로그인Chapter 131 - An Unfortunate String of Events“Mandy?” Damien knocked on the door. When she didn’t answer, he opened the door. He was suddenly met with a flurry of activity as Mandy stuffed all her things into a suitcase. She was in the middle of tossing several dresses onto the top of the suitcase when she saw Damien walk in.“I’m leaving,” she stated simply, as if it wasn’t already obvious what she was doing.“Nothing you say or do will stop me,” she continued as she tossed whatever she could find into the suitcase.Damien frowned trying to get her to look at him. “I was only there to tell Allison she had to move out. Then out of the blue, that happened. I had no idea she was going to do that.”“Oh yeah, and what about your pizza date? And don’t think I didn’t notice when she leaned against you during our movie date night. Natalie also told me about this morning. How you were all over her.”“Who’s Natalie?” Damien asked.“Our maid. Who’s been with us for like three years. I swear,
Chapter 100 - A Message from His MotherDamien heard screams outside his window. There seemed to be a commotion downstairs. He looked down and saw a crowd of people surrounding something. Was that blood?Damien burst out of his room, wanting to go downstairs to investigate. However, his father’s men stopped him. That was when he noticed something. Caitlyn wasn’t in the apartment.“Where’s my mom?” Damien asked one of the men.The man looked around the living room and then went to check one of the other rooms. When he saw no sign of Caitlyn, he picked up his walkie-talkie to notify the boss. That was when Damien noticed that the patio door was open, and a cool breeze was wafting inside. Damien walked over to the patio door about to close it when he spotted his mother’s wheelchair next to the concrete wall of the balcony. His mother used it to get around. Now it was missing its sole occupant: his mother.That was when it hit him. The thing that must’ve happened. Damien ran over to the
Chapter 99 - A Signal Beyond the GraveWhen Damien and Caitlyn got back to the apartment, Harden was clearly displeased that Damien had snuck out of the apartment to accompany his mother at the park. Damien thought though the insulation in this place was great, the neighbors downstairs could probably hear him. While Harden was yelling at him, Damien had wanted to immediately put his hands over his ears, but seeing his mother sitting so serenely in the wheelchair stopped him. It looked like his being there for her had made her day better. If that were the case, Damien was glad he had risked it to join his mother on this outing. If it could brighten her day any, he was happy he could do it.When his father grew tired of yelling, he sent him to his room. Before Damien did so, he gave his mother a kiss on the cheek. He had no idea when he did so that it would be the last he’d see her alive.Harden wheeled Caitlyn in front of the TV and left her there. He was muttering, “More trouble tha
Chapter 98 - The Fate of the Dead BirdWhen Damien saw his mother in the park, a wide smile spread across his lips. Even though it had only been moments since he last saw her, the sight of her enjoying her day with sunshine streaming down on her face somehow made him somehow very happy.Damien immediately ran up to her. He stopped in front of the wheelchair. Not knowing what to do, he hopped from foot to foot. As if sensing a presence in front of her, Caitlyn opened her eyes. When she saw Damien, she seemed to recognize him, although she didn’t say anything. “Hi, Mom,” Damien said shyly, feeling his mother’s gaze on him. He touched his mother’s cheek, and feeling her respond to him, he sat down on the park bench next to her.He immediately unpacked things from his backpack. “I brought us a snack to share. It isn’t much. Just some grapes and carrot sticks. But you know, why not, right?” Damien paused to look at Caitlyn, waiting for a reaction. When he got none, he continued, “I also
Chapter 97 - Escaping to the ParkDuring the car ride to the park, Caitlyn watched the passing scenery with more liveliness than usual.Who knows? Maybe the park would look like the garden she always envisioned in her head.She really hoped that would be the case.Caitlyn nestled her hands deep within her pockets. She was still wearing her robe at the moment, and underneath it, she had on her pajamas. Unlike life at the Scorpio mansion, where the help would change her out of her clothes every day, here the place was swarming with men, so it was hard to get them to help her with these types of things. Besides that, Harden probably didn’t want his men to lay a finger on her. And Harden wasn’t one to do this sort of thing himself. So Caitlyn could only remain in her PJs and robe in the meantime. It had been a few days already and she still hadn’t changed out of her clothes since her stay in the hospital.But Caitlyn didn’t mind. As long as she could retreat to that place in her mind, non
Chapter 96 - Go to the GardenDuring one of her more sober moments, Caitlyn looked around at her surroundings. She was no not long in the Scorpio mansion, nor was she in that dreaded facility that Arthur and Elara had locked her up in. She was in a different place. Here, the furniture was expensive, even more so than the ones that could be found in the Scorpio Pack’s mansion. Looking at these things reminded her of her past life when she was Caitlyn, who took BS from no one. Caitlyn, who took what she wanted, whenever she wanted. Caitlyn, who never accepted ‘no’ for an answer. When she had found out Elara, her best friend at the time, was Harden’s mate, she did everything she could to take her place. Nothing was beneath her. But in the end, Harden had wanted Elara and only Elara. He had told her so.Before Caitlyn had taken that fall orchestrated by Elara, Harden’s words had echoed repeatedly in her head, zapping her will to live. She had wanted to die. Oh, how she had wanted to die
*Hollow Eyes*Elara's POV:The faint music from the reception below drifted through the mansion’s grand halls, muffled but persistent, a reminder of the celebration happening downstairs. The glow of chandelier lights bathed the walls in a warm, golden hue, but the air on the upper floors felt cold,
*Blackmail*Arthur remained unfazed, his silence unwavering.Harden’s smirk faded.Nothing.No panic. No slip-up. No sign of fear.His fingers curled into fists at his sides, temper flaring. Arthur was too calm.of they continued playing cat and mouse, Arthur would only remain stoic.“You already kn
I Won't Leave YouThe meeting room buzzed with tension as Tony passed a load of documents, files, and pictures. Arthur stood at the head, his eyes narrowing at the pictures before him, turning them one after the other.“Alberto Grayson,” Tony began, flipping open the folder and showing the pages to
*Working with the Devil*When Arthur arrived at his parents’ mansion, he didn’t bother exchanging pleasantries with anyone. He just barged up the stairs and made his way to Caitlin’s room.The door slammed open before Caitlin could even finish fastening her earrings. She spun to face Arthur, her ey







