CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.*********Elijah got his drift and broke their kiss so he could flip around and straddle Adrian's chest, his face still pointing at Adrian, his perfectly sculpted body now just centimeters from Adrian's hungry mouth. Elijah kissed him gently and deftly crawled from his position to stand firmly on the floor beside the bed. Adrian's brain was essentially a puddle somewhere near the back of his skull. He was surprised by the basic five senses that remained intact. Elijah observed his confusion on the bed, gazing up and down his prostrate position, seeming to commit the image to memory. His smile bordered on a smirk. He was definitely enjoying the power trip and Adrian's resulting inability to remain mostly human. Elijah sauntered towards the bathroom, he flicked on the light, and in a moment Adrian heard the metallic ping of the shower. Elijah drew the shower curtain back and stepped into the spray. "Now we are even." He pitched his tone so that Adrian heard him cl

CHAPTER: TWENTY-FOUR.******Adrian had woken up at the sound of Oliver yelling out his name. He rolled over and peered his eyes open to have them staring into those of his friends. "What?" He whined, two days had passed since Elijah left and already it seemed like two years. Being with him for so long had made it almost impossible to stay without him. Elijah had spoken to him last night until he had fallen asleep and he was grateful for that. The man had also told him that Tony was out of the picture and won't be a bother anymore but he is yet to see his wife and father. "You have a visitor," Oliver told him.Adrian squinted his eyes. "Who?" He wasn't expecting anyone, he didn't know anyone, so who would visit him?"He said he was sent by Elijah and Andrew," Noah announced coming into the room with a mug of coffee in one hand. He handed it over to Adrian and the other smiled his gratitude as he took the mug and sipped from it. After his birthday, Elijah had asked if they wanted to

CHAPTER: TWENTY-SIX.******Once the car was parked, he climbed out of the car and was rushing into the house as if the hounds of hell were after him.He had forgotten to open the car door for Nova and honestly he didn't care. "Daddy!" Mila ran into her father's embrace and her laughter filled the house, warming Elijah's dying heart. He reached for her and hugged her close to his chest, his nose buried in her hair and he breathed her in. The oily scent from her hair product filled his nostrils and he felt his tensed muscles relax and his breathing regulates."I have missed you so much." She cried into their hug.Elijah held her and wouldn't let go."Where were you, Daddy?" She asked pushing him back a little so she could look into his eyes. "You missed my birthday and you didn't even call me." She blinked tears off her eyes. It was then that it hit Elijah that his daughter's birthday was on the same day as Adrian's and he had given his young lover a memorable birthday while he had

CHAPTER: TWENTY-EIGHT.******Michael took it all in good fate and had called it 'His weakness' he was hurting the younger man and yet he stayed with him. It became crystal clear that Michael loved him too much to ignore such weakness and to endure him and so Andrew forced himself to return his love and since he didn't see a better way to return that love, he ended up proposing to Michael. Somewhere deep inside him, he had hoped if he got married then he wouldn't be doing the things he did, but he has never been more wrong. He broke the last straw the day he had fucked their male chef in their matrimony bedroom on their bed. Michael had caught them on that rainy afternoon and had told him there and then that he couldn't and would not continue in such a relationship. Michael loved him so dearly, even after he knew he would fuck anyone at any time as long as he found the person attractive, yet he stayed, even when he knew his love wasn't appreciated or reciprocated, Michael had stayed u

CHAPTER: THIRTY.******Nova was overjoyed when she saw the Phantom pulled up. She stood on her balcony, anger boiling in her eyes as she waited for them to arrive. Three weeks and Elijah had treated her like shit, he has kept to his word and had not left home but then they lived more like enemies than lovers and it bothered her.Wasn't he worried about her threats anymore?Or he didn't just care?That disgusting dirty thing is about tearing her family apart and she is as helpless as a baby trying to reach his toy stuck in a tight corner once in a while the baby would stop trying to look around the house hoping to see his mother or father, anyone that would take notice of his suffering and help him pull the toy out. The toy was his but now it's stuck. The baby could see it, touch it, but can't have it. That was her case at this very moment. Elijah was right there with her and yet she couldn't have him now she has decided to look up to her parents and of course, in-laws to help her o