"We can't stay in the car forever Sara." Adrain stated taking off his seatbelt. "Just take a deep breath and let's go." He got down and closed the door behind him.
Sara was tempted to lock herself inside the car but she thought against it. Adrain could easily open the door because he had the key and then they'd start fighting and arguing creating a huge scene at such a nice place.She took a deep breath and braced herself as Adrain opened the car door. "Ready?" He asked a knowing smile on his face. She ignored him and placed her trembling right hand in his firm one letting him guide her.The car was locked automatically using the remote and then the two started walking towards the hotel entrance."Welcome Mr Gilbert, Mr Mzaz has been waiting for you." Sara frowned at the familiarity between the receptionist and Adrain but she didn't say anything. She tightened her hold on his arm to get his attention when she realized the woman had started flirting wit"I'm here." A woman in a strapless white dress that stopped at midthigh walked towards them with a red bag in her hand, sunglasses over her eyes, and one of those bouncers from outside behind her. Sara couldn’t tear her eyes from the woman, and she realized that every male in the room had their eyes on her as well. How wouldn’t they? She was beautiful. Her nails were long and pink in color, and her hair was a chestnut color, reaching her waist when she bent to pull her blue dress down."Hey handsome, fancy seeing you?" She greeted Adrain, who only stared back at her with an unreadable expression. The kind that would have irritated Sara if it was directed at her. Sara stifled a laugh when the woman rolled her eyes and hissed at Adrain’s indifference. She probably wasn’t used to being ignored since she was so beautiful.When the woman stared in their direction, Sara moved away, not wanting to be the center of attention, but Elijah pulled her back towards him and held her waist, making h
Sara heaved a sigh of relief as the woman stomped off, screaming threats at them. ‘Good riddance.’ She was glad that she didn’t have to pretend to be anything anymore. She really couldn’t wait to get home and sleep in her own bed. First, she’d take off these dresses and wash off all the makeup so it didn’t stain her bedsheet.She looked up at Adrain, who was having a conversation with Elijah, and resisted the urge to run towards him and kiss him square on the lips. It was thanks to him that they were finally able to get rid of Josephine. If he hadn’t spoken up when he did, Sara would have been forced to kiss Elijah just so their plan could stay intact.“Sara, I don’t even know how to thank you for doing this.” He had sweat beads on his face and the biggest smile she had even seen on anyone. Perhaps he was truly happy to be rid of that woman, and who wouldn’t be? She was the worst!“You don’t have to thank me, Elijah; I just did my job; I’m your girlfriend, remember?” The two of them la
Sara stiffened, holding her breath when his breath fanned her face. His face was so close to hers, and she realized that he wanted to kiss her. This was probably some kind of revenge plan since Adrain had stopped their kiss earlier.Now Adrain wasn’t here to save her again.Sara cried as he slammed his dry lips on hers, forcing his tongue into her mouth. She shuddered when he bit her lower lips and flinched when his hands caressed her breasts. She felt tears pool in her eyes as she shrugged to pull away from him, but he was way stronger.He tightened his hold on her waist, twisting his tongue inside her mouth as he fondled her breasts even more. Sara coughed, and he pulled away from her, laughing like some kind of maniac. “Feisty one, you are.” He didn’t take his hands off her breast, and Sara cried when his hands went lower. She placed her hands on his, pausing his movement."Elijah, stop this.” She heaved, feeling the urge to vomit, as his lips moved over her shoulder blades. His han
“Find him and bring him here!” Bryce thundered to the men in black, and they scurried away like little squirrels. I flinched at his voice and raised my head a little. I stole a glance at him, and my blood ran cold. Suddenly, I couldn’t recognize him anymore. Bryce, my father-in-law, just didn’t look like the helpless, handsome man I saw a day ago.I had never seen this version of him. I looked around and wasn’t oblivious to the numerous pairs of eyes on me. Yes, I could see the invisible question marks on their heads, but I too didn’t have answers to some of their questions.“Oh my, was she so horrible that she had to stand up on her wedding day?” I heard someone say, It was as loud as a gong, but only to my ears, I guess. I turned my head in the direction of that whisper. It was an older woman talking to her friend. To be honest, I never dreamed of having to be dressed in the most beautiful wedding gown I have ever seen, only to be stood up by my groom. It was not part of my plans, bu
Just so you know, I had never seen or met my husband to be until today. So I wasn’t surprised at his question. Although I thought that he would have done the math in his head. I was the one wearing the white gown, but Adrian just wanted me to go through the pain of explaining myself to him. I opened my mouth to speak but no words made it out of my mouth.I had suddenly lost the ability to use my brain. Maybe it wasn’t my brain but what my eyes was seeing. The mere sight of Adrian all bloodied up made me shudder. I feared for what would become of my life when I get married to this violent drunk.Adrian stared at me from top to bottom. He didn’t even try to hide the disgust in his eyes. I wanted for the ground to open and swallow me. I lost the bare minimum confidence, I had gathered while standing there. Luckily Bryce saw through my ordeal and came to my rescue.“She is your wife, Sara.Now walk to the altar!” Bryce said in a low growl. He held Adrian up and the other two men helped Adr
The market was all bustling as I got there, right on time for the discount sales for fruits. I saw other people just like me who had come to buy too. As I wait for the sales to begin, I saw a black car.And immediately I remembered my parents. They always drove black cars.Firstly I haven’t always been living with my grandfather or was early to the market for discount sales.It wasn’t like this. In fact my father was a rich man and so we had everything we needed. I was happy and comfortable until I turned sixteen. Shortly after I turned sixteen, my parents were on their way home, when they met with an accident. They both died on the spot.Their death wrecked me. I thought that my life had been halted, then grandpa encouraged me to not lose hope.After their funeral and also not to make a grey cloud greyer, my father’s company began to give troubles. It was from their partner.He suddenly decided that the business was now his. Only his. I didn’t for one day think that uncle Leon would tr
I blinked furiously like one under the sun at the paper. The letters squirmed like a snake as I stared at them.100 MILLION DOLLARS.I couldn’t believe what my eyes were seeing. How could my grandpa owe them, this huge amount of money? I looked at them.They were all in black. I didn’t need anyone to tell me that they were the mafia. This must be a mistake. It wasn’t possible. I wasn’t going to believe anything they had said.“100 million dollars? Do you know what you are saying?” I asked the leader of the men as I raised my head in defiance.“You can ask your grandfather” he smugly replied. I turned to my grandpa and saw that he had a similar expression on his face. Before my grandfather could speak, the gang leader beat him to it.“Hey you!” the leader called the other person and they moved towards me.“What do you think, you are doing?” I asked as they came closer and I moved back. Before I knew it, they grabbed me and began heading to the car. I screamed and kicked. I could feel the f
Sara” he said still smiling.Swallowing the fear I had in me, I decided to know why I was here.“What do you want from me? Why am I here? How do you know my name?” I said. My voice sounded foreign in my ears as I tried to make it sound brave. I saw a ghost smile on the old man’s face. He was trying to suppress his laugh.“how I knew your name is not important now. You are here because you owe me” he said smugly.“ How? Last I checked today was the first day I set my eyes on you” I said as confusion marred my face.He laughed quietly. “Your father borrowed 100 millions Dollars from me.” My eyes almost popped out of it’s place.“Yes your father’s little wealth was thanks to me” he said as he sat on a chair I didn’t know was there. I stared at him. I was hoping that he would tell me that it is a lie but from the looks of things, it didn’t look like the old man was going to do any of that.It rang in my head. MY FATHER HAD BORROWED MONEY FROM THE MAFIA.How could he? I wondered. So rather than