Ethan's POVWhat was she doing here?No, the real question was what was I doing here? Just because I was unsure of how the woman I've loved for the majority of my life felt about me, I left my home and came to a bar and the worst part was I met Rachel's worst enemy, who was trying to act coy with me. So then why did I agree to stay?I could have just brushed her off and left, but instead, I remembered Rachel's plan of making Lana chase me and decided to stay. But now I was regretting it. She had been talking nonstop, and all I could do was nod. " Em... By the way, we've met before". She said and internally scoffed. Of course, I knew we had met before. Did she think I had lost my memory or something? Well If that's what she thought, why not just play along? "Really? Where?" I asked innocently. "Yes, we, we went to the same high school together, me, you, Rachel, and Marina." She answered eagerly "We did?" I asked sarcastically but she couldn't possibly notice since it sounded so
Rachel's POVFew hours ago"Oh Rachel, what did you just do?" I cried out to myself gently slapping my face several times. This was not what I wanted. Ok, it was what I wanted, but not like this. I was just too sad and mad and... Ethan was just there, and he looked at me so lovingly and his lips were right next to mine and...Aish...I'm not suppose to be thinking of that now!I brushed my hair away from my face groaning softly. "What does Ethan think of me now?"He would think that I was just pushing myself to him because he was rich and handsome. Like I would think the same thing!"Rachel why did you do that?" I cried again hitting my head on my hands. Thankfully Ethan didn't follow me to the music room, if he did I would have no fucking clue how to face him. Just when things were getting better between us. I picked up the cup of tea which I had dropped on a table when I first came into the room and drank from it. "It's cold."It had turned cold and was no longer drinkable. I
Rachel's POVI blinked in surprise. " You can do that?" I asked and she nodded. " Sir Ethan linked his GPS with some of his trusted staff so in case of anything happening, we would always know where to find him". I nodded slowly. That sounded possible. Ethan was already announced as the CEO of the E & R group of companies; he was literally the top target for extortioners, and a lot of people would want to harm him just because of his status. It was a smart thing for him to do that, especially to Mark and John. But why did he give Victoria though? She wouldn't be able to help him if he really ran into trouble. Whatever, if that was going to help me find Ethan, who was I to ask why? " Victoria please help me check". I told her.Victoria brought out her phone from her pocket and did something on it, then she brought it closer to her face, hiding it away from me or something...' Rachel, you said you were not going to complain, ' My inner conscience reminded me, and I let out a frus
Rachel's POVTears fell from my eyes as I fell to the floor holding my hands close to my chest.I felt like an invisible hand was squeezing my heart and making it impossible for me to breathe. How can Ethan do that to me?Why was it hurting even more than when I caught David with Lana? Ethan was not linked to me in any way; he was just helping me... But by the looks of it, it doesn't seem like he was trying to help at all; if he was, why was he with another woman, not just any woman... The person I hated the most in my life. Picturing Ethan with another woman was disgusting and painful, but I never pictured him with Lana. What about the woman he was in love with? Did he leave me alone just to meet Lana in a bar?The more I about it, the more difficult I found it to breathe. I tried to press my lips together, trying to stop my sobbing, but it just wasn't working. "Rachel?" I heard someone call my name unsurely, and I buried my face deeper in my legs. Could it be Ethan? Maybe he f
Rachel's POVAfter crying in Kyle's hands for what seemed like hours I pulled away cleaning my tears with the back of my hands. "I must look like a mess right now."I joked with a soft giggle. I had been crying for a long time, my eyes felt tired and heavy...They must be so puffy right now. And my hair, I must really look like a mess. Kyle stared at me seriously shaking his head. "You still look as beautiful as ever." He said seriously and I felt the change of atmosphere. I playfully hit his hand allowing myself the leisure of laughing."This is not funny." I said with a smile. "I wasn't laughing." Kyle replied his voice as serious as ever. My smile stiffened and I looked away. If only I could reciprocate his feelings. He had always looked at me like that since highschool, but my heart was with David then, and now it was with Ethan... Even though the guy has just practically threw it to the floor and stamped on it. I just poured my heart to a man I hadn't seen in over a year a
Rachel's POV " What did you say?" Marina shouted, her eyes almost popping out of her head and she stared at me in astonishment. After I left Ethan's house, it was then I realized that I had no place to go. Then I remembered that I had Marina's address so I came here, and luckily she was at home. Now we were both in Marina's room and I had just finished explaining what happened last night to her and she was enraged, confused and shocked. " How can that be? I've seen the way he acts around Lana he can't be in a relationship with her. Ethan can't cheat in you with her! " She yelled shaking her head while pacing around the room." It's not even supposed to be called cheating ". I murmured to myself hugging a pillow tightly. " What? " She asked stopping her pacing and looking at me. I couldn't say nothing, because I was sure she heard me say something so I repeated it. " It's not even supposed to he called cheating". I said out loud. Marina was taken back, and she took a step back
Rachel's POVI thought sleeping was going to be impossible after everything that happened yesterday, but I fell asleep the moment my back touched the bed. I guess crying for a long period of time had its benefits, as well as its curses because right now, I am having a migraine headache." Argh..." I groaned sitting up on the bed while holding my head which felt like it was pounding. I knew crying for hours was going to have it's effect, but I didn't think it would be this bad... I could hardly open my eyes because of how much my head hurt. " Hey, you don't have to get up. Actually you shouldn't get up... You just got out of the hospital and now..." Marina complained coming in was a cup with steam coming out of it."Is it tea?" I groaned peeping into the cup. Marina rolled her eyes setting the cup down on the bedside table. " What else would it be? Do you expect me to bring coffee? " She asked sarcastically and I no pouted.I was sick, both emotionally and physically but yet she wa
Rachel's POV" But she has always been the one who confronted him whenever I or you bullied him, he must have developed some kind of feelings for her, and when he saw that I was trying to get revenge on her, he tried to help her. Maybe he has been in love with Lana from day one. Maybe... "" Okay, Rachel, stop it. Just stop it!" Marina yelled standing up from the bed and glaring at me. "I don't know what's going on in your head, but I can tell it's crazy shit. You can't think that bad of Ethan just because you caught him with Lana... They might have just coincidentally met in the bar. "" Coincidence? " I said with a scoff. " How can he just coincidentally meet with Lana in a bar and choose to get drunk with her, to the point that he couldn't even stand? And to make it worse he did it the night we first kissed! " I yelled the last word slipping out of my lips. Shit, I just told Lana that I kissed Ethan. ' She told you her kiss with Mark, so it's nothing ' my inner subconscious whisp
Rachel's POV No words could explain how I was feeling right now, no words. After the kiss in the living room, I couldn't hold it any longer so I dragged Ethan up to my room, leaving the rest of my family members downstairs. We had a night... Well, morning of passion, and for the first time in a long time, I was felt at peace. Ethan and I lay on my bed, our bare bodies snuggled close to each other. "I never knew you were still a virgin." Ethan said calmly, his large hands stroking my long blonde hair. My lips pulled in a smile and I shrugged slightly. "There are still somethings you don't know about me". Ethan looked so shocked when he found out as if he had expected something different, while I was also shocked for another reason... Ethan was freaking good in bed! He had told me once before that he never had a girlfriend, so I thought I would be the one to lead since I had more experience. My lower body was a virgin but that didn't mean my mind or some parts of my body were
Rachel's POV As I shut my eyes, the sounds of the wind blowing on the windpipes I placed at the corner of my window became more prominent, the sound of the road, which was meters from here, but I could still here it. My chest heaved up and down simultaneously as I forced myself to only think of those sounds and nothing more. Three days ago, my parents came to Ethan's mansion and demanded I leave with them and since then, I had been in the Nielson's mansion. But that was three fucking days ago! When the first day passed, I was like... Maybe Olivia took harder to catch, that's why I haven't heard anything from them. When the second day passed, my resolve started to weaken, but I still trusted Ethan. He couldn't possibly leave me for Olivia right? The woman kidnapped his niece! And then that day passed. Now this was the third day, I have no idea what to think anymore.I've tried everything freaking possible; yelling, begging God, sobbing, I even swallowed up my ego and my anger I
Ethan's POVIn less than a few hours, my plan worked. Olivia took the bait. I was right, Olivia indeed had more spies in my house and they immediately went to tell her everything I had said. Olivia probably got agitated and evaded her previous hiding spot, but that was the one thing in her plan she did wrong. Right now, I was standing outside her new hiding spot with Mark and Detective Williams. After I told Mark my real plan, he insisted we involve the police, just to make sure that Rachel's name was completely cleared. She was in an abandoned building owned by the Sangria's a few miles away from town and figured, of course, she'd use an abandoned house. " Are we sure she's in there?" Detective Williams asked, bringing out his gun from his pocket and steading it in his hands. Yup, I was sure. I nodded. The main reason because, I had her trailed her by John. I had John fixed at the outskirts of town because I knew Olivia wouldn't dare stay here anymore if she thought I was comin
Ethan's POVAs I watched Rachel leave with her parents, I felt a piece of my entire being leaving with her. Was I making the right decision to let her leave? Maybe I should have fought her parents about their decision so she would stay. But what if things went sideways with Olivia and then the latter comes after her? " Ethan,". Hannah called me bringing me out of my thoughts. " What's going on? I thought we already knew where Olivia was. Why can't we just go there and demand my son back?" My sister asked with tears in her eyes. How was I going to say this?" I don't know where Olivia is. " Marina's eyes almost bulged out of her sockets. " You don't know what now?" She screamed. Hannah also had a look of surprise on her face. " Brother..."I ran my tongue over my patched lips. " I don't know where Olivia is right now, but..." I added before Mark would say something which he clearly looked like he wanted to. " ... I know where she will be in the next few hours". Hannah's brows fu
Rachel's POVAs we paced outside the room the maid was kept in my heart kept beating loudly in my chest. Marina, Hannah, Mark and I kept our eyes glued to the door waiting for Ethan to come out of the room. Ethan went in few minutes ago, after I told them about my decision to not leave until Olivia's location is found. I want to at least know that I didn't ruin a little boy's life and then disappeared. " What the hell is taking him so long?" Hannah groaned desperately itching her neck and hands in irritation and desperation. " All he had to do was to kindly ask the damn lady where her accomplice or even master is, come on, just how hard is that? "I inwardly snickered. To Ethan that was very hard. He was a kind man, but that was until he was messed with. Talking kindly to that lady was like the hardest thing for him to do right now, but he had no choice. It's either that or he loses both his nephew, and his sister. Even I wouldn't be able to fill that void. The creaking sound of
Rachel's POVThere was no room for any 'buts'. Even if it was my life, these three people right here had more say in it than I did. I just shook my head at them and began walking backward. " This isn't fair. "I wasn't a kid, I could make my own decisions. But apparently, these three people here care more about me than I did myself, so whatever decision they made for me was right, at least in their eyes."Rachel ".My parents called after me, but I turned a deaf ear as I ran up the stairs and into my room, shutting the door loudly as soon as I got him. "Dargh!!!" This was all just so frustrating. How could they ask me to leave?Oh yeah, they ain't even asking me! They were commanding me to and I was to obey?" This parents of mine are crossing the line. " I muttered angrily to myself getting hold of a pillow and throwing it towards the wall. The worst part was Ethan was in on this too. " I want to protect you; I love you, Rachel, all fucking bullshit!" If the guy loves me as he p
Rachel's POVEthan looked as guilty as ever, so when Si... I meant my dad kept blaming him, it both looked and sounded like it really was his fault. "I'm sorry." He apologized with his head down. No, I was the only one allowed to blame him for reasons best known to me, no one else. My chest tightened and I shook my head, slowly stepping away from my mother. "It's not his fault." "How is this not his fault? All because of him you were exposed to such a dangerous woman!" My father refused to budge on his accusation. He keep a stern look and a finger at Ethan.Just seeing the way he looked so guilty... For fuck sake you're a man, deny the darn things. It wouldn't really even be called denial since it was not true in the first place. Lenora must have noticed my discomfort because she left my side and went to stand beside her husband. "Honey, it's alright." "We can't keep blaming Ethan until we hear the entire story." She said calmly but then she turned towards Ethan and her calm smi
Rachel's POV"Just how mentally and physically strong can a lady be?" I complained for the tenth time I as I opened the fridge grabbing a bottle of water from it.It's been two hours. Two fucking hours of beating the shit of whatshername but yet she refused to say nothing. How could a person be so loyal to another? The only good part of all this was that I get to beat the bitch who was strapped in a chair, and I would have enjoyed it also if it wasn't for the fact that we were running out of time. "So how's is your plan going?" Hannah said from behind me in a mocking voice.I turned to look at her with a tight smile. " Why not you have a go at her? Oh, I forgot you just came out of the room where the maid's kept. I should be asking if you got anything". I snapped back at her. For the last few hours, Hannah has just been looking for ways to make me feel guilty for her son, and what I hated the most was that it was working. "Can you both please just cut it? " Marina walked up to th
Rachel's POVI winced softly in pain and I climbed back up there stairs with Ethan following behind me. That darn bitch. Did s!he think I was just going to let her little minion almost kill me and just get away with it? No freaking way I burst the door opened and walked towards Hannah, collecting the phone from her hands." Why ah..."" You better listen to me Olivia and listen good. I will find you you damn witch and when I do, all hell would fucking break lose. If you think what you did to Lana was bad, just you wait and see or better yet feel what I'm going to do to you." You're going to wish for death, you would beg for it but I sure as hell wouldn't grant your wish you psychotic bitch! "I cursed ranting into the phone. " Rachel? You're with Hannah? " Olivia asked sounding surprised, but then the surprise in her voice wore off. " I can see, good luck finding me ". She laughed maliciously before ending the phone call. "Hey Olivia, Olivia!!!" I yelled into the phone, but it wa