“Karla, I love…" She placed her finger on my lips before I could get the word out and I stared at her with confusion written on my face. “Not yet, you know… you know how long I've been waiting to hear you say that and I want nothing more than to hear you mutter those words to me over and over again but now is not the right time. I have to settle things with Andrew and you have to talk to Anastasia" She slowly redrew her fingers from my lips and a frown adorned my face. “Why does everyone keep telling me to talk to Anastasia? I have nothing to say to her and I never want to see her" She placed her hand on my cheek and I easily succumbed to her touch. “Please talk to her for my sake" I stared into her eyes for a while then sighed before nodding. “Okay but don't waste time with Andrew. I want you to stay here with me tonight" She scrunched up her nose and I immediately leaned in to place a kiss on her face. She was so cute! “I think it's better you
~LUCIEN~ “What is wrong with you, Anastasia?" I muttered as I slowly walked towards her. I could barely recognize her and it broke my heart to see her this way. “Lucien I…" “I'm going to kill this bitch" Sebastian uttered behind me and was about to lunge at Anastasia when I held him down. “You won't be able to touch her, you'll just end up getting hurt so let it go. Call Levi and tell him about the situation" I murmured. “No, no he can't… no!" Anastasia screamed and I gasped when Sebastian flew away from me and hit the wall behind him with a groan. I turned to Anastasia with wide eyes. “Let him go, Anastasia" I murmured as I slowly walked towards her. “No! If he tells Levi, Levi is going to hate me! I can't let that happen" I sighed as I ran my fingers through my hair. “Then why are you doing this? Why did you threaten her?" She pursed her lips as tears slipped down her cheeks and I could feel my resolve cracking. I hated it, I hated how much I was in love with her. I hated s
As soon as Sebastian told me that, I went in search of Karla. This was all my fault, I should have never called Anastasia. “Fuck it" I muttered as I ran towards her house. I didn't care about my meeting, Karla was way more important. When I got to her house, I knocked on the door and stood there for a few seconds before her mother opened the door with furrowed eyebrows. “Mr Medici? What are you…" “Is Karla here? Or perhaps do you know where she went with Andrew?" She frowned then folded her arms as she rested her body on the door frame. “What are your plans for my daughter? I know for a fact that Andrew is going to love her but you, I know nothing about you and I don't want my daughter getting hurt. You know how much she has suffered right?" I smiled then nodded. “I won't say I haven't hurt your daughter in the past because I'm sure I have but I'm here to make things right and I'm here to show her just how much I love her. She left me because i
~KARLA~ By the time Levi was done with me, I felt like I was hyperventilating with how out of breath I was. When he said there was a difference between Sex and Making love, he wasn't joking. Although making love was less rough, it was more sensual and felt so much better. I didn't want it to end but if it continued, I might actually not make it. “Levi that's enough" I whined as he placed his arm around my waist and pulled me closer. “But I love you" He murmured and my health melted. I didn't think I could get used to him saying he loved me. “You can't just say you love me and expect me to open my legs for you, Levi. Besides, we have gone so many rounds that I've lost count. I'm tired now" I murmured and he sighed. ”It's not my fault you taste good. When I think I've had enough of you, just one look of your naked body and I get turned on again" He pouted and I sighed. Why did he have to be so cute? I placed a kiss on his lips then buried my
After that, Levi calmed me down and we both went to bed. My whole body was sore so it was no surprise I slept like a baby and when I woke up the next day, Levi's handsome face was staring down at me with his beautiful smile plastered on. I smiled at him then lifted up my head and placed a kiss on his lips before wrapping my arms around him. “I love you so much" I murmured and he chuckled before placing a kiss on my forehead. “I'd take it that you slept well" I nodded. “Like a baby" I murmured as I snuggled into his chest. “Well your mother stopped by earlier to alert us of breakfast and we have to face them" He murmured and I furrowed my eyebrows,trying to understand what he had just said when the memory came rushing back and I gasped. I abruptly raised up my head then stared down at him with wide eyes while he just stared at me with an amused smile on his face. “Oh goddess!" I exclaimed before hurriedly jumping out of bed and into the bath
“Levi.." “Quite frankly, I don't deserve your daughter and I know I've done a lot of things to hurt her unknowingly but despite all that, she stayed by my side and showered me with love beyond my imagination. I never thought I would ever feel so loved till she showed up in my life and I'm not ready or ever going to give her up. I want to make her my wife and keep her next to me till I grow old" By the time he was done talking, I was crying buckets of water. I knew I looked messy as I wiped away my tears and snort but I didn't care. “I love you so much, Karla and from now on, when I said I was going to shower you with love, I wasn't lying. I'd do anything to make you happy and… you're crying again" He muttered with a pout as he turned fully to me with his hand on my knees and I laughed through the tears. “It's happy tears. I felt so happy hearing you say all that but Levi, I'm never going to stop showering you with love" He frowned. “I'll just have
“Have they always been like this?" I heard Jessica murmuring behind me as Levi dragged me towards the kitchen. “I would like to say yes but there's something definitely different with them. Now enough of them, what about me?!" Jessica groaned while I chuckled before turning to Levi. Sebastian was right and some things had changed but they were the good kind of change and I couldn't wait for what our future was going to be like. “Put a shirt on goddamn! Your woman isn't the only one in this house" Sebastian suddenly yelled. “What are you trying to say? I'm not your woman" Jessica screamed. “I never said you were but it seems you wanna be" I giggled. “Cut it out, Sebastian. Jessica has a short temper and she would kick your ass" I yelled as Levi wiped my wound with a dry cloth. “That's what I've been waiting for. I need to know if she's really worthy of having my babies!" Jessica groaned again and I smiled. Those two are going to be a
~ANASTASIA~ It felt like I hadn't seen Levi in years and I was badly missing him. After Sebastian ran off to call Levi, they blocked me on everything. I wasn't able to reach Karla even. I called Zane and he also seemed mad at me, even Kiara didn't want to talk to me. What was wrong with everyone? Couldn't they see that she was the manipulative one? Couldn't they see that I was the one in love, not her? I sighed as I stared at myself in the dresser mirror. I was perfect, I had everything a guy wanted in a woman and I was ready to give my all to Levi, every piece of me so why? Why did he pick her over me? I still couldn't understand that. He loved her? Psst! Then he didn't fucking know what love was. The feeling he and I shared for one another is love. Memories of us being together in that cave while I tried to become a healer witch popped into my mind and I smiled. He couldn't tell me he felt nothing for me then, we both loved each other then. I was sure o
~FOUR YEARS LATER~ “Momma? When are we going to visit aunty Jess and uncle Bash? He promised me a Barbie dream house" Isabella uttered as she swung her little legs back and forth on the chair while I dressed her up. We'll go and visit them soon enough, my love. I'm sure they miss you" I murmured then placed a kiss on her cheeks before carrying her in my arms. “Where's dada?" She murmured and at that moment, Levi's head came out from behind her room door and he had a huge smile on his face. “Hey my Queen and princess" As his whole body came into view, my eyes widened as the huge bouquet of flowers in his hand. “For you my love" He murmured as he outstretched it towards me and I grinned before slowly placing Isabella on the ground. “This is so cute, thank you" I murmured as I placed a kiss on his lips. “Dada, I want flowers too" Isabella pouted as she outstretched her little hands towards him and Levi grinned. “I can never forget my little princess" He brought out a smaller banq
~A FEW MONTHS LATER~ “Push" The nurse uttered and I groaned as I pushed as hard I could while clinging onto Levi's hand. He leaned forward and placed kisses on my face. “You can do this my love, you've got this" He muttered and I nodded then took a deep breath. “One final push, give it all you've got" I screamed as I pushed and the only thing on my mind was I was finally going to hold out baby. The baby we made with love,our miracle baby. As soon as I heard the cries of the baby, I began to shed tears of joy and Levi was crying beside me. “It's a girl. She's the cutest baby ever" The nurses cooed and I opened my arms to receive her. Levi and I hadn't wanted to know the gender, we had wanted to be a surprise but everyone had already guessed it was going to be a girl. “I want to hold her" I uttered and one of the nurses came forward and opened my chest since the baby needed skin contact. As soon as the baby was placed in my arms, I bursted out crying as I stared down at the baby i
~LEVI~ I smiled as I stood in front of Karla's hospital room, listening to her laughing with Kiara. It felt like I haven't heard her laugh so hard in years. I knocked on the door then opened the door and walked in. They both turned to me and I immediately walked up to Karla and placed a kiss on her lips. “You both seem to be having a lot of fun" Karla suddenly stared at me sternly. “You didn't tell me she was your first love" My eyes widened while Kiara raised her hand in surrender. “I didn't tell her, she found out" I bit my lower lip and tried grabbing Karla's hand but she swatted my hand away. “Is that why you took me under your wing because my name sounded like hers?" I gasped as my eyes grew wider. “Karla, no I…" “Don't talk to me or touch me" She murmured then turned her head away from me and I turned to Kiara with a frown. “What did I do wrong? Anyway, we should hang out again don't you think? When you get better, you have
I sighed then leaned down and kissed away the tears on Karla's face. “Karla please, stop doing this to yourself" I muttered and she sighed. “I still can't believe she killed herself just to save me and now your brother is depressed" Kiara had assured me that her heightened emotions were because of her pregnancy hormones but it was clear that Anastasia's death had dampened everyone's mood even though it happened a week ago. Zane and Kiara hardly came by anymore because Kiara said Zane was very down and couldn't stop blaming himself for what happened while Sebastian and Jessica tried their best to comfort Lucien but that didn't seem to be working. He was slipping into depression especially since Anastasia's body was taken away and he couldn't attend her burial because since she was still the Queen of witches, only a few witches could perform her burial ceremony. Daniel and Heather had brought the kids with them and when they heard the news, they had been devastated as well but it w
~LEVI~ As I was about to rush towards Anastasia, Zane and Sebastian held me back while Lucien covered her whole body with his. “I didn't do anything. I don't have any powers for crying out loud" She screamed behind Lucien and I clenched my fist. “Nothing that comes out of your mouth is the truth! This only happened because you are here!" I screamed. “Levi, calm down. Screaming isn't going to solve anything" Kiara tried to reason with me but that witch was still in my space. If she hasn't done anything, what was wrong with Karla then? I furrowed my eyebrows when she suddenly came out from behind Lucien and stared at me straight in the eye. “I know you hate me, I know you all do and I don't blame you for it and I'm not here to ask for your forgiveness. I'm here to save Karla and if you don't let me in there, she's going to die" I gritted my teeth and tried lunging at her but Zane and Sebastian's hold on me was strong. “Karla doesn't need your help
My eyes widened as Lucien walked towards me. When he had called me earlier, I hadn't expected him to actually come. I tried standing up but immediately lost my balance and fell to the ground. Lucien was in front of me in seconds but I shook my head at him then flashed him a smile. “I'm okay" He pursed his lips then took a few steps away from me before letting out a sigh. “Zane said you had a way to help?" He muttered and I nodded. “Yes I do. I can help Karla" He frowned. “How can you do that when you have lost your powers?" I pursed my lips. “It's a forbidden spell. Even those without powers can cast it" He frowned. “You are not telling me everything," I smiled. “It doesn't matter. Just know that I can save Karla and I'm ready to save her. All I just need is physical contact with her" He stared at me for a while then sighed. “If this is one of your schemes then…" “It's not a scheme. I just want to help, that's the onl
~LEVI~ The next few days were hell for me. Karla wasn't showing any signs of waking up and the doctor kept bothering me that it was the right choice to take the baby out but I didn't want that. If Karla woke up, she'd want to give birth to her baby normally. I didn't want to deprive her of that. While Daniel and Heather had volunteered to go bring their children over since Kiara and Zane didn't want to leave my side until Karla woke up even though I tried convincing them I was okay because I didn't want to trap them here. What if…what if Karla took a year before she woke up? “My heart won't be at rest if we leave you this way just like you stayed by me when I was in an almost similar situation like hers" Kiara murmured as she placed her hand on his shoulder. “And you stayed by my side and became my voice of reason. Do not worry about us, we'll stay in a hotel in the meantime and since the children will be coming soon, Kiara won't be as anxious" I glanced at both
~ANASTASIA~ I kept quiet as Lucien led me into his house but couldn't stop myself from staring at him. He looked so worn out and tired, not like the Lucien I knew before. He had become more rugged looking. “Wait till the rain stops. If you want to kill yourself, do it somewhere I can't see you" He murmured as I sat down on the couch. He was about to walk away when I grabbed his hand.. “Lucien, I…" “Don't think because I brought you into my house means that I have forgiven you. I can never forgive you for what you did, Anastasia" He muttered and the tears streamed down my face before I could stop it. “Lucien, please…" “Because of you,my brother has gone through so much pain! His woman is currently fighting for her and their baby's life. All this is because of you and you think just because you came to apologize, all will be forgiven? You are a vile woman and no matter what, I cannot forgive you neither can I forgive myself. If I hadn't indulged y
~LEVI~ The next few days went by like a breeze. I stayed beside Karla, holding her hand and talking to her, hoping she would hear me and know how much I missed her. “Yesterday, Zane bought your favorite flowers for Kiara. Apparently that's her favorite flower too. I'm sure you both have a lot in common and I can't wait for you both to meet. I miss you so much, so damn much" I murmured then leaned in and placed a kiss on her lips. “Wake up my love, come back to me" I let out a sigh as I wanted nothing more than to hug her tightly. “Hey" I turned around and watched as Sebastian walked in with his crutches. He had woken up before I did but his bones were fractured so the doctor asked him to limit his movements. I was glad it wasn't anything permanent except maybe some of the injury marks. “Hey. Where's Zane and the rest?" I questioned and he sighed. “Zane and Kiara are with the doctor while Daniel and Heather went out to get food for everyone. Jess