My heart stilled for a second. “Jake?”“You know me so well, sweetheart.” He said. “How are you doing? Missed me?”I gulped and looked around to find Ethan. He was talking to the salesgirl who was taking his card from him.“Uh-uh, don’t call your husband, baby.” He said. “That won’t be a smart move considering the hooded guy behind him.”Sweat began to form on my head as I looked beyond Ethan’s shoulder to find a hooded guy with a mask gesturing me to shut my mouth. I gulped at the sight of him and spoke into the phone.“What do you want?”“You.” He said, with an evil laugh. “Haha, I’ll have you later baby. But now, I need you to remove the changes you’ve pressed against me.”“Rot in hell, Jake,” I said. “I will-”“Do you see that guy behind your husband?” He asked. I looked back at the hooded guy to bow see that he held a pistol underneath his gloves.My eyes widened. “No..”“It won’t take a second for him to shoot your husband..” he said. “He is a very loyal person to me. He will ki
He smiled and shook his head. “You think a lot about the people around you, don’t you?”I shrugged.“Then to what do I owe this horrible treatment from you?” He gave me a tight smile.I smirked. “Well, unlike you, people here are nice and less annoying and controlling.”“Don’t you dare call me controlling.” He said. “Everything in this marriage is basically controlled by you!”“Excuse me?” I laughed with fakeness dripping from the core. “I’m controlling this marriage? Please, I didn’t even know where we were going for a honeymoon until I landed here. You tell me nothing and do everything according to your wish!”“That’s not true.” He said. “We’re in London because you have always wanted to go here for a honeymoon.”“When did I-”“Remember the time in high school where we used to pretend we’re in the future and you always used to say how you wanted to go to London for a honeymoon because it’s romantic?”“Yes.. but that.. how do you even remember it?” I asked, shocked my self.“Of cours
Ethan’s P.O.V.I got out of the hotel cellar when my phone rang in my pockets. I grabbed it from the inside and took the call.“Who’s it?” I asked in a hurry.“How are you doing, cousin?” Jake’s voice rang in my ears. “Did the news reach you?”I gritted my teeth in anger. “I’m not even surprised. How can you fall so low on your part?”“Well, you got me arrested. Who puts their family behind the bars for some chick who’s going to be in your life only for the next few months or perhaps, years.?” He said.“Skylar is my family. At least for the next few months. So don't you dare go there right now.” I said.He chuckled in response. “Well, you know you can’t trust her completely. She did get me out of the jail.”I gripped the phone in anger. “And such ungrateful piece of shit you are.”He laughed again. “Ungrateful? What are you talking about, brother? I’m going to make sure to have her in safe hands.”“Yes, like being with you is the safest place she could be in,” I said.“Hold on there.
Ethan’s POV“Talk to your father about this before doing it. He has a right to know.” Owen tried again to prevent me from signing the resignation. But today, the odds were not in his favor. Nothing was seeming to appear more important to me than Skylar.I refused to listen to him and placed the nib of the pen on the paper to sign. Right when my hands were about to end my deal with my own company, my phone rang to the side.Owen’s light green eyes looked to my side, right after where my forearm was. “You better take that call.”I set the pen down and took the call. Pressing it to my ears, I forced my voice to maintain the calm. “Yes?”“Ethan, is that you?” Skylar’s voice rang in my ears.I stilled for a second. My heart almost sank into the deepest pit of my stomach thinking of the mere possibility of this being one of my hallucinations. But her voice proved me wrong.“Ethan, this is Skylar!”“Skylar?” I asked in disbelief.Owen snapped his head at me. “Put it on speaker.”I obeyed him
Ethan’s POV“Do you think he’s doing alright?” Skylar looked over at me in worry.We were right now heading towards our house in LA. We flew as soon as we could since that’s what we thought would be the best. Skylar was worried about Ben, who was apparently hit by a car in my story.I was mentally wishing for her anger to be in minimal amounts so that I didn’t have to struggle a lot.“You know you don’t have to worry so much about him.” I said, “He’s just met with an accident-”She turned around to give me a startled look. “I can’t believe you’re jealous over this. He is your best friend, Ethan. At least pretend that you care about him.”“I’m not jealous about you worrying over him, Skylar,” I said. “I’m saying that you’re worrying over nothing.”“He met with an accident, how can that keep me calm?” Skylar said.“Actually, there’s something I need to tell you.” I said, looking at her hesitantly.“Can it wait?”“I’m afraid it can’t,” I said.She sighed. “Okay, what is it?”“I lied to y
Skylar’s POVI stepped into the coffee shop as the door pinged, hinting at my arrival. The air around us was thick with the scent of caffeine mixed with a classic room freshener. Two coffee mugs were already placed on the table I sat by, with a nerdy man waiting for me in his glasses.“Hey.” I smiled.“What’s with the formalities? I was waiting to hear a curse word from you.” Zac looked surprised as I took his coffee mug instead and pushed mine to him.“A little change won't kill you, idiot.” I sipped on the coffee and resisted the urge to appreciate it. “And why would I curse now? We’re not shooting.”“Well, Ethan didn’t sound chirpy when he called. So I guessed you needed me to listen to you curse about him.” He said, "Knowing him, I was sure he might have acted like an asshole again."I looked at him in surprise. “Ethan called?”“And ordered me to take good care of you. Isn’t he the most caring?”I rolled my eyes. “Overbearing control freak.”“Excuse me?” He frowned at me.I shook
“That was amazing!”My voice resonated in the air as I spoke excitedly into the mic. The reporter before me had a sly grin on her face.“Tell me about your honeymoon, Skylar. It looked like you had good fun.” She smiled as she spoke and I was obliged to reciprocate.Zac was watching me over the throng of people, widening his eyes, trying to convey something to me. I ignored him and responded to her.“That’s because it’s so true.” I chuckled. “I’ve always loved going to London. It’s one of my favorite places. I totally love my husband for taking me there.”Zac facepalmed and I could see that he was inwardly groaning. He gestured me not to do anything stupid but I could just do so much as frown at him. We were done partying and just came out to have a bunch of reporters ready to bombard me with questions. Zac came later so he was still not their target yet.As soon as they saw me, they started asking me questions. I answered most of them but Zac kept glaring at me. I didn’t get why he w
“What the hell, Ethan! Put me down!” I yelled but he ignored all my protests. He walked upstairs and threw me onto the bed as we reached his room.“I- what are you doing,” I said when I found him tying my wrists with handcuffs.“I’m tying you up so that you stay home.” He said and went to cuff my legs too.“How- where did you even get those!”“Owen gave them to me to protect us from Jake and Luke. But guess I should be protected from you first.”“Ethan, you’re insane!” I yelled at me, as he pulled a stool and sat in front of me.“Tell me something I don’t know.” He said, resting his elbows on his knees.I shook my head in annoyance. “I hate you.”“That’s not something I don’t know.”“No, this time it’s real.”“You mean it wasn’t real for the last one million and five times you told that?”I stopped for a second. “Don’t confuse me with your words.A smile broke on his lips. “You’re so drunk, baby.”“I told you not to call me baby. You can’t just yell at me and then call me baby the nex