CHAPTER 16: HUNTED BY THE PAST“B—baby, ohh~” The woman let out a faint groans, when he move.Disheveled hair on top lay in a mess. Her back is bare, she is not hiding anything almost. Sweat trickled down on her forehead. Her lips parted as she take each stroke of pleasure. Tilting her head to the side, leaning it to his shoulder.Erika Montessano was in an utter bliss as Conrad Alexander Duke continue with his expertise hands and lips, travelling all the way from her chest.“G—god, you’re so fucking good, Conrad.” She shuddered, feeling how close she was to her peak.“Mind if I say how sweet you are, Erika?” His baritone voice sent shivers to her spine.Erika chuckled, “You always do, when you fuck me.”Erika and Conrad are batch mates. They have the same fate. He was thrown out for being a bad blood, a cursed, and Erika was sent away because she means troubles. If there’s something common between the pair, that’s how they understand each other’s loneliness, but neither of the two ar
CHAPTER 17: CONTROVERSY “I heard that your mother-in-law stopped by, David.” Mrs. Smith said, his mother drinks from her cup of tea prepared by her own personal maid.She was clad on a sophisticated formal dress that was hugging her curves, although she was already at 45 years of age. The older woman looks much younger, but it is her strict face that repelled some to approach her, nor having any thoughts in mind to dare talk to the might Mrs. Smith.“They did.” David held no surprise, when his mother brings up the subject. He knew her well, but what made him curious is the fact that she summoned him out of nowhere…just for what? To have a tea?No, somethings definitely going on. “—But I just wanted to ask why call me here in your office?” He continued.He’s no fool.“Very well, always skeptical, son.” Mrs. Smith seems satisfied. “But bueno, since you are asking, let me return he question back to you, David.”“What’s going on, Ma?” David frowns.“I should be the one asking you that.”
CHAPTER 18: THE CRASHED Escaping the SUV didn’t come easy. It was handy job, no matter how much Eliot tried harder.“Damn it!” He cursed.For an instance, he maneuvered the car in front of a ten wheeler truck, driving across to the same car that he have, but the driver seems to have its eyes fixated across to them. He never lose sight of Eliot and Raquel. The chase continued.“Can’t you lose him?” Raquel bit her lips, her eyes are filled with fear.“I am already trying, but this bastard won’t just let us off easily.” Eliot gritted his teeth.He was losing his patience easily.“What are we going to do—”That’s when her phone rings.RINGS.She turned her head away from Eliot to look at however may be trying to call her at this moment, only for her heart to skip a bit. It did not flutter. The name cause her anxiety to rise up on her nape.It’s David.Eliot could see her reaction on his peripheral vision. He have a feeling who it was.“Don’t answer it.”It is David. Raquel’s husband.“El
CHAPTER 19: DANGEROUS PRECIPICEAnita is kind just like how Doctor Gonzales described her. It was later that day Raquel meet Anita when she paid a visit for the pair. “I was worried when I saw the two of you in the riverbanks. Oh god! I felt like I am going to have a heart attack by the sight of you, Raquel, and Oh! Your wounds!” Anita exclaimed. Her voice is loud, it echoed to the wall, but it was her expression that put ease Raquel’s worry, and fear. She may be old, white hair may lay sprouting on top of her head, but Anita moves as if she were much younger than her age. And Raquel…actually likes here. “I owe you, our life.”It was true. If it isn’t for Anita, Raquel and Eliot may have died, and she couldn’t let that happen, not when she hasn’t found out the truth yet, and the identity of those men. Raquel knew who have may sent those men after them, but she was still unsure, not when it is still not yet confirmed. It could be David, who may have
CHAPTER 20: BIRTHRIGHT“How long had I been out?” Eliot asked.So far, his conditions are getting better. He is already recovering from the worst scenario that Raquel feared he’ll fall once he lay there on that hospital bed.“Just a couple of days, but everything’s good.” She was busy peeling an apple as she glanced on her shoulder to look at him. “Jerome said that you can be discharge tomorrow, since you’re okay now, but they are still going to run some test, Eliot.”“Who’s Jerome?” A tiny bit of jealousy made his chest twitched.Raquel noticed it.“It’s the doctor, Eliot.” Raquel rolled her eyes.“I’m just making sure that no one’s trying to pursue you yet, Raq.” He joke, chuckling“Oh, don’t be absurd.” Raquel placed down the apple and the knife in the table and dried her hands. She grab the plate and walked near to his bed. “Are you still not going to believe me after I confessed?”“Of course, I do.” Eliot hold her hand. “Because I love you.”Their eyes meet.Raquel softly smiled
CHAPTER 21: THE NEW CEO“I’m sorry, Ma’am.” The receptionist shook her head. “I can’t let you in without a meeting with Mr. Duke.” She added.Mrs. Roswell is easily provoke.“What?” She may appears calm, but she was already boiling with anger. “ Didn’t you have any idea who we are?”Mrs. Roswell didn’t came her just so her visit could be rejected. She wanted to see Eliot, and talk to him about his marriage to her daughter. Lauren promised, and in spite of his disapproval, she knew that it was Mrs. Lauren Duke who have the last word for decision.One and for all. But she’s getting fed up. After waiting for hours, she was now being told that Eliot wouldn’t meet her.How dare he?! Mrs. Roswell was furious. How dare he act so high, treating her like a dirt?! “I’m sorry, but that was our protocol.” The woman apologized.“Protocol, huh?” She sounded mad. “Perhaps, you wouldn’t mind if I walk right there in his office—”“Ma’am, don’t make me call the security.”“You won’t, because I will.”
CHAPTER 22: MORTAL ENEMIES“Don’t make me your enemy.”That’s what Lauren said before she let her go, and of course, her warning was futile. Mrs. Roswell was mad. Her fury made her face red as she drove home.“That bitch!” She spat out. “We made a deal, and now she thinks she can just order me around just like her men? Ha!”How can she just let things to run smoothly for her, but not for her family? She couldn’t just let Grace marry somebody poor. Eliot is no longer fits for her. He would just be a burden, but that doesn’t mean she was letting the Duke’s off the hook.Not this time. Lauren had pushed her limit, closer, when she owed her everything she have today.“Everything.” Mrs. Roswell clenched her jaw.For an instance, she was reminded of that day.“Lauren, what did you do?” Soleil felt fear crept on her chest. It was a midday of December, when her friend decided to meet her husband’s mistress. Lauren told her that it would be quick, but the noise that leads her inside, the scre
CHAPTER 23: SEDUCTION The club is full. The smell of alcohol, and smoke was in the air, but for people who came more often, there’s no new about it. A few was kissing each other, eating one’s faces as if they couldn’t get enough, ready to pulled their partners clothes as they seek after lust.That’s what Greeted Grace Roswell the moment she set foot on the club.“This is disgusting.” Her nose scrunched up.She couldn’t stomach the sight, what more the smell and eyes thrown at her by some men. She would have been pleas, only if it isn’t as cheap as this place.Did Conrad Alexander Duke really came here more often? She thought, because she highly doubt it.“Hey sexy.” One whistled as she walked by.Grace only rolled her eyes.She have no time for this.“Just get lost.” She continue walking, a goal on her mind, but it seems like she’s been here first than her target.Conrad was nowhere to be seen as she roamed her eyes. His usual spot is empty, but nobody dare to even sit their assets