บททั้งหมดของ Twice To The Altar : บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 60

“Let us get a divorce.”Drake regretted immediately the word left his lips. He locked his lower lip as he felt the heat emerging from Amelia’s gaze, she was quiet for sometime considering his words.“Is that what you want?” Amelia questioned with a raised brow.Drake hesitated, he knew Amelia was a really really unpredictable person. What was her reaction going to be? He had turned the word over in his head and the only thing he keeps coming to was letting go of her,Even if it would kill him.“Yea.” He said at last.“Coward!” Amelia shouted angrily “ Do you think your futile attempt will make me leave, pushing me away would work?” She stood up from the bed and faced him, their faces only inches apart “you are a total coward Drake Harris.”Drake stood up on his feet and closed the distance between them, Amelia didn’t flinch, she stood her ground waiting for what he was going to do.He held her hand.“I don’t want to lose you Amelia, and this….leaving me would save you and ….our child…

“No one will ever want you brute!”A huge female hand slammed on the table as the thunderous voice rang out loudly. The older woman furrowed her brow as the young boy standing in front of her didn’t flinch at all.Young Edward dipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper, he dropped it on the table for the raging nun to read. The nun narrowed her gaze at him before it finally rests on the paper.Edward’s mother is a prostitute, he was raised by a wrong father, now that the rich man found out, he dumped him here. I heard the nuns talking about it in the female toilet.“Sister, I saw the note in his hand after passing it around to the other kids, now you know why I had to beat him to a pulp.” Edward said with determination in his young eyes.The nun felt ashamed, she knew it was true, they all gossip about it from time to time although she wasn’t aware that one of the kids had eavesdropped on it.The rich man that volunteers and gives funds to their orphanage showed u

Leonard felt his insides cringe at the sight of Drake Harris. It wasn’t meant to be this way. He hadn’t faced hell for Amelia to end up sitting in a room with her husband.They had all sat in silence for longer than necessary, it was meant to be 5:30pm. But it was half past six yet nothing meaningful had happened, only a deep tension that hung in the air and Edward Crane’s absence.Leonard’s unease multiplied, not only because of the fact that he fooled himself helping Amelia who didn’t seek for it but because he didn’t arrange the meeting in the first place. Edward had reached out to him first but he wanted to make Amelia grateful to him so he lied.“I guess our-cohost isn’t going to show up.” Drake said as he made to get up on his feet.“Good things comes to those that wait.” Leonard muttered casually.Drake eyed him suspiciously but Amelia held his hand, she urged him to seat. The two men stared intently into each other’s eyes. Anger surged in both of them.Leonard’s phone rang, he

The rain drizzled down on his black hat. He walked into the empty street and made straight for his destination. Unlike most people, he wasn’t bothered by the searing coldness that comes with the rain.All that matters was getting the message to Charlotte Duke, his boss.He turned by his right as he walked into the hallway leading to the building underground. The moment he walked in, the stench of smoke filled his nostrils. He coughed lightly as he covered his nose with a handkerchief.Not that he visits the slums that often. Charlotte had assigned him to work in town where their business income could be laundered. When he got to where the bodyguards were, he brought out a pass which one of the bodyguards tried to snatch from his grasp but he disallowed it.They gave him a suspicious look until their boss sent someone from upstairs to invite him in.He walked into the door while being led by the bodyguard from earlier. They walked in silence and climbed the stairs that lead to a bigger

Edward got up on his feet. It was clear now, what he meant to the Master. He took two steps toward the doorway out and winked to the huge bodyguard who narrowed his brow in return.“Tell the old man I will see him later.”He walked out of the building without caring about what he was thinking. The younger bodyguards at the front door bowed slightly in respect to him. He still didn’t acknowledge them.When he got to the car, his minions opened the door and he entered.“Drive on.” He ordered.“Mr Crane, what about tailing Charlotte Duke?” One of them asked.“Forget it, let’s get out of here.”The driver turned on the ignition and they drove off. Edward removed his earbud and put on an EarPod. He started playing a sorrowful piano sound, silence ensued in the car as his minions kept exchanging nervous gazes.They knew that his initially enthusiastic mood had dwindled so they all kept quiet.“What are the Harris cunts up to?” He said to the man sitting by his side.“Oh….uhmm…I mean…Drake j