Hayley
As we make our way up the front steps, the front door opens to reveal a smiling Grandma Helen. She steps forward and crushes me in a warm embrace “Look at how beautiful you are!” She beams
“Hi Gran” I smile a little overwhelmed.
Xander places his hand on my lower back as he ushers me into his mansion.
My mouth drops open as I enter a foyer the size of my entire house. There is an oval table with an exquisite bouquet of pink and white flowers with bright green foliage that sits at the foot of twin staircases on either side. Above the entryway hangs a large crystal chandelier catching the light at different angles creating an array of mini rainbows.
An elderly man in his fifties approaches us “ Good afternoon Sir, Mam…can I offer you some refreshments?”
“Hayley, this is Charles he oversees the day to day running of the house.”
“Nice to meet you Charles, I’m fine for now thanks.”
XanderDinner was a success. Everyone got along and we were comfortable around each other. Gran is happy. I can see it on her face and I know I’m doing the right thing. Hayley’s here today. The both of them really get along. We are meeting the wedding planner. Thus far everything’s been done via email but gran insisted with just weeks away from the wedding Hayley and I had to make final decisions in person…so here I am on a Saturday morning when I could be out shooting hoops with the guys.The wedding planners name is Mindy and honestly I was expecting someone older. I knew the minute she smiled at me she was going to be trouble. She uses every excuse to brush up against me and seems to only have eyes for me. She completely ignores Hayley and only addresses me. I won’t stand for that. I’m about to give her an earful when Hayley interrupts her.“Excuse me Miss S
The wedding…Hayley My wedding day is finally here and the braveness I felt these last couple of weeks seems to have deserted me. I am in the bride’s room at the cathedral in a white satin gown that has bride embroidered across the back in black. There is a flurry of activity around me as I sit in silence, the joyous sounds of laughter from my bridesmaids getting their hair and makeup done filtering through. I'm scared. Yes this is an awesome opportunity but I’ve been hiding away from relationships and any real living in general for so long that the thought of putting myself out there, like I want to for Xander, is daunting. As I listen to the sounds emanating from the large cathedral that I know is packed to capacity my nerves take a nosedive. Ironically It’s Mindy who senses my nervousness and says, “Everything’s going to be okay, take deep breaths…one, two&he
Hayley The wedding ceremony is over. It was more beautiful than anything I could have dreamed up on my own…and that kiss…I place my fingers on my still tingling lips as I turn to look out the window of Xander’s sports car. Damn, that kiss was magic.The gates to the mansion are open as we approach, with cars already lining the long driveway. Xander parks and comes around to help me out of the car. One hand holding up my dress and the other hand in his, we make our way to the huge white tent set up for the reception, each silent, taking in gravity of our situation and emotions swirling in the background. We enter to applause as the master of ceremony welcomes us and we take our seat at the main table. Who knew a tent could be the entryway to a whole new world?Fairy lights and chandelier like light fixtures add a warm glow to the tent and give an air of extravagance. Beautiful flower arrangements and gift bags adorn the
HayleyI can’t exactly shout for Xander so I search for my phone and call him instead.He answers confused “Hayley?”“Hey Xander, could you come up here for a second….I kinda have a problem…”“Be right there."I’m sitting on the edge of the high king size bed wiggling my toes over the side when he enters. He comes rushing in and stops short confused, obviously imagining an emergency.I grin at him sheepishly my cheeks crimson as I say, “I can’t get my dress off…there’s too many buttons. Do you think you could help?”“Help a women out of her dress? I think I can do that.” He grins back, “Turn around.”I obey his command and feel his presence at my back. As his fingers nimbly undo the first few buttons, a shiver runs through me as they skim over my naked skin. He undoes a few more buttons and I hea
Chapter 19Hayley I wake with a start. My husband’s head is between my parted thighs gently flicking my clit and dipping into my opening. He moans as if I’m the best thing he's tasted. I'm still naked from last night and his right hand reaches up to massage my breast roughly as he continues to lap at my opening. I splinter into a thousand pieces again as he grazes my clit with his teeth before lifting himself up my body and impaling me with his shaft in one smooth motion. Fuck he's big. I can feel him deep inside my p*ssy. He doesn’t say a word, just gently rocks into me, slow, deep thrusts that have me throwing my head back in bliss.The next time I wake, it’s to sunlight streaming through the French windows. I'm alone in bed. As I try to move I feel muscles I never knew I had in my body begin to ache. As if I’ve worked out for hours after not working out for years. I fee
XanderWeren’t we supposed to pick her pets up this afternoon…together? I grab my phone of the dresser and dial Hayley’s number.“Hi Xander."“Hayley. Would you like to explain why you decided to go to your mums alone? I thought you wanted them to think this marriage is real?”“Didn’t you get my message? I just came to pick my babies up. I didn’t want to disturb you.”“Do you want me to come meet you there?”“No, there’s no need. We are just about to leave. I'll see you just now, okay? Bye”She cuts the call before I can utter a word. Why do I feel like somethings off?I decide to grab a quick workout to rid myself of all this pent up frustration. I don’t know how I’m going to handle Hayley. I’ll have to play it by ear.I've worked out for an hour and had a shower and changed
HayleyLife has settled into a rhythm for me. Gran is upset that Xander and I have opted to not go on honeymoon immediately but we both agreed that we had a lot of responsibilities to take care of here. I have been spending the majority of my days at the house as I’m on a month’s leave. Things aren’t weird between Xander and I because I hardly see the guy. He leaves early and gets home late. It’s obvious he's avoiding me….not something I anticipated. It was making me depressed to no end and I can’t go complaining to Gran about everything. She’s not well, a fact I haven’t forgotten. She has been giving us space to “get to know” each other so she doesn’t know Xander and I don’t even see each other. I do make a point of at least having lunch with her every day and sometimes she comes for walks on the beach with the girls. Whenever she asks, I tell her things are going well, when honestly I fee
XanderI feel like a bastard. I've been avoiding Haley since we slept together and I know she doesn’t deserve that. I didn’t plan to. It just happened. I didn’t know how to face her so I was out the house by 5am the next morning and it just kept snowballing after that.I know I have to face her at some point but that night we spent together after the wedding, laughing over takeout with the dogs in the background…it felt too real…and too damn right. This isn’t meant to feel right. I didn’t sign up for a real marriage and I know it’s not Hayley’s fault. She wasn’t trying to be clingy or any of that shit. In fact she was doing her best to give me a way out and that in itself made me angry for her because she deserves so much better than this shit.I actually want to see her. I spend half the fucking night watching her sleep. I have to stop myself from reachin
EpilogueA few months later…XanderDuring the last three weeks of Hayley’s pregnancy, her doctor insisted that she should spend them at the hospital. I wasn’t too thrilled by this and was prepared to get a full time midwife and equipment installed at home but then Hayley made me realise it would be safer for the babies if we were in a hospital environment.So here we are going into week three, anxious to meet our babies but also stressed from being in the hospital this long.Hayley is missing her fur babies so I periodically bring them to the hospital and take her outside to the car park to see them. They are also missing her and I have to split my time between the hospital and home. Hayley won’t allow me to stay with her at the hospital because she wants at least one of us home with the dog’s and Sebastian at night.G
Hayley“So how does it feel knowing you don’t have to go to work today or any other day for that matter?” Xander asks me as we lie in bed exhausted from a very intense round of sex.“Surreal. It feels surreal…You’re not going to the office today are you?”“Is that a serious question? Ofcos I am not going to the office. There’s no way I am leaving your side for the foreseeable future beautiful, especially not after yesterday. I don’t ever want to feel like that again.”“How did you guys find me? I was in the middle of nowhere.”“Your wedding ring has a tracker and we tracked his rental car's GPS as well.”“My ring has a what?” I ask, looking at my beautiful wedding ring.“All our jewelry does beautiful, even m
XanderI feel like a pervert for wanting her so badly despite knowing the ordeal she has been through but I manage to control myself long enough to try and wash the days events from her delectable body and it doesn’t help when she looks at me so adorably with those fuck me eyes. She is so beautiful. I don’t know how I got so lucky.I want to help her dry off and change but I know my willpower is already strained so I let her go while I strip and try to find some release in the shower. Something I haven’t had to do since I was a teenager.When I make it back to our room, Hayley is already curled up under the covers fast asleep. She looks so tired, I know I made the right call not to make love to her in the shower. I pull the covers back to get into the bed and she instinctively turns to me and snuggles into my side as I get into the bed.I can’t sleep as
HayleyAfter Amanda dropped the unexpected bombshell, we pestered her to no end for details.Eventually she said, “All I will say is that he doesn’t know what he wants. Not all women are prepared to settle for crumbs. I deserve better than that.”With that cryptic statement we all looked at her a bit dumbfounded, wanting to know more but not knowing how to ask. My sister in law, never one to be shy, tried to prod a little more but that was all Amanda was prepared to say.“Guys can we please change the subject, I don’t know why I even opened my mouth”“You opened your mouth because you needed to get it off your chest. I for one am glad you did,” replied my sister in law.I had been stuffing my mouth with mini pizzas and hadn’t said much until now, busy trying to digest my food and what could
HayleyChef is waiting by the door for us and as we get close to the last step she rushes to hug me, tears streaming down her face. Xander is about to tell her to be careful with me but I shake my head to indicate no to him and he keeps quiet.“Child I am too old for this. You and Helen both in one day…” she cries on my shoulder.“It’s okay Hannah. Don’t cry. Gran and I are both fine” I say as I gently rub her back. “Can we go inside now? Whatever you made smells divine and I am starving.”Chef smiles at that because she loves feeding people.“Xander said Zola wouldn’t eat. Has she eaten anything yet?”“No she hasn’t but I suspect that will change now that you are here.”“Poor baby let me go feed her before everyone gets
HayleyThe doctor kicks Xander and I out after allowing us a quick minute with Gran.When we leave Gran’s room, I notice that everyone in the waiting room has already noticed the commotion in Gran’s room and are looking at us with huge grins on their faces.“I can’t believe that worked,” says a stunned Xander beside me.“Me neither!” I grin back at him.“Is your Gran really awake?” Amanda asks Xander.“Yes. Thank God.”The atmosphere is so different from just a short while back. Everyone is happy and chatting. I almost can’t believe that so much has happened in the last few hours. I am just glad everything is the way it should be now.When the doctor comes out to speak to us, the room goes quiet as we wait to hear what she h
HayleyWhen the plane lands, I finally get a chance to thank the guys for all their help. Xander introduces me to his friend Carlos, whom I only saw in passing at our wedding.The guys leave Xander and I to take one of the Range Rovers, while they squeeze into the other two cars parked on the tarmac at the airstrip.“Xander this is ridiculous. Some of them can come with us. We have so much space.”“Don’t worry about them. They will be fine. Besides, I don’t want to share you with anyone just yet.”“How are my babies? I can’t wait to see them.”“They are fine. They missed you too. Especially Zola. Chef called me to tell me she wouldn’t eat…and you know how much she loves food.”“Oh no. My poor baby.”&ldquo
HayleyXander carries me onto the plane and I have to admit it feels blissful. He hasn’t said anything else to me. Just held onto me so tightly as if his life depended on it.When we enter the plane, Dr Guzman is already waiting for us. Xander places me down gently on a chair that’s already in the reclining position.“Hi Dr Guzman,” I say smiling at the worried looking doctor.“Haley my dear, I am so glad you’re okay. I was worried sick about you. Are you hurt? Are you dizzy.”Xander is still silent. He is standing behind the doctor paying careful attention me.“Erm…I am not feeling dizzy anymore. Whatever he gave me is starting to wear off.”I notice Xander’s jaw clench but I have to tell the doctor about the fall. I am worried about the babies.
HayleyIn the middle of nowhere. That’s where I am. I quickly shake the feeling of desolation that comes over me. I have to get back to Xander. I have so much to live for. There has to be a car around here somewhere.“I didn’t go through all this trouble just to let you go so easily honey."I hear Keith’s voice from the open doorway. There is a trickle of blood running down his forehead but it doesn’t seem to bother him. I quickly turn, feeling dizzy again, to see him pointing a gun at me.“I’m going to let what you just did slide and put it down to shock but don’t you ever fucking do that to me again Haley. I promise you, you won’t like the consequences. Now get your ass back in this house or I will drag you back.”I want to tell him to fuck off but I haven’t regained my strength and I still