Everly POV
It’s been a couple of hours since Theo left to go pick up Agnes. I can feel in my bones that something is not right. I just don’t know what. I hate this stupid feeling. I close my eyes as soon as my head hits the pillow at the end of the couch. I am feeling so tired that I can barely keep my eyes open. I allow them to close, taking me into a deep slumber and sending me to a dream world.
“Why is she here?” I hear a woman’s voice, and I open my eyes to find a beautiful woman standing in front of me. She is wearing a fitted dress that hugs her slim body and rests over her knee. Her high heels are so high that they make her almost as tall as Theo as he stands next to her. My eyes meet his, and he doesn’t look at me.
“Hi, I’m Everly”, I say as I approach her, offering my hand to shake, but she makes a nauseated face and takes one step back. Her eyes move up and down my body while she wraps one arm aroun
Theo POV“I’m gonna do some work, and I’ll be in the office”, Everly says. I know she is feeling uncomfortable, and I am not happy about this either. We just found out she is pregnant, and I haven’t even had a chance to celebrate with my wife. What kind of a man am I? I take a deep breath as I watch her move her sexy ass as she walks towards the office. I could easily sit her on my desk and fuck her senseless. Devour her body as if it was the only thing that matters in the world.“I didn’t know you could cook”, Agnes says as she laughs, and I smile back at her. She feels a lot lighter and not as crazy as she was when we broke up. I remember the last thing she said to me when I ended it. She looked deranged, and I couldn’t believe what she had done to me.As if she felt the change in my mood, she looks at me and a
Everly POVAgnes has been living here for a week, and I am not comfortable. I have been extremely sick and resting in bed all day while she walks around the house bossing around the staff while Theo is out doing God know what for his job. We haven’t announced my pregnancy yet, but we will be doing it today.Theo organised a dinner with Killian and Elliot. Killian will be taking his wife, that announced last week that she is pregnant with their first child. She looked stunning, her hair was shiny, and Killian looked like he could kill someone when people looked at her. She was shining, and she looked absolutely beautiful. I envied her because she was glowing while I looked like I hadn’t seen sunshine in more than a year, while my hair was not shiny anymore.I walk into the bathroom, determined to have a bath and wash away the smell of sickness and wash aw
Theo POV“Come on, why is it taking so long?”, I ask Elliot as I look at the road ahead. We don’t even know if we are going the right way.“I don’t know, fuck”, Elliot says as I drive around the traffic in Manhattan. “Left, now”, Elliot says, and I swerve the car turning left, making some cars beep and stop as I made my way down the road. “Okay, I am passing the coordinates to the car SATVNAV”, Elliot says, and all of a sudden, the map appears on the dashboard, and I start following the directions.“Are they behind us?” I ask, and Elliot nods his head.“Yes, they are”, he says, turning back to the front after he looks back to see if our man is following us. This mission has me on edge. I don’t like this at all, this is dan
Everly POV“You’re scaring me. What is going on?”, I ask, and he shakes his head, pulling me closer to his body again.“We need to move”, Theo says; whatever happened was serious enough for him to think we are not safe in a penthouse in the middle of the Upper East side. When we’re done in the bathroom, he gets dressed quickly and packs himself a small suitcase with essentials while I do the same. I put my hand on my stomach as I grab the only outfit I have bought for our baby while putting it in my luggage. Theo looks at me and walks out of the room, pulling his case not long after. He is back with a gun in his hand and stops in front of me while I close my suitcase after putting in my toiletries.“What’s that for?”, I ask, and he grabs my hand and puts the gun in my hand. I shake my head, trying to pull my hand
Theo POV“Our new safe house”, I let out. This place has been built exactly for a war situation. There’s no cell signal, and we are surrounded by a forest and an electrified fence that signals when anyone tries to cut the circuit. It can only be done from the inside, and we only have our most trusted people here. No one else knows where we are, not even the rest of our guys. We will be driving instead of flying out of here, but we will be getting helicopters any time we need to go to New York.The house looks nice. Killian did a great job. I hold hands with my girls as I guide them inside. I have so much on my mind that I can’t even look at Everly right now. I am so worried that I am afraid she might see it on my face and start panicking, and it will make It bad for the baby. Fuck.As soon we get inside, Agnes appears out of nowhere and hugs
Everly POV“What do you need me to do?”, I ask, and almost instantly I feel Theo’s hands gripping my arms and spinning me to face him. His eyes blazing with hatred and fear. He looks me in the eyes, saying I am not going anywhere. Who the fuck does he think he is to talk to me like that? I am blaming the hormones for my outburst next. I can’t believe he is treating me like a child. Or like an invalid or someone he doesn’t trust to take care of business. I might’ve grown up away from all the mafia business, and I might’ve been kept away from everyone for my safety but I am tired of letting other people dictate how I live my life. I am tired of that. No, he won’t control me anymore. No one will. I am sick and tired of men thinking they can say and tell me what to do or how to live my life, how to dress, and how to behave. No. The innocent little girl is dead. She died the moment I was dragged into this life into a marriage I didn&
Theo POV“Clear”, I whisper, but I know they can hear me through the communication system we have with each other. I can feel something is off here, and I just can’t put my finger on it to figure out what it is. I get out of the room I am in and walk down the corridor opening another door slowly and quietly and checking to be clear as well.“Clear”, I say again.“Clear”, I hear Elliot say. I close my eyes for a second. I know this house. I am up in this house, but it was sold many years ago. I look around at the room that used to be mine. Now it is empty and with the wallpaper already falling off. I run my fingers through the wall and close my eyes.**“Come here, child”, I hear my dad calling. I run down the corridor into his office, and he is sitting behind his desk with a gun on top. I stop near the door as soon as I see it.“Close the door”, he says and slowly, I turn arou
Everly POVI am just finishing braiding my hair when I hear a commotion in the house. I know Theo is back, but why hasn’t he messaged me? “Quick”, I hear Killian’s voice shouting from the end of the corridor. I stand up and open the door to find him ready to knock. He looks pale and tired. I knew the mission was big and would take a few days, and I knew they couldn’t contact us while still there, but I hoped he would tell me he was coming home.“Killian?” I whisper as I see him looking at me. He looks down at the floor, and then his eyes meet mine again. The anticipation of what is happening hits me hard. I look down the corridor, but I can’t see Theo.“Where is Theo?” I ask Killian. He licks his lips as he looks at me.“He is okay. He is down in the doctor's office”, he says, and my heart starts beating fast, Really fast, so fast I thi