LOGINLucille’s POVHe caressed my face with the back of his palm, eyes lost on my face. The way he looked at me always made me open to him. Like he could read me more than I could. I wasn’t sure why I hadn’t realized it earlier.Only one other person had made me smell the taste of blood and death. It was tormenting. Yet, ironically even when we met face to face, I forgot who he was and was leaning into it.“I could have killed you.”His words snapped me out of my reverie. I shuddered involuntarily. Although it didn’t seem like he would do it now, he could have back there. “Was that the first thing you thought about when you saw me?” I asked.“The first thing I thought about…” he paused, thinking then a smirk tilted the side of his lips upward.His gaze fell to my chest then back to my face. “How you planned to put me in jail,” he said.He said it like it was amusing. “You think I couldn’t?” I asked.“You tried, not once or twice and how did that pan out?” he said. “And if you truly did tha
King’s POVHolding her in my arms, staring into those beautiful eyes of hers, it led me back to the first time I saw her. Five years… I have known this feisty little thing for five years now and at the time, she hated me.Five years ago…“Cheers to the goddess of the courtroom!” Mathew screamed his drunk lungs out as the party clicked their wine glasses.Lucille emptied her glass in one swing then shook her head. “I am no goddess,” she said.“Tell that to the media,” Katherine said.“They love exaggerating things,” Lucille waved her hands in dismissal.“Exaggerating?!” Mathew exclaimed. He raised his hand, spreading his palm as he began highlighting, holding his fingers in demonstration. “Your firm went live three years ago and in two years, I mean in two years…” he looked around. “You’ve managed to secure a win for over thirty clients and you say they are exaggerating. If you ask me, anyone can come to you and they’ll win for sure.”I was in the club for some business. I stepped out
King’s POVI hadn’t seen Lucille in days. I couldn’t concentrate. Every word Ivan and Preston said were filtered by my mind. It continually drifted to Lucille. They didn’t notice or they wanted to get things over with.Taking over two factions in a short period of time was exhausting and I’ve had more people trying to act like they could control me. Fortunately, Ivan and Preston were close to me, but weren’t close enough to have my full attention.Lucille was seething with rage and holding her down on the bed was not helping either. “I trusted you. You know how much I want to protect my son and you chose to hide something that important from me!” she yelled.She was upset and yet all I could see was those lips of hers. I’ve missed them. Acting distant while she remained so close to me was torture. She tried to stand but I grabbed her once more, pressing her down onto the bed, with her hand trapped over her head. “Let go of me.” She struggled to get me to let go.“You’re the only one w
Lucille’s POVI walked into the house, ignoring the men that gave me weird glances as I walked past them. No one stopped me. It could be because of one of two things —I had already formed some sort of relationship with King or they could see I wasn’t in the mood for that.That shampoo, I had seen in his bathroom and the scent, it smelled just like him when he stepped out of the bathroom. I wasn’t sure but he’s the only one I knew who used it. I hid Harvey from everyone, including King so how… when did he find out?Was it that easy? Was he even the one? Was the true culprit trying to lead me to a different direction while he plots how to take my child? “Where is he?” I asked Gary who was about to walk past me.“He’s not in the—”“Where is he?” I asked again, this time without making it seem like it was some sort of request.He frowned, annoyed but I rolled my eyes. “His study.”“Thank you.” I was already walking.“But he is—”I didn’t hear the rest of his words but I doubted it didn’t
Lucille’s POV“Harvey, sweetie, are you saying right now, that someone comes into the house through your window?” I asked.He nodded. He actually nodded, his eyes darting back and forth at me and Sam. He didn’t seem to grasp the severity of what he was saying. I quickly grabbed my phone to check the security footage but I was stunned to realize they were no longer working.And it has not been working for weeks now. My heart raced, but I tried to remain calm.I didn’t want to scare him. I opened my mouth to speak but stopped myself, took a deep breath then asked again. “Do you understand what I asked?” I said.“Yes, my friend comes through the window,” he replied.I turned to Sam. “Is this true?” I asked her.She shook her head. “This is the first time I’m hearing of this,” she replied.“Please take the lizard,” I said to Sam.She did and I drew Harvey closer, taking his hand. “Sweetie, what is the name of your friend?” I asked.“He didn’t tell me his name. He said he was your friend
Lucille’s POV“It was a mistake. I didn’t do it because I wanted to. It just happened and I ran off,” Katherine’s voice came through the speakers of the phone.“Are you aware that Lucille was abducted and placed in that warehouse?” Owen’s voice came next.“I didn’t know anything. I got lost and mistakenly started a fire,” Katherine stood her ground.[We unfortunately could not find anything to prove she intentionally set the fire so she cannot be charged] the text read.She wouldn’t fall so easily. I sent a quick reply thanking him. Although she couldn’t be put in jail, I already had the answer I was looking for all this while. Katherine set the fire and it seemed Benjamin wasn’t aware of this.I laughed. She really hated me. Fortunately, it was no longer one sided. I drifted off to sleep only to wake up to my arms and legs chained to the bed. The chains rattled as I tried to get up. I couldn’t but I saw King.He smiled at me, moving closer to me. His lips found mine, rough as his han
Lucille's POV The ground felt too solid underneath my feet.I wasn't sure if I heard right but that look on Benjamin's face was enough to have me question everything. It paled. His eyes darting from me to King who looked pleased with himself.“What?” Benjamin frowned, his eyes still darting back a
Lucille’s POVI tossed the gun to the side, my hands shaking. King chuckled at that. “What is wrong with you?”I took in a deep breath, still staring down at his abdomen. The gun was empty but I wasn’t so sure. I’ve seen him shot before and the man was anything but cared for it.“Scared? Worried?”
Lucille’s POVThose words made me question a lot of things. I found a way to navigate through it before he finally fell asleep but it didn’t mean I could get it out of my head.I didn’t want shared custody after our divorce and I had my way to get him to accept it but it would hurt Harvey.He had n
Lucille’s POV“What is this?” a voice came through the speakers.“This isn’t important yet but what if I told you the new technology Mr. Mathew told you he created was not from him,” Benjamin’s voice followed.“Really?” the man sounded skeptical.At this point, Mathew and Raymond were on their feet







