Novels by Emilia J. Bell

They didn’t know. No one knew. I was careful. Silent as a ghost. Olivia and that bastard didn’t have a single clue. I was watching them. The moment I got out, I planned everything. It was cathartic, doing what I was meant to do. Watching over her, looking after her. He was careless at times; he didn’t know what he was doing. He tried to figure it out, and almost saved her, even. But it wasn’t enough. He wasn’t enough. For her, for what she deserves. He’s nothing. Compared to me, he’s nothing. I watched her downfall. I loved every minute of it. She showed her true self, the real her. The one that’s most connected to me. She gave in to her cravings; she didn’t let his control consume her. She was her own self; she let her desires reign free. She didn’t give a damn about him, and that’s how I knew he was nothing to her as well. Even if it was because of some retard therapist, I got to see the real Olivia. The one I knew was just lurking deep inside. I followed her when he wasn’t arou

My legs felt like jelly. We passed by Hailey. If my brain wasn’t melted by what he did to me in that shower, I would have been embarrassed by the awkward situation, but since I’m properly fucked out, none of that mattered. Meanwhile, Austin was lounging. He was lounging and actually not even covering his smug face when we got back to his office. At least Hailey had the decency to give us a moment before they proceeded to a meeting. “Oh my god, you’re a child! Get up, go!” I almost slapped his shoulder, wanting to slap the smirk off his mouth instead, but I’m guessing that would be too much since his lawyer was just outside the door. He lazily got up and adjusted himself. He was still hard. He got a drink. And when it came time to talk to his lawyer, the mood changed. He wanted me there. He wanted to take on whatever it was together. And when Hailey laid out all the cards, her new intel, basically an iron-clad strategy for everything, Austin was quiet. Calculated. He dismissed her

“We can’t. I mean, not here.” I faltered… already thinking about the possibilities. But then he grabbed my waist, and all thoughts fled from my muddled mind. His sweaty body was up close. Muscles bulging and glistening, I swallowed hard. Forcing my eyes to leave the tantalizing view. “Come on,” he urged. “Hailey… Hailey’s here. Your lawyer’s waiting for you,” my voice was weak. His appointment is the farthest thing from my mind.“Mhmm… Okay.” His hand on my lower back pushed me towards him so that I was pressed up against him. From his chest to my thigh, he kept our bodies oh so close that I could feel him. I could feel everything. “I’m serious, she’s here. She’s waiting, Austin,” I tried again. But my throat was dry. “She’s here to help you… I mean,” I stuttered once I felt his other hand untuck my blouse. “Austin, people might come in here.” “They know better than to interrupt me…” his hand tugged my top loose while the other, I just noticed, was inching closer to my thigh, ta

I found him hunched over one of those monstrous gym machines. Working up a sweat, almost hyper ventilating as he pushed his body. The poor guy isn’t letting up. He hasn’t noticed me when he next hopped onto a treadmill. Austin ran and ran. He ran like someone was out to get him. I watched him as he pushed and pushed his legs, like if he stopped something bad might happen. My stomach bottomed out. He doesn’t deserve what his family has done to him. What they’re planning to do. “Love…” I whispered. “Are you… are you okay?”He looked up and the pained expression on his face imprinted on my brain. I hadn’t seen him like this in a long while, not since I fucked up. I wanted to reach out and remove all his worries. So I did. He stopped running but his head remained hung low. I wasn’t sure if it’s sweat or those are tears. But his heavy breathing indicated that it could be either. Austin doesn’t cry. He doesn’t show emotions. Not until now. Not until his whole world is crumbling around

It was the clicking of heels. Then the swaying of her hair. And that perfume. My head swiveled as soon as Attorney Hailey Sinclair entered the corridor. There’s no other word for it. She strutted. I couldn’t believe it, she’s the all-business no fun type but right here and right now? The girl is in a good mood. Dare I say, she seems… upbeat?Totally uncalled for and not what we need as of the moment but it surely did cut the tension that’s choking both Austin and I lately. “The cavalry has arrived,” she announced. She aimed her attention at me and smirked. “Okaaay? Does he know you’re arriving? Any appointments?” I asked. She smiled. “We haven’t met properly yet, right?”“Um, yeah. Sorry, I was kinda loopy the last time.” I almost tilted my head in shame. Remembering the time I was so out of it. “I was face planting the floor.” I whispered, nonetheless. “I noticed,” she nodded. I wanted the floor to swallow me whole. “Hey, hey… no worries, okay? We all have our bad days. I mean,

“What do you mean, we can’t go in? Motherfuc-” Austin growled at the guard. “Sorry, sorry! It’s policy, sir. We can’t have visitors during emergencies. We’re fixing the issue. I mean, there isn’t really one, it’s just…” the guard sighed as Austin continued throwing daggers with his eyes. “What aren’t you saying? You’re hiding something.” Austin snarled one more time. “It’s just policy, Mister. I can’t disclose what’s happening inside. But I can’t let you enter either.”“That’s entirely ridiculous! You can’t just do that, okay? What the fuck is really going on? Tell me now,” he demanded. Before things could get any more heated, I intervened. “Hey, could you just give us a moment, please? And can you just step back a little? No need to brandish your gun like that. We just wanted to visit someone.”“Yes, ma’am. Sorry, it’s just a little tense out here.” “No worries.” He stepped away. Austin and I were left alone outside the prison’s entrance. Staring at the gate and wondering how he