The vehicle came to a halt when he arrived at the garage of his mansion. Lena scooted off the car, he went after her but Jay appeared in front of him, deterring him from catching up with his wife."Is there a problem?" Darian asked, annoyed. His eyes were on Lena as she headed into the house. She ignored Dickson's and Harrison's greetings and didn't acknowledge any of the bodyguards who greeted her as she walked in. "What is the problem?" His gaze shifted back to Jay."I got the whereabouts of your mother, we found her, boss." He slightly bowed his head.Darian eyes squinted in worry. He couldn't handle his newly found mother and his wife now. He had to focus on one and that was his wife who needed him so much."Take care of that, keep an eye on her and make sure everything goes on well with her. Does she still live in the slum?" He asked."Yes, but we've made arrangements to move her out, I just wanted your approval," Jay said."Do what you can, Jay. I have to be with my wife now." H
Darian walked into the bedroom. Lisa was sitting next to Lena on the bed. It'd been two days since he called Lisa over to help him out. Lena hadn't recovered, she was still sulking. She has refused to eat, or go to the hospital for treatments. All she did was sleep, cry, think, and intensified the fact that she wanted to leave Darian's house. "How is she?" Darian asked Lisa whose gaze was on her best friend. "She's sleeping for now," Lisa responded. "She refused to eat, but I will prepare oats for her when she wakes up. She likes oats," she smiled, her eyes moving to Darian. "And you, are you okay?" She queried. He nodded in response, but Lisa didn't believe he was fine. He had not gone out of the house since she arrived, he had stayed with Lena at every point, and his eyes were fatigued. He didn't look okay. "You should get some sleep too, your eyes are sapped from stress," Lisa said. "I will watch over her, you don't have to worry." She assured Darian. "I think you should g
Twiddling with the bracelet Lena gave to him, Darian was lost in thoughts of his wife until the squelching sound of Jay's shoes against the floor interrupted his musings. He looked up at him, his face quickly switching to a scowl. He wondered why he had to come into the living room now. He stopped touching the bracelet, focusing his attention on Jay. "Is there something that I need to know?" He questioned, squinting his eyes."Here are the reports you demanded," Jay handed a file to Darian, bowing his head to his boss.Darian snatched the file from Jay, flicking through the pages with swift moves. He halted and shook his head, nothing there was appealing to him, not the things he wanted to see."Anything else?" He asked, disgruntled."Yes boss, someone is missing in the casino," Jay said to him."Missing? How?" Darian fluttered his eyes, taking a maximal interest in the latest development."Her name is Nessa, she works as a cleaner at the casino. We recently discovered that she was
A small smile formed at the corner of Darian's lips, "My husband, I think I can call you that now. You are my husband, Darian." He wiggled his head, her beautiful handwriting clearly disseminated in the note. He sighed and held the diary closer, "The first time I met you was not the best, but now I feel like I want to be with you every moment of my life, I don't want to ever live a second without you, I need you to survive, do you feel the same way?" Darian read out. Wriggling his head, he answered subconsciously, he felt the same way too, he needed her to survive. Without Lena, his life was desolate."I have heard people say that sometimes the one you loathe the most can turn out to be the only one you want in the world. Darian, you were a motherfucking bastard the first time I met you, yes, a motherfucking bastard, that was what I termed you as when I saw you in my house, threatening my sick father, I hated you so much. If I had a gun, you'd have probably been dead by now because I
It's been five hours since they got back home and Lena was still sleeping. Darian sat close to her, watching as she took short breaths in her sleep. Lisa had argued with him when he told her he wanted to bring Lena home, but he promised her that he would take good care of his wife.Lena rolled on the bed, letting out a soft yawn. She tossed around to see Darian staring intently at her."You are awake," his lips curled up in a small smile. "I have been waiting for you to wake up."She looked around the bedroom, dissatisfied. "Why am I here? When did I leave Lisa's house?" She growled."I brought you back home, Lena." He said in a gentle tone. "Our home," he emphasized."How and why?" She grimaced, "How did you bring me back here?" She rested her back on the headboard."You were sleeping," Darian said, trying to calm her down. "I carried you into the car and brought you home, Lena." He slinked closer to her and squeezed her hand. "How do you feel?"They stared into each other's eyes, st
"You should eat now," Darian freed Lena from his hold. She folded her arms against her chest, wriggling her head like a toddler. "Please, you haven't had something nice to eat for days," he looked at her, persuading her."Darian," she clutched her finger with his."Yes? Do you want me to do something now?""Did you tell my dad about the pregnancy stuff?" She queried.He sighed, he didn't have a relationship with her dad. They used to be gambling buddies, and since he got married to Lena, he had not seen Gavin or heard from him apart from when he called her phone a few weeks back, and the phone was with him then because Lena was locked up."I didn't, there is no way I would. This is our business, we should let it stay between us and Lisa, of course. I know you tell her everything, she knows too much about us, but it's okay. I believe you know when and where to draw the line." His voice was stern, but he quickly changed to a soft one. "Why won't you eat?" He asked."Darian, I don't feel
Darian was striding toward his study when he remembered that Jay was in the living room earlier on. He halted his steps, turning back to the living room. He sat down and called Jay on the phone. Some minutes later, Jay was standing in front of him."Why were you in the living room earlier?" He questioned Jay."To give a report that we found Nessa, but—" he drawled, his expression turning dark. "We lost her too, she took poison before we got to her, the same polonium poison she used in poisoning Gaius." Jay showed pictures of Nessa's corpse to Darian.Darian shut his eyes regretfully, he wanted her alive. "Did you find anything on her?" He inquired."Yes, we did. She wrote a letter saying she'd rather die than stay alive to face the humiliation. She also confessed to poisoning Gaius' cup, but she didn't state why she did that." Jay told him all that happened when they got to her hiding place. She was still breathing faintly, but they were not able to save her. The poison had spread to
Darian had noticed the change in Lena's mood since he brought her back into the house. She laughed more, talked more to him, and even contributed to his discussion with Jay. He was yet to call a sit-down for the family, but he planned to do it soon. He wanted Lena to get better so that she could go with him whenever he called the meeting for all members of the family."Lena," Darian stared at his wife who was busy with something on her phone. Flipping her hair, she tilted her head to his side. "I want you to come somewhere with me," he said."Where could that be?" She walked through the room, turning towards the window. She pulled up the curtains and fed her eyes with the beautiful evening sun that faintly penetrated the window blinds. "It's late already, where do you want us to go?" She asked, her eyes still gawking at the sun. She nodded her head, subconsciously agreeing with the fact that nature was indeed very beautiful."Somewhere I used to visit in the evening before we got mar