‘Sweet Gwen… After all these years, we meet again…’
Those words… creepy and frightening… and his disgusting grin and his cold eyes… Everything came back to her. In an instant, Stephanie found herself once again in her father’s house, in her old bedroom, with that disgusting pig on top of her. Breathing in her face, while his dirty hands were groping her, staining every inch of her skin.
‘You know you want this… I’m the only one who can give you exactly what you need… Once I’m done with you, sweet Gwen, you are going to beg me for more.’
Stephanie was walking slowly amongst the people on the street. Her hands were shaking and tears w
Billy gasped. Those three words had the same effect of a bucket filled with ice thrown in his face. Stephanie already told him that her stepbrother abused her, but he didn’t know that it happened more than once.“Until that night, I was still a virgin...” Stephanie quickly wiped her tears and coughed to calm the tremble in her voice.“After he was through with me, Grant ‘advised’ me to keep all this to myself. That if I should tell my father what happened, it will be my word against his. That he would tell everybody how I chased him around, how I… stalked him in order to get him in my bed. Then he laughed in my face, and left my room.” She got up from the couch and went to the window. People were walking down the street and Stephanie fe
Danielle pulled the sheets on her naked, hurt body, covered with bruises from head to toes. She was in so much pain, but crying wasn’t an option. She knew it well. Jordan hated when she was behaving like a little girl and not like a full-ass-grown woman. The moment he entered her apartment, Jordan just exploded in an enraged tone.‘That old bitch just fired me!’ She just looked at him and started yelling. ‘No way! How could you have been so stupid to get fired by Marie Grayson? I’m so angry right now! One of my desires was to transform her damned foundation into ashes. Why am I always surrounded by idiots incapable to follow a simple plan?’ Charlie…
“I just... can’t believe it...” Danielle murmured. The stunned look in her eyes made Nathaniel laugh with satisfaction. He got to play her again. Once again Danielle proved that she wasn’t as intelligent as she wanted to appear. She was embracing the same pattern as all the other women he knew in his life: beautiful and dumb. Well… not all of them. His Gwen was the exception. She was sweet and shrewd. She kept quiet then took the money and ran. But in the end, he found her. Nathaniel was as happy as a kid about it. Gwendolyn is going to be his secret move in winning the war against all the Grayson. And even if she wasn’t in love with him, in time she will. He will take care of that. “Oh, Dany… You’re so disappointing. I thought you’d knew by now that I was talking about Isabelle Grayson
“Come on, Dany! Come on, baby! Answer your damn phone!” Charlotte murmured looking suspicious around her. Thank God she was alone on the last floor. Shawn was away and Billy went to search for his runaway bride. Miss Perfection ran the moment she saw Jordan and Billy, as a faithful dog went after her. Her call went straight to the voicemail… again, so Charlotte ended the call. Why was Danielle not answering? Usually, she had the phone attached to her hand. Maybe she was getting screwed by that madman again… Danielle thought she didn’t know about the fact that they were having sex while she wasn’t at home. But after what she saw that day after Jordan showed his real face to her, Charlotte was desperate to let Danielle know about him. Her girlfriend must know that
Filled with excitement, Shawn was driving his car to pick up his wife. Isabelle wasn’t aware of the surprise he had in store for her. The last few weeks have been so tough for her and Shawn wanted to take her mind off the bad stuff. So, spending an entire day together, away from problems, was the right answer for both of them. It was also his way of reminding her, if ever necessary, how much he loved, adored, and appreciated her. Their life as a married couple has had some ups and downs and Isabelle deserved a definitive break from the heartache. Shawn knew he had to work even harder to make her feel secure, loved, protected by him. The way he behaved lately was the opposite of what he was trying to prove. After their fight, Shawn thought he’d lost her, but once again, Isabelle showed him what l
He parked in front of the foundation’s building and waited for Isabelle to finish her meeting with his aunt. Since that Nathaniel dude’s departure, Shawn saw Isabelle going to work much more relaxed. Her project was involving her a lot, but he had managed to make her promise to go to work only a few days a week. Even the ob-gyn had recommended her not to stress too much and to avoid long hours. The sound of the cellphone interrupted his thoughts. Shawn looked at the display and saw that it was a text from Billy. He was asking him to come by to the office just for a few moments. Quite curious, Shawn called his cousin. He put him on speaker.“Billy, I saw your text... Is everything alright?” he asked.“Hi, brother! Let's say that it could be better.” Billy's v
Shawn stared at him without understanding what he was talking about, but he had become quite curious.“Ok, no problems, Billy... It’s not the first time that our mail got switched. It happens. So, what is it about? What did you find that was so shocking?” Billy looked briefly at Stephanie as if to ask her approval to give him the envelope, and then he handed it to Shawn. He took it and quickly looked at its content.“What is this?” he asked Billy, taking out a couple of photos, but his cousin said nothing more. He sat down next to Stephanie who was looking down, still very upset. “Will you explain to me what is going on here?” he kept questioning Billy, but then Shawn looked at the first photo and his face turned pale.
Heavy silence wrapped every corner of the car. Isabelle was staring blankly outside the window at the road that was opening in front of them. She was keeping a protective hand on her belly like she was afraid that someone was going to harm their baby girl. Shawn was driving but, from time to time, he was checking her just to be sure his wife was ok. From the first time since he knew Isabelle, he wasn’t able to fully understand what she was thinking. The things they’ve learned about in Billy’s office left both of them without too many words to say. He could sense her frustration and anger even if she seemed perfectly calm and composed. Shawn didn’t like her that way. He would’ve preferred to see her yelling and expressing her emotions that she was keeping so well bottled in. Isa