Novels by Miss Ace

CHAPTER 141ANNIKA“MUMMY!” Sophie’s soft voice filled the living room as I walked in. Her smile was so bright. She tossed her tablet on the couch and ran into my arms, her body so warm, so small.“My little muffin,” I whispered, pressing my lips to her cheeks.“How is Aunty Mabel, how is the baby?” She asked as she took my hands and led me to the living room.It took Sophie two and a half months to get herself. She had constant nightmares and would often scream randomly. Isaiah hired the best psychiatrists, and with the help of people around us, Sophie made an amazing recovery while constantly sending letters to Jake in prison.Ah, speaking of Jake, Jerald managed to cut him some slack, so he should be out in five years and if his good behavior persists, then he might be out sooner.“The baby is fine, she looked so beautiful, you should have seen her.”“Then let’s visit her this weekend.”I nodded, “Okay.”“Welcome madam, how is Madam Mabel?” Anna asked while she placed a glass of wa

CHAPTER 140 ANNIKA My heart thumped like crazy, my hands trembled because I could feel him go cold behind me, I could feel his weight press on me but he didn’t stop. “I missed you so much that it hurts like crazy.” He whimpered. No. I tried to turn again bit he held me. Why …why is he doing this? “The house felt lonely and every hour without you felt like I was thrown into a burning furnace.” He chuckled, “I knew I loved you but I had no idea how crazy I was for you…” “Isaiah….” “I’m sorry for coming so late…” “Isaiah…stop talking, please.” “I’m sorry, you heard me say those words…..” “Isaiah, please, I beg you, stop ….” “I will never abandon you or give up on you because I love you…I love you so much Annika Sultan.” “Isaiah…please….please…stop.” I cried, fighting to turn but he held me, as if he didn’t want me to see but I won’t let him….I won’t have my back turned to him so I fought and I won. He had blood coming from his mouth, he looked seriously injured but his smile

Chapter 139 ANNIKA My head continued to ring, like a drum was being played very close to my ears. I could hear people shouting and moving around rapidly but more importantly, Isaiah looked ready to kill someone. Oh no…I think he misunderstood me.... Jake didn’t kidnap Sophie…he is protecting her. I have to tell him…I have to protect Jake. But my mouth won’t open, the words won’t come out. “Stay here, Annika, you inhaled too much. Stay here, I’ll join the guys and catch that bastard, he won’t get away with what he did.” Isaiah muffled, his hands gently stroking my hair. No! Isaiah, you’ve got it wrong. Wait…Jake is innocent….he is not going to harm Sophie. Ah fuck, why won’t the words come out? The smoke I had inhaled while yelling for help seemed to be affecting me now. Isaiah peeled away from me, I tried to grab him but I couldn’t. he slipped out of my hands and I watched him say something to a man who was just about his height, and his built. The guy sneered and called

CHAPTER 138 ANNIKA Sophie dashed, faster than I have ever seen her run before. She ran as if her life depended on it because it did. Isaiah was a great father, one who knew the world was a wicked place and he made sure Sophie was not oblivious to that fact so when he noticed she loved running, he taught her something he believed would always help her in the future. He told her the danger of being a girl and how being able to run would help her. Run as your life depends on it, Sophie. He would always say to her. Run like fire is behind you. Run like you are being chased by a dog or a wolf….RUN SOPHIE RUN. And she ran. She ran out through the door and I watched Jake’s hand, wrap around her waist and he ran. “Argh!” Mirabel yelled. “Go after him! Find him and bring them here….no, kill them immdeitaly you find them.” Please Jake, stay somewhere safe….somewhere safe until Isaiah arrives with the cop. Hazel turned to me, confusion plastered all over her face. I simply nodded and he

CHAPTER 137 ANNIKA Once again we were in Mirabel’s hands, in the building we had seen earlier, hands tied. Except this time, we were surrounded by men, men who looked ready to kill if we twitched. Sophie clung to me, but this time she wasn’t hiding her face, this time, she was glaring at her mother and it wasn’t just her, Hazel was glaring as well. I want to cuss her out and tell her how much of a horrible person she was but a part of me feels like this situation is every shade different from the one earlier. Sophie, Hazel, and I could end up dead this time. The one person who helped us escape before, Jake, is being held, with a bullet in his leg. “Finally, we are together again.” Mirabel muffled, stepping closer, her eyes on me. “You…You have a way of charming people, you know that?” “I could have bet everything I had that this man would abandon you or even run away with you, leaving the kid but instead, he rescued all of you. Wow, is that the same charm you used on Isaiah?” She

CHAPTER 136 ISAIAH Grandma always believed in miracles, the type that feels impossible. It always sounded ridiculous to me. Anything beyond facts and known knowledge was not my forte. But then, I got the message. LITTLE WITCH: Brother, it’s me, Hazel. I am with Annika and Sophie. We are not completely safe, but we are out of danger. Here is a link to our location, come save us. If that is not a miracle, I am not sure what is. The moment my eyes dragged through that message, something inside of me came alive, relief washed over me, and my thumping heart slowed for a moment. My trembling hands scrolled through the phone again and again. They are alive ….they are safe. My girls are okay. I jumped to my feet, grabbing my keys, I dashed out of my bedroom, running down the stairs like a lunatic. “Isaiah, son, where are you going, dinner is almost….” I halted and turned to my mother and mother-in-law. “I have to go,” I said, biting back the light that flashed through my face, the h

CHAPTER 16(HAZEL)Nik had Navira over his shoulders as we walked in through the front door. he halted and turned to me, his eyes settled on me and in that moment everything that happened today crushed down my mind.The holding hands, the warm smiles, the secret glance, and the stupid thing I did …kissing his cheeks.What the hell was I thinking? Why would I have leaned in and kissed his cheeks?I wanted to tease him. When that mother said, Nik was staring at me with love in his eyes, I knew it was all the façade we created to make this work but the moment my eyes locked on him, something inside me snapped.This gaze was warm and his eyes glinted and for a moment I believed he loved me…that he felt something too but I also knew he didn’t and I hated it…I hated that he was looking at me with those eyes when they were nothing but lies and I know it was stupid but I wanted to tease him…to make him pay for making me feel that way and now…I can’t even look into his eyes.“Are you going to

CHAPTER 15(NIK)I simply stared at her, elegant, composed beautiful. She spoke to the ladies without batting an eye, making a promise she would be able to keep if it was up to her.As I stared at her, it didn’t look fake…It didn’t feel fake.Her smile, her chats with the other mothers, the way she spoke to them about Navira, about the other kids….it was beautiful.This was the life I wanted.A life with her. As my wife, as the mother of my kid. Holding hands and attending school functions together, laughing and conversing with the parents of our kids’ friends.I wish all of this was real…I wish…Hazel was mine.“Your husband must really love you.” One of the women said, It Marco’s wife, the Italian couple. Her eyes were twinkling with excitement, her words yanked me out of my thoughts.Shit.Can she tell that I have feelings for her?Shit… Shit.Hazel chuckled, effortlessly, unbothered, “He is my husband, of course he has to love me.”The women laughed.Oh…that was…smooth. It was a c

CHAPTER 14(HAZEL)FIRST DAY My hands settled on my phone; it kept ringing, but Yvonne refused to answer. I texted her last night right after Nikolai and I got home.I don’t want to be the shitty sister who stole her sister’s life and even though I enjoy being with Nik and Navira, I can’t fully enjoy it because it’s all fake.My phone chimed.A response from Yvonne.Sis – Stop calling me, Hazel. The reason I asked you to stay was so you could deal with those things for me. I have a project I am working on, stop calling me.I read the message again and again.How can she be so indifferent? Navira is her child.“Aunty Hazel…we’re going to be late!” Vira’s voice roared from the living room.I stared at myself in the mirror, my throat bobbed as I watched the blue dress drop down my body, the sparkling simple necklace that settled on my neckline, my hair in a slick bun, and the beautiful ring, Nik got me.There is no going back.My demon and angel conscience appeared at the same time aga

Chapter 13 HAZEL My eyes settled on the ring as we drove back to the house. It looked so beautiful, so perfect, like it was made only for me. But that wasn’t the only reason I was staring at it. Nik was the one who wore it for me. He took my hand in his and he dragged the ring through my finger. In that moment, it felt so real, so soft, so beautiful. His soft palm over mine, his gentle touch and his lingering scent… It’s so…. Like a wave of cold was poured over my head, realization hit me that the man who had done all this for me, is married, and not just any married man but my brother-in-law.I felt a sharp sting inside of me. Like my heart was given a sharp twist, it suddenly got so hard to breathe and my eyes stung with unshed tears. It hurts. That the man I had always wanted was not mine but my sister’s. It hurts that he doesn't even think of me the way I think of him. I’m so pathetic. I should be over him by now. I should be… thinking of starting my own family and finding m

Chapter 12 NIKOLAI “Hazel, I am lost for words. That guy is the most handsome in your college, he is smart, he is kind, he takes care of you and he helps you with school, what else are you looking for in a man?” I heard Daston scold Hazel as I washed the shrimps in the kitchen. John is the fourth guy, Hazel had turned down since she got to college. John was nice. I actually thought she’d give him a chance. I'd have given my blessing. “He doesn’t know how to cook, doesn’t know how to dress, can’t say my name in the way that makes me feel butterflies, doesn't tease me enough and he.. he… he is too perfect, I cannot.” Hazel sighed, I heard her body collide with my pillow in the living room. I stepped out of the kitchen, grinning without even realizing it. I mean if she doesn't like him, then she shouldn’t be with him. It’s no big deal. “Hazel, come taste this and tell me what you think,” I said, stepping into plain sight. She jumped off the chair and dashed faster than my cat would

Chapter 11 HAZEL I know I shouldn’t drool right now but I believe yhat I am drooling. Because I haven’t moved and I haven’t taken my eyes off him. God, he looked so hot. I have seen him cook at home, apron around his body, his hair a little rough and I know this man is hot in the kitchen but seeing him here at his work place is a different shade of masculinity. I think my knees are weak. I’m gonna fall. “Aevia?” His voice snapped me out of my unholy trance. Ah! Lord…. Why have you forsaken me by placing this temptation before me. You know I am such a hypocrite. Blaming the lord when I am actually the one who drove myself here. I cleared my throat, forcing a smile, hiding the blush on my cheek which was almost impossible, “Sorry, I … uhm… never seen you at work before… it’s… never mind… sorry for staring.” “It’s fine.. come on.” He gestured towards the chair he pulled out for me, a habit he hadn’t change. He has been doing this since we got close enough to eat together. Even