LUCASFred sat across me, smiling like a lunatic. I waited to wring his neck. I wanted to bash his head against the wall too. He was a fucking idiot if he thought what he was about to do right now was making me happy in any way.I gritted my teeth as I went through the documents that handed his company to me. Documents that showed that not only did Clara sign fake papers that backed up her partnership, the also signed other papers that transferred her shares to him… just in case she brought any evidence that might still dirty him.He had played a fast one on her. For what reason?"Why did you do this? Why are you helping me?" I asked Fred, pushing the documents aside for later. I would have my lawyer read through it properly later, to avoid being played by this criminal too.He grinned, "Easy. She broke my heart. Okay… asides that. She's a woman, but ever since she came into my company, she keeps bossing me around. I am sick and tired of being her puppet, and I still do not nick the c
CLARAI fell into Nora's arms and let her hold me for sometime, after which I pushed her away in a calm move, starting to call Zayn now."Hello goddess. I'm about to go into the theatre, texted you that. Are you okay, though?" His words were rushed and I was immediately overcome with guilt as I waved my hands in the air, telling him,"Oh, um… it's nothing. I didn't see your text. Just wanted to see how you were doing. We'll talk when you're out, okay?" I bit down on my finger, shaking with anxiety."Oh okay. Later, goddess."And the line went dead. I threw my phone to the bed, then turned to see Nora staring out the window, looking completely lost with the scene. I turned to see what she was looking at and my shoulders hunched on seeing that she was staring at the direction of the pool.How could I be so inconsiderate?"Nora, look… you can go out and have fun. I just… I'll be fine. I just need a few minutes."She looked unsure. Then she sighed and slowly walked to me, patting my shoul
CLARA"Gosh, I love the view so much. This is so luxurious, I love everything about this place!" Nora gushed, but I was too busy on my phone to join in her praises for our hotel.Something was going on with the company. The marketing director had just resigned a few days ago, and now our head sales rep. I also caught news that some other employees were planning to leave as well. But why?I called Fred right away, hating that I had to still deal with work while wearing a bikini and getting ready to enjoy myself in this place.I stepped away from Nora quietly, but she was too engrossed in the vlog she was recording to notice. Her phone was held up in front of her, and she seemed completely lost in what she was doing.He did not pick my calls. I was even about to walk back to Nora, deciding to text him instead, when I got a call from him."Hey babe! What has you calling me from the comfort of your little vacation?" He sounded really cheeky, but I shrugged it off. This was Fred, he was al
LUCASI didn’t like being paraded. Not at five, and definitely not at my current age.I would certainly prefer following the happenings of Clara's trips with her reluctant updates.Yet here I was—dressed in a black tux, glass of something expensive in my hand, letting my mother drag me by the elbow through a house full of snakes in suits.“Lucas, please,” she whispered through clenched teeth, fake-smiling for someone across the room. “Can you at least look like you're not being forced?”“I am being forced,” I said dryly.Her fingers dug into my sleeve.She smiled wider. Of course, it was all shades of fake. “Senator or not, you’re still my son. Behave like it.”We stopped in front of a cluster of old men. They looked like they would die of unhealthy living anytime soon.“Good evening, gentlemen,” she began. “You all remember my son. Lucas. Newly sworn in.”They all turned to me at once, eyes sharp and weighing. My father stood behind them with his signature proud-but-distant expressio
CLARA"Oh my God, we are here. Oh God, I'm going to bawl." Nora shrieked, taking out her new iPhone 16 pro I had gotten her some days ago. We both needed to get fire pictures and videos, I could not let these memories go to waste.She started to record, lowering the window on her side as a limo drove us to our hotel. The limo had been waiting for us on arrival, so I knew that was all Lucas.With a stupid smile on my face, I texted him,ME: Thank you.I tucked my phone back into my purse after that and focused on the road."Aren't you going to make videos? I'm doing a vlog." Nora asked me. I stopped to think for a few seconds, then picked up my purse again and took out my phone.Thank goodness I was here with Nora, I would have wasted this trip, not knowing when to make videos. Or just planning to take pictures and videos but ending up not doing it.I made a video then, showing my view of the car—like, right in front of me. The seats were soft and smooth, and everything smelled clean a
CLARAI turned off the TV as soon as the winner of the special election was called, flinging the remote around the corner.I heard dad sigh, and I tried to fix my face. It did not work."Clara… these things happen for a reason. Maybe this part of your plan for revenge did not work, but I am positive the rest of whatever you have planned for him will work out. Fred's company is going so well with you there now. He is planning to sell all his shares to you soon, and you would be the biggest shareholder and new CEO of Lucas's rival company. That is also a big win. Okay?" He tried to pacify me.My first instinct was to shout. Raise my voice as I told him that nothing was okay. That I was already losing my mind with how alone I felt with all this.West gave me another news. Ella had a third building in plans too. Karma didn't do shit! If I had not come back to New York for this revenge, she would have launched these three businesses as an under 30 years old woman, and she would have seen t