Devil is a woman ROYAL POV The sun peeking through the grey curtains was what woke me the following morning. I was groggy, my head pounding from a merciless headache and my chest tight from all the hatred I kept inside. The last conversation with my lawyers came tumbling to the front of my mind; the conversation where I asked them to transfer bloody twenty-five million dollars to The Trods and cut ties with them. I tried to breathe through my nose and find positivity from everything, and when my mind raced over darkness involving blood and hellfire, I ripped from the bed. I jumped into the shower and flexed my achy muscles beneath the hot water, then exited feeling slightly better. I put on a pair of fresh sweat pants and the t-shirt, then thinned my eyes at the smell of fresh omelet and bacon resonating from the kitchen. For one, I had no maid because I preferred my privacy over everything else, and today was not a cleaning day. So whoever that was knew the schedule quite rig
Chapter 36 Kenya POV Full two days passed and I decided to boycott my phone and avoid Luke like a plague of an ugly disease. His words haunted me every waking moment of the day, and I resented it when he started creeping into my dreams with a diamond ring and whatever shit he thought he was doing to my subconscious. The thoughts of him were troublesome enough during the day- especially the sex- but at night; they were plain cruel. I still didn’t know what to make of his confession, but hearing him say the words “collateral” and admitting to using me to get the upper hand at his feud with Carter… Yeah well, that made me want to punch a hole into the wall. That made me want to punch a hole into the wall. I may have been willing to get seduced and charmed by all his man-wits and play princess in his rotten fairy tale, but not after he used me to hurt Royal. That was damn low and reacting to his simple deep timbre was a blow to my ego. The man clearly wanted to deep his fingers into
Chapter 36: ROYAL POV Fuck the fucking fuck! That was not supposed to happen. There's no way in hell that was meant to happen! Not when I was in the process of trying to win her back. Kenya was not supposed to see me with Kimberly, especially half-naked with nothing but a pair of briefs on. I watched tensely as she picked Luc into her arms and then walked silently towards the door. The duo didn’t even look back until they disappeared through the front door. The ache that settled inside of me felt like I had just lost a huge chunk of my soul, and it was terrifying. “We’ll, that was quite a little… dramatic.” Kimberly drawled before laughing beside me, and I wanted nothing more than to wring her neck and bury her right where she stood. I pulled my hand from hers- more like yanked it- then walked back to the couch and plopped onto it defeatedly. “I want you to carry your things and leave,” I said with finality, not wanting to hear anything about the snake that slithered when
Confused KENYA POV The following day, I woke up with a stat. As always, Anna took care of Luc and I made it my mission to push yesterday to the farthest corner of my mind. With my resolutions cemented in place, I showered, and chose the sexiest yet classiest outfit for the day before leaving the house with my head held up high. I went to the address Celine sent to my phone last night after I had asked her further about the auditions, playing good music, and feeling pretty good about life. I arrived at the center after a good hour, to find cars already parked and the hall bustling. I went to the receptionist and informed them of the purpose of my visit before being escorted into the farthest rooms where the auditions were held. The small receptionist smiled at me before leaving. I was about to enter through the slightly opened door when muffled voices filtered through. “Glad the hearing went on smoothly. We gained more than we anticipated.” “Touche’. I didn’t think it would
Chapter 36Kenya POVFull two days passed and I decided to boycott my phone and avoid Luke like a plague of an ugly disease. His words haunted me every waking moment of the day, and I resented it when he started creeping into my dreams with a diamond ring and whatever shit he thought he was doing to my subconscious.The thoughts of him were troublesome enough during the day, but at night; they were plain cruel. I still didn’t know what to make of his confession, but hearing him say the words “collateral” and admitting to using me to get the upper hand at his feud with Carter… Yeah well, that made me want to punch a hole into the door. That made me want to punch a hole into the wall.I may have been willing to get seduced and charmed by all his man-wits and play princess in his rotten fairy tale, but not after he used me to hurt Royal. That was damn low and reacting to his simple deep timbre was a blow to my ego. The man clearly wanted to keep his fingers into many pots, and I refused
ROYAL POVFuck the fucking fuck! That was not supposed to happen. Kenya was not supposed to see me with Kimberly, especially half naked with nothing but a pair of briefs on. I watched tensely as she picked Luc into her arms and then walked silently towards the door. The duo didn’t even look back until they disappeared through the front door. “We’ll, that was quite a little… dramatic.” Kimberly drawled before laughing beside me, and I wanted nothing more than wringing her neck. I pulled my hand from hers- more like yanked it, then walked back to the couch and plopped onto it defeatedly. “I want you to carry your things and leave.” I said with finality, not wanting to hear anything about the snake that slithered whenever she moved. “Kicking me out already?” She folded her arms across her chest causing the hem of the shirt to ride up her thigh. I clenched her jaw and then got up, then walked slowly towards her. “My son and his mother just saw you naked, in my shirt, and in my hou
Luke POVI stood in the living room of my condo overlooking the Nashville skyline, with Smokey whiskey sloshing painfully into my stomach. Regret was hot and thick inside of me, making me requestile every single thing that had happened. Things were going exactly how I wanted them to go, yet a part of me was whining about the missing piece that was suddenly lacking from me.The look Kenya gave me yesterday knocked some sauce into my thick skull, and I found myself wondering if this whole revenge thing was worth it.I hated to admit it; it was starting to feel pointless… Futile! So what if Royal screwed my ex-fiancé? It’s not like it was him who approached her. She did. Because she was a bitch of the old days.My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the bell ringing at my door. I signed before pulling my hand from out of my pocket, then walked through the living room, placing the flute onto the decorative shelf and heading for the door. My biggest mistake was not checking who i
EDEN POV The auditions wrapped up with a bang, and by the time we left the center, I was a mess. My heart was filled with all kinds of emotions after having participated in the entire auditioning, watching the scriptwriters narrate the entire thing, and Luke in all his mastery. It was as if I stepped into my own stories and watched them come alive, and I did not hold myself at one point and just cried. They were not bitter tears. I promise they weren’t. They were tears full of happiness and disbelief that me, the forsaken, unloved girl who had her heart turned into charcoal after loving so hard, who had her world destroyed over night was reaching new heights like I did. I may have hated Luke for everything he had done so far, considering we had not even completed a full month ‘knowing’ each other; but in that very moment, all i could feel inside of me was plain gratitude towards. Gratitude that he recognised me in a pool of other authors and decided to bring my name to the spotli