SAMANTHA'S POVWhen I had heard the distress in his voice as he scurried around the room to get to the hospital, I knew something was really wrong but I didn't want to push.So I said nothing as he ran out of the house. After he had been long gone ,I had walked around the house to see the house and every room displayed how much thoughtfulness he had put into the house. The kids room had been decorated with durable toys and books.He got everything they needed to make their room comfortable enough for them.The kids were out back playing in the playground Manuel had constructed for them.I walked over to the door at the sound of the bell ringing.It was in the middle of the day during the weekend.There was no-one that could be around at this time and I didn't think that Manuel was expecting someone either.I opened the door to see the woman I had met last night on the other side of the door.Her smile faded the moment she saw me.She masked it with a forced smile."Hi!"She said."H
MANUEL'S POVThe house felt empty without Samantha and the kids after they had left.We had slowly gotten back to our routine, where I go to work and we see each other,I come over to visit the kids and that was it.After my outburst that night, Samantha had been giving me the silent treatment only speaking to me only when she had to.But every other time ,she ignored my presence like she was doing now.I ran into her in the hallway leading to my office."Don't walk away from me"I told her."What would you like me to do for you sir?"She asked with a formal tone to voice."How long will you keep up this act?"I asked. "Am sorry,what act?"She asked feigning innocence.I groaned in frustration."You do not know what I went through there.They helped me and I couldn't you just let your jealously get the best of you and have you laying baseless accusations against someone that had done absolutely nothing to you"I spoke.I watched as her expression changed with each word I spoke. "J
SAMANTHA'S POV"So how are the wedding plans going?"I asked as I dug into an apple sitting across from Rick on the couch in his house. I had gone over to visit him because it had been way too long.Miriam had gone out to her parents house in order to make wedding preparations with her mum.He would have to meet her there later during the week.He let out a defeated sigh,shrugging his shoulders."Its been going great.But it's just too exhausting".he responded."How have you been since..."He nudged his head knowingly. I let out a deep sigh."I've been okay."I told him."Have you told Manuel about it?"He asked.I shook my head vehemently."I haven't gotten around to it yet.We're still focused on Ryder's recovery and his safe return.I'll tell him later."I responded.I gave him a sad smile as he pierced me with a knowing glare,arching his eyebrow at me."Samantha,don't forget I've known you for years and you're one to not say anything at all because you just have this habit of gr
MANUEL'S POVI awoke to find myself cuddled in bed with a body that didn't feel as soft as Samantha felt. I sat up abruptly staring around my surroundings to make sense of where I was and why I was naked.Memories of last night came flooding back into my mind.***FLASHBACK***"Marcella, what happened here?"I asked as I stepped into the mess.Her living room was in shambles.I had run as fast as possible when I had received her distress message.I found her huddled in the far end of the corner in tears.As soon as I had gone to her ,she had wrapped her arms around my neck,trembling as she sobbed."Who did this?Tell me!"I growled.She said nothing.She just sobbed into my arms.I ran my hand down her back to comfort her.she pulled more into me."I'm sorry I just cried like that.It's just the first time I was experiencing all this "She apologized.We were seated on her couch as I brought water to her in a glass.Thank goodness they hadn't raided the kitchen.The bulk of the mess was
SAMANTHA'S POVWhen I came awake,I was in a well-furnished room.It had Victorian painting and artifacts that were laid at strategic places giving the room a more expensive outlook.I tried to sit up and found my hands were chained to the headboard at one side of the bed.I tugged at the chains to break free and found I couldn't break free. "I wouldn't do that if I were you"I jumped at the sound of the male voice as it came up behind me.I was staring back at the cold stern eyes of Aiden who had a wide grin playing on his lips."What am I doing here?Aiden!"I shouted I tugged at the chains to break free.He came up to me,placing a hand on either side of my head.He had me trapped .He brought his lips down to kiss me but I turned away just in time for him to kiss my cheek.He held my face in his palm forcefully putting me in a position as he placed a kiss on my lips.I tightly shut my lips to not give him access.He dug his fingers into my arm causing me to whimper in pain.He u
MANUEL'S POV "What do you mean she's missing "I said into the receiver as I called Rick."She didn't come back home last night.Martha just called and she isn't at work either"Rick said, with worry evident in his voice."Then where the hell would she be?"I said running a hand through my hair in frustration."Maybe we could track her cellphone"he suggested. "But wait, it says here that her location is jammed"He added."So it would not be possible to track her"I responded."But we have to..."I paused as a message popped up on my phone screen."Hold on"I said before tapping the message open .It was a picture of Samantha interlocked with an unknown man naked."That can't be"I muttered."Is something wrong?"Rick asked bringing me back."Yes,everything's fine.I will just have to pull all my resources together and ..."I tried to form coherent words but they were not forthcoming.My cellphone rang.It appeared to be from a landline."Hello?"I asked as I picked up the call.T
SAMANTHA'S POV As I watched Manuel walk away I broke down in tears."What's wrong?"Rick ran to my side at once."Did anything else happen to you?were you rap..?"I shook my head vehemently. He frowned."So what's the problem?"I just sobbed unable to speak."Manuel slept with ..."I hesitated. It was a tough pill to swallow."Are you sure?"he asked skeptically.I nodded."I saw it with my own eyes"I told him lowering my voice to a whisper.His brow knitted together in confusion."How?"I sighed."She called me"I replied dryly."What?!"he exclaimed.I nodded in assertion. "She called me last night...well she picked up Manuel's phone when I had called and she sent me the picture of the both of them.He was naked in her bed."I narrated.He scoffed in disbelief."Do you really believe that he could cheat on you with another woman?"He asked.I hesitated.My hand rose up to nurse my throbbing head."Samantha let's all just calm down.You.might be wrong. That woman cou
MANUEL'S POV "Shit!"I don't know why I had lost it in there.Probably because I let my pride and jealously get the beat of me even when Rdyer had advised me against me accusing her without confirming first.I didn't want to.I wasn't a saint either and I wasn't blaming her.I was blaming myself. All I did was a transfer of aggression and it hurt that my words had affected her so much.But I couldn't get past that fact.I couldn't envision someone's else being with my mate.Trying to covet what was mine.I had to find out the truth myself.So pulling out my phone,indicated the ine person that I knew would offer a solution to the dilemma that I was in right now."Hi Micheal,did you have a moment?"I asked. "Yeah,anything for you.what's up?is something wrong? What happened to Ryder?"she said."Woah,just slow down there tiger.Rdyer is fine.Its for me."I told him.I heard him breathe a sigh of relief."What's up?"He asked."I need you to do some facial recognition investigation on t