LOGINRegina froze instantly, eyes wide at first, then they narrowed.
"W-what?"
"I have no plans to divorce, Bellatrix." Cillian repeated firmly, not missing a beat, not hesitating.
Another blow to her gut. Regina felt her legs grow weak, something ticked into her, a biting feeling, but she forced a smile.
It came off shaky, too shaky to persuade anyone.
"You're not divorcing her? What are you...what are you talking about?"
Cillian turned to face her, slow and calculated. When his eyes landed on her, she nearly wished the floor would open up and swallow her.
"Do you have a problem with me not divorcing your sister? My wife?" He placed emphasis on the two titles, eyes narrowing dangerously at her.
"No," she should have said, faked a smile and allowed this slide under the rug, because eventually, Cillian was going to be hers.
Eventually, Bellatrix was going to disappear.
But that was the annoying thing about humans, they
Cillian froze the moment he heard those words.The real person who had taken care of him when he was a child... wasn't her?His legs moved, one step at a time, expression cracking into desperate confusion."What do you mean?"Regina simply shrugged like she was talking about the weather and not a lie she'd spanned out for years, for her own benefit."Exactly what I said. The person who took care of you back then," she paused and a smile crept up her face, drawing her lips so back that it looked like they'd split at any second. "Wasn't me."Something snapped inside Cillian. Like glass being broken, or better yet, the image he'd built up about her over all these years, finally shattered into wounding pieces.As if she wasn't satisfied with the outcome, seeing his heart bleed into his face, she added. "It was Bellatrix."She has said it before, but hearing it once again felt incomprehensible for Cillian. For the first time in fore
The silence that settled over the room the moment those words left Andrew's lips, was thick, filled with more emotions than words possibly could have conveyed.The officer in charge was the first one to break the silence. "The doctor who operated on Mrs. Laurent?"Andrew nodded and took a step forward. Once again, his eyes travelled in Regina's direction. She looked pale, far too pale for her complexion to be ignored.How couldn't she, when right in front of her, her only hope of freedom was being crushed by the very same person she'd given thousands to. And all he had to do, was keep his fucking mouth shut.Yet, here he was, standing before the officers, confessing to a crime she had committed, a crime she had paid him so much money to make sure he'd keep it a secret."Yes, I operated on Mrs. Laurent five years ago. Miss Regina paid me a sum of fifty thousand dollars to take out her kidney. I..." He hesitated for a second, glancing back at Bellatr
Bellatrix didn't manage to get a minute of shut eyes that night.Waking up the following morning, she felt more tired than ever. But knowing that today would seal Regina's fate, was more than enough to push her out of bed.By the time she was done with her daily routine, Charlie had already woken up.“Are you going to see Daddy, Mommy?” He asked, rubbing his eyes with tiny hands.Bellatrix stopped in the process of putting on her necklace and caught his reflection through the mirror.Except this time around, she didn't bother lying to him.“No, Lee baby,” she turned around and approached the bed, placing a brief kiss on his forehead. “Mommy's going to make sure a bad person gets punished.”Charlie smiled the moment he heard this and got up on the bed. “Good luck, mommy.” He wrapped his hand around her neck and placed a quick kiss on her cheek.Bellatrix returned the kiss and after
By the time Bellatrix returned home, Charlie had already been tucked into his bed.Elise stood by his side and when she saw her walk in, she smiled softly.“You're home quite late.”She flashed her a smile that seemed far too strained as she stopped by her side. “Did he find his meds?” She asked.Elise nodded. “They were in the wrong patch of his bag.” Her eyes turned extra soft as they landed on the sleeping child again. “He took them like a champ.”Bellatrix chuckled silently. It wasn't the first time Charlie was receiving such a compliment.Just like her, taking medicines had become part of his daily routine. He needed them to survive until she found a suitable donor for him.“What's wrong with him?” Elise asked, voice nearly a whisper, as if she were scared of asking the question and getting an answer that would break her heart.“Bubble boy disease,” Be
The sound of Bellatrix's heels clicking against the marble floor as she made her way towards the door sounded exactly like the final hits of a hammer against a nail in a coffin.The closer she got to the door, the higher Cillian saw the wall climb, the tighter his chest became and the more his heart twisted with the familiar feeling of being abandoned.It was just like what he'd felt when his parents had died. Except this time, she was walking away from him, willingly.And he knew, he had that gut wrenching feeling, that their journey was coming to an end here.Whether he'd like to admit it or not, Regina was the bridge between them. Bellatrix was right, it was because of her things were the way they are now, because of her they are where they are now.Without her, Cillian doubts their relationship would have turned out like this. But he also knew, now that it's turned out like this, without her, that relationship would wither and fade away like du
Cillian Laurent, kneeling and apologies, were three things that could never be found in the same sentence.More rare to witness it first hand.No matter how well Bellatrix has learnt to compose her expression in the past five years, nothing could have expected her for what she saw when she turned around.On his knees, head bowed, shoulders slumped, was the man that held the entire business industry of Miami in the palm of his hands.The very same man who had put her through hell and stared down at her like she was dirt when she had been in his exact same position, begging.Oh, how the tables have turned.Yet, Bellatrix didn't feel any sense of satisfaction. Not even the smallest bit. Instead, she felt irritation gnawing at her insides—and another faint feeling she refused to acknowledge.“I know you're upset and hurt. I know I was wrong and I wounded you in more ways than one,” Cillian started, voice timid. His hold around her wrist twitched as if he was debating on whether to hold ont







