CHAPTER 4

Marissa pov:

“Are you sure you are ready to face him again?” my twin brother Lucien said to me, he looked at me worriedly, I nodded my head and smiled.

“I am” I said look at him, I laughed at him.

We are fraternal twins, I am the oldest twin but he treats me like his younger sister. I watched as he ran his hand through his brown hair which was different from my blonde hair.

“Are you laughing at me?” He asked.

“Yes, I am. You are acting like a mother hen, do you know how many times you have asked if I am okay to see him again” I said as I watched him sit across from me.

“I want them to pay for what they did to you Lucia” he said using my first name to address me.

“They aren't worth the stress, he is still Nova and Levi's father, I don't want it to be the reason they will hate me and Alaric, he doesn't affect me that way anymore” I said, looking away from Lucien.

I miss Nova. My pretty baby would be 7 years old. I wonder if she would remember my face. I know Levi would love Nova if knew he had an older sister, I wonder if they would ever meet each other. After the day I disappeared, I thought I had lost the baby. I found out I was still pregnant. The doctor said Levi was a miracle, because I did lose a baby after that fall.

I have changed, I know but the thought of seeing him tonight makes my stomach churn. I hated that I felt weak when I thought of him. I won't let him and his family walk over me again.

“Okay. Grandpa said, "We would hold your coming out as the new CEO of the Alden group and the heiress, I will make sure it is done sooner, I don't want that nitwit and his family walking over you ” he said.

I don't want to but I have no choice but my duty to hold the business and Lucien's duty to hold the underworld business.

“I think I have tried, it is time to retire and face my own responsibility” he continued and kissed my cheeks as he stood up.

“Or you are just lazy.” I said as I laughed.

“ Oh, you don't want to do that now Lucia, If I am lazy then what are you? Dear sister, the last time I remember the underworld is originally your responsibilities” he said, laughing at me.

Before meeting Alaric, as one of the heirs of Alden's, as the first child twin. I was given the responsibility of the underworld, I was trained to be cold hearted, tough and wicked.

At eighteen I had the underworld in my control, people feared me. I made big mens whimper and scared.

Coming back home with Levi, I don't want that life anymore or for my child.

“I am not as cold hearted as you are Lucien. I don't want Levi…. I am waiting for that person who will melt that heart of yours.” I said, wanted to continue but stop as I hit his head, he turned to me with puppy eyes and then he smirked.

“Not yet and dearest older twin, all Alden’s are all cold hearted” he said as he walked to the expensive large door and stopped.

“Bye Lucia. I will be coming to pick you and wear the dress I ordered.” He said as walked out and I shouted after him:

“at least you admitted that I am older!!!” I laughed.

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At the dinner party.

I walked in with Lucien holding his forearm, I saw young ladies throwing looks at me.

I laugh mentally, I know my brother is a hot cake, can't they see a resemblance. Even though we are fraternal twins, we do have the same color of eye, some of our habits are the same.

“The young ladies are giving me the bad eye Lucien” I said as I smiled for the camera.

“It's because you look very gorgeous tonight, Lucia,” he replied, as leaned closer to me intimately.

“You know it is because of you, Lucien. You are the most eligible bachelors in the country. And you are with an unknown woman” I said and he looked at me then and said: “Let's give them a show, twin” he smirked mischievously.

“No, I will not be used as your shield to avoid these young sprinters” I said as I took a glass of champagne. People watched as we talked in a hush tone, I am sure we looked like lovers rather than twins.

“They are not ladies, they are files. They are everywhere, Lucia.” he said, still close to me.

I scoff as people come to speak with us, they question indirectly to know who I was, but my brother shuts them up mostly with a rude remark. I looked at him, ‘typical Lucien’ and shook my head,smiling, I turned around to look around.

Then I saw him, clad in an expensive black tux. He looked the same but there was a little bit of fatigue in his frame, he stared right back at me coldly, not a little warmth, what was I expecting, I didn't want to look away first.

I want to show him that I am a different person now, I will not be intimidated by him. I stare back with my face blank with no emotion.

Lucien came closer and asked: “Are you going to be okay Lucia?. I need to speak with someone, if you are not I can….”.

“ Yes Lucien. Go on, I can take care of myself” I answered. He kisses my cheeks and walks away. I picked another champagne glass and glurp it.

“I didn’t think you could be still whoring around, what am I saying you are a manipulative lady. It looks like you cut a big fish this time” I heard that familiar voice, the voice of the person I used to long for.