~~ Brittany's POV ~~Running down to the hospital, Mom was the first person I saw when I reached the VIP ward. She was standing beside Dad, staring into nothingness. Not until, the door slid open and I walked in. Surprisingly, Dad was still lying on the bed, the machines beeping loudly as always and the usual oxygen mask on his face as he had never woken from a coma."What happened, Mom? Why is Dad still lying unconscious?" I asked as I stood beside her, staring between her and my Dad.That was when I noticed the difference. His eyes were opened. But why wasn't he moving?"He's awake but still can't respond to external stimuli. The doctors said he is in a vegetative state and will need a few days or weeks to recover." Mom replied, as if reading my mind and I froze for a moment before I let out a low breath.She patted my shoulder, studying my worried expression more. "The doctors assured us he'll be fine, and that's what we hope for." I nodded and glanced at her. She was also trying
~~ Brittany's POV ~~I knew I felt scared, upset, frustrated, and every other emotion with the likes. So, as soon as the call about the culprit came in, I had to leave everything behind to rush over to the station with anger.Mrs. Lucia was the one who kept me busy, at least to keep my mind off the incident until Ace returned home. We'd trimmed flowers while chatting along the way after eating breakfast, and we planned to go grocery shopping together. But our time together didn't last as I left to learn more about the culprit.Coming down to the station to realize that the culprit was just a brother of my father's late driver was never what I expected. I wanted to fume and yell at whomever it was but all of that suddenly vanished when his intentions became known. Not like it justified his actions to have almost shot me to death but somehow I felt guilty about the death of his older brother. To make my sympathy escalate further, they couldn't have a last moment together as he was in j
~~ Ace's POV ~~I pressed my hand down to the paper, my fingers clinging around the pen as I signed the necessary parts in the documents.Another contract signed. Another business deal bagged. Another collaboration made. My new partner and I shook hands, and I left, my secretary and a few members of my team staying behind to take care of the rest. Now, it was time to head back home as promised. I brought out my phone to check Brittany's reply to my most recent message; a short note to tell her about the meeting that made me leave home early this morning. I already promised to stay with her today, so it was only right she knew of my whereabouts.A smile found its way to my lips as I read her simple reply: Sure. I'll be expecting you soon. But, why was I smiling? Maybe it was the smiley emoji at the end of her message. Something stirred deep within me, tugging at my heartstrings. That made me smile even more.I halted my footsteps to message her back but two feet in black shoes sudd
"Mr. Fox was your boyfriend, true or false?"There was no response."You both still contacted each other secretly even though the late Mr. Fox wasn't permitted to make phone calls, am I right?"There was still no response despite the long silence that followed in the dimly lit interrogation room."Miss Lora, are you going to remain silent?" The male detective asked, his tone laced with frustration and he sighed lowly. "We'll go nowhere if you continue like this.""Then ask better questions!" Lora fired, eyes shooting toward the detectives in a glare. Her hands trembled slightly on the table but she tried so hard to hide the fact that fear lingered inside her."I'm only doing my job, young Miss.""By trying to make me the suspect of murder, right? I'm not a fool not to realize all the questions that are being thrown at me are obviously because of what you think." The detective sighed again, bowing his head for a while. "We haven't concluded the incident to be murder which is why we wa
~~ Brittany's POV ~~A sharp, long-stretched moan escaped my lungs as soon as Ace's finger pushed its way inside me. He pulled his finger out and went in again with a pause, letting my walls give in to the adjustments as he rubbed my clit with the other four fingers. Everything was slow at first, not until he began to thrust in and out of me, his tempo increasing in a few second intervals.I felt his fingers double inside me, and then it tripled, earning a whimper from me. Even when he had informed me that the room was soundproofed, I still feared letting all the sounds out could make someone hear us but it seemed as if my body and desires were failing my thoughts. He readjusted his position, fully settling in between my legs, and what followed next almost set my entire system ablaze with pleasure. His cold tongue grazed my warm flesh, its wetness darting in and out of my V, teasing me in a way that my mind went blank at that moment. The feeling was infuriating and, at the same time,
~~ Ace's POV ~~Meeting her at the hospital premises was unexpected. I mean, I had gone there only because of personal reasons - to find out someone I still believed could just be a figment of my imagination. But, it was all thanks to that reason that a tragedy didn't occur today. If I hadn't sighted the gunman earlier to have gotten Brittany out of sight before the gunshot, then what would have happened?Whoever the masked gunman was, had targeted Brittany because he vanished right after firing just one bullet at her. When I tried to find him again, he was gone and the people who witnessed the scene didn't know of his whereabouts as well. It was like he just vanished into thin air. But that was for a matter of time. I would find him soon and he wouldn't know what hit him."We've found the gun that was used near the crime scene. Once we get a person who matches the descriptions you gave, we'll add him to the wanted list. Although it might not be easy, since his face was covered.""Do