Novels by Chi Chi

HELENDoes a week pass by so excruciatingly slowly, or does it just feel so when you are thinking of someone you…Well, I can’t be certain that it’s love that I feel for him, but how else do I explain the unwavering thoughts of him as I spend the day, and the restless dreams I have of him while I sleep?I should be moving on with my life, and looking forward to doing everything I always dreamed of doing when I have the support I need, especially since the security chief was offering me the opportunity.That is what everyone calls him around here, and even when I got over the shock of how wonderful he seemed to be and asked him his real name, he wouldn’t tell me, but assured me that I could be comfortable around him and be sure of my safety.I noticed the way he looked at me, the way he treated me, and tried so hard to make me see him for who he is, but I have spent so much time with the wrong type of men that I can never really trust another.‘You looked plump and pretty when you show

CHAPTER 25LUCIOThe way she looked at Helen.For the first time, I could read her expression like an open Italian book, and what I saw was surprise and jealousy.For the first time since the nine years we had known each other, even though just for a few seconds, I could read her mind and know what she was thinking. It was like one of those things that rarely happen to some people, even though it was normal for others.It aroused thousands of inexplicable feelings in me. Feelings I wished I could share with her again.Those feelings were the only thing that made watching Helen walk away feel much easier.I can’t deny how heavy my chest felt as I watched her through the corner of my eyes as she stopped to look at us briefly, probably begging for an explanation.‘Looks like a lot has been going on here since the last time I was here,’ I heard her say, buried in the perfect velvety of her voice.I wanted to play it nice, wanted to quell every wrong thought she must have had about what ha

HELENI had been excited to see what the world looked like after almost two months of being locked away in a den. But the darkness that covered the sky outside was not what I had hoped to see.I wasn’t even sure where I was, and I couldn’t guess. The issue of my location never came up in my conversations with Parker or even the damn recruit that made me leave my home.But if I were to make a guess, it would be somewhere in Italy. At least that was all the information the sonofabitch was kind enough to tell me about himself.The momentary lines of lightning that pierced through the dark sky were the only light that lit up the vast lands and water bodies we drove by, and I was glad I was not being blindfolded or anything - the night sight still looked amazing, and made me wish to see more.The drive to wherever the hell they were taking me was long and quiet - not like I was expecting anyone to say anything - but I wanted so badly to break the silence between Carlos, who was driving the

CHAPTER 23HELEN‘Tell me, what’s going on for gods' sake?’ I was up from the bed again in a quick move, and I moved unconsciously towards Parker, as if being any closer to him would get him talking faster, but he remained silent.‘Please tell me what’s going on? Are they taking me away? What did I do wrong?’ I covered around him, waiting for him to free my chest of the grip that kept clutching tightly around it as each silent moment passed by.‘He is sending you away to the -’‘No. Please tell me that’s a lie. You promised me, you told me you would help, you made me do all those things, and you can’t even keep me here?’I looked at him through tear-rimmed eyes, waiting for him to tell me just to relax and let him sort things out. But he looked just as lost and confused as I was.‘What about everything you told me? What about my kids?’ I hit his chest with my fist, and my wrist hurt with the force, but I didn’t care.I raised my hands to hit him again, but he held my wrists before I c

HELENDays passed by.Leaving a hollowness in my chest, as well as the cramps in my thighs from the gym sessions.It’s been five whole days since I have seen him. Since I had caught a glimpse of the man I should be reserving some hate for, from all the hate I still bore towards Tyler.It was driving me crazy, and there was no way to control it.Was he away on a business trip? Was he too busy with his empire? Or was he avoiding me?I scoffed at the thought of the impossibility. I will be damned if a man like him ever considers me too tough an opponent even to avoid.I am not but a mere toy to him that must be available whenever he needs, and right now I wish he would send for me, even if to just give me the mere chance of seeing his face.Oh hell, I am going crazy.I readjusted for the seventeenth time since I woke up, on the bed, willing for the thoughts in my head to disappear like the darkness of the night that was slowly giving way to the beautiful morning sun - I have seen the sun

LUCIO‘Is it just me or there is a new cloud of air floating in the estate recently?’ I looked up as Parker walk over and sat on an empty chair close to me on the balcony, where I was overlooking the swimming pool behind the house.I managed a smile as we clicked glasses when he was finally seated.‘It’s been a while’ I said, ignoring his earlier comment.I wasn’t ready to tell him about Valeria just yet.‘Yeah,’ he turned to look at me briefly before looking back at the field.‘I figured you needed a break, and I must admit, I love how you seem to have changed within this past few weeks’ he said, and sipped some of his drink.‘We both needed a break’ I said.Silence ensued for a few minutes, with just the sound of the water below interrupting the quiet.‘So what have been going on with you man? The last time I checked, the meeting with the lords doesn’t seem to be going so well anymore’I shot him a quick glance, embarrassed by his sudden comment. But he was Parker, he had witnessed w

SCOTTSeconds passed by, and to me it felt like hours, it felt like ages.'How can you even say something like that? She was the love of your life for how many-' 'And she went ahead and slept with my own little cousin just a week or two after I got hospitalized? Tell me Scott, how long did you both know each other, tell me how long you guys had been fooling me for''But you can't just take her life for that mistake, what if she is happy? What if-''I do not want to remind you again Scott, I still hold the gun' he wiggled the gun in front of me to proof his point and I raised my hands in surrender, and all the time I just tried to keep my anger at bay and not end up doing something we were all going to regret.But I had to do something either way. There were not more than seven steps between us at that moment, and if I took very slow steps towards him I was sure he was not going to notice.'I am sorry about your pa and your wife. Damn, I didn't know there was some level of hate moving

CAMILLEI didn't understand anything that was going on , but I was damn sure that whatever it was was taking a hard toll on Scott.I watched him recoil when the blindfold was taken out of his eyes, and no expression or reaction of his missed my notice.I just wished I could hold him, I could at least get close enough to him and feel what he was feeling then. But then I already had a lot to deal with to worry about what someone else felt.But still.I was trying to make sense of their discussion, of what Maya was trying to say to him, but it all seemed fucked up and each revelation only made him even more withdrawn and definitely furious.And then his father.Okay, well, technically not his father, but how could he do such a thing to a son he raised as his all these years.I was trying to figure out how all that had anything to do with me until she called the name “Lucille”. I knew I had heard that name, somewhere, probably from...Yes, from Scott.That asshole, that was the name he ke

SCOTTI just sat there on the floor and watched her pace the room with the gun in one hand and a baseball bat in the other. She looked just like I always knew her to be – the real thug.'You know you all kept tossing me around and making me look like a messed up shit''That's because you are Maya, you are a crazy woman''No I am not Scott. You are the one who is crazy, you are the one who keeps thinking I am the evil one who killed my own sister and who still tried to come for your family. I am not crazy, but trust me you are such a foolish asshole,' she screamed and I couldn't help but laugh at her craziness.'I have known you well and I know you love to manipulate people into falling into your plans. Is that what you did to my dad too? Is that how you got him to get you pregnant and put it on me?''Well I am glad he is here and you will find out everything Scott''And you think I will be too foolish as to believe whatever you are going to say now when you have got us all under ropes

CAMILLEI had never experienced a lot of things in my life, and one of them was having a gun being pointed at me.And not just from anyone, but from a woman who looked like a mess.‘Of course I knew he would be here with your sorry ass' I heard her say, above the thumping in my ears. I could not think of anything else but the kids just in the next room.What if they got tired and just decided to come out?Oh God, I just wish they didn't. I can be the reason they have to deal with another trauma.'Hey, hello, h-h-how are you doing?' I stammered as I took several steps backwards until I hit the kitchen sofa.'How am I doing? Bitch I should be asking you that. Because you don't seem to be holding your shit together''Maya, just let her go, she has nothing to do with this' I heard Scott struggle to say while trying to get up from the floor. There was blood on his face, and it wasn't just blood from wherever he had gotten it from before.He was hurt, and it scared the shit out of me.She

CAMILLE'What the hell are you doing here? I thought we were done for good?' I stared at him with all the hate in my chest, one that melted as quickly as it tried to surface. There was no way I could ever be that mad at him, but I wish I could, at least this one time.I was really surprised to see him at my doorstep, especially since he was supposed to be enjoying his honeymoon with his new bride in London or wherever.He looked really bad with the blood on his hands and the bruises on his face and I was worried that the cobs might trace him down to my house and get me in the open as well.'Please can I come in at least?''The hell no, as a matter of fact I need you to leave' I said but I knew if he turned his back at that moment I would be on my knees begging him to come back.I didn't know how I got there but I knew for sure that was so so fucking in love with that guy. I couldn't stand him walking away yet again, and he didn't look like he was trying to either.'Please Camille, jus

SCOTTI sat back in the car for more than an hour, just watching her front lawn and wondering if I should go in – but then I had James to worry about.Everything looked as peaceful as it always used to be when James was in the hospital. I just wish he was never in the picture in the first place, then I would not have made a wrong choice in the woman I walked down the aisle with.I was just about to step out of the car when two men walked out of the house and they both left in a car. One of them was James and the other looked familiar, like I had seen him somewhere.Well, I didn't have enough time to think about that, I had to seize the opportunity and talk to Camille before James returned.I hurried over to the door and rang the doorbell, but no one opened up even after the third ring, and I was getting a little bit tensed up.What if she was out as well? What if she didn't even come back home with James after the wedding?How will you even think that James? She loves that man and tha