All Chapters of Once His, Forever His: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

ELENA'S POVMy hands stroked my blossoming stomach, gazing unseeingly at the view from up here, lost in deep thoughts.My mind was in a frenzy, unable to wrap my head around everything happening to me. I turned my head to Lucas empty chair, which I had stubbornly refused to take out, creating more space in here. Suddenly moving towards his chair, I slowly trailed my fingers along every inch of the chair, wiping of Raymond's prescence from it. The files he had left were kept exactly in the same way he left them. Only cleaned from time to time. My eyes casually glanced through each one, suddenly spotting a vaguely familiar one. My curiosity leaped out of the bag, pulling it out of the stack to find out. My heart skipped a beat, vividly recalling the day he showed it to me too. Caught in my emotions, I harshly dismissed him, even though it subconsciously bothered me.My mind flashed back to the different scenes I had caught him, abruptly ending any call at the sight of me.Especial

ELENA'S POVMy days began to blur together, in a never-ending cycle of loneliness and guilt. It wasn't an easy feat to accept that Lucas had been right about Raymond all along, while I was blinded by my own emotions.I couldn't handle Raymond alone. He wasn't the person I knew as my best friend anymore. It felt as if the scales had finally fell of from my eyes. The desperate vibes he gave off these days rose my suspicions, and I did not want to bother my parents with this information. I could not risk them getting entangled with whatever Raymond had planned, and end up loosing them because of my foolish mistakes. My fingers tapped on my device restlessly in deep thoughts. With a sudden decision to scroll through, I tapped on the screen which reflected Lucas's page with a hint of hesitation.My fingers scrolled upwards with growing pride at his recent achievements in his other companies. I exhaled with longing, my glowing eyes filled with adoration.I truly missed him, the warmth

ELENA'S POVI rushed out in embarrassment, at my bold but silly approach. Ria's desperate call came at the perfect timing for my escape. I needed time to process everything that happened between us. As the car moved out of the building, I rose my hands to my swollen lips, still feeling surreal, like I was going to wake up anytime soon. But I had to admit, this was the kind of dream I wanted to be stuck in for a lifetime.It made me laugh at the times I was so scared to reach out…reach him. My eyes shone in wonder of what we could have been if I just went for it when he announced his departure. But it wasn't the time for regrets. The moment was beautiful regardless of how long it took to create such. My thoughts wandered at what this meant for us. Was he willing to take it further? I shook my head vigorously, trying not to get ahead of myself, to take things slow and allow things develop naturally. But we had already spent so much time apart, the eagerness spread in my heart, in th

ELENA'S POVI slowly lost count of the number of days I had been here. All I could hear around me were the soft waves of water, coming from outside the thick walls, which made me suspect I was somewhere in the middle of a vast sea.My pupils slowly adapted to the suffocating darkness, putting my hearing senses at alert, mastering the sound of his dreadful footsteps, heavy and deliberate.Ryan never ceased to come each day, fully packed with threatening words and traumatizing actions. The next few days were full of hell for me. I had completely lost hope on ever being found. Ryan must have hidden me carefully. And Raymond. His selfish self would never disclose his betraying actions, or even try to get me out of here. As for Lucas. I knew he had his ways, but I feared Ryan had already outsmarted them from the very start. Still I held on to the pinch of faith in my heart, hoping he will definitely find me. I only prayed to be alive by then. Ria. My parents.The thoughts of their devas

LUCAS POVThirty minutes later, the blinding lights from the car approaching, shone brightly on my face, staring into the thin air in a daze. My investigator rushed towards me with a fearful look in his eyes, “Sir, what's going on?""She's gone," I replied, trying to steady my tone. “Something's not right."His expression turned serious, turning to the rest of the men in police uniforms. "Let's search the house."I had called him as soon as I made the discovery. Despite being my private investigator, he was also the chief of police, who has worked with my father as well. I usually addressed him as ‘Uncle Colton'. But I guess times changed.They unlocked the door, with something I did not bother to check, and we all began the search in every corner of the house. But there was no sign of Elena.The turned on lights aroused my suspicion, quickly bringing it to his notice, which he dutifully noted down on his work tablet. While the rest of them searched everywhere else, my investigato