LOGINLarissa’s Pov TWO WEEKS LATER. “It is going to be better,” I told myself the lie a thousand times over, but each day when I stared at the face of the man, I wasn’t sure I loved anymore, I wasn’t sure it was going to be any better. Nothing could fix this rift that was already between us.“So, what are you going to do about the company? Harl has taken everything from you are you going to fight?” It wasn’t easy saying his name, but I knew I couldn’t avoid it any more, sooner or later we were going to have to talk about him. And Zephan? He had been kind enough to let things be without pushing. “Truthfully, I don’t think there is anything that I can do, I guess it is done,” he muttered in a low tone, his eyes filled with sadness as he stared at the blank wall. “I had been too blind to see what was missing, the loopholes, I should have investigated him when my mother brought him home but I didn’t, and I guess this is my price to pay.”
Larissa’s Pov Everything felt like a blur. Nothing really stuck, one minute I was trapped in the room, and the next, men rushed in with bright lights, voices screaming, everything that made it almost feel like I was looking at my mind. I saw him. Harl lurking by the corner, watching as they took me into the car. He didn’t come around, and Zephan? He never left my side. He looked stricken, scared as he held onto me. I had stared at his face, hoping to see the disgust on him, the anger that I had betrayed him, but there was nothing. And last night, when Harl had finally walked in, when he had stared at me, I thought I was going to brawl, I thought this was going to be the end of me. But it wasn’t. Because Zephan had walked in the exact moment to remind me that this fantasy would only be a fantasy. “Earth to Larissa,” Zephan whispered, smiling at me as he brushed the hair on my forehead. He was attentive, too atte
Harl’s Pov No one was going to find the body. Just like Sabrina had told me stories of the house, she had also mentioned the secret basement no one really knew about.When I rushed back to the crowd, Darius was the first to notice me, “Where is she?” he asked. “Gone.” I gave a one-word answer.Zephan was the first to walk out, his arms wrapped around her as she leaned into him, I gritted my teeth, trying to fight back the anger that was in my chest. “Let’s get you home,” he whispered, but loud enough for me to hear. Larissa hadn’t raised her head; her eyes were fixed on the ground with tears dropping from her lids. I wanted to reach out and hold her, I wanted to tell her that I was here. But I couldn’t. Legally she was his wife.“Do you want to leave?” Darius asked. She was found, there was nothing that I should be doing here anymore. But for some reason, I couldn’t find the strength in me to leave. I couldn
Harl’s Pov “You have to stop and think about this!” Darius hissed as he tried to catch up with me.“There is nothing to think about, he has something to do with this, you have seen the evidence!” I snapped. Fred knew tracking Monica was impossible, and he had the initiative to track the last person who had spoken to her. Zephan. So, when he rushed into my office, showing me a calling log, I knew I needed to smash someone’s head. “Would you think for a second!” Darius snapped. “Storming to Zephan is only going to put her in danger, we know where she is, we should get her.” I paced around the office, “Why the hell is it taking so much time? We should be there already by now!” The chair tumbled over from the force as I pushed it over. The sound of voices arguing by the entrance caught my attention. “What the hell…” ‘Harl!”Speak of the fucking devil and he shall freaking appear. Zephan stormed towards me
Larissa’s Pov “I guess he wasn’t lying, “Monica hummed as she clicked off the television. “He hasn’t lost his touch.”The man I saw on the screen, that wasn’t the man I was used to. That wasn’t the man that made me smile through every fucking panic attack that I had. That wasn’t the harl that I knew. Or thought I knew. “Don’t look so sad, it was all part of the plan, Zephan was never going to get away with this, and well, now…” his eyes flickered to my stomach. “Did you know Sarah had to beg him for him to consider having a child?” Her eyes had that look, that forlorn look that said she was stuck in her head. “He loved her but he wasn’t ready to be a father, he was more interested in building the company that the Vales had broken.” I felt the hate in that word, I could hear just how loud her anger was as she hissed the words. “And when she finally got the opportunity to be a mother, your husband and the monsters he ca
Harl’s Pov I don’t know if I was expecting some kind of miracle by calling her line, but I knew it was to no avail. Monica wasn’t stupid, she wasn’t going to keep her phone on her, not when she knew I could track it. Besides, the last time it was found, the ping had ben from my house. Still in my fucking house. The door opened, my eyes found Mr Dawson leaning by the door frame with a sorry look on his face, “I know this is terrible timing, but we have to talk,” he said in a firm tone, shutting the door behind him.Darius looked between us, his eyes mostly on me, as if he was gauging my reaction. I was enraged, I knew that, but I wasn’t going to attack Dawson. “What is going on?” I asked, adjusting my tie as I stared at the man. He heaved a sigh, “Zephan reached out.” The pen in my hand snapped, of course he would, after all he is more worried about money than the fact that his wife is missing.“What does he want?” even when
Larissa’s povThree days. Ten hours. Six minutes and counting.That is how long it had been, not a call, not a text, no response. But he read it, I knew it did because the sign was glaring at my screen.And me? I hated the fact that I kept on waiting on my phone, as if I was expecting a miracle. B
Larissa’s PovI haven’t lived, her words echoed in the back of my mind. I have lived my whole life pleasing people and not myself.That night with Harl, I had felt free. Alive. He had worshipped me, made me feel like there was something worth being around me.“Are you even listening to what I am sa
Larissa’s PovI couldn’t drive home; I didn’t know how I was going to face Zephan.My plan? They had been stupidly unsuccessfully and now; I was back to wanting a man I shouldn’t.“Why do you have that look on your face?” Lennie asked the second she pulled the door open.I tried to fake a smile,
Larissa’s Pov“Harl?”The name slipped through my lips before I could stop it. My eyes were wide like a deer caught in headlights.Of all the places here.Of all the freaking possibilities, the coincidence just had to be here.Right in front of the hospital’s parking lot. Right after….My stomac







