Coraline's POVThe car ride to Simon Warren's house was silent as it was loud, silent as Elijah and I didn't say a word, loud as my sweet oblivious daughter sang along to Christmas songs that blared from my Spotify playlist which was connected to the car's speakers through Bluetooth.Elijah pulled up in front of a normal one-story house in the suburban province. It was probably the most normal house I've ever seen and definitely not where I expected Simon Warren to live."Are you sure we're at the right address?" I asked unbuckling my seatbelt. Elijah was in the back seat helping Becca out of her car seat, " I think I would know the house I grew up in."" But…but this can't be it. How?" Elijah carried Becca out of the car and set her on his hip as she refused to walk. I reluctantly got out of the car and picked up the bottle of wine that I had stolen from Elijah's wine cellar."Why are you finding it hard to believe that this is where my grandfather lives?"I gave him a bewildered l
Coraline's POV "I'm so sorry, I didn't know I said that out loud." " It's fine, you deserved to know." He waved me off and continued to look at the pictures. "Lina, my daughter, fell into the wrong crowd when she was a teenager, a good-for-nothing named Marvin knocked her up. Her mother and I begged her to stay with us so that we could help her but she was too obsessed with Marvin and she didn't want to leave him. We asked her to give us Elijah but she also refused. She and Marvin had a toxic and combustive relationship that I knew was one day going to kill them and it did but I found out about her death too late because they moved to another state, and changed their names so when they died, child services couldn't find any next of kin to take in Elijah so they put him in foster care. He…he had a horrible time there before I found him and brought him home." Simon took the picture of him and Elijah off the wall and traced his finger on the glass. Damn, I always assumed Elijah wa
Elijah's POVDamnit, what the hell was I doing? I watched as Coraline got Becca out of her car seat and took her inside the house. I stayed in the car needing a minute to gather my thoughts. What the fuck was actually wrong with me? I shouldn't be getting distracted like this and I most definitely should not be falling for Coraline's charm.I ran my hands through my already tousled hair and took in a deep breath before getting out of the car. I couldn't keep kissing Coraline, as much as her luscious lips were calling to me, I had to stop it. It was messing with my plans. I carried the gifts into the house, Coraline wasn't in the living room or kitchen so she was probably putting Becca down for a nap in her room, my feet made their way to Becca's room and as just as I was about to grip the door handle, the door opened wide and Coraline walked out. Her wide eyes locked on mine."Eli! What's going on? Why are you here? Do you need something?" She rubbed her arms. I tipped my head towa
Coraline's POV While I had been showering, Elijah had called a doctor, he removed the sheets of my bed and replaced them with clean sheets. The doctor came to check me and confirmed my notions that I had had a miscarriage. Elijah berated the doctor about why I had a miscarriage but I had shut both of them out and instead covered myself with my duvet, sinking myself into the abyss.That was two days ago and since then I hadn't seen daylight, I had the curtains drawn out and not a flicker of light got into the room. I hadn't showered as well, I had barely gotten out of bed, what was the use, I felt no motivation to leave my bed, I didn't want to see anyone or anything so I chose to stay under the duvet.Elijah brought me food and water that I refused to eat or drink, he would leave them on my bedside table and they would be waiting for him when he returned later to pick them up.The door creaked but I didn't bother myself to lift my head, I knew who it was. Elijah cleared his throat as
Elijah's POV Fuck, fuck. Fuck, this was not how I envisioned this going. I wanted to tell Tyler first then let him break the news to Mei. I couldn't be the one to break the news to a pregnant woman that her best friend had miscarried. "Elijah, tell me you're joking. Tell me that you're just making banter with Tyler." Mei stood in front of me with her arms crossed over her chest, her eyes glassy. How the hell had she moved so fast? I sighed and ran my hand through my head, " I'm sorry Mei, I didn't want you to find out like this but it's true. Coraline miscarriage two days ago, she hasn't been feeling good so that's why I brought Becca here." Mei let out a loud sob and clutched her belly, shit, I couldn't afford for another baby to be lost. "No, no, no, God, not Coraline. God, please not Coraline." She started to slip but Tyler and I immediately caught her and set her down on the couch. "Mei baby, calm down," Tyler begged, squeezing her hand. " Mei, please, take in deep breath
Coraline's POVElijah Warren was one manipulative bastard, I finally saw how he became a billionaire, he was good at getting people to do what he wanted. From the moment the first piece of pancake, I knew I was gone. My stomach cried silently for more food and it took everything in me not to grab the fork from his hand and feed myself. God, what was I doing? Why was I wallowing in self-pity? Why was I hiding away from the real world? My baby was gone and she was never coming back, I had Becca to think about. I missed my baby girl so much, I missed having a purpose and a reason to get out of bed. I should get back into the real world, my problems weren't going to go away if I kept hiding and sooner or later Elijah was going to get tired of taking care of me and he would snap. 'Although I was still enjoying the care he was giving me these days, maybe I should continue acting the way I was for another day or two.' A sneaky thought popped into my head. What the fuck? When did I become
Elijah's POVJordan jerked, shocked at the volume of my voice, I could see the tension leave his shoulders, he was slowly beginning to trust me, fool."I'm sorry boss," Kia grunted, he turned to Jordan, " I'm sorry." "Jordan, do you accept his apology?" I watched him closely, wondering if he was going to be consumed by greed and refuse. If he refused Kia's apology, things were only going to get worse for him when I handed him over to Kia to finish up but if he accepted, I would make his death easy by killing him myself.He nodded, good boy. "So you said you are not a criminal, I accept your words. So why the hell are you here? There must be a reason why you're here." I flipped through the file like there was something important that I was searching for but I was actually giving him some minutes to get his lie ready."I didn't d…do an…anything wrong. I…I s…swear I didn't." He answered in a hoarse voice. He grimaced as he spoke, Kia must have crushed his windpipe while handling him.
Coraline's POVIt was past 8 and Elijah wasn't back yet, it wasn't that I was waiting for him to return but it was past time for dinner and I was starving, I crept out of the room two hours ago and went to the kitchen, the refrigerator was stuffed with food but I contemplated If I should take some food or not. Elijah was a smart man, he might realize that something was missing from the refrigerator. I closed the door and just grabbed an apple from the fruit tray. I would have to make do with a piece of fruit for now. I stayed in the living room until I heard the gates opening, I quickly rearranged the room and ran upstairs to my room. I lay in bed and counted the minutes until Elijah would come to see me, it would take another thirty to an hour for him to get changed, heat the food, and come upstairs. I busied myself scrolling through my Kindle, tricking my mind to think I was reading. After what seemed like an eternity, there was a quick rap on the door, I got myself into position