Novels by Faith smith

MATEO’s POVI walked up to Ethan and he looked frustrated and angry. “Hello, sir.. Um.. I am late, I know.. I just had to..”“How do you do it, Mateo?”I raised an eyebrow and quickly looked around as the guests were coming in like flocks. Ethan and Astrid are obviously big deals in the country and around, especially Ethan, so it wasn't a surprise.“Mateo!”He drew my attention back to him and I was still left in surprise and a bit shocked. “What do you mean.. I don't understand..”“I know you wouldn't, Mateo, because it is probably not a big deal to you.”One of his friends Cherki walked up to him from behind and they hugged lightly before he left for the inside.He looked back at me and told me to follow him back inside. I nodded and walked behind him. We walked up to his study, which was next to his room. I caught Astrid staring at us and she looked genuinely concerned or was it fear? I wasn't sure. Of course, anyone would be scared. Imagine your husband going to his study to dis

MIKEY's POVAh, hey, it's been a minute. So, a summary of Doug and me? What do y'all think? I am sure y'all probably think we are hitting it really off or he probably broke it off, but the truth is we have been going really strong and well. We have been closer. We have been better.. 'Ah, those words sounded very good right? But nah, I lied we have just been trying to survive. Sorry, I have just been trying to survive with Doug. Loving him is one of the hardest things I have had to do. He has crazy ass brothers, which is not his fault so I do not blame him.'Doug has been really trying his best to be there and not make me feel the relationship is one-sided but the truth is it definitely still feels so. His work, his girlfriend, his brothers, his pride and ego.. Man, he just has so many things that are so hard to deal with. If I didn't love him as much as I did I would never take all that he dishes out. After that night in Miami, we have not had any nights like that anymore. It is alw

MATEO’s POV“Lisa.. Hey.. Oh, God.”I ran and hugged her very tightly. God I had no idea I could ever miss her that much.“Lisa.. Babe, oh, babe.”I hungrily kissed her lips and she threw her bag into the air. “Um.. Looks like someone missed me a lot, right?”She said between kisses and I nodded while still hungrily kissing her. “You smell very good and expensive babe.”She broke the kiss, walked past me and I smacked her ass.“Well.. You know I always do, right? And the occasion needs it.”“Astrid and Ethan’s 10th anniversary?”I was a bit stunned she knew because I never really mentioned it to her that way.“Surprised? Astrid, sent me an invitation.”I felt my words get stuck in my throat and my stomach churned.‘Why? What are you planning in that little head of yours, Astrid? Why is she making me look bad?’“Babe, I was going to bring you along, Astrid.. She didn't.. She didn't have to send you another invitation..”“You looked all dressed up, ready to go Mateo.. I don't think yo

MATEO’s POVOkay, so I have no reason to have stayed quiet all this time except exams and school (AUTHOR)We can all imagine what happened in the night, right? I am sure y’all would think Mateo had a great time with Astrid and they did all that crazy stuff together but the truth is we didn't because she didn't let me. Well, technically she let me but one thing led to another and we just called it a night. She received a call from Ethan and he just had to remind her of how he loved and cared about her. He kept going on and on about their anniversary.. Fuck!!!“Fuck! Anniversary! It is today, the anniversary is today!!!”I exclaimed and immediately jumped off the bed and ran to the balcony, then back to the room, and I sighed heavily when I recalled how everything turned out last night. I sat on the couch on the balcony and sighed again.‘It was going well, what happened? Ethan, you had to ruin my fun.’I thought and brushed my hair off my forehead. Well, truth be told it wasn't only A

ETHAN’s POVBruce and Cherki almost made me forget it was my anniversary the next day. They have kept me busy and struggling like a madman. I have not given Astrid enough attention and I'm sure she must hate me a lot right now.“Bruce.. Bruce!”I pulled him from the bed and he quickly shook the sleep off his head.“Yes! I'm up! I am up! Ethan, I am sorry, I just.. I mean..”“Whatever man, but no one gets a single sleep till we are sure that the killer is caught and killed. If he exposes me..”I stared back at him with rage and he held my shoulders.“We have been through this several times, Ethan. We have had killers, prostitutes, and all sorts of people on the run, and what has always been their end? Death! We always end up killing them all! We have been running all this shit for years! No one can bring us down! We always have our ways.”He said and I nodded, those words really did a number in my head, and I remembered who I was.“No one has ever lived to threaten or put me under pre

MATEO’s POV“You are so sexy, baby.. God, you make my heart beat so fast whenever we are together babe.. Ah, fuck. Let's go upstairs.”I hit her ass and she looked at me from under her lashes.“Mateo.. Is anyone up there?”She whispered and I pressed her body against mine, while kissing her neck.“You mean you came here without knowing if I was home alone? Astrid, you make me fall for you even more..”I grabbed her thighs and she wrapped them around me, around my waist. I placed her on the counter and slowly undressed her, reverently. My lips traced paths down her body that set her skin on fire. “You like that babe? Huh? You like how I make you feel?”I asked as I sucked her belly button and she nodded her head as fast as a lizard in search of food.Her lingerie hit the floor and she gasped and my mouth followed a trail down her thighs, she pushed my head away with one of her hands, and she opened her legs wide for me. I stared at her pussy like I had never seen it before. It looked

LENA’s (LUNA’s POV)I was in the kitchen helping the chefs out with the food, while Amelia was upstairs with the doctor and her brother. I needed something to clear my head of all that was happening that morning. Since he woke up screaming his lungs out, he has not been good. He talked about a dead wife too, I never knew he was married.He looked and screamed like he needed his sister earlier.. I hated seeing him that way. I also cried hard. He is a very good man and I won't lie that I am kind of growing feelings for him, he makes it so easy to fall for him. How he talks, how he relates with people, and how he smiles too. He is very convincing and daring too. I was in nude shorts and a singlet. “Ma’am, the spaghetti is almost done, do you wanna mix it up, or what?”One of the chefs asked and I told her that I would. She was getting all the ingredients ready while I stood watching the pot and reminiscing on my call with my daughter, Natalia. I felt very relieved hearing her sweet voic

MAVERICK’s POVIt was morning and I swear I heard a cock crow, or it was probably just my imagination. I stood up from the bed, walked over to the big window staring hard at what looked like a clown just outside my gate, it felt as though it was calling out to me.. It kept waving and I was confused. “Um.. Who is here? Hey guys! Guys!!!”I screamed but there was no answer. The clown turned around like it was leaving but then stopped when I exhaled. “Why is it stopping?”It turned back around, pointed its clown fingers at me, and then slowly walked into my gate, and I have never had such a jumpscare in my life before.“Hey, go back! Hey! This is not your house!!!”I screamed out to it, and quickly pulled out a guy as I ran as fast as I could downstairs.I was only in pants and my hair was scattered all over my face, but I didn't care.. I wasn't sure what was happening, but it looked good. I felt good.“Is this real?”I said softly as I carefully and slowly stepped down the stairs, wit

ZANE’s POVSlowly we walked to her office upstairs and I saw Nyra staring up at me at Ms. Smith in disgust. She has always hated her so much.. I mean rightly so because no matter how hard I try to deny and run away from it I know for a fact that Nyra has feelings for me but it's overwhelming. Ever since my situation with Luna I've tried to avoid any brewing feelings in my workplace.. We got to the office and she immediately threw her bag into the chair, and looked back at me with a grin.“Oh, Zane.. Why? Why do you do this? You make me look desperate, and make me look like a Jezebel..”‘You are one.’I thought.“I.. You know what I want, Zane.. Just once..”She tried touching me but I slightly moved away and she groaned in anger and walked over to sit on her desk.“Zane.. What is it you want? I mean we have shared a kiss before, right? So, what is it? I think having lots of women flock around you is maybe getting to your head, huh? Is it?”“Ms. Smith, I'm just trying to make sales an

ZANE’s POV (LAS VEGAS)Muffled chattering“The market has been going a bit well this week, it doesn't feel real.. It feels so unreal and..”“Hey! Stop chatting shit and go get Zane.. His customers will be arriving soon..”I heard one of the waiters scream at Nyra who was happily getting along with some customers.“Yes, sir.. Because you are a sadist doesn't mean everyone needs to be, alright? Dickhead.”She walked away and they both stared at each other with rage as she walked over to where I was seated.“Can you imagine that bitch? That dumb fuck..”“I know, I know, I heard him.. Just so you know., I pulled her closer and whispered in her ear “He is only jealous because you have won customers' favorite 3 times in a row now.” I said and we both shook hands and chuckled softly.“I mean you do have a point Zane, I would also be mad at me if I weren't me..”I nodded and she patted my cheeks.“The Bar is gonna be filled today.. I can fill it.”I nodded lazily and she sat next to me.“What

(ONE WEEK LATER) JORDAN’s POVI was in my office setting up my files for my meeting ahead with some of my partners when my phone rang. At first, I hesitated to answer it but I did.There were no sounds, so I angrily placed it now and it rang almost immediately again.“Is this some kind of joke or a spam call?”I said as I stared at my phone ringing.. It was a private call too.I answered with so much rage boiling in me.“Who the fuck..”“Hello, Mr America.. Oh, I mean Mr Vegas..”I removed the phone from my ear, stared at it in disgust, and placed it back on my ear..“Who the hell is this? And who is Mr America?”“Ah.. Is this a wrong number?”The man had a very strong and disgusting Italian accent, it was killing me, but I had to see the end of it.“What was your first thought? It's definitely a wrong number.. I'm not your audience, Mr Italian..”I replied sarcastically, using his tone.“Look for someone else to stress, okay?”“Wait, wait, so, you mean that you are not the one who is

LENA’s (LUNA’s POV)It's been a while, yes? I'm sorry for taking so long.. Maverick and I locked eyes, but I wasn't ready, I thought I was, but everything reminded me of Jordan. His touch, his face, his body, his voice. Of course, Maverick is different from Jordan. Hopefully, he is. I've learnt not to vouch for any man anymore after what happened to me, so yeah I can't say for a fact that Maverick is 100% different but I can hope that he is. But, at the end of the day and the bottom line is that Maverick is still a man.. Jordan was a man whom I was madly in love with, and having another guy touch me felt strange, felt like I was losing my mind.We were still so locked in and he was driving me crazy.. I was so wet that my whole body shivered.. I almost stripped myself naked because he is so good with his tongue on my nipples driving me insane.. “Lena.. Hey, Lena.. Are you good?”He finally lifted his head and asked.. “I.. I.. Maverick..”I pushed him away softly and he quickly stood

EMILY’s POINT OF VIEWWhat if Lucas doesn't accept my pregnancy? I sat inside my room on top of my bed thinking and contemplating my life and the decisions that I have made in the past. And the one I regret the most was letting Lucas go. And all of a sudden he got married to another lady? How is that possible? How did he get married suddenly? My friend Sharon came into my room and immediately she saw me worrying on the bed. She knew it was about Lucas.“Emily, I have told you countless times to let it go. Lucas has asked for a DNA test now. What will you do? You and I know that child doesn't belong to him, right? So what are you going to do?”“Sharon, what do you mean by the child doesn't belong to him? How do you know that?”“Okay, tell me if you are sure that the child you are carrying belongs to Lucas. Come on answer me”“Well, I am not entirely sure but I know that he was the last man I got intimate with”Sharon squinted her eyes and stared at me with disgust.“Fine, it wasn't Lu

AVA’s POINT OF VIEWI wore the dress and immediately I got downstairs I saw how Lucas pinned his gaze on me. It is a black dress with stripes of red. I let down my long black hair and applied a little red lipstick. He kept staring at me till I joined him in the car.“Can we go, sir?”“Ava, sorry I mean Lily. You look gorgeous. Very gorgeous, Lily”“Sir you know you can call me whatever name you want, right? Be it, Lily or Ava, I am fine with both. Trust me. And thank you for complimenting me. Where exactly are we headed to? I guess I don't look too serious?”I asked and he smiled. I looked at my dress and looked at his. Well, men don't usually dress too seriously no matter the occasion, or place, right? He wore pants and trousers, a suit shirt, and black palm slippers. He looked quite simple while I on the other hand looked overdressed. I guess he noticed I was not comfortable. He held my hand and patted my thighs gently. “It is fine, Lily. Trust me you look great. You know I would

AVA’s POINT OF VIEWI stood close to the door and I heard him making a call. I wasn't sure who it was but I could guess that it was Emily since he kept talking about pregnancy and DNA tests. He has been hellbent on the fact that he wasn't the father of the child. I fear that he might be right. If he is not then Emily is not just wicked but heartless because how can you as a lady be trying to force another man’s child on someone else? That is so funny. God help us.He came out of the room and we walked to Nana's room.When we knocked she quickly opened it and welcomed us with a big smile on her face. She was not all that old. She looked like she was in her early 40s but I know she is older than that. They have a really strong gene in the family because Lucas himself looks much younger than his age. He is 29 but looks 25. I have been through so much in life that I look older than my age. I am 25 but look 30. I am sure all that will change very soon, and I am just bluffing. I don't look

LUCAS’s POINT OF VIEWI was so stunned that she cooked for me. I can't remember the last time I ate food not prepared by either Nana or the chef in my house, so of course I was shocked she took out her time and prepared something for me to eat. “Ava, are you serious? But it is still quite early for breakfast don't you think?”“Sir, where I used to work my boss eats as early as 9 am”“You used to work as a chef? Where? When?”I noticed how she turned around and bit her fingers. She obviously didn't want to talk to me about her past and I wasn't planning on forcing her at all.“It is fine Ava if you don't want to talk about it. You know I will never force you, right?”She nodded and smiled at me.“Let me take a shower, Ava. I will join you soon. You should check up on Nana or if you want we can do it together. We can check up on her together”I said with a soft voice and a smile. I didn't want her to think in any way that I was trying to impose anything on her. “I will wait for you, s

AVA’s POINT OF VIEWI woke up by 8 am and I rushed downstairs to the kitchen to clean and prepare breakfast. I gently removed Lucas’s hand around my waist and I walked outside the room.I was already very used to waking up early in the morning. In Logan’s house back then we used to wake up as early as 7 am at times to prepare breakfast if Logan had an early morning meeting or a flight to catch. I remember how I used to stare at him from the kitchen window with a lot of love only for him to take advantage of my love and calmness.When I got to the kitchen there were already staff inside cooking and cleaning the whole house. The house looked very dirty from the party yesterday. “Good morning ma'am. What are you doing so early?”One of the girls cleaning asked me and I was lost for words.Why was I up so early? I am married to the owner of this house. I need to act like it but it doesn't mean I can't at least assist with some house chores.“What is your name?”I asked the girl, and she

AVA’s POINT OF VIEWWe both showered and said Goodnight to each other. At first, I was scared to sleep on the same bed with Lucas but he has been very good to me anyway so I didn't let it bother me. And I made sure not to think about anything wrong with Lucas. We both got on the bed and he turned to the other side while I stared up at the sky. The whole house was bigger and better than Logan’s house. The room had a television fronting directly to the bed and the air conditioner made the room very dark.The room had a scent of vanilla mixed with strawberry. The air in the room was so soothing and relaxing while I was still scanning around the room with my eyes. I heard Lucas snoring softly, and I giggled a bit. He must have been so tired after the day's stress.I turned off the lights and slept off too.After about an hour deep into my sleep, I kept feeling like someone was trying to hold and pull me by force. It felt like a stronghold and when I turned around to look at the person’s f

AXELL’s POVAvery called and told me that she and Shawn are planning on running a DNA test on Shawn and Logan. “Has it gotten to that?”“Yes, it is, Axell. I have always had my doubts. No one in my family or Shawn’s is colorblind, so how is Logan colorblind?”“Avery, so if the father isn't Shawn then who is?”“I don't know, Axell, but I would be so glad if he isn't. You wanna come along with us to get the results?”“Have you both run the test? We will give the doctors samples today”I followed her and we did all the necessary things. We got back and I told her I needed to fly to Mexico to meet with the godfathers with some evidence against Lucrecia and Paolo, so they would be punished.She insisted on coming with me, and we took Logan along. It was more like a family trip, and I’d promised Logan that I would fly him in my private jet.Everyone else followed, Bryson and Camila.We stayed at the same penthouse that I and Bryson stayed over the last time. Paolo had no idea when we arri

AVERY’s POVHe stared at me with a face full of surprise, but I overheard all he said last night, and I cried so much in my sleep. I also had a dream of waving and saying goodbye to my parents. I had finally found their killer, so I had fulfilled my biggest heart desire.“Avery..”“All these times, Axell, you were the one behind their death and you never said a word! You are a beast!”“Babe, please hear me out, please. I.. I.. I am also a victim. My parents were killed and I needed to avenge them. Your parents were no saints either. They had a hand in my parent's death, but I didn't kill them, Paolo did”I stared at him. How was I supposed to react? I can't believe I lost my memory for weeks and let Shawn get close to me. I didn't remember anyone, including my son. I can't believe I pushed Axell down through the balcony. What if something bad had happened to him?I stared at him and how helpless he looked. In my sleep, I heard him cry himself to sleep. When I woke up I saw him holding

AXELL’s POVI had several cuts, and I struggled to get back on my feet. I think I broke my leg.“Avery!”I screamed but there was no answer.Did she run away? That was the first thought that came to my head.I saw Logan running toward me, and I told him to go get Bryson and Camila.I was bleeding so much and I couldn't stand on my feet.My guards arrived and they lifted me up to the car.I saw Bryson walking down the stairs with Avery in his hands.“What.. What happened to her..”I tried getting out of the car but fell on my knees.The guards held me back up, but I was determined to go to Avery.“Hey man, I think she passed out when she watched you fall. We need to get the both of you to the hospital right now, get in”“Bryson.. How..”“Axell, get in the car now. You need to see a doctor”I got in and he followed behind us with Camila and Logan.When we arrived I pleaded with them to first attend Avery, but they said we were both important.We got treated in the same ward and were lef

SHAWN’s POVThe truth is I never expected a day like this to come. When I received the call from Camila asking me to come to the hospital I was surprised. Feels like Avery never really moved on from me. She must still be crazy over me. I will use this to my advantage. That dude of hers is popular and has lots of money, I will make sure to extort him using Avery.She has always been very useful to me ever since we met. I saw someone better and I left her pregnant, it was wrong of me, but it isn't new, and I am back now. I saw her son, Logan, or should I say our son. I am not here for him though, I am here to make my life better, so he can wait.“Avery, is there anything you want?”“No. Who are you to me?”Camila was behind me, so I wasn't free enough.“Well, I am..”“He is a friend to you.. A friend”Camila quickly said and I nodded too. This bitch. ****************It was late and I left. I promised to come to see her the next day and she agreed.The next day I came and the day after

AXELL’s POVI was so close to tears, but I had to be strong. I held Logan in my arms, he had been crying heavily upon realizing that his mother didn't recognize him. I can not believe this. How did she forget about all of us including her name? I stared at the doctor and he said we should all follow him to his office.“Mum.. Mummy..”Logan pointed with tears rolling down his cheeks at Avery who kept staring at us in awe.“It is fine, baby. It is fine”I patted on his back and calmed him down.When we got to the doctor’s office, I could see the pain in his eyes. He probably didn't expect that himself.“Mr Axell I can imagine how you and your family must be feeling right now”Camila was wailing heavily, Bryson hugged her and tried to keep her calm.“Logan, mummy will be fine and back, okay? I will make sure of that, huh?”The doctor said and Logan nodded. “Doctor, what is the way forward right now? She doesn't remember anyone, not even her name”“I know that Mr Axell. I guess she was

AXELL’s POV“She came around and told me about my doctor's appointment, which I agreed to go with her. She angrily left the room and said she would wait for me outside, but then I heard a loud thud outside the room. When I ran out I was lying unconscious down the stairs. I think she slipped”She said with a little tear rolling down her cheeks.I looked away, but then..“Wait. The farmhouse doesn't have stairs, does it?”She shook her head.“I wasn't in the farmhouse. I was in your room..”“In my room doing what?”I angrily said to her, and she moved away from me.“I thought about doing some cleaning for you..”“I have enough help around the house to take care of that, you bitch!!!”I screamed and Bryson held me back.“Calm down, man”“If she wasn't in my room, Avery wouldn't have gone into the house and she wouldn't be in this situation now! I also blame myself because I told her to go get you! Ever since you came into our lives..”I fell to the ground again and tears rolled down my c