Damian’s POV
“Don’t shoot! Don’t fucking shoot!” I yelled, the room was foggy from the teargas they’d released and I could barely see. My house was under attack from the rival gang and they’d met her inside the house.She was pregnant and my life flashed right in front of my eyes when I heard the sound of gunshot followed by the revving sound of vehicles driving off.“No, no,” I crawled to her side and there she was, covered in her own pool of blood, she was laying there cold and my blood dried as I stared at her.My world stood completely still. Nothing moved. Not even the sound of the receding car and the footsteps of the man that had just pulled the trigger made a sound as they all left my compound. Colors faded as I felt my chest tighten in pain, anger and my blood boiled with revenge.A cold, shivering wind blew on the back of my neck and ears like the touch of cold fingers. Suddenly, my whole world seemed unnaturally dark like all the lights went out when Mia breathed her last breath in my embrace.I took the gun on the ground as I’d wanted to follow them but I was stopped when I felt a pull on my wrist as Isaac pulled me back.“No, No. Stop, you can’t blindly go after them,” Isaac said and my eyes widen, I knew he was right, “The Godfather agreed to this and it would be bad if you just go to meet him blindly.” He finished and I broke down.He was right, the hatred I had for my father grew even stronger at the thought of him, I wanted to kill him and make sure he doesn’t see the light of day. This was supposed to be a punishment for not doing what he’d asked me.“Let’s do something, we must save her!” I screamed, the adrenaline rushing through my body caused me to be hyper.“I’m sorry, Mr Damian. There’s nothing we can do, she’s gone.” Isaac said and I refused to believe it.“Mia, Mia.” I called even though I knew she couldn’t hear me.————“Mia.” I kept whispering until my hand hit something, I opened my eyes to find a naked girl just beside me and that was when it dawned on me that I’d been dreaming.It was the most horrible memory, one I dreaded and tried my best never to remember, I sighed when I looked at my bedside clock and realized it was almost 10am.“Get out of here before I finish my bath.” I ordered and she scampered out of my room even before I could get to the bathroom.The fear I instilled in my girls and the way they trembled when they see me was one that was thrilling.I made my way to the bathroom, taking one of the pills I kept specifically for my headaches as I tried my best to prepare for the day.I had a building to buy, a traitor to torture and I also had someone to meet, I took out my suit as I decided to set out for the day.I made a mental note as I approached the building, noticing every little detail and taking notes of them, the building was nice but not as nice as I’d pictured it to be but was manageable and up to my standard.“What do you think?” I asked Isaac who nodded a little bit before answering.“we could buy it.” He answered and I’d ordered for him to go inside and meet the owner.I lit my cigarette as I waited for Isaac to go make the enquiries that needed to be made. “Fuck it.” I muttered as I walked to join Isaac, I needed to be there since I’d be the one sealing the deal.I reached for the door and just before I could open it, it swung open and someone came crashing into me.Losing my balance for a bit, I stumbled backward. But once I was stable again I weighed the feminine figure with my eyes. She had felt the impact as well but she was good at hiding as she completely ignored me and dried her face with her palm.It looked as though she was crying.She was no doubt beautiful, stunning that every man would want a second look, she just wasn’t up to the beauty standard I set for my women but she also wasn’t ordinary.“So...” she muttered until she met my gaze and my eyes widened, she was the girl from my club last night.“You.” I smirked as I braced myself up and put both my hands in my pocket.“What are you doing here?” She groaned as she tried to walk past me, hitting me again but I pulled her back, stopping her from getting away with it like she had at the club.“Do you just go around groping women because you think they’re weak?” She blurted out as she moved in my grip and as much as I wanted to let her go, my grip only tightened as she let out a slight painful wince.I released her and I could hear her heave a sigh of relief.“Really looks like you have a knack for bumping into people and walking past them like it’s nothing.” I smirked.“Well, if you were focused on where you were going then you wouldn’t have bumped into me you entitled son of a b—““You complete that statement and I’ll make sure you regret it.” I threatened, it wasn’t really a threat, it was a warning as no one dared call Damian Gray a son of a bitch.“What would you do then, Mr cold and dangerous? I wonder how rich people think, y’all feel like you can just treat anyone however way you like and get away with it? Well, not now you fucking son of a bitch!” She yelled, completing the statement I’d earlier threatened her to stop.Whatever happened back in there was horrible and it was taking a toll on her.“You’re calling me a son of a bitch when right now the only person being bitchy is you—“ I hadn’t completed my statement when I felt a resounding slap on my face.She dared slap me? I was about to say something as my hand traced my cheek, it stung and whatever I wanted to say got caught up in my throat as she only walked past me.“Mr Damian Gray.” I heard a male voice call and I looked to see Isaac walk out with the owner of the company I’d wanted to buy.We sealed the deal outside the building but I couldn’t stop myself from thinking about her, I needed to make her regret it.“Isaac,” I called and he walked to my side as I whispered in his ear still staring at the girl in the car before she drove off and Isaac nodded, understanding me.“Ask everyone to evacuate as soon as possible since we would be refurnishing everything about this place.” I finished as I made my way inside the car with my blood boiling.“Take me to the house.” I ordered and the driver immediately understood what I meant.I walked inside the house to find the traitor I needed to tend to tied up and already beaten up, the sight of his bloodied body gave me a sense of satisfaction but I still needed to let some things off.“What were you thinking disclosing the location of the goods to them?” I asked as I chopped one of his fingers off and his painful scream echoed in the building, causing me to let out a satisfactory smirk.I tried as hard as I could to get the thought of her out of my head but nothing worked as her image kept popping up again in my head.Hazel’s POV“Damian, do you take Hazel to be your wife? Do you promise to be faithful to her in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love her and to honor her all the days of your life?” The priest asked.The hall fell silent as Damian took my hands and stared into my eyes, “I do.” He responded and that answer loosened some kind of knot in my stomach.“Hazel, do you take Damian to be your husband? Do you promise to be faithful to him in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love him and to honor him all the days of your life?”“I do.” I replied without hesitation, my eyes fixated on his lips and I just couldn’t wait for the priest to ask him to kiss me.“Now that you both have committed yourselves to your holy union and the sharing of rings, I now pronounce you husband and wife,” The priest affirmed and I could hear Alesha’s loud shriek from the audience.“You may now kiss the bride.” He added and that was just the moment I was waiting for. I closed my e
Hazel’s POVMy heart raced when he popped the question and I just couldn’t get my eyes off the beautiful ring. It’s the exact ring I’ve always wanted except he made sure that it had a Diamond on it.I’ve been waiting for this day for so long and I should’ve known that they were planning something like this because of how sneaky they’ve been for the past weeks.“Incase you haven’t realized,” Damian started as he cleared his throat, jolting me out of my thoughts and daydream.“You haven’t given an answer yet.” He laughed and the rest joined in as I looked at them. I was so happy and whatever I wanted to reply with was stuck in my throat.The butterflies in my stomach had gone berserk and I could hear my heartbeat thumping away as I tried to get the words out of my mouth.“No.” I breathed and the sound of laughter that filled the air suddenly stopped.“No?” Damian asked, looking at me with wide eyes and raised eyebrows. I knew how long it took him to finally muster the courage to do this
Damian’s POV Everything died down and I finally got a hold of all of my properties. Lucas survived the hit but is still in the hospital under custody. I made sure that Theodore went to jail too because if I had to handle things by myself I would’ve killed him.I couldn’t stop thinking about what Callum said about Hazel having a long list of what she wanted her dream wedding to be like and now I want to make sure that it’s exactly the same way.“Callum!” I called and he came walking towards me, he’s been discharged from the hospital and since he knew nothing much about the outside world I decided to give him a little surprise.“Damian and I have something we’d like to share with you.” Hazel started as she turned to look at me and I nodded slightly as I walked towards him and placed my arm around his neck while we both walked out with Asher behind us.“You’ve been talking about your education and since you don’t want to go to a real school we decided to hire a professional teacher for
Hazel’s POV2 MONTHS LATERThe last two months were horrific for all of us, Damian and I at the brink of death. Asher’s kidnap and everything going on. We were lucky to not have had it all get to the press before it got curbed.“I’m glad it’s all over.” I sighed as I laid down beside Damian and placed my head on his chest.He was mad at me for jumping into the scene and it took a lot more than just apologizing to finally get him to stop being mad at me.“Yeah, me too,” he responded, his lips meeting mine as he cuddled me, “what do you say we go to see Callum tomorrow?” He asked and my eyes beamed.Callum is finally recovering and the last time we went to see him the doctor told us that not only has he been responding to treatment, he’s been able to move his hands and legs slowly too.I couldn’t wait to see him, I had no idea how he’s going to react when he sees me for the first time in almost fifteen years.“What do you think?” Damian’s voice jolted me out of my thoughts as I shifted
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Damian’s POVEverything I tried to stop Hazel from crying proved futile and I knew that Theodore and Lucas just wouldn’t stop at only holding Asher hostage.Given the history between Lucas and Hazel, he might try to come for her too and that was why I’d ordered all of my trusted men to guard the hospital and her room.“We have to find Asher, I made a promise that I intend to fulfil and I will not stop until I have both their heads in my hand.” I said through gritted teeth as I paced around.Isaac had laid down bunches of suggestions but none of them seemed to work for me until my eyes landed on the piece of paper in front of me.“I have a plan.” My voice echoed in the silence as Isaac lifted his gaze to look at me with a raised eyebrow while a slight smirk formed on my face.Theodore won’t be able to resist this.My mother had let it out already that Theodore isn’t my real father and the only reason he agreed to get married to her was because of the mouthwatering benefits it came with
Hazel’s POVDropping Asher off at school, I went over to Alesha’s place so that I could give her an update on what had happened between Damian and I.“I told you you both would work things out.” She shrieked and I could tell that she was really happy for me as she pulled me in a hug. I never thought Gray’s fashion house was this big until I saw Alesha’s working place.She seemed like she was the main brain behind some of the designs and I was extremely happy for her too.“Alesha, we need the designs you’ve prepared so that we can start working on it and are you still down for dinner…”He was still talking, his eyes fixated on his iPad and when he looked up he was shocked to see that Alesha had a visitor.He was handsome, chiseled jaw and dark brown eyes with hairs that stayed just above his eyebrows. Alesha had damn good taste.“I’ll come back later.” He sighed before walking out of her office and I turned to see my best friend's eyes closed. I thought that we were friends but I had
Damian’s POVStaring down at her beautiful body beside me, I couldn’t help but let out a slight smile. I love her so much and ignoring her for those days did more harm to me than I initially thought it would.She’ll always remain the highlight of my life and for as long as I live I knew that I would always love her. The way she slept so peacefully beside me.It was almost as though she trusted me enough to keep her away from whatever danger might be coming her way while she slept.Groaning and stretching, she pulled out her arm and her beautiful face rose before falling right back on my chest.Trying to get my thoughts right, I tried to think of ways that I could get the rest of my properties back from Lucas and my father without putting Hazel or Asher’s life in danger.I knew how much danger they’re in already and causing even more was the last thing I wanted to do.Sighing, my eyes soon felt tired and it didn’t take long for it to close immediately.***The blaring sound of my phone
Hazel’s POV “Damian… please.” I stuttered, my lips quivering as I tried to set myself free. Groaning, I realized that I’ve already been set free from the bondage.My eyes opened slightly and I winced at the effect of how bright my room was. I’d thought that all these while I’ve been in a dream but my half naked body made me realize that it wasn’t a dream.Looking down at myself, I had a new nightgown on and the panty I had on wasn’t the one I had on the previous day. I rubbed my thighs together and I could still feel the moisture.Wincing, I stood from the bed and made my way to the mirror, the hickeys were visible and the beautiful bruises that I usually love on my ass were there except this time I didn’t really like it.The torture last night was so much that I’d passed out. Damian was still mad at me, he still thinks that I didn’t tell him about Lucas because I was trying to keep the truth away from him.Dejected, I made my way out of the room and searched the entire building for