LOGINANIKA’S POV“Here it is.”Simon dropped the divorce papers on my lap like I was something worthless, and not my entire life crashing apart right in front of me.I did not say a word to him, I just stared down at the divorce papers. The black ink blurred in front of my eyes. It felt like a ticking time bomb that was about to implode in my face at any second.It was like all of the promises we had made to each other, was just crumbled and reduced to a stack of paper.My fingers trembled as I reached out to touch it, only to quickly pull my hand away like it had burned me.I felt sick.Simon looked at me through the rear view mirror.“What?”He smirked.“You should cheer up. It is a good riddance in my opinion.”I ignored him.“When are we going to get Liam?” I asked instead.The deal was simple. I divorce Liam and he got Liam out of prison pronto. I was not in the mood for any of this extra chitchat. Not right now, and definitely not with him.Simon laughed.“With you it's always straig
LIAM’S POVIt had been three days since I last saw Anika.72 whole fucking hours.And in those long hours she never came back to see me, not even once.I was left alone in this hospital room that reeked of bleach and helplessness, counting the ceiling and hoping in vain for her to come back to me.Every time the door opened, my heart leapt into my throat.Every time it wasn't her, that tiny bit of hope died all over again.I knew Anika.Down to the tiniest little detail, and I could even argue that I knew her much more than she knew herself.I also knew that the reason she was not coming back anymore was because she was guilty about something. And whatever that thing was, it was the reason she kept apologizing over and over again three days ago and refused to be consoled no matter how long I held her.This was the worst she had ever cried, she seemed miserable.It didn’t matter how many times I squeezed her hand, or how many times that I tried to remind her how much I loved her.There
“Jonathan has found out!” I said.The door closed loudly behind me as I stormed in with wild eyes, breathing loudly, urgency clearly laced in my tone.The man did not even bother looking at me.He just continued smoking his stick of cigar while going through his phone like this was just another random Tuesday to him.Was he serious right now?How on earth could he be so calm and collected when I, on the other hand, was completely losing my mind?“Mr. Smith!”Nothing.Not even a glance.I walked closer to him, my fists clenched tightly by my sides.“Did you hear what I said?”He lazily scrolled through whatever was on his phone before finally looking up at me with an annoyed expression.“What?”My eyes widened.“What do you mean what?” I snapped. “Did you hear me? I said he already fucking found out!”The next thing I knew, large hands wrapped around my neck, cutting off my ability to breathe completely.I never even saw him move.One second he was sitting down, and the next, I was lift
ANIKA’S POV‘Divorce him’I had been thinking about those very words since the second that Simon made that suggestion.It was fucked up.But I knew that already. Simon Smith was a demented, selfish and twisted human being that only cared about himself in this world, but what was the worst part of it all was that I was literally between a rock and a wall and I could see no other options.Whoever was Bree’s backer was powerful enough for us not to find out when she came out of prison, and when she even performed that plastic surgery.I didn’t even believed Simon at first knowing how much of a slimy bastard that he was. But he had so many pictures and so much more evidence that went beyond just pictures.And I was way past thinking about what I could have possibly done to make my own sister to hate me this much… I mean, so much time had passed right now and it was enough for me to come to the realization that I was never going to truly know the answer to that.And now, I was here with th
FELICIA’S POVMy phone tinged with a notification from my email.The private investigator that I had contacted to dig into Cynthia had all of the weird things that had been happening with Liam and his arrest.When I heard that news in particular, I just knew that Anika was going to be miserable and I wanted nothing more than to be there for her. I wanted to just hug her and make her know that I was not going to go anywhere, whether she wanted me there or not.But the thing is, I meant it when I said that I would never show my face in front of her again until I was able to prove my innocence.I felt like that was the only way that I was going to feel good about seeing her again.I owed that to her, and I owed that to myself as well.So when I saw the email that read:CONFIDENTIALIt felt like my heart had leapt all the way to my throat.My fingers trembled as I clicked it open.The report loaded.The very first page made my stomach twist.Subject: Cynthia Brooks.No...I kept scrolling
SIMON’S POVThe one thing that I thought about all of the time that I was in hiding was how to get my revenge….But no, it was not for the same reasons that you would probably think.I still had some unfinished business with Bree, or Cynthia. Whatever the fuck name that she was using now. I told her that she was going to face the full force of my wrath, and when I said it, I meant it.And Anika…The only way that I was ever going to let her go was if I died.The powers above had given me one more shot at life, by making me not to die after I had taken that poison, and I would be damned if I ever let that chance slip though my fingers.“She is here Sir”I barely looked up at Manuel before I nodded once “bring her in”Anika insisted on meeting me in a public place, she was still cautious.Smart girl.That was an indeed smart decision not to trust me, besides she was literally walking into a lion’s den.But the thing is, I was not stupid enough to meet her in a place where she could easi
ANIKA’S POV“Are you really sure about this?” Felicia asked and I nodded.“I am sure”“But-”I cut her off “please don’t. Hell I just finished having this exact conversation with Liam and it was not easy” I said voice pleading.Felicia just sucked in whatever she had to say “ok then”Sure, I was aw
LIAM’S POVI don’t know why, but from the second that Anika made that phone call, I could not help but worry.And so, it was no surprise that I could not even bear to wait for closing hours before I had clocked off work.“Let’s go Jonathan” I said.He arched a brow at me, with that annoying ass smi
ANIKA’S POV“Wait.”My heart was thumping rapidly against my chest. Okay, maybe I did not think this through well enough. Coming to this engagement party and then bumping into Simon like this.It sounded a lot smarter in my head.It was just that Liam had mentioned it, the fact that Simon had been
SIMON’S POVToday was the Mondayest of Mondays to ever Monday, and I mean that in the worst way possible.For one, I should definitely not have drank as much as I did yesterday because then my head would not have been aching this much. And not only that, maybe I would not have slept through my alar







