“Who is Atlas?”I looked at Nana, who now covered her mouth with her hands, regretfully.“It's one of the guards, yes, he rarely laughs, it surprises me that he laughed today,” I lied, but she didn't buy it.“That's not true, why would you care about a guard? Do you have another..”“That's the truth, Ava, why would I lie to you?” I sidestepped. I didn't want her to think too much about it; she might end up figuring it out.“If you say so, I can'
“Excuse me, who's this?” I sounded calm and pretended to be clueless.“I know you recognize my voice, Sierra, why are you acting as if you don't know me?” He sounded irritated, I could tell from his voice. I held the speaker so he could not hear me as I spoke to Lana. I asked her to finish up and make sure the kids slept. I walked out of the room and headed to the kitchen.“You dialed the wrong number,” I said and attempted to hang up, but his pleading stopped me.“Please hear me out.” I rolled my eyes. I wanted to know what he wanted, so I stayed on the line.
“Sierra, welcome back. I can already see the two of us getting along. Love C.” I reread it as I didn't understand what it meant, but still rereading it didn't help. I thought of a name that starts with C, but I couldn't figure it out.“Could it be Damian? Why will he say, ‘getting along,’ with how I ended the call in his ear?” I stood up and paced around. I couldn't figure this message out.“Wait...Cassie, yes, her name starts with C,” I said out loud. “Of course, I can't believe I let it get to me.” I face-slapped and took my phone from the bed. I dialed the detective's number.“Ms. Reid,” he picked on the first ring, “I was about to call you.”“Good, what did you want to tell me?”"No, you can go first.”“There is a woman named Cassie, I will send you all the details, I want you to find out everything about her.” If she was trying to play a game with me, then who am I to stop her?“Okay, you just need to send me her picture and any relevant information, and I will have one of my men
~SIERRA~“Damian, how—what are you doing here?”“That's not important, are you coming or must I come in?” He didn't sound like he was joking, and one thing I remember about Damian is that he never joked. “Your house is quite big and impressive, now should I come in or you…”“I'm coming, wait there,” I said and hung up. I couldn't let him come in, he might come across my kids, and I didn't want that. I ran out of the dining room and headed outside.
“Cassie, what are you doing here?” Damian asked her, and I cleared my throat because I was not going to argue with Cassie, not over Damian. “Excuse me? Is that all you're going to say, Damian? What am I doing here?” She looked at him. I didn't want them to cause a scandal, I didn't like unnecessary attention. “Sierra,” Damian said, taking my hands into his. I didn't understand what he was doing, so I didn't react. “As I was saying, I want you ba...” “Don't you dare say it!” Cassie yelled. Damian didn't look bothered, but I was. I had a reputation, and this could ruin it.
~DAMIAN~I dragged Cassie out of the restaurant because I didn't want us to argue in front of people.“You're hurting me,” she struggled, but I only tightened my grip. "Damian, if you don't let me go, I'll scream,” she threatened, and luckily we were already outside, knowing Cassie, I knew she was capable of that.“Why did you come here?” I asked as we reached my car. My eyes looked around with hopes of seeing Sierra, but I was disappointed as I didn't see her. I knew it was difficult to get to her again.“You left me in your b
~DAMIAN~“What do you mean, Bruce?”“I won't let you deny it, you love her, you...”“I don’t know Bruce, I’m as confused as you, but love is a strong word.” I didn’t want to seem desperate.
~SIERRA~“You don't need to know my name for now, but you will get it very soon. Did you get my welcome message? Are you ready to play?”“What do you want?” I gathered the courage to ask, I didn't want to sound like I was intimidated.“Wow, this is going to be so much fun. I love your courage,” he said. I stood up from the sofa.“Listen, I don't know who you are, but it's crazy of you to think I'll be scared of you. Stop throwing empty threats and leave me alone because this is not funny anymore.” I don't know where I got the courage to say this, but I was fed up. I was not going to live in fear.“Watch your tongue, darling, if I were you, I would lower my voice for my children's sake, their lives could be endangered,” he threatened and started laughing. I didn't respond, as my heart started beating. If this person knew that I had kids, then it was easy to use that against me.“That's what I thought. Talk to you soon, beautiful.”“Who—what do you want? Is it money? Just say it, please