Camille's POV
A picture of us?!
"Gav?" I called, unsure whether I ought to panic or he was simply pulling my legs.
He left the door instantly and approached me, shedding off his shirt quickly to cover me. I watched him march to the door, a deadly look on his face. Fuck was it true? Had someone taken a picture of us having sex?
That was bad. I tried to stop the trembling of my hands but it shook anyway. A picture of us leaking out into public like that would be devastating. Everyone would see Gav fucking me.
No.
I ride off the couch, rushing into the closet. What if Dad saw it? He would have a heart attack.
Or what if the person didn't share it with the public and instead decides to use it to blackmail either of us? Just like Jordan did.
Oh my God,
Camille's POV"I've been here." I said, arching a brow in confusion. What on earth was going on? First, it was the word questions, then him going off to interrogate Megan and now it seemed it was my turn to get interrogated.Dad glanced around me, from the exercise mat to the bottle of water the maids had gotten for me to my tablet playing the exercise video."Where's your phone?""It's in my room," I shrugged.His face relaxed then. "I had called you several times. I was worried when you didn't pick up. I didn't know you were home yet.""Maybe check first, next time? Instead of assuming I'm not home? Dad, what is going on?""Nothing, I'm just worried about you.""Why are you worried about me? I'm fine, I told you that
Camille's POVDad's face was pale as he looked up slowly from the locket to me. His blue eyes held mine, his mouth parted but no words came out.He looked down at the locket again as if it were some unreal device he had stumbled across in the desert.What should I do?I was desperately trying not to panic. I wanted to know how he felt. This wasn't how I wanted him to find out! We had planned to tell him next week. Preferably when I had given him the ticket to Charly town and he was happy.Not like this.My eyes caught the lit-up screen of my phone in his hands and my stomach dropped. It was unlocked. Fuck. I must have forgotten to lock it when I dropped it on the bed.The texts! Horror and shame clawed at my chest as I realized why my dad was petrified. It wasn't the
Gavriel's POV"The number you're trying to call is not reachable at the moment,""Shit!" I hissed, dragging my fingers through my hair.The gig was up. Everything was up.This was not how I had intended for Caldwell to find out about us. I could still remember his yells over the phone. He was furious. The jovial, jolly man in our group of friends was angry and while I had always known that day would come, I hadn't expected to be the recipient of his anger.I dialed Camille's number again, pacing around my study. My fingers tightened around the thick strands of hair, threatening to pull them out.I had to fix this.But I didn't know how to.I could fix anything else, everything else. But Caldwell's anger was justified and did not need any fixing. I was dating his daughter. I
Camille's POVDad stared back at me as if I had grown two heads. And perhaps I had. I had never admitted to myself that I loved Gavriel. Every single time my thoughts were about to descend that path, I would caution myself. I didn't want to ruin what we had by admitting I loved him and then finding out that he didn't exactly feel the same way.Of course, I wasn't going to tell Gav yet either.My heart would split into a thousand shards if he didn't feel the same way.It was best that I didn't know how he felt yet. Not yet. But I had been hard-pressed.And I wasn't lying."You're choosing him over me?" Dad laughed harshly."No, that's not correct. I'm asking you to accept our relationship or I won't be your daughter anymore!""Sam
Author's POVJames Caldwell watched his only daughter walk out of the room without so much as a glance over her shoulder. In his hands were the pieces of his beloved picture of them.The one picture he had held on to for twenty-two years. He was on his knees, the carpet burned through his pants, eating at his aching and weary skin. A tear slid down the older man's cheek, and then others followed."Camille!" He yelled, perhaps as a last-ditch effort to stop his daughter from making what he thought was a mistake.He was her father, for goodness sake. He knew better.But his dear daughter would not listen. She never did. When her mother died years ago, leaving him with Camille, a guru in every technology but not in kids, He had hoped and prayed for an easy journey.But things were never easy when it came to Cam
Camille's POVTurn around, Camille.I ignored the tiny voice in my head and dragged my bag down the road to Megan's place. I would stay there, get my phone working, and call Gav to come get me out of this place.Dad would come to his senses in a few days. He loved me right? He would accept what I wanted. He had to.You left him crying, the tiny voice accused."He wasn't crying," I said grumpily. "And he was yelling at me. I'm not staying when all he's going to do all night is yell at me anyway."I learned from experience. The night I crashed into a girl with the car he got me for my birthday barely a year ago. I was already burdened with anger at the girl for ruining what was supposed to be a fun night.And guilt for nearly killing someone. I didn't think
Camille's POVGav didn't come to pick me up himself, much to my disappointment. But I was fine with Dane picking me up too. I couldn't stand another minute with my ‘best friend’.It had to be her. The timing was all too convenient. Dad comes to talk to Megan and he finds out about me and Gav on the same day.Coincidence? No."Camille," Megan called as I stormed out of her place. "Camille I swear I didn't tell him-""It doesn't matter," I yelled at her. "I hope you and my Dad can have a jolly good laugh about this together. Good fucking night!"I slipped into the car and slammed the door loud enough to rattle the entire vehicle. "Drive, Dane,"He had a shocked look on his face before he turned off the engine and drove off into the night.I wished leav
Camille's POVI did the only thing I could think of at that moment.I laughed.It had to be a joke. Dad could be petty and one time when I was younger, he had feigned being sick so I could feel bad and forgive him for not buying me a horse.This was probably just another trick."Miss Caldwell, did you hear what I said? Your father is dead?""Oh, he's not. It's a trick, isn't it? My father bribed you guys to lie to me so I would feel bad. He can be pretty dramatic sometimes."The officer made a sound that told me he was flabbergasted."This is NOT a trick. Your father was involved in an accident yesterday night and was killed on impact. We were only able to identify him and contact you. Your father is dead, Miss."Your fath
Gavriel's POV"Oof!" I grunted when Camille threw herself at me, wrapping her arms around my neck and sobbing into my chest.Her tears made me feel like an asshole. I heard her. All while I was stuck in the damned coma, I heard her talk to me. Her voice was mostly muted and I could barely hear the words properly. But I heard enough snippets that made me ache desperately to see her again."Miss, give us a minute and you can hog him to yourself later," The doctor examining me said with a chuckle, trying to pry Camille off.She refused to let go and I grinned. I feared I would never see her again. That somehow I would lose her. With my free hand, I brushed her hair, murmuring in her ears."I'm sorry darling. I should have woken sooner,""No, no," She sniffed, looking up at me with red-rimm
Camille's POV"Miss Caldwell, what would you say about the current health situation of Mr Donovan?"Oh great, the press was here. I hadn't noticed them gathering in clusters until I was out of the car. I had gone out to get something to eat. It was noon and I hadn't eaten since noon the previous day. I hadn't wanted to leave Gavriel's side. It wasn't until my eyes felt dizzy and I was certain I would pass out that I had tried to find a diner.Two burgers later and a diet coke in the parcel bag clutched tightly between my fingers, I was standing before some twenty reporters waving their microphones and cameras at me.I had almost forgotten they existed. "What are your remarks on the scandal?""Did you know Gavriel Donovan had a twin brother?"My eyes widened on the
Third POVVictoria Harrington was done.Done with holding back. Done with keeping up with the mess in her head. She was a dripping mess. It had taken a few trial and error to escape the policemen. They could be incredibly dumb when it came to handling a woman who wanted to pee.Sure she ended up shooting a policeman in the leg and got slammed against the van that was supposed to transport her, but it was just a mere sacrifice she had to make.Right before her was the bane of her existence. Two of them. Gavriel, her ex-husband, and his young stupid lover. Anger surged through Victoria and she gripped the gun tighter, pointing it right at Camille."Victoria," Gavriel's deep voice filled the quiet wardroom. "Put down the gun,"If Nolan hadn't come to pick her up while she escaped the police van, she probably
Camille's POV"Are you sure you will be fine on your own?"The woman who helped me the night before was Faye. She had heard my screams while she was in her home and had looked out the window to see what was going on. She hadn't wasted time rushing out of the house and driving down the road like she was some passerby.I would always be grateful to her. She didn't just drop me off at the police station and be on her merry way. She dropped a witness statement that I had been kidnapped and a team of police was sent to retrieve Nolan while I gave my report and the recordings of what had happened with Gavriel.We stayed overnight at the station. The team sent after Nolan returned empty-handed stating that the building had been abandoned. Of course, he ran away. Faye had stayed with me today until the evening. She had been a darling. 
Gavriel's POVThe first time I felt hunger in the true sense of it, was when I was sixteen. It had been two days after my birthday and I had escaped one of the foster homes the government had tossed me in. I spent the night in an alley. Found a spot behind a pillar to rest and woke the next morning to some barman chasing me away with a stick.That morning, my stomach felt empty. It growled and grumbled but I couldn't get anything to eat. Not in the trash cans and certainly not from the kindness of strangers. By noon, my mouth was dry, my insides were hot. The next day, my arms and legs were useless, my tongue was stuck to the roof of my tongue. I had a maddening headache and everything started to look tasty.That was hunger. Sixteen-year-old me would not have survived if Old Robert hadn't found me.
Third POVGerard Donovan drove his car over the uneven road and let out a series of curses as his car dipped into a pothole and then crossed over a tree root. He would never for the life of him understand why Victoria had picked the warehouse hidden in the woods when one of Gavriel's safe houses would have worked just fine.His brother had to have safe houses right? Didn't rich people with so much money invest in that type of shit? Gerard wouldn't know seeing that his entire adulthood had been ripped away from him.By his parents. By his brother. And by the two policemen who stuffed him in their car at the age of fifteen and carted him off to jail. His life had changed after that.While in prison, he had heard news about his brother. Gavriel considered himself too holy to visit him and so for thirty years, Gerard watched his brother grow on TV in the
Camille's POVWhen I regained consciousness, my head felt so heavy. There was a loud pounding sound that filled my entire head and had me groaning in pain. Opening my eyes burned. It felt as though someone had taped them shut and rippling the eyelids apart was pure hell.When I managed to open them, I breathed heavily. Everything was a blur due to the tears that had gathered from the pain. I blinked them away rapidly, trying to focus.There was a ceiling. White ceilings that connected to green walls and then some rustic brown rug. It wasn't my taste, but it wasn't bad to look at. I rubbed my forehead, trying to ease the headache that threatened to pound my brain to mush. Where was I?What happened? The last thing I remembered was... Shit!Nolan had hit me! The bastard rammed my car lik
Camille's POVI clasped a hand over my mouth.Gavriel had a brother? I had never... I would never have thought that was possible until now. Until I saw Gerard. He never told me.I don't think Dad knew about it. Dad never mentioned Gav had a brother, but at least he knew about Victoria's existence."That's a bit cold coming from his twin brother," Victoria chuckled as if she just told a funny joke.Gerard snorted.Twin brothers. Now it made a bit more sense.At first glance, Gerard and Gavriel look exactly alike. Anyone could confuse the two of them. But I knew everything about Gavriel like the palm of my hand. That had to be why Gerard kept me shut out by the security.He didn't want me to discover this.He drove past the company,
Camille's POVHe cocked his head to the side, his eyes grazing my entire frame, from my clothes to the makeup on my face. There was no heat behind his gaze. There used to be so much behind his gaze. Was it so simple for him to turn it off and on?"I would ask how you got past security, but that would be redundant no?"I gave an airy laugh and dropped on the seat before him. "I had to. You wouldn't see me."He shrugged then resumed scanning through the document on his desk. "I believe I have made myself clear. Are you always this clingy and clueless?"The insults stung. At least now I knew how he felt when I insulted and accused him of murdering Dad."I am. You used to love it,"He scoffed. "Of course. Well I don't love it now, Miss Caldwell. And I am trying to work. See yourself out, will