It took her a while to get back to her senses and the moment she did, what greeted her was a heavy waist pain. She had not just fallen to the floor but had landed on a wooden stool. “You're heartless Kevin. I can't believe I once married a monster.” she cried.“It's good you know that now!” he spat and then turned to face Alan who was still recovering from getting up. The moment he noticed that Kevin was coming his way, he ran backwards and slumped to the floor again. It was obvious his legs needed medical attention. “The next time you dare to pull any stunt, make sure it hits me and that I do not survive it. If you dare touch Camilla ever again, I don't care how little it is, I'll make sure it turns out to be the biggest regret of your entire lives,” he warned them and then kicked the couch blocking his way and walked out of the apartment as if nothing happened. Ivy’s blood was boiling. She could not tolerate that she was being treated like this. “How could he even dare do this to

“Is this another way to get our ish solved?” Alan teased.“New style I guess.” she replied to him.“I guess I want this style all the damn time,” he replied grabbing her by the hips and slamming into her without warning. Ivy moaned, grinding on him and they kept moving like that. Soon, they were done. She got down and then hurried into the bathroom to clean up. When she vented, she could feel the impact of their practice. She guessed the reason she felt that way was due to the fact that they had it all night.Alan cleaned up and then made his way into the sitting room. On stepping inside, he was pained as flashes of him getting beaten appeared in his memory. He then quickly opened his phone and called a few numbers.They weren't picking up, thereby increasing his fear and soon one of them picked up. He was a manager from one of the media companies that were probably covering his scandals right now. “Hey, I just want to know how bad it is,” he said to him.The man on the other end cle

If this could happen to her, then he couldn't bear to start imagining what could happen to him. After she left he had received lots of messages from his people he worked with but he dared not open them to read. He was nervous as fuck. But now that she was present, he decided to have a look and then clicked on the message. He wasn't being invited. The little business he was managing outside of his family had emailed him a resignation letter and texted him so he knew.He shut his eyes and looked down at Ivy.If her position was gone too, then the leverage they both depended on and the leverage his grandfather could have respected too was definitely gone.He never expected things to get this far. If he'd known he would have chosen a more hidden way to destroy that thing he desperately wanted to kill. But then…He had never imagined that his choice of action would spiral this far.“Ivy I think we should relax, we’ll figure this out,” he muttered through his teeth even though he knew he

Ivy sat on the edge of the bed with her phone in her hand, her thumb scrolling endlessly through comment after comment. She knew she shouldn’t be doing this to herself. She knew it, yet she couldn’t stop.“IVY, THE STATE’S FORMER CHIEF AUDITOR CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN WILD SEX TAPE WITH BROTHER-IN-LAW” one headline screamed at her in bold letters.She clicked on it, her stomach already twisting into knots before she even got to the comments section.“This woman had the audacity to call another man violent while she’s out here doing this with her ex-husband’s own brother? Pathetic.”“She was probably like this the whole time she was married to Kevin. No wonder the poor man looked so miserable in those old pictures.”“I remember when she called Kevin a woman beater at that event. Turns out she’s the real trash here.”Ivy’s grip on the phone tightened with every single comment she read. Her chest was heaving now, her breath coming out in short angry bursts.“How dare they,” she muttered under

The next day, Camilla woke up before the sun had fully risen, her body tense even before her mind fully registered why. Then it hit her all over again, the message and Marco’s words echoing in her head the moment her eyes opened.Enjoy him while you can.She turned to her side and saw Kevin still sleeping peacefully, his face so calm and unaware of the storm she’d been carrying alone since last night. She stared at him for a long moment, resisting the urge to shake him awake and tell him everything right there and then.But she’d made a decision last night. She needed them to get through the marriage first, then she would open up to him. There was no way in the world she would allow Marco ruin the beautiful thing she was building with Kevin.She sighed quietly and got up, careful not to disturb him, and walked straight to the bathroom to freshen up. Staring at her reflection, she noticed the slight darkness under her eyes from barely sleeping, and she groaned inwardly, hoping makeup c