Juss’ POV I was sitting in the passenger seat of his car with him beside me as one of his men drove. Not that it made sense how he held all this power at his age even though... Even though I knew who his Father was. We were inches apart and yet, it felt like he was right next to me, his eyes watching everything that I do and he was not even trying to hide it. Eggust's eyes refused to leave my body ever since we left the airport and I was beginning to feel increasingly self-conscious. I tried to ignore it at first. Aside from the fact that his moods were flippant and unreadable, I wasn't sure of the exact words to say to him because of how I felt. Like a caged animal with nowhere to go but I couldn't seem to stand his stares anymore as I snapped my head towards him and said with a whispered hiss, "Could you stop watching me like a hawk?" He didn't even try to pretend that he was surprised or awed by sudden anger as he answered without even blinking at me. "How can I be sure
Eggust’s POV I was a fool and I knew it. Every time that I swore to myself I would try my hardest to be calmer and more rational, I always found a way to blow all of that up, destroying whatever faith Juss had in me but what else could I do when I realized she was leaving again? When Ezekiel had told me she had bought a plane ticket, I had hoped that it was her being jittery and anxious about my confession. I had been curt and polite. Restrained. Reserved. If anything, I deserve a pat on my head for not pinning her down and kissing her as hard as I wished to at that moment but it had not been an impulsive action of hers. She had meant to leave me. Again. All I had thought the moment I realized that was I needed to get her in one place. Somewhere I could be sure that she wouldn't try abandoning me again or I could see her to keep myself from losing the last piece of sanity I had left but when she had seemed so resigned about her fate here, it hit me that I had gone too far.
Marlani’s Pov The problem with raising a child on your own for a few years especially during his teenage years was how you would occasionally find yourself trying not to overstep your boundaries. Even after his father came back and I was no longer doing it on my own, it seemed like it became even more difficult. His father had tried everything to make up for the years he missed in Eggust’s life, but Eggust still wouldn’t let him play his role. I was worried about Eggust for a long while, we had thought of taking him for therapy, but his father suggested it was teenage tantrums, and when he’s much older, things would get better. I wanted to believe him, but something at the back of my mind always told me it was deeper than we thought. It felt like there was a particular void in his life we couldn’t fill, no matter how hard we tried. Eggust, as a child, had been... Temperamental. He was the sort of child with a strong headedness that couldn't be deterred no matter what.
Juss’s Pov I felt like I was going crazy. Eggust had not locked me inside my room like I thought he was going to, which I was very thankful for, but the gigantic state of his house only made me feel like I was stuck in a void that was planning to swallow me whole before I ever had the chance to react. It was like a prison, although I didn’t know if I should call it a better prison, cause I had access to everything I wanted, I just wasn’t allowed to go outside. Eggust bought everything I needed or he thought I needed. I also had a special nurse that came around to check if the baby and I were doing okay. Besides that, I never got to see anyone apart from Eggust and his security guards. I couldn't tell what day it was anymore because the days were beginning to blur and after that... Unfaithful day, Eggust had not returned. He didn't even come to see me to know if I was doing well and the worst part of it all was how the entire building was infested with guards stationed
Eggust’s Pov Something was wrong with me. This much I knew. There was this darkness inside of me that constantly tried to eat everything in my path, to hurt everyone as much as I had been hurt. I had tried over the years to fight the darkness, but the more I ran away from it, the more it seemed like I got drawn to it. The scariest part was I thrived in it. It gave me some sort of satisfaction. It was dangerous, I knew that. It was hard to hide it at first, especially since it grew only worse when Juss left me all those years ago. I wanted to hurt someone then. To lash out at the very least. The darkness tried its hardest to escape through any means necessary but I kept a lid over it because all I wanted to focus on was getting her back next to me. It was like my sanity was slowly unravelling itself into knots and I could barely think a full thought without her creeping in. Juss was my life. My beginning and end. If she knew how much power she had over me, she would n
Eggust’s Pov Sylvester Fleming was known worldwide for his good looks and he bathed in people's adoration of him. I, on the other hand, couldn't stand his arrogance. He was born rich and spoilt rotten and we both knew that the company flourished better under my guidance and rule but as he liked to play pretend in public, he told everyone who cared to listen that he had taught me everything I knew. He wished. When he came back to play father figure, after all those years he left, it just fueled me with even more anger. And mum, the way she acted like everything was normal, like he didn’t abandon her when she told him she was pregnant, like he didn’t treat her awfully. I hated the way she welcomed him with open arms, she expected me to also act like everything was okay, but I just couldn’t. All those nights I had seen her cry, losing her friends, her family because of me, all the jobs she had to do to cater for our needs, everything came rushing in as soon as the bastard c
Juss’s Pov When I woke up at first, I was so sure that I would see him beside me, probably with me chained to my bed but I was wrong. Instead, I found myself back in another room. An apartment that he had paid for me which I found out only when I spotted the note on the desk beside my bed. Hello, Juss, I know you’d rather do this on your own, I know you don’t want me around either. I can’t promise to stay away from you, I don’t think I can ever do that again, but I will give you some space for now to figure out things. I am sorry for ruining everything, I am sorry for fucking trying to make your life as fucked up as mine. But I’ll have you know that you and the baby are the best things that has ever happened to me. If you need anything, give me a call…. Love, Eggust. I felt a throbbing pain in my heart as I read his letter, as tears began to form soon enough and the questions began to flood in as well. Was I being unreasonable? Did I care too much about what other people t
Juss’s Pov “You have to go see her, she has been worried about you,” Eggust said on the other end. “I can’t, I’m pregnant for her son.” I yelled back. “It’s alright, Juss, you’re not showing yet, just put up an act, she wouldn’t notice.” “Yeah, whatever.” I said, as I hung up on him. Why the hell did he want me to do and see his mum? Why wasn’t he understanding my situation? Marlani had suspected I was pregnant, even before I had the slightest clue, I’m pretty sure she would know as soon as she sees me in her house. Ever since Eggust couldn’t keep his mouth shut and told her that I had returned, Marlani had been asking me to come over. Although, I totally understood her, I had left on short notice. I owed her a proper explanation for leaving like that, but I wasn’t ready. I wasn’t ready to face her or anyone else. However, this time, I didn’t have a choice. I had to see her sooner or later. I didn’t want to go to her place because I couldn’t risk seeing him