We get home that night and Maxwell doesn't leave my side till I manage to fall asleep. I wish we couldshare the same bed without the fear being caught by any of our parents or both. I have my long list ofinappropriate relationships already.It's past midnight when my bed creaks with a new weight. The forming smile on my face disappears whenI realize it's not Maxwell.“I didn't realize you would give me the greatest joy darling." My stepfather say.“What are you talking about?" I say in discomfort trying to untangle myself from his weight.“The baby, I'm happy you are having my child." Mr. Jaxon echoes joyfully.I finally free myself and get up from the bed.“What are you talking about, the baby is not yours, the baby cannot be yours, this is insane." I try toexplain.“But I thought-"“No, no, we had started fooling around barely two weeks ago, the baby cannot possibly be yours, whatwere you thinking."“Oh, I was hoping it was mine." My stepfather frowns, his usual c
“Max, no don't." I try to hold him back but he makes sure to land a few punches in.“Maxwell stop please." I cry out.“Don't you ever put your hands on her ever again." Max drags me from the room and to his own.“Max calm down." I try to ease his anger.“How could he do that to you." His pants out.“He's my father, how could he do something so disgusting.” He says breathing heavily." I'm so sorry, Ana, I'm really sorry.” Max hugs me to his body tightly. I am still reeling from the shock ofwhat just happened but what Max feels is also deep. Max is in pain knowing what his father can becapable of.He cuddles me in his bed and we both fall asleep.********When I wake up, Max is gone from the room.Someone knocks at the door and I hesitate to answer it before I hear Bianca’s voice from behind thedoor.“Ana, Anastasia are you in there?" Her annoying voice calls.“I have been searching for you." Is the first thing she says the moment I open the door.“Oh." I answer bore
“Anastasia baby." The bastard says surprised.“Yes dear husband, your beloved wife is back." I tell him smiling sweetly.“I-I- didn't know you were going to be here today." He stammers out putting his shorts on.“Of course you didn't, I wouldn't have been blessed and honored with this present scene." I roll my eyesat his stupidity.“I-I-, get out!" He tells the blonde girl who looks horrified, I almost feel bad for doing this.She's the one who trespassed into a married man's bed. What if I turned out to be a dedicated, angryand jealous real wife. She'd be in more danger.“Get out hell out of my house." He roars when she dumbly still lays on the bed unmoving. Even I just atthe rise of his voice but I strengthen my shoulders.“It's okay, you don't have to stop on my account, have fun dear husband."Ryan runs behind me all the way to my room.“Baby, I'm sorry, I mean it, I want us to work things out, I regret what I did, it will never happen again,now we have a baby, I pr
Maxwell’s POVWhen I had first left Anastasia's side, comforting her after the despicable trauma my own father inflictedupon her. I went straight to the authorities to make a report but the recent fight between me and mystepsister, I didn't get the chance to tell her she was needed in the station for evidence.If I could avoid her getting involved I would have but they couldn't arrest my father without evidence anda statement from the supposed victim herself. That was how those conniving bastards put it.The victim didn't make a statement, no evidence existed for the harassment so they couldn't just arrest a manof good, honourable social standing. I have never felt more disgusted at my father's use of his big, partialadvantage with his power.“I see you got yourself cleared from going to jail." I tell my father as I walk into the house and see himrelaxed on his expensive couch like he didn't just try to force himself on a girl who saw him as a fatherfigure.I chuckle at my o
Anastasia's POVWorry fills me as I continue to stare at the mysterious woman in front of me.“What?" I ask my hands getting sweaty from nerves.“Leave him alone or I will make sure everyone gets to know what a slut you really are.” She walks offleaving me standing there in shock.I am more that speechless at what she just said to me.“It's impossible for her to have known." I whisper to myself.I walk past the crowd and head straight for Ryan. “I'm not feeling too well, I need to go home."“What why, we just got here." He says nonchalantly, his attention divided.“I just told you, I don't feel too well." I whisper yell my eyes searching round the room to catch thatsimilar face.I'm not scared of Ryan finding out the truth. I owe the man nothing but yet, great anxiety fills me at thethought of everyone knowing I'm having an affair with my brother especially Bianca.If she knows about Maxwell how much more does she know? Does she know about Mr. Jaxon too?I begin to feel
I freeze in shock staring at him for a moment before I jump into action like I was jumping to save theworld from grave danger. I grab my phone from the floor and turn it off.“What going on"“Nothing, I was just going to bed." Ryan eyes me suspiciously but says nothing.“Is there anything I can help you with?" I ask nicely and he just watches me like he's trying to understandor atleast calculate my mood switch, a few hours ago, I was all but mean and a bitch to him and now I'mall nice to him like we weren't just soaring. “Look Anastasia, I really wanted us to have a good time tonight, I didn't mean for things to go south." Hesays instead."me neither.” I nod along with him. It's true, I had no plans of a good night that involved him but I alsodid not want it to go bad.“I guess things don't always work as we please want them to.""I promise to do better, you don't have to apologize to my mother if you don't want to, I spoke to her.” Ialmost groan out, I do not want to hear
"What? What do you mean?”"I'm in love with another Ryan, the reason I agreed to your deal and married you was because I havesomeone I need to get back him.” I tell him as softly as I could muster."The child is not mine? How could you?” I sigh again."I was hoping this conversation would go smoothly Ryan, Loyalty and commitment is not an area ofpractice in this relationship, I'm sure you already know that.” I say outright."but I was ready to work things out.” He says getting angry."when, when in particular were you ready to work things out hmm, tell me, when you hit me? or was itafter, or maybe it was after you apologized for being such an ass and then I come home and find you inbed with another woman hmm?” I ask him getting angry too.How dare he make himself out to be a saint like he wasn't just as much filthy.“I apologized for that a thousand times already, what more could you possibly want? Is that why you hadto go and be such a whore?” He yells at me and I flinch violent
“Where do you think you are coming from?” The sudden voice startles me, I didn't expect for him to stillbe awake.I hold the pepper spray Max insisted on getting me even after many reassurances that I was fine, in myhand out. “Don't try anything funny Ryan, I've had a really long day okay, I don't need this right now.” Itell him truly exhausted.“Where have you been? I called your parents house and guess what? they were very much cluelessabout your whereabouts.” Ryan says moving closer to me again.“Stay where you are Ryan, I'm not playing with you.” I say to him keeping my voice firm. “I will nothesitate to turn you into a screaming, howling bitch if you try me.” Never have I said it and meant toharm someone so badly.“Is this what it's going to be now?” Ryan asks going back to his doctile good boy self.“I don't want it to be like this either Ryan, I want us to go back to how we were, living peacefully and civiland just quietly waiting for a year to be over, now we just