As the morning light crept into her bedroom, my eyes were already open, and yet she wished that she wasn't awake this early. Another sleepless night.
For a while, I lay in bed feeling alone and sad as I listened to the quietness in my room, and even though it was just the start of the day, I already wanted it to come to an end.
I missed the days of waking up in his arms and not on an empty bed.
It had been two days since Atlas made it clear that it was over between us, and I couldn't get over the fact that we were over, even though I knew it was.
The thought of getting out of bed crossed my mind as I turned her head to the right and gazed at the spare pillow, then her lips curved into a pout.
When the waiter set the try down and turned around to leave, I slowly withdrew my hand away from my gun with my eyes still on him.But just as I relaxed, I saw him reach into his coat, and immediately I jumped to my feet and grabbed him by the waist, pushing him towards the wall, away from Atlas."Aria, what are you doing?!" Atlas shouted, his voice shaky with fear.At that moment, he elbowed me in my face, and after my grip loosened on him a bit, he turned around, and that's when I saw the gun in his hand."Oh my, he has a weapon!" Miles yelled, sounding so bogus than a terrible actor.Ignoring the pain in his chin, the blood seeping from the cut in my ski
********Atlas POV******* The gate automatically opened, and I drove my black SUV into an artistic yard. Once the vehicle stopped, I got down from the car and walked over to Aria, and waited for her to shut the door before taking her hand in mine and exciting her to the villa. After entering the house, we were about to head upstairs when I saw Victor walking down the stairs, approaching us from the opposite direction. “Atlas!” Victor mumbled, walking towards me. When he reached the last stair, he frowned and asked, “Why are you holding her hand like you guys are some kind of a couple.”
The moment my eyelid rose, I carefully got out of bed because I didn't want to wake Aria, got dressed, and headed back to my room.Once I got inside, I took out my phone from my pocket and went straight to my call history, realizing that I had seventeen missed calls.The majority of them were from my uncles and I supposed they heard about what had happened yesterday concerning the shooting and uncle Miles and they wanted to annoy me with their crazy suggestion to leave or die.The last thing I wanted after walking up to an amazing morning was to hear these old crooks' voices, so I scrolled through all of their numerous calls and stopped on Tony's missed call.After dialing his number, I waited impatiently for a coup
When my uncles left the office, I paced back and forth in the room, unable to restrain the feeling of anxiousness coursing through me. Nothing was adding up, and everything wasn't making sense, and now that Uncle Miles was gone too and Aria and I got attacked yesterday, my feeling of fear was at maximum level. After walking about the room like some madman, I finally took a seat behind my desk and stared blankly at the ceiling. Suddenly, my phone started vibrating, and I pulled it out of my coat pocket, staring at Aria's name blinking on the screen. Immediately, I answered the call and rested the phone against my ear, listening as she said, "Good morning, Mr. Ghost. Can you tell me why I woke up to an empty bed?" It took me a moment to process those words because, with everything that had happened, my mind was a bit disturbed. Letting out a sigh, I rested back on my seat and shut my eyes before mumbling, "I'm sorry. I had to get to the office and the news that I met here isn't go
*********Lilith POV******* As I walked past the mirror, I took a glance at my reflection and tried to smile, but my lips rebelled against me and I frowned at my image. Last night was beautiful and passionate, and I woke up feeling amazing. But after my talk with Atlas and hearing the depression in his voice, I don't feel so great anymore. All that I could think about now was how depressed he must be over another death of his uncle caused by me. It sucks to think about it, and I felt miserable with myself. Years ago, I chose this life of an assassin, thinking that I was over with love, emotions, and humanity in general. But Atlas ruined that for me in a good way, and now I am having thoughts about marriage and babies. Something that I would have rolled my eyes at in the past. But now, is that even possible between Atlas and me? I want to think that it could be and love could erase the blood that I have spilled in his family. But let's be honest, Atlas wouldn't feel the same way
Staring at Mr. Shadow, I didn't need to ask how they knew that Atlas and I were together. One billion dollars, of course, Jacob will sell me out for such an amount. No matter the years of memories we had shared for most of our careers at the organizations, money still beat that, and that's why it's the root of all evil. "Why are you not saying anything, Lilith?" Mr. Shadow asked, his face hardened into a frown. What was I supposed to say, lie about my relationship with Atlas in hopes that it would save me from getting kicked off the mission and possibly stop me from losing my job? Even if I cry a river of tears and Mr. Shadow somehow believes my lie, what would be my excuse for leaving the mission later on since Victor has already threatened me? At this point, I was trapped without any escape plan. I could not keep working on the mission or stay with Atlas because of Victor, and if I forced it and he told on me, the organization and Atlas would be at risk. My hands were tied, an
The moment I got to the mansion and inside my room, I took my suitcase out of the closet and laid it on the floor. Then I started stuffing all my things in it, crying my eyes out as the suffocating feeling that I felt grew intense and unbearable. It was heartbreaking to say the very least that this was how our story ended, and yet, this ending was known to me from the moment I felt my heart beat for Atlas. Suddenly, my room door opened, and I was surprised to see Atlas walk into the room, his face calm as he stared back at me. Neglecting to pack my suitcase, I stood from the floor and approached him, swallowing hard when our eyes locked. After looking into my eyes, he grabbed onto my waist, pulled me against him, and tenderly caressed his fingers against my cheek. For a moment, just for a minute, I felt a sense of calmness as I drowned in the comfort that his embrace gave me. “You are packing? Where are you going?" Atlas whispered, gazing deep into my eyes. "Or are you just plan
*********Atlas Pov******* After arriving at my room, all I felt was raw rage as I paced around the room. Then I stopped at my nightstand, picked up the lamb, and tossed it at my mirror, watching it smash into it, and the glass shattered into pieces. My heart hurt more than my anger would allow me to acknowledge. But I felt broken over the fact that happened to us. How can you go from loving to hating someone because the truth is that I don't know that Sensing the rise in my heartbeat, I grabbed my pillow off the bed, tossing it to relieve myself from the anger burning in me. But it only made me annoyed when it landed on the floor. After everything we have shared and been through, she lied to me and trampled on my emotions. Everything about her, including her name, was a lie. It felt frustrating to know that I was in love with a stranger all along. Even though that was our actual case, I thought that I knew her and that our feelings for each other were real. But just like everythi