All Chapters of NIRELLE: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

NIRELLELucien walks in as if he owns the place; of course, he does, but this is supposed to be my room. He ignores my question and walks straight to me, reading everything I had written down. I close the book, but I know it's already too late, as I can tell he has read it."Were you contemplating taking up my offer?""No," I shout, but that is not going to change the fact that he already saw it. "I did not write that," I say, and the lie flows freely even though it sounds ridiculous."Are you hiding someone else here?" he asked in a teasing tone.I pause, pressing my lips together and staring at him. This man had acted like I was invisible for the entire day, and now he was teasing me? Why? Why was he here?"Did you bring me up?" I ask and he nods. "Thank you, but next time there is no need for you to do that," I say, and he does not like it. I can tell from the way his mouth shifts slightly."I can't let my wife sleep on the couch when she has such a luxurious bed," he says. The wor

NIRELLE"Lucien told me that you agreed," Theo commented once we were in the car. I look around us and nod. There were two guys in front, one driving and the other probably the security guard. We had two cars following with at least five people inside, making them a handful of bodyguards. I chose not to dwell on the fact that I was uncomfortable with it. "Thank you." his words catch me off guard as I stare at him."You, Lucien, do not just hate your father...""He must have done something to him," I say with a nod. Lucien was stalling to tell me what it was, and I felt like it would be nice to go behind him and ask Theo, but how can we begin our alliance on that note? "I know him quite well; he is a manipulative..." The word lingers in my mouth but never makes it out. I sniffle and turn my face to the side at once."I am happy that you decided to give it a try, but at any time you can pull the plug on it." I look at Theo, wondering if he was acting in the best interest of his friend o

NIRELLEI stormed into the house and straight to the study. I did not know how angry I was at the entire family until I came face to face with Cory. I needed to have revenge for myself now. I push open the door and I can see Lucien behind the desk flinch, but he seems to recover almost immediately."What are you doing here?""I was sure I'd find you here," I say, trying to steady my breathing after climbing the stairs so quickly."What are you doing here?" he asked again as I walked towards him. He looked as if he was about to challenge, so I stopped midway and stared at him. Did he not know that he had the upper hand? Always?"I am going to ignore the fact that you used me this morning and that you tried to test me as well.""I did not..." he stuttered, but one look at me made him look away. "How did you know?""That restaurant scene was not as subtle as you'd think," I spat out at him, and he shrugged."Good for me; at least you are observant enough to work with me." I blink and let

LUCIENNirelle had a lot of emotional baggage. I think that for a case like hers, we might be uncovering a lot of things, but one thing she had been able to master that I could not was hiding it pretty well. She bent her head slightly to the side and smiled at me. Was she supposed to be smiling? Did people in pain smile? I could tell that she was injured, but seeing how she had objected to having sex, I did not know how she was going to react to me if I tried to check her back."Where is she?""Probably attending to a patient who is in more need than I," she replied with her eyes closed. I had insisted that she sit with her back on a pillow on the bed. She put her legs up and closed her eyes so delicately that it was almost as if she were asleep."I have told you that...""I am not hurt," she cuts me off with her eyes fluttering open. "You are just taking a busy doctor out of her way to come here to massage my back. I can do it myself, or maybe ask the staff around to help me.""They

NIRELLEI stare at the man in front of me as I try to relate his face to Cassian Wolfe, my classmate while I was still in high school. The person standing in front of me was way different from the boy from then. He looked like he had gone under the knife to perfectly sculpt his face. Even though he had been the hottest boy in class back then, he was not this hot."Cassian Wolfe?" I ask as if he did not just say so. The words leave my mouth in fragments, and he looks at me with excited eyes."Yes, Nirelle, it's me, Cassian Wolfe," he says, and I stand still. I have no idea what the protocol is supposed to be. Since Enoch pulled me away from school and cut off all my contact, I have not had any close calls with any of my classmates. What am I supposed to do now?"Can you ask your security to let me through?" he asked, snapping me back to reality. They all trailed their eyes to me, waiting for my command. I gulp hard and nod my head, signalling that they could let him through. "Thank you