Elena's POV"I trust you to handle everything. But I want you to promise me that Brandon wouldn't kill me after hearing the truth." He kissed my fingertips.I laughed and said, "I promise you, I would not let him kill you. He will have to go through me first to get you."Jake removed himself from me and placed his head on the pillow."Are you ready to meet my family as my boyfriend?" I asked curiously."I will never be ready. I do not know how they are going to react. They trusted me and I lied to them." He whispered.I rolled my eyes at his words. "You sound like, you have robbed them.""I have robbed the most precious thing from them," he said gazing at me."What are you saying?" I frowned in bafflement."You...I have robbed you from them. I have robbed your time, your love, and your attention from them." He said giving me a guilty smile."You are so dramatic, you know?" I laughed.He smirked and pulled me on his chest. "But you still love me.""Lucky you," I shrugged getting up fro
Elena's POV"We are here ma'am," Arthur said distracting me from my thoughts and stopping the car outside Anna's house."Thank you," I said getting out of the car. Arthur pulled out my bag from the trunk and handed it to me. He informed Jake that he had dropped me before leaving.I texted Anna to come out with my car keys."I'm so sorry," Anna, said walking to me and hugging me."It's alright. It was bound to come out, I couldn't have kept it secret all my life." I mumbled.She looked at me in shock. "Are you going to tell them everything?"I nodded my head solemnly."I would kill to see Brandon's reaction." She muttered."I hope dad hasn't told him that I am coming back today. I want to have this conversation with my parents in the privacy where they don't see him freaking out." I said."As much as I know your family, your parents have never kept anything secrets in the family." She reminded me."That's true. We do not keep secrets in my family. However, I am sure at one point everyo
Elena's POV"What's that?" Brandon said, pushing my hair aside from my neck.His hands clenched, his eyes started blazing with fire."What?" I asked, looking at my mom in a panic.Madeline's eyes widen as she glanced at me."Shit! You have a mark on your neck." She whispered in my ear.Dad looked livid and Brandon was fuming."Great now they found a common ground to agree on." Mom and Madeline mumbled while staring at me with pity."I'm going to kill him. How dare he touch you without our consent?" Brandon said.I was embarrassed that everyone witnessed the lovebite on my neck but it did not deter me from standing up for Jake."He didn't need anyone's consent except mine to touch me," I said in a straight voice.I tried not to quiver under dad's and Brandon's sharp gazes.Eric, my mom, and Madeline stared at me with their jaws hanging and eyes wide open. If I needed Brandon to back off, I had to keep the faced of determined girl."He didn't make the first move, I did. He was more agai
Elena's POV"I guess there's trouble in paradise," Sharon mumbled.When I glanced at Anna's ring finger, I did not find a large rock blinding me."Where's the ring? Did the rock was not your liking?" Sharon said teasingly."Did you say no?" I asked feeling worried. Steve is perfect for Anna and he really loves her. The relationship Anna and Steve have is hard to find and I did not want my friend to lose something that was so precious."I love him and he loves me. Why would I say no?" She mumbled looking gloomy."Then what happened?" Sharon asked looking confused."He wants to get married," Anna said.Sharon and I looked at each other then we looked at Anna again with the comical expression on our faces."That's what normal people do after getting engaged. But you are not normal so..." Sharon said playfully making Anna glare at her. I slapped Sharon's arm telling her to keep quiet."He wants to get married that is a good thing, Anna," I said with a smile."No, it's not, Elena. He wants
Elena's POV"What happened? Were you crying?" He asked me narrowing his eyes, knowing very well that I was sprouting a lie earlier.Let me remind you, Tom was my boss and he was authoritarian when it comes to work but he was not heartless. He did not have a close relationship with my family but he had acquaintance with my family and he knew how cautious my family is for me."It was nothing. I was reading a book and a very emotional scene appeared." I lied. "You know how my emotions get best of me," I joked trying to lighten the mood.He glanced at me suspiciously but bought my lie."Go and get the pictures of the bride with her friends. She's there," Tom said with the gesture of her hand.I nodded my head and ran towards the team with my camera."Hey, are you alright?" One of my coworkers asked."Yeah, I'm fine. I'll take the single shots of the bride while you take the bridesmaid."He smirked and ushered the bridesmaids on the side."Hi, I'm Elena," I said.The bride smiled at me, he
Elena's POVI drove to college and went to the library where my friends were waiting for me. I made my way to the table."Where's Anna?" I whispered."She is not coming today. She just texted me,"I wondered why she would skip the group discussion about the assignment that was due in a week. The group started discussing the assignment and I got distracted from my thoughts.After the two hours of work, we finally decided to end the session. We all made our way out of the college to get lunch when my eyes landed on the familiar face leaning on my car dressed in his signature business suit."Hey, are you coming with us?" One of the guys said from my group study."I'm sorry. I will join you guys some other time," I said with a polite smile.I ran to Jake and jumped in his arms. He wrapped his arms around me picking me up and twirling me around slowly. His lips were on my neck leaving soft kisses leaving me vulnerable. I snaked my arms around his neck pulling him closer."I missed you so m
Elena's POV "I don't know what to do. I'm so confused. It was my mistake," She mumbled shaking her head. "Just spit out, Anna. I can't handle this much anxiety," I said in frustration. She picked her bag and unzipped it then she dumped all the content on my bed. I gasped staring at the hundreds of pregnancy test. "These all are positive," she said. I looked at her in surprise then squealed in excitement.“OMG! You’re pregnant! Oh my god!” I yelled in happiness, jumping around.“I love babies,” I said.“They are so cute,” I said.“They are so jiggly,” I said.“They poop,” Anna said.“They cry,” Anna said.“They leave you sleepless,” Anna said.“But they are babies,” I said with a dreamy look on my face.“I can’t help but imagine you with a cute baby bump,” I said.“And we will surely go baby shopping,” Anna said.“If it’s a girl we would play with pinks and peaches colour in her wardrobe,” I said.“And I’ll be doing her first ever photoshoot!” I said.“He and she is going to be so
Elena's POVEric straightened in his seat clenching his fist and increasing my confusion.“I have found my biological mother,” he said.My mom gasped but looked happy.“She’s married and lives in Maine Coast with her children and husband. Elena has met them,” he said.Brandon’s face softens; he was the second person to know Jake’s past well.“They are lovely people. They live in a historical palace there and its really beautiful,” I said.“Congratulations, Jake. I would love to meet your mother,” mom said with a bright smile.“She would love to meet you too,” he said.Brandon cleared his throat and drank some water then looked at Jake.“I’m glad you found her,” he said.Jake gave him a polite smile.“Jake has a fourteen-year-old sister now. Her name is Ross and she reminds me of myself,” I said.I told my parents about Ross, Taylor, Eden, and Jenny. We talked for hours sharing things with my family.Eric and Brandon didn’t contribute much but his irritated face was gone replaced by a