Chapter: CHAPTER 8Mr. Fernandez demeanor became cold the moment he heard her. he came closer to her, looked at her deeply into her eyes, with an emotion Lily couldn’t decipher. “so you can compensate me for my damaged car?”“that is part of it. I don’t have the money to pay, and I really don’t want to live a life of debt”“what if I say, I forgive you, and you don’t have to pay a single dime? would you leave me alone?”Lily was taken aback but she knew it was a what if situation. Could he be testing her resolve? She tried to decipher something, any single emotion in his eyes, to see if he was serious but she couldn’t get anything. It hurt her that he might have meant what he said, what she didn’t understand was why he was resisting her so much.“if you forgive me, I’d be so grateful, but that won’t stop me from wanting to know you.” this time, she didn’t falter and insisted on what she wanted.The man was speechless. Under those void eyes, Fernandez was genuinely intrigued. Asides Lily, he had never se
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Chapter: CHAPTER 7Fernandez stood tall, looking at Lily. His dark inky hair rested on his face while his hands were in his pocket. At first, his gaze softened but quickly turned cold, which made Lily not to notice it. he slowly looked away from Lily and walked to his car, where the damage was made. He softly sighed and folded his arms. He wore a black polo and black trousers, and he was absolutely stunning.His black outfit and the black rolls Royce made his fair skin stand out in a very handsome way. He was out of this world that anyone would think of him as someone who existed in another dimension. His features were beyond the average human features.Lily didn’t put any makeup on and her low hair bum became messy. Why do people you don’t expect to see come out when you look rough?“Uhm…, M-m-mr” she stuttered, her throat ran dry. She closed her hands and sighed deeply“Mr. Fernandez, I’m so sorry” she clasped her hands together “I was trying to stop…” “how are you going to take care of this damage?”
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Chapter: CHAPTER 6 LiLily saved the number on her phone as Mr. Fernandez. She wanted to call the number but she didn't have an iota of what to say. Should she shamelessly ask for where he resides? How would she even introduce herself knowing fully well he might not remember her. Would he be the one to answer the call? That would be awkward but then how would she meet him? Before she knew it, Lily drifted to sleep without achieving her goal for the night. In the end she didn't call the number The next morning, Lily woke up early as usual. After eating breakfast she went to work. she spent a pleasant morning at the Library. Due to the fact that most of her co workers weren't around because of the library program they were hosting, Lily had an ample amount of time to read without any disturbance. She felt recharged and fulfilled. Perhaps getting consumed in the world of books brought her immense joy and fulfilment. When she left the library, Lily boarded a taxi and headed to her nex
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Chapter: CHAPTER 5“so??? who is he??? I need details babe? Who is this Mr. that has caught my baby’s eyes?” Diana said grinning from ear to ear.“well I didn’t get his name, I only know his surname, Fernandez” Diana pouted after hearing what Lily said but her excitement came up quickly again and asked her how she met him. Lily said she saw him on her way home last night, but she left out the rejection part and the daring thing she did.“he’s really really handsome. He should be a business man; I wonder what kind of business he’s into though.”“wow, I really want to know who this guy is because in all my years of knowing you, this is the first time you’re saying a guy is handsome, might I add the really really handsome part?”“serious?”“are you for real? You have never cared about men before, you don’t even regard them, they could literally be in front of you and you wouldn’t notice them.” Diana said and her eyes sparked with sudden mischief “so?? what are you going to do about the really really handso
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Chapter: CHAPTER 4Lily still couldn’t understand what kind of spirit possessed her to do what she did earlier when everything replayed in her head. Was she that desperate? She never thought of doing that, she always imagined that it’ll be a guy that would make the first move. how she got the bravery she didn’t know, what shocked her more was when she sacrificed herself like a sacrificial lamb to him.“Then let me burn!” she winced, her face tightened at the memory of what happened earlier. Lily was aware she had finally lost her wits, but for an odd and fond reason she didn’t regret it and instead of withdrawing she felt drawn to him more. She suddenly felt motivated too, like a little bit of hope got lit in her heart.He clearly wouldn’t love her back, and although she was attracted to him, she couldn’t imagine loving a cold and heartless man. He obviously looked like someone whose heart was made of stone. She had always imagined loving a man who lit the room with warmth, his smile as bright as the su
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Chapter: CHAPTER 3Lily’s apartment was twenty minutes away and instead of taking a cab, she decided to walk, so she could untangle the webs that spiraled in her head.She was a twenty-three-year-old who never had a boyfriend. She was an only child, born and brought up in an abusive home, where physical abused was deemed normal and emotional and verbal abuse were the truth, other substitutions of the beatings she faced on a nearly daily basis. It was seen as a way to train a child so the child wouldn’t go astray. These kinds of abuse were normal in her neighborhood which was why her neighbors turned a deaf ear to her deafening screams whenever her dad gave her an excruciating beating, it was why no one cared to stop her mother from raining curses and insults on her.And although being an only child has its pros, she mostly saw the cons. Her only ‘family’ were her mother and father. Her other family members; cousins, aunts and uncles from both sides never gave a damn about her wellbeing, so she had to pa
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Chapter: 166The keep was swallowed by silence, save for the slow crackle of the dying fire in my chamber. Its faint orange glow cast long shadows that stretched and shrank with the flickering flames. I sat in the heavy leather chair, feeling the weight of my crown settle onto my shoulders like a stone. But tonight, the crown felt less like a symbol of power and more like a chain, a reminder of all I’d lost and everything I still had to lose.Lyra’s absence was a ghost I couldn’t exorcise. Her memory lingered like a wound raw and bleeding, no matter how tightly I wrapped myself in armor and duty. The ache of her loss was a constant companion, a shadow that haunted every quiet moment. Yet in the darkest corners of that shadow, there was a flicker of something new, something I hadn’t dared to name until Selina.She had arrived like a storm, fierce and unpredictable, breaking through my carefully guarded walls. I should have pushed her away. I should have kept her at arm’s length, like I always did w
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Chapter: 165The door closed behind her with a soft click that echoed louder than it should have in the silent room. I stayed where I was, the scent of her still lingering like smoke, subtle but impossible to ignore. It was clean, sharp, like rain on hot stone, and it clawed at something in me I didn’t want to admit was still there.She left without looking back. Not because she was afraid, but because she didn’t want me to see her hesitate. That was what cut deepest. Lyra had never done that, she had always craved my attention, even if it was only to defy me. But Selina? She was different. She was unyielding in a way I didn’t expect, and it unsettled me more than I cared to admit.I sank into my chair, the weight of the crown pressing down like it never had before. The reports on my desk blurred into shadows as my thoughts circled her. I was supposed to be the king, the one who ruled with iron will and unshakable control. But control was slipping through my fingers like sand, and all I could thin
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Chapter: 164She left like she had somewhere better to be.Not hurried, not afraid, just… gone. The door shut behind her, and the air felt different, like she’d taken something with her.I stayed still, staring at the space she’d occupied as if I could rewind time by glaring hard enough. The desk in front of me was stacked with reports, maps, and intel sheets begging for my attention, but none of it mattered for the first time in months. My thoughts were still tangled in her, the way her eyes cut into mine without flinching, the way her defiance trembled but didn’t break.Pathetic, I told myself. I’d interrogated enemy captains without remembering their faces, but here I was, replaying the curve of her mouth.I sat down, deliberately ignoring the papers, and leaned back in the chair. Her scent was still faint in the air, something warm and stubborn. If I closed my eyes, I could almost imagine she was still in the room.And that was the problem.I don’t get distracted. Distraction is a weakness, an
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Chapter: 163The door shut behind her with a quiet click, but it felt louder in my head.Too loud.Too final.She didn’t look back.Not once.That, more than anything, had my jaw tightening.Lyra was the type who should look back, she had that face that begged to be caught in the act of hesitation, the kind of woman who didn’t yet understand that walking away from me was not something she could do without consequence.But she kept walking.I sat there in the stillness she left behind, the air tasting faintly of her shampoo. Not sweet, no, it was cleaner than that, crisp and grounding. Something that made me think of rain hitting hot pavement, of steam curling off stone. I’d noticed it the first time she got too close, and now I couldn’t stop noticing.My fingers tapped once against the armrest of the chair. I didn’t call her back.Not because I didn’t want to, but because I knew if I did, I wouldn’t let her leave again.And she wasn’t ready for that.Not yet.Instead, I let my gaze drift to the cl
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Chapter: 162The door closed behind her with a soft click, but the sound lingered in my ears like a gunshot.I didn’t move. Didn’t breathe. Just stood there, eyes fixed on the place she had been only seconds ago.The air still carried her scent, faint, maddening.It was an uninvited presence in my lungs, clinging to me even as I told myself to forget it.I hated how much I noticed.The subtle hitch in her breathing when I looked too long.The way she shifted her weight as if torn between standing her ground and fleeing.The little flicker in her eyes, not fear, not quite, something far more dangerous.She thought she could hide from me.She thought her thoughts were her own.She was wrong.My jaw tightened as I turned away from the door. The whiskey glass on my desk was still half-full, but my appetite for it had vanished. I poured the rest out, listening to the faint splash in the sink. The office felt smaller without her, the walls closing in as if mocking me for letting her leave.Letting.As i
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Chapter: 161The moment she stepped out, the air shifted.Not in the dramatic, storm-breaking sense. No, it was subtler, quieter. Like the instant you realise the warmth in a room has gone, and the cold is creeping in to claim the space she left behind. My eyes followed her until the last fraction of her hair vanished from sight, and I remained standing there longer than necessary, the sound of her footsteps fading into the corridor.It should have ended there.She’s just a girl, a complication I didn’t ask for, didn’t want. And yet, her absence pressed against my mind like a bruise you can’t help but touch.I could still hear the way her voice had wavered earlier, even though she tried to make it sound steady. Still see the flicker in her eyes, not quite defiance, not quite submission. That delicate, maddening middle ground.I turned away, heading to the desk, forcing myself into the familiarity of work. Reports. Maps. Schedules. All neat, all precise, the kind of order that had taken me years to
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