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I slowly walked in and he stood by the corner watching me walk past him. The living room was filled with empty beer bottles; I had to kick through the piles on the floor to get to the couch. There were empty pizza boxes scattered on the couch, I carefully moved it to the side before slowly taking a seat.I could see paint stains on the floor and walls, which meant he was still at it.He picked up a shirt from the floor and threw it over his body, revealing a large red stain on the chest area. He sat on the couch across from me staring at me.“Are you going to start? Your five minutes are counting” he said pointing at the ticking clock on the wall above his head.“It is about the coming exhibition” I mumbled“You said that already, if you are not going to say anything else it is best you leave” he said calmly “I didn’t come here to fight you,” I said carefully. “I came because your work matters. Because it deserves to be seen”He let out a bitter laugh. “You people never stop, do you?

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I was so happy that I skipped out the door into the empty street on top of the world that I managed to do it. Although I didn't have a game plan when I got into that cab, I managed to get it done somehow. I was supposed to be worried about facing Rickon for not meeting up at the agreed time.But I didn't have to worry. I got it done, that was all that mattered. I walked through the empty street looking behind at every sound I heard. Big rats were running around and in and out of the empty houses. He was the only one who lived there with a bunch of rats but he didn't seem to mind and was ready to defend his home.I had no idea how I was going to get back to the city, as there were no taxis around. I had to walk through a bushy path before reaching the road, which was a major road that wouldn’t have taxis. I also needed to get to the hospital before 5 pm to see my baby. I didn't know what the time was and I was struggling to walk through the path without stumbling on my shaky heels.I

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AXELAfter the silent treatment and bombarding me with crazy workload, I finally decided to have a conversation with my father and let him know my mind. I haven't spoken to him or been to his house since my marriage to Lianna, or rather, I think it was since the divorce from Rae.It still felt unreal that she was dead but it was no business of mine.I walked into the living room, ignoring the workers who bowed their heads as I passed them.“Mr-”“Where is my father?” I cut off the butler before he could greet me“He is in the garden with his doctor” he said Doctor? What was going on?I turned to the back door in the living room that led to the garden, and I walked through the bed of roses looking around to find where he was. I walked toward the open lawn. There were no flowers, just neatly trimmed grass stretching out quietly. That was when I saw my mom, her back turned to me. She seemed to be talking to someone. As I moved closer, I noticed another figure beside her, seated in what

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RAE“Wow you are a genius, how did you get it done?” Jack asked once he saw me step in through the front door“Don’t flatter me” I forced out a laugh, I had a lot on my mind“Really, you did what no one has been able to do for a while now not even Rickon” he whispered the last part“I heard that” Rickon said as he walked past us“Oops” Jack laughed “You didn’t tell me you were going to get her, I would have done that” he rushed behind RickonI slumped into the chair, doing my little research, palming my face in my hand. I was out of positive remarks to keep myself going and I wanted nothing more than to collapse in a corner and cry my eyes out.Why don’t I think things through? I couldn’t beg for a job anymore, I understood his reservations about not wanting to hire me. All I could do was somehow try to raise my child properly without neglecting him and return to the labor market.How that was going to happen with no income?I had no clue It was just me and it was better that I acc

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AXELAs the gates to my estate hissed open, I didn't wait for the car to stop before I got out of the car fully, the engine still ticking as I slammed the door.“Lianna!” I shouted “Lianna?” I called out, my voice echoing through the hallway.I got no answer.“Lianna,” I called again, louder this time, already moving through the living room, my steps quick and restless.A maid bowed her head as I passed. I didn’t slow down."Mr. Axel, welcome—"“Where is she?” I asked sharply.“She is by the pool, sir,” the housekeeper said.I didn’t respond. I was already turning toward the back of the house. The sliding glass doors whistled as I shoved them aside. The heat of the afternoon hit me, but it was nothing compared to the burn under my skin.Lianna lay by the pool, stretched out on a lounger, sunglasses on, skin glowing under the sun like she didn’t have a care in the world. "Lianna," I called out. My voice was loweredShe sat up slowly, shielding her eyes with one hand, a soft smile spr

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RICKON“This is fucking bullshit,” I hauled my phone across the wall, watching as it slammed into the wall and shattered to the ground. Jack didn’t bother to pick it up; he just handed me another phone, and I dialed the same number again. It went straight to the automated message, just like earlier. I squeezed tightly in my palm about to throw it across the room again when the phone vibrated in my hand it was them calling. “You fuckers are done for good I promise you” That was the first thing I said before they uttered a word“We apologize for the delay si-” that was all they did repeating the same thing like a broken record it was exhausting, it made me want to painfully kill everyone involved in it and I wasn’t just bluffing I was on the fucking edge.“Complete that sentence I dare you!” I roared slamming my fist against the table and the person on the phone went silent“Where is my shipment?” I asked after taking in a shaky breath, my anger had gone through the roof“The situatio

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AXELI was neck deep in going through a contract that was sent to my office noting the terms and every other thing I should have no business doing. There were people hired and getting paid every month to do that but I still had contracts sent to my office to be reviewed. Pretty sure the staff was having a field day by getting paid for doing nothing literally.I heard noise begin to erupt, I ignored it and continued working until it became closer and closer distracting me. It sounded like they were right in front of my door arguing or whatnot.“What the fuck!” I stabbed the pen I was holding into my table, snapping the mouth“What is going on out there?” I pressed a button on my table to talk to my secretary “He is insisting he sees you” my secretary said“Who-”“Hold on sir” I heard my secretary talk to someoneWho the fuck was that?“Get your ass out of here Alistair or I'll bring down this fucking office!” I got riled just by the words and the audacity to walk into my fucking offi

Chapter 038

RAEI carefully placed him into his cot trying not to make a single sound as I tiptoed out of his room. Raising a child was such an out-of-body experience, ever since he was discharged from the hospital it had been a journey. The first few days I spent with him I would burst out crying at random, I would spend nights awake just watching him sleep. I carried him around like an egg. I didn't want anything to hurt him. It was challenging at first, but I was never overwhelmed because he made it seem so easy. Theo was the best baby anyone could ask for, he made it so easy. He was a happy child; he was never fussy, only when necessary. Every day I woke up happy that I decided to have him. He was my familyHe meant the world to me and I was never going to trade that feeling for anything else.He made me feel so loved.I stood there for a few seconds longer staring at him through the small gap in the door. His chest rising and falling slowly. His tiny fingers curled into soft fists beside

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I took a quick shower and packed some baby food, just in case Theo got hungry. I was going to have a conversation with a reporter at that, when I was supposed to be dead. I wasn’t a public person and I wasn't popular on the blogs or public. All people knew me as Axel's wife. Attended just a few events, and I was almost invisible, I knew that but I just couldn’t help being cautious.I could boldly say I love the life I was living and didn’t want that to change. I stood in front of a full-length mirror in the bedroom wondering if I looked any different than I did before and I think I did.For one I was a lot happier, happier than I could ever remember. I didn't look like a woman in her late forties going through a midlife crisis. I liked what stared back at me. I put on a lot more weight in the right place, I wasn’t the frail, skinny girl anymore. Motherhood looked good on me. I could proudly say that.I didn’t put my hair in the tight bun it always sat in and let it fall to my back.

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RAEI sat down with him right then in the restaurant and had him write the article in front of me. I schooled him on the right words to use and how they should be written, word for word, and he did exactly as I said. He tried to get more words out of me about Axel and his company saga which I answered a few and ignored a few.Questions like?If I knew what happened to the first wife, he was married to, who was ironically me sitting in front of him, I didn’t say anything to him but he kept going on about how he was sure I didn’t really die by accident but instead I was killed.Which was entirely a lie. If I had died it would have been for a single reason which was abandonment, which indirectly meant they killed me. I had to hold back from letting go of all my anger and just say everything to him, from the horrible marriage I was thrown into, to how my family were money-hungry fools, maybe one day I would have it in me to do that.“I guess that would be all” I told him after I confirme

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