All New Stuff

I walk out of the building like something is chasing me. I’m very overwhelmed by seeing the two guys that ruined me, but also because… what in the fuck am I going to do as the CEO of a company?

I've never had a job. I dropped out of college. I don't know anything about math. Or finances. Or business. Or science. Or anything, really.

"Mom, what the hell?" I say when she finally gets in the back of the Escalade next to me, "I can't be the CEO of anything."

"Of course you can. Horizon is the smallest company we have and it's easy stuff. Think of yourself as the manager, you’ll just make sure everything is running correctly. You don't have to handle finances or legalities or technicalities, just overseeing production and making sure they deliver what they need to deliver to those three stores. That is literally it."

I know it sounds easy, but that's still to much responsibility for someone like me. And I kind of liked being unemployed.

Think I said that last part out loud because my mom sucks on her teeth, annoyed at me.

"Please, Roger. Privacy," she says when the driver starts the car. Roger nods and puts on some kind of noise canceling earplugs, "What have I repeated over and over, Lilian? For anything to fucking happen, you need two things."

"Money and power," I repeat. My mom nods.

"I will give you all of the instruments, but this is your revenge, not mine. You will decide what to do with what I give you and how. But for that to happen, you need power and money. So you have to stop actually being a stupid little girl, even if you still play the part in front of Harry," she says and this time it hits me harder.

She's right. There's no way I'm getting even close to hurting Damon and Aiden if I'm an unemployed freeloader.

I get it now, she's giving me access. And a CEO salary, which I'm sure will be very nice.

"You also need to understand what's going on around here. You can't just show up knowing nothing and try to overpower men like this. Knowledge is power, too. You need to be close to the family again," she says, making me take a deep breath and nod, "I've been fighting the hate and disgust I feel for them for years. You can do it too."

Disgust is not really what I feel the most. Hate, obviously. Anger, too. Hurt... yeah. But they haven't changed much. Except they're even hotter now.

Aiden's shoulders are even bigger than before and he has a beard now, he looks even more handsome like that. All man. All power.

Damon still has that devil glint on his fucking eyes. Even if I hate him the most, I can't deny he's still my very personal Lucifer.

Just as gorgeous as he is evil. Just as tempting as he's scary.

"I understand," I say shaking my arms to get rid of the tension, "So, where will I live? Can I go back for my stuff?"

"Someone will bring your old stuff to your new apartment. I already bought you one, is really close to the building," she says, efficient as always, "You definitely need to buy new clothes, though. A whole new wardrobe of cute office clothes. Harry is going to be so charmed by it, he might throw a bonus at you."

That makes me smile.

"Is he still the same?" I ask, my mom sighs and looks away. That means yes, "When is the divorce coming?"

"Soon. Just after you," she says, but she's not happy about it. She will deny it until she turns blue, but my mom loves Harry. She deeply loves him, even after he's disrespected her multiple times by cheating with whoever model comes his way, "Losing me will be the nail on the coffin after he's lost his boys."

I sigh and nod.

Shockingly, I actually like Harry. Maybe it's because my own father was such a fucking asshole, but Harry is definitely not that bad. He is really sweet during those ten minutes a week he pays attention to you.

But of course, Demon and Aiden ruined that for me. Just like they ruined how much I loved Dean.

They ruined every healthy relationship I had with their sick shit.

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My mom leaves me in my new all furnished apartment with Roger, then she has another driver pick her up.

Roger will be my very own driver now and thank god for that because I never even learned how to drive.

The first thing I do after checking out my new place is hit the Altamira shopping mall. I shop around with my mom's card knowing she won't mind if I blow it up.

I've been living off this card for ten years and she hasn't complained, not even once. But of course she hasn't. She's a billionaire now.

Every time I spend something, the money in her bank account just doubles and she probably doesn't even notice if anything was gone.

I stack on 'decent' clothes, stealing my mom's style but making it a bit sweeter to be on Daddy's good graces. I even buy two pairs of Louboutins just to try and personify my mom completely.

I must admit, there's a part of me that is very, very excited about this.

Now that I saw Demon and Aiden in the flesh and I saw them look so nonchalant about me, I want to hurt them even more.

They didn't even have the decency to look guilty over what the did.

Aiden kept his serious exterior the rest of the meeting and Demon kept making little comments to get under my skin. He kept calling me little sis.

I wanted to...

I wanted to do a lot of things: Kill him. Choke him. Fuck him. Kiss him.

But I won't do any of those. I'll just destroy him.