It almost felt like a dream seeing her here. Eric never thought he would ever lay eyes on her again. The first time was a mistake and he now saw why his friend was keeping her away. Such a beautiful woman-Were those tears in her eyes? Oh shit! Lucas was going to kill him!Someone rushed into him in a hug and he froze when he looked down at the strange woman. She pulled away wearing a pitiful face as she rubbed her eyes even when they were dry as fuck! She looked somewhat familiar but at the moment, he was too concerned with Evelyn and the cops."Thank goodness you're here! This woman is causing a scene. She stole some clothes and she's trying to run away. She stole it to get your attention, I'm sure. Such a disgusting move," she scowled at Evelyn before batting her lashes at him in a seductive attempt."And you are?" Eric arched his brow in question. Who was she to badmouth Lucas's wife?"I'm Olivia Williams. Daughter of the Williams house," she proudly said.Williams? Wasn't Evelyn
Olivia gawked at him. With that suit, shoes and sparkly wrist watch, he looked almost unrecognisable. She had always been aware of Lucas' handsomeness and sometimes envied that Evelyn had such a handsome man by her side.If he wasn't an unfortunate poor man, she would've married him a long time ago.“Look who it is,” she quickly caught herself gawking before she began to drool over him. “Don't let them fool you, Eric. This couple is as poor as they come. One would actually think you're somebody not knowing you're nothing but the outcast of the Graham family. Unlike Eric here who has his own money and whose family still loves him.”“Where did you get this suit from and that watch? Those shoes are obviously branded. You either borrowed them or your wife here helped you steal them like she's doing now-”“Stop that nonsense, Olivia,” Lucas warned. He couldn't want for Evelyn's family to just disappear from their lives already.“Someone tell me what's going on here and why my wife is being
Eric lead them to a restaurant inside the club and after they got a seat, he place an order for all of themEvelyn didn't want to look at the menu. She knew at first glance that everything here was freaking expensive. She just sucked it up and acted cool.How was Lucas so relaxed? Well he was a Graham so… that explained it. She, on the other hand, was calculating just how many months they could use this money on groceries. She would cook more delicious food at home-She almost moaned when she put a full spoon of the food in her mouth.Eric smiled, pleased by her reaction. She and Lucas were seated side by side and man, did they look good together. He had seen Lucas go through all powerful emotions just for this woman.“How did you two meet?” Evelyn asked, she had always wanted to know ever since she saw them together.“Outcast,” Lucas and Eric said simultaneously.She stared at the two who were focused on eating.“We were both outcasts of our family,” Eric explained. “So it was easy t
Evelyn was conscious of his hand on her waist and when he pulled her closer till she wrapped an arm around his back as they swayed softly and tenderly to the slow music in the air, she concluded that this was the best dream she's had in a while.It was surreal. She never knew he could be such a romantic. This was straight out of a fairytale; expensive dinner, a beautiful house with a nice view and an equally beautiful dress and now this? Dancing like there was no one else in the world.She sighed, closing her eyes to bask in the moment. This was beautiful. She could do this all day and every day. Her life felt like a fairytale whenever he was with her."This place," she didn't pull away from his embrace, he smelled divine and she didn't want to part with that. "It's beautiful. Does it belong to your boss?"He nodded.That bit wasn't a lie. It did belong to his boss and he was the boss of himself."And the car too, right?" goodness! It looked so expensive she didn't need to be told the
"Did you lovebirds sleep well?" Eric grinned as soon as he walked into the suite the next day to say hi to them.They were having breakfast after ordering room service. He was having a hard time concentrating on his food because Lucas was sending death glares at him.Did he walk in on something or did he come too early? It was too late to apologise now because it seemed like Lucas would eat him alive."Oh! Let me go get the dress," Evelyn said and made to stand but Lucas held her back."What dress?""The one from last night. I have to return it," she said, glancing at the confused duo. They looked cute with that look on their face."No, you don't have to return it. I won't take it," Eric refused."What? But why? I couldn't possibly keep it," she argued. "It's not like I bought it-""I'll buy it," Lucas said. "The dress suits you, plus why do you have to get rid of it after what we did in it last night-"Eric's eyes widened in shock as he almost choked on his spit. His imagination ran
"I don't have the money, what am I gonna do?" Olivia cried, throwing a fit on her bed as buried her face on her pillow."Olivia, snap out of it!" Diana screamed. She was sick and tired of the tantrum her daughter was pulling. She's been acting this way ever since she came back from her outing.Before leaving the house, she had looked so happy with high hopes on her plans but a few hours later, she rushed in crying and went straight to her room.Seeing her cry wasn't new to her but she hated it every time. It was just a mother's thing to be worried and concerned.She decided to try a much softer approach, "Dear, if you don't tell me, how will mummy fix this?""You can't fix this!" She screamed, lifting her head from the pillow and snapping to her. Her mascara and eyeshadow was rolling down with her tears. She looked like a crying ghost!"Look at you, you've stained your pillows! Do you know how hard it is to get those stains off?""That's all you care about? If the pillows are hard the
Behind closed doors, Evelyn sat before her computer, staring at the screen and flexing her fingers over her thighs. She gulped loudly before lifting her hand over the keyboards.He swore to never do this again. She didn't want to have to use her hacking skills but she needed to get out of this mess that Olivia had dug her in.A forty thousand dollar debt was too much to ignore and even with her current job, she couldn't cover it. Plus there was Peter's monthly hospital bills too."Just this once," she assured herself as she took a deep breath and began tapping away on her keyboard.Her heart was drumming wildly in her chest as she flowed on the keyboard. It had been years but the way the memories rushed back to her like they were never forgotten only buried within her consciousness, she never wanted to admit. She was a little surprised.After what happened, she had tried desperately to forget this part of her yet seeing how she still remembered every detail in hacking, Evelyn felt the
Evelyn had taken a day off from work so she returned back home, exhausted from having stayed up all night. She went into the kitchen for a glass of water and when her eyes narrowed to the door, she was startled when she saw Lucas.She coughed, heading to the sink at once and spitting out the water."Sorry, I didn't see you there," she said and turned to him. He was dressed in simple pants and a shirt. "You don't have work today?""No," he folded his arms and leaned against the door, watching her. "You took a day off," he stated the obvious. "Where were you this morning? I was worried when I heard the front door shut.""I had to stop by the police station," she moved to and fro with the empty glass cup in her hands, her eyes avoiding his face."What for? Did you find something?""Hmm?" she lifted her head in his direction only for a moment, before she headed to the fridge. "Yeah, something like that. The cops did."That wasn't what Mr. Parker said and given her body language, she was o