Bria POV;

I resumed college and though it was hard to balance college and my relationship with Caius I made it worked. As promised Mickayla and her boyfriend Davio joined us on one of our dates and by the end of the date, Mickayla told me that she liked him for me and also warned him not to hurt me as I had already been through enough, else she would ensure he never saw the light of day again and I found it funny and ironic that she was threatening him when he was the one who should be feared.

I also went back to Montego Bay on one of the weekends so he could finally meet my Celine and unfortunately for me my mother since she wasn't going to allow Celine to leave the house unless she saw who was picking her up . To my surprise my mother smiled when she saw him and outrightly hugged him saying that she hadn't seen him in church for awhile and that she hoped he would visit again . I of course didn't tell her that he was the one who saved Celine’s life but, she did remembered that he was the one who had helped me when my dad had done what he did and she expressed her overwhelming gratitude for that .

Back Inside the car with Celine now in the backseat,  I lowered my voice and enquired of Caius how comes he knew my mother and he explained that during his second visit to our church he had met her after the service but, that he had introduced himself under a different name at the time and I was surprised my mother hadn't picked up on that but, even more shocked at the fact that she had known Caius before I had.

We spent the day at a villa that Caius owned which I was still in disbelief at how many properties he owned and the amount of money he made . While Celine and I relaxed by the pool I gently broke the news to her that Caius was the one who had donated his kidney to her and she was shocked as expected but, she was also grateful and warned me not to hurt him because it took a really selfless person to do what he had done and then Caius joined us and she expressed her gratitude to him and explained that she understood that what he had done for her hadn't been easy but, that she truly appreciated it .

As promised and true to his word , Caius took care of all my tuition throughout the entirety of my studies , taking the weight off my shoulders for having worrying about the stress of studen loan or having have to find another way to pay for tuition. Since he had gotten an apartment in Kingston, I split my days between spending it with him and staying at my apartment with Mickayla which he had also taken cared of by purchasing the whole apartment for us so we didn't have to worry about any expenses regarding to rent or utility bills. Another thing that he endured to do was to get me flowers as soon as the ones he bought previously start dying and I tried to get him to be more opend and that it was ok to show affection in gentle ways .

Sometimes when I spent the day at his place, otherwise from the mind blowing,  amazing,  rough  sometimes gentle sex that we had , I would cook for him and he would watch me smiling and complimenting me on how beautiful I looked . He would buy me random gifts too which I appreciated and he also planned majority of the dates we went on . My favourite was the  night beach picnic date that we did for my 19 birthday at one of his many guesthouses which had a private beach.  He had set up an amazing picnic and  had gotten the exact dress that I had needed for my birthday and it was a really well spent day and night , especially the night as we had fucked over 3 three times on the beach alone .

As each day passed I fell more and more in love with him especially when I saw that he was really making an effort to change and become better for me . The Caius I was with now at 19 wasn't the same Ciaus who I had met initially when I turned 18.  He was still a bit cold sometimes and definitely hadn't lost his love for doing the most sickening and inhumane things to people and he still sometimes had that darkness and evil inside him that still scared me but, he had differently made a few changes in his approach towards me and he had also shown me kindness and love which was a big changed for the man who had locked me in a room filled with lethal gas and left me to try to figure my out .

Three years later .....

I stood on the stage, my heart pounding as I adjusted my graduation cap, my eyes scanning the crowd. I spotted Mickayla waving wildly, her face beaming with pride and I smiled , waving back  before my gaze shifted,

my eyes locking on a familiar figure standing at the back of the auditorium.

Caius.

He stood tall, dressed in a tailored black suit, his presence commanding, his blue eyes fixed on me. He looked every bit the powerful man I had come to know, but in his eyes, I saw warmth, pride, love.

My heart skipped a beat, my fingers tightening around my diploma. I had made it. I had done it after all the late nights of studying, the tears and the mountains of work that I was convinced would have sent me to Belview and Caius had been there, every step of the way.

After the ceremony,  I found him waiting outside, leaning against his car, his hands in his pockets, his eyes never leaving mine . I ran to him, throwing my arms around his neck as he lifted me off the ground, his grip tight, his face buried in my hair.

"I’m so proud of you", he whispered, his voice rough with emotion.

"You did it, baby".

I pulled back, my eyes shining with tears. "I couldn’t have done it without you" , I said and that was true because not only had he taken the biggest burden off my shoulders, he had also helped me study on nights when I had felt depressed and encouraged me to continue and push for what I wanted.

He smiled, his thumb brushing away a tear. "You did this. All of it. I was just lucky enough to witness it and helped whenever I could".

My heart swelled, my love for him overwhelming. "I love you, Caius".

His eyes softened, his lips capturing mine in a slow, tender kiss.

"I love you too. More than you’ll ever know". My mother hadn't came to my graduation due to the fact that we barely spoke anymore and she had also left the church and Celine would have loved to have been here but, she had as a customer service rep at a store in Montego Bay and despite her having requested the day  a week in advance,  they hadn't given it to her. Sometimes I found it hard to believe that she was now 18 and I was now 21 , the years had  flown by so fast.

He reached into his pocket, pulling out an envelope and handed it to me.

I looked at him curiously before opening it, my eyes widening as I pulled out a set of keys and a folded piece of paper.

Confused  I looked up at him, confusion written on my face.

"Caius… what is this?"

His smile was gentle, his eyes soft.

"Your new house and a car. I wanted to give you the world, but I figured this would be a good start"

My mouth dropped open, my eyes filling with tears.

"You… you bought me a house? And a car?"

Caius nodded, his fingers brushing my cheek. "You deserve it, baby. Yuh deserve everything".

Tears slipped down my face, my heart bursting with love. I threw mybarms around him, my voice choked with emotion. "Thank you… thank you so much".

He held me close, his lips pressing against my forehead.

"I’ll always take care of you, Bria. Always".

I looked up at him, my eyes shining.

"I don’t need the house or the car. I just need you".

His eyes darkened, his arms tightening around me. "Then you’ll have me. Fi the rest a wi life together ".

I smiled, my fingers tangling in his hair as I kissed him, the world fading away as I lost myself in him. Later on back at at home around sometime after 10 in the night when I was about to go to bed with Caius , my phone rang and I frowned seeing that it was my mother calling .

" yes?"

"Bria mi nuh know wah fi do , Celine nuh come yet and har workplace locked from afta 6 this evening and she nuh reach home yet. She usually reached afta 8 aguh 8:30 dem time deh and all mi a call har phone it aguh straight to voicemail . Mi call eh police and dem deh here wid mi now a ask questions and a seh dem cah tek it serious since anuh 24 hours yet since she missing but, mi know sumuh wrong Bria , mi cah feel it", she said her voiced filled with panic and concern and my stomach twisted .

" ok mummy mi a come ova there right now ", I replied not liking the panic feeling I was beginning to feel. I ended the call and turned to Caius and he instantly became concerned when he saw the worry ok my face and I quickly explained to him what happened and he started getting ready as he pulled on some clothes so he could dropped me off .

The entire time of the ride to my mother's house I didn't speak just gripped Caius’s hand that was intertwined with mine . I didn't want to panic over the fact that my sister was missing yet because maybe she was with a friend or a boyfriend,  someone she knew but, despite me trying to reassure myself of that,  the worry and concerned over her possibly in danger twisted my stomach. It hand been 3 years now since I had gone through my share of trauma and pained from being kidnapped and now with Celine’s sudden disappearance and her not answering her phone , made all the memories came rushing back.

At my mother's house,  we met up with the police and I spoke to my mother trying to reassure her that maybe Celine was fine at a friend's house or boyfriend and that her phone had probably just died but, even I knew that Celine wasn't the type of person to have her phone dead while on the road and she wouldn't have chosen to spent the night at anyone's house without telling anyone first. The police stated that they would do everything that they could to find her as soon as possible and Caius made a call to someone but,  I didn't know who . All that I knew was that I needed to find my sister as soon as possible because I couldn’t handle it if anything happened her . She had her whole life to lived and she had just started a job and had been saving up so she could get her own space and become independent and she deserved that and a whole lot more too.