[ Colton ]"Where do you think you're going, Col?"I halted in my track and closed my eyes to restrain my anger which might unleash on the woman I love.It sounds dubious now."It's none of your business, Evanca." I said curtly and started walking out of the house."It is my business, Colton. It is my business since you practically house arrested me against my will." She marched to me with her hands on her hips and her eyes darted on me accusingly.I stared at her in disbelief. All the love, she expressed for me, gradually evaporated since I asked her to do something I wish otherwise I was too busy in loving her and never realised that she had been a person of her own will. I never stopped her from doing anything as I trusted her with all my faith and loyalty in our marriage."Evanca, I am telling you for the last time and for good." I turned to face her,"Stop meddling in my personal affairs because I can be a very bad guy if you keep pushing my buttons for no reason." I used the cold
[ Colton ]"Another heir besides you."Her words drained the blood out of me."Watch your words woman. Do you even realize what you just said?" I yelled on her completely loosing my sanity.She flinched on my outburst."I am afraid to say it but it's true. We met five years ago at a hospital where he visited for his routine check up I guess. I was crying and begging the doctor to start the treatment when he suffered a stroke and had very less time left. He stepped in and paid the bill. I thought he was an angel but it was my biggest misunderstanding. He told me to meet him the next day and proposed a deal which I could neither reject nor accept." She cracked a sob,"He offered me to marry him and give him a son and in exchange he will pay for my brother's treatment at the best hospital of the country by the best neurosurgeons.""You accepted his offer? I am not surprised a bit. Who would say no to served money and my father has no limit of it." I chuckled sarcastically."Yes, I couldn'
[ Evangeline ]The following week was one of the most memorable time of my life. I was reunited with my parents who spoiled Chase rotten along with Camilla. He received all the love he missed and craved. My Dad taught him how to play rugby while Mom and Camilla baked him a hundred types of cake and cookies.They brought him countless gifts, mostly video games despite of my warnings that they were spoiling him and I had to suffer the aftermath.My parents and Camilla finally decided to go back yesterday and it was the toughest task for me to handle a wailing Chase who wasn't ready to let them go.He grew attatched to them and it pained me to see him crying and yearning for them but they have a life too."How is he doing?" I asked Dominic who just came out of Chase's room."He isn't ready to listen anything unless we bring his grandparents back." He shook his head in defeat and sat next to me in the living room.Chase didn't come out of his room or listened to us since they left."What
[ Evangeline ]"Excuse me but I can't meet your boss right now as my family is waiting for me. I have to go. Please convey my message to Mr. Black." I politely declined those guards.They among themselves. Fear was visible on their hard faces."Ma'am please come with us. He will fire us from our jobs if we fail to take you to him. He just need your five minutes. Please, listen to him and leave otherwise he will surely make us jobless. We have our families who rely upon us." One of the guards requested me which pushed me more into a dilemma but a part of me wanted to punch Colton on his face for threatening his employees."Daddy behaves like Tarzan when he's angry, Auntie. Please meet him. I don't want Barry and Joe go." Mia pointed her tiny finger at the guards.It took time for children to build their trust in someone and those tall guards seemed very loyal to their boss."Okay, just give me a second. I have to inform my husband who must be waiting for me." I nodded at them and quick
[ Colton ]The evening was beautiful.I had my family. I watched the families playing with their children in this busy park.Evanca, who surprisingly agreed on taking Mia out to play in the park, was wiping the stain of sauce on her dress while a bodyguard helped her with the water sprinkles.Seeing their bond, I remembered my childhood. I had the same equation with my Dad. My father never allowed me to dine with them until I turned fourteen, mature enough to learn table etiquettes because according to them I was a noisy child who could embarrass them in front of their special guests.I felt relaxed, no stings of the past, no worries of the future. I had no bitterness and pressure bloating inside my head. I lived in the moment. First time I realised the value of having a real family when I lost it or I say I never had a real family. Times flies so easily when you're around your loved ones and same happened with me.I felt so complete but I hadn't the slightest idea of the approaching s
[ Evangeline ]Colton's warning about his father's dangerous motives left me to ponder over it. I didn't share it with Dominic. How could I tell him about my secret meeting with Colton. We are already walking on eggshells not sharing this news with him means striking another war between the brothers who have drawn swords since a long time.But sitting idly and waiting for Francis to strike the first move would be a blunderous stupidity. I couldn't wait for him to put us in danger."Why, Colton, why you always manage to bring a storm in my life. I was happy without you. We were happy but now my life is the same mess as it used to be when we were together." I rubbed my temples and leaned on the window of my room in my old house.I told Dominic to stay with Chase and spend quality time with him so they can bond like father-son while I chose to spend the night in my old house to sort out my mind and my next moves as our case was scheduled for hearing in the court for the next day.I had
[ Evangeline ]"Just leave, Colton." I squeezed my eyes to let my fresh tears fall."I am sorry, I am really sorry if you feel offended by it. I just..I just...got carried away." He looked down in shame."Seriously, Colton? You got carried away and kissed another woman. Do you kiss every single woman you see because you get carried away." I scoffed in disbelief."I don't kiss random women on the streets, Eve. I am not such person and you know it very well and you are not another woman, Freya. You are my ex-wife." He said firmly."Yes, your ex-wife. There's difference between wife and ex-wife, Colton. Evanca is your wife, your legal wife and you are here kissing me." I looked away after lashing out at him."I really never hate you, Evangeline. I didn't love you but I didn't hate you either. Please, give me a chance to explain myself. Just listen to me once and I promise I'd leave after that." He said, desperation is clear in his voice and gesture."There's nothing between us to talk, C
[ Colton ]"It's fine if you don't want to tell me the details. In fact, I don't care if she cheats on you or you go behind her back. It's your personal matter and I am nobody to poke my nose in your life." She shrugged her shoulders but her eyes said otherwise, like she peeked the interest in my life. She still bothered by new changes in my life."No, it's not like that, I mean sorry if you took my silence wrongly." I clarified and saw her eyes moving on me again."Seriously, Colton. If you don't feel comfortable in sharing it with me then let's not talk about it. She's your wife and it must remain between you two." She said and each time she referred herself an outsider, it pricked me in the heart."When you told me to dig into her dirt that night, it forced me to re-analyse everything. I recalled my past with Evanca as a neutral person as emotions always clouds our fair judgement and guess what-"I stared deeply into those mystical orbs who had many secrets and sorrowful memories bu