Chapter 5

Liora Devereux POV

Diamen Black.

I pulled my hand away from Victor. “Mind your business, Black,” Victor said. Diamen walked closer to us

He smirked and pulled me behind me. “No,” Diamen said coldly, he looked at Victor with the deadliest look his eyes.

“She is with me and I can do whatever I want with her, Black. You don't want a fight here in public…,” Victor threatened

“And what do you plan to tell the others you are planning to do with her, stabbing her hand?,” Diamen said, I flinched, I wondered if Diamen had not come here…

“Wonder what people will say when they see the video,” Diamen smirked, as he brought out his phone waving it at Victor's face.

Victor's arrogant face turned scared. Diamen look back at me, his face expressionless and ask “are you okay?,” he asked me.

“Liora come here,” Victor ordered. Diamen look at me.

“She can't,” Diamen said on my behalf.

“That for her to decide, and whatever is happening here is family business, you should leave,” Victor said, looking at me.

“Like you said but I am sure she doesn't want to come with you,” Diamen countered back.

“Or do you want to go with him?,” Diamen asked me, softly. For the first time the look in his eyes softened. I stepped in front of him, to face Victor.

From the corner of my eyes I saw Diamen clenching his fist, I frowned. Why?.

Victor smirked triumphantly. “If you come with me. I will let it go and I can consider you again,” Victor said arrogantly. He was already with my step sister, I am not a fool to trust him.

“No, I will not be coming with you and in fact I will like Mr Black to take me back to the mansion,” I said coldly.

The smirked wipes off Victor's face, I bite my lip as Victor's face turns red with anger. He reached forward to grab me but Diamen was fast enough to grab me, stopping Victor from doing whatever he had intended to do.

I breathe a sigh of relief. “Leave Kane, the lady already decided,” Diamen said, giving Victor a deadly look.

“You will regret this, Liora. Don't come crying to me,” Victor said, but before he left.

“And Black be ready to accept a new member in your team, I will get drafted soon and I will take the capital position and I hope you don't mind,” Victor added and left.

Diamen turned to me. “Are you okay?,” he asked.

“Yes. Thank you so much. I will take my leave now,” I said, deciding to leave before he remembers that night.

“Liora,” he called. I stopped looking at him. “About that night…,”

“You don't have to worry about it, Mr Black. I am sorry that you felt disgusted by me…and whatever had happened between us, it was kind of you saving me. I am grateful,” I stopped him. I didn't want to hear whatever he had to say because I knew I would be hurt.

He nodded. “Let me take you home,” he offered.

I shake my head. “Thanks I don't want to be an inconvenience for you…,”

“I want to,”

“Thanks,”

I nodded, he led the way outside as I followed him.

The whole drive to my father's was silent,

When we arrived, I opened my mouth to thank him before he cut me off.

“Liora,”

I turned to look at him. “About that night… I didn't feel disgusted…why did you disappear the next morning ,” he asked, softly my eyes widened open.

“I am sorry…I didn't want to…,” I stammered.

“I know about your family,” he said looking directly at me, switching his voice back to that same distant cold…

“Huh?,”

“And I would like to make you an offer?,” he said softly.

“You don't need to be nice to me. I will be fine and you don't need to worry about me getting pregnant, I am sure you use protection and I also take a prevention…,” I quickly explained, trying to stop myself from crying.

“Liora, not that,” he said. I looked up at him confused.

“Be my girlfriend…,” he added, I moved back confused. Why?

“You should not let them treat you that way, I could also help you get revenge towards Victor and …,” he said, I stopped him.

“If you are trying to use me to get revenge towards Victor…no…no. I will not be your pawn. I am sorry,” I refuse, I should have known he didn't approach me because he was the kind he wanted me as a pawn.

“I will be totally useless for you to use against Victor. I am sorry. I need to leave,” I said, opening the door.

“Liora, wait!,”

I stopped, he brought out his card. “If you change your mind..,” he said as he handed me the card.

I took the card, thanked him and climbed out. I waited till I watched his car disappear before ringing the gate bell, the gate opened as I stepped, I realized that my father, step mother might be back.

I looked at the card in my hand wanting to throw it away, but I didn't, I held it tightly.

So I decided to go and apologized for that night. I knew I wouldn't be eating for days, if I didn't, because my card would be taken from me and I would be locked up in the dark room again.

I walked to my father's office, took a deep breath, trying to gain courage to knock on the door, when my step mother's voice came through. “I told you, we should have got rid of her like her mother,” she said.

“No, that night is your fault!. Katie would haven't found out about us and she would haven't died, I would have been able to convince her to give the whole property to me…but you were so impatient!,” my father snapped.

So what I heard before I passed out was true and my father knew about my mother's death.

“Then let's just kill Liora, nobody will, that way the property will automatically belong to you,” My step mother suggested. I stood there, shocked and shaking.

“The police will find out…and that detective we can't let him know about all this, he knew we had something about that accident…I can't get caught…,” my father said, so my father will kill me if it had been the easiest way.

And detective?.

What detective?

“We will need Liora to sign a property transfer then, we can get rid of her then we will leave happily after,” My step mother said.

“That is true, but we can't kill her too…Mr Philip wants her and she is a virgin, after that will just have to play our part very well, Mr Philip will do that ‘getting rid” for us. You know his dirty desires, I am sure Liora can't survive that,” my father said, tears rolling down my cheeks.

They took everything from me, everything now they wanted me dead, as I leaned back looking for support, my leg hit the door making the office go silent.

“Who is there?!,”

I quickly ran to the nearest room, silently closing the door. I cried silently. I fell to the ground, I can make out I heard everything.

I clench my fist in anger, I have done everything so that I could be loved by my father…to be accepted by him…only find out that he wants me dead.

He killed my mother…his wife because of his Mistress.

I clench my fist,I will make sure they pay with everything…I looked down at my hand, the card

I remember Diamen words, how come he knew about me…how much did he know?.

He said I should be his girlfriend, he would help get revenge. I searched for my phone and texted him on the number he had given me.

ME: I accepted to be your girlfriend, what are the conditions and how is going to be in my benefits.

He replied almost immediately.

HIM: that was fast… I will pick you up, so we can talk.

ME: Okay, I will wait outside.

I walked out of the room totally avoiding my step mother and father, as I turned to enter my room.

“Where are you going pig?,”I turned to see Camille with two maids behind her.

“To my room,” I answered. I didn't want to know she was planning but with the look in her eyes I didn't want to find out.

“Dragged her to the main hall,” she ordered the two maids. I tried to resist but they pulled me by force.

I was dragged to the main hall, there was a big hammer on the table. I watched as Camille took her seat like she was about to watch a movie.

The two maids pinned me to another table, and another maid was waiting in the main hall. “Use the hammer to break her hands, it is going to be useless to me anyway,” she ordered causally.

“No, no, no. Please, am I supposed to paint? Please Camille, I wont bother you and Victor please don't break my hands,” I begged

She hissed. “Your hands are the last precious thing to you and I need to take it like I promise you then I am taking everything that belongs to you!” She snapped.

“Why?!,” I cried, she laughed.

“Your mother!. your mother and you took everything from me, all those luxuries that were supposed to belong to me you had it,” she said, I frowned.

The role is reversed here, I wanted to scream but they stuffed a cloth in my mouth.

“Just so you know, Victor is now useless to me,” she smiled.

Then she finally orders with a big smile on her face.

“Break it,”