All Chapters of The Raging Storm: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

As he promised he messaged me later that evening as I was at home preparing my dinner, and our conversations became more and more frequent, as did our meetings, our flirting became more intimate and then feelings began to blossom then bloom, after about a year of courting he asked me to be his lady as he put it as girlfriends are for teenage boys.I did tell my father about him and of course him and my brothers looked into him to find out if he had any outside children, hidden women or skeletons in the closet and as much as I trusted him I was pleased to know that he was clean as a whistle, my father said he's a bit too clean in his opinion but such is life I guess, my family asked when they would meet him and I managed to dissuade them from that thought as I was not yet ready for anyone to know who I truly am.I still remember my fathers lament so what do you intend to do? Live as though you have no family? no support Storm Burgesse! and of course my brothers, those harpies joined in

They day flew by so quickly, I went to my condo to shower and get dressed as it’s closer to my gallery than the mansion, the girls are also here getting ready along with me, all the invites we sent out required a minimalist dress code colour so the paintings and everything would be the highlights of the evening.Alright Avengers! Assemble!I yell once I get downstairs from my room, being the first to be ready, once by one the clacking of heels strutting towards me and I take pictures of each of them as they approach to send to them later on.You really need to lay off the television Stormie! I can’t believe you actually said that!It worked didn’t it? Here you all are, now snuggle in let’s take a group picture before we head out.We all huddle together to fit into the photo frame of my phone before the countdown gets to One, I shout out AVENGERS! Which makes them all burst out laughing when the phone flashes.Ha! We even got Monica on camera laughing! This is most certainly a keeper!

Alright, I need to go and clean myself up and go, he’s waiting for me outside guysOkay, we’ll go with you!Okay, in the mean time Dom and I will put these things away and--forget about putting things away! We can do that tomorrow! Just make sure everything is locked up, and we all gather here at 11:00 am tomorrow! A mid morning clean up session!No arguments here boss!The girls and I hurry to the restroom and touch up our make up and use the rest room before heading out, when we get out Malachai and Dominic are waiting with Dastan to lock up.He extends his hand to me as I approach shall we Mrs. Lemos? I blush lead the way Mr. Lemos!The guys lock up and we all walk to the restaurant, Dastan and I enter and there’s confetti and everyone just shouting congratulations! Oh my! Dastan takes us to a table at the centre of the restaurant and pulls my chair for me to sit down.He takes a glass of champagne and hands it to me before taking one for himself and raising his glass, cheers to t

We finish our breakfast and I head out, when I checked the time is was 9:15 I asked Ben to meet me downstairs so he could drive me to the gallery then come back for Dastan, by the time I get to the gallery from the mansion it’s 9:40, I am obviously the first to arrive so I let myself in and lock the door behind me.I get to my office and fetch my phone from my bag and I see I have Eleven missed call which are all from my brothers, I slump back into my chair and release a breath before deciding on which of them to call back first, okay Troy my baby brother would probably be the most dramatic of the three, Thorne would be the most domineering as the eldest so we will go with Thristan.I take a deep breath and hit the call button on his number and he picks up on the second ring.Well hello their baby sisterH-hey TrisI hear a bit of shuffling in his background then some whispered bickering before an ow.Storm Burgesse! My eldest brothers voice booms through the phone making me jump and

DastanI can’t seem to think or function straight, I really must get to the bottom of this, when I received the phone call that she had been found and is unconscious in a hospital and on top of that there’s a little girl who is calling her mom and crying her eyes out for her mother, she’s too young to be mine, well she obviously would not be mine, I never had relations with Myra.I watch as her chest moves up and down as she breathes in sleep, she has some cuts and bruising on her body and face but she most certainly is as pretty as I remember her to be, she has aged but it looks very good on her. I am not really one for children but her daughter is so cute.Little one, what’s your name?Mommy says I must never talk to strangers mister.That’s a very good thing your mommy taught you sweetie but I’m not a stranger, I’m mommy’s friend from a very long time ago.You are?Yes, yes I am, tell you what I’ll tell you my name first how’s that?O-OkayMy name is Dastan, Dastan Lemos, what is y