Episode 19 & 20 : June’s Escape Attempt
<< JUNE AND TERESA APARTMENT >>
Wayne had the knife over June’s face, prepared to scar her face when the door open and Teresa along with Damian walk into the room.
“What are you doing to her!” Teresa scream and immediately, Wayne made to escape by using the window when Damian drew him back, slamming him hard against the wall.
“Let me go! Let go of me!” He shrieked out alarmingly but Damian was so furious.
Damian pounded his fist on Wayne’s face, multiple of times. Pushing him on the floor to give him a kick which got him clutching his stomach in pain.
Wayne notice his pocket knife and was about to reach for it when Damian step on his hand, trying to crush it.
Wayne’s scream filled the room and he was still clutching onto his hand when Damian pick up a chair, prepared to smash it on him but Teresa scream stop him.
“She’s unconcious, we need to get her to the hospital”
Throwing the chair away, Damian went back to an unconcious June while Wayne use the opportunity to run away.
<< HOSPITAL >>
June woke up to find herself in an unknown room. She made to sit up but felt a strong pain from her rib region.
She must have groan out in pain cause it got Ruth, Teresa and Nathan by her bed side.
“What happen?” June ask softly.
“You’ve been unconscious for three days…how about you stay still until we get the doctor ” Ruth rush out, pressing the emergency button while Nathan went to get the doctor.
Some time later and after the doctor had check on her, June told Nathan to help her sit up even though it hurt her rib cage.
“Tell me everything that has happen for the past three days” June requested and immediately, Teresa began spilling the whole thing.
” When they brought you in three days ago, they had to perform surgery and after surgery you had fallen into a deep sleep. Wayne is still being looked for by the police though I wish I get to find him first and kill him” Teresa said intensely.
“I feel the same” Nathan said.
“Don’t worry sweetie, you don’t have to be scared anymore. Damian has assured me that he will keep you safe and unharm” Ruth told her daughter.
“But you don’t get along with Damian, just that night you were telling me to stay away from him” June reminded, her face pale.
“Well things have change sis” Nathan said, a smile on his face.
“What has change?” June ask but Ruth, Teresa and Nathan kept quiet, the three of them starring at each other.
“Are you keeping something from me?” June ask just as the nurse came in to check her vitals.
“You will need a lot of bed rest and you need to use the drug prescribe by the doctor. Since your husband isn’t here, am sure your family will relate all this instruction to….”
“What did you just say?” June cut in, starring at the nurse.
“About the prescription?”
“No, you mention something about…a husband?” June said and immediately, the nurse smiled at her.
“You married your long time fiance, congratulations ” the nurse said as Nathan butt in, walking the nurse out of the room.
“What did that nurse mean?”
“June, you need to calm down and….”
“Explain things to me, mom!” June said, her voice rising.
“When you got out of surgery three days ago, I agreed to let you get married to Damian since it’s the only way you can be protected. Trust me my child, I did it for your own good” Ruth said.
“We did everything thinking about you, June” Teresa added.
“By getting me married without my consent! ” June yell, hurt by their action.
“Sis, don’t be mad. Mom only did it thinking about your well being” Nathan put in.
“You all weren’t thinking of me! How can you agree to a marriage without my consent!” She yell more louder this time.
“They were thinking of you when they accepted my proposal” Damian spoke from the doorway and all eyes fell on him as he walk in.
“Can you give us some time alone” Damian said and reluctantly, they all left leaving the newly wedded couple alone.
“It’s all a lie right? I can’t possibly be married to you” June ask.
“It’s not a lie. We really are married” he said, showing her the ring on his finger and indicating hers too, something June didn’t notice when she woke up.
She stared at the ring on her finger and stared at her husband.
“I can’t believe you will stoop so low as to use a fragile time to get what you want! I already told you that I can’t get married to you but you went ahead with it, not caring about my feeling!”
“Well, this marriage is void and I want a divorce” she added, trying to pull off the ring but Damian took hold of her hand, stopping her from doing it.
“Listen to me! Everything didn’t happen the way you think” he said, forcing her to stare at him.
“After your surgery, your mom was so worried that she ended up a patient in one of the ward….she kept blaming herself for what happen to you and her greatest fear was that Wayne will return to hurt you more”.
“You are right , I saw it as an opportunity. An opportunity I took to protect you and put your mother mind at ease, I told you about the marriage proposal and assured her that your safety will always be my first priority and she agree to our marriage “
“A marriage which took place the next day after your surgery. Our plan is for Wayne to know you are my wife and stay away….no one wanted to hurt you, we only wanted to protect you” he finish and by then June’s anger had subside.
She pulled her hand out of his and stared at her ring before asking him.
“Apart from wanting to protect me and being attracted to me, what else do you feel for me? Nothing….you feel nothing and that’s why our marriage will never work cause we don’t love each other”.
“Does a marriage have to be base on love?” Damian ask.
“It does! There have got to be love between us but we don’t feel that, our marriage is bound to be a disaster, it’s never going to work!” June said, pulling off the ring to throw it away.
“Go away! I don’t want to see you, leave!” Her scream must have been loud cause everyone came rushing in, including the nurse who told Damian to leave so he will stop upsetting the patient.
The nurse injected something into her drip bag and June fell asleep in no time.
It was nighttime when she woke up again, the table clock beside her read nine in the evening.
She open her drowsy eyes a bit more and turn on her bed to see Damian laying on the bed, behind her.
June’s anger is solely directed to the fact that a marriage between them is impossible.
They might be attracted to each other but their family and her background will be a hindrance to their life…didn’t he think of that before getting married to her?
As if sensing her gaze on him, Damian lids flutter open, watching her in return.
“Did I wake you?” He ask.
“I woke up first” she said turning away from him.
“Why are you here? I thought I said I don’t want to see you and also, get off my bed….you are cramping me” June said, her back turn on him.
June thought he will do as she say but she surprise when he wrap his arms around her, drawing her close to him.
“Am going to tell you the two things I said to your mother before marrying you” he said against her ear.
“Three days ago, I had admitted that I was only attracted to you but when I saw Wayne, on the verge of killing you, something deep stirred in me. I won’t deceive you by saying it’s love, I have never fallen in love with someone nor do I know how the feeling works but what I do know is that I want you by my side, I want to protect and care for you, I like you, June”.
“I realise that you might not feel the same for me but am hoping that you will give me a chance to show you just how much I like you and to make you feel the same way in return ” somehow June could hear a plea in his word and that got her turning to him.
“You like me?” She ask.
“Since the first day I saw you” he revealed earning a smile from her.
“That’s a lie, you must thought me to be crazy. I also thought myself a crazy person” she said earning his smile.
“Does your family know about this?” June ask.
“They do and they are ready to accept you as my wife” Damian said.
“Promise me one thing….if it doesn’t work out between us, you let me go”.
“Though it’s hard to promise such a thing, I will but am also going to promise you that I will make it work between us. Am I allowed to put it on for you?” He ask, showing her the wedding ring she threw away.
June watch him slip the ring into her finger and a smile brighten her pale face even as he lean down to give her a brief kiss.
“Get some rest, you need plenty of that” he said, cuddling her.
June let out a silent sigh….hoping that things doesn’t go wrong for them.
<< BROOKS MANSION >>
“What do you mean by Damian is married to June! ” Davina cried out the moment her mother, Martha told her about it.
“They are married. It’s a done deal, there’s nothing we can do except to be happy for your brother. June will be moving in soon and I want you to be good to her ” Martha said.
“No! I won’t. How can you expect me to be good to a gold digger? What about Mitchell, she’s been in love with Damian for years and he just….set her aside for that bitch, I won’t….”
“That’s enough Davina! This is my house and what I say goes. Be cordial to your brother wife and that’s final” Martha yell at her daughter before leaving the room.
Martha stood fuming and then she pulled out her phone to call Ronald.
“Things are bad but it will be more worse for Mitchell ” She said the moment Ronald pick her call.
<< PRIVATE BUILDING >>
A beat up Wayne sat on the chair, blood dripping all over him and through the blood and sweat…you can see his right hand has been chop off to be replace with a bloody white towel which was wrap around his hand.
The arrival of someone got Wayne opening his eyes and on seeing Ronald, he got scared.
“Are you…here to finish me?” Wayne ask, scared to his wits.
“Am glad you can tell my intention clearly cause right now, am boiling with rage and the only way to calm myself is to wipe you off entirely” Ronald Jones, Mitchell brother stood, glaring down at Wayne…..
Episode 21 & 22 : Betrayal in the Ranks
<< PRIVATE BUILDING >>
“Pl…please don’t hurt me….I promise to do everything you say, RJ” Wayne pleaded.
“Hurt you? You don’t want me to hurt you and yet you’ve completely ruin things for me!”
“Do you know that June and Damian are married now, he married her because he wants her protected from you, am not angry about that as much as I’m angry that you hit her” Ronald added, walking towards Wayne to pull his hair back.
“I heard you kick her multiple of times, breaking her ribs, you shouldn’t have…you shouldn’t have f**king done that!” Ronald added as he stab him multiple of time on his chest while Wayne cried out in pain.
Ronald kept stabbing like a maniac while Wayne’s blood splatter on his face, it wasn’t until Wayne’s scream died that he stop.
“He’s dead, right?” Ronald said to James, his right hand man.
“He is. Do you want us to feed his body to the wild animals or should we bury him somewhere or….”
“Burn him, I don’t want a single thing of him left ” Ronald said and James gave a sign to two men, who immediately took Wayne’s body.
“What’s your next step, boss?” James ask.
“What else. I have got to get back what Damian stole from me and this time, I will succeed for good” Ronald said with full determination.
<< FOUR DAYS LATER ~ WINTER MANSION >>
Halting the car in front of the mansion, Damian turn in his seat to take hold of June’s hand.
“Nervous?” Damian ask and she nod in response.
“Mom and Davina know that you are my wife now and they’ve both agreed to get along with you but if you still don’t feel comfortable, I will book us into an hotel since my apartment is being reconstructed” Damian told her.
“You don’t have to book an hotel. I just feel a bit embarrass after what took place last time, I keep wondering what your mom will think of me”
“Mom isn’t as scary as you think. She’s the dove in our family and am pretty sure she’s eager to see you again” Damian assure.
“Tell me why your apartment is getting reconstructed?”
“It’s a bachelor apartment and now that am married, I want it decorated to your taste, you are my wife and you will be living there with me when the time comes” Damian told her earning a smile from her.
“I don’t want you changing your things for my sake, I….”
“Shhh….I know our marriage is still weird to you and that you don’t feel what I feel for you but I won’t give, I won’t give up until you like me in return”.
“Who knows, our liking each other might someday blossom into love” Damian added earning a smile from her.
Together they went into the mansion and apart from Martha who was waiting there was no sign of Davina.
“About what happen with your parents. I’d like to apologise in person” Martha said.
“If anyone should apologize here, I should be the one. I lied and fool you all, it’s okay for you to be angry” June said.
“You are right, I was angry but am okay now and am glad you told the truth instead of continuing with the lie. Anyway, you two are married for real now and I hope that you do your best in making my son happy” Martha said to June.
Damian went with her to his room and for a while, she stood at a spot remembering what took place in his room when she was last here.
“Would you like to take a bathe?” Damian ask, taking off his watch as he stood in front of the mirror.
“Yes” June said, feeling a bit nervous.
She reach for the shirt button only to cry in pain.
“Are you okay?”
“It hurts….it hurts when I try to unbutton my top” she said as he stood in front of her.
He reach for the button only for her to recoil.
“What are you trying to to do?” June ask.
“To help”.
“You don’t have to. I can do it myself” she said quickly, turning away but Damian turn her around, holding onto her shoulder.
“You don’t have to be shy with me. We are married and you need help, I won’t be a jerk and try to have my way when you just got out of the hospital and besides, we have the rest of our lives to get down to that part” he said but her mind registered one thing.
“To get down to what part? Are we really going to…”.
“We are. Do you think am going to let us live a nun life? Definitely no” Damian said as he began opening her shirt button.
Luckily for her, the nurse who had help her get dress made her wear a camisole beneath the shirt and she notice that that made Damian a bit disappointed.
“Am going to take a shower” she said, trying to escape from him but he pulled her back into his arms.
Her back was slam hard against his chest and slowly, she felt his lips on her shoulder, he went further as to pull back her hair so he could kiss her neck.
“I don’t think I can be a nun for long” Damian whispered down her cheek while his hands caress her flat stomach, she felt it sliding into her jeans when a knock on the door ruin it all.
“I…I think you should answer that” June said, her voice thick with passion.
Reluctantly, Damian let her go and she went straight into the bathroom, bolting the door behind.
In the confine of the room, June could hear Martha talking to him and it had something to do with Mitchell who fainted earlier.
“Fine then, I will go see her” she heard Damian say.
A knock sounded on her door and it was Damian, telling her that he has to go see Mitchell.
“Will you be fine on your own ?” He ask from the doorway.
“I will” she replied quickly and when he left, June got out of the bathroom finally able to breathe properly.
<< PRIVATE BUILDING >>
<< RONALD & MITCHELL HOME >>
“Took you long to get here” Davina snap the moment he got there.
“Am not in the mood for your yapping, tell me where Mitchell is” Damian demanded.
“In her room. When she found out about your marriage, she fainted” Davina said, leading him to Mitchell’s room.
“She loves you a lot Damian and you marrying someone else have got her into that state” Davina said to him but Damian wasn’t paying her any attention.
He took a chair and sat down beside Mitchell bed, taking hold of her hand.
Mitchell chose that moment to wake up and on seeing Damian, she sat up, wrapping her arms around his neck to give him a tight hug.
“How can you marry her? How can you do that when I still love you…I can’t live without you Damian, I just can’t” Mitchell said, sobbing her eyes out.
“You will have to, Mitchell. You will have to carry on with your life just as I have done with mine. I like her Mitch, I like June a lot and I don’t see myself leaving her for anyone else”
“I came here solely to tell you to move on with your life, am not worthy of your tears and I know that soon enough, you will get a good man who will love you for you. Am glad you are doing fine, June is a bit unwell, I need to go back to her” Damian said, getting out of the chair.
“See you around” He added before leaving the room while a angry Davina followed suit.
“Is that all you have to say? Is telling her to find someone else the best thing you can do?” Davina ask as she follow him outside.
“Mitchell deserve someone who love her and I am not that guy. So quit with your yapping, it’s begining to annoy me”
“But Damian….”.
“Enough! Where’s Ronald?” Damian ask after shunning her off.
“When we couldn’t get through to you, he left to see you. You guys probably must have missed each other” Davina said and when Damian left, She return to Mitchell room.
“Why didn’t you try to stop him? He just said goodbye to you” Davina yell at her friend.
“He did say goodbye but I didn’t” Mitchell reply, wiping away the rest of her tears.
“Damian will be mine….Ronald said it to me this morning, I trust my brother and I
am sure that he will do his best to give me what I want… He has never failed in doing that” Mitchell told her friend.
<< WINTERS MANSION >>
June had just finish having her bathe when she heard the door.
Quickly, she tied her towel and left the bathroom only to see Ronald there.
“Oh! Sorry. I thought Damian was in” Ronald said, starring at June.
The towel she had on did nothing to hide her lovely curves, she had long shapely legs which he knew will fit perfectly around his waist when they made love.
June notice his gaze on her and shifted uncomfortably bringing him out of his lustful thought.
“Did he tell you where he is?” Ronald ask.
“I think he went to see your sister” she said.
“I see….I also came here to tell him about her. She’s been down ever since she heard about your marriage, she really love Damian” Ronald said, his gaze fix on her perfect long legs.
“Well….I,er, better leave you to get dress” he said and made for the door but then he stop and went back to her, standing too close for June’s comfort.
“I have a proposal” Ronald began.
“How much do you need for you to get out of Damian’s life” Ronald ask.
“What!”
“To be precise, how much do I have to pay for you to be mine” he let out in a rush that June almost miss the last thing he said but she heard it and that left her feeling stun…..
Episode 23 & 24 : A New Threat Emerges
<< WINTERS MANSION >>
“To be precise, how much do I have to pay for you to be mine” Ronald question took June off guard.
She was left speechless for a while but before she could speak, Ronald burst into laughter.
“Did you really fall for that?” Ronald ask after he sobered up.
“Relax sweetheart, I was just joking” Ronald said but somehow June couldn’t bring herself to believe him.
“I tend to joke with people am close with and since you are my friend’s wife, you will be tease a lot by me” Ronald added, pulling off his jacket to put it around her.
“I don’t….”
“It’s cold and you look cold and tempting” Ronald said as she look at him.
“Just a joke” Ronald added as he went to the door then turn to stare at her.
“Don’t go around putting on a towel, It might just drive an innocent man crazy” Ronald said and left
<< RONALD & MITCHELL HOME >>
As soon as Ronald got home, he went to the wine bar to pour himself a glass of whiskey.
He gulp down the first glass and was pouring himself another when Davina and Mitchell join him.
Davina arms snake around his waist from behind and she gave him a kiss on the neck but Ronald gently pull away from her.
“In a bad mood, huh?” A sulking Davina said as she sat beside him.
Bad mood, more like he is in a crazy mood. Ever since he saw June half naked, he has been trying to control his sexual desire but it hasn’t been working.
Not even Davina can soothe this crazy feeling in him, it had been like that when he first saw her years ago.
“Did Damian come see you?” Ronald ask.
“He did and he told me the Try to get on with your life story, Do you have something planned?” Mitchell ask.
“I do but I will need your cooperation in this” Ronald said to Davina who immediately move into his arms.
“Anything for you, my sweetheart” she said kissing him but Ronald only want June’s lips on his but he did his best to return Davina kiss.
“What do you have in mind?” Mitchell ask when the two let go of each other.
“It’s a crazy plan which is why I need to test something and that’s why I need you to help me, Davina”
“If this test goes the way I want, then our plan will definitely work” Ronald said with conviction.
<< SAME DAY ~ NIGHT TIME ~ WINTER’S MANSION >>
June got out of the bathroom, feeling nervous in her night gown.
She know she’s acting all stupid and silly when she once had Wayne in her life but somehow…Damian make her feel different, he makes her feel like a shy virgin when she isn’t one.
Damian who was at the balcony, walk into the room the moment June got out of the bathroom.
“Why did you request for extra sheets?” Damian ask.
“To use it to create a makeshift bed. You and I can’t sleep on your bed “
“Why can’t we?”
“Do you really have to ask that? You know our situation” she said, turning her back on him to spread out the sheet on the floor.
“And what’s our situation?”
“We aren’t really married and so…it’s inappropriate that we… sleep on the same….what are you doing!” June cried out as he lift her into his arms, taking her straight to his bed.
“Why won’t you just listen to me and…”
“Shut up or I will kiss you” Damian threaten, now leaning over her on the bed.
“For a girl who has been involve with someone, you do act like a virgin” Damian said, his hand slowly tracing her collarbone.
“We are married and am not a brute as to force you to consummate our marriage and as have said before, I intend to woo you till you like me as much as I like you and then….you won’t be able to stop me from getting you naked” he said naughtily and a blush appear on her cheek.
“So, no more disagreement with the bed?” He ask and she nodded.
He got off of her to lay beside her and then, he pulled her into his arms so they can get an early night.
<< NEXT DAY~ MORNING >>
Davina was having an early morning breakfast when she saw Damian leaving for work.
A smile tilt her lips as she quickly left the lounge, heading up to his room where June was still asleep.
She began her searching for something and when she found it…she left the room.
<< LATER THAT DAY>>
Damian had just finish an important meeting which he’s certain will bring in billion of money.
He left the building and got into the car his driver had waiting for him.
They were well into the street when he look up from his phone and caught a glimpse of someone familiar leaving the restaurant and along with her was a man.
A man he’d never seen before….Damian thought as he stop his driver and got out of the car.
He stood watching June walk off with this man.
He was about following them when his driver told him that if they don’t leave this parking lot, their car will be tolled away.
Damian had no choice but to get back into the car.
He called June’s phone but it kept ringing without it being answered.
Then he sent her a text which she didn’t reply to.
“Don’t take me to the company, Take me back home” Damian said to his driver.
<< WINTER’S MANSION>>
June got back to the mansion after taking a stroll at the garden.
She refuse a juice from the maid and went straight to her room but she was Surprise to see Damian waiting for her.
“Did you skip work? Being the boss doesn’t mean you can skip work however you want” June said,walking towards him.
“Where did you go to?” Damian ask.
“Where can I go to with broken ribs ” June reply slowly.
“But you went out today. To a restaurant or cafe? ” Damian ask again.
“I didn’t go to any restaurant or cafe. Have been at home all day” June said, confusing him more……