Chapter 4 : Harsh ways

Klara could’ve persuaded Freya more but she herself was betrayed by her man and she’s not in a position to defend her brother as he was no different from Ralph. They both are same with misunderstanding brains and only knows how to hurt others with their words and actions. She couldn’t bring herself to forgive Ralph so how can she ask Freya to do the same with her brother?

Thus she didn’t pressure Freya further and exited her house. It’s better if she left her brother alone to deal with his matters. As a woman she can understand Freya’s situation and where she’s coming from so she was not going to help her brother…..oh my!! Holyshit!!

She takes back her words because look at Lucas….he’s like a broken doll. She knew Lucas would be devastated by the revelation but he’s totally wrecked. Look at his pale face, he’s beyond shattered. She didn’t utter a word and only held his hand and brought him back to the hotel room so that they could have a talk about Freya.

Once back in the hotel, Lucas collapsed on the floor crying his heart out and cursed himself for breaking Freya’s heart many times. He first forced her to sleep with him even after breaking their tryst and humiliated her for resigning her job and for leaving him behind as he thought she moved on from him by getting together with Aiden who actually was her cousin but being an asshole, he misunderstood their relationship.

In addition to that he called her a cheap woman, humiliating her again and trampled her pride with his harsh words. How can he hurt the woman he loved? How can he be so cruel to her? Remembering all his rude yet insulting comments he drowned himself with the alcohol totally losing his sanity which scared Klara to see her brother in that state.

She’s a patient to begin with and needs extra care to recover and also she’s the youngest in her family and everyone should look after her but on the contrary she became the one to care for Lucas for a whole week as he ruined himself with alcohol every single day and night.

He kept talking about Freya all the time and laughed like a madman chiding himself. He also said all the things he said to Freya and Klara somehow thought Freya was quiet a liberal lady for letting her brother go without doing anything. If she’s in her place, she would’ve dislocated his jaw with her punch for calling her a cheap woman.

‘Oh really! What did you do with Ralph? Did you punch his face?’

Her inner voice mocked her but she pushed it to the back of her mind. She still hadn’t met Ralph and she didn’t want to face him either. She didn’t know what happens to her when he stands in front of her. Maybe she’ll kill him or hurt him with Luc’s gun. Who knows what possesses her at that moment?

First things first she should take care of Lucas, no more distractions. He’s unwilling to eat or bath or talk except down bottle after bottle of whisky. This had to stop but she needs her dad to keep Lucas in check. She can’t handle him alone so she called her dad who then quickly flew to Wartland.

Carl didn’t expect Lucas to become a lovesick puppy overnight. His jaw dropped seeing his son whose face lost the charm with beard and dark circles. Who’s he? Where did his spirited son go? Instead there was this crazy person who was mumbling within himself.

The father and daughter couldn’t watch the perfect Lucas turn into a complete freak. Brooding over past can’t change anything. If Lucas wants Freya back he should do something about it and first he should start by stopping all the nonsense he’s currently doing and to make it happen he needs someone to wake him up from his stupor.

Klara poured a bucket of cold water on Lucas who’s laughing like a madman. The poor Lucas shivered from the cold and curled his body glaring at Klara. He opened his mouth to express his displeasure but Klara didn’t give him a chance. She scolded him continuously for ten minutes trying to put some sense into his muddy brain.

Of course Lucas was in need of a lecture at that moment and Klara was the best person to remove the rust from him. She yelled at him, taunting him for being an asshole to Freya and for giving up on his love sooner.

Carl stood behind his daughter with folded hands and looked down at his son in pity. Lucas is the best son he could ever ask in his life. At such a young age he shouldered many responsibilities without complaint and dedicated his life to his family and clan. Though he never said it out loud, he loves his son as much as he loves his daughter and it broke him to see his son getting hurt.

He's glad that his children found love just like he found Kate but why did they end up in misery after all? Why are they getting punished? What sin did he commit in his past life to make his children live in pain?

He looked at Klara who’s being hard on Lucas by rubbing salt on his injured heart. He wanted to stop her but that’s the only way he could get his son back. Sometimes harsh ways are the only ones that helps us to get back on shape. Thus he waited for his daughter to pull his son from his heartbreak and finally sighed when Klara promised Lucas that she’ll help him to get Freya back to Cylantra.

That’s his daughter. He’s happy to see his kids having each other’s back but the problem was she told Lucas that it’s his responsibility to win back his love all by himself and no one was helping him in that aspect. Whatever! Klara’s words really worked like magic and Lucas got back into his shape after his sister’s support and encouragement.

Though Klara did nothing but taunt him, her words were like boosting power. She’s true when she called him a coward because he really gave up on Freya so easily and now he didn’t want to be a clown anymore. He should fight for his love.

The next day Klara went to Freya’s house again while Carl and Lucas waited in the hotel room. They didn’t know what she did or said but miraculously Freya agreed to come back to Cylantra and even stayed in their mansion.

Though the news of Freya’s return thrilled Lucas, he’s clueless about what’s next. He never courted anyone in his entire life not to mention someone who’s heartbroken by him. He reached Klara to help him but she just turned her back on him, taunting him to take responsibility for his actions. Devil!

She already warned him in Wartland and said she’ll get Freya back to Cylantra and the aftermath was in his hands. Having no other choice he just started doing whatever he thought would be good to change Freya’s heart. It’s been more than a year and still there is no progress in their relationship but he’s not going to give up. He may turn old but he’ll pursue Freya till his last breath…..

Klara blinked her eyes pulling herself together from her wandering thoughts. The past is past. She didn’t want to entangle her thoughts with the past again because there is nothing good except enormous pain in the past. Take it Lucas or herself, they’re both wounded from their love and thinking about it only brings more pain and it happened to her already. She once put herself in the danger trying to change the past but that only risked her little girl’s life at the end. She’s not going to repeat her mistake at any cost. She has to protect her baby.

After all her baby is safe now and Lucas is courting his woman, so there is no point in dwelling over the past. Life has become normal yet boring but at least they are not in danger anymore.