LOGINDevin POV Aiden had not even taken any step forward but had already figured out that if we were going to defeat this girl we had to be very careful so that we did not waste all the resources that we had. I didn't have much to say to Stella who had been begging for release. Every time that I had the opportunity to twist things around I was always going to say it as well as I can. There was no need for me to keep fighting or do anything that was out of the ordinary because I believe to he was going to settle it but in the meantime I was also going to take cognizance of the things that actually mattered."You cannot keep me here forever. Somebody is going to be bound to find out what's going on. Don't you think that it's going to backfire on you one of these days and you would have no choice than to dance to the tune that you have been handed over." She said. Her words were only for people who did not understand that she was trying to play in mind game on them and trying to make thin
Devin POV I wish different expressions appeared on her face as she tries to make sense of what's going on. "I don't understand anything. You sincerely think that I'm going to be happy covering you up from people who are going to help me deal with you?" I don't make any move instead just keep watching and waiting, if I had to realize that the entire world did not revolve around her hand, and if she wanted anything differently, she just needed to ask as politely as possible."Where is everybody? It almost seems as if you're not seeing things from my own perspective,e and there's nothing I can do to help you with that." I respond, waiting for the shoe to drop. If nobody comes out anytime soon, then I'm going to know that I have made a huge mistake, but in the meantime, I still think that everybody is looking for ways to cook me. "So... "So, what?" She scoffs, looking at me like I'm a complete non-entity. "Everything is going to be taken away from us, courtesy of you. I don't know ho
Devin POV Stella's eyes widened when she saw that I was not joking with her. In fact she was bound to lose a lot of things if she didn't cooperate with what I wanted out of life. Her eyes was so close to popping open when she's so festus standing in front of the they were blocking every arena of her escaping. "I never knew that this was something so serious. Why have you been looking for me all around like you miss me that much?" She inquired with a smile. If Stella was trying to get on my nerves she had to do even twice as hard to be able to get any piece of information from me that she could run to the rumor mill to feed them. I had decided a long time ago that I wanted to make sure that everything will made intact. I wasn't going to allow her push me out of character but I wanted to set some ground rules. I didn't think that it was going to be easy to get someone like hard to believe that I was no longer than man she wanted me to be and that she had to be very careful. "Oh r
Devin POV Stella's eyes widened when she saw that I was not joking with her. In fact she was bound to lose a lot of things if she didn't cooperate with what I wanted out of life. Her eyes was so close to popping open when she's so festus standing in front of the they were blocking every arena of her escaping. "I never knew that this was something so serious. Why have you been looking for me all around like you miss me that much?" She inquired with a smile. If Stella was trying to get on my nerves she had to do even twice as hard to be able to get any piece of information from me that she could run to the rumor mill to feed them. I had decided a long time ago that I wanted to make sure that everything will made intact. I wasn't going to allow her push me out of character but I wanted to set some ground rules. I didn't think that it was going to be easy to get someone like hard to believe that I was no longer than man she wanted me to be and that she had to be very careful. "Oh r
Devin POV I stepped in front of the room with the best confidence that I had ever had in my entire life and it was because of this month standing in front of me acting like everything was going to be all right even when deep down I knew that after the post hide we still had to come to terms with the new reality that will be faced with. We have a person who wants to bring us down at all costs. If we are not being careful we will fall into the trap that has been set in front of us and then we would have no choice than to just go along with whatever they decide for us. I have been in this business for a long time to know that most of the time all the stupidity that was thrown around was based on the fact that people want to be like you yet they can't access that level. Aiden must have picked up on my sentiments because he raised asking a question that I didn't have answers to and for the first time in my life, I just wanted to be on my own. For the most part I had already decided wh
Devin POV "Pick up the damn call!" Stella's name pops up on my phone. Stella is stepping on my nerves. "It is either you return home or we allow the press to consume you. I don't think any of this is going to be pleasant to you but what can I say?" Her message dances over my phone screen. Anyone with their head intact will know for sure that Stella has even more sinister plans for me. She might be hurting and my family also doing the same but that doesn't mean that she has forgiven me for causing her grief. She acts as if she's in charge of making sure that she stop the unnecessary attack against my person. If I don't know better I would think that she truly has my best interest at heart but it's on a lie I'm she's looking for ways to get on my nerves even more than she has already done. "Stella get the hell away from me." She doesn't stop instead she keeps typing. "You do not deserve peace. I know that you run away because you're trying to keep your reputation in check. News
DEVINS POV.“I love Aiden,” I say, and I don’t pause, don’t soften it, don’t give her time to brace because I’ve been bracing for years and I’m done carrying that weight alone.“I don’t love you, Stella. I never did. I tried to convince myself I could, that it would come with time, that marriage wo
AIDEN.I felt good. Relaxed in a way I hadn't felt in a long time. My back was against the couch, my legs spread just enough for Devin to settle between them. His hands were on my thighs, warm and steady, and his head was lowering. I had one hand in his hair, holding him close, guiding him slowly b
STELLAWhen I stepped off the plane, the weight of the air hit me first, heavy and warm, and I didn’t even bother letting myself settle before reaching for my phone. I already had Devin’s message typed out halfway through the descent because there was no point in pretending. I always sent the same
DEVIN'S POVThe second Stella's expression changed, I knew. She snatched her phone so fast she almost dropped it, and the way her eyes shot over the screen told me everything. I didn't need to ask, didn't need to wonder. I just watched her panic. And instead of feeling punched in the chest or sick







