CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT**Her eyes were haunting, she trembled, still shaken in disbelief.The court had sent her own copy of the divorce papers after it had been finalized. If those copies weren't from the court then__Sterling had managed to play his crooked game somehow. They were still legally married! She was still his wife__The thought left her cold, the sharp stab of anger and betrayal made her eyes burn with the salty liquid. This was too much, she should be used to his cruelty when he wanted something, but he always left her dumbstruck each time. Faith suddenly recalled the number of times he'd referred to her as his wife, even Rex had called her that.She had been naive to think it was merely a slip of the tongue. She should have known that there was no mistake with Sterling. Why was it that each time she tried to fight him, he was always a thousand steps ahead of the ways he could hurt her? Faith suddenly thought how Sterling knew about her plan, and also the reaso
CHAPTER SIXTY NINE**Faith's lips still tingled from his forceful kiss, her mind was trapped in a turmoil of emotions. The wedding band now encircling her fingers made her certain that this wasn't some nightmare. They were back in his mansion which had never felt so much like a prison to Faith as it did now.Her devastated eyes followed him like a hawk as he prepared Maya for bed, they hadn't uttered a word to each other since he forced her to return with him.His wife_The dreadful word continued to ring in her head like an alarm, she was yet to recover from the shock and still didn't want to believe that he'd won so easily. She was a loser yet again, but if he thought she was going to be 'An obedient little girl__Their gazes clashed briefly, then he completely ignored her as he walked out of the nursery. In his eyes, She was probably no more than a child throwing a tantrum, She fumed at the thought and watched as he disappeared into his room and presumed he went to take a show
CHAPTER SEVENTY**Sterling and Faith, both were still drenched to the skin, they had just returned from the hospital. It turned out that Maya was fine, she had just been asleep and Faith had been too panicked to even realize that. While Faith was relieved, her body still trembled at the thought of what could have easily happened. She glanced at her husband, trying to get a read on his mood.Husband?Where the hell had that thought come from? She wanted to speak, but her mouth was glued shut, she still remembered the horror and panic in his eyes when he first arrived at the accident scene, when he thought she and Maya had been hurt. Now, his guard was up his cold-blooded mask in place. She couldn’t get a read on how furious he was, which made her fearful. "Sterling I__"Sterling walked forward, his eyes staring into Faith's with a strange intensity that had her heart pounding in both fear and excitement.Excitement? Perhaps it was that brief flash of moment when she thought she
CHAPTER SEVENTY ONE**“Do you still hate me?” He murmured into her ears, smoothing back her sweaty hair from her face.She met his smug look and muttered.“Yes”Her body was still weak with the after effects of her orgasm.Sterling's laughter was absolutely wicked. “No, you don’t.” She wanted so badly to hate him, he was not good for her and they both knew it, but still, he was unwilling to let her go.He would never change. He was deadly. It didn't matter how much he loved her, he wouldn't hesitate to use any means to ensure that she remained trapped in his world. She was the bunny, and he was the wicked wolf. Could she ever allow herself to completely love a man like that? Not that any of these mattered anymore. She was certain that after what happened tonight, she wouldn't be going anywhere for a very long time, and if he decided to lock her here in his mansion forever___Faith shuddered at the thought. She wouldn't contact the reporter anymore, perhaps it was time she final
EPILOGUE**"Ma_ma! Flour!" Maya squealed the moment Faith stepped into the kitchen. Faith was shocked to see that the bowl of flour that was meant for baking was covering her daughter's hair down to her toes. "I leave you alone for just two seconds and what did you do!" She couldn't help but laugh at the sight."I'm a cake now!" Maya giggled. "No, you are not. You need a bath right now__" Faith started and Maya crossed her arms, pouting. "No, I'm cake! Cake don't bathe!" She started to run around the kitchen, spreading flour and making a further mess of the kitchen. "Maya Hunter! What did I tell you about running around? Stop it!""No, Ma_ma chase me." The toddler giggled and ran out of the kitchen, Faith sighed to herself. Maya was already a handful, stubborn as her father, and seemed to only listen to him as well. Was it only yesterday that her baby was still crawling around the house, Faith was still amazed at how rapidly she had grown, it happened right before her eyes "
• •"Please ma'am, you can't go inside! Mr. Hunter doesn't wish to be disturbed! You have to wait if you want to see him!" Faith Jameson hurriedly blocked the scantily clad woman's path. The woman raised a perfectly arched brow, her expression was one of impatience as her brightly painted lips tightened in annoyance. "Who do you think you are to stop me!" She spat.Faith sighed. How many times since these four years she had heard this exact same line? She stared at the furious woman in front of her.Carla Luis was a popular designer, her father owned several companies, the newspapers, TV, and magazines had carried it all through the last week that Carla Luis and Sterling Hunter were dating but this was her first appearance in the office. "I apologize, Mr. Hunter is currently in an important meeting, I can get you water if you insist on waiting?" Faith offered and she could almost see the fumes escaping Carla's nostrils. "You should know that I'm Sterling's girlfriend, he's g
**Sterling Hunter sat behind the huge mahogany desk in his enormous office, his dark coffee-colored eyes located where his assistant stood a few distances away. His eyes roamed over her face, he could tell she was tensed. He could not fault her after what she had witnessed earlier, Carla or whatever her name was had been too annoying, he knew he had to get rid of her right there and then. He despised loud and clingy women, to think that he and Carla had only met twice. The first was when his mother had arranged a meeting between them without his awareness, the second was when she had shown up at his house uninvited. He had sent her away and today she dared showed up at his office? Sterling had been irritated when she had spread the news to the media that they were an item, he hated entitled women who thought he belonged to them after one night. "S__sir, you wanted to see me?" Sterling noticed the way Faith clenched and unclenched her palms. His watchful eyes also didn't mis
* *Soft music echoed in the bar, the dim lights flickered across the exclusive area where Sterling Hunter's sat. His face was set in a deep scowl as he appeared to be lost in thoughts. His hand clenched around the glass of bourbon, threatening to shatter the glass to pieces. All he could think about was his Faith's words earlier in the office today. He couldn't remember the last time he felt this aggravated. He hadn't kept her by his side for four years just to watch her be taken away by some mother fucking cocksucker! The thought sent his heart burning with a bloodthirsty uproar. He could only empty the contents of his glass, the liquid spreading smooth hotness down his chest, providing momentary relief to the turmoil in his heart. "What brings you here tonight? Aren't businessmen like you always busy with one thing or the other?" Sterling watched Rex approach, Rex was his cousin and owner of the bar. He wanted to be left alone but didn't say anything when Rex fell on o