I wake up to an empty bed the following morning. I rub my eyes and blink them. The bustling and rustling of the busy city below us can be heard. I mean this is New York , what am I supposed to expect.
I push the blanket aside and sit up on the bed with my feet not even close to the floor. I sigh and walk to the floor to ceiling glass walls that view the city. I itch my eyelids and push the white drapes aside. I look down at the city below the penthouse and they look tiny.
I go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and yesterday’s incident flows into my head. Gangsters. Gangsters who wants him dead and also they want me as bait to get whatever thing they need from Gray. I don’t even blame them that much. What ever shitty business Gray did , I’m sure he hurt a lot of people. And this stupid shooting stunt isn’t ending any time soon. I drop the toothbrush and stare at my reflection. I look a bit weird because of last night’s stunt.
Okay Ariel.Don't panic. Think positive. Maybe the doctor's took her out for some treatment and they couldn't do the treatment in her room.What if they shot her again?What if she's kidnapped?What if she's dead?What if—?Jesus , for Christ sake think positive. If anything happens to her , her parents will never forgive me. No matter how hard I try to apologise." What the fuck! Where the fuck is she? She was right here , right?" Piper rambles.I think I'm the only one who's panicking." Okay. We should look at the bright side. She might be around. Let's check under the bed. Maybe she was attacked by some weirdo and she was pushed under the bed." I say.Piper looks at me weirdly and blink her eyes. God , why's this even happening in the first place. Obviously I know why , I said i don't want a college student as a boyfriend and then I chose to date a mystery man called Gray Carter. So much for fall
"Alexa!" I squeak surprisingly and pull her into a bear hug. She giggles and hug me with one hand while the other holds Blue firmly. " Jesus." I smile and shut the door. " Sup girl! You look pretty. Damn , when last did I saw you?" Alexa asks sitting on the couch. " Last week." I sigh and sit next to her to observe her. " How are you? What happened? We checked on you yesterday at the hospital and then boom , you're gone except for a dead man underneath your bed." I explain. She exhales sharply and drops Blue on the floor. " Vladimir sent someone to kill me after he discovered I made it. I woke up from coma yesterday and I saw him , he wanted to inject me to death and make it look like an overdose." She shrugs her shoulders and rub her palms down her hair. " So what happened?" She smirks and cocks her brows." You know I'm a good fighter. I punched him and stabbed his eyes with the needle. And
I stand up from my chair and rush after Leslie." Ariel." Alexa calls out but i ignore them." Leslie." I call out her name once I'm outside the restaurant.She stops walking down the sidewalk with Hazel. She turns to look at me and crosses her arms. I stalk towards her and sigh. Her mascara already smudge her eyes and she looks pale. I take a step forward and stuff my hands in my back pockets." I'm really sorry about what happened." I say.She raises her brows and laughs. Hazel chuckles and glares at me." Stop acting like I'm the cause of whatever thing that happened back there. I wanted to make sure you're okay."" Why should you care?" Leslie asks." Maybe because we're sisters and we should always look out for each other."" I don't fuckin care about you. I mean you're this little tiny girl who's got popular and almighty Gray wrapped around her fingers. And you have a fuckin Ferrari too. Don't act
"What!" I exclaim.I mean I didn't expect Leslie to be this wicked. I tried not to make her feel hurt by always covering up for her and she has the nerve to turn the table around." Ariel." Mom and dad turns to look at me as they drop their forks.I look at Leslie who scowls at me. I bite my tongue in order to stop myself from punching her. If she's not lucky , I don't mind sending her to the hospital again. I am trying not to flip right now." Ariel is it true? You got pregnant?" Mom asks." This is crazy. First you asked me if it was true and secondly your beloveth daughter thought it was nice to turn the table around." I chuckle." What do you mean? You committed an abortion?" Dad asks with rage.I ignore their questions and look at Leslie ." You're such a coward. You're just jealous of me because you've never been with anyone who's willing to give you everything. Why don't you be mature and tell our par
" So who's this Sinclair ? And what does he look like ?" I ask Gray on our way to God knows where." He's nothing Ariel. Just a mob boss and don't take that personal." Gray answers.Another mob boss. First it was Cage and now Sinclair is also involve with the mobs." Why did you glare at Trent to stop talking ?"" I notice you were being uneasy and uncomfortable. Imagine someone asking if you're a daughter to some weirdo. You didn't like the choice of topic , I had to help." He says.He's right. I was uncomfortable. Yeah , I didn't like the topic at all. Why did he have to ask me such questions. It's irritating." Are you also a mob boss ?" I ask and turn to look at Gray. He doesn't look tense or even bothered." Why are you asking me that ? You should know me better than the others. I've given you a lot of information about me that I haven't given anyone."" Pfft."" Tinkerbell."
I feel weak and not numb anymore. My feet aches and my body aches too. I try to move my hand but I can't. I think I'm restrain. I slowly open my eyes and look around my new environment. Everything looks dark. No windows but I can see a small door at the end. I try to sit up , but my feet are being tied together Including my hands." Oh my God!" I panic.I hear distant chattering and I'm pretty sure it's not too far from here. I look down at my hands that are tied and it's handcuffed. Both my legs are chained together with a chain built to the wall. God why did I chose to keep my hair up without a pin. Of all the days really. I don't even know what's the time? What if I've been out for few days or maybe a week. Where's my phone? Alexa. What must have happened to her? I look around the cold floor and there's nothing I can do about this chain. I can't believe I'm gonna die like this. I can't believe I didn't get to visit italy before dying. And my yacht ride
GRAY"Boss , he's here." Manny says and I nod." Be alerted." I tell him.He nods and I take the stairs below. We're at the top of a casino building. I take the flight of stairs down and I appear at an empty passage. I worry about Ariel , I actually told Carl and Spencer to keep an eye on her once i leave just to be sure she'll be safe. First thing , I actually didn't travel with a mobile phone because of this shitty business stuff.After I left Chicago , I had to fly to italy to sort out an asshole who thought it was nice to rat me out to a goddamn dectective.I shove my hands in my jacket pocket and stalk past the empty passage. The faint music from the club blast through the passage. I sigh once i arrive at the club. Gamblers were everywhere. They chant and laugh with shots of tequila in their grasp." The infamous Gray Carter." He smirks and stop
GRAYI never thought I could feel heartbroken or even feel forsaken. I never thought I was ever gonna fall in love with a girl or even care for someone so much. Ariel fuckin made me feel weak. When you get involved with dangerous shit like the Mafia or even decides to do narcotics , you gotta be sure you got nothing to loose. No lover , no kid , nothing , so they won't hit you back expecting you're gonna loose something. When Kennedy was born, I made sure she stays far away from me because, I wanted to make sure she's okay. But why can't I let Ariel stay away from me.Manny sighs after he stiitch up the bullet wound. I got shot when I was trying to save her." You're in love." Manny says and close the first aid kit. I look down at my bandages around my arm." Yeah?"" She's pretty and a nice person. I might not be good wit
SIX YEARS LATER I drop my car key on the kitchen counter and run my hands down my hair. Being a mom is so difficult and hard. Haven is always getting into one trouble or another. Last week, his teacher reported him for getting into a fight with an older kid. Gray is barely bothered. ” Look mom , I’m sorry.” Haven whines as he follows me. ” Go to your room.” I turn around and glare at him. Today , he got into another fight because the eight years old kid called him names. He’s got a terrible temper. One I’ve never seen before. Gray wasn’t like this or maybe Gray was worse when growing up. I remembered he said he got kicked out of several highschool because of his fighting and I can’t withstand seeing Haven being kicked out. I squat to his height and run my hand down his black hair. He looks like Gray. Same grey colored orbs. Hair and even his father’s facials. ” Haven , you don’t fight at school, it's wrong
Chapter 110 " What's up with you Ariel?" Piper beams as I slide into the booth next to Brandon. Piper and Alexa sit across from us at our usual restaurant ' sands and winches'. It's been a long time since we hung out together in this restaurant. All thanks to life. " I've been good." I say with a big smile as I arrange my yellow sundress. " What's up with you guys? I swear I miss college so much." I sigh and bite my bottom lip. " Fuck college. It's just been the same boring shit. How are you holding up with online classes?" Brandon asks. " It's been great." I say.
CHAPTER 109 |•GRAY•| I still can't believe what I'm seeing. I battled death for over six months and when I finally won , I decided to check on the one girl who makes me happy and she's pregnant. Like fully pregnant. How can she do that? " You're pregnant?" I ask her. She stares at me like I'm a ghost and I can't fight back the anger that I had to come check on her the moment I was okay and she's pregnant. Who the fuck got her pregnant? Cage? Or maybe some dimwit. " Who the fuck got you pregnant?" " You're serious?" She asks me. It hurts me that she's barely concerned about my reaction to finding her pregnant after waking up from a six months coma. " Ariel, who got you pregnant?" I ask her. " I'm sorry." She simply states. " You're sorry? Ariel you're pregnant and you're saying you're sorry. I was in a co
Chapter 108 Six months later… " Dear God, I wanna say that I'm grateful for everything that you've done for me. I wanna appreciate the fact that you looked after me and Gray junior, I totally appreciate that. I've sinned against you and I'm sorry. I just wanna ask the same favor I've been asking for the past six months. Please bring Gray back. I want him back…" I sniffle and look down at my baby bump. " His baby wants him back. Please. I know that he has done a lot of stuff. Bad stuff , yes, but please he's a good man. It's been six months now and I'm still asking you for this little favor. I want Gray back, please, God." I weep silently and bite my lip. I look up at Jesus on the cross and look down at my belly. Dad walks beside me and wraps his arms around my shoulder to comfort me. He woke up from a coma five months ago and Gray's still missing. The first month , I always hoped. Stand opposite my
CHAPTER 107 ” Oh my God…” I groan and rush into my bathroom to throw up. I rest both hands on the edge of the sink and puke out whatever thing I ate. What is this called, baby sickness? I breathe in and out and look up at my reflection. ” You’re okay in there?” Alexa calls out. ” Yeah. I’m just having baby sickness I think.” ” Baby sickness? What the fuck is that?” Alexa asks and walks into the bathroom. I turn on the faucet to let it rinse out my vomit as I wash my hands. ” I think it’s because of Alejandro. We killed someone.”” Seriously? You regret that now?” She asks. I turn off the tap and turn to look at her. ” I didn’t mean that. Maybe it upset the baby.” I shrug as she chuckles. I laugh and walk to her as we walk out of the bathroom to my room. I remove my peacoat and toss it on the couch. Alexa pushes the drapes aside to reveal the city below. ” Damn. That was crazy. At fir
CHAPTER 106 I sit opposite Alexa on the kitchen stool as she goes about her plan on Alejandro. My phone rings and I pick it up from the countertop. My heartbeat stops at the caller ID. Oh God, what am I supposed to tell her? " What? Who's that?" " Mia." " Holy fuck." She sighs and runs her fingers through her hair. " What am I supposed to tell her? I'm just gonna break it once I hear her voice. She's obviously gonna ask me where Gray is and I'll start crying again." I say. I haven't talked to her and I'm about to sob. " Just calm down and act normal." I nod and take several deep breaths as I answer the call. " Oh my God Ariel. How are you?" She asks on the phone. I inhale and sigh. I wipe a tear that slip out of my eyes at once. " I'm good, Mia. How are you?" " I'm fine. How's the baby? Hope you're eating well? Pregnancy is worse than a heavy toll.
CHAPTER 105 " Emergency! Someone's getting a panic attack!" The voice is muffled and I barely can hear anything. I lay on a stretcher as I'm pushed down the hospital's hallway. I watch the ceilings pass by as I try to breathe. I can't breathe. Everything is blurry as the stretcher continues to move. Two paramedics surround me , talking non-stop and giving me promises that I'll be fine. The next minute, I'm in a room with doctors and nurses trying to give me treatments. Gray's been shot. I can't even think of losing Gray without telling him he's gonna be a father soon. " What's happened to Gray?" I choke out as a nurse tries to press me back down to steady my breathing. " Someone get her an oxygen mask!" The doctor yells. " She needs a tranquilizer..." The doctor mutters and snaps at another nurse. I feel my hands tremb
CHAPTER 104 |•GRAY•| This is so fuckin crazy. I can't imagine sitting across from Sinclair to eat dinner in some fancy restaurant. This is so fucked up. I'm pretty sure we're both gonna flip and cause a scene. Why did he have to be her father? I watch her get up from my lap as she smiles triumphantly. I bet she did a victory dance in her head. Oh man. The doorbell rings at once. She smiles and walks to the door. Probably the delivery guy who's here to deliver the food she ordered. My phone rings and I retrieve it. Reid's name displays on my screen as I swipe the answer icon. " Hey dick." He says once I pickup. " Seriously?" I scoff. I hear Ariel converse with the delivery guy and they are taking too long. " What are you doing?" He asks and i roll my eyes. I'm still stressed abo
CHAPTER 103 " Ariel, I'd rethink my decisions if I were you…" Alexa says as I bring out the pills from the drawers. " When did you buy these?" She asks. " Two days after I discovered I was pregnant." She sighs and sits on the bed. " You know when Leslie was pregnant, you hated the fact that she had to terminate the baby. You can't play that same role you talked about." I sigh and turn around on my seat to look at her. " But Gray doesn't want a baby." " Both of you produced Junior. You both had sex like every other partners and boom there comes a baby. You're gonna tell him that you're pregnant. If he freaks out and tells you to get rid of it , then it's fine." " Oh God." " Don't you want the baby?" She asks. " I don't know. Right now, I don't even know what I want." " Okay, forget the fact that Gray doesn't want a baby, do you want to keep the baby?" " Who w