Semua Bab I Married My Father's Enemy: Bab 161 - Bab 170

NIRELLE"What are you doing this morning?"Zane, Michael and I had sat down to have breakfast this morning, and that was what Zane was asking. Things had been tense between Zane and my dad. I was not blind to see it, but I always ignored them as much as I could. Mae had been clear. Avoid stressful situations because of the baby."What are you doing this morning?" He asked again, and I frowned with a shrug."You aren't having any morning sickness?" she asked when she came to check on me."None at all""And cravings?""A lot of them," and I wanted to tell Luxien about these cars. He should be the one awake with me in the middle of the night when I was craving a food I had seen for the first time on social media."Okay, that is normal though," she told me. "But one thing you shouldn't do is stress too much. I am not saying stay in bed all day like you are bedridden, but anything that might want to make you think a lot or worry, then you want to avoid it."I look at Zane with one eyebrow u

LUCIENAs I stand there and look at Yvette's back, hunched over and tissue in hand, I can tell that she is spinning lies and painting herself as a victim as well. She was forced to do all the things she did because of Enoch, and if she could prove it, then she might be lucky, but I needed to tie her down to the kidnapping of her kids. If she got out free, she was going to be a burden to Nirelle, and I knew it."Officers, please find my daughter," she sobbed out loud as if she was trying to inform the police station that she was a caring mother who was in search of her daughter."I have to make an urgent call," I said to the officer who was standing right beside me. He nods and gives me some room, but I do not wait there; I go straight to the car."How is it coming? Have you located the man who helped them?""Alive and well, boss." Theo seemed to enjoy running around in the shadows more than he enjoyed going to the office daily. He had been against a revenge scheme. "Just do well in bus

NIRELLEYvette was shocked at Michael's sudden change of heart. He confessed the entire story to the police, not sparing a single detail. I heard things I had not even heard before. Lucien squeezed my hand as we sat there listening to what Michael said. The warmth of his hand made everything I had endured feel somewhat worth it."Those are lies against me." Yvette would scream at intervals, even though the men tried to stop her. "I did no such thing. The only crime I have ever committed is loving my family too much to want to sacrifice for them."I wonder if living in luxury at the expense of your family meant that you were sacrificing for them. She knew this was the end for her, but she was still fighting. I guess I did need to learn one or two things about resilience and not giving up on her."You do not have to believe only his words; you can hear mine as well." A strange man stepped up."Who are you?" Yvette said, looking him up and down. "Why are you trying to come between us? "T

NIRELLE"I missed this so much." I snuggled into Lucien's arms more than before; if it were possible, I might have even tried to enter his body. He kissed me gently on my hair, and I felt all the cells in my body respond."I am sorry that it had to hurt you this way.""But you only did it because you had to," I murmur, my finger making continuous circles around his chest. "I know that if you didn't have to, then you wouldn't have done it."His voice drops as he goes on. "I heard that bastard was going to try to rape you once more.""Don't you dare blame yourself for something like that," I say, lifting my head a bit. The victims should never blame themselves for the perpetrators. Even if things were different with us and we had done better, they would have still done it because they do not care about us.""I was so focused on the revenge that I might have hurt you in the process," he murmured, taking my fingers and intertwining his between them. "I won't have been able to forgive myse

NIRELLEI had never dreaded that I would walk through prison walls to see my mother or anyone. I had no idea why I wanted to see my mother. "You might want some kind of closure," Theo had said when I announced at breakfast that I wanted to see my mom.Lucien scrunched up his face in disgust, and Zane said that no matter how I explained it, he could not understand why. I had no idea why. Could it be that I wanted an apology? Could it be that I needed them to hear why she did it, even though it was clear that she was being selfish?I sit in the cold room that feels just a little better than the one she locked Michael in for years. I swallow multiple times as I sit in the chair. Even the presence of the two bodyguards behind me did not make me feel better. Yvette was never going to hurt me, but Lucien did not like the idea of me walking her by myself, and the only condition he had was that I bring the guards with me.I should have gotten used to it by now, but I could not. The feeling of