LOGINCHAPTER 97ANNIKANo!No!I am not ready yet.“Uhm, it’s no one, Hazel is just being Hazel.” I turned to her, flicking my eyes at her, hoping she understood my plea to keep it between us for now.“So no one is a couple?” Mrs Volkov asked disappointed. “You two, don’t you think it’s time to get married? I understand that you are both career women but you need to secure a man already and build your family. You know what, Annika, Hazel, I will be setting you both on blind dates so prepare yourself.” She said, with no room for negotiation.Oh no.I can’t go on blind dates. I have a boyfriend.“Annika would not be going on blind dates, focus only on your daughter who keeps eating all my money.” Isaiah sneered, standing next to his mother, towering over her. He leaned and kissed her cheek, “Good to see you, mother.”“What is wrong with a sister spending her brother’s money? Besides, you earn a lot. Who else will spend the money for you? You stingy grumble old man.” Hazel sneered at her brot
CHAPTER 96ANNIKA“No way!” Lulu yelled.“So he told you he loved you, that is so sweet, I cannot believe you guys are a couple now.” Chloe chimed in, lying in the hospital bed, looking so tired. She is having a hard time with the baby. She was due last week but her water didn’t break and she wasn’t even close to being dilated. She had been in the hospital since then.“Finally!” Mabel added.I giggled. My cheeks hurt from smiling too much but watching how they react to the news was so funny and beautiful.“I am so glad this is finally out.” Lulu muffled.“Me too.” I cheered. “And he said he doesn’t plan to hide it from anyone but I still feel that with Mirabel in the picture and Sophie ----”“Girl, stop!” Lulu cut me off, I was staring at her through the screen but I could feel the annoyance slipping out of her as she glared at me, “Fuck Mirabel okay. I don’t give two fucks about that bitch. Mr Volkov is your man now. He belongs to you, so act like it. And don’t give me the shit about
Chapter 95ANNIKAMy eyes opened, slowly, eyes locked on the ceiling. My sleepy eyes flickered for a minute too long. My hands dragged through the side of the bed but it was cold, as if no one had slept there in the first place.Was it all a dream?The fight? The look of hurt that plastered all over Isaiah’s face when I asked him to go back to Mirabel. The confession, the sex. Was it all a dream?I slammed my eyes shut, my heart stinging from the realization that I had imagined everything in my head. I tried to lift myself off the bed and a massive pain struck my back.Nope!It was not a dream.This pain is very much real.The soreness between my legs is not a dream and these bite marks all over my body, Isaiah did all of this.Isaiah was here. I hurt him and then he came back and confessed his feelings for me and..And we had sex.I peeled myself off the bed, grabbed my robe, threw it on, and stepped out of my room.“Yes, Jerald, I do not want her anywhere near my family, I don’t care
CHAPTER 94ISAIAHI stepped forward like a teenager in love, I took Annika’s hands. Her face flushed, frozen, “Can’t I be selfish? I want you Annika, can’t you look at me?” I have never sounded so pathetic, so love-struck in my entire life on earth. But with Annika, I am a fool, an idiot who doesn’t know the right thing to do.But I still want her. I don’t mind being a fool around her, because she is the only one who’d ever see me this way.Annika was yet to say a word. Her face was so blank, like she wasn’t sure how to react. I’d say she is in disbelief but come on, this girl as seen my butt, we have fucked in places that should never been used for such activities, surely she is not stunned about my confession.“Why? No wait…How?”Is she serious?“Sultan, are you serious?”“Yes. I mean, you..I …Uhm…”“Is it that hard to believe that I am in love with you?” I asked.“Yes.”“Oh my goodness, Baby, we have literally done shit in all kinds of places, and you did not expect me to fall in l
CHAPTER 93ISAIAHI have read a lot of news, a lot of people keep saying Mirabel and I looked good together. They keep saying what a happy family we make, how beautiful we look together. Some yelled that they were envious of us for having such a beautiful family.I didn’t care about any of those words because those people had no idea what was actually happening. Those people were being deceived by the image Mirabel created and they were drowning in it.I didn’t care about the backlash because the people around me know the truth and would never suggest I give Mirabel another chance. In fact, if anyone else said it, Jerald, Xavier, I probably would just brush it off but hearing those words slip out of Annika’s mouth was like having a dagger driven into my chest over and over.My fist clenched as my eyes bore into hers, watching how she sat there unaffected by what she just suggested.“Do you realize what you just asked of me?” My deep voice rumbled against my chest. My hands were trembl
Chapter 92ISAIAHDing dong.I rang the doorbell of Annika’s apartment, my eyes darted towards the flowers in my hands, her favorite flowers and a box of fried chicken and four cans of beer.I called Hazel after leaving the office, she obviously a money sucking parasite asked for my card so she could spoil Sophie for the weekend since Sophie was going to be at her place.I gave her the card because I really want to spend some time alone with Annika. Lulu’s words haunted me more than they should.I rang the doorbell again and this time the door opened and my beautiful stood there, her hair roughly up in a bun, her eyes squinted as if she was stepping into the light for the first time today. She was in her silk night dress and robe, looking exhausted.Was she sick?“Are you okay?” The words rolled off my mouth as my hands moved to feel her temperature. She flinched a little but soon her tensed body relaxed into my touch.“What are you doing here, you should be at work.” She muffled, her
Chapter 42 ANNIKA “Aunt Annika!” Sophie ran into my arms, tears filled her eyes as she wrapped her arms around my neck, holding me tight, burying her face there. I lifted her into my arms, wrapping her legs around my body as I gently patted her back. “Shh, it’s okay darling, I’m here,” I whisper
Chapter 40 ANNIKA Before me stood the girls, Lulu, Mable, and Chloe, they pulled me away from the main table, taking me to the far corner of the restaurant, away from the boys. Chloe had a glass of orange juice because she was pregnant, Lulu had a glass of wine and Mable had her arms wrapped arou
Chapter 39 Annika I stepped out of the office, hands on my hips, walking through the walkway. My phone chimed, drawing my attention away from the door. I checked the message. ISAIAH: Did you get my message? ISAIAH: I am still in the car waiting. My lips curled into a smile as I shook my head,
Chapter 37 ANNIKA “Good morning, Annika.” “Good morning Annika.” The voices of my colleagues filled the air as I walked in, dressed in a black, fitted short dress, clutching my Birkin bag. I forced a smile as I walked in. Before heading to work, I went to Isaiah’s house. His car wasn't in the







