Atlas POV
As the second skipped by while I waited for Aria to meet me in the living room, I tried to get my heart to stop beating so wildly.
But it refused to do so, especially since the only image on replay in my head was that of Aria's shy face.
It's like every moment I spent with her, she does something that draws me towards her even more.
Finally, after waiting for a couple of minutes, my attention got drawn to the living room doorway because of the sound of footsteps, and it took only a few seconds for Aria to walk into the room.
Although she didn't wear anything fancy, I couldn't stop myself from giving her a half-smile because just the sight of her made me feel a sense of excitement. It's weird, and I know that, but I couldn't help it.
"Should we leave?" Aria asked, and her words snapped me out of my feelings.
"Sure!" I said, sounding more enthusiastic than I intend to.
Feeling a bit embarrassed, I kept silent and
For a moment, Aria said no words to me. Then she suddenly smiled, and when I thought we were finally going to have a conversation, the waiter walked up to the table, and I realized that she was smiling at him."Here's your cheeseburger," He said, setting a plate and glass in front of her. "And your coke."Feeling dumbfounded by the smile on Aria's face, I watched as she told the waiter, 'Thank you," acting like everything was okay.After the waiter had placed my order on the table, he left, and I took my seat before saying, "Can we talk now?""About what?" Aria said, picking up her burger.Not wanting her to talk with her mouth full, I watched in silence as she ate her food.Once she got done, I gently hit the tip of my finger against the table, striving to calm myself down, and said, "About the three men that you were talking with a few minutes ago.""Oh, those guys!" Aria said, reaching for her glass of coke."Yes, those guys
The next morning when I came downstairs for breakfast, I met Aria seated at the table, and she had not touched her food yet."Not hungry?" I asked as I took a seat beside her."No. It just didn't feel right eating without you." Aria mumbled, picking up her fork."Oh, sorry that I came down late.""It's okay. You are here now."A few minutes after we started eating, Aria's phone rang, and as I watched her gaze at its screen, she looked disturbed for a second, and then she hastily ended the call.Although I was concerned about the look in her eyes when she got the call, and I wanted to ask her what was going on, I kept my questions to myself and continued eating.
********Lilith POV*******For a couple of minutes now the living room had been silent since Atlas defiled Kerri, and I didn't believe he had it in him to lose it in such a manner.It felt weird knowing that I was the reason that they were having such a conversation since I killed Lex, making his position vacant.But the fact that Kerri and the others wanted to replace him so quickly meant that they were afraid that if Atlas got to investigate Lex's works, he would find out about the embezzlement of the company's money.This leads me to my second assumption that made my heart sink because I knew that since Atlas refused their request, their next steps would be to get rid of him before he can get the chance to review Lex's works at the company.And that leads me to my last assumption which is that they might make their move between now, towards Lex's funeral.It sucks to know that I would h
Knowing I couldn't ignore Mitch too long or he would become an obstacle to my mission, I took a moment to compose myself and then answered the call."Lilith, I'm not excited about you disregarding my calls." Mitch's robust voice echoed into my ear, and I felt my heart sink."I need you to stop calling me," I said, striving to keep my voice stable."But I don't want to.""I really don't give a damn about what you want, Mitch! Just stop with the calls!"The line grew quiet for a few seconds. Then Mitch's voice flowed into my ear, sounding mad, "Is it because of your new toy! What's his name? Ah, Atlas, it is, right?""Keep his name out of this because you know very well why I need you to stay the hell away from me!" I lashed out."I want you back, Lilith.""I'm not your little treasure, Mitch!""We both know that's a lie. I made you, and you are mine."Clutching my fist tight, I could feel my heart violently p
The entire morning I didn't speak to Atlas. But I guessed he wasn't affected by my silence because it was now five o'clock, and he had not uttered a word to me either. As my hand stroked against the couch, I kept my eyes fixed on him as I wondered what was going on in his head. Also, Linda had not called me yet, and I felt worried, not because I didn't trust Phoebe to find out the information I needed. If I was to trust anyone to go on a life-threatening mission with me, I would pick Phoebe within a heartbeat. That's how good she is at her job. However, I was worried about what I was going to do with the information she will give me, and how I was going to go about it. After I and Atlas had sat in awkward silence for a few more minutes, my phone rang, and he finally lifted his head and met my eyes. The look he had in his eyes was indescribable, and it caused my heart to stop for a moment before beating normally. Finally g
It was the morning of Lex's funeral, and when the first light of dawn hit my room window, I was already awake, getting ready for my mission.It was clear that I couldn't carry a gun or any weapons because security details were going to be everywhere. But I wasn't planning on taking a gun or knife either because I didn't need it.There was only one kind of weapon I needed, and even if I did get caught with it, not many people would see it as such, but it could do the same work that a gun could do, and that is to kill a person.After carefully filling my purse with things that I needed, I wore my little black dress and heels. Then I styled my hair in a messy bun and headed out of my room, locking my door.When I reached Atlas's bedroom door, I stood still for a couple of seconds, took in a deep breath, and then knocked."Who is it?" I heard Atlas gently ask from the other side of the door."It's Aria," I said as I clutched onto my purse.
When I got to the kitchen, I realized that my assumption was right, and standing just a few feet from me was Eva. Not wasting any second, I reached into my purse, carefully pulled out a needle, and it was just an ordinary one. But the tip of it was coated in poison. Not just any poison but tetrodotoxin. Taking in a deep breath, I walked over to Eva, and then intentionally tripped over my foot, falling towards her, and the moment she caught me in her arms, I poked her skin with the needle before pulling it out. "What did you do to me!" Eva asked out loud, pushing me off her. Others' attention began to get drawn to us, and I smiled slightly as I leaned in closer towards her, and whispered, "You've been poisone
A wave of raw anger shot through me as I rested my hands against Mitch's chest and forcefully pushed him off me, wiping my lips aggressively as I watched him take two unstable steps backward."What do you think you are doing, you prick?" I angrily asked, staring at Mitch.But he wasn't paying attention to me. Instead, he was looking straight ahead with a provoking smile on his face.Immediately, I turned around and saw Atlas, gazing at both of us.When our eyes locked, I couldn't tell what he was thinking because his face bore no expression."Atlas," I called out, feeling a bit nervous.Without uttering a word to me, Atlas looked away from me, turned around, and walked away.Squeezing my eyelids shut for a second, I took a deep breath. Then I was about to follow after him when Mitch grabbed my wrist, harshly said, "You are in love with him.""No, I'm not, and I'm not saying that because I am still in love with you, so sta