Novels by Annaliese

As Jason left for work, Rhea picked up her phone to call Rory, it had been so long since they talked and she was dying to hear from her best friend. She got up, albeit reluctantly, from Jason's comfortable bed and made her way to her room, feeling so much better than she did when she left the room.Laying on her bed, she picked up her phone and dialed Rory's number, her best friend picked up after the first ring."Hello pregnant bitch!" Rory squealed, her voice sounding high pitched and happy."Hi, Rory," Rhea said smiling at Rory's enthusiasm."So you just forgot me?" Rory asked in her overdramatic fashion."No, it just that I have been a little busy, but right now I am bored," Rhea cried."There is no way I can let my pregnant best friend be bored, Rory to the rescue, I will be there in a few," Rory said and Rhea squealed, it had been a while since she had seen her fr

Rhea sat alone in Jason's car, using her fingers to tap lightly on any surface she could find; she was bored.She didn't want to agree to Jason asking her to stay in his car, but he had acted like it was so important, and so for that reason she just nodded her head and stayed. She was still curious though, she still wanted to know how the inside of his office looked, she still wanted to know the people he worked with.Without thinking too much about it, she came out of the car, solidly locking it behind her, wiping her sweaty hands on her black leggings, and with her head held high she walked into the building.At first the number of people she saw inside scared her, she had been seeing people going in and out while she was still inside the car, but she had never felt that they would be so many.As she stood in the midst of the crowd, it occurred to Rhea that she didn't know where exactly Jason's off

Rhea walked into the house, holding her lilac bag in her hand, the guards greeting her as she entered.As soon as she entered the house, the sight of angry Jason greeted her, he was standing in the middle of the living room and glaring at her with angry eyes."Who dropped you off?" He asked, his voice sounding strong and threatening, the voice was meant to scare her, but it succeeded in making her angry."Why does it matter?" She asked shrugging, she really didn't have the patience to argue as she was tired of all the talk during the dinner."Of course it matters, it matters when my wife decides not to follow me out when I am leaving, it matters when her boyfriend drops her off!" He shouted at her, his loud voice making her wince. Rhea didn't expect that he would be angry about the dinner, she had meant nothing by it, but didn't want to stay with him why he was so angry."So you have no

Rhea walked into the house, holding her lilac bag in her hand, the guards greeting her as she entered.As soon as she entered the house, the sight of angry Jason greeted her, he was standing in the middle of the living room and glaring at her with angry eyes."Who dropped you off?" He asked, his voice sounding strong and threatening, the voice was meant to scare her, but it succeeded in making her angry."Why does it matter?" She asked shrugging, she really didn't have the patience to argue as she was tired of all the talk during the dinner."Of course it matters, it matters when my wife decides not to follow me out when I am leaving, it matters when her boyfriend drops her off!" He shouted at her, his loud voice making her wince. Rhea didn't expect that he would be angry about the dinner, she had meant nothing by it, but didn't want to stay with him why he was so angry."So you have no

Rhea rushed into her bathroom, her heart beating strongly against her ribcage, her breathing loud and rugged.As she brushed her teeth she couldn't help but fantasize his hands on her again.Stop it Rhea, he is a jerk, he doesn't love you, he never will, she chided herself.When it came to Jason, she couldn't control her emotions, she always wanted his hands on her, his close proximity broke her walls to pieces.He was off limits, but that didn't stop her heart from beating for him, it didn't stop her from feeling things for him, things that she was sure she wasn't supposed to feel, not for a man who loathed her.She sighed again, she stared at her flustered reflection in the mirror, there was still the problem of the dinner.Rhea has no intention of sitting on the same table as her family, she was still very much angry at them, she still felt betrayed.

"Why didn't you tell me that Cece was Jason's sister?" Rhea shouted to Rory from the phone immediately she got into her room.She couldn't believe that she had been so rude to Cece, she had absolutely no idea that she was Jason's sister, she hadn't been at the wedding and Rhea hadn't seen her anywhere apart from at Rory's wedding."What are talking about?" Rory asked, her voice sounding hoarse and tired."Why didn't you tell me that Cece was Jason's sister?" Rhea asked again, she was still dying of mortification."I am so tired Rhea, you know I am pregnant right?"Rhea was starting to get frustrated, "I am pregnant too, just tell me.""I am pretty sure I told you, you must have forgotten," Rory said."No, you didn't tell me, and that was why I treated her like a bitch, I feel so bad," Rhea groaned."Cece is really not a bad person, just I

From when Rhea was a little girl, she had always been an organizer, a planner and she loved making plans and ticking off dates on the calendar, on her room wall was a bunch of to do lists, she would wake up every morning and make a long list of what to do and would carry them out to the latter, it used to drive her family crazy.She had everyday day plans, with the minor plans for each activity, she had weekly plans, monthly plans, even yearly plans and there was one big plan, the plan for her life, it said that after middle school, she would go to highschool and have perfect grades, have one boyfriend in junior year, stay with him till senior year and then go to Harvard and study Business Administration, come back home work for dad, have a boyfriend, a good and responsible man and at 23, get married and at 25 start having kids, three to be exact, a boy named Harry, and then girl named Cynthia and the last child another girl named Poppy, before having Harr

After the incident with Jason, Rhea found it hard to work with him and so the planning of the party was done with Seb, Rhea felt extremely proud of herself for putting Jason through torture.Her sadness had slowly turned into pure hate, the fact that she couldn't tell anyone about it made it way worse, she didn't tell her friends because she was afraid of an I told you so, she didn't tell her dad because her father would havesevered his relationship with the Whyte's and turned down a profitable business opportunity and Rhea didn't want that, she didn't tell her brothers because they could make extremely rash decisions.And so she went on her days with a fake smile on her lips, cringing any time she saw Jason's Ferrari and her mind filled with vengeful thoughts.When her father had asked her why she was crying, she said she was having PMS, which was a huge lie since she hadn't seen her period in two months, b

Rhea woke up the next morning with a mission and that was to make the first move, she spent hours trying to figure out the best dress for that move.She didn't really have any sexy offices clothing, but by the romance novels that she read, she figured a skirt was the answer, as so she picked an above knee black pencil skirt, which was tight and moulded to her curves, she then picked her a red, sexy button up shirt, and she left the first two buttons open, leaving a peek of cleavage, loving how powerful it made her feel.She decided to go with her hair up, leaving her neck bare for him to find enticing, she also opted for bare legs, she had shaved and they were as smooth as a baby's bottom, she finished with some red, fuck me heels and then started on the makeup.She made it heavy, but not too heavy, just enough to draw him to her, and when she was done, she stared at herself in her floor length mirror and decided that she

Jason smiled as he walked into the glass building, after he had parked his red Ferrari in the parking space, he really didn't really know why he was so hung up on her, he had already fucked her twice and yet he couldn't get enough.He gave the receptionist his most dashing smile and he swooned, he took the elevator straight to Rhea's office, not even bothering to knock before he dashed in."What are you doing here?" She asked looking shocked, she was looking truly breathtaking in a what he assumed was a figure hugging red dress, a peek of her full creamy breasts showing."I am here to work," he said as though it was the most natural thing in the world."Work, you are meant to start on Monday," she shrieked and Jason gave her a smile."What can I say, I couldn't help myself, I am very eager to work with you," he said, plopping himself on one of her chairs, as he sighted black fishnet stocki

As Rhea drove to work, she remembered the events of the weekend before, of how in her dazed state she had followed Jason back to his penthouse, the same one he had taken her to almost a year before.She didn't have the time to appreciate the architecture as the only thing on her mind was having him inside her, filling her to the hilt and he did.That time was as rushed as their first time and a little more hard, it seemed as though he was transferring some sort of frustration on her and she loved it, she loved the sound of his raspy growls as he thrust rapidly into her, as he spilled his hot seed into her.Neither of them had said anything about the broken condom, Rhea knew that Jason felt she was on the pill like she had told him the last time, but that had been a year ago and she had long stopped taking birth control.She tried her best to hide her nervousness as he put his around her and they went to sl

The organ played Rhea escorted her best friend, Rory down the aisle for the second time, to the same man, her eyes met with a pair of brown eyes she thought she would never see again, a pair that belonged to a man she thought she had forgotten.JasonHe glared at her from his position as the best man standing close to Nate Walters, Rory's husband.To say she was shocked would be a vast understatement, she had no idea he was Nate's best friend, during Rory first marriage, Nate's best man had been a different man, she remembered his name was Alex, and since the best man hadn't been around for the wedding rehearsals, she had assumed Alex would do it.The feelings that were once buried, began to sprout out once more, she couldn't walk there and make herself seem unaffected by him.She had moved on, at least that was she tried to convince herself of, she had come with Tanner to the wedding with

Rhea rushed into her bathroom, her heart beating strongly against her ribcage, her breathing loud and rugged.As she brushed her teeth she couldn't help but fantasize his hands on her again.Stop it Rhea, he is a jerk, he doesn't love you, he never will, she chided herself.When it came to Jason, she couldn't control her emotions, she always wanted his hands on her, his close proximity broke her walls to pieces.He was off limits, but that didn't stop her heart from beating for him, it didn't stop her from feeling things for him, things that she was sure she wasn't supposed to feel, not for a man who loathed her.She sighed again, she stared at her flustered reflection in the mirror,

"Why didn't you tell me that Cece was Jason's sister?" Rhea shouted to Rory from the phone immediately she got into her room.She couldn't believe that she had been so rude to Cece, she had absolutely no idea that she was Jason's sister, she hadn't been at the wedding and Rhea hadn't seen her anywhere apart from at Rory's wedding."What are talking about?" Rory asked, her voice sounding hoarse and tired."Why didn't you tell me that Cece was Jason's sister?" Rhea asked again, she was still dying of mortification."I am so tired Rhea, you know I am pregnant right?"Rhea was starting to get frustrated, "I am pregnant too, just tell me."

Rhea woke up with perspiration on her face, she had the most visual erotic dream ever, it had felt so real.She used the tips of her fingers to touch her lips which quivered at the touch, she remembered as Jason had teased, sucked and bitten them in the dream, her hands moved from her lips and down to her neck.She moaned loudly as she remembered Jason's hot breath on it, as she remembered him putting his wet tongue on it, as he drew flesh into his mouth, catching it between teeth, she gasped as she could feel the sweet pain on her neck, it was as though she was back in the erotic dream.Her hands immediately left her neck and moved under the lacy baby doll nightgown that she had worn to bed.She felt her warm breast in her hand, weighing it in h

Rhea immediately rushed to the direction where the bathroom was, as she looked in the rusty looking mirror, she couldn't hold back the laugh anymore, it spilled through her lips and reached her ears, it sounded a bit giddy and somehow maniacal too.She heard the door creak and a small pixie like woman came out of one of the toilet, the woman was staring at her oddly, Rhea knew very much that the woman had heard the laugh and most probably thought she was mad.She gave the woman a toothy smile and the woman scrambled out of the toilet looking a little scared, Rhea then sprinkled water on her face, rinsed her mouth and made her way outside to complete her wedding ceremony.She walked to the table slowly, aware of the eyes on her, she simply ignored the piercing gazes around her and walked straight ahead to the table where Jason was standing in wait for h

Rhea had always pictured being married in church, wearing a big white dress with a lot of frills, with beautiful makeup and a long veil, she had always imagined that her father would walk her down the aisle with soft music playing in the background.She had always imagined that all her family members would be in attendance, that she would invite all of her friends from university that RM would her maid of honour, she had imagined she would have to force her best friend into a dress.She had imagined she would carry a bouquet of white lilies, she had imagined that it would be the happiest day of her life, that she would have a never ending smile on her face.Most of all she had imagined she would be in love with the man she was to marry, that he would be handsome and tall, with a dashing smile and that when she was walking down to him, he would smile an

Jason groaned, rubbing his thumbs by the sides of his head trying to relive the headache that was forming, he threw the white pill into his mouth before downing it with water from the glass.The few weeks had been unnecessarily hectic, since had worked for his father for three whole months, all of his work had been jam packed into the last few weeks, he had basically spent those weeks on a plane, flying from one country to another, doing shoots with several other models and brands, his agent had accompanied him throughout all those times.He groaned again as the image of Rhea flashed through his mind, he had no idea why she affected him the way he did, but she did, she made him think irrationally, he couldn't believe she was actually pregnant, he would be lying if he said that he didn't care that his child was in the stomach of a woman.Jason didn't wa

For the second time in a row, Toju woke up with a start not, he looked around the room, it was certainly not his own.But this the time, the walls wee not maroon coloured like his father's room, neither were they cream coloured like his room, this time the walls were pure white.In the background, he could hear the annoying beeping sound of the machine, his head was pounding and he felt drowsy, he had no idea what happened to him, the harsh smell of antiseptic was tickling his nose.His mind immediately went back to the activities of the previous day and he began to panic, what if Yemi and Misan had tried to kill him.What if he was still King?He had no idea which time he had woken up in, but he needed to find out fast.He removed the IV connected to his arm, he needed to get out of the hospital and find out if he was still King, as he stood up from the surpri

Misan smiled, rubbing her hand to her stomach."My Lord, I am pregnant," she said smiling at him, Toju froze, it wasn't like he didn't expect that had would say that, he did expect it, but it was the fact that he knew very well that the child wasn't his, that made him freeze.Toju knew without a doubt that the child was Yemi's, when he wasn't King, she had claimed to be pregnant for his best friend, she had rubbed it in his face, she had said many hurtful things, like how he was impotent, for a while he had doubted himself, he had gone to take a test, he was fine; but that experience along with many others maimed him."And so?" He asked, his expression was nonchalant, he truly wanted to show her that he didn't care.Misan seemed surprised by this fact, a flash of pain passed on her expression, so fast that Toju almost wondered if he had imagined it, but somehow, someway he kne

Toju smiled as he stood up to cut the ribbon, opening the new hospital to all, he was standing alongside the deputy governor and other important personnel taking pictures for the press, so Toju had to smile, his cheeks were already hurting from smiling too much, the main event was already over, he wanted to leave.Toju looked towards Yemi who was shaking hands with the deputy governor and laughing with him, a chill went up his spine, and a bad feeling settled, deep rooted in his stomach, he knew Yemi was up to something and it wasn't something good.Even from their younger years, Yemi had always had a lust for power, he remembered when they were in secondary school and he wanted to run for class prefect, he had made sure that by all means he won, he paid some people, threatened others and he did win. Toju's father had made sure Yemi was never bullied and made everyone think they were long lost cousins, the last king even gave Yemi his n

I know not whether laws be rightOr whether laws be wrong;All we know who lie in gaolIs that the wall is strongAnd that each day is like a yearA year whose days are long. Oscar Wilde"No!" Both of the men shouted simultaneously, they both looked pained at the prospect of dividing the land, the King Solomon thing obviously didn't work.Toju groaned out of frustration, dividing the land was the best solution he had, he knew the only reason they didn't want to share it, was as a result of greed, they didn't just want half the oil money.It seemed as though Yemi sensed Toju's change in countenance, because he ordered the two men to wait outside the t

Or notToju woke up with a start, he had no idea what woke him up, he sat up blinking his eyes to adjust to the darkness, he stretched his hand to where his bedside table was meant to be and put on the lamp which filled the room with dim light.Looking around Toju realized that the room he was in was not the one he slept in, Toju realized that the room wasn't his, the maroon coloured walls were a far cry from his own cream coloured walls, the room was decorated in Ankara materials and native hair ties, with small statues with cowries and eerie paintings were situated at designated places in it, the room Toju found himself in was his late father's.Confusion clouded his thoughts, Toju wondered if he suddenly start sleep walking and ended up in his father's room or if maybe someon

Almost four months ago Toju's father was buried and a week ago after three months of training, his uncle was crowned king, to the outside world he looked relieved to be free of the responsibilities that came with being king, but deep down he was jealous and even if it was just a little, he wished that he would be given the chance to rule.According to tradition, the King's first son was meant to be King but immediately after his father's death the soothsayers announced that the gods of the land did not wish that the crowned prince become the King of the great Iwere land, that the King's immediate junior brother be crowned in his stead.Toju felt a rush of emotions that day, first relief then happiness which morphed into envy at his uncle as he realized the things that he would lose, which later slowly became hate, th