Coraline's POVI was now five months pregnant and my belly was starting to show a bit but I opted for bigger t-shirts and dresses that hid my belly better. Elijah had stopped by to grab a cup of coffee and some snacks. He craftily planned his visit to coincide with my lunch break and I was just finishing up before coming to sit with me. This was a slow period at the cafe as Elijah and two other people were the only customers we had. Breakfast and lunch rush hours had ended and it was getting closer to evening so few people came to the cafe.I received a message from my stalker, just as I was walking to meet Elijah. I knew I should have ignored the message but I was too inquisitive and curious. I had a cream puff in my mouth and was chewing it slowly, savoring the taste when the message came. I opened the message and immediately felt repulsed.'FUCK, I LOVE THE WAY YOU EAT THAT CREAM PUFF, PET. HOW I WISH I WAS THE ONE FILLING YOU WITH CREAM, PET!'The cream puff tasted like charcoal
Coraline's POVI had my head bent over the can, throwing up the remnants of my lunch when Becca's teacher walked out of the building. I quickly stood up and stepped away from the trash can. Her teacher gave me a concerned look."Ms Coraline, are you alright?" Becca's teacher asked as she needed Becca towards the car.I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand and took in a deep breath, "Yes, I'm fine. It's just my lunch isn't settling properly. I just need to take some antacids."She gave me a skeptical look, " Okay, I hope you feel better tomorrow. Bye, Becca." Becca waved at her teacher."Thank you for your concern," I said and took Becca to the car. I remembered that I had left the box open. "Baby just hold on a minute, Mommy's going to clear the backseat so you can have it all to yourself, okay?" She nodded her head and waited for me. I grabbed the napkin and covered the box. I took the box to the passenger side and placed it on the seat.I got into the driver's seat and drove off
Elijah's POVI wanted to break something, not just break, I wanted to hurt someone so much that they would beg me to stop. After dropping Coraline off at work, we had agreed that it would be better that until her stalker was caught, I would drop her off in the mornings and pick her up after work, I drove straight to the warehouse. I needed to let out my anger on any piece of scum possible.I arrived at the warehouse and went down to the dungeon, I walked it on Kia and another of my enforcers having a time at a debtor. Usually, I didn't mess with Kia's time as he usually handled low-grade scum but right now, I needed to beat the crap out of someone.I entered the cell and Kia and my men noticed me and stopped what they were doing."Who is he and what did he do?" I asked, eyeing the bloodied man on the floor, he had curled up in a ball and was coughing out blood. I scrunched up my nose in disgust. He wasn't badly bruised so Kia must just be starting with him. Great, I get to be the one
Coraline's POVJeremy and I got Mei into his car and drove her to the hospital. I called Tyler on our way there and he promised he would be at the hospital soon. We got to the hospital, Mei was put in a wheelchair and wheeled into the delivery room, while I paced outside, calling Mei's parents and siblings.Tyler arrived with Elijah and he went into the delivery room while Elijah stayed with me."Are you alright?" He asked, wrapping his arms around my shoulders and pulling me in to rest my head on his chest."I'm fine, I'm just worried about Mei. Labor and delivery is not a joke, it's going to take a lot from her and I'm just praying that there are no complications." I felt so much at peace with his arms around me. It felt like a safe haven."She'll be fine, don't worry about her. She has the best doctors with her. Everything is going to be alright." He led me to the bench outside the delivery room and we sat down, I was still cradling in his arms."Hey, I've got your ice cocoa…" Jere
Coraline's POVThe laughter vanished from Elijah's face and his expression turned stoic."Coraline, I've told you the truth, I don't know Liam from Adam. Please drop this topic, it's making me uncomfortable."I could see that he was getting annoyed so I decided not to press on the topic, Elijah drove us to Becca's daycare and we picked her up and then drove home. "Becca, would you like to spend the night with Grandpa Warren and Nana Janet?" I asked Becca as she took a bath." Yep." She bopped her head, enthusiastically. "Great, when you get out of the tub, we're going to pack your purple luggage and then after you have an early dinner, Elijah and I are going to take you there, deal?" I held out a fist and she bumped it with hers."Deal. I can't wait to see Grandpa Simon, he's going to teach me how to play poker." My head had never swerved so fast as it did in that moment, " What?!" Becca gave me a strange look, " Mommy, are you okay?" I swallowed and nodded, I was going to have a
Coraline's POVBlossom was all dressed up in her usual snobby clothes, she looked like she was coming for a dinner party rather than a five-year-old birthday party."Can I help you?" I asked, using my body to block the door, preventing her from entering. Blossom gave me a once-over, I saw the way her lips twisted when her eyes fell on the jewelry on my neck. I was wearing an emerald set that Elijah had given me, to the normal eye it was a simple teardrop necklace but anyone who was vast in jewelry or dealt in jewelry knew the cost was about fifteen thousand dollars. "You've differently leveled up in life. My brother is barely rotting in his grave and you've moved on to your next sugar daddy. Who knows if you weren't cheating on my brother with him?" She sneered."Excuse me, you can not come into my house and insult me. Now tell me what your purpose for coming here is or I'll have you kicked out the same way you did to me and my daughter.""Firstly, this is not your house, it belongs
Coraline's POVI was taken aback by her words, it felt like my ears were ringing. I could barely stand still, I wanted to jump her. I was pissed by her name-calling, I had slapped her before I realized my actionsBlossom clutched her cheek, "You slapped me? You actually slapped me? How dare you?" She raised her hand and tried to slap me but Elijah gripped her hand and flung it away."How dare me? How dare you? I'm not going to let you take my child, you bitch. I slapped you and I'll do it all again. How dare you arise from the dead and now you want to play mother? Where the fuck were you all these years when we needed help?!" My voice was booming and a crowd had gathered around us. Luckily there were no children around, the childminders knew how to do their job well and quickly cleared them out."There it is, there's the unstable mother that I'm talking about. How are you going to be able to raise my niece to be a refined and elegant lady of the Baxter standard when you are from the s
Coraline's POVThe devil worked fast but Elijah worked faster. When I meant Elijah worked faster, I meant FASTER. I woke up bright and early the next day to a ruckus, I could hear loud chatter coming from downstairs and outside, I got out of bed and walked to my window, my room was directly above the garden, casting a shadow over it. I looked out the window and saw a group of people walking around, setting up props in the garden. What the hell was going on? I couldn't stand my curiosity anymore. I left my room and went down the hallway and the stairs. The living room had changed completely and looked like a page from Royal Life magazine. I spotted Janet sitting on one of the sofas and directing people on what to do. She had Becca on her lap and my daughter seemed to be having the time of her life."Janet, what's going on?" I asked, moving closer to her.She looked surprised to see me, Becca jumped off her lap and tackled my legs, "You're here. Why are you out of bed? You should be o