All Chapters of My Best Friend's Father: The Man I Shouldn't Want : Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

Lucas's POV.I should have been sleeping. Instead, I was sitting in the security room at two in the morning, staring at a screen that showed an empty driveway.I couldn't see cars or people. Not even a stray animal crossing the road, everything just looked very normal to me.That was the problem. I just suddenly stopped trusting everything I saw, nothing felt normal to me anymore. Because I felt like it wasn't supposed to be normal.I leaned back in the chair and rubbed my eyes. I was feeling so sleepy but I could not even sleep, my eyes were already heavy and reddish due to lack of sleep for days. The past few days had turned into a cycle.I will check the camera's, check the gates and my guards. Also check the locks, I will check up on Zara and Laura then I will do it all over again. I could not even trust my guards whom I call my men to even do the job correctly. I looked at the clock. It was 2:06 a.m, I should have been beside my wife cuddling her to sleep. Instead, I was watchin

Vanessa's POV.I watched Zara leave through the restaurant window. I didn't move until the car disappeared. Only then did I sit back down, my hands were shaking.I pressed them flat against the table.“Stop.” The word came out quietly.I hated that she could still do this to me. After all these years.One look at her face and suddenly I was back there. A little girl asleep against my chest. Tiny fingers wrapped around mine.A child who believed her mother could fix everything. I closed my eyes.That woman was gone. The mother Zara remembered was gone.And yet when she had looked at me today, I had wanted to reach across the table and pull her into my arms.I wanted to tell her everything. I wanted to tell her why I left. Why I stayed away and why I came back. I wanted to just lie to her and manipulate her but she seems so smart. I just want to use her to accomplish my goal with Victor and get my billions of dollars. Victor could make me rich and I just had to use Zara to make myself

Laura's POV.My stomach had started feeling heavy. It wasn't painful but just heavy, few months had passed by though.Every movement seemed to remind me that there were two little people growing inside me. Sometimes I still had to stop and let that sink inside of my head.I stood in front of the bathroom mirror that morning with my nightdress pushed above my stomach. The bump had changed again, it was growing bigger by each passing day.I placed both of my hands beneath it as I spoke up.“Good morning.”A small movement answered me and I laughed quietly.“You're awake already?”Another kick came from somewhere on the left.I rubbed the spot.“You too?”The bathroom door opened.Lucas walked in.He was already dressed.His shirt sleeves were rolled to his elbows, and his hair looked like he'd run his hands through it too many times.He stopped when he saw me.“You're supposed to be resting.”I lowered my nightdress.“I just woke up.”“You should have called me.”“To help me stand?”“Ye

Victor's POV“You're the one who brought emotions into this.”“I only wanted Lucas to suffer.”“And he will.”“He's already changed.”“How?”“He barely leaves the house. He's doubled security. He's watching everyone.”“Exactly.”“Fear is making him predictable.” I said, standing up. Vanessa turned back to me.“What do you mean?”“He's protecting the obvious doors.”I walked to the table.A map of the property was spread across it.I placed my finger on the front gate.“Guarded.”Then the side entrance.“Guarded.”The rear entrance.“Guarded.”I moved my finger toward the garage.“Watched.”Vanessa stared at the map.“And?”“And Lucas thinks the danger is outside.”I looked at her.“That is the mistake.”She didn't answer.I picked up another photograph.It was the new security guard.The one with the debt.His name was Daniel.Daniel had a wife.Two children.A hospital bill that had grown faster than his salary.And a debt he had borrowed from the wrong person.He had tried to hide i

Victor's POV.I watched the photograph load on my phone. There they were.Lucas, Laura, and Zara. The three perfect duo family, they were all smiling together. The picture had been taken through a long-range camera from across the road.I zoomed in to see Laura's hand rested over her stomach.Lucas stood close enough to touch her. Zara was laughing.They looked comfortable and safe with each other.That was the part I wanted to change.I placed the phone on the table.Vanessa sat opposite me.She had been staring at the picture for nearly a minute.“You shouldn't have done that.”I looked at her.“Done what?”“Taken their picture.”“Why?”“You know why.”I leaned back.“You're worried about Zara.”“She doesn't deserve this.”“Neither does Lucas?”Her eyes narrowed.“Don't twist my words.”“I'm not twisting anything.”I picked up the phone again.“You wanted Lucas to suffer.”“I did.”“You wanted him to understand what it felt like to lose control.”“Yes.”“Then what's the problem?”Sh