Cane and I sat in a tense silence as he drove to Elijah's Mansion. Cane hasn't said a word since he found me. He looked angry, angry enough to swallow me whole, chew me up until I was nothing but a bag of bones and spit me right out again.If Cane was this angry, I couldn't image how angry Elijah would be."What were you thinking?" Cane suddenly scolded, startling the life out of me. "Did you honestly think walking out of the restaurant without letting me know was a good idea?"I glared at Cane, who was side eyeing me as well."I did let you know." I sighed with anger."Yeah, well if I didn't give you a reply to your text, it meant that I didn't see it. So no, Ella. You didn't let me know." He yelled in a fit of angry again.Tearing my eyes off of him, I looked out of the window, refusing to let him scold me as if I was a child. It wasn't entirely my fault."I don't care what happened in that restaurant. You should not have walked out on your own. I have a responsibility to keep you
Elijah Smith...I stood by the door of Ella's art studio with my right shoulder leaned against the doorframe.Ella was so lost in her painting that she didn't realize I've been standing at her door for the last few minutes.Ella was standing in front of her canvas near the door with a paint brush in her hand. She pressed the brush against the canvas, leaving a colorful stroke against the surface before she returned it in to her paint.I looked at the canvas and tried to understand the meaning behind her painting.There was a wild storm of colors splashed on her canvas, and different colored butterflies stretched over the different paints. The butterflies were in different sizes, but each of them were captivating and unique in there own way.I moved my eyes around the studio and saw two canvases leaned against the shelves next to each other.One was one of the old paintings Elizabeth ruined and the other was a similar painting but new and unfinished.I realized that Ella wanted t
Ella Williamson...Elijah stared at me for a few seconds without giving me an answer to my question. He looked like he was debating something within himself.He finally let out a sigh before he nodded his head."Yes. I knew. Cane was the one who found the video." He replied."How did Cane find the video?" I wrote down.Elijah gave me a small smile."He has his own ways." He commented. "I knew you would hate to see the video, which was why I didn't want to give you the flash."I remembered the black flash on Elijah's nightstand and wondered if that was what he was talking about."But of course, Cilvia had to get involved." He added."She did me a favour." I wrote down, bring a frown to Elijah's face."How is that?" He asked.I thought about it for a while."Things are not what they seem. Cilvia showed me that today." I wrote down.Everything she said to me in the bathroom terrified me. But after taking the rest of the day to paint and really be alone with myself, I realized that she was
Elijah and I stayed in the garden for another hour, having a conversation about this and that.Even after I found out what happened to that intruder, I couldn't get away from Elijah. His left hand was rested on my right knee, and the soft touch kept giving me butterflies the entire time we were sitting next to each other.I asked Elijah about his work and he openly gave me all the answers.So far, I understood that Dante was the top man and Elijah was his partner.After Elijah's grandfather passed away, his father Alfonzo took over the spot. But Elijah told me that his father barely kept up with Dante. So, Elijah had to fill in his father's spot even before he took over the family business.The way he spoke about Dante made me realize that he looked up to him without even knowing it.Elijah didn't want to speak much about his childhood or the time before he took over the family's business, but he mentioned that Dante basically raised him as a younger brother.Our conversation was smoo
Cane pointed towards the last door down the hallway."That's her room. She wakes up pretty late. If she's not there then call her." He mumbled before he turned around and left.I stared at his back, frowning at how tense his shoulders were as he left. Once Cane stepped around a corner and disappeared out of my sight, I let out a sigh and turned around.I stared at the door he pointed towards. I bit my lower lip, anxiously telling myself to walk over there and get it over with.I took a small step closer to the door, then another step followed. It took me nearly five minutes to get to a door that was just seconds away.I stood in front of her door with my right hand raised up. I counted to three in my head before I softly knocked on the door.I leaned closer to the door to hear if there was any movement behind it. When I heard nothing, I knocked again. This time, I made sure to make my knock firm and loud.A few seconds later, Cilvia opened the door. Her hair was a mess, as if she jus
Cane, Cilvia and I sat around the dining table, sharing a very awkward breakfast.Cane kept jumping his eyes between Cilvia and I, carefully watching and assessing the two of us.While I sat tense due to the tension around the table, Cilvia couldn't give a damn about the eyes on her.She ate her breakfast freely, digging in from all the plates presented on the dining table.Cilvia's aura made me feel like she owned the entire mansion. Her confidence was on the very top, and it made me envy her."Who was that man?" Cane suddenly asked as he kept his glare on Cilvia."What man?" She asked, her expression not changing even for a second.I knew Cilvia understood Cane's question, but it seemed, she had no mind to give him the answer he wanted."You know who I'm talking about." Cane hissed. "The guy that left the mansion a few minutes ago."Cilvia finally lifted her eyes to Cane."How would I know?" She asked. "It's not like I have surveillance of this house.""Well, I do." Cane quickly rep
Elijah Smith...I clenched the phone in my hand as I listened to Cane explain how he drove Ella and Cilvia out to one of our stores. I couldn't understand why Cilvia wouldn't stay away from my wife, but most of all, I couldn't understand why Ella wanted to go out with her in the first place."Make sure to keep an eye on them at all times." I ordered before I hung up the phone.A heavy sigh escaped my lips."Trouble in paradise?" Dante asked as he wiped blood off of his hands with a red towel."Cilvia." Was all I said, and Dante immediately understood.He hummed."She's not all bad, you know." He commented, forcing my eyes to him."Are you serious right now?" I asked.I'd told Ella that Dante basically raised me like an older brother would, and it was all true. So he should not have said that knowing well enough what I went through."Everyone makes mistakes, Elijah. And everyone deserves a second chance. Cilvia is just a human. She has flaws just like the rest of us." He commented
I walked down the stairs with Ella by my side. Her hand was in mine, and goodness I didn't want to let her go.Ella walked out of the front door with me and looks towards the black car.She waved towards Cane who offered her a smile and a wave.I watched as she moved her hand, signing something I couldn't understand to Cane.I glanced at Cane and saw him giving her a thumbs up Jealousy stroked my chest. Damn it, I should learn sign language."What did you say to him?" I asked, forcing Ella's gorgeous blue eyes to turn towards me.Ella just gave me a bright smile.She then held her right hand straight, pressed her thumb to the center of her palm and tapped her four fingers to her chin before she shoved it forward. She then fisted both of her hand and crossed her arms before she released them again.I tilted my head to the side as I stared at her."I don't understand." I commented, wanting to kick myself from not understandingElla shot me a smile before she opened her lips and mouth t