Novels by Akudo Maryann

Arthur's povMason doesn't say anything, but he does move aside so she can walk in and she does.She stands awkwardly in the middle of the room, she doesn't know what to say. The guest room is neat, well arranged. A small smile tugs at her lips when she sees how organized Mason is . Does she start with an apology or ramble about how she likes having him around and how fun Mason is?.Or how Mason is basically driving her insane from how good he looks and smells.Mason breaks the silence. "You shouldn't be here, your husband can just come home and walk in here. He does that often.""Yeah, I know but I wanted—No, I needed to talk to you.""Go on then."Bella wants to ignore the way Mason sounds so cold, but still so attractive. The glasses are giving him the sexiest look she has ever seen. She needs to focus on why she's here rather th

Arthur's POV Two days after Bella’s sexy time with Mason and her not-so-sexy time with Gabriel, she has managed to avoid both men.They're out to ruin her.She knows Mason has only two more days to stay with them before he leaves. Mason hasn't approached her, called or texted her. She tries to ignore how it makes her feel, Mason is acting like Gabriel.She doesn't blame Mason for ignoring her though because she’s doing the exact same thing. She’s ignoring Mason and only waves at him as a sign of greeting whenever Gabriel is around so he doesn't notice that they have unspoken words to say.She doesn't want to admit it but she misses Mason. He's fun, someone she’s been able to talk to without ending up getting scolded.It's almost as though Mason is making things worse for her by looking absolutely breathtaking.Wearing those fitted leather pants and loose shirts, walking around shirtless and in just shorts, putting his hair up in a messy bun or ponytail and letting strands fall on his

Bella steps closer to the door, her head dropped forward as she peeks inside the bathroom to see Gabriel's standing figure. Gabriel has his head thrown back, washing his scalp, scrubbing gently with his fingers, the foam on his head slowly disappearing.Bella swallows, her eyes tracing down Gabriel's back and stops on the curve where his butt stops. Blood rushes to Bella's cheeks and her stomach swirls with something like heat. She gawks at her husband's butt, one she's never seen since they got married. His thighs, the way they're so firm, huge and strong. His thighs are two of Bella's combined and the thought makes Bella shut her eyes briefly to inhale the smell of Gabriel's apple body wash.She wants Gabriel to turn around so she can look at the other stuff she badly wants to see. Gabriel's body proportion is insane, his body is gorgeous, everything Bella ever fantasized about, and she wants to touch.The heavens must be on Bella's side because Gabriel turns

Bella steps closer to the door, her head dropped forward as she peeks inside the bathroom to see Gabriel's standing figure. Gabriel has his head thrown back, washing his scalp, scrubbing gently with his fingers, the foam on his head slowly disappearing.Bella swallows, her eyes tracing down Gabriel's back and stops on the curve where his butt stops. Blood rushes to Bella's cheeks and her stomach swirls with something like heat. She gawks at her husband's butt, one she's never seen since they got married. His thighs, the way they're so firm, huge and strong. His thighs are two of Bella's combined and the thought makes Bella shut her eyes briefly to inhale the smell of Gabriel's apple body wash.She wants Gabriel to turn around so she can look at the other stuff she badly wants to see. Gabriel's body proportion is insane, his body is gorgeous, everything Bella ever fantasized about, and she wants to touch.The heavens must be on Bella's side because Gabriel turns

**—MY HUSBAND'S FRIEND—**Bella shuffles off Mason's lap, her head collides with the roof of the car and she doesn't have the time to let the pain settle in before dashing out of the car.She stares at her phone with wide eyes, contemplating on what to do.Mason steps out of the car, standing in front of her, aching to calm the younger down because it looks like she’d start hyperventilating soon."What is wrong with me? He said I should be back before ten and it's almost midnight.""Bella, calm down.""No no, please don't touch me." Bella says, slapping Mason's hands away.Okay?Mason winces at those words but manages to hide his expression."I'll take a cab home.""What? No, why would I let you do that when I can drive you home? Bella, I'm driving you home.""You keep forgetting that you're staying at our place! What do you think is gonna happen when we walk in together?""I'll park a few blocks away and you can go in. I'll come in later.""We both smell like alcohol. Mason, please—j

Arthur’s POV Bella walks out of the elevator and stops in her tracks when she sees Gabriel, who was also making his way into the elevator.Bella's grin instantly disappears, replaced with a frown.She walks into the elevator, knowing it's best not to step out, so she stays back as the elevator door shuts close."Where are you heading to?" Gabriel asks, typing away on his phone."Nowhere, I was heading home. Why are you here? You only come if you have a meeting with the book company, and you always tell me before you come. Do you need something?" The pitch of Bella's voice raises with every question, and for a moment, Gabriel looks like he might slap her quiet. But as always, the threat of violence is left hanging in the air, unfulfilled."Do I have to call you every time whenever I'm coming to my own building? I'm the landlord."Bella fidgets with her jacket and nods."Sorry." "It's almost seven, we'll have dinner together."'Oh God, please...no'Bella wants to say that, she really w

Arthur’s POVWhen Alicia got home, she bid Micheal goodbye and walked into the house, throwing herself on the couch and finally bringing herself to check her phone. Andre hadn’t texted her for 24 hours, did he suddenly not care anymore? Was he over the fact that he’s been apologizing for so long that he gave up and couldn’t care less. The mere thought of that bothered Alicia, she didn’t want him to stop caring, she was just so hurt that the quickest way she could bring herself to show him was to ignore him but clearly that was causing more damage.She decided to just scroll through her I*******m, staring at the last picture she posted, Andre hadn’t liked it yet, did he see it? He was always the first to like and comment, saying the nicest and goofiest things but he hasn’t commented on her recent post and it heavily bothered her. Her heart felt so heavy and she was starting to not like how she was feeling.She got up, considering if she needed to go see him at his place but decided agai

Author’s pov“Hey”“Alicia, hi, how have you been?”“Ughmm, good? Is there a problem?”Leah chuckled and shook her head and Alicia just stared at her in confusion. They’ve never really spoken when the others weren’t around so she found it a bit weird and very awkward that Leah stopped her in the first place. “Can we go somewhere and talk?”“About what exactly?, we can talk here, it’s damn near empty anyways.”“A bit more privacy would be perfect, if you don’t mind of course.”Leah led the way to an empty classroom and Alicia reluctantly followed and when they were sat, Leah cleared her throat.“Few days ago, Jason and I were talking”Alicia almost rolled her eyes, it's like she can’t go a couple days without Jason popping up in front of her or someone talking about him.“Okay?”“And you sort of came up but not in a bad way. He’s been doing horribly since you guys fought about something he refused to share with me about.”Alicia chuckled.“And?”“I feel really bad for him, obviously I

Author’s POVEscaping my mum’s questions for now was a success but Alicia knew it wouldn’t take long until she’d have more questions and she had to mentally prepare herself for it. *Wednesday afternoon*Alicia sat in the cafeteria alone, staring at the table, empty. It used to be filled with laughter from both Andre and Anna about the stupidest things but now she was alone, Andre away and of course she had ghosted him from how hurt she was that he wasn’t coming van anytime soon and Anna is just a lost cause.She poked at her food for what felt like ages before before pushing it aside and for some reason Micheal showed up like that was his cue.“Hey, you okay?”Alicia looked up at him and sighed, nodded with a forced smile.“I’m great. Didn’t think I’d see you- here- on my table”“You want me to leave?”Alicia considered it but she knew she needed company.“Nah it’s fine, you can stay. What have you been up to?”“Nothing much. Just here and there. There’s a basketball match coming up

“Jason….”*************It took Alicia a solid 5 minutes for realisation to set in but at the same time she had doubts. Anna wouldn’t do it. She wouldn’t stoop so low. She just couldn’t. She was a messed up person which was understandable but she wouldn’t throw me in the water like that….and over a boy? Our best friend, we both grew up with him but decisions were made that slowly ruined the foundation of the friendship but she still wouldn’t stoop so low to tell her mum anything. Alicia believed Anna owed her that much because she has managed to keep so many things away from Anna’s mum and she expects Anna to be able to do the same….:.well she wasn’t wrong.“What do you mean? You and Anna spoke? When?”“A couple of days ago. She came to pick up some leftover lasagna I asked her to come take. I initially asked her to come over in hopes to understand why there’s an obvious strain on your relationship. You both were so obsessed with both the idea of each other and each other. You did ever

Arthur’s POVAlicia almost rolled her sha for what felt like the hundredth time watching Anna crash out over her and Andre. It honestly didn’t surprise her that Anna would act that way, whenever she didn’t get her way, she resorted to screaming and damn near pulling her hair out.“I trusted you!! You were my friend!! My fucking best friend.”“And I trusted you Anna and you broke that trust so many fucking times. With Andre and even with my own brother!! You were sleeping with Frank for God knows how long and you hid it from me!! That’s my brother and every single time you’d randomly show up at my house thinking that you wanted to see me, it was all just to see Frank!!! That’s so disgusting!! You were fucking him all these while and you constantly pretended, that is so sad and pathetic.”“I’m an adult.”“And so am I, the fuck?. I haven’t done anything wrong except not tell you that I’ve always liked Andre, I don’t owe you anything, matter of fact you owe me an apology for getting with

Arthur’s POV Alicia stared at the ceiling for what felt like ages, the class was dragging and she could at least pretend to listen to her teacher talking about what happened with World War II but all her thoughts were constantly drifting towards Andre and their night together. It was different, amazing, better than what she had experienced with Jason. She didn’t know what she expected but she had always thought Jason was going to be the best thing and nobody was going to come close but after Andre, she begs to differ. Maybe the theory about how a girl never forgets or forgets her experience with the guy who took her virginity messed with her head to think nobody could do it better than Jason until Andre.He was gentle, maybe too gentle and she didn’t expect it judging from how riled up they were. The things he whispered to her ears, the neck kisses, their hands merging together while he sloppily slid in and out of her walls, stretching her, painful yet such a sweet pain, a different