"I thought you loved me!" He cut me off instantly. "Didn't we agree to run away together?" I cried, "Maxwell... I swear on my life, I had no idea this was going to happen. My mom planned everything and…" He dismissed me with a wave of his hand. "Cut it off, step-sister," he said, heading to his car. "Maxwell! Maxwell! Please don't leave me with that son of a bitch!" I shouted desperately. Anastasia, a recent college graduate, is torn between her forbidden love for her stepbrother Maxwell and her mother's demands to marry Ryan, a stranger. When she discovers she's carrying Maxwell’s child, her world spirals out of control. Trapped in a loveless marriage with a monster, she longs for Maxwell, but he's nowhere to be found. Just when she thinks all hope is lost, Maxwell's father steps in—but he's determined to keep her for himself. She's stuck. Damn it!
View MoreWhen Maxwell refuses to acknowledge me, Scarlett smirks at that and Bianca stares the attention of thecrowd from the awkward and tense air between us all.“Thank you so much for coming sister in law.” Scarlett tells me all teeth exposed out. “You have no ideahow much your presence means to me.” Scarlett says.I know exactly how much how much my presence means to you, I think to myself.“Come on everyone, the couple should go to their various seats.” Bianca says in chorus and the crowdbegins to disperse and everyone returns to their tables.“You do not have to go, you are family.” Scarlett tells me taking a hold of my hand. I breathe deeply toswallow the urge of wanting to throw her hands off me instead.“I'm fine at my table.” I firmly tell her before walking off, not waiting for anyone to be able to stop me.The ceremony kicks off in full, Maxwell barely participates in any of it, aside from the part where heannounces their official engagement and wedding date. They are to be ma
By the time we get to Bianca and Jaxon's mansion I'm already sighing in distress. Ryan comes to my sideto hold me tightly.We step into the house and I have never felt more uncomfortable in a very long time. Bianca welcomes usinto the house with over excitement.“Oh dear, I'm so glad you could make it.” Bianca tells us and Ryan smiles at her.“We wouldn't miss this for the world, right baby?” Ryan asks me, his arm around me wound up verytightly like he feared I would disappear.I see that Scarlett's parents are here and I dread having to see Maxwell here, especially witnessing him getmarried to someone else.“Let's go say hello to my parents.” Ryan tells me while dragging me across the room. I look at him inconfusion, I wonder why I didn't think his parents would also be here, I haven't seen quite much of themsince the disaster happened at their Galla party.Ryan greets his parents first, who are standing in the middle of their fellow friends.“Dear, dear, I always knew you were
After an exhausting day at work, I return home hoping to have a good night sleep but I know that isalmost impossible while living in the same house as Ryan.I head into the house surprised to see Beatrice still awake.“Welcome home dear.” Beatrice greets me as soon as she sees me and I can immediately tell something isup and I look at her suspiciously.“Beatrice? Is everything okay?” I ask directly watching her every move and her move to the stairs beforegiving me an answer.“N-no dear, I was just waiting for you to have dinner before heading to bed, you have been skipping mymeals lately.” Beatrice tells me.I nod at words in affirmation “Not totally, I haven't really been skipping meals, I told you I do eat at worksometimes before coming home and that's why.” I explain to Beatrice.“Ohh, yes you did.” Beatrice agrees distractedly as she searches for what next to say.“Beatrice as much as I would really like to eat what you made, I'm extremely tired and in need of sleep,just put
Ryan liking my words smiles at me. Maxwell's eyes remains focused on mine.“That's why you didn't bother to check up on me at the hospital, not even once?” Maxwell asks me, hiseyes shining with anger.“I didn't think it was necessary to, we would have both gained nothing from it.” I tell him my revisedwords.“You didn't think it was necessary? Do you know how desperately I waited for you to come?” Maxwellthrows at me, I blink before answering.“I knew you were well taken care of and you have Scarlett, don't you?” I definitely did not rehearse thispart.“Are they forcing you into this? If they are you can always tell me.” Maxwell and I refrain from burstinginto a sob and running to hug him like I have desperately wanted to since I saw him today.Ryan's hands tighten on my waist and I shake my head at his question, “No, this is my own personaldecision, I choose to be with the man who can care for me and protect me.” I tell Maxwell and he closeshis eyes at my painful and hurtful w
Ana’s POV“You are going to speak to Maxwell.” Bianca harshly tells me on the line.“Why would I need to do that?” I ask her, my heart beating harshly.“Because I asked you to Anastasia, screw this up one more time and you know exactly what will happen.”Bianca threatens.Before I was very scared of Bianca's threats then I had gotten over it, putting it off because she was mymother, she only needed to control me to quench her insatiable desire of things always going the exactway she navigated it to go but now, knowing exactly what I think I know. I don't even clearly rememberwhat I heard or maybe in reality I really just want to remain in denial but Bianca is a lot of all thingsnegative so I cannot take her threats for granted anymore knowing that the woman who raised me, thewoman who I thought to be and considered a mother was not really, and she has been using me the entiretime.“Alright.” I simply say and the call goes off.“What is it?” Ryan who is sitting in front of me on
The morning I am too be discharged. I'm extra pissed off about having to be put on put on a wheel chairso I go around barking at all the nurses who come to help me in it, claiming I can do it myself.“Come on son, it's not that much of a bad idea.” My father tells me as he stares at me in annoyancealready tired of my regular outbursts.“Well I'm sure you will love to say that again next time when you get hit by a truck and have to sit in awheel chair.” I throw at him also in annoyance.Bianca gasps at my choice of words. “You don't have to be so mean to everybody we are only trying tohelp you here.” Bianca says, annoyance written all over her face and I look at her with a small smile.“Aha, this are the parents I know, I'm so happy to have you back.” I tell the two of them.Scarlett gasps loudly at my choice of words. “Maxwel.” She calls in a scolding manner and Bianca beginsto cry.“What did we ever do to deserve such ungrateful kids Jaxon. We do our very best to support and pro
I shake my head in denial. Ana would never do something like that. She loves me, she must have wantedto see me so bad.“Maxwell hun, calm down please.” Scarlett says in panic beside me. “Ana, Ana she has changed so much,she told the media that you and her have nothing together.” Scarlett tells me pulling out her phone to showme something.There the love of my life is on Tv standing beside Ryan as they both smile lovingly at each other.“I'm so sorry son.” My father tells me, his hand on my shoulders.I refuse to believe them at any cost, I must speak to Ana myself. I force myself to say again.“Call Ana.” I croak again weakly pretty sure that the veins in my face and neck were protruding with howmuch effort it took me to speak.“Ana's no picking up, actually the her husband's family has this celebratory dinner to congratulate themfor coming back together so Ana might not be able to return my calls until after.” Bianca tells me sadlyand I wish I could throw something at the wall
Max's POVWhen I peel my eyes open, the blinding brightness of the room forces my eyelids back shut. Pain, everypart of me is in pain.The beeping monitor in the room forces the doctors into the room as the crowd me and suffocate me. Itmakes me panic even more.‘what’s happening?’ I think to myself trying hard to remember what happened. I try to trace my memoryback in the midst of all the silence, last I remember I was rushing to work after a late night with Ana butthen that's all I remember.“He's going into shock.” I distinctly hear one of the doctors yell and after a long while I hear one of thedoctors sigh.“He's stable now, get his parents, he'll be awake any moment from now.” The doctor says and I try toforce myself to tell him I'm already awake but to no avail.The doctors go in and out and I do not know how long I lay there for being unable to move, peel my eyesopen or even speak.The doctors return to the room and I hear them get busy around. One of the doctors suddenl
Max's POV When I peel my eyes open, the blinding brightness of the room forces my eyelids back shut. Pain, every part of me is in pain. The beeping monitor in the room forces the doctors into the room as the crowd me and suffocate me. It makes me panic even more. ‘what’s happening?’ I think to myself trying hard to remember what happened. I try to trace my memory back in the midst of all the silence, last I remember I was rushing to work after a late night with Ana but then that's all I remember. “He's going into shock.” I distinctly hear one of the doctors yell and after a long while I hear one of the doctors sigh. “He's stable now, get his parents, he'll be awake any moment from now.” The doctor says and I try to force myself to tell him I'm already awake but to no avail. The doctors go in and out and I do not know how long I lay there for being unable to move, peel my eyes open or even speak. The doctors return to the room and I hear them get busy around. One of the d
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