MasukKAITLYN I jerk up, wincing as a splitting headache throbs in me.I rub my burning forehead and wince again in pain, then slowly look up.My chest tightens when I realize that I am not in my room or anywhere familiar. It looks like a cabin, and the room is so cramped.I can smell the sea whenever I turn towards the window, and my stomach won't stop churning in pain.My lips press together when flashes of what happened before I fell unconscious fill my head.“Jesse, that bastard!” I spit out in rage.I wonder what that crazy man is up to now. He tricked me and brought me to this place. What could he be up to?I turn and try to walk out of the room, but pain snaps through me, forcing me to drop back into the bed.I wince again and rub my aching legs.“What has he done to me?”The door pulls open and my head jerks up.My eyes dim with rage as they lock with his own.Irritation fills me up.“You bastard!" I spit out in rage.He lets out a dark chuckle, his head tilting to the side.“Get r
JESSE FLASHBACK (A WEEK AGO)“She won't come back to you.”I grip my fist in anger and groan out in pain as Estella blurts out carelessly.“Watch your tongue, Estella! "I spit out at her.Her lips twitch up and she raises her brows, mockery dancing in her eyes.My left eye is in so much pain under the bloody bandage.That bastard. I will kill him for what he has done.“I saw it in her eyes. She loves him,” Estella continues.I part my lips to curse at her but pause and let her words echo some sense into me.She is right. The way Kaitlyn looked at me that day we met, she has looked at me that way. Remembering it hurts even more than my burning eyes.She looked at me with irritation.“If Nikolai succeeds with his plan to eliminate Don Marco, he will take Kaitlyn back. The divorce? It's all a joke,” she mutters, hissing in rage.I grip my fist, clenching my jaw.“I need Kaitlyn,” I whisper.“I know,” she snickers.“I know you need her for your inheritance. Now that she has her father's
KAITLYN A loud gasp escapes my lips as my eyes pull open. I jerk up and wince, pain throbbing at my sides.As I sit there, scenes of everything that happened come rushing into my head.My chest tightens and my grip clenches.Diana. Nikolai.I don't know what has happened to them or where they are.I just hope, whatever is going on, everyone I love is fine.The doors pull open and my head jerks up.“You are awake!” Ana gasps when she walks into the room.I force a smile and nod my head.She grins widely and rushes to my side.Her hand brushes my hair back, and a sigh of relief escapes her lips.“I was afraid that something bad had happened to you, but thankfully they found you all,” she mutters, and my heart takes a leap.“How is everyone?” I ask.“Your maid is safe, but she is in the hospital as we speak. She is so brave. I never thought she would survive those bullets in her body,” Ana chuckles.I breathe out a sigh of relief that Diana is still alive. I will be forever guilty if an
KAITLYN “Nikolai!” I gasp loudly and lower the gun, a smile spreading over my face.The kind of sensation I feel in my body can't be described. I am so glad that he is still alive even though he is tied up in a chair with a cleaver just a few steps away from him.I smile widely and begin to walk towards him, my heart racing with each step I take forward.I can't wait to free him from those ropes and wrap my hands around him.Just as I am close to reaching him, the man jumps out in front of me, and my heart sinks.I stagger back, my heart still racing but in a bad way. Horror crawls up to my skin, and my toes curl as I stare up at the hardened face of the man that has been in the shadow—the patron they have been talking about.I shot him in the back. I made sure to aim well, but it seems he is not ready to give up yet.“Do you really think I will let you take him away so easily?” He chuckles, and my chest tightens.“Stay away from her, Marco,” Nikolai groans behind him.His evil smile
NIKOLAI The screeching sound of metal getting dragged against the ground forces me to pull my eyes open.I swing my head to the side and groan as a splitting thud fills my head.“You are awake.”My eyes dim and a fresh wave of rage floods my body when I recognize the voice.Flashes of what happened before I fell unconscious flood my mind, and a chuckle leaves my lips.I turn my head in his direction, glaring hard at his back.My hands and feet are tied to a chair that was gotten from the inner room of the hall, and right in front of me is the altar.I am seated right at the spot where my mother kneels in prayer.“You had to use one of your cunning ways to get me, didn't you?” I chuckle.Marco's shoulders slump, and he turns around to face me, a large smile on his face.He trudges forward and leans on the podium stand, a rosary in his hand.“You remember how you used to run around this place?” He laughs, and my chest tightens even more.“I still remember how I would give you a lollipo
KAITLYN I gasp loudly, my eyes widening with shock.I don't want to believe that she has always been against us all this while.“Diana?” I gasp out, my eyes wide like saucers.“Señora,” she whispers, and the blade drops from her hand and falls into the pool.She begins to walk towards me, and my heart begins to race.“Don't come close to me!” I yell out, the pain and fear evident in my voice.She freezes in her steps, and her eyes dim in pain.“Señora, I'm not going to hurt you!” She screams out in confusion.I shake my head in disbelief and shift back.“You just killed someone,” I whisper.She looks down at her hands covered in blood and then at me. Her lips twitch up in a bitter smirk, and she chuckles.“Unlike you, I have to fight my way to survive,” she mutters.Silence falls between us, and guilt fights its way through me.How can I forget that I have no right to judge her when my father did worse than she has ever done?Besides, I've lived like a rich brat all my life without a
NIKOLAII jerk up from my seat and scan the bustling hall, my hands shaking in rage. The worst that can happen to one here is losing someone. It's so difficult to find someone in the huge crowd in the hall.“Did you bring her here, boss?" Tom asks, dismay smeared in his voice."Fuck!” I growl, and
KAITLYN "What do you want me to do? Do you want me to kill the bastard?" She asks and I twitch my lips, narrowing my eyes in amusement. "Call Jesse and tell him to meet up at our favorite spot," I mutter and she huffs. "Is that what you want? You can call him up and meet him, besides—""Ana, jus
KAITLYN “Hey, Kaitlyn, wake up," I hear a voice whisper into my ear as I lie still and almost dead.Why did the voice sound so familiar? Why does it remind me of him?"Kaitlyn?” My eyes slowly open, not because I am strong enough but because I want to be sure it is who I think it is.And just lik
KAITLYNSilence reigns in the car as Philippe drives through the busy road.I glance at him for the sixth time, expecting him to speak and save me from tension, but he doesn't.Instead, he keeps his eyes on the road and grips the wheels tighter like it will break if he dare lets go.I can't take th







