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Bound by debt; Freed by love Chapter 90
LUCAS' POV The man sitting across the table from me could be no less than twenty five years old yet his posture seemed like that of a forty year old. His piercing black eyes, although empty still reflected some horrid stories underneath them and right now, they seemed to cut right through me and for a moment, I feared someone seeing through the pain I'd long cemented. This guy certainly surpassed my expectations for the leader of an organization. His name was Alfred Leonardo, apparently a young, mafia leader who was somehow connected to my family in some way. Even though James had desperately warned me to stay out of his sight as he was known to be a notorious killer and vengeful at that, Elena's safety was more precious than my life. And if it took traveling to the gates of hell backa and forth, I'd gladly embark on that journey a thousand times. With the help of Uncle Dave, or rather my threats on him, we managed to track Alfred's activities down to his private party tonight at
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LUCAS' POV “You look normal”, Dave remarked lightly, raising his eyebrows in concern while I shifted my tie into a more comfortable position. “How else should I look uncle?”, I responded, my tone laced in slight irritation as I moved away from him to the other end of the chair. He stubbornly followed behind, sitting on the space beside me making me more irritated as to why there was no single-person sofa in this goddamn house. “You mourned the death of your sister for weeks and now you heard she's alive, there's no reaction?”, he asked, inching closer to me like trying to suck out emotions that just weren't there. A small scoff escaped my lips in amusement attempting to mask the numbness starting to defrost in my chest once her name was me turned again. “Why should there be any? If she showed herself to everyone except me, then I'd rather she was still dead anyways”, I answered bluntly, proceeding to check my wrists and instantly standing up. “W-what are you doing? Where are you
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LUCAS' POVMy ears filled to the brim with the continuous banter between Eloise and Nathan while we parked at the underground parking lot of an high end club at the other end of the city. No matter how I tried to zone out of their childish arguments, my head still clinged on to the bit of entertainment it offered. “Are you trying to seduce him or sleep with him instead?”, Nathan asked, sounding deeply irritated. “The fuck Nathan”, she exclaimed, eyeing him in disgust while I seriously contemplated saying a brief sentence just to add to Nathan's wounds but instantly decided against it, waiting for the right moment to strike him. “The floor is open to everyone else in there except Adrian”, she said, pushing a strand of her hair backwards. I swallowed back a laughter at the livid expression forming on Nathan's face with Eloise turning away from him and wearing a smug expression. It wasn't still clear as to when Nathan must have developed feelings for Eloise but I wasn't sure he knew h
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LUCAS' POV My crow like eyes intensely focused on Adrian alseated at the other end of the court room, pressing a icepack to the side of his face. Apparently, the substance exchanged between Robert and him was a drug meant to used on Eloise. Clearly, I didn't need to ask Nathan what went down as Adrian's face was enough proof of the events that followed. But somehow, I was still worried about Eloise especially due to her unusual absence at the court today. Only Nathan was. And his fists tightened every second with a sinister gaze fixated at Adrian. “Didn't you do enough to him already?”, I whispered, inching closer to him and bearing the burnt of his hit, furious breaths. “That motherfucker is still breathing so obviously not”, he harshly responded, slowly turning his gaze to meet me. “And you, what if we hadn't seen Robert and that exchange was done somewhere else. I tried to tell you he's –”, The sudden appearance of the judge succeeded in quieting him down, only leaving him wit
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ELENA'S POV Two weeks of endless torture. Two horrible weeks spent in total darkness. My stomach rumbled and my ears bled with maddening screams and threats from Adrian. If anything, I had truly underestimated the degree to how Adrian took the divorce. His obsession had somehow tripled due to the turn of events and this time, I was left with no option to fight back. Although, his awareness of my grit and determination had made him strap my hands to the bed where I laid throughout to stop me from doing anything. Each day, he came in with nice treats and started off soft spoken but once I refused to give in to anything he said, it felt like an outrageous beast emerged from inside of him. Broken pieces of kitchen ware rained down on my body, slicing through different spots on my skin as he ranted furiously without a care of his hurtful actions. After a while, I'd grown numb to his aggressiveness and even his fleeting kindness whenever he saw the clotted blood on my skin by the next
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ELENA'S POVThe entire court listened in absolute silence as I went up to the witness stand recounting my encounter in the hands of Adrian during the last few weeks. I tried hardly not to stare at the enraged expression on Lucas' face as he was held back by some officers from punching Adrian to death. From every image resurfacing in my mind's eye, my voice broke further and further irritating me even more as I thought I had been strong all this while. It felt like several knives were being pulled out of me all at once the more I spoke about my experiences in details. When I had eventually finished, Mr Hawthorne was then called up for questioning by both Adrian's lawyer and mine. Just as I expected, Mr Hawthorne denied knowledge of Adrian's mistreatment towards me and once again, played the ‘like a daughter’ card. But suprisingly, his false confessions were quickly countered by series of evidence produced by the lawyer Lucas had hired for me which were mostly voice recordings of him
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LUCAS' POV The court room was in total uproar by now with everyone scurrying outside for their safety. Despite knowing Elena and I were far from harm of any kind, my arms still held her tight to my sides protectively with my gaze following her slithering figure while the dumb officers forced Adrian and Robert to the ground, should they have had ulterior motives. “Let's go out through the back”, I whispered, still keeping my eyes at the direction she went through and leading Elena out following the opposite direction. Luckily, the nosy media was too occupied murmuring about the gun shot inside and asking questions they would never get the answer to, so Elena and I snuck peacefully among them and finally caught up with the ‘snake’. “What are you trying to prove now, sister?”, I asked on sighting her from behind, once we were a few inches apart. She slowly turned around, uncovering her face which still had that air of mysteriousness to it, making me raise my guard up as soon as I let
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ELENA'S POV ***Flashback Our legs swinged in rhythm as we sat on a pavement which subconsciously became ours ever since I stopped him from being bullied by Adrian and his annoying cliche. After fighting them off with my words, I'd asked him what he was doing at a secluded part of the school and he only handed me a sandwich in response. Since then, we had always met up here and since the other kids found my interaction with Lucas weird, it became our own little bubble to hide away from the world. On this sunny afternoon, I was reading my favourite novel at the time out loud to us as we ate from my lunch pack which was now double my usual size than before. And the best part about having my lunch with Lucas daily was he made sure I actually finished my food, including the crumbs. “There are people dying to find those crumbs Elena. Appreciate what you have now that you have it”, he always said while spoon-feeding me. “Well, all the more reason to leave the crumbs and let them find
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ELENA'S POVPain shot through my arms the moment I opened my eyes, adjusting to the strange surroundings I was in. Wait, how did I get here? The only thing I remembered was Dave dropping me off at my apartment after we'd escorted Eloise to the airport. But just when I stepped into my apartment, ready to retire for the night, I blacked out.I frowned, wincing a little when I felt a sharp sting of pain at the side of my head. Those bastards! My eyes took in the room even though it was pitch black and I could barely see a thing but I could definitely feel the pole my hands were tied to behind me. There was no need guessing or asking why I was in this position as it had always been one reason – Lucas. It was in times like this I wished he'd never returned, ruining my perfectly peaceful life before his arrival. Why couldn't they go after Sofia since she was his fiancee? Lucas and I hadn't exchanged a single word since his engagement party so how could they be so sure he would care as m
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LUCAS POV I gazed emptily at the last page, soaked with tear drops from my red, swollen eyes aa I'd not slept a wink throughout the night. How in God's name could I ever have accepted the name Everhart? My breaths continued to slow down the more I tried to comprehend how Luci and I were only a product of my father's constant abuse towards my mother who was only fucking nineteen when she had us. Yet, her love for us spilled through the letters even with most of them covered in dried blood. Her only wish was for her children to never know the Everhart family, and now I realized just how much I'd broken it heeding to my fears of never being the man enough for Elena. Anyways, it was all done now and they would come anytime soon – when I least expected it. I picked up my phone to call uncle Dave and after three rings, he finally answered groggily. “Hey Lucas, are you on your way to the airport now? Call me once you land okay”, he said, yawning loudly and wincing shortly after. I smile
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LUCAS' POV It was time for drinks as Alfred had said and I clicked the tip of my glass impatiently waiting for almost an hour. The club he'd chosen was the same one we met in for the first time a couple of months back. While I spent the abundant time on my hands contemplating if I'd made the right choice by agreeing to meet for dinner, a gust of cold, heavy air blew through the thick suit clinging to my back, resting harshly on my bare skin.Well, it was too late already to decide that, wasn't it? The carefree, teasing smile on my face instantly washed off when I sensed the murderous aura coming from him. Squinting my eyes softly in confusion, I opted to go straight to the point, “Looks like you're here for blood instead of drinks like you promised”, I said, carefully scrutinizing his expression but I'd easily forgotten, he wasn't easy to read through unless he let you in himself. His jaws clenched tightly, like they were barely restricting themselves from doing worse. “You have n
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ELENA'S POVMy days had truly become brighter after only a few of these networking events with Dave. Although I felt like a terrible person who took his generous personality for granted but each time those thoughts attempted to creep in, I'd always blocked them out, refusing to dwell on them. “Are you sure you aren't already head over heels for him already?”, Eloise asked that morning as I paced up and about in my bedroom freaking out about what clothes to put on and how I was going to wear my hair, which was pretty unusual even for me. “Look at you, glowing like a young bride”, she remarked, her eyes shining with excitement as she stared at my distressed self moving around everywhere. I sighed in exhaustion, not in the mood to accommodate her silliness ever since I told her of my impromptu decision to agree to people's speculations of our relationship. “It was the safest option”, I'd tried to defend, knowing very well it wasn't. Neither Dave nor I could actually care less about t
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LUCAS' POVMy step mother had begun to look much better in only a couple of days she joined me in my apartment. Despite the sense of emptiness in her eyes, her previously sunken cheeks were starting to show some signs of revival unlike before. “I'm sorry for ever causing you this much pain Lucas, but there was no other way I could think of”, a day didn't go by without giving me an earful of her apologies and regrets for letting me know my true identity as an Everhart. ‘It’s a curse’, she always said and I chortled in response everytime. “If I had known, I'd have flown you out of the country to somewhere Steven would never be able to find you, but I was just too scared”, she sniffled, her tone sounding distressed and causing weary lines to form on my forehead again. “It's okay stepmother, I'll rebuild the Everhart family for all of us, I promise”, my hands rubbed hers gently, a flame of determination reflecting in my eyes. After taking my rightful position as heir to everything lef
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ELENA'S POV “Elena, Elena, where are you?”, I heard Eloise' panicked screams from the kitchen and chuckled silently, enjoying the fuss, hoping it'll take longer but the inevitable scent of my cookies led her straight into the kitchen before I could enjoy my moment. “There you are”, she sighed in relief, sniffing the scent of the cookies as I neatly arranged them on a tray. “Can I have one?”, she asked, a sheepish tone I found endearing but I wasn't done teasing her just yet. “No, you can't. They're all for me and I didn't make any extras”, I explained, keeping up a straight face and stepping out of the kitchen while stifling a laugh. “Okay, I understand. You definitely need them more than I do”, she quietly conceded, following me closely from behind as I settled on the dining table serving on three plates. “Elena, what are you doing?”, she asked, her voice rising in panic again. Just as I was about to answer, the doorbell rang while she offered to get it. “Hi Dave, come on and ha
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LUCAS' POVEverything else faded into oblivion the moment she walked in through those doors. The memories of last night flooded my head and just when I imagined tearing off from my seat and kissing her publicly to let everyone know she was mine, Sofia leaned into my ears to whisper, “Do you see that red dot on her shoulders?”, she asked, making me squint a little before I could see it. “My father wouldn't mind turning this into a blood bath once he senses any form of embarrassment from the both of us. I've already lost the one person I love and I can tell you it's not a pretty experience Lucas”, she said, a loving smile spreading on her face while her eyes pierced coldly into mine. I turned sideways to face her, returning the cold smile while caressing her cheeks to distract the public from the gun on my other hand poking her stomach below. “Then your father will not be the most scariest man you know, because if she goes down, you do…starting with the bastard in here”, I replied, wi
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ELENA'S POV A soft sound of the door creaking open awakened me from my light sleep filled with only memories of the past. Despite the spur of the moment last night leading to everything Lucas said, somehow there was just no space to believe in them anymore. Maybe he meant it at the time but the sneaking bastard now quietly shutting my door proved me right. Perhaps if I was the angry antsy teenager he met, I'd be screaming his head off while overflowing with regret and lots of unknown emotions flowing through me, but I'd had enough to care anymore by now. Okay, admit I cared apparently. We were both matured adults and last night would forever remain forgotten and unspoken. I rolled to the other side, finding a note on the drawers next to the side he laid on last night which said only three words, “I’m sorry Elena”. Son of a b****! How convenient of him to suddenly regret his actions now he was starting a new life. “Breathe Elena”, I tried to calm myself, regulating my breaths and
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ELENA'S POVThe ride back to the event's location was silent, mostly with me brooding and on the edge while Dave's was to avoid provoking my sharp claws. As we arrived at our destination, my eyes widened in surprise then excitement, taking in the view of the most beautiful and expensive hotel in the city. Before everything went south in my family, most of my private clients bitterly complained on how difficult it was to book this hall. Hmmm. Whoever got this place definitely had to be related to the president, I thought. Dave and I walked inside while he introduced me to the managers, informing them of my job here and as I beamed uncontrollably, still floating in my head, a lady walked up to join the circle, staring at me harder than normal. My eyes narrowed into slits feeling uncomfortable with her unapologetic stares and just when I had reached my limits, she blurted out, “Are you by any chance Elena Bradford?”, she asked. My stomach sank realizing the tone in her voice but I c
