เข้าสู่ระบบMichael. The ride to Alicia's place was torturous. The thought of having to see her again filled my blood with bitterness, and it made driving difficult. The only thing that kept me going is the idea that I'll have her blood slip through my fingers tonight, and I'll discard her corpse like garbage, and no one will question me. Her memories will be forgotten. Whatever happens tonight is a result of her actions. I won't take the fall for it. Now that I've pulled up before her apartment complex, I step outside, looking up at her floor. Her window is dark and closed. Every other person will assume she isn't around, but I know better. I remember when I rented this place for her, right after I told her plainly I don't want things to go further between us. It's an expensive place, but her sales at the boutique should make up for it and more. Well, since I rented the house for her, I have a key to the apartment, and that's going to serve as my gate pass. I move inside the foyer and ta
Michael. I've not slept a wink since daybreak when Ilya announced Laura's condition to me. I've just been by her side, holding her hand, careful not to upset the IV hooked on it. She's still in the ICU, unaware of our loss. I wonder how she'll feel when she wakes up and hears our baby is gone forever— our little bundle of joy who didn't get to last more than a few weeks. According to Ilya, Laura was hit in the spleen, but due to the stress and bleeding, she lost the baby. That's the one death that has gotten to me since the loss of Dimitri and his family. Death is just like a normal transition to me until this moment. I can't stop imagining what our baby would have looked like if it were a girl or how fierce it'd be if it were a boy. I want to live in that moment again. I want to become a father again with the woman who truly loves me. Things would've been fine– progressive even, but someone out there robbed us of that. Someone out there took an innocent life, and I'll be damn
Michael. My scream tears through the exam room as the pain coming from my wounded arm shakes me to my bones. I gnash my teeth tightly, forcing myself to hold on as Bones massages the arm. I'm lying on the recliner, heart in my throat as Bones tries to fix my arm again. He has this ‘you shouldn't have strained the arm in the first place’ look, but I don't bloody care. My arm can hurt a hundred times over as long as it guarantees me Laura's safety. Right now, she's in the operating room with Ilya and two of his staff, performing the immediate surgery he claims Laura needs. Her face was almost white by the time we arrived here, and I've never been so scared in my whole life. Right now, I'm not even thinking straight again. Her thoughts consume me as well as the fear of losing her. And our baby. Why's all this happening? We're just getting our lives back together, and another disaster strikes! What if I lose her? God, you'd better take my life if you take Laura's, because there
Michael. Racing through the streets, chasing after Laura was never part of the plan. My intentions earlier were to get her home safe. When I called earlier, and she didn't pick up, I lost my damn mind. I thought something bad had happened to her. I thought maybe those bitches who were claiming to be her friend had tried something funny. I was with my gurus at Sin House when that was happening, but I lost concentration on all they were telling me about the hooded figure we found through the footage at Silas's penthouse. The very person who had murdered the police there and fled from the crime scene. Since we saw that footage, we've been trying to find out who that was and what he was doing at the penthouse right after the massive gunfire. Of course, from how the figure had fought with the police, it was very much obvious he's skilled and would be a tough ass to beat. Yet, all the while my gurus kept telling me things about the person, I wasn't concentrating. My focus was only on g
Laura. It's moments like this that remind me of my childhood. Growing up with Maisie was both sweet and competitive. At fourteen, her mother had gotten us bicycles as Christmas presents when she was still with her second husband, who was a bank manager in Oklahoma.Back then, Maisie and I would race through the streets, competing against each other. And yes, I always end up winning while Maisie will curse me to hell and back. It always brings laughter to my lips, and right now, that same childlike laughter filled with exuberance rips from my mouth as I white-knuckle the steering wheel, tearing through the streets like my tail is on fire. It probably is because Michael is coming after me at neck-breaking speed. I don't want him to catch me. The urge to bruise his ego and mock him later is growing branches inside me. “You ain't going to catch me, you know?” I say just to taunt him, and he knows, given his laughter. “I'm always going to overpower you, daddy.” He chuckles, the soun
Laura. “Malishka…” “Seriously, I can handle myself, Michael. There's no need to worry. Besides, it's just a party. A birthday one at that.” My voice cuts through the air, intercepting Michael's protest about my attending Patricia's birthday party. I'm already dressed and ready to leave, but his little protests, or should I say tantrums, are what's delaying my departure. He was in a virtual conference in the parlor, but paused everything when he saw me walking out. Now we're standing on the front staircase, his good hand wrapped around my arm just to restrict me from going. The driver has brought out my car in the front, and as he alights from it, he hands me the keys. “I don't trust those women. Not after what they did to you for years.” No matter how much he tries to convince me otherwise, I believe it deep in my soul that Patricia and Cersei have turned a new leaf. Piercing his contorted face with my eyes. I scowl. “Can you put a little trust in me? Huh?” I let out a sigh,







