All Chapters of Desperate Measures: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

“Has she called?” Aria asked as she stood right beside Aldo. Aldo was pretending not to care about Liya. He was trying to pretend like he wasn’t waiting for the phone to ring with her name on the caller ID. “No,” he finally answered, as he shook his head, looking at Aria. “I think she is having so much fun that she forgot to call.”He meant it jokingly, but at some point, it felt like he meant it for real. He didn’t know why she didn’t call. He had checked her tracker, and it showed that she was already out of Damian’s house. So where the hell was she? And why hadn’t she called him yet?“Have you tried calling her?” Aria asked, and he sighed. “Twice already. She doesn’t even want to answer the damn phone.”Aria smiled, but at the same time, she was worried. She knew just the kind of monster that Damian was. Could it be that he had done something to Liya while they had dinner and they were busy getting rid of her?“Fuck, I’m not going to stay here while she just ignores me,” Aldo sai

Aldo watched as Liya headed out of the house the next evening. She had agreed to Xavier’s cousin coming to stay with her. Even if she didn’t know how she was supposed to do the whole thing with bringing her in, she was more than willing to try. She couldn’t trust Damian. She couldn’t be stupid around him. She couldn’t make the mistake of letting her guard down all over again. She needed someone to watch her back and she didn’t even care who it was. Every single time, being around Aldo only seemed to bless her with more energy than ever. As she turned on the lights, she took in the sight of the lady who sat right there in the chair, with her legs crossed. “Who are you?” Liya asked with wide eyes. She didn’t know who she was. Especially with everything that was going on. She could just be the woman who was sent to suddenly look out for her. “I was sent here by Xavier,” she said, and Liya cocked an eyebrow. “What? He didn’t tell you?”Liya ran her hands through her face. She didn’t kn

Aldo felt himself collapse on the chair as he inhaled deeply. He and Melinda had just finished taking account of the stocks at the warehouse. That was one thing that was able to take his mind off things. And he needed the distraction to help take his mind off Liya a bit. He was thankful that she had come into his life and was trying to help him contrary to the plans Damian had for her.He knew that if she hadn’t pushed him to get Melinda to check out Damian’s warehouse, he wouldn't have thought about it and the stocks would have been lost and it would have cost him a lot.But another part of him wanted her to abandon the mission. Maybe he wished that she would love to stay at home like the other women her age. But that wasn’t Liya and that was the one thing he was attracted to. He hated the fact that he had to go through all those things himself. He didn’t even have much of a choice. He couldn’t trust anyone except himself when it came to work.His mind wandered to the night they sha

Something felt wrong as Liya sat at the dining table. It was like Alana knew that she was up to something. She had eyes on her throughout. Liya was waiting for her to take her eyes so she could have the whole house searched. She wanted to go back home to Aldo. To Aria. She wanted to have those tiny conversations with Melinda like before. She had already gotten used to her bed at the small apartment until Damian asked her to come and live with them. She was going to be fine regardless. She always managed to work things out somehow. Even when she still lived with her parents, she still looked for a way to make things work. That's why she could never really understand why Liam constantly acted like he carried all the trouble on his shoulders. She couldn’t figure out why he felt the pressure to handle the family’s issues. The only thing he ended up doing was getting into trouble.Alana had gone out for a second, but then Damian was back home, and he didn’t leave his office until it was t

“What do you need?’ Liya asked as she looked up at Damian. She was trying hard to hide the fear that was written all over her. She could only hope that he couldn’t read right through her. Or that he couldn’t see the similarities between her and Irene. She was practically living with him at that point so it was going to be a miracle if he didn’t notice anything similar. “I need to talk to you. Not in front of the kid.”Liya looked down at Aria, who was practically shaking. She didn’t know the kind of audacity that Damian had to come to the Marino mansion just like that. He didn't sneak into the garden like he used to. No, he walked right to the door and asked to see her. That was on another level and it was the sign that she didn’t have much time until everything came to an end. More importantly, she didn’t know when he suddenly started caring whether Aria was present or not. “What do you want to talk about?” She asked and Damian smiled. His eyes were still fixed on Aria. Liya’s han