Masuk39"DON'T FORGET WHO THE BOSS IS"The line went dead immediately after Lucian’s words.My fingers hovered over the phone silently cursing out at him.Although I had no interest in seeing Lucian, I had to say it was unavoidable as the contract wasn't broken.That arrogant man!Sounds of footstep was heard and turning to it's direction, I saw Sophie slowly stepping down the staircase as her body weakly leaned on the walls for support.“Mummy?”The weak little voice instantly pulled my attention away from her thoughts."You shouldn't be out of bed sweetheart,” Clarissa said softly, hurrying toward her.Her voice was groggy and hoarse as she spoke."Who was that?" She asked. A fake smile spread across my lips as I uttered."No one dear" I said approaching her."But I heard Uncle Lucian's voice" she muttered weakly. Her hazel eyes darted towards the closed door."Oh... Well... Uncle Lucian stopped by.He came to pick up Damon's things he had forgotten" I lied not seeing the need to utter t
38The tension which rose in the air dropped instantly the moment they drove out of the estate.The villa Chloe had taken Damon to was the one he had built exclusively for her years ago.He had left the hospital in a rush tracking down their location which showed they were in this property.In the quiet vehicle, Damon stared out the window.The light in his deep blue eyes dimmed.The usual spark in his facials had faded, and the sight made Lucian sigh softly."Are you alright" voiced Lucian staring at him through the rear view mirror.There was a slight hesitation before Lucian went ahead to Bob his head.Shortly after, he shook his head averting his gaze from the window. Eyes raised up to stare at his father through the rear view mirror."I don't like her" he stated firmly. Eyes mirrored at his father."I know that. But you bit her" said Lucian. The bite mark seen on Chloe's hand was hard to miss and up on seeing the commotion between them, he had guessed what happened."She tried to
37"I will destroy you Clarissa" voiced Chloe, her words filled with venom while her eyes burned with an unholy, quiet fury.In the quiet Sudan that smelled of expensive leather and heavy cologne,Chloe's gaze continuously gazed over pictures of two figures on her screen. There she scrolled relentlessly through photos of two figures caught in candid moments."I wish you died instead of coming back" she voiced out in a whisper.Chloe's hate for Chloe wasn't just because she felt a sense of insecurity.It was a bitter, festering wound. Simply because five years ago, after the promises to be together until death do them apart, Lucian had gone ahead and married in her absence.So what if everyone thought she was dead?!He didn't have a right to move on without her.Right before she had revealed herself to him, she had watched him.Curious to see how his life had fractured in her absence only to find he had tied the knot with someone else.But the only relief she felt was that he didn't l
36Slap!The sound echoed round the walls. The impact making my face to turn to the side."You whore! How dare..." Cursed Chloe in a venomous tone but before she could complete her statement, I had turned to face her, my palm meeting her cheeks with twice the same amount of force.This action of mine completely stunned Chloe taking her off guard as she took a step back."How dare you hit me!" She yelled on the realization of what I had done.Now I wasn't the only one with a slap mark to the face."That's for coming to my house and having the audacity to hit me" I uttered making her eyes to go wide in extreme shock.Definitely she didn't expect me to react back or talk back and that's because the old me would have been silent.Apologizing for what I hadn't done. Taking in all their blames and insults but not anymore.If you hit me, I'll hit you twice as hard.And judging from the impact of my slap to her face, it hurt like hell because the next moment, her cheeks began to swell."You b
35"Damn it. This b*tch!"Cursed Chloe as she angrily stared at the pictures in front of her.There were close.Way too close.How long has Lucian been seeing her?Didn't he hate her?She could swear she has always known Lucian for hating Clarissa but what was happening?In the picture, Lucian could be seen giving off a light smile at her.This made Chloe's heart to squeeze tremendously."You should have stayed gone Clarissa" grumbled Chloe to herself. Her gaze was so intent on her phone that she didn't notice the sounds of hurried footsteps that approached her."Is something wrong Chloe?" Asked Mrs Lena who had heard her scream.Her question went ignored as Chloe was lost in trance and only when Mrs Lena gently shook her shoulder did she snap out of it.Her gaze lifted to see the worried look on Mrs Lena's face."You screamed earlier. Are you alright?" She asked once more but this time, her question was met with tears which filled the brim of Chloe's eyelid.She frantically shook her
34That a part of me was scared of losing him.Or worse, that a part of me still had FEELINGS FOR HIM.No, impossible!!!I shook my head cancelling out the thought instantly.There was no way in hell that was possible...Just then, the lights of the energy room went off and shortly after, the doors pulled open for a nurse to step out which prompted us to our feet.We had just approached her to query her when she quickly left in the other direction.Both Jarry and I stared at each other before staring at the open door where footsteps were heard.Now, a doctor emerged breathing a sigh."Doctor, how... How is he?" Both Jarry and I spoke in unison."Are you the males family?" Inquired the young doctor top see us nod in acknowledgment."Well... We managed to stabilize him and stop his bleeding.But I suggest you take immense care of him.The stress and pressure placed on his body should be avoided at least until after his body has fully healed" advised the doctor for a sigh of relief to qu
18I WAS DRUGGED! ***Tears filled the brim of my eyes at the realization that the person who drugged me was none other than my sister.She stood there, gaze peering at me watching as the men approached me. Of the two, one was way older than the other. I recognized him to be the guy who had stoppe
17I had just turned in my resignation letter. And with the Knowledge that getting out of this was difficult, I was still willing to try.Slowly, my eyes gazed at the contract I had signed which sealed my fate to C& D's empire. With each glance, it only seemed to prove that I was in to deep to leav
16"I WANT HER TO BE MY MUMMY!" Those words uttered by Damon kept on playing on Lucian's mind like a record track.He wasn't able to get Damon to leave the topic of getting a new mom as he instead that the woman on the screen should be his mother but what he didn't know was that she was Clarissa,
15"I'm the child's mother.I'M CHLOE MORNINGSTAR" said the woman on the other end.The name made everything around me to freeze.From the name, Clarissa got to realize that the person on the other end was Chloe by the last name 'morningstar' she figured exactly who she was.She was Lucian's first







