The return of the billionaire heiress.

LEAH.My fears were indeed confirmed. My parents were the victims of the car crash.For twenty six hours, I had been sitting in the hallways of the hospital. The one place I wanted to leave so badly had found a way to trap me in.I watched as nurses sprang into and out of the intensive care unit. I wanted to stop one, and ask about the wellbeing of my parents, but I held myself back. My last three trials had been futile.Lucas' hands were clasped, and his jaw was locked. He hadn't moved an inch in over an hour, but I could tell he was deep in thought.“Hey,” I called out to him. He turned to face me, and his reddened eyes were all I could see. In all the twenty six hours we'd been here, he hadn't slept. I couldn't either.“How are you?” He asked, pulling himself closer to me. His hands brushed through my hair.“I'm fine,” I sniffed.He searched my eyes, and I hid nothing. “You do know they will be fine, right? Your parents are the strongest couple I have ever seen. They'll survive.”

LEAHTime had been moving fast. Two months had gone by since my parents died, and my father betrayed me. What else was I supposed to do? I accepted my fate.Kate had followed through on her words in helping with the surrogacy. I tried talking her out of it, but she was hell bent on doing it.I sighed, pulling out the page from my book. “Fuck,” I muttered, moulding the page into a bowl. I tossed into the trash can, and as expected, missed.I hissed, walking off my bed. I had unofficially given Lucas the permission to take over as CEO. If my father thought he was good enough to take everything while I was just some ornamental part of his life, I wouldn't go against his wishes.I looked outside the window, awaiting their arrival.For two months, I had pushed off my father's brothers and today, I had finally decided to host them. It was time to clear the air.As I looked out the window, I saw two cars pull up. Soon enough, three more followed. They were arriving in their numbers. Good

LEAHI laid still, unable to move as my head banged.I heard Kate walk up to me, and as soon as she saw my eyes open, she hissed.“She's alive,” she said to Lucas.“I knew that already. You were panicking for nothing.” His nonchalance was all too obvious.I felt the tears brimming up in my eyes.“Get up!” Kate barked at me,When I didn't move, she stomped my legs with her shoes.I whimpered, as I crawled my way up.Tears had formed on my eyes, and I could feel my bones jittering as I rose to my feet.She sneered as she crossed her arms around me.Lucas moved forward, and placed an arm on her shoulder. I watched as he kissed her forehead.The same man that had claimed that I was the best thing that had happened to him was kissing another woman right before me.I watched as he kissed her neck, and she moaned, grabbing his shirt.He chuckled, then buried his nose in her neck. “Babe,” he called,“Yes,” we both answered.I covered, bowing my head as they both glared at me.“My sunshine,” L

LEAHThis just had to be the worst day of my life. In the entire day, I had been subscepted into having only one meal, and four glasses of water. My throat was itching, and I was feeling faint, but there was so much work to do.Kate had ensured I was to clean, and scrub every inch of the house. The same house I had bought with my own money!I wiped my nose, trying to focus on the job at hand.I had cried, and whimpered, but there was no hope. I cried for the loss of my parents. I cried for my father, and his betrayal. I cried for my mother. My tears had expired, and my head was spinning, but I still had so much to do.Kate and Lucas had fired off all the workers-gardeners inclusive, and I had no choice but to take up everything.Lucas's mother's words rang in my head, “even if you run away, who will you run to? You have no one. Not a single person cares about you.”There had been no truer words. I had no one. The only family I had was gone, and the people who had been the closest thin

LEAH. “Tell me Leah, in these few days that we’ve been apart, haven't you missed me?”My heart skipped, Once, twice. Thump, thump. I wanted to think rationally, I wanted to think like a normal person in the situation. Why on earth was Lucas suddenly interested in me? After all the maltreatment I had gone through? After all he had done to me?I didn't want to be anywhere near him, but I was betrayed by my heart. My body craved him. The one person it shouldn't.How disgusting could I be? The man that had shown me hell, just in the space of a few weeks, was now offering an olive branch, and here I was, wanting to grasp at it with everything in me. How pathetic was that? How pathetic was it that I still wanted him this much?“No, I haven't.” I said with the little shred of dignity left in me. “I haven't missed you,” I ground out. I couldn't let this man take everything from me. Literally all I had was already in his position.“What are you saying?” He asked, flinching back, with surp