Lucas Alexander looked at the frail body lying on the bed with defeat and hopelessness in his hazel-green eyes. It's been six hours but she hasn't awakened yet. Ever since he'd rushed her to the hospital, he never left her side, hoping he'll be the first one to witness as she opens her eyes.
He swallowed the lump in his throat with difficulty.
Stressed out and feeling he will lose his damn mind, he began pacing back and forth as though it will solve all his problems.
He shouldn't have left her in the pool alone. He thought, wanting to beat himself to a pulp for what happened to her. Max, his best friend, told him it wasn't his fault but he knew it was entirely his own. He left her alone, somehow she'd got bored of waiting and decided to take a walk. That's when she slipped on the edge and fell to the pool where she drowned.
If only he hadn't left her… If only he didn't take his time on the ph
My eyes slowly opened and my eyes immediately feasted on the sleeping man beside my bed. His head was resting on the soft white sheets. Despite the tired lines and dark circles under his eyes, he still looked incredibly handsome in his sleep.A faint smile stretched on my lips. Lifting my hands to run my fingers through the morning stubbles on his chin, I suddenly stopped before I could touch his skin. I might wake him up and I don't want that to happen. He looked visibly tired and badly needed sleep so I content myself by just watching him.He never left my side. I thought to myself as tenderness swell inside my chest like an enormous air balloon. Though I know Lucas didn't care that much about me but I was happy knowing he stayed by my side all throughout the evening after I fell into the pool and drowned.Recalling what exactly happened the previous evening, wiped the smile on my lips. I didn't accidentally fall
When Lucas was gone, I finally turned to Samantha. As I did so, I caught her noticeably worried expression. Before I could speak however, she already had her speech prepared. "You got me so worried!" She blurted out loud, brushing her long dainty fingers on her hair exasperatingly. "Lucas called me at two in the morning! Could you believe that? Two in the morning!" She repeated, shaking her head in disbelief. "I was still snoring on my bed when I received his call, informing me you're in the hospital. He dropped the news like a bomb. Imagine my fear and shock, I literally fell off my bed after hearing it. I just felt my spirit depart from my body for a whole minute." Sam's fingers flail in the air as she expresses her thoughts.I let her grumble interrupted until she got tired and collapsed on the chair Lucas vacated like a withered plant deprived of water and sunlight. "I haven't slept since two am after receiving the news you drowned. Mr. Alexander told me the
A glass of cold water was what finally calmed Samantha down. Heaving a dramatic sigh, she finally looks at me with her eyes resigned and believing. "I do believe you now." She responds wearily while lowering her empty glass on top of the table."Are you okay now?" I asked her gently."Not yet but I will soon be, okay." She replies, absentmindedly bringing the glass back to her lips only to find it empty so she puts it back down without touching it again.I couldn't blame her over the top reaction. It's not everyday she encounters a Pandora's box, filled with hidden secrets, lies, and drama."At this point, nothing could surprise me now, Bella …. So tell me, is there something more you have to confess?"Filling my chest with air, I briefly considered not telling her the truth but If I wanted Sam to help me, she deserved to know everything. I vanished the scintilla of doubts
"I will do what!?" Samantha gaped at me incredulously as though it was the craziest news she had ever heard today. The pale look on her face told me she wasn't prepared for the news."Meet my husband, Eros Valentino." I explained to her calmly. "Tell him I'm alive.""You make it sound so easy as if I'll tell him about the weather, not an attempted murder." Sam mumbled under her breath while shaking her head. "I doubted if I'd even be allowed to enter his office without an appointment."Flashing her with a wicked smile, I lowered my voice even if no one could hear us. "You're not meeting him inside his office, Samantha.""Pray tell where?""You're going to let yourself in and catch him alone in his condominium.""Are you out of your mind? That's trespassing, I could be sent to jail for that." Her terrified eyes confronted mine.
Scarlet's dramatic arrival, accompanied by her stone-heavy accusation completely startled me out of my wits that it took me seconds to entirely collect my scattered thoughts.Staring back at her with the same piercing glare she'd thrown at me, my lips stretched into an atrocious smile Joker would be so proud of. "Pleased to see you, Miss Ross. However, I don't recall writing your name on my visitor's list."Surveying her black outfit from head to toe, my smile stretched wider, finding it entertaining to finally see her wearing such an unflattering color on her skin "Have you come here to fetch my soul?""Excuse me?" Unable to understand my meaning, her mouth parted open. Her elegant eyebrows almost met halfway as she frowned at me."She's not the Grim Reaper, Mrs. Angelstone." Samantha bit her lips to suppress her laughter. Still, her twinkling eyes refused to hide her mirth. "She looked like one though." She added, deepening the frown on Scarlet's temples."Well," I began after cleari
A few days later, the hospital discharged me.Samantha had left a day ago, but until now I have not received a single call from her. I'm still waiting, though, wondering if the plan went well.Lucas took me home from the hospital. While I sat still beside him inside the car, my mind skittered.He'd changed a lot. I thought to myself, eye secretly observing him as he drove.A thick and long wall now stood between us. It popped out of nowhere. I wonder what made him change in an instant. He did not even say anything when I got inside the car and he took the driver's seat.Is he still blaming himself that I almost drowned? It was possible. He could be, for I could think of nothing explaining why he was slowly drifting away. Still, I wasn't certain it was the main reason. For all I know, he might have been suspecting I wasn't his real wife.I'd better be careful from now on. I reminded myself with a heavy sigh. If he finds out I'm fake, he will have me banished from his life right away.
Someone's death shouldn't be something I should be glad about. It wasn't my intention to kill him. And if I were to express how sorry I am that he died, I would let my life be taken instead of his. Regrets aside, a part of me felt relieved at the thought that even though I did not intentionally want to take a life, it saved someone's life, Sara Donovan's life in particular.Hearing her abused story, and seeing the anguish written all over her miserable countenance as she spilled everything to me gave me an overwhelming relief that at last the burden she carried over her fragile shoulders for a long time, was finally gone and she can finally live her life at peace."I know I shouldn't be saying this but after his death I never shed a tear. All I could feel as the news sank in was relief that the man who made my living hell was gone." Sara wiped the tear off her cheeks. "I didn't even feel sadness even though he's gone because I know that it would not make any difference, he's still gon
"Have you swallowed your tongue?"Quite taken aback at the sight of Lucas in front of my very own eyes I was unable to say a single word resulting in his thick eyebrows almost meeting halfway in annoyance."I'm talking to you, Bella." He regarded me warily, waiting for me to speak my mind."Well…." I tried to explain but nothing came out. There was no doubt in my mind that no matter what I say won't change his grim mood.As I survey the lines etched in his forehead, I wonder if he was indeed worried about me or just plain annoyed that I left the mansion as soon as he did.Filling my chest with air, I finally summoned all the courage I could muster to speak up. "I'm sorry about leaving without giving you notice.""You should be," He mumbled under his breath. The grim look in his countenance didn't change a bit. "Thompson had called me in panic and I had to cancel my next business appointment just to look for you."Guilt washed through me. But had I told him my whereabouts in advance, he