When He Became My Shelter: The Billionaire's Vow

Too many times, I have found shades of red lipstick on his collar, the scent of vanilla clinging to his crisp white shirt and the hickeys that accompany him home.Glaring, and like a slap on my face. He didn't pretend. And after two years, it stopped to hurt.Because he always came home to me.But tonight, he left a note. He won't be coming home for the next two month. My chest dropped, fingers trembling around the edges of the note, eyes scanning the quickly scribbled line for extra meanings.I picked my phone and dialled his mother's residence. He said he would be there.At the second ring, the familiar hoarse voice of the old maid came through. Her voice came through, low and sympathetic. “ I'm sorry, child. No one has been around. Madam West has been gone for two days now.”“ Okay. I understand. Thank you.” I mumbled, and hung up, the phone sliding down to pause on my chest. I gulped, and bit my lower lips. I can feel the sharp sting of tears in my eyes, but I try to convince m

(Godric)From the moment we collided to the unending agony of listening to her narrative, something stirred in my heart.Not the usual resentment I feel towards ladies trying to suck up, coy on purpose. Not even the disgust of seeing the falsity of feminine weakness. She was different. In a way that made me listen quietly, and hold her in my thoughts longer. Then she spoke about devotion. The one thing I never thought a woman could give a man in the absence of his money. Something my mother could not give to my father even with all the money in the world at her feet.She had given it to a man unworthy of her. Unworthy of it. The muscles around my chest tightened, a burning rage flowing with the blood in my veins. And a sudden yearning gripped me. To hold her. To heal her.But something told me she would be scared away, and I was right. Walking away from her felt like finding and losing. I finally find something so beautiful… so priceless… so complete. Yet, I had to walk away fee

" There's something I must do, please. I need one of your cars..." I hadn't finished when he cut in." Take any one you want...will you be back today?"" I should," I replied, and requested for his phone. I saved my number and dialled it. It went through and I handed it over. " I will let you know if there's any change of plans." I add, about to turn when he grabbed my right. I stare blankly at him, while his eyes traveled between my eyes and lower. “ Is there something else?” I cleared my throat and asked, a part of me wishing to disappear in a blink. “ Yes.” His eyes went down, slowly, without an attempt to mask the hunger in his eyes. “ I should go now.”“ I could drive you…”“No.” I cut in, my eyes snapping away from his. I pull my hand free and amble away, my heart throbbing inside in a way that made me pause outside to catch my breath. Hours later, I parked the blue Cadillac yards away from the home I have always known. The lawn of my mother's old friend and neighbours stretc

I hadn't thought about that. Such a possibility hadn't crossed my thoughts. She looks too well enough to be so petty. Godric groans, scrolling through his phone. When he paused and looked up from his phone, the door parted, as if he had heard someone coming from his position. “ Oh, and just in case, she slapped…”“ Please.” I cut in, and dragged my brother closer. “ I need to eat.” I added, trying to avoid looking behind her where I could make our the figure of Lawrence. But something drops from my pocket, and I looked down in time to meet the necklace inches away from the obituary on the centre of the page. I snapped my eyes up the moment someone stooped to grab the newspaper. “ That's mine,” I said anxiously, dropping the takeaways to snatch the newspaper from Godric. Although I had wanted to talk to him about it, I wasn't expecting this crowd, and now doesn't feel like the best time.“ Hold on.” He sidesteps me, and spreads it before his face, stepping between me and the people in

“ A dozen?” An alarm rang in my head. “ My ex-husband didn't cheat. He had cheated with me instead. While I'm relieved the brothers had saved Elizabeth, the new development has me dumbed into silence. When I finally looked up at him, my breath caught. “ What happened to the others?” I thought out loud. “ Are they all…”“ Dead? Not sure. Elizabeth briefed me on a few things she is privy to. About the men who took you. Can you identify any of them?” I shook my head, and then the scar across the shoulder of the man who carried me flashed in my eyes. “ One of them had a scar.” I said to him and gestured to my shoulder. He had me draw the image I recall on a paper, and was soon about to leave the hotel room.“ Victor, come with me. You two are grounded. Elizabeth is fine, and you will meet her soon. In the meantime, change into something warmer. Manage whatever clothes you can find in the closet, and you should be ready for your treatment within the next two days.” He said in a breath and