to be out and alone i
The rest of the car ride was way too silent. It was mostly because I didn't want to talk to anyone. "Do you want to take a nap? We might take a while." Arturo asked but I shook my head."I'm fine," I replied.Arturo seemed hesitant to accept that answer but nodded anyway. The window tint suddenly turned dark and we could barely see the outside."What happened to the windows?" I asked."We just blocked it out," Arturo replied."Why?" I asked, but Arturo just shrugged. I sighed and decided to just let it go. Suddenly, a yawn escaped my lips. Arturo chuckled as my face turned a light shade of pink. He didn't say anything as he tapped his shoulder, offering it for me lay down on. I didn't fuss as I lay my head against his shoulder. Arturo put his arm across my torso, resting his hand on my thigh so I used his arm as a pillow as I close my eyes. I could hear some of the men faintly coo, but I tried my best to ignore it. It didn't take long for me to fall asleep. The next thing I know, I
It's been a few weeks and Arturo has been completely busy. I was missing him terribly but I knew he was just finishing up some work so we can leave as safely as possible. I busied myself in the kitchen and even worked until the late hours of the night so I can stay awake until Arturo gets home. Arturo wasn't a fan of me staying up so late at night but I don't want to go to sleep without seeing him for the whole day.The bags under his eyes are deepening and it was worrying me. Even Leo and Tiago noticed it and begged him to take a rest, but he didn't listen to any of them. After a few days, I was finally able to convince him to take a rest. Arturo always seemed peaceful as he sleeps. He was genuinely a beautiful man. It was already past noon but I didn't want to wake him up yet. I want him to rest as much as possible. Arturo had his arms around me as he slept. His grip suddenly tightened around me as he nuzzled his face in my neck. He gently bit the skin at the juncture of my neck, e
I woke up later and the sun was already setting. My bladder also felt like it was about to explode. I tried getting out of bed but two arms are wrapped around me like some sort of harness, preventing me from getting out. I looked behind me and saw Arturo dead asleep. Blood doesn't seem to be coming out of his nose anymore so that's good, but it still looked a little bit bruised. I tried shaking him awake but his grip just tightened around me. "Arturo, I need to pee. Let go," I said, trying to wake him up."No," he grumbled with his eyes still closed."I need to pee," I said as I try to push him off of me. "Just pee on me then," he said and I stared at him in disbelief as his eyes snapped open, as if in shock at what just came out of his mouth.Arturo slowly let go of me and I quickly got up and went for the bathroom. After I was done relieving myself, Arturo was still on the bed, scrolling through his phone. with the way he was laying on the bed, I just wanted to go on top of him an
Avery's POVArturo had to leave the house for work today and I took the opportunity to talk to Leo since he was left behind. I knocked on his door and heard shuffling and cursing from the other side of the door before it was opened."I'm sorry, I can talk later if that's fine," I said."No, it's okay.""Yes, please."Leo and, I'm guessing Tiago, said at the same time. Silence followed after and I looked at Leo it did look like they were in the middle of something. He was shirtless and had red marks all over his neck and it didn't take a genius to figure out what they were doing. "We'll talk in my office. Let me just get dressed," Leo said and I nodded.Oddly enough, I wasn't really bothered by what I saw. I went to his office as instructed, and sat on the couch in front of his desk. I tried going over what I was going to say to him and I could feel my hands start to sweat. I bit my lip as I waited anxiously for Leo to come in, I don't know how he's going to react and it's scaring me
It's just been a few days since Avery asked for space and it's already driving me crazy. His side of the bed still smells like him an it's making me want to grab him from that kitchen and lock him in my room. I don't know what's causingme to be this clingy towards him. It's probably the horniness. I just can't belive I'm careles enough to let Avery see me like that. I keep on forgetting how different he grew up compared to me. I just hope that incident won't push him away. I'd be willing to give up everything just for him. Tiago had to make me stop working after seeing me so distracted and I hated it even more now than I don't have work to do.I'm stuck with my thoughts and I hated it. I know Avery is distracting himself by working at the kitchen and I could only watch from afar as he immerse himself into cooking. Even when we were eating together, he barely spared a galnce towards me. It took every muscle inme to stop myself from pulling him into my lap. I sighed for probably the nth
Arturo's POVAfter that night, I could no longer think straight. I want Avery so bad, but I know I can't force him to do something he's not yet comfortable with. I didn't want to overwhelm him, but god I want to be inside him so bad. I just want to snatch him from the kitchen and fuck him senseless. "Arturo!" Tiago yelled while snapping his fingers in front of my face."Huh, what?" I asked as I snapped back into reality. "We have a meeting with Alexis this afternoon, remember?" he asked."Y-yeah, that. For what again?" I asked."You know what, maybe Tiago and I just deal with it. The way you've been looking at my brother and you being distracted the whole day already tells me everything I need to know and I really want to get it out of my mind so we'll just leave you alone before I try and kill you for wanting to fuck my brother," Leo said in one breath and dragged Tiago out of my office.I let out a sigh of relief when they left because my pants were already killing me. I tucked m
I sat still on the bed, my face looking like I'd dipped it on a platter of red blush. "You want my help?" Arturo asked and I quickly shook my head.I hesitantly took off my shirt and neatly folded it before placing it beside me. I was wasting as much time as I can. I was excited yet nervous. I didn't know that kind of thing can make me feel in such a way that I would want more. I took a deep breath before standing up and pulling down my pants along with my underwear. I kicked them to the side and now I was completely naked in front of Arturo.I kept my gaze on his chest, preventing my eyes from wandering further down and it almost looked like I was glaring at his chest. He placed his hands on my hips and pulled me closer to him, making our bodies touch. My body reacted almost immediately and I know Arturo could feel it."Tell me when you want me to stop, okay?" he said and I nodded. "Use your words.""Okay, I'll tell you when you want to stop," I said.Arturo was satisfied with my an
Ever since I got back here, I've already claimed Arturo's room as my own. Arturo wasn't complaining so I started slowly moving my thighs into his room one by one. Leo even caught me carrying a bunch of my clothes into Arturo's room. He raised a brow at me but didn't question it. Luckily, his closet had enough room for both of our clothes."I don't know why you even bother putting your clothes in there when you keep using mine," Arturo said as he wrapped his arms around my waist."You can use it?" I asked, knowing full well that he was two sizes bigger than me. "If I wanted a crop top, maybe I would," he chuckled."Some of my clothes don't fit me anymore. That's why I've been wearing yours," I said as I turn around his arms so I could face him."Want to go shopping?" he asked."I'll feel bad if you're paying for me again," I replied."No need to feel bad. I'd gladly spend millions on you if I have to," he said."That's not very smart," I said, making him laugh. "I really want a job,
Avery's POVWe finally got back home and Tiago immediately suggested a makeover. Given that quite a few people already saw me backat Lorenzo's estate, he reasoned out that it's best that I change my appearance until people forget about me so now I'm sitting on a chair in front of a mirror getting my hair bleached. Even my brows weren't safe. I asked Tiago how will I explain the lashes and he just told me that we could just tell people that I got it tinted.My nose scrunched at the smell of bleach on my head. I honestly think that Tiago wanted to bleach Leo's hair, but he constantly refused so I was the next target. He really didn't give me a chance to say no. He didn't even tell Arturo so when he saw what Tiago was doing, he got an earful. I didn't mind though, and as soon as Arturo realized that I wasn't really bother by it. He gave up. Tiago washed off the bleac and toned my hair and I'm surprised that it turned into platinum blonde without frying all my hair off. I guess Tiago was
Arturo's POVUpon hearing about the death of Lorenzo, I thought Avery was going to come home right after, but Alexis kept him locked in his room. I tried talking to Milan about why this happened and he kept saying that he doesn't know. I knew better than to trust him, but I was desperate. She said she will let him go once we give her what she wants.Today's the day of her ascension ceremony, right after the day of Lorenzo's funeral. I got to talk to Avery on the phone yesterday, concerned that he might be devastated by his father's death. I was shocked to hear when he said he really didn't feel anything about his father's death. I could only guess that he didn't form a deep attachment with his father in that short amount of time, but I'm still surprised that he's handling this well.We reached the estate and it was clear that Alexis was trying to rebrand and reform their clan. The Esteves and The Biacnhis are here. Just like us, there were rivals with Lorenzo's clan. Marco Esteves app